After coming back from visiting their freshly renovated apartment, Konata and Kagami wasted no time at all and immediately looked online for a fitting furniture store. The two found a huge, shopping center-like facility that combined multiple stores around the topic of arranging a house or an apartment. Furniture, bedding related things, cutlery and tableware, electronic devices, decorative things, and many more, everything under one big roof.
Because they had a ton to do, the couple left really early in the morning of the next day to the home center. They had written up everything they needed for their apartment and also noted down the measurements of the rooms. Having more or less a plan, the couple was reasonably confident and entered the center with full vigor. Both were sure everything would go smoothly. They'll soon come to realize they were pretty naïve, but the two didn't know about that yet.
The first station inside was the furniture store, and neither Kagami nor Konata had any idea what to actually even start with on their list.
"Soo…" Konata looked around the huge store and seemed overwhelmed. "Where do we start?"
"Weeell…" Kagami had the same problem. "Ehm… How about we just go with the flow of the store for starters?" The furniture store was divided into different departments, and the first one was about upholstery and related things like sofa tables.
"Sure, sounds like a plan." Konata agreed to the -lack of- plan and the two began looking at the sofas on display, but they quickly realized that their tastes were just a little different. "Oh, how about getting a pure white sofa, Kagamin~? That looks pretty stylish." She pointed a completely white cloth sofa in the middle of the room.
"I'm not so sure about white, especially cloth, you know… It gets dirty very quickly, and you'll see every single stain on it." For some reason, Kagami's intonation on the word stain was a little different from the rest.
"Stains, huh…? Okaaay then… Hmm, how about dark gray then? Black is a bit too boring if you ask me."
"Dark gray, huh? Good idea, I like that color." Having roughly decided on a sofa type, the couple began testing some contemplable ones.
"Oh, how about that one over there? That looks promising." Roughly ten minutes passed, and the couple finally pointed at a sofa they liked. There was only one problem with that, though. The two were pointing in completely different directions. "A-Ah…" Konata and Kagami began to realize that furniture shopping might be a little more difficult than they had imagined.
Almost a whole hour passed since then and after having voiced about a thousand different opinions, the two finally seemed to have agreed on a sofa. It was a rather big, L-shaped sofa in dark gray that could also be converted into a bed. Having finished taking a look at it from every possible and impossible angle, Konata and Kagami sat down on it to evaluate its comfortableness in every position they could think of.
"Hmmn…" Konata had a complicated expression on her face while testing the sofa. "Come here for a second, Kagamin~." She beckoned her to come closer.
"Ehm, sure…?" Kagami didn't know what she wanted, but still sat down right next to Konata.
"Perfect." Without warning, Konata laid down and used Kagami's lap as a pillow. Evaluating the comfortableness of lap pillows on the future sofa of the two seemed to be a critical test for Konata. "Mh-hmm…" She was really focused on her test. "Yes… yes, yes…" Konata moved around on Kagami's lap for a while and then started smiling. "Yeah, yep, that's good. We should get this sofa, Kagamin~." She got up from her lap after having made her decision.
"S-Sure, okay… I like it, too…" Kagami had not even fully realized what just happened. "Well then, how about we get going now?" It's not like she disliked Konata's test, but just choosing a sofa took already way too much time and it was only one point on a very long list while she was already worn out by this, just like Konata.
"Good idea." She also knew they were behind schedule already, but no one could've guessed that furniture shopping could become so complicated, absolutely no one. Something like that should've been like a walk in a park after all.
They noted down the model of the sofa and were about to go to the next area. Before leaving, though, the two had a small breakthrough. In front of the sofa, there was a fitting table on display. Because it went pretty well with the sofa from its looks, they decided to get that sofa table as well before grandiosely looking around for a better one. Afterwards, the couple entered the area for kitchen- and dining related things. There was no need for a kitchen itself because their apartment came with a fully equipped one, but they still needed a dining table and some chairs for it.
The couple walked around for a while looking for a good table, but Konata let Kagami take the lead here and merely approved or disapproved possible choices. Honestly speaking, she didn't really care about the table as long as there's place for tableware on it and doesn't look hideous. Because of that, especially after the sofa torture earlier, she opted for the path of the least resistance.
After looking at around five tables together, Kagami stopped at a somewhat plain and simple table in a darker wood that came with fitting chairs.
"How about it, Kona? The others were somehow all too fancy, and I prefer something not so extravagant if you ask me."
"Yeah, I think so, too. There's enough place for even four people and the design is not bad."
"Should we get it then?"
"Sure, why not?" Konata was happy that this time was a lot more stress-free and noted down the info of the dining table and chairs. "Oh, let's have a look at that…" She found a corner with stools and walked over there. "Let's get some for the hatch between the kitchen and living room, Kagamin~."
"Ah, for the bar thing you wanted to do there? Okay, I liked that idea after all." Kagami agreed to the plan, and the two looked around.
"Hmm… Oh, how about these ones?" Konata pointed at some vintage leather stools.
"Well…" Kagami also took a good look at them. "Yeah, nope… absolutely not, they're ugly." Apparently, she didn't like them very much.
"That was… very clear… Okay then, how about…" Konata was about to point at some other stools, but she couldn't even finish her sentence.
"Definitely not them either. Seriously, they are even worse than the first ones…" Kagami also wasn't a fan of Konata's second choice.
"Wow… Okay then, miss super bossy, which ones do you prefer?"
"Oh, that's easy…" She pointed at a set of stools that caught her interest and looked rather confident in her choice. "Those are great."
"Really… those…? You sure about that…?" Konata didn't seem to like her choice overly much.
"You're just saying that now because I didn't like your choices either, aren't you?"
"Sure… I actually secretly like these… stool-like things you pointed at, Kagamin~." There wasn't a single fiber in Konata's body that like the stools.
"Okay… Maybe I'll look for some others…" Kagami understood the hint. "I would really like some stools with a backrest because they're way more comfortable to sit on, though."
"Oh, that's something I can agree with. I hadn't thought about that yet…" The two managed to agree on something at least and continued their search. Luckily, there was only one type of stool with a backrest left, and that made the decision extremely easy.
"Well, they aren't bad, are they…?"
"Yeah, they're nice…" The mood was a little deflated, but the couple had nothing against the last type of stool and, with that, the hunt for the stools was finally over.
"Why exactly were stools harder to find than the whole dining table, including chairs…"
"Don't ask me, Kona, don't ask me…" Kagami had no answer for her in store.
"Well, whatever, let's go to the next area, Kagamin~."
