DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA, nor do I own ANY of the characters used in this story (and all of its chapters) all ownership goes to Nagaru Tanigawa etc, etc…. anyway, enjoy the story xD ...oh, but I do own Sugisaki-san xD

Chapter 10

The Sunday started like any other. I got woken up by my over-hyperactive sister and Samisen before heading downstairs to have breakfast, still in my pyjamas. And as usual I ate my breakfast with my sister asking me stupid questions that I really didn't care about and Shamisen staring at me… probably wanting some of my food.

However, it was after breakfast that I realised that it wasn't a regular Sunday.

Today was my date with Itsuki.

Crap.

I had completely forgotten about it.

I turned my head towards the clock… it was 11:00… I think we were meeting at the station at 12:00?

And I still haven't decided what to wear.

I headed upstairs and over to my clothes draw in an oddly excited mood and started looking at all of my clothes… which one should I wear?

But then, as I pulled out a pale green baggy jumper with short-sleeves I stopped.

What the hell am I doing?

I'm acting like a frikkin' 15 year old girl in a shoujo manga on her first date with a boy which she adores.

But I'm not.

I'm Kyon. (Well, that's at least my nickname) An average 17 year old guy who often gets irritable and is straight… I think…

I placed the t-shirt down on the side of my bed and did a face-palm.

I can't believe it… I'm actually going on a date with another guy.

I looked at the clock again 11:13… I need to hurry because otherwise I won't get there on time.

And the last thing I want is a guilt trip by Itsuki.

I quickly and briefly looked over my clothes before flinging together some random stuff that I thought would look okay… grey/black baggyish trousers and that light green shirt that I had earlier.

I stood in the mirror and stared at myself.

I wonder how Haruhi (or even my mum) would react if she knew I was on a date with another guy… let alone Itsuki.

But, whatever, I thought as I walked down the stairs giving a vague reply to my mum who asked me where I was going.

She doesn't need to know… at least… not yet.

I shuddered mentally at the thought.

However, I quickly placed that thought to the side and went to get my bike. (Which had been given back to me by the way, after it was confiscated due to Haruhi's antics.)

I just hope today is uneventful to say in the least.

But it wasn't.

I eventually arrived at the train station to see Itsuki was already there. I glanced at my watch… 11:48. Please tell me that he had just arrived and he hadn't actually been waiting here for ages beforehand.

I quickly glanced over what he was wearing… a pretty smart jacket waist coat thing with a tie… with also smart black trousers. Well, I look way too casual to be even compared to him right now.

His face lit up as he saw me pull up beside him. "Good Morning Kyon!" He spoke with a beaming smile.

My reply was more laid back "Yeah, good morning too…" I then had a thought as I turned to look at him "How long have you been waiting?"

I saw Itsuki's face flush before he looked embarrassed to the side. "Well, unfortunately I was unable to get any sleep due to the excitement and so… I came here about 2 hours earlier…" He gave a laugh

It was the complete opposite to my reaction.

I could feel my jaw drop

"S-Seriously?"

"Seriously."

I stared at him as his blush increased "I just… couldn't wait… to go on this date with you Kyon…"

The fact he said date acted as a harsh and sudden reminder. This is a date.

I could feel my cheeks become warm as I remembered this fact (one that I would much rather forget.) "Y-yeah…" I tried to respond in the laid back voice that I had just had… however it wasn't returning.

Itsuki then spoke again, a wide smile on his face "Well then, shall we go?"

I locked my bike up to some random railings before walking slightly faster to catch up with him "Where are we going?"

He looked at me "Well, last night I went through the privilege of trying to select places that would be suitable for our date… is the aquarium okay?"

What the hell? An aquarium? What are we? 12? …But… I guess it would be better than doing nothing outside and possibly being seen by someone who knows us… I don't know who would be worse to run into… Haruhi or Taniguchi…

"Yeah, sure." I muttered trying to avoid making eye contact.

