The four had safely arrived in Yokohama and reached their hotel after a short walk. Miyuki went to the reception to check in and Konata decided to follow her a couple moments later.
"Can we just leave our stuff here for now and inspect the room when we come back? I want to get going right away." Konata was pretty eager already.
"That would be no problem. We'll transport your luggage to your room and when you come back from your trip, you can get the keys here." The receptionist explained.
"Sounds good." Konata answered and then told Kagami and Tsukasa. The girls left their luggage at the reception and left to explore the city
"How do we get to the Ferris wheel thing, Miyuki? Cosmo… something?" Konata had forgotten about the amusement park's name already.
"It's Cosmo World, Izumi-san. It's at the harbor, just a short bus ride from here." Miyuki explained.
"Let's go then."
"I think it would be better to wait with the amusement park. I've read that it's way better when it's starting to get dark because of the rather impressive lightning there."
"Oh… I see."
"Is there anything else nearby the park to pass the time until it's getting dark?" Tsukasa asked and Miyuki thought about it for a moment.
"Indeed, there are a few other attractions near it. There is a huge shopping center directly beside it, for example." She said.
"Shopping center, huh." Konata thought about it. "I hope they have some restaurants there. I'm starving." She exclaimed and exactly at this moment, Kagami's stomach made a huge growling noise and Konata started grinning.
"If you say something now, you're really going to regret it."
"Don't worry, Kagamin~, I'm hungry myself so it's okay." Konata reassured. "What Kagamins~ stomach wanted to tell you is, both of us hadn't eaten anything yet because we rushed to the train in the morning without having breakfast."
"And you still made fun of me." Kagami sighed. Konata just continued grinning without saying anything.
"Oh." Tsukasa said. "I would've probably already died without any food by now."
"I think the shopping center is perfect for you then." Miyuki added. "It has 6 floors and the first floor is more or less all about food and restaurants, even more on yet another floor."
"Let's go then." Kagami enthusiastically answered, almost shouting, and with sparks in her eyes.
"Calm down, Kagamin~! Your precious food isn't going to run away."
"S-Shut up, idiot." She got embarrassed again. "Or else, you're getting no food at all today."
"Oh, really? How are you going to accomplish that? Eating all the food on your own or what?" Konata teased. However, after looking at Kagami's face, she decided to run… fast.
"Wait you little annoying…" Kagami yelled after her and started chasing Konata.
"For not eating anything at all today, the two are sure lively." Miyuki looked after the fading figures.
"Have you ever seen onee-chan and Kona-chan not being all over each other like that?" Tsukasa asked.
"Well… I guess you have a point there." Miyuki nodded.
After about 5 minutes of chasing, the hunger won over the two girls and they let go of each other. The four took the bus to the stop at the shopping center and arrived about 15 minutes later.
"Wow, that really is a big shopping center." Tsukasa said in awe as they looked at the huge building.
"It is... I wonder if they sell mangas."
"Sadly, I suppose they do." Kagami sighed.
"Nice, let's get inside already. After a chase by a mean tsundere, I'm really on my last leg here. I need to get food now."
"Oi!"
The four went inside and the first thing they saw was a Japanese style Pasta Restaurant.
"Well, whatever, I'm fine with that so let's not look for another restaurant." Konata suggested.
"I'm absolutely fine with that." Kagami added. Miyuki and Tsukasa just nodded in agreement, they weren't that hungry anyway and couldn't care less what to eat.
They went inside and sat down. After a couple minutes of checking the menu, the four ordered different flavored spaghetti and half an hour later, they left the restaurant again. Konata and especially were a better mood again after they ate something. They decided to troll through the first floor of the shopping center. Just like Miyuki had advertised, the first floor was all about food and food related items. Restaurants, cafes, sweets, ice cream, sushi, fast food, bakeries, souvenirs and much more.
"Stop drooling, Kagamin~." Konata teased.
"W-What? I'm not drooling!" Kagami hissed, but out of reflex, she took her sleeve and wished her mouth with it.
"I know, but your reaction was quite nice." Konata continued until she felt a sharp pain on her head and Kagami started blowing her red fist. "Ouch!" Konata yelped.
"Serves you right, shut up now."
"Fine… Kagami-sama."
"Grr."
"How about we buy some presents if we're here already?" Tsukasa asked.
"I think we should wait with that until the last day." Miyuki replied.
"Yes, if we buy something to eat now… I'm sure it won't survive until Thursday, especially with…" Konata stopped.
"Go on, Konata." Kagami threatened and clenched her fist again after she saw Konatas excited face.
"Especially with food which spoils easily like that." Konata pointed at the first random food she saw near her. "And I don't want to carry it all day."
"You're pretty good at saving yourself, Konata." Kagami said as she smirked at her.
"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, Kagamin~." She said so but her grinning told another story.
"Shut up and be happy that your head is safe for now." Kagami threatened again and Konata just nodded in response.
A couple moments later, after the two finished their arguing, the girls went to the next floor. It was a floor completely dedicated to fashion. Tsukasa's eyes immediately lit up as she dragged Miyuki in the first shop she saw, leaving behind a startled and confused Konata. Kagami just mustered a powerless sigh.
"So, uhm… Tsukasa likes fashion, I suppose?" Konata asked a few seconds later.
"Yup." Kagami simply nodded.
"And Miyuki was at the wrong place at the wrong time?"
"Looks like it." Kagami answered. "Unfortunately, due to experience, this could take some time, Konata."
"Yeah, I expected something like that already." Both sighed and slowly walked to the store where the other two disappeared into.
One and a half hour later, Tsukasa didn't show any sign of calming or slowing down anytime soon. Poor Miyuki had no chance at all to say anything. Konata and Kagami already gave up on following them, they sat down at an open café and watched the other two rushing from one shop to another while sipping some tea.
"Girls, huh?" Konata sighed. "Why are women always so obsessed with fashion?" She asked.
"Konata... Last time I checked, you were one yourself, too. Wait, I even think this isn't the first time we had this conversation."
"Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out, Kagamin~."
"You're welcome."
"Wait." Konata suddenly added. "When did you check and more importantly, how?" She teased, causing Kagami to get flustered as usual.
"W-What? S-Shut up." She stuttered. "Y-You know what I mean."
"That's quite a reaction I get there." She continued her teasing.
"…"
"I get it Kagamin~, I was just joking. Don't get too upset." Konata tried to calm her down, mainly for her own good, though.
"I need a manual for." Kagami sighed.
"Oh, I would like to have one too." Konata added.
"For yourself or me?"
"Ehm… both."
"Tzz… but I get your point… I mean I also like to go shopping once in a while but this…"
"Yeah." Konata agreed. "But somehow I feel like we're the boyfriends who went shopping with her girlfriends and they left them because they got too bored."
"While I do get your point, there are way too many things wrong with this sentence and I don't even know where I should start..." Kagami shook her head is despair.
An entire hour later, Tsukasa and Miyuki finally finished and the four went to the third floor. Kagami and Konata quickly let out another sigh. Most of the stores on this floor were also clothing but fortunately, for the two, half of them were for men. It should take less time now… probably.
"Great." Both, Kagami and Konata, said in absolute sarcasm.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing. Have fun you two." Kagami answered and the two took her by the word. Well, Tsukasa did and Miyuki became once more collateral damage.
"Look Kagamin~, another café."
"Sounds good." She answered and both ordered some tea again.
45 minutes and three cups of tea later, Tsukasa and Miyuki came to the café. Tsukasa looked happy and Miyuki looked like she got involved in a car accident and the car dragged her for some miles under it.
"Finally." Konata mumbled.
"Found anything, sis?" Kagami asked.
"Not really, we were just looking." Tsukasa happily answered. Konata and Kagami went pale and started looking at each other. Konata then leaned a bit close to whisper something.
"Women, huh?" She joked. This time, Kagami didn't feel like saying anything. She just started laughing and Konata followed soon after.
"Is anything wrong Kagami-san? Izumi-san?" Miyuki was confused by it.
"No… nothing." Both answered.
"Maybe we should go to the next floor." Kagami suggested. "I think we spent enough time here."
