Disclaimers: I do not own Suzumiya Haruhi series. It belongs to none other than Tanigawa Nagaru-sensei! But this story [fan fiction] is mine.

Warnings: OOC, slight yaoi, psychotic thoughts, suicide, etc. 'Tis a dark fiction; thou hast no right whatsoever to condemn my work as some other genre. Okay, that sounds stupid. And yes, you might not like what the story will end up as.

Characters: [Main] Kyon and Itsuki Koizumi. This is told through Koizumi's perspective in the first part, then there is a break wherein it becomes Kyon's perspective and then there are a few sentences at the end that belongs to Koizumi.

[Minor] Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, Yuki Nagato, Tsuruya-san, Arakawa-san and Mori-san.

Throes of the Unrequited

The rain pours like a broken faucet, unable to be controlled; then ended up drowning the whole world. (1)

I closed the heavy volume of poems by some new writer and replaced it back in Nagato-san's shelf. I proceeded then to sit at one of the foldable chairs in the clubroom. At normal days I would have already played a game alone to pass time, but today it seems like the habit had already left me. There was no one else aside from me in the room, and also taking notice of the condition outside, it was practically bleak. The three female brigade members had gone downtown to shop for the party Suzumiya-san herself organized for no reason at all. I'm guessing that it might be some important date to her, but I have not assessed that myself.

I am alone. If only Kyon would be here and play some games with me just like how it was in the past.

But no, judging from the expression I got from him the time I declared what I had felt for him I don't think he would want to be left in a room alone with me anymore. I sighed as the bad memory played itself once again in my mind. I hadn't even got the slightest chance to retort back at his hurtful words; his hate pouring out of his mouth in the form of awful words that made me recoil and think low of myself.

"Yahoo~! Sorry we're late!"

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris." (2) I said loudly to myself, suddenly remembering Mephistophilis' words to Doctor Faustus. The jigsaw puzzle I bought from the supermarket lay undone at the table. It was supposed to be finished by Kyon and me, not by my efforts alone. But I know that that thought would never come true, just like how the other thoughts didn't. They merely remained a thought until they rot away in my brain. And no matter how hard I try to remember the thought that had already decayed, it wouldn't come back to me.

"…Huh, what are you spouting to yourself Koizumi?"

I hadn't noticed that the door had been opened harshly by none other than the subject of my observations, Suzumiya Haruhi-san. The other two girls had been standing behind her, the three of them carrying heavy-looking shopping bags. Suzumiya-san just stared as me as she waited, which I only answered with a smile and the word "Nothing." As soon as the door had closed and the bags had been dumped on the table in front of me, Suzumiya-san flopped on her seat behind the ill-begotten computer.

Nagato-san had gone to her usual seat beside the window, wherein she drowns herself in her own world and literally ignores the existence of other beings surrounding her. But I guess that was the way she was supposed to act, given that she was only sent here to observe Suzumiya-san and save Kyon from harm, which was frequent.

Thinking about Nagato-san only made me remember Kyon, which in turn made my heart ache. A few days had already passed, yet why does the feeling of being awfully dumped still lingers?

Do you now choose to forget him?

Yes, if that is the best option. If that would make him come back to my side, I'll do anything it takes. I do not care anymore for these feelings.

It depends on you, if you really had the strength and capacity to forget him. Unless you'd want to feel the wrath of Suzumiya Haruhi you will defy every single thing, even the feelings of Kyon himself.

Nagato-san had told me these words the day after Kyon had said that he would never like me. I was disheartened and obviously it showed through at the brigade's meeting. My sudden change in attitude prompted something inside Suzumiya-san that she does not want how I was acting. I wasn't the mysterious transfer student at that time; I was someone who was recently dumped by the person he loves.

Suzumiya-san seems to notice too that I was the cause of Kyon's sudden withdrawal from the brigade. She was furiously angry by this which caused a Sealed Dimension expand swiftly. The [Shinjins] were also a lot different. Under normal circumstances there would only be one or two, but this time almost fifty emerged from the darkness. Sadly, we were decimated in half. I was lucky a colleague of mine shielded me with her body. And her actual last words were, "Suzumiya-san's happiness is above all else."

Suzumiya-san's happiness is above all else. Suzumiya-san's happiness is supernatural things. Suzumiya-san's happiness is…Kyon. My happiness is to be loved by Kyon. My happiness would never come to me.

