Exactly a month since Valentine's Day passed and that means today's White Day, the day where you give the person you received chocolate from, something sweet as thanks on your own. Because there was an organizational event going on in the school, the students had a free day. This was a blessing for Konata and co.'s classmates for more than just one reason. The chances of them surviving another day like Valentine's Day last month was pretty low after all. Thanks to having no school today, Tsukasa decided to visit Konata in order to hand over the candies she made for her.

"Hello, Kona-chan and onee-chan." Tsukasa arrived in Konata's room and greeted the two. Kagami obviously was there already as well.

"Hey, there~."

"Here, Kona-chan, I have some candy for you." She wasted no time and handed over a box full of colorful looking candies.

"Oh~, thank you very much. I see, ridiculously high quality as usual, huh? I'm sorry, but I only have candies I bought in a store for you…" Saying so, Konata also gave her a box full of sweets. "I'm fairly confident with chocolate, but candy totally isn't my forte, like at all…"

"Don't worry, Kona-chan, I'm happy enough for the gesture. Besides, store bought candy isn't bad at all." Tsukasa didn't care about whether it was handmade or not. "Oh, while we're at it… What did you and onee-chan give each other?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"Yeah, after I made the cake for Kagamin~ on Valentine's Day, I had to swear that there's going to be no sweets for the next three months. You have no idea how much she complained to me the day after when she had a devastating encounter with the scale in the bathroom…"

"I see… Well, I saw the cake on a photo and yeah, it really was a bit much. Oh! So that's why our pantry at home is full of pocky boxes, onee-chan? Mom keeps buying them as usual, but you're not eating any of them…"

"T-Tsukasa!" She immediately became embarrassed and angry.

"Heh~? So she's actually sticking to her own rule, huh? I wasn't expecting that."

"Oi!"

"What? Judging by past experiences, my doubt isn't exactly unfounded."

"Grr!" Having no argument against her, she only growled a bit.

"Well, let's change the topic. Tsukasa, how is going at the Miyuki front?"

"…" Hearing the question of Konata, she immediately fell silent.

"Eh? What happened?"

"Nothing happened…"

"What's the problem then?" Konata didn't understand why she was looking so dejected.

"That… That's the problem…"

"Hmm…? Oh!" It finally clicked after realizing that she meant 'nothing' literally.

"Yeah…"

"Meaning you're a little frustrated, huh?" Speaking from experience, Konata understood her pretty well.

"Yes!" A strong answer, with no hesitation at all. "Why didn't you tell me that taking my time and enjoying all the little events was a bad idea for my sanity, Kona-chan?!"

"Oi!" She told her more than once.

"Anyway…" Tsukasa didn't listen to her objection. "This is way too hard! I mean, I still enjoy it and all, but… Why is it so hard to hold back?! Ever since Kona-chan made me realize that I do love Yuki-chan, I kind of want to… touch her and it's really hard not to go further than simple cuddling… Not that I have an idea what to do besides cuddling, but I just want to! It's almost at the place where it hurts, you know? I really don't think taking it slow is going to work much longer! After all…" Tsukasa kept energetically venting her frustration until the couple finally had to stop her.

"You don't say!" Konata and Kagami retorted at the same time. They both thought it was a romantic idea of Tsukasa to enjoy it at her own pace, but at the same time, they knew it wasn't going to work. Having experienced it themselves, the two were more than aware that once you know what you want, you want it immediately. Taking it slow or even holding back wasn't an option. That Tsukasa also knows that the feelings are mutual, it only sped up things even further. The explosive outburst the couple experienced right now was the only natural outcome.

"You know the most frustrating thing about it, Kona-chan, onee-chan?" Apparently, she still wasn't done complaining.

"What is it?"

"It's completely the fault of the two of you!"

"Eh?!" Not expecting the sudden accusation, the two looked rather confused.

"You're so lovey-dovey all the time and once you think nobody's watching, it gets even worse and you're immediately all over each other… If you can even hold back until it looks like no one is watching, that is… Do you have any idea how… how jealous I am?!"

"Even though we're already keeping it down so much when we're outside or with you and Miyuki…" The two weren't sorry in the slightest.

"That doesn't help at all, onee-chan!" Tsukasa snapped at her sister.

"Now, now… You really can't blame us for that, can you?" Konata, being the voice of reason, tried to calm Tsukasa down.

"It's still extremely frustrating…"

"And whose fault is that?"

"Okay… I'll stop complaining, Kona-chan…"

"That's good to hear. Well then, what's the plan?"

"A good question… Maybe I'll stop holding back and just go with the flow…?" Tsukasa wasn't sure what to do herself.

