Today in hell's kitchen…. No wait, Konatas kitchen…
The morning after the first bravely fought battle in the kitchen. Konata was the first one who woke up.
"Again?" Konata wondered as she realized something. "How?"
"…Thank you for teaching me, Konata…" Kagami suddenly mumbled in her sleep.
"Wow... Looks like I'm getting my moe Wednesday after all. That was pretty sweet already but I still hope she'll wake up soon. Sure, it's warm and kind of nice but I bet it's more fun if she wakes up." Konata giggled.
"K-Konata?!" Kagami finally woke up. "What are you doing?"
"Uhm, that's my line… I mean I went to sleep in my bed and wake up on the floor with you hugging me… again."
"What? I'm not hugging you!" Kagami looked at her surroundings. "Why am I hugging you?" Konata was right, just like last time they ended up together while Kagami was using Konata as a substitute hug pillow.
"How am I supposed to know that? I mean, I know some manga with similar content but…"
"Stop right there!" Kagami didn't want to hear said 'content'.
"Okay… By the way, Kagamin~, you talk while you sleep." Konata moved to her daily teasing while being completely unaware that she did the same.
"No, I'm not." Kagami groaned.
"I heard you, so yes, you do!"
"No, I… wait, what did I say?" She suddenly got a bit scarred.
"You thanked me for helping you to cook, while you were hugging me. Pretty moe if you ask me."
"I-I don't…" Kagami started blushing and stopped for a couple seconds to think. "No, you're not getting your special Wednesday!"
"But until now it really looks like it." Konata was really eager to get her day.
"Shut up and tell me why you are on my futon."
"I don't know. Well… my bed looks like I fell out of it or something because it's rather messy and the blanked more or less with me down here but the rest has to be you because when I woke up, I couldn't even move so hard were you hug…" Konata was interrupted, forcefully and to be exact it was Kagamis first who interrupted.
"Oi!" She calmed down a bit. "I'm sure I didn't hug you... on purpose... I think. No, I didn't. I bet I just had a bad dream and it happened in an accident or something, yes that's it." She was in denial but not even convincing herself with the argumentation.
"I for one bet you like hugging just as much as I do, you just can't show it and so you do it in your sleep." Konata said with a huge smile. "Ouch." Konata was now rubbing her new bump on her head as Kagamis fist skillfully found her target again.
"No, that definitely isn't it." Kagami concluded but her slight blushing said otherwise. "We should start getting ready for school."
"Great." Konata actually sounded… serious.
"What?! You want to go to school?" Kagami was completely surprised.
"Sure, I'm still sleepy because of you and Kuroi-sensei's class is a great place for sleeping."
"Yeah, exactly what I was expecting..."
"You can go to the bath first. I'll go and check if the curry is still… well… curry." Konata recalled her past trauma with spoiled overnight curry again.
"That's not nice... but yeah, better do that."
Kagami went to the bathroom and Konata went to the kitchen to check the curry creation.
"Hmm…" She intensely stared at the creation in the kitchen. "Still looks fine to me and it tastes… whew, spicy.. but edible."
"Ouch!" Konata suddenly heard Kagami screaming from upstairs.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing, I just thought the door was open but it wasn't, so I hit my head."
"Moe." Konata simply shouted.
"Shut up." She yelled while coming downstairs. "So uhm… is the curry still curry?"
"Yeah, it's quite spicy by now but it's still good. Can you put it together with some rice in these two boxes over there? I'll go to the bathroom in the meanwhile."
"Sure, go ahead."
"But don't touch the rice any more than need and don't even think on doing something with it else than putting in the box!"
"GO already!" Kagami basically shoved her out of the bathroom. 'But she has a point…' was what she was absolutely not thinking.
Konata went to the bathroom and Kagami prepared the lunch while carefully obeying Konatas 'advice'. They left shortly after for school but while exiting the house, Kagami almost stumbled over the step in the hallway.
"Come on Kagamin~, you're doing it on purpose now."
"As if I would do something like that on purpose." Kagami groaned.
"Hmm, a clumsy tsundere, huh? I don't think my moe meter can handle something as awesome as that." Konata teased.
"Shut up, will you? I'm neither a tsundere nor moe!"
