Chapter 21 Ten's Company!
Kagami awoke from a happy dream into a happier world where she was holding the girl she loved. It was still night outside, and as Kagami glanced over her shoulder, all she could see was the digital clock by Kona's computer. The light became her point of focus, and immediately killed any sort of night vision she may have gained during her sleep. The lavender haired girl thought something seemed odd about the room, but with it being pitch black, it was hard to tell, so she just rolled back over to look at Konata who was still snoozing in the Tsundere's arms.
Konata shifted in her sleep, and as the blue haired girl raised her arm up above her head, Kagami barely avoided getting smacked in the face. Even so, The bigger girl giggled at her cute lover's sleeping habits, certain she would find herself seeing a lot more of them. It took a little while for her to be willing to ease her grip on Kona, but Kagami gradually let go of her little Otaku, so Konata could lie on her back, and move around to her heart's desire.
Kagami sighed as she looked at Kona's cute sleeping face. It was adorable, complete with a tiny smile that made Kagami want to squeal with delight. She couldn't help it, Kagami moved her face in close, and let her left cheek touch Konata's own left cheek, and she let the warmth of the little Otaku spread through her face. Kagami was a little unnerved by how comfortable she was here.
The Tsundere wasn't flustered at all by being so close to Konata. If anything she felt as if not being close to her would be the thing to be embarrassed about. It wasn't long before Kagami found herself stroking the soft blue hair of the girl lying next to her, and saying, "You're all mine now Kona, okay?"
As if in response, the blue haired girl yawned, and turned to snuggle in closely to Kagami's warmth. As comfortable as Kagami was, she almost couldn't believe it. Konata was finally hers. They would no doubt be together since Konata had said she still loved Kagami, and the lavender haired girl got a little teary eyed thinking of how happy this little blue haired angel made her.
Kagami hugged Kona close, and kissed her cheek lightly. The bigger girl really wished Konata would wake up so they could talk about things like they always did. Not to mention Kagami was looking forward to seeing into those big green eyes again. Kagami looked her love over, and said, "I can't believe I never thought about how beautiful you are until now. I love your cute little cheeks," at this point Kagami gave her Kona another light kiss on the cheek, and continued to say, "And your little nose." now kissing the tip of Konata's nose.
Kagami paused for a moment, before lightly nibbling on Konata's earlobe causing the smaller girl to gasp, and arch her back. Kagami giggled, as it seemed Konata really enjoyed that particular action. The lavender haired girl wanted to do it again, and see the cute face Kona had made a couple more times. She found her hands slowly sliding down Kona's back, and Kagami couldn't help but think how soft her love's bottom was as she gave it a gentle squeeze.
Kagami forced herself to stop at this point.. Deep down she knew it wasn't right to throw herself on Kona like this. Kagami wanted her love to accept her, not wake up to Kagami doing whatever she pleased. Even so it took a lot of effort to restrain herself. Seeing Konata so vulnerable struck something inside of Kagami that made the lavender girl want to just grab the smaller girl, and feel her, and kiss her all over.
The bigger girl settled for lying close to her love. Their cheeks were touching as both of them lay on their backs, staring up at the ceiling. Kagami had her right arm under Konata's back, so she could pull her in close if the smaller girl showed any signs of being uncomfortable. Kagami couldn't bear the silence creeping into the room. It felt heavy, so she spoke to Konata to lighten the mood. She knew the smaller girl probably wouldn't wake up for a long while, so she didn't worry about disturbing Konata.
Kagami said, "Y'know it's weird. We've been together for so long now, you're just a normal part of my life. I can't believe I didn't ever realize how important you are to me. " Kagami heard a small rustling noise, but it was so faint she couldn't be sure if she hadn't imagined it. As she thought about it, the lavender haired girl concluded she must have imagined it since it was probably too early for Kona to be stirring. Once she was comfortable again, she pulled Konata in a little closer to her, and continued, "I always dreamed some really cute guy would come to me, and play the knight rescuing me from being alone. I never thought I'd be the knight. All those cute guys I dreamed of too, even the cutest of them don't compare to you. Even if I was only making you feel better from something I caused in the first place, I'm glad you wanted me to be the one to make you feel better. "
The bigger girl paused for a few more minutes, content just to look over, and see the smaller girl now burying her face into Kagami's shoulder. Kagami turned towards Konata, and their faces were so close they might as well be touching. Kagami could feel the blue haired girl's breath on her own chin. It excited Kagami once again to think of her proximity to her lover.