"How about going on the offense already? In the first place, I have no idea how you managed to endure it until now anyway… If I had known my feelings for Kagamin~ were mutual, I would've jumped at her the second I found out…" Konata was amazed at the patience of Tsukasa. Incidentally, Kagami was nodding in agreement the entire time.

"That sure sounds easy…"

"Just do your best~."

"I will. Thanks, Kona-chan."

"You know, you're kind of amazing, Kona." Once the two finished their talk, Kagami decided to join the conversation again.

"I know~. Wait, why?"

"The advice you're always giving… How do you even know so much about it?"

"In the games I play, there's always…"

"Stop right there! I'm sorry I even asked…" Kagami didn't want to ruin the good image she was having off her right now and urged Konata to stop before she could damage her reputation more.

"Ehehe~." While Konata was giggling to herself, the group suddenly heard a knock on the door. "Yes?"

"K-Konata-oneechan?" Yutaka timidly peeked her head into the room. "I-Is everything alright? I heard some loud arguing earlier…"

"Oh, Yu-chan, you're here already? Come in, come in." She beckoned her in.

"O-Okay… I just arrived earlier just to be greeted by someone shouting…"

"Ah… No, that was just Tsukasa letting out some steam. Nothing to worry about."

"I-I'm very sorry!" Another Hiiragi sister left a questionable first impression on Yutaka as Tsukasa wasn't aware that she was complaining that loud earlier.

"It's okay, I was just a little surprised… Tsukasa-senpai, was it?"

"Right, Yu-chan, this is Hiiragi Tsukasa. As you can see… or not, it depends a little on the angle, she's the twin sister of Kagamin~."

"Nice to meet you, Tsukasa-senpai."

"Nice to meet you as well, Yutaka-chan."

"So, you're finally moving in, huh?" Kagami looked at her when the introduction was over.

"That's right, Kagami-senpai. While I still think I'm going to be a burden on everyone here, I'm looking forward to spending time with you and Konata-oneechan."

"Onee-chan… You're totally a part of this house already, aren't you?" Tsukasa was amazed at how naturally Yutaka added her sister into her speech and how no one even tried to correct her.

"Well…" Kagami had nothing to say in her defense.

"Yutaka-chan, when do you start moving in here?"

"I'm actually in the middle of it… Once all my boxes are in my room, I'll get on it."

"Don't overexert yourself and take your time, Yu-chan."

"I-I won't! Probably…" She wasn't so sure about it herself.

"Oh, why don't we help you unpacking?"

"N-No, you really don't have to. That would be too much to ask…" Yutaka tried to turn Tsukasa's offer down.

"There's no need to be reserved, Yu-chan."

"Yeah… Reservation will only give you a hard time around here…"

"Hmm?"

"Or are you trying to hide something in one of these boxes?"

"Hiding?" Yutaka just innocently tilted her head.

"…" Konata felt guilty and hung her head in shame. Kagami felt sympathy and gently patted her shoulder to console her.

"Anyway, let's go!" Tsukasa grabbed Yutaka's hand and dragged her out of the room, leaving the couple behind.

"Tsukasa's being high tension as usual again, huh?"

"It's a good training for Yutaka, I guess…" Kagami was just happy that she wasn't the victim this time.

"Hey, Kagamin~, how about we wait ten minutes or so before joining the? Letting Tsukasa cool down a bit and all…"

"Oh, now I feel less bad for thinking the same…"

….

17 minutes passed and the two finally made their way towards Yutaka's new room. Arriving there, they looked a little confused.

"Yu-chan… Where's Tsukasa?" When the two entered the room, both only saw Yutaka standing next to a big box with even more boxes in the background.

"W-Well…" She wasn't sure what to say.

"Wahhh!" Tsukasa suddenly jumped out of the big box and countless plush toys started to fly through the room.

"Ehm…" Konata and Kagami weren't exactly surprised, they just looked a little dumbfounded at the scene while scratching the back of their heads.

"T-Tsukasa-senpai found the box with my plushies…"

"Yeah…"

"… We see that…"

"They're all sooo cute! You have a great taste, Yutaka-chan." While praising her, Tsukasa started cuddling a stuffed tiger.

"T-Thank you very much… What am I supposed to do now, Konata-oneechan?" She was more than just a little overwhelmed by Tsukasa.

"Let her have her will… There's nothing you can do once she's like that… I mean, it's cute how she is, but…" Konata let out a strained sigh at the end.

"Yeah…" Kagami joined her.

