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Chapter 1: Silent Newcomer
Konata and Tsukasa were hanging out together during the lunch break. As usual they were waiting for their friends Miyuki and Kagami to arrive.
"Is something wrong Konata?" Tsukasa asked.
While she wasn't always one to understand the gist of things, even Tsukasa could understand that Konata wasn't her usual self today. The otaku was usually dozing off from staying up at night playing net games. Instead however, she seemed almost restless.
"Hey Tsukasa, have you ever felt that you're being watched?" asked Konata.
"What do you mean?" Tsukasa responded in panic. Konata's question felt like something that belonged in her anime and manga, which made it awkward to answer. But when Tsukasa noticed that Konata was staring at a girl at the back of the classroom, she could almost see what she meant.
"That girl has occasionally been staring at me for the past couple of days. Every time I turn towards her, she seems to stare at her desk. It's getting kind of creepy." Konata explained. The girl she was talking about could have been mistaken for anyone else, given her clean brown ponytail. The only thing that was distinctive about her were her deep yellow eyes and blank expression.
"Do you know her?" Tsukasa asked in curiosity.
"Hmmmm. Come to think of it, I met her once at the cosplay cafe I work at. I was serving her while cosplaying as Haruhi Suzumiya. She was taking her time ordering so I had to yell at her to keep in-character. She did eventually order but when I came back to serve her, she laid her head on the table and cried. I had to keep in character because I was still on duty, so I berated her. It was the first time I had been faced with such a situation." Konata explained. Tsukasa seemed to feel sorry for the girl.
"People can cry over the most absurd things. I remember when Tsukasa used to cry over ice cream she spilled, or when she tripped over from running." Kagami proclaimed remorselessly.
"Sis!" Tsukasa responded with a gesture of embarrassment on her face. While the three girls were conversing with each other, Miyuki walked up to them and sat down at her usual place.
"Oh hey Miyuki." Konata was the first to greet her.
"Hello Kona-chan." Miyuki greeted her back. Shortly afterwards, Konata returned to staring at the girl she had mentioned to Tsukasa.
"What's wrong Konata? You're not usually the type to stare around like that." Kagami pointed out. Being used to Konata's antics, Kagami would be the first one to notice if Konata was acting differently.
"Konata said that girl over there keeps staring at her but looks away every time Konata tries to look at her. She might be mad at Konata since she made her cry at work." Tsukasa told Kagami.
"Konata making someone else cry! What on earth did you do to make that happen?" Kagami asked teasingly. She was trying very hard to hold back her laughter, which Konata noticed in frustration.
"It was a part of Haruhi's character! Cosplaying is serious business, you never give into emotional provocation!" Konata boldly declared.
"No wonder. How do cosplay cafes even stay in business if they treat customers in the way anime characters would?" Kagami responsively questioned. From her experience at the cosplay cafe Konata worked at, she could almost feel for the girl that Konata was talking about.
"Compared to a regular cafe, being served by a maid is a experience! But anyway, I treated all customers the same way while cosplaying as Haruhi Suzumiya, but that girl is the first one to ever cry over it. It's funny though, you don't ever see people cry over that kind of stuff in anime and manga." Konata pointed out.
"The girl you served may have been sensitive to your behavior. Perhaps she shows interest in our conversation, but can't put forth her feelings through words or action." Miyuki stated.
"That's...odd." said Konata.