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Aftermath	By : DanielGar Category: +M to R > Ouran High Host Club Views: 2930 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters in the show. I make no money off of this story.

Chapter List
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Kaoru woke up and smiled at the sight of his brother still sleeping soundly. Kaoru let out a yawn and stretched out followed immediately by a cry of pain. Hikaru sat up and looked at his brother. “Koaru? Kaoru are you alright?”
Even though Kaoru was coupled over he turned his head to his brother and gave him a small smile. “Sorry Hikaru. I stretched without thinking.”
Hikaru placed a hand on his brother’s shoulder. “When are you going to learn Kaoru? You have to be more careful. You don’t want to tear anything open.”
Kaoru smile soured as the conversation had drifted where he had hoped. “Yeah, because roughly ripping bandages off is a standard part of the healing process.”
“I said I was sorry didn’t I?” Hikaru said.
Kaoru gave his brother a look of disbelief, “that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt like hell.”
Hikaru tossed the bedding off of him and crawled out of bed. “I said I was sorry! What more do you want?”
“I was just giving you crap Hikaru, forget about it.” Kaoru said defensively.
Hikaru didn’t say anything; instead he just proceeded to get dressed.
After Hikaru had pulled a t-shirt on he felt his brother’s arm drape over his shoulder and begin pawing at his chest. “What now Kaoru?”
“I wanted to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry I said what I did. I just meant it as a joke.” Koaru said softly into his brother’s ear.
“Whatever. Go lay back down. I’ll go get someone gentler to help you with your bandages.” Hikaru said as he pulled away from his brother.
Kaoru stood there with his mouth slightly agape and watched as his brother walked out of their bedroom without another word.
Kaoru squirmed at the feel of the warm breath against his skin. Even after so many times he still wasn’t used to him being so close. “Everything looks fine. Your brother must have taken great care of you.” The doctor said with a smile as he sat back upright.
Kaoru glanced at his brother and smiled, but Hiakru didn’t return the smile. After all he hadn’t helped change his brother’s bandages since he had ripped them off that first night they had returned home. He always had his mother or a maid do the work, even though that Kaoru always requested his help.
“So how much longer until I’m fully healed?” Kaoru asked.
“It may take another two weeks for it to be fully healed. Although I want you back here this time next week for another checkup.” The doctor said.
Kaoru nodded and smiled. “Thank you.”
“The nurse will be back in a minute to redress your wounds.” The doctor said walking to the door. “But, make sure you let it air out more as the week goes on.”
Kaoru thanked his chauffeur and climbed into the back of the limo. His brother was already there with his elbow resting on the opposite door. “Thanks for coming with me to my appointment, once again Hikaru.”
“yeah…” Hikaru mumbled
As the car pulled out of the parking lot and began its way back to the Hitachiin estate Kaoru suggested that they get ice cream.
Kaoru looked at the list of all the flavors of ice cream. There were so many different flavors but he already knew which flavor they were getting. “Two maple nut ice cream cones.”
“Actually, I want chocolate.” Hikaru told the server.
“What?” Kaoru asked. He was shocked, off put and slightly hurt. “Since when do you want chocolate?”
Hikaru shrugged his shoulders.
“So, a chocolate and a maple nut?” the server asked looking at both twins with a large smile, not realizing the oddity of the situation.
Kaoru looked at his brother once again, and then it was his turn to shrug his shoulders. “I guess.”
The ice cream cone was handed to Kaoru, he looked at the treat. What had sounded great only a few minutes prior now made his stomach churn. He couldn’t explain it. Surely it wasn’t just because his brother had ordered something different…right?

School started again in a few days and Kaoru had to say that he was actually looking forward to it. Nothing about the summer was normal. Not how it began and definitely not how his brother was acting for most of it. But currently it was late at night and his mind was tired. He shifted positions and the groan from his brother let him know that he had accidently woke him up.
“Are you still up Kaoru?” Hikaru groaned.
“Sorry Hikaru. I’ve just had something on my mind, so I couldn’t sleep.” Kaoru whispered.
“Well either go to sleep or quit moving around all the time.” Hikaru said before rolling away from his brother.
Kaoru blinked then sighed. His brother could be a real jerk sometimes, and could be even worse when he was disturbed. Kaoru finally settled in and reached his hand out to his brother’s. He only found empty bed. He moved his hand around. Still empty bed. Kaoru’s hand began to search franticly.
“Kaoru, please…” Hikaru whined.
Kaoru pulled his arm back and held it tightly against his chest. His brother could be rude when he was woken up in the middle of the night, but he always left his hand out for him. Something was wrong with his brother; he just wished he knew what it was.

