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to tell her, but I got the feeling I’d be eating Haruhi’s fist after about five lines, so I refrained.
“Is Mikuru absent today?”
“She might not ever come back. The poor thing. I hope she wasn’t traumatized by the ordeal.”
“I even brought a new outfit for her.”
“Wear it yourself.”
“Of course I’m going to wear it too. But it’s no fun when Mikuru isn’t here.”
Following precedence, Yuki Nagato and her virtually nonexistent presence had become one with the table. There was no reason to be so particular about Asahina. Haruhi could use Nagato as her dress-up doll. Or I guess that’s not exactly better. But I got the feeling that unlike the crybaby Asahina, Nagato would calmly put on the bunny outfit as ordered. And I realized I wouldn’t mind seeing that.
The long-awaited transfer student had come.
I was informed of this by Haruhi during the short period of time before morning homeroom.
“Don’t you think it’s amazing? One really came!”
Haruhi was hovering over her desk with a stellar smile like a preschooler receiving a present she’d been waiting for.
I didn’t know where she heard it from, but apparently the student was transferring into class 1–9.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. It’s unfortunate that the student isn’t in our class, but it’s still a mysterious transfer student. No doubt about it.”
“How can you tell before you’ve even seen the student?”
“Didn’t I already tell you? Survey says that a student who transfers in halfway through the year is practically guaranteed to be mysterious!”
Just when, by whom, and how was that statistic derived? There’s your mystery.
If any student transferring in the month of May can be considered mysterious, then you’d have to assume that Japan has an excess of mysterious transfer students.
However, this trademarked Haruhi theory did not follow common sense. Haruhi took off as soon as first period ended. Probably off to 1–9 to scout the mysterious transfer student.
And right before the bell rang, Haruhi returned with a dour look on her face.
“Was the student mysterious?”
“Hmm… Didn’t seem that mysterious.”
Obviously.
“We talked for a bit, but I don’t know enough to be sure yet. Might just be pretending to be a normal student. I’d say that’s the more probable scenario. It’d be a waste to reveal your true identity the day you transfer in. I’ll go do some more questioning during the next break.”
Don’t. You probably startled the 1–9 people.
Let’s picture it: Haruhi, who’s practically never initiated a conversation with anyone, suddenly comes into your classroom and grabs the nearest person. “Which one’s the transfer student?” she asks, and the second someone answers, she charges in that direction. Then she probably barges into a happy cluster of friendly students getting acquainted and makes her way to the center, drawing close to the surprised transfer student. “Where did you come from? What’s your true identity?” Like a cross-examination.
I thought of something.
“Was it a guy? Or a girl?”
“Could have been disguised. But for now, he looked male.”
Then it’s a guy.
Which means the SOS Brigade would finally get another male member. He would probably be forced to join no matter what he said, for the sole reason that he was a transfer student. But he might not be as good-natured as Asahina and me. Would things really go so well? No matter how overbearing Haruhi is, a stronger-willed person would probably be able to resist her, right?
If she assembled enough members, we would really have to make this foolish student association, “The S ave the World by O verloading It with Fun Haruhi S uzumiya Brigade” official, huh? Setting aside the matter of whether or not the school would accept it, the person who would have to complete the paperwork would be, ten to one, me. And then I’d be stuck with the label “Haruhi Suzumiya’s subordinate”
“Is Mikuru absent today?”
“She might not ever come back. The poor thing. I hope she wasn’t traumatized by the ordeal.”
“I even brought a new outfit for her.”
“Wear it yourself.”
“Of course I’m going to wear it too. But it’s no fun when Mikuru isn’t here.”
Following precedence, Yuki Nagato and her virtually nonexistent presence had become one with the table. There was no reason to be so particular about Asahina. Haruhi could use Nagato as her dress-up doll. Or I guess that’s not exactly better. But I got the feeling that unlike the crybaby Asahina, Nagato would calmly put on the bunny outfit as ordered. And I realized I wouldn’t mind seeing that.
The long-awaited transfer student had come.
I was informed of this by Haruhi during the short period of time before morning homeroom.
“Don’t you think it’s amazing? One really came!”
Haruhi was hovering over her desk with a stellar smile like a preschooler receiving a present she’d been waiting for.
I didn’t know where she heard it from, but apparently the student was transferring into class 1–9.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. It’s unfortunate that the student isn’t in our class, but it’s still a mysterious transfer student. No doubt about it.”
“How can you tell before you’ve even seen the student?”
“Didn’t I already tell you? Survey says that a student who transfers in halfway through the year is practically guaranteed to be mysterious!”
Just when, by whom, and how was that statistic derived? There’s your mystery.
If any student transferring in the month of May can be considered mysterious, then you’d have to assume that Japan has an excess of mysterious transfer students.
However, this trademarked Haruhi theory did not follow common sense. Haruhi took off as soon as first period ended. Probably off to 1–9 to scout the mysterious transfer student.
And right before the bell rang, Haruhi returned with a dour look on her face.
“Was the student mysterious?”
“Hmm… Didn’t seem that mysterious.”
Obviously.
“We talked for a bit, but I don’t know enough to be sure yet. Might just be pretending to be a normal student. I’d say that’s the more probable scenario. It’d be a waste to reveal your true identity the day you transfer in. I’ll go do some more questioning during the next break.”
Don’t. You probably startled the 1–9 people.
Let’s picture it: Haruhi, who’s practically never initiated a conversation with anyone, suddenly comes into your classroom and grabs the nearest person. “Which one’s the transfer student?” she asks, and the second someone answers, she charges in that direction. Then she probably barges into a happy cluster of friendly students getting acquainted and makes her way to the center, drawing close to the surprised transfer student. “Where did you come from? What’s your true identity?” Like a cross-examination.
I thought of something.
“Was it a guy? Or a girl?”
“Could have been disguised. But for now, he looked male.”
Then it’s a guy.
Which means the SOS Brigade would finally get another male member. He would probably be forced to join no matter what he said, for the sole reason that he was a transfer student. But he might not be as good-natured as Asahina and me. Would things really go so well? No matter how overbearing Haruhi is, a stronger-willed person would probably be able to resist her, right?
If she assembled enough members, we would really have to make this foolish student association, “The S ave the World by O verloading It with Fun Haruhi S uzumiya Brigade” official, huh? Setting aside the matter of whether or not the school would accept it, the person who would have to complete the paperwork would be, ten to one, me. And then I’d be stuck with the label “Haruhi Suzumiya’s subordinate”
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