Kagami and Konata quickly arrived at the mall where they wanted to meet Miyuki and Tsukasa. Thanks to Kagami, the two reached the place more or less in time. Miyuki was already waiting but Tsukasa was nowhere to be seen.
"S-See? We didn't need to run at all, Kagamin~..." Konata said while panting as she rested her hand on her thighs.
"Just because my sister isn't here yet, doesn't mean it's for us being late on our own." Kagami hissed. "Besides, letting Miyuki wait alone isn't nice either."
"Don't worry about me, I just came a couple minutes ago myself. It's a bit embarrassing but I missed my train because I was thinking about something and forgot to enter it." Miyuki admitted her mistake.
"Good old Miyuki, moe as always."
"Shut up."
"By the way, Kagami-san, where is Tsukasa-san? Shouldn't you two had come together?"
"Normally yes but I was at Konatas place before we came. I have no idea where she is." Kagami answered her question.
"Oh, I see."
"Why was I at your home in the first place, Konata?" Kagami tilted her head and looked at Konata as she thought about the reason.
"How should I know, Kagamin~? I was just reading some manga before you just suddenly appeared."
"I guess you have a point there." Kagami mumbled. "Maybe I should call first next time."
"Nah, don't bother… the chances are high that I don't hear my phone even if I'm in my room."
"I guess that's another problem altogether." Kagami sighed.
"Onee-chan… Kona-chan… Yuki-chan!" The three heard Tsukasa yelling their names. "I-I'm sorry for being late..."
"It's okay." Kagami answered. "What happened?"
"Well…" Tsukasa started bashfully fidgeting. "I was a bit tired and so I took a short nap but somehow I overheard my alarm and my nap ended up in a full on slumber."
"Good old Tsukasa, moe as always." Konata smirked again.
"Shut up, idiot. We had this already..."
"Well, it's not my fault for them being who they are, Kagamin~."
"But it's your fault for being who you are." She sighed.
"Aww, Kagamin~ is jealous. Don't worry, you too can moe if you want, although mostly on Wednesdays..."
"Oi! S-Shut up already or I'll silence you."
"Fine." Konata pouted. "By the way, why are we here?" Konata had no idea why they all gathered in the mall.
"I wanted to spend some time with the four of us together." Tsukasa answered.
"Fine by me." Konata answered.
"Sounds good." Miyuki added.
"Sure, well maybe you should've said something beforehand so that we could plan it but yeah."
"We could watch another movie or just go to a café and drink some tea and chat a bit."
"I would like some tea." Miyuki nodded.
"Sounds good." Konata and Kagami agreed on the plan.
The four walked towards a nearby café but Tsukasa spotted something different on the way.
"Oh look, a raffle." Tsukasa suddenly blurted out. "Let's give it a try."
"You're right." Miyuki nodded.
"Yeah, I could use some tissues right now." Kagami sarcastically remarked.
"That's the spirit, Kagamin~! Not expecting anything is the right way to win the game."
"Konata..." Kagami sighed. "I'm just being realistic here."
All four got a ticket for the raffle prizes.
"Aww, tissues..." Tsukasa wailed.
"Yeah, me too..." Konata was also dejected. "Look Kagamin~, you expected nothing and got more the end."
"Konata..." Kagami sighed once more. "Getting two packs of tissues isn't exactly what I call winning either."
"Still more than we got." Konata teased.
"Yeah yeah… What did you get, Miyuki? Also tissues, huh?" She asked as she turned towards Miyuki.
"Not exactly..." Miyuki answered. "Actually, I won a trip to Yokohama for a couple days over golden week next week." She declared without a single hint of excitement in her voice.
"Ah, I see... too bad." Kagami emotionlessly answered. "W-Wait… ehh?" She gasped as she realized it.
"Let me get a closer look at the details." Miyuki looked at her prize. "Three nights, four days at a hotel including travel expenses for four people." She explained.
"W-Wow, that's great, Yuki-chan!" Tsukasa was clearly the most excited.
"Damn rich people… Enough money for everything and still got something like this for free…" Kagami mumbled. She wasn't jealous or anything.