Kagami used her left hand, which was free to feel the warmth of the smaller girl's cheek again, and feel how soft her hair was. She was almost back to square one, and considering feeling Konata all over again when she felt Konata tilt her head at an angle against Kagami's hand. It was only a few seconds later, Konata's eyes opened, and the smaller girl said, "Hey, stop moving so much Kagamin. I can't sleep."
Kagami hugged Konata closely now, excited to finally see her awake, even though the smaller girl would still be suffering from lack of sleep this early. Kona's eyes widened as Kagami pulled her into a close hug, and she said, "I'm so glad you're here Kagamin. Can you stay here?"
Kagami smiled, and said, "Don't worry Kona, I'm not planning on going anywhere."
Kagami moved her head closer to Kona's, intending to put their foreheads together, so she could share the feeling of comfort and warmth with the blue haired girl, but she was surprised and a little saddened as at the last minute Konata pulled away slightly, stopping the contact from occurring. Even in the dark, Kagami could see Konata trembling. She didn't understand why though, and tried to move in close again once more only to have Konata pull away once more.
The tsundere was frustrated, she wanted to hold her little Otaku closely and comfort her, but despite asking the bigger girl to stay, Konata wouldn't let her in close. Kagami asked kindly, not wanting to risk upsetting her love, "Hey Konata. What's the matter? You can tell me, okay?"
Konata looked as if she were about to tear up, and Kagami felt terrible when she heard the smaller girl's voice crack with emotion as she responded, "I'm scared Kagamin. I'm sorry, I just get scared when you get close to me really fast."
"Why is that?", asked the lavender haired girl, now starting to worry a little, and honestly fearing their relationship could already be at an end if Konata was too nervous to be close to her.
It wasn't long at all though before Konata continued on, saying, "I could die. I could really die if you left me Kagami. I mean for real, game over, the end. I don't want to die. So I'm afraid I'll scare you off again. I need you Kagamin. I love you, and I need to have you close even if you don't love me. Can you promise me you'll stay close? At least promise me we can still be best friends."
Konata was cut off by Kagami's finger stopping her lips. Kagami said to Konata, "Kona, I love you too. I promise you I'll be here for you, okay? You just promise me that you'll get better, and go back to being your usual self."
The silence at this point seemed to be the most intense thing Kagami had ever experienced. Waiting on Konata's response to decide if they could be together was almost to the point where Kagami felt it was crushing her. Kagami felt Konata suddenly grip her, and pull the bigger girl in close. In that moment Konata was surprisingly strong, or maybe Kagami was just surprised by how quickly the smaller girl had pulled her down. Kagami's head was resting on Konata's shoulder, and the lavender haired girl was staring upward, and to the side at the smaller girl's big green eyes.
Konata said quietly, "You love me Kagamin?"
Kagami answered immediately, "Yeah. Of course I do."
"Really?", came Kona's answer.
"Really.", said Kagami, now feeling more confidence coming back as she could tell from Kona's voice how happy the smaller girl was. It made Kagami feel light, like she could just float off, to hear how happy she had just made her love. Kagami didn't know if anything could ever feel that great again, but she was determined to create many happy memories with this smaller girl, and find out.
They were quiet for a moment before Kagami couldn't resist the urge to nibble on the blue haired girl's earlobe once more, causing Konata to blush furiously, and tremble in Kagami's arms as she held the smaller girl close. Kagami could feel the heat from the smaller girl's face radiating into the air, and causing the Tsundere to begin blushing in response.
The little Otaku asked quietly, "So...You're going to be all mine now, right?"
The Tsundere responded, "Yeah. I'm all yours."
"How can you say that so easily now?", asked Konata.
