Sorry for the long delay in getting this chapter out! I've been really busy with school and stuff. Well, enjoy!


"So, let me get this straight. You know about Asahina-san, Nagato, and Koizumi?"

I'm sitting in a medium-sized college dorm room with Haruhi, Big Me, and Asahina-san, who is shaking and sniffling next to me. My dorm room, actually. Well, in five years it will be. It's kinda plain, just some baseball posters and photos on the walls. Hey, I never claimed to be the most exciting person anyway.

Haruhi beamed at me.

"Yup! I've known for about, oh, four years now. Since some time in senior year of high school, I think."

I looked over at Big Me, who was lounging next to Haruhi and drinking tea. He just shrugged.

"We were sloppy. One day Nagato was using her powers for something or other in the clubroom when Haruhi walked in. We didn't have time to think of an excuse."

Haruhi laughed. "Ha! I'm the SOS Brigade Leader! I think I know alien powers when I see them. There's no way you could have explained that away."

The irony of that statement wasn't lost on me. But something seemed a little suspicious about Future Me's nonchalant attitude about the whole thing. In my time, keeping the secret was priority numero uno. What happened to change all that? And also, it's more probable that Avatars would take over the world than Nagato would get "sloppy."

Suddenly Haruhi leaned over and grabbed the pitiful Asahina-san. She started hugging her tightly and squeezed her cheeks.

"You are just so cute!" she squealed. "I miss when you were so young and impressionable! And so soft! Even at this age your chest is so big…"

Just like old times. Please don't start stripping her, though. I think that would be too much for her to bear.

"Oh calm down Kyon!" Haruhi pouted. "You were always such a grouch, even as a high-schooler. I'm not going to do anything to her. With the age difference now, it might even count as sexual harassment!

It didn't count as that before?

Future Me put his hand on her shoulder.

"Haruhi," he said. "I think she's a little shell-shocked right now. Maybe you should let her go."

Haruhi huffed. "Fine. I just miss the old days a little bit. Is that so wrong?"

She released Asahina-san, who went over and sat on the bed, still whimpering and looking at the TPDD. Wow, so I do have some actual control over her in this time period. Maybe being my…girlfriend (ugh) has mellowed her out a bit. Moving on.

"So keep going. You found us in the clubroom, and they just spilled the beans about everything?"

Haruhi thought for a second. "Well, they couldn't very well tell me that Nagato was an alien without telling me how and why they knew it in the first place. So they came clean."

I was dumbfounded. "About…everything?"

She nodded. "Yes. They told me how they all came to North High to find a regular human of that time to interact with and study. And I was a perfectly normal human girl! So they decided to befriend me."

Pfft, "perfectly normal." You're about as normal as a talking male calico cat. Wait, that's a bad example. Never mind. Also, this story isn't quite accurate…

"They said that you knew about it because you accidentally walked in on them doing something weird. They decided to tell you because they thought you could help them."

Something was still missing here.

"So," I said cautiously, "they never told you that you are…"

As soon as I started saying that, Future Me got a frantic look in his eye and started gesturing furiously for me to stop talking. Curiouser and curiouser. Okay, I'll play along for now.

"An above average girl?" I continued. "They told me it was a secret, but you're actually a statistically better human than most, in term of athleticism, intelligence, and that stuff. That's why they really wanted to meet you, to experience a prime example of the human race."

Haruhi looked proud of herself and flipped her ponytail over her shoulder. "I knew all that already, no need for them to tell me again! Although it is nice to know that my excellence is known all through time and space."

You don't even know the half of it. So, Haruhi knows about aliens, espers, and time-travelers, but she doesn't know about her own powers. Future Me looks relieved I didn't reveal anything, so I guess it's true. Strange. I'll have to ask him about that later.

"Now enough about that!" Haruhi exclaimed. "Isn't there something else you want to ask me about? Something you want to ask us about?"

She scooted a little closer to Future Me, and I started getting uncomfortable.

"Um, how's college?" I sheepishly asked.

She laughed. "Yeah, I'm sure you really care about that." Uh oh. "Don't you want to know how we got together? You and me! Or, younger me and you! The age difference right now is a little weird."

Sigh. I rubbed the bridge of my nose. Do I really want to hear this? No. Is she going to tell me anyway? What do you think? Asahina-san looked up from her pit of despair. Seems like she's interested in this story, at least.

"Of course you want to know!" she said. "Basically, I liked you for a long time, but you were just so, so normal! Nothing spectacular or interesting about you."

Hey! Future Me looked at her. "Thanks a lot," he said. Wow, way to stand up for yourself. Am I really this much of a chump in the future?

She lightly pushed him on the arm. "Oh, be quiet. You know this story." Future Me obeyed, like the whipped dog he apparently is.

"Anyway, one day I decided that I didn't care if you were plain and boring. It's ok that you weren't a cyborg, or a daywalking vampire, or an interdimensional bounty hunter. I was happy with you just being Kyon. So I told you that and said I wanted to go out with you, and you said yes."

I looked hard at Future Me. "You just said yes? Just like that?"

He shrugged again. God, that's annoying. Remind me to stop doing that when I get back. "Don't pretend like you didn't always have kind of a thing for her," he said. "I know you. I am you."

I honestly have no idea what he's talking about. Sure, sometimes I end up daydreaming about Haruhi, but I think about Asahina-san just as much. I'm a 16-year old boy, thinking about pretty girls is practically my job.

"Believe me, you won't think it's so odd when you're a little bit older. And believe me, the perks are great." He raised his eyebrows at me, and Haruhi winked. This is too much. I may be sick. No more mental images, please.

Haruhi and Future Me laughed. "Oh, you're so young." This is coming from the girl who has the maturity level of a fifth grader. I hate being patronized by myself.

Suddenly Haruhi's phone alarm started ringing. She checked a clock on the wall. "Oh shoot," she said. "I've totally lost track of time, taking this stroll down memory lane. I've got a really important class that I can't miss starting now."

She stood up and looked at Future Me. "What about you, don't you have class now?"

He shrugged. Seriously, please don't let me do that ever again. "I was planning on skipping out today anyway." Once a slacker, always a slacker I guess. How did I get into this school anyway? Nagato must have used some of her alien powers of influence.

"Fine, I'll catch you up on what you missed later. Taking care of little you is more important now, anyway," Haruhi said. "So, what are you boys going to do while I'm gone?" she asked mischievously.

"What else? See Nagato, Asahina-san, and Koizumi," he answered.

Wait, they're all still around? Do they all go here as well? Why am I not surprised.

"Okay then, have fun," she said. Then she bent down and gave Future Me a quick kiss on the lips. I looked away.

"See ya," he said, as she walked out the door.

So now it's just me and my older doppelganger. And Asahina-san, who seems to have fallen asleep on the bed, or at least is resting. Guess all the time traveling excitement wore her out. For a time traveler, she sure has a weak constitution...

Future Me pulled out his cell phone and hit a few buttons. "Hey Koizumi," he said into the phone. "You'll never guess who just showed up on campus….No it's not him. Don't even bother trying. Just get Nagato and Asahina-san and meet me at the coffee shop. Bye." He hung up.

He looked at me. "So, you ready to meet the SOS Brigade of 2017?"


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