"Hey, Haruhi, look!"
When the twins came bursting into Music Room 3, she quickly realized she really had no choice but to do what they wanted her to do.
"I'm trying to study," she said dully, knowing it wouldn't make a difference. They shrugged her off.
"This is much more important than studying, Haruhi," Kaoru said coolly, taking her arm and pulling her away from her work. Hikaru wasted no time in doing the same on her other side, and as one they grinned at her.
"Look at what we got!"
Haruhi stared at the duo in skeptical silence for a moment, until they pulled something out from behind their backs. She blinked.
"Impressive, huh?" They were still grinning, but she hadn't quite yet registered what it was they were showing her.
"Is that... Beelzenef?"
"The one and only!" Hikaru announce, yanking it from his brother's grasp.
"We took it right out from under Nekozawa's nose," Kaoru grinned. "He never even noticed we were there!"
Haruhi, however, was far from impressed. "You guys," she said disapprovingly, "you shouldn't take things that don't belong to you. That cat is really important to–"
"Yeah, yeah, we'll give it back." Hikaru rolled his eyes.
"Just not yet," Kaoru added.
"First we have to show it off," they said the last line together. "Come on!" Grabbing at her again, they turned to leave the room, presumably to find the other club members and show off their catch. However, before they had a chance to even take another step, a loud shriek came from the direction of a closed door just behind them.
"Uh oh." Hikaru froze, glancing back at the door.
"He found it." Kaoru looked back as well, and Haruhi couldn't help but follow their gaze.
"Found what?" She asked, unsure if she even wanted to know. No doubt they had left something nasty in Beelzenef's place, and Nekozawa was just discovering it now. He was probably furious.
If the twins ever answered her, however, she didn't hear it, because at that very moment all the lights in the room went out at once, and they were plunged into total darkness.
Well, except for the red, glowing eyes of the puppet still clutched tightly in Hikaru's hand.