DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Although I wish I did XD) And all ownership goes to Nagaru Tanigawa and Kadokawa. But I do own Sugisaki :D But anyway, enjoy this chapter~! x3

Chapter 14

After about 3 and a bit days in hospital, I was eventually discharged and was allowed to leave. The doctor's were confused about my sudden recovery, but after many tests, they soon dismissed it as a 'miracle'.

Heh… I wish.

I then found myself back in the classroom… it felt almost nostalgic.

However, unlike how I would normally enter the classroom, and sit down peacefully, I found myself swarmed by concerned classmates. One of the most surprising being Taniguchi.

He pushed his way through the crowd, all of whom were asking me questions about what happened and also stupid ones like 'How many fingers am I holding up?' As I tried to reply to all of their questions with weak smiles and 'I'm fine's', I noticed him standing next to me.

"Hey Kyon."

I looked to the side; I was kinda surprised to see that he hadn't hit me on the back yet or something.

"Taniguchi. I'm surprised you haven't hit me or something by now."

He looked hurt.

"Hey Kyon! I'm your friend too so it's only right for me to be concerned about you!"

I couldn't believe that he was concerned about me.

"Really?" I gave him a disbelieving look.

Taniguchi nodded back. "I'm serious! When Suzumiya," He jerked his hand towards her chair "Told us that you had amnesia and couldn't remember anyone, I was worried in case you had forgotten about me!"

The crowd had dispersed, seeing that I was now focused on my conversation with my 'friend.'

"What? She told you guys about me?"

Taniguchi looked surprised "Of course. I mean, she looked like she was on the brink of tears in class, and when I tried asking her what was wrong…cause she was freakin' me out a bit… she kinda just… exploded." He shrugged his shoulders. "I haven't seen her since."

I felt a little bit worried… but also… happy that Haruhi and everyone else were so concerned about me…

I hope that Haruhi is alright…

…I guess.

Suddenly, my concern quickly vanished into thin air as in the quiet clattering of the classroom; there was a loud and thundering "KYOONNNNNNNN!" Increasing in volume as it approached the outside of the class.

Recognising the voice immediately, my danger senses kicked in and I stepped away from the door.

Taniguchi however, being an idiot, didn't notice my reaction and stood there looking dumb like always.

The door slammed open, and an angry looking girl flew out and kicked Taniguchi straight in the face.

Taniguchi flew to the floor and skidded, before hitting and coming to a standstill beside my desk. However, I had no time to laugh at his pain as I realised… I could be in trouble.

I looked up, slightly gob-smacked at her sudden entrance to see Haruhi.

She stared at me.

I stared at her.

I heard Taniguchi groan but I ignored it.

She continued to stare at me, as the angriness subsided and was replaced with… relief?

I brought myself to smile.

"Hey Haruhi."

Suddenly, my hopefully happy reunion was ruined by the angry look reappearing on her face and she picked me up by my collar.

"KYON, YOU IDIOT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE IN SCHOOL TODAY?"

I actually forgot. But I couldn't say that.

"M…My phone was out of credit…"

It was a stupid excuse, bearing in mind that I could have used the house-phone. But surprisingly, she didn't react angrily. She stood on her tip-toes, and placed her hand on my fore-head.

"…Haruhi…?"

"Shut up. I'm checking to see if you have a temperature."

She removed her hand, seeming satisfied, and then spoke again.

"Open your mouth."

I opened it. Feeling scared.

She stood there in silence.

"Say 'ahh' you idiot!"

"A…ahh…?"

She looked away.

"I'm glad you're okay. It wouldn't do to have one of my brigade members being ill…" She nodded knowingly.

I smiled again.

"Thanks Haruhi."

She flinched. Before whipping her head away from me. I think she was blushing… But I wasn't sure.

It was probably just the light or something.

I then heard another voice from the classroom door.

"Hey! Kyon-kun!" It was another energetic voice.

It was followed by another, adorable voice. "…Kyon-kun…" I could hear emotion in the voice.

I looked back to the classroom door to see Tsuruya-san and Asahina-san.

Tsuruya-san grinned at me. "The moment we saw Haru-nyan sprinting to the classroom, we knew that you were back so we followed her!"

Her voice was so energetic that it made me feel tired.

I don't understand how Asahina-san can stand being around her for longer than 10 minutes.

Asahina-san spoke shyly, her eyes were watering "We were… all so worried about you Kyon-kun… I'm so… relieved…"

She started crying, but sniffed it back and smiled sweetly at me.

Yeah… she's cute enough to make me want to swoon.

Haruhi stood up proud again. "I'm especially glad because now you can wear your new outfit Mikuru-Chan! That way, the whole brigade can see it!"

