Prologue: Why

I chose to be here. In the other world things were so complicated. I didn't use Nagato's escape. I could have left but I didn't. One thing hasn't changed in this world, the steep hill leading up to my high school. Another thing also did not change, Taniguichi and his annoying questions.

Taniguichi slapped my back. "I'm so glad I'm not sick anymore, the holidays were horrible! But look at me now. You're all bundle up while I'm just wearing a jacket!"

That's probably haw you got sick in the first place, you should really care about being warm this time of month.

"Kyon, you haven't said anything all morning, you alright buddy?" I continued to walk and ignored his question. Since when have I been his 'buddy'. "Whatever, I just leave you alone." Taniguichi finally walked away. Letting out a sigh, I saw my breath, it was so cold.

"Kyon, wait up!" I turned around to see the blue haired beauty Ryoko Asakura running up the hill holding something. She caught up to me but she was breathing pretty hard.

"How far did you run?" Asakura let out a few more breathes and hand me a wrapped gift.

"Yuki and I each bought you a gift for Christmas to give to you after brake. Go ahead and open it." I took the gift from her, it was perfectly wrapped with a little bow, and it seemed like a crime to rip it open it and ruin the rapping job. But I tore it open anyway.

Inside was a spiral notebook, it has obviously been used before. I opened it up and there was some writing in it.

"Yuki and I wrote a novel in that notebook, you said you would like to read one of Yuki's stories. So I found one that Yuki and I wrote together, that's the only one she is comfortable sharing. The other ones are secretly stored in the clubroom's computer." Asakura started walking up the hill again so I followed.

"That reminds me, Kyon, did you fill in the Literature club application form?"

"I did. Did you expect that I would forget?" A smile came across her face.

"Well yeah, you always forget to do things." Asakura laughed but then she suddenly stopped. "I forgot to do something."

"What did you forget?" Asakura tightened her grip on her bag. She looked at the ground.

"It's nothing important, Kyon." She whispered. I don't think I was supposed to here that.

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As I entered the school warmth was all over me. I took off all my coats and my scarf and jammed them in my locker. I had a lot of time before classed started, so I decided to walk over to the clubroom.

On the way there I saw Tsuruya sitting on the floor crying. I wanted to comfort her but she doesn't know who I am in this world. Even if she doesn't remember me I walked towards her and sat next to her.

"What are you doing here, perv?" Tsuruya hugged her knees to her chest and cried on her knees.

"Why are you crying?" I put my hand on her shoulder but she shook it off.

"A boy in my class was picking on me. He said that I couldn't make many friends because I was a freak!" She yelled and stormed out of the hallway and down the stairs. I checked my watched and realized there was only five minutes until classes start.

I got up from the cold floor and I saw The literature club's door open and Nagato rushed out of the clubroom, she probably lost track of time, I'll just talk to her after school.