Author's Note: Ah... I REALLY have to do these projects for the upcoming school year... But I'm totally procrastinating, haha. But don't worry! I'm smart! They're honors classes! I can do this! So you finally found out what happened, huh? The title gives it away! But I hope you thought that was a suitable reason as to how they arrived to their current situation. Poor Konata... she needs to think things through more! Just 'cause you know karate doesn't mean you can go around tackling thugs! That's your life lesson!

Disclaimer: If I DID own Lucky Star, which I don't, I'd be like Hiyori and I would be making TONS of doujins!

Chapter 4: Day One: Warmth

Kagami's eyes widened beneath the otaku. She had never seen Konata shed a genuine tear, let alone break down like this. It took her a minute but she slowly sat up, wrapping her arms around Konata and giving her a hug. She rubbed the smaller girl's back with a light blush, but she knew she had to comfort Konata.

Konata sobbed on her tsundere's good shoulder, unable to shake off the disgusting and shameful thought that it was her idiocy that landed them here.

"Konata... It's not your fault. We should have left when we were finished eating and... and I should have had a better grip on you." Kagami said softly, trying to use the softest tone she could. Konata quieted down for a second but then quickly continued.

"B-But I was so st-stupid! And l-look where we are!"

Kagami bit her lip. She knew deep down they wouldn't be here if Konata hadn't charged at the criminal. But that was so typical of her that Kagami was surprised she didn't expect it. But then again, she had hoped Konata would have been a little smarter than to -

Konata's body suddenly started shaking.

The tsundere's eyebrow twitched. She was slowly getting frustrated at Konata for continuing to blame herself. She grabbed Konata's shoulders tightly and pushed her back a bit so that she could see the smaller girl's face. "Listen, Konata! What happened has happened and we can't change that now! I'm sure something would have happened anyway! Stop shaking, please, it's not worth crying over anymore! We're here and that's that!"

"... I'm c-cold." muttered Konata.

"H-huh?" Kagami blinked.

"... It's r-really cold in here."

"Oh. Why don't you go back into the bed? It's not the thickest blanket, but it's still a - "

"It's still cold anyway, Kagami..."

Kagami hadn't really noticed the temperature until Konata had mentioned it. She began to feel a little cold herself, but she wasn't shaking. "Konata, just get into the bed, okay? I'm going to use the bathroom." she said, getting up and helping the otaku stand. Konata sniffled once more, rubbing her own arms as she walked to the bed. Kagami felt a bit bad for leaving her, but she walked to the bathroom.

Once inside, she noticed there was no toilet to be seen. "N-No toilet!" she panicked as she looked around until finally a curtain made of multiple strings of beads caught her eye. Inside, the small area was the size of a broom closet, and once you passed the beads you found the toilet. Kagami scowled. "YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAVE THE TOILET IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE TUB!" she was so frustrated that she harshly tugged on a string of beads, causing all the beads to fall onto the floor. She was red, angry at this hell hole that she had gotten herself into. She plopped herself on the toilet seat to quickly tend to her business. Her eyes were shut and she continued to grumble to herself.

"K-Kagami, are you alright?"

Kagami opened her eyes and blinked. She was beyond finished and had ended up sitting there for a couple of minutes without realizing. "Y-Yeah!" she replied and quickly cleaned up, flushing the toilet before washing her hands and leaving the bathroom.

She returned to find Konata still shivering in the bed, which made her sigh. Maybe Konata was right. Maybe they shouldn't worry and just wait for the three days to be over.

A knock on the door caused her to jump as Saito came in with two bowls of ramen, setting them down on the floor quickly and shutting the door.

"Eh... Konata, I think this is supposed to be lunch. Get up." Kagami said, walking over and picking up the two bowls. She brought them over, placing them while Konata got out of the bed and sat at the table. Kagami sat next to her and started to eat.

Konata started to eat too. She was still shivering, but it wasn't as violent as before.

Kagami gave the blunette a small smile. "At least it's warm, huh?"

"Y-Yeah..."

"Don't you think you're over-exaggerating? It's not that cold!"

"You don't understand Kagami."

"Hey, I can understand the temperature as well as anyone else!"

"No... You're naturally warm, Kagamin. You've always been warm..." Konata was tired, which caused the last part to slip out.

Kagami blushed a bit. "Haha... Oh yeah? Must be my genes or something." she laughed nervously.