The rest of the school way was more or less without any incidents. Tsukasa was late and so the three didn't meet in the train as usual. After arriving in class, Konata immediately fell asleep.
"Izumi. Izumi! IZUMI! Wake up!" Kuroi-sensei desperately tried to wake her up.
"Sensei… Please be a bit lenient, I had a hard day yesterday." Konata mumbled half asleep.
"Yeah, you told me. I didn't expect you to be here at all. How did it go?"
"I have absolutely no idea how I survived that. I mean I-I…" She almost went into shock.
"It's okay, you don't have to force yourself but please stay at least awake." Kuroi-sensei walked away and Tsukasa dryly laughed a bit after hearing the conversation. Konata sighed, ignored the teacher and went back to sleep.
…..
Lunch break
"Tsukasa!" Konata caught up on some sleep and had energy again and was angry as yelled and caused Tsukasa to twitch nervously while the three, including Miyuki, were sitting around the table in class. Kagami was still in her own class.
"What is it, Kona-chan?" Tsukasa had a pretty good idea what's wrong.
"Why didn't you tell about the rice thing?"
"O-Oh…" A bit of color left her face. "So you two made rice, huh?"
"We tried... and almost died!"
"Good thing you have a good reaction, Kona-chan." Tsukasa answered as if she already knew exactly what happened.
"What happened?" Miyuki asked, trying to get into the conversation.
"Rice just doesn't like me, that's all." Kagami answered while sitting down. She just entered and heard a bit of the conversation.
"That's all? The pot was smoking! I think I even saw a flame or two." Konata shouted.
"You're overreacting." Kagami stayed as calm as possible.
"I'm not! Miyuki, how is it even possible for rice to smoke and burst into flames?"
"I'm afraid but I can't answerer that. I can't think of a physical way to make this possible." Miyuki answered. She was a bit sad because she couldn't give an answerer.
"See! Even Miyuki doesn't know an answerer for this."
"Shut up, Konata!" Staying calm is never an easy task with Konata around
"Aww great, now we are ignoring it." Konata started pouting.
"But onee-chan, isn't that exactly the same that happened at home last time. I mean there's still a mark from the pot on the ceiling." Tsukasa nervously added.
"T-Tsukasa! Don't tell her that."
"Don't you think I have the right to hear that if I'm offering my kitchen?" Konata had a bad feeling about her kitchen again.
"Well, you have a point but it's still embarrassing."
"And moe, I don't even know many mangas with something like that."
"Great, so I'm worse than manga or what?" Kagami was feeling bad enough already.
"No, better!"
"Wow, hearing that from you sounds like a huge compliment."
"Uhm yeah… I don't think I'm ever able to top this compliment…" Konata said while scratching her head.
"Thank you, I guess?" Kagami wasn't sure how to take this compliment and just got a bit flustered. Miyuki and Tsukasa only got more and more confused about the two.
"They sure are good friends." Both thought afterwards.
"Aww… a blushing, flustered and moe tsundere. Today really is something special." Konata teased and Kagami snapped back to reality.
"Shut up."
"Anyway… Tsukasa?" Konata still had a bone to pick with her.
"Y-Yes, Kona-chan?" She instantly got nervous.
"Kagamin~ and I made curry yesterday and you are going to test it because we brought some for lunch." Konata said in a devious tone. Tsukasa began to sweat.
"D-Do I have to? I really don't want to. Last time I ate something cooked by her I, was sick for almost a week." Tsukasa was really defensive.
"Sis, you realize I'm sitting next to you, right?" Kagami stared coldly at her.
"Yeah, even I think that was pretty hard and you know me." Konata added.
"Like you're one to talk Konata." Kagami hissed and Konata giggled.
"I-I'm s-sorry o-onee-chan, I'm just scarred." She tried her best not to tear up.
"It's okay, Tsukasa." Kagami tried to calm her down.
"Yeah, it's okay." Konata reassured. "I can't really say I'm much better though…"
"Neither can I." Kagami hissed. She wasn't agreeing with them but rather insulting Konata on not being better.
"Shh Kagamin~, tsun Tuesday was yesterday. Anyway, what I wanted to say was I tried it to and it was okay." Konata managed to persuade Tsukasa.
