OT-kun's Story
The following is the original scenario as chosen through majority votes by the fine members of the GameFAQs message board 'Anime and Manga - Other Titles' in July of 2009. In the original story, 'Kyon-kun' was replaced with the affectionate nickname given to members of the board, 'OT-kun.'
--------DAY ONE--------
"OT-kun, denwa~" your little sister says.
You see that Haruhi Suzumiya is calling and decide to answer the phone. As soon as you pick up, Haruhi begins speaking without so much as a "Hello."
"You're free today, right? We're all meeting at the station at two! You better come!"
She then just as quickly hangs up. Left baffled, you put your phone on the table and think about what to do. A mere few seconds later, however, and the phone rings again.
"OT-kun, denwa~" your little sister says again.
You look over at the table. Sure enough, it's Haruhi again.
With a sigh, you reluctantly answer the phone. Haruhi's voice once again instantly greets you. Although 'greet' might not be the right term for the situation.
"I forgot to tell you what to bring! Bring your swimsuit, lots of money, and be sure to come on your bike! Over~!" And she hangs up again.
You set the phone down on the table in front of you, thinking about how your peaceful summer is once again interrupted by that annoying girl. If only you could...
Wait. Something isn't right.
You stare down at your phone, deep in thought.
Yes, you have experienced this same turn of events before. But where...no, not where...but this exact same day. Yes, it's all coming back now. That's right. There's...a loop...time loop...yes, that's it. It's occurred so many times that now you can...almost remember...not quite. Let's see...last time...two billion something, that was how many loops have occurred.
You sit back, now staring at the ceiling. Yes, over two billion loops of the final two weeks of summer have happened, all because of that girl. Unfortunately you and the other SOS Brigade members haven't figured out a way to get out. But...you know you've been able to remember this early for awhile now...and...what are these images?
Sudden images of what has happened in previous loops flash into your mind. Swimming, bowling, part time jobs, and...in bed with Asahina-san?
You almost choke in surprise, but then with realization you smile. Yes, you have been able to do some extracurricular activities with Asahina-san, carefully conducted so that Haruhi wouldn't find out. And, now that you think about it, Nagato has been showcasing some of her talents as well.
However...there is still one SOS Brigade female member you haven't had the chance to pair up with. Yes...the one who is making everyone relive this two week period over and over again.
You decide that this time it's time to change that.
When the time came you grabbed your necessary items and took off on your bike to the meeting place. A few minutes later you see the station and, unsurprisingly, everyone else is there.
You think about whining about always being last, but decide against it as you have a much grander plan to focus on.
“You’re late, OT-kun!” yells Haruhi as she greets you. Again, not exactly what you’d expect from a greeting. “You shouldn’t always keep the Brigade Leader waiting like this! Penalty!”
Whatever, you’re just paying for food again anyway. You have long since already taken that into account whenever working with your finances.
“Well, at least everyone’s here now and we can get going.” Haruhi said.
You begin thinking. Any second Haruhi is going to assign bike seating arrangements to travel to the pool. This is a good time to start winning over Haruhi. You’ve got two choices, comply completely and suck up to her or just shove off her ideas and act cold towards her. You realize you’re not sure which Haruhi might like most and hesitantly choose one.
Haruhi might like someone who doesn’t give in to her demands all the time, unlike another certain Brigade member you know.
“OK, because we only have two bikes Koizumi will carry Mikuru while OT-kun will take me and Yuki, understood?” Haruhi ordered.
“Eh, I don’t think so.” You reply.
Asahina-san gives out a small cry and Koizumi stares in your direction. This is nothing, of course, to the glare that Haruhi is giving you.
“…What did you say?” Haruhi asks as if she heard you wrong.
“Taking all of us on just two bikes is way too much effort. The pool is only a 15 minute walk away, it’d be good for all of us to get some exercise. Not just Koizumi and me. Learn to accept your own share of the work.” You say.
Haruhi simply looks at you. You can’t tell if she’s angry or happy, which is actually starting to scare you a little. Asahina-san continues to whimper and Koizumi simply looks into your eyes. Nagato has simply been standing still observing this entire time. Whatever, while Haruhi thinks about her reply you’ll just stare at nothing in particular…
After what seemed like an eternity, Haruhi simply closes her eyes and walks past you in the direction to the pool.
“Whatever.” She says.