It was finally the first day back to school, as they rode in the back seat of the limo Kaoru looked at the person that sat next to him. The person looked like his brother, and sounded like his brother, yet Kaoru wasn’t sure if it really was his brother. The person that sat next to him didn’t really act like the brother he had known all of his life, but neither did he act like the new side of his brother that he saw during the boating trip. While he generally acted like his old brother there were enough peculiarities that made him someone else entirely. Meaning that while he still talked, walked, ate and gestured like his old brother this new one no longer held hands as they drifted to sleep, he argued more as they no longer seemed to be on the same wavelength, and couldn’t hold eye contact for more than a few seconds. So gone was the ability to get lost in the eyes he loved so much, gone was the person who he could turn to for anything, gone were the nights of truly peaceful sleep.
Haruhi sat down at her desk next to Kaoru and looked around the room. “Where’s Hikaru?”
Kaoru shrugged, “I don’t know. He hasn’t come to class yet.”
Haruhi looked around the room once more, not believing that Hikaru was separated from his brother at school.
Just as the bell started to ring Hikaru came running into the room. He took his seat on the other side of Haruhi. Haruhi gave him a small wave which Hikaru quickly returned. Kaoru smiled at his brother and received a small wave in return. Kaoru arched an eyebrow but his brother’s attention had already turned to the teacher.
Once the bell rang dismissing class, Hikaru was already out of the door before his younger brother could even get out of his seat. Instead of chasing after his brother Kaoru slowly packed his bag, after all his own class was just a couple rooms down the hall where as his brother’s class was on the other side of the grounds.
Kaoru sat his tray next to Haruhi at the lunch table. “Mind if I sit with you Haruhi?”
“I think I’d be more offended if you didn’t” Haruhi responded. “What did you get today?”
“This is just a simple fish salad.” Kaoru responded. “You can have some if you want.”
Haruhi eyed Kaoru suspiciously, “I’m fine. Thanks for offering though.”
Kaoru smiled and sat down next to his friend and proceeded to discuss what they did with their last weekend of summer break.
“Boxed lunch again, Haruhi?” Hikaru asked from behind the talking pair.
“I’d rather have this boxed lunch than your fish salad.” Haruhi said.
Hikaru smirked and sat down next to his brother. “Guess again Haruhi.”
Haruhi was taken aback when she saw Hikaru’s tray was not the same as Kaoru’s fish salad. Then she paused. She pulled her box lunch closer to her, “If you think you can say you got the wrong lunch by mistake just to get mine you’re crazier than I thought.”
Hikaru began to slice up his piece of chicken. “Relax, I just didn’t feel like having fish for lunch.”
“If you say so.” Haruhi retorted still a little skeptical before the trio returned to the topic of their previous weekend.
Hikaru yawned and looked at his watch. ‘The bell should have rung a minute ago.’ Even though Hikaru greatly enjoyed his chemistry class, today he was anxious for the day to be over. Hikaru glanced around the room and saw that numerous other students were looking at their watches or at the clock as well. A fact that was not missed by the teacher, “My, my, aren’t we an anxious bunch today? I always find it hard to return to school after such a splendid break myself.” The bells finally rang signaling the end of the school day and the beginning of club activities. Hikaru shoved his things into his backpack and ran towards the door.
As Hikaru made his way to the old music room that the Host Club had taken over he spied his brother ahead of him. Hikaru picked up the pace of his walking to catch his brother. Hikaru walked up alongside his brother and linked arms with him. Koaru gave a little jump, looked at his brother and gave him a strange look. Before Hikaru could ask him what the look was for, the look transformed into a large smile. Hikaru smiled back and they walked to the Host Club together.
After freshening up the twins walked into the main room and looked around. The first thing they noticed was that Tamaki was busy poking mushrooms in a corner. The second was that there were more chairs than normal in the room, specifically around the area where they generally sat. The twins looked at each other before turning to Kyoya. “What’s wrong with the boss?” Hikaru asked
Followed by Kaoru’s question of, “and why do we have so many chairs?”
“The chairs are for all the customers we’re having today. Word spread throughout the school about your adventure during the break, so we are anticipating a large crowd that will want to hear the stories first hand.” Kyoya answered.
The twins looked at Tamaki, caught each other’s eye and then turned back to Kyoya, “So we have more requests than the boss, huh?”
Kyoya nodded.
The twins high fived one another, “OH YEAH!”
It had been a week since school had begun, it had been a week with the Hitachiin twins having topped the request list, and it had been a week of humiliation for Tamaki. The twins looked at the girls around them. The numbers had already returned to their average for the year. “More coffee ladies?”
“Yes please.” They replied.
