Man has it been a LONG freakin time since I've updated. Yeah, I know...you probably are not happy with me, but since midterms came around the corner and clothes lined me like a hit to the face, it took awhile to get back up and get back to work on this. I hope school hasn't been like that for you, if you are in school. If you're not, I kind of envy you right now.
I really shouldn't rant. What I should really do is be quiet and let you get on with the story!
Chapter 8
"Hey…"
Hiyori felt a slight push.
"Hey, Hiyori you up yet?" Patricia asked, standing over the girl lying on her side on the futon couch now opened up like a mattress. She held out a pair of glasses in one hand and a cup of something warm in another. Her hair was sprawling all over the place and half of the blankets had shifted under her legs during her sleep.
"Hmmmm?" Hiyori slowly opened her eyes and felt the blurry light of the room give her a headache. Instinctively, she reached for her glasses by the bed but felt nothing but empty space. "Huh?"
"Here…" Patricia slid the glasses on for her and Hiyori flinched back.
"Wah!" Now that vision was coming back to her, she sat up and saw Patricia wearing a baggy sweater with familiar writing on the front and short black cotton shorts that revealed an uncomfortable amount of flesh. The sweater fell over her waist and down her legs like a skirt and over the shorts. "Oh, Patty-chan. That scared me."
"Sorry…" Patricia held out the cup and Hiyori took a sip. "Amazing hair, Hiyori. You look just like a punk rocker in a hair band." Hiyori's hair was messed up quite a bit on one side of her head that shrouded half of her face.
Hiyori got up and stretched on her tiptoes with her arms outstretched over her head as high as they could go, which gave Patricia more than perfect view of all the shorter girl's figure in action without the obstruction of too much clothing. Once she finished, she let out a long yawn. "Whoa…just got a little lighted headed there…" she said, steadying herself on her feet.
Patricia just stepped back and nodded with smirk. "Feel free to do that anytime, Hiyorinnn…anytime."
"Ah geez Patty…" Hiyori hugged herself and turned away, face red. "…You really have to say something like that right after I wake up."
"Hey, you didn't have to go all out like that so early in the morning either. Not my fault you tempted me." She said, shrugging. "Here I was, innocent ole' me, when sudden you decide to put on a show. Am I supposed to not watch and enjoy? That would just be a waste."
"Ohh I see…heh heh." Hiyori smirked, putting her hands behind her back and slowly walking towards her with an innocent look on her face. "You mean like this?" she asked, getting very close and pressing herself against the blonde.
"…Ehhh…" Patricia swallowed hard. "….Ok, seriously now. Don't tempt me. I'm serious this time."
Hiyori wasn't backing down. "It's your fault." Hiyori said. "You decided not to wear any pants in the morning when you woke me up."
"Umm.." Patricia stepped back and put her hands up. "Actually I am, see?" She pulled up the sweater to reveal the shorts not much more covering than panties. Hiyori licked her lips. "Whoa! Hey now!"
She threw her arms around the taller girl's neck and rubbed her cheek against Patricia's while sighing softly. Patricia finally settled and returned the embrace with a gentle kiss on her forehead. While they held each other, Hiyori asked, "Hey…Patty-chan?"
"Yeah?" Patricia answered, now slowly inhaling the other girl's scent.
"Thanks inviting me over yesterday."
"Huh?" Patricia broke herself away from the hair sniffing and look her in the eyes. "You're welcome." she answered. "…Is there something wrong? Why the sad look?"
"I dunno…" Hiyori sighed and dropped her arms. "It's just….I was just thinking….If I had gotten on the train home yesterday…none of this would have happened."
Patricia put a hand on her head and smiled. "Well, it's a good thing you didn't." she said. "Last night would have been super lame if you hadn't come over."
"That's it?" Hiyori asked. "Super lame? Just super lame?"
"Well yeah, I mean, this whole awesome sex thing wouldn't have happened if you didn't come over." Patricia said with typical American lack of grace and dignity in conversation. "I gotta say, you really know how to deliver a fun night at home!"
