Lucky*Star: Truth or Dare! Chapter 9: The Truth or Dare World Championship Tournament
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Konata's position – pinned under the covers, Kagami sitting on top of her, and Kagami's fist in front of her face – made her wake up in a record time, and inspired her to explain things.
"But Kagami, you were in no walking condition and it started to rain and I think we had already missed the last train and I, well, just didn't know what else to do! And it cost me 5,000 yen too. But then again, this room is awesome …"
"My family is probably worried sick!"
"Nah, it's fine, I called them."
"You told my parents we are staying at a love hotel?" Kagami screamed.
"No! I said you are sleeping over at our house!"
"So you lied to my parents. I don't know if that is any better."
Kagami was about to get off of Konata, when she thought of another matter. "What did you tell to that father of yours?" she growled.
"I left a message in his voicemail, saying … umm … that I was staying at your place."
"Umm? I know that 'umm'! You are not telling me everything!" Kagami yelled, and raised her fist.
"Eep! I accidentally said 'at love hotel' first. But he thinks it was a joke! I … hope."
Kagami groaned and rubbed her aching head.
"Besides, he wouldn't mind," Konata added.
"I'm not sure which one is worse; that he would mind or that he would not!"
Kagami sighed, and, to Konata's relief, got off of her.
"Thanks, Kagami, for understanding and not beating me up," Konata piped.
"I guess I have to thank you for not letting anyone know I was drunk. Wait – whose fault it was that I was drunk in the first place?"
"It was nobody's fault. It was just an accident!"
"In that case, you should have just called my parents or your cousin Yui to pick us up."
"But all's well that ends well, Kagamin! We are in the clear!"
"And you call this 'clear'! I … ouch. Yelling at you makes my head hurt more."
"Do you want me to rub your temples?" Konata asked, looking eager to help.
"No thanks, I'll just take a cold shower," Kagami said, and dragged herself towards the bathroom.
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The cool water pouring on her head eased the pain.
There was a thumping sound at the door. Kagami opened the shower curtain slightly and screamed: "Stop knocking at the door!"
But the thump, thump, sound repeated.
Groaning, Kagami turned the shower off, wrapped a towel around herself, opened the bathroom door slightly and bellowed, "Stop knocking at the damn door! You make me crazy!"
Konata looked a bit surprised. "Sorry, I was just bouncing this complimentary balloon against the door. I didn't realize you would hear it."
Konata held an elongated, translucent, gray 'complimentary balloon' in her hands.
Kagami turned bright red, and slammed the bathroom door shut as hard as she could. Konata heard a loud scream.
"Maybe I went a bit too far," Konata muttered.
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"Oh my. Those people in the next room are really noisy," Sōjirō's companion complained.
"I wish I could see what are they doing!" Sōjirō said.
"I bet you would, naughty boy. Anyway, I have to go. You'd better call me tonight, honey!"
"I will. See you later," Sōjirō said, and pulled the covers again over himself, as his companion left the room.
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Kagami stepped out of the bathroom, dressed in a complimentary bathrobe. She glared at Konata, sat down at the table other end of the room and started to brush her hair, without saying anything.
There was a knock at the door. Kagami turned around quickly, and growled, "Who the hell is that? Konata, did you invite someone here!"
"No, but I ordered breakfast for us."
Kagami sighed. "Okay. Thank you. And thanks for the meals you paid for yesterday. However …"
But Kagami didn't continue her sentence, she just turned around. Konata stood up and opened the door – indeed, it was their breakfast, brought in by a middle-aged woman whose expression did not change at all when she saw two girls occupying the room. Konata thanked the woman and paid for the food.
"Heh. I bet she's already seen everything, working at a place like this," Konata said.
Kagami didn't comment on that. She just walked to Konata, sat down, kicked the complimentary balloon away, and took one of the miso soup bowls.
For a while, they enjoyed their meal in silence. Konata took a worried look at Kagami now and then.
"Kagami?"
"What?"
"How are you?"
"I'm fine."
"Are you angry?"
