Author's Note: Okay, so Tuesday was the first day of school! It was hell. Haha. But when I came home, I was so close to finishing this chapter. It was pretty long too... But when the computer froze and I had to shut it off (and keep in mind I saved a good 3.5/4 of the story on Monday), it disappeared when I went to open it... So now I'm rewriting it, so it'll be very different. But I'm an optimistic person so I don't care! Anyway... I had a certain reviewer bring up the fact that Kagami and Konata are in a life-threatening situation and they're not really freaking out about it. Well, I was about to get to that in this chapter, Mr. Impatient! Just kidding! I appreciate the kind review, Drayndarkness ! And I agree, they should be freaking out. But, the reason they're not, is because of a few things. One is that they both believe their parents (or at least, want to believe) would pay the price. Another reason is that Konata tried to calm Kagami down in the second chapter by telling her they were only going to be there for three days and to be more optimistic. On top of that, Kagami was distracted by Konata's crying and her sudden chills (because we all know Kagami's dere-dere side!). So now, here we are. Also, the first part of this chapter wasn't originally planned... But I created it for a reviewer who has been following my story kindly since it started, and because they brought up something interesting. Thank you, ronelm2000!
Disclaimer: I do not own Lucky Star or its characters! Yada yada!
Chapter 5: Day Two: Love
This man... This man was going to make a big sacrifice, something he never imagined he would have to do. But when it came to his daughter, nothing else mattered. Nothing was more important. Everything was worth sacrificing as long as it was for her. She was his own personal diamond... One he had carefully crafted and took care of since he originally made her. Even if he had to give up his own life, he would. He was a father, and a loving one at that. Oh, how she reminded him of his wife... His daughter's deceased mother.
The depressed, blue-haired man looked to the clerk across the counter with a sigh.
The clerk blinked at what the man had put on the counter. "S-Sir? Are you sure you want to sell this? This is the highest quality equipment available!"
"Yes! Anything for my daughter!" said the devoted father, tearing up a bit.
The clerk sweat-dropped. "Wow, his daughter must be spoiled...!" he thought as he slowly detached the lens carefully as to not break or damage the expensive equipment.
Taking the check, there was nothing on the mind of this amber-eyed man besides the rescue of his own daughter.
He wasn't going to lose another loved one. Not the only one he had left to call his own.
Not this time.
Konata groaned, slowly waking up and realizing where she was. If anything, she could only guess that she had slept through dinner and it was already morning. "I wish it was just a dream..." she sighed. She went to scratch her hip, but stopped and grinned when she felt Kagami's arm around her waist. She carefully turned around in the tsundere's arms so that she was facing her. She waited a moment to see if she had woken Kagami, but the only reaction from the movement was a mumble of some sort. Konata smiled, staring at Kagami's collarbone since that was where her eye level was. She wrapped her arms around Kagami, holding her close.
Staring was quickly becoming a problem, as it increased her urge to take advantage of the situation.
Konata gulped. "C'mon Kagamin... Wake up or something, I'm getting restless. Knock some sense into me before I do something I regret! Like a good spanking, or pu – ... Spanking? DAMN! That's sexual too! CURSES! Wake up, you sexy tsundere, for my sake!"
But nothing was happening. She could feel herself moving closer, unable to control herself. She couldn't take it anymore.
"KAGAMI!" she yelped, as if in pain, purposely. She couldn't take advantage, even if she could do it without getting caught.
Kagami immediately bolted upward, quickly in an upright sitting position on the bed. Having had their arms around each other, Kagami brought Konata along with her. And since she was in mid-panic mode, she had Konata squeezed against her chest in what could have been some absurd choking hold.
Despite loving where her face currently was, Konata didn't exactly enjoy the feeling of suffocating. She began to make choking sounds, to inform the obviously still-stunned Kagami that she was choking her.
Kagami blinked, looked at Konata, and let go with a light blush once she realized what she was doing.
"S-Sorry! Um... Did you just scream just now?"
"Yeah..." Konata gasped for air as her head fell back on the pillow.
"What for?" Kagami raised an eyebrow.
"To wake you up, silly!"
The tsundere's brow twitched. "Why?"
"The silence was killing me!"
"Brat..." Kagami sighed. She looked around and frowned. "So we're still here... Kidnaped."
Konata could tell Kagami was depressed again. Yesterday, she had managed to distract Kagami from thinking about the fact they were held hostage. Which seems ridiculous, since you would think the people in question COULDN'T focus on anything else but that, but Konata had managed to do so anyway.
"Pbfft, you're so silly Kagamin!" Konata grinned. "We weren't kidnaped!"
Kagami blinked. "... You're kidding, right? How stupid can you ge – "
"It's called 'Surprise Adoption'!"
