I adjourned the clubs meeting for the day when it felt as though the silence had gone on long enough. Everyone filed out one at a time, but when I went to leave I found Haruhi with her (my) hand on my (her) shoulder. A request not to leave yet.
"I can't go home like this," She said.
"I can't either..." I replied.
We stood in awkward silence for a moment then we both came up with the same idea at once.
"A hotel."
We both blushed.
"... but not the same bed... of course."
We each called a parent and told them that we would be staying at a friends house, I at Koizumi's, and Haruhi at Asahina's. Then we went to check into a hotel.
What on earth have we done? We must have looked like a couple of eloping teens to the woman at the counter.
So,
Are we?
Now I'm not even sure.
Yesterday I'd have defiantly said no. Without a moment's hesitation. As for today, that question goes unanswered.
Entering our room, both Haruhi and I blushed a pale scarlet, to see that there was only one bed.
For a moment we both stood still and silent, then I spoke, "I'll go get another room... or a roll away."
As I started to walk to the door I felt a gentle tug on the shoulder of the school uniform.
"Don't... don't leave me," She said in a whisper.
How unlike her.
