Chapter five's on its way guys! Read, review and just enjoy! This ride has been a fun one and I've got more HaruhiXKyon stories in mind! I hope I can get them all down on a document to read! I'm sure you guys will enjoy reading them! Well, enough of that dribble… on with the story!

"OW!"

I was awoken by a sudden kick to the stomach; it wasn't a light kick either. I groaned and opened my eyes to see Haruhi hovering above me.

"Get up." She simply stated.

I hope my sister doesn't pick that up. I sat up and rubbed my head, Jeez Haruhi, not very subtle with the wakeup call are- "SHIT!" I suddenly shouted. It's freezing! I stood up and rubbed my hands against my arms in a futile attempt to warm myself up, "N-Nagato, h-how cold is it?!"

"It is currently thirty-nine degrees Fahrenheit."

It's thirty nine degrees?! This is insane! "Haruhi, aren't you cold at all?!"

"No."

I was stunned; she didn't even look back at me, she just kept walking. Something wasn't right… and unfortunately I think it's my fault. "A-Are you alright Haruhi?" I started jogged to catch up to her.

"I'm fine, Kyon."

I started getting worried. It's thirty nine degrees out and Haruhi was ignoring me. This did not look good.

"Where do we go next, Kyon?" Finally, she looked over to my direction. But… now I'm kind of wishing she wasn't.

Haruhi had this scowl on her face and it was starting to freak me out a bit. "Well… Next we go—"

"I will navigate." I watched as Nagato quickly stepped in between us and took the map from me. "The fastest route would be this direction here." She pointed to a spot on the map.

"We're going through the abandoned part of the city?" I looked down to Nagato.

"Correct. It is the fastest and safest route for our escape." Nagato began walking in the direction of the abandoned part of the city with me and Haruhi close behind.

The walk was, for a lack of better words, boring. The three of ventured farther and farther to the outskirts of the city as Nagato continued to lead us. Haruhi had barely said a word and I couldn't think of anything to say to her. I wanted her to say something, say anything! But not a word escaped her mouth. And whenever Haruhi was quiet, besides her sleeping, it meant something was wrong. Finally, I worked up the courage to say something to her, "So Haruhi, how did you sleep?"

"Alright, I guess." She still had an angry look in her eyes which did nothing but worry me. The fact that she hasn't even looked into my general direction since asking me where to go next made me assume that I must have said something before she went to sleep that upset her… what could I have said?

Suddenly, Nagato stopped. "Nagato? Is something wrong?"

Nagato didn't say anything, she just stood there. I looked to Haruhi who looked back at me with a confused face. At least she was looking at me…

"You two must escape." She suddenly said, "There are two around us with blunt weapons. I suspect they are here to kill you both."

What? Why now?! They've been leaving us alone this whole trip, I mean, besides Koizumi and Ms. Asahina, but why are we suddenly being attacked now?

Suddenly, two men jumped out from what seemed like nowhere! One had a crowbar and another had a metal bar. Nagato quickly sprang into action and grabbed us both, tossing us far in front of her. Haruhi and I rolled onto the ground. I looked up to see Nagato fighting the two men, "Nagato!"

"Leave immediately." She quickly stated.

I growled, but I knew Nagato could handle herself. "C'mon Haruhi!" I grabbed her wrist and pulled her up. Suddenly, she snatched her arm away from me. "Wha…?" I watched her quickly turn and run towards the direction Nagato pointed us in, "Haruhi, wait!" What the hell is wrong with her?

The two of us ran up the street when another man jumped out in front of us. We both stopped and watched the man walk towards us wielding another crow bar. Why none of them had a gun was beyond me, but they were obviously apart of Koizumi's organization. I was just about to point us into the right direction to escape when Haruhi quickly grabbed my arm and pulled us into some alley way. "This way!" She shouted.

The man chased after us but because Haruhi's insane ability to run faster than anyone I had ever seen before, we managed to escape with me barely able to keep my footing. We ran until Haruhi finally stopped to gasp for more air.

Oh, me? Yeah, I was collapsed onto the ground gasping for any amount of air I could get into my lungs. For a moment, I envied the guy who tried to kill us, at least he could stop. Taking in as much air as I could in the next breath I rolled over onto my back and sat up. "Ha…" I looked up to Haruhi, "Haru…hi… what were… you thinking?!"