"Good idea." The two added the chosen stools to their shopping list and left the kitchen area behind.
They entered the department for shelves, lowboards, dressers, and the likes and the couple quickly realized that they're going to spend a lot of time here because they needed quite a lot of them. They wanted to get a shelf and a lowboard to place the TV on for the living room, and two traditional themed dressers or lowboards for the Japanese room. Two dressers for the hallway, a dresser for their bedroom, one shelf for Konata's otaku room, and another shelf for the towels in the bathroom were also needed.
"Can we go home already…?" Seeing the enormous amount of furniture on their list, Kagami didn't want to continue anymore.
"While I understand, like, I totally feel you, Kagamin~, we're just getting started…" Konata was also tired.
"I know… Okay, let's just pull through it. Well then…" Kagami and Konata began walking through the displayed furniture and stopped here and there to get a better look at the shelves and other things, that had caught their interest.
"How about this self for the living room, Kagamin~?" The couple was standing in front of a big bookshelf in a pale beech wood tone that Konata seemed to like.
"Hmm… I like the design, but the color… not so much."
"Partial victory, huh?" Konata looked at the shelf again and then noticed a flyer attached to it. "Oh, Kagamin~, look, it comes in different colors."
"Really? Let me see…" She looked at the colors in the flyer, and the couple quickly came to a decision.
"This is it!" They found a color they liked and pointed at it. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same color the two were pointing at. "Seriously…" They had a strong feeling of déjà-vu right now.
"So much for that… Oh, there's a shade right between our colors, how about we compromise on that?" Konata wanted a lighter color, whereas Kagami liked a darker one better.
"Well, I guess that's our only option here. Then again, that also looks quite nice."
"Yeah, I can definitely live with that compromise."
"Very good." Kagami was incredibly happy that another point was off their shopping list and with only a moderate amount of arguing. "You know what, Kona, because I don't really care about it, AND want to take a break, you can choose the lowboard for the TV all on your own." Because the TV board wasn't worth another dispute, Kagami let her free reign on this one.
"Really? Thank you very much, Kagamin~. I actually found one I like already earlier." Konata guided her to the lowboard corner and showed Kagami the TV one she saw earlier. It was a modern looking, black lowboard with some stained-glass sliding doors at the front.
"Hmm, okay, sure, let's get it." It didn't seem like it would've been Kagami's first choice as well, but she didn't entirely dislike it, either. Because of that, it wasn't that hard for her to let Konata have her will on it.
"Great. Okay then, how about we look for furniture for the Japanese room next?"
"That's a good idea. From the look of it, they don't have much traditional furniture here anyway. Deciding on something should be easy enough then." Kagami was looking forward to because there really wasn't much room for discussion that way.
The couple went over to the Japanese section, and not much to choose from was even positively speaking. The story actually only had one fully furnished Japanese room on display. That was actually a stroke of good fortune for them, though. The two just had to choose whether they wanted one long lowboard or two short ones, and which size the kotatsu should have. While feeling incredibly refreshed from only having to spend about 20 minutes on a whole room, Konata and Kagami happily left the Japanese section again and continued their hunt for dressers and shelves for the other rooms.
"Okay… So, what's next? The hallway?" Still being motivated by their grand success from getting furniture for their Japanese room so quickly, Konata eagerly wanted to continue.
"Yeah, let's do that." Kagami was motivated as well again. "We wanted to get two dressers, right?"
"That's the plan. On at the end of the hallway and one between the toilet and my so-called otaku room. Any ideas on the design, Kagamin~?"
"Hmm… I want a deeper one for the end of the hallway to put a lot of things inside and on top of it. The other one should be a bit thinner to make it not too narrow and cramped to walk past it. For the design… Well, maybe getting something from the same series? Having two different designs would look out of place…"
"Oh, so we basically just have to look for one dresser and have to get it in different sizes? An excellent idea, Kagamin~." It saved them half the work and also halved the chance of another disagreement.
"What about you, Kona, seeing anything that might fit in the hallway?" While looking at dressers together, the two somehow drifted into the area of superficial smalltalk because neither of them wanted to take the initiative of pointing at furniture they liked.
"Let's see… How about…" Konata looked around to find something. "Huh… Dressers are surprisingly boring, aren't they?" She had a very peculiar problem.
"Ah, you think so, too, huh?" Apparently, not so peculiar, actually. "They're basically just a few drawers glued together after all…"
"How about we just get the next best one we don't think is overly boring then, Kagamin~?"
"Ah, quick and easy, I like that." Following suit, the couple looked around for a minute and then pointed at a dresser that fitted the description.
"That one's not bad, let's just get two of those and… Ah…" As if doing it on purpose already, Konata and Kagami were pointing in different directions again. Concluding, the two get two dressers from an entirely different series in the end because it totally wasn't worth a discussion.
Having, more or less, peacefully settled the matter of their hallway, both continued their long journey of getting furniture for the rest of the apartment. Konata also needs a huge bookshelf for the mangas in her otaku room, but that didn't take much time at all because Kagami had absolutely no interest in voicing out her opinion on that.
While looking around, both also found a towel shelf for the bathroom without much trouble, mainly because there wasn't much to choose from in the first place.
After that, things were about to become complicated again, really complicated. While walking around, Konata and Kagami ended up in the bedroom area of the furniture store. The couple still needed a dresser for their bedroom first, but this might actually be better to look for one because it had dressers specially designed for bedrooms after all. Before that, there was one last easy decision, though. After Konata saw a couple wardrobes, she remembered that she still needed one for her otaku room to store her, mostly Kagami's, cosplay outfits in it. Konata got over with it in record time because she simply got the one with the most room for said cosplay and Kagami merely accepted it with a big sigh. There was nothing she could do anyway.
Once this was taken care of as well, the serious part finally started. Yes, things weren't serious before, compared to looking for furniture for their bedroom at least. But, before the two even got to the furniture, there were some things to discuss beforehand.
"Okay, first things first, Kagamin~, I think we should agree on a general design for the bedroom, shouldn't we? We should get matching furniture for the room after all."
"That's true, badly mixed up furniture wouldn't look good at all." Kagami agreed with her and both thought about their preferred design.
"Easy enough, I want something black themed."
"Ah, I was thinking about white actually…"
"…"
"…"
"…" There was a long and really awkward pause.
"Kagamin~, really…? I thought you don't like white after I wanted to get a white sofa earlier…"
"I was only concerned about the stains. I actually like white furniture. What about you, Kona, didn't you say black is boring?"
