The four girls met outside of the school after it had ended. They boarded the bus towards the station and all took the train towards Konatas house there because the cake buffet was only one station away from it.
"Do we have to walk far, Kona-chan?" Tsukasa asked as they exited the train.
"No, it's right outside the station." Kagami answered before Konata had the chance.
"Oh, that's convenient." Miyuki added.
"That's true, mainly because I would've never found that awesome place if it wasn't next to the station." Konata explained.
"Again, you shouldn't have missed your station in the first place." Kagami hissed.
"Kagamin~, it was a good thing, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, it's a really good cake buffet." Kagami stopped for a second. "But you still shouldn't have missed your stop."
"Not this again, Kagamin~…"
"But I can't believe it's as good as you two described it." Tsukasa said.
"Just trust us, Tsukasa." Konata said. "And there we are." She added as the four stopped in front of the café.
"It certainly looks nice." Miyuki nodded as they entered.
A waitress led them to free table and explained the rules.
"No time limit, that's great! Last time wasn't that nice when we had to hurry at the end." Tsukasa quivered as she also remembered the event where Kagami, Konata and she went to another cake buffet and had to stuff like 30 cake pieces in the last 3 minutes inside them.
"You two can go first." Konata said. "Kagamin~ and I already know it after all. It's right behind the corner over there."
"Thank you Kona-chan, let's go Yuki-chan." Tsukasa happily agreed as she dragged Miyuki towards to buffet.
Konata and Kagami heard a loud gasp shortly after leaving coming from the buffet.
"I guess Tsukasa found it." Kagami sighed.
"Yep, looks like it."
Later, a cheerful Tsukasa came back to the table followed by Miyuki. Tsukasa war carrying a mountain of cakes on her table, Miyuki on the other hand settled a normal amount.
"Hungry huh, Tsukasa?" Konata asked.
"I uhm just couldn't decide, so I took one of every different looking thing."
"Oh yeah I can understand that. I still have a lot of cakes left I have to try." Konata added. "Let's go, Kagamin~."
"Sure." Kagami answered and the two also left for the buffet.
….
"So many cakes…" Konata shook her head as she came back to the table, she had carefully chosen cakes she missed last time and Kagami picked her favorites from last time.
"Yeah." Kagami nodded. "I think there are even more than last time."
"I think I can never try every cake if they keep adding stuff." Konata sighed. "It's not like they were lacking cakes in the first place.
"There is no such thing as too much cake." Kagami said but soon realized her mistake.
"Kagamin~."
"Yeah yeah, shut up, I don't want to hear it." Kagami hissed and started blushing.
"But this place is really nice, I'm glad you found it Izumi-san." Miyuki said.
"Yeah, so many cakes." Tsukasa added. "And all are delicious. I have to try to make some of them at home."
"You better call us when you do." Konata said. "I bet Kagami won't miss that."
"Oi! Don't stretch it." Kagami yelled.
"But don't forget about your cookies in the process, Tsukasa! They're world class after all. I can't live without them."
"Sure, cookies are my favorite too, Kona-chan."
"Don't reduce my sister to sweets, Konata."
"Oh, so you don't like her cookies?"
"That's not what I said and you know that." Kagami answered.
"Oh, I have an idea!" Konata suddenly yelled.
"Random as ever." Kagami sighed.
"We're close to my house, let's all go there and do that stupid homework thing at my home."
"Sounds good." Both Miyuki and Tsukasa agreed to the proposal.
"Konata…" Kagami saw through her. "You just want to copy your homework faster, don't you?"
"Fine." Konata pouted. "I'm sorry Tsukasa and Miyuki, Kagami doesn't want you to come."
"You're pretty aggressive today, Konata… I think I have to find a way to shut you up."
"Do your worst." Konata teased.
"Of course you two can come." Kagami said to Tsukasa and Miyuki. "But Konata, you know what happens if you just copy, right?" She glared at Konata.
"Oh yeah, tsundere rage. I'm fine with it, although the floor is pretty hard…"
"Shut up and I'm not a tsundere!" Kagami hissed. Miyuki just look at the two as usual and Tsukasa was still busy with her cakes.
After they finished the cakey, they left the café and went to Konatas house
…
"You can go upstairs firs. I'll get something to drink and come then." Konata said.
"I'll help you." Kagami decided to stay.
"Thanks." Miyuki and Tsukasa said and slowly started walking towards Konatas room.
3.65 seconds later.
"Oh-oh." Konata suddenly turned pale and sounded pretty worried.
"What is it?" Kagami asked.
