The three girls stepped off the train and headed
towards Miyuki's house. It was an unusually warm day
for this time of year, and Konata led the way as they
approached a large residence surrounded by a brick wall.

Boldly, the short, blue-haired girl walked through the
open gate, rang the doorbell, and waited for an answer.
It was not a long wait before she decided that this was
taking too much time, and walked around the house
with the purple-haired twins in tow. As they rounded
the corner, they spotted them.

Miyuki and her new friend were sitting on the lawn on a
blanket reading together. Konata was practically
bursting at the seams from this. A smile that could not
possibly have been contained was spreading across
her face and she began jumping up and down excitedly.
She then pulled her friends down behind a small knoll
that hid them from sight.

"I hope my friends don't give you too much trouble when
they get here," Miyuki was saying.

"It's perfectly alright," he said with a hint of nervous
laughter behind his words, "I'm sure they just want to
find out more about me. You know, like…the things…
you already know about me," he said with a smile.
Miyuki blushed at this and looked away.

"What do you know about me?" he asked with some concern.

"Well," the meganekko began without looking up,
"I know that we're both interested in many of the same
things like reading and that…" she paused to look at him
before continuing, "…that I think you really like me and
I like you," she said with a little smile.

They sat there staring at each other; their lips gradually
drifting closer and closer to each other as if drawn by
some invisible force.

"Why aren't they kissing?" Konata yelled in a whisper.
"They need to kiss right now!"

The three girls had been lying on their stomachs with
their heads resting on their hands. Kagami and
Tsukasa had been watching contentedly but Konata
was growing more and more frustrated by her inert friend.

"If they won't do anything I'm going to make them,"
she decided and began to rise to her feet.

Kagami had been taking in the entire scene with a smile on
her lips and a sparkle in her eyes. Without looking up, she
reached out, grabbed her friend's arm, pulled her back
down to earth, rested her hands on top of Konata's head,
placed her chin on top of them, and held the blue-haired girl
there in order to keep the excited otaku, who was now
flailing about excitedly beneath her, from disturbing the
perfect setting before them.

As the two grew closer and closer, their lips pursed together
in preparation for the kiss; they both closed their eyes and swallowed hard.

It would have been magical if it had actually happened.

Unfortunately, their glasses clicked together just before they
could finish moving in and they both pulled away quickly in
embarrassment. Their faces were bright red and neither
could look at the other.

Konata's head practically exploded.