"Kagamin~, that's part of her moe factor." Konata explained nothing.
"Shut up you little otaku idiot." She hissed.
"Wait... four people you said…" Konata muttered as she looked around. "Mii-yuu-kii~, who are you taking with you?" Her voice became really sweet all of a sudden.
"Oh, I know that voice." Kagami had a bad feeling.
"I'm not really sure, Izumi-san. My parents are busy over golden week and..." Miyuki said. "How about you three. I guess that would be the most fun."
"Sure, I'm in Miyuki." Konata showed no hesitation at all.
"Me too." Tsukasa added in lightning fast speed.
"Wait a moment you two, don't forget…." Kagami was immediately interrupted.
"Kagamin~, no, don't come us with homework now or rather other school related stuff at all. This is a once in a lifetime chance. I mean, a free trip to a different city including a hotel!" Konata explained with such a serious face that Kagami had never seen before.
"Yes onee-chan, Kona-chan is right." Tsukasa sent a pleading smile towards her sister causing her to sigh in defeat as usual.
"Yokohama, huh? Fine, I guess it really is something special after all."
"Yay, thanks Kagamin~!" Konata cheered before she tackled Kagami in a hug.
"Oi, let go of me!" She hissed while a slight blush appeared on her face. "But we still should ask our parents first." She added and Konata released her and immediately called her dad.
"Hi dad… No nothing happened… Is it okay if Kagamin~, Tsukasa, Miyuki and I spent golden week in Yokohama?... Sure... Thanks dad!" She hung up and smiled. "I'm good."
"Wow, that was fast… Wait, you actually brought you phone? I'm impressed."
"Oh no, that's yours. Here, catch." Konata said and gave Kagami her phone back.
"Thanks." She said without thinking. "H-Huh? Why do you have my phone?"
"Well… I needed to call my dad and my phone is at home."
"I see." Kagami again said without thinking. "Wait, how did you get my phone?!" Her voice was getting louder.
"How you ask? I'm good, that's how!" Konata teased.
"You little..." She yelled before she jumped at Konata and tackled her on the floor. "You're going to die now."
"Ehm… K-Kagamin~." Konata stuttered. "I don't mind if we continue where we last stopped but keep in mind we're in public now..." Konata said and gestured at the people around them who started looking. Kagami realized that and her face went completely red and she immediately retracted herself.
"You… that's not over yet!" She warned. It was a good thing thy were a bit off to the side so not many people saw them but she still was blushing furiously.
"Locking forward to it."
"Aww, the two are having fun as always." Tsukasa enviously said as she looked at Miyuki.
"Absolutely." Miyuki smiled in response.
"Oi!" Kagami threatened the two.
After calming down, the four decided to ditch the plans for the café and went to Kagami and Tsukasas house to ask their parents if they also can go. Miyuki had called her mother on the way, she got the permission to go. The four now the house and went to the kitchen where Miki was at the moment.
"Hi mom!" Both Tsukasa and Kagami said.
"Hello Mrs. Hiiragi." Miyuki added, she slightly bowed while saying it.
"Hey Miki!" Konata finished.
"Oh, hi girls." She answered. "Didn't you all wanted to spend the day at the mall? Did something happen?"
"Sort of." Kagami said.
"Yuki-chan won a prize at a raffle." Tsukasa interjected because Kagami took too long. "She won a trip to Yokohama over golden week." She added.
"That's great, Miyuki, congratulation."
"Thank you." Miyuki bowed again.
"It is." Kagami said. "But now to the actual thing we're here. The prize is for four people and Miyuki asked us if we want to go with her."
"Oh, I see." Miki answered.
"My dad is okay with it already if that helps somehow for the decision. Miki." Konata added.
"Can we go? Please mom!" Tsukasa was really aggressive today.
"If you all can promise me that you girls won't neglect your studies in the remaining time of golden week..." She started until Konata interjected.
"I'm sure that Kagamin~ was going to force me to study the remaining time anyways. I don't think it's going to be a problem at all." Konata cheered but sighed at the same time.
"And I'm sure you were already looking for a way out." Kagami knows her after all. "Business as usual and I don't think the trip would change anything."