Asahina-san and Nagato soon begin walking as well and you decide to as well. As you do, Koizumi strolls up beside you.
“That was a very strange thing you did just now.” Koizumi states.
“Really? I just didn’t feel like getting beat after just one bike ride is all.” You reply.
“I just hope that for our sakes Suzumiya-san isn’t angered greatly by this.” Koizumi says.
The rest of the walk to the pool was a quiet one.
At the pool, Haruhi and Asahina-san are simply floating amongst the crowd in the pool. Nagato, who you remember has complete knowledge of every loop, is sitting by herself again seemingly lost in thought but you know better.
Looking out into the pool, you think that maybe Haruhi might like it if you give her a bit of a scare. Or maybe just going up and suggesting something to do might help show that you’re not a bad guy and let her see that there’s a nice guy beneath your cold, sarcastic shell.
With a smile, you decide Haruhi might like a good scare from time to time. Standing up, you see she has now made friends with some other children that are also out swimming and…found a ball somewhere. Hopefully it’s the kid’s and she didn’t steal it.
Anyway, you tell Koizumi, who has been relaxing beside you, that you’re going off for a quick swim. He nods his head and returns back to his peace and quiet. Good, you didn’t want him to come, too, because that’d just mess everything up.
Now, to decide the best course of action. You could sneak around the pool to get behind Haruhi, then jump in splashing water all over her unexpectedly. You might land on top of her, though. Although that might be funny… Anyway, you decide that the other option is to sneak into the water on this side and slowly swim over and grab one of her legs. That’d probably give her a good scare, too, but the kids with Haruhi and Asahina-san might notice that quicker than just quickly jumping in on them. Well, better decide quick.
Yeah, swimming up all sneaky like is definitely the best way to sneak up on Haruhi. You begin to chuckle at the thought of Haruhi screaming when you grab her leg.
Ready to put your plan into motion, you slip into the pool and slowly make your way to where Haruhi and the others are. Once you get to a spot where you can comfortably swim underwater to her location, you do so.
The water feels cold against your body, but you don’t care. Your sole focus is on Haruhi’s shining white legs, the ones that you’ll soon firmly grab ahold of and scare silly. Heh, maybe she’ll be so scared she’ll jump out of her swimwear. Now that’d be a nice sight.
You are now at your destination with Haruhi’s legs inside your reach. You begin to anticipate the situation about to occur. Yes, this is…
Haruhi’s body moves into the water. Your heart skips a beat. No…she’s swimming away from you!
Without thinking, you reach out and grab ahold of her. Your hands make contact with something. That something then stays in your hands as Haruhi’s body keeps moving.
It’s her bikini bottom!
For a brief moment you can see a sight that would make the all the angels in heaven sing, but then you see Haruhi’s body suddenly jump straight up. Through the water, you can see Haruhi’s shocked face as she turns and sees you in the water holding a piece of her swimsuit in your outstretched hand.
You see the fire in her eyes. Her face twists up in anger. She curls her right hand into a fist and the last thing you see is that fist coming straight for your head.
Sometime later you awake, lying on a towel next to Koizumi. From your position, you can’t see the pool so you have no idea where the others are. Koizumi’s face is the only thing you can easily see, because for some reason it is smiling overhead.
“I see you have woken up.” He says.
Ow, your head really hurts.
“…I goofed up.” You reply.
“It would seem so. Suzumiya-san was not very pleased about being bottomless in the pool.” He chuckles. “And the fact that you were the culprit is probably the worst part of the matter.”
“Yeah, yeah…I was just trying to grab her leg and scare her.” You say.
“I bet you were…” Koizumi replies, his face briefly showing signs of discontent, but it’s quickly replaced with his usual smile.
You decide it might be a good idea to get up and see where the girls have gone off to. Or maybe it’s just best to wait for them to come back and get this pool trip over with.
You let out a small groan as you sit up. Man, that girl can really punch. Well, it’s probably best to find out where the girls went off to and see what the situation is.
You slowly stand up, Koizumi watching carefully to make sure you are fine, and look around the pool. Asahina-san and Nagato are over on the left side, but no Haruhi. Hmm…ah. You can see Haruhi over sitting over on a bench to the right.
“I’ll be back in a few.” You tell Koizumi.
