Looking at the statistics, the Lucky Star fictions really seems a bit dead, but whatever, I'll continue and so, here's chapter two.
Like I said before, this chapter is more or less the real first chapter because here is where the story starts after the mentioned concert at the end of the last chapter.
Clingy Konata
A little over a week since the concert passed and the four friends had as always gathered together at their lunch break in school and were chatting about nothing of importance, but unfortunately, for Kagami, Konata was bored.
"Kagamiiiin~?"
"I already don't like the sound of it…" Kagami had a bad feeling about this.
"Don't be so negative… I just wanted to ask if I can come over today."
"Oh, that's even worse than I imagined. Why?"
"Why not? Besides, Miyuki has a week full of dentist visits and Tsukasa lives in the room next to yours and so, I would end up with you anyway. That's why you're the only option."
"Aww… don't remind me of that!" Just hearing the word dentist was enough for Miyuki to start shivering.
"Poor Yuki-chan..." Tsukasa felt sorry for her because she didn't like the dentist either.
"Fine! I don't remember any homework. I don't really understand why you want to come over then, though." Kagami was a bit confused.
"Why is it always homework with you?" Konata tried to play innocent.
"That's my line." It didn't work
"Kagamin~, I was just a bit bored and wanted to spend some time with you..." Konata changed her play of innocence to one where she pretended to be hurt.
"Okay okay, you can come…" She gave up.
"Yay!" Konata was happy, stood up and started hugging Kagami for the usual, nonexistent, reason.
"Oi! Stop that already! Why are you bored in the first place? Knowing you, there has to be some new manga, anime or games you just bought." Kagami tried to push Konata back into her seat while she said so.
"Not really, most mangas and anime I'm following are on a break this month and games aren't due until next month either…. It's horrible!"
"Maybe taking a break is a good thing for you..." Kagami sighed in response.
"No… but now can I spent more time with Kagamin~!" Konata really didn't sound like it was bad.
"Ah... I see… Good for you and bad for me, huh?" She sighed once more.
"Aww, Kagamin~, you really hate me, don't you?" Konata became overly dramatic and shed a little tear.
"I didn't say that." Kagami tried to cheer her up a bit. "You're just hard to deal with, Konata."
"Coming from a tsundere... That's heavy…" Konata took unexpected high damage.
"What was that?"
"Nothing! That means I can come over, right?"
"Haa… Yes…" Kagami answered after yet another small sigh. She was going for a record today.
….
After school of the same day.
"Wait, you're coming right after school with us?" Kagami looked at Konata as the three, including Tsukasa, exited the train at the same station.
"Yeah, why not?"
"Uhm…" She wasn't able to come up with anything good.
"See? Let's go then!"
"This is going to be a long day." Kagami quietly said so to herself. She already started to look forward to tomorrow.
…..
A couple minutes later, the group had arrived at the Hiiragi home.
"We're home!" The twins announced while they entered their house.
"Welcome back!" Their mother, Miki, answered them. "Oh, Konata is with you."
"Yeah, she wanted to come over after school. I hope that's okay."
"Of course, Konata is always welcome here."
"See, even your mom loves me!" Konata was happy to find another supporter.
"Only because she doesn't know you as well as I do!"
"Hmpf." Konata pouted, which caused Kagami to giggle a bit.
"Let's go to my room already." Urging Konata to move, Kagami pushed her to her room. Tsukasa went to her own room first because she had a couple other things to do.
"So, what do you want to do?" Konata's plan to go was not having a plan in the first place.
"YOU ask ME what I want to do?" She was a bit perplexed because at least one stupid idea usually surfaces pretty quickly.
"Ehm yeah, I think I just did..." Konata scratched her head.
"That's a first... Hmm, we don't have any homework… I probably need a bit to think to find something similar for you."
"Kagamiiin~, you always say that I torture you for no good reason, but you aren't really better at all."
"Fight fire with fire… Well, at least my torture is good for your future." Kagami started laughing.
"Yeah yeah... Whatever, thought of something already?
"Not really, but I got a new shooter game last week, we could start with that for now."
"Kagamin~ wants to play a game, huh? Talk about firsts…"
"You want or not?" She got a little impatient.
"Pretty confident, aren't we?" Konata teased.
"Well, I'm good at shooters and you never played that game, right?" Kagami really was confident.
"Fool…"
…..
30 minutes later, Kagami actually had landed some good hits, but in the end, she was completely destroyed by Konata's superior gaming skills.
"How?" Kagami dramatically slumped down on the floor. "How is this even possible?"
