Friendship

"Your going somewhere again?!" Konata complained

"I'm sorry"

"You don't spend alot of time with me you know, we are dating aren't we?"

"That's a pretty blunt way to put it..."

"But we are right?" Konata pouted "Your not cheating on me are you?"

"I would never do that!" I exclaimed in shock

"But we haven't even been on a date in weeks!"

"We see each other at school and at home everyday you know..."

"But it's not the same!"

It was now Monday, the third day of golden week. I had told Konata that I had to go somewhere today with my friends, as I wanted to search up this "Hiroki .Y" that I had found yesterday but Konata was apparently, getting slightly annoyed

"Ok ok, we can hang out today" I replied

"Yay! I knew you would understand" Konata said as she ran up and hugged me.

To get my point accross that I had agreed, I tilted her head up and gave her a soft kiss on her lips.

"See? You know you like it" Konata giggled

"Just let me call my friends and tell them I can't come along" I said as I went up to my room.

I stayed in my room for a minute and pretended to have a conversation. During this, I thought about what we would do. I sighed as I saw what probably lied ahead. My wallet getting pretty lonely was what I foresaw.

I went back downstairs to see Konata sitting in front of the TV, flipping through the channels

"When do you want to leave?"

"Give me 15 minutes" Konata replied as her eyes were glued to the TV

"I'm pretty sure what your watching isn't the news" I said as I sat next to her, and of course she was watching an anime that I hadn't seen before

"What kind of anime is this?" I asked

"A mecha-anime" Konata replied without looking at me

"Is it interesting?"

"It's unique" she replied

I sat and watched with Konata for the remainder of the show, as the ending theme ended Konata got up

"Ok let's go" she said as she ran out the door

"Why is she so full of energy?" I asked the wall "Then again it's part of what makes her cute"

I ran out and chased Konata, eventually catching up to her and grabbing her hands.

"Where do you think you're going?" I laughed

"I wanted to get away from your ugly face" she smirked

"Arent you the one who was begging me to come with you?"

"Hmph"

We walked around aimlessly until we found ourselves at the park Shiinchi and I always met at. We walked to the bench and sat down.

"What time is it?" Konata asked

"You have your cellphone"

"Well I'm too lazy to look at it" she replied as she put her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes.

I looked at the watch in my hand. "It's 11:40" I replied

"Mm, so sleepy" Konata said sleepily

"When did you go to sleep last night?" I asked, I was pretty sure she slept later then 3AM

"Huh? Sleep? I didn't" she replied

"Why did I know you would say something like that?" I said but Konata was already asleep.

"Why does she have to fall asleep in the middle of a park?" I asked the birds around us

As i closed my eyes amd thought about going to sleep with Konata, my phone vibrated which jolted me back into full conciousness

"Hello?"

"Don't believe everything you hear and choose your allies wisely" said a oddly familiar voice

"What!?" I loudly whispered but the line was already dead.

I was baffled by this call. I thought about where I had heard the voice before...

"Its the same person who gave me that call when the rebels attacked Sojiro!" I suddenly exclaimed

"Huh? What?" Konata sleepily mumbled

"no it's nothing" I said softly

"Oh ok" she replied as she fell back asleep

I sighed as I rested my head on Konatas head, why was a man I didn't know calling me every so often and telling me strange things? The first time he called me, it had sounded like a threat but this call had sounded more like a warning or advice

"I think my life is one of the more complicated lives in history" I thought as I myself drifted off into sleep

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I yawned as I looked around the park. It was still light so I guessed it was sometime during the afternoon. I looked at my watch to see that it was 2:32 right now.

"Konata, you might want to wake up now" I said as I lightly shook her awake

"Huh? What time is it? Where am I? Why am I here?" she asked while yawning

"Do you really not remember where you are?"

"Oh ya we fell asleep at the park, now what time is it?"

"2:33 now" I replied

"Well let's get going, I'm starving!" Konata yelled as she hopped off the bench and started running

"How is she so energetic? She woke up like 30 seconds ago..." I said as I ran up to Konata

"I want to eat some hamburgers" Konata declared as she walked towards a diner

"My wallets going to get lonely isn't it?"

As I sat down next to Konata, I saw the many diffrent foods up on display and felt my mouth water.

"Guess I was hungry" I muttered

"Ooh I want to eat that!" she said while pointing to the juiciest, biggest hamburger there was.

"I hope your going to pay for that..." I said while already mourning the significant gap that would appear in my wallet

"Actually I was going to buy for both of us" she replied with a smile

"How surprising" I said, genuinely surprised

"Anyways I'm going to order this 2/3rd pound cheeseburger" Konata announced

"Sure, I'll get this chicken sandwich then" I said as I looked through the menu myself

In the end however, I ended up buying a hamburger too. As we waited for our food, Konata suddenly asked

"Do you remember the day I first saw you?"

"Ya you mean the day you found me on your sidewalk?"