I watched as she stared down to me, she was recovering a lot faster than I was. That much I was sure of. "I was saving us both you idiot!" I watched her breathe heavily as she said this, she still hasn't recovered yet which kind of surprised me.

We both sat there for a few minutes before she spoke up again, "So… where do we go now, Kyon?" She looked back at me for an answer, unfortunately I didn't have one.

"No clue." I said nonchalantly

"What?!" Her shouting left a slight ringing in my ear. "What do you mean you don't know?!" She quickly bent over and grabbed me by my collar, stood up and hoisted me up. "Why don't you know where to go next you idiot?!" I looked down at her face, the scowl had reappeared and she looked angrier than I've ever seen her before.

"Because I don't! That's why!" I couldn't help but shout back at her, "Yuki has the map! I had an idea on where to go next, but because of your sudden decision to take control of everything, like always, I was dragged along with you! And now we've run so far off I don't know WHERE we are!" I shook myself free from her grip and pushed myself off, using the wall for support. "Don't try to pin this on me Haruhi! This is YOUR fault!" I rubbed my neck as I leaned against the wall.

She looked at me with an angry face, I noticed her fists were trembling and she was struggling to either say something, or keep quiet. I couldn't tell which it was. "RAAAAGGHH!" She smashed her hands against the building several times before she suddenly stopped. I could hear her pant heavily as she rested her hands and forehead against the wall.

I could only sigh as I walked up to her. To be honest, I hated seeing her like this. I placed my hand onto her shoulder and watched her flinch for a moment, but she quickly relaxed afterwards. "C'mon Haruhi, don't worry. It's fine." I watched as I saw her breath escape her from the cold air. She slowly turned her head towards me. I gave her a slight smile as I reassured her.

I heard the sound of small footsteps walking from behind us, we both turned around to see Nagato standing there, her clothes had a small tear on her arm.

"Are you alright Nagato?" I walked over to her before she stopped me.

"I am fine." She slowly walked passed us both and continued walking down the alley way, "We must continue."

"Nagato, how close are we from leaving the city?"

She stopped and stood in place for a moment. She turned to face me, "Due to Suzumiya's quick actions, we have been led astray by going the opposite direction from the abandoned part of the city." I quickly looked over to Haruhi who was still up against the wall; although I noticed she had clenched her fists. "If we are to leave, that is where we must go. We can no longer take the direct path and must continue going through back entrances."

There was a silence between the three of us. All I could hear was Haruhi panting as well as my own. Slowly, Haruhi stood up and stopped resting. She turned and quickly brushed pass me, walking next to Nagato. I said nothing and simply followed them.

As the three of us walked down the alley ways it was quiet. Really quiet. I'm saying it was so quiet that if you were to throw a rock onto a pillow you'd be able to hear the feathers ruffle inside of it. But if I were to choose between this walk and the one we had before I would, without hesitation, choose the one from before. This is solely due to the fact that there was such tension between us that would scare anyone who wasn't involved with Haruhi away.

I was still trying to figure out what exactly was wrong with her. I don't think I said anything to her last night that could have upset her. Could it be, because of Nagato? I mean, Haruhi and I were about to do something last night that was probably because I had saved her life. But did she actually want to do…that and it wasn't just some hormone prone thing? And Nagato coming to stop whatever that was from happening had upset her? She didn't seem too upset when it happened. Then again, Haruhi has been best known for keeping things under wraps when they were most crucial…

No longer being able to stand the silence I walked up next to Haruhi and looked down to her, "Haruhi, are you alright?" I tried asking her this before, but was cut off when Ms. Asahina interrupted.

At first Haruhi didn't respond. She continued to silently walk next to Nagato, barely making a sound. She turned her head to look up at me and for a moment all she did was look at me. Her face was mixed with emotions that I wasn't able to read. I saw slight disappointment and sorrow as well. She finally looked forwards and said, "No. Nothing's wrong, Kyon."

I slightly frowned, now she isn't opening up anymore. This is starting to get worse. "Are you sure?"

She quickly glanced to me, "Everything's fine."

I could do nothing but sigh and follow the two as we continued down the alley way. She won't even talk to me about whatever it is that's bothering her.

