DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LUCKY STAR. IT'S KAGAMI YOSHIMIZU'S PROPERTY. THIS IS A FANFICTION.

Izumi Wakase looked around, checking if she was indeed alone on her room and if her door was properly closed in case somebody tried to enter silently and sneak up on her. Not that this was likely to happen, since her mother had clearly told her that she would be out for the day, as well as her father and brother, thus allowing her to stay at home with no one around, quietly and peacefully. Still, it didn't hurt to check if they were really already gone.

After a quick look on the living room and kitchen, Izumi finally relaxed and came back to her room, turning on the computer.

"Finally some time to check on the updates. I haven't logged on for so long, I'm sure there's going to be something new."

Waiting patiently for the computer to turn on, Izumi stretched her muscles. Her computer was the place where she found occasional happiness when her friends weren't' around.

It was also the place to check on anime and manga updates.

With a melodious sound that indicated that the machine was now fully operant, Izumi grabbed the mouse and moved it swiftly, clicking, reading and writing in an impressive speed. She smiled with every new about her favorite anime and about the soon-to-be released ones.

"Great! I can't wait to watch this one! Ah… This one seems awesome too! Wow! No way, I can't believe they're making a second season!"

Her joy seemed never ending. After a little more than half-an-hour, she decided to check on her second favorite site. Closing the window and opening a new one, Izumi hit the keyboard with her fingertips and soon arrived to her destiny.

"Ok… let's see if somebody wrote something new while I was gone."

Like lots of other people, Wakase liked to read the interesting fanfictions on this popular site. It gave her the power to imagine the scene happening as if it was real, and she could spend the rest of the day wishing that that event had actually happened on the show. Since she wasn't a good artist, drawing said scene wasn't something she could do to give it a little more authenticity. But this wasn't her main concern.

Her eyes scanned the page that had just downloaded. She frowned.

"Nothing? Not even a single update, a single new story?" She went back to the main page and clicked on another link, "Oh, well… Then let's see if there's something new on this one."

Again, frustration.

"I can't believe it. I've been AFK for at least four days! Nobody had the decency to write while I was gone?"

She clicked in another fandom.

"Nothing here either!"

Another.

"…"

And the last link that was worth checking.

"Anything! Unbelievable!"

Irritated, Wakase leaned back on her seat and crossed her arms, pouting. She knew that the people who wrote all those stories were fans just like her, and that they probably also had to go to school and study; they also had to live their lives after all. But somewhat this thought didn't make her feel less angry with her favorite authors.

"She hasn't updated for at least a month. A month! What can she be doing that's so important? And what about him? His stories were always so short, but lately he hasn't even written a one-shot!"

Izumi sighed. Grabbing the mouse again, she came back to the first page.

"Oh well… If I can't have new stories, then I might as well read the old ones… Now, where is that one? Oh, found it!"

And with that she clicked and focused on the screen. The story she picked was particularly one of her favorites. But Izumi had read it so many times already, that when the climax arrived, she couldn't feel that tugging feeling on her stomach she normally did. The story had become – dare she say – boring. Izumi sighed.

"It's not like it was something new anyway. Oh! I haven't read this one for a while." She clicked on it.

Again, the feeling wasn't the same. Izumi frowned.

"Geez… This won't do. Maybe I should check if that other section has new stories. I'm sure they do, this anime has become so popular lately. There's always something new going on there."

Making the decision, Izumi came back to the main page and clicked on the link she wanted. And indeed, that section was full of new stories. A small smile came back to her lips as she scrolled down, reading the summaries.

"Hmm… Doesn't look good… That's not even Japanese. No. Too long. Too short! Hmm… No, I don't like this pairing that much. Who would write something like that?"

After what seemed an eternity reading the longest of summaries, Izumi checked in what page she was and stared, surprised, at the number three on the page's bottom.

"Three? And there are still two thousand pages to go? How famous is this thing anyway?"

She hesitated for a moment, but her laziness won over and she finally closed the site. Her will to search for anything else had suddenly vanished and with a sigh, Izumi turned off the computer. She got up and walked slowly towards her bed, letting herself fall on the soft cushion. She looked at the ceiling for a while with a neutral expression. Then waterfall-like tears fell through her face.

How come my favorite fandoms have always like, four pages and are never updated, and when I finally find another fandom I like that have lots of updates everyday I get lazy and don't feel like reading anything anymore?

REAL FACT: I just realized that this happens to me a lot. My favorite sections here on are always so small and unnoticed, so there are not many updates, and when I go to a larger fandom I just get lazy and don't feel like searching for something worth reading. Does this happen to you too?

- TSL