I can't tell you guys how happy I am that chapter 1 was received so well! Six reviews in two days?! That's just awesome guys! Thank you so much and please, keep it up! I love reading them! Also, a shout out to YudAida for guessing the characters Kyon's parents were named after (and slightly based off of)! Congrats Yud! So, without dragging this author comment on any longer, please read, review and enjoy chapter two of the story!

- Tuesday

I've got six days to come up with some kind of party plan for Sunday. If this is going to be as big of a party as I want it to be, I'm going to have to find a place to hold this event… oh I know how I'll find one! It's so ingenious that I even surprise myself…

Being the first to arrive to class, as usual, has its perks. I'm able to sit alone and think to myself for a while before any annoying classmates come to talk their mouths off. Not only is it completely distracting, but it's rude to. If you've got something to tell your friends then keep quiet about it… Speaking of friends…

My attention turned to the door sliding open as a familiar face walked through. The familiar face was, obviously, Kyon. He looked a little depressed and I could probably tell why. He threw his bag to the floor next to him and hadn't even looked at me yet… well that was rude. "Hey, Kyon."

I could hear him faintly sigh and turn his head slightly towards me so his ear was in view, "Hey, Haruhi…" He still hadn't looked at me yet.

As rude as it was, I could tell he was a little upset, "Are you alright, Kyon?" I decided to ask the obvious question anyway.

"Not really, no…"

I watched him lean more into his desk, almost as if he were slouching. "Is it about what happened yesterday?"

I heard Kyon sigh, yet again… you know Kyon, you sigh WAY too often. I know deep breathing is good for you, but it kind of gets annoying when you do it every time I talk to you. "Yeah, my parents were happy that I was staying after school and spending more time out of the house, but when you told them I was moping around…"

I knew it. God, I'm a genius. "But don't worry about it Haruhi, I should have warned you about it…" He finally turned to me and gave me a small smile, "But on the bright side, my parents seem to like you. So there's that."

I smiled back, "I'm not surprised. Parents ADORE me! This is great! That means they'll also be coming to the party too!"

His smile disappeared, "W-What?"

"I need some things from them anyway for the party on Sunday. Don't worry about it, Kyon. You're going to have a blast! I promise you that by the party, EVERYTHING that's happened so far will be fixed. Your parents won't look at you as some mopey kid anymore."

He looked at me with a little disbelief, "Do you not trust your brigade chief, Kyon?"

He had a sarcastic look on his face, "Of course I do Haruhi… I mean, what reasons have you given me NOT to trust you?"

It's obvious he was being a smartass. Sure, we may have had a few… disagreements in the past, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't trust me! So, I decided to ignore it and answer anyway, "Great! Then don't worry about it. Everything'll be fine." I gave him a smile which caused him to lightly sigh and turn back around in his seat.

The rest of class consisted of me staring out of the window in hopes of thinking of how I was going to handle Kyon's party. What I needed now was a little time to get things situated. Sitting here in class and having the teacher talk over my thinking isn't helping me think and I need some place quiet… And I think I know JUST what I'm going to do…

Classes that day blew through just as fast as yesterdays. Although instead of being excited about Kyon's party I decided that I would rest my brain to get the maximum amount of performance. So I slept. Lunch came and went and classes after that were just as boring. Finally, that magic number came around once more and I quickly bolted out of the classroom and up into the brigade's room.

For once, I was the first to arrive at the clubroom, so I made sure to use this time wisely. I pulled a map of the city from the bookshelf. The one I always kept for when ever we went on our city-wide searches for the unknown. But now, it's going to be used to find the perfect hosting place for Kyon's party!

The door opened with Mikuru coming in with her maid outfit. She probably changed in the bathroom or something. She looked a little surprised to see me! I don't blame her; I'm usually the last to be in here! "O-Oh! Suzumiya-san! It's nice to see you!" She lightly bowed to me and began to go to her tea making station.

"Hello Mikuru! Glad to see you brought the maid outfit back!"