“Be careful…” He simply replies. Koizumi then stands up too and you stay long enough to watch him dive into the pool. Something was odd about that dive, though…
Shrugging off the strangeness that is Itsuki Koizumi, you cautiously make your way through the crowd to the bench that Haruhi is sitting on. As you get closer, the air around you is seemingly taking on a slight chill. That’s odd.
Anyway, you make it to the bench where Haruhi simply looks up at you, staring with her eyes still ablaze.
You take a deep breath.
“I’m sorry” You say.
Haruhi continues to stare. Her eyes are boring holes right through your eye sockets.
“I was just going to grab onto your leg to see if I could scare you. You suddenly started to swim away right when I got there and…I guess I just instinctively grabbed on or something.” You explain.
Haruhi finally speaks after your explanation.
“I was EXPOSED in a public swimming pool because of your stupidity!” She exclaims. “This is NOT how you treat your Brigade Leader. I’ve already thought of a DOZEN possible punishments for you!”
You sigh.
“Sorry…did anyone see anything?” You ask.
“…Well, no, the water isn’t clear enough for anyone above water to see anything in detail, and I put my bottom back on right after I knocked you out. Mikuru and the girls kind of helped cover just in case.” She said. “But did you see? I have a feeling you did, but I don’t know for sure!”
“…”
“You did, didn’t you?!”
“…Yes.”
Haruhi looked down for a moment, almost slightly upset.
“That’s not a very nice thing to happen to a young lady, you know.” Haruhi states sadly.
“I know. I’m sorry, really.”
Crap, this is ruining any shot you had!
“Well, I suppose it’s just something we’ll have to put behind us,” Haruhi says.
“Yeah...”
“I guess the fact that it was you is OK, though…” Haruhi murmured but it was just loud enough for you to hear.
“What?” You say in surprise.
“Nothing. Just talking to myself. Let’s go.” Haruhi says, standing up and walking over to Koizumi.
Once everyone was together again, the group all went to the café to have a meeting and to eat. Haruhi was in a better mood, thankfully, and organized a list of things to do over the next two weeks. Seeing as how you remember the activities already, you didn’t pay too much attention.
When finished, everyone took their leave and headed home. You were the last one out, so you could see Koizumi headed off to the right, Haruhi headed down the road straight ahead, and Nagato and Asahina-san headed to the left. You glance at your watch and realize you still have some time before you should be getting home.
You begin to think about which way to go. Koizumi has been acting slightly strange all day, maybe you should see what you can get out of him. However, now that Haruhi’s in a slightly better mood, maybe you should chat with her for a bit to see where you stand, especially after that bit earlier. Or maybe the duo of Nagato and Asahina-san, who you haven’t had a good chance to speak to yet, might have something interesting to share.
You look at the back of Haruhi and decide that she could probably use some alone time for the rest of the night. There’s still plenty of time to work your magic. As for Koizumi…well, who cares about him? The choice was easy then; Nagato and Asahina-san could use some OT-kun time.
“Hey!” You shout as you catch up to the lovely duo of Asahina-san and Nagato.
“Oh..hello, OT-kun.” Asahina-san says with a cute smile. Nagato merely nods to acknowledge your presence.
“I don’t really have anything to do and I thought maybe you’d like some company on your walk home.” You explain.
“That’s very sweet of you!” Asahina-san replies. “But…won’t Suzumiya-san be mad? I think she’s already very angry at you today. You should be careful so that it doesn’t happen again.”
“No, it’s fine, don’t worry.” You assure her.
“Well…OK.” She says. “But…what about when we first gathered. You were unusually cold to Suzumiya-san. I was worried…”
“Haruhi needs to know she can’t boss people around all of the time.” You reply with a snort.
Asahina-san seems to accept that answer and motions to Nagato and you to start walking. The walk itself is pretty quiet and you begin thinking about those intimate times you had with Asahina-san as you secretly check her out. You realize you can’t remember the details about her precious body, which suddenly gives you the desire to experience it again. Shoot! Focus on the current objective! You decide to casually watch Nagato to fix this problem, but of course you start remembering times with her. Actually, now that you think about it you don’t remember ever going to her for that kind of thing. Then how’d you get these memories of explicit acts without any of the details of before and after?
Either way, you start feeling sensations in certain body locations, all itching to see and do what has been wiped clean from memory, or at least was supposed to for you.
“OT-kun” Asahina-san interrupts your thoughts. “You’re sweating, are you OK?”