That line hurt Kagami, but in spite of it, she smiled. Kagami knew she deserved that, she deserved a lot more. Even so a few tears leaked out, Konata had promised anger, and the bigger girl was afraid she was about to receive it. She had never seen Kona angry at someone, and could only imagine what kind of scene it would be. Kagami answered back, as hard as it was, and as much as her voice was trembling, she knew this was a question that couldn't be avoided. The lavender haired girl said, "I'm sorry Kona. I was just scared. I know it was stupid, but I was scared everyone would leave me if I loved you."
"So you left me instead? You know I would never leave you. You know you'll always have Tsukasa Miyuki, and me.", said Kona quietly, obviously upset.
Kagami felt a few more tears squeezed out as she closed her eyes in order to not have to face the disapproving stare of the girl she loved. That look hurt more than shouts ever could. That look burned its way through her closed eyelids, and Kagami could still see the eyes that gave her so much comfort, now making her afraid.
Kagami said, "I'm stupid okay? Please just yell at me, so we can move on Kona. I don't ever want you to be mad or leave me, okay? I'm so sorry I can't even think of any words to say it. I won't ever leave you again, I won't ever hurt you again, that I can promise you."
Kona's voice sounded broken as she responded, but Kagami couldn't help but notice how happy her face was. Kagami could tell how happy the smaller girl was just to have the older twin so close to her, and that gave Kagami a happiness that made her willing to face whatever Konata had for her. What Konata said was, "Do you know how bad I hurt? I hurt so bad I couldn't even believe it was pain at first. I couldn't believe that you, my best friend, would leave me. Don't you remember when I told you how bad it hurts me to be all alone? I finally had you. You promised me you would be my Best friend forever, that you couldn't get tired of it, and break it off after a few weeks. You left me anyways, and it hurt me so bad I decided to believe it wasn't real. Nothing that bad could really happen. I love you Kagamin, but I'm so scared of you I can hardly think straight. You could hurt me, you could kill me with just a few words if you went all Tsun-Tsun, and said you didn't love me now."
"I'll never say that," interjected Kagami, stopping Konata so she could speak, saying, "I love you too. You're everything to me Kona. I love you, and I'll never leave you, but one thing I can promise you forever and ever is that I will never say I don't love you. I'm going to be there, and I'm going to make sure you're never alone ever again. It hurt me too Konata. The first time I thought I lost you, you were just sleeping. I wanted to just stop, and give up. I couldn't believe it was real, I would deny the world itself before I accepted you were gone. This time I almost really lost you, and I wanted to die too. I don't ever want to think about living without you again if I can help it."
They were left back in that oppressive silence as Kagami finished talking, and then it was interrupted by a giggle. Kagami was instantly annoyed in spite of the outpouring of emotion she had just shown. She had been completely serious, and Konata was giggling at her? In spite of the situation Kagami was pissed until Kona said, "You thought you lost me because I fell asleep? That's really Dere-Dere of you. I wish I could have seen it."
Kagami couldn't help it, the anger melted out of her as she saw Konata's smile. She hugged the smaller girl close, and Kona said, "I forgive you, alright? There's no way I can stay mad at you. You're just too cute Kagamin."
Kona's face turned a dark shade of red as Kagami pressed their foreheads together, and the bigger girl enjoyed every second of Konata's trembling, and nervous movements. It was obvious Konata was completely out of her element when someone was so loving with her. It was adorable the way she tried to hide her face from Kagami because she was embarrassed at being embarrassed. Kagami knew she'd never get tired of that behavior, but for Konata's sake, she backed off a little, but still held the smaller girl close.
It wasn't long before she was lying on her back, and Konata was snuggling up to Kagami, burying her face in the gap between the bigger girl's shoulder, and neck. They lay that way for a while, and Kagami thought maybe her little Otaku had fallen asleep again, until Konata said quietly, "I guess I was the bunny after all, huh?"
"Big mistake.", thought Kagami.
