Again.

[heroic_commoner]

Why couldn't it at least wait until I was home?

[[This is some time in the evening, long after class has let out, on the night of the thunderstorm. Haruhi can be found in the school, probably hiding under a desk and looking scared to death.]]

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[a_normal_human]

*can't find Haruhi*

*they've been walking home from school together recently we'll say*

*looks in a few classrooms, and spots her under a desk, of all places*

...Eh? Haruhi...san? Is something wrong? A face like that is not one I would've expected on her face. What happened? Was she...attacked? Or--

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[a_normal_human]

*a lightning flash, and thunder rings through the classroom - something inside Kyon's big brother head clicks* ... You're... ...Could it be?

[heroic_commoner]

*the lightning is accompanied by a small gasp and a trembling Haruhi*

...K-Kyon?

[a_normal_human]

I thought so.

I was looking all over for you. Have you been hiding here since it started?

((yargh i must sleep, more tomorrow...!! 8DDD))

[heroic_commoner]

I-I'll be fine. It'll probably end soon, then I'll go home.

[a_normal_human]

Even if she said so, she sure didn't *look* fine. I knew she was telling the truth, though; Haruhi-san was a grounded individual, one of the smartest students I knew at the school. She probably knew that thunderstorms posed no real danger to her. The chance of the school being hit be a lightning bolt were minuscule. She probably knew all this. Yet... That didn't change the fact that she was huddled under a desk and covering her head in fear.

What else could I do?

*a few moments of silence - and then in a confident swift movement, Kyon takes off his blazer and covers Haruhi with it, including her head* Here.

[heroic_commoner]

*Haruhi, looking pointedly at the floor at the time, didn't notice what Kyon was doing, and jumped slighly when the blazer landed on ehr shoulders*

Kyon?

[a_normal_human]

*smirks* Be careful. If "Kyon" is all can say, then you're in danger of turning into one of those mascot characters with a high-pitched squeaky voice. I don't think it'd suite you.

Sorry if smells a little weird; I was planning on laundering it tonight.

[heroic_commoner]

*looking a little more relaxed, closes her eyes and pulls the blazer a little tighter around herself*

Thanks, Kyon.

[a_normal_human]

*lands a hand gently on her head*

You look pretty cute like that, you know. *said in a teasing manner, assuming that she's the kind of girl that doesn't want to be called 'cute'*

[heroic_commoner]

I--

*cut off by another lightning strike, flinches and covers ears*

[a_normal_human]

...

Here, let's go home. *offers a hand* I bet you'll feel better in your room than in this dark classroom.

[heroic_commoner]

*reaches up to take Kyon's hand, but lightning strikes again right before she reaches it, and she ends up clinging to his chest instead*

[a_normal_human]

...What?

Is this...happening?

Haruhi-san-- *shuts his mouth, suddenly determined - he holds her*

It's fine. Nothing's going to happen to you, okay? I'm here. You're not alone.

[heroic_commoner]

Yeah, I know, I'm sorry. I'm OK.

*after a few seconds, breaks away from Kyon and takes a moment to straighten herself a bit*

All right, let's go.

[a_normal_human]

What was that just now? Who said that? Did I say that? What's going on right now?

Don't worry about it. *helps Haruhi up, and says in a totally normal voice that contradicts the confusion in his head* All right, then.