Author's Note- I'm so terribly sorry for the gigantic gap between chapters. I simply couldn't juggle my classes and my extracurricular life at the same time. So, in celebration of the fact that finals are finally over, here's a nice little chapter for you ;) (Can't forget this- You guys are AWESOME! Thanks to all of you for the support and advice, with special thanks to MuffinLove92. I did my best to fix all those things you told me to watch out for.)

DISCLAIMER- Negima is not mine. Otherwise, it would be much, much worse.

High School?

The room was as silent as a grave.

The shocked, embarrassed expressions on both Konoka's and Setsuna's faces only added to the awkwardness, which was not helped by the fact that Negi's pants were unzipped, his navel in plain sight.

"Wha…. Wha…. What the hell just happened in here? Negi, was that Asuna-chan that was just grabbing your…?"

"Ahhhh, it's not what you think, Konoka-san! Not at all! Asuna-san was just helping me with a problem-"

At this point, Setsuna broke into the conversation, her mind finally having processed what she had just seen.

"NEGI-SENSEI! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT JUST NOW? WHAT KIND OF "PROBLEM" WAS ASUNA-SAN HELPING YOU WITH EXACTLY?"

"Um, that is to say, uh….." The poor wizard was stuttering, unable to speak coherently due to the sudden and rather shocking outburst from his student.

"I'm waiting, Negi-sensei…" Setsuna's voice trailed off threateningly.

"A-Asuna-san was helping me pull Chamo-kun out of my pants!

Absolute silence followed this comment, magnified by the pair's inability to comprehend what their teacher had just said and what Chamo, an ermine, for heaven's sake, was doing in his pants.

"What? Negi-sensei, are you telling me that Chamo was that…. thing that Asuna-san just pulled out from your pants?" spoke the bemused swordswoman.

"Negi-kun… I didn't realize that you had an interest in such… things… Tee-hee, looks like kids grow up fast nowadays, ne, Se-chan?" said Konoka, with a slight glint in her eyes and an expression that spoke of suppressed mirth.

"Whaaa? No, no, no! It's not like that at all! Chamo-kun just happened to be nesting in my pants because fairies are drawn to strong sources of magical power and heat! That's all, I swear!"

Setsuna and Konoka paused for a moment to ponder upon this information. After a short amount of deliberation, Setsuna seemed to be satisfied.

"Very well, Negi-sensei. I believe that you are telling me the truth because there's no other plausible reason for Chamo-san to be in your pants."

"Ah-! Th-thank you for believing me, Setsuna-san!"

Konoka then interjected, still not satisfied that she had gotten all the juicy little tidbits of information behind a scene that surely contained more than met the eye.

"Waaaaaiiit a minute, just waaaait a minute! You still haven't told us how Chamo-kun got into your pants in the first place! And why he chose your pants! And why Asuna-chan was on top of you! You're not going anywhere until you answer every single one of my questions, Negi-kun!"

"Oh, dear God. Konoka's entering into interrogation mode. I have a feeling that no one's going to be leaving this room for a loooooong time…" Thought the young swordswoman, sighing reluctantly and giving into her partner's desires. Setsuna resigned herself to patiently waiting out the storm of Konoka's ruthless questioning.

"Please, Konoka-san! I swear to you, it was nothing more than you simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time! If there were anything going on, the door would've been locked! Asuna-san and I obviously weren't doing anything!"

"No way are you getting out of this one, Negi-kun! You and I are going stay right here in Asuna's room until I feel satisfied with your story!"

The young, flustered wizard blushed a shade of red previously thought impossible by man.

"I-I-I mean exactly what I said! My story hasn't changed one bit! I told you the truth and nothing else, Konoka-san!" Said the young wizard, closing his eyes, unable to bear the humiliation any longer.

"Awwwwww…. It's soooo cuuuute whenever he blushes! I want to just reach out and squeeze him! No, no, you're getting distracted! Stay focused on the goal… The goal…. The goa….. Squeeze Negi-kun…"

Setsuna had been sitting still the entire time with her eyes closed, trying to block out the sounds of Negi's embarrassment and her partner's obvious pleasure in causing it. However, when she noticed a lull in the noise level, she opened her eyes to see if Konoka had stopped on her verbal rampage.

