A/N: Alright, let me start by addressing the elephant in the room, the Fairy Tail fanfic. I know it's been a while since I updated that, *sweats at angry mob of Fairy Tail fans* but as I've said multiple times before, it will never be dropped, maybe a hiatus, as real-life has been a bit cruel lately and I wanted to start some other fics. I also write with my sister and we're trying to get published, so that has been getting in the way too. But I have no intention of killing off my Fairy Tail fic, I'm quite able at running multiple stories at once, I've been doing it for years.

Now, to talk about Haganai. I've only recently gotten into this series, (I literally finished the anime yesterday, if not a few days ago). I was initially nervous about doing this, because my knowledge of these characters doesn't hold a flickering candle to my knowledge of the Fairy Tail characters, but when I was watching the anime, I was sort of disappointed at the end of the second season, so I sort of brainstormed this up in the span of a night. I did a fair bit of research too on the light novels so I wouldn't screw the characters up that badly. (But apparently what I've heard about the end of the light novels is that it has an even worse ending. Like seriously, Alvarez is somehow better). Without further ado, I'll stop rambling and get this started, as the summary stated, it takes place right after the anime ends.

Disclaimer: I do not own Haganai

Cadmus sighed as he walked through the night, towards the edge of the road, every so often a midnight driver would pass him by on the road. He took yet another deep sigh. Someone as young as him shouldn't be out here this late at night, they should be home with their parents getting ready for classes the next day. Did it necessarily stop him? Not really.

He leaned on the tall guardrail in front of him, looking out at the sea. He had done this so many nights he had lost count. He was avoiding something just as much as she was. He had no intention of going to school, and only lazily attended after spurts of walking out in the dark all night in streams that could last days. His dark glare reflected back at himself from the sea. He had very dark brown eyes, wild black spiky hair, black jeans and boots, and a black leather jacket, with yet another black trench coat over it, although the second coat was hardly fastened and it did little more than flap in the wind most of the time.

He looked over to his right, wondering what was catching his eye. To his surprise there was someone else standing by the guardrail as well, only a couple feet away from him. She had short black hair that barely reached the end of her neck, a small green coat over her plain shirt with a black tie, a green skirt, black stockings, and simple brown shoes. He squinted at her, he recognized the uniform, or at least he was pretty sure he did, either that or it was too dark to tell.

"Tch." Cadmus said. What the hell does she think she's doing out here? Doesn't she have school tomorrow? He also had school tomorrow, but he wasn't going to focus on that detail right now. I've been here easily for months, I can't think straight with another person brooding here. Jeez, wonder what the hell her problem is? He turned to face her and walked over to confront her, "Hey." He started briskly, in a gruff and scratchy voice that probably made him come across as more intimidating than he intended, "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be home getting ready for school tomorrow?"

The girl met his gaze with dazzling violet eyes. That fact alone already had Cadmus's usual folds and veins of anger gone in a flash, what was left was just a speechless pale look on his face. Her scowl was also a compelling sight to see, if it were not the fact that Cadmus himself started said scowl in the first place.

"Yeah, thanks, but I don't really need a busybody hovering over me, go take your drugs somewhere else." The girl dismissively swatted a hand. She had a clear and smooth voice, deeper than Cadmus's.

"Drugs…?" He wondered, then he looked down at himself. He was wearing heavy dark clothing, a fair enough observation. Although everything else about this was confusing to him. When he rose his voice, people usually yielded or at least listened to him. This young woman just brushed him off as if he were a measly insect, with such a commanding voice, nonetheless. What gives? "So why are you out here?"

"Just leave me alone."

He narrowed his eyes, "You go to St. Chronica's Academy, don't you?"

Her eyes widened, she looked at him as their eyes met, "I'm a bit concerned as to how the hell you even know that in the first place."

"I'm a student there too. I recognized your uniform."

"Are you a second year too?"

Cadmus nodded, "I don't think we're in the same class though, I don't think I've ever seen your face."

"Great." She muttered sarcastically, "So why the hell did you ask me about missing school? Wouldn't that apply to you too?"

"Maybe…" Cadmus faced the ocean again.

The girl's phone started ringing an absurd amount. The amount of jingles and songs coming from it suggested that either she was receiving messages from multiple people or she was getting straight-up text-bombed, "Uh…" Cadmus said, "You gonna…you gonna answer those?"

"No."

He rolled his eyes, "What if it's your parents, wondering where the hell you are?"

She gave a dry laugh, "It's not my parents, that much I can tell you."

He was at a loss after that one. The way that she was so sure it wasn't her parents sort of disturbed him a little. Yes, he was going through some issues as well, but he at least had the support of both his parents. How many problems did this girl even have?

"Well, the point is someone's worried about you at least. Doesn't that mean anything?" Cadmus asked.

"It means nothing, god, will you just shut up and leave me alone!" The girl growled, "Your hair looks ridiculous and you're wearing enough leather to be freaking edge-lord of the year, get out of my sight."

"You're making fun of my hair?" Cadmus cocked an eyebrow, "You look like you bent your head into a mower and lost a huge chunk of your hair, it looks so crudely done!"

