& NORMALCY .

i do hope this year you don’t go on any world-altering time travel related adventures without me :) (it was a little rude of you to leave me out last time u_u)

@politesper​ ​​​​​​, gfdgdfgdfgasdasdsad

"  hi  there,  pretty  boy.  "  he  does  a  little  wink,  little  smirk.  

walking  towards  the  clubroom  was  the  last  semblance  of  real  normalcy  kyon  had  for  the  day.  well,  then  again  it  all  depended  on  the  actions  of  a  certain  club  leader.  there  were  days  when  the  club  was  actually  pretty  tame.  and  kyon  loved  those  days.  much  more  than  whatever  weird  scheme  haruhi  had  conjured  up  for  the  week.

as  he  made  his  way  towards  the  clubroom,  he  sees  koizumi  standing  outside.  a  hand  raises  to  greet  the  other  but  is  caught  off  guard  by  the  other's  words.

despite  his  disbelief,  his  face  was  a  bit  flushed  as  he  takes  in  what  happened.  it  was  like  he  was  frozen  there  before  his  brain  finally  strings  letters  in  his  brain  to  just  simply  say  --  

Yuki stares at him for a few moments after his affirmation. Perhaps she looks relieved, if you really squint.

“…Itsuki Koizumi had another humanoid interface alter your memories. But they should be fine now. You should sit down, we expected the reversal would give you a headache…”

She urges him to sit down, and Kyon’s cellphone buzzes with a message, from Itsuki. Yuki glances, but doesn’t comment on it.

“There’s a lot of work to do, but regardless, take the necessary time to readjust yourself. Mikuru Asahina and Haruhi Suzumiya will be alright without us, for the time being.”

kyon  blinks,  taking  in  yuki...  someone  without  an  observant  eye  would  miss  it,  but...  he  knows  that  she  was  relived.  for  what  ?  he  wasn’t  exactly  sure.  he  hears  his  cellphone,  go  off,  but  he’s  focused  on  what  the  girl  in  front  of  him  was  saying.

koizumi...  had  kyon’s  memories  altered  ?  it  was  almost  unbelievable  considering  the  other  teenager’s  own  concern  with  his  memories.  kyon  would  be  enraged  if  he  wasn’t  so...  LOST.

❝  wait,  what  ?  what’s  going  with  asahina-san  and  haruhi  ?  ❞  ...  he  waves  a  hand,  opting  to  just  go  back  to  take  a  seat  on  his  desk...  everything  was  so  confusing.    ❝  give  me  a  second,  nagato-san...  ❞  he  says,  a  hand  rubbing  the  back  of  his  neck,  trying  to  piece  everything  together...

now  that  he  thinks  about  it,  he  was  rather  rude  today,  wasn’t  he  ?  no  wonder  haruhi  was  acting  weird...  and  he  thought  she  was  crazy.  ugh...

oh  right,  his  phone.

he  then  takes  his  phone  out  of  his  pocket,  looking  over  at  the  message  he  had  received.  huh...  talk  about  speaking  of  the  devil.  with  how  concerned  the  text  was,  kyon  would  admit,  he  was  unsure  how  to  feel  about  it.  what  was  koizumi’s  plan  ?  if  yuki  was  so  concerned  about  everything,  did  that  mean  that  koizumi  was...  in  danger  ?  or...  the  danger  ?

            SMS  TO  KOIZUMI    >  >    anything  i  should  know  about  ?  

Yuki acknowledges nothing of his protests, but the procedure itself is fairly painless, considering that she need not come into contact with a nerve or artery, and the correction needle is removed promptly, tucked back into Haruhi’s duffle bag. His wrist is released.

She knows that everything should be fine now, and yet she asks, “Are you ok?”

Her friend being changed into someone he wasn’t yesterday…it was frightening, inso much as she’s capable of being frightened, with her limited experience. She didn’t want anything to happen to him. She didn’t want anything to take her friends away from her. She loves them so much.

She can’t process why Itsuki would do this to them.

Doesn’t he love Kyon, at least, just as much as they all do? She always thought he did. And then he hurt him.

there’s  a  lot  going  on  through  his  mind  --  what  the  hell  is  going  on  ?  why  the  HELL  did  nagato  just  come  at  him  like  that  ??  and  WHAT  did  she  inject  him  with  ?  so  many  questions  and  so  much  happening,  he  was  feeling  his  head  spin.

there’s  a  though  that  wonders  what’s  going  on  through  his  classmates  heads...  maybe  they’re  used  to  it  by  now...  he  doesn’t  know  how  he  feels  about  this,  to  be  honest.