Hiyori just blushed and turned away with a scowl on her face.
"I think I drank like half a carton of orange juice after we-"
Her words were cut off by a sudden forceful kiss. Hiyori pressed against her and she leaned forward, returning the contact. Once they pulled away from each other. Hiyori gasped and said, "Yeah I get it, Patty. I was there too, remember?"
Patricia laughed. "Oh, that's right!" she joked. "Soo….I gotta ask you something…"
"What's that?" Hiyori asked, feeling anxious at the thought of a serious question.
"Are you an S?" Patricia asked with a completely serious look on her face. "Cause I don't mind being an M, but you really oughta warn a girl before you start hammering the nail like that."
"Ahh Patty!" Hiyori turned away and crossed her arms. "Stop joking around! I though you were going to ask me I was a virgin or something!"
Patricia really had to control her laughing. "Sorry…hahaha…sorry. I wasn't serious." she said, containing herself. "Wait, were you really worried about something like that?"
"Well, yeah…I mean, aren't you?" Hiyori asked, "Aren't you…I mean…we're you a virgin before….well, uh you know…"
"We had sex?"
Hiyori's face went red. "Yeah…sex…" she sighed. "…That's really weird to say…."
"What's weird?" Patricia asked, giggling to herself.
"Saying I just had sex…." Hiyori covered her ears and shook her head back and forth. "Ahh! Don't make me say that!"
"Say what?" Patricia teased, "That you had sex?"
"Yes!" Hiyori slumped down on the couch and mumbled to herself, "….Geez how embarrassing…."
Patricia sat down next to her and started to rub her back. "Sorry…heh heh…I don't mean to make fun of you."
"Yes, you did…" Hiyori pouted. "Don't say that you didn't cause you did."
"Hmm…" Patricia thought about it for a second. "Yeah, I guess I did, huh."
"Mhm…" Hiyori nodded and continued to pout. "…You still didn't answer my question…"
"Oh, yeah that." Patricia folded her hands in front of her and sighed. "Well….I guess you're thinking that since I'm American and all that I probably have, huh."
"Well…not that you're American." Hiyori said. "…You just….well, you kind give off that…experienced vibe…I guess."
"Really? Me?" Patricia asked, "That's totally weird, cause all my experience I've ever had happened in the passed twelve hours."
Hiyori looked up at her with smile. "Really?" she asked, almost overjoyed.
Patricia shrugged. "Well, we did do ALOT in the passed twelve hours so I guess it is safe to say I'm experienced by now, you know?"
Hiyori slumped forward and covered her face with her hands. "Patty-chan?"
"Yeah? What is it?"
"You really have no filter at all, do you…"
Patricia pushed her back and Hiyori fell back on the bed looking up at Patricia who now sat straddled over her. Hiyori could feel short blond hair fall over her face as they kissed again more passionately than before. Their hands began to explore the bare territory of each other like they did the night before until the sound of a very annoying alarm from Patricia's cell phone on the coffee table next to the couch disrupted their moment.
"Oh, crap…" Patricia got up and sighed while fiddling with her phone.
Hiyori sat up and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I set an alarm to get ready for school." she said. "We gotta hurry."
"An alarm?" Hiyori asked, "Why did you do that? We're already up."
"Oh…ummm…" Patricia looked away and blushed. "Yeah, well I thought that if we got into it again in the morning than we'd need an alarm to let us know when to stop, you know? I couldn't hurt, right?"
"Wow Patty-chan…." Hiyori said. "…Wow…"
"Oh, come on!" Patricia sounded offended. "Am I really that bad?"
Hiyori nodded, took Patricia's cell phone from her and tossed in on the futon couch. "Not as bad as me, though." she said, gently biting Patricia's collarbone.
Patricia giggled. "I told you that you were an S."
"No I'm not!" Hiyori shouted. "Stop saying stupid stuff like that! I so am not!"