It was too much cuteness for her to hold herself back anymore. Kagami rolled over on top of her love, and pressed the older girl's hands down above her head. Kona's face was more red than Kagami thought possible. She looked a little afraid, which just made the Tsundere more excited. Their fingers entwined as Kagami lowered her face down towards Kona's. The bigger girl's face was burning as well at this point.
Kagami stopped just before their lips were touching when Kona turned her face to avoid the kiss. Kagami was overcome with a sense of loss, she had been so close to taking Konata's first kiss, as well as giving her own. She asked Konata, "Why?"
Konata didn't meet Kagami's eyes, but kept her head turned away as she answered, "Hey. This is my first kiss we're talking about. There's no way I can just give it to you. You're gonna have to romance me some first. A first kiss is pretty important to a girl you know. It has to be perfect. I can't just let you go all Kaolla on me, and take it."
There it was. The sign that Kagami's little Kona was finally back. Kagami smiled as her annoyance crept up at Kona for spoiling the mood with some reference to games or anime, but at this point, she was just too happy being with her love to say anything on that subject, all she could do was press herself in close on Kona, and say, "I never knew you were such a romantic, but fine. I'll get that kiss out of you somehow, believe me. For now I think I'll make you regret your decision though. Maybe I'll even torture that kiss out of you."
With that Kagami instead kissed the tip of Kona's ear which she seemed to enjoy so much, and nibbled lightly on the lobe. Then harder, but making sure to cover her teeth with her lips so she didn't draw blood. Konata gasped, and tried to arch her back, but Kagami held her in place as she continue nibbling for nearly a minute, not giving Konata any break. When she gave up on her enjoyment of the crimson Otaku's reactions, and finally rolled off of Konata. The smaller girl was panting, and blushing furiously, and after a minute she finally managed to get out, "Woah! What was that Kagamin? You were like a dirty old man in a harem for a minute there."
Kagami smiled, despite the bit of warmth she felt flowing through her face at the honest comment. Then she said, "You said I couldn't kiss you, so I just did the next best thing. I had to show you how much I love you Kona, right?"
Konata's mouth was slightly agape at the tsundere's straightforward response. Once again Kagami couldn't believe how unbearably cute her little Kona was. Kona slowly reached out, grabbing Kagami's hands, and pulling them back towards her small body. Konata rubbed her cheek against the hands she cradled so lovingly, closing her eyes, and enjoying the sensations coursing through her body. When the smaller girl opened her eyes back up, and looked directly into the younger girl's eyes, it made Kagamin's heart skip a beat.
The eyes were half lidded in Konata's usual manner, but something about them seemed different. They didn't seem so lazy, they seemed warm, and full of love. Kagami's stomach tightened with nervousness as she realized how seriously the smaller girl was regarding her. They seemed to sparkle for a few moments, and Kagami could feel the love flowing from the other girl into her. It was overwhelming.
In Kagami's mind nothing existed other than herself, and the little Otaku playing such wonderful games with the Tsundere's emotions. Kagami said, "You're beautiful Kona."
The smaller girl blushed at the compliment, and lightly kissed Kagami's fingers in answer. When she finished with the final one, the blue haired girl looked Kagami in the eyes, seriously again, and said, "I love you."
Kagami once again moved in close to Konata, very suddenly causing the other girl to gasp, but Kagami didn't let her pull away this time. Kona hid her face in Kagami's chest for a few minutes before she got up the courage to look her lover in the eyes, and say quietly with a smile, "Hey. Can you call me Kona more often? It really makes me happy when you use a nickname for me. Almost like I really deserve to be with you."
The statement made Kagami both sad and happy. It would take a while, but Kagami swore she was going to make Konata's self confidence better. She couldn't be going around thinking she was inferior, especially since Kagami considered herself to be the lucky one of the two of them. Kagami slowly moved on top of Konata once again, entwining their fingers, and just laying on top of the small Otaku.
"Can you feel it?", Kagami whispered to Kona.
Konata answered, "All I feel is how much you love me Kagamin. It's really warm, but it's also really heavy, and makes it hard to breathe, although that might just be you."