"I think that's a good idea, but we can probably skip the fourth floor because there is only stuff like furniture and interior designs." Miyuki explained.
The four took the elevator to the fifth floor and after exiting it again, Konata got happier in an instant.
"Finally." She cheered. "Finally an anime store."
"Great." Kagami sighed.
"Take your time, Izumi-san. I need a break anyway from all the walking earlier." Miyuki was already looking for something to sit on.
"I'll wait here with Yuki-chan." Tsukasa added and Konata disappeared into the store.
"Well… maybe they have some light novels." Kagami said as she followed Konata inside.
The two took not even 15 minutes and Konata looked really disappointed.
"Man, that store really is no good at all." She uttered.
"The light novel section was also no good." Kagami added. "Only stuff I'm absolutely not interested in and no, Konata, I don't need a commentary for that."
"…" She hadn't even the chance to say a single word.
"Don't worry, Kona-chan, I found something else you may be interested in." Tsukasa tried to cheer her up.
"Oh, what is it?"
"Look, over there." Tsukasa pointed at a shop at the end of the floor.
"I-Is that a Cosplay store?" Konata wasn't expecting that.
"Yes, Yuki-chan and I already took a quick peek. Can we go inside? I saw some princess like looking costumes I want to see." Tsukasa was excited again.
"U-Uhm sure." Konata wasn't sure how to react.
"Yay." Tsukasa started going in and dragged Miyuki behind her.
"Let's go, Kagamin~." Konata said. "Kagamin~?" She asked as she saw that she wasn't following her.
"I really don't want to go in there." She whispered.
"Kagamin~, we both know you want."
"No, I don't." She answered, but her usual blush, even though it was small, said something different.
"Kagamin~, you'll get only more suspicious to the two if you don't go in."
"Fine." Kagami sighed in defeat. "But if you do something suspicious, you know the consequences, right?"
"Yes!" Konata acknowledged the warning.
Konata and Kagami finally followed the other two in the Cosplay store.
"Look at that, Kona-chan." Tsukasa pointed at a frilly pink princess outfit. "Can you try the outfits on?"
"Yes, looks like over there are cabins." Konata answered and looked at Tsukasa in disbelief as she quickly went inside one.
"Thanks." She yelled and Konata then leaned towards Kagami once more.
"Looks like that's a family thing, huh Kagamin~?" She teased, Kagami then put an arm around Konatas neck in response and tried to suffocate her. "Okay okay, I give up. Spare me!" She yelped.
"Good for you."
4 minutes later, Tsukasa stepped out of the cabin. She was wearing the pink princess outfit, including a tiara and a little wand. Kagami started blushing in embarrassment just by looking at her. Konata was obviously smiling broadly, at both Tsukasa and the expression of Kagami. Miyuki just looked a bit confused.
"And?" Tsukasa eagerly asked.
"Ehm… what do you want to hear?" Kagami just wanted to hide in a hole.
"You look great, Tsukasa, you could wear that every day." Konata cheered. "Magical girl totally works with you, but please don't go and sign any contracts!"
"I have to agree that it looks good on you Tsukasa-san but I don't think you should wear it every day." Miyuki partially agreed.
"Miyuki, she was only joking." Kagami said. "I at least hope, but yeah, it suits you perfectly, sis."
"Aww, thank you."
Tsukasa changed back to her original clothes and returned the outfit. The four decided to look individually at some other outfits. Kagami hesitated a bit, but then also to a look through the store. She occasionally stopped at some outfits, which looked like they caught her attention. Konata, on the other hand, had no intention to look at the outfits at all. She had a much better plan, Konata decided to hide as she sneakily followed Kagami. She took notes of every outfit Kagami spent more than 5 seconds looking at. After a couple outfits and minutes, she felt satisfied and stopped with a decent list.
"Found something, Kagamin~." Konata teased and Kagami's face immediately went red again.
"N-No, of course not. I wasn't even looking at them. Why should I in the first place, anyway?" She was denying everything with all her might.
"I see." Konata tried to remain serious.
The girls then went out. Miyuki and Tsukasa walked in front and the other two were slowly following behind them.
"Oh, by the way, Kagamin~." Konata suddenly said. "Look at this." She handed Kagami a handwritten list. Her face went immediately redder and she stopped walking.
"W-Wh-What is that?"
"Oh, it's nothing important." Konata said. "I was just watching you a bit earlier and took a note of every single outfit you were looking at."
"W-Why would you do that." Her face was getting redder.
"That's pretty easy. Preparation and a warning for my next revenge."
"I see." Kagami said before realizing. "Wait, why? Why that again."
"That's also pretty easy." Konata said. "You were unbelievably embarrassed and cute, but that's another story."
"C-Cute? Wait, that's not important at all now. You really want to die, don't you?"
"It's a good death, it's ok." She teased.
"Good to hear, it relieves me quite a bit." Kagami teased back and then inched closer to Konata and started playfully choking her again.
Miyuki and Tsukasa were looking at them all the time. Although, because of the distant, they didn't hear a thing what the two talked about.
"Izumi-san and Kagami-san are really good friends, don't you think so, too?" Miyuki asked Tsukasa. 'I really would like to know what they were talking about.'
"Yes, and I think they are getting better friends from day to day." Tsukasa said. "The two really would make a good couple."
"Huh?" Miyuki wasn't expecting that from Tsukasa. "W-What did you say?"
"I was just joking, Yuki-chan." Tsukasa laughed.
"I see." Miyuki dryly answered. "By the way, while we're on that topic. D-Do you have something against that sort of thing?" She asked and started fidgeting a bit.
"Against what?" Tsukasa cluelessly asked.
"You uhm… know... two girls and..." Miyuki felt too embarrassed to speak in a full sentence.
"Oh, that, no. Why would I?" Tsukasa answered without any hesitation at all and her innocent eyes only proved her sincerity more. "Wait, do you?"
"No no, I just felt like asking because I got suddenly curious about it after what you said earlier." Miyuki said. 'That's good to her at least, if my feeling is right, that is.'
"What are you two talking about?" Kagami asked as the two let go of each other and caught up to them.
"N-Nothing." Miyuki quickly answered.
"Just about you two." Tsukasa said.
"I see. Wait, huh?"
"Just about how you two are acting all the time."
"Well." Kagami sighed. "I just can't find any other way to handle her."
"But you still are good friends."
"Yeah, she has her good moments once in a while." Kagami reluctantly admitted
"Oi!" Konata interjected.
"And then there's that." Kagami teased.
"Looks like Kagamin~ is getting hungry again." She teased back. "Miyuki, is there any food on this floor?"
"I'm not hungry, idiot." Kagami hissed.
"Actually, there is something here." Miyuki completely ignored her.
"Don't side up with her, Miyuki!" Kagami got a bit angry.
"Where?" Konata also ignored her. "I only see some crane games."
"That's it." She declared. "Look closer, it's a crane game where the prizes are cakes instead of figures or similar things."
"Did you just say what I think you said?" Konata asked in disbelief. "Kagamin~, this is perfect for us!"
"Here she goes." Kagami rolled her eyes. "And why is this perfect for us?"
"Easy." Konata retorted. "I love crane games and you love sweets."
"Tsukasa is the one who loves sweets, not me."
"That love is different." She assured.
"Then enlighten me, o great otaku master."
"Good one, Kagamin~... Tsukasa loves making sweets and you love eating them." She explained.
"Sounds about right." Tsukasa suddenly butted in. Both Konata and she herself were trying not to laugh.
"So no one is on your side here, huh?" Kagami asked.
"We all are… you just don't like your side." Konata answered. Kagami sighed once more.
"Fine, get me some cake if you stay silent then."
"Yay."
The four went inside and tried their luck. Sadly, three out of four girls weren't lucky. Miyuki gave up pretty quick and Tsukasa followed soon after her. Kagami's fighting spirit did cost her a lot of money, but finally, she also gave up. Konata, on the other hand, needed only two 'training tries' and she knew how it works. After said training, she got every cake she and the other girl wanted with ease. Kagami ate way more cake than she wanted to admit.
"Happy now?" Konata teasingly asked.
"Shut up."
"Ah, good, looks like it."