"I-I think I left the computer on this morning, it should still show the photo on the screen."
"N-No way!" Kagami yelled. "Oh n-now that you mention it, I-I think I left the cosplay on the bed." Kagami also turned pale.
"If I were you, I would hurry now…" Konata gestured towards the stairs.
"Y-Yeah." Kagami said and sprinted upstairs, only leaving afterimages behind.
"Wow, I didn't know Kagami can run this fast…"
Miyuki and Tsukasa just looked dumbfounded at each other as Kagami passed them and closed Konatas door right before their noses.
"What was that?" Miyuki asked while adjusting her glasses.
"I-I don't know but onee-chan looked pretty panicked."
"J-Just give me a minute." Kagami shouted from the other side of the door.
"Take your time." Konata answered as she walked up the stairs while carrying a tablet with glasses and some tee. "We uhm… just forgot something in the morning." Konata said to the other two.
"Oh, what is it?" Tsukasa asked.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing." Kagami said as she opened the door.
"Good job, Kagamin~!" Konata said while walking in. The PC was off and the cosplay wasn't on the bed anymore. "Even though I don't care." She teased.
"Oh yes and how you care. You know what happens if some sees it, right?" Kagami warned.
"B-But Kagamin~, it wasn't my fault." Konata argued back.
"First Konata I don't care about that and second, the PC surely would be you fault."
"O-Okay." Konata mumbled. "Well, you were faster so it's all good."
"I guess you won't tell us what you're talking about, right?" Miyuki suddenly asked. 'They're pretty secretive about what happened yesterday, at least Kagami-san is. Suspicious.' She thought.
"Nope." Kagami bluntly answered.
"I would but I can't so I won't" Konata added.
The four sat down on the table in Konatas room and started their homework. Tsukasa quickly fell asleep because she couldn't manage to keep her brain focused. Due to the constant nagging by Kagami the last weeks, Konata actually managed to do a lot of her own. Her protesting didn't stop at all, though.
"Kagamin~, can you help me with this?" Konata pointed at something in her textbook. "I don't get it all."
"Fine." Kagami sighed. "I'm impressed you managed this much in the first place, I guess it can't be helped then."
"It's not like I had a choice." Konata pouted.
"It's good for your future and thus, stay silent."
"I'm really not sure how I need something like this later in my live." Konata pointed at a rather larger question in her math homework.
"You will never know, Konata."
"Yeah yeah." Konata just brushed it off.
"You two sure are influencing each other pretty well." Tsukasa giggled. She was awake, more or less, for a while now again.
"What do you mean, sis?" Kagami didn't understand what she said.
"I mean you actually got Kona-chan to try her homework, which is pretty impressive and furthermore, she managed to teach you some cooking skills and that's beyond amazing." She explained. "I don't think any other person would be able to do that."
"Not this again Tsukasa." She replied.
"By the way, Kagamin~." Konata whispered in Kagamis ear. "Where did you hide it?"
"Why do you want to know?" Kagami whispered back. "Argh, I don't want to know. I just hung it in your wardrobe." She said a quietly as possible. However, Miyuki heard everything.
"Oh, look at the time." Tsukasa suddenly said. "I wanted to help mom with the cooking today."
"Oh yes, I should also head home. It unfortunately takes quite some time from here to get home." Miyuki added.
"Okay." Konata answered
The four stood up and went downstairs and they were just about to say goodbye.
"Oh my, I forgot my textbook upstairs. I'll go and get it quick." Miyuki suddenly said at the door.
"Good old Miyuki, spacey as always." Konata nodded as Miyuki walked upstairs and almost tripped "And moe."
Miyuki quickly found her book in Konatas room. She was about to leave as she stopped in front of the wardrobe.
"I shouldn't look but I want to know... Kagami-san was way too secretive about all that."
Miyuki opened the wardrobe door and took a quick peek but she didn't found anything too suspicious for her taste.
'Hmm, just some clothes and something what looks like cosplay.' Miyuki thought on her way downstairs. 'Nothing odd for Izumi-san. I'm sure the cosplay wasn't Kagami-sans. She would never wear it. It's Kagami-san after all. Maybe she lied to Izumi-san."
"Found your book?" Kagami asked.
"Yes, it fell under the table, so I didn't saw it at first."
"That's good." Konata nodded. "I don't want any extra textbooks in my room."
"You don't even want your own." Kagami added.
"Exactly."
Miyuki bowed slightly as Tsukasa and she left. Kagami and Konata were alone again.
"So what are going to do now?" Kagami asked. "I'm a bit hungry and don't say something now."