❝  what  was  this  for  ?  did  haruhi  put  you  up  to  this  ?  ❞  he  asks,  eyebrows  furrowed  in  confusion.  there  were  still  MANY  QUESTIONS  he’d  like  to  ask,  but  --  would  she  even  ANSWER  ?  or  maybe  he  wouldn’t  even  like  the  answer  that  she  gives.

The door of class 2-5 is slammed open as loud as a firecracker. Stealth is of no object, thanks to the reputation fostered by their brigade. Desks and chairs fly apart to create a wake for the girl moving far too fast to be properly processed. It all happens in barely a moment, and then, as if it never happened, Yuki is standing quietly next to Kyon.

“Stand still.”

His and Haruhi’s present classmates look on, gaping, as Yuki pulls a giant syringe out of the duffle bag given to her by the center of the universe herself. Her other hand grabs around Kyon’s wrist, iron tight, and though she rushed in here, she’s well in the clear now, and thus neither hurries nor dawdles in moving to bring her hands, with wrist and needle respectively, together.

it  all  happens  so  fast  that  kyon  doesn't  really  register  what's  happening.  pencil  erasure  tapping  on  the  desk  before  almost  JUMPING  at  the  sound  of  the  door  being  slammed  open.  him,  along  with  the  rest  of  the  class,  look  over  towards  the  cause  the  noise.  and  when  kyon  finally  realizes  this  is  nagato,  there  are  a  MILLION  questions  racing  through  his  mind.  

of  course,  this  had  to  do  SOMEthing  with  the  brigade.  why  was  it  ALWAYS  the  club  ?  there's  a  brief  thought  that  asks  why  him ?  and  oh,  to  be  a  BYSTANDER  when  something  odd  and  UNUSUAL  happens.

anonymous​​​​​​, getting kind of personal, aren’t we ?

So if you were going to ask Haruhi on a date HYPOTHETICALLY how would you do it

                      kyon  would  wonder  how  this  question  came  about  --  but  then  he  remembers  the  little  comment  made  by  a  certain  esper  in  the  brigade.  oh,  he  had  HALF  A  MIND  to  punch  koizumi  for  even  bringing  light  to  it.  after  all  -  why  would  HE  want  to  go  on  a  date  with  HARUHI  SUZUMIYA  ?

                        it  was  a  losing  game,  either  way.  how  would  you  ask  out  the  most  insane  girl  you’ve  ever  met  ?  maybe  he  could  ask  taniguchi,  but  --  that  was  an  awkward  conversation.  it  was  a  bit  obvious  that  the  other  was  still  a  bit  sore  about  their  “  relationship  “  --  if  you  could  even  call  it  that.

                      being  over  the  top  definitely  wasn’t  an  option.  even  if  it  was  something  she  would  have  wanted,  it  would  be  completely  out  of  character  for  kyon.  he’s  never  entirely  went  above  and  beyond  for  anything  --  he  was  barely  scraping  by  as  it  was.  so  making  a  grand  gesture  wouldn’t  be  taken  well  by  her.  or  worse,  she’ll  make  fun  of  him  and  that  would  make  any  rejection  so  much  worse.

                        but  being  casual  ?  haruhi  was  worth  more  than  just  a  casual  hey,  wanna  go  out  after  school  ?  was  that  really  a  thought  that  crossed  his  mind  ?  kyon  wanting  nothing  more  than  to  just  stop  thinking  about  it.  and  the  last  thing  he  wanted  to  do  was  ask  koizumi  about  it.  actually,  thinking  about  it  --  koizumi  would  be  a  lot  better  at  coming  up  with  an  idea  that  was  a  happy  medium.  but  --  the  more  he  thought  about  it,  the  more  that  idea  started  to  piss  him  off.

                       so  he  did  the  only  thing  he  could  really  think  of  --

                        ❝  hey,  ❞  he  calls  out  to  haruhi  as  they  were  leaving  the  school,  she  was  a  few  steps  ahead  him,  causing  her  to  turn  her  attention  back  to  him.  the  rest  of  the  brigade  had  already  parted  ways,  leaving  them  all  alone.  just  the  way  he  would  prefer  it,  to  be  honest.