SketchFox here, thanks to everyone who's reading this story. So here's the second chapter. Enjoy!!

Misao poked around curiously in her friend's room. "Hiraagi, don't you got anything good to read?" A stress mark made its appearance on Kagami's brow. "Misao, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STUDYING!!!"

The fanged girl cringed at Kagami's roar of anger. "OK OK, sheesh. Is this how you treat your girlfriend, Hiraagi?" Kagami lifted a perfunctory eyebrow. "My girlfriend?" Misao nodded. "Come on, Hiraagi. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. Chibikko, ya know. Izumi?"

Kagami gawked at the tanned girl, then buried her head in her hands. "Oh God," she muttered. "I have enough to deal with at school without all of this."

Ayano smiled sympathetically at the pig-tailed girl. "Misao, stop torturing Kagami. We're supposed to be studying." Misao pouted, but returned to the small table at which they were studying.

Kagami clutched Ayano's hands, tears shining in her eyes. "Ayano, you're the only one that I can trust and rely on." The orange-haired girl sweat-dropped. "Uh, thank you?" "Hey!" Misao pointed to herself. "What about me?!"

Kagami looked flatly at the tanned girl. "What about you?" Misao slung and arm aound the tsundere. "Aw, you know you love me. But it's okay if you don't want to tell me." Kagami sighed. This is going to be one LOOONG study session.

Konata hummed as she single-handedly demolished a group of ogres. "Heh heh, you'll never defeat me!!" She turned as she heard a soft knock on her door. "Come in."

Yutaka entered the room, holding her homework in front of her. "Onee-chan, I'm having some trouble with my math. If it's not too much trouble, could you help me?"

Konata froze, paling. "I…uh…this…" Her mind screamed at her to find an excuse, so as not to disappoint the small figure standing at her door. "I'm actually working on something myself, so maybe you could arrange a study session with Minami-chan or something and the two of you could work out any problems that you encounter." Her hands gestured wildly as she babbled, hoping that Yutaka would buy her excuse.

Yutaka smiled, beaming happiness. "Arigato Onee-chan, Thanks for all your help. I'll go call Minami-chan right now." Bowing slightly, she exited her cousin's room. Leaving behind a extremely guilty Konata. No… I really don't deserve your praise…

"…and then she asked me if I could help her with her homework! How on earth am I supposed to do that?!"

"Uh, Izumi-sempai?"

"Hmm?"

"Why are you calling me about this? Shouldn't you be calling Hiraagi-sempai or Takara-sempai?"

"Ah, Kagamin just called me and idiot and slammed the phone down on me. That should so totally be labeled as domestic violence. Tsukasa's not much use in this field of knowledge and Miyuki wasn't home."

"Sempai, would you say that you were the male or female in your relationship with Hiraagi-sempai?"

"Mm, I would say that I was the wife. Kagamin seems more suited to be the husband."

"Hai, hai. Arigato Izumi-sempai."

"You're drawing the two of us together right this instant, aren't you?"

"…Hai. Please, Sempai. This is the most beautiful thing ever!!"

"Heh heh. Worry not, young grasshopper, you have my blessings. Show it to me when you're done though."

And that concluded her phone call. Konata sighed as she put down the phone and returned to her game. "OMG!! I'm DEAD?! When did that happen?!"

Meanwhile, halfway through her study session, Kagami shivered as a chill ran down her spine. Ayano looked at her concernedly while doing her very best to comfort Misao over a fallen cookie. "What's wrong? Don't worry Misao, there's lots more cookies."

Kagami grimaced. "I get the feeling that someone's talking about me…and not in a good way." Ayano could only nod sympathetically as she now had to pin Misao to the ground, preventing her from devouring the tainted cookie.

At the sound of the scuffling behind her, Kagami turned. What she saw made her turn a nice shade of red. Ayano was bent over Misao, pinning her to the floor, their faces close together. "A-Ayano?"

The orange-haired girl looked up. "Yes?" Kagami was pointedly averting her gaze. "Er, do you mind getting off Misao now? That looks kinda wrong."

The two girls immediately leapt apart, each blushing heavily. Kagami lifted an eyebrow at their reactions. Hmm, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something else going on between them. "Neh Ayano, are you sure you have a boyfriend cuz' the two of you seem pretty cozy together…"

She then mentally slapped herself at that little bit of Konata that slipped from her lips. Thankfully, her two friends were too busy stammering out denials to pay much attention to that. Konata's rubbing off on me…

It then occurred to her that they had never even seen Ayano's boyfriend. Kagami wondered what type of person he was. After a few seconds of pondering, she nodded, her mind made up. "It's settled then."

Misao and Ayano stopped their flow of denials to look at her confusedly. "What's settled?" Ayano asked cautiously, not liking the determined expression on the tsundere's face.

Kagami looked at her with a wide grin on her face. "You're gonna introduce your boyfriend to us." "EEEHH?!"

"So then I told her that she ought to introduce her boyfriend to us."

"I'm more curious about how often I've been rubbing off on Kagamin."

"…Somehow, coming from you, that just sounds really perverted."

"It's a talent, Kagamin. It's a talent."

"That wasn't a compliment, you idiot!! Argh...So have you finished your homework yet?"

"…Kagamin~"

"No. Absolutely not."

"You haven't heard me out yet!!"

"I know you well enough to know what you're gonna ask!!"

"What if I offer to do something you in return?"

"You're probably just gonna offer to take me to some sort of anime/manga store or something."

"Noooo."

"What else do you have to offer?"

"How about I do a lap-dance for you?"

In her room, Kagami choked on her water, spitting it halfway across the room. She gawked at the phone the she held in her hand, hardly believing her ears as a bright flush made its way across her cheeks. The idea of her otaku friend giving her a lap-dance was disturbing, yet strangely enjoyable.

"D-Don't be stupid!!"

"Ooh, did that silence mean that Kagamin was thinking about it?"

*CLICK*

"Hmm, I'll take that as a yes."

Slamming the phone down, Kagami glared at it, cheeks still tinted pink. Either she was paranoid or Konata's teasing had gotten a lot more provocative over the last two days. No, that was impossible. She pondered this as she prepared for her bath.

The remarks were just the same as always, except something had changed. Her own reactions towards the teasing had changed. Clothes fell from suddenly nerveless hands. "Oh God, I'm in love with my best friend."

How could she have been so thick?! All the signs pointed towards falling in love. Extensive blushing at Konata's usual teasing, thoughts tending to wander into rather dangerous grounds when around her, there was no doubt about it. She was in love with Konata Izumi. The question was, what was she going to do about it?

"What the hell am I going to do about this?" Kagami began pacing back and forth the length of her room. What could she do? Confess? That was out of the question, she wasn't even sure if her current feelings were returned. Flirt back? She wasn't even sure if she could. There was only one thing left to do. Pretend that nothing was wrong.

"Yes, that does seem to be the best thing to do right now. It's not as if there's anything else left to do." Kagami mused to herself. Sighing, she gathered up her fallen clothes, getting ready for her bath, already mentally preparing herself for the next day.

SketchFox here!! And our favorite tsundere finally realizes her feelings for Konata!! It's about time anyways. Please leave reviews or I will eat you. Thank you.