Kagami almost giggled as she acted like the little jab annoyed her. She strongly pressed Konata's arms down. Showing her strength, making it perfectly clear to Konata she could easily take their first kiss on the lips, but held back because of the love she felt for the smaller girl. Kona looked up at her lover, and smiled as she said weakly, "Oh no. A wild Kagamin appeared."
Kagami released her Otaku's hand, and slid off of her, pulling her into a tight embrace. She held Kona as close as she could, and Kagami wanted Konata to know how much she was loved. Konata's answer to the embrace was, "Kagamin used bind on KonaKona. It's super effective."
Kagami couldn't help but be a little annoyed, but it was alright. Kona was hers, which made everything okay. The world was a perfect place as long as she had her love close. Kagami put a hand on top of the blue hair in front of her, and said fondly, "Shut up. Usagi-chan."
At that point there was a squeal from not far away that couldn't be ignored. It was followed by another voice whispering, "Shut up Hiyorin, it's getting really good."
The vein was back. Kagami was pissed, although not at Konata. The tsundere called out, "Alright, how long have you guys been watching!"
The light in the room suddenly came on, being switched on by Patty. The light blinded Kagami at first, but she couldn't believe what she was seeing as her vision cleared. Patty was grinning over by the door and the light switch. Yutaka, Minami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki were all practically glowing red. Misao was over in the corner, lying on her sleeping bag, covering her mouth, and seeming to try her best not to crack up, while Ayano was next to her smiling sweetly without a hint of embarrassment. Hiyori wasn't too far from Patty, sitting on top of her own sleeping bag covering her face.
A moment later, Hiyori said, "Yutaka. Tissues. Now, please."
Patty happily said, "No problem, Hiyorin, I gotcha covered."
With that she reached into a bag next to her sleeping bag, and pulled out a roll of paper towels, handing them to the bespectacled artist, while commenting, "I figured you'd need them once we all decided to sleep over until we could see if Kona-chan was okay."
"Wait." said a tiny voice causing everyone to turn and look towards Kagami as a small blue haired figure peeked out from around the Tsundere's back. Kona still had a bit of a blush left over from Kagami's treatment, and Kona was smiling ear to ear as she said with a quivering voice, "You all stayed here for me?"
Patty nodded back to the little Otaku, and Konata could feel herself tearing up. She crept around Kagami to sit on the edge of her bed. Now that the light was on, everyone could see the dark bags under Konata's eyes, and the way she swayed with the effort of sitting up. They could also see Kona's big smile.
They were all there for her. Not just Kagami. Kona giggled as Misao laughed loudly. Patty explained how once Kagami had started talking, her and Hiyori had kept Tsukasa, Minami, Miyuki, and Yutaka quiet while Misao kept Ayano quiet so they could see what was going to happen. With each word Patty spoke, Kagami turned a little more red, and at the end of the explanation Kagami looked like she was about to rage on the American girl, until Konata spoke aloud, "Thanks guys. I'm really happy you're all here for me."
At this point Tsukasa left her comfortable spot on the floor, and threw her arms around Kagami, and Konata. She was tearing up, and she said, "I'm so glad both of you are okay. I was worried about you Kona-chan. Also sis, I barely even got to talk to you after we brought you home. I was wondering if you were even strong enough to be out yet. See, your forehead is warm. You still have a fever don't you?"
Kagami pulled Tsukasa's hand away from her forehead, sighing, and saying, "My fever is gone Tsukasa. You don't need to worry about me. My forehead was just hot because...well..well, never mind."
As Kagami said, "never mind,", she was glancing over at Konata, and it didn't take Tsukasa long to connect the dots, and start flushing slightly herself. Then her shade of red deepened as the object of Kagami's affection threw her small arms around Tsukasa. No one had noticed when the tears had started flowing, triggered by Tsukasa's proximity, but everyone could now see Konata hugging Tsukasa tightly.
Konata was crying into Tsukasa's chest saying over and over again, "Thank you, thank you, thank you Tsukasa. You really did it. I knew you'd bring her back to me just like you said. I can't ever thank you enough. If there's ever anything you want me to do for you, just name it. I don't care what it is, I'll even give you my collector's edition Haruhi set if you want it."
