Could have, would have
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The twenty-four years old Kagami sighed. Old as she was, some things would never change or lose their luster. Busting on Konata happened to be one of them. But it was more than just being a nag; sometimes it was the only real way for them to converse.
"I can't believe you. Living in the old cosplay café that you used to work in? Entering video game tournaments for income? Couldn't you have come up with better options than that?"
Konata swished her drink about her cup. The liquid came dangerously close to spilling, but it kept to the cup. "I just thought what I was doing was best."
The Tsundere furrowed her brow and picked up her own cup to take a drink. "Best for whom?" She pressed the cup to her lips, drank deeply, then put it back.
The otaku shrugged. "Me, I guess."
Kagami stared across the small table at her hostess. Her tone was even, but the words barbed. "You should think about how what you decide to do affect others, Konata. If you don't, you could really hurt somebody."
Konata licked her feline lips. "Sometimes the pain isn't all that bad Kagamin. Maybe it's really all in how you take it. I mean, where we are now… Would we be here if it didn't hurt at the start?"
Kagami fingered her bows. The diamonds were still there, sparkling in iniquity.
"What you did… It hurt me more than the glass hurt you."
Konata sipped her drink.
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