"…" The sinister glare came back.
"Is there anything else we can do here, Yuki-chan?" Tsukasa asked.
"There's a miniature golf court on the roof we could try."
"What? That's a pretty cool shopping center." Kagami said.
"Yeah, but the manga and anime department in it is pretty bad."
"Like I said, pretty cool shopping center." She repeated herself.
"And yet you followed me inside of the store." Konata teased. "Wait, don't answer and let's just go to the roof."
"Good idea." She stopped glaring at Konata.
The four went to the rooftop. The game took about one and a half hour, Kagami tried to make a joke with Konata and miniature golf. She regretted it tough, Konata just used it for a free pass to tease the tsundere. Kagami may have improved her teasing but Konata is still no match for her. Final score: 4. Tsukasa, 3. Miyuki, 2. Kagami, 1 Konata. This only annoyed Kagami more even though 'being small helps with small things' was one of her better comebacks. The sun started setting at the end of the game and so the girls decided to go to the amusement park.
"Wow, the Ferris wheel is huge!" Tsukasa said in awe as she was looking up as they arrived there.
"It is but I suggest that we go on it at last, when it's really dark. I think with all the lights of the city, it will look way better." Miyuki suggested.
"Sounds like a plan." Kagami agreed.
"So, what first?"
"The whitewater ride is the nearest, I think."
"I want to sit in the front!" Tsukasa shouted.
"Gladly!" The other three girls immediately agreed to it.
"Uhm… is something wrong with the front seat?" She asked.
"No, nothing." They answered.
"Suspicious."
'Poor Tsukasa.' Miyuki and Kagami thought.
'Airheads… always good for a show.' Konata wasn't that nice.
The four entered and the ride was mostly rather easy going, except from two slopes. The first one was not that high, or fast, and so nothing happened there. The second slope, on the other hand, was quite a bit higher. Because of that, the water splashed way higher. Fortunately, Konata, Kagami, and Miyuki were shielded from the splashing water. Unfortunately, Tsukasa was said shield.
"You knew what was going to happen, didn't you?" Tsukasa wailed at the other three.
"No, of course not." Konata protested against the accusation.
"We're sorry Tsukasa."
"It's okay… I didn't get that wet."
"I guess we should get some cotton candy. It's my treat, Tsukasa." Konata felt just a little bad.
"Yay." She cheered up instantly.
In the end, Konata ended up paying for all four.
"Somehow… I treat you pretty often when we're outside, aren't I Kagamin~?" Konata suddenly asked.
"Why should I say no, if you make the offer?"
"I guess that's true."
"If it helps, I can return the favor someday." Kagami offered.
"Sounds good, even though I don't mind."
"Then not." She teased.
"Kagamin~."
"I'm just joking."
"You're getting better with the teasing, not sure if I like it. I feel like you'll become quite scary in the future if you keep going like that…" Konata said.
"Well, it's not like I'm going to stop." Kagami answered.
"Thought that much." She sighed.
"I have to keep up with you somehow." Kagami teased. Konata laughed and then looked at Miyukis confused face.
"When Kagami stayed at my place we sometimes ended up eating ramen or stuff like that somewhere because either Kagami blew up the kitchen or we were just lazy." Konata explained.
"Oh, I see…" Miyuki answered.
"Oi!" Kagami pouted. "I never actually blew up the kitchen."
"But you were close and close is enough. 'Close' is even a stretch already if you ask me…"
"Well…" She tried to retort something but…
"Kagamin~."
"Oh, let's go to the rollercoaster over there." Kagami quickly changed the subject.
"I-I don't know if I like rollercoasters." Tsukasa got a bit scared.
"It actually looks quite normal. It doesn't even have a looping… I guess you should be fine." Konata said after looking at it.
"I guess that's true. Loopings are the scariest thing after all." She answered.
The girls went on the rollercoaster and just as Konata said before, it had no loopings. However, the ride was quite fast, it had some sharp corners, and it even dived into a dark hole in an artificial lake, which scared Tsukasa quite a bit. The four exited the coaster again, Kagami and Konata looked unaffected, but Miyuki was a bit wobbly and Tsukasa was completely pale and had difficulties with walking in a straight line.
After taking a short break, the four ended up in a corner full of attractions like spinning coasters and similar things. They stopped in front of something that had caught their interest. It had some loose similarities with a Ferris wheel, but there were some major differences. It starts in a horizontal position and slowly tilts vertically while constantly spinning itself very fast. The cabins are locked in place. The passengers were doing constant loopings in it because of that. Miyuki gulped and looked away and Tsukasa turned not only pale, but rather complete white as a sheet after looking at it, but Konata looked with sparks in her eyes at Kagami.
"I'll pass on that one." Tsukasa whimpered.
"Me too." Miyuki added.
"Konata, I don't think I can stand spinning things that much myself." Kagami had lost her confidence.
"Aww, you're going to be fine, let's go." Konata shouted, grabbed Kagami's arm and dashed off.
"Poor onee-chan." Tsukasa whispered to herself.
The ride only took about three minutes, but it looked like hell from the outside and felt like it from the inside. Tsukasa almost fainted just by looking at Kagami and Konata inside the attraction. The two were visible trembling after they exited it and both were pale and looking a bit sick. It was harder than Konata thought.
"Are you two okay?" Miyuki asked.
"You look terrible." Tsukasa added.
"T-Thanks, Tsukasa." Konata answered as she was completely shaken.
"J-Just let us sit down a bit." Kagami wasn't better if no worse.
"Okay." Miyuki answered.
Both sat down on a nearby bench and immediately slumped down and leaned onto each other, their head slightly tilted while resting on each other's side.
"Do you need anything?" Miyuki asked. 'They're doing it on purpose, aren't they?'
"Something to drink would be nice." Kagami said.
"Yeah, me too." Konata added.
"I'm going to get something." Tsukasa said and went to a nearby shop.
"Thanks!" Both answered.
"I'm sorry, Kagamin~." Konata apologized.
"Huh?"
"You said you didn't want to and I still forced you."
"Ah, that… I'm already used to it, don't worry about it."
"But..."
"And seeing you like this right now is satisfying enough." Kagami teased.
"There goes my concern, but, well, looks like I'm not really good with spinning stuff either."
"Yeah, that thing was way too extreme."
"I don't feel like riding stuff at all right now…"
"Me neither… definitely not!" Kagami nodded. "Even though seeing you pale is interesting." She went back to teasing.
"And if you can't hold it… you may lose some weight."
"Uhm."
"Yeah."
"No spinning stuff." Both said in unison and started laughing.
"Ah, the two are back to normal already." Tsukasa said as she came back. "Good to see you two like that again."
"You need more than that to break us, Tsukasa." Konata joked.
"Absolutely." Kagami added.
"What are we going to do now?" Tsukasa asked.
"Something that doesn't move!" Konata and Kagami immediately answered.
"So much for that." Tsukasa teased as she tried to surpass her laughter.
"We could go to the arcade." Miyuki suggested.
"Sounds good."
The four went to the arcade games and Konata once more proved her crane game abilities. Tsukasa was now an owner of a complete new plush animal collection. Afterward, all four tried various other arcade and party games.
"I guess we can go to the Ferris wheel now. It's quite dark by now, the light effect should work pretty well." Miyuki explained.
"Looks like a plan. I also start to get pretty tired from all the walking so it's probably a good thing." Konata answered.
"Yeah, me too." Kagami agreed.
The girls slowly made their way to the Ferris wheel and boarded a cabin. The ride was really slow and after about ten minutes, their cabin finally reached the highest spot of the Ferris wheel. It was almost completely dark outside. Miyuki and Tsukasa looked towards the city skyline and the remaining amusement park. The complete city was full of different lights from the buildings and the streets beneath it. The park beside the Ferris wheel was also like an ocean of colorful lights, with orange dominating it. Kagami and Konata were looking at the different side, the bay. The two saw some brightly illuminated piers, a small coast with a few ships cruising on the water and a huge bridge in the distance, connecting an island with the mainland. The water in the bay was reflecting all sorts of light, which made it looks like it would glow.
"Wow, it really was a good idea to wait until it became dark, Yuki-chan." Tsukasa said in awe while looking at all the lights.