"Wow, really?" She started. "Konata, you really cooked something together with oneechan and it worked? How did you manage that?" Tsukasa was amazed and shocked at the same time.
"You're overreacting now, sis." Kagami pouted.
"Well, it was pretty hard. It was a complex mix of luck, teasing, praying, luck, support, luck, helping, moe and of course luck." Konata grinned.
"Hmm, I think you're the only one who can teach onee-chan then, Kona-chan." Tsukasa started smiling.
"Oi! Your 'moe' thing had nothing to do with it and repeating the luck part wasn't necessary at all. I won't even start with the teasing part." Kagami had to 'correct' various parts in Konatas explanation.
"Kagamin~, without the teasing, I would've had lost interest in the middle and your moe breakdown after the uh… I call it 'rice incident' really motivated me." Konata explained with an honest smile.
"I... uhm... shut up!" Kagami said, but she couldn't hide her blush nor the smile.
"So, Tsukasa, try a bite." Konata said while opening her lunch box. Tsukasa gulped again.
"Hey, that really looks like curry." Tsukasa realized and reluctantly tried a bite. "That's spicy… but... but it's good, definitely edible."
"See, I'm not useless when it comes to cooking." Kagami was satisfied with her work. Tsukasa and Konata jiggled a bit.
"Just dangerous." Konata couldn't help it.
"Thanks' Kona-chan, you made more progress with her in one day than our family since... well she first entered the kitchen."
"That's not funny Tsukasa." Kagami protested.
"Don't worry Tsukasa, when you get her back, she'll know enough to be at least a bit helpful in the kitchen. Or rather, if you get her back." Konata smirked at Kagami. "Maybe I'll keep her."
"Oi! Shut up. Let's eat already."
They started eating. Kagamis clumsiness today however wasn't over yet. She accidentally dropped a bit of her food on her skirt.
"Damn."
"Kagamin~, you're trying way too hard to be moe today..." Konata sighed but smiled at the sama time.
"Sure, I'm ruining my skirt on purpose just to make you happy." Kagami was as sarcastic as she could be.
"That's my Kagamin~." Konata happily played along with it.
Kagami cleaned her skirt and they finished eating just before the lunch break was over. Miyuki didn't add anything to the conversations because she was completely spaced out while trying to find an answer to the rice story and how it's physically possible.
…..
After school. Konata and Kagami were again at the convenience store.
"So?" Kagami asked.
"So what?" Konata turned her head.
"What are we doing here?"
"Oh, you don't want to cook today? Great let's go home." Konata optimistically declared, turned around and walked towards the exit.
"Stop! Of course I want. So what do we need to buy?"
"I think we focus on the miso soup today. Plus, some snacks for later when… ehm… if the instant pudding fails. And we still have some curry, although I'm not very interested in it anymore…"
"Yeah... it's sad to waste it but I've had enough curry. By the way, I heard that 'when' earlier." Kagami said while Konata was jiggling.
"I think we'll try to make a miso soup with some more ingredients inside and we simply forget the curry."
"Sounds good to me."
"We then need mushrooms, tofu, seaweed and leek. I still have kelp and miso paste at home."
"Sounds difficult." Kagami wasn't not feeling so enthusiastic anymore.
"It's rather easy. There's just one or two things where you have to be careful with measuring and that is exactly what we want to get in your little head."
"That doesn't sound very nice." Kagami pouted.
"It's almost exactly the same wording when you try to get some homework into me, Kagamin~." Konata pouted back.
"I… uhm… Shut, up that's not the same!"
"Why?" Konata asked with her (not so) innocently puppy eyes.
"Because homework is important and…" Kagami suddenly realized something.
"…and?" Konata teased. "...making food isn't?"
"Yeah yeah, you win this round. Still, homework is important, too!" Kagami tried to make at least a little point. However, Konata ignored the last part und just giggled.
"I say I get the stuff for the soup and you the snacks and we met at the checkout, okay?"
The girls found everything they looked for and went to Konatas place. After entering, Kagamin stumbled again over the step and landed in Konatas arms who had just turned around after hearing a sound.
"Oh Kagamin~, if you want to hug me that badly just ask." Konata teased before putting her shopping bag on the floor and returning the hug with her own arms.
"I-Idiot. I just stumbled, nothing more!"
