The Journal

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Word count: 562 words

23 May 2007

Dear journal,

Today was a good day. We got up to a beautiful day; the trees and lawn outside were covered in frost. It looked beautiful from the warmth of our bedroom window. School was a bit boring, we began with history and the teacher just kept talking all lessons. I could not concentrate through the whole lesson. Kaoru says that I should try and pay attention. He's always been thoughtful of my future. I guess it's probably because it's his future that I'm messing up as well. After history we had a double lesson of maths. I really enjoy math, except Kaoru says that he doesn't mind. I don't think that he likes the subject at all. However, it's nice to know that he'll put up with it for me. I really think-

"Hikaru," Kaoru's voice said from behind me, "what are you writing?" I sat up straight and turned to look at my younger brother, forcing the journal behind pillow. I scratch the back of my head and put the pen on the nightstand. Kaoru was standing a few steps away, I mentally kicked myself for not realizing that he had been standing there.

I blush a deep red as he takes a few steps forward to stand over me. He smiles and bends to take it from me. I lean back and lie on the journal, to keep him from taking and reading it.

"Urm," I stutter, trying to find a lie that he would believe. I hate lying to him, but my journal has a lot of private stuff in. It's personal. But I shouldn't tell him that or he'd want to see it more. We have this thing between us where we tell each other our opinions and discuss it between us. I look away from him, sure that he'd know it was a lie if I looked him in the eye. "It's a surprise," I mutter, lying.

Kaoru smiled, I think he knew I was lying, but decided to play along. "A surprise for what?" he tried to reach under me and pull it out. For a few moments, we play fight, hitting and pushing at each other. "Ok," he said, pulling back, "I give up. I'm bored. Let's go and play a game. Hide your surprise and meet me downstairs. I'll be in the kitchen." He smirked suspiciously, before turning and walking out of our room.

-that Kaoru is acting strangely. I honestly think that I'm really falling in love with my brother. It sounds so wrong, but whenever I'm with him I just feel so happy. I think I should tell him…

I walk out of our room a few moments after hiding my diary in a place that I was sure he wouldn't find it. I walk down the stairs casually, across the foyer and into the kitchen. My brother is no-where to be seen.

Kaoru smirked as he snuck back into the bedroom after watching his brother walk down the stairs. He smiled after digging the diary from under a pile of Hikaru's favourite CDs, a place he was usually unwilling to look. He'd always know where Hikaru hid his diary, but had never found the urge to read it. Kaoru opened to last page that had writing on.

"Hey," he said with a hurt smile, "I'm not strange…"

The End…

Cattsy…