"Yes, the view is really astonishing." Miyuki nodded.
"These lights, there are so many and it's so beautiful."
"It really is." Miyuki was still nodding at Tsukasa.
"And…" Tsukasa started while she turned around and looked at the direction Konata and Kagami was looking. "The coast is even more beautiful, right onee-chan, Kona-chan?" She asked. A few moments, after Kagami noticed that someone is talking to her, she snapped out of her trance.
"Yes, it really is." She responded.
"And it looks really romantic!" Tsukasa dreamily added.
"The only problem is that none of us is even remotely near any romantic stuff at all, right Kagamin~?" Konata teasingly said while playfully poking her elbow in Kagami's side.
"Yeah." Kagami admitted. "But you're as far from as I, so I'm good with it." Kagami teased back, also poking Konata in the side.
'Seriously...' Was the only thing Miyuki could think about. 'Either I'm reading way too much between the lines… or the two are blind.'
"Well, having good friends is great too." Tsukasa chimed in.
"That's true." All other answered.
After the ride in the Ferris wheel was finished, they started walking towards their hotel. It was a rather warm evening and so the girls decided not to take the bus. On the way, Tsukasa found a ramen shop.
"Can we eat something there? I'm hungry from all the walking."
"Oh yes, I'm quite hungry too." Miyuki added.
"Sure." Konata answered. "Hey Kagamin~, our usual ramen stop in the evening before heading home?"
"Yeah, I could eat something." Kagami answered. "Hey for your whining earlier, how about I treat you this time."
"I wasn't whining at all Kagamin~!" Konata whined again. "But sure, why not."
After they finished eating, the four girls arrived at the hotel and Miyuki received the room key at the reception. They took the elevator to the fifth floor where their room was located in and entered it. The room was rather large because it was designed for a family with four people. Despite the bathroom, it had a small living room and behind it, there were two bedrooms. Konata entered one of them and immediately made herself comfortable on a rather large bed.
"Okay, this is so my bed." Konata declared and Miyuki came back from the other room.
"I think we have a slight problem here."
"What is it?" Kagami asked.
"This room is designed for a family."
"And what's wrong with that?" Tsukasa didn't understand the problem.
"We only have three beds. Two normal sized in the other room and this big one here, which is apparently made for two people." Miyuki explained.
"Oh, I see."
"So, to wrap it up, two people have to share this bed." She pointed out.
"Well, I already declared this one to be mine." Konata restated her declaration. "But I'm willing to share it with my Kagamin~."
"Why me?" Kagami immediately asked.
"Why not." Konata teased.
"And what if I don't want to?" She started protesting a little.
"Well, if you go all tsun on me, I guess I have to choose someone else. Tsukasa looks quite cuddly if you ask me." She playfully said.
"Uhm…" Tsukasa got caught up in it again.
"Fine, I get it… I'll stay, but if you do anything weird in the night, you know what's going to happen, right?" Kagami warned.
'Wait, did she became jealous when Izumi-san mentioned Tsukasa-san?' Miyuki was looking at them from the sidelines.
"Yay!" Konata cheered. "Kagamin~, you know that I am not the one who does the wei..."
"S-Shut up, idiot." Kagami almost yelled.
"You know I don't mind it." Konata teased.
"I said shut up!"
"As you wish, o great Kagami-sama."
"…"
"I guess we should go check out our beds now. Let's go, Yuki-chan." Tsukasa decided the let the two alone.
"Sure, Tsukasa-san." Miyuki answered.
The two left the room and went to their own bedroom.
"Do you think that will work?" Miyuki suddenly asked.
"What?" Tsukasa replied.
"Izumi-san and Kagami-san sharing a bed." She specified. "I mean they're maybe good friends and all but I fear that Izumi-san may overdo her teasing."
"Ah, that." Tsukasa understood what she meant. "I think it's going to be fine. After all, it's not the first time and by what Kona-chan told me, onee-chan is more…" She stopped.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Uhm… I kind of promised Kona-chan not to talk about it, sorry." Tsukasa apologized.
"Oh, okay. But as long as it works with the two then it's good, I guess."
"Yeah, Kona-chan was apparently also positively surprised by something."
"Well then, looks we don't have to worry." Miyuki concluded. 'These two are killing me.'
Tsukasa and Miyuki in one, and Kagami and Konata in the other bedroom kept talking for a while until they all decided to go to sleep.
….
The next day, the four girls were having their breakfast in the hotel own restaurant. It was in the form of a buffet and as usual, when it comes to buffets, the girls vastly overloaded their plates, except for Miyuki that is.
"Buffets sure are nice." Tsukasa cheerfully looked at her plate.
"They really are." Kagami agreed.
"That's true, but be careful, Kagamin~." Konata teased.
"Shut up."
"Having a big variety to choose is really something nice." Miyuki concluded.
"How did you two sleep? Anything special happened?" Tsukasa asked while looking at Konata and Kagami. "Our beds were great, right Miyuki?"
"Yes, they are very comfortable." Miyuki nodded in agreement.
"Well, the bed is okay, I guess." Konata answered. "Besides that, everything that happened was pretty normal, right Kagamin~?" She added in a very teasingly voice and for some unknown reason, Kagami immediately started blushing.
"Yeah." Kagami sighed. "Nothing out of the ordinary happened." She said and starting blushing even more. Tsukasa first looked confused at her bigger sister and then looked at the smiling Konata and had an idea of what happened and smiled herself.
"So… to change the subject, what are we going to do today?" Konata asked.
"Good question, Kona-chan… I totally forgot about it already." Tsukasa admitted.
"You two really have a bad memory."
"We have Miyuki, so no need for it anyway."
"Yeah, that's true." Kagami agreed. "Or! Just shut up…"
"Hmm." Konata was thinking of a comeback but she decided against it. "So, Miyuki?"
"Ehm..." Miyuki snapped back out of her thoughts. "First, we wanted to go to the zoo and if we have time afterward, we wanted to go to a Park."
"Oh!" Tsukasa gasped. "The zoo! How could I forget that?" She immediately got way too excited again. "Let's go. Now!"
"Calm down, Tsukasa!"
"The zoo is still closed at that time, we have enough time." Miyuki explained.
Half an hour later, the four left the hotel and took the bus to the zoo. At the destination, Miyuki got the tickets and the girls entered the zoo. Konata and Kagami were constantly trying to calm down Tsukasa because she was really hyperactive and quite a pain but ultimately, they failed. The first station after entering an Asian, tropical forest theme. It contained animals like lions, elephants, tigers, leopards and different types of monkeys.
"A private tiger at home would be pretty cool." Konata said as the four stood in front of the cage, watching two tigers sleeping on a stone.
"You can't keep tigers in a normal home, Izumi-san." Miyuki answered.
"Why? They are just big cats, aren't they?"
"Yeah, big cats who can rip your head off in like, two seconds." Kagami hissed.
"Actually, they need about eight seconds to completely disconnect a head from the body." Miyuki corrected.
"Miyuki." Kagami sighed. "You know, I really envy your knowledge sometimes, but do you really think it makes a big difference if the tiger needs two or eight seconds?"
"No, I suppose not."
"And what is about these ehm… clouded leopards?" Konata looked at the sign as they approached the next compound. "They are smaller, almost just like big cats and they look somewhat tame."
"What's up with you and cats?" Kagami asked.
"I like them, is that a problem?"
"No, not really... Unless you want a cat who is capable of eating you. That would be a problem."
"Aww, Kagamin~ is concerned about my life. That's nice…"
"S-Shut up. No one wants anyone to get eaten." Kagami mumbled.
"Actually..." Miyuki interjected again. "Clouded leopard in captivity are often tame and even a bit playful towards humans they know."
"See Kagamin~?" Konata teased.
"But." Miyuki continued. "These leopards are extremely endangered and so it isn't a very good idea to have one at home."
"See Konata?" Kagami teased back.
"But they are really cute!" Tsukasa interjected. "I wouldn't mind having one either… Too bad they are endangered."
The last stop in the area, after watching some lions, monkeys and other small animals were some elephants.
