TWICE

Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC

This is random and pointless.

"Double, double toil and trouble

Fire burn and cauldron bubble

Double, double toil and trouble

Something wicked this way comes……"

"Okay…so we have a little situation here…"

"You're not helping!!"

"Well let's go through this again…"

"Still not helping…."

"Sometimes it helps to talk things through."

"Okay, I'll be unhelpful too – We have the same colour eyes!"

"Shut up. Now…"

"For the love of god what can you say to make this any different?!!"

"How about….Hikaru….we're sinking…"

"……and is this metaphorical?"

"What do you mean is this metaphorical?! The boat we are in is sinking!!"

"But is it a metaphor for something greater than just the boat?"

"…….maybe I can just swim…"

"Hey, you're the one who's been going on about a pumpkin and a spell for the past forever."

"..that's different."

"Is it metaphorical?"

"Do you really like that word or something?"

"You didn't answer me."

"Less than a minute ago you were screaming in terror! What's gotten into you?!"

"We're not sinking Kaoru……the boat is."

"Hikaru what are you talking about?"

"Hold on to me – I can swim better than you."

"But then you might drown….."

"Drown in what?"

"In the river!!"

"Is that all?"

"The boat is filling with water! We are going to drown! And this is the time you choose to be cryptic?!"

"Maybe we can just swim."

"Hikaru I don't understand what you're saying."

Kaoru sat bolt upright in bed, just as his brother did the same thing beside him, their doona slipping down to the floor.

"Bad dream?" the asked each other in unison.

"More like a weird dream." Hikaru sighed drowsily, looking over at the alarm clock beside their large king-sized bed. "It's 2:30." He whined, lying back on the bed. Kaoru lay beside him, resting his head on his brother's bare shoulder.

"You were in mine," he said into the silence, staring up at the ceiling in the darkness. "We were in a boat and it started sinking…and you were saying weird things…."

"Like 'Is it metaphorical'?"

"Yeah." Kaoru turned to look at Hikaru, resting on his elbows.

"You kept saying that to me in my dream – we were in a carriage and you kept saying that midnight was right around the corner…" the older twin continued. He looked up at his brother, a strange expression on his face, not that Kaoru could see it in the darkness.

"Hikaru, you know that I belong to you right?"

"……"

"Hikaru?"

"Yeah, I do. Now go to sleep."

"And you belong to me right?"

"Sleep!"

"...right?"

"Kaoru, we're 25 years old – if I didn't love you then I wouldn't still be sleeping in the same bed as you – nor would I let you keep me up at 2:30 in the morning!"

"You don't have to be grumpy." Kaoru closed his eyes, and began drifting off to sleep. He smiled lightly as he felt Hikaru's arms wrap around him.

If we are sinking, then we'll sink together.