Theme 37 - Taboo
Title: The Most Dangerous Game
Characters: Hikaru/Kaoru
Prompt: 37 - Taboo
Rating - PG (for boy kissing purposes)
Summary: What they do is wrong, and it bothers him.
Author's Note: I own nothing. The roles were originally reversed in this story. I changed it at the last second.
"Kaoru." A slightly heavier voice than his own drew the first year boy from his slumber with a tired grunt. "It's snowing, Kaoru."
"So? Go back to sleep onii-chan." Kaoru wanted nothing to do with the white cold powder. It was cold, and he was more than content staying right there with his brother in his bed.
Hikaru rolled over on top of his twin. "C'mon, Kaoru! Let's play in the snow!" he was practically purring. Kaoru couldn't stand it.
"How old are we, Hikaru? I think not." he rejected rather cooly.
Hikaru visibly pouted. "What's so bad about the snow? You used to love it."
Kaoru thought back to when they were children.
"Then...
...do you know which one's Hikaru...
...and which one's Kaoru?"
The young female stared at the two identical boys on the bench and sighed. Her warm breath hit the cold air, causing it to turn to a smoke white cloud before her small features.
She pointed to her left. "Hikaru-kun's over here..." she tried quietly.
Snow fell in a large amount from the tree next to the bench the twins sat. They had told her she was wrong.
She was right.
EIGHT YEARS LATER
"Those Hitachiin twins are pretty itimidating, huh? They always look down on people. But Father's telling me to be nice to them."
"Same here."
"Same here."
"They've probably never liked anyone but themselves."
PRESENT
"Kaoru? What are you thinking about?"
The elder blinked, then brought Hikaru's lips to his own, breaking away only moments later.
"We're an oddity, aren't we, Hikaru?"
Hikaru tilted his head slightly to the right in puzzlement. "What brought that on?"
Kaoru went on to explain. "A couple of years ago, we had no one but ourselves, searching for someone, anyone, to meet our standards, and met no one. Years before that, we had found someone, and we pushed her away. Today we're still the same, with one big difference."
Amber eyes focused on matching ones, one pair bewildered, the other in turmoil in his own mind.
"We're in love, and we can never tell anyone. All we'll ever have is each other, and it's enough for me, but not for society."
There was a long silence, then, "Kaoru?"
Kaoru sighed as his brother's hand cupped his cheek. "Yeah?"
"What does this have to do with snow?"
Sighing exasperatedly, Kaoru went on. "Snow is white, a symbol of purity. We are a walking taboo. Who we are, Hikaru, what we do, whom we love, will never be considered pure, and I don't want to be reminded of that."
Hikaru laughed.
"What are you heeheehee-ing about?" Kaoru mocked.
"Let's go untaint the snow, brother."
It amazed Kaoru how light minded his brother could be sometimes.