"Black sofas, yes, because they're so common, but other than that, not really. I also chose a black lowboard for the TV, didn't I?"
"Now that you mention it…" Kagami had already forgotten about it. "What do we do now…? Oh, because you already got something black, Kona, it's my turn with something white now~."
"I really don't think that's how it works, my dear." Konata wasn't that easily tricked.
"It was worth a try… Okay, what's your suggestion then?"
"Well… You see, we already have something black with the TV board… It would make only sense to get more fitting furniture, right~?"
"That's not how it works either, honey~."
"Hmm… I can't say I didn't see that coming…" Konata wasn't surprised by the answer.
"Seriously now, Kona, what are we going to do with that?"
"Let's see… It's not like I actually dislike white furniture, so, well, maybe we could at least look for it." While it clearly wasn't Konata's favorite, she could at least live with it.
"Yeah… the same more or less goes for me…"
"So… Let's get the first we both like?"
"How about getting the first we don't dislike instead?" It sounded similar, but the differences were huge, as Kagami's suggestion was much more realistic.
Having roughly agreed on something like a plan, the couple started looking at furniture for the bedroom and began with the dresser because they thought it would be the easiest. Even though they thought that it still took them about ten different dressed and about half an hour before they found one that neither of them immediately shot down on sight.
"This one doesn't look so bad, does it, Kagamin~?"
"Yes, it's also a perfect compromise of our problem of wanting black or white furniture." The two were looking at some sort of dresser makeup-table hybrid. The frame, upper part, and the part around the mirror where white, while the front of the drawers was black.
"Mh-hmm." Konata nodded. "Getting something in black and white is probably the best idea."
"Not only that, I actually really like it. Should we get it?"
"Yep, no veto from me on that, Kagamin~."
Even though it took a while, getting a dresser was only mildly tiring, and the two began looking for a fitting wardrobe. Not only should it have enough room for the clothes of two people, but it should also harmonize with the newly found dresser and most importantly being accepted by both of them. Finding a wardrobe like that was multiple times harder than the dresser because, compared to that, Konata had a much bigger interest in it. The two were going to equally use it after all. Almost an hour, lots of arguing, and many wardrobes later, but were still unable to decide on a model.
"…How about that one, Kona…?" Kagami sounded rather tired by now.
"Isn't that exactly the same the one before the last…?"
"At this point, they actually all look the same to me…"
"Fair point, Kagamin~… Anyway, no, I don't like it."
"I figured as much… Okay, up to the next one…"
"Yay…" Konata was as motivated as Kagami, not even a slight bit. Another ten minutes passed, and an outright miracle happened.
"T-This is it. This is so absolutely the one!"
"Definitely! We're totally getting this wardrobe!" Kagami and Konata were standing in front of a wardrobe that both had apparently fallen in love with. It was a huge, mostly white wardrobe with black glass doors framed in white wood and, at the bottom, there were two rows of drawers in the same design for underwear and other things.
"Finally…"
"Exactly my thought as well…" The couple was more than happy to have found a wardrobe together at last.
"Furniture shopping is way too tiring…"
"You say it, Kagamin~, you say it… I really hope the next piece isn't going to as hard to find as the wardrobe… By the way, what's the next one?"
"It's the bed, Kona…"
"O-Oh… no…" She had a really bad feeling about it and little did she know that she'll regret being right about this feeling of hers. Everything was basically a walk in the park up until now. Child's play even.
"Mh-hmm…" Kagami shared the bad premonition with her.
"Let's see… How about, ehm, that one over there?" Konata pointed at a random bed amongst the, what it looked like, 200 other ones.
"Nope." An expected answer came quick. "No chance."
"Yeah, I actually don't like it either…" It was really a completely random choice Konata made with the bed.
After that, the couple started looking seriously for a bed, but the outcome didn't change in the slightest. It was entirely impossible for them to agree on something and the mood gradually began to worsen.
"No, absolutely not."
"Definitely not."
"Never."
"That ugly thing?"
"Nope."
"Not a chance."
"Nai wa."
"No."
"Not happening."
"Is that even a bed?"
"You're not serious, are you?"
For over an hour, those and many more similar things were about the only words Konata and Kagami had exchanged while they were looking around. While the two continued to argue, the couple finally reached their boiling point soon enough.
"You know what, I don't care anymore, Kona!"
"Really? Interesting, I stopped caring about this… argh! like 20 minutes or so ago!" Konata couldn't even find a fitting word.
"Great!"
"Perfect!" Kagami and Konata had enough of everything and didn't even want to look at beds together anymore because they had problems just standing each other right now as they turned away from each other in a huff.
"Haa… Kona, let's look around individually for a while…"
"Best idea I've heard today." The two really needed a little timeout because everything else made no sense.
That being said, the couple walked away in the opposite direction, and the two began searching for a bed on their own. A little over an hour passed, but their search still wasn't progressing overly well. Konata had tested about ten beds, but there wasn't a single one that made her say 'that's the one'. Feeling tired and worn out, she let herself fall down on a random bed because she wanted to take a break, but once she made contact with this utterly random bed, something clicked.
"Oh…? This one isn't bad… Not bad at all actually… Ehm…?" Konata took a liking to the bed she found by mere chance, but then she started wondering why these spoken words came out in stereo and so she looked to the side. "A-Ah… Hello there…" Just like Konata, Kagami wanted to take a break as well and let herself, too, fall down on a random bed. It ended up being the same bed, only that she laid down on it from the other side. Both looked into each other's eyes for about a minute, but then couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Ha… Ahahaha…" The situation was just so stupid that they could only laugh at themselves. Luckily, the tension between the couple was completely blown away by this.
"Haa… This bed is so comfy~…"
"Absolutely… It also looks nice~…" The two were about to yield to the superior comfortableness, but they barely managed to stay conscious.
"Yeah, you're right with that, Kagamin~…"
"That means we're getting it, then?"
"Of course we are! You don't think I'm going to look at another bed now, do you?!" There was no way Konata was going to continue the search at this point.
"Yes, this bed is perfect, alright, period." Kagami was feeling the same.
With that, the couple had finally decided on a bed after a lot of struggling and fighting. It was a white twin-size bed with an also white head-piece. Inside the head-piece, there was a plate of black glass integrated, much like the design of their wardrobe. Fortunately, the bed also came with two fitting nightstands in the same design, and the couple thankfully didn't need to look for them anymore.
"Kagamin~, I'm sorry about earlier…"
"Nonono, it was equally my fault… I'm sorry as well…" The couple felt like apologizing after what happened earlier.