We turned several corners and it seemed that Nagato decided that we should take the most confusing ways to confuse the ones trying to kill us. After everything we've gone through today I noticed that despite the cold, Haruhi hasn't said anything about being freezing. She's in a freaking skirt and summer clothes, how could she not be cold? I looked up to see her arms were folded, seems she's colder than she wants me to believe. I would have spoken up but I don't think there's anything I could say that would get her to listen to me. And is it just me… or is it getting colder?

"We are approaching the abandoned part of the city." I soon her Nagato speak up, "That is where you and Suzumiya will make your escape."

My eyebrow rose at this, "Wait… you're not coming with us?"

"I cannot."

"Kyon, you idiot! Yuki can't come with us!" Haruhi quickly looked back at me, "Unlike us, she can't just leave! Her parents would probably never approve!" Suddenly I saw Haruhi's anger phase away, "Unlike mine…"

There was an awkward silence as Haruhi turned away from me. "Yes, I will not receive parental confirmation." Nagato spoke up once more. There's Nagato for you, straight to the point as always.

Once more, there was silence. But this silence didn't last for long, Haruhi slowed down to walk next to me. "Kyon… I've got a question for you." Curiosity got the best of me. I looked down to meet her gaze. "Why did you risk your life to save me from my house?" She looked serious and I don't think there's anything that would interrupt her.

To be honest, I've wanted to ask myself that question. I knew that when I left to get her from her house that the only thought going through my mind was: Don't let Haruhi get hurt. That's all I could think about. It's all I cared about. I don't even understand why. "W-Well…" I scratched the side of my face in an attempt to stall for time as I figured out what to say.

"Stop." The two of us nearly bumped into Nagato as she stood as still as a statue. I looked back at Haruhi who had looked away from me. She was looking more towards the ground and wasn't even facing my direction. "We have reached the abandoned section of the city."

I looked directly ahead of us and saw the broken up city. The city's streets were cracked and broken in several places. There were newspapers sliding across the ground due to the slight breeze in the air. "Wow. This is kind of depressing." I accidentally said out loud.

"We have almost reached our destination. It is on the outskirts of this section of the city." Nagato continued walking down the ruined city. Haruhi and I had no choice but to follow her, not that I wouldn't follow her in the first place. The walk to wherever we were going was a lot shorter than the walk getting to this part of the city in the first place; we reached it in just fifteen minutes. Nothing really eventful happened in that time though, Haruhi had stayed quiet and Nagato had been silently leading us up onto a hill.

Resting on the hill was a small house with its windows boarded up on every side. For being in the abandoned part of the city it was surprisingly well intact. "Is this the place Nagato?" The three of us walked up to it. I placed my hand along the walls to get a feel of how sturdy it was.

"Yes."

"Is… this where we're supposed to live?" I scratched my head, "I thought we were going to be leaving the city…"

"You are." Nagato looked at Haruhi.

I looked over to Haruhi who stared at the house intently. "I guess we should get inside then." I looked back to Nagato who motioned for me to wait.

"Um… Haruhi, wait inside for a moment alright? I'll be head inside in a few minutes." I looked at her nervously; I couldn't help but feel bad telling her to wait inside alone. Especially with how she's been acting lately. But whatever Nagato's got to tell me it shouldn't take long.

"Fine, just hurry up and get your make-out session over with."

I choked for a minute, "W-We are NOT going to be making out!" I quickly retorted.

"Whatever." She opened the door and stepped inside.

Dammit Haruhi, as soon as we make it out of the city I'm going to find out what's wrong with you. I'll force you to tell me if I have to. I sighed and followed Nagato as she started walking away from the house. "So… Nagato, what exactly is that you want to talk to me about?" After this, Nagato stopped. We were far enough away from the house that Haruhi wouldn't be able to see anything we were doing.

"I have not been entirely truthful towards you." She turned around to face me.

"…What do you mean?"

"My reasons for not joining you as you leave the city." She looked at me with the blank expression she usually had.

I couldn't help but chuckle a little, "Yeah, I kind of figured Nagato, I mean, I know you don't really have parents so—"

"It is because before you escape, I will cease functioning."

I stopped speaking as soon as these words were uttered. "W-What?!" I took a step towards her, "What do you mean? What's going to happen to you?!"