"No. I thought about it, and there's no reason to be. I knew what I got into when I agreed to hang out with you."
"And what did you get into, Kagamin?"
"I got an entire day full of frustration and embarrassment, as usual."
Konata was silent for a while, and piped, "But we had lots of fun."
"At my expense."
"No, Kagami, I always laugh with you, not just at you!"
Kagami sighed. "Yesterday, in that restaurant, I think I said some things that … hm …"
"I'll cherish those things and keep them in my heart only! My lips are sealed … well, maybe I'll tell Hiyori, if you don't mind?"
"I do mind!"
Konata yawned. "Let's sleep some more. We've got plenty of time before going to Minami-chan's place."
"Oh no, I had forgotten about that. So the whole weekend will be wasted."
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An hour later, Konata stepped out of the room. At that exact same moment, the door of the next room opened, and her father came out.
Sōjirō and Konata looked at each other for five seconds with their mouths open. As Kagami walked out, following Konata, Sōjirō snapped out of it, quickly moved back into his room, and closed the door.
"Hey? What's wrong?" Kagami asked. She had not noticed Konata's father.
Konata's eyes were as large as dinner plates and her face was paper-white.
"N … no … no …"
"What? Did you see a ghost?"
Konata shivered, took a very deep breath, and said, "Something like that. But I'm okay now. Let's go."
Konata was unusually quiet during the rest of their journey.
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"Sis, why the long face?" Tsukasa asked.
"It's because of yesterday, and this morning. It has been … indescribable."
"Did you have fun?"
"Well, yes … and no. I'll tell you about it later. At the moment I don't even think about it, because it makes me want to strangle Konata."
After a very late breakfast, Kagami and Konata had taken the train to near Iwasaki's house. Tsukasa and the others were just coming in.
"Hello, everyone!" Patricia said, and waved a sheaf of papers in her hand. "I have big lists of truths and dares, so we can have lots of fun!"
"Where did you get that list?" Konata asked.
"It's from the Internet!"
"Ooh, that sounds promising!" Konata said, and chuckled.
"From the Internet? Promising? Not the word I would use …" Kagami muttered.
"It's in some weird foreign language!" Konata noted when she peeked at the list.
"It's in English, Konata. You are supposed to know it," Kagami said, looking over Konata's shoulder.
Patricia snatched the papers away. "No peeking! It's funnier when you don't know what's coming up."
Kagami frowned. She thought she had seen some rather racy dares in there. "I'm having second thoughts about this whole truth or dare business," she noted.
"Come on, Kagami – can't you remember how much fun we've had with it?" Konata piped.
"At the moment the not so fun things are prevailing!"
At first, all the girls took a tour around the house, marveling at the size of the place. Minami's dog, Cherry, was sleeping at the exact center of two hallways, so that everyone had to step over it. Cherry didn't react this in any way whatsoever, until it was Hiyori's turn. The dog woke up and growled at her. Startled, Hiyori made a very un-ladylike and embarrassing leap, crashed into the wall, and fell on her face.
"Are you okay?" Patricia asked.
"Yeah … writing … hand … safe!" Hiyori gasped – she had yanked her left hand out of harm's way instead of cushioning her fall with it.
"I wonder why you always wake up when Hiyori-san is around?" Minami said, patting Cherry's head.
"Maybe she smells bad or something?" Yutaka suggested.
"Oi!" Hiyori said from the floor. "I don't stink! I bathed just before I came here!"
"Oh! Sorry, Hiyori-san, I didn't mean it quite like that. But maybe you smell like a cat or something?" Yutaka said.
Hiyori crawled up and rubbed her forehead. "We don't have any cats. Minami-san, could you let Cherry out or something, so I wouldn't get devoured?"
"Okay," Minami said and led Cherry towards the door.
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Meanwhile, the others had invaded the bathroom. "What a huge bathroom! There's the sauna, and – what – two baths? Is this other one a whirlpool tub?" Konata yelled, bouncing in excitement.
"Eh? What's that? Is it dangerous?" Tsukasa asked, having a mental image of a huge whirlpool appearing in a bathtub and pulling her underwater.