He had no idea what the weight of that insult truly meant to her. Her face went white and tears welled up in her eyes. This much didn't surprise Cadmus, he must've overstepped his boundaries.

She clenched both her fists, "What did you say?" It was a low growl that emerged from her lungs, how she shredded her voice send chills down Cadmus's spine.

Cadmus swallowed hard. He'd never seen anything like this before. Shit, shit, she's not sad…she's mad. He expected her to run off crying or something.

Instead she ran towards him, decking him in the face. He felt the world around him slow down as her fist slammed into his face. His vision blurred and for a second he saw black. He stumbled back slightly, his outer coat flapping about more drastically with the sudden backward motion.

When his sight was no longer clouded, his dark eyes zoomed in onto her. Her breathing was strained and irritated, like an enraged dragon. This girl wasn't running anywhere. She was standing her ground.

Cadmus winced as he felt a fountain of blood pour from his nose. He had been in many fights in the past, sometimes with men double his size, but somehow a girl half his size was able to show all of them up in this one night. He swallowed hard, shaking a bit, was he, was he scared of her now? He never felt a fear of getting his lights knocked out so one-sidedly before.

"Let's go." The girl barked, "I'm not done with you…"

Cadmus wiped more blood off his face. I'm not getting into a fight with this girl…for many reasons. He tried to play it cool, "Hey…" He coughed, "That was a pretty good punch…" He winced again, "You're amazing…sure are a tough person…"

"Are those supposed to be last words or something?"

Shit, she's not even flattered. He held a cautious hand out, "Look, I'm sorry…I didn't mean to pick on your hair…I was just being a jerk…I…didn't really picture my death being…a girl beating the shit outta me…I'm really sorry…"

"Tch." She looked back at the ocean, "You're lucky I'm so pissed off, I don't have the energy to properly dispose of you."

Cadmus stood next to her, leaning on the guardrail and feeling his face, "What's your name?"

She gave an annoyed sigh, "So…I punch you in the face, and you still stay?"

"I'm Cadmus Vanderbilt."

She shook her head, "Yozora Mikazuki, happy?"

He gave a nod, then his eyes shrunk, "Wait, I totally know you."

She cocked an eyebrow.

"You're always near the top on those exam boards." Cadmus nodded, "You're pretty smart."

She turned a faint hue of pink, looking away, "Shut up."

"You're welcome." He snickered.

Yozora snarled, her knuckles went white as she grabbed the guardrail. Cadmus would be punched again if he kept it up.

"So what's a genius like you doing loitering around here?" Cadmus asked, "Someone smart like you should stay in school, or else your grades will start to suck." He said. He felt a little bad for Yozora, she was intellectually gifted. Himself, well, not as much.

"Ugh, I don't need you nagging me about going back to school, Scruffy, beat it."

"…Scruffy?"

"Pfft, yeah, just look at your hair." She gave a daring smile, "Look up 'Scruffy' in the dictionary and that's what you'll get." She fluffed his hair.

A faint blush spread on his cheeks when he felt her hand go through his hair. He turned away from her, "Alright, I'll leave you alone then…sorry for bugging you…" He started walking off, "I'm starving anyways."

He entered a pretty simple, run-down restaurant. He oftentimes stopped here on his many guilt trips away from home. He sighed and looked around for somewhere to sit. Given the time of night, there were plenty of options.

As he stopped in the middle of the building, someone bumped into him, "Hey, watch where you're going, idiot."

Cadmus looked behind himself, "Yozora?"

She blushed, "Well, yeah, I thought…well, being outside alone in the middle of the night or whatever…is just stupid…so…since we're from the same school, we should probably stick together, or whatever…"

How many times does she need to say 'whatever' in one train of thought? "Alright…" Cadmus said, "I'm gonna sit in that corner over there probably, but I'll order at the front first, do you want anything?"

"No." She went to the back corner.

Cadmus sighed, ordering at the front counter and waiting until his soup was ready, then he moved back in the corner where Yozora was. The strange thing was he heard Yozora talking and laughing in a much happier manner than in which she spoke to Cadmus, even though he was quite certain that they were the only two patrons in this restaurant. When he sat across from her, he asked, "Who are you talking to?"

"Shit, you heard that?" Yozora swallowed hard.

"It was hard not to…"

"I was just talking to Tomo."

Cadmus looked around, even at the ceiling, "Tomo?"

"She's my friend, alright? Made of air. Like an air-guitar? You can comprehend that much, right?"

"Nope." Cadmus said, "I have a real guitar and real friends, so I guess I can't comprehend."

Yozora frowned, "I'm going to bury you alive." She held a fist up.

"Jeez…" Cadmus sighed, starting to eat his meal, "So you gonna tell me what the hell pissed you off in the first place?"

"No."

"What if I tell you what's bothering me, first?"

"Pfft, like I want to hear about your stupid life."

"Ouch…" Cadmus said. He figured getting any further in this conversation with Yozora was pointless, so he started stuffing his face a bit faster.

"Meat just…ruins everything…okay?"

