Lucky Temptations

A Lucky Star Fanfiction

Episode 3 (Meek Temptations): Chapter 6

Author's Notes: Hello everyone! I hope you guys like the update today! And to think I just updated a couple of days ago. Maybe I'm back in my good groove again. Anyways, here's chapter six of Meek Temptations. Enjoy the crap out of it!

"I wonder why Minami wanted to eat with Konata onee-chan's friends instead of us." Yutaka thought as she walked away from the cafeteria. "Maybe she just wanted to spend time with her friend, Takara-san. But… Do they usually hold hands like that?" Yutaka asked herself, briefly flashing back to Miyuki and Minami holding hands under the table. Yutaka had been so surprised that she had to turn and walk away. "Well, they've been friends for a long time, but that seemed different somehow… I know! I'll ask Konata onee-chan for help!" She thought as she approached Konata's classroom. "I didn't see her in the cafeteria, so she might still be in her homeroom. I hope I can find it." She thought as she started going from room to room once she got to Konata's hallway.

"So wait," Ms. Kuroi began, holding up a finger to stop Konata from interrupting her, "you're telling me that you had the patience to get a shiny version of EVERY Pokémon without cheating, but you don't have the patience to sit down and finish your homework by yourself?" She concluded flatly.

"Well, to be fair, I had to do a ton of online trades." Konata said nervously, scratching her head and wishing that the subject hadn't changed to homework.

"Geez, I swear that you're gonna burn yourself out one of these days." Nanako said with a heavy sigh. "You gotta make sure to get sleep when you can. Trust me, sleep deprivation can be a VERY ugly thing."

"Right." Konata said dismissively. "I'll keep that in mind." "Geez, is this what it would be like to have a mom?" Konata wondered to herself. "I guess it wouldn't be too bad…" Konata was awakened from her thoughts by the classroom door opening.

"Hello? I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Said the timid voice of Yutaka as she poked her head through the door slowly.

"Nah, not at all." Ms. Kuroi said. "Your name is Yutaka, right?"

"Um, yes. I'm here to talk to Konata onee-chan. Is that okay?"

"Sure thing." Ms. Kuroi said. "I've got some stuff I need to take care of anyways. She's all yours." She said as she stood up and walked out of the classroom.

"Bye bye teach! Nice talkin to ya!" Konata exclaimed as she stood up and waved frantically. When she was finished, she sat back down and turned to face her cousin. "So, what's up Yu-chan?"

"Well, I wanted to ask you some personal questions." Yutaka said, blushing and looking down.

"Uh, sure. I guess that's okay. There isn't anyone else around or anything." Konata said as she looked around for a moment.

"You're the only person I've told about my crush, and I just wanted to ask you some questions about it." Yutaka said shyly.

"Oh no!" Konata thought. "An awkward relationship speech! These are always the toughest parts of dating sims. You need to answer everything just right if you want to get all the best scenes at the end."

"Is that okay, onee-chan?"

"Uh oh! Question one!" Konata was really making a game out of this. "Yeah, lay it on me. I'd be glad to help." She said, giving an excited thumbs-up. "What is with me and the thumbs-up thing today?" She wondered before focusing back onto the conversation.

"Well…" Yutaka began, blushing. "What does real love feel like?"

"Whoa! Starting with a tough one!" "Well, Yu-chan…" Konata began. "I suppose that real love is something that you don't really understand until you experience it." "God, I hope these quotes work."

"Well, when I see Minami-chan, I feel all warm and safe. Even if I'm sick, I seem to feel better whenever she's around." Yutaka explained.

"Well, that might not be real love. Maybe she's just a really good friend." Konata said carefully.

"But what about that feeling that you helped me with before? Isn't that a sign of love?" Yutaka asked.

"Not necessarily." Konata explained. "There are a lot of people that I feel that way for. It doesn't mean I love them though. It just means that I find them attractive."

"But Minami-chan is always there for me. I think that might be why I feel this way toward her." Yutaka said sadly.