Nagato was silent, she stood there for a minute or so before finally speaking up, "The particle cannon that had been fired at Haruhi Suzumiya's residence is going to be reaching its fully charged mode in just a few minutes. Its target is not Haruhi Suzumiya."

"You're its target?!"

"No. you are its target." My pupils shrunk at this, why? Why me? Why does it want to fire at me?

"W-Why?!"

"You are chosen by Haruhi Suzumiya. If you were to perish, Haruhi Suzumiya will be an easier target. You are essentially keeping Haruhi Suzumiya alive by just being in her presence."

I'm what's keeping her alive? Just by being next to her? This just isn't adding up… I couldn't think of anything to do but put my face into my palm and rub my forehead. Suddenly, something struck me, "Wait… if I'm the cannon's target…" I looked up to Nagato who stared at me with a blank face, "Then… what are you going to do?"

"I am going to intercept the cannon's attack."

My eyes grew wide at this, "But, there's no way you could protect yourself from that! You'll—"

"Cease functioning. This was foreseen. I have analyzed the weapons capabilities and compared them to my own. My defensive techniques will not protect me from annihilation. But it will be enough to keep it contained long enough for you to escape before that occurs."

I can't believe this… Nagato's really willing to die…? For me?

"There are several ground forces heading in the direction of the residence. They are presumed to be of Itsuki Koizumi's organization. Before leaving the residence, I placed a barrier around its perimeter to prevent those whose DNA do not match yours or Haruhi Suzumiya's from entering. There is a small passage in the residence's basement. It is large enough for you both to escape and it leads directly out of the city." Nagato's really thought of everything… She's had this planned out from the very beginning. She knew what was going to happen from the start. She knew she was going to die and yet she continued to help.

"Nagato… I can't let you die! I don't want you to die!" I took a step towards her but she forced me back.

"The cannon has reached its fully charged state. It will reach the planet's surface in just a few seconds."

Just then a large blue flash struck across the sky and what followed was all too familiar. I watched as Nagato quickly spun around and held out her palms. The beam was halted by Nagato's insane strength. The sheer force of the blast blew me away, causing me to tumble across the ground. I quickly regained my footing and looked up to Nagato. "NAGATO!"

"You must leave."

"I can't leave you like this!"

I soon started to notice her legs starting to buckle and bend. The beam was already starting to break apart her body. "It is imperative that you leave immediately." She turned her head towards me, "You must leave, now." She stared at me directly. Our eyes were locked at each other. Despite everything she was doing right now, she had that blank face on, as she always did. No emotion.

"N-Nagato…" I took a step back; for once I didn't want to listen to Nagato. I wanted to run over to her and grab her from the beam. But I couldn't defy her. After everything she's done for Haruhi and me I couldn't just disobey her.

"It is alright." I watched her legs soon buckle and break, causing me to cringe. Her arms were starting to give way to the intense pressure and heat that the beam was outputting. This was it; it all seemed to happen in slow motion.

I watched Nagato unable to keep the blast back any longer, her body gave out under all the pressure. I watched the beam smash into the earth, swallowing up Nagato and the rocky ground beneath her. As the blast struck the ground, the force it gave launched me far away from it. I crashed onto the dirt and rolled into the direction of the house Haruhi was in.

After all of that, Silence. Silence took hold, I couldn't hear anything. There was no wind, no birds tweeting in the air I couldn't even hear anything from the city. There was only silence. Despite my urge to just lie on the ground I did what I could to stand up straight. I looked out over to where Nagato had just been and the only thing left was a crater that scarred the earth. "N…NAGATO!" I shouted again. I breathed heavily after this; it took all I had to keep myself from crying. "Nagato…" I rubbed my face.

She was gone…

There was only one thing else left to do. I had to go get Haruhi and leave. Leave the city… that's the only thing I could think of. I slowly walked back towards the house and opened the door and soon closed it behind me.

"Boy, you two sure can keep it going for a pretty long time." Haruhi groaned.

I was about to snap at her, but I was able to control myself. "I told you Haruhi, we weren't kissing or anything like that. Nagato gave me a little more money and said goodbye." I groaned and rubbed my temples. Talking about Nagato so nonchalantly like this was a little frustrating, but I tried my best.

"So what do we do now Kyon? Or did you forget to take the map from Nagato?" She sounded angry when she said this.