Konata's attempt at getting Kagami to cheer up failed. Her reward for even trying to be a good friend was a nice, hard smack on the head.
"Owwie!" the otaku pouted, rubbing the bump on her head.
"Serves you right for trying to be an idiot at a time like this! How dare you try and crack jokes? Take this seriously!"
"Kagami, you should be more positive." Konata stopped rubbing her head, crossing her legs on the bed and resting her hands on her knees.
"How can I? We could die!"
The otaku's eye twitched. "You – ... We won't."
Kagami sighed in frustration. "Jeez Konata, you just don't get it..."
"I understand perfectly fine the situation we're in Kagami! But at least I'm trying... I mean, you're probably better off... But at least I'm being optimistic! You should be thankful you're not dead already!"
Kagami's expression softened. "... What?"
"I said that I'm trying to be optimistic and that you're making no effort!"
"No, no... What you said about being better off... What was that about?"
Konata blinked. "Huh? Oh... Nothing, really. Just making a point you should be more optimistic than me since your parents probably have good wages. And since I'm being optimistic, I think you should be too." she shrugged.
"... Konata, you'll make it out of here." The tsundere was suddenly serious yet somewhat gentle and soft with her words.
Konata felt the heat on her face. "And so will you! And look who's optimistic now!" she smirked.
Kagami rolled her eyes. "We'll discuss this later... Mind if I take a bath?"
"Kagamin, we took one just last night. Can't you wait at least, like, eighteen hours?" Konata smiled.
"Okay, first of all, you have no idea how long we've been sleeping and – "
"Sleeping together, you mean~" Konata snickered.
The tsundere felt her face flush. "W-Well, where else am I supposed to sleep?"
"The floor!"
And another painful smack was earned on the head. "HEY, I'M NOT SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR!"
Konata pouted and rubbed her head. "Funny, because last night you offered to sleep on the floor. I had to ask you to come in. Was sleeping with me so good for you that you can't bear to sleep anywhere else? Hehe!"
"Idiot... Anyway, I'm taking a bath." Kagami sighed, getting up and walking toward the bathroom without looking back at Konata.
Konata frowned. "Oh, so cold Kagamin!"
The bath was, oddly, peaceful for Kagami. Konata hadn't tried to disturb her or trick her, which she thought was a bit creepy to her, but she didn't exactly 'miss' it. But she was slowly beginning to feel guilty for leaving Konata alone in room.
"What if those guys come to collect her or something... ?" these were her thoughts, being the pessimistic tsundere she was. The guilt was beginning to gnaw at her restlessly along with the worry. She quickly got out of the tub, dripping and wrapping one of the cheap towels provided around her waist. As she was walking over to the doorway leading into the bigger room just to peek to see if Konata was still there, she heard something in the small space for the toilet, which couldn't have been seen from the tub section of the bathroom.
With slightly pink cheeks, from both the hot water and the increasing anxiety, Kagami's head turned slowly to look into the small toilet area which she called a broom closet. The sight... Oh the sight! The towel dropped along with a scream of shock and a blush that could illuminate the entire city of Tokyo.
"Hm? S-Something wrong Kagami?" Konata was blushing too, trying not to stare at her nude best friend. Konata's skirt and panties were on the ground while she was squatting on the toilet seat, giving Kagami a good view of her –
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Kagami yelled, demanding an answer while picking up her towel to quickly cover herself. She looked away, having seen too much already.
"Huh? Oh! Well, I read this article the other day that sitting normally on a toilet can end up being bad for your health! Us humans weren't meant for toilets, we were meant for squatting and doing our business the good old natural way! Squatting! So I wanted to try it out!."
Kagami's jaw dropped. It took her a moment to find the appropriate response.
"WHY WOULD YOU DO IT WHILE I'M HERE?"
"Because I read it the day before all this stuff happened! It doesn't feel all that bad, actually. You just bring your thighs close to your abdomen like this and – "
"I don't want to know!"
"But Kagami, it's the natural way to – "
"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!"
"Okay, okay! Sheesh! Besides, why were you leaving toward the room without putting your clothes back on anyway?" Konata smirked. "Trying to sneak a peek at me?"
The tsundere hesitated. "Um... I was feeling a little worried that they might come in and take you away or something like that if I left you alone."
Konata blinked. "Oh..." she could feel her ears warming up, "Well, thanks for worrying about me Kagamin! So dere-dere! "
Kagami still couldn't look at Konata, afraid of seeing... that again. Not that it was, erm, ugly or anything. Just too private to look at. So instead, she just nodded frantically and walked back to the tub to soak a bit more and then get dressed, which Konata had left the bathroom sometime within that period.
