In front of the Izumi Household, 6:20 PM
Suppressing a sigh, Kagami walked up the familiar path to the front door of the house she seemed to visit so often nowadays. Foreboding drilled a pit into her stomach, and she briefly wondered if it was a good idea, approaching Konata's festively decorated house.
Stepping up onto the porch, her eyes wandered and landed on all of the aesthetically pleasing items scattered around. There were fake cobwebs covering the windows and piles of pumpkins were set up all around- the pumpkin on top of every pile had some strange symbol or engraving carved into it, and there was a candle inside each one.
Her gaze fell on a small basket with some large, neatly-written kanji attached to the side. The lettering read "Please take one!", which obviously referred to the assorted candies and snacks that were inside. Kagami looked into the basket for a second, and she reached in and grabbed a small candy. She was going to leave it at that, but on second thought she turned back and peered into the basket again. Maybe just one more..
"Konata really goes all out for Halloween, huh.." Kagami sighed as she looked up at the hauntingly decorated door. The only decorations on it were more imitation cobwebs, cut-out pumpkins, and what was clearly a fake spider tied to the door knob.
"Well this is nothing new. From what Miyuki told me, she does this every year anyways.."
She raised a hand to knock on the door, but right before she made contact, the door swung inwards. Kagami blinked in surprise, finding herself standing face-to-face with the event host.
"..?" Konata looked up at her under the brim of a wide witch's hat with a neutral- and rather bored- expression.
"Trick or treat!" The bluenette cheered, throwing her hands up in the air.
"Did you bring me lots of candies, Kagamin?"
"No. A sugar-hyper Konata is the last thing I want to deal with. You're already pretty annoying as is." Kagami snorted, smirking when she saw the pout on her friend's face.
"Aww, whatever. I guess it's okay if you didn't bring me free stuff." Konata shrugged, and her lips formed a grin as she transitioned into the next topic.
"So, what do you think of my costume?"
Kagami realized she was already checking the costume out, and she looked away frantically, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes.
"W-Whatever. It's okay, I guess."
Konata chuckled to herself, pushing the hat backwards a little bit to reveal her verdant eyes and more of her voluminous blue hair.
"Alright, you're being boring. Let's just go inside already before you catch a cold, my dear." She grabbed Kagami's arm, towing her along as she closed the front door and made her way into the living room, ignoring the minute struggling and complaining of her younger companion.
"My dad's out, don't ask why, and Yu-chan is in her room, so try not to be too loud, okay?" Konata warned, putting a finger to her lips. Her robe was practically draped over her, leaving the sleeves hanging off of her wrists. Kagami looked away, feigning indifference- trying not to look at the otaku with too much interest. She sat down on the cushiony sofa, stretching her arms out.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Oh yeah, Kagamin! Did you see the basket outside? Of course you did, it's not like my Kagamin to miss free sweets. Did you take one?"
"First of all, watch yourself unless you want to make me angry." Kagami looked over her shoulder, annoyance creasing her features.
"And yes, I did take one, thank you."
"Did you take two?" Konata's grinning face appeared next to hers, causing Kagami to fall backwards in shock.
"H-hey!" The tsundere picked herself up off of the sofa with a protest.
"Don't startle me like that, geez!"
"Avoiding the question! Strike one. Did you take more than one?"
"What? I took a candy.."
"Indirect lying! Strike two. How many did you take?"
"J-just one.."
"Kagamin is lying to me!" Konata accused, wrapping her arms around Kagami's shoulder and pouting, before she .
"Strike three! I get to play a trick on you now!"
"W-wait, hold on! What trick?" Kagami leaned forwards in an attempt to distance herself from Konata, but she was held fast by Konata, whose size betrayed her strength.
"Hold still, girl! I'm not going to bite you or anything." Konata complained, pressing her face up to Kagami and giggling.
"Hey!"
Kagami hesitated, and almost immediately felt a light touch on her cheek. She gasped silently, then felt a burning sensation on her face.
"K-Konata! Why did you do that?!" She stumbled over her words, face flush with embarrassment.
"One extra candy costs one kiss, Kagamin." She stated matter-of-factly. Konata seemed to think nothing more of the fact as she pressed her face a little bit closer to Kagami's, her expression not changing from mildly mischievous.
"Of course, if you want some eye candy from me, I guess I could make an exception just for you."
"You're already pushing it!" Kagami muttered as she groaned outwardly.
"I only came because you were practically on your knees about it, so if you annoy me I'll just leave."
"You're always so mean to me, Kagami~!" Konata whined but she retracted her arms and turned around, walking towards the staircase.
"Where are you going?"
"To get your costume! I have like, five that I want you to try on tonight!"
"What?! I didn't sign up to be your cosplay model! I'm not gonna put anything on!"
"But that's the whole point of Halloween, Kagamin! You have to dress up! Come on, I'm not telling you to walk around without your clothes.. just, like, less than what you have on right now."
"Ugh. If you force me into doing something weird, I swear you'll never want to invite me to your party ever again."
"You're so tsun today, Kagami. Don't worry, you being here ten minutes early means that Tsukasa and Miyuki won't walk in on us- won't walk in on you when you're changing."
"I told you, I'm not going to change into anything!"
"But you just implied that you'll try on a couple costumes!"
"Stop twisting my words around!"
End
Happy Halloween