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"Has it really been 3 years already?"
This is the type of question I find myself asking whenever my time isn't taken away by any of Haruhi's shenanigans. As the heat dims down and the seasons start to change I start to really feel the effects of the changing seasons. Leaves are browning, sweaters are going back into the attire of the average Japanese citizen, and the days are becoming shorter and shorter. I feel like time has gone by quickly in high school even with Haruhi exhausting myself and the others each day. It still amazes me that I can ask such trite and meaningless questions like the one I am about to ask.
"How come time goes by so fast?"
Asking this to the person next to me seems a bit unnecessary for someone who seems to control time quite easily. I am of course talking about Asahina-san. This question must not cross her mind much or at all to a person like her. Time to her is something easily as erased and replaced like a function on a page of code. However actions like these can as easily break something that you want to fix or recreate.
"Time flies by when you're having fun, or at least when you're doing some kind of activity. Would you like some tea Kyon-kun?"
I accept the tea and give a smile to thank her hospitality. How ever I was surprised how articulately she answered my question. Perhaps it's because she knew the question would be asked and had prepared an answer in advanced, or maybe it's because Haruhi isn't here. Either way I didn't ask, because of Asahina-san's most repeated phrase, "It's Classified Information"
As I drank the tea I pushed thinking aside just to take in the aroma and the taste of it. Where she lacks in confidence skills she makes up in small home making skills. At the possibility of sounding sexist I had to say one thing.
"You'll make some man very happy one day with your tea Asahina-san."
While she was a time traveller she certainly wasn't easy at taking SOME past events. Her face went bright red in a matter of a few seconds and she attempted to avoid eye contact with me. I guess I was pressing my luck with her confidence once again.
She was able to regain her composition and after giving me gratitude for the compliment. I watched as she offered and poured each member of the SOS Brigade a cup of tea. Nagato Yuki the first one offered after myself simply looked up and nodded. Asahina-san poured the tea very well, or maybe it's just me once again awarding praise to trivial tasks. How ever it is needed for a girl to receive praise when that girl has a personality as delicate as fine silk. Again she offered another person some of her tea, that being Koizumi Itsuki. Doing as he does time after time he accepted the tea and gave thanks to the young girl. To imagine that this lady is seen as a mascot by our leader. Upon that thought the realization occurred to me that when ever I think about her she seems to pop up in my life. Alas this rule never changes!
The door flew open and I once again saw the cheery smile of Haruhi Suzumiya. The girl that has no shame, easily ignores the advice of others, and cannot accept no as an answer made an entrance that surprises each passive human being in the room. That mostly being Asahina-san. As she made her appearance everyone in the room looked up to her, the exception being Nagato who just simply turned the page in her book. Asahina-san on the other hand had a completely opposite reaction. She almost dropped the tea pot in her hand and had to struggle to prevent herself from falling apart. Unfortunately for her she cannot adapt to this environment as well as people like Koizumi can. He just greeted Haruhi with a smile while as for me, I remained with a blank face.
"We're having an action meeting right now!"
She slammed the door and for a brief second my eyes remained fixated on the closing of a door. If she had applied force to the door closer to the axis of rotation the noise would have been limited. How ever with her strength and her distance from the hinges of the door it created quite the commotion which the school has learned to adapt. At least to the point where they won't fuss over it near Haruhi.
"What is an action meeting and why are we having one? It sounds like you're just using a buzz word to me Haruhi."
She seemed unconcerned with my questions, but she still replied to them.
"Kyon this is no buzz word! This is an official phrase used by and for official organizations such as the SOS Brigade! To answer your second question, I was just getting to it. Last year wasn't exciting enough. I feel like this club needs to engage in more mysteries, events, and general things out of the norm. What makes us different from a football club or a cooking club if we don't go on a search for new things?"
I guess it never occurs to Haruhi that we for the most part don't play any sports or cook any food. How ever I guess I should and do understand what she means with these abstract analogies. I guess you can consider me copping out of an argument with our brigade leader, but after a while I guess I've learned to go with the flow.
"Our club is the manifestation of people like Isaac Newton, Archimedes, and Socrates. In other words we don't just sit around waiting to the answers we seek and the adventures we want. Instead we go out and look for them!"
She's comparing us to physicists, engineers, and philosophers. Now I don't understand where she's going with this.
"So, tonight I want each and every one of you to come up with a list of ideas on what we can do and should do! I want to see mysteries we should solve, tasks to be accomplished, and problems to be evaluated! You are all now dismissed!"
And like that it was over for the day. What I prepared to be a very long day turned out to be one of the shortest SOS Brigade meetings ever. It hasn't been but 5 minutes since she's entered the room and I could see her now leaving. As she opened the door and closed it from outside in the hall way a feeling of relief passed by me. I was free for one day, or at least as free as I could be with the homework that I have to do.
"Well Koizumi-san, Nagato-san, and Asahina-san I must leave now. To not take advantage of this moment would be insane for people like us who have little free time on our hands. I wish you all the best use of your free time. See you all tomorrow!"
I rushed out of my chair and out the door not even bothering to look at the faces of my fellow brigade members. Down the hall I went making sure not to run in fear of being held back by a teacher who has not yet left for the day. It all seems like a flash of my exit from the school. Hall way to hall way, down a flight of stairs, and changing my shoes to that accustomed for the outside. It seemed like it didn't even take me a split second to get myself out the front gate of the school and I was almost out of any one's grasp to prevent me from enjoying my free day. How ever this was not going to happen today.
"Kyon!"
I tried as much to ignore the voice.
"Hey Kyon!"
Okay it's a girl's voice, but that won't stop me from enjoying my day.
"Kyon I really need your help!"
Damn. My habit of helping everyone that needs me took over me. I turned around slowly my actions turning my thoughts of happiness into thoughts of regret. When I turned around I was presented with a girl with dark green hair that was but 50 centimeters from my face. Yes, my day alone will have to deal with company.
"I heard you were really great in English and I am failing so, I was hoping you could help me. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Yep, a peaceful day isn't going to be today I am now in an unspoken contract with Tsuruya. I do not want to speak bad of her for she is pretty much an ambassador to our club and a wonderful host. So even if I say I regret helping her, then in this case I really don't. I could not tell that if she was mocking me or just being herself, but even if she was mocking me I wouldn't mind. My English is horrible and not even the use of hand gestures could help me communicate with a fluent English speaker.
"I was about to go home Tsuruya-san, but if you really need the help I guess can help you. So, where and when should we meet u-"
Before I could even complete my question I was dragged off by Tsuruya. I guess the time was now, but where I could not say. As she dragged me across the street I couldn't help seeing the looks we got from the other students leaving the school. Why she needed me now? I do not know. Why she couldn't wait until later? I do not know. Why she needed myself versus someone else? I do not know. All I know is that she needed me...
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I felt the prologue became too dialogue heavy towards the end. Review and give me tips to improve the writing of the story even if it is a small thing such as spelling or grammar. Thanks.