An Otaku's Dilemma Chapter 3
Unforseen Development
"I swear, Konata. If you ask me to feed you one more time, I am going to choke you." Kagami glared at the small otaku. Konata smirked and opened her mouth while pointing to it enthusiastically. She knew this was embarrassing Kagami in every way possible and she was enjoying every minute of it.
"But Kagamiiiin! I want you to feed me some of that delicious Taiyaki. I can be just like Ayu…Ugu…" Konata pleaded. Kagami got a vein pumping in her forehead. What was she going to do with this girl?
"There you go again with the anime references. For your information, Ayu was never actually fed, she stole Taiyaki by mistake and then was made to apologize for taking it! It seems you don't know as much as you thought!" Kagami yelled in a sudden outburst. She quickly covered her mouth while blushing slightly. Everyone in the restaurant was looking at her. Konata smiled while she reloaded her insult gun.
"Oh? You knew what I was talking about and even corrected me? Are you sure you're not really an otaku like me, Kagamin? You may be an even bigger one than me. Have you been holding back on me?" Konata said through her cat-like smirk. Kagami had now gone into fury mode and you could steam a bun from the amount of steam coming from her ears. She was NOT a fan of being embarrassed in public, especially by girls who still looked like they should be in middle school. She smirked, she knew Konata hated when people made fun of her height.
"Hey Konata, your birthday is coming up right?" Kagami asked. Konata perked up at this question.
"Oh Kagamin! You remembered!" Konata said while pulling the taller girl into a bear hug. Kagami was enjoying how this was going to end.
"Well I figured I could give you some of my old uniforms from middle school and elementary school. I mean you do like cosplaying, right? You could go around and be a little kid again. Nobody would question you because, I mean, look at you. You are short enough to be mistaken for at least an eleven or twelve year old." Kagami remarked. Konata's smile disappeared. She was now looking at Kagami with extreme sadness in her eyes. Kagami now felt a pang of guilt. She didn't mean to hurt the girls feelings that bad.
"Kagami…you would use my own birthday as a weapon against me? I would never do that to you, but somehow I am not surprised that you would stoop to that. You are the biggest Tsundere that I know after all. I'll see you later." Konata said quietly. She then stood up and walked out. The entire time, Miyuki and Tsukasa were watching with their mouths hanging open at the scene. They sat there for a couple of minutes before Tsukasa broke the silence.
"Sis, I think you went a little too far. You know that Kona-chan was just playing around and you really hurt her feelings. She does all of what she does out of affection, not out of spite. I think you should go find her and apologize to her." Tsukasa said while glaring at her sister. Miyuki nodded in agreement.
"Tsukasa is right, Kagami. Konata is easily the most fragile out of all of us. That is why she puts on such a strong front and is always playing around like she does. She is the closest to you and obviously cannot bear it when you really try to hurt her like you just did." Miyuki stated also glaring at Kagami. Kagami stepped back. She had never seen Miyuki with a glare on her face. She made a mental note to never make Miyuki truly angry with her.
"Alright, I'll go find her and apologize. I guess I did go a little to far." Kagami said slumping slightly. She walked out the restaurant and turned back to look at her sister and Miyuki. The two girls waved their hands forward in a shooing motion, signaling her to leave now. Kagami sighed and continued her path out of the restaurant.
"Man, why did she have to say those things to me? She knows I'm sensitive about the way I look like a kid. I know this and I know I act like one a lot of the time, but I only do that to keep myself upbeat." Konata said kicking a rock that lay at her feet. She felt terrible that she had pushed Kagami so far. She did admit that she was doing it a lot more since earlier. Maybe it was because of the feelings she now knew she had for the girl.
"I guess I should apologize to her. I should probably stop teasing her so much. I also need to figure out how I'm going to tell her." Konata said.
"Tell me what?" She heard a voice ask. Konata froze. She turned around to see Kagami standing about 3 feet from her. How long had she been standing there listening to her talk to herself?
"Uh…heh heh…Hi, Kagamin. How long have you been standing there exactly?" Konata asked the purple haired girl. Kagami just shook her head.
"I just heard you say you had to tell me something. So? What is it?" The girl asked. Konata started stuttering and fumbling her words. Kagami thought this was odd. She was usually composed and hardly ever got flustered about anything.
"Um…Kagami, I'm sorry about before. I went to f-" Konata started to say but was stopped by Kagami placing a finger to the smaller girl's lips.
"No, Konata. I'm sorry. I should never have used the subject you are most sensitive about against you. I know that I was wrong and I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Kagami said sweetly. Konata had tears suddenly well up in her eyes and crushed the other girl in a hug. Kagami smiled at the crying girl and place a hand on her head.
"Kagami? I have something to tell you. I just realized this recently but I-" Konata was cut off by Kagami forcing herself away from the small girl holding her head like she was in pain.
"What's going on?" Kagami asked. Her vision suddenly went blurry and she got a sharp pain in her head.
"Kagami, are you alright? Hey, Kagami! Answer me!" Konata yelled at the other girl. Kagami stumbled forward and fell to her knees. What was wrong with her? She had never felt anything like this before.
"Konata…I'm…Sor-" Kagami said. She was not able to finish her statement as she slipped into a deep sleep.
"KAGAMI!"
AUTHORS NOTES:
Well here is the third chapter. I promise I am trying to write this as well as I can so please bear with me. I am also having a ton of things go on at work so I am having to work on this in between projects.
-Echoesofmercy
