Disclaimer: I don't own Lucky Star. I'm watching it right now, but I don't own it. Kay I own the DVD, but that's about it.
Author's Notes: I am so sorry this took so long. It was a lot easier back when I was in school, I tell ya... We had two weddings to go to, jobs to look for, work to do, a whole bunch of real life crap. But you're not here to read about that. In good news! We have chapter 7 sorta written, so it won't be as long this time. I'm a total hypocrite for making this longer than 6 chapters but whatever it's not my fault. Enjoy, we'll try not to keep you waiting too long this time.
Chapter 6: Thinking Too Much
Sunday did not pass peacefully for Kagami. The previous night had consisted of countless hours of tossing, turning, failed attempts at reading, sporadic blushing, and staring upward as if to sear the plaster off of the ceiling. The troubled girl had finally gotten to sleep at an hour more suitable for the blue-haired midget whom had caused all of her anxiety. Though she had no school on Sunday morning, her alarm buzzed at 7 AM regardless. Kagami always preferred an early start. This particular day, however, she cursed the appliance for waking her back into the world of swirling confusion that Konata had cast her into. Despite this, she still got up as usual. It had been difficult to appear completely normal in front of her family.
Konata did not call that day. Not that Kagami had waited by the phone or anything, of course. Nothing was out of the ordinary at all. She had made many dutiful attempts at distraction throughout the day. In the late morning, she had completed her homework, and it had only taken her two hours longer than usual. In the afternoon she watched TV with Tsukasa, and had managed to keep her blushing and fidgeting almost completely unnoticed by her sister during the romantic goodbye-kiss scene of the movie they were watching. She had also -barely- knocked Tsukasa over while diving for the phone when it rang during commercials... after which she regretfully handed it off to Matsuri. In the early evening she had gone to study for tests, and she had managed to stop herself from scribbling Konata's name onto the corners of her papers all but two times. She had only jarred the table a small bit during dinner, when she shot out of her seat at the sound of the phone ringing and demanded "Is it for me??" before anyone was able to answer. Her appearance had been completely normal when she stole into her room for the rest of the night instead of watching TV with her family. Inside, she had dialed Konata's number and failed to press 'send' only nine times, and had failed texting her only three times.
Kagami stared at the blank screen of her cell phone, her finger trembling gingerly over the small button that could connect her to her current fixation. The battle was a long and tedious one, and eventually her fears claimed victory. She shut the phone and set it down. The scene projected itself onto her mind. Konata thanked her, she made a sarcastic remark, and suddenly she was being kissed. The doors closed, Konata spoke an inaudible sentence, and the scene was over in a flash. It had all happened so fast. All at once her world was changed and she hadn't had any time to react. Kagami's brows knitted. She lifted her hand to her mouth. She glanced up at the clock. It was 11:00. The girl's features grew solemn. Indigo eyes fell back to the small phone on the floor, which remained dormant.
Why didn't she call me...?
The next day began the new school week. A persistent chill hung in the December air. It was appropriate for the icy gloom that many students were feeling in regard to upcoming finals, but the impending relief of Winter break was not far off. Afternoon arrived and brought with it the much smaller, but still appreciated lunch break. The three students who comprised Ms. Kuroi's most colorful heads of hair had gathered in their usual place, their chatter already beginning. They were well into a conversation about fried chicken at Christmas time when Miyuki happened to catch view of the clock overhead.
"Tsukasa-san, Kagami-san is rather late today. Did she make it to school alright?"
Tsukasa blinked up. "Huh? Yeah, Oneechan came into school just fine today. She seemed a little tired, but... oh! There she is!"
Shyly peeking out from behind the frame of the door of the classroom was none other than Kagami. Concealing herself fully save for one blue eye and one dark-ribboned pigtail, she appeared to be hoping that her presence would go unnoticed by the trio she had been so tentatively eyeing. This was not to be so. Tsukasa waved cheerily to her sister, blatantly exposing her.
"Oneechan!"
Kagami jolted. She could swear she felt her hair stand on end as she forced herself into view, putting her best efforts into appearing normal. "H-hiya, everyone!" The girl smiled, silently praying that no embarrassed blush would find itself necessary for the situation. "Sorry I'm sorta late." Stepping closer to her seat near Konata, she fumbled with her chair while pulling it out. "Lecture ran a little long." Kagami cleared her throat unnecessarily.
"That sucks," Konata empathized without much empathy in her voice. Her nose was in the latest volume of the Haruhi manga.
