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"Just because she's interested in dojin, doesn't make Hiyori-chan crazy!" Konata shouted angrily. Hiyori got tears in her eyes, and ran out of the cafeteria. Konata made to run after her, but suddenly, the curtains on the stage rose, revealing a group of boys, surrounded by instruments. The boy that Konata immediately recognized, despite his slightly frightening new look, was a boy in the front. He had a small mohawk sticking out of the top of his hair. Thankfully, e still had the rest of his hair. Going down the back of his head, was more black hair, that had been made into spikes, like a porcupine. He had both ears pierced, along with his nose. He wore black pants, and a white shirt with a black skull on it.
"Atara-kun."
Konata froze, as Atarashi spoke to the crowd.
"Hello everybody, my name is Atarashi, and this is my band "The Flying Skulls." He introduced. "Today, we'll be starting off with one of my favorite songs, then we'll take requests from you. Please enjoy, and welcome to Ryōō High School." Atarashi replaced the mike on its stand, and strapped on his guitar.
"This song is called "Welcome to my Life."
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Konata couldn't bear to hear anymore. She ran out the door, thinking about how she could deal with Atarashi later, but right now, Hiyori needed her. She ran down the hall, looking down any hallway that might have Hiyori running down it. She turned down a random hallway, to see a quick cloud of black hair, whip around the corner. She ran with the athletic speed that she had been born with, sprinting as fast as she could, she turned to see the same thing, a flash of black, turning a corner. After running for about 5 minutes straight, Konata stopped and sat. She was tired, and she couldn't chase Hiyori much longer.
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"Oh, crap the bell. Well, I'm sure Ms. Kuroi will understand." Konata thought for a long time where Hiyori might have run off to, and she still had yet to think of something, when she looked up to see a poster.
"Enter the school art fair, winner receives the grand prize of 89800 yen! ($1000 to any Americans reading this) So artists, get out your pad, and make us a winner!"
Konata stared at it and then it struck her, like the proverbial, baseball through the window.
"The art room." She thought. She ran as fast as she could towards the only room she could think of finding her friend. As she opened the door, her suspicions were confirmed. Hiyori was curled up in a little ball, tears pouring of in waterfalls from her eyes, hugging her knees, and her glasses were nowhere to be seen. Konata slowly walked up to her, then sat down, throwing her arms around her friend to comfort the sobbing girl. Hiyori hugged back and started crying on Konata's shoulder.
"Hiyori-chan, Misao didn't mean it. She says that about a lot of people, but she never really means any of it." Konata said gently. If she thought this would cheer up her artist friend, she was wrong. Hiyori burst out in a fresh wave of tears yelling "But it's not just her! Everyone does it! They call me a freak, and make fun of me! They steal my pencils, and my notepad, all because I like drawing Yuri, and Yaoi, and things like that!" Hiyori continued to cry hugging on to Konata, like a little girl, hugging on to her mother for protection. Konata did it without thinking, without caring. She didn't even feel or hear herself do it until after it was over. She rocked Hiyori back and forth in their hug, humming a lullaby to her friend, as a mother would do to their frightened child, or a sister would do, if their little sister was cowering. She did it because she couldn't stand to see her best friend cry. The girl she loved as a daughter, or a sister. As if she was family. No one deserved to be like this, yet she knew what it was like. She had been like this, when her mother had died. She would wake up crying, and hugging herself, after dreaming of her mother's face, bloody and blank of emotion. The girl in her arms stopped crying, but was still shaking. She looked up at Konata, and whispered a small "Why?"
"Why what Hiyori-chan?" Konata asked.
"Why would you do this for me? What did I do to deserve your love, and kindness?" Hiyori said quietly enough that Konata could barely hear her. "I don't deserve to be comforted like this. I'm a freak. A Yuri obsessed unclean artist freak!" She practically yelled. Konata let go. She smacked Hiyori across the face, and violently shook Hiyori by her shoulders. She glared at Hiyori, saying "You are not a freak! You're an artist, who everyone is jealous of, because they can't do what you can. They wish they could be like you, and so they try to reduce you to their level, trying to make their wishes come true. You're better than all of them, and you don't listen to a word they say." Konata glared for a few more seconds, then smiled caringly, and hugged the girl. "I promise, Hiyori-chan, I won't let anyone hurt you because of your talent. I promise, I won't let anything happen to you." Konata began to rock the girl again.
"Kona-chan… I love you." Hiyori said quietly.
"I love you too Hiyori-chan."
"No Kona-chan, I love you as more than just a friend, or a sister, or mother, I love you beyond words. I've loved you ever since I met you at the convention. I couldn't stop thinking about you. I love you Kona-chan! I love you." And she did something she had been holding back along time. She pressed her lips to Konata's, praying that Konata would return her feelings. Konata looked shocked. She didn't know what to do. If anyone came in, this would look horrible and only make Hiyori worse off. But she wanted Hiyori to be better now. She returned the girl's kiss, and made it special. After about a minute, the girls broke apart, blushing heavily, and sweating from both the heat that had flown through their bodies, and the lack of breath they had in their lungs.
Konata cupped Hiyori's chin, and looked her in the eye.
"I'm sorry Hiyori-chan, but I can't love you the way you love me. A least not right now. Atara-kun was the one I loved first, so he's my top priority." Hiyori looked heart broken.
