HIKARU AND KAORU ARE DEAD

Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC

I was watching Rosencrantz and Guildenstern for my English class and this idea just popped into my head.

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"Do you want to play the 'which one is Hikaru game?'"

"When there's no one to watch?"

"We can watch."

"You're Hikaru then."

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm Kaoru."

"Are you sure?"

"Not entirely."

"What's Kaoru's favourite colour?"

"Blue."

"Haha – you got it wrong!"

"So I'm Hikaru then."

"But my favourite colour isn't blue!"

"Exactly, you're Kaoru."

"I thought you were."

"……so did I…."

"I'll be the older one."

"I'm older."

"But you're Hikaru."

"Exactly."

"Kaoru's older."

"No I'm not."

"So I like blue."

"So do I."

"Well we can't both be Hikaru."

"Why not?"

"Someone has to be Kaoru."

"Fine. I'll be the one who likes Haruhi."

"Which one's that again?"

"I think it's both of us."

"I don't think I like her."

"Well I don't either but someone has to!"

"It's just work, work, work with you."

"Okay! I'm Hikaru and you're Kaoru!"

"….are you sure?"

"Just make up your damn mind!"

"But I want to be you!"

"Well I want to be you!"

"You want to be me?"

"I don't remember which one me is….."

"Let's just start at the beginning."

Okay, you were born first."

"And you like blue."

"No."

"Which one is Kaoru again?"

"Uh oh, you got it wrong!" The Hittachin twins laughed and pulled the caps off their heads. They grinned identical cat like grins and bowed, linking arms.

"No I didn't," Haruhi said, turning around to look at the twins, an amused smile on her face. "You guys may look similar but you're not exactly identical." The girls all giggled and began gushing over Haruhi, praising her. The Hittachin brothers stared after her, their fingers slowly entwining.

Was she right? The words didn't make it out of Kaoru's mouth but Hikaru heard them all the same.

How could Haruhi tell them apart, when they couldn't do it themselves?