Chapter 2

The only thing that I could think of was how completely unprepared I had been. Did Haruhi pretend to kick me out so she could make this impossible demand? Afterwards I started thinking about what could possibly have been going on with Haruhi that was making her more unpredictable then usual. I wanted to ask her a million questions. Didn't she once tell me that she wasn't interested in normal humans? If my memories were right she had dropped every boyfriend she has ever had, according to rumors there was one that only lasted five minutes. I was finding it very hard to speak for some reason.

"You what?"'

"Kyon! Don't tell me you have a girlfriend already?"

Haruhi glared at me looking very annoyed. I always thought that Haruhi overreacted when she didn't get the kind of answer that she wanted. I quickly realized what I was thinking about and I shook my head. This was a bad idea.

"Why do you want a boyfriend, I thought you were too busy for normal humans."

"This doesn't have anything to do with you." Haruhi answered, looking away from me.

Yeah like I believe that.

How could this have nothing to do with me? Haruhi was asking me to be her boyfriend. I really wanted to say no but I was afraid that she would really hurt me or something.

"Well? What does it have to do with?"

"I can't believe you! You are making this so difficult. Well if you must know I have friend that I knew from a long time ago visiting me. I haven't seen her for years and want to show her how happy I am. I don't think she will be here for more then a week. After she is gone you will be just my subordinate again"

It really felt like Haruhi was being serious about this. Who was this mysterious childhood friend that she was speaking about?

"Why didn't you ask Koizumi?"

Haruhi gave me an annoyed look like I was stupid or something.

"You can't be serious about asking me this. Koizumi isn't my type."

Koizumi wasn't her type but I was. I didn't know where to be flattered or jealous of Koizumi for not being asked to be involved in one of Haruhi's crazy schemes.

I started hearing footsteps of some people approaching, before I could turn around to see who it was I felt Haruhi grab me by the front of my shirt and yank me forward. I would have fell onto the ground if Haurhi hasn't been standing there in front of me. While I stood there against Haruhi I felt my arms automatically wrapped around her. I didn't even realize what I was doing at first!

"Kyon-kun! What... what are you doing?" Mikuru asked, shocked.

I quickly pull myself off of Haruhi and tried to tell them that it was all Haruhi's doing but I realized that I couldn't get out a single word.

"I guess we can't hide it anymore Kyon! It looks like you two will be the first to know. Kyon and I are now officially a couple!" Haruhi announced, happily.

There were no words to describe what I was feeling.

"What?" Mikuru replied, looking like she was close to tears.

Mikuru quickly turned and ran off. Leaving the three of us standing there. Nagato stood there not making a sound, like she was waiting for me to say something.

"I wonder what her problem is..." Haruhi commented, not saying much more. "Well we better be getting back. Our search is over for the day."

I didn't want to leave yet. I wanted to see where Mikuru was at!

"I'll get Ashaina."

"What? Why?"

"It's not safe for Ashaina to be out here like this all by herself."

"Whatever. Just be back at the club room in one hour, we haven't finished yet."

I watched as they left. After they were gone I started running across the street looking for where Mikuru was at. It took me nearly half an hour before I finally found her. The girl was couched on the ground near a book store. It seemed like she was thinking hard about something.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry I ran off like that Kyon-kun."

"It's okay. I was just worried about you."

I took off my jacket and put it over her.

"You and Suzumiya-san are finally together now. I knew the day would come..."

"What are you saying?"

"Oh... oh no! I wasn't supposed to... I can't believe I did that."

I didn't quiet understand what she was trying to tell me. It suddenly hit me. Mikuru was from the future which meant that she probably already knew that this was going to happen. It seemed she knew that Haruhi would try something crazy like this.

"Don't worry. From what my friends have told me Haruhi will probably grow tired of me before the end of tomorrow."

