Who's that girl with Konata and why is she dressed so... colorfully? Kagami thought once she saw Konata with a unfamiliar, pink-haired girl in bright clothing.

"Over here!" Konata shouted, waving at them to get their attention.

Kagami let out a small sigh and thinks, Let's see what she wants.

Her sister, Tsukasa, seem to just notice the unfamiliar girl when Tsukasa said, "Konata, who's this?"

"Everyone meet... It's Hope, right?" Konata ask the girl, making her nod.

Did you just met her? Kagami thought, wondering what kind of plan her blue-haired friend have in store for them.

"Hope meet my friends, Miyuki Takara, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Kagami Hiiragi." Konata said, introducing her friends to the new girl as her friends sit down with them.

"H-Hi." Hope said, sounding a little shy as she gave them a small wave.

There was some silence between them until Miyuki said, "Konata, why did you ask us to be here?"

"The greatest thing is going to happen to us. Hope, show them." Konata said.

Hope moved her necklace without removing it, showing them five backstage passes. Konata grab the tickets to give her friends a closer look of them, while at the same time choking Hope, and said, "Backstage passes to the Vocaloids concert!"

"Konata, you can't force someone to give us those passes. Also, you're choking her!" Kagami shouted.

The blue haired girl notice Hope's face have turn into the same shade of blue as her hair from the lack of oxygen, and Konata quickly let go of the passes.

"Sorry." Konata said, scratching the back of her head.

"It's okay. I know it was just an accident." Hope said with a nervous chuckle.

But she almost killed you. Kagami thought in a deadpan tone.

"Hope, you don't have to give those passes to us." Kagami said to her. "You can just use them on your own friends."

"But um... My friends doesn't live anywhere near here and I wanted to make some new friends while I'm on my vacation away from home." Hope said, scratching the back of her head.

"And we're her friends now." Konata said, wrapping an arm around Hope's shoulders.

"We barely know her! Tell me one thing you know about her." Kagami said.

"She likes horror games and the Phoenix Wright series."

"A little more personal information than her interests."

"Her dad left her and her mom when she was young."

"Okay... Now that's a little too personal."

"I-It's okay." Hope said, feeling a bit nervous.

Konata turn to Kagami and ask, "Now can we go to the concert?"

"Okay. You've proven you know Hope, but the rest of us doesn't know much about her." Kagami said, looking at her friend's face.

"Kagami, why do you want to ruin our fun?" Konata ask, tilting her head a little.

"I'm not trying to ruin our fun! It's just that I don't feel right about taking passes from a person we barely even know."

"Then we'll all hang out with Hope until the concert. That'll be enough time to know more about her."

"That sounds like a good idea." Tsukara said.

Kagami sighed and said, "I guess we can do that."

"Great!" Konata said.

I guess I don't have a say in this. Hope thought, sweatdropping.

"So Hope, where are you staying during your vacation?" Konata ask.

"Right now, nowhere." Hope said, looking at ground. "But I think I have enough money for a room at a hotel until the concert is here, then I'll be off to somewhere else for my vacation."

"Don't waste your money on something like that. You can stay at my place." Konata said.

"Are you sure? I don't want to bother you and your family."

"I'm sure my dad won't mind if I let a person sleep at our place. I hope you don't mind sleep on the floor in my room."

"Um... Let's see how will it turns out, Konata." Hope said with a somewhat awkward smile.

Kagami sweatdropped and thought, I bet Konata is just being nice to her because she really wants to go to that Vocaloid concert.