Kagami peered over. "...isn't it rude to read during lunch?"
"Aw, Kagamin. Isn't it rude to interrupt people while they read?"
"Don't -you- tell -me- what's polite!" She answered instinctively. Why wasn't Konata even looking up at her?
"I'll be done soon. Calm down." Konata waved her hand dismissively, as she was prone to doing.
Tsukasa recognized her sister sizzling, and interjected with a pleasant conversation starter, "So, how about that movie we watched, Oneechan? Wasn't the part with the pumpkin really cute? I want to tell the others about it, but I'm not as good at describing things as you..."
"Eh... the movie?" Kagami searched her memory. "Oh come on, it was just some dumb romance film. You know I'm not into those things."
Tsukasa looked confused, "But...I saw you getting so emotional at some parts..."
"You were imagining it." The older twin answered stiffly.
Miyuki politely interjected. "I often find myself getting emotional over silly movies. Just the other day, I was tearing up over a children's movie."
"A kid's movie? Really?"
"Yes," Miyuki touched a demure hand to her face. "The little girl's best friend was being transferred to another school. It's not something I would normally feel teary-eyed over, but for some reason..."
"I know just what you mean!" Tsukasa replied enthusiastically, "I felt kind of emotional about the movie last night too, so you shouldn't feel ashamed, Oneechan."
"I-I am not ashamed! It was just some dumb fairy tale. That's more your kind of thing. You probably only thought it was getting to me because of how it got to you."
"But I..." Tsukasa trailed off. She wasn't one to argue. "Well, maybe you're right..."
"It was a silly Cinderella story... Tsukasa got all misty when Cinderella had to ditch the prince at midnight." Kagami explained.
"Romantic movies are enjoyable, but they seem to leave you feeling a tad wistful, don't they?" Miyuki tilted her head.
"Yeah, that I can agree on." Kagami shot Konata a subtle look.
Konata's eyes were on one of the last pages of her manga. By all appearances, she was ignoring them.
"I hope they play more like it over Winter break!" Tsukasa smiled excitedly.
"Tsukasa, do you plan to spend the vacation in front of the TV?" Kagami spoke disapprovingly.
Tsukasa looked a tad sheepish. "Well, Mom and Dad haven't made any special plans for us... Yuki-chan, does your family have plans for the break?"
"Oh, my mother mentioned the possibility of skiing in Hokkaido during our time off." Miyuki answered.
"Really?" Kagami forced her attention away from Konata once more. "I'm jealous!"
"Yes, I'm excited too... though I have to admit, I'm quite nervous. I've heard that falling into the snow while skiing can be quite an unpleasant experience."
"Really? It looks so fluffy, I always thought it would be nice, even if it was cold," Tsukasa smiled.
"It's not a cloud, Tsukasa." Her sister coldly reminded.
"Actually, you could say it's like a really dense cloud, since clouds are essentially made of cold water, " Miyuki corrected, "And in that case, a cloud would not feel pleasant, much less fluffy either."
"Ah, whatever." Kagami scratched her head, continuing to ignore the growing knot in her stomach that Konata's silence had been feeding. "Maybe I should have chosen a different word."
The conversation lulled for a few seconds, and was punctuated by Konata turning the last two pages. With a sigh, she clapped her book closed and looked at Kagami.
"So did you cry?"
The sudden reappearance of Konata's voice brought a rush of red to Kagami's cheeks. She turned to the shorter girl as if she had just sprayed her with a hose. "D-did I what?"
"Did you cry?"
"Why would you ask me something like that?"
"Because if I had asked you earlier, it would have interrupted my reading flow."
"Make sense, will you?!"
Konata looked pleased with herself. "Did you cry when you watched that movie last night? I bet you did."
The tsundere looked taken aback. "O-of course I didn't! It was cheap sap! Jeez, did that manga put your brain so far out of commission that you missed half the conversation?" There was a heightened aggression in Kagami's exclamations, as well as her features.
"Ooh, you're so much more violent today! I must be right." Konata concluded.
"Like you would know!!" Kagami bared her fangs at the little otaku and slammed a hand onto her desk. True to Konata's statement, her voice raised to an inappropriate volume. Tsukasa, Miyuki, and a few others in the class glanced at her with concern. Feeling the eyes upon her, Kagami shrank back down into her seat. She looked at Konata, who was merely smirking. Why was she so angry? Konata wasn't acting any differently. That's right... she wasn't acting differently at all. From Sunday morning until now, she had acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Was she just hiding it?