Asahina-san was brewing tea, which she even wrongly poured the tea into five cups, including Kyon's own. The deed only came to her after she noticed two cups—including her own—left on the tray when it was supposed to only contain one. She gasped at her mistake, which she immediately remedies by pouring the tea back to the kettle. Unlike the other brigade members she was forced to wear a maid costume and serve tea to everyone every single day. And it makes me jealous to think that Kyon seems to be infatuated to Asahina-san.

Kyon came up again in my trail of thoughts.

After a few minutes Suzumiya-san looked up from the computer screen and scanned the room. She was looking for someone, which is obviously Kyon, who unfortunately wouldn't come anymore to the brigade room.

"Kyon still hasn't appeared?"

Her eyebrows twitched dangerously as she turned to me, her assistant brigade chief only in the name, waiting for obvious answers.

"Unfortunately, he still hasn't dropped by, even by the time you, Asahina-san and Nagato-san went out to buy materials for the party."

I answered immediately because I don't have to think about the answer since it has already been laid out for all of us inside the room. But she always wants to be divulged like this. Yes, she wants to confirm everything from a source that is not her own self. Yet by the way she had asked me that question it seemed like there was some other reason why she had not asked the other members. Was she still blaming me for Kyon's resignation from the club? Yet her action really baffled me. Why hadn't she refused Kyon's sudden resignation? Does this mean that she was slowly succumbing to the boy?

It seems like the highly-esteemed Suzumiya Haruhi had stooped low to like a normal human, a normal human that I also happened to love.

A normal human that I would never get no matter how hard I try.

"Hmph, this is boring. I'm going home."

With only that Suzumiya-san picked up her bag and left. At this gesture the two other brigade members followed suit, Asahina-san not even bothering to change out of her maid costume. I was once again alone inside the bleak clubroom. And outside the windows, rain suddenly pours on. I then remembered that I have left my umbrella at home.

The next day after class I went straight to the clubroom after Suzumiya-san had told me earlier that she had an announcement to make. Upon arriving I saw Nagato-san sitting in front of the table, Asahina-san still wearing her school uniform and was not serving tea and Suzumiya-san behind the brigade commander's table where the computer was supposed to be.

"Koizumi, please take a seat."

As it was supposed to be my nature to acquiesce to her every demand, I sat at the nearest chair that I found.

"Is there a reason why you have summoned us, Suzumiya-san?"

I looked at her frowning face, at the face that badly wanted everything to go her way. I was answered with a frown and a disheartened look.

"Yes."

Suzumiya-san's head hung low, her voice almost quivering in the most profound sadness. This is the first time that she had ever showed us her weak side. Then, seeming as though she tries to gather up every inch of strength left in her she slowly turned back to us.

"I summoned you all here because I wanted to tell you guys that I'm disbanding the brigade. Today we're having a disbanding party."

Her tears fell suddenly as though she really does not want everything to end. We only looked at her in shock, but she paid no heed to our stares as she continued to tell us everything she wanted to impart to us.

"I was really happy that I had formed this brigade and got such great subordinates. But I fear that this brigade should continue no further. I also cannot see the possibility of this brigade bringing back the things we've lost. All supernatural beings do not seem to like me, as they wouldn't appear no matter how hard I try to make them appear. But I'll continue believing that someday they would all come to me and be friends with me."

And that was the end of everything.

After the disbanding party Suzumiya-san immediately excused herself, and Asahina-san followed her lead. Nagato-san was left with me as though she have something that she wants to tell me.

"Suzumiya Haruhi's enthusiasm disappeared when Kyon stopped going to the brigade meetings. The Integrated Data Sentient Entity cannot see Suzumiya Haruhi's possibility to become the answer to self-evolution. This brigade is doomed to break up soon, even if Suzumiya Haruhi would not want that to happen. She noticed it herself, and she herself brought the end. If only Kyon never defied Suzumiya Haruhi's demands."

It sounds like I brought this thing myself.

"Goodbye."

Her petite figure started to walk away, leaving me alone once again in this bleak clubroom, which I would see for the last time.

The next day Suzumiya-san barged into my classroom. And after excusing me to the teacher, she proceeded to tell me that she hadn't seen Nagato-san around, not even at the clubroom or at her room.

"Koizumi, had Yuki told you anything about transferring?"

I merely shrugged my head in denial. She hadn't told me anything at all last night. After hearing what I have to say she withdrew.

"Even Mikuru is gone. I asked Tsuruya-san and she told me that Mikuru didn't come to school today. I'm worried, so I looked to see if you're still here."

"Is Kyon still here?"