"Wow, they are so tall and fat." Tsukasa was impressed.
"They really are." Miyuki agreed. For some reason, Konata and Kagami stayed silent. Both looked like they wanted to say something and laugh at the same time, but desperately tried holding back.
"Is something wrong, Kona-chan, onee-chan?"
"No, nothing... These 'tall' elephants are just interesting." Kagami answered.
"Absolutely, these 'fat' elephants really are interesting." Konata added. The two then exchanged some glares at each other, still trying not to laugh and then looked bag at Miyuki and Tsukasa and started walking to the next group of animals.
"These two..." Tsukasa playfully said.
"Indeed." Miyuki added.
The four arrived at the next theme group, subarctic forest animals. Like the name suggested, it was full of animals who are living in colder areas. Animals like penguins, seals, polar bears, snow owls, pheasants, otters and red pandas.
"Wow!" Tsukasa suddenly yelled. "These red pandas! How can an animal be this cute?"
"Calm down" Kagami sighed. "Although I have to admit they really are cute."
"Can you…" Konata started.
"I'm afraid not, Izumi-san. Red pandas are also slightly endangered, so no, you can't keep one of these either."
"Aww."
"Why are all the cute animals endangered?" Tsukasa innocently asked.
"Trust me, sis, you really don't want to know why." Kagami didn't want to destroy her innocence.
"Oh, okay."
After some time, they abandoned the red pandas again and looked at the pheasants and some other birds and otters until they stopped at the penguins.
"Onee-chan!"
"What now, Tsukasa?" Kagami was a bit startled from by sudden yelling.
"I want a penguin."
"Ehm…"
"We could keep them in our pond behind the house."
"I don't think my goldfish would like that."
"I'm sure your goldfish and my penguin would become best friends."
"Yeah, I really think your penguin would like the goldfish." Konata interjected. "Although not as a friend and more like dinner."
"Nobody is going to eat him!" Kagami yelled.
"Calm down Kagamin~." Konata said. "The chances of Tsukasa getting a penguin are rather low."
"It is, Izumi-san." Miyuki answered. "Penguins need a cold water temperature and a cold temperature overall, so the normal Japanese garden isn't a good habitat."
"Aww, that's too bad." Tsukasa wept.
"Though I have to admit that the penguin would really love your fish, Kagami-san." Miyuki couldn't help herself.
"I repeat: Nobody eats him!"
"Calm down already, Kagamin~! The only threat he has to fear is your own hunger."
"Shut up, idiot."
"Ah, she has calmed down." Konata smiled.
After they left the penguins, Tsukasa and the others stopped at the polar bears.
"Even polar bear are somewhat cute."
"Really?" Kagami tilted her head. "I think they are just scary." Just in this moment, a big polar bear emerged out of the water directly before the window, where Tsukasa was standing and bared his teethes. Tsukasa immediately stepped back and almost started crying.
"That's some timing..." Konata was pretty amazed by the polar bear.
"I-I guess you're right with the s-scary part, onee-chan." Tsukasa was really scared.
"Poor Tsukasa."
The girls continued after Tsukasa had calmed down. The next two areas contained animals from Australia and central Asia, but the four went rather quickly through the areas because most of the animals weren't cute in Tsukasa's eyes. The only exceptions were made when Konata was intimating a kangaroo, which was quickly stopped by an annoyed Kagami as her fist made contact with Konatas head. Obviously, Tsukasa wanted to adopt said kangaroo, but the rest went smoothly.
They took a short break on a bench and then they reached an area where animals living in the Japan countryside were shown. Animals like storks, leopard cats, Japanese badgers, red foxes, black bears and macaques. They knew most of the animals already, because of that, the girls went to the Amazon Jungle, and the African rain forest area. Tsukasa wanted to adopt at least half of the animals shown there. Kagami and Konata started to look tired because of the constant cheerful and hyperactive little sister. Miyuki happily explained every animal Tsukasa wanted to know about. After about an hour, the girls finished the zoo tour and went to the restaurant at the end of it to eat lunch.
"Wow, the zoo was really awesome." Tsukasa cheered. "So many cute animals... I really want all of them."
"And again, calm down, Tsukasa." Kagami sighed once more. "You can't have them, especially because a lot of them are dangerous and/or close to extinction."
"But that's not fair, why would they show only animals you can't have yourself?" Tsukasa complained.
"Ehm Tsukasa." Konata started. "Isn't that the point of the whole zoo thing?."
"That's so unfair." Tsukasa pouted.
"Well, I have to admit that I wouldn't say no to one of these leopards..."
"But that's not happening." Kagami interjected. "So Tsukasa, be happy you saw them and tomorrow, you can see even more animals at the aquarium."
"Yay, the aquarium!" She cheered up. "Fishes are better anyway…" She added. Konata and Kagami simultaneously sighed again.
"I don't think I can survive another day with a hyperactive and overly cheerful airhead." Konata complained.
"Don't call my sister an airhead." Kagami hissed and then started whispering. "Although… I can see your point, this day was super tiring."
"Izumi-san, Kagami-san, I think the aquarium has some attractions you're going to like. It's not just fish tanks there. They are many shows and they even have a little theme park with rides, just like an amusement park.
"How big is this place?" Konata asked.
"It's a whole artificial island, which was just created for the aquarium." Miyuki explained.
"Wow!" Tsukasa was amazed. "The people here really know how to make awesome places."
"I think I'll just start running to the other end of the island as fast as I can tomorrow." Konata joked.
"Wait for me then." Kagami answered, but she wasn't joking.
"Sure thing."
"Well, I'm pretty interested in fishes too, if you two get bored at some time, we can split up and you two can have some fun at the amusement park while Tsukasa-san and I watch some more fishes." Miyuki came up with a plan.
"Sound good to me." Konata agreed to the proposal.
"We will see tomorrow but yeah." So did Kagami.
"As long as I can see the fishes, I don't care." Tsukasa had her priorities already sorted out.
"By the way, we should get going now. It's still rather early and so we can easily make it to the park is was talking about."
"Okay." The other three girls agreed to Miyuki's idea.
….
The girls entered the bus from the zoo station to the garden and entered the park there.
"By the way, what's this park about? Anything special to see here?" Konata got a little interested
"It's styled after a traditional Japanese garden." Miyuki explained. "It resembles greatly the style of Kyoto so much you could even think you were there instead of Yokohama, with the traditional houses, ponds, rivers and such."
"That's wikipe… ehm Miyuki for you."
"I made some preparations before we left." She shyly admitted.
"And we love you for that." Konata reassured her.
"Uhm, thank you." Miyuki bowed slightly.
"Let's get going already." Kagami ended the conversation.
"Sure."
They finally entered the park, the first thing they saw, was a huge pond and after crossing a small bridge, which covered a part of the pond, the girls arrived at an old shrine. After a small inspection of the shrine, they kept walking alongside the pond to the next building. It was another traditional Japanese building and it was really old. Miyuki seemed greatly interested in the architecture, but Tsukasa was looking at the pond for fishes and birds instead and Konata and Kagami weren't really interested in either of those things and just kept tagging along slightly behind them.
The four arrived at a greener area with a lot of flowers and trees after some more walking and more traditional build houses in various sizes. Most of the flowers were still blooming and because of that, the area looked absolutely beautiful, especially with the pond in sight.
"Wow, Yokohama is a really cool city." Tsukasa said.
"That's true." Miyuki agreed. "The difference between these traditional things and the actual modern city with all the action in it is really nice."
"Yep, pretty cool." Konata nodded
"It is…" Kagami also agreed but her voice sounded a bit forced.
"Is something wrong Kagamin~?" Konata asked.
"No, not really, why?"
"I don't know… I kind of just felt like asking."
"I see, don't worry about it."
"Okay."
They continued walking for about an hour while looking at more buildings, making some stops at other ponds and rivers to enjoy the beautiful view and at the end of the walk, they even participated in a traditional tea ceremony. Another 30 minutes later, the four were back in their hotel.
"Man, I really need a bath now." Kagami complained.
"Yeah, you smell like an entire zoo." Konata teased.
"If it wasn't true, you would be in big trouble now." Kagami warned. "Besides, you smell exactly the same."
