The next day, I woke up and stretched. I ate breakfast and went to school. Suzumiya was in a good mood, but otherwise acted totally normal. Well, normal for her, anyway. One never would have guessed that she had found out she was omnipotent the other day.

At the club meeting, Suzumiya made an announcement.

"We're going to go searching for the mysteries of this world!" she announced.

"Why don't you just make some mysteries?" asked Kyon.

"It's no fun if I just make it! We have to find the mysteries that already exist! We'll search this city high and low again!"

I raised my hand.

"Yes, Kazuko?"

"Why don't we try investigating paranormal sightings instead of randomly searching the city?" I suggested.

"That's a great idea! Kyon, I expect to hear about some by tomorrow!"

Kyon sighed.

"Okay," he said.

"Also, Kazuko, I need permission to do one small thing. It's a surprise though."

"Okay, go ahead," I said.

I spent the rest of the club time reading. I then left. As I walked through the halls towards the exit, Yuki suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Please text him for me," she said.

"We need to get you a phone," I said, "but okay, what do you want to say."

"Meet me at my apartment."

"Okay, text sent, want me to come to?"

She nodded.

We went back to Yuki's apartment together and passed the time playing Mario Kart. Eventually, Kyon buzzed in.

"Nagato, it's me, I got Sakamoto's text," he said.

Yuki opened the entrance for him and he came up to Yuki's apartment.

"So, what did you need?" he asked.

Yuki sat perfectly still in silence for a second, then started to speak.

"Through observation of you and Suzumiya Haruhi, it has come to my attention that you two share positive feelings toward each other, resulting in interesting data patterns. I hold similar positive feelings and would like to produce my own data with you."

Kyon looked to me.

I clarified.

"She likes you," I said, "and she would like to… do what Suzumiya did with you."

"You mean…"

"Kiss," said Yuki.

"Why is Sakamoto here?"

"Oh, I'm just here to translate," I said unconvincingly.

Unsurprisingly, Kyon didn't look convinced. I didn't feel like explaining that the one thing I could remember about my life before coming to this universe was being a heterosexual male and that I had assumed Kazuko's heterosexual female orientation upon entering her body, so I refused to elaborate that I liked him too.

"Kazuko," said Yuki, giving me a serious look.

"Okay, I like you too," I said, "but I'm not ready for a relationship for personal reasons. Also, I'm pretty sure Asahina likes you too, so congratulations on living the dream."

Kyon gave me a flat look.

"I think Koizumi might like you too."

Kyon's flat look continued. I couldn't help but feel that he was making some sort of snarky remark in his head.

An awkward silence ensued, which was broken, surprisingly, by Yuki.

"Kiss," she said.

"Okay, I guess it can't hurt," said Kyon.

He and Yuki kissed.

Then, I went home and went to sleep. I awoke standing in blank white. The other five members of the SOS Brigade were standing around me. The blank white space was completely featureless.

"Suzumiya," I said, "Did you destroy the world?"

"Nope," she said, "but I made this dream world where we can all experiment freely with our powers. In this world, we all have powers like mine, and there's no password system."

I had to admit, that was actually a pretty good idea.

"Good idea."

"Thanks," said Suzumiya.