Rough night?

[selflessdevil]

[Here we have a redhead laying on his side on the floor; it would appear that he was sleeping, but he is stirring now. He scrunches his nose slightly before slowly opening his eyes, a frown quickly taking its place on his features.]

Hikaru...

[He sits up on the floor, only to notice that the bed he was expecting to be behind him isn't there. This causes his frown to deepen as he takes a better look at the room to find that he doesn't recognize it at all.

This, of course, prompts a bit of whining dignified objection.] Hikaru~ we agreed there weren't any consequences to that game! Ugh, this isn't even a good prank. Where the hell did he put me?

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[prismshards]

W-well how am I supposed to know?! With the way you were talking, it sounded like you two could've been replica and original!

[selflessdevil]

...

[Congratulations, you have an annoyed Kaoru on your hands.] You know, I've heard "doppelgangers" used for us, but I've never heard anyone try to accuse one of us of being a cheap imitation of the other.

[prismshards]

[ Luke has already passed annoyed and gone straight on to pissed, do not collect $200. ] There's nothing cheap about replicas, dammit! Being made doesn't make us any less human!

[selflessdevil]

Ugh.

I'm not some fake, and I do not appreciate the assumption that I am. Hikaru and I were born together... we've alwa-...

...

[Kaoru turns away, rubbing at his arms again just like before, like there's some kind of chill he's trying to get rid of even as he starts walking away from Luke, looking around the room.] You know what, forget it. I don't need to explain myself to you. [Now he's just going to commence looking to see if there's a closet or something where he might find something to wear; just because he has no idea where this is doesn't mean that he's going to walk around in his pajamas, after all.]

[prismshards]

That wasn't what I said or meant to imply. I'm not a fake either...!

[ Luke keeps both fists clenched at his sides, letting his gaze drop from Kaoru's back to the floor. Suddenly, this really, really sucks. Stuck in some unknown place with a guy who looks to be around his apparent age and insulting when he's not taking pleasure in teasing the ever living daylights out of him. ] Fine. Nobody asked you to anyways. [ He doesn't quite stomp over to the far side of the room (his boots are just that heavy) and flops down against the wall, dragging a finger along the grooves. ]

[selflessdevil]

[Just sort of absorbs himself in trying to see if there are any clothes in this place. However, after a few minutes pass...

...

...Suddenly, Kaoru just stops, leaning his forehead against the wall and closing his eyes.] Hikaru...

[prismshards]

[ Hearing the name of Kaoru's brother again, Luke glances up at him but doesn't move. Last thing he wants to do is make things worse. ]

...he's bound to be around here somewhere.

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[selflessdevil]

[Kaoru shakes his head slightly, resting a little more solidly against the wall.] I just... I hate that I can't even...

[He goes silent for a few moments...]

[selflessdevil]

[...And then he laughs a little, as though something just struck him.] Right now, he's probably harassing the maids, I bet. Yelling at them because I'm not there and, "How could you not have seen him leave the room?" or something like that... I wouldn't be surprised if he's already demanded to see the security footage, too, just to find me. [If Luke watches him closely, he seems to relax as he talks about Hikaru.]

[prismshards]

[ Talk about doing a one-eighty. He isn't sure if Kaoru is only putting up a tough front, so he's a little slow to smile at the change in attitude. ] You two must be pretty close if he'll get that uppity after such a short time has passed. We should hurry and find him so he won't make the maids cry. [ Luke shimmies along the wall to his feet and offers Kaoru a hand. ] Right?

[selflessdevil]

[Kaoru smiles very slightly at that as he nods, taking Luke's hand.] Yeah... although, most of them are pretty used to anything we throw at them by now. [He closes his eyes for a moment and it looks like he's just trying to keep himself calm, but really he's trying to get his bearings in a vain attempt to get a feeling of where his brother is.] And... close is one way to put it, I guess. Up until not too long ago, all we've ever had is each other, so... ah, well... Hikaru's really the most important person in the world to me. He probably always will be.