Konata felt like she wanted to fall fast asleep, but what else was new? She watched the door as, one by one, students started to pour into the classroom, sitting at their assigned desks. Ms. Kuroi was late. Again.
But then, that's why most students arrived late themselves. To give her time to show up. Konata sighed as Tsukasa took her spot at the desk next to hers.
"Hey, Tsukasa, do you ever get in the shower and find that you can't get out?" Konata asked, staring off into the distance.
Tsukasa glanced over at her as she dug out a pencil and notepad for taking notes. "What do you mean?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Like, do you get in the shower, and say, once you turn on the hot water, realize it feels really good? So good that you don't want to get out, I mean."
Konata burrowed her head into her arm as she laid it down on her desk, feeling her eyes droop just a bit.
"Now that you mention it," Tsukasa started, looking up at the ceiling, "that does happen to me sometimes. But it's all just a matter of self-control, isn't it? Like sweets. Once you have one you really want more, but you have to know when to stop."
Konata hummed, seemingly thinking about it more than she probably should have been. "I suppose." She suddenly raised her head up as Miyuki walked by her to sit at the desk positioned in front of hers. "Oh! Miyuki, what about you? Do you ever have trouble getting out of the shower?"
Tsukasa turned to focus on Miyuki, the pink haired girl putting a finger to her chin in thought as she sat down. It was a physical habit of hers that just seemed to fit so well. She pushed her glasses up and smiled sheepishly, placing a hand on her cheek.
"I hate to admit it," Miyuki said with a slight blush, "but the only reason I'm this late is because I spent an extra ten minutes in the shower this morning."
Konata felt her heart explode just from the simple hand gestures. "That really isn't fair!" she thought.
"It does make sense," Miyuki continued, "when you're warm you're more susceptible to being lazy, so of course when you take a warm shower you'll feel like falling asleep; or at the very least not getting out."
Tsukasa and Konata nodded as Ms. Kuroi barged into class, fixing her tie and trying to appear as professional as possible. Though her hair was a mess.
"Sorry I'm so late," she said, "I woke up late and then I just couldn't get out of the shower for some reason."
Konata, Tsukasa, and Miyuki sweat dropped as Ms. Kuroi rubbed the back of her head, sorry that she didn't have a better excuse.