"That's pretty moe. Just stumbling and hugging the person in front of you. You sure it was just an accident?"
"I'm sure." Kagami answered but her slight blush showed another story. 'Maybe I should teach her a lesson.' She was thinking before strengthen the hug. For the first time in her live, she saw Konata blushing, albeit only a little bit. She decided to like it getting her flustered.
"Kagamin~? I thought you were joking?" Konata was extremely puzzled by the action of her.
"Oh, so you don't want to hug me? That's disappointing..." Kagami tried to muster the most depressed tone she could make in the situation.
"K-Kagamin~, I… we should start cooking now, right?" Konata was completely stupefied and confused by now.
"Fine!" Kagami pouted. "Whatever you want." She added. 'A blushing and speechless Konata, huh? That was… more fun than expected.'
…
The two went to the kitchen and emptied their shopping bags.
"Kagamin~? What was that just now?" Konata still hadn't fully recovered.
"Well…" Kagami sounded pretty satisfied. "You wanted moe, so I gave you something. By the way, the stumbling really was accidentally."
"I… ehm, wow. It was moe and dere and I didn't saw that coming, especially from you Kagamin~!" Konata happily said. "I think you need a reward for that." She was finally back to normal now.
"No thanks, a blushing and speechless Konata was more than enough as a reward." Kagami teased, Konata however, was speechless again and just stared at Kagami with her mouth open.
"OiOiOi! K-Kagamin~, d-don't swap our roles here." Konata stood in completely disbelieve and a bit frightened in front of Kagami. Kagami started laughing pretty loud.
"Fine! Whatever. Can we start cooking now?" Kagami answered in an aggressive tone. 'That's somehow fun. I think that's not over for today.'
"Better, much better!" Konata was incredibly grateful for the tsundere comeback. 'That was scary. Not that bad but extremely scary…'
"Let's start already. What's first." She was getting impatient.
"The broth probably. You can get some of the kelp and put it into a bowl to let it soak in water for some time. I'll boil some water in this pot in the meanwhile.
…..
10 minutes later
"Can I add it now?" Kagami was in full spirits.
"Sure" Konata answered. "You can also add a small handful of the dried bonito flakes.
"Okay."
"Wait!" Konata shouted. "A small hand as in my hand slightly filled and not your hand completely filled to the brim!"
"Oh, sorry. Wait, my hand isn't fat!"
"I never said that. Mine is just obviously smaller and you grabbed way too much."
"Not the only thing you´re smaller." She muttered.
"Ey! No need for insults here!"
"I'm sorry." Both were smiling so it wasn't that bad.
"So the broth needs to boil for about 10 minutes. You can start soaking the dried seaweed and I'll start cutting the tofu into smaller pieces."
"Okay, wait how much of this stuff do I need to soak."
"Just as much as you think is fine." Konata was smiling for a special reason.
"Uhm… okay." Kagami instantly threw the entire package without thinking into the bowl of water and Konata chuckled a bit.
"You can also cut the bigger shiitake mushrooms so that they are easier to eat later." Konata added.
…..
A couple minutes later.
"Konata!" Kagami suddenly shouted. "Why is there so much of the seaweed?" The bowl was completely filled with it and it was still growing.
"Kagamin~, it was dried. Dried stuff always easily double or triple in its size. In the case of seaweed, it's easily five to six times."
"And why didn't you tell me that." Kagami was frustrated.
"Because..." Konata started. "...you need to learn this stuff and the best way is trial and error and when you soaked the kelp earlier you saw it growing, too. Sure, it's not the same stuff but similar. You need to learn to watch the stuff you're working with." Konata explained, trying to sound like a teacher as good as possible.
"Wow, getting a lecture from Konata… and it's a good one. I'm impressed. I'll try to pay more attention from now on." Kagami was seriously impressed by Konata. "Now we add this stuff to the broth?"
"Almost, we first get rid of the bonito flakes inside the broth, they're just for the aroma."
"How does plain dashi taste anyway?" Kagami asked before putting her finger into the broth to taste it. It was hot. "Ouch!" Kagami screamed before putting her finger in her mouth to start sucking it to sooth the pain. She also had a small tear in her eye.
"K-Kagamin~ are you okay?"