"Nagato told me that there's some secret passage in the basement… so all we've got to do now is get to it and go through it. She said after that we'll be outside of the city and ready to start our new lives." I looked over to her. Surprisingly enough, Haruhi didn't look angry anymore. She looked more worried than anything. I sighed as I walked next to her. "Listen, we'll be alright. With the money Nagato gave me we should have enough to go to a new high school and live in an apartment. All we'll have to do is get part-time jobs."

She looked at the floor, "That's not what I'm worried about…" She muttered.

I raised my eyebrow when I suddenly heard a loud bang against the door. My eyes shot up to it, "Uh oh…" I heard another loud bang and several more followed. "Looks like they found us." I looked at Haruhi who looked a little frightened. I sighed and looked towards the basement door. "Alright Haruhi, let's get going." I grabbed her wrist and started pulling her to the door. But, then she snatched her hand away from me.

"NO!"

I stopped and turned to her, "What do you mean 'no'?!"

She looked at me with what looked like sadness and fear, "I… I don't care anymore!" She stomped her foot. "I just… I don't care about anything anymore!" She sunk to the floor and placed her face into her hands. "I don't want to live like this anymore!"

I couldn't believe what I was seeing; Haruhi was literally breaking down in front of me. "What's bringing this on so suddenly Haruhi? What's wrong with you?!" Suddenly, after all this time, I finally realized it. Everything was starting to make sense…

The sudden cold weather, everyone wanting to kill her so suddenly and now her uncaring for anything anymore… I knew it was Haruhi but I wasn't sure what was causing it. At first, I thought it was because Haruhi was bored with the world, I thought this was going to somehow end with the two of us in a closed space or something like that. But no… Haruhi wasn't bored of the world… Haruhi didn't care anymore; she didn't want to live like this. Haruhi didn't want to live anymore. Haruhi wasn't bored with the world, she was bored with life! Of LIVING!

Koizumi's organization never wanted to kill Haruhi! She sub-consciously forced them to! No one wanted to kill her, they know as well as I do that without her alive this whole universe is doomed! But they were being forced! And if it wasn't for Nagato's promise to me, there's no way we would have had a chance of making it this far.

This sudden realization of mine all happened in the span of a few seconds as Haruhi took in my question, "What's wrong with me, Kyon?" She wiped the small tears that had formed in her eyes and looked up at me. "What's bringing this on?!" She stood up and walked over to me. "YOU'RE what's wrong with me!" She pointed an accusing finger at me.

"Wh-what are you talking about?"

She growled at me and grabbed my collar, "I'm nothing but a pain in the ass right?!"

…Shit…

She shoved me against the wall and turned away, "What's the point of leaving this stupid city and living with you if you hate me?!" She started walking towards the door, "Why should I live with someone who thinks I'm nothing but a nuisance!" Haruhi was getting closer and closer, "Right?!" She placed her hand onto the handle. "Why shouldn't I just step out of this door and let the end come? What's the point? If you hate me I've got nothing left to even try to live for?!"

I watched as her hand started turning the knob, she was really serious about this. "Haruhi, DON'T!" I reached out to her. "I don't want you to die!" I've lost Nagato already; losing Haruhi would make me go insane. I couldn't lose her, especially not like this. "I don't hate you!"

She stopped and watched me, "What do you…"

"Haruhi, if you step out of this house I don't know if I'd be able to live with myself." I walked over to her and grabbed her arm, "I've gone this far with you now and I don't plan on letting all of that go to waste! I can't lose you, Haruhi!" I must have snapped, saying all this now? Where is it all coming from?!

Haruhi looked at me seriously for a moment, "Then… Then why did you say what you did last night?! You were pretty much shouting to the heavens that you hated me and I was nothing but a pain in the ass, right?!" She let go of the knob and placed her finger onto my chest. "Why did you say it?!"

I groaned, "I… I'm sorry, Haruhi…" my head sunk, "What I said last night… I didn't mean any of it. I promise." I walked over to the wall and put my head against it, "The reason I said what I did was because throughout this whole escapade there's been one question that everyone's been asking me."

I heard Haruhi's footsteps get louder and louder as she stood next me. "And what question was that, Kyon?"

There was a short silence between the two of us, "They were asking me… what you meant to me…" I turned to face her, "What I said last night wasn't the truth… I just didn't know the answer to that question, and after it had been asked so many times by Koizumi, Ms. Asahina and finally by Nagato… I just snapped and said what I did out of anger."