They ate slowly, Kagami trying her best to start up conversations but Konata would just give short replies that wouldn't be able to keep any conversation alive for more than a minute. The silence was so awkward for the tsundere, and it was gnawing at her restlessly. She finally finished and figured she would leave the bowl by the door. Konata took a few minutes longer but she finished and ended up doing the same. Kagami raised an eyebrow at her. "Are you sick?"

"Huh? No. At least, I don't think so. Why?"

"Because you're way too quiet and it's freaking me out."

"I'm just cold and a little tired. My eyes are a little heavy from all the... you know."

"Yeah... They're a bit red too. Maybe you should go to sleep."

"I guess."

Kagami looked around for a second and saw the bathroom doorway. "Actually, maybe a bath will warm you up. How about a bath?"

"... Will you take it with me?"

"Huh?" Kagami blinked.

"Will you?"

"I don't know... I don't want any tricks from you."

"I'm not going to do anything. I just want some company." Konata smiled.

Kagami blushed. "O-Oi, what's with the sudden seriousness?"

"Well. This is a serious situation, and you made me realize that. So I don't think jokes or anything would be appropriate."

Kagami frowned.

"What's wrong, Kagami?"

Kagami looked away, blushing a bit. "You can still... make jokes and even tease if you want. If it's just going to be us, I think I want you to act like yourself. I'm already really used to your behavior, so I'd probably go nuts with suspicion if you didn't act like normal."

Konata couldn't help but smirk. "I thought I wasn't normal~"

Kagami looked back at Konata and couldn't help but smile. She patted her head. "That's more like it, you freak."

And with that, they went to the bathroom. The undressing had been a bit awkward for Kagami since she continued to have a creepy, indescribable feeling that reminded her of the extreme privacy they had to themselves. They sat in the tub for soaking, got out and cleaned their bodies, and went back in for the final soaking. Kagami didn't dare to take off her bandaging, and somehow avoided getting it wet. The tub was sort of small but both of them could fit thanks to Konata's small figure. The otaku was feeling a bit self conscious. She honestly thought Kagami's body was beautiful and even though they weren't big or anything, even Kagami's breasts were perfect for her! However, Konata was flat chested and tiny. "I feel inferior... I don't think I'm good enough." Konata pouted at the thought.

Kagami, who was slightly pink, smiled at Konata. "Feeling better?"

Konata kept herself from jumping, having her thoughts interrupted by Kagami's sudden question. "O-Oh, um, yeah! Much warmer..."

Kagami blinked. "Something wrong?"

"... Naw."

"Why do I find that hard to believe?"

"W-Well uh, I uh... was just worried because when you step out you suddenly feel cold again and just want to jump back in!"

"... Oh crap. Right. Ugh, then there was no point in this was there?"

"The point is, is that I'm sitting next to you in the nude!" the otaku smiled a bit. "Yeah, you did it for me!"

Kagami blushed. "Well you were complaining!"

"How dere-dere ! As long as you care, Kagami-sama~"

Kagami smiled. At least Konata was acting a bit more like herself.

Drying up, Konata realized something that suddenly made her pissed.

"Kagami..."

"Yeah Konata?" Kagami blinked, brushing her hair with a comb that Saito had left by the bed for them.

"... Wouldn't someone had to have taken off your shirt and bra in order to put those bandages?"

Kagami was bright red. "Actually... I did realize that after I noticed my bra had gone missing, but THANKS FOR REMINDING ME!" her brow twitched.

"Don't worry, there was a girl in that trio."

Kagami groaned. "Doesn't mean she did it!"

Konata's eye twitched. "N-No boy would touch you Kagami." it sounded more like a tease to Kagami, but Konata was desperately hoping that the woman was the one to have stripped Kagami down.

Kagami glared at Konata. "Thanks. Here, let me brush your hair. You never brush it."

Konata smiled, skipping over to Kagami. Her beloved tsundere was brushing her hair and she couldn't believe it! She knew that both of them were blushing, but for different reasons. Kagami found this childish and Konata was secretly enjoying the slightly intimate moment.

"There. Done." Kagami said, letting out a sigh of relief and putting the brush down after a few minutes. "You have a lot of hair, you know."

"But it suits me, don't you think?" Konata asked, getting up and stretching her arms. She had been sitting on her rump while Kagami had brushed her hair on her knees. She was a bit more awake than before.

"Yeah." Kagami smiled.

"... We have to sleep together Kagami. Just to remind you."