I asked, though it is quite obvious that both Nagato-san and Asahina-san would have already been called back to their time, considering that Suzumiya-san had seemingly 'lost' her god-like powers. It's only a matter of time before I would disappear too.

"Yes, he's still sitting in front of me."

"Do you want to conduct a city-wide search for Asahina-san and Nagato-san?"

"…No need. Well, I just went here to see if you haven't disappeared like them. Bye."

"Bye."

After seeing Suzumiya-san enter her classroom, I slowly moved from my place and went back to my class.

The class ended, and before I could stop myself I had unconsciously walked towards the clubroom and had even entered it. I only realized when I was already inside. Since I have nothing else to do as of this moment I lazily flopped down on one of the foldable chairs in the room.

As soon as I had relaxed in my sitting position my cellphone vibrated angrily. Someone was calling me, and that someone is the Agency/Organization. (3)

"Hello?"

The other line merely said 'Your role as a mysterious transfer student is over. Suzumiya Haruhi's happiness depended on your act but you didn't go as planned. Your last assignment is to have Suzumiya Haruhi form the brigade once again, and you must do everything you can to make it possible. It doesn't matter if you live or not; Suzumiya Haruhi's happiness is above all else. Mori-san and Arakawa-san is going to your place immediately and will prepare you for everything.'

Then click. The call was ended because all had been already said.

In just about three minutes of waiting the butler-maid combination stepped inside the clubroom. Mori-san holds the vial that will supposedly control my body to do the task assigned. I had no other choice but to take the concoction in compensation for everything that I had done.

Gingerly I took the body-control concoction from Mori-san's hand and drank the almost bubbling deadly fluid. By doing so I subject all my body movements to the full control of the Agency/Organization.

"Koizumi Itsuki-kun, it is a pleasure working with you. Goodbye."

The duo then disappeared from my sight.

As soon as they were gone my feet carried me towards Kyon's house. In less than ten minutes I reached the house and upon fumbling for the doorbell, I managed to have Kyon talk to me.

"What do you want?"

Signs of contempt and disgust showed at his face the instant he saw me. I can see that he still hasn't forgotten my confession from a week ago.

"I want you to persuade Suzumiya-san to form the brigade once again."

"I have nothing to do with it. And wasn't she the one who ended everything?"

"Asahina-san and Nagato-san had already disappeared from our time-plane."

And it's only a matter of time before I disappear as well.

"I cannot bring them back. And so does Haruhi, since it seems like she has already lost her powers."

"The sudden disappearance of the two is causing confusion in everyone. No one even tried to mend it. Only the re-formation of the brigade is the answer."

Kyon seemed to think after that. I just looked at him with pallid eyes.

"And then, after that what will happen?"

"Everything would go back to normal."

He eyed me curiously, but he cannot make my heart beat fast again as my body was subjected to control from the Agency/Organization. My smile is also lost from my face, and only my pallid expression greets him.

"Sigh, Haruhi still gives me the headache. So, must I just call her and inform her that I would want to re-form the brigade? And what would I use to persuade her with?"

"After Asahina-san and Nagato-san comes back to our time, go to the exact spot of the mountain where we dug up the non-existent treasure of the Tsuruya clan. Or even before they come. I had devised a scenario that will make Haruhi want to re-form the brigade. I think it will be enough to bring back her power. Please do it tomorrow immediately."

"…Is that all?"

There is a long pause, with Kyon just looking at me intently and me looking back at him. No matter how hard I try to say what I really wanted to say, my voice won't form the words. In the end I was stuck saying only one word in answer.

"…Yes."

Then at that moment I turned and walked away without even saying goodbye to the man I love most, as this is the time that I will see him last…

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"How come you bother me this early in the morning?"

I was with Haruhi that morning in the bus stop, doing exactly what Koizumi had told me to do last night. We were patiently waiting for our bus to arrive, but it seems like Haruhi's patience wouldn't last any longer.

"Koizumi told me to drag you towards the mountain beside Tsuruya-san's house. It seems like he found something out-of-this-world."

"You better not be wasting my time Kyon. I would rather look for Yuki and Mikuru than waste my time for this."

The bus that we were waiting had already arrived. The ride is long considering we were anxiously fidgeting in our seats, itching to see what Koizumi had done this time. As soon as we arrived we wounded our way towards the gourd-shaped rock which is our mark.

But we haven't seen the rock in its original position. Instead, it was laid flat, and what was use to inscribe symbols made me retch.