"Kagamin~, Kagamin~, just because I don't know this particular game in question, it doesn't mean that I don't know 15 games with a similar gameplay." Konata was really proud of herself.
"You may look like you want to be praised, but I don't think this is a good thing."
"Don't be a bad loser." Konata had fun teasing her. "Look, the game has a two-player function. I'm sure that together, we can beat everything and everyone in no time at all."
"Fine… At least I can let out some steam at those useless virtual guys then."
"That's the spirit!"
…..
About three hours later.
"Wow, we already have beaten 50% of the game!" Kagami was amazed when she looked at the game statistics.
"I told you that we're a good team."
"I guess you're right… Although, you're clearly better than me." Kagami added after looking at the individual player stats.
"You were playing a support role. It's only natural that I have more kills."
"Thanks for the comforting Konata." Kagami still sighed while Konata giggled a bit.
"You're welcome~, but I think I should head home for today. It's already pretty late and I'm getting hungry." Exactly at the word 'hungry', Kagami's stomach growled as if someone had called for it. Konata tried her best not to laugh and Kagami started blushing.
"Don't!" Kagami seemed angry.
"What?"
"Don't say a word. Not even a single one."
"Aww, a blushing Kagamin~ is cute as always and a hungry Kagamin~ has some good sides as well." Konata didn't listen to her at all.
"And of course, you said something..."
"I'm sorry, but you know as good as I do that I can't resist something as easy as that. On another note, I think I have to come again tomorrow." Konata held back on the teasing for now.
"Eh? Why do you have to come again?"
"We have to finish the game, right?"
"I don't think I can survive another day with you."
"Aww, we both know you had fun."
"Not as much as you think." Kagami tried to stay calm, but her face was more honest.
"And there's the blush again. You really are bad at lying, Kagamin~." She teased her while tackling Kagami into a hug.
"Oi! I told you to not hug me like that out of nowhere!" Kagami shouted, but, at the exact same moment, her body betrayed her again as her stomach made another noise.
"Okay okay, I better go before I get eaten now. Bye~!" Konata said so and quickly left the house.
"… Well, she was kind of right... I didn't expect to have fun today, but for now… I need food!"
…..
The next day after school. Just like the day before, Konata was again in Kagami's room. However, much to Konata's distress, Kagami insisted on doing their homework before everything else and Tsukasa joined them because she also had to do her homework. Konata and Tsukasa actually managed to do an hour worth of homework, but that was all they could take.
"Kagamin~!" Konata stood up, went behind her and wrapped her hands around Kagamis neck. "Please let us stop now. My brain is melting and look, Tsukasa is already in a coma!"
"She's just sleeping... Only a couple more minutes, we're almost done and what did I tell you about hugging?"
"That you love it?"
"I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything like that."
"Maybe it was just my intuition…"
"More like imagination and so, stop it already."
"Only if we stop with the homework thing now." Konata showed her mischievous cat grin.
"Okay, fine…" Kagami gave up and packed her books away because she knew it was pointless.
"Wow, it actually worked… I-I mean, yay, game time!" Konata wasn't expecting it, but was happy again. She let go of Kagami, started the game and loaded the savegame from yesterday.
"Yeah yeah…" Kagami was way less enthusiastic for some reason.
They continued the game from where they stopped the day before and in the next three hours, the two killed every virtual enemy around until they saw the ending credits on the screen.
"Wow, that was intense. I've never beaten a game that fast before." Even Kagami was excited.
"Yeah, you were pretty good." Konata agreed while praising her.
"You're one to talk."
"Hehe, but now we have a new problem." Konata suddenly sounded overly serious.
"What is it?"
"Now that the game is finished, we have nothing to do for tomorrow..."
"Wait a moment! You want to come over again, tomorrow?"
"Sure!" Konata bluntly answered her question.
"Why?"
"Why not?"
"Because ehm… Yes, I'll probably go insane with you around me every single day."
"You can't tell me that you hadn't had fun, Kagamin~." Konata could read her like a book.
"W-Well…"
"Kagamin~." She started before standing up and tackling her in yet another hug. "Just say it~. You know it's true~."
"Okay... I guess… It wasn't that bad."
"Kagaaamiin~!"
"Fine! The game was fun with you."
"Was it that hard?"
"Yes!" Her red face confirmed it. "Now, get off me!"
"Okay... We still have to do something about tomorrow."
"So... No way out, I suppose?"
"Nope." Konata's resolute answer caused Kagami to sigh.
"Fine, looks like I have no chance… Whatever, what have you planned?
