Chapter 1: The Eighteenth of March

The Kyoto's princess gave out a small, sigh, putting her head on the wooden table, trying to ease her mind off something. She had been crying for hours, and it was by the time she thought she should stop. Flipped to the month of March, the calendar that was in front of her had been stared at by the healer for the past few hours. The clock ticked on, as the princess' eyelids began feeling heavy, forcing her to sleep out of her will. Although, she only had one thought in mind that had been bugging her for quite a long while:

"She doesn't remember…"

The happiness aura and the smile, which Konoe Konoka seems to always have with her, were there, just… until yesterday.

Right after High School, she had moved in with Sakurazaki Setsuna, her guardian and precious girlfriend, in their own little house paid by Konoka's grandfather and father. They began their adulthoods by both going to (the same) college and starting out jobs to work for the daily money they would need. Setsuna had always kept the promise (and the condition to let the two stay together) about taking care of the princess and making her happy. She then coincidentally was hired into Café Shop that Kagurazaka Asuna also works in. As for the princess, Konoka's job was to stay home and do house works, waiting for her dearest to come home. Although, Konoka didn't really want this, but Setsuna insisted that it is better than seeing Konoka getting all worn out about work. They had lived a happy life so far, and they had continued, too. But… would that happiness eventually die?

It was a moonlit night when the two finally got a chance to lay quietly on their soft bed after a harsh day for both of them. After a few minutes of complete silence, Konoka playfully poked her lover's back, trying to get the sleepy head's attention.

"Ahh!" Setsuna jolted from the sudden touch she received, and it just had to be right before she fell into a deep sleep; but she was surely wide awake now. She turned to face what had disturbed her.

"Hey, Secchan."

"What is it… Kono-chan?" The raven hair girl tried her best to find the right way to not get irritated and annoyed.

"Do you know what's tomorrow?" Konoka smiled happily, although it was unclear to Setsuna what the expression her princess had on since it was pitched dark and her tired eyes failed to let her see clearly.

The knight closed her sight and turned back to the other direction. "…March 18… What of it…?"

The cheerful smile on Konoka's face immediately dropped, but of course, Setsuna couldn't see that.

"You sure you don't remember…?" Konoka asked again, trying to give Setsuna another chance… but for what…?

"No, not that I remember of. There's no holiday, vacation, or anything exciting tomorrow, right?"

Konoka turned to face another direction, just somewhere other than Setsuna. "No… nevermind, it's nothing. Of course… there's nothing exciting tomorrow…" She said as her voice began to lose to the pain in her chest.

"Alright then… I'll head back to sleep…" And with that Setsuna dozed off, not noticing that the princess had been shedding bits of tears behind her back.

Even as the morning rose, and March 18 had finally came, Konoka could not even sleep, for the thorns in her heart were too painful to bear. It hurts, well… of course it does.

How would you feel if your lover doesn't even remember your own birthday…?

This is a short chapter to begin my all-new KonoSetsu fanfiction: Tanjoubi!

It is a dedication to Konoka's birthday which is like... OMGOSH... TOMORROW!

Well anyway, I hoped you enjoyed!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Negima!

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-Seiren