"Yeah, I wonder why." She joked.
"That's true. I guess that we spent an entire day at an actual zoo has nothing to do with it."
"Yep, that can't be it."
"These two really have their own dynamic." Miyuki said.
"That's true." Tsukasa nodded. "Most of the time I can't even keep up with them."
The four girls took turns and were quickly done with their baths. They were all sitting on the bed from Konata and Kagami now and chatted about the past two days until Konata had an idea.
"Hey, remember the sleepover at my house where we arranged our hair in ponytails?" Konata suddenly asked.
"Sure." Tsukasa answered.
"Yeah… how could I forget that? Please, tell me because I tried…" Kagami sighed as she remembered the sleepover where Konata had forced her to try out a ponytail only to laugh at her instantly afterward and even worse, her own sister did the same. Tsukasa and Konata let out a small giggle.
"I think I wasn't present at that time." Miyuki said.
"Yes, I don't remember why, but you had something to do on that day." Konata explained. "And that's why I'm bringing it up. I want to see you with a ponytail."
"Why?"
"Because it's fun and I want to see Kagami with one again." Konata then teasingly looked at Kagami as she voiced her true motive.
"Why do I have to do it again? Wasn't the last time enough?" Kagami glared at Tsukasa and Konata who still were trying not to laugh at the memory of Kagami with a ponytail and her 'warrior' appearance.
"Come on Kagamin~, it's more fun with everyone."
"Yes." Tsukasa played along with Konata.
"Fine… but if you laugh again, there's going to be some severe punishment involved and you know what that means, right?" Kagami warned Konata who gulped in response.
"Yes." Konata answered packed out some hairbands she had got out of nowhere and handed them over to Miyuki who was the first.
"Hmm… Exactly as expected." Konata nodded as she looked at the Ponytail version of Miyuki. "Miyuki can wear whatever she wants and still looks way too good."
"I guess you have a point." Tsukasa and Kagami agreed after inspecting her hairstyle.
"Thank you." Miyuki shyly said and Tsukasa was next.
"My hair is way too short for it, exactly like last time." Tsukasa complained.
"Short ponytails are moe, don't worry about it."
"It's really kind of cute." Miyuki admitted and it was Konatas turn afterward.
"It really suits you, Izumi-san."
"Thanks."
"See? I said exactly the same last time." Tsukasa stated.
"Yeah, thanks." Konata acknowledged and then looked at Kagami, who was staring at her. "Is something wrong, Kagamin~?"
"Hmm? No, nothing." She mumbled. 'Hmm… something's different from last time. I didn't care at all back then, but now... It really does look good on her, even kind of cute. I really wouldn't mind seeing it more often. Wait…' Kagami snapped out of her thoughts. "I, too, have to admit that it does look rather good and would work on a daily basis."
"Wow!" Konata wasn't expecting this. "Such a compliment from Kagamin~! I'm touched, thank you very much." She was genuinely happy.
"Uhm… you're welcome, I guess?" She answered and then hesitantly made her own hair into a ponytail as she got the hairbands from Konata and then glared at the other girls. Tsukasa was about to lose it and started almost laughing and even Miyuki had a rather big smile on her lips. Konata on the other hand, got lost in her thoughts just like Kagami before.
'Huh? What's now broken?' She thought. 'I couldn't stop laughing at her warrior appearance last time, but now… it looks good. Huh? Really good on top of that... I thought I didn't like her ponytail at all? Weird... It's almost too good to look at…." She came back to reality.
"What?" Kagami hissed.
"Nothing. You can go back to normal now, Kagamin~. Somehow, I don't feel to laugh right now."
"Sure and thanks for not laughing." Kagami answered. 'That was weird.' She thought and went back to her twin tails.
"No problem, I guess…" Konata nodded.
"Maybe we should go to our room now, Tsukasa. It's getting late." Miyuki said so after staring a bit confused at them for some time.
"Yes, I don't want to be tired tomorrow at the aquarium!" Tsukasa and Miyuki left the room. Kagami and Konata also laid down on their bed, but kept chatting
"Maybe we should stay up long and oversleep tomorrow." Konata jokingly suggested.
"Nah, I think that would be too obvious."
"That's true, although I hadn't expected you to give it some actual thought."
"Well… I'm not that thrilled either. But hey, making Tsukasa happy is kind of a reward on its own." Kagami explained.
"Yeah… I get your point." Konata admitted. "Seeing her all cheerfully and active makes one feel good inside."
"Absolutely, I wouldn't have expected you to understand that."
"Well, I'm not that much of an alien to not like to see other people be happy."
"I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry about that, Konata."
"It's okay. Besides, it's not only Tsukasa."
"Huh?" Kagami didn't understand nor did she expect that.
"It's kind of the same with the older twin. Remembering you all cheerful and happy when you made some progress in our cooking lessons gave me a similar feeling." Konata admitted and even started blushing a bit after these words and so did Kagami, just even more.
"I… ehm... I'm not really sure what to answer right now…"
"You don't have to… but teasing you is also fun."
"Thanks… that makes me feel much better now." Kagami sarcastically remarked. "But we have to do some more cooking soon, now that we're talking about."
"Sure." Konata answered. "As long as you don't burn down my house." She teased.
"I can't promise that, but I'll try." Kagami teased back.
"Oi!"
"Is something wrong?" Kagami playfully asked.
"No… absolutely not… I'm still not sure how I feel about your comebacks."
"Get used to them." Kagami was really strong today.
"Hmm… I'll try." Not that Konata had a saying in it.
"We should get some sleep now." Kagami suggested.
"Okay, sound like a plan."
"Thank you, Konata."
"Huh?" Now it was her time to be surprised.
"For the things you said about Tsukasa… and me. It really was nice of you."
"Well… I have my moments, I guess." Konata got a bit shy.
"For your information, seeing you get all happy and excited about your manga and all that stuff is also sometimes nice to watch. Except the moments you get too much into it and I don't get you at all anymore…" Kagami explained as she got embarrassed again but Konata wasn't much better.
"Thank you, that's nice to hear." Konata acknowledged. "But I think you're right. We should go to sleep now. You getting all dere and honest with me and me talking way too much is no good sign."
"Way to ruin it." Kagami teased. "But yeah, let's sleep." Both the almost immediately fell asleep after saying goodnight.
The next day, after some breakfast at the hotel, the four went to the aquarium park. Miyuki got the tickets. Followed by the lead of the very cheerful and excited Tsukasa, the girls entered the place. It's an artificial island in the middle of the bay of Yokohama. Tsukasa dragged the other girls to the first aquarium and became even more hyper.
"Onee-chan, can we get an aquarium?" Tsukasa's eyes were shining as she asked.
"Oh yeah, I wouldn't say no to a shark tank." Konata added.
"I don't think a polar bear tank would fit into your house, Izumi-san."
"Stop it with the sharks already and Miyuki, she was joking." Kagami sighed. "Wait, you were, right Konata? Right?"
"Sure." She answered, but she didn't sound like joking at all.
"And besides, Tsukasa probably meant a normal small fish tank."
"Yes. So, can we, onee-chan?"
"I'm your sister, not mom or dad. You have to ask them."
"I guess you're."
"But you could always get your own fish for our pond in the end."
"That's a good idea. Maybe I'll get one at the next festival."
"But don't get a small one or else Kagamin's will eat it." Konata interjected.
"Oi!" Kagami shouted. "But you may have a point there. I really need to get him on a diet…." She mumbled.
After some more tanks, the four arrived at a dolphin show. The dolphins were doing tricks like synchrone-swimming or jumping over obstacles or through rings in the air. Tsukasa eyes were wide and her smile reached both ears. She looked like a happy five-year-old. Kagami and Konata had fun watching her more than watching the dolphins. The show itself was fun, too, but the two were slowly getting bored.
Another armada of different tanks passed and the four ended at the place where they could interact with and even pet animals. There was no chance Tsukasa would miss that. Luckily, for her, she got a chance to pet a penguin. She looked so happy and excited that Konata thought for a moment that she would explode any minute now and decided to hide behind Kagami.
"Onee-chan, I don't want a penguin anymore." She said. "I NEED one!"