"Yeaahh, I'mm ffine." Kagami answered, the finger in her mouth muffled the words a bit.
"Put your finger quick under cold water. It will help."
"Thanks Konata."
"Kagamin~?"
"Yes?"
"That wasn't even standard moe anymore. That was advanced moe!" Konata cheered in the most stupid possible way.
"Thanks, but I didn't think the water would be this hot…"
"Well, it's more or less boiling water… Wait, that was on purpose?"
"No, of course not, idiot!"
"B-But you just said…" Konata wasn't sure what to believe anymore.
"Wow, I never thought it would be this fun to mess with you." Kagami smiled and Konata was shocked.
"But I… you... what?"
"Exactly." Kagami smirked.
"I've created a monster!" Konata shouted while falling on her knees to add extra drama. "Wait, but then it wasn't moe, for moe it has to happen unintentional. However, you burnt your finger while trying to be moe. That's some crazy matrix stuff combined with moe. I-I can't believe you, Miyuki is nothing compared to you!"
"Uhm tanks Konata, I guess at least. But what about the soup?" Both started laughing at how stupid they were and concentrated on the soup again.
"Yeah, right. We first have to pour it through a sieve to get rid of the kelp and the bonito and after that, we pour the clear broth back in the pot."
"Now we can add the remaining stuff, right?!" Kagami slowly getting impatient again.
"The mushrooms first, they need longer. A couple minutes later you can add the seaweed, leek and the tofu."
…..
4 minutes later.
"We can add the miso paste now."
"Okay." Kagami opened the box. "Wait! How much?"
"Good Kagamin~. How much do you think you need?"
"Uhm... about this much?" Kagami indicated a much too big portion of the miso paste.
"No no, this is way too much. Try a fourth of it first."
"Okay." Kagami nodded and added the miso paste into the pot.
"Now keep stirring the soup until the paste is dissolved. In addition to that, the soup isn't allowed to cook anymore so we have to keep the heat down or the miso flavor will fade."
….
5 minutes later.
"Taste a bit of it." Konata said.
"Sure." Kagami took a spoon and had a taste. "Hmm… it's a bit bland."
"I know."
"How do you know? You didn't even taste it." Kagami doubtfully looked at Konata.
"You need to add some more of the miso paste."
"And why didn't you tell me the right amount in the first place."
"That's another lesson." Konata explained. "Adding stuff later because it's too bland is way easier than correcting the error of adding too much in the first place."
"I see. It makes sense, thanks Konata." She took a mental note and continued.
"So. Much. Praise. Gonna. Burst." Konata shouted overdramatically. "Add this much..." She gestured at the miso box. "… and it should be perfect. And for the next time you can remember this rule for miso soup. One spoon per portion. Our soup is enough for four people so four spoons would be more or less perfect.
"Sounds easy to remember. I still can't believe it, helpful advice from Konata." Kagami sighed in a happy manner and Konata smiled.
…..
10 minutes later, the soup was finished and they were sitting at the table.
"Wow this is really good." Kagami was incredibly happy.
"Yes it really is. Good job, Kagamin~." Konata nodded
"Why are you praising me? I only helped a bit."
"What do you mean? I only boiled the water and cut the tofu. Sure, I saved you one or two times but the actual cooking was all done by yourself." Konata explained.
"Wait, so this is my work here? You're not just trying to cheer me up, right?"
"Why should I cheer you up?"
"Wow." Kagami became even more cheerful.
"My child sure is growing fast." Konata joked and both started laughing.
"So this is something more or less entirely done by me. I can't believe it." Kagami was truly happy. She even had a small tear in her eye.
"Moe." Konata quietly said. "And it's good." She added. "I bet next time you can do it without me."
"Next time?"
"Sure, you have to redo it to remember the steps. Let's say Friday."
"Sounds good. Let's finish eating now."
"Yeah and let's do the pudding later. We still have plenty time today."
The same time at the Hiiragi home. Tsukasa and her mother Miki were sitting in the kitchen.
"I wonder how Kagami is doing and Konata, poor Konata, I bet she's already in despair." Miki said while sighing.
"Yeah, Kona-chan looked pretty worn out today at school. They tried to cook rice yesterday."
"No way!" Miki bolted up. "Didn't you warn her?"