On the trek home from school that day, Kagami hoped for some answers. The presence of the other two girls made the task a very difficult one, of course... almost as difficult as it was to read Konata's actions. The pensive tsundere found herself secluded from much of the usual banter.
"Yuki-chan, maybe you could come to our house to watch some more movies before you leave for your trip?" Tsukasa asked.
"I think I would enjoy that very much, Tsukasa-san. Thank you for the invitation." Miyuki answered with a smile.
"Hey, I'm invited too, right?" Konata interrupted as she pointed to herself with both hands.
"Of course, Kona-chan... you shouldn't even have to ask."
"Yeah, you're right. But we should also go out a lot. As much as we can before school ends." Konata added sagely. "There are so many events we haven't completed yet, and there's no way to win without doing them all."
"Yeah, you're right..." Tsukasa agreed. "Our school year really is almost over, isn't it?"
"Yes." Miyuki added. "I admit it's something that's been on my mind a lot. Once Winter break is over, we'll have exams, entrance exams, and then graduation. It's a lot to think about."
"Ah, graduation is also something that brings up confessions of love, isn't it?" Tsukasa clasped her hands together.
"Yes, you're right." Miyuki nodded. "It's most certainly seen as a last chance for many people."
"Exactly," Konata agreed, "That's what most of the events are for, after all. I wonder if anybody has been taking the Tsukasa or Miyuki-san route," she suggested with lowered eye lids, leaning towards her friends.
Kagami felt a tiny stab in her chest. All this talk of romance and graduation... romance involving the four of them, no less, and Konata hadn't even looked her way. At this point she would have at least made an implicative remark toward Kagami, right? She could have at least looked at her. Kagami found her own sharp indigo eyes glued to the shorter girl while her mind swam. Why did you kiss me? The question circled repeatedly through her thoughts.
"Talk about your own life however you want," She spoke up, hoping to shift any attention to herself. "but leave the rest of us out of your galge fantasies and let us graduate in peace."
Konata took the bait and turned it on her friend. It turned out that she had simply baited and caught Kagamin.
"I didn't say anything about you. I mean, you are a tsundere, but that's a lot harder to work with in real life than in a galge."
"Well excuse me for not being marketable enough!" Kagami huffed indignantly. She stiffened her arms at her sides and hastened her pace, putting herself a few steps ahead of her friends. She decided to remain in silence for the rest of the trip, lest her emotions begin to get the better of her.
I'll just give her the benefit of the doubt. She twitched. Tsukasa and Miyuki are still around, we're still at school, so there's every chance she's acting cool to hide everything. It's... it's unreasonable of me to think that she'd mention that kiss at school, or in front of anyone. Kissing isn't something you can talk about in front of just anyone, let alone girls kissing girls... The pigtailed girl made herself blush a little. W-we have to be alone, somehow. That's got to be the only way that she'll mention kissing me. I... I'll just have to ask her the next time we're alone somewhere. Y-yeah. Kagami found herself dreading her new decision just as much as she was hoping for it.
That night, Kagami most certainly did -not- wait by the phone until she fell asleep again.
The next day, Kagami did not make a lunchtime appearance at Ms. Kuroi's classroom. Tsukasa explained that she'd had some things to go over with her classmates that day.
Nothing of the sort was actually happening at the desks of Kagami, Misao, and Ayano. To the contrary, they were eating in an awkward silence which was dotted here and there with Misao's wary glances in her purple-haired friend's direction. There was no doubt that the stifling atmosphere was resonating purely from Kagami's stiff form. Ayano had opted to remain dutifully silent until the moment seemed appropriate for discussion, but her rowdier classmate had other plans. With no given cue or reason, Misao burst the silence between them like a pin to a balloon.
"So what the heck's up with you, Hiiragi?" She placed a fist to her hip.
"H-huh?" Kagami startled. She gave Misao her attention as if she'd just been woken from a very strange dream.
"Don't play clueless! Yer not yerself today, Hiiragi. I mean by now you'd have usually talked to me, at least. Right?"
Ayano calmly took a sip of her drink.
"I... I just didn't get enough sleep last night, that's all." Kagami dismissed the question. "It's a rough week for us, isn't it?"
"Well yeah, but that kinda stuff usually doesn't getcha down does it? In fact, it's kinda weird that you're even here eating with us in the first place! Not only that, you're giving off all that nasty karma... HEY, did you and the chibi have a fight or something?!"