"Uhm… nothing yet. I'm going to tell you tomorrow."
"I kind of expected that... You should probably head home, anyway. It looks like we somehow forgot the time again." Kagami looked at the clock and was a little shocked at how late it already was.
"Yeah, you're right. Okay, see you tomorrow then, Kagamin~." Konata said and left afterward.
"What's up with her? She's almost like a normal person the last days... except the hugging maybe… Strange." Kagami was thinking that she missed something while looking for food to eat after Konata had left.
….
The next day at school, lunch break as usual.
"Kagamin~!" Konata waved her arms when she saw her favorite tsundere entering the classroom.
"Yo." Kagami greeted back and sat down on her chair next to Konata. "What's the topic?"
"Same as always, nothing out of the ordinary." Konata answered.
"Ah..." Kagami understood, nodded, and started eating.
"By the way, Kagamin~, I found an activity for today. Want to join, Tsukasa? Miyuki, you have still the dentist problem, right?"
"I-Izumi-san, please don't say that word here." Miyuki covered her ears with her hands.
"Poor Yuki-chan..." Tsukasa felt sorry for her again. "I'm sorry, Kona-chan, I promised mom to help with cooking today. We want to try something new, so it's probably going to take some time. What have you planned?"
"Okay… So, it's just me and Kagamin~, huh?"
"Wait, who said that I'm coming? Kagami didn't like that she wasn't even asked about her opinion.
"You did, yesterday."
"I don't really remember anything that."
"Yes, yes you did, but don't worry, you're going to like it anyway."
"Fine, resistance is wasted on you, anyway. So… what are we going to do today?" She gave up surprisingly fast and turned to Konata.
"Yay!" Konata stood up and…
"If you're going to hug me now you can go alone! You're way to clingy lately" Kagami warned her and Konata quickly sat down again.
"Pretty mean today… I found an interesting looking new café on my way home from you, yesterday."
"What's so special about a café?" Kagami wasn't very impressed by the suggested activity.
"There was a sign in front of it, saying that this café has 'the biggest all you can eat cake buffet in town.'"
"Biggest… cake… buffet… in town…" She quietly mumbled to herself. "Hmm… It certainly doesn't sound so bad."
"I knew you would like it, after all, you…" Konata was stopped with a warning.
"Watch your next words or you're going to regret it."
"Aww, that's unfair! I also want to go." Tsukasa wasn't happy to be left out.
"Yes, me too." Miyuki agreed with her.
"How about that? Kagamin~ and I are going to test it today and if it's any good, we all can go together next time." Konata tried to find a middle ground.
"Ok, sounds good." Tsukasa and Miyuki nodded in agreement.
"Uhh… two cake buffets in succession... I don't think that is good for my diet." Kagami complained, but the idea of just holding back a little never crossed her mind.
"Don't worry, you're fine." Konata smiled at Kagami, who suddenly started blushing in return.
"W-Was that a compliment from you?" Kagami couldn't believe that answer. "A compliment from the person who is always teasing me about my weight at every possible occasion?"
"Yeah, I think so…" She nodded while tilting her head. "Would a tease have been better? Besides, most of the time, you start the whole weight thing on your own and I just can't resist making a joke, that's all."
"I… uhm..."
"Cake buffet it is, right?" She became a little tired and wanted to finish already.
"Yes, we're going, Konata." Kagami gave up.
"Yay!"
…..
School was over and the two were on their way to the café.
"By the way, Konata, where is this café?"
"It's right at the station before the stop where I usually get off when heading home."
"Uhm… How did you find it after getting home yesterday?" Kagami was wondering how she ended up there.
"Well… I was a bit tired and dozed off for a couple minutes on the train. After I woke up again, I panicked and accidentally left the train a stop too early. While I had to wait 20 minutes for the next train, I decided to take a look around and found this café. Sadly, it was already closed and so, I have no idea if the sign was lying or not."
"I don't know what to say…" Kagami said while slapping her own forehead.
"Don't worry, Kagamin~, I'm sure it was fate that guided me to this place."
"As long as you're happy..." Kagami just sighed again.
"I'm with you... so, yeah." Konata cheerfully said and hugged Kagamis arm, but Kagami, on the other hand, was developing a new shade of red on her face right now.
"D-Don't say s-something like that in public and even more, don't h-hug me!" Kagami was too embarrassed to talk without stuttering.
"So… It's okay in private?" Konata teased.
"I-I haven't said that. Anyway, I think that's the café, right? It looks nice" She quickly tried to change the subject.
"Oh, yeah, that's it."
…..
Inside the café.
