Updatery. Enjoy. I really need to start on a schedule or something for this. ^^;


All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

Pitter patter. The sound of rain on the window. After convincing Mikuru to go home on 'Sunday', as it were, school started on 'Monday'. I hoped to see Haruhi there. At least that would tell me she hadn't completely given up hope. If she wasn't there, I'd probably go to the clubroom after lunch anyway to check whether the club was still formed. Then, if she'd disappeared from North High completely, I'd go down to Kouyouen and see if she popped up there…

This feels like that other time* all over again.

Also, I just realised I mixed up my tenses there. I usually never make grammatical mistakes…

Well, then I better fix my head on properly then.

Unsurprisingly, Haruhi was nowhere to be found before homeroom. Even at her desk there was a different girl; in fact, I thought I saw her before.

"Err…hi. Have I met you before?"

The girl looked up, and tilted her head slightly. "Oh hi, incompetent loser."

"Hey, what's with the attitude?"

"Nothing. Incompetent loser."

I raised an eyebrow. She turned her head towards the window, chin upon her hand; looking very…melancholic.

"Um, pardon my asking, but what's your name?"

"Hm? Hmm." She pondered on the answer. "Let's just say, 'Yuutsu' will do for now."

"Okay…you do know I'm going to find out your name when the roll is called, right?"

"No you won't."

"Oh really?" I took that as a challenge. Why was I getting so sucked into this?

As the roll was called, the teacher just looked up, saw 'Yuutsu', nodded, and marked her down. I arched an eyebrow.

"What the hell was that?"

She winked.

And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world mad world

Needless to say, our friendship started out with a very competitive air around it. It was quite fun, in a way. It was almost like being with Haruhi again, just without the severe beatings and incredible make outs.

Yeah. Anyway.

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

It just really, really pissed me off how all that work I'd had to do with Haruhi was basically now flushed down the drain, unless I found her, and convinced her I still loved her. Knowing Haruhi, that'd be no small feat. And you know. The make outs. I missed the make outs.

Despite this world's charm, I didn't want all that work to go out the window. As I went to the SOS Brigade's - I mean, Literature Club's room, I half expected Haruhi to be there, ready to pound some sense into me. But she wasn't. Instead, the whole crew was there, except instead of Haruhi, 'Yuutsu' was there again.

I arched an eyebrow. What the hell? Smiling bastard…Mikuru…Nagato...why were they here?

Then I heard a throat clearing by 'Yuutsu'.

"Oh, right, sorry I barged in, wrong room." I quickly excused myself, then ran down the stairs, before speeding across the grounds towards the gates.

Damn hill. Why do you have to be so tall…

And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world ... mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world

Time to go to Koyouen.

*Read or watch the 4th light novel: Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)