“Ah…yes, it’s just a little warm is all. Sorry,” You lie.
“Oh…OK, well, this is where Nagato and I split off now.” Asahina-san said cheerfully.
The two girls stand at the intersection, staring up at you. It seems they’re waiting for some word from you.
Well, technically it’d be quicker to get home if you went back a few streets. But not walking one of the girls home wouldn’t be very nice right? But which one? You know how to get home from Nagato’s house, but Asahina-san’s house is unfamiliar territory. And those desires are still there…
“Sorry, Asahina-san, I’m going to have to say ‘Goodbye’ now. Nagato’s place is closer to my house so I’ll walk with her from here.” You say.
“Oh, no problem, I understand.” Asahina-san says with a slight smile. She seems a bit sad, but maybe you’re just imagining it.
“Well, see you later.” You say, waving goodbye as you follow Nagato. You watch Asahina-san until she turns around to walk home.
You and Nagato remain silent for a few minutes before, of all people, Nagato breaks the silence.
“You remember.” She says.
“Eh?” You reply, playing dumb.
“You have somewhat vague memories of what has occurred these past 2,129,456,982 times. This is not the first time you have been aware this early in the cycle, so I would imagine you also remember this time.” Nagato says.
“Well…yeah, I remember most everything…” You say.
A few moments of silence pass.
“Do you…” Nagato begins before pausing. “…remember times between us?”
Whoa, didn’t see that one coming at all! If anyone at home did, my hats off to you.
“Uh…yeah, kinda, if it’s what I think you mean,” You reply.
“I see.”
The rest of the walk to Nagato’s was a silent trip. You soon reach the outside of the apartment building that you’ve become accustomed to. The two of you stand still for a few moments before Nagato speaks up.
“Do you…want to come inside?”
“Well…for a little while, I suppose.” You tell Nagato. Your family should be able to understand you being a little late, right? Heck, you’ve had plenty of late night excursions before, what with the upcoming Asahina realization that she can’t contact the future and all.
You and Nagato travel up to her apartment and upon entering you see it’s still just as you remember it. Nagato motions for you to sit down as she goes to make some tea.
A short while later, the two of you are sitting peacefully, sipping the warm tea carefully made by Nagato. While it doesn’t share the same awe-inspiring taste as what Asahina-san makes, it is certainly of an excellent quality.
“So…” You begin, trying to start up a conversation, “how’s this time loop been treatin’ you, Nagato?”
“It is my mission to…”
“I know, I know,” You say, cutting her off. “I want to know how you’re feeling because, to be honest, you must be really…”
“I have used you for personal observation.” Nagato blurts out.
Uh…what?
“As this time loop as gone on, I have taken the liberty to initialize…observation events…that have involved you personally.” Nagato says.
You just stare back at her, not sure what she is saying.
“You have confirmed you remember certain things that have happened between us, but I am sure that you do not possess any recollection of ever having put yourself in that situation. That is because each previous time I have taken you to another reality where only the two of us exist, a reality I have created on my own. Originally, you were not to remember the events of what took place there but Suzumiya-san’s time loop properties somehow interfered with the memory blocks I put on you and the result is that you do have memories of those times.”
“…Oh,” You reply, still somewhat confused.
Suddenly the world around you twists and turns and before you know it you and Nagato are alone in a blank, white world.
“This is the alternate reality I speak of. Here, no one can enter or leave without my knowledge and guidance.”
You look around, dumbstruck.
“…”
Nagato seemed hesitant for some reason.
“…If you wish, I will allow you to act as you wish…to better provide knowledge that I can obtain…through observation.” Nagato says.
“Do..as I wish?”
“Correct.”
You got it.
[At this point in the story I will kindly ask that the viewer go and peruse their favorite doujin involving solely Kyon and Yuki. In order to keep this topic fairly decent I’m sure you can understand that I will refrain from going into great detail of the events that are now taking place with you and Yuki. The doujin of your choice will offer some nice visuals to help you…anyway…, and you have the added benefit of picking a scenario that is most suitable to you: the reader. However, please choose one that does not involve either character being killed or mutilated in some way because then the continuity of that carrying over to this story will be most unusual, much like if you choose one that has more character than the two in this section. I thank you for your cooperation and please rejoin the story when you are ready.]