On the surface of the stone the same markings Haruhi and I draw on Tanabata festival three years ago had been illustrated, except for a pentacle at the bottom. And the ink used to write on the stone? Blood, as it seems, of a human.

"Who would do such a horrifying thing?"

Haruhi was only a bit pleased at this as her nose wrinkled in disgust at the sight. Then she turned her head left and right, like she was looking for the culprit.

"Where is Koizumi by the way?"

I shrugged and told her that I don't know. After a few minutes contemplating in silence we were disturbed by the crunching of leaves under a person's foot before it abruptly stopped.

"There's someone here besides us Kyon. Must it be Koizumi?"

The footsteps then continued. After hearing sufficiently enough for us to guess where the sound was coming from, we turned our heads and waited…

Who emerged wasn't Koizumi. Rather, it was two people we do not even think would be coming.

"Yuki? Mikuru?"

I looked at Haruhi, who was already running towards the two.

The two let themselves be hugged, while Nagato-san stared at me. There is obviously something wrong. Koizumi should already be here.

As soon as Nagato-san neared me, I asked her about the blood illustrations. My fears were confirmed when she told me that it really is the blood of a human, and that it was newly done. It means that the perpetrator is still near.

"But how did you and Asahina-san managed to get back?"

"Suzumiya Haruhi's power came back. It must be after she saw the illustrations that she herself had drawn in the past. It made her recall and was able to get back her powers in the process."

Does this mean that you will continue to observe her until you've found a way to use her power for the self-evolution thing?

"I guess so."

Just then Haruhi made Nagato-san turn to her and then had dragged her towards the sinister rock.

"Yuki! Do you think this blood is from a human?"

Nagato-san told her what she had told me just earlier.

"It is from someone we know. And that person is dying."

Do you mean that someone had extracted blood from the person you said we know and used it to draw these symbols? And where is that person who was victimized?

Nagato-san pointed to the rock.

"I am here."

Well, yes you are right there. But what is the purpose of you pointing to the symbols?

Then it hit me. These symbols meant 'I am here.' Do you mean that someone is buried under this rock?

"Yes."

Who? Haruhi and Asahina-san had gasped in shock. We have no tools to use to dig this place.

"Mikuru and I will borrow shovels from Tsuruya-san."

I had no time more to argue with Haruhi as she had dragged Asahina-san down the mountain. But if someone was already victimized, wouldn't it be alright if all of us stick together?

"The culprit is someone we know. And that person is not anymore capable of performing such feats."

What do you mean by that? Who would do such a thing?

"Koizumi Itsuki."

Koizumi did all of this? Who was the person he buried under the rock? Should we call for a police to search for him? I'll kill him if I saw him!

"No need."

Then Nagato-san pointed the rock.

"Koizumi Itsuki is buried under this rock. I think it is better that Suzumiya Haruhi wouldn't see him in his death. The espers are already decreasing due to the fact that Suzumiya Haruhi's powers got berserk before she had lost it. The Agency/Organization had been blaming Koizumi Itsuki for this event since he was the one who made you resign the SOS Brigade. I think that was the reason why he was buried under this rock at this moment."

Koizumi is dying because of me?

"He was inside a small sack at this moment, the oxygen levels dropping dramatically. His hands and feet are tied."

How did you know that?

"I can see what was happening to him at this moment."

Can he hear us?

"No."

What was he doing?

"He was dying."

Due to the fact that it seems like Nagato-san wouldn't give me incomprehensible answers anymore I turned back to the rock. The alien symbols are things that I know, but what is the relevance of the pentacle?

"….."

What answered me was silence.

After a few more minutes, Haruhi and Asahina-san came back with four shovels. Behind them is Tsuruya-san.

"Yoo-hoo~! I heard that you were digging this place again. How come?"

It seemed like neither Haruhi nor Asahina-san had told Tsuruya-san about the body that was buried under this spot this certain moment. Haven't they accepted the fact? Or are they simply just thinking of the time that they could lose if ever they explained to Tsuruya-san about the buried person back at her house?

Since I personally think tat Tsuruya-san had every right to know the truth, I turned to her and proceeded to tell her about what the other two had failed to tell her earlier.

Someone is buried in here. And we must save him before he loses oxygen.

"Huh? Someone was buried in our property? Who?"

The three girls, aside from Nagato-san, looked at me like they already knew that I know who was buried under the rock. Because of their stares I was forced to say what I knew, except for the fact that it really is Koizumi who did all of these things.

"If that was the case then we should get moving! I will not permit anyone on my brigade to die!"

Haruhi, have you already made up your mind to form this brigade once again?