"I'm hungry myself so no complaints from me. Cooking dressed as Miku would be nice though..." Konata suggested. However, Kagami didn't like that idea. She made it pretty clear as her fist met Konatas head.
"No."
"I had to try Kagamin~, I had to try."
"Yeah I know you after all." Kagami teased. "Any suggestions?"
"We could make some fried noodles again. It's made pretty quick. Even with you, I guess… or I hope." Konata mumbled the last part.
"Oi! I still heard that."
The two started preparing. Konata boiled some water for the noodles. She doesn't trust Kagami with boiling water due to the previous 'accidents' anymore. She told Kagami to slice the vegetables such as salad, carrots and onions. After that, Konata prepared the meat and told Kagami how to cook it so she could try it herself. Thanks to Konatas training, Kagamis parts actually worked. It was still a bit edgy and needed some more training but you could actually see improvement. The noodles were done and Konata added them to the wok she placed on the stove before. She fried them for a minute until Kagami added the vegetables and the cooked meat. Kagami then kept stirring the noodles and the other ingredients. She added some seasonings at the end and Konata prepared some plates.
"It's actually good."
"Yeah, thanks to your help." Kagami admitted.
"Your measuring and cutting really got better. Didn't see that one coming." She teased. "Well, it's still a bit shady but hey, it's okay. That comes with more exercise."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Kagami half pouted. "Besides, you doing your homework only with some help from me is also remarkable, you little pest." She teased back.
"Thanks tsundere-chan, but don't get too used to it."
"Trust me, I won't." Kagami sighed. "But I guess Tsukasa and mom were a bit right."
"With what?" Konata turned her head.
"That we are influencing each other."
"Oh, yeah totally." Konata cheered. "I mean I got you to like cosplaying."
"Konata…" Kagami sighed heavily. "That's not what I meant."
"But you didn't deny it either, Kagamin~." Konata said which causes Kagami to blush once more.
"S-Shut up, you stupid little otaku midget idiot." Kagami yelled.
"That was a long one, Kagamin~, you're improving." Konata teased but was pouting at the same time.
"Thanks idiot." Kagami growled. "What I meant was the cooking and homework thing mostly. I mean many people failed to teach me cooking and you and your homework... I don't even have to say anything, right?" Kagami continued. "It's just when you are with me in the kitchen. it simply works. Well, the basic stuff at least. I just have no clue why and if you start teasing me now after this I'm going home." She finished and warned afterwards.
"Don't worry, Kagamin~." Konata honestly smiled as she answered. "I know when you're serious and when I can tease you, although with a little grey zone." She explained. "I get your point. If it weren't for you, I don't think I would touch homework in the first place. Though, I don't know either what makes you different, except the nagging about it. It's pretty weird, I guess but I don't really care."
"Yeah it is." Kagami nodded. "Well, as long as it works, I don't care either."
"Why should it stop?" Konata asked. "Anyway… back to the noodles. I think if you pay more attention and be careful… I think you could do it on your own."
"Hmm... you think?" Kagami asked. "Wait, the noodles. They're pretty similar to rice, aren't they? I don't think that would work."
"Oh yeah I forgot, that's no good right now." Konata eagerly agreed. "Ah, right! You can use precooked noodles. You can simply put them in the wok with the other stuff without cooking before. That should work then."
"Really?" Kagamis eyes were shining.
"Absolutely." Konata encouraged her.
"Then I have to try it soon."
"Yes, that makes it miso soup and fried noodles now. I think I have to be rewarded with some gaming upstairs."
"Sure." Kagami nodded.
"And some cosplay." Konata quickly added.
"Choose one." Kagami said something unexpected.
"Ehm what? What did you say Kagamin~?" Konata was shocked.
"Aww too bad. Time's up. Let's get to the game." Kagami teased and stuck out her tongue while she went upstairs.
"K-Kagamin~, wait for me." Konata yelled as she ran after her. "That was super mean."
"You had your chance, it's over now, you lost."
"But..." Konata started.
"Nope."
"But I guess I have to go shopping in case I win sometime in the future."
"D-Don't get your hopes up. I was just teasing a bit." Kagami stammered.
"Kagamin~, if I wasn't shocked a couple seconds ago and responded immediately you would had no chance because I would bug you to the point where you simply gave up." Konata answered with a dead serious tone.
"Urgh... I can actually see that. I guess I have to be more careful then."
"Kagamin~, I know you like it." Konata teased. "But I better stop for now. Let's play the game."
"Good idea. I was already planning another attack." Kagami added, causing Konata to gulp.