Mikuru stopped and looked at herself, "Yes, I'm sorry I left with it on yesterday!" She bowed again and I couldn't help but start giggling.

"Don't worry about it! I encourage you to wear it outside of the clubroom! It'll bring in some more advertising for us!" I turned back to face the large map that lied across the long table. I grabbed a red pen and began to circle several areas across the map while passing several other circles with X's already through them. Those circles were places we had already been that were unsuccessful in finding ANYTHING supernatural. Sometimes I wonder if they all just slack off.

The door opened once more to show Yuki slowly walking in with a book already in her hand. She looked at me with that blank face, just like always. But even so, for some reason it felt as if she was just a little surprised to see me already here. "Hi Yuki!" I waved to her.

"Greetings." She passed the white board, me and finally Mikuru to sit at her usual chair. She opened the book and soon began to digest herself in it. She worries me sometimes. I mean, she doesn't do ANYTHING but read books. She's got to do more than that! Heck, even Kyon does more! But—argrh! I'm getting distracted! Back to the map!

But before I could set my gaze back to the map the door opened yet again, this time Koizumi walked in. "Oh, Ms. Suzumiya, you're already here." Just like everyone else, he was surprised as well! But this is starting to bug me… if one more person interrupts me… "Glad to see you here earlier than normal Ms. Suzumiya." He walked over to the bookshelf and grabbed another board game. Probably for him and Kyon to play… wait, getting distracted again!

But, once more, the door opened AGAIN!

"Oh, Hey Haru—"

"SHUT UP!" I impulsively shouted. I quickly slapped my hands over my mouth to try to halt the already spoken words.

Everyone's faces looked towards me, even Yuki's. But out of everyone, Kyon looked the most surprised.

"Never mind then." He put his bored face back on once more and sat down at the end of the table, opposite of Koizumi. Thanks Kyon, now I feel like a jerk.

"Don't worry about it." I quickly mutter, "Because I'm just about done anyway!" I circled a few more spots on the map and quickly brought it up to the giant whiteboard we had in the room. I took some magnets and placed them on all four ends of the map and one smack dab in the middle. "Alright then!" I smacked my hand onto the board to get everyone's attention. "In about half an hour we're going on another city-wide search!"

I scanned the room for reactions. Yuki looked at the board blankly while Koizumi looked at it with that smile of his. Mikuru looked a little confused and finally, Kyon looked at it with an uninterested face. "We're going to be looking for abandoned buildings and looking for ghosts and maybe even some abandoned bodies!" I giggled and turned my eyes to Kyon. I smirked and pointed my finger at him, "Except for YOU Kyon!"

He looked surprised, "Why not?"

"You've been slacking in your brigade chores that's why! So I've got a list of things I want you to do around town with me while everyone else checks out these locations I circled!"

I watched his eyebrow slightly rise with interest and a little confusion. I smirked, "Now, wait outside for me!"

I walked over and grabbed his hair and began to pull him towards the door. "AA-G! Haruhi, gimme a sec, I can do it myself!"

"Too late!"

I swung open the door and let go of his hair. While he stumbled to regain his balance I pushed his back, causing him to tumble and hit his back against the wall. "Now wait for me here while I brief the rest of the brigade members!" I said this sternly to make sure he understood. I don't need him finding out why I'm REALLY doing this "search" I smirked as I lightly closed the door and turned to the rest of the brigade members.

"Alright you three, the REAL reason I'm doing this search is because I have NO idea where I'm going to host Kyon's party at." I walked up and pointed to the other area's I circled, "So while I'm distracting Kyon around the other end of the town. I want you three to spread out and find suitable places for a big party to be held!"

Koizumi placed his hand on his chin and looked over the map. "Anything in particular we should look for?"

"I'm glad you asked, Koizumi!" He smiled, "a hundred points!"

He lightly bowed, "I live to serve."