"If that was the only way to save Koizumi, or anyone from my members from harm, then I will do whatever it takes!"

Her determination always precedes everything she does.

All of us are now pushing the rock off the spot where we would be digging for Koizumi. As soon as we did the task the shovels had been passed to us. Then we started digging.

"Be careful! You might be already hurting Koizumi!"

Haruhi continued shouting orders as she furiously dug the place with all her strength. Asahina-san cannot do anything as always, while Tsuruya-san and Nagato-san doing exactly what Haruhi was doing.

"Nagato-san, how deep was Koizumi in?"

"Six meters."

That deep? How did he do that by himself?

"He dug everything and did all of this, but it wasn't him who covered himself with the dirt."

Is it Arakawa-san and Mori-san?

"….."

The four girls had stopped by the time that we have to go down to continue digging. So I, as the only male, continued digging until I heard Haruhi say 'Stop!'

When I looked at the seemingly grave that I've dug, I saw a small part of a sack. Have we already dug up Koizumi?

"I'll go and check."

I walked beside the sack. With my hands I brushed the remaining dirt away and was able to pull the heavy sack from the soil. It was tied at the top, and there were blood markings at the side of the sack.

"Kyon, open it already!"

I know! Then, fumbling for the knot, my trembling fingers slowly loosened the tight knot that was imprisoning Koizumi. As soon as I had done the deed, Koizumi's head popped in view.

"Koizumi!"

Haruhi slid down towards my place, where I was holding Koizumi gingerly with my hands, as if fearing that he would break apart once I wasn't careful enough to hold him.

Koizumi was in shambles. His eyes were covered with a bloody handkerchief and there were blood tracks on the side of his mouth. He was breathing slowly and quietly, his uniform was matted with sweat and blood. There were so much blood that I am not sure if he will last until he gets to the hospital, which Tsuruya-san had been eagerly calling for help once we have unearthed Koizumi.

Haruhi gently took off the handkerchief blocking Koizumi's eyes from seeing. She should not have done that.

What greeted us were his eyes looking far off in a direction we don't know, his eyes bleeding. No matter how hard we try to make him see, he couldn't see us. His eyes are already blind.

"S, Suzu,m,miya-san…"

Koizumi mumbled weakly, his head turning slowly to left where Haruhi wasn't positioned.

"S,Suzumiy,ya-san…"

"Stop talking!"

Haruhi shouted at Koizumi when she noticed that Koizumi cannot talk further. I looked at her and saw tears lingering at her eyes. Koizumi then turned to where he had heard Haruhi speak when he noticed that he was talking to no one in the direction he first turned to.

"Who did this to you?"

Her trembling voice cut through the serene silence of the woods. Her head now hung low, but was obviously peering at Koizumi's battered face.

"I d,did… Because, S,Suzumi,y,ya-san w,wants Kyo,Kyon to c,come back,k right? I j,just did wh,what I c,can…"

"That is stupid! It is not your fault that Kyon resigned from the club. It is because he got fed up by my incessant feats. I noticed that. That is why I disbanded the brigade…"

"I,It's my fa,fault…"

Koizumi continued to say. He was about to say more, but he was cut off by Haruhi herself.

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that you live!"

Koizumi then tried to turn to my direction, which he obviously hadn't done perfectly.

"Is it a,alright for me t,to live?"

Should I be the one to answer the question? I looked at Haruhi which looks like she was saying, "yes, you dumbass!"

"Yes, it is alright."

"R,Really? I'm ha,happy…"

Then Koizumi's head twisted to the right, and stopped talking.

"Koizumi? Koizumi!"

His eyes looked straight to nowhere. His mouth is half-open, neither smiling nor frowning. He became limp under my arms. I cannot feel his breathing anymore.

"KOIZUMI! CAN YOU HEAR ME! MOVE!"

The one who was shouting and also shaking Koizumi was Haruhi herself. I had now seen her face. Tears continuously falls down her cheeks, her eyebrows twitched in obvious frustration. Above, I can hear the silent crying of Asahina-san. Nagato-san just peered at us, but she must have wanted to cry too. Tsuruya-san stopped talking on the phone abruptly. I just stared at Koizumi, unsure if I would want to believe that everything happening in front of me right now is true.

"Koizumi, you're not dead, right?"

I then lowered my head in the level of his chest, where I tried to hear the faint sound of a heart beating. But all was futile. Koizumi is already dead.

The ambulance team had come a few minutes later. Koizumi's body was now being hoisted in a stretcher. Haruhi went inside the ambulance immediately, though we already know that we cannot do anything to save him.