"I tried but I couldn't finish."
"What happened then?"
"Well… the rice was smoking and Kona-chan was pretty shocked, but it didn't explode like last time here..." Both looked at the ceiling with the huge -pot form like- dent and sighed.
"That's good, Konata seems to have a good reaction." Miki was relieved.
"Yeah and she's a really good cook, easily better than me."
"Really? Wow, then she maybe even has a chance."
"She really has. In fact, she already did. They made curry together yesterday and brought some to school for lunch and it was in fact perfectly edible." Tsukasa explained.
"No way, are you sure Konata didn't made it on her own."
"100%, I've tried Kona-chans curry before and it was totally different."
"Wow... I can't believe it…"
"End even more so, both looked like they had fun in the kitchen."
"Wait, what? Is Konata by any chance an alien?"
"No… wait... no. I don't think so..." Tsukasa actually started thinking about it.
"Wow, she is really something special, that Konata." Miki was totally amazed at the events.
"Absolutely." Tsukasa nodded.
Back to Konata and Kagami. Both had just sneezed quite hard.
"Wow, what was that?" Both asked.
"I bet someone was talking about that." Konata said.
"Yeah, sure." Kagami doubted her explanation.
"What are we doing now?" Konata asked.
"We still have homework to." Konata instantly started groaning.
"Really? Okay you start, I copy later."
"No, we are doing it together!"
"Kagamin~, I just taught you how to cook miso soup. I earned that!" Konata started protesting.
"Yes and I'm thankful for that and because of you teaching me how to cook, I'm going to teach you how to homework. Or something like that… you get what I mean."
"Kagamin~? Are you by any chance a sadist?" Konata was totally serious with her question.
"Depends... Are you a masochist? I mean you're teaching me cooking. I can't find a better explanation." Konatas jaw fell open. She was shocked and surprised by that comeback.
"I-I… which page are we on right now." She just opened a random textbook near her. Kagami couldn't held it anymore and busted into laughing. Konata tried to ignore her and concentrated on the textbook she grabbed. She didn't learn much from it because it was upside down all the time.
"Wow, that was great." Kagami said. 'Best day ever!'
….
One and a half hour later, the homework was done.
"Kagamin~, release me already, I can't take any more homework."
"Don't worry, we're done."
"Yay!" Konata cheered up while she stood up and tackled Kagami in a surprise hug from behind.
"Konata, if you hug me, at least hug me from the front so I can hug back." Kagami teased in an extreme seductive tone. Maybe Konata was right and she really became a bit of a sadist.
"K-Kagamin... w-what was that?" It was definitely too much for Konata.
"Don't you remember? You're getting the moe packet today. All-inclusive." Kagami was on a high.
"I'm scared, happy and confused. Kagamin~, how many more personalities do you have in there?
"Shut up, idiot."
"Ahh good, my favorite is still in there. Well, the new one is okay, too, I guess just unusual…" Konata scratched her chin.
"Don't worry, I'm back to normal tomorrow."
"Aww... Anyway, should we try the pudding now? Normally it's done in a couple minutes because it's instant stuff but..." Konata decided against finishing her sentence
"Sure."
The two then went downstairs in the kitchen again.
"How does this pudding powder stuff works?" Kagami asked while eying the package.
"Pretty easy. Heat up milk in a pot, add sugar and the mix, stir until for some time, let it cool down and serve." Konata explained.
"So pretty much foolproof?" Kagamis asked.
"Well usually yeah, but I thought the same about rice but here are you." Konata worldly beliefs were greatly shaken.
"Don't blame me, blame the rice. Can I try it?" She can be really stubborn.
"Sure, go ahead." Konata said thought about getting a helmet for a short time.
…..
Seven minutes and 37 seconds later.
"I'm sorry Konata! I'm sorry Konata! I'm sorry Konata! I'm sooo sorry Kona…" Kagamis apologizing was interrupted by Konata who was hysterically laughing.
"It's okay, Kagamin~. It's way too funny to be mad at. Just tell me how that happened." The whole kitchen, including the two girls were completely covered in pudding.
"I-I don't know, I mixed the stuff exactly as they should be and you also confirmed it. It was cooking for a couple minutes and just in the moment I touched the pot… THIS." Kagami explained and Konata exploded in another wave of laughing.