"Why did we even start fighting over this in the first place?"
"I have absolutely no idea, Kona…" Both couldn't even remember anymore why things got so heated up in the first place.
"Ehehe~, we're such idiots, aren't we?"
"We sure are, Kona, the biggest idiots around~." Their little fight had already been entirely a thing of the past, and the two drifted into their usual lovey-dovey pattern again.
Konata and Kagami looked each other in the eyes again and were about to share a kiss on their new bed, but then realized that they were in the middle of a furniture store. Being just a little embarrassed, both bolted right up and faced into different directions thanks to the fact that they had entered the bed from different sides earlier, but that was a good thing right now. A minute of awkward silence passed before the two started chatting again.
"That sure took us a while, huh…?" Konata looked at the time and noticed that over two hours passed already since the couple started looking for their bed.
"It has… More importantly, I'm super hungry by now…" The couple came here right after a quick breakfast that mainly consisted of toast, and coffee in Kagami's case and after multiple hours of looking for furniture, arguing, running around, and most importantly, arguing a ton, lunch was more than overdue already.
"Now that you mention… Something to eat would be awesome right, not to mention something to drink."
"I wonder if there's a place where we can get some food around here…" Kagami looked around, but all she could see was furniture everywhere.
"Hmm… If I remember right, the sign at the entrance said something about a restaurant in the store. The question is just… where…?" Konata looked around as well, but there was not even a hint of it.
"Let's look for an info sign somewhere then."
"No other choice, huh?" Kagami and Konata began searching for the restaurant. After walking around for about 15 minutes, and asking two clerks for direction because the layout of the store made no sense whatsoever, the two finally found it.
….
Once they had finished their late, but still satisfying lunch, the couple continued their shopping trip with regained energy.
"Ah, that was good."
"Should we look for the rest, then, Kagamin~?"
"You think we can get the rest without arguing or fighting?"
"I really hope so because I'm more than tired of that already. That kind of arguing with you isn't any fun at all."
"I agree with you on that, Kona. I enjoy our usual playful bickering and teasing much more."
"Easy for you to say, Kagamin~." Kagami became way better than Konata at that after her sadistic side fully awakened a while ago. "Just kidding~, yeah, that's way more fun."
"We just have to get a little more cooperative. I know that's hard for us, but we just have to." After the bed incident, Kagami really didn't want a repeat of that.
"Yeah, let's do that… I can't believe how stubborn we were… Wait, nevermind, I totally can actually…" Both of them were incredible stubborn since the very beginning, but today topped most of that, and it wasn't working out at all.
"Let's do our best then. So, what does the list say…? Oh, it's actually not that much anymore." Kagami looked at their shopping list. "Looks like you still need a desk for your otaku room, Kona."
"That's true, oh, and also a chair for that as well."
"Yeah, it could get a little difficult without that. Other than that, we basically only still need a hallstand for our jackets and mantles, and a shoe rack for the entrance." The couple's list of needed furniture had shrunken a ton by now.
"Oho, sounds great."
Kagami and Konata went to look for the office department in order to search for a suitable desk. They somewhat quickly found the area and Konata began roaming around while Kagami only followed her because she was at best mildly interested in the topic. It didn't take long before Konata found a desk she liked and also getting a comfortable chair on top of it. With that, the two were already ready to leave the office area again.
"Very good, this was easy." Kagami was relieved that everything went smoothly this time.
"Yep~. So, hallstand and shoe rack, you said, right?" Konata was motivated again.
"Yeah, I wonder where can find them, though…" Kagami looked around, but this store was able to make every maze in the world jealous with easy.
"Ehm… good question…" Konata didn't even know where they were right now after leaving the office area.
After walking around longer than they wanted to admit because it was too embarrassing in search for the department with the fitting furniture and only walking past the office area three more times, Konata and Kagami finally found the place where hallway related furniture was on display.
"Ah, we finally found it…" Kagami was relieved once she spotted the hallstands and shoe racks they were looking for the entire time.
"Seriously… I really wonder if they made the layout of the store purely to harass people…"
"I wouldn't be surprised if it was…" The couple had enough of the furniture store.
"Anyway, what's the plan, Kagamin~?"
"Good question… Okay, let's see… The shoe rack first… How about a… brown one…?"
"Basically, one made out of wood, you mean? 'Kay, how about that one over there? It seems like it would fit in the entrance." Konata pointed at the next best shoe rack she saw.
"Yeah, something like that… Ah, well, let's just get that one. It's just a darn shoe rack after all." Because the bed incident was still fresh, and it really was just a shoe rack, the couple didn't feel like discussing at all and came to a quick decision.
"Ah~, I love the whimsical Kagamin~."
"Shut up, Kona~, I don't want to be serious about furniture anymore…"
"Hehe. Okay, the hallstand… hallstand… No idea about that whatsoever… Do your best, Kagamin~." Konata had no idea what to choose and let her do the work.
"Hmm, good question… I think I think I want one in a slightly brighter wood. Maybe similar to the dressers in the hallway…" She began looking around and quickly found a hallstand that suited her taste. "How about that one, Kona?" She pointed at the one in question.
"Well, not bad, I guess? I'm okay with the color and design, but do you think there's a version that comes with a mirror?" She didn't dislike Kagami's idea, but Konata felt like there was missing something.
"A mirror, huh? Oh, that's an excellent idea. A mirror would be useful near the entrance. Let's see… a hallstand with a mirror in the same color shouldn't be so hard to find… should it...? Ah, there actually is one." The two had become strangely cooperative, and after Kagami agreed to Konata's suggestion, she started looking for a different dresser and found one in no time.
"Mh-hmm." Konata nodded in agreement. "Looks good, let's get that one." Their harmony almost made the rest of the day seem like a lie."
"Who's the whimsical one here now, Kona?"
"I normally always am whimsical, though."
"Ah, fair point…" There was nothing for Kagami to retort.
"Okay, hallstand is done as well…" Konata added it to their list and took a look at it. "W-Wow, we're actually done with everything we need, Kagamin~."
"I looks like it. Let me see the list for a second." She looked at the list of furniture as well and nodded a few times. "Yes, yes, it's true, we're done."
"Awesome~. But, now that we're finally working as a team, how about we look for some carpets as well? I would like to get some for the living- and bedroom."
"Carpets, huh? Now that you mention it, I actually saw some really nice-looking ones near the entrance." Kagami apparently liked the idea.
"Should we take a look then?"
"Sure, lead the way, Kona."
