Minami found herself at Yutaka's residence in the dead of night. Her heart pounding in her chest as she prepared herself to face the one girl she had always loved. Deciding to go the bad boy route she had been undoubtedly setting herself up for she chose to first try tossing small pebbles at her window.

After ten throws to no reply she started to loose her faith as to how well this could actually work with a semi heavy sleeper like Yutaka. She stood for a few minutes longer, wondering if perhaps the small girl had just not yet reached the window.

She took the moment to gaze up at the stars and smell the cool night air around her, it was a refreshing smell of lightly moist grass. She felt oddly at peace with herself. Thinking that perhaps she would be able to finally reach out to the girl she had cared about for so long, and, perhaps, that she could love her back.

A smile breached her face.

But after loosing her patience waiting for the red head she decided that, following her previous behaviour, she should climb the small building and clamber in through the window. It wasn't nearly as hard as she thought it would be. She took her time scaling the water drain up towards Yutaka's bedroom. Once there she decided first to knock, thinking it rude to just barge in.

But to no avail. Holding herself up with one arm she opened the nearby window with the other, and climbed inside. She wasn't surprised to find that the room was pitch black, it was after all the middle of the night. But as she walked across the hardwood floor she noticed that something was in fact wrong with this picture. The gentle light of the moon lit the room just enough for the mint haired boxer to make out the crisp outline of Yutaka's perfectly made bed.

She examined it, corners tucked in, stuffed animal's in neat little rows near the head and foot of the bed. Hell the pillows didn't even look as if they'd been layed down on or even patted. Minami was confused to say the least. Annoyed at most. Where would Yutaka be in the middle of the night during the weekday? The only possible answers infuriated her.

She then heard a light tapping on the door that made her freeze. She looked around for a place to hide, but found nothing and was forced to stand there as the door slowly creaked open, thinking quickly she snatched a small stuffed animal from the bed. Konata's face was the one to appear, her eyes drearily tired looking and her hair matted from not yet going to bed.

"What's going on in here- uh" She stopped herself short as she saw Minami standing in the center of the room, looking frightened at first but then regaining her composure.

"Hello Izumi-san." Minami started, her voice reverting back to its usual hushed and soft tone. "Yutaka left this at my house some time back." She explained holding up the stuffed teddy bear with the frilly pink bow. "I had been hoping not to cause a ruckus by using the key Yutaka gave me but it seems I have been unsuccessful." She said, giving her fake apology before bowing in an attempt at sincerity.

Konata smirked. "Oh well that's all well and good." She said, flapping her hand around in a gesture meant to mean that all was forgiven.

"You must not have got the memo, Yutaka's over at Misao's place, I'm pretty sure she's staying the night." Konata snickered. Thinking about Yutaka's current rambunctious promiscuity.

"Oh." Minami said, feeling something inside her snap as she put on a false smile. "Where is Kusakabe-sans place?" She asked, trying to be as unsuspicious as possible. Konata cocked her head, unsure of whether or not to divulge the information to the girl currently standing in the dark, teddy suddenly clutched rather roughly in her hand as she smiled an unnatural smile.

"Why?" Konata asked, her suspicions growing.

Minami thought for a moment, trying to come up with a plausible solution to why exactly she would need Yutaka's whereabouts at that very moment. Her sharp mind suddenly turned to the teddy she was squeezing the life out of. She lifted it for Konata to see.

"Yutaka said she has trouble sleeping without it, I was busy tonight which is why I came at such a late hour." Minami lied. She kept the bear up, hoping to have convinced the tired otaku.

Konata gave a light heart-ed smirk. "Oh Minami always looking out for Yu-chan, such a good friend." She said, her eyes closing to their usual relaxed state. "I'll write you down some directions in my room okay?" She said before turning and ushering Minami to follow.

Minami could not believe her luck as she walked down the street with bear in one hand and directions to Misao's in another. She took in the clear night sky as she tried to calm her nerves. Her mind was racing as she tried to come up with some reason for Yutaka to be there. Her and Misao had never had much contact before, they weren't close friends, they didn't have the same classes, hell, Misao wasn't even a well enough rounded student to tutor her.

After what seemed like hours Minami came upon the address that matched her paper. Ever curious she paced the front of the house, staring it down. No lights on in the front, so unassumingly everyone was asleep, but for further measure she decided to hop the fence leading to their back yard.

All it took was one mighty swing up and she was firmly on the ground in their back yard. She watched the house's windows and kept her body low, hoping for the Kusakabe residence not to have a dog. As she reached the back of the abode she was greeted with an unsavoury picture. There in the top room window to the leftmost of the house was a lit window, curtains open, and a bare pale back pressed against the glass.

Minami stood there for so long most would assumed she'd been glued to the spot, her chest started to heave as she watched the figure writhe about, It's cherry red hair bouncing as if it were being pounded against what it was leaning against.

With the turn of her face Minami could see it was indeed Yutaka, moaning in delight with a knuckle in her teeth. She opened her eyes but for a moment, and turned to look back, assumingly to gauge whether or not she was harming the window, or perhaps because she had felt Minami's ice blue gaze on her.

Green eyes met blue. And with that Minami dropped the stuffed toy and huffed away from the light of the window, seething.