"Wow, it is really nice here." Kagami looked pleasantly surprised.
"Welcome! How can I help you two girls?" A waitress appeared out of nowhere and asked them.
"A table for two please."
"Certainly, please follow me." The two followed her to a free table and a while later, a different waitress came to take the order.
"Have you girls already decided on something?"
"Yes, we'll both take on the all you can eat cake buffet." Konata decided for the two.
"Of course, drink refills are also included in the buffet."
"Is there a time limit or something else we should know?" Kagami sounded a bit worried.
"No, there is no time limit, but please take it a bit slow in order to not waste any cake that you can't eat at the end. Depending on how much is left over, we might charge an extra fee." The waitress explained the rules and walked away.
"No, I'm not doing that ever again!" Kagami remembered the last time they all visited a buffet, where they almost died on a cake overdose because of how much they overdid it. Konata simply nodded in agreement.
"Let's go and check this so called 'the biggest cake buffet in town'." Konata quoted the sign from outside the store and both left their table.
"Wow... I... I... wow!" Kagami did her best to find the right words, but failed when she saw the buffet in front of her.
"So many cakes... I-I don't even know half of them. How is this even possible?" Konata was equally overwhelmed when she saw it.
"I-I don't even know where to start..." Kagami managed to complete a sentence.
"I think, I'll take some of those I never saw before, just to find out what it is." Konata announced her plan and both then picked a large variety of cakes on their first plate before going back to their table.
"I'm going to get something to drink before I start, want something as well, Konata?"
"Yes, thank you. Cola would be nice."
After Kagami came back with the drinks, they started eating and both were amazed by the taste. The two went a couple more times for new cakes and never wanted to stop. About an hour later, both finally were so full that they could barely move anymore.
"Wow, I ate way too much. I just couldn't stop."
"Yeah, I know what you mean..." Konata agreed while rubbing her belly.
"And every single cake was so good."
"Yes, and the selection... I feel like I ate like fifty different cakes already and I still only tried like a third of them..."
"That was a god idea coming here, thanks, Konata." Kagami was glad that she agreed in the end.
"You're welcome... I would hug you, but sadly, I can't move right now." Konata teased her.
"Don't worry…"
"Still, I think this is the first time ever an advertisement sign didn't lie to me…" Konata looked like she had a lot of bad experiences with false advertisements.
"Yes, the selection is… I can't even find a proper word to describe." Kagami agreed with her.
It took them about half an hour later, but the two were able to move again and left the café before they stopped at the station.
"Do you want to do anything else? It's still early after all." Konata said while yawning.
"I would, but I really can't. All I can think of now is going to sleep… I ate way too much to move any more than that."
"Yes, to be honest, I feel exactly the same. Okay, I will find something for the weekend then." Konata gave up for the day because she also only wanted to meet up with her bed, but still didn't forget to make another appointment.
"Uhm… okay. Oh, there is my train… Well, see you at school tomorrow, I guess." She just agreed without thinking.
"See you." Konata waved while Kagami was boarding her train.
"Honestly, what is going on with her?" While Kagami was riding the train towards her home, she was thinking about Konata.
At home, both girls fell asleep almost instantly.
…..
The next day at school, it was Friday and as usual, the group spends their lunch break together.
"TWO kilos! I gained two kilos yesterday!" Kagami almost screamed in the class while sitting down at the group's table.
"But it was totally worth it." Konata didn't see the problem at all.
"Well, yes, that's right…" Her anger deflated pretty quickly.
"Kona-chan, how was the buffet? I hadn't any chance to talk with onee-chan yesterday because she instantly went to bed after coming home."
"Sorry, sis, I couldn't even walk anymore… I just wanted to sleep."
"Yeah, me too, first time I went to bed this early."
"So?" Miyuki was also interested.
"It was amazing." Both, Konata and Kagami, said at the same time.
"The cakes were so delicious!"
"And so many of them!" Konata agreed with her. "I tried to eat one of every cake, but I didn't even manage to try a third of them. We ate over an hour straight and I almost looked like I was pregnant after that."
"And it wasn't even really expensive. It was so totally worth it. Thanks again, Konata."
"Oh, that reminds me of something..." Konata stood up, walked up to Kagami and gave her a short hug before sitting down on her seat again.
"Huh? Oi! What was that?" Kagami was slightly confused by her action.
"Remember yesterday, when I was too full to hug you after you thanked me?"
"Oh yeah, right... Wait… That's still no reason to hug me now..."
"You don't sound very convincing, Kagamin~." Konata teased as she heard no malice in her words. "Anyway, are you three free on Sunday?"