"Whirlpool tub, also called a Jacuzzi, is a Western-style bathtub fitted with water jets. Originally it was used for hydrotherapy, but now it is considered a luxurious form of bathing. It is really relaxing, although I myself can't stay very long because it tickles," Miyuki explained.
"Oi! Miyuki-chan, come into this place and explain it too!" Misao's piercing voice called from within the sauna.
Everyone packed into the sauna, which was a rather small room. It had a metal stove-like thing with big fist-sized stones on top of it, and a wooden bench, which had two levels – a lower and a higher one. On top of the bench there was a wooden bucket, with a ladle inside.
"It's not at all hot in here," Konata noted.
"That's because the sauna not turned on," Miyuki said. "It takes an hour or two to warm up."
"In that case, turn it on, Yuki-chan, so that we can try it later!" Konata commanded.
"Hey, shouldn't you ask Minami's permission first?" Kagami interfered.
"It's okay, Kagami-san. Iwasaki-san said we can use the sauna and baths if we want to," Miyuki said, bowed down, and turned a knob in the stove. Nothing apparently happened – there was just a soft ticking sound coming from the device. Miyuki stood up again, and started to talk.
"Ahem. This is a Finnish sauna. I believe Iwasaki-san's parents learned about it when they had a trip to Finland a few years ago. This stove here heats these stones, and the room is also heated, usually to 60 to 80 degrees Celsius. The wooden walls and benches are essential, because they also absorb moisture from the air. So the sauna's air gets very dry as it heats up. When it's hot, you take all your clothes off, come inside, sit on the topmost bench, and throw some water onto the stones. The water then evaporates instantly on the heated stones, making a distinctive sound. The increase of the water vapor in the air feels like a hot breath on your skin. This, in turn, makes you sweat and that is believed to clean the pores of your skin. The warmth and sweating have a relaxing effect. Finnish people also gently whip themselves in the sauna with birch branches that have leaves still attached. This improves blood circulation and further relaxes the muscles," Miyuki explained.
All the others looked at Miyuki with their mouths open.
"Eh?" Miyuki asked.
"I missed most of that!" Misao said. "But, in short, you come in here naked, pass water onto those stones, and it makes you feel relaxed?"
Everyone but Miyuki chuckled.
"No, don't pass water on the stones, please! You must fill this bucket with clean water and throw it onto the stones," Miyuki said, blushing a bit and gesturing with her hands.
"That's what I meant", Misao claimed.
"If we use this and that Jacuzzi, I bet we become super-relaxed! It's like, a critical success in relaxation!" Konata exclaimed. Then, she turned to face Kagami, and opened her mouth –
"Yeah, yeah. I know what you were going to say. And yes, I really need to relax. But it's because of you and our … odyssey!" Kagami said.
"So, Hiiragi, what exactly did happen this weekend? You haven't told us anything!" Misao said, her voice getting on Kagami's nerves especially within this enclosed space.
"I don't want to talk about it!" Kagami exclaimed, and walked out.
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Everyone had gathered at the large table in the living room of the house.
"If you don't want to make up dares, you can choose from these lists. There are easy, average, and hard dares available," Patricia said.
"Aww-right!" Konata yelled. "Then we can keep score! Easy is worth two points, average four points, and hard one six points. The one with the most points at the end wins."
"And truth is one point?" Patricia asked.
"Yeah, unless it's a really nasty one. The table can vote for extra points?" Konata suggested.
"Okay. I'll keep the score. What's the prize?" Patricia asked.
"Winner gets to dare anyone she wants once?" Konata suggested. "Any objections?" she added, looking around the table.
All the others were stupefied by the quick development of the game rules, so Konata shouted, "No objections, so I hereby declare the Truth or Dare World Championship Tournament open!"
"The what?" more than one of the girls asked. "How much points were the dares again?"
"No need to worry about that, we'll keep the score! Kagami, you completed a dare yesterday, so you can spin the bottle first," Konata said.
Sighing – which she found herself doing a lot when this game was involved – Kagami spun the bottle, which pointed at Ayano. "Truth or dare?" Kagami asked.