-o0o-
"What…are…you…doing?"
The doors opened to the morning train, and Misao was the first to get off although she wasn't moving very fast. The other passengers who were about to get off just stood with one eyebrow raised at the strange girl's movements. She seemed to be walking backwards off the train by raising her knees up in the air one after another while crossing her hands waist level like she was riding a horse. Miyuki had no idea what she was looking at and had asked her about it, but Misao seemed to wrapped up in her dance to answer. Some younger boys in street clothes on the train knew what she was doing and laughed while joining in.
A woman police officer tapped the dancers on the shoulder and asked them to quit horsing around on the platform. Misao complied but had to let out a sigh. She turned to face Miyuki and said, "It's the Oppa Gungndam dance! You've never seen it before?"
Miyuki slowly shook her head back and forth. "Um…no I can't say that I have. Is that from a show or something?"
"No, it's just from this Korean song that went viral on the internet. I saw it on a variety show last night. I'm surprised you've never heard of it."
"That was…unique…." Miyuki said.
They started walking down the street towards their school. "Yeah it really is, huh. On TV last night, they also showed clips from the internet of people in parking lots doing the dance and getting yelled at by store owners. It was awesome!"
"What kind of TV do you watch?" Miyuki pondered.
"Hey, thanks for letting me chill for a while at your place." Misao said. "I kinda needed the time to just relax and stuff."
"My pleasure." Miyuki said. "I'm glad you came over too."
"You mom was pretty cool too." she said. "She seems more like a big sister than a mom, huh?"
Miyuki sighed. "Yes, she does act like that on occasion, but she can also be responsible if she wants to." she said, "She doesn't always act like that sometimes."
"Really?" Misao asked, "She totally seems like the type. The horror movie, the takeout…Oh! And the pile of laundry we used to jump in!"
"Perhaps your right…" Miyuki sighed, remembering how they had used the clean laundry to make a pile in the living room. They all took turns (Misao and Yukari much more so than Miyuki) jumping into the pile off the couch. That activity had been a bit more rowdy than Miyuki had preferred. It was a wonder that no accidents occurred considering how accident prone the Takara family is. "…To tell you the truth, I hadn't been expecting that form her at all. It seems your energy is almost infectious."
"Yeah, I'm petty cool like that, huh." Misao said, walking dramatically with her arms swinging back and forth, but stopped almost immediately to yawn just as dramtically as her walk.
Miyuki brought a hand up to her mouth and giggled.
"Man…I shoulda gone to bed sooner last night." she said. "Got home kinda late and still felt like watching TV all night."
"Oh…sorry to hear that." Miyuki said. "I feel a bit responsible now."
"Nah, no worries there, Yuki-chan." Misao said with ease. "I'm not much of a sleeper anyways."
"Yuki-chan…." Miyuki mused the name in her mind before snapping back to reality. "Um…Wait, wait do you mean when you say you're not much of a sleeper?"
"Well…You know, like the time you spend sleeping could be time doing something else, like playing games or something."
"I'm afraid I don't fully understand the virtue in that philosophy." Miyuki admitted. "I do believe sleep in very important for a healthy body and mind."
"Yeah…probably is, huh?" Misao sighed. "I dunno…"
In front of them down the street were two figures walking together that caught Misao's eye. She immediately recognized them and turned to Miyuki with a finger over her mouth and a mischievous smile on her face.
Miyuki just looked at Misao with confusing as she slinked along the sidewalk quietly. Misao came up behind a short blue haired figure and took a deep breath before screaming at the top of her lungs, "BKAAAWWWW!"
Tsukasa, who had been standing right next to Konata, shrieked in surprise felt to the ground with her arms over her head. Konata, on the other hand, thanks to fast reflexes and instinctual fighting skills, jumped into the air with a sidekick landing directly into Misao's gut. As Misao fell onto her butt, Konata sprang backwards to create distance between her and her surprise attacker.
"Oh…Misao?" Konata lowered her hands and looked at the girl on the ground grabbing her stomach.