"I-I see…" It didn't take long before Tsukasa grabbed Yutaka again and both ended up in the mountain of plush toys. The two played with the plushies for a while and the couple only watched them with warm eyes.

"Cuteness is justice after all."

"Yeah… It's a sight for sore eyes." Kagami normally would've retorted something, but seeing the two fluffy girls in front of them playing with plush toys, she could only agree. Leaning against the frame of the door, the two, with their gentle looking eyes, almost looked like parents watching over their kids, but because there were so many things wrong with this observation, no one noticed.

Tsukasa calmed down after a while and the girls unpacked the rest of Yutaka's stuff before decorating her room a little. Afterward, they left Yutaka alone to settle down and went back to Konata's room.

"Ehehe~, that was nice. I like Yutaka-chan already."

"You sure switch gears fast, sis."

"Yeah, remembering your complaining earlier, you sure are happy now."

"Ah! Right… I was supposed to be stressed, wasn't I?"

"Yu-chan sure is effective, huh?"

"Yes… Speaking of which, does she know about you and onee-chan already?"

"No, she doesn't."

"Really? Why not?"

"Well… She seems so innocent that I have absolutely no idea how I should tell her about it… A gentle approach would be the best, but I'm not good with 'gentle'…"

"Absolutely."

"That's true."

"Oi! It's one thing if I say that, but…" Konata didn't disagree with them, but she still didn't like it. "Anyway, I'm sure it's not going to be a problem, but… I think it's going to be extremely embarrassing, though…"

"There's also the thing that Kona enjoys testing how far she can go before Yutaka starts to ask questions…"

"Ah, I see…" Tsukasa looked like she understood everything now.

"W-Well… I'll properly tell her before it gets too complicated and if she asks us before it, I'll not lie to her."

"Okay… Well, no matter how innocent she is, knowing you two… I give it two weeks before she notices."

"You totally have no faith in us at all, do you, Tsukasa?"

"Kona-chan, I added 13 days for her innocence…"

"You sure can be savage... No wonder you're Kagamin~'s sister."

"Ehehe~." Tsukasa took it as a compliment. "Anyway, I guess I'll go now. Originally, I just wanted to give Kona-chan the candy I made and then head over to Yuki-chan's place…"

"Oho, after earlier, does that mean we're going to see some progress now?" Konata was looking forward to an aggressive Tsukasa.

"I think that's a little early, Kona-chan… Having a plan first would probably better that doing something without thinking at all…"

"Haa…" Konata sighed deeply, but said nothing more because it was too troublesome and she got slightly irritated.

…..

Tsukasa arrived at Miyuki's place and the door promptly opened after waiting a couple seconds.

"Welcome, Tsukasa-san."

"I'm here, Yuki-ch… What happened to your hand?!" Tsukasa hadn't even her greeting when she noticed that Miyuki's hand was wrapped in a bandage.

"Ahaha, so you noticed, huh?"

"Of course! Did you hurt yourself?"

"Let's go to my room first, okay?" Miyuki closed the door behind Tsukasa and the two went to her room.

"So?"

"Well… It's a rather embarrassing story if I may say so myself… Especially when you're the one asking, Tsukasa-san…"

"Come one, I won't stop worrying until you tell me."

"… I tried to make candy for White Day on my own, but did you know that you need a high amount of thermal energy to melt sugar?"

"Uhm…"

"It's hot." She simplified it.

"Y-You burned yourself with the melted sugar?! Are you alright? That stuff's really nasty…"

"No, it's not that bad. Luckily, I reacted quite fast and it only left a slight irritation and reddening behind on my skin. Although, it stings quite bad when I accidentally hit something with my hand and thus, the bandage."

"I'm glad. Well, it's still not nice, but melted sugar can end up being way worse after all."

"Yes, I was indeed lucky. But, I'm sorry I couldn't finish the candies for you and had to buy some normal ones, Tsukasa-san…"

"No! Don't worry about it! If anything, I'm really happy you tried your best for me."

"Still…" She felt bad about it.

"It's okay, Yuki-chan. It's the thought that counts. I don't care what type of candy it is as long as you thought about me while getting it."

"Yes, I definitely did that."

"I'm happy then. In the first place, I should be the one feeling bad anyway. I'm the reason you hurt yourself, am I not?" Tsukasa felt responsible that Miyuki got hurt while doing something for her.

"That's not true at all!" She denied it with all her might.

"But… Can I still take care of your hand a bit?" She wanted to relieve the feeling of guilt a little.

"Sure… I guess? I wanted to apply new burn ointment soon anyway…"

"Could I do that?"