"I have no idea."
"Try an easy dare," Konata suggested.
"Don't listen to Konata," Kagami said.
"Why not? Easy dare sounds, well, easy, so let's start with that," Ayano said.
Without looking, Patricia poked her finger onto the paper. "It says, 'Take off one piece of clothing. You may not wear it again as long as the game lasts'."
"Oh. If that was an easy dare, wouldn't hard dare mean that …" Miyuki wondered, but stopped vocalizing that chain of thought and blushed.
Hiyori was blushing too; Yutaka and Minami happened to look at each other and that made them blush as well.
"It means this is getting interesting!" Misao yelled.
"Yeah," Konata confirmed.
"I think it's just getting more embarrassing," Kagami muttered.
"I guess I take one of my socks off then," Ayano said, proceeded to do so, and waved her bare toes in the air as a proof.
The others started to count in their mind how many pieces of clothing they were wearing.
"Cute. Two points for Ayano, and you may spin the bottle," Patricia declared.
It pointed at Tsukasa. "I think, easy dare for me too," she said.
Patricia read another random dare: "Sing the national anthem! I guess yours isn't 'Star-Spangled Banner'."
"But, but, there's no accompaniment!" Tsukasa gasped.
"Well, Tsukasa-senpai, that's the idea. It will be funnier that way. Go on," Patricia said.
"Yeah! Go, Tsukasa!" Konata cheered.
Tsukasa stood up, cleared her throat, and, in a shaky voice, began singing, "Kimi ga Yo wa, Chiyo ni-i-i- yaaa – !"
She had started the song at too high a pitch, and at this point, she couldn't reach the high note, and her voice broke.
Everyone started to laugh, which didn't make it any easier for Tsukasa. She started over, and with lots of difficulty, managed to finish the song, out of breath when it finally ended.
The others applauded.
"Whew. That was really embarrassing! Like elementary school singing exam again …" Tsukasa said, wiping her brow.
"That was funny. Two points for Tsukasa, and spin it," Patricia said.
The bottle pointed at Kagami. "Hm. Truth," she said.
"Where were you last night, sis? I called Kona-chan's house yesterday evening and nobody answered."
Konata started to giggle. "Shut up!" Kagami snapped at her, and, hesitantly, said, "I wasn't at Konata's … I … we … umm … stayed at a hotel instead."
"Love hotel, Kagami!" Konata corrected.
There were gasps and 'ooh' sounds around the table.
"You didn't have to tell them that!"
"B-but sis, why did you stay at a … uhh … love hotel?" Tsukasa asked.
Before Kagami had time to answer, Konata said, "That's a different question. Don't answer, Kagami! Let's keep them guessing."
"But I want to explain it!" Kagami complained.
"Hush!"
"One point for Kagami," Patricia said.
Sighing, Kagami spun the bottle, which ended up pointing at Minami.
"Easy dare," she said.
"Oh. Lucky you," Patricia said. "'Hug all the members of the opposite sex in the room'. Since there aren't any, you just got two points for free. Spin it."
Minami nodded, spun the bottle, and it indicated it was Tsukasa's turn.
"Easy dare!" Tsukasa said.
"Ha. One of my favorites. 'Look at someone in the eyes, and tell her 'I love you', in clear and loud voice, and as if you really mean it'," Patricia said. "Minami, who's her target?"
"Tsukasa-senpai … make your own choice," Minami said.
Indeed, Minami's declaration made the dare even more embarrassing. Everyone held their breath, waiting for Tsukasa's choice.
Flustered and red as a tomato, Tsukasa looked around. Her eyes caught on to someone who was also blushing. At that instant, she could not do anything but stare Miyuki in the eyes.
"I … lo-lo-lo," Tsukasa stuttered. She took a deep breath, and tried again, "I love you!"
"Good choice, Tsukasa! That was like, double-moe!" Konata cheered.
"Tsukasa, you are in the lead, with four points. Spin," Patricia said.
With her hand trembling a bit, Tsukasa did that, and the bottle pointed at Ayano.