"Hmm?" Cadmus looked up, "Meat?"

"Yeah, you wanted an answer, didn't you?"

Cadmus blinked as a massive pause held the air, he looked at his soup, it was miso soup, so, he was sure there was meat, or fish in there somewhere, "Uh…meat…ruins everything?"

"No…you idiot…" She sighed, "Meat. Ruins everything." Her voice got a little shaky, "If it weren't for her…Kodaka and I would…"

"I'm confused…" He said after a swallow, "You sure you don't want to eat anything?"

"No." Her stomach growled.

He cocked an eyebrow, "What was that?" He asked, "I couldn't hear you over…your stomach growling…"

She didn't provide an answer, her face just went a little red.

Jeez, why the hell can't this girl say 'yes'? He took the tiny salad side dish they provided him, "Here, take this, I don't even want it. Can't have you starving to death. You'll need your energy to bury me alive properly, right?"

Yozora started eating quietly, not responding to his jest. Either the night was getting to her, or the weight of her epiphany. Cadmus watched her face, a very pained face at that. Something terrible clearly happened to her. It was what that thing was that was driving Cadmus up a wall.

They left the restaurant not too long after they finished eating, Cadmus stretched his arms, "Well, I'm going home now…"

"Going…home?" Yozora repeated slowly.

"Yeah." He shrugged, "I do this crap all the time. Get pissed off about something, cool off at night, get home late, sleep until twelve. Pretty damn therapeutic, if I'm even using that word correctly."

"Tch, that sounds idiotic."

"Oh yeah, then what's your grand plan?" Cadmus challenged, "What do you even plan on doing after tonight?"

She faced forward, "I'm going on a journey…"

"A…what?" Cadmus asked, "You're shitting me, right?" He shook his head, "Well, I'm heading back home, and if you live as close to the school as I do, it'll at least take a ride in the subway to get back to that part of town."

"Ugh, fine, let's go." Yozora said bitterly.

The terminal for the subway was a bit more crowded than the restaurant, which surprised Cadmus, given what time of night it was, "Jeez…I didn't know there would be a busy period at this time of night…" He muttered, then he looked at his side, a bit concerned that Yozora was nowhere in sight, "Shit…Yozora?"

He stood up on tiptoes, there were so many heads behind him he couldn't see Yozora anywhere, so he backtracked in an effort to locate her. When he finally did find her, she looked even less vibrant than she had when he first spoke to her. Her face was green and she was holding her forehead.

"Yozora!" He called, going back to her side, "Are you alright? Do you…need a hand walking or something…?"

She closed her eyes and moaned, then she brooded, "Keep your filthy hands away from me…"

"Right…" Cadmus faced forward. Crap, is she reacting to the salad I gave her something? It wasn't even that big…maybe I should have listened when she told me 'no.'

By the time the subway was ready, Cadmus had lost sight of Yozora yet again, he looked back, swallowing hard once he saw her. Christ, she passed out? Sure enough, she was laying on the ground, still with that sick expression on her face. He bent down, putting one arm under her legs and one behind her neck, lifting her up and carrying her onto the subway. He headed all the way to the back, seating her in the right most seat while he sat to the left, figuring she would want some space away from him when she woke up.

He slipped a simple i-Pod out of his pocket and started listening to music, hoping that would speed up their trip home. Metal music usually sounded edgy to people or at the very least kept them awake, but Cadmus seemed to develop a talent for napping right through it if he needed to.

Yozora was not happy when they reached their destination.

"Scruffy…" She growled as she awoke from her zombie-like state, "You touched me, didn't you?"

Cadmus put his I-Pod away, "I mean, the alternative to that was having you lie on the ground of a subway terminal…so…it was a big decision I had to make."

"I swear to god if you did anything indecent while I was out I'll tear your organs out one by one and watch you bleed out." She remarked as she led the way off the subway.

"Yeah, I get it." Cadmus followed her out, "Why the hell did you even pass out in the first place?"

She gave a shrug, "I can't really handle crowds."

"Oh…" Cadmus nodded.

"Well, any other questions, or am I finally allowed to go home now?"

"You mind telling me who the hell Taka is?"

She froze, shivering a little, "W-What…?"

"That's all you said in your sleep. Taka this, Taka that…who the hell are they? Lemme guess, another air friend or something?"

Yozora put a hand on her chest, shaking like a leaf, it looked like she was going to have some kind of breakdown.

Cadmus held a hand up, "I get it. I stepped over the line again. You don't have to answer that." He turned away, headed for home, "Later, Yozora."

"…you better not follow me or else it'll be the last thing you do."

"Got it. Hasn't really planned on it." Cadmus chuckled and shook his head.

A/N: Alright, that's probably enough for Chapter One, I'm still figuring out where exactly I'm going with this, but I have to say, it was pretty fun. Writing a bit more peaceful slice-of-life rather than an action anime with magic and swords and all that was pretty interesting with this. I also have to say that after having an OC knight who is mister polite, mister refined, prim and proper, it was nice to let loose as leather-wearing, gothic punk character. I'll get to Chapter Two as soon as I'm able. Until next time!