"Koizumi-kun is dead?"

Asahina-san asked me, her cute eyes now puffy from crying. I can only nod in confirmation. After knowing, she cried again.

Tsuruya-san was holding Asahina-san who was in the verge of falling apart. She had just seen a person die. Nagato-san, who was silent the whole time, was peering at the inscriptions Koizumi had left.

"Nagato-san, who buried Koizumi?"

"The Agency/Organization wished for the deletion of Koizumi Itsuki since they thought that by doing so Suzumiya Haruhi's powers would go back to its original strength. But they were wrong. By doing so they had just prompted the end of the world. Although Koizumi Itsuki was merely a member of the brigade, it does not mean that for Suzumiya Haruhi his existence in the club means nothing. He was, like you and the rest of us, indispensable members of the brigade. And no one, not the Agency/Organization or even the Integrated Data Sentient Entity can change that fact."

What do you mean by 'the end of the world'? Would it be like the time when I and Haruhi were inside that Sealed Dimension?

"Yes. But this time all of us, including Koizumi Itsuki, will be summoned to the new world."

Can't you do anything to alter her decision?

"It's all up to you. I am merely an observer."

But you were by far the strongest! Are you saying that I should now use my last resort? (4)

"If that is what you think is right."

I turned to Tsuruya-san and asked her for a car to drive us to the hospital where Koizumi is sent. Quickly she fumbled for a phone and after hearing the confirmation, the four of us walked quickly down the mountain slope.

If using the last resort would not bring back Koizumi, I don't know what else I could do to make Haruhi change her mind about deleting the whole freaking world…

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I dug furiously at the hard dirt, knowing fully well that I would be sleeping here for eternity. I guess that my role as the mysterious transfer student is over. This last task is to make Kyon come back.

The knife cutting against my fingers is cold against my skin. I can feel nothing, except for the coldness now creeping at my now-bleeding hand. Swiftly I drew the symbols from the newspaper from three years ago. After finishing I proceeded to draw a pentacle below for no apparent reason whatsoever. I just wanted to do something that only I have the will about for the last time.

The sun is nearly up the sky. And if I guessed right, Kyon and Suzumiya-san are already waiting at the bus stop. I don't have much more time.

The knife then started cutting through my eyes. What a pain! Only for a matter of minutes I was already panting because of pain, the sight around me only a vast expanse of darkness. I am alone. I am in darkness.

Kyon, I'm not just doing this for Haruhi, but also for you.

Cold hands started tying my hands and feet and covered my bloody eyes. I then felt being slowly placed inside a rough sack and to be thrown roughly down the grave that I myself had dug just earlier. A few seconds after I can feel the soil slowly being put back into place. For the last time I did what I have the freedom to do. For the last time I thought about Kyon and what I really wanted to tell him for the last time.

Kyon, I really love you…

Author's Note: Okay, the ending sucks. I know and I apologize for that.

Anyway:

(1) It is a line from a poem I made. I was thinking of passing it to a newspaper, but I still haven't finished the whole poem.

(2) Act II, Scene 1, Line 42. The line translates to "Misery loves company." The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

(3) In the anime, Koizumi's group is called Agency while in the Light Novels it is called Organization.

(4) The last resort of Kyon is to tell Haruhi that he was John Smith. Watch/Read the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi for details.

About the story, I'm sorry if it seems like it is devoid of any emotions. And that I also noticed that I've written way too long! This is stupid for a short story. But then, I think I've only reached about 5,080 words and about 16 pages, so I think this is still okay.

Anyway, what do you think? No flame on me, the author, but rather on the story! constructive criticism will do.

I'm sorry that there are really no yaoi scenes. Inserting a yaoi scene in the story would sure disrupt the flow. And that is a bad story. And yes, Koizumi killed himself, both because of the order of the Agency/Organization and also because of the realization that Kyon would never be able to love him back. I think he noticed it by the time he went and talked to Kyon about the re-formation of the brigade. And also, did you notice that Nagato-san is avoiding the subject about who buried Koizumi? Well, I'm currently writing about that right now, and also what happened after. I am still not sure if I would want to see Koizumi alive once again, or if Kyon would love him back. I want Koizumi to suffer. Oooh, I'm showing my sadistic side.

Well then, that is all! I am not sure if this fiction is of any good, so please, tell me what is wrong with this! I will surely rewrite this after I've got enough criticisms about my work.

I'm rambling again. So until next time~!