"And I was planning to study at Yuki-chans place after we come back if that's okay." Tsukasa added.
"Sure, I would like that too, Tsukasa-san." Miyuki answered.
"Sounds fine to me then." Miki said. "But please take care of each other over there."
"Thanks, mom!" Tsukasa was really happy. "Let's go, Kona-chan, we have a lot of stuff to plan." She grabbed Konata and dragged her upstairs. Konata hadn't the time nor the chance to say anything.
"Wow, she sure is excited… thanks mom." Kagami said and the two remaining girls slowly followed upstairs.
"Miki?" Miyuki suddenly asked Kagami.
"Hmm? Ah, you mean Konata?" She asked and Miyuki nodded. "That's a long story but to make it short, the two are friends for some reason."
"Oh, I see. That's great I guess."
"It's confusing to say the least..." Kagami forced a smile.
The four were now in Kagamis room and started to discuss their trip.
"Miyuki, can you tell us the details of the trip first before we do the actual planning?" Kagami wanted to know more about it.
"Absolutely, Kagami-san." Miyuki looked at the prize once more. "Our train departs from the Tokyo station on Monday morning at 8:00. The hotel is located in the center of Yokohama and the train back to Tokyo departs on Thursday at 18:00 from the Yokohama station. I think these are the most important details for now. The rest is more or less up to us." She explained.
"Wow, that's pretty early on Monday." Tsukasa wailed and Konata agreed with a strong nod.
"Maybe we should form groups on Sunday and then meet up Monday at the station in Tokyo in order that no one oversleeps." Miyuki proposed.
"Oh yeah, I know exactly two people who are guaranteed to oversleep." Kagami glared at her sister and Konata.
"I'll stay at Yuki-chans place!" Tsukasa shouted.
"Ha, I bet it's because she lives quite near the station so you can sleep longer." Konata teased.
"Exactly." She easily admitted.
"I don't mind." Miyuki nodded.
"So I have to stay with the little one to wake her up and fight with her mood?" Kagami sighed.
"Kagamin~, if I learned only one thing... I may often oversleep but you are the one who isn't a morning person, not me." She teased.
"S-Shut up." Kagami hissed with a slight blush on her cheek. "But Konata, just for your information, we're going to do some studying at Sunday then." She teased back.
"K-Kagamin~!" Konata stammered. "Don't be so cruel."
"That's your own fault." She answered.
"These two sure know how to handle each other." Tsukasa said to Miyuki.
"I have to agree." Miyuki nodded.
"Oi!" Both, Kagami and Konata, shouted in unison, further proving the point of the other two and causing them to start laughing.
"Anyway." Konata changed the subject. "Miyuki, I bet you know a lot about Yokohama. So, what are the things we have to see?"
"Why do you already expect she knows something?"
"Because she is Miyuki and Miyuki knows everything, Kagamin~."
"Actually… I really have read some stuff about Yokohama some weeks ago so I think I know some interesting places." Miyuki proved Konatas assumption.
"Just like I said, Kagamin~. Okay, for the first day, just let's drop our luggage at the hotel and go somewhere fun." Konata demanded. "Are there any fun places, Miyuki?"
"Well, it depends a lot on the personal taste, Izumi-san, but I think the place you're looking for is Cosmo World. It's an amusement park with roller coasters and such things. The biggest attraction is the Ferris wheel, it's one of the biggest in the world with over 110m." Miyuki adverted the park.
"That sound great! I want to go there!" Tsukasa got oven more excited.
"That's exactly what I was talking about, good job Miyuki." Konata gave her a thumbs up.
"There is also huge aquarium park. There are over 500 different species to watch with a total of over 100000 creatures, even sharks."
"Wow! I love fishes! We have to go there!" Tsukasa almost yelled.
"Is it just me or is Tsukasa pretty excited about the whole trip thing." Konata whispered to Kagami. "I mean even for her standards."
"Well you know how she is..."
"I guess you have a point there..." Konata wasn't sure what to expect.
"Yeah, we can do that to Tsukasa… Just calm down a bit."
