The Melancholy of Christmas Carols(Part 1)
Haruhi Suzumiya is written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Io. I only own this story, which is used for entertainment purposes.
It was just another boring day at high school for Kyon. As he walked out towards the halls and saw people decorating the schools with ribbons, wreaths, and even Christmas lights, talking about how much fun it'll be this year.
'Gah, I can't believe this...' He thought to himself as he saw the disgusting display. 'We're not even out of November yet and already we're doing this crap.' He walked around some more while seeing more of the décor; it was almost making him sick to his stomach. 'Can't we just wait until December comes around? I know this month is almost over but jeez...'
He decides to go out the school and head home for the day, but then gets stopped by his two buddies, Taniguichi and Kanikuda, who were just about done with whatever they were doing beforehand.
"Yo, Kyon, how ya doing?" Kunikida greeted him by patting him on the back smiling.
"Hey, have you seen any girls trying on those Christmas clothes yet?" Taniguichi asked. "I took a peek at them while they weren't looking and they look so cute!"
"I hear they're going to be doing some Christmas donations and sell some Christmas cookies with those on..."
"Yeah, we should totally go and greet them when it opens up and we have the chance."
"Eh, that does sound nice, but I'm not that interested..." Kyon brushes it off and walks past them.
"What do you mean you're not that interested?" Taniguichi seemed shocked by the response. "Do you realize what's at stake man!?"
"Your dignity, your will to live, your brains, or the fact that you don't even try anymore...?"
"Ha, real funny smart ass."
"Okay then, I'll be going then..."
"Hey wait," Kunikida said. "What about that letter you got earlier today?"
Kyon stopped on his tracks. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that!" He opened up his bag and took out the letter he had been given to earlier. He remembered in class that a certain 'friend' of his hadn't been acting right lately and even slipped a note on his desk during the end of class. It had said: 'meet me in the clubroom for an important meeting or else'. Yeah, like he wasn't going to go there anyway.
"So, what are you going to do about it then?"
"Well, I guess I have no choice, I'll have to follow the letter or else I'll get my ass handed to me." He places his paper back in the bag and picks it up. "Later." He walks off and proceeds to another hallway.
Taniguichi crossed his arms as he saw him leave. "Well what was that all about?"
"Beats me," Kunikida shrugged. "He's just being his usual self I guess..."
"But where's his holiday spirit?"
"I don't know man, I just don't know..."
.-.-.-.
As Kyon walks down a crooked hallway, he came across Itsuki Koizumi standing next to one of the doors [that coincidentally lead to the room he was supposed to go in].
Itsuki noticed him and smiled warmly. "Hey Kyon, how's it going?"
"Going the same as always..." He sighed in response. "So, how about you?"
"Going the same as always..."
"What are you even doing out here anyway? Shouldn't you be in the club?"
"I was just about to go in actually, care to walk in together?"
'Yeah that so does not sound creepy in the slightest.' "Okay whatever, got nothing better to do anyway... besides going home and sleeping that is."
"That's the spirit!" Itsuki opens the door and lets Kyon go in first. Then he enters and closes the door behind him.
.-.-.-.
Once the two got inside the club room, the very first thing they notice is Mikuru Asahina trying on a Christmas dress and screaming when she sees them (don't be alarmed, she's already wearing the outfit). "W-what are you doing here so e-early!?"
"What the- why- when- how- who-" Kyon was speechless.
"Actually we came here a bit later than usual." Itsuki calmly replied. "I had to turn in some papers down in the office and I'm sure Kyon was busy with something too..."
"B-but Miss Asahina-san, what made you dress up like that? Does it even look comfortable?"
"U-um, not really..." Mikuru whimpered.
"Well personally I think it looks great on you Mikuru!" A certain brown haired chick pops up from behind her to compliment on the design. "Though if it doesn't feel comfortable then that could be a problem to walk around and flirt with the guys- I mean get more people to join/help our club." She takes out a rack filled with Christmas clothes. "Oh well, let's try on the next—" She turned and noticed Kyon and Itsuki have arrived. "Oh, hi there."
'This explains a lot. Of course the culprit behind this has to be from our leader: Miss Haruhi Suzumiya.' "What are you doing to Miss Asahina?"
"I'm just using her to test out some of these clothes, don't they look stunning? I borrowed them from the clubs across the halls..."
"More like stole or bribed them like you did with the computer?"
"Hey, none of that would have happened if they had just cooperated with us in the first place..."
"What are you doing anyway?"
"We're just getting ready for the Christmas party, since last years pot party was such a hit, I figured we might as well do another one for old time's sake! Especially since we don't have much time on our club for long..."
"But we're not even in December yet and you're doing this too...?"
"Hey, it's never too early to do stuff like this and besides, we won't have to worry about it later on if we do so early... right Yuki Nagato?" Haruhi asked Yuki from across the room, who was sitting on her chair and was reading a book related to Christmas.
"Yeah." She looked over and said stoically before going back to reading.
"You see? So Mikuru and I will be trying on clothes and will be passing around the Christmas snacks, Yuki and Itsuki are in charge of entertainment, singing, dancing, whatever, and you can just... I dunno decorate the place I guess."
"Sounds good." Itsuki replied.
"Uh, no thanks." Kyon said.
"What did you just say?" Haruhi asked.
"I said no, I think I would prefer if we did it on some other time like maybe in December or something. And besides, me doing the décor all by myself is hard work... that I'm getting a little tired of seeing all this... it's giving me a headache."
"Are you saying that you're getting tired of Christmas all together?" Mikuru gasped.
"Well, ugh, I guess I am, sorry I just need some time by myself, if you'll excuse me." Kyon got up and walked out of the door, leaving everyone else in complete silence.
"Shocking." Yuki said while reading her book nonchalantly.