The two sat down on Konatas bed and continued the game where they left it yesterday. In the next hours, they made great progress and took two more bosses down. Both game characters were by quite well equipped and experienced now but the game is really complex and so they have still a long way to go. About 11 p.m., Kagami decided that it is late enough to stop for today.
"Wow, that game is pretty long. We played it for two evenings and still only at 15%." Kagami noted.
"Yeah, pretty cool, a lot of game for the price." Konata added.
"Yes, but we should stop for now, it's late and I'm tired."
"Well, I could go on a bit but sure. A tired Kagamin~ is a moody Kagamin~ and a moody Kagamin~ is not good for me." Konata teased.
"Oh, didn't you say I'm always moody?" Kagami asked.
"I said you're a tsundere. I like that kind of moody, but if you're tired you're just plain mean." Konata mumbled.
"I see… Wait, shut up idiot."
"See? That's the good moody I was talking about."
"Yeah yeah, cut it." She sighed. "I should better get the futon out now."
"Why not just stay here?"
"…eh?"
"Well… I mean it doesn't really make a difference, does it? The end will probably the same. Either we stay like this or I'll probably fall out of my bed anyway because of whatever reason it is." Konata explained.
"I guess you have a point, sort of at least and I found a comfortable spot here. BUT!" Kagami warned. "If you're going to do anything weird, you know what's going to happen."
"Kagamin~, you know I'm nice when I sleep."
"Yeah but only then."
"You on the other hand... You are the one who gets interesting when you sleep. I should be the one worried here." She added causing Kagami to blush.
"Cut it you little..." Kagami hissed. "Let's just sleep for now." She had to end the discussion quick because Konata had a point.
"Okay." Konata nodded and turned the light off. Both fell asleep rather quick.
…..
The next morning.
"Well it was hugging and now she's clinging onto my arm. Wait, is that better or…" Konata yawned. "Man, I want to know what's going on when she sleeps." Konata said as she looked at her trapped arm.
5 minutes later.
"Kagamin~ could you wake up by any chance. I need to go to the toilet."
"...and what have I to do with that?" Kagami asked while she yawned. "I'm not going to help you or something." She joked being still half asleep.
"Thanks Kagamin~, I can do that on my own, I'm a grown up girl after all." Konata said, causing Kagami to giggle.
"You call that grown up?" Kagami teased.
"Wow..." Konata was wounded. "That was really mean. I just wanted you to let go of my arm, nothing more..." She muttered.
"Oh..." Kagami released Konatas arm. "I'm sorry Konata, I didn't mean it like that. I may have overdone it a bit..." She quickly apologized as she realized what was going on once more.
"I know Kagamin~, it's okay. I bet you're just still tired. I told you yesterday what happens if you're tired." Konata said. "And probably hungry too, and you're not yourself when you're hungry so we better have a snicke… ehm snack before we leave for school." She added.
"Oi!" Kagami pouted while getting her first blush this day. She was wrong for apologizing. "Didn't you want to go to the toilet?"
"Oh, right." Konata quickly left the room.
"Man, teasing thing is hard." Kagami sighed. "But Konata is good for training." She joked afterwards to herself.
….
Thursday, Lunch break at school.
Konata, Tsukasa and Miyuki were talking about an event that happened after Tsukasa and Miyuki had left Konatas house. The two saw some cosplayers at the station. One of them was dressed as Hatsune Miku, which caused Konata to smile hard, so hard she was almost laughing. Kagami was a bit late because she had some things to do in her own class but she was standing in the doorframe of the class now. She was shocked because she didn't hear the beginning of the conversation.
"She looked really nice in that cosplay." Tsukasa squealed.
"Indeed." Miyuki agreed. "When I arrived home, I looked it up in the internet. She looked almost exactly the same as the Hatsune-san I found, only the hair color was different." She added.
"Yeah, Miku is the best. I didn't expect you to see it and identify it on top, Tsukasa."
"I saw a video of her once on the internet which onee-chan was watching so I remembered it." Tsukasa commented.
"S-She did what?" Konata almost yelled.
"K-Konata!" Kagami shrieked.
"Oh, hey Kagamin~."
"C-Cut that hey." Kagamis face was completely red in anger and embarrassment. "I warned you and yet you..."
"What are you talking about?" Konata didn't understand what was going on.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." She shouted. Konata totally didn't understand anything until she had the idea that Kagami maybe missed a part of the conversation and got the wrong idea.
"Wait Kagami." Konata interjected. "I think you're missing something here."
"No, I'm not." Kagami hissed. "You..."
