"Am I going to have to sleep in the same bed with Luka?"
"Master, let's sleep together." Luka said, like it was nothing.
"N... no..." Kagami tried to yell 'no' but the word just wouldn't come out firmly.
"Wasn't I... being a bit mean to her? After all, she's pretty innocent." Kagami thought. "I just saw her in a bad light because of Konata. She doesn't know a lot about the human world because she's an android. But she's been so nice to me this whole time. Maybe I should let her in my bed to apoligize."
"Alright, Luka. You can sleep in my bed." Kagami sighed and said.
"Thank you, kind master." Luka had the sweetest smile.
After the lights went off, Kagami was thrown back into the feeling of awkwardness. She was on the far end of her own side of the bed, facing the other direction so that it would feel at least less like she was sharing a bed with a Megurine Luka.
Luka was currently borrowing Miyuki's peachy striped pajamas that she had acidentally left behind a few days ago. They fit rather perfectly, but they were a bit tight around Luka's bust, concluding that Luka's bust must truly be even bigger than Miyuki's. Impossible! Kagami always felt just a bit jealous of Miyuki, but now Luka came along and blew even her out of the water.
"Stop it, stop thinking about Luka's breasts, Kagami!" Kagami frustratingly jerked and lightly punched herself in the face once.
"She's just an android! She was created to be perfect, so it's not like those breasts are even real! She may look real and feel real, but..." Kagami gave a heaving sigh.
Sharing her life with somebody so beautiful was slowly giving Kagami a complex about herself. Konata's Luka obsession just made it all even worse. She just wanted this madness to stop.
Laying on one side of her body began to feel uncomfortable, so Kagami dared to sleep on her other sideーfacing Luka.
Kagami soon realized Luka was fast asleep on her back, breathing in and out rhythmically in her slumber.
"Her face looks peaceful." she thought. "She looks so calm, so untouched, like a secluded oasis flower..."
Kagami's cheeks turned red. "Wait... why... why am I thinking about these things!?"
As soon as she felt awkward again, Luka shifted and changed positions in her sleep, curling up on her side and facing Kagami directly.
"Ku... mi..."
She whispered two syllables. Luka curled up cutely, now only inches away from Kagami.
"Ack!" Kagami thought. "I can't go back any further, or I'll fall out of the bed..."
But soon she felt calm again. It was from Luka, probably. From her face to the soft sound of her breathing, she was able to make the person next to her feel just as comforted and drowsy as her.
Kagami realized it was cold in the room once she started shivering. She felt herself slowly becoming really drowsy... her eyes began fluttering shut.
"Mi... ku-mi..."
"Kumi?" Kagami thought that's what Luka was muttering. "Who's Kumi? Could she be meaning to say... 'Kagami'?"
Kagami felt herself become warm.
"Luka... does she like me?"
Kagami realized how warm Luka's body was and couldn't fight the urge to snuggle up right next to her and let herself drift off.
"Luka, I'm sorry I've been rough towards you." she whispered. She patted her soft shoulder gently out of sympathy and soon drifted off to a honey-warm sleep, curled up with her Vocaloid.
"Squishy... something is so soft and squishy... soft, fluffy and comfy and lukewarm... hm... yeah, that feels good... more than good. It's like a perfect dream. I could sleep on this forever, whatever this squishy thing is..."
Kagami slowly awakened from her early morning dream, and even though her consciousness came back, the warm, cushiony object in her dream still could be felt on the back of her head. She was laying on it.
"This is super comfy, but I don't remember having a pillow that felt like this." Kagami moaned to herself as she laid groggily.
She lifted her head up, looked down and saw that she had been laying on... breasts!?
"AAAAAAAH!" Kagami screamed impulsively and woke up Luka.
"Breasts... your breasts, why was... I sleeping on them..." Kagami muttered, her face turning red.
"Did my breasts feel nice?" Luka asked curiously, becoming wide awake as well.
Kagami stuttered. "Th-they... y-you... why are you... NO! They felt WEIRD!"
She threw her pillow at Luka who laughed and threw it back.
"Master, are we having a 'pillow fight'?" she smiled.
"Ungh..." Kagami groaned. Not this early in the morning. She threw another pillow at Luka for the heck of it, but this time it made her laugh afterwards.
"Haha, gotcha! I guess we are having a pillow fight!"
Luka smiled and threw a pillow back at Kagami, who fumbled with it for a while, then caught it.
She threw the pillow towards Luka and it collisioned with the pillow she was throwing back at Kagami, and the two ended up falling foward in a laughing heap.
"Oh my... that was pretty fun. Just wait for a while Luka, I have to get up now."
Kagami caught her breath, entered the bathroom, and began to fix herself up for school.
"I'm going to school. Stay right here while I eat breakfast." Kagami entrusted Luka with her room while she walked down the stairs, with a natural disposition as she could pull off.
Once she was at the breakfast table next to Tsukasa, she whispered in her ear.
"Don't tell anybody about Luka, okay?"