"I'm going to catch you, Tsukasa-chan! Easy dare!"
"This is unfair, I haven't had a chance to earn any points so far," Konata muttered.
"Neither have I," Patricia reminded her, "And the easy dare is … 'Let someone paint you a moustache with a felt-tip.' I got one here," she added.
"Misao-chan can do it," Tsukasa said.
Ayano closed her eyes, and Misao took her time to draw a really thick and large 'moustache' on Ayano's upper lip, extending it to her cheeks as well. She also had time to sweep a little goatee on her chin before Ayano started to protest.
Lots of chuckles and giggles were heard. There was also a flash of light from Konata's camera, and Ayano's face was caught into another digital image.
"How long are we going to play this childish game?" Kagami asked.
Patricia looked at the clock – it was well past 6 p.m. now – and said, "Let's say until 7 p.m., sharp. Okay?"
"That long …" Kagami muttered, but there were no other protests.
"Two points for Ayano, she's in the lead with Tsukasa with four points," Patricia announced.
The bottle pointed at Kagami.
Kagami glared at Konata. "I want to make sure you don't win this game! So, since easy dares have been really easy today, I'll try a medium one. That moves me into the lead?" she said.
"Yeah, it would," Patricia said, and chose a random dare from the list. "Righto. 'Give a good, juicy French kiss to everyone who wants it'," Patricia read.
Everyone's jaw dropped.
"WHAT!" Kagami screamed.
"Oops. That was the 'Hard dare' list. Sorry. Let's see… 'Suck someone else's finger for a minute.' That will be Konata's finger, of course!"
"What do you mean, 'of course'?" Kagami growled.
"Oh yeah!" Konata exclaimed, and stuck her right index finger at Kagami's face.
"Konata, where has that finger been lately?" Kagami asked, and then blushed, as she realized the implications. Konata started to giggle.
"Unfortunately it's clean," Konata said.
Kagami licked her lips. Konata giggled and squirmed, as Kagami took the finger into her mouth. Kagami tried to tease Konata by tickling her finger with her tongue and trying other ways to make it feel weird for her, but to Kagami's disappointment, Konata just seemed to enjoy it all.
"Is smhwn lwkng wt whe wlwck?" Kagami mumbled.
"Yeah, I'm timing it," Patricia said.
When Patricia said that there were only ten seconds left, Kagami started using her teeth.
"Ow! No biting!" Konata yelped.
"Time's up!" Kagami spat Konata's finger out. "Eww! My finger is all wet and slimy!" Konata shouted, and tried to find a handkerchief.
"Sis, how did that taste like?"
Kagami just glared at Tsukasa and opted not to describe it.
"That was fun. Kagami, you are now leading with a total score of five points. Spin it," Patricia said.
It turned to point at Konata.
"Finally! Hard dare! I'm going to win this game, Kagami!" Konata said.
Patricia turned to the 'Hard Dares' page, looked away, and poked her finger onto the paper.
"Oh. This is short. 'Wet your pants.'"
Several of the girls gasped.
"But, but, I'm not wearing pants. This is a skirt," Konata noted.
"You won't duck out of this dare! You are wearing those anime character printed panties, so wet them!" Kagami yelled.
Everyone turned to look at her. Slowly, a very bright blush spread onto Kagami's cheeks.
Konata burst into loud laughter.
"Sis, how do you know what Konata's panties look like?" Tsukasa piped.
"I … uhh … we stayed at love h – I mean, we had a sleepover, of course I saw her underwear! So what?" Kagami yelled.
Konata jumped up, raced to the kitchen and brought a glass of water to the table. Shamelessly, she lifted her skirt and poured the water on her panties, cringing a bit at the feeling of cold water in her underwear. "Done and done!" she announced proudly.
"Hey, that's cheating!" Kagami yelled.
"The dare was for me to wet my pants. I did it. I want the full six points!"
"But you didn't do it properly," Patricia said. "I say we drop the value of that down to four points. Is there anyone who objects to this?"
Only Konata raised her arm.