It is now just after midnight and you have finally reached the comfort of your bed. You decide to worry about your goal of getting with Haruhi. After all, it’s been a long day.
Proceed to Day Two
--------DAY ONE--------
"OT-kun, denwa~" your little sister says.
You see that Haruhi Suzumiya is calling and decide to answer the phone. As soon as you pick up, Haruhi begins speaking without so much as a "Hello."
"You're free today, right? We're all meeting at the station at two! You better come!"
She then just as quickly hangs up. Left baffled, you put your phone on the table and think about what to do. A mere few seconds later, however, and the phone rings again.
"OT-kun, denwa~" your little sister says again.
You look over at the table. Sure enough, it's Haruhi again.
With a sigh, you reluctantly answer the phone. Haruhi's voice once again instantly greets you. Although 'greet' might not be the right term for the situation.
"I forgot to tell you what to bring! Bring your swimsuit, lots of money, and be sure to come on your bike! Over~!" And she hangs up again.
You set the phone down on the table in front of you, thinking about how your peaceful summer is once again interrupted by that annoying girl. If only you could...
Wait. Something isn't right.
You stare down at your phone, deep in thought.
Yes, you have experienced this same turn of events before. But where...no, not where...but this exact same day. Yes, it's all coming back now. That's right. There's...a loop...time loop...yes, that's it. It's occurred so many times that now you can...almost remember...not quite. Let's see...last time...two billion something, that was how many loops have occurred.
You sit back, now staring at the ceiling. Yes, over two billion loops of the final two weeks of summer have happened, all because of that girl. Unfortunately you and the other SOS Brigade members haven't figured out a way to get out. But...you know you've been able to remember this early for awhile now...and...what are these images?
Sudden images of what has happened in previous loops flash into your mind. Swimming, bowling, part time jobs, and...in bed with Asahina-san?
You almost choke in surprise, but then with realization you smile. Yes, you have been able to do some extracurricular activities with Asahina-san, carefully conducted so that Haruhi wouldn't find out. And, now that you think about it, Nagato has been showcasing some of her talents as well.
However...there is still one SOS Brigade female member you haven't had the chance to pair up with. Yes...the one who is making everyone relive this two week period over and over again.
You decide that this time it's time to change that.
When the time came you grabbed your necessary items and took off on your bike to the meeting place. A few minutes later you see the station and, unsurprisingly, everyone else is there.
You think about whining about always being last, but decide against it as you have a much grander plan to focus on.
“You’re late, OT-kun!” yells Haruhi as she greets you. Again, not exactly what you’d expect from a greeting. “You shouldn’t always keep the Brigade Leader waiting like this! Penalty!”
Whatever, you’re just paying for food again anyway. You have long since already taken that into account whenever working with your finances.
“Well, at least everyone’s here now and we can get going.” Haruhi said.
You begin thinking. Any second Haruhi is going to assign bike seating arrangements to travel to the pool. This is a good time to start winning over Haruhi. You’ve got two choices, comply completely and suck up to her or just shove off her ideas and act cold towards her. You realize you’re not sure which Haruhi might like most and hesitantly choose one.
Haruhi might like someone who doesn’t give in to her demands all the time, unlike another certain Brigade member you know.
“OK, because we only have two bikes Koizumi will carry Mikuru while OT-kun will take me and Yuki, understood?” Haruhi ordered.
“Eh, I don’t think so.” You reply.
Asahina-san gives out a small cry and Koizumi stares in your direction. This is nothing, of course, to the glare that Haruhi is giving you.
“…What did you say?” Haruhi asks as if she heard you wrong.
“Taking all of us on just two bikes is way too much effort. The pool is only a 15 minute walk away, it’d be good for all of us to get some exercise. Not just Koizumi and me. Learn to accept your own share of the work.” You say.
Haruhi simply looks at you. You can’t tell if she’s angry or happy, which is actually starting to scare you a little. Asahina-san continues to whimper and Koizumi simply looks into your eyes. Nagato has simply been standing still observing this entire time. Whatever, while Haruhi thinks about her reply you’ll just stare at nothing in particular…
After what seemed like an eternity, Haruhi simply closes her eyes and walks past you in the direction to the pool.
“Whatever.” She says.
Asahina-san and Nagato soon begin walking as well and you decide to as well. As you do, Koizumi strolls up beside you.