Hikaru grabbed the tea pot while Kaoru collected the cups. As always Kaoru held the cups as Hikaru filled them with the hot steaming coffee. It was while they were filling up the fourth cup however that Hikaru’s arm shifted, spilling the hot liquid on Kaoru’s hand. It was a common routine for the Hitachiins, but one they knew their guests never got sick of. If one dared they could call it ‘normal’ and the feeling of normalcy was reassuring to Kaoru.
Kaoru did his part as he yelped and jerked away from his brother. The cup clattered onto the tray as Kaoru pulled out a handkerchief to clean himself up with.
“Kaoru, I’m so sorry. Let me help you.” Hikaru said as he grabbed the handkerchief from his brother and carefully taking his brother’s hand began to gently dab the tea away. “Does it hurt?”
Kaoru nodded stiffly. He didn’t need to look at the guests to know that they were busy holding each other’s hands in anticipation.
“Luckily we learned then that I can distract you from the pain” Hikaru said with a grin on his face, “like I did on the raft.” Hikaru’s eyebrow wiggled suggestively.
Kaoru’s cheeks turned a light pink as the memory of that night came to the front of his mind, which meant it didn’t have far to travel as Kaoru was unable to forget such an event.
The guests squealed with glee over the scene unfolding before them. They knew they hadn’t heard all what had happened on the raft, but they had noted the way that Kaoru would blush whenever Hikaru talked about it.
Hikaru finished dabbing at his brother’s hand. “There all cleaned up. Now let’s take away your pain.” Hikaru shifted his focus from his brother’s hand to his face. He noticed the distant glazed over look in his brother’s eyes, his mouth hung slightly open. “Kaoru?” When no response came from his brother, the grin on Hikaru’s face disappeared. Hikaru moved slightly to see if his brother’s eyes followed him. There was no such luck. Hikaru waved his hand in front of his brother’s eyes and they didn’t do as much as blink. The grin on his face returned. “You’re actually thinking about it right now aren’t you?” Hikaru said in a husky voice while he reached out a finger and slowly ran it down his brother’s lips.
Kaoru blinked and his eyes focused on his brother“…hikaru…”
“Why dream of it, when you can have the real thing?” Hiakru said, leaning in towards his brother’s face.
The guests huddled closer and leaned forward, trying to get the perfect view of the brothers.
Kaoru’s face went a fluster turning a dark scarlet. He bolted out of chair, “Excuse me…I’ll...uh…” And with that he ran towards the changing/wash room that was attached to the old Music Hall.
Kaoru splashed some cool water on his face then looked in the mirror. His face was still a bright red and hot to the touch. ‘How can I be blushing like this when all my blood is going elsewhere?’ he thought to himself. ‘Why would Hikaru even mention that? We haven’t told anyone about that before…’ Kaoru couldn’t help but feel slight anger towards his brother; after all, during all their previous acts they had always based them around some fantasy. Nothing was based on their actual lives, which kept it all professional and easy to act without actually responding physically. But now that Hikaru had brought in their actual lives, their actual kiss, with the look in his eyes that Kaoru had been searching for …
Kaoru splashed some more cold water on his face and took a deep breath. While his face was closer to its normal color, he still couldn’t leave because the issue between his legs hadn’t been resolved yet. Kaoru waited for a moment but the problem was still there. He was worried how long he would have to stay in there, but the chiming of the old grandfather clock from the Music room brought relief to Kaoru’s nerves, as it signified the closing of the Club for the day. He could hear Tamaki’s muffled voice, through the door as he bided the guests farewell. Kaoru gave a sigh of relief, and then took a deep inhale as he realized that the Host Club would then be coming into where he was at, and would then have a difficult time explaining the raging hard on that was trying to break through his pants for some much needed attention. Kaoru rushed into one of the changing stalls and closed the curtain behind him.
Once Kaoru no longer heard movement, and his body had calmed down fully, he left the changing room. He looked around the changing area for his brother and he was not to be found. He looked around the Music Room, expecting his brother to jump out to surprise him. Instead he got another surprise when his phone started ringing. It was Hikaru. Kaoru answered,“Hey Hikaru. Where are you?”
“Where am I? More like where are you? I’ve been waiting in the car for you for 10 minutes now.”
“It’s your fault!” Kaoru retorted.
“How is the fact that you’re slow my fault?” Hikaru asked.
“That’s not what I’m talking about and you know it, Hikaru.” Kaoru growled back.
“Then I must not know what you’re talking about. Listen, will you just hurry up and get your ass down to the car.” Hikaru said, only slightly perturbed.
“Don’t play dumb with me Hitachiin Hikaru! I know where you sleep!” Kaoru shouted into the phone.
Kaoru waited to hear his brother’s response. Instead he just heard silence. His brother had hung up on him.