Well this is going to be fun…

We arrived eventually at the aquarium and after getting into it (After paying) we headed around all of the many exhibits of colourful fish, making some conversation and stuff about them… and in some cases being educated by Itsuki about the different species…

But… even though I was ignoring the majority of what Itsuki educated me on, I was still surprised to find out that I… was having fun…

Itsuki and I stood in front of a huge aquarium window… in the exhibit was some killer-whales which were pretty awesome to watch.

However, as we were standing there in what I though was awed silence, Itsuki started speaking.

"Kyon? Are you having fun?"

I looked to him, to see him smiling at me.

I looked back, trying not to stare at his rather radiant smiling face.

"Well… you educating me on the fish was kinda annoying… and my feet also hurt from standing too much…"

I looked at Itsuki, who suddenly looked upset.

I continued while looking at him "But… yeah, I guess I am having fun."

I could feel myself smile as Itsuki's face lit up and I tried to hold in a laugh.

Itsuki also gave a laugh, confused as to my sudden …and unusual for me… good mood. "Why are you laughing?"

I tried to hold in another laugh "Because of your reaction…!"

I saw Itsuki smile, before he finally seemed to comprehend what I said and a huge blush appeared on his face.

"H-huh!"

"Like now!" I continued "It's ….funny to see you act so differently to how you do in the clubroom, where you seem all composed… but here… You're completely different!"

Itsuki's blush increased but he suddenly seemed to think of a come-back "W-Well, look at you! You're smiling and laughing and I never see that in the clubroom!"

I wasn't surprised. I couldn't do anything else but groan in the clubroom at Haruhi's antics… I guess I occasionally smiling at Asahina-san's smile but… I guess I was overall pretty gloomy.

We then looked straight up at each-other and our eyes met, we then both spoke at the same time

"…Really?"

We froze for a moment before we both noticed how we both spoke together before we both burst out laughing, seeming to completely forget about the whales, fishes and families surrounding us, who were giving us concerned looks.

It… was weird… whenever I'm around Itsuki I feel like… the wall has been taken down, and there's nothing blocking us off from each-other… and… I just realised I really liked being around him … and how soppy I just sounded… good grief…

"Itsuki I-"

"Well, well, what have we here?" I was suddenly cut off by a voice… an all too familiar voice.

I saw Itsuki's eyes widen in a mixture of fear and shock at the space behind me and I knew instantly who it was without even needing to turn around.

Either it was Haruhi, or…

"Sugisaki."

I heard him laugh "Aha-ha-ha! Kyon-kun, I thought I told you to call me Sugisaki-sama!" He then whispered in my ear in a scarily, low voice. "…we wouldn't want any incidents to happen here would we?"

I spun around instinctively and stood in front of Itsuki.

Sugisaki was standing there, with his black hair as it always was, his freaky purple eye showing and he was still wearing that black-school uniform type of jacket and trousers that he wore last time.

"Leave us alone." I tried to speak with authority, but I found my hands were shaking.

What the hell?

Am I… scared of this guy?

Sugisaki gave another, more spine chilling laugh. "I don't believe that you have the authority to request me to do that… Right? Koizumi-kun?"

I tensed my muscles even more… and he seemed to notice this.

He gave a small, but forced sigh "Don't worry Kyon-kun; I have no reasons to hurt Koizumi-kun…" He then looked directly at me, and his voice reached the scary low one again as his eyes darkened.

"But I must admit that I am terribly disappointed about Haruhi Suzumiya's 'key' going out with someone from my agency… when we are just meant to be supervising you…"

Oh yeah, I forgot about how bi-polar he was.

He gave a shrug "Because of your decision, we will never truly know what Suzumiya-san's potential power is… unless of course…"

He trailed off.

And I didn't like the fact that he did that.

He then started slowly walking in a large circle around me towards Itsuki, my eyes and head following him warily as he did so.

What the hell was he trying to do?

"Well, no matter… so, are you two on a date then? How… interesting…" He snickered before coming to a standstill beside Itsuki.

I saw Itsuki flinch. I wasn't really sure whether it was out of fear or if he was preparing for something.