"Tsukasa…" Kagami shook her head. "I think we already talked about it yesterday, didn't we? You can't have one."
"But…"
"There is no but."
"But look at him." She pointed at the penguin, there's always a but. "He's so adorable and cute."
"Well… sure he his." Kagami admitted after looking at them. "But it's not possible."
"…" Tsukasa mumbled something no one could or should understand.
"Just be happy you could see one this close and even got to touch him." Kagami tried to cheer her up.
"I think I have no other choice." She admitted. "But he is soooo cuuute."
"What about you, Konata?" Kagami asked. "You're awfully quiet..."
"Well…" Konata pointed at a sign near her. 'Shark swimming – Swim together with real sharks in the same tank.'
"NO!" Kagami immediately yelled and startled the other girls a bit.
"What's wrong, Kagami-san?" Miyuki asked and Tsukasa just looked at her sister.
"Why not?" Konata wasn't happy with the reaction she got.
"I just really don't think it's a good idea." Kagami answered. "You and sharks together? No, that can't end well."
"So basically, you're scared that something will happen?" Konata asked.
"M-Maybe... but just a bit!" She actually admitted it, more or less, while her face was getting red.
"Oh my… Kagamin~ is scared that sharks could eat me. That's pretty sweet of you and unusually honest of you." Konata teased.
"S-Shut up, will you?" She got even more embarrassed. "Everyone would be concerned if some of your friends could be eaten by sharks. Especially when it's you, who is prone to end up in bad situations." She explained, only blushing harder and Konata couldn't find a comeback for some reason.
"Well… if you really don't want me to, I have to accept that." Konata said.
"Thank you, I really appreciate it." Kagami answered.
"But can we stop that talk now?" Konata asked. "It's somehow the same as yesterday evening again." She said while scratching the back of her head.
"You mean…" Kagami started but didn't finish her sentence.
"Yeah, the conversation about..."
"I get it." Kagami interjected. "Good idea… I even had a super weird dream afterward…"
"Really? Me too… super weird…"
"What were you talking about yesterday?" A cheerful, but oblivious Tsukasa asked after she watched the nervous conversation of the two together with Miyuki.
"Nothing important." Both answered instantly.
"And your dream?" She continued.
"N-Nothing! Nothing important at all!" Both immediately yelled afterward at the exact same time.
"Aww geez, you two and your secrets." Tsukasa pouted. "It's really no fun anymore." She complained right after.
"Sorry." Both answered.
"Maybe we should get going to the next aquarium." Miyuki suggested. 'I'm really getting more and more confused.' She thought at the same time.
"Got idea."
They went to look at several more tanks and suffered several 'cuteness-overload' attacks from Tsukasa. Kagami and Konata were at their limits, but it looked like they were nearing the end, or so they thought.
"Wahh!" Tsukasa suddenly yelled, startling the others yet again.
"Don't scare us like that." Kagami yelled equally loud back at her.
"I'm sorry. Onee-chan… I just looked at the guide again and saw we missed an entire area at the beginning."
"Oh, I see..." Kagami had a bad feeling already. "That's still no reason to yell like that."
"More fishes, huh." Konata equally sighed because she also knew what that would mean. "Hey Kagamin~, maybe we should go on with the idea from Miyuki yesterday. The two continue the tour de fish and we go with plan R." She suggested.
"Plan R?"
"R for run."
"Oh, that… Sounds like an idea." Kagami nodded. "Is that ok with you two?" She asked while looking at Miyuki and Tsukasa.
"Sure." Both replied and Konata and Kagami then quickly left for the nearby amusement park.
…
"I really couldn't see any more of these fishes." Konata complained.
"Yeah... I don't even want to eat fish for the time being." Kagami agreed.
"Oh…"
"Shut up."
The amusement park was a rather standard except for the fact that most attractions was water or fish themed. There were attractions like merry-go-rounds, roller coasters, wild water rides, but the biggest attraction was an over 100m tall free fall tower.
"Wow, the tower thing is really high." Konata said while turning her head towards the sky. "Let's go for it."
"Sure." Kagami agreed. "Oh, wait, it has a minimal height limit." She teased.
"Shut up." Konata pouted. "Also, it has a weight limit on top of that." She teased back.
"Oi! I'm not that fat." Kagami hissed.
"And I'm taller than 120cm." She glared at her.
"Okay fine..." It was Kagami's own fault. "Let's just go."
"Yes."
The two entered the tower and five minutes later, the ride was over again.
"Wow, I didn't expect you to scream that much." Konata teased.
"S-Shut up. I was just surprised at the sudden drop." Kagami defended herself.
"Aww, the cute little tsundere was scared." She continued.
"I said shut up."
"Soo cuuuteee. I…" Konatas teasing got forcefully interrupted by Kagami's anger or rather her fist that had almost split Konatas head in half once more. "Ouch!"
"You must've seen that one coming."
After calming down, the two went to the other attractions and a little over an hour later, Konata and Kagami were reunited with Miyuki and Tsukasa at a restaurant near the park. The four chatted about the day while eating.
"This place is sooo awesome." Tsukasa cheered. She was still hyperactive. "I didn't even know that so many different fishes exist in the first place."
"Yeah." Konata and Kagami nodded. They thought the same, but not in a positive way.
"How was the amusement park?" Miyuki asked.
"It was okay." Kagami answered.
"It was." Konata agreed. "You should've seen Kagamin~ on the free fall tower. She was screaming…"
"Shut up I said."
"Okay." Konata giggled.
They finished eating and the girls went back to the hotel because the aquarium took almost the entire day and they were really tired, especially Konata and Kagami. After some chatting in the hotel room, the four decided to go to sleep.
The next and last day in Yokohama. Due to the exhaustion from the previous day or rather days, all four overslept. It was almost noon and Tsukasa decided to leave her bed. She was standing in front of the door from Konata and Kagami room, who still hadn't left the room today.
"Can I come in, onee-chan?" She asked.
"Kagamin~ isn't awake yet." Konata answered from the other side of the door.
"Really?" Tsukasa sounded a bit surprised.
"Yeah, but you can come in if you want."
"Okay." Tsukasa then entered and was even more surprised at the view. "Ehm..."
"I told you about, didn't I?" Konata was laying on her bed while playing with her game console in her hands. She was unable to leave the bed and the reason for this was lying next to her, Kagami. Like so often, she was using Konata as her body pillow. Konata had no chance to flee from her grip and so she just gave up and started playing some games while waiting for her to get up. She had accepted her fate long ago, not that she was unhappy with it.
"I-I know, but until now I couldn't really believe it."
"Well… you don't get better proof than that."
"That's true, but why is she still asleep? Onee-chan usually never oversleeps."
"I don't really know why, but most of the time, I'm the one who wakes up the first and have to wait till she gets up because I can't escape." She sighed. "If I didn't know her better, I would say she's prone to oversleeping in the morning."
"That's weird." Tsukasa answered. "But I have to admit, you two look pretty cute together." She teased.
"Well, thanks, I guess… but it doesn't really help, like at all." Konata complained.
"I wasn't planning to." She answered.
"Oi! I already have Kagamin~ who started getting into her rebellious phase. I don't need the little twin on top of that." Konata pouted and Tsukasa just giggled a little. Suddenly the two heard a sound coming from Kagami.
"No... don't go... too many sharks… NO!" She squirmed and added more strength to the grip around Konata.
"Ehm..." Both girls said while looking puzzled at each other.
"What was that?" Tsukasa asked. "I didn't know onee-chan talks while she sleeps."
"It's not that rare, I think." Konata said. "It's definitely not the first time."
"I see… but it's cute."
"Kind of but she should better wake up. As much I want to hear more about the dream I don't think it's good for my health." Konata feared the rage of a tsundere once more. "Do you have an idea to wake her up?"
"She has a trick to wake me up. Maybe it also works on her…"
"What is it?" Konata asked.
"Hold her nose so that she gets no air."
"That's pretty harsh, but okay." Konata said so, but she looked pretty eager as pressed her hand on Kagami's nose and moments later, she started waking up due to the lack of air. The first thing she saw was Konatas rather confused looking face.
