"What's wrong with my brother!" one of the eccentric Hitachiin twins cried out with frustration after all their guests had exited the music room in which they spent one to two hours of their precious day.
The rest of the members of the now closed Host Club stared at the eccentric twin, cradling the head of his fast asleep brother in his lap.
Kaoru Hitachiin clearly had a problem. He was falling asleep in the car, in class, in the locker room, in the lunchroom, in the library, and, most unacceptable of all, during his duties at the Host Club. He was now, at this very moment, fast asleep using Hikaru's lap for a pillow.
Hikaru. Who, for once in his life, was the root of Kaoru's misery.
Kyouya pushed his glasses up like the expert that he was, and suggested that the slumbering twin be awakened for discussion of the current state of his health and, no doubt, how it effected the influx of money to the club.
Kaoru sat up groggily. "People! For five seconds I would like to get some sleep!" he responded grumpily.
Hikaru wrapped his arms around his twin immediately. "What's wrong with you! Are you okay?" He was probably being overdramatic. Everyone had no problem letting him know.
"Hikaru, calm down."
"Lets discuss this rationally."
"Kao-chan will be okay!"
"Kaoru! Do you need to borrow Kuma-chan!"
"……"
Kyouya took the initiative, as usual. "Kaoru, are you getting sick? You seem to be overly tired. One awake and one sleeping twin is not good business."
"I'm not sick." He gazed up at his troubled twin's face. "I just….haven't been getting any sleep. On the floor." he stated.
"Kao-chan shouldn't sleep on the floor! He should sleep in a bed! Right, Takashi!"
"Mitsukuni is right."
The small, rather innocent boy obviously didn't get the implication. Neither did the larger, idiot of a president.
"Its dumb of you to sleep on the floor, you know." Tamaki commented.
The genius scholarship student knew better. "Don't you two share the same bed?" Haruhi asked. "Is Hikaru pushing you off?"
Hikaru recoiled in shock. He honestly thought that he had quit that habit a long time ago.
Kaoru sighed. "Its less pushing and more kicking." he looked apologetically at his brother. "I'm not getting any sleep because you thrash around in your sleep and kick me off the bed." He very slowly and gently put his arms around his twin and brought him close. "I didn't want to tell you…I didn't want you to be upset."
Hikaru felt tears gather in his eyes. He'd been kicking his beloved brother off the bed every night and did not know it. "Kaoru…."
"This is so sad and tragic!" Tamaki dramatically joined in on the hug. It made it less enjoyable.
Haruhi, commoner of unfathomable reason and intelligence, made a grand point. "As soon as you all stop being sappy, I'm sure we can solve this problem."
They all stared at her. Such a brilliant mind.
Soon, a tidy list was compiled for Kaoru and Hikaru to take home and begin the tedious task of trial and error.

That night, as the twins changed into their pajamas, they consulted item one.
"MORE STUFFED ANIMALS!" -Hunny
Neither of the sleepy twins had understood why this would remotely make a difference. The pink bunny toting senior was happy to explain.
"If more fuzzy stuffed animals are sleeping with Hika-chan, it will be so much more comfy! Then, instead of kicking Kao-chan off the bed, he can kick the stuffed animals off!" He was then promptly upset by the idea of kicking stuffed animals and had to be revitalized by a quite large piece of strawberry cake.
The twins broke into the boxes that contained their childhood and dumped all their old stuffed animals on the bed. It was easy to fill the large bed they shared, considering there were two of every animal they had ever owned.
"Is there room for us?" Hikaru asked skeptically.
Kaoru wasn't sure. He pushed aside two tigers, a pair of armadillos, and a lone Superman plushie. "We'll manage."
Kaoru tried to manage. As usual, they fell asleep almost exactly the same time, yet Kaoru was roughly awakened a mere half hour later by Superman's midnight flight right into his face. He sat up and looked over at his brother, who promptly threw a raging hippo plushie right at his head.
"Hikaru…Hika-" THUD. "Ow." Looks like he was going to be getting up close and personal with the floor again tonight.

Night two and counting, they consulted the list again.
"Tie him to the bed." -Tamaki.
The twins laughed hysterically. They were remembering when Tamaki had suggested this idea.
"Its an obvious solution." he had said, rather knowingly. "You just tie him to the bed. He can't kick you if you tie him to the bed."
The twins had stared at him. "You know, we're not into that kind of thing." "You really ARE the S&M King."
After one look from Haruhi, Tamaki enjoyed the dark corner for a good ten minutes.
Hikaru got into bed and Kaoru straddled him, a soft chord in his hands. Hikaru cracked a grin. "And how much time do we spend convincing people we don't do this at home?"
Kaoru matched his devious look. "We don't. Look who has the rope." They laughed until Hikaru was securely fastened.

Likewise, Hikaru was fast asleep in Kaoru's lap after club ended.
"How was it last night!" Tamaki asked impatiently.
"That's a personal question, senpai. Don't be a pervert." Haruhi warned him.
Tamaki pouted royally. "Haruhiiii! How can you say that about Daddy!"
Hikaru sat up. "If you wanted to KNOW, your idea worked great and Kaoru got lots of sleep." He was lightly snoring again approximately 5 seconds later.
Kaoru sighed. "Guess you don't get any sleep while you're tied to a bed."

Round three. Night three. Attempt three at ultimate twin happiness.
The list. "Various Sedatives." It was proposed by Kyouya. He had explained carefully all the things that apparently, made people tired. Warm milk. Peanut butter. A warm environment. A warm bath, relaxed muscles. "The more tired he is physically, the less he will want to expend the energy to kick at you in the middle of the night."
Hikaru flopped onto the bed, his hair still damp from his warm bath. He had run around the perimeter of their house twenty times right before bed, in addition to using natural and medicinal sedatives. "I feel more tired than I've ever been in my entire life." Hikaru, with effort, turned to look at his brother. "I'm sorry." he said quietly. Kaoru looked up from the magazine he had been browsing through. Looking into Hikaru's face was like looking into a mirror, only the mirror was hurt and apologetic. Kaoru couldn't help but feel the way that the face looked.
Hikaru was already fast asleep.
Somehow, Kaoru minded a little less when his face ate carpet a few hours later.