"Umm..*cough*…nice kick, shorty….I think my insides just got rearranged….*cough*…" Misao lamented while slowly picking herself up off the ground.
Tsukasa found the courage to slowly turn around to see Misao gripping her side and Miyuki behind her with a scared look on her face. Konata looked pissed.
"What the hell, Misao?" Konata whined. "You scared me half to death! I was having such a nice morning too!"
"Sorry…sorry…" Misao nodded her head. "I guess that wasn't a real good idea, huh?"
"Um…" Tsukasa had a few tears in her eyes. "What just happened?"
"Sorry, Tsukasa.." Misao said. "I wasn't trying to scare you. Just Konata."
Miyuki held out a hand and asked Tsukasa, "Are you ok?"
She nodded and accepted the help up off the ground. "Thanks, Yuki-chan. I'm ok."
Misao took a long deep breath, then gave Konata the eye. "That was a nice kick there, shorty." she said, "But is that all you got?"
"You really wanna take me on?" Konata asked, bringing her hands up again with a playful expression on her face.
"I was just suspirised." Misao said.
"Is this about our bet?" Konata asked, "I still don't think you have what it takes."
"Whooowahhh!" Misao stood on one leg with her arms outstretched like a crane.
Konata did the same and made tai-chi movements. "Heeeyaahhh!"
It took a moment for Miyuki and Tsukasa to realize they were just playing around.
"Whooowahh!" Misao got down on two feet and leaned back.
"Neehaahhh!" Konata did the same.
The other pedestrians passing by either laughed or stayed clear, each one of them thinking just how weird kids were these days.
The same woman cop ran up to them and put her hands out between them. "Hold it! What's going on?" They both stopped playing their game and froze.
"Officer…" Konata stumbled. "..Sorry, we were just messing around."
"Yeah, messing around." Misao agreed.
The officer turned to Misao and pointed a finger. "Hey, didn't I already tell you to knock it off less than two minutes ago?"
Misao turned away sheepishly. "Uhhh…heh heh….yeah…sorry about that…"
"When I say knock it off, then knock it off! Got it?!" Konata and Misao bowed apologetically and nodded. The police officer sighed and started to walk away. "Go to school quietly, and stop disturbing everyone around you!"
The four of them waited until the cop was a ways away before sighing with relief. "That was…" Tsukasa was trembling and gripping Miyuki's sleeve. "…that was scary…"
Miyuki agreed with a slow head nod. "…scary…"
"So, uh,…" Konata muttered. "…We should get going, huh."
Misao nodded as she and Konata slowly started to walk down the street. "Yeah…yeah we should."
Miyuki and Tsukasa slowly let go of each other and followed behind them with wobbly legs.
-o0o-
Inside the school by all the shoe lockers, Patricia and Hiyori sat on a bench sliding their indoor shoes on when they saw four people the recognized walk in. two of them looked like they had seem a ghost, and the other two looked mischievously happy, like they had gotten away with something.
"Oh, hey Kona-chan!" Patricia called out.
Konata looked around to find the source of the voice and rushed over to the two underclassmen. "Oh, Patty-chan!"
They both said at the same time, "Guess what happened!"
They looked at each other, then Patricia said, "Ok, you first."
"We got stopped by the police!" Konata said.
Patricia looked at her like she was out of it. "What?" she asked in disbelief.
"It's true!" Konata said.
Misao agreed, nodding her head with her little fang protruding from her smile. "It was totally awesome!"
"What?!" Hiyori joined the conversation and asked, "What happened?"
Konata got into a karate pose. "We were having a ninja showdown after I was surprise attacked and the police had to break it off!"
"It was so intense!" Misao threw in. "The police were everywhere! We had nowhere to go!"
"Ummm…." Tsukasa small voice interjected. "That's not…how it happened." Patricia and Hiyori looked at her, now that she had to floor. "Kona-chan and Misa-chan were horsing around and this police lady made them stop."