"I gotta know though. Why are you asking this right now? Did something happen?" Konata asked, concerned as to why her usually happy cousin was asking such serious questions.

"Well, Minami-chan has been acting strangely since the start of the day. She hasn't been talking to me, or even looking at me. I'm worried that I might have done something to upset her." Yutaka said with tears forming in her eyes. "She isn't even eating lunch with Hiyori, Patty, and I." She said sadly.

"She isn't? Well then, where is she right now?" Konata asked.

"She's in the cafeteria. She's eating lunch with your friends." Yutaka said, a twinge of anger barely evident in her words.

"Oh." Konata said, noting the change in Yutaka's inflection. "Well, was there anything else different about it?"

"Actually, yeah." Yutaka said, looking away for a second. "Your friend, I think her name is Miyuki…" Yutaka hesitated.

"What about Miyuki?" Konata asked. "I have a bad feeling about where this conversation is going. Could she have taken my advice all the way yesterday?" Konata wondered as she braced herself for what was to come.

"Well, I don't think your other friends noticed, but they were holding hands under the table." Yutaka said quietly. "It looked really nice, but I felt really sad and angry for a second. What's the matter with me?" She asked.

"Well, sounds to me like you're a little jealous." Konata said, hoping it wasn't too harsh. "I gotta talk to Miyuki about this after school." "By the way Yu-chan, what about Minami attracts her to you?" Konata asked. "I really need to know. Not just for curiosity's sake, but I might be able to help you better if I know." "Oh yeah! That was good!" Konata thought as she mentally pumped her fist. "Best ending, here I come!"

"Well…" Yutaka began, contemplating her answer for a couple of seconds. "Whenever I'm around Minami-chan, I feel safe, you know?" She said, putting her hands together over her heart. "I don't know if that's the same as love, but I know that I like that feeling a lot. I used to get picked on a lot because of my size and how sickly I was."

"So that's what love is to you? Someone that can make you feel safe?" Konata asked.

"Well, I guess so. Yeah. I think that my true love is someone that will be there when I need them the most. Like a handsome prince in a fairy tale." She said, with a childlike gleam in her eyes.

"Yutaka…" Konata said cautiously. "What if Minami doesn't feel the same way for you? If she just wants to be friends, then what would you do?"

"Well, I-" Yutaka began, but she stopped in her tracks. She had to consider what to say.

"Like, what if she loves somebody else?" Konata asked.

Yutaka flashed back to when she saw Miyuki and Minami holding hands underneath the table in the cafeteria. When she did, her fists clenched slightly. "I'm sure that that isn't the case. After all, in fairy tales, the handsome prince and the beautiful princess always get together. Right?" She asked, eyes full of pain and hope.

"Well Yutaka," Konata began, "I really hate to be the one to tell you this, but real life doesn't always work like fairy tales."

"Well this one will, right Konata onee-chan?" Yutaka asked eyes full of hope and tears.

"It might, but if you're asking me all of this, that tells me that you might not want to get your hopes too high." Konata said.

"You don't know what you're talking about!" Yutaka yelled suddenly. "Minami is the only one who's ever been there for me all the time!"

"But Yutaka," Konata protested, raising her hands in defense, "have you ever had a time of real need?" She asked. "Or has she just been a very good friend?"

"Konata onee-chan, I thought I could count on you!" Yutaka yelled, tears streaming down her face. After a few seconds, she appeared to calm down a bit. "I need to go now." She said, turning around and leaving the room."

"Yutaka, wait!" Konata exclaimed, but to no avail. She was long gone. "Damn. I must have missed a flag." She thought, before coming to reality the rest of the way. "Oh crap! I need to talk to Miyuki-san!" Konata thought in a panic. "I'll pull her aside right after school." Konata decided as she waited for the bell to signal the end of lunch.

"Man, could you believe how stinky it was?" Kagami asked with a laugh. "Just ask Tsukasa, she'll tell you."