"T-This is way too good. This is pure gold. You're not only better than manga… you're even better than anime. I really found an increase to that compliment from yesterday. I can't believe it. You're the best, Kagamin~!"
"I-I don't know how I'm supposed to feel right now…" Kagami said but after looking at Konata, she couldn't help but to start laughing as well.
"I… we have to take a photo of this. We just have to!" Konata was overjoyed.
"No we don't have…" Kagami started looking around including at Konata and herself. "Okay, yes, get the camera!" Konata immediately went off to get said camera.
She placed the camera on the kitchen counter, after she found a clean place, and set the timer on it. The photo showed the two girls, arm in arm, laughing and completely covered in pudding from head to foot. In the background was the kitchen, which also had pudding all over it. Konata then hugged Kagami, which only caused more pudding on their clothes.
"Wow, that was great. Thanks for that." Konata giggled.
"You know what Konata?" Kagami said while putting her finger on Konatas nose just to wipe up some pudding to eat it herself. "The pudding is good."
"K-Kagamin~." Konata stuttered. She really had a hard time with the assertive Kagami.
"Ahh Konata! Your nose is bleeding!" Kagami shouted.
"T-That's your fault!" Konata shouted back while holding her nose. "That level of moe is criminal!"
"I kind of overdid it, didn't I? Kagami asked or rather teased but also blushed a bit on her own. Teasing doesn't come with a price for beginner.
"Yeah, a bit, but it was nice. Besides, it wasn't much. I think my nose is already good again."
"That's good because I think we should clean the kitchen..." Kagami started.
"…and take a bath." Konata finished the sentence.
"Yeah."
They cleaned the kitchen pretty quick. They were almost done after 20 minutes.
"Konata, let me wash the dishes. Go on and take your bath." Kagami suggested.
"No, after all you're my guest."
"Nope, that chaos is my fault, so let me at least clean the dishes."
"Fine, besides the housewife is in the kitchen cleaning the dishes while the husband is taking a bath is a pretty moe situation on its own so I will allow it! Newlywed moe or something"
"I don't even know where I should start so shut up and go!" Kagami just stared blankly at her.
"Music in my ears." Konata cheered.
Konata went into the bath while Kagami was cleaning the remaining dishes. Konata finished 25 minutes later and Kagami then took her bath afterwards. Konata was reading a manga on Kagamis futon when Kagami entered.
"Ahh, I needed that. I'm alive again." Kagami said while entering the room and crashing face first onto Konatas bed.
"You sure make yourself feel at home, huh?" Konata looked at the sight of Kagami on her bed.
"Urg..." She groaned back. "Your bed is really uncomfortable." Kagami more or less ignored her while standing up again.
"Yeah, I definitely need a new one. I also hate it." Konata agreed. "Ah, you wearing your hair open again. A pretty good end to moe Wednesday."
"Almost…" She started and then sat down behind Konata and hugged her tightly. A couple moments later, she moved away and sat down next to Konata who was looking in disbelief at her. "This is how you end something like that!" She added with a smile.
"K-Kagamin~..." Konata started blushing a bit again. "D-Do you want to give me another nosebleed?" Konata was looking pretty puzzled.
"Sure, why not? Your reaction is fun and it looks pretty cute." Kagami teased.
"I-I… y-you..." Konata took a deep breath to regain her composure. "Wow, I'm going to miss that side. Are you sure you don't want to keep at least a bit of it?" Konata asked after calming down.
"Shut up, idiot!" Kagami playfully shouted. 'Well the teasing was indeed nice, maybe…'
"Well, tsundere is nice on its own and so I will probably survive."
"I'm not a tsundere, miss otaku." Konata started laughing. Kagami couldn't help it and joined. 'Yep the teasing maybe really stays…'
Shortly after, Konata and Kagami started watching a movie and went to bed afterwards. Konata had yet another dream.
"...Kagamin~, the pudding… how did the pudding end there… there's still something…" She really has some weird sleeping habits.
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Agressive Kagami sure ist best Kagami...
Konata definitely lost a couple years of her life already by now but I would say it's worth it.
Kagami will not only prove her newly earned cooking skills next time, Konata will also get attacked by Kagami so look forward to that.