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Shadow Stalker 1

Hikaru's POV

I woke up as I heard someone crying. It wasn't the first time my twin woke me up while crying in his sleep. I could see his nightmares got worse every night but couldn't do something about it and this helplessness nearly killed me. All I actually could do was to hold my babybrother in his sleep, so he could calm down.

He clung onto me and actually pleaded for help. Kaoru looked so vulnearable and lost ... I was reminded of the porcelain dolls in our safe when I looked at him. At times like this I was afraid to hold him too tight because I thought I would break him.

I looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand and whispered to myself:

„One hour ... Just 60 minutes till you wake up and pretend you're okay ... You should know better then to think, I'd buy your lies ... Why can't you trust me anymore, Kao-chan? What did I do to lose your trust again? We used to be one item, before Haruhi came to the Host Club ... But we're over this problem for some time now. This has nothing to do with Haruhi ... This problem propably is one we never had to deal with before. I bet you have no idea how heartbroken I am everytime you lie to me ... I love you, Kao-chan ... much more, then I should."

Without realizing it, I fell asleep again. As I woke up, there were sounds coming from the bathroom. I looked at the alarm clock again. It was 12:20! I jumped out of bed and wanted to make myself ready for school, as I heard Kaoru sigh.

„You remember that today is no school, do you?"

He giggled softly at the look on my face. I completely forgot about it, although I cheered the most as we got the news. As he continued his fake laughter, it was all it took for me to finally explode.

„Well, you don't think about such little things, if your precious person has something on his mind and you don't know what because he doesn't talk about it! Everything you do is telling me lies! Did you really think, I would believe them?! That I'd think, everything is fine?! Answer me, Kaoru!"

He dropped the mask but remained silent. His eyes were dull and held no shine in them. His expression was sad. He wanted to escape but I grabbed his wrist so he couldn't get anywhere. He sighed and I knew I won. But I never guessed, that this would be the beginning of a nightmare for us and mostly for Kaoru.