"Yay!" No sign of calming down at all.
"There are even tanks where you can pet some of them."
"I-I don't want to pet sharks." Tsukasa got scared.
"Tsukasa..." Kagami rolled her eyes. "You can't pet sharks. Wait… you can't, right Miyuki?"
"No, you can only pet smaller animals." She said.
"Aww." Konata was actually disappointed.
"Kona-chan! They would eat you!" Tsukasa yelled.
"Konata…" Kagami had no words for her. "Back to the topic, I have the feeling the trip is going to be pretty expensive with all the entrance fees and stuff." Kagami argued.
"Not necessarily, Kagami-san." Miyuki answered. "Most of the entrance fees are included in the prize. We more or less only have to pay for food outside of the hotel."
"Oh, I see."
"So, Kagami, be careful." Konata teased. "It still can get expensive."
"Shut up, idiot."
"What other things are there where we can go to?" Tsukasa asked.
"There are some parks and gardens which are looking quite beautiful, a couple museums including a ramen and a cup noodle museum and one of japans biggest zoos." Miyuki listed most of the things she remembered.
"Wait, they have a museum for noodles?" Kagami said while shaking her head.
"Why not, Kagamin? Ramen and Cup noodles are a gift to humanity after all."
"Yeah sure…"
"There is an aquarium and a zoo?!" Tsukasa was amazed. "That's the best city ever." Konata leaned towards Kagami and whispered something.
"I'll make a wild guess and say that Tsukasa like animals, right?"
"It's pretty obvious, don't you think?" Kagami whispered back.
"Well… yeah." Konata thought so.
"Oh, there's also a place called Beer Village. It's from a brewing company where you can learn how beer is made and can participate in a beer tasting afterwards. But..." Miyuki stopped.
"But we're underage so that's not going to happen." Kagami quickly said. "Besides, and more importantly, the last thing I want to see in this world is a drunken Konata." She shivered at the mere thought.
"But Kagamin~, it's a culture thing and I on the other hand, would love to see you drunk."
"That is a thing that definitely is not going to happen."
"Too bad." Konata pouted.
"Cut it out."
The two argued for some more time, whether to go there or not. Ultimately, Kagami had won, much to the displeasure of Konata. Afterwards, the four planned the order of watching things in Yokohama. They had a more or less perfect plan after some time and on the next day, Saturday, all four girls were packing their stuff for the trip and on Sunday, Kagami and Tsukasa left their home because they were spending the night at Konatas, respectively Miyukis place. Before Kagami left, she quickly grabbed some schoolbooks because she wanted to do some homework and torture Konata a bit. She was standing in front of Konatas door now. As expected, no one opened and so she used the key Konata gave her a couple days ago.
"You're ignoring the bell on purpose now, aren't you?" Kagami said while entering Konatas room.
"Hey Kagamin~, nice to see you, too. Why should I go to the door if you have a key in the first place?"
"What if it isn't me on the door?"
"Then I have even fewer reasons to go to the door if it isn't you." Konata nonchalantly said.
"So, if my sister or Miyuki would visit you, you wouldn't open the door?"
"Well… Miyuki wouldn't visit me without informing me at least 15 times before she arrives and she probably wouldn't come alone. Tsukasa wouldn't come without you, so yeah, you're basically the only person I would open the door for but now I don't have to do it anymore so yes, I'm ignoring the bell." Konata explained and made Kagami a bit embarrassed.
"I-Idiot."
"What are we going to do for the rest of the day?"
"Homework." Kagami said without any hesitation.
"But Kagamin~…" Konata protested. "I accidentally already did some of them today and I don't want to waste any more time on it."
"That's not my problem, Konata. If you…" She froze after her brain processed what she just heard. "W-What did you just say?" She yelled out of pure disbelief.
"After I threw my school stuff on the table earlier, I saw some of the history homework. It looked somewhat interesting and I did some of it..." Konata explained.
"I see." Kagami was again a bit slow. "Wait, what? You aren't getting sick, right? Not now out of all times..." Kagami took her hand and pressed it on Konatas forehead. "Hmm, your temperature feels normal."