Kagami choked on a bit of rice. She coughed a few times. By 'chibi' Misao naturally meant Konata, the haughty shrimp who made frequent habit of whisking Kagami's attention away from Ayano and herself for all sorts of activities. She flashed a fang-accented smirk at the reaction. "That's it, isn't it?"
"O-of course not!" The twin-tailed girl blurted after clearing her throat. "What would give an idea like that?! Did she say something to you?? She's got nothing to do with anything! What did she say to you?!" Kagami stood, putting both hands on her desk and leaning her weight forward a little. Her face was growing flushed.
Misao leaned back and lifted her right arm a little, obviously intimidated. "H-hey, I was only kidding, you know," she remarked. Kagami blinked at her. "Just kidding, Hiiragi," Misao repeated.
"...right." Kagami swiftly took her seat and bowed her head. Misao took a few moments to stare dumbfoundedly at her.
Ayano swallowed another sip of milk tea. "Act with caution, hm?" she murmured softly.
Kagami found herself in a foul mood that afternoon. She had hardly bothered to wait for Tsukasa and Konata to join her on the way home, and convinced herself that she had only done so for the former's sake. Nevertheless, she tried to remain patient.
Just wait until you're alone with her... give her a chance to clear things up, screaming in her face is a bad idea. You'll get a chance, just stay calm, stay calm...
"Kagami!"
The frowning tsundere's footsteps were suddenly cut short by the diminutive figure of Konata, who had run up and deliberately stood in her path. She now looked up at Kagami with a grin. Kagami's heart skipped.
"What do you want now, Konata?" She asked as nonchalantly as possible.
"I need a favor." Her shorter friend answered. Kagami rolled her eyes a little.
"What kind of 'favor'?"
"Ah, nothing much..." Konata tapped a finger to her chin. "Just a small bit of company on a little excursion that would otherwise be painfully lonely..." She pouted, keeping her finger just under her lower lip. Kagami felt a small rush of excitement that came with the notion of opportunity. Konata was asking her to go somewhere alone with her. Does she want to talk? What else could it be? Why else would she ask only her? This was what she was waiting for.
"Okay, fine. It'd just better not take too long this time." Kagami was easily suckered.
"Great!" Konata flashed a thumbs up. "Then, that makes all three of you." She turned and waved the same thumbs up to Tsukasa and Miyuki, who had been trailing behind. They nodded, having agreed to accompany Konata when she asked them earlier during class.
Kagami felt her lower eyelid twitch.
There was little surprise to the fact that Konata had wanted to take her friends shopping in the Akihabara district, but for some unnamed reason Kagami seemed to find it as irritating as a cactus up her skirt.
"It's perfect," the otaku bragged to herself. "They're having a three for one deal today only, on a set that has four different parts! And I, with my faithful comrades gathered--"
"Cut the drama, already. A thanks would be nice every now and then, you know," Kagami interrupted irritably.
"That's no way to boost morale, Kagami," Konata scolded. "This is a mission of love! You've gotta show your love!"
"Love, huh?" Both bitter and wistful tones still clung to Kagami's words. Konata didn't seem to notice.
"That's right. I know it's a foreign concept, but just put yourself in the same mind frame you do when you go to the bookstore, or right before you're gonna eat 10 kilos of cake."
Kagami was about to retort when Konata yanked her by her sleeve into the overcrowded store of choice.
There was hardly a moment to stop and think. Once the quartet entered, Konata barked her orders at them and they split four separate ways. Climbing and cramming between Konata's unsanitary kinsmen was no circumstance for planning a confrontation. All Kagami could do while retrieving her friend's desired item was grow more and more frustrated.
She tricked me into this! She must have known that I'd say yes! she thought, deftly dodging an elbow. Why... She ducked under a swinging shopping bag. ...is it all up to me? She's the one who kissed me! She's the one who should be explaining things! Not sitting around and waiting for me to go crazy! In the final stretch, Kagami shoved her way between two t-shirt-clad backs that were a little more sweaty than anything she'd have cared to touch. It shouldn't be up to me! She should come out and tell me why she did it! Unless... Finally freed of the crowd, Kagami caught sight of Konata, who had already met up with Tsukasa and Miyuki. She was laughing with them, nudging Tsukasa's side with her elbow. She didn't even notice Kagami's approach. Unless she wasn't even serious...