"Yes." Miyuki and Tsukasa answered together.
"What is it now again?"
"I was thinking about weekend activities and remembered that hadn't watched a movie since forever. That's why, let's all go to the cinema on Sunday."
"What movie? I'm not very interested in an anime movie…" Kagami sighed before she even heard the suggestion.
"Uhm... I actually don't even know what's currently running in the cinema in the first place… You can choose a movie if you want." Konata said while scratching her head. "Unless it's a documentary because then, it's a no from me." She made a small correction to her suggestion.
"Or a horror movie!" Tsukasa instantly added her own demands.
"I... uh, okay. I suppose I'm in, then." Kagami somehow felt like she missed something, but it wasn't a bad idea and so, she agreed.
"But please choose something funny, onee-chan!" Tsukasa basically begged her.
"Sure, sure."
"Oh, and are you free tomorrow as well, Kagamin~?" Konata suddenly asked for another day.
"There's even more?"
"Yeah, I found a shooter game at home I totally forgot about and never actually played it. It also has a two-player mode. We could play it together again. Maybe, if I can stay over, we can rock it in one sitting."
"You sure are high maintenance lately, huh?" Kagami teased her a little.
"Well, as I told you… I'm pretty bored and the week was pretty fun until now, wasn't it?" Konata was being honest.
"Well, yeah… I have to ask my mom first, though, and it comes with a condition."
"That is?"
"We're doing homework first and then, we can destroy everyone in the game."
"I guess I have no choice, like, none at all, right…?" Konata was already accepting her fate.
"Exactly…" Both sighed, but for entirely different reasons.
….
The next day, and luckily, Kagami's mother had agreed to Konata sleeping over. She was currently on her way to Kagami and with her, she had a rather huge bag with the game, stuff for some homework, clothes, and two boxes of pocky sticks, she bought on a whim in a convenience store on her way. 20 minutes later, she arrived and was greeted by Kagami's mother at the door before she went upstairs to Kagami's room.
"Hello, Kagamin~!" Konata made a flashy entrance and startled Kagami a bit.
"D-Don't scare me like that. I almost had a heart attack..." She yelled back while trying to calm herself down.
"Sorry… I didn't see that you were too focused to notice me." Konata felt a bit bad as she apologized.
"It's fine… Just be careful next time, okay?
"Yes, by the way, what were you doing anyway?" She didn't know that she's going to regret asking.
"I already started my homework and now, you're joining me!" Konata could even see the fire burning in Kagami's eyes
"Straight to business as usual, that's my Kagamin~." Konata suffered and accepted an early defeat.
"You agreed to it, don't complain and start at once!"
"Yes, mom." Konata still felt the urge to tease.
"Just get over it that we can play your stupid game." She urged her to start doing her homework.
"Oh, looking forward, aren't we?" Konata became a little happy when she interpreted her words.
"S-Shut up and start." She got a bit embarrassed.
"Okay~!" Konata let it go for the time being. "Oh, by the way, I bought some pockys on the way here. One of them is this weird new flavor you talked about before."
"Really? That's nice. It was wasabi-melon, right?"
"Yeah, I have absolutely no idea how that's supposed to work with chocolate… Or with each other in the first place..." Konata was a bit weirded out by the flavor.
"There's only one way to find out." Kagami said while they both took a stick out of the box in order to try. Chocolate was more important than homework to even Kagami, after all.
"Well…" Konata had a complicated expression on her face. "It's better than I thought. I mean it couldn't be worse than I had imagined, but, to be honest, I'll stick with the original." She was pleasantly surprised, but still not convinced.
"Yeah, somehow, it's the same every time. New flavors are nice and all, but nothing beats the original in the end." Kagami agreed with her evaluation.
Their homework took about two hours in total to finish. Konata tried many times to end it early, but, ultimately, Kagami won and even Konata had done most of it on her own. However, after these hours, Konata wasn't exactly happy.
"Kagamin~, I'm dying over here!"
"No, you aren't!" Kagami knew how overly dramatic she can be.
"Yes, I am! I think my brain melted and started pouring out of my ears." So very dramatic.
"Eww…" Even imagining it was pretty disgusting.
"Anyway, let's eat something!"
"You really are hungry after that statement?" Kagami even more disgusted.
"Uhh… yeah."
"You're pretty weird…"
"That's news to me. So, that means you aren't hungry?"
"I didn't say that…" She didn't even realize that she played right into Konata's hand
"Kagamin~, don't be so unnecessarily complicated. Why are women always so complicated?" She tried to sound serious.