"Okay, I don't really mind." She gave her consent and Tsukasa began to gently unwrap the bandage around Miyuki's hand. Then, she applied the ointment and carefully spread it over the reddened parts of her skin, but Miyuki still flinched a little.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?!" She became startled at the sudden flinching of her.

"N-No… It didn't hurt…" Miyuki's cheeks became flushed when Tsukasa was applying the ointment and this reaction had a good reason. "A-Actually… It felt good…"

"R-Really?" She had difficulties to stay calm. Because Miyuki seemed to like it, Tsukasa continued or rather, started to massage her hand. A couple minutes passed and when Tsukasa started to feel that holding back was becoming hard, she managed to stop herself and wrapped a new bandage around Miyuki's hand. The extremely flustered girl in question looked disappointed for a moment, but she was relieved at the same time.

"T-Thank you very much, Tsukasa-san…"

"Y-You're welcome…" Another minute passed and Miyuki finally stopped looking at her hand again.

"Is it okay if we do a little of our homework?" She wanted to change the topic and doing homework calms her down.

"Sure… I won't be of any help… More like I'll be needing yours, but we can do that…"

"Feel free to ask me anything."

….

Almost an hour passed and Miyuki was still diligently working on her homework. Tsukasa had left the room a little while ago because she had to use the toilet, but just came back.

"Yuuukiii-chaaan~…" She sounded a bit moody, went behind Miyuki and suddenly hugged her.

"Eh?! T-Tsukasa-san?!" Because she was so absorbed in her homework and hadn't noticed her because of that, she was twice as bewildered as usual.

"Let's do something else already~." The last hour wasn't fun at all for her and Tsukasa wanted to end the homework session. While thinking about a way to do so, she remembered what Konata always used to do with her sister and decided to give it a try. She didn't have to fear any copyright infractions because Konata had long given up on the sacred art of hugging her tsundere in order to get her flustered and distracted because it had no use anymore.

"Huh? W-What? Do you have a suggestion?" The Konata method was very effective on an unaccustomed target.

"Anything's better than that~… Let's just talk some more." Tsukasa increased the grip around Miyuki's neck she was hugging from behind and quickly got her will.

"O-Okay… I-Is there a specific topic you want to talk about…?"

"Hmm…" Tsukasa let go of her for the time being and sat down next to her. "Oh, I went to Kona-chan's place before coming here and saw her cousin, Yutaka-chan, for the first time." She voiced out the first conversation topic she thought of. "She just moved in there and's going to our school next month."

"Oh, is that so? How is she like?"

"She's an incredibly nice girl… Wait, Minami-chan's also coming to our school next month, right?"

"Yes, she passed the entrance exam last month and decided to go there. Why?"

"Wouldn't it be nice for them to become friends?"

"Now that you mention it, that certainly would be nice. Hmm… Minami-san said she met a nice girl at her entrance exam back then. It would be three already then."

"Oh, what's her name?"

"She actually forgot to ask…"

"What's with that?"

"Apparently, she's a timid girl who looks like she's rather weak and tends to get sick often. Also, she's so small that Minami-san first thought she's the little sister of someone who's taking the entrance exam."

"Heh~… Wait, what?" Tsukasa looked surprised all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?"

"No… It's only that you just described Yutaka-chan…"

"Really?"

"Yes. I mean, she's even smaller than Kona-chan."

"Hmm… It can't be, can it…?"

"There's no way, right? How small are the chances for that?" Tsukasa was sure that the world isn't that small.

"That's true… Still, we're going to be third years next month, huh?"

"Yeah… That also means new class rosters… I hope we're in the same class this year as well, Yuki-chan."

"Me too, and it would also be nice if all four of us could be together in our last year.

"That would be great. Onee-chan was pretty unlucky this year. Although, I guess she would be happy enough already if she's in the same class as Kona-chan."

"That's indeed true. But, being third years also means a lot of learning for college entrance exams."

"Yeah…" Tsukasa didn't sound happy. "I'm not really confident about that… Even if I possibly don't go to college, I still need to learn almost the same…"

"The confectioner school also asks for skill in other fields, right?"

"Yes, it's less than for a normal college with a dedicated confectioner course, but you still need good grades to be accepted…"

"Have you already decided whether to go to the school or the college, Tsukasa-san?"

"No, I'm still pondering between those two choices…"

"I see. Well, both have their benefits, right? College is a little more versatile, but the school goes into more details, I guess?"

"Yep, and that's exactly my problem when it comes to choosing one… You're going to the college here in Tokyo, right, Yuki-chan? To study medicine?"