“That was a very strange thing you did just now.” Koizumi states.
“Really? I just didn’t feel like getting beat after just one bike ride is all.” You reply.
“I just hope that for our sakes Suzumiya-san isn’t angered greatly by this.” Koizumi says.
The rest of the walk to the pool was a quiet one.
At the pool, Haruhi and Asahina-san are simply floating amongst the crowd in the pool. Nagato, who you remember has complete knowledge of every loop, is sitting by herself again seemingly lost in thought but you know better.
Looking out into the pool, you think that maybe Haruhi might like it if you give her a bit of a scare. Or maybe just going up and suggesting something to do might help show that you’re not a bad guy and let her see that there’s a nice guy beneath your cold, sarcastic shell.
With a smile, you decide Haruhi might like a good scare from time to time. Standing up, you see she has now made friends with some other children that are also out swimming and…found a ball somewhere. Hopefully it’s the kid’s and she didn’t steal it.
Anyway, you tell Koizumi, who has been relaxing beside you, that you’re going off for a quick swim. He nods his head and returns back to his peace and quiet. Good, you didn’t want him to come, too, because that’d just mess everything up.
Now, to decide the best course of action. You could sneak around the pool to get behind Haruhi, then jump in splashing water all over her unexpectedly. You might land on top of her, though. Although that might be funny… Anyway, you decide that the other option is to sneak into the water on this side and slowly swim over and grab one of her legs. That’d probably give her a good scare, too, but the kids with Haruhi and Asahina-san might notice that quicker than just quickly jumping in on them. Well, better decide quick.
Yeah, swimming up all sneaky like is definitely the best way to sneak up on Haruhi. You begin to chuckle at the thought of Haruhi screaming when you grab her leg.
Ready to put your plan into motion, you slip into the pool and slowly make your way to where Haruhi and the others are. Once you get to a spot where you can comfortably swim underwater to her location, you do so.
The water feels cold against your body, but you don’t care. Your sole focus is on Haruhi’s shining white legs, the ones that you’ll soon firmly grab ahold of and scare silly. Heh, maybe she’ll be so scared she’ll jump out of her swimwear. Now that’d be a nice sight.
You are now at your destination with Haruhi’s legs inside your reach. You begin to anticipate the situation about to occur. Yes, this is…
Haruhi’s body moves into the water. Your heart skips a beat. No…she’s swimming away from you!
Without thinking, you reach out and grab ahold of her. Your hands make contact with something. That something then stays in your hands as Haruhi’s body keeps moving.
It’s her bikini bottom!
For a brief moment you can see a sight that would make the all the angels in heaven sing, but then you see Haruhi’s body suddenly jump straight up. Through the water, you can see Haruhi’s shocked face as she turns and sees you in the water holding a piece of her swimsuit in your outstretched hand.
You see the fire in her eyes. Her face twists up in anger. She curls her right hand into a fist and the last thing you see is that fist coming straight for your head.
Sometime later you awake, lying on a towel next to Koizumi. From your position, you can’t see the pool so you have no idea where the others are. Koizumi’s face is the only thing you can easily see, because for some reason it is smiling overhead.
“I see you have woken up.” He says.
Ow, your head really hurts.
“…I goofed up.” You reply.
“It would seem so. Suzumiya-san was not very pleased about being bottomless in the pool.” He chuckles. “And the fact that you were the culprit is probably the worst part of the matter.”
“Yeah, yeah…I was just trying to grab her leg and scare her.” You say.
“I bet you were…” Koizumi replies, his face briefly showing signs of discontent, but it’s quickly replaced with his usual smile.
You decide it might be a good idea to get up and see where the girls have gone off to. Or maybe it’s just best to wait for them to come back and get this pool trip over with.
You let out a small groan as you sit up. Man, that girl can really punch. Well, it’s probably best to find out where the girls went off to and see what the situation is.
You slowly stand up, Koizumi watching carefully to make sure you are fine, and look around the pool. Asahina-san and Nagato are over on the left side, but no Haruhi. Hmm…ah. You can see Haruhi over sitting over on a bench to the right.
“I’ll be back in a few.” You tell Koizumi.
“Be careful…” He simply replies. Koizumi then stands up too and you stay long enough to watch him dive into the pool. Something was odd about that dive, though…
Shrugging off the strangeness that is Itsuki Koizumi, you cautiously make your way through the crowd to the bench that Haruhi is sitting on. As you get closer, the air around you is seemingly taking on a slight chill. That’s odd.