"Ohhh…" Patricia understood now. At first she thought there was some sort of riot involving tear gas, nightsticks, and a whole lotta ninja flips. This made a lot more sense.
Hiyori, however, was in her own world taking everything that Patricia had imagined a step further. This had to have been the first time she had ever fantasized about her friends without it being provocative in some way.
Tsukasa and Miyuki both thought to themselves that it was probably a good thing Kagami wasn't there. She's be pretty angry right about now.
"Yeah, I'm pullin you leg." Konata said. "We just were messing around."
"So, nothing bad happened, though, right?" Patricia asked. "You really had me worried there for a second."
"Somehow…" Hiyori mumbled out loud, "I can't see this happening."
Not very fond of the current subject they were on at the moment, Miyuki asked, "So, Martin-san, what was it that you wanted to say?"
"OH!" Patricia's newfound excitement took everyone by surprise. She reached around Hiyori's shoulder and pulled her close, taking the shorter girl by surprise. "We got together last night!"
Konata and Misao both stood deadpanned while Tsukasa and Miyuki cocked their heads at Patricia.
"Huh?" Konata grunted.
"You two went somewhere last night?" Tsukasa asked innocently. "Where did you go?"
"No no no…" Patricia shook her head and pointed to Hiyori. "We…got together…last night!"
Hiyori looked more surprised than anyone. She couldn't help but think this was a little sudden. In hindsight, it probably wasn't too big of a surprise since it was Patricia after all, but she hadn't been counting on this.
Konata pointed at Patricia, "You…" then pointed at Hiyori, "…and her…" she then pointed at both of them, "…went to town last night?…Like, for real?!"
Patricia nodded with a proud smile while Hiyori blushed and looked away from everyone. Tsukasa looked even more confused. "So, they did go somewhere last night?"
When Miyuki finally did understand, her eyes went wide with surprise and she brought a hand up over her mouth to cover a gasp.
"WHOAAA!" Konata jumped back and pointed a shaking finger at them. "NO WAY!" She through her hands up in the air and shouted, "BITCHIN!" Thanks to her outburst, everyone changing their shoes now gave them glances.
"Your totally serious?" Misao asked. "Like, super mega ultra serious? That kind of serious?"
Patricia nodded with her hands on her hips like she had accomplished a world record feat. "As serious as a genius in college! Ain't that right, Hiyori?"
Hiyori nodded sheepishly and tried to hide her red face, but gave up and turned to face everyone. "Umm…heh heh…Yeah, but, you don't have to make it sound like…that…Patty-chan."
"Sound like what?" Tsukasa asked, "I'm really lost right now…"
"But it was like that, Hiyorin!" Patricia said with growing pride. "Don't pretend like you didn't have any fun! Out of the two of us, I think you may have been enjoying yourself a bit too much."
"Patty!" Hiyori shouted in a hoarse whisper at her. "Too much information!"
"Oh, just a minute!" Konata said, ecstatic as could be. "I don't think we have enough information! Spill it all! All of it!"
"Well….how do I say this," Patricia said, teasing Hiyori. "Let's just say that after last night…*ehem* and some this morning *ehem*…that I'm still sorta thirsty."
"Patty!" Hiyori shouted, grabbing Patricia's hand and tugging her down the hall. "We're leaving right now!"
-o0o-
It took a very long and precarious talk from Miyuki at lunch to help Tsukasa understand what they were talking about without blatantly saying in not so many words what had happened. Only until Konata started to jokingly begin an explanation about birds and bees did Tsukasa gasp and in a panic ask everyone if they were serious. After Misao had sat down to join them for lunch, Konata had got it in her head to go visit the two underclassmen. Naturally, Miyuki and Tsukasa were not very enthusiastic with the idea, but Misao hopped on board the wagon without hesitation. So, leaving Tsukasa and Miyuki behind to have normal as possible lunch, Konata and Misao headed downstairs to the freshman classes.