"Yes, I want to become a doctor after all and the college is really good."

"That sounds nice. Although, I would probably explode if I had to learn everything you have to…"

"It is indeed much, but I'm having fun with it."

"That sounds like you, Yuki-chan. Anyway, let's change the topic. Somehow, I want to push this topic further in the future." Tsukasa didn't want to continue talking about difficult things.

"I don't mind. Besides, you're mostly done with your planning, Tsukasa-san. The fine details can wait a little longer. Okay, how does a movie sound?"

"Great idea, Yuki-chan, let's do that."

"Oh, I just remembered that we're alone… Let's watch the movie on the big TV in the living room."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

…..

The two went to the living room, sat down on the sofa and looked at the turned off TV for a while.

"I know it was my idea, but… Do you have any idea what we should watch, Tsukasa-san?"

"Hmm…" She started thinking. "How about we just switch around until we find something interesting… Can I?" Tsukasa pointed at the table where the remote was lying on.

"Go on, I don't have a better idea anyway." Miyuki agreed and Tsukasa stood up to grab the remote. When she sat down again, she, for some reason, ended up being right next to Miyuki on the sofa with little to no space at all between the two. Miyuki was a little surprised, but her smile told everything that needed to be known. Tsukasa zapped around for a while and quickly found something interesting.

"Oh, that doesn't look bad. It seems to be rather funny." She stopped at a movie that had immediately started with a joke in the beginning.

"Yes." The two settled for, what seemed to be a comedy movie and got more comfortable on the sofa.

Half an hour passed and the movie started to take a different turn. It started off as pure comedy, but it somehow changed more and more into the romance category. They didn't mind it much because it was still a good movie, though. Tsukasa actually decided to use it. She inched even closer and nestled her head into Miyuki's shoulder. Miyuki was able to read the mood and managed to stay somewhat calm. She deeply inhaled once and then rested her own head against Tsukasa's. The mood generated from the movie proceeded to affect the living room and the two continued to cuddle with each other. Miyuki was blushing rather strong and Tsukasa as well, had a red tint on her cheeks, but it somehow didn't feel awkward at all.

Another 30 minutes passed and the mood had improved even further. Miyuki and Tsukasa had nestled stronger together on the sofa again and at some point, they even started holding hands with intertwined fingers as the two were completely absorbed in the movie. Traces of the initial comedy were nowhere to be found for quite a while already anymore and the romance was about to reach its peak as well. The director decided to end his movie with a passionate kissing scene full of affection for each other. Two girls were watching said scene with great attention and interest right now while their faces heated up more and more with every passing second. Tsukasa took a quick peek at Miyuki and instantly froze up. Seeing her intently watching the kissing scene on the TV with a deep red blush on her perfect cheeks was more than enough to completely mesmerize Tsukasa. Then, she looked at their intertwined, yet relaxed hands and realized how close they actually were. Her own face burned up even more. Miyuki slowly began to feel the heat that wasn't radiating from her own face and slowly turned her head to look at the girl beside her. Their gazes met and just like Tsukasa before, Miyuki also froze up when she saw her.

The two looked into each other's eyes for a solid minute before Tsukasa's expression suddenly changed into something Miyuki had never seen on her. Without looking away, Tsukasa started to move forward and closed her eyes. Not even understanding why, Miyuki also closed her eyes on reflex and the next thing she realized was that she felt something indescribable soft on her lips. She instinctively knew what was going on and her mind went completely blank. An eternity, in Miyuki's eyes, passed, though it was only a couple seconds in reality, but she had completely lost her sense of time in the progress. Tsukasa parted again and shyly looked away once she regained her senses and realized what she just did. Miyuki, on the other hand, continued to absentmindedly stare in the same direction without even blinking. After a while, she placed two fingers on her smiling lips to feel the lingering sensation of the kiss she had just shared with Tsukasa.

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The chapter was a little on the short side, but I just had to end there. It's a nice cliffhanger, isn't it? To make it even better, the next chapter (probably) isn't going to be about Tsukasa and Miyuki. Sorry.

So much for making a plan first, Tsukasa. Konata will be proud, though.

I think I have to step up my game with Konata and Kagami though… Even though the kiss here wasn't as much described as the first one of them, I somehow like the first real kiss of Tsukasa and Miyuki more. It just felt more natural… That being said, Konami's still best couple. (I may have developed a slight crush on Tsukasa, though… She's way too adorable.)

It's finally the time for becoming third years in the next chapter… What a long ride. That also mean we're probably getting more of Yutaka and co. now. To make up for the shortness of this chapter, I'll try my best to get another one ready this month.