I giggled, "Well. I'm looking for a big building, or a warehouse, with lots of space! We need a place that could hold a DJ and a large wall where someone could have a video projector! Oh! I also need a place for snacks and drinks and finally a place where presents will be able to be held!"

"Do you believe you'll be able to get all these materials in the span of one week?" He looked at me a little concerned but I shot him a big smirk.

"Koizumi, do you doubt your brigade chief? That's unlike you."

He put his hands up in defense with a worried expression, "Of course not! It was just a simple question."

I smiled and looked back at the map, "Don't worry about it! Everything will be ready by Sunday! Trust me!"

I walked over to the door, "Alright then. Does everyone have their orders?" I looked over the three and noticed Mikuru quickly trying to write everything I said I needed. She was so cute sometimes, a great pick for the club indeed! After she finished writing I smirked. "Alright then, at the main entrance we split up and go our separate ways!"

I opened the door to see Kyon resting on the wall with his foot against the wall. "Alright Kyon, ready to go?"

"I'm ready for wherever go is. Yes."

I rolled my eyes when he said this. What a smart ass. "Alright then, let's go!" I stepped in front of the group with Kyon directly behind me. Koizumi was next to him while Yuki and Mikuru followed behind them both.

We began our descent on the stairs when Kyon decided to open his mouth, "So, what happened to leaving in the next half hour?"

Why does he always question my decisions? "I decided it would be best to leave now! The more daylight the better!" We quickly reached the main gates and we stopped where we stood. I looked back to the other brigade members with a smile, "Alright then! You've got your orders! Now go do your leader proud!" I thrust my hand in the air to bring some excitement!

Koizumi and Mikuru bowed while Yuki just nodded. The three of them went left and when they were out of sight I looked back to Kyon. "Are you ready?"

He rolled his eyes and looked around, "I guess. Where are we going first?"

I smiled and took out a small piece of paper, "We're going to get something to eat first! Your brigade leader is hungry!" I heard him almost silently groan, I bet it's because he thinks he's going to have to pay. "Oh, and you're NOT going to be paying this time!"

He looked at me as if I had just grown a second head, "Really?"

I knew that'd get'em! "Yup! I've got it covered this time, Kyon!"

He almost looked like he was going to pass out from sheer shock, "Yoohoo! Kyon!" I shook him a little.

"S-Sorry… I was just trying to figure out what was wrong with you."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed his wrist, pulling him along. "Stop making jokes and let's get a move on already!" I laughed a little and looked ahead; something told me we were going to have a good time today.

We soon arrived at a western styled restaurant and quickly found our seats in some cubicles. Kyon sat at one end of the table and I sat at the other. "Are you sure you're going to pay for this one Haruhi?"

"Don't worry about it! I've got this covered!" I smiled as the waitress brought us our menus. Boy was Kyon in for a surprise when we finished our food!

I stared over the menu and began deciding on what I wanted to have. This western styled food looked delicious! The menu had a variety of dinner choices and I quickly glanced over to Kyon to see that he was also ingested into his menu. I saw a food choice that looked tasty and after deciding on my drink I waited for Kyon to finish so I could finally call over the waitress.

I placed the menu down and rested my head onto the head rest and sighed.

"Hey Haruhi… just for curiosity's sake… how ARE you going to pay for this?"

He was starting to ask too many questions… "Don't worry about it alright? Everything will be fine." I said once more. I heard him sigh as our waitress soon returned.

"Have you made your decisions?" She asked.

"I would like some spaghetti and a glass of coke!" I looked over to Kyon who was looking kind of confused. "Is there a problem with that?"

He shrugged, "I guess not. I'll just have some chicken strips with some water."

"Excellent choices!" She bowed to us both and took our menus.

We waited for about fifteen minutes before I noticed Kyon was staring at me. It was kind of weird… "What?" I said instinctively.

"Just trying to see if you're Haruhi or not… I don't think Haruhi would ever volunteer to pay for anything on her own… let alone a whole dinner."