Clean and fresh out of the bathroom, Kagami walked out only to find that their breakfast had arrived. Konata already set up Kagami's plate across the table from her own.
"Oh, breakfast?"
Konata nodded, chewing on some soggy bacon. "Eh, yeah. But not the best!"
Kagami let a small smile curve across her face. "Thanks for setting me up." she said as she sat down.
"No problem, Kagami~n!"
Konata, already almost done with her meal, started to stare at her best friend. "I need to tell her... Despite the darkness behind it, this would be a good place to tell her! We're all alone, and even if she rejected me, she would still be stuck with me and we could talk it out! Right, right... That's a good plan... Or maybe – " her thoughts were interrupted as she noticed Kagami raising an eyebrow at her with a bit of a pink hue to her cheeks.
"Do you need something, Konata? Stop looking at me like that, it's weird..." Kagami's eyes looked away to avoid seeing Konata's stare.
"H-Huh? Oh! Sorry Kagami, I zoned out. Forgive me?" The otaku gave the best pout of innocence possible.
"Erm... It's alright." the twin-tailed girl sighed as she continued eating.
After finishing, Konata had put her plate by the door and went to sit on the edge of the bed. There was basically nothing to do except sit around. They could talk, but Kagami was finishing up her breakfast. Or was it lunch? Neither of them could ever figure it out.
After a bit of time, Kagami had stood up and brought her plate to the door. She hesitated in place for a second, staring at the doorknob in front of her. "No... That would definitely end it." and with that thought, she walked back toward Konata. She took a seat beside the smaller girl, who seemed a little surprised by this, and looked at the blunette straight in the eyes. "Konata..."
The otaku felt her heartbeat increase. "Y-Yes, Kagamin?"
"... What... do you think will happen if... one of us isn't paid for?" the expression on Kagami's face was difficult for Konata to understand, but she could tell Kagami was serious one way or another. But that expression bothered her. Or maybe it was just the idea of Kagami suddenly disappearing that bothered her.
"Kagami, I told you it won't – "
"I know, I know what you said! But I want to know, still, what would happen."
Konata didn't believe Kagami had any bit of confidence at all, but she pretended like she believed her anyway. "Oh. Well, then um... I guess something fast and painless. Depending on how hardcore these thugs can get, maybe some toxic poison gas chamber or a guillotine!"
Kagami flinched. "A g-guillotine! ? Where the hell would someone get a guillotine?"
Konata smiled. "I'm just kidding, Kagami. Please stop worrying... I feel like if you don't have confidence in yourself, how am I supposed to have confidence myself? I don't want you to die, Kagamin..."
Kagami knew by the way Konata stared into her eyes that she was being absolutely sincere and honest. "I... I d-don't want... you to d-die either, Konata..." and then the tsundere began to tear up.
"Shh, shh... It'll be alright Kagami. We'll get out of here, don't worry..." Konata, much to Kagami's surprise and slight embarrassment (adding to her blush), pulled her in for a warm embrace in an attempt to comfort the taller girl. After a long, silent moment of hesitation, Kagami let out all her tears in Konata's shoulder.
The otaku was blushing madly. She could feel Kagami's warm breath against her neck, but the fact that her beloved was crying kept her from doing anything too crazy. She rubbed the tsundere's back gently, trying not to think too much about how Kagami was holding on to her so – "Damn it!"
It was only like, maybe, if anything, noon? Konata had no idea what she was planning on doing. Her eyes led themselves to Kagami's neck. "Now is definitely not the time..." she thought, unconsciously squeezing Kagami tighter in a hug.
A few minutes passed. Kagami slowly began to calm down, putting a stop to her sobbing on her friend. Konata, throughout the entire time, was completely tense as thoughts ran like mad throughout her mind.
"Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin, Kagamin..." her half-lidded eyes were concerning Kagami.
"Konata, are you alright?"
Konata didn't hear at first. "I tease her and act playful around her... I make fun of her, and even though I know it never endangers our friendship, I know she hates being made fun of... Especially about her weight. Ugh, she's not even fat! She's so dumb! ... But then again, she's not. She's the smartest person I know, second to Miyuki... And she lets me copy her homework all the time, even though she keeps telling me she won't let me copy anymore and for me to get off my own lazy – "
The otaku's train of thought was interrupted as Kagami lightly tapped her cheek. "H-Huh? What? Oh... What is it Kagamin?" she smiled.
Kagami sighed. "Focus..." she said softly, rubbing her own eye. "You should have a nap if you're spacing out that much."
"But I wanna' stay awake with you!" the blunette pouted.
"N-No, it's fine. Go ahead and rest." Kagami turned her head away to hide her blush.
