bark bark bark

[Look. We can assume it's been some time since these two fucked, then he left off to...wherever he was headed. We can also probably assume there was some weird amount of feelings and for what was theoretically a one-night stand, every probably came away from that with some new and exciting baggage.

Which brings us to now, a month or two later, on a totally unrelated mission, some blonde jackass wandering into Mal's territory. Into a market square, or directly onto his property hunting something, who knows.

Either way, it's a level of serendipity so unlikely you have to wonder if Haruhi did it on purpose.]