I smirked, "it's me alright. I told you, I've got everything covered. So stop obsessing about it!" I couldn't help but smile as he, in a way, complimented me. I knew that every time he brought it up he was trying to compliment me in his own weird way. It was nice… I guess I should take the time I've got to check up on the others.

"Hold on a sec, Kyon." I pulled out my phone and stood up, "I'll be right back." I took this moment and walked over to the bathroom and stood by its door. I quickly dialed Koizumi's number and listened for his voice.

"Aaah, Ms. Suzumiya, what a pleasant surprise."

"Hey, Koizumi. How are things going on your end?"

I heard him shuffle his phone for a second before he started speaking up again, "I'm afraid to say that I haven't been able to find a place suitable to your needs. I will keep searching though. Sorry to come up with nothing so far."

I groaned and then sighed, gee, I sound like Kyon. "That's fine. Just keep it up alright?"

"Duly noted, Ms. Suzumiya."

I hung up the phone there and groaned. I poked my head out to see Kyon still sitting there, waiting for me to return. I looked back to my phone and decided to call Mikuru. As unlikely as it was for her to find something, it was worth a shot right? I dialed her number and waited.

"H-Hello?"

"Mikuru! Have you found anything yet?"

I heard a loud gasp and I think she dropped her phone. There was a thump at the other end and frantic shouting. I couldn't tell what she was saying but she sounded distressed. "I-I'm sorry! I haven't found a warehouse or any abandoned buildings yet!"

I wasn't really expecting her to. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't HER the one distracting, Kyon. "It's alright Mikuru, just keep searching alright?"

"Of course!"

I hung up there and decided that Yuki was my last hope. Out of everyone, she seemed to be able to pull together in a tight pinch. So I was counting on her. I dialed the phone one last time and heard Yuki's voice.

"This is Yuki Nagato."

"Hey, Yuki! Have you had any luck finding anything we could use for Kyon's party?"

There was a pause, "I believe I have found two suitable locations."

I couldn't believe it! I knew I could count on you Yuki! "That's great Yuki! Keep looking! The more the better! I'll make sure we all check it out tomorrow after school! Make sure to remember the street names so we can find it! You're a life saver Yuki!"

"Don't mention it."

"Alright, I'll talk to you later!" I smiled and hung up. If the points I gave out meant anything, Yuki would be getting ten thousand right now! I put my phone away and walked back over to Kyon and sat at my side of the table.

"That was a pretty long bathroom break."

I rolled my eyes and rested my chin onto my hand. "Yeah well, I was holding it in all day." I looked towards him and saw a slightly disgusted face. I noticed the waitress walking over to us with our food in her hands.

The waitress stopped at our table and placed our food down in front of us. Kyon wasted no time in thanking her for the food and quickly digging into his food. I on the other hand decided to take a more, gentle approach to eating my food.

Every now and then I glanced up to Kyon and watched him eat his food and the longer I watched the more I started laughing. I guess since I was "paying" he was going to get his fill. What a pig he could be sometimes. It was a change of pace from the side of him I usually saw. The calm, boring, smart ass side of him.

The two of us soon finished our food soon and waited for the waitress to come back and take our plates, as well as give us our bill. Kyon looked at my face with a little concern; I smiled and leaned in, "Look, I told you not to worry. We're going to be fine. I told you this one's on me…" I leaned back and watched as she put the bill on our table.

"I hope you enjoyed your meal! And I hope you both visit again soon!" She smiled at me and Kyon and waited for one of us to pay the bill. I watched Kyon's eyes look towards me. Motioning me to take out my money and pay… boy was he in for a surprise…

"NOW!" I jumped up and shoved the waitress back, "C'mon, Kyon!" I grabbed his wrist and tore him away from the cubicle.

"H-Haruhi! What are you—"

I jerked him once more, cutting him off and ran out of the restaurant, hearing the waitress scream for help.

It took a moment for Kyon to figure things out, "W-wait… YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY?!"