Mikuru didn't look at me or say anything. Instead she sat there looking at the ground. I thought about putting my arms around her but then I quickly realized that Haruhi might suddenly arrive where we were and see what I was doing. It was be especially bad during that time since she had forced me to be her boyfriend. I didn't want to cause any more trouble with Ashaina since Haruhi would very likely treat her even worse at school if she saw what was going on.

"Kyon-kun... do you like Suzumiya-san?"

I remembered kissing Haruhi once but that had been because at the time that was the only thing that could save the world. I never thought much about it since then. It wasn't that it was bad or anything, in fact it was almost pleasant but something I didn't want to experience anytime soon. Haruhi had likely forgotten about that herself since she really considered it a nightmare.

I didn't want to answer Ashaina's question.

"I think we need to leave."

Mikuru turned and looked at me with an adorable expression. I still hadn't gotten over the fact that she was so radiant at times. If Haruhi hadn't been watching my back whenever I was around her I probably would have asked her out already...

"Yes, maybe you are right. It would be better if Suzumiya-san doesn't get mad at you for being gone too long."

The two of us got up. I wanted to say something else but I realized that Mikuru probably didn't want to be disturbed anymore then she already was.

When we got back to the school it seemed that nearly everyone was gone now. As Mikuru and I made our way inside I saw a couple of people looking at me like I had done something outrageous. I wanted to ask they what their problem was but I was intent on getting back on time to see Haruhi. There was no way I was going to be late this time.

Arriving at the club room I was just about to open the door when it opened by itself. It was Haruhi. Haruhi was glaring at the two of us like we had done something wrong. I saw that Nagato was standing there by the window looking outside. Mikuru quickly hid behind me like Haruhi was going to grab her or something. Haruhi ran up to where we were standing.

"One minute late! Penalty!"

"I can't believe you..."

"What took the two of you so long?" Haruhi asked, her hands on her hips.

"Traffic was bad. It took a while."

"Well no matter. As long as you two are here it's fine."

Before I knew what was going on Haruhi had already reached forward and grabbed onto Mikuru's shoulders. Mikuru let out a scream of terror as she fell forward helplessly while Haruhi started undressing her. There were tears falling down her face. I saw that Mikuru was wearing a pink bra that evening.

"KYAAAAAA!"

Mikuru let out another scream and I quickly ran out of the room. I waited there for a while wishing that Haruhi would stop doing that whenever Mikuru arrived there without having changed. I only went back inside after making sure that Mikuru had finished changing.

Mikuru looked at me embarrassingly while Haruhi stood there by the computer. There on her arm was the red band that announced to everyone that she was the chief.

"Okay everyone. We have a new case."

"What would that be?" I asked, taking a seat.

"Koizumi has not been coming to school for two days now. Our new mission is to find out what's going on."

Have things really been that slow?

"Why didn't you just ask the teacher where he is?"

"It seems that even he doesn't know. This is really weird, I mean he hasn't told us that he would be taking these two days off. We must investigate tomorrow if he doesn't show up. As a member of his club we must see to it that he keeps attending!"

You are more concerned about him not showing up during the club meetings then his own health aren't you?

"If you say so..." I muttered.

I wasn't worried about Koizumi yet, since the guy could take care of himself.

"Well this meeting is over. Everyone can leave now except for Kyon."

I watched as both Nagato and Mikuru left leaving the two of us there. I really wished that I could have gone with them.

"I hope that this won't take long Haruhi."

"This won't. I was wondering where you are going to take me out to tomorrow. I have to know when to get ready."

"What? Take you out?"

"Of course. That's what two people do when they are dating don't they?"

I looked at her not believing what was going on. I thought that she would just want me to carry her books around with her or something.

"I... I thought we were only pretending."

"You didn't really expect to just stand around me for a week did you? I mean you do that all the time. Make sure you get ready for tomorrow night."

As I listened to her talk I remembered why I never thought about asking Haruhi to be my girlfriend. The entire thing about dating Haruhi really seemed like it would be more trouble then it was worth. It was starting to feel like I was going to have a very long week.