[Tyabann]

Fuck me, this is all I have for tonight.

Spoiler for September the Seventh, Day 6: Morning:

This Really Isn't a Date!

My alarm is going off.


Kyon: Nnnngh.


It's five-thirty, and so is far, far earlier than I usually wake up on weekends. Curse my normal sleep schedule.

Ugggghh... I didn't get to sleep last night until much later than I intended, so I feel like total crap... But this will all be worth it to get one over Haruhi.

Whenever I try to show her up, something always goes wrong, but today, I'm going to succeed. Not even Haruhi would arrive at the meeting place over three hours early. She loves her sleep too much.

Sneaking downstairs after throwing together a semblance of an outfit, I prepare a quick breakfast of unbuttered toast while writing a note for my mother and sister.

Definitely no way Haruhi got there before me.

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[Scene: Kitaguchi Station]

Even at six AM, this place is bustling... such is living in a city like this, I suppose.

It seems as though I'm the first one to arrive, too. My calculations were correct. Now I'll see if Haruhi actually is the first one to arrive when we do these things, or whether she's just managed to figure out when I usually show up and arrive only a few minutes beforehand.

Today, I'm going to make you pay for my lunch, Haruhi!

However, since I apparently cannot have nice things, I backed into someone while I was looking around, distracted.


Haruhi: Hey, watch it!

Kyon: Oh, don't tell me...


It's Haruhi, looking quite literally like something the cat dragged in.


Haruhi: ...

Kyon: ...So you got up this early too, huh?

Haruhi: What are you doing here!?

Kyon: You're the one who told me to come here! And before you ask, I only came this early because you're never here three hours beforehand!

Haruhi: What time did you get here?

Kyon: About five minutes ago.

Haruhi: Tch.


Haruhi looks more tired than I feel... she's dressed up a bit more than necessary, and she'd obviously spent quite a long time making herself look nice... I wonder what time she got up?


Haruhi: Whatever, I guess you don't get the triple penalty, since you were here before me. Anyway, more importantly, since we're both here, we can get a head start. Let's go!


She grabs my wrist and pulls.


Kyon: Hey, hold on, aren't we gonna wait for the others?

Haruhi: Others...? It's just us two today. What, Kyon, did you forget? They had plans this weekend, or something like that.

Kyon: ...


So, it's just like last spring, eh? You know, Haruhi, you did cleverly suggest on the phone last night that the others would be here, perhaps thinking that I might refuse to come if they weren't... in other words, this sounds suspiciously like you organized this just to get us to--


Haruhi: Kyon. I can tell by the look on your face that you're not taking this seriously at all. This is a search for mysterious events! You're not on a date here! HMPH HMPH HMPH You've gotta keep your eyes open and your head out of the clouds! It's because of your attitude that nothing cool ever shows up. Now come on! We're going to look around town until the stores open.


...Until stores open up? Exactly what are we going to be doing today? This really does sound like a d-- waaaagh!


She yanks at my arm with the strength of ten horses, and I stumble after her into the morning sunlight.

This post will be edited tomorrow with the other five scenes; I'm sick and I also have school in the morning.