Tsukasa accepted Konata's tears while patting her small friend's back, and looking a little afraid of the jealous look evident on Kagami's face. Tsukasa for the moment, said, "You're welcome Kona-chan, but it wasn't me. I don't think anyone could have stopped Onee-chan from coming to see you once she found out you were sick. If you want to do something nice for me though, could you make me a promise?"
"Anything.", the little Otaku responded.
Tsukasa hugged Kona, and said, "Just promise me that you'll make Kagami as happy as you possibly can, alright?"
Kagami's jealous look was quickly wiped off her face by her younger sister's smile, and kind gesture. The tsundere found herself accidentally whispering aloud, "Tsukasa."
Konata looked up into the younger twin's eyes, and said seriously, "I promise."
After Konata's words an awkward silence settled over the room. They were all friends, but it was so rare they ever gathered together like this, and now that they were at the point where normal conversation should begin, no one had any ideas of what they should talk about. It seemed like this silence was going to wreck the mood of the evening until Yutaka said enthusiastically, "I never thought you could stay in bed for five whole days even if you were sick Onee-chan!"
Silence for a few more seconds made it seem like there wasn't going to be a response, until Kona said seriously, "What was that?"
After speaking the words, Konata eyed Yutaka very seriously, making the smaller girl a little uncomfortable, but Yu-chan spoke up again, saying, "I said I never thought you could stay in bed for five whole days."
Konata let go of Tsukasa, and ambled over to her computer, almost stepping on Miyuki who hadn't said anything because she was nodding off from the sheer effort of staying awake so late in the night. Kona moved the mouse around until the computer came out of standby mode, and then placed the cursor over the clock until the date popped up.
When Konata turned back to face her little cousin, she had a very worried look on her face, and the smaller girl thought she could actually see Kona's face take on a slightly blue hue. Konata then said, "I have one very, VERY important question for you Yu-chan."
"What is it Onee-chan?", responded the smaller girl, now looking very worried over how serious her cousin was.
The tension settled over everyone. It was a rare sight for Konata to have such a grim look on her face, and the grimness was only enhanced by the paleness in her skin, and the bags under her eyes. All the girls could hardly stand the silence in the few moments before Konata said, "Did dad remember to set the recorder for all the new anime?"
No one could doubt the serious manner in which Konata asked this question. She had asked it, like she thought someone may have died, and she was reluctant to ask about it, but had to anyways. Then silence pervaded the room again. Everyone was looking at the blue haired girl with varying thoughts, until Tsukasa broke the silence with a small giggle.
The giggle was followed by Kagami giving an outright laugh. The laugh was then passed on to Patty, and it wasn't long at all before nearly everyone was laughing, leaving Kona, asking, "Hey. What's so funny guys? I wanna know too."
Minami was blushing, and smiling, trying her best, not to laugh, but in a lull of the laughter when everyone was busy catching their breath, the green haired girl let out a girlish giggle, starting them all on laughter again. The only one who wasn't laughing was Miyuki, who was sitting up in a very rigid manner, facing towards Kagami.
Kona noticed this, and asked, "Why are you looking all serious Yuki-chan?"
Kagami noticed the pink haired girl's posture, and then examined her face before smiling, and motioning for Kona to come around and look. The blue haired girl came over to stand in front of Kagami, and then turned to face Miyuki, smiling. The pink haired girl was sitting rigidly. Her posture was perfect with the shoulders squared perfectly, and looking straight ahead. Her face however was perfectly relaxed, and her eyes were closed.
It seemed Miyuki had fallen asleep during the effort of keeping herself awake to enjoy the company of her friends. Kona sighed loudly, and said, "Being cute just isn't fair. Sometimes she pisses me off with that stuff."
Even so Konata gently gripped Miyuki's shoulder's, and let the bigger girl down gently onto the end of her sleeping bag. Once Miyuki was lying comfortable Konata removed the glasses from the bigger girl's face, and placed them on her computer desk. Hiyori gave another squeak at this scene, and one could only imagine what she was thinking. As for Konata though, she was feeling weary as well.
