Disclaimer: I seriously don't own Lucky Star, as much as I'd love to.

Chapter 4

Konata was confused. She knew what Kagami was hiding from her, but chose to act blissfully unaware. After all, she knew this had happened before. Except last time didn't end well, which Konata took the opportunity to step in and cheer her tsundere up. But this wasn't the point. The point was, Konata was confused. She actually stayed awake in class for once, too lost in her thoughts to fall asleep. She was vaguely aware that Tsukasa asked her something, but was too distracted to respond.

"This is Kagamin we're talking about. Knowing my tsundere, even if it's a love letter, she'll tell him no. Besides, no one really knows how to bring her deredere side out, aside from me." Konata smirked at that thought. "Looks like I have to play the waiting game. This event is something I definitely can't miss. It's too good to pass up. And a little teasing on the side won't hurt." She snickered out loud, causing Tsukasa to stare at her with a confused expression.

"Izumi! Is there something you would like to share with the class?" Konata thought for a moment before answering, usual cat smile in place. "I found a new drop?" She inwardly smiled wider as she successfully distracted her teacher from scolding her for not paying attention. Lucky for her, she really did find a new drop and would probably be showing it off to her teacher later anyways. Moments later, the bell for lunch rang and everyone scattered about to eat with their friends. The usual trio pushed their desks together and waited for their fourth member to show up. Konata pulled the usual chocolate cornet from her bag, since she woke up late after some intense gaming the night before and didn't have time to make herself lunch. After a few minutes, Konata turned to Tsukasa, confused once again.

"Hey where's Kagamin?" Tsukasa blinked and looked around, realizing herself that her twin was not there yet. "She should be here…"

"Perhaps her class lecture is running a bit longer than usual?" Miyuki offered. Konata nodded in agreement before munching on her cornet again. A moment later, Kagami finally walked through the door, a light blush still on her cheeks. "Enter: Blushing Tsundere!" The otaku thought while struggling to keep a smirk off her face.

"Sorry I'm late. My class got held up by something." She said as she sat next to Konata and Tsukasa. "It's alright, Kagamin. But you know…" Konata dramatically lowered her voice and leaned over to the confused tsundere. "...you're blushing." She whispered. Kagami's blush turned a darker shade and she turned her face away from the annoying otaku.

"I am not."

"You are too. Look! It's darker now!"

"Konata, why must you be annoying everyday?"

"I'm not being annoying. You're just more violent than usual." She smirked in victory and she watched Kagami sigh and glare at her before starting on her lunch. She looked over and almost laughed at Tsukasa and Miyuki's confused expressions. "This is turning out better than I thought."

The rest of the day went by smoothly for Konata. She felt rather accomplished for all the teasing she gave poor Kagami. "Judging from how things went today," she thought to herself, "She didn't talk to the boy today. Which must mean that they are going to meet tomorrow. All I need to do tomorrow is a little teasing here and there and then follow Kagamin for the big event." She nodded once to herself before opening her front door and letting herself in. After reaching her room, she threw her bag on the floor and changed into comfy clothes. Konata flopped onto her bed, ruffling her hair. She had to figure this thing out. It's just something that had to be done. Was her tsundere in love? Not her blushing Kagamin. No way. Even if she wasn't, though, something was going on. And she was going to figure it out, no matter what she had to do. For that, though, she would have to do some training.
"Right, then!" Konata said, more to herself than anyone. She swiftly crossed her room to her many teachers, who guided her in the ways of life: Katamari Damacy. Makai Tenshi Jibuiru. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi. She found the one she was looking for: one of her favorite spy games. She promptly popped it into her PlayStation and began her training. Several hours later, she felt she was fully prepared to take on any Black Ops mission that they could throw at her, including, but not limited to, spying on Kagamin outside her window and she planned to do just that. She threw open her closet door and grabbed everything in black that she could find. The closest thing to black in the way of her top was a black knit sweater with a giant, silver, shining kitty on the front. Curse you, grandma. It would have to do. The greatest tool in the spy's arsenal is her ability to improvise. Stun guns and lasers also help, but she didn't have any of those handy. She made a mental note to pick some up later. A half-hour later, Konata was lurking outside Kagami's house, peeking up at her window. Unfortunately for her, Kagami's room was on the second floor. But it wasn't going to stop the otaku on a mission. She climbed up a tree and after balancing on a rather thick branch, leaped over to the roof. After assuring she was on the right side, she leaned over the roof and peeked into Kagami's bedroom, her hands cupped against the glass, watching what she was doing. Kagami was idly scribbling into a notebook. Even from outside, Konata could hear the stereo blasting the tsundere's favorite singer.

"She must be really worrying about something..." Konata mumbled to herself. It was then that Kagami happened to peek out her window, and let out a very un-Tsundere-like girly scream. The scream quickly turned into a growl of anger and frustration. Kagami stormed over to her window and threw it open.