"S-Shut up Kagamin~." Konata actually got a bit flustered and yelled, causing Kagami to chuckle. "The only thing I caught is a little bit of tsundere by you…"
"Hold it."
"Hehe." Konata laughed a little. "The history stuff was about Japanese literature and some of it was manga related and somehow, it looked quite interesting. I didn't touch anything else, though."
"Well obviously." Kagami sighed. "But I'm surprised that you did something at all. It looks like the old 'I-only-do-what-I-like' problem, right?"
"Yep, so if you're done with math, please show it to me."
"Nice try." Kagami answered.
Kagami started her own homework but after some time, she grew tired of it. Mainly because her usual ignoring method didn't seem to work today on Konata. She had repeatedly jumped at Kagami at many occasions and often stole her exercise book. Konata managed to see almost all answers from Kagamis book and copied them. Kagami sighed and gave up for the day.
"Aren't you a bit aggressive today, Konata?" Kagami asked.
"Well your ignoring became pretty good so I had to be more aggressive."
"Yeah yeah. Let's watch a movie or so and go to bed early. I don't want to oversleep tomorrow."
"Yeah and I don't want you to be sleepy and moody tomorrow morning." Konata agreed in her own way.
"S-Shut up."
Konata stood up, picked a random DVD and loaded it. Both sat down on her bed and started watching it. It was some random comedy movie. Konata quickly made herself more comfortable on her bed.
"My new bed is way too good. I think I slept twice as much as I usual do the last week just because I didn't want to get out." Konata said.
"Well before you slept half as much as normal people do so this is a good thing, I guess. But I get your point..." Kagami said as she slumped down a bit herself. "It is good, too bad futons aren't that nice."
"It's not like you have to get up. You can just stay here." Konata suggested.
"You really want to make me as lazy as you are, huh?"
"Well... you don't have to. I was just trying to be nice." Konata pouted.
"Okay, fine. Thanks for trying."
"You really are hard to handle."
"Like you are one to talk." Both giggled a little at her stupid banter and continued watching the movie.
After the movie was finished, the two decided to go to sleep because the next day is probably going to be pretty long and exhausting. Like Konata suggested, the two shared the bed and both had fallen asleep almost instantly. The next morning, Konata realized that Kagami still had the habit of clinging to her while sleeping. She waited a bit because she enjoyed the warmth of her more than she remembered but after she looked at the clock, Konata quickly snapped out of it. She realized that they overslept and were running out of time. She tried to wake Kagami up but she failed miserably. After 15 minutes, she gave up and started a more violent plant. Konata tried push Kagami out of her bed but Kagami unfortunately still showed no sign of letting go of Konata and so both landed on the floor. Kagami hit the floor pretty hard and Konata landed on her.
"Oh man her mood is going soooo bad." Konata mumbled to herself. "Kagami wake up now!" She yelled and she finally succeeded.
"What are you yelling for?" She said and yawned afterwards. "And why are we on the floor and even more importantly, why are you on top of me?" She was too confused and too tired to freak out at this point.
"Okay…" Konata inhaled deeply. "I'm yelling because you didn't want to wake up. We're laying on the floor because of the same reason and I decided to push you out of the bed to wake you up and I'm on top of you because you are still clinging onto me like most of the time when you sleep." Konata explained while trying to remain her serious voice.
"I see, but why were you trying so hard to wake me up?"
"Because when I woke up we overslept a little, nothing serious, so I tried to wake you up. The problem now is because you refused so hard, we're getting more and more late, so please, let go of me and get up." Konata said and Kagami finally started blushing, released her and stood up. "I can't believe we're going to be late because of you and not me." Konata teased.
"S-Shut up and hurry." She yelled.
"Oi! That's my line!" Konata yelled back.