The blue haired Otaku said to everyone, "Thanks guys. You all staying here for me really means a lot. I don't know what I'd do without all of you."
Konata wobbled a little, and almost lost balance until she felt Kagami's strong arms pulling her in close. Kona could only manage a little, "I'm tired.", before passing out. All of the girls forgot their current thoughts as they watched Kagami cradled Kona lovingly, and lay the smaller girl comfortably in bed before yawning, and wrapping her arms around the blue haired girl.
Kagami said to them, "Yeah I think I'm going to sleep some more too. You all should hurry and rest up. It's a school night after all."
That statement that only Kagami would make seemed to bring the girls back to reality as they all cast nervous glances at the clock, probably considering what could be sacrificed from their morning routines in order to sleep the latest, and still be at school on time. It wasn't long at all before the light was cut off, and relaxed breathing could be heard all through the room.
It was maybe ten minutes after the light went out that Misao, who had been oddly quiet spoke up, and said, "Hey Hiragi?"
Kagami answered tiredly from her spot holding Kona, "Yeah, Misao, what is it?"
"Do you really love the midget?", came the the brown-haired girl's blunt reply.
Kagami answered immediately, not even needing to think it over, "Yeah. I really do."
There was a moment of silence before the fanged girl responded, "That's good. I hope you two are happy."
Kagami thought this conversation was a bit odd, and she asked, her curiosity aroused, "What's that about?"
Misao replied simply, "Nothing really. I just always like it when my friends are happy. I love my friends, alright? Anyways, G'night Hiragi. Get better soon, so I can get back to copying your notes, alright?"
Kagami couldn't bring herself to get aggravated at the last comment. Something in Misao's voice had made her very happy. Kagami was touched that they could all care for each other so openly. Even the brown haired girl Kagami had always thought was pretty insensitive seemed worried about her and Konata. Kagami knew friends like that were a treasure, and as she passed into sleep, she promised to always keep every single one of them close.
She promised to never let herself or Konata be all alone ever again.
Author's note: Finally we can get back into some happier stuff. I didn't feel right about diving straight back into happiness headfirst though, so I put in a little bit of drama to transition a little better.
I'm very happy to see how the last chapter was received. I was honestly worried I took it a little too far with the Love and Pain battling. I probably should have done this in my last chapter, but I think I'll explain how I saw Pain and Love now.
Love was a part of Konata, who after the heartbreak was the part that wanted to immediately forgive Kagami, and go rushing back to her since Kagami was the most important thing in Kona's life. Konata would have been more than happy to do that too, if it wasn't for Pain.
Pain was created not only from the Pain of Kagami leaving Konata, she had been there for a very long time. She was the accumulation of all the hurt and loneliness built up through the years, and her strength was only increased by Kagami's rejection. Not only that though, Pain had absorbed Konata's love for everyone else. Pain believed honestly if Konata went back to Kagami, she would get hurt again. That isn't what she was afraid of though. Pain saw how much it hurt everyone to see Konata hurting, and deduced if they went back to Kagami, and got hurt again, they would end up just hurting their friends even more, which would cause them all to leave, and for Konata to be all alone again.
Honestly I think pain may have been more of Konata's desperate fear of having to go back to not having any friends more than her actual hurt, so I don't think I would have gone wrong to have named her Fear, if I had named that voice Fear back in the beginning.
As the two voices weakened though, they stopped resembling Konata, and looked more like child Kona. They finally understood thanks to Konata's intervention that their friends would never leave them. When they died, I didn't mean for it to seem as if the voices had just been wiped from existence either. I meant for it to be taken as without the two voices in conflict, they had no more purpose in that world, and faded, leaving Konata to be her old self again, and without the indecision caused by the conflicting feelings, she could finally face her hurt, and her fear, and move on.
Sorry about such a huge Author's note guys, but I received quite a few pms requesting explanations, so I decided to go ahead, and explain the best I can. If you still don't understand the explanation I've provided then just send me a message, and I'll try and clarify for you, but be warned that I've never been very good at explaining things, and might just confuse you even more.
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