Anyway, you make it to the bench where Haruhi simply looks up at you, staring with her eyes still ablaze.
You take a deep breath.
“I’m sorry” You say.
Haruhi continues to stare. Her eyes are boring holes right through your eye sockets.
“I was just going to grab onto your leg to see if I could scare you. You suddenly started to swim away right when I got there and…I guess I just instinctively grabbed on or something.” You explain.
Haruhi finally speaks after your explanation.
“I was EXPOSED in a public swimming pool because of your stupidity!” She exclaims. “This is NOT how you treat your Brigade Leader. I’ve already thought of a DOZEN possible punishments for you!”
You sigh.
“Sorry…did anyone see anything?” You ask.
“…Well, no, the water isn’t clear enough for anyone above water to see anything in detail, and I put my bottom back on right after I knocked you out. Mikuru and the girls kind of helped cover just in case.” She said. “But did you see? I have a feeling you did, but I don’t know for sure!”
“…”
“You did, didn’t you?!”
“…Yes.”
Haruhi looked down for a moment, almost slightly upset.
“That’s not a very nice thing to happen to a young lady, you know.” Haruhi states sadly.
“I know. I’m sorry, really.”
Crap, this is ruining any shot you had!
“Well, I suppose it’s just something we’ll have to put behind us,” Haruhi says.
“Yeah...”
“I guess the fact that it was you is OK, though…” Haruhi murmured but it was just loud enough for you to hear.
“What?” You say in surprise.
“Nothing. Just talking to myself. Let’s go.” Haruhi says, standing up and walking over to Koizumi.
Once everyone was together again, the group all went to the café to have a meeting and to eat. Haruhi was in a better mood, thankfully, and organized a list of things to do over the next two weeks. Seeing as how you remember the activities already, you didn’t pay too much attention.
When finished, everyone took their leave and headed home. You were the last one out, so you could see Koizumi headed off to the right, Haruhi headed down the road straight ahead, and Nagato and Asahina-san headed to the left. You glance at your watch and realize you still have some time before you should be getting home.
You begin to think about which way to go. Koizumi has been acting slightly strange all day, maybe you should see what you can get out of him. However, now that Haruhi’s in a slightly better mood, maybe you should chat with her for a bit to see where you stand, especially after that bit earlier. Or maybe the duo of Nagato and Asahina-san, who you haven’t had a good chance to speak to yet, might have something interesting to share.
You look at the back of Haruhi and decide that she could probably use some alone time for the rest of the night. There’s still plenty of time to work your magic. As for Koizumi…well, who cares about him? The choice was easy then; Nagato and Asahina-san could use some OT-kun time.
“Hey!” You shout as you catch up to the lovely duo of Asahina-san and Nagato.
“Oh..hello, OT-kun.” Asahina-san says with a cute smile. Nagato merely nods to acknowledge your presence.
“I don’t really have anything to do and I thought maybe you’d like some company on your walk home.” You explain.
“That’s very sweet of you!” Asahina-san replies. “But…won’t Suzumiya-san be mad? I think she’s already very angry at you today. You should be careful so that it doesn’t happen again.”
“No, it’s fine, don’t worry.” You assure her.
“Well…OK.” She says. “But…what about when we first gathered. You were unusually cold to Suzumiya-san. I was worried…”
“Haruhi needs to know she can’t boss people around all of the time.” You reply with a snort.
Asahina-san seems to accept that answer and motions to Nagato and you to start walking. The walk itself is pretty quiet and you begin thinking about those intimate times you had with Asahina-san as you secretly check her out. You realize you can’t remember the details about her precious body, which suddenly gives you the desire to experience it again. Shoot! Focus on the current objective! You decide to casually watch Nagato to fix this problem, but of course you start remembering times with her. Actually, now that you think about it you don’t remember ever going to her for that kind of thing. Then how’d you get these memories of explicit acts without any of the details of before and after?
Either way, you start feeling sensations in certain body locations, all itching to see and do what has been wiped clean from memory, or at least was supposed to for you.
“OT-kun” Asahina-san interrupts your thoughts. “You’re sweating, are you OK?”
“Ah…yes, it’s just a little warm is all. Sorry,” You lie.