When they reached the classroom, the only person there was Minami sitting by the window, gazing out at the sky. Konata had almost decided to look around the halls after realizing they weren't there, but something about Minami's face drew Konata's curiosity. As remote and faint as it was, there was an actually smile, however small, on Minami's face that paired rather nicely with a faint glow in her cheeks.
While staring out at the birds, Minami thought about the day before. It crossed her mind that she might possibly catch Yutaka's cold, considering their rather intimate time together, but that didn't bother her. In fact, she actually welcomed the idea of a cold. For some reason, she felt as if the cold might bring her closer in some way to the small girl she so cared for. Even though Yutaka might feel bad if she got sick, she didn't regret in the least bit about what happened.
"Hey there, Minami-chan." Konata said as she approached her. "You look happy today."
"Konata-san?" Minami asked. No upperclassman ever came to visit her during break. Sure she knew Konata, but this was the first time she had ever been approached. "What are you doing here?"
Konata looked at her with a mischievous grin. "Oh, you don't know?"
"Know what?" Minami asked, looking at the brown haired girl standing next to her that she hardly recognized.
"Oh, so you really don't know." Konata said.
Minami shook her head. "No, sorry I don't." she said, looking back out the window. "Did something happen?"
"Well, before I answer that, have you seen Patricia or Hiyori today?" Konata asked.
"I saw them during class." she said. "I haven't talk to them yet. I woke up a bit late this morning." All her words were quite and monotone.
"Well, before you leave today, make sure you have a chance to talk to them." Konata said.
"Uh…yeah, ok." Minami said, then turned to face Konata again. "Oh, Konata-san. Is everything alright with you friend, Hiragi-san?"
"Oh, you mean Kagami?"
"You left right after your phone called." Minami said without much expression. "Your father looked concerned after you came home."
"Ohhh…heh heh…Yeah, everything's fine." Konata said. "Nothing to worry about."
Minami turned back to the window and nodded. "Ok."
"Hey, Konata," Misao nudged her on the shoulder. "What is she talking about?"
Konata walked towards the classroom door and said, "It's nothing." she said.
"What phone call?" Misao asked, "Did something happen to Kagami after we left?" They left the room and stepped out into the hallway.
Now, all day Konata had been feeling anxious as ever. After Patricia's confession to everyone, all she wanted to do was to tell the world about her and Kagami. The night before had been on her mind all day, but Kagami had asked Konata to keep things secret for the time being. When she had left Kagami's house that night, she agreed to keep their confession to each other a secret, but it had been hard to conceal it all day. If it wasn't for Patricia and Hiyori's excitement, she might not have been able to.
"Hey, Konata, what aren't you telling me?" Misao stopped her in the hall with her hand on the shorter girl's shoulder.
Konata sighed and turned around to check if anyone else was in ear shot. Satisfied that the coast was clear, she said, "I went back to Kagami's last night after I got home."
"Why?" Misao sounded anxious. "Did something happen?"
"Well, yeah…but it's not what you think." she said. "Kagami isn't doing any worse or anything like that."
"Oh…" Misao sighed. "Soooo, then what happened?"
Konata looked away and shook her head. "I..can't say…"
"What? Why not?" Misao sounded angry. "Kagami is my friend too! Why can't you tell me?"
"Because Kagami asked me not to…" Konata sighed. "I want to tell you! I really do, but she asked me to keep it a secret!"
"That's not fair, Konata!" she growled. "I've known her longer than you have! You have to tell me!"
"Ok, ok!" Konata put her hands up. "Settle down, would ya? Geez…" She took a deep breath. "To tell you the truth, I've been wanting to spill this all day."
"Spill what?"
"Well….you see, um….Kagami…Kagami and I…well, we uh…" Konata took another deep breath. "Man, why is this so hard to say all of the sudden."
"Say what all of the sudden?!"
"Shhhh….Kagami and I….got together last night too…" she said, nearly whispering.
Misao stepped back. "You're lying."
"No, I'm not." Konata said. "I'm serious."
