Amore ex Machina 2/3
Kyon/Yuki
Fluff/Romance
As I stepped through the school gates that afternoon, I knew night had began I would never forget. For better or worse, Yuki was set on us acting as a couple for the time being, I kept repeating the same thing in my head "This is all part of her mission, after all this was Haruhi's command and if she was disobeyed who knows what would happen to the universe! Afterall,The less blue giants in my life the better." I repeated the statement over and over in my head like a Buddist Mantra, the thought that this was all part of a mission, and soon it would all be over and the Brigade would return to searching for things that didn't exist and listening to Haruhi's insane ramblings, you know, things that made sense.
Soon, however, my dreams of normalcy were once again broken by Yuki intertwining her fingers with mine. I didn't know what it was about her grasp that made me panic so much, the force she exerted on my hands was so different then that of Haruhi or even Mikuru, it was forceful but gentle, as if she wanted to keep me in place and never let go. It reminded me of our time in other world, when Yuki was able to show her emotion for once. She was so shy, so gentle, it seemed like she was just waiting for someone to reach out,embrace her, and tell her everything was going to be ok. My mind reeled, was that Yuki's true feelings? Was she really that lonely? It was to much to think about right now, I just wanted to get Yuki to my place and play a board game or something till this was all over, romance was the last thing on my mind, for the record the first thing was Haruhi coming down on me like the fist of an angry god for not living up to whatever insane standard of "hooking up" she had set 5 minutes before the last meeting and the consequences of not meeting it.
My fear of a supposed god aside, ,till tomorrow it was my job was to look over an nearly emotionless robot alien from god knows where, though I think if Haruhi knew she'd have a few theories on Yuki's origin... After a short walk down an all to familiar hill, we finally arrived at my house, it was still early afternoon, far to much time for something to go wrong. Before entering I made an effort to turn to look at my temporary girlfriend, her gaze seemed completely focused on myself, was she worried I was going somewhere without her? Another roll of shake of my head followed, Yuki really was a mystery I don't think I'll ever solve. Though it was still better then if it had to do this with Haruhi, she'd probably be telling me to shut up and stop starring at her by this point. Opening the front door, I loudly announced my arrival then quickly ran upstairs, Yuki in tow. The less explaining I had to do to my parents the better. Upon ariving in my personal sanctuary from the chaos of the outside world, Yuki immediately took to my bed, dangling her delicate legs over the side as if she was angling for fish. I didn't want to ask what she wanted with my bed and was almost afraid to ask, but being the logical being she was, Yuki quickly explained to me in presise, detailed terms her plans.
"The details contained within the dating guide suggest that once a couple has arrived within the sleeping quarters of one of its members, that a act known as "Foreplay" should commence and then end with the human act of reproduction." That was the least romantic, least sexy thing anyone had ever said to me. In fact it was seemed to grate upon my ears like a sex ed lecture run through a text to speech machine. Silently I placed my hand on Yuki's shoulder and looked her directly in the eyes. It was time for a little chat, she needed to know how things worked or this all was going to end badly for everyone involved.
"Yuki, I don't know what you've been reading or that Haruhi has been telling you, but no one does that on a first date. The first one is to get to know one another, to figure out if your compatible, things like that. The other stuff, well that takes awhile. You really have to love a person to do that with them." She nodded in agreement and as she did the warning sirens that had been going off since Haruhi's little announcement finally came to a silent end, If this was a video game I would have just destroyed the end boss and saved the entire world world. I hugged Yuki briefly before slipping back to my postion on the floor. Amazingly, Yuki followed suit, edging herself to my side. Speaking in a oddly eloquent manner Yuki let loose with a turn of phrase that made up for her earlier misstatements. "If that is true, then what do you suggest we do on our "First Date", Kyon?" I had no idea what to say, so I went with the first thing that came to mind... "Have you ever seen Star Wars?" Oh god, I probably sounded like the worlds biggest nerd. Yuki, however, didn't seem to mind, she simply nodded no in response.
"I have not..." She was straight to the point, as always.
"Would you like to watch it then?" I hope by the the heavens above she would say yes!
"Affirmative, Kyon..." Those words were like music to my ears,Yuki obvious nature was a welcome change from Haruhi's unreadable insanity. I patted her on the head before plucking the DVD from among my collection and popping it in to the player. I retook my seat on the floor with Yuki doing the same. I felt... I guess happy is the best word for it, nothing strange was happening, I had a cute girl sitting by me, life was good. The movie passed without incident, aside from Yuki stopping to comment how unrealistic the space scenes were. It was more cute then annoying though, there was something charming about her ridiculously in depth discourses on physics and the universe. As, the credits rolled I slowly turned to look at the clock by my bed, 11:30! Man Einstein was right about pretty girls. But it was time for bed, and a problem once again reared it's ugly head. "So where do you want to sleep, Yuki?" It actually took a moment for her to respond, was she actually thinking about it?
"You may decides the arrangements for tonight's sleeping period."
" You can take my bed, I'll sleep on the floor for the night, it is not a big deal." It was simple and the solution most likely to stop "bad" things from happening.
" As you wish..." Yuki promptly climbed into my bed, fully clothed, and pulled the covers over her head. It made me wonder, did she ever change her clothes? Did she even shower? I was quick to shake those thoughts from my head as the next logical image would land me in a lobster pot of trouble later. I took my place on the floor, staring at the ceiling fan for no particular reason, reminiscing about the days events. Despite being forced into this little date by our Beloved Leader, it was fun hanging out with Yuki. That thought in my head, I began to drift to sleep, in the morning this would all be over. I was relived, being free of Haruhi's plot, but apart of me was sad it had to end. I couldn't tell you why, that was a matter for the morning...