OHSHC Seven Minutes in Heaven - Hikaru

        “Sorry about the wait ladies. We had a little incident during that last turn, but I think everything should be okay now.” Now standing in front of the group, Tamaki brushed his hair behind his ear and smiled. “Now that everything's back in order, I'm going to need another player.” As he looked over the room, Tamaki slowly tapped his chin with his forefinger. A few seconds later, he had chosen the next player. Without letting his eyes leave yours, Tamaki stepped over to where you were sitting and extended his hand. “Why do you look so nervous princess? You do want to play, don't you?”

“Yes, I do. I don't know why I'm so nervous.” Already blushing from head to toe, you took his hand and made yourself stand up. Though you tried not to focus on it, you couldn't help but feel like all eyes were on you. Growing more frazzled by this idea with each passing second, you hurried to the table and snatched up the first envelope you could. Opening it with haste, you pulled out a piece of parchment with Hikaru's name written in bold letters. “Hikaru, we're partners.”

Having just reunited with his brother, Hikaru brought Kaoru into his arms and held him tight. “I was strong for you Kaoru, now it's your turn to be strong for me. I'll be back soon.” After an all too tender embrace with his twin, Hikaru rose to his feet and joined you at the table. “Sorry I kept you waiting.” A slightly forced smile on his face, your partner ushered you into the closet and shut the door.”

“Y-you know, if you can't handle being away from Kaoru anymore, I could forfeit my turn.” You weren't sure if it was your nerves or your guilt that had prompted you to make such an offer, but it was too late to take it back now. Luckily, Hikaru refused.

“No way.” Dropping down to the floor in front of you, Hikaru crossed his legs and shook his head. “The boss would have a total fit if I did something like that. Besides, I think I can handle seven minutes without Kaoru. I did it before, just a couple of minutes ago.”

His complete attitude change came as a shock. Was  he just trying to be tough for you? Yes, that had to be it. “Oh, well that's good then.” At a loss for what else to say, you let the tiny space go quiet.

“You're really quiet. Like, maybe even more quiet than Mori is.” Almost before he'd finished speaking, a devilish grin began to creep across his face. You didn't know what had prompted it, but it was making you blush regardless. “I bet I could change that, if I had a little more time.” Suddenly much closer to you, Hikaru held your face in his hands. He wasn't saying anything, but the way he was looking at you made it hard for you to breathe.

No matter how embarrassed you were, or how much you wanted to look away, you couldn't pull your eyes from his. What was worse was that the longer you maintained eye contact, the more embarrassed you became. It took all of your strength just to be able to squeak out his name. “H-Hikaru.”

“Yes?” So close you swore you could feel his breath, Hikaru began gently stroking your flushed cheek with his thumb. “Is there something you need?”

“W-well, I-.” The second you opened your mouth to speak, Hikaru took advantage of the situation. It wasn't until you felt the warmth of his lips on yours that you realized what had happened. He was kissing you. You had expected that something like this might happen, but now that it was happening you didn't know what to do. The odd mixture of panic, embarrassment and excitement had caused you to temporarily stop breathing.

Doing his best to keep you from tipping over, Hikaru reluctantly ended the kiss and stared down at you. “Hey, are you okay?” Unsure whether to laugh or be concerned, he slowly ran his fingers through your hair and tried to keep a straight face. “You weren't breathing.”

Only now realizing that you had gone completely limp and were being cradled by your partner, you closed your eyes as if it would somehow help save your pride. “Y-yeah, I think so.” Though weakly, you managed to nod.

Not bothering to knock or even announce himself, Tamaki swung open the closet door and turned on the light. As soon as he saw the two of you a pleased look flashed over his face. “I knew it. I knew you would try to outdo Kaoru!” Grinning victoriously, he chuckled under his breath. “Luckily I expected this to happen and already prepared another closet.”

“But we don't need another closet. She can walk, can't you?” Looking down at you, just to be sure, Hikaru waited for you to respond. Honestly, you weren't sure if you could walk or not. Even so, you found yourself nodding before you could stop yourself. As soon as you did, he turned his attention back to Tamaki. “See, she's totally fine. She's just a little red is all.”

“But I already went through all the trouble of cleaning another one out.” Tamaki pouted. “Just stay in here a little longer, okay?”

Not about to complain about getting extra time, Hikary shrugged. “Sure, whatever you say boss.”