Haruhi looked at me intensely, "Fine." She suddenly said, "I believe you."

I'm glad there are these moments where she actually listens to me…

"But I want an answer, Kyon." Then again, I kind of figured this would happen if I had told her… "What do I mean to you, Kyon? I'll give you a few minutes to decide. If I don't hear an answer soon." She walked over to the door, "Then I'd rather die."

Gee… no pressure Haruhi. It's not like I'm choosing between letting you die or not.

"And don't lie to me either. I know when you're lying, Kyon."

She gave me a few minutes to think so that should be fine right? OK then, time to start thinking…

What exactly does Haruhi mean to me? When Koizumi asked me this, I told her she was nothing but a friend, borderline even. But that was a lie; I knew that deep down I didn't believe that. I said it anyway so he wouldn't ask me anymore stupid questions like that… When Ms. Asahina asked me I told her that we were friends, was that to reassure her that there was nothing going on between us? And what about the question she asked after that? It sounded like she had hoped there was more…

Maybe that was an unintentional test by Haruhi? What if I had told Ms. Asahina that there was more going on between Haruhi and me? Would she still have pulled the gun on us? But that doesn't matter anymore does it? Thinking about all the things Haruhi and I have gone through… it's hard to say. I certainly don't hate the girl, far from it. Haruhi has pretty much become the closest person to me. I'm sure if she were to stop messing around with me for a few seconds and talk to me seriously I'm sure she'd be able to help me out of a problem if she listened.

Haruhi isn't as bad as anyone makes her out to be. Koizumi's organization looks at her as if she were a god. Nagato's organization looks at her as something for auto-evolution… whatever the hell that is. Ms. Asahina's organization looks at her as some odd time phenomenon… but me? I look at Haruhi as a normal person. A normal, sometimes selfish, girl. There's so much to admire about her… her perseverance towards anything she does. Her overwhelming confidence and her cheerful attitude… she has her faults but so does any other person I've ever met.

Honestly, I think she means more to me than anyone I've ever met. I think even more than Nagato… I look at Nagato as someone I can turn to for any kind of problem, be it life threatening or just advice. She was the closest friend in this whole club that I had and I could trust her with almost anything. But the difference between her and Haruhi was that, besides the fact that Nagato's an alien, Haruhi just has this… spark in her eyes that fills me with something… she's everything that I've wanted to be and sometimes more. She's the ying to my yang… after all of that... I think that I…

"I love you, Haruhi."

She was stunned, I noticed her stiffen as I said this. "Wh…What did you just say to me?" She let go of the door knob.

"I said… I love you, Haruhi." I watched her slowly walk towards me, she looked completely blown away.

"Are… you serious?" She was standing next to me now.

"I don't think I would ever joke about something like this, Haruhi."

She looked at me intensely, "You're not lying to me? Because I swear, if you are—"

I grabbed her shoulders, "I'm not lying."

I noticed Haruhi's face had started becoming a tint of red. "You're… not lying…" She mumbled as she stared deeper into my eyes. As I stared into her amber eyes I couldn't help but admire her. Here she was, ready to die if I hadn't even given her an answer. What would she have done if I had just said she was a friend? It kind of makes me wonder, but at this moment I could do nothing but stare at her.

I don't know how long we stood there, but the banging outside seemed to start getting louder and louder. It was then that I realized that the banging wasn't just from the outside anymore. The basement door was suddenly shaking and I could hear the smashing of whatever they had on them against the door.

"Haruhi… our only exit's been blocked…" We both looked over to the door.

She looked towards me and hoped for me to come up with something. After all of what we've gone through, it seems like it's all just ended. I don't think there's anything else we can do but sit here and wait for the particle cannon that killed Nagato to do away with us as well. I'm sure Nagato's barrier won't be able to hold against something as powerful as that.

"Is there anything we can do, Kyon?"

I looked towards the basement door, obviously that way out is no longer an option. Who knows how many people were down there waiting for us. "Give me a minute, Haruhi…" I walked over to the kitchen table and sat down.

