The front door of the Izumi household was flung open, and a a streak of blue flashed past the door. Konata didn't hear anything coming from the house she had left behind, and she would've ignored it too. Right now, she really wasn't in the mood to pretend everything was alright.

Where could she go? She didn't want to turn back, but it was already pitch black and she couldn't even see her hand. She wouldn't be finding anywhere to stay for the night.

Konata leaned up against a wall, falling to the ground and bringing her knees to her chest.

"It's just me tonight.. I'll be fine.. I deserve this.. right?"

-Rewind 20 minutes-

"Hey, Kagamin, you need to chill out!" Konata whined, flinging herself around the Hiiragi twin. "You've been studying for hoourrrrsssss! Take a break with me!"

"No, Konata, I can't take a break! Unlike you, I actually care about the test that's coming up!" Kagami muttered, shaking the otaku off to the side she could use her writing arm. "Go read your manga or something, I'm busy."

"When will you be done? I wanna do something fun!" Konata prompted, curling herself into a ball on the floor. "You're so boring, Kagamin."

"You're so annoying, Konata! Give me like, 10 minutes or something, I don't know. Just leave me alone." Kagami complained, flipping through her text book. "She's so damn clingy. Even though I want to take a break, I can't just relax with her because I won't ever get anything done! I have to put a foot down, because this is the kind of thing that's going to happen in college, when we get marr-" Kagami quickly slapped herself in the forehead. "No. Concentrate. Test. Not Konata."

Konata finally left the purple-hair alone, crawling over to her manga selection and grabbing something at random. She jumped onto her bed with a dramatic shout of joy, then rolled onto her back to read. Kagami breathed a sigh of relief, going back to her studies.

Five minutes passed. Kagami heard shuffling, and she was suddenly pulled backwards into a hug. "Kagami, are you done yet?"

"Konata, stop it! I'm not done! If you're this impatient, why don't you just study with me? Maybe you'll actually understand how much I have to get done." Protesting, she was forced to drop her pencil as Konata pulled her backwards and away from the table.

"I'll just pull an all-nighter before the test, it works every time!" Konata squealed as Kagami turned around and smacked her on the head in annoyance.

"Just leave me alone! Go play your game or something, I can't get any work done with you messing around! Geez!"

"Ah, domestic violence! How have I gotten myself into such a relationship?" Konata pleaded to the skies, a hand to her head as she lay on her back. "Kagami-sama is such an abusive partner!"

Finishing her rant to the heavens, Konata rolled on her side and latched onto her tsundere, wrapping her arms and legs around the busy girl. "But I know behind all the blows and abuse, she loves me very much!"

"Ugh! I love you, now go to heck away! You're starting to piss me off, I don't want to deal with you right now." Kagami groaned, trying to shove her clingy girlfriend away. Although Konata could've held on longer, she relented and let go.

"I'll go play the MMO! Tell me when you're done!" Konata dashed to her computer with a feline grin on her face, settling into her chair and inputting a series of keystrokes and clicking. Starting the MMO, she quickly checked her action log and set off to do who knows what.

Before long, her cat-like smile had disappeared, and was replaced by a pout. "Sensei.." Muttering to herself, she typed furiously. After a couple of tense moments, she wailed with despair and logged out.
"Aw, Kagamiiii!"

"What is it now?" Kagami uttered, feeling frustrated beyond belief.

"Kuroi-sensei told me to go study, even though she knows that I only do all-nighters! She always does this!" Staggering theatrically out of her chair, Konata sobbed and threw herself onto Kagami, pushing the girl over and onto the floor.

"H-hey! Seriously! Get off!" Kagami struggled in vain, trying to rid herself of the weight. "You're so damn annoying! Go away!"

Forcing the girl off, Kagami sat up, furiously turning back to her work and ignoring the cries of the bluenette.

"Kagami, I just want to-" Konata's complaint was cut off.

"You just want someone to play with! It's like you don't even care about how I feel. All you care about is having fun, and you've been pestering me even though I'm obviously busy right now!" Kagami snapped at her aggressor.

"Don't say that, I do care about you!"

"I'm sure you do. As long as I do whatever you want and forsake my own needs, you're happy right?" Kagami snorted, not believing it.

"No! I care about your needs, I want you to be happy too! I'm sorry if I've been bothering you.. I'll stop." Apologized the blue-haired girl, hoping she hasn't gone too far. Her hopes were dashed.

"Are you just saying that to make me feel bad?" Kagami glared. She knew that if she let in, Konata would cheer up instantly and pretend none of this ever happened.
"Just stop talking. I really don't want to deal with you right now."

Pleading, the mischief in Konata's eyes was no longer present.
"I'm not saying that to make you feel bad.. I'm not that kind of person! I really-" She wanted to apologize, but her girlfriend was interrupted her.

"Konata, I know who you are! You only care about yourself, and to get what you want you're perfectly fine with bending us to your will!" Kagami whipped around, the menacing look in her eyes.. disappearing when she saw her friend.

"N-no.. I'm not.." Konata was shaking, stepping back slowly. "I.. I'm not a bad person! I care about you!" She was talking to herself more than Kagami at this point. Her voice was tinged with disbelief and desperation as she talked distractedly.

"Hey, Konata, I-" Kagami's voice was no longer angry, but gentle. Nevertheless, Konata cried out and ran for the door.

"S-sorry! I'll go!" Her voice and footsteps faded, and Kagami heard a loud thud come from outside.

"Hey! Wait!" Yelled Kagami, who ran after. Seeing her blue-haired lover fallen at the bottom of the stairs, she started after her. "Konata, are you okay?"

Rolling to her feet, Konata didn't stop to talk and instead grabbed her shoes, not even putting them on as she dashed out the door. By the time Kagami got to the door, she was gone. There weren't even footsteps.

"Konata! Konata, I'm sorry! Please come back! Please.. please.." Kagami cried desperately, quickly losing hope and sinking to her knees.
"No, no.. why am I such an idiot, what was wrong with me? Konata I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.."