Chapter Four: Confession (iWillhexyou)

Haruhi finished her three hundred and sixty degree circle, and unlike when she had started, she was frowning. Kyon hadn't answered her question and the knot of worry in her stomach only tightened as she stared at the look on his face.

That was it, she decided to quit trying. There was no way she'd ever get Kyon to look at her the way he looked at Mikuru.

"Forget this!" snapped Haruhi as she turned sharply on her heel, "Let's go find Mikuru and get her to do this!"

"Wait, what?" questioned Kyon as Haruhi disappeared back into the dressing room. One second he had been gripping the sides of the chair trying to hide his 'tight pants' and then suddenly she was mad at him. If her goal was to get him aroused she was successful, his head was still dizzying from seeing her in such a short mini skirt.

In the dressing room Haruhi was near tears. No matter what she tried to do to control herself it never worked. She knew that Kyon wanted a cute girl with a perfect body and some sense of decency, but Haruhi just couldn't be that. She was spunky, energetic, hyper, and acted without thinking, everything Kyon probably hated.

Sighing, Haruhi changed back into her school uniform and without knowing it; she threw her hair up into a ponytail. Ever since the strange dream where she had kissed Kyon she had been putting her hair into ponytails. "Ponytails turn me on," he had said, when in reality Haruhi knew that Kyon hated ponytails. She even overheard him say so to Mikuru when she tried to wear one, so why did she keep doing it?

Storming out of the dressing room Haruhi ignored Kyon's questions and quickened her pace when she noticed he was following her. She needed to be as far away from Kyon as possible before she went crazy.

Kyon needed to be as close to Haruhi as possible however before he went insane. The thought that she was mad at him sent a wave of panic through his whole body and for once it wasn't because he needed to save the world, but because he didn't want her to hate him.

"Haruhi," pleaded Kyon. "Stop and tell me what's wrong!" To his surprise she stopped, but she tensed her shoulders and refused to look at him.

"Just go Kyon!" Haruhi said quietly but harshly, "I know that you want to go find Mikuru…"

"What does this have to do with her?" interrupted Kyon.

"Everything Kyon! She's the reason I…She's the reason why I never told you…" Haruhi couldn't finish, she knew that if she did she'd burst into tears, and she didn't want Kyon to see her weak side.

Kyon rested one hand on her shoulder in an attempt to get her to look at him. "You never told me what, Haruhi?" he asked.

"You already know Kyon!" cried Haruhi, "You've known since day one that I like you but now I can see now that you don't like me back!"

Haruhi tried to run again, she wanted to run and hide in a hole the rest of her life but something held her back, and before she could break out of his grasp Kyon spun Haruhi and did what he had wanted to do again for a long time. He kissed her.

To say he kissed her passionately would be an understatement, he was like a thirsty man craving water and he would've knocked Haruhi to the ground if he hadn't wrapped his arms around her waist.

For two long seconds he waited for some sort of response then finally he got it. Haruhi's lips immediately melted against his, and she threw her arms around his neck.

Neither seemed to remember that they were now in a park and they were completely oblivious to the nasty stares passing people gave them. They were only aware of each other until a fellow schoolmate passed by and gave the couple a good loud whistle.

When they parted Kyon immediately blushed, completely embarrassed, while Haruhi also blushed but for a totally different reason.

"Well that was…interesting," Stated Haruhi as she caressed one of her tiny fingers against her swelling lips. Somewhere in the time from when the kiss started to when it ended Kyon had nibbled on her lower lip, of course at the time she hadn't cared but she decided she'd have to get revenge on him; it was just in her nature.

Avoiding her gaze Kyon nodded his head in agreement, "Sorry if I was a little hasty. You O.K?"

Suddenly her eyes lost that dreamy content look and flared back to her fiery determined look, "Of course I'm O.K! Do you really think you can hurt me Kyon? Don't forget who you're talking too!"

'Of course,' thought Kyon. 'I'm talking to Haruhi, God of the universe, the girl that could strike me down here and now, and she did, but not in the painful way one would expect.'

"So I take it that was your first kiss?" Kyon asked with a content smile on his face.

"What?!" Haruhi Snapped, "Why would you say that?"

"Because you're getting all hostile," Kyon stated.

"No I'm not!"

"Yes, you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

No I'm not!"

"Yes…"

Kyon couldn't even finished his argument, next thing he knew Haruhi's hand was once again on his tie and it was her this time who pulled him into a kiss. However, this kiss was gentle and sweet, proving his earlier accusation. It was her first kiss if you didn't count the closed space incident, and Kyon was glad. It put his mind to ease about all those other boyfriends she supposedly had.

Haruhi pulled her face from his a moment later though she refused to let go of his tie. There was something about his tie that she loved, he would never understand it but he would never hate it either.

"Alright smart guy," Haruhi said, "what are we going to do now?"

"What do you mean?" Kyon asked, his eyes looking directly into hers.

"About us! We can't just go back to being friends! It'll be too awkward! Then I don't want to stop talking to you because it would be to painful! Ugh! You didn't think this out very well before you kissed me did you Kyon?!"

"No," Kyon replied instantly, "But I know that I liked it and I'm not afraid that I did it. The whole just friends thing doesn't work anymore."

"Then what does?" Haruhi asked, her eyes momentarily revealing how terrified she was.

"That's up to you, Haruhi, we can either go on as we were or we can go on a date this Saturday and see where that leads too."

"A date?" Haruhi asked with more optimism.

"Why not? We did have fun on that paranormal hunt by ourselves; I think we should do it again."

For only the second or third time in her life Haruhi had nothing to say, and once again it was Kyon's fault. A lot of things were his fault but that's what she liked about him. He was the only one who dared speak against her and even though she loved when they had their quarrels she loved this new power over him. When she was tongue tied she could just kiss him, and so she did again despite the dirty stares they got from the passing people.

"So what do we do now?" Haruhi asked finally letting go of Kyon's tie, "Two of my Brigade members are missing and Mikuru doesn't have an outfit! We need to find them."

'Ah,' thought Kyon, 'My Haruhi's still the same, completely disregarding the feelings of others.' He knew deep down that was not entirely true but he couldn't pity the others for the harsh treatment they received from her, they chose to stay and could leave anytime they wanted. Still, Kyon made it his personal goal to teach Haruhi compassion no matter how long it took.

0o0o0o

Sitting in the chair by the computer, Yuki set her now finished book aside. She enjoyed the peace; it gave her a chance to regenerate. Haruhi Suzumiya was very quick at draining her batteries.

Closing her eyes Yuki entered into her connections with her future master. She needed to check in and review Haruhi's actions, and in contrast she needed to receive any new information. But she was suddenly interrupted by a presence in the room.

She heard it before she saw it.

"Hello, I am Ryoko, version 2.0"