What was it that bastard Koizumi said? It was something he said when we were filming that stupid movie… a way to end all the madness Haruhi caused… the biggest movie cliché… what was that… It suddenly snapped. A dream! I looked back at Haruhi. If I could convince Haruhi that this was nothing but a dream, we'd both wake up in our rooms and it would be like none of this never happened! And since Haruhi doesn't know Nagato died, she could bring her back! But after what's just happened… is there even a chance of that even working? And why didn't I think of this earlier?! I could have avoided this whole mess! But then again… if I had thought of it before, the problem wouldn't have been solved, just delayed.

This dream cliché was the only chance we had of fixing all of this. Haruhi may not want to die anymore, but Koizumi's organization is still out to kill us, probably because they don't have a direct connection to the organizations headmaster unlike Nagato. I stood up and walked over to Haruhi.

"Haruhi, do you trust me?" She nodded, "Then I want you to listen carefully. All of this is a dream."

She blinked, "What?"

"A dream. That's all this is, right now, you're sleeping alone in your bed."

She fell silent, "A…Dream?" She frowned, "So… it's just a dream…" She sighed and looked away from me, "I knew it was too good to be true…"

"But listen to me Haruhi, I promise that tomorrow everything will be alright. This may be a dream, but I can promise you that once school starts you'll feel the same way you did before. I know it's hard to accept and hard to believe, but it's true."

Haruhi just stood there, looking at the floor. "So… I'm alone in my bed?" She looked back at me. "Fine… then I want to wake up now, Kyon… I want to wake up now!"

I suddenly gasped for air as I went flying from my bed and smashed onto the floor. Groaning, I rubbed my head and sat up. It worked! Here I was, lying on my floor after Haruhi nearly got us… killed… hold on…

I looked around the room more closely.

This isn't my floor… and that's not my TV! That's not my computer either! I looked over to 'my' bed and my eyes grew wide. And that's definitely NOT my sister.

Suddenly, the figure shifted around the bed and sat up, "K-Kyon…?" it sat up in bed and rubbed its eyes, "What are you doing in my room?" By that point I figured out that this person was Haruhi... And that's a good question Haruhi, what exactly AM I doing in your room? "Did you hear me you idiot? What are you doing in here?"

Time to think fast Kyon, "W-Well, don't you remember, Haruhi? I was having trouble with some weekend homework so I called and asked if you could help me out with it. You invited me over and it got late. After I was about to leave you asked me to just stay over and worry about it later."

I was lying through my teeth. I guess this had something to do with Haruhi being alone in her bed or something. "Oh… yeah…" She yawned, "Now I remember."

Liar. This never happened, so much for being able to tell when I was lying or not Haruhi.

"Don't you have anything to sleep with?"

I looked around me; it just occurred to me that I must have been lying in the bed with Haruhi before I woke up. So now that I'm down here on the floor I guess she got the idea that I had decided to sleep on the floor of her room. "I didn't really need anything."

She looked over me for a few seconds, "Well…" She shyly looked away from me, "If you're cold… you could lay up here with me…" she lifted her covers up slightly to welcome me into her bed.

I choked up a bit after she said that, "A-Aah… um…" To be honest, I was feeling a little cold, but would this kind of thing be OK? I mean… what about Haruhi's parents? I've never actually met them and if they're anything like Haruhi… I could just imagine Haruhi's father pounding me into the dirt.

"Well?" She shot back at me.

"I-I… guess it couldn't hurt…" I slowly climbed back into her bed and turned my back to her. I felt her bed covers fall over me and bring me slight warmth.

"J-Just don't get any funny ideas, Kyon! This doesn't mean anything alright?"

"Sure thing, Haruhi." If she had looked at my face she could see that it was as red as a tomato right now. Then again, I'm sure her face is getting to the same color. I looked at the clock in her room and realized that it was Sunday night. I guess I'll have to sort out everything tomorrow at school. I hope Haruhi doesn't get depressed in that time and try to start this all over again. Don't worry, Haruhi. This will all be straightened out again in the morning. I'll let you know how I feel right then and there.

I guess I'll have to thank Koizumi for that stupid dream cliché thing. Even when he's not here to annoy me he still somehow manages to help. I yawned as my eyes started to close shut, before I fell unconscious I heard Haruhi mumble "goodnight, Kyon." I smiled and soon passed out.

I hope you all enjoyed chapter five! I worked very hard on it! The epilogue is coming up next so watch out for it!

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