Both started changing and due to the hectic, Kagami started changing in the same room without thinking. Konata unconsciously stared at her changing for a bit before she snapped out of her thoughts once again and a small blush crept on her face. She started changing on her own afterwards. As Kagami finished, she looked towards Konata and she immediately started blushing on her own after realizing where she had changed but for some reason, her eyes also stayed on Konata for a while until she finally turned away. Both dashed into the bathroom and quickly brushed their teeth. On the way out, they grabbed their stuff and left the house running towards the station. The two running girls gained many confusing glances from people around them but both ignored them because they had no time for wondering. They reached their train to Tokyo station barely, it was the last train they could've taken to even reach the others on time but they had to run to the other track to Miyuki and Tsukasa. Both reached the track just two minutes before the train departed. Heavily panting, the two met the other girls. Miyuki and Tsukasa were exchanging confused looks.
"What happened?" Tsukasa asked as she looked puzzled at the two.
"Later..." Kagami had no air left. "Let's go... inside the train... first."
"Y-Yees..." Konata panted. "We don't... want to miss... the train after all."
"Don't tell us that." Tsukasa had to play the straight man for a change.
The four girls went inside the train and sat down on their seats. Konata and Kagami immediately slumped down on their seats next to each other, gasping for more air. Miyuki and Tsukasa slowly sat down on the opposite side of the four seats, which was divided by a small table. A couple minutes later, Konata and Kagami finally calmed down and were breathing normal again. Miyuki and Tsukasa were looking at each other and then at the couple in front of them.
"I suppose Izumi-san overslept?" Miyuki took a guess.
"You even had onee-chan, Kona-chan, how can that happen." Tsukasa scolded her.
"OiOiOi!" Konata yelled. "You two are pretty mean. Just for your information, Kagami was the one who is responsible for us being this late." Konata retorted and Kagami just shyly nodded.
"O-Onee-chan overslept? I didn't see that one coming." Tsukasa was really surprised.
"But why didn't you wake her, Izumi-san?" Miyuki added.
"Haah." Konata dryly laughed. "And how hard I tried. I tried over 15 minutes and in the end, I even pushed her out of my bed and then I..." Konata stopped after she saw Miyukis confused and Kagamis angry face. "After a couple minutes she was awake and the rest is probably self-explaining."
"Konata… you don't have to go into this many details." Kagami whispered to her.
"Kagamin~ but I left out..." She was interrupted one more.
"Yeah Konata, I get it, now, shut up." She hissed.
"But the good thing is, I'm completely awake now." Konata cheered.
"Well, there would be no way after the shock and all the running not to be awake." Kagami added. "I'm a bit exhausted, though but I guess that should be fine after some rest in the train here."
"I see." Miyuki answered. 'I'm absolutely sure there was more. Why should Izumi-san kick Kagami-san out of her bed in the first place?' She thought. "But you two are here so I guess it's all fine in the end."
"And that also explains your hair." Tsukasa said as she looked at Konata and Kagami.
"Our hair?" Kagami obliviously asked.
"Oh yes, you two have quite some bed hair." Miyuki explained. Konata and Kagami looked at each and saw what Tsukasa implied.
"Oh… that explains the weird glances on the way to the station." Konata assumed. "Well this and us running all the way to it…." She added only causing Kagami to blush in embarrassment.
"T-Tsukasa, do you have a brush for us?" Kagami asked.
"Sure." Tsukasa rummaged a bit in her back and handed her sister a brush.
"Thanks." Both girls said.
Konata and Kagami were brushing their hairs for the next minutes. The remaining time, until the train arrived 45 minutes later at the destination, the four were chatting, mainly about their agenda of the first day in Yokohama. At the final station, they exited the train and thanks to a perfectly prepared Miyuki, they quickly found the right way to their hotel.
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The next chapter of the chapter-spam. It's probably the last one which is getting spammed because the next two chapters are having over 20k words together. Even worse, I don't really like the next two chapters, especially the second one and so I have to change a lot stuff…
Argh… I just want to get to chapter 16 already. The hyping is probably going to be bad for me but I'm having so much fun with writing it because it's so different and I'm going all out on the character. Looking at the older chapters then is so depressing…
For the next chapter, I guess it's content is quite obvious… I only went way too overboard and so I have to edit some stuff out and that could take a while.
Good thing is, I'm going to have two weeks of holiday related free time soon and so I will probably have ch.14, 15 and 16 ready until the end of the month. (Probably)