A month passed. It was a month of awkward breakfasts, Hikaru’s late arrivals to class, sudden disappearances and rather personal acts in the Host Club. Now, the Hitachiins were gathered around the dining room table. No matter how busy they were they always tried to eat dinner together as a family.
“How is the new line coming along Mom?” Kaoru asked as he cut into his steak.
“I thought I had another capable group of designers and managers to work with this time but the chances of producing anything truly staggering seem to be diminishing. So I may have to design and oversee more than I had previously expected. But that’s enough business at the table. How have you two boys been? How is everyone at the Host Club? How are your two new Hosts coming along?”
“Everyone at the Host Club is fine. We’re still training the two new Hosts, they aren’t as fast learners as Hikaru and me and their not naturals like Haruhi. But I’ll say it’s a rather nice feeling, guiding someone along. Besides, since Quincy is American I’m getting plenty of English experience.”
“What about you Hikaru?”
Hikaru had been busy pushing his vegetables around his plate and hadn’t been paying attention. “Oh…umm…what are we talking about?”
“Hibiki.” Kaoru answered.
“Oh, nice kid.” Hikaru muttered as if he didn’t want to talk.
“Is that all you have to say about him?” Their mother asked.
Kaoru chimed in to cover for his brother, “To tell the truth Mom, that’s about it. He only really comes alive when he’s with Quincy, other than that he’s a bump on a log. But together they’re pretty fierce competitors, and they feed off of each other nicely.”
Mrs. Hitachiin said looking at her eldest son in an attempt to get him into the conversation. “Oh, how very interesting, sort of like you two.”
Hikaru remained silent so Kaoru once more picked up the slack. “Not really. Hibiki and Quincy compete with each other and are almost rivals. Whereas, Hikaru and I work perfectly together, we’re a great team.” Kaoru smiled at his brother, who in return looked away causing Kaoru’s smile to drop off.
“Is something bothering you Hikaru? You haven’t taken a bite, and only added a few words to the conversation.” Mrs. Hitachiin asked. “That’s not like you.”
Hikaru looked up from his plate at his mother, and then shifted his gaze towards his brother. Kaoru returned his brother’s gaze, but doing so left him feeling uneasy. Hikaru returned to looking at his plate of food. He opened his mouth as if to say something but then closed it again.
“Yes, Hikaru?”
“I want my…” Hikaru then started to mumble.
Mrs. Hitachiin leaned towards her son, “You want your, what dear?”
“…own room. I want my own room.”
The clanging sound of Kaoru’s silverware being dropped on the plate filled the room. Kaoru stared at his older brother with his mouth hung slightly open.
Hikaru kept his gaze at his plate, unable to look at his brother.
“I don’t see why you can’t have your own room. We’ve always kept a room open in case you two had ever decided to split up.” Mrs. Hitachiin said.
“May I please be excused?” Kaoru asked.
“Yes, of course.”
Kaoru was up off of his chair and out of the dining room doors before another word could be spoken.
A gentle knock came from the door. “Kaoru?” Although the voice was soft and quiet Kaoru knew it belonged to his brother. “Can I come in?”
“The room is still yours for the time being, so I don’t know why you couldn’t.” Kaoru said with disdain. He watched from the side of his bed, as his brother slowly opened the door and walked in.
“I deserved that.” Hikaru said. He walked to the bed and sat on the opposite side of his brother. They both sat and stared at opposite sides of the room. “I’m sorry about earlier. I didn’t mean for you to find out like that.” Hikaru said shifting his gaze to his feet.
“How did you mean for me to find out then Hikaru?” Kaoru demanded.
Hikaru continued to stare at his feet, unable or unwilling to answer his brother.
“Then at least answer this for me. Why?” Kaoru asked.
Hikaru paused for a moment before answering. “I just think that it’s time we got separate rooms that’s all.”
“Is that really all Hikaru? What has been with you lately? It’s not like you just want separate rooms. I could deal with that. But lately you’ve wanted entirely different lives.”
“What’s wrong with that? Just because we’re twins doesn’t mean that our lives have to be entwined and we have to be around each other all the time.” Hikaru said.
Kaoru felt as if he had been punched in the gut. Hadn’t that been exactly who they had been for 16 years? Hadn’t that been who they were always so happy to be? And weren’t they supposed to be more than that now? The scowl on Kaoru’s face worsened, “Get out.”
“What?” Hikaru asked while he turned around.
“If you want your own room, you can start now. Get out!” Kaoru shouted marching over to his brother.
“Kaoru, can’t I…” Hikaru began protesting.
“OUT! NOW!” Kaoru said pointing towards the door and pushing him towards it.
“Fine. I’ll come back for my things later when you’re not so busy freaking out.” Hikaru said as he walked out the door, leaving Kaoru with his face buried in his hands.
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