"Eh! ... Well, maybe a short one. Make sure I don't sleep for too long, Kagami!" Konata commanded as she let her body fall back and let her head hit the pillow. Kagami got off the bed and nodded with a small smile. "Right."
Slowly opening her eyes, Konata let out a long yawn. She blinked a few times in the darkness before seeing what she last expected.
Kagami was on top of her, squeezing her close yet comfortably, and their faces were only inches apart.
Konata's face flushed almost immediately. "K-Kagami... ? H-Hiya..."
"Konata..." the taller girl said her name in a whiny tone that made Konata want to devour her right then and there.
She gulped. "Y-Yes?"
The twin-tailed girl was leaning in at an agonizingly slow pace. "Konata..." she began to whisper to the smaller girl whose eyes were half-lidded and almost begging for Kagami to come closer, "I lo –"
BANG!
Something warm splattered all over Konata's face and clothes, along with the bed. After a moment of utter shock, Konata began to quickly realize was just happened. A bullet had just gone through Kagami's head and JUST missed Konata' own head, thanks to the angle of the shooter. Konata's drenched face slowly looked over to the door, where three adults in ski masks stood, the one in the middle holding a gun.
The words took a minute to come out but when they did, her screams were in desperation to make sense of what just happened.
"WHY? ! YOU GAVE US UNTIL TOMORROW! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? !"
Saito lowered his gun. "Her parents didn't want her. They don't want such a disgraceful daughter."
Konata's eye twitched, sitting up without moving Kagami's bloody body much. "WHY! ? "
"They don't believe in same-sex love. They told us we were allowed to dispose of her."
Konata gritted her teeth. She didn't give a crap about them anymore, not about anything. She pulled Kagami's head onto her lap and gently patted her cheek multiple times.
"... Kagami... Kagami..." the tears were quickly making their way down.
For some reason, the ground felt as though it was shaking and she could have sworn Kagami was responding back by saying the otaku's name. But Kagami's cold, pale lips weren't moving.
"... Kagami..." she closed her eyes.
"KAGAMIN!"
Konata awoke with that scream, her neck and face a bit sweaty from the stress of her dream.
She was even shaking in her sleep.
... Which is why Kagami was currently sitting on the edge of the bed. She had been worried once she noticed Konata's body shaking and had tried to wake her up from whatever nightmare she was having. Sure, calling Konata's name and gently shaking her shoulders woke the otaku up, but...
She never expected this.
Upon her jolt of awakening, Konata had sprung upright and ended up pressing her lips, at an awkward alignment, against Kagami's, along with bashing their foreheads together.
"Soft... Wait, what!"
Konata blinked again, stopping her thought, and then her eyes widened rather quickly to mirror Kagami's expression. Both were blushing up to their ears, and yet they were still connected by their lips.
It took both of them a long moment to realize they were still 'kissing'. Even though neither of them actually moved their mouths in that kind of motion. They quickly pulled apart and looked away from one another.
"Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, AND CRAP! Not now! I didn't want to kiss her now or like this at all!" Konata panicked mentally.
"D-Did Konata... do that on purpose? N-No, she didn't... She looked shocked too. B-But, she didn't pull away or anything so... But damn, neither did I. What the hell... ! Does Konata really... maybe like ... me? N-No, how could that be poss –"
Kagami paused mid-thought and watched Konata's widened eyes looking everywhere but at the tsundere.
" – Nevermind. This is a girl who plays as a guy on RPGs and has a wife who is actually a guy in real life. I can believe it... But wait, what the heck was she dreaming about? !"
Kagami decided to take action.
"K-Konata... What were you dreaming about that m-made you sh-shake...?"
Konata slowly looked at Kagami. She bit her lip, her eyes a little watery already just from the thought.
"Was it a n-nightmare, Ko – " Kagami's eyes widened as she was shut up rather quickly by a soft, but strong pair of lips against her own. Konata pulled away, and had pinned her down and was staring directly into the tsundere's eyes. She sniffled as a tear hit Kagami's cheek.
"Don't die on me!"
Kagami blinked slowly. The only thing she could feel was the strange but pleasant tingling sensation on her lips.
End of Chapter 5: Day Two: Love
Author's Note: This definitely didn't come out as good as the original copy had! Too bad it got deleted somehow! I don't think this is my best chapter either, haha. I'm not too confident of a person so I guess that's why nice reviews sometimes make me feel better about my chapters even though I may think they're suckish. But like I said, I doubt this is my best one. Wah! Sorry if this wasn't your favorite chapter! Please, be honest! I may rewrite this depending on the reviews, so if you think it's bad, encourage me to do so!
Oh, and that thing about the squatting on the toilet thing is true!
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