"What is it now?" Kagami asked as she blinked a few times. "Don't tell me you suddenly got embarrassed at the hugging thing. You know that it's not on purpose."
"No, I already told you I don't mind that." Konata reassured. "But you're going to be embarrassed quite soon."
"Why?" She asked and then looked at Konata who was pointing at the door where Tsukasa was standing.
"T-Tsukasa... I-I can explain that."
"It's okay, onee-chan, Konata explained it to me already." She answered.
"Y-You did?" Kagami asked Konata.
"Well… it's not like I had another chance, right?" Konata defended, but she somehow forgot to mention that it was weeks ago when she told Tsukasa.
"I guess you have a point there…" She admitted.
"But that wasn't the only embarrassing point." Konata continued.
"W-What?"
"You were talking in your sleep again." She said and Kagami developed another shape of red in her face.
"I-I wasn't"
"You were." Tsukasa said it herself.
"I-I can explain that."
"Wait a bit Kagamin~, we didn't hear anything much that would make sense so you don't have to explain." Konata tried to calm her down. "For now at least. Looking at your reaction I may be going to ask you about it some other day, even though I have a vague idea."
"And I may don't give you an answer then." Kagami started turning normal again.
"I can make you answer, don't worry about that."
"I may even want to see that." She teased.
"You two really are funny together." Tsukasa started laughing.
"…" There was nothing to retort against, whether they liked it or not.
Due to the shortness of the last remaining day, the four girls decided to take it slow and just went for some shopping in the city. After all, they had to get some souvenirs for their families. Miyuki guided them to a shopping mall near the one they were at the first time. It was smaller but still pretty huge and satisfied every single need someone could possibly have. After entering, Tsukasa immediately dragged Miyuki inside a shop that caught her interest and the two were gone for good. Like usual, Konata and Kagami slowly dragged themselves after the two, but soon gave up and went for some shopping on their own.
"So, what now?" Konata asked.
"Well, this is going to take some time. We might as well get some souvenirs now." Kagami answered.
"Yeah, that's true." Konata started looking around and found a shop she was interested in. "Hey look, a game shop."
"Konata, I just said souvenirs, how does a game shop fit in there?" Kagami sighed.
"Uhm, for my dad?" She announced.
"Somehow, I seriously doubt your intentions." She complained. "Don't you think he is happier with some typical Yokohama stuff instead one of your shady games?"
"No, not really." Konata retorted.
"Well, now that I think about it… forget my question…" She took her doubt back. "But do we really need to get it here, like here in Yokohama?"
"Come on Kagamin~ it'll only take ten minutes to get a game for my dad."
"Okay, but no minute later!"
Exactly 26 minutes and 42 seconds later, the two exited the store again.
"So much for ten minutes." Kagami was a little angry.
"Ten minutes are relative, Kagamin~."
"No, ten minutes are ten minutes. Maybe I can get down to 600 seconds, but there's no other room for discussion there."
"Well, okay, maybe ten long minutes."
"Just shut up! Okay, you little idiot?"
"Fine." She pouted.
"Great, thank you."
"You're welcome." Konata teased. "But this city sure is great. I even found a great game shop in the end."
"Yeah..." Kagami's voiced changed a little.
"I could totally live here." She said.
"Eh?"
"I mean." Konata started. "The city is pretty cool. It has cool places, it looks quite nice, lots of shopping places, even a cool game store now. On top, it's far enough to live on your own, sometime after high school is over I mean, but not too far so that you could still visit your old home as often as you want to… without abandoning anyone..." She explained.
"I see..."
"Is something wrong, Kagamin~?" Konata asked after looking at Kagami's troubled face.
"Not really..." Kagami mumbled.
"Come on Kagamin~. I know there is something, right?"
"Well, it's nothing much really." Kagami answered. "You basically just described one of my dreams."
"Huh?"
"The thing about living here." She explained. "Here in this city is a pretty good college I want to attend and maybe live here if I can get in, I mean. Especially cool is this place even because, like you said, you can get to your old home to visit parents and friends whenever you want because it takes only an hour and a half or so to get there."
"But?" Konata asked.
"But?"
"Well… I think I understand a bit now. Every time someone mentioned how cool Yokohama before is, you got a bit depressed or rather reacted a bit oddly."
"I didn't."
"Kagamin~."
"Well, okay… I have to admit you have a pretty good eye for things like this." Kagami said. "I don't like that."
"Thank you. Unfortunately for you, I like it very much." She answered. "So, where's the but?"
"The college has a pretty good reputation and getting into it, at least in the department I want to get in, is pretty hard."
"Kagami." Konata heavily sighed. "If you can't get in there, who could? I mean, sure, Miyuki could, but do you think there are a lot of them out there?"
"Thanks, mom." Kagami joked.
"What?"
"My mom said exactly the same thing, obviously except the Miyuki part."
"Only because it's true."
"Well, thank you, but didn't you want to stop with that compliment thing? Not complaining, though. It's nice once in a while even if it feels a bit weird somehow." Kagami admitted while starting to blush.
"Well…" Konata started, also getting a bit flustered. "I don't like it if you feel down… unless it's my responsibility."
"Thanks, idiot. You almost sounded nice for a second or two."
"You're welcome." Konata teased.
"Shut up."
"But you really don't have to worry about getting into your first choice college." Konata assured. "If you had to, 98% of all people would be doomed."
"People like you, huh?" Kagami teased.
"Well… I could do some all-nighters and try my luck." Konata joked. "But yeah, people like me would be doomed. People like Tsukasa probably even more."
"Oi! Not that I can't deny it, though…"
"But it's not like I wasted a thought on college in the first place."
"That's the opposite of wasting." Kagami hissed. "Besides, you're not dumb, just incredibly lazy."
"The result is more or less the same."
"Sure, but doing something against being lazy is much easier than doing something against being dumb." She explained.
"That's probably true. I still have enough time to decide something like that. Not everyone is obsessed with it like you."
"It's not being obsessed." Kagami said. "I just want to have a good future. It's nothing wrong with that."
"I can't argue with that." Konata answered in defeat. "But still, I have time."
"Ah! Onee-chan, Kona-chan! There you are." Tsukasa yelled as she found the two in the shopping center.
"You're one to talk Tsukasa." Kagami retorted. "You were the one who vanished three seconds after we entered the building."
"Well, yeah, whatever." Tsukasa defended herself. "What were you two talking about?"
"That's a bit complicated, I guess." Kagami answered. "More or less about college and stuff like that."
"That's amazing. To get Kona-chan to talk about college must've been hard." Tsukasa laughed.
"Oi!" Konata pouted.
"That's indeed quite amazing." Miyuki admitted.
"Oi!" Konata pouted even stronger.
"First off, Konata started talking about it and second, the end wasn't very satisfying if you ask me." Kagami explained.
"If I had known it before, I probably would've avoided it in the first place." Konata uttered.
"No you didn't" Kagami teased.
"Shut up." She hissed. "Argh, you're turning our roles again. I told you I don't like that."
"And that's the point why I like it."
"Okay, that comeback was my own fault, but seriously, stop that."
"Nope."
After some more pointless arguing, the four continued their trip in the shopping center for souvenirs. They mostly ended up with some local food and sweets and later that day, the girls went to the station because the train back home was about to depart and they said goodbye to Yokohama again for the time being.
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And there goes the Yokohama trip.
To be honest, it wasn't my favorite chapter… except the hotel parts that is, because we got some slight changes between Kagami and Konata. And an overexcited Tsukasa sure is cute…
The sightseeing parts… well, I even cut out a lot because I overdid it but still…
Speaking of not liking things… The next chapter… I almost hate him to the point I thought about skipping it altogether (I don't really know what I was thinking back then…) but I kind of need the content of it later on.
But let's ignore that and get to the good news. I started working on the concept for chapter 17, which means ch. 16 is done! And man, did I go overboard there. It's handwritten and I haven't typed it yet… but 84 freaking handwritten pages say a lot. I guess the chapter has something between 16k and 20k words (min 5k more than this chap here)… Maybe I should split it or something… Not to spoil anything right now… but I even got a bit embarrassed myself while writing some parts…