Kagami blushed. "I know that! B-But I can sleep on the floo - "

"Don't be ridiculous. And besides, I'm getting cold again and I need you in there with me."

"K-Konata..."

"I WILL DIE WITHOUT THE AID OF MY COMRADE!" Konata fell onto her knees in front of Kagami, grabbing the tsundere's hands in her own. "HOW COULD I MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT KNOWING MY COMRADE IS OUT THERE SUFFERING IN THE COLD, HARSH, WINTER SNOW!"

Kagami sighed. "There's no snow."

"REGARDLESS, I CAN ONLY SLEEP PEACEFULLY KNOWING MY COMRADE IS SAFE BY MY SIDE! WE MUST PREVAIL THROUGH THE HARSH WINTER TOGETHER!"

Kagami groaned and rolled her eyes. "Alright alright! Jeez, I get it." she said, still blushing as she stood up and helped Konata up too.

Konata grinned. "Thank you Kagamin! Our efforts will look great on our report when we return to the general!" she said, but was so over-excited by her own random performance that she accidentally slammed her hand down on Kagami's wounded shoulder.

Kagami winced. "Ow!" She immediately pushed Konata's hand away and held her own shoulder.

Konata blinked and immediately became concerned. "K-Kagami, I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking, I can't really see the bandages when your collar is perfect like that... I forgot for a second, I swear!"

Kagami rubbed her shoulder gently and looked back at Konata. "It's fine. I know even you wouldn't do that on purpose."

The otaku pouted. "Hey, I try my best not to hurt you y'know!"

The tsundere smiled. "I know."

Konata blushed. "Kagami, you're too dere-dere today."

"That's the soft side or whatever, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well... We're both in a sticky situation and I don't think that I should be getting mad at you over small things when we have a bigger mess to deal with."

Konata smirked. "What happened to all that acting like ourselves business?"

Kagami blushed. "W-Well, do you want me to be mean to you!"

"Possibly. It'll make me feel better."

Kagami blinked. "Huh?"

"It'll remind me that you're perfectly fine since you'll be acting like your normal self!" Konata smiled.

"I'm fine. Don't worry." she returned the smile. "Now let's go to sleep already..."

After shutting off the light, they walked to the bed, letting Konata get in first so she would be against the wall. Kagami scowled. "Wow, the bed seems smaller than when we woke up! Can they at least get a bigger bed?"

Konata couldn't help but snicker. "So that we have more space to do the naughty, Kagami~n?" she thought.

They covered themselves with the thin blanket and tried to relax. Konata turned to face Kagami and smirked. "Sleepy yet?"

Kagami opened an eye. "I thought you were the tired one. Remember you're the one who forced me in here."

"You mean I persuaded you!"

"Eh... Isn't that the same thing?"

"Not at all! At least, not for me. When I hear force, I think physical force." she winked. It was dark but not dark enough where they couldn't see each other.

Kagami blushed. "Ugh, you're sick!"

Konata had her cat-grin plastered onto her face. "I never said anything. I wonder what pervy thoughts are going through your mind?"

Kagami turned bright red and shut her eyes.

It was quiet for a few minutes, and Konata was feeling cold again. Her eyes were open, unlike Kagami, and she continued to stare at Kagami's shoulder. "Oh Kagami..." she sighed. Her best friend would have never gotten hurt if Konata had never jumped into action like that.

Within seconds, Kagami's eyes shot open to find Konata's arms wrapped around her and her hands slithering, under her shirt, and up her back.

"K-Konata, you're sick, get off!" she was extremely red.

"Relax."

"Wh-What? No, st-stop!" Kagami started to squirm.

Konata's hands grasped onto Kagami's sides as she stared into the struggler's eyes. "Relax. Please."

Kagami slowly stopped but was still tense, and continued to watch Konata with extreme alert.

Konata's hands made it up Kagami's shirt from the back, and gently scratched a bit at Kagami's bandages until she found the end of the tape. "Take your left arm out of your sleeve."

"K-Konata, plea - "

"Trust me."

Kagami bit her lip. Konata was serious, and that was slowly convincing Kagami to just obey. She slowly slid her arm out of her sleeve.

Konata was focused on what she was doing, but she still couldn't help but enjoy the fact she had totally just felt up Kagami's back and somehow got her to take out her arm. A perverted thought or two entered her mind with a blush, but she shook off each thought and continued.

