godbent | 23rd: The Rigors of Haruhi Suzumiya

23rd: The Rigors of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Written]

[Included next to all of these names are little sketches of their faces. Not detailed and some of them (like Asuza or Grune's) might not be that recognizable. But.]

Keiichi
Mikage

Al
Asuza
Ayumu
Grune
Hiccup
Leon
Oswald
Pommy
Uriko
Xion

I don't know how many of you have heard, but these are the members of my SOS-Brigade, and our new purpose right now is to help out those of you who need help, answering your "SOS." Your lives must have problems, right, particularly after the sort of things we have to go through. Just come to the Brigade HQ and see how we can solve your things. Bonus points if it's something interesting too.

[Yeah, that'll do. She was just doing this to give herself something to do right now anyway. Why it's written, not voiced]

[Written // Filtered from Tear & Minato]

How many of you are looking to make new friends? Or getting to know a hot chick or an attractive guy?

[Action]

[In light of everything, Haruhi has been feeling more than a little nostalgic. Back at North high, during the start of the year and the cultural festival in November she dressed up in a certain outfit in order to attract attention. It's sort of too cold to wear it for advertisement like she used to, but it doesn't breathe at all so if she's inside and has a coat handy she ought to be okay...

Thus, in Seventh Heaven today Haruhi is here to have lunch and tea dressed like this. Yes, it's outlandish, but deal with it. (sorry no guitar though) Her journal is next to her. Feel free to notice or talk with her]

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[Honestly, he's not sure he'll ever find the perfect timing... And he doesn't want to keep this dragging or he will start being an idiot again. So Keiichi spends his afternoon searching low and high for Haruhi in every place. Will she still be at the Seventh Heaven?]

[In the early afternoon? Oh yeah. It turns out that the relative warmth in here makes her reluctant to leave in her admittedly chilly bunny outfit. Even if it's right next door she needs to go to change. so, given no one else is using it, she's busying herself with messing around on the pianoin her bunny suit]

[Keiichi just stops upon entering and noticing her there, dressing like that. Do you like to make his live harder or what? He's not checking her out, for the record.]

[Of course not bro. Of course not. She's just humming, not noticing him]

[He finally approaches, slowly.]

Tell me you brought a good coat with you so you don't freeze.

The HQ's like right next door.

[but she says this without looking up, failing to get it was Keiichi. when she does get that she flips her legs off the table and leans over to look at him better. eye contact!!]

[Eye contact get. It's a good way to not pay attention to what she's wearing. Problem is... It makes his mouth go dry and his mind to draw a blank and hesitate. He gaps for a moment, looking like a fish before his voice finally comes out.]

IamsorryIwassuchanidiotIhavenoexcuseIwaswrongpleaseforgivemeanddonnothateme.

[Breathing and pausing between words, what's that.]

...I got "I am"

... Only?

[If you had just got up to the third word at least...]

The other part sort of sounded like "saurian pedophile air show?"

... Go get your hearing checked, Haruhi. I've no idea how what I said could sound like that.

[Still, he takes a deep breath and looks at her eyes directly.]

I'm sorry. I was wrong and I was a huge idiot who has no excuse for what he did.

[...Blink]

...Yeah, okay.

[... He's going to keep the eye contact, apparently expecting something. Punishment from above or something?]

[...

...

...]

So why were you stupid?

[He looks aside at that, but he should have seen it coming.]

I didn't want things to change. I wanted to keep the status quo of all my friendships and everything else.

[The short and simplest explanation possible.]

...Seriously? [She even stands at her table, to walk over to him. That's literally one of the stupidest things she's ever heard]

What, have you never wanted something to stay just as it is forever because any change may ruin it all?

Not enough to systematically control it. [Step] I mean seriously, who does that?! Are you some sort of psychic?! [Step]

I didn't try to 'systematically control it', I just kept my distances from getting more involved. I already said I've no excuse, so it's not as if this would work as one.

[Step, step.

...Flicking his forehead]

[Flicked. He flinches.]

Ouch!

[And then she jabs a finger into his chest, shoving him forward with it. (in a bunny suit)]

That's so stupid! That's beyond stupid! That's just- what the hell! We're i>friends, friends! I've admitted that and moved forward and you- you stopped?! What's the matter with you, do you know how insulting that?!

[He didn't expect that, though he should have, so he stumbles back, he doesn't fall but he takes a few steps back.]

I know we're friends! That's the point, I admitted that as well and decided to keep it as it was, I didn't stop anything! You make it sound as if I fell behind or something.

You did though, don't you get it?! I called you on it! When's the last time we hung out?! When's the last time we did anything that wasn't about you being my servant?! That's ridiculous!

[Jab, jab, jab!!]

That's true but it's not as if we stopped being friends, and I said I had been wrong and was sorry already! What else do you want?!

[Keeps stepping back, trying to get away from the jabbing.]