"Okay~." Konata made exactly one step before stopping again and then she began looking around restlessly. "Kagamin~, where's the entrance again…?"
"Uhm, it's… that way, I think…? No, wait! It's that way!" Kagami pointed in a few directions, but it didn't seem like she had any idea either.
"I hate this store…"
"Yeah…" It didn't seem like the couple will visit anytime soon again.
After getting lost for about three or four times, Konata and Kagami had finally arrived at the entrance again and quickly found the carpets Kagami was talking about. Choosing one each for the living- and bedroom also didn't take much time. They simply went with a simple design that harmonized with the rest of the room and let out an enormous sight once they had the carpets.
"We're finally done, huh…?"
"Yeah, we definitely have everything we need now…" The couple was incredibly relieved once their shopping list for furniture was empty.
"All that's left now is ordering all that stuff and getting it delivered to our apartment. Oh, and paying the bill, of course."
"I have a really bad feeling about this particular part…" After everything they had chosen today, it's bound to be a significant number.
"It'll be fine, Kagamin~." Konata didn't seem to be concerned in the slightest and began looking for a salesperson. They were hiding pretty careful up until now, but once they had heard the words ordering and paying, Konata found one in no time at all for some mysterious reason.
Konata and the sales guy went over their list of furniture together while speaking about details like preferred payment method, delivery date, and various other things. Kagami was no help at all because she was too busy with the heart attack she was having at the moment, that got even worse when the sales guy repeated Konata's order. The furniture will get delivered to their apartment next week and the total price, including delivery and taxes, was just slightly short of 680 000¥. Konata accepted the conditions and the couple was finally able to leave the furniture store after about 7 hours again.
"Oh my god…" Kagami was gripping the order confirmation with trembling hands.
"Ah~, it's finally over~." Konata was feeling more relaxed and relieved than anything else.
"Is that really okay, Kona…? It's such a large sum and I…" She was feeling guilty that Konata paid for everything.
"It's fine, it's fine~. Don't worry about it, Kagamin~." Konata had absolutely no problems with spending her money for their future together.
"B-But…" She was a little stubborn again.
"I said it's fine already~."
"Okay…" She reluctantly accepted the situation.
"Good. Well then, off to the next store."
"Ah, right… We're still not done, huh…" Kagami remembered that they had only gotten the furniture so far.
The couple still needs some electronics like a washing machine and the TVs for the living- and bedroom. Various kitchenware like pots, pans, plates, tableware, cutlery was needed as well. Also, if time allowed, the couple also wanted to get things like blankets and cushions. Luckily, the stores that carried those things were right next to the furniture store the two had just left. The couple decided to get the electronics first and headed over to the store.
…..
After entering the electronics store, Konata and Kagami first went to the corner with washing machines, dryers, and the likes.
"Washing machine, washing machine~, I wonder which one we should get." Konata was walking past the models while thinking about which the right one is. "Ah, I just had a very good idea~."
"Now, that doesn't sound good at all, actually…" Kagami had a bad feeling about this.
"Your father made me promise to make you take more responsibility for household chores~."
"A-And…?" She wasn't sure how to react.
"Wouldn't it be perfect if you're the one who chooses a washing machine for us then? Comparing the specs like size, energy efficiency, and various other important things? Your dad would surely be happy to hear that you're able to do that."
"I see… But, I have absolutely no idea about… Oh, sure, I'll do it." She had mixed feelings because she had not the slightest idea about anything of that, but then she suddenly changed her mind for some reason.
"Really? Cool." Konata hadn't expected an answer like that.
"Excuse me~, I have a couple of question…" Kagami's sudden cooperativeness had a particular reason. She found a store clerk who was working in the area and let him do the work. "I need a washing mashing for a two-person household, but I have not the slightest idea about them. Are there any recommendations you could give me?"
"Certainly, there would be a few fitting machines for this case we have on sale right now. Would you like me to tell you the pros and cons of each?"
"Sure, why not, let's do that."
"Hey, that's cheating, Kagamin~." Konata finally understood what was going on.
"I don't remember agreeing to any rules, though." She had a slightly smug grin on her face.
"A-Ah, beaten by my own game, huh…?"
"Tehe~." Kagami only struck out her tongue while pulling down an eyelid with her finger.
"It's good that you're cute, Kagamin~." Konata was enjoying her playfulness.
"I know~." Her smile got even smugger, and she then went after the clerk who had already gone ahead for some reason. Hearing him say that they should just explode was probably just Konata's imagination, though.
"Hehehe…" Konata silently followed her with a small chuckle.
"Okay, the following washing machines would be the most fitting ones for a small household of two…" The clerk began explaining the differences between each machine and which is the best for what.
"I see, I see…" Even though Kagami was listening intently and nodded in fixed intervals, she had absolutely no idea what the guy was even talking about, but her poker-face had become good enough to be able to hide it, and she let the clerk talking for a while longer before she made her decision. "Hmm… Okay, after thinking about it, I guess we'll be taking number three."
"Certainly, I actually would've recommended the same."
"Y-Yeah, it's the most logical choice after all…" Beads of sweat began to form on Kagami's forehead because it became difficult for her to keep up her poker-face. She chose machine number tree purely on a whim after all. Even after listening to everything the clerk explained to her, she still understood a single thing after all, but she was happy to have made the right choice.
"Woah, nice guess, Kagamin~." Konata, on the other hand, could see through her with ease.
"Ahaha, w-what might you be talking about, K-Kona…?" Her façade entirely crumbled with that.
"Hehe, well, I also would've chosen the same. So, who cares about the small details."
"Yeah, let's not tell dad about those small details, okay? I have chosen a good washing machine, and that is all he needs to know, right?"
"Sure, let's go with that, Kagamin~."
"Thank you very much." After having, somehow or another, decided on a washing machine, the couple left the area and began looking for TVs for their living- and bedroom.
"Oho~, things are finally getting interesting." Seeing all those TVs in front of her, Konata became very excited.
"Don't overdo it, okay?"
"I would never… I'm merely looking for the biggest TV around~…"
"That's the very definition of overdoing it, Kona."
"Nonsense!" She wasn't listening to Kagami at all and continued to happily look around until she suddenly stopped. "Oh my god…" Her eyes were fixated on one place and started sparkling.
"What is it now? Oh, no… no!" Kagami followed her line of sight and quickly started panicking because the store actually had an 80" TV on display right now. "No, nonono, no! No, Kona, no. No, bad!" She couldn't deny it enough, and it somehow ended up sounding like she was scolding a dog.
"Kagamin~."
"No."
