At the SOS Brigade club, Satoru was late. Haruhi glared at Satoru.
" Late again, eh, Satoru?" Haruhi barked at Satoru. Satoru wasn't pleased with himself either.
" Sorry! Guess I was a tad bit tardy today." Satoru said, looking guilty. Haruhi sighed and facepalmed.
" sigh I guess it can't be helped. I'll let you go this time. But stop being late for work!" Haruhi scolded Satoru. Satoru nodded as he went to his seat. Then Haruhi noticed that there was a piece of paper sticking out of Satoru's bag. " What's in your bag, Satoru?" Haruhi asked. Satoru jumped and looked nervously at Haruhi. Satoru tried to not ask, but failed.
" N-nothing..." Satoru said started to sweat bullets. Without hesitation, Haruhi grabbed a piece of paper out of Satoru's bag and it was a drawing of a creature. Satoru tried to get it back, but failed.
" What is this? Is this an alien?" Haruhi scowled at Satoru. Satoru tried not to confess, but once again, failed.
" No...it's not an alien. It's a monster." Satoru said. Haruhi glared at Satoru again.
" You do realized that this club is about aliens! Not monsters!" Haruhi scolded Satoru again. Satoru felt disappointed to himself.
" Look, Haruhi, he can't help it. He's an artist. He draws other things that aren't aliens!" Kyon said specifically to Haruhi. Haruhi looked at Kyon for a sec, then the picture. Then, she had an idea.
" Well since he's an artist, I suppose I can let him go this time." Haruhi smiled. Satoru looked surprised.
" R-really?!" Satoru was excited, but Haruhi interrupted.
" On one condition!" Haruhi said with that tone of a voice. Satoru started looking a bit confused and asked Haruhi.
" W-what is it?" Satoru asked Haruhi. Haruhi looked and smiled at Satoru as she was about request him something.
" I want you to draw a poster of the SOS Brigade club." said Haruhi specifically. Satoru and Kyon were shocked.
" Are you serious, Haruhi?! He doesn't have to do that!" Kyon shouted. Haruhi grinned.
" It's the only way we'll get more club members!" Haruhi giggled. Satoru looked concerned.
" I-it doesn't have to look perfect, right?" Satoru sweatdropped. Then Haruhi stared at Satoru, looking all serious. Satoru realized that Haruhi does want it to look perfect. " Y-You do want it to look perfect, right?" Satoru asked concerned. Haruhi grinned and nodded. Satoru grumbled. " Okay, I'll see what I can do." Satoru said looking unpleased. Kyon was a little concerned about this.
" You don't have to do it, Satoru." Kyon said, but unfortunately, Satoru has to.
" No, no! It's fine. I can do it to improve my art skills more. I'm just doing this for Haruhi's sake." Satoru smiled at Kyon, but still not looking pleased. Kyon sighed.
" Very well. But like I said, you don't have to do it if you don't want to." Kyon said, feeling sorry for Satoru because Haruhi's abusing Satoru.
" It's fine, it's fine." Satoru said as he grabbed out a blank piece of paper and starts drawing a poster. Couple of hours later, Haruhi looked at Satoru's drawing and kept telling him to do it all over again until she founds a perfect one.
" Do it over!" Haruhi said. Satoru couldn't take it anymore.
" Haruhi, I made 18 drawings and now you're telling me to do it again? Haven't I done enough?" Satoru said looking exhausted. Haruhi glared at Satoru.
" Look, Satoru, we needed more club members! And I'm not gonna let you go until I find a perfect one! So keep drawing!" Haruhi barked at Satoru again. Satoru grunted and started all over again.
" Haruhi, he's done enough! Give him a break!" Kyon said sternly. Haruhi scowled at Kyon.
" He is not going anywhere until he makes a perfect drawing! So you stay out of this, Kyon!" Haruhi yelled at Kyon. Kyon looked irritated, but let it slide. Couple of minutes later, Satoru finished drawing. So he showed it to Haruhi. Haruhi inspected it...and finally accepted this drawing. " Perfect! Good job, Satoru! I knew you can do it!" Haruhi looked pleased to Satoru. Satoru was really exhausted. His back and hand is all tired.
" pant pant Can I take a break now?" Satoru said looking tired and stressed. Haruhi looked at Satoru...and grabbed a sleeping bag for Satoru.
" Okay. You can take a rest. You can sleep in this sleeping bag if you want." Haruhi smiled. Satoru finally got up and went in the sleeping bag...and went to sleep. Haruhi was pleased with him. Kyon sighed a relief, but looked at Haruhi and Satoru...and then smiled.
" Maybe they need some time together. I'm gonna have to ask their parents." Kyon said in his thought. It was getting late. Satoru's parents and Haruhi's mom came to the school.
" Ugh! I can't believed you made Satoru do this! You gotta stop abusing him, Haruhi!" Satoru's mom said to Haruhi. Haruhi took a deep breath...and then exhaled.
" I didn't mean to. I was just trying to get more club members." Haruhi said seriously. Then Haruhi's mom went up to Haruhi.
" Sweetie, don't you think you're being hard on him? After all, you were nice to him." said her mom. Haruhi looked at Satoru. Then the principal of the school came up.
" What's going on?" said the principal. Satoru's mom tolded the principal what happened and the principal looked at Haruhi." He went up and talked her. " Miss Suzumiya, I know you want to attend more club members, but the reason why nobody wants to join your club is because of your behavior. You gotta stop abusing people to improve your club more. This makes me worried." said the principal to Haruhi. Haruhi stopped looking serious after she heard what the principal said. Now she understands why nobody joined her club. Haruhi now felt guilty and pity towards Satoru. Then Kyon went up.
" Sir, I understand what you're saying. So here's a thought: What if Haruhi and Satoru spend some time together? I mean, that would solve the problem!" Kyon smiled. The principal thought that it wasn't a bad idea after all. Then the principal had an idea!
" I have an idea! How about Haruhi and Satoru the spend the night together in school? They don't have to go home for today, but at least they'll their problem solved!" The principal smiled. Haruhi's mom and Kyon agreed. This puzzled Satoru's mom.
" Are you sure? I mean, they have homework to do." asked Satoru's mom. The principal comforts Satoru's mom.
" Trust me. It'll work! They don't have to do homework. They can spend the night together at this school!" The principal said. Satoru's mom looked puzzled for a minute...and accepts the principal's word. " What do you think, Suzumiya?" said the principal. Haruhi thinked... and nodded. So Satoru's parents and Haruhi's mom went to shop for Haruhi and Satoru. Is Haruhi gonna spend some time with Satoru? Will this make Haruhi turn over a new leaf?
TO BE CONTINUED...