"Last time I checked, I had the impression you were one as well if I remember right."
"Unnecessary details, Kagamin~. By the way, I'm still hungry…"
"Uhm... okay. Anyway, I think Tsukasa was cooking something earlier, maybe they left something behind for us."
"Good, I'm fine with everything. Well, as long as you didn't cook, that is."
"Oi! That's mean! After what happened last time I'm not allowed anyway to coo…" Kagami suddenly stopped after realizing her own mistake and looking at Konata.
"Kagamin~?" She had an unbelievable huge grin on her face.
"No, I'm not telling you!" She had a really bad feeling about this.
"Kagamiiin~?" Which only got bigger.
"No! Stop it, or you won't get any food!" Kagami was getting desperate.
"You're no fun and mean as always..." Konata only started to pout.
When the two finished bickering, they went to the kitchen. Fortunately, Tsukasa had prepared something for the two as well.
"Wow, Tsukasa's cooking is as great as ever." Konata was back at full energy again.
"You don't have to tell me that." She looked really proud for some reason.
"I can totally see why you always whine about your weight with something like her at home!"
"Oi! I'll just pretend I didn't hear that." Kagami got angry.
"I could repeat it, but whatever… Let's play the game now."
"I think we should take a bath first before it gets too late."
"Uhh, nice idea!" Konata was getting excited.
"One after another!"
"Aww." The excitement was soon replaced by disappointment.
"You can go first." Kagami said.
"Okay…" She hung her head and went to the bathroom.
…..
Konata finished 20 minutes later and had also changed into her pajamas in the process, which basically was just a T-shirt and shorts. While wearing a towel around her neck, Konata came back and sat down on the futon Kagami had already prepared in the meanwhile.
"Ahh~, that was nice." Konata said while steam was still rising from her body. "Let's start that game now."
"How about I go and take a bath now."
"Oh, yeah…" She had already forgotten about that.
Kagami went into the bath while Konata started loading and setting up the game and 20 minutes later, Kagami was also finished with her bath and changed into her pajamas as well, long pants and a shirt. She was wearing her hair open instead of her usual twintails now.
"Aww… too bad that you need your twintails, the open hair looks good on you." She let out an incredibly smooth line. The second part, that is
"T-Thanks? Wait, what do you mean by 'need'?" Kagami was flustered and confused at the same time.
"You're a tsundere… Tsundere and twintails are fundamental for each other." Konata explained while entering her otaku mode.
"Damn, I should've seen that one coming!" She said while sitting down next to Konata on her futon, ready to play the game. Konata suddenly leaned over pretty close to Kagami.
"You smell good!" Konata delivered another smooth, albeit a little creepy, line. Kagami's face turned red almost instantly.
"W-What d-did you say? Wait, don't sniff me! That's incredibly embarrassing, besides you smell exactly the same."
"So, you sniffed me as well, huh?" Konata answered with a slightly dirty smile.
"S-Shut up, Idiot. That's just because… you obviously used my Shampoo…" Kagami started blushing even more while thinking about something. "Seriously though, she made me two compliments and the pockys, well one and a half compliments… with the tsundere stuff and all, but still, what's up with her lately?"
"Let's start the game. I have already selected everything important. Let's kick asses."
"You don't have to tell me that." Kagami added with a fire burning in her eyes.
They started the game and like expected, the two were an unstoppable duo, killing every enemy and clearing every level in record time. Time flew by and completely unnoticed by them, it became soon almost 2 in the night. As a cut scene appeared on the screen, Kagami took a quick glance at the clock and was shocked.
"Konata! Look at the time! We should stop now. I'm pretty tired and you look even worse. I bet you didn't sleep at all last night, right?" Kagami said while letting out a yawn.
"I slept at least three hours last night!" She looked strangely proud, but her own yawning didn't help and only made clear that three hours are nowhere near enough. "Kagamin~, that was the last cutscene, the boss is the only thing left. It's only 8 minutes more, 10 at maximum."
"Okay, 10 minutes don't change anything either, I suppose…"
Exactly 17 minutes and 12 seconds later, the ending credits were running over the screen.
"Finally, let's go to sleep now, Kona…*yawn*...ta. Konata?" She didn't answer and Kagami suddenly felt something pressing on her shoulder. "Konata, don't start hugging me now!" However, Konata wasn't hugging her, she fell asleep and unconsciously leaned against Kagamis shoulder. "Well, I guess that wasn't intentional, right? Right?" Kagami still had her doubts.