She pulled down the left side of Kagami's shirt until it was just above to where if she had pulled it down an inch farther, Kagami's breast would pop out. "Kagami, press your hand here so your shirt won't slide down and to keep it in place."

Kagami's blush never went away. She still had no idea what Konata was doing, but she did as she was told.

Konata hesitated, but her hands moved to the blood-stained bandages and started to remove them.

Kagami's eyes widened a bit. "Konata! Don't t-take it off!"

"Whatever it is needs to get some air... I'm sure it's not bleeding anymore. And these bandages are already covered in blood, you would need new ones anyway." and with that, she removed the last of the bandaging and tossed them to the ground. The wound wasn't exactly pleasant to look at. It had definitely grazed Kagami's shoulder, but it had gone slightly deeper than that.

Konata stared at it for a second, her eye having twitched the moment she saw it.

"... I don't want to look, Konata."

"Then don't."

"Is it that bad!"

"... Let's just be thankful, Kagami."

"Right..."

Konata just stared at it for about two minutes, which freaked Kagami out and made her wonder if it was really that bad.

"So this is what I've done to you..."

It was such a soft whisper, that if the room wasn't already silent, Kagami knew she wouldn't be able to hear it. But she did, and she bit her bottom lip. She put her arm back through her sleeve, causing Konata to blink and snap out of her trance. "Turn around, shorty."

Konata noticed Kagami was blushing and she wondered why, but she turned around anyway. It was a bit amusing to know that Kagami blushed so much that it practically glowed in the dark. Suddenly she felt her tsundere's arms wrap around her and hold her close. The otaku slowly turned red at this action. But she couldn't help but smirk at the thought that Kagami asked her to turn around so that her face wouldn't be rubbed against Kagami's chest. "Hehe... My easily embarrassed tsundere... Not wanting my cheeks all up in her -"

"You didn't do this to me... Okay Konata?"

Konata blinked. "What?" she turned her face a bit to realize Kagami's was only an inch away and that the tsundere was whispering in her ear. She could feel Kagami's warm breath against the back of her neck as she spoke, and it sent pleasant chills down Konata's spine. She sucked in her lips and bit down on them, fighting the deep urge to press them against Kagami's. That would be taking advantage of Kagami's unusually large amount of kindness that day and Konata didn't want that.

"It's not your fault. It's my fault I have this... When they started to carry you out, I sort of jumped. It was my own mistake and that's why they shot at my shoulder in the first place." while talking, Kagami was looking at the wall ahead of them, blushing and embarrassed to admit that she sprang in attempt to save Konata. "And besides, you should be thankful for it. If not, you would be all lonely. And God knows you crave attention if you don't have manga or anime around." Kagami let out a small laugh.

"Kagami..."

"Don't worry about it, just go to sleep. You said you were cold anyway."

Konata smiled a bit. "Thanks." she slowly closed her eyes, feeling her own rapid heartbeat. Or was that Kagami's?

"Oh. And by the way. Speak of this to no one."

Konata couldn't help but burst into a fit of giggles. "Such a tsundere... But she's mine."

End of Chapter 4: Day One: Warmth

Author's Note: I'm not sure that this chapter is my best, but it's DEFINITELY my longest! So that made me excited. Thanks for reading again! Also, a reviewer brought up how Kagami is always made to be a little bit more bitchy than she really is in fanfiction, and that definitely got me thinking of how people have done the characters in other fanfictions. It's true, I do think most people make Kagami a bit more touchy than she really is. Because in the anime, she honestly does have nice and normal conversations with Konata which don't actually bother her even if some do involve anime/manga references. And they hang out a lot and it's not like Kagami is saying "ugh" every minute that they're together or something. Because in most fanfictions that I've read, apparently Kagami is constantly annoyed by Konata's conversations. So I try to make her a little nicer than that. Haha. Also, I think there is only one other character who is EXTREMELY over-exaggerated. Poor Hiiragis... Tsukasa is the other one. I believe in almost 95% of the fanfictions I've read of Konami that Tsukasa has been in, they make her a COMPLETE idiot. She's a bit of an airhead, sure, but she's not a moron! She is a good addition to most of their conversations and debates and it pains me to see her abused like this! She is friendly and nice, and just because she's a bit of an airhead and has her moments doesn't mean she's a brainless chef! I always feel so bad for her! But enough of my rambling! Once again, thanks for reading, and have a good day! And ooh, I'm going to Six Flags tomorrow with some friends. I'm a coaster junkie!

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