"If you were anyone else, I'd call the cops on you! Get in here before somebody else does." The otaku did as she was told. "Curses," she thought. "Mission compromised. Evasive maneuvers!" Konata dived onto Kagami's bed dramatically.
"Just what do you think you were doing?" Kagami demanded, her face flushed. She turned off the stereo. "I was worried about you, Kagamin. I just wanted to see if you were okay." Konata put on her irresistible puppy-dog eyes. Opposing agents stood no chance. Kagami let out a sigh. She'd learned to expect these kinds of antics from her otaku best friend. Her heart really was in the right place.

"I'm fine. Really. Now, just... go home and go to bed or something. Before my mom comes in. You aren't supposed to be here this late on school nights." The best spy always knows when to abort the mission. "Fiiiine." She sighed. And with that, she climbed out the window and started her journey back home.

Another day began and Konata was in high spirits. Her mission last night was one of her greatest plans yet. After poking fun at Kagami a few times on the way to school, she finally made it to class, eyes closed and the familiar cat smile on her face. After sitting through the usual lecture, occasionally poking Tsukasa with her pen to keep her awake, it was finally lunch. Her smile widened as she watched Kagami walk in, lunch in hand.

"Oh Kagamin! Come over and sit down with us!" Tsukasa and Miyuki blinked in confusion as Kagami sat down, staring suspiciously at Konata.

"Now what are you plotting?"

"Why is it I always have to be plotting something? I'm just being nice to you and you suspect me of something. I thought we were friends, Kagamin. I'm going to die of loneliness all beca-"

"Alright already. Give it a rest. Geez." Konata smirked and started on her lunch.

"So Kagamin," she started again. "When are you going to tell us about this boyfriend of yours, hm?" At that moment, Kagami started choking violently on her rice, causing Tsukasa to panic and pat her twins back.

"Kagami-san, you have a boyfriend? Oh how wonderful!" Miyuki said, big smile on her face.

"I-I don't have a boyfriend! Where do you hear these things!" Kagami shouted after regaining her ability to speak. "Aw, but Kagamin. Why else would you be blushing so much? It must be a boy! I'm almost positive!" She grinned innocently, but faltered a bit when she saw Kagami's angry glare.

"Listen Konata. I DO NOT have a boyfriend. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you of all people because you would tease the hell out of me! So just drop it!" Konata pouted and pretended to sniffle. "Well you don't have to be so mean about it. Geez Kagamin. I was only kidding."

Konata glanced over and watched as Kagami looked at the clock before turning to the group, smiling apologetically to everyone, but sending a glare in Konata's direction.

"Sorry I can't stay. I have to return to class early to help with something." Konata hid a grin. It was finally time for the even she's been waiting for. "But you've hardly touched your lunch." Miyuki pointed out, Tsukasa nodding next to her.

"It's alright. I wasn't very hungry anyways. Besides, I'm on a diet." Kagami gathered her things and stood up. "Well, I'll see you guys after school." And with that, she left the classroom. Konata quickly finished her cornet before standing up and telling the others she needed to do something. She followed behind Kagami quietly all the way to the roof of the school.

"It's amazing how she hasn't noticed I'm here yet. It's almost tempting to jump out at her and scare her." She smirked to herself. Konata hid around the corner and watched as Kagami opened the door.

"Ah Hiiragi-san. Thank you for coming." The boy smiled nervously and bowed as she shut the door to the roof behind her. Kagami smiled and stood in front of him.

"What is it you needed me for?" Konata cracked the door open enough to see what was going on. She could see the boy perfectly, but could only see Kagami's back.

"Well I wanted to tell you that… Um… I like you and I wanted… I was wondering if you would like to go out with me sometime." The boy nervously fidgeted about and attempted to stay strong. Konata couldn't see her expression, but could easily guess it to be shock and smirked to herself, knowing what was coming next.

"I'm sorry, but I can't." Kagami smiled apologetically at him. "I like someone else." Konata's victory was short lived after the last statement sunk in. She didn't hear the rest of what Kagami was saying as she shut the door and ran down the stairs, out to the back of the school. Konata knew no one came over here, so she sat down against the wall to catch her breath. It didn't make any sense. Her tsundere, her Kagami liked someone else. She thought everything over from the past couple of days, wondering where she went wrong. Did she really trigger that flag? From the way Kagami reacted to everything she had done, it had seemed like she also had feelings for her. Maybe she was wrong all along. Konata shook her head and smiled like everything was perfectly fine.

"As long as she's happy, right?" Even as she told herself that, she couldn't stop the inevitable feeling of heartbreak that threatened to consume her.

Author's note: Sorry for the delay. A lot of things came up, but I'm sure not a lot of people actually read this. For the record, I don't know where that came from, so don't kill me. -points to the end- It was my beta's idea, honest. I threw a couple ideas at him and he pick the emo Konata route. -coughs- Anyways, thank my beta for helping me with a lot of this. He cracks me up with some of the things he wrote. Oh and pocky. Pocky helped me write this too. Leave some love. :D