The sight that greeted her eyes, however, was a very different tableau then the one she was expecting. Negi, who had been kneeling just a moment before, was now enclosed in one of Konoka's ferocious bear-hugs, and slowly suffocating due to oxygen deprivation.

"WHAT THE HECK? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!" thought the stunned swordswoman. Her Konoka was giving Negi a hug? Whatever had happened to the Nazi interrogator in her place just moments before? What was this?

"I can't stand it, Negi-kun! You're just too cute whenever you blush like that!" Konoka squealed, having given in to her desire to hug Negi.

However, what she did not notice was the fact that she was slowly choking Negi to death.

"MmmnnGmnhhHGhh! Khoonoookaaa-shaaan! MgNmGNhGMNH!"

"What's that, Negi-kun? Oh, dear, I seem to be suffocating you with my breasts… Stop that! It tickles whenever you move your hair around like that! Tee-hee!"

Setsuna snapped upon hearing this comment, as her mind was already in a delicate state after seeing her Konoka with Negi in-between her breasts, as well as seeing that Negi's pants were still wide open, leaving the rapidly growing bulge bare to all eyes.

"NEGI! YOU WILL RELEASE MY KONOKA THIS VERY MINUTE, OR SO HELP ME GOD I WILL DRAW MY SWORD!"

To emphasize her seriousness, the swordswoman marched over, yanked Negi out of her partner's embrace, and proceeded to frog-march him out of the door, then slamming it shut and both locking and dead-bolting it.

"Haaaah…. Haaaaah….. Haaaaah…."

Surprised, and slightly frightened by her beloved's abrupt change, the young mage rose up to see if there was anything wrong with her.

"Ne, Se-chan….. Are you alright? I'm sorry if what I did upset you, I just wanted to tease Negi-kun a little…. I won't do it again if that makes you feel better…"

The swordswoman softened upon hearing these heartfelt words. She turned around and faced her partner, stern countenance melting away. Suddenly, she just seemed tired and a bit wistful.

"No….. It's not that, Kono-chan. It's just- Never mind, just forget it. It was no big deal. I'm sorry for having snapped like that."

"Okay… But are you sure there's nothing you want to talk with me about? There's nothing on your mind that's bugging you, right?"

"No…."

"Come on, Se-chan, how are we supposed to be a couple if we don't open up to each other? Just say it, I promise not to take it badly."

Upon hearing the word "couple", Setsuna's heart skipped a beat, and the danger signs of a blush were beginning to manifest themselves on her face and her body, a fact which was not lost upon the ever-observant and shrewd Konoka Konoe. Setsuna, gathering up her courage, spoke to her beloved.

"Look, Konoka, I'm just kind of nervous about something….."

"What is it?"

"Well….. It's just- That is to say- *sigh* Okay, here goes. Konoka Konoe, I love you. I love you with all my heart and soul and would die a thousand deaths, suffer the most terrible of tortures for all of eternity if it meant you would live another day. I love you, so that's why I burst out like that. Because…. Because I can't stand the thought of anyone else touching you, my Konoka. And I'm also really, really nervous about our upcoming date, and I've thought and stressed over where to go for our first date, what to do, what to eat, where we should go afterwards, and it's all just one big mess."

There was a looming pause after this profound declaration of love, and silence reared its head.

"Wow… Se-chan cares for me this much? Oh, Se-chan…."

The two stared into each other's eyes, feeling the flaring heat of passion rising up from the core of their bodies into their womanhood. Speaking slowly, as if hypnotized, Konoka spoke to her beloved partner in a slow, throaty murmur.

"Se-chan… I never knew that you had such strong feelings for me… I mean, I knew that you had to have liked me to some degree in order to made a contract with me and accept my proposal, but, I never knew how deeply you felt for me. Oh, Se-chan…"

The two began to slowly move closer together, arms raised and fingers intertwining, eyes half-closed and breaths bated in expectance of what was about to come…

Author's Note- Gee, I really am evil, aren't I? Sorry for the abrupt stop on all the hot n' heavy yuri action there, but I need some time to plan the next chapter in High School? I'll do my best to make it a good one! Remember, ratings and reviews are an author's rest and recuperation!