"You're lying!" Misao shouted, eyes angry and shoulder quivering.
"No I'm not!" Konata was surprised by Misao's reaction. "What's with you? Why are you getting so angry?"
"You're lying!" Misao screamed.
*smack!*
Konata turned her head back towards Misao's direction and gently brushed the now red marks of a hand gently with the tips of her fingers.
"You're lying!"
With that, Misao started running down the hall, her forearm over her eyes now filling up with angry tears.
"Hey, Misa-chan!" Konata called out.
-o0o-
Miyuki and Tsukasa had been waiting in line at the cafeteria on the first floor for melon bread. Usually, they'd just eat lunch as normal, but today was definitely not one of those normal days. Both of them were debating whether or not everything Patricia said had been some sort of joke. It seemed likely, but at the same time, it seemed plausible coming from the transfer student.
"It's really weird, huh Yuki-chan…" Tsukasa said, nibbling on her bread.
Miyuki agreed. "It definitely does have that sort of unbelievable feel to it." she said.
"Soo…if they really are um..together…" Tsukasa said, "…Do you…do you think it's ok?"
"Ok?" Miyuki asked, "I'm not quite sure I understand."
They started to walk out of the cafeteria and down the hall to the stairs. "Well, you know…." Tsukasa said sheepishly. "..Do you think it's ok for…them to be…together…"
"Ohhh, I see." Miyuki realized. "Are you wondering whether or not I think…two screws make a bolt?….Is that what you mean?"
Tsukasa nodded. "Well…Yeah I think so…"
Miyuki sighed. "Well, to be honest, I never thought about it before." she said. "I don't really feel any way about it, but I guess if people can be happy that way, then I don't think opinion really has any leverage on the subject."
Tsukasa just looked at her with a blank expression and a cocked chin to the side. "Huh?"
"Oh dear…" Miyuki searched for simpler words to expression what she was trying to say without being to forward. "…What I'm trying to say is…If they're happy, then I'm ok with it."
"Ohhh…" Tsukasa looked down at the ground. She felt a little happy that Miyuki felt the same way she did. She had never asked anyone before this question, but she was glad that someone she looked up to agreed with her, especially when it came to Miyuki. Her opinions really made a difference. "Ok, that's good…"
"What about you?" Miyuki asked, "Is this troubling you somehow?"
"Huh?" Tsukasa looked up and shook her head. "Oh, no I'm good with it! I mean, not like that, but I think it's great that two, wait no I mean that it's a good thing that…..well….um, I dunno…you know? Heh heh…I guess I'm just still kinda surprised….I mean, who knew?"
Miyuki slowly nodded her head. "I understand exactly what you mean."
They turned a corner down the hall and heard the quiet sound of someone crying on the bottom of the stairs. Usually at this time during lunch the stairs were deserted, but today, Misao was quietly sniffling to herself on the middle step while wiping her face with the back of her sleeve.
Miyuki and Tsukasa both looked at her, a little surprised and wondering what happened. Tsukasa held out the melon bread in her hand and Misao looked up to see the younger Hiragi's compassionate face.
"Are you ok, Misa-chan?" she asked, innocence written all over her face. "Did you fall down?" Misao stood up, wiped her eyes, and wrapped her arms around the now very confused girl. "Whah?…." Tsukasa almost fell backwards. "…What's wrong, Misa-chan?"
"It's happening again…" Misao sobbed softly into her shoulder. "…It's happening again…"
"What's happening again?" Miyuki asked.
"My friends…." Misao sniffled, "…My friends keep leaving me…"
One of the biggest things in Lucky Star that got to me was Misao. She and Ayano used to be pretty close in middle school, but that never lasted. Ayano I never sympathized with because she started dating, but Misao was diffrent for me, so I think I'm going to let her have her moment one of these days.
No Kagami in this chapter! Or Yutaka! Don't fret. They'll be back and back for good. (I kinda missed them in this chapter. It's not the same without those two.)