Kagami also felt extremely tired by now. She couldn't even stand up anymore and fell more or less immediately asleep right on the spot. Both sitting on the floor while leaning with their backs against Kagami's bed and Konata had buried her head on Kagamis shoulder.
….
The next 'morning', a little after 11 the be exact. Both were still sleeping on the floor, but their position slightly changed. Kagami was now lying between the bed and the futon. Konata, who was slightly in front of her, was unable to move for some reason. It looked like somehow, both fell over and ended up like that.
"Ka~gamin~." Konata said while releasing a small yawn.
"…" Nothing.
"Kagamiiin~." She tried again.
"What?" Kagami had her eyes still closed.
"Kagamiiiiin~~~."
"What is it?!" Kagami was relatively awake now and finally opened her eyes. "Wahh! You´re way too close! Go away!"
"I would love to… well, not really, but it's not like I can in the first place. You would have to release me first for that…"
"What do you mean?" Kagami was still unaware of the situation.
"You're clinging to me pretty tight right now, Kagamin~."
"W-What? I'm not hugging you!" When she finally looked down and saw her arm tightly around Konata's waist, she immediately released her 'hug'. "Oh, I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't realize it." Kagami muttered and her face developed a new intensity of red that humanity had never seen before.
"Don't worry, Kagamin~. It's not that I disliked it, besides, I hug you all the time and so, you can have your fun, too."
"It wasn't intentional!" Kagami yelled in defense with a still very red face.
"You don't have to deny it~. Anyway, how?" Konata completely ignored her struggling.
"How what?" Kagami looked puzzled because she didn't understand what Konata meant.
"How did you… err, we end up like that."
"Oh, uhm… We were playing your game till after 2 a.m. and you fell asleep on my shoulder." At this point, she started blushing stronger again.
"And you didn't stop me? That's nice." Konata started smiling gently.
"I was too tired to do it and I fell asleep before I even could go to my own bed. The next thing I remember is you waking me…"
"Aww, that's almost cute." She teased. "Wait!" Konata suddenly sounded extremely serious.
"W-What?" Kagami was surprised at her sudden mood change.
"Did we finish the game?"
"Don't scare me like that! Uhm… I think so." She pointed at the TV, which was still showing the last page of the credit section.
"Ah, looks like it. That's good then." Konata turned to normal again.
"You sure a dedicated." Kagami was impressed and disappointed at the same time.
"Of course I am!"
"Sadly, it's with the wrong things." The disappointment won over.
"Not for me." Konata proudly was proud of her dedication.
"Yeah yeah… I think we should get up now. It's already pretty late."
"Let's wait a bit, okay? My back hurts pretty bad… I mean, not the parts where you hugged me, those were soft, but the floor was pretty hard."
"That doesn't sound weird at all, absolutely not… Don't play the old lady and dirty old man at the same time and get up." Kagami decided to stand up first. However, the stabbing pain in her own back said no to this plan. "Okay, maybe we could wait a couple minutes..." She said as she laid down next to Konata on the futon."
"Kagamin~?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry." Konata laughed a bit after hearing the apology and Kagami couldn't help it and started to laugh as well. A couple minutes passed and the two then heard a knocking on the door.
"Onee-chan? Kona-chan? Are you up yet?" Tsukasa asked from the other side of the door.
"More or less." Konata vaguely answered.
"You can come in, sis."
"Okay… uhm… What are you two doing?" Tsukasa looked slightly confused after she entered the room and saw the two lying on the futon.
"That's a bit complicated…" Konata started.
"… We were playing a game a bit too long and fell asleep on the floor…" Kagami continued the explanation.
"And today, we woke up in an interesting position. Kagamin~ was…" Kagami interrupted Konata because she didn't want to give Tsukasa any weird ideas.
"We were still lying on the floor. It was seriously uncomfortable and now our backs hurt a ton."
"And therefore, we are lying down like that right now." Konata finished their explanation.
"I see..." Tsukasa was amazed by the duo. "Looks like you two had fun at least."
"Yeah, the game was great. The homework part before, not that much."
"But it was necessary."
"But are you two fit for the cinema later?" Tsukasa was a bit worried about their condition.
"Sure." Both said together. "Just give us a couple more minutes..."
"Want to cook something together later, Tsukasa? I'm starting to get hungry. I was thinking to ask Kagami for a second, but I suppose you're the better choice for that…" Konata wanted to avoid unneeded casualties.
"You're probably right... Sure, I would love to cook with you." Tsukasa answered her and both completely ignored Kagami.
"Oi! I heard that, you two!" Kagami got angry at them.