"But…"
"No!"
"It's on sale, though…"
"NO!"
"W-Why are you so mean…?"
"No! Ah, I mean, shut up…" The no came before Kagami thought about the question.
"No chance? Really?"
"Not even the slightest." Kagami wasn't yielding, no she couldn't yield here because Konata's look was serious and she would totally buy the TV if Kagami didn't stay strong now.
"You're such a meanie, Kagamin~…" She actually started pouting a bit.
"Let's look at some more reasonable sizes, okay?" She tried negotiating with Konata.
"For example?"
"Hmm, let's see…" Kagami looked around and then pointed at a 40" TV. "How about that one?"
"Oh, okay, sure, looks good." She was surprisingly cooperative. "Well then let's get that one for the bedroom and for the living room, well…" She wasn't cooperative at all in the end, and her eyes strayed towards the 80" TV again.
"Kona~." Her voice sounded sweet, but her eyes looked scary.
"Okay, okay… fine, fine, fine!" Konata felt just a little intimidated by her looks. "So, okay, we aren't getting the 80" TV…"
"Thank you for finally listening, Kona."
"I wonder if they have a 75" TV somewhe- OUCH!"
"Can I hit you, Kona? I really want to hit you…"
"Y-You just did!" Konata massaged her arm with teary eyes that had just gotten in contact with Kagami's fist of rage.
"No, that wasn't a hit, just me warming up, you know?"
"I-I see…" She went very silent all of a sudden.
"Now, calm down already, Kona. So, don't you think the TV I showed you earlier is big enough for the living room?" She pointed at the 40" one again.
"No." Completely void of any emotion or facial expression, Konata gave a cold, but powerful answer.
"Okay…" Kagami had tried to talk her into a more reasonable size, but it seemed like she started too low and looked around again. "How about that one over there instead?" This time, she was pointing at a 47" model.
"Hmm…" She at least showed a reaction this time.
"Still not enough, huh? What a stubborn girl I have…"
"Oi!" She wasn't necessarily wrong, but Kagami was the last person Konata wanted to be accused of that by.
"Haa… Let's see…" Kagami looked around once more, and her gaze stopped at a 55" TV now. "Okay, that one really is big enough now, don't you think?"
"Hmmnng…" Her reaction got stronger. "Wellll… It's not that bad…" Kagami basically got her. "Wait, how about that one over there instead?" Konata also noticed that she was about to give in and quickly made an attempt to get a bigger size while pointing at the next best one.
"A 65" one, is it?" Kagami looked at the TV Konata was pointing at in a hurry and thought about the size. "Hmm, I think that's a little too much, Kona."
"Come on~." She wasn't happy with that answer.
"Ah, wait a moment, Kona, let me get some help for my side." Kagami had spotted a store clerk and wanted to cheat again by asking him for opinions. She explained things like viewing distance between the TV and sofa amongst other things and hope he would help her case.
"I see. Okay, with the size of the room and the viewing distance, I would say that a 65" TV with a high resolution would be the perfect fit." The clerk wanted to sell things, so of course, he would recommend the bigger TV if the circumstances, the room, in this case, allows it.
"E-Eh…?" Kagami didn't expect such an unexpected betrayal.
"Hehe, serves you right~." Konata was pleased with how the situation turned out, though.
"T-That still doesn't mean we have to get the bigger one…" She refused to give up.
"Nonono, we really should listen to the professional guy here."
"Shut up, Kona."
"Okay, how about this…" Konata faced the clerk and began explaining their situation. She told him about the washing machine they had already chosen earlier and how they need two TVs in total, a big one for the living room and a slightly smaller one for another room where it's supposed to get mounted on a wall.
"Mh-hmm… Let's see…" The clerk thought about something and then spoke up again. "I think I could offer you two different bundles here. The first one would include the washing machine, that 65" TV over there and, uhm… Yes, that 40" model next to you for about… well…" He had pointed at two different TVs and then began entering some numbers into the tablet he was carrying. "Yes, I could offer you the bundle for a total of 240 000¥, including taxes of course. Okay, for the other bundle, let me think…" The clerk looked around again and then pointed at two completely different TVs. "Yes, the washing machine again, together with the 55" TV there and the 32" one I just showed. That would end up being…" He typed something into his tablet again. "I think I could offer you this bundle for 180 000 ¥."
"Oho~." For Konata, the decision was already more than evident.
"Hmm…" Kagami was wavering. She didn't want to admit it, but the first bundle with the bigger TVs was actually really good.
"Ah, I forgot to mention something…" Because the clerk was a professional one, he immediately noticed that Kagami was about to give in and so he went for the kill. "We're running a promotion for that particular 65" TV right now. If you buy it this week, you're getting that new game console that came out recently for free on top of it."
"Sold!" After hearing this, Konata didn't even wait for Kagami's answer anymore, nor did she care about her opinion at this point anymore.
"Yeah, I guess that's fine…" Kagami still thought that the TVs were a little too big, but with a great offer like that, there was nothing she could say any more.
"Certainly, thank you for your patronage." The clerk seemed happy as well and got the paperwork ready. "I assume you want to get everything delivered, right?"
"Yes, that would be the best." Konata gave him the address, and he entered into the system. "Ah, could you add a wall mount for the smaller TV to the delivery as well?"
"Of course, that's no problem… Let's see, a wall mount for a 40" TV… That would be an extra of… Oh, they're cheaper than I remember… Well, I'll add it free of charge because the two of you made such a big purchase."
"Really? Thank you very much." Kagami was happy to save a little money after Konata splurged so big on the bigger TVs.
"Ah, wait a moment please…" Konata stopped the sales guy from finalizing the order. "Would it be possible that we take the game console home with us now? I would like to… test it today or tomorrow already." By testing, she obviously meant playing all night long, of course.
"Absolutely, we can do that." The clerk had no objection. "Okay, the delivery is free of charge, that's a general service of our store and, oh, do you girls have a preferred delivery date? It would even be possible to already get it the day after tomorrow."
"Ehm, no, we bought a ton of furniture earlier next door that's getting delivered next week. Would it be possible to get the electronics delivered on the same day?" Kagami asked for another date because it would make no sense to get the deliveries on different days.
"Ah, yes, that's not a problem. It's actually pretty common because people often go to both stores her as it's under one roof. Just give me the order number you got at the furniture store, and we'll sync our delivery with theirs."
"Oh, that's pretty convenient." Kagami finished up the detail with the sales guy, and the couple finally left the TV area again.
"Hey, how about we each get a game for our new game console, Kagamin~?"