"So that kiss, it was just for nothing?" She asked sadly. Konata shook her head
"Hiyori-chan that kiss wasn't for nothing. I wanted you to know that you have people who care about you. I wanted you to know that we're beyond friends, or sisters, or mother and daughter. We're just not lovers. " As Hiyori started to cry, Konata repeated her movements, and brought Hiyori's eyes to meet her own. "But I promise Hiyori, if things don't go well between Atara-kun, and me I'll give us a chance. But right now I can only give you this." And she closed her eyes gave Hiyori another kiss. It was a small one, but it sealed her promise. She did love Hiyori, but she just loved Atarashi more. "Also Kona-chan, what exactly did Misao say about me?" Hiyori asked. "I think it was something like "That was almost as crazy as your little artist friend over their." Konata repeated. "I guess that's just Misao. She does that kind of stuff a lot. I'll make sure she apologizes alright." "Okay Kona-chan." Konata, and Hiyori left, looking marginally better.
"So it's Kona-chan now, huh Hiyori-chan? Whatever happened to Konata-sempai?" Konata asked teasingly, nudging Hiyori slightly with her hips.
"W-well, I-I thought th-that maybe, since w-we…" Konata cut her off. "I get it Hiyori-chan, I was just teasing. You need to lighten up before I agree to go out with you." Konata said grinning evilly at the reaction she got from Hiyori. Hiyori was freaking out, blushing harder than ever, and concentrating fiercely on the ground.
"Geez, Hiyori, can you ever take a joke? But then again you do look cute when you're all flustered, and embarrassed like this."
"Kona-chan, stop it! You're making me feel weird." She pleaded blushing even harder, and looking on the verge of tears again.
"Alright, alright, just please don't cry again. I can't stand to see people like that." Konata said quickly. Hiyori grinned widely and said "And you think I'm the one who can't take a joke." Konata looked stunned, but then smiled and said "Looks like I'm rubbing off on you, huh?" Hiyori grinned playfully, and said, "You know I can think of another thing that you could rub off of me." She said, grinning seductively. Konata blushed and muttered, "I honestly don't know what you're talking about." But she was in reality, trying to clear her head of the images that Hiyori had put in her head, thinking 'No, can't think like that. Got to stop thinking of that." Hiyori grinned as she knew what Konata would be thinking of for the next 30 minutes. She really did have a great friend. As Konata stopped at the door to Ms. Kuroi's room, the bell rang again, signaling the end of the school day.
"Oh CRAP!" Konata said out loud, and rushed in to the room, to see everyone packing up.
"Aw, dammit! I'm gonna get it so bad!" Konata walked up to Ms. Kuroi, resigned to the worst. As she approached Ms. Kuroi smacked her hard on the head with a meter stick. Konata gave a loud "OW!" then felt her head to feel a bump already forming. Then Ms. Kuroi bent down and surprised Konata by hugging her. "You're a really good friend Konata." Ms. Kuroi said, pride filling up her eyes. Konata looked up, and said "You really think so? Hiyori and I have been friends for awhile, and I never knew how she felt about me." Konata clasped her mouth shut, but Ms. Kuroi had heard. "Oh, so she likes you huh? What about you? Do you like her?" Ms. Kuroi said like a young school girl, gossiping about a new relationship.
"I don't know Ms. Kuroi, but… I think so. But I promised that I'd try and get Atarashi to come back, and if it doesn't work between us than I'll give me and Hiyori a chance."
"So you're a basically loyal, Bisexual, who's a good friend, but is also a little bit of a player." Ms. Kuroi said holding back laughter. Konata smiled and just said "That's pretty much me in a nutshell alright." Ms. Kuroi couldn't hold it anymore. She burst into laughter, rolling around on the floor. Konata just smiled, saying a quick "I'll se you tomorrow." And hurrying out with Tsukasa, who had been waiting by the door. Tsukasa who had been to shy to eavesdrop hadn't heard anything that was going on inside.
"So Kona-chan how was your first day of high school?" Tsukasa asked innocently.
"Well Tsukasa, I believe I can say it was one of the weirdest days of my life. But it was also one of the most emotional, craziest, exciting, saddening, happiest, craziest days that I've had so far, or will ever have." Konata said slowly, making sure the girl caught what she was saying. "Kona-chan, you said craziest twice." Tsukasa corrected her.
"I know." Konata said simply, walking away, leaving Tsukasa to her very confused thoughts.
Naruhina43: Is she gone yet? She is, alright. (Gets out from under table) Hi fokes! Did you enjoy the story? I hope you did, because that means you've stuck with me until chapter 11! Alright, just because I want to put a videogame reference in, but couldn't fit it into my story, the lullaby the Konat sang was the full version of Zelda's Lullabye from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Now the last thing I want to do is just thank the man (or woman, not sure which) that has been reviewing my stories for awhile. Let's hear a round of applause for my number one reviewer... Unique-Spark! Thanks for sticking with my stories!
Akira: You *Censored*! You better hope Unique-Spark knows how to do surgery, because you're gonna need it when I'm done with you!
Naruhina43: Crud! I thought she was knocked out! I better get out of here! See you next time on The Girl with a Reas-
Akira: Get over here!
Naruhina43: Bye!