Haruhi started sneaking over menacingly to Asahina-san, as Tsuruya-san followed her. "U fu fu fu… I'd like to see you wear it too…"

…I realised that the situation always becomes a lot worse when Tsuruya-san is around.

As Asahina-san's face became pale with fear and she gradually disappeared under Haruhi's and Tsuruya-san's shadows, I noticed another presence at the door. I knew who it was immediately.

"Nagato!" I couldn't help but smile when I noticed that she was there. I faced her. She looked at me.

"…The Data-Overmind is very pleased with your recovery. As is Haruhi Suzumiya. I personally, also feel relieved that your memory of past data has returned."

She spoke in a monotone voice, and her eyes seemed blank… but… for a split second… I saw the corner of her mouth move upwards slightly into a… smile…?

…She's definitely changing.

I then became aware of a dark aura coming from the rest of the room.

I turned to face the classroom to see… every single one of the guys staring daggers at me. The other girls were just laughing weakly.

I was confused for a moment as to why… then I realised.

I had 4 of the most attractive girls in the school surrounding me.

Taniguchi (Who had miraculously recovered) slid over next to me.

"Hey… Kyon…"

"…What?" I could feel my cheeks becoming hot with embarrassment.

"You are aware that the majority of the boys in this class now want you to both lose your memory again… and die a horribly painful death?"

I was silent for a moment.

"Yeah, I kinda got that."

I then heard another voice, it was Kunikida's.

"Wow Kyon, I'm seriously impressed." He spoke it kindly, he probably meant it too. But something about it pissed me off.

I turned to face the two of them. They were both smiling radiantly. Too radiantly for my liking.

Suddenly I was saved by the ringing school bell.

Tsuruya-san, who was in the middle of holding Asahina-san's arms, as Haruhi went for her chest stopped.

"Ah, we need to go… See ya later Kyon-kun, Yuki, Haru-nyan!" She then pulled the traumatised and silent Asahina-san out of the room, much to Haruhi's disapproval.

I turned to see that Nagato had also left. Silently.

…That's just like her…

As the girls left, so did the menacing aura, and I went to go sit down in my seat, with Haruhi following suit. We sat down, and sat through the rest of the lessons, just how we normally would.

…

A long day of lessons eventually came to an end.

I felt a finger prod my shoulder.

I didn't even have to think about who it was.

I turned around to see Haruhi standing up to go. She was holding out my bag for me…

"Come on, Kyon! We need to go to the SOS brigade!"

Wow… I felt like I hadn't been there in ages….

Probably because I hadn't been.

I brought myself to smile. "Sure."

Haruhi looked pleased at my reaction.

"Fu fu… I'm glad to see you looking so enthusiastic for once!" She nodded, satisfied with a grin on her face. She then stopped as a slightly smaller smile appeared and she spoke quietly for once…

"I'm glad that you're having fun…"

She spoke it quietly… like she was saying it just to herself rather than me.

I pretended I didn't hear it correctly.

"Huh?"

Haruhi's grin returned, as if it had never left. "Nothing! Let's go!" She then grabbed my hand and started pulling me there.

…I did still find this whole thing annoying… but right now, after all that had happened… I was happy about it for once…

…I wonder if as well as amnesia I got brain damage?

Suddenly, before I knew it, we were at the brigade room door. We had stopped outside it.

I could hear Asahina-san's heavenly voice, humming a quiet tune from inside. Suddenly, Haruhi spoke.

"You haven't been here for a while, have you?"

She looked at me and smiled… sweetly for once.

However before I could be surprised, the grin that made me nervous had reappeared and she turned to face the door.

Haruhi swung the door open majestically. "HELLO EVERYONE!"

I went to walk in but suddenly I was met by the noise of party-poppers.

I yelled in shock and looked up to see… the whole of the brigade wearing party hats (Plus Tsuruya-san, Kunikida and Taniguchi… however, the latter two were sitting looking out of place at the side.) and they were all smiling at me. (Aside from Nagato who was staring at me.)

I looked around the room which I hadn't been in for ages… All of Asahina-san's outfits looked the same, and so did the rest of the classroom… I saw the laptops and the computer that we both won and stole from the computer society that we never use, and also the Othello set that I always played with Itsuki…

As I thought of his name I looked up suddenly at everyone there.

As my eyes slowly scanned across their beaming faces… I saw Itsuki standing there… giving me a smile.

I suddenly blushed as our eyes met.

Thankfully, Haruhi jumped into my line of sight. "So? Watcha think?" She grinned, as she waved her arm around the room.

I looked up at the ceiling and there was a banner there… it read it beautifully round letters "Welcome back Kyon!"

