Kagami was lying on the couch reading a manga when the doorbell rang. She ignored it at first and went back to reading. Kagami had done a lot of work that evening so she was using this time to relax.
The doorbell rang again. "Hey Tsukasa can you get that?" she called.
"Sorry sis I'm in the bath" she replied from upstairs.
The doorbell rang again.
Kagami sighed and reluctantly put down her manga "whoever that is better have a good reason for disturbing me" she grumbled.
When she opened the door she was greeted by Konata's smiling face. At her side was a small suitcase.
"Hi Kagami" she said happily.
"Oh it's you" She said with mild disappointment "What do you want?"
"Is it alright if I crash here for a while?" Konata asked.
"No, of course it's not alright" Kagami answered "Why do you want that?"
"Thanks Kagami" Konata said walking in.
"I didn't say yes!" Kagami shouted as Konata took on her shoes.
"I thought it would be better to stay with you guys than anyone else because we're such good friends and friends help each other out" Konata said.
"Are you trying to guilt trip me?" Kagami asked flabbergasted "Why can't you just stay in your own home?"
"Yeah that's not going to be happening" Konata answered "My dad's not there anymore so I don't want to stay on my own."
Kagami was confused "Konata what are you talking about? What happened?"
"Kagami, who was at the door?" Tsukasa asked as she walked into the room with a towel on her head. She smiled when she saw Konata "Oh it's you Kona-chan what are you doing here?"
"I'm going to be staying here for a while" Konata said.
"I never agreed to that!" Kagami protested.
"So Konata's going to be staying with us? How wonderful" Tsukasa said with delight.
"Well I'm glad someone doesn't mind me staying here" Konata said happily.
"Yeah but I mind! I mind a lot!" Kagami said angrily frowning at Konata.
"Calm down Kagami, you get a bit scary when you're angry" Konata pointed out.
"Yeah she even scares me sometimes" Tsukasa added.
"I'm not scary!" Kagami shouted loudly, sending her whimpering.
"That was pretty scary Kagami" Konata pointed out.
"Well anyway you still can't stay here" Kagami argued.
"Why not?" Konata asked.
"Because… because… my parents will never allow it" Kagami scrambled.
"I'm sure they'll be cool about it" Konata said confidently.
"They won't" Kagami assured "They're pretty strict I doubt they'd let us have a friend over for ages without asking them."
"Well let's ask them" Konata said.
"They're not home, Dad's at a business conference and Mum's at Yoga class."
"So I can stay here if they're not saying no" Konata said as Kagami rejected the idea
"There's not anywhere for you to stay, we don't have a spare bedroom or anything" Kagami answered.
"That's okay I'll just sleep in your room Kagami" Konata declared to Kagami's horror.
"Like hell you will!" The pointy eyed girl shouted.
"Come on Kagami it will be fun we can play dating Sims together" Konata suggested "I've brought all my favorites' school love, tentacle love, tsundere love."
"Get out of here!" Kagami shouted. She put two hands on Konata's back and started pushing her towards the door.
"We don't have to play them if you don't want to Kagami" Konata said.
"I don't care you are not staying here" Kagami said as she pushed her outside.
"But Kaga-chan..."
Kagami slammed the door in her face. Then proceeded to lock it twice in case Konata tried to get in again.
"There's no way she's getting in now! I can get back to reading my manga" Kagami said triumphantly.
"Don't you think you were being a little harsh on her" Tsukasa said "Maybe she really does have nowhere else to go."
"She's got plenty of places to go she could stay with her cousin or with other members of her family" Kagami reasoned "she didn't even properly explain why she couldn't stay at home." Kagami lay back down on the couch and picked up her manga. She found her place again quickly and tried to get back into the story. It was a thrilling tale of high school students that were secretly dinosaurs called Jurassic high school. As Kagami tried to read she couldn't help the feeling someone was watching her. She looked over at the window to see Konata's face pressed up against the glass.
"Go away" she mouthed. The window Konata made an unhappy face before moving away.
"I'm sure she's fine" Kagami tried to convince her self "this is probably her way of trying to get a sleepover here." Still the thought that Konata might have nowhere to go plagued her mind and she soon she got up and walked back to the door. Just to make sure she's gone she reasoned. She opened the door and looked out at the dark street. "There" she said to herself "She's left and gone somewhere else. I'm sure that's the last of her I'll see this evening."
"These apricot cookies are delicious Tsukasa" she heard a familiar voice say from the kitchen.
Kagami stomped through to see her sister and Konata snacking together.
"Nom nom nom do you want a cookie to Kagami?" Konata said wolfing down the cookie.
"You let her in!?" Kagami exploded at her sister.
"I couldn't help it she just looked so sad out there" Tsukasa said worried at her sister's reaction "these cookies are very nice though" she smiled happily.
Kagami glared at Konata and bit into a cookie "Do you really have nowhere else to go Konata?" she asked.
"Well I could stay at my cousins but she's really irresponsible so I'd prefer to stay here."
Kagami sighed "Okay well I suppose you can stay if you really have to."
"Great Kagami we get to be room buddies, we can read manga, have pillow fights and play adult games all night long."
"I can't wait" Kagami groaned.
To be continued...