"It's nine against one. You get four points only," Patricia declared.
"That sucks!" Konata said, and pouted.
"Technically, we could have given you zero points," Patricia reminded her.
"Okay, okay," Konata muttered, and spun the bottle, which pointed at Yutaka."
"Umm … an easy dare?" Yutaka said, looking flustered because it was the first time ever for her.
Patricia put her finger onto the paper, and translated the dare: "Sit on someone's lap, facing him or her, for five minutes."
"Well, well. Who should be the lucky girl who gets our cute Yu-chan on her …" Konata said, looking around the table. Minami was already flustered and again had a rosy tint on her cheeks – she was certain that Konata would say her name.
Looking directly at Minami, Konata said, "Sit on Hiyori's lap, Yu-chan," and grinned.
Minami gasped, her mouth fell open, and she looked at Konata, Yutaka, and Hiyori in a rapid succession.
Konata chuckled. Minami looked so moe when her precious Yu-chan would have to sit on someone else's lap. "I knew it! They both must have flags triggered," Konata thought.
Minami was not in a position to protest or say anything.
Giggling nervously, Yutaka stood up and sat on Hiyori's lap. Both of them seemed rather flustered. A flash of lightning made both of them flinch – Konata had again taken a picture. "Cousin!" Yutaka gasped.
"I completely forgot to take pictures yesterday …" Konata muttered, eyeing Kagami.
"Good, because your camera might have been mysteriously shattered if you had," Kagami growled.
"It's dad's camera, not mine!" Konata protested.
"That's not an excuse to do anything – wait, you'd better make sure your dad doesn't get his hands on any of the pictures!" Kagami yelled.
"Excuse me, can anyone hand me a few napkins?" Yutaka asked. "Hiyori-san's nose is bleeding."
"Two points for Yutaka," Patricia said, and added, "Tell you what – it's a bit unfair that some have already had two turns and some have had none. Could you give us a chance too? I'll take a turn, then Miyuki's, Misao's, and Hiyori's turn, if they want to."
There were comments like "Yeah, sounds fair." – "I don't mind."
"All right! And I want to lead this game, so I'll take a hard dare!" Patricia said. "Kagami, would you choose one for me randomly?"
Kagami sighed, took the paper, and poked her finger onto one line.
"Go into the kitchen, get n-n – " she started to translate it, but coughed and spluttered before she was able to continue. "Go into the kitchen, get naked, and wear only whipped cream on yourself."
Patricia grinned. "Oh, that one. Piece of cake!" she said, and stood up. "Minami-chan, I hope you have spray cream?"
"Yes, it's in the fridge," Minami confirmed.
After a few minutes, Patricia returned, carrying her clothes in her hand and wearing only a 'spray cream bikini'. A few of the girls blushed, and more than a few looked at Patricia's chest region with envy.
Konata raised her camera but both Patricia and Kagami sent daggers at her with their eyes, and she quickly put it away.
"Excuse me, could you give me some more napkins?" Yutaka asked. "Hiyori-san's nose is bleeding even more."
"Six points and now I'm leading!" Patricia announced. "Miyuki-senpai, do you want to take a turn?" she then asked.
"No, thanks. I'm okay," Miyuki said.
"Misao-senpai?"
"Yeah, I'll take a turn! I want to win! Hard dare!" Misao shouted.
"That's the spirit!" Patricia said, grinning. "Let's see … ah! This is a classic one! 'Kiss someone else's bare buttocks.'"
Lots of blushing faces, and gasps from many of the girls followed.
"I'd like you to kiss mine, Misao-senpai!" Patricia said. She turned around, went onto her hands and knees, and said, "Do it properly!"
Shamelessly, Misao crawled behind Patricia, and kissed her both buttocks loudly and wetly.
"Aww-right! I'm leading!" Misao announced. The others giggled, because now Misao also had a bit of whipped cream on her nose.
"We are sharing the first place, we both have six points," Patricia corrected, and added, "Yutaka, you can get off of Hiyori's lap now. Hiyori, do you want a turn?"
