A/N: The final chapter of the series that, though sounding good in my head, wasn't so good when it was made. It's just how the cookie crumbled, I guess. -MN1
"Hey guys." I sighed.
"Why are there sores around your wrists?" Kyon asked.
Haruhi glared at me, standing on her toes to reach my height.
"No reason. On another note, dibs on not being with Haruhi." I said.
"We actually choose partners by toothpicks." Haruhi said.
"Where's the toothpicks?" I asked.
Kyon took them out. "Huh. I didn't bring enough."
"Death penalty!" Haruhi shouted.
"Does she follow through with that?" I asked.
"Do you think she does?" Itsuki asked.
"I don't know. I would ask those with the death penalty, but they'd be dead. And dead men tell no tales." I said.
"I would like to go with Kid." Yuki said.
"Do any of you know my name?" I asked.
"Duh! Your name is Kid." Haruhi said.
"It is what Haruhi says it is." Itsuki said.
"You're creepy, step back, stop brown-nosing, and stop smiling!" I said.
"I just follow everyone else." Kyon said.
"I do what the others do." Mikuru said.
I sighed. "Right. I'll go with Yuki and you guys can do...whatever. Good luck."
"You too, Kid!" Haruhi said. I grimaced, following Haruhi.
After we got a distance away from Haruhi, Yuki put her hands on my wrists.
I blushed, and thought 'I wonder if Chobits is anything to go by robot romance.'
"Your wounds have healed." Yuki said.
I looked at my wrists, and said "Oh."
"Did you go along with what Haruhi told you to do?"
"...Are you sure that's the best phrase? I mean, I could...whatever. I fight against it about as much as Kyon does, I guess."
"Kyon is special. He is the only one brought from the old galaxy."
"Good for him. I supposed everyone else died?"
"Correct."
"Does she have, like, an annual 'destroy the galaxy' holiday?" I asked. "If so, I'd prefer to get on her good side before she celebrates."
"You are already on her good side. Or, at least, more than others. Careful not to fall off." Yuki said.