“Oh…OK, well, this is where Nagato and I split off now.” Asahina-san said cheerfully.
The two girls stand at the intersection, staring up at you. It seems they’re waiting for some word from you.
Well, technically it’d be quicker to get home if you went back a few streets. But not walking one of the girls home wouldn’t be very nice right? But which one? You know how to get home from Nagato’s house, but Asahina-san’s house is unfamiliar territory. And those desires are still there…
“Sorry, Asahina-san, I’m going to have to say ‘Goodbye’ now. Nagato’s place is closer to my house so I’ll walk with her from here.” You say.
“Oh, no problem, I understand.” Asahina-san says with a slight smile. She seems a bit sad, but maybe you’re just imagining it.
“Well, see you later.” You say, waving goodbye as you follow Nagato. You watch Asahina-san until she turns around to walk home.
You and Nagato remain silent for a few minutes before, of all people, Nagato breaks the silence.
“You remember.” She says.
“Eh?” You reply, playing dumb.
“You have somewhat vague memories of what has occurred these past 2,129,456,982 times. This is not the first time you have been aware this early in the cycle, so I would imagine you also remember this time.” Nagato says.
“Well…yeah, I remember most everything…” You say.
A few moments of silence pass.
“Do you…” Nagato begins before pausing. “…remember times between us?”
Whoa, didn’t see that one coming at all! If anyone at home did, my hats off to you.
“Uh…yeah, kinda, if it’s what I think you mean,” You reply.
“I see.”
The rest of the walk to Nagato’s was a silent trip. You soon reach the outside of the apartment building that you’ve become accustomed to. The two of you stand still for a few moments before Nagato speaks up.
“Do you…want to come inside?”
“Well…for a little while, I suppose.” You tell Nagato. Your family should be able to understand you being a little late, right? Heck, you’ve had plenty of late night excursions before, what with the upcoming Asahina realization that she can’t contact the future and all.
You and Nagato travel up to her apartment and upon entering you see it’s still just as you remember it. Nagato motions for you to sit down as she goes to make some tea.
A short while later, the two of you are sitting peacefully, sipping the warm tea carefully made by Nagato. While it doesn’t share the same awe-inspiring taste as what Asahina-san makes, it is certainly of an excellent quality.
“So…” You begin, trying to start up a conversation, “how’s this time loop been treatin’ you, Nagato?”
“It is my mission to…”
“I know, I know,” You say, cutting her off. “I want to know how you’re feeling because, to be honest, you must be really…”
“I have used you for personal observation.” Nagato blurts out.
Uh…what?
“As this time loop as gone on, I have taken the liberty to initialize…observation events…that have involved you personally.” Nagato says.
You just stare back at her, not sure what she is saying.
“You have confirmed you remember certain things that have happened between us, but I am sure that you do not possess any recollection of ever having put yourself in that situation. That is because each previous time I have taken you to another reality where only the two of us exist, a reality I have created on my own. Originally, you were not to remember the events of what took place there but Suzumiya-san’s time loop properties somehow interfered with the memory blocks I put on you and the result is that you do have memories of those times.”
“…Oh,” You reply, still somewhat confused.
Suddenly the world around you twists and turns and before you know it you and Nagato are alone in a blank, white world.
“This is the alternate reality I speak of. Here, no one can enter or leave without my knowledge and guidance.”
You look around, dumbstruck.
“…”
Nagato seemed hesitant for some reason.
“…If you wish, I will allow you to act as you wish…to better provide knowledge that I can obtain…through observation.” Nagato says.
“Do..as I wish?”
“Correct.”
You got it.
[At this point in the story I will kindly ask that the viewer go and peruse their favorite doujin involving solely Kyon and Yuki. In order to keep this topic fairly decent I’m sure you can understand that I will refrain from going into great detail of the events that are now taking place with you and Yuki. The doujin of your choice will offer some nice visuals to help you…anyway…, and you have the added benefit of picking a scenario that is most suitable to you: the reader. However, please choose one that does not involve either character being killed or mutilated in some way because then the continuity of that carrying over to this story will be most unusual, much like if you choose one that has more character than the two in this section. I thank you for your cooperation and please rejoin the story when you are ready.]
It is now just after midnight and you have finally reached the comfort of your bed. You decide to worry about your goal of getting with Haruhi. After all, it’s been a long day.
Proceed to Day Two