I think it must have been written by Asahina-san… It looked like her kind of writing… but definitely not like the kind of writing that an ex-member of the calligraphy club would have had.

I then looked below it to see a cake. It was covered with white icing with strawberries dotted around the top of it. In chocolate sauce, in a similar handwriting style to the Haruhi's was written again 'Welcome back, Kyon!"

Seeing that I took note of the decorations, Haruhi nodded. "Yup, since I had only just learned that you were back today, I had to steal some paper from the calligraphy club," Asahina-san looked shocked to hear this. "And then I got Mikuru to write on it for me, because I was busy hunting down Tsuruya-san!"

Tsuruya-san, seeing this as her cue, appeared beside Haruhi nodding. "Mm-hm! Haru-nyan found me and asked me to help her bake a cake in the school kitchen!"

I didn't even know that we had a school kitchen.

Tsuruya-san scratched the side of her face. "But it was difficult…" She smiled weakly "I had to call people at my house to bring in the ingredients!"

Oh yeah, I forgot that she was rich… she probably had her maids bring it for her…

She turned around to face the cake. "But it turned out pretty well, didn't it Haru-nyan?"

Haruhi nodded and grinned, and then they went into their own little discussion, that I didn't really want to hear… it was probably about harassing Asahina-san again.

And so, the evening passed, with plenty of cake and sweet treats being eaten… and also lots of random games. One of my least favourites being 'Hunt down Mikuru' … It was Haruhi's idea.

It was eventually 5:00, and Haruhi decided to dismiss everyone.

She made a hasty exit, along with the others, saying that because it was 'my' party, I should be the one to clean it up.

…shouldn't it actually be the other way around?

But I didn't have any time to protest as everyone had vanished… except for Itsuki… which was when I realised I hadn't even spoken to him today.

I could feel a blush come across my cheeks and I forced myself to smile at him.

"H-hey Itsuki!"

I felt my voice stutter and I moved my eyes to the floor.

We were alone. In the clubroom. And it was dark outside. The dim light of the lamp on the ceiling caused the clubroom to have a warm… almost eerie glow.

I felt extremely nervous.

"S-shall we clean up? I mean it's a huge mess here right?" I was trying to avoid making eye contact with him as I walked by him. I turned to face the table and went to pick up the various slices of cake that were left lying there by the others.

I reached out to pick up one of the plates before I felt his hand on mine.

I felt my heart start racing.

I felt a shaky smile come across my face and I felt my hand become sweaty.

"Um… Itsuki, what are you doing?"

His grip tightened on my hand.

I didn't feel like myself.

"Kyon…"

I looked up "W-what is it-"

My eyes widened as I saw Itsuki's face right in front of me, before he leant into a kiss.

I blushed. I could feel my legs feel like they were turning into jelly.

I pulled back a bit and I felt Itsuki touch the side of my face.

I tried to hide my eyes with my fringe.

"Heh… what the hell are you doing, you idiot?"

My cheeks were burning.

But… it wasn't exactly like I disliked it.

Itsuki smiled. "I really missed you Kyon. I was so surprised when I heard you had returned today… I expected you to be back later…"

I smiled slightly, but tried to hide it.

"I had to try and control myself in front of Suzumiya-san when I was told you were back. It was difficult to keep a straight face…"

He smiled weakly at me. I sighed.

I then remembered.

"Wait… didn't you want to take me to see Sugisaki… o-or something?"

I felt nervous just thinking about it.

Itsuki nodded, with a grim expression on his face. "Indeed… he wishes to see you… I believe it's to try and sort this problem out once and for all…"

I looked down to the side. "…But last time, didn't he…"

Itsuki suddenly grabbed both of the sides of my head and made me face him.

My face was several centimetres away from his, and when I tried to look away, he held me there.

I forced myself to stare into his eyes.

They were deadly serious.

"I WILL protect you. Please remember that we are going to be inside a closed space, so I will have full access to my abilities if …something… happens…"

I continued to stare at him. And his facial expression didn't change.

He was serious.

And it comforted me that he was.

"…Okay… Let's go…"

I nodded at him.

He pulled my forehead towards mine and rested his on it.

We stood there together, our heads resting on one another's foreheads… it was comforting… but embarrassing…

I just wanted to stay like this forever…

But we couldn't… because I had to talk to Sugisaki.

If I was ever going to settle this.

Yay! I finally finished this chapter! ...It actually took me ages to upload this because I had a bunch of exams and stuff TwT But, I am back now!

I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter! Itsuki wasn't in it so much, but I just wanted to re set the scene XD

But right, see ya guys in the next chapter! Sorry again for any OOCness XD Oh, And please review and spread please! It makes me supa happy! w