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"[color=00FF36]Wow, really? Yeah, I'll give you so many leeks you can't even [i]carry[/i] all of 'em! Thanks a ton, Mi-chan![/color]"

After holding the warm smile, she gave a little pout, though that smile kept shining through her eyes even still. "[color=00FF36]You're [i]sure[/i] you won't come to the festival?[/color]" Haruhi had [i]heard[/i] rumors about Mio; she had heard plenty of whispers about the girl whenever she'd been around her in the village. She hadn't [i]really[/i] paid enough attention to figure it out and didn't really like listening to whispers and rumors to begin with, but that didn't mean they weren't there, and in the case of Mio they definitely were. So Haruhi well understood the misgivings that Mio had. When was the last time she'd seen her at the festival...? It was hard to even remember, it was so long ago.

All that being said...

"[color=00FF36]Are you [i]suuuure[/i] you won't come to the festival?[/color]"

...That didn't mean Haruhi had to [i]like[/i] the rumors, and she definitely didn't need to accept them. 

"[color=00FF36]You can just spend it with me if you want! I can't introduce you to Fuyucchi since she'll be busy, but we can definitely have fun, I promise![/color]"

Haruhi wasn't exactly sure [i]why[/i] she--well, she was. She just...felt so [i]bad[/i] for Mio, and though Haruhi couldn't quite place what it was--she was always calm, after all--there was something about her that always seemed so unutterably [i]sad[/i]. And Haruhi didn't like seeing people sad. 

"[color=00FF36]So? Whaddaya say?[/color]" 
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