"I told you I'd handle things! Now keep running!" I looked ahead with a large smile wide across my face. But, as luck would have it, just when it looked like we were going to get away I felt my foot hit something solid and unmoving. Everything suddenly went in slow motion as I looked down to see a large crack in the sidewalk. I saw my foot caught between the crack and I could feel myself being thrust forward. Kyon and I hit the concrete with a loud thud.

As I lied on the ground for a moment I could hear loud footsteps in the distance. I rolled over onto my back to get up and keep on running but it seems my reflexes were a bit slow today. I watched as a large man towered above me and reached for my shirt. I felt his large hand grip the cotton of my shirt and lifted me up from the ground. "You're in a lot of trouble…"

"W-Wait!"

Both of our heads turned towards Kyon who was frantically digging his hands into his pockets. "I'm sorry about this! My friend here is just REALLY stupid!" Gee. That was nice of you Kyon… "I had no idea that when she said she'd 'handle the bill' she meant running off." He pulled out his wallet and pulled out the money for the bill. "Here, all the money for the bill and a little more for causing all this trouble."

The man looked at the money in Kyon's hand and then looked towards me, still in his hand. "Fine." I could feel gravity pull me towards the earth and felt my tail bone hit the rough concrete. I rubbed my bottom as I watched the man take the money from Kyon, "I'll let you both off the hook this time. But try this again and I'll make sure you both go to jail! Understand?!"

He bowed deeply, "Yes sir."

The man grunted and began walking back towards the restaurant. "Humph! That was rude of him! He certainly doesn't seem very nice." I stood up and dust off the dirt on my clothes and looked towards Kyon.

His head was lowered towards the ground as he stood up from his bowed position. He looked towards me with anger, "Haruhi… What the hell is wrong with you?!" I was kind of stunned after he started shouting, "What told you that this would work?!"

I looked away from him as he continued to shout. "If we had gotten away you wouldn't be complaining…"

"Of course I would be! Haruhi, if you didn't have the money to pay for this you should have just told me! I wouldn't have minded paying!"

I rolled my eyes and continued looking away from him, "Whatever…"

"Do you know how close we were to going to jail right now?! If I hadn't had my wallet… that's where we'd be now!"

I continued to ignore him. The tension between us was heavy and there was a long silence between us before Kyon finally grew impatient. I could hear loudly groan and watched him rub his face into his palms.

I lightly sighed and turned away from him "Anyway, I'm bored. So I'm gonna go home now."

He lifted his face from his palms and looked at me with utter surprise. "What about those other chores you wanted me to do?"

"Forget about them. It doesn't matter anymore. I'll see you tomorrow, Kyon." I yawned and began walking away from him. I quickly turned to face him one last time, "By the way! Club's cancelled tomorrow! So just go home alright?"

He didn't answer me and instead just stood where he was. I can't believe how ungrateful he's being. I mean, we almost got a free dinner! Doesn't that mean anything? I put a lot of effort into making that escape! All for it to just fall apart. I shrugged my shoulders and continued walking my way home.

I felt myself sigh as I kicked a small pebble. "So much for that feeling of having a good day today…" I glanced back to see Kyon was still standing where I had left him. It didn't take much longer for him to start walking back to the direction of his house though. I don't know why but I had a bad feeling about that. But I shrugged it off. I looked up at the sky and noticed that it was starting to get dark out.

"I'm sure tomorrow's going to be better than today was. I mean, I'm only going to see him during school." I smiled and continued my trek home. Things were definitely going to be better tomorrow…

I hope…

And so ends chapter two!

Looks like Haruhi's starting to have some doubts! That's definitely not a good sign! Kyon's starting to get a little frustrated too it seems! What could possibly happen on Wednesday? Like she said, she's only going to see him during school. I don't see how anything could go wrong DURING school… We'll just have to wait and see I guess!

Please, review this story please! I love reading all of your reviews! I just adore them so! XD I hope you enjoyed chapter two and are eager for chapter three! Just as much as I am!