"Yup, that day"

"So what about it?" I asked

"Actually, the previous night I had a strange dream. In that dream I remember that I was being taken away and being put into this machine or device or something" she said in a slightly sad voice

"But then a man came and saved me, that man... Looked alot like you kisa-kun" she said with a smile

"And then the same day, I meet, well save, you and from the very beggining I thought that you would be a part of my life and that you would probably be protecting me" she finally said as she hugged me

"Well I don't know exactly how I should respond but I want you to know that I will never let anything bad happen to you" I said as I stroked her hair

"Thanks, I'm going to remember those words" Konata softly said

Just then our food came so we started eating. After we finished and paid, we left the diner and went to a nearby mall.

As Konata went wandering into one of the game stores, I stood outside by a necklace and accesory booth. A particular necklace had caught my attention and I was now looking at it. It was one of those "friendship" necklaces where two people would get one half of it. I thought about buying it and finally decided to buy one in the shape of a ying-yang.

After I had bought the necklace, I walked into the store Konata was in to see her standing in front of the PC games section, staring intently at two games in each hand.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I walked up to her

"I don't have enough money to buy both..." she said "They both cost about ¥5000 and I only have about ¥9000"

"Here, I'll buy one of them for you" I offered

"Really?" Konata asked as she looked up at me

"Sure, you bought lunch anyways" I replied as I took out my wallet

"Thanks so much kisa-kun!" Konata squealed as she jumped up and hugged me tightly

"Oh ya, if your going to buy that can you also buy these two?" Konata said as she shoved 2 more games into my hands "Thanks"

"Sigh, I knew she wouldn't be modest and just be glad I bought her one..." I said as I paid for the 3 games which came to a total price of... ¥14,800 "That just took a huge chunk out of my wallet..."

As I walked out of the mall with Konata, I wondered what we would do for the rest of the evening. We could go home early, we could go watch a movie or we could just go take a walk.

"Hey Konata, what do you want to do now?" I asked then listed the 3 things we could do

"Let's go home, leave our stuff and go on a nice walk" Konata replied as she started walking off

We walked home while talking about whatever came to mind. As we came to our home, I quickly glanced at my watch to see that it read 5:28.

"Well we can have a nice long walk" I thought as we went in our home and left our purchases on the kitchen table and told Sojiro that we would be back in a hour or two. While Konata grabbed a quick drink, I took the necklace I had bought and put it in my pocket.

"Ok let's-a-go!" Konata cheered as she grabbed my hands and ran out the door, giving me barely enough time to lock the door.

We walked together in silence, simply enjoying each others presence. This was a time when silence was golden, speech was silver. After walking for awhile, we found ourselves at the bench we had been sleeping on earlier.

"We seem to like this bench" I remarked as I sat down

"It's a nice scene and it's pretty isolated so not many people to bother us." Konata replied as she laid down on her side and rested her head on my lap, looking up at me.

"You look cute with those eyes" I remarked

"That's the whole point" Konata laughed as she turned her head to see the scenery around us. "Sure is beautiful today"

I simply nodded as I fiddled with Konatas magnificintly long blue hair.

"What are you thinking right now?" I asked Konata

"nothing really, just thinking how lucky I was to find you" Konata replied

"I sometimes think, what was my life like before this all happened? Where did I live? What was I like? Or what my old friends would think when I suddenly disapeared" I said

"I'm sure this life is better" Konata said as she pulled my face in for a deep kiss

"Your trying your best to prove yourself right aren't you?" I asked after I finally pulled away for air

"I try" Konata replied

"Hey can you sit up and close your eyes for a second?" I asked

Nodding, Konata sat up and closed her eyes. I pulled half of the necklace from my back pocket and placed it into Konatas hand, slowly closing her fists around the chain.

"You can open your eyes now"

Konata looked at the necklace in her hand and gave me a questioning look

"It's a friendship necklace, I have the other half and I just wanted to say that I would always be with you, just like I've promised" I explained "I thought it would be nice to have something physical and tangible that kept my promise"

"Thank you" Konata said with a slight blush and a smile

"No need for thanks" I replied as I took my half out and put it on, then taking the necklace out of Konatas had, I put it around her neck and joined the two pieces together.

"See? It fits perfectly, just like us" I said while laughing

Konata smiled and rested her head on my shoulder while holding onto my hands.

"I love you" I said softly

"I know, and I love you too" Konata replied

Suddenly my phone rang, completely ruining the mood

"Gah, who Is it?!" I asked the phone as I flipped it open

"Hello?"

"Kisashi, where are you? It's 7PM and I told you that I would have dinner by 7:15" Sojiros voice said

"Oh, sorry Sojiro!" I exclaimed as I realized how late it was getting "Konata and I'll head home right now" I said as I hung up

Konata was already walking ahead when she also realized the time. I ran up to her and we ran back home together, wondering what dinner would be.

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Author: a decently lengthed chapter if you ask me

Konata: what IS for dinner anyways?

Kisashi: isn't it the chicken curry that everyone loves?

Konata: oh boy!

Co-author gfryry: you were late on this chapter (-.-)

Author: well sorry, Ive been getting about 2-3 hours of sleep for the last week and I'm probably going to get 3 hours of sleep tonight too

Elwakawaka: oh ya and I think your 4-coma sucked, too cartoony

Author: it's supposed to be cartoony and funny, it's a comedy section

Elwakawaka & Co-Author gfryry: well it wasn't comedious!