Hiyori's voice sounded a bit strange due to her clogged nose. "No thanks, I don't think I'm going to win this game anyway. Besides, I got to take a break," she said, and stood up, slightly wobbling.
"Okay, everyone, let's take a break," Patricia said.
"There are drinks in the fridge and snacks on the kitchen table," Minami said.
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After everyone had returned to the living room, Misao spun the bottle, which pointed at Miyuki.
"So you have to take a turn after all," Patricia said.
"Truth or dare?" Misao asked.
"Truth," Miyuki said, after thinking it over for a few seconds.
"I got to come up with something reeeeally embarrassing!" Misao yelled. "Hm, hm, … got it! if you liked girls, who in this room you would choose as your partner?"
"I think that's worth two points," Patricia said. Konata and a few others nodded.
Everyone's eyes were turned at Miyuki, who held her hands on her blushed face.
"Oh, oh, oh … Sorry, I think I know, but I can't say it! May I whisper it to her ear secretly?"
"Of course," Patricia said, and tried to hold back her laughter.
It was only after Miyuki had turned to Tsukasa and whispered something into her ear, she realized that it wasn't exactly a secret anymore. Again, Miyuki and Tsukasa tried to compete with the redness of their blush, while most of the others were laughing.
Between bouts of laughter, Konata said, "Let's add two more points, that was so incredibly moe!"
"Ha ha … all right, Miyuki, you have four points now, spin it," Patricia said, wiping tears of laughter.
Miyuki spun the bottle and it ended up pointing at Konata.
"Oh yeah! I'm going to lead the game again! Medium dare it is!" Konata shouted.
"It's almost seven o'clock too," Patricia noted. "So … 'Go commando for the rest of the game'."
"What does that mean?" Konata asked, for Patricia had spoken English.
"You need to take your underwear off and you can't wear it for the rest of the game," Patricia explained.
Giggling, and not looking at all ashamed, Konata quickly removed her wet panties, then put her hands inside her shirt and pulled her bra out.
"What, I didn't know you needed a bra at all," Patricia noted.
Konata stuck her tongue out at Patricia, and spun the bottle. It ended up pointing at Kagami.
"Four points to Konata, so you are leading with a total of eight. And there's less than three minutes of time left!" Patricia said.
Kagami gnashed her teeth, and groaned, "I can't lose to Konata. So … medium dare it is."
Patricia selected a dare, and read: "'Make out heavily with someone for two minutes.'"
Instantly, Kagami turned bright red.
"Oh my … and I get to choose with whom," Konata said, and grinned. "Decisions, decisions. Who should it be?" she added, looking around the room.
"Time is running out, Konata! You must decide in thirty seconds," Patricia noted.
For Kagami, it was clear that there was one person only she wanted to make out with. "But why? Why is it always her? She will be the death of me…"
Tears appeared in Kagami's eyes, her jaw twitched – and she started to cry.
Konata felt that familiar pain in her heart. She sprung up, and shouted, "Stop! Kagami, I don't want you to do it! You win. The game is over. Any objections?"
All the others looked at Konata, then at Kagami. Nobody said anything.
"I think we all agree," Patricia said quietly.
Kagami sniffed. "I never back out of a dare. I will do it," she said.
"We all know you would do it! And that's why you don't have to," Konata said. "Patricia, what's the final score?"
"Kagami wins with 9 points; Konata, you are second with 8; then, me and Misao at 6 points; Tsukasa, Miyuki and Ayano got 4 points each; Yutaka and Minami both have 2 points, and Hiyori loses with zero points."
"I don't mind," Hiyori said, smiling, because she felt like a winner. "Although it will take me weeks to draw all this!" she thought.
Everyone got up, stretched their limbs, some went to take a drink or get more snacks, or generally moved around. Most of them were planning to take a bath or try the sauna next.
Kagami had calmed down, now that it was finally over. But she was not thinking about her victory or what to dare Konata to do, for another thought was now pounding in her head. "Why didn't she want to make out with me?"
"I guess she doesn't like me that way," she concluded, and sighed. "I better forget about it. We are just friends, nothing more."
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