"So, you have something to add to our worries, Kagamin~?"
"Be happy that I can't move right now!"
"Give us 30 minutes and we'll come down." Konata ignored Kagami again and looked at Tsukasa.
"Okay, I'll start preparing then."
"Uhm, Tsukasa?" She was about to leave when Kagami suddenly had a question.
"Yes, onee-chan?"
"Why are you already awake?" Kagami asked, perfectly knowing that it was already pretty late for normal people, but still extremely early for Tsukasa on a Sunday.
"Well… I was pretty tired yesterday… I went to bed at 9 and so, I already slept my usual 14 hours on a weekend."
"14 hours of sleep!?" Konata and Kagami said together. "I wish I could do that…"
The two managed to get out of the futon 30 minutes later and changed into normal clothing. After a visit in the bathroom, all three girls were in the kitchen now. The remaining Hiiragi family was at their shrine today.
"I also want to help!" Kagami suddenly said after watching Konata and Tsukasa preparing food together.
"No!" Tsukasa and Konata immediately declined Kagami's request.
"That's not fair…" She started to pout.
"Kagamin~, we're just concerned about your AND our health, that's all." Konata answered while Tsukasa was nodding furiously. "Oh, and the kitchen…"
"You two can be pretty mean on your own, you know?"
"Are we jealous, Kagamin~? Don't worry, you're still our unrivaled tsundere queen."
"Shut up…"
"See!" Konata raised a fist in victory, only to get hit on her head by Kagami. "Ouch." She added and Kagami cheered up a bit.
Tsukasa and Konata finished the cooking soon after. They made some miso soup, rice and meat Tsukasa found in the fridge. Kagami just sat there and looked at the two flying through the kitchen and doing various things, she couldn't even follow everything.
"Wow, you two should start a restaurant…" Kagami said while eating. Konata and especially Tsukasa felt rather proud at the praise from Kagami.
"I bet you just want free food from us then."
"That's not what I meant, Konata." She pouted. "It's just very good." She mumbled afterward.
"Don't worry, Kagamin~, you would never have to pay, isn't that right, Tsukasa?"
"Exactly." All three girls started laughing afterward.
After 30 minutes of chatting and eating passed, they started cleaning the kitchen, the only task Kagami is allowed to do there.
…
"I think we should slowly head to the station. We were supposed to meet up with Miyuki at 14:00, right?"
"Yes, oh, it's already this late." Kagami added after looking at the time on her phone.
The three went to the station and picked up Miyuki. The four agreed on a rather cheesy comedy movie at the cinema because the conditions of no anime, no horror, and no documentation narrowed down the possible choices quite a bit. The movie was good, not exactly amazing, but good and the group had a good time. Afterward, they went to a nearby café for a cup of tea. When they finished, the girls went back to the station again and said goodbye to Miyuki. By now, it was already evening.
"Wow, that was a long day…" Tsukasa looked visibly tired. "But it was fun."
"Yeah, it was… but my back still hurts..." Konata complained a bit.
"Yes, mine as well." Kagami nodded in agreement. "I bet I'll sleep like a baby tonight."
"And I don't even have to pretend that I have done my homework tomorrow at school because I actually did it for once!"
"Yeah, but you needed a lot of help." Kagami sarcastically added.
"Thanks again, Kagami-sama!" Konata teased her a bit and tackled Kagami in one of her 'surprise' hugs.
"Don't call me that! And why are you hugging me again!? We are on a train, it's embarrassing!"
"Kagamin~, I had to return the favor from last night where you hug…" A blushing Kagami stopped Konata from continuing.
"Oi! Watch your words or I'll kill you!"
"What happened, onee-chan?" Tsukasa looked a bit confused and asked.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing." Kagami answered while Konata just giggled.
"Oh, that's my stop." Konata was a bit sad that she couldn't tease Kagami now about the topic and just waved as she exited the train.
"Bye!" All three said almost at the same time.
"Wow, this week really was something else. I actually had fun basically the entire time with Konata..." Kagami was thinking about her friend in amazement. "If that's how Konata is without her mangas and stuff, I should start thinking about burning down Akiba or something like that..." Kagami started smiling with a very dark look on her face. "Nah, better not… Besides, that wouldn't be fair for her."
The next week continued in a similar manner. Konata found another game and ended up spending almost every day with, but on Friday of the week, she had a new idea…
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No, I have no idea if wasabi-melon pocky really exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do. There are really a lot of weird flavors out there.
Anyway, just like this chapter, the next one will also come in 1-2 weeks.