"Do you really think we should spend even more money now?" She didn't overly like her suggestion.
"Don't be like that~. What use would a game console without games be?"
"F-Fine…" Kagami had lost pretty quick to her inner gamer self. "But, I'll pay my game with my own money!" She felt that Konata had spent more than enough already.
"Sure, do it however you like, Kagamin~. Ah, with the saved money, I guess I'll get a second controller then. We need two anyway." Konata gave her absolutely no choice of winning in the electronics store.
"Haa…" Kagami gave up with a strained sigh.
"Hehe." Konata was happy with her response, and the couple began looking through the games corner to find something that interested them.
After each having found a game, Konata also grabbed an extra controller, and the couple was about to head over to the checkout area again when Kagami stopped her again.
"Hey, Kona, look at that…" She pointed at a coffee machine with lots of 'SALE' tags plastered all around it. It was a pad-type machine that was significantly reduced from its original price.
"Want to get it, Kagamin?"
"Really, can we? You know that I already liked coffee before, but I became a huge fan of it when we were studying for our entrance test…"
"Fan, huh? That's a weird way of pronouncing addiction, you know?" Konata remembered their study sessions and how Kagami's coffee consumption got bigger with each passing week in order to stay awake.
"H-Hey, it's not that bad, okay…?" She tried to deny it, but it wasn't very effective.
"Sure~."
"You came to like coffee more as well, didn't you, Kona?" She had seen Konata with a cup of coffee more often as well during their studies after all.
"And whose fault do you think that is?" Konata had to drink it more often because otherwise, it was impossible for her to keep up in their study session where Kagami was full of caffeine and was even more motivated than usual because of that.
"I'm sorry…" She felt slightly bad about it.
"Nah, it's fine~. Sure, let's get the coffee machine. It's super cheap, and I did come to enjoy it."
"Yay, thank you very much, Kona~." Kagami was way too happy about this, and she, together with her caffeine addiction thanked her for agreeing.
"Maybe you should tone down your consumption, though…"
"It's fine, it's fine~." She brushed it off like nothing.
"Sure…" Konata gave up on the topic because it was no use, grabbed one of the coffee machines, and the couple finally went to the checkout.
After adding the coffee machine to their delivery as well, Konata paid for everything, even Kagami's game because it was too much of a hassle for her with splitting things. Leaving behind almost 260 000¥ in the store, the couple left with the game console, the two games and an extra controller only.
"Woah… It's getting so damn expensive…" Kagami was complaining about the money again.
"It's fine~." She used Kagami's answer from earlier to brush it off as well. "We're actually still more or less in the budget. I wanted to spend about a million ¥ on everything, and we're currently at… Let's see… a little under 940 000¥. Excluding the games and stuff, and rounding it up slightly generously, we have about 100 000¥ left…"
"A million ¥…" Still being in the budget, Konata had set up, didn't make Kagami feel relieved in the slightest.
"Let's get going already~." As usual, Konata completely ignored her complaints.
"You're way too carefree, Kona."
"If being happy with investing in our future equals being carefree, sure, I like being carefree then, Kagamin~."
"…" Kagami had nothing to say in return and changed the topic. "Y-You wanted to get going, right…?"
"Ehehe~. Yeah, we still need a few things after all." Konata simply played along.
"What do we need again?"
"Ehm… Let me think… Tableware, cutlery, kitchenware like pans, pots, and other kitchen utensils… Oh, and bedding-related things."
"I see… Ah, wait, we still have a ton of bedding stuff like blankets and pillows at home that's still completely new because no one wanted to replace their old things."
"Really? That's great because we can skip a whole store then."
"Perfect!" Kagami had slowly enough of their shopping trip.
"Good, let's go to the kitchenware store thingy…" Konata wasn't sure how the store was called.
"Let's do that." The couple entered the store and casually looked around for a while.
"How about we split up, Kagamin~?"
"Hmm, what do you mean?"
"You see, it's getting late already and I'm slightly tired from the shopping…"
"You're not alone with that."
"So, to get it done more quickly, how about we split the work? You're going to choose the tableware and cutlery and I everything cooking related?"
"Ah, that's what you mean, sounds like a plan. Wait a moment, why this way and not the other way around?"
"Because… I don't really care about the design of cutlery and tableware, but, more importantly… I don't trust you in the slightest with the other task…" Konata sounded rather cruel, but she had a point. "There's just no way you would be able to choose fitting pots… no, anything cooking related as a whole."
"Don't you think that's a bit too harsh, Kona?"
"No." She didn't hesitate at all with her answer.
"Cutlery and tableware, you said, right? Okay, let's meet up later then~." Kagami had only protested for the sake of protesting. Deep down, she knew perfectly well how right Konata was.
"That's the spirit, Kagamin~."
The two split up, and each went on their own to look for their respective tasks.
About 40 minutes passed, and the couple met up at the entrance again. Kagami was carrying two boxes with a set of tableware and cutlery each, and also got some cups on top of it. Konata, on the other hand, went all out. Her tiny body was totally overloaded with things. Some pots, two pans, a wok, a couple of kitchen knives, ladles, and many other things, some of which Kagami had never seen before in her life. She really should've gotten a cart because everything was about was about to topple over, but Konata hadn't thought about that.
"Oh, nice, you also got some cups. Good thinking, Kagamin~, I totally forgot about them."
"Yeah, and you got everything else in the store, huh? Do we really need all those things?"
"Kagamin~, Kagamin~, you simply don't understand~. In the first place, that's actually just a starter-set of things I absolutely must have… I'll still have to get a lot more things in the future, but those can wait for a while, and I'll probably steal some, no a lot of these utensils from dad's kitchen~." Konata was in serious mode.
"I see…" Kagami gave up. Even though she had leveled up the level of her cooking skills quite a bit, she was still in no position to tell Konata what they need in the kitchen and what not.
The two went to the checkout and paid for everything. Because it was too heavy and too much to carry, they used the delivery service of this store as well and left after leaving about 100 000¥ behind. Even though Kagami had tried to look at the price a bit with her cutlery, cups, and tableware, she found out that kitchenware is surprisingly expensive. Especially after Konata got so much.
"And with this, our budget is basically empty~." Konata somehow looked satisfied. Combining everything the couple had bought today, they had spent about a million ¥, the sum that Konata had planned for setting up their apartment.
"So that means we actually spent a little too much, huh? We still need some deco after all, don't we?" They had gotten everything they need, but Kagami had the feeling the apartment would feel a little cold and impersonal without that.