"Why are we going in here again? I thought you'd already gotten what you wanted." Kagami asked as the group of friends entered a far less populated store.
"I don't like to leave any routes unexplored, Kagami." Konata answered, letting the door shut behind her. "No mission here, you're all free to shop as you please." The little geek instructed as she made her way down one of the aisles.
Tsukasa took an uneasy look around. "That last store was so crazy." She shuddered and turned to where Kagami had been standing beside her. "Ne, we don't have to split up this time, do we Oneech--" Though her sister had been at her right side a moment earlier, it seemed as if she had skillfully disappeared. Miyuki turned her head from side to side. Tsukasa blinked. "Oneechan?"
Peering down the DVD aisle, Konata's lone figure shone like a beacon to Kagami. Making sure that her friend didn't notice, the tsundere hid herself from view at the end of the aisle. She took a deep breath.
Okay, here's my chance. Just walk over to her casually, tap her shoulder, and say... say... oh hell, what do I say? Kagami's fingers did some fast-paced fidgeting while she turned ideas over and over in her mind. I don't have time to deliberate! Just do it! Okay...!
Thrusting herself out of hiding, Kagami moved down the DVD aisle... only to realize that Konata had moved on while she was hiding. Not yet to be thwarted, the girl began searching the rest of the aisles for the elusive midget.
Not here, not this one, or this one... damnit Konata, where are you?
Kagami was fast approaching the last couple of aisles, the only places left where Konata could be. She was just about to hasten her pace to a trot when a large and startling figure moving at twice her speed collided with Kagami, knocking her to her rear. She winced and glanced up indignantly. The figure who had crashed into her was a strikingly tall man in a bright green overcoat. He wore an even brighter red visor, and his hair stretched out to an exaggerated length over his forehead. Everything about him somehow seemed exaggerated.
"Watch it!" Kagami scolded irritably, pushing to her feet. "Just what do you think you're doing?"
"I..." The man looked past Kagami, seeming to be in thought so deep his veins might have begun popping out. He refocused, eyes burning with visible fire. "I am charging toward my goal with everything I have!! No holds barred!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, clenching his hands into fists. "Only through this passion and determination of mine will I ever reach any goal!! Full speed ahead, Legendary Girl A!! HENSHIN A GO-GO!!" The man tore off down the nearest aisle, leaving a smoking trail of smoldering ashes behind him. Kagami stared after him, visibly disturbed.
"Passion and determination, huh...?"
After recomposing herself, Kagami managed to find Konata browsing character CDs. Steeling her determination, she moved in.
"Heya, Konata. What're you looking at?" She mustered nonchalance.
"Hey, Kagami." Konata flipped the CD case she was looking at to show the taller girl. "Nij0u-Me00ou no Mu00me. That Ch-ko's got an awesome singing voice." She grinned, then tilted her head. "I didn't know that you liked character singles, Kagami."
"W-well, I don't per say... I was just looking for--"
"I could make some great recommendations! Here." She handed Kagami a few cases.
"Eyesh--ld 21, Te-0pathy s0oujo R-n, Suzumiya Haruhi no-- ...look Konata, that's not what I'm looking for."
"Then why'd you come down here?"
"I came down here because I...I..."
"Yeah?"
"I... I w--"
Kagami was very abruptly interrupted by an enormous green frog. A tall Keroro mascot costume had shoved itself between the two girls and was now very intentionally shuffling her off to the side.
"Hey, what the-" As Kagami protested, the mascot spun around to face Konata. It spread its arms upward, and dozens of flyers containing multiple advertisements rained down upon the small girl. While Konata blinked indifferently though half-lidded eyes, the mascot struck a victory pose and made a dramatic leap away from the scene. Konata looked at one of the flyers.
"Pretty cute." She said, then dropped it. "Let's go, I'm done here."
Feeling more than a little defeated, Kagami followed. No one seemed to notice the sobbing red-visored man's head pop out of the Keroro costume to press itself against the glass of the door after they'd left.
While Konata traveled with arms weighed down by shopping bags and head held high, Kagami kept her head hung low. Traveling home, Tsukasa asked if they could stop for some food.
"Sure. I know a great cafe where you can get drinks in glasses shaped like G--"
"We are NOT going to a cafe here." Kagami cut Konata off before she could suggest any of Akihabara's 'unique' dining experiences. She insisted that they go closer to home.
Eventually the group settled on one of their more familiar restaurants closer to the school.
Exhausted, each of the girls was pleased to order a hot drink after being seated.