"Wait Kagami!" Konata stood up, put her hand on Kagamis mouth and dragged her out. Miyuki and Tsukasa looked at each other confused as so often when it comes to them.
"What was that?" Tsukasa asked.
"I have no idea." Miyuki added.
Outside the of classroom.
"Calm down, Kagami."
"No!" Kagami shouted. "You promised me not to tell and yet..."
"I didn't tell them anything."
"I heard it just now."
"You didn't hear anything, Kagamin~." Konata desperately argued.
"What do you mean?" She finally started to listen a bit.
"It's just a big misunderstanding."
"How can that be a misunderstanding?"
"Miyuki and Tsukasa walked into some cosplayers yesterday at the station and were just telling me about a girl who was dressed as Hatsune Miku. Nothing more."
"…" Kagami was about to die in embarrassment.
"You were the one who almost told them just now." Konata just added more fuel.
"W-Wait so you..."
"Yes, I just told them that I like Miku and saved you afterwards. Nothing more, Kagamin~."
"I-I guess I should apologize then. I'm sorry…"
"Thanks, but you better come up a story for the other two now. You made quite a scene in there." Konata laughed and Kagami turned redder again.
"I… uhm..." Kagami stammered. "Great..."
"Let's just go in, I bet I can think of something."
"Okay." Kagami said.
"By the way."
"What is it?"
"I bet you looked better in it." Konata remarked.
"D-Do you want an answer to that?" Kagami tried to hide her embarrassment but it was not possible to hide.
"Nah, your face just did." She yelled before dashed off into the classroom.
"Maybe I should still kill you." Kagami yelled after her.
Back in the classroom, Konata and Kagami sat down at the table again.
"Ehm…" Tsukasa was still looking pretty confused.
"Ehm…" Kagami wanted to start but there was nothing.
"It's nothing you two." Konata looked at Miyuki and Tsukasa. "I was just teasing Kagamin~ a couple days ago and she thought I was talking some funny stuff about her." Konata lied.
"I see, that's not nice Kona-chan." Tsukasa scolded her.
"That's how she is." Kagami added. 'Great, now I feel bad. She got scolded for stuff she didn't do just because I overreacted.'
"Yep." Konata sarcastically answered. "By the way, Kagamin~?"
"What is it?"
"Tsukasa just mentioned that you like Miku." Konata teased and was useless feeling bad for her. "And you said you don't before." Konata whispered afterwards to her.
"I-I don't really like her. There are just one or two good songs, nothing more." Kagami mumbled.
"But onee-chan, I saw you watching videos of her quite often." Tsukasa was undoubtly on Konatas side even though she wasn't doing it on purpose.
"T-Tsukasa! Don't say that." Kagami shrieked and turned red again, which caused Konata to start laughing.
"Kagamin~…"
"Just stay silent!"
"And Izumi-san, you like Hatsune-san too? What's your favorite song" Miyuki suddenly asked. 'I start thinking the cosplay from yesterday in Izumi-sans wardrobe has some meaning after all. It looked a bit like a Hatsune cosplay, judging by the colors at least. Izumi-san reacted happier as I thought after mentioning the cosplayers and Kagami-san looked extremely embarrassed after getting the wrong idea. Much more than she usual gets. But I can't imagine her…' Miyukis thoughts got interrupted.
"Hmm... favorite song, huh?" Konata started thinking about it. "I think I like almost every song I heard. I somehow like her as a whole." Konata added.
"I see." Miyuki answered and Kagami got an idea.
"Hey Konata, maybe you should tell her about your dream." Kagami teased and she actually got Konata to blush, which made her smile.
"Oh, what dream, Kona-chan?" Tsukasa asked.
"G-Good comeback, Kagamin~." Konata acknowledged. "Maybe I should but then I better tell them the whole scene where I remembered it." She teased back and looked at Kagami. She went silent and a bit redder.
"Hey Konata, maybe you shouldn't tell her about your dream after all." Kagami quickly changed her mind.
"Good girl." Konata said and petted Kagamis head.
"Aww, you two being all secretive is no fun." Tsukasa was not happy.
"I'm sorry Tsukasa, maybe another time."
"Yeah." Kagami added. "Wait, no!"
'Suspicious.' Miyuki thought again as she took another bite from her lunch.
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You weren't expecting that update, huh? Being bored on a weekend sure comes in handy sometimes.
Embarrassed Kagami is such a cutie.
I guess I don't need an end of chapter rant because the last is not even a day old and is still relevant. I could copy it here but…
Next chapter… well, first it's going to be longer than a day to be released and Kagami will 'move out' again but don't expect much to change with that.