Chapter 2:
We went to Konata's house after school. It was peaceful until a sight made the yuri gears in my head begin working again. We walked in on Minami looking after Yutaka. They must've gotten a ride back home. Considering Yutaka's frailty, it makes a lot of sense. The scene looked so perfect, I couldn't resist. I took out my sketchbook and drew like the wind. It gave me the perfect idea for a story where Minami's a nurse and has to 'treat' the sickly Yutaka. Right when I finished, I realized that Konata and Patty were looking over my shoulders the whole time.
Why do I look at my friends so perversely!? It's not right…but it feels strangely right to do…Konata and Patty started snickering at my reaction to noticing their eyes on my work.
"Don't be so embarrassed, Hiyori-san," Patty said, comforting me for some reason, "It looks really good."
"Yeah and this situation is perfect flag triggering material." Konata said triumphantly.
"Thanks guys," I said, enjoying the compliments and watching Yutaka be taken care of by Minami for a little bit longer. We all did, in fact, and I'm sure each of us was imagining some sort of story going on.
"Hm…good situation," A voice said that made us all jump. Sojiro was standing right next to us watching them both with us. He also had his camera, which was taking things a bit too far.
"Dad, don't sneak up on us like that," Konata said, startled, "And isn't the camera taking it a bit too far?"
"Hey, I was just taking pictures of other stuff and wanted to bug you guys," Sojiro said.
"Sure ya did," Konata said, "We're gonna go in my room okay?"
Sojiro tackled Konata in a hug and said, "Not without a hug from my cute little daughter!"
"Dad, get off, you're such a creep," Konata said, half giggling and smiling. She managed to break free and we went into Konata's room It was literally covered in figurines and collectables. I would expect nothing less from an otaku as high-caliber as Konata.
"Wow, you have so many collectables," Patty said with stars in her eyes, "You even have limited editions! These ones are only won in contests how did you get them!?"
"They're not hard to win, Patty-san, you just need a lot of love," Konata said. I just smiled as Patty practically teleported around the room looking at all of Konata's otaku collections with awe and amazement. I sat down on Konata's bed to allow Patty more room to explore.
"Help yourself to anything you wanna do, Hiyori, I have to make sure Patty doesn't explode from otaku joy," Konata said. I turned on Konata's PS2 and there was a fighter game in there. I played some rounds against the computer and, once Patty calmed down, we all had a few tournament rounds, with Konata always winning.
Some time had passed sitting in Konata's warm room. The game was still being played, but now we kind of stopped caring about playing it and just talked most of the time.
"Yutaka is so lucky," Patty said, "She has someone as nice as Minami to take care of her all the time." Patty started charging a special move.
"Yeah, wonder how long it'll take until they trigger some flags," Konata said deviously, pushing the combo buttons to counter Patty's moves and defeat her.
"Darn, I thought I had you this time!" Patty said, cutely upset.
"Yes! I am undefeated!" Konata said triumphantly as Patty handed me the controller and took my place on Konata's bed.
"Konata, you're assuming a lot of Yutaka, and of Minami," Patty said.
"What d'ya mean, Patty-san?" Konata asked, taunting my character before the fight. I did the same; it's more like watching a fight scene that way.
"Well, what if they're both just really close friends?" Patty asked.
"They're way to close for that," Konata said, "They act more together than the characters in my dating sims."
"I agree with Konata here, they give me way too many ideas," I said, a tad reluctantly, as Konata was beating me so easily.
"Konata, you're way too good at these games," Patty said as Konata unleashed a 20 hit combo that took out almost all of my character's remaining health.
"It's all in the combos, Patty-san," Konata said, flicking the joystick in a very dramatic way as her character uppercutted mine into oblivion. Then she sat there with her usual cat grin as I passed the controller to Patty and sat back on the bed.
"I'm gonna go get a drink, I'm kinda thirsty," I said, getting up, "You two want anything?"
"Yeah, something cold though, it's kinda hot today," Patty said.
"Same for me, I guess," Konata said. I went to get the drinks. It took awhile because I don't know much of the layout of things in Konata's fridge. It's like it's specifically designed to hide all beverages out of view. I poured three cups and put some ice in each. I got a plate like they would at a café and placed the cups on it. I walked into Konata's room and what I saw almost made me drop the tray.