"It's so cold outside!" Tsukasa shivered. "Wouldn't it be nice if every table here was more like a kotatsu?"
"That does sound like an interesting idea," Miyuki nodded, "It could have good potential for business."
"Yeah," Konata chimed, "but if they did that, then no one would ever wanna leave during the Winter season."
"That's also true," Tsukasa said with a giggle. "Ooh, look! A dessert tray!" The short haired girl pointed toward a counter on the other side of the restaurant. "I'm gonna go look at it. Wanna come, Yuki-chan?"
"Sure." Miyuki smiled.
"Oneechan?"
"No thanks, I'd rather sit down for now," Kagami stole a glance at Konata.
"Yeah, I'm good too," Konata said with a lazy sigh.
"We'll be right back then!"
Just like that, they were alone again. Silence ensued. Konata took a sip of coffee. Kagami pretended to read the menu. I should say something now, she thought. The thought passed through the twin-tailed girl's head multiple times before she began to peer over the edge of her menu.
"Hey, Kagami."
Although Kagami's heart caught in her throat at the sound of Konata's voice beating her to the punch, she still managed to respond.
"Yeah...?" Kagami observed her smaller friend's face. She wasn't grinning or smirking, so there was a chance that she wasn't going to mention geekery or teasing. Her mouth was an ambiguous downturned "V". It wasn't exactly a serious look, but... Is she actually going to say something now?
"Did you know that coffee can have a lot more calories in it than you think?" Konata held up a finger.
Kagami had a small urge to slam her face onto the table. "Huh?"
"Especially if you add lots of sugar or other extra stuff to it. I heard that it's a big way for students to become overweight." A casual smile was back on Konata's face. Looking at it, Kagami could easily recall the way her face had looked as she mouthed those muted words past the train windows. If only she had heard what she said.
"I don't usually worry about that... I like my coffee black just fine."
"Hn..." Konata appeared to be thinking for a moment. She glanced back down at a menu. "Guess I should've expected that."
"What did you say?" Kagami growled.
Konata made her snickering obvious, "How fitting for you, Kagami."
Kagami nearly seethed. She leaned forward a little, giving Konata a look that was unpleased on multiple levels. "Now look here! What's going on?"
Konata blinked cluelessly. "Hm?"
"Don't play stupid!" Kagami continued. "How can you act like this when--"
"Excuse me! Are you girls ready to order?" The waiter cheerily interrupted.
Kagami slammed her hand down on the table, and shot a death glare to the squinty-eyed waiter that would singe the eyebrows off of his face. "NO." Her answer was so full of malice that one could easily imagine the black ooze dripping from the word. Konata jumped slightly. The waiter all but wet himself.
"Wa wa wa wa whatever you say ma'am!" He scooted off.
"B-black..." Konata remarked in english with an exaggerated stutter. However, when she noticed those sharp indigo eyes had fixed on her, the stammer became a little more genuine. "K-Kagami-sama?" There was a slight blue gradient over her eyes.
"Konata."
Konata sat up as straight as she could. "Mm!"
Kagami's features remained fixed and determined. "I..." No words followed the first one. The tsundere could feel her expression beginning to falter. "I..." Still weaker grew the look on Kagami's face until it held almost none of the strength it had a moment ago. "I-I..."
"Yeah...?" Konata peeped out.
As if Konata's answer had given her one final burst of determination, Kagami re-fixed her gaze. "I--"
"We're back!" Tsukasa announced, nearly sending her sister to the ceiling with surprise.
"Ah, welcome back!" Konata immediately turned her attention away from Kagami. "How'd it look?"
"Everything looked very delicious. As I thought, croquette bread is the most popular at this shop,"Miyuki said enthusiastically.
A yellow shape ding-dinged next to Konata's surprised face, "You watch that show? Wow, I didn't expect you to like that kinda thing." She put her hand to her chin and winked, "But I guess, 'A cute face is definitely hiding something,' huh, Miyuki-san?"
"Huh?" Miyuki said in bewilderment.
As discussion continued, Kagami spent the rest of the meal with her head buried into her folded arms. Because of a 'headache', of course.
Footnotes: Thanks for sticking with us! It'll be over soon, I promise. Haha, you don't want it to be over do you? Well I at least promise that the next chapter will be much less tense and much more gratifying, at least in one way or another... I hope you at least found this one funny. We really like reviews, so if you liked it (or didn't) and wanna let us know, don't hesitate!
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