"Ah, the deco… I totally… forgot about that…"
"Yep, decorations…" Just like the last time the couple visited their apartment, the two had still no idea what to even get as decorations for their home.
"Well, it shouldn't be too expensive, right? A couple thousand ¥ aren't going to make much of a difference."
"Yes, a fortune, or a fortune and a little extra on top of it… basically the same…" Kagami sounded a little broken.
"Anyway, shall we head home already, Kagamin~?"
"Oh my god, yes!" She was waiting for those words. They could still talk about the decorations at another day.
….
The couple finally left the shopping center and were surprised that it was already dark outside. It actually wasn't that surprising, though, because Konata and Kagami had spent over ten hours in there and the stores were actually about to close already.
With nothing more in their hands than a game console, two games, and an extra controller for said console, the rest is getting delivered, after all, the two headed home after a long, exhausting, and extremely expensive day. On their way back, both began chatting about their shopping trip and how stupid they ware, mainly during their furniture hunt.
"Today sure was fun, huh~?"
"You think so? I have mixed feelings about that, Kona…" Kagami couldn't agree with her.
"Oh, looks like my sarcasm skill leveled up for you not to notice…" Konata wasn't serious with her evaluation of the day after all.
"Ah, I see…" She was too tired to detect sarcasm. "We sure were stupid today, huh? I mean, even more than usual…"
"Yeah, today really wasn't our best day…"
"Especially our fight about the bed… It thankfully wasn't a big one, but that still wasn't nice at all. Let's not do that again."
"I wholeheartedly agree with you on that, Kagamin~. How that fight ended was typically us, though." Konata remembered how they ended up choosing the same bad anyway in the end while they almost started making out on it in public.
"We're idiots after all." Kagami had no problems with calling herself an idiot for a long time already anymore. "Well, everything ended well, so, who even cares~?"
"Carefree Kagamin~, I love it."
"All that being said, I still want to go shopping with you for anything big anyway soon again, though, Kona."
"Interesting for you to say because I feel exactly the same about that. Word for word even." Neither of them wants to go through such an ordeal again in the near future. Furniture shopping with the partner, especially with strong personalities and differences in their tastes isn't nearly as fun as one would expect.
"But, you have to promise me one thing now, Kona. Take it easy with the money spending now… We, I mean you, just spent a m-million ¥…" She had just a small stroke while saying it out loud. "… and you'll never know what's going to happen in the future." Kagami came back to her favorite topic, lecturing Konata about money.
"Yes, mom, I won't… After we got some decorations, a few other small things we probably missed today, and a ton of cosplay for you, I'll save the rest of the money for eventualities."
"That's reassuring to hea-… OI!" Kagami had almost overheard the last part.
"Damn, so close…"
"You'll do it anyway, won't you?"
"T-There's absolutely no way that I… no way that I won't do it." Konata had entirely faked the part of being flustered. "I'm starting to think that you know me a bit too much, Kagamin~."
"Ehehe~. Just don't overdo it again, Kona, please."
"Yes, I'll do my best and hold back to some degree."
"Thank you very much."
Konata and Kagami continued to about various things while heading back home and also had dinner at in a conveniently placed fast food restaurant on the way.
The couple arrived at home, Konata's place, of course, after a while and were greeted by Sojiro.
"We're home~."
"Welcome back, you two. You sure took your time. How was i-…"
"Just don't ask!" Both shut him up before he could even finish his sentence.
"Okay…" Sojiro could feel that something happened, but he was too scared of them to ask. "Well then, going on, easy question… You two went out for furniture shopping and other things for your apartment, right?"
"Yes, that's more or less what we did today, why…?"
"Then, why's the only thing that you're carrying that game console that's peeking out of the bag there?" Sojiro pointed at the plastic bag in her right hand.
"Well, you see…" Konata began explaining how their furniture is getting delivered to the apartment next week and that they got the game console as a bonus for buying a TV.
"Ah, that's how it is. You sure were lucky, huh?"
"Absolutely." Konata was happy about her new console.
"By the way, do you want my help next week then? I'm sure I can free up a day or two from work." Sojiro offered his help for setting up the couple's apartment.
"Hmm…" Konata thought about it. "Kagamin~ and I want to try it alone first. It's going to be our home, and so we want to give our best alone first."
"Well, for most things, that is." Kagami corrected her a bit. "We'll definitely need help with the big and heavy things. It would be great if you could help us with those, Sojiro. I mean, I don't think Kona and I can carry a washing machine or mount a TV on the wall."
"Fair point. Can you help us with those things a few days after we set things up, dad?"
"Of course, I would be happy to be of any help. Just give me the details one you know when."
"Sure, thanks, dad."
Konata and Kagami finished talking with Sojiro and went upstairs to Konata's room. The couple set up their new game console and themselves comfortable on the bed as usual. They had a lot of fun with the new games and played for about an hour or two, but because the day had completely tired them out, the two went to sleep soon enough. Luckily, both were rather free for the next days because the delivery of the furniture and other things was due for next week. Thanks to that, Konata and Kagami had a lot of chances to thoroughly test their new game console. Even so, the delivery date was quickly approaching, and the couple started to get ready to head over to their apartment again.
…
Furniture shopping is a major pain in the ass! I can personally guarantee you that, if you have only slightly different tastes and strong personalities, it's not going to be any fun. I can still remember when we moved into our current house and need like twice the furniture of Konata and Kagami here… never again! Next time, everything will get bought online or something like that. If not for decorations and other small things, I'm never entering an IKEA or the likes again.
Their 'fight' wasn't overly detailed because I'm not good at writing that, but whatever… I hope you still got the general idea of it.
Anyway, moving on, what did I want to say again…? (The rant made me forget things)
The whole thing of the couple moving into their new apartment, but after not even ¼ of my concept, this chapter had already happened. That's why I'm splitting up the whole thing. This time was furniture shopping, and next time will be the delivery and assembly. Part three will be connected, but something else entirely, though. You'll see what I mean when it happens.
Don't think too hard about the ¥ prices. I only did a quick search of things without accurate prices for the furniture and other things. Just convert the prices €/$/Whatever by 1/10 and it kind if fits to some degree, I guess. 100 ¥ being 1€/$. The actual exchange rate is slightly different, but it somewhat works…
The second part will come out in… Well, fairly sure it'll still be February by then.
Fun fact: The idea with Kagami's caffeine addiction happened purely on a whim after I had my third cup of coffee that day when I wrote the scene… (It's fine, though, I'm totally not addicted to that stuff as well…Totally not.)