Chapter 20
I hurried home to my dad. After explaining that I had been at Gamer's and had just lost track of time, he reluctantly said that everything was fine.
"I'm going on to bed, Dad."
"You tired already?"
"Yeah."
"…You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired, that's all."
I walked up the stairs to my room, locking the door behind me. I sat the pocket watch on the desk by the computer. It was Sunday, which meant that tomorrow I would be at school. If today really was my last chance to fix this, then I had to do it before midnight. Then again, the deadline might be Monday morning, the instant the sun came up. I might have a few hours, or I might have all night.
Either way, it was going to be a long night.
I picked up my alarm clock and set it for eleven o'clock PM. I had a hunch about what I needed to do, but I would need to be Kurokona to pull it off.
If I go through with this, my life as Konata may be ruined. I may shatter everything I have in this life, and if I do that I'll never be able to have fun with Kagami again. Am I really willing to go through with that?
I pictured Kagami, first holding a machete to my neck and then trying to hit me with a train.
Am I really willing to go through with that? How can I not be? The best part of Konata's life was having a friendship with Kagami. This life is already shattered.
I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes. Everything would be over soon. Kagami would be over soon. The dream blurs would be over soon. And if I was the dream me, I would be over soon.
I felt a tear fall down my cheek shortly before I fell asleep.