And by the way, at this point I didn't really care about the families, fish and stuff surrounding us.

I saw Sugisaki raise his arm. But suddenly just as I was about to push him out of the way, he slunk his arm around Itsuki's shoulder.

What the hell?

I saw Itsuki's eyes widen as a blush crept across his cheeks.

I hated the look in his eyes right now.

I could feel myself clench my fists.

Itsuki spoke "Um… S-Sugisaki-san, what are you doing?"

"Well, I just thought I may as well as take this chance to get closer to you…" I saw him fight back a smirk and instead smiled sweetly.

I finally spoke "What are you talking about? You can't go around with us! T-This is… me and Itsuki's… date…" I uncharacteristically stuttered.

I saw Sugisaki's eyes glint with some sort of sick delight at me mentioning this before he started speaking once again.

"I think that you are forgetting Kyon-KUN that you have no right to boss me around since I am Koizumi-kun's higher-up and subsequently, yours too."

"Tch…" I couldn't think of anything to say… not right now anyway. If Haruhi was around I would have played the 'John Smith' card again, but even if I did do that today, I wasn't exactly going to run all the way to Haruhi's house to say it to her.

Wait, why am I getting so worked up about this?

Sugisaki gave a satisfied grin before he turned around, dragging Itsuki around with him… Itsuki seemed too scared to speak up.

Geez.

I followed with a scowl on my face. I sub-consciously gritted my teeth every time Sugisaki pulled Itsuki closer or touched his hair and stuff.

He was getting awfully grabby… and I hated it… for some reason.

Every time we reached a new exhibit, Sugisaki would pull Itsuki closer (Even though Itsuki didn't notice because he was an idiot.)

Finally, after getting too pissed off, I decided I'd better quickly go to the toilet to wash my face.

"Hey." I raised my voice at the two. They turned around, Sugisaki was grinning and Itsuki looked terrified. "I'm going to the toilet."

I pointed to the toilets as Sugisaki grinned, he subsequently pointed to a nearby bench. "Go ahead." His eyes then darkened as he smirked "Take your time."

I quickly saw Itsuki mouth "I'm sorry…" He looked painfully upset.

I told myself that I really shouldn't leave those two alone but I knew that if I did stay there, I would have ended up seriously snapping.

I walked into the bathroom and stood in front of the sink. My hair was a mess and there was a huge scowl on my face. I sighed quickly before washing my face briefly.

What the heck?

Was I… jealous of Sugisaki?

No… w-why would I be? It's okay for Itsuki to get closer to other guys r-right?

God, I don't even want to THINK about the mass amount of stress wrinkles I'll have on my face if this continues.

Ignoring my mental monologue I decided that I had spent enough time in the toilets and so headed out.

However I froze and my eyes widened upon my exit.

Itsuki was kissing Sugisaki.

CLIFFHANGER! AND A TERRIBLY SHORT CHAPTER! 8D ...I'm sorry, but I felt like this was the only suitable place to end this chapter without it ending up being a super long 20 page epic xD But, I have a feeling that I will update pretty~ soon (I mean, for once I actually updated very quickly with this chapter o_o')

Wow~ Sugisaki-san is pretty evil~ But fun to write. xD Sorry Kyon, but your gonna have to put up with him and his antics for a while longer xD I need to try drawing him some day xD And anyway, Jealous Kyon is fun to write XDDD

But anyway, please read and review because they make me very happy~! ^o^ And please look forward to the next chapter! :D

See you soon!

Elzah-Chan

random note: I just read a new Itsukyon fanfic and it was amazing... I'm definetly going to try to pull out alllll of the stops to try and reach that persons standard! Get ready for a better style of writing! :D ...because my version of Kyon sucks. T^T

Another random note XD: The reason that this was updated so quickly was because i've been spending lots of lunchtimes in the library at school, ignoring all the looks of my classmates who are just like "Wtf is she writing?" and "Who is Kyon and Itsuki..? Are they japanese or something?" ..They just don't understand how awesome it is T^T