Loopier and Loopier: Yet Another Love Hina Time Loop Fic
By SecondSeraphim
Chapter 4: Off
"Do things seem a bit off to you?"
The question caught Haruka off guard. Glancing over at Kitsune she poured the fox-girl another cup. "What do you mean?"
"I don't know…things just seem a bit…different. Then they should be."
"You're not still on about Keitaro are you?"
"No no no," Kitsune insisted shaking her head back and forth. She paused. "Ok, I admit that Keitaro giving up on Naru and announcing his love for Shinobu did throw me off slightly. But that's not it. Something else seems wrong for some reason. It's like….what's that French thing? Déjà vu?"
"The feeling that something has happened before?"
"That's the one. Except sometimes the memories are different."
"Hmm," was Haruka's reply. To tell the truth she wasn't sure what to make of what Kitsune was saying, though there had been a bit of oddness around the Sou lately. Just the other night she had had an erotic dream…about her nephew. Something she had thought she was over with years ago…
"Uh, Haruka? You're blushing.
Momentarily turning an even darker shade of red, Haruka forced herself to calm down. She put her cigarette out and stood up.
"You're probably just imagining things Kitsune. Everything's normal-"
She was interrupted from saying any more by Shinobu appearing out of thin air in front of them. Kitsune jumped back in shock, and even the calm Haruka took a step back in surprise. It was not the fact that Shinobu had appeared out of nowhere that shocked them, though that too was surprising. What through them off was that they could see right through her.
Shinobu spoke, her voice fading in and out. "Loop…destabilizing. I-"
And then she was gone.
Haruka looked at Kitsune. "Well, I have been wrong before."