Tsukasa however, was in her own little world she seemed to be slightly glaring at Minami, and it was making her feel very awkward.

"Tsukasa? Are you okay?" Kagami asked, waving her hand in front of her sister's face.

"Huh?" Tsukasa asked, looking around in confusion. "Oh, sorry." She said in embarrassment, gently scratching her cheek with one finger. "I guess I kind of spaced out a little bit."

Minami sighed silently to herself. "Thank goodness. I thought she was going to stare a hole straight through me."

"Actually though," Tsukasa said, "I wanted to ask you a question, Iwasaki-san."

"Me?" Minami asked quietly.

"Mhm." Tsukasa confirmed as she nodded the affirmative. "I was just wondering why you weren't eating lunch with Yu-chan and the others." She mentioned. Her voice seemed to have a sort of condescending tone to it that wasn't normally there.

"Well, um…" Minami hesitated. Sensing her friend's discomfort, Miyuki tightened her grip on Minami's hand. "Well, Miyuki and I have been friends for a long time. I guess I wanted to get to know her friends better."

"Oh. Okay. Hey sis, I've got to go to the bathroom. I'll see you all later." Tsukasa said as she stood up and left the cafeteria with a light hearted wave.

"That was weird." Kagami thought. She didn't think much of it though, and went back to idle conversation.

"I've got a feeling that Minami and Miyuki got together after all." Tsukasa thought as she walked down the hall toward her classroom. "The way they were acting together, they must have. I can't believe Kagami couldn't tell that they were holding hands under the table." She thought as she remembered watching their arms tense and move together. "I hope she's told Yutaka already." She thought with concern. "She can't leave Yu-chan hanging like that. If it goes for too long, it might devastate her." Tsukasa thought with dread as she remembered watching Yutaka run from the cafeteria and picked up the pace.

As she continued down the hall where her room was, she saw someone run out of her class crying. Tsukasa immediately recognized this person as Yutaka, and decided to follow her. After not very long at all, Yutaka ducked into the girls' bathroom, followed quickly by Tsukasa. After less than a minute, Yutaka's crying was just too much for Tsukasa to bear.

"Hello?" Tsukasa called. "Yu-chan, is that you?"

Yutaka sniffed loudly before answering. "Yes." She said, wiping her eyes. "Who's there?"

"It's Tsukasa Hiiragi." Tsukasa said as she entered.

"Oh, you're one of Konata onee-chan's friends." Yutaka said. "Sorry. I'm just having a bad day is all."

"Well, would you like to talk about it?" Tsukasa offered. "I'd be glad to help in any way that I can."

"I- I guess so." Yutaka said through a sniffle. "You see, Minami-chan has been acting strangely since this morning, and I'm worried that I might have said or done something to offend her."

"What do you mean by strangely?" Tsukasa asked.

"Well, she's been ignoring me all day. It's almost like she's trying to avoid me." Yutaka said sadly.

"Look what you've done, Iwasaki-san!" Tsukasa yelled in her head. "How could you let her hurt like this? I need to do something!" Tsukasa decided as she gave Yutaka a big hug.

"Tsu- Tsukasa!" Yutaka exclaimed in surprise.

"Yutaka, I promise that if you're in trouble, I'll come running. I'll protect you to the best of my abilities. No matter what." She said.

"Tsukasa…" Yutaka said quietly as she felt herself returning the gentle embrace. "I believe her…" Yutaka thought. "Why am I feeling this way? I only ever feel like this around Minami-chan…" "Thank you Tsukasa." Yutaka said. Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch period.

"We'd better get back to our classes now, or we'll be in trouble." Tsukasa said cheerfully.

Seeing that happy face, Yutaka couldn't help but smile back before they parted ways and proceeded to their respective classrooms.

Author's Notes: Well, there you have it. Minami is trying to save herself some pain, but in doing so is hurting somebody she cares about. Then again, given the situation, who knows if coming out would be the best idea? What new developments await the Lucky girls? Tune in next time to find out!

Look forward to it!