Tsukasa nodded and gave a discreet thumbs-up.
"Whew..." Kagami at least felt better knowing her klutzy sister could at least keep a secret.
Once everyone left the table, Kagami made a run to the pantry and brought some bread and four cans of tuna upstairs to her room.
"Okay. I'll go to school now. It's going to be for seven hours, and for the whole time, you need to hide in my room, okay! Sorry."
Kagami felt a little guilty, imprisoning somebody in her stuffy room for hours like this, yet Luka still nodded in agreement.
"I have a lot of family members so this house may be bustling at random times." Kagami explained as she set the tuna down on the table. "So... you can sing quietly, not loudly. If you need entertainment, use my computer. And use headphones so no sound will come out, okay? Do not snoop in my stuff. Make sure you don't get loud enough to be noticed. The bathroom if you need it is in my room and the door's right there. You got it?"
Luka nodded again. "Yes, master. I shall follow your orders. Have a nice day at school, Kagami."
Kagami flushed a bit at Luka calling her by her name.
"Alright Luka, bye. Try to entertain yourself... I guess."
Kagami still felt a bit cruel, leaving Luka locked up like that, but she didn't feel like explaining everything to her family. At least not now. After all, one moment she'd have to.
Kagami's day at school turned out pretty typical, in a different class with Konata and the others. In a way, it turned out to be a good thing this time, as none of her friends were there to make her feel a bit nervous.
Yet still, there was the commotion yesterday. What if Kagami and Luka ended up on the news? Then everybody would know about them... she tried not to think too much about it.
After school, Kagami courageously met with Konata in the lobby. Miyuki seemed to be absent that day, and Tsukasa had a lot of schoolwork to make up. So once again, it was only the two of them.
"Hey Kagamin." Konata greeted.
"Oh... hi Kona-chan!" Kagami gave the brightest smile she could, yet she still couldn't hide her tiredness from last night and the day full of jitters.
"Kagami. You seem a bit tired. What could've kept you up all night?" Konata asked. "Stay up all night watching all them Vocaloid videos?"
Konata was at least joking, and Kagami should've have replied with a comeback. Only she didn't have one in her at the moment.
"Um... I..." Kagami thought fast about answering Konata's question seriously... "I was thinking about you all night, Konata!" she smiled.
And she suddenly realized that sounded a bit wrong.
"I mean... I... I just worry about you sometimes and it keeps me up at night, Konata!" Kagami flailed and gave a classic tsundere glare once she was done.
"Geez..."
Konata gave a mischevious giggle.
"Whatever you say, Kagamin."
Kagami gave a discreet smile. Spending time with laid-back, joking Konata like this... made her happy.
"Oh, by the way. My surprise for you today." Konata said excitedly once she promptly remembered. "I'll have to go to your house, but..."
"Oh no! No! My house is... off-limits!" Kagami replied nervously, hoping Konata would understand from just that.
"Oh. Well, my house is off limits too. It's being redesigned..." Konata said softly.
"What?" Kagami thought this news was strange. Since when did Konata's family care about house business?
"Well, I guess we'll just use the school bathroom!" Konata sang.
Kagami grew even more confused about the surprise. "What."
"Oh come on, it's after school! School rules wouldn't apply now, we'll surely get away with it!"
Konata led Kagami into the bathroom excitedly, faced her with a smile and took off her shirt, exposing her tiny bra and her gorgeous and tan bare midriff.
Kagami's mouth fell open and her face turned red... her heart started beating faster. Konata shirtless...
"Konata, what are you... n-no way..." she sputtered.
"Okay Kagamin, take your shirt off too!"
"I..."
Kagami's face turned bright red as she gave a gasp. She already began imagining things... things like embracing Konata, holing and feeling her warm bare body...
"Am I ready for this...? Are we really gonna...? Konata..." she thought. Her breathing had become irregular and she clutched the corner of her school uniform, shaking.
"Wh-what!? Okay, wh-what... exactly are w-we doing?" Kagami asked out loud this time.
"Just washing your hair." Konata responded in a nonchalant manner. "You know, girls have to give each other makeovers sometimes, right?
A huge weight instantly lifted off Kagami's chest. But at the same time she thought, "wait, that's it?!"
She also thought this has to be the strangest Konata had ever been. But... this was another chance with Konata. Another chance... every chance meant something.
"Um... okay, Konata."
Kagami took off her shirt too, rather bashfully. She couldn't help but feel almost a bit excited, both of them having their shirts off revealing their bras. Konata's was plain, white and looked like a training bra. Kagami wore a violet B-cup. Neither of them really had much to flaunt, but both of them eyed each other for a second and secretly thought the other looked nice in their underwear.
Only they were both too shy and mannered to say anything.
"Okay." Konata had Kagami bend over the sink, pulled out and applied shampoo, and rubbed smoothly into Kagami's long lavender locks.
Kagami closed her eyes in relaxation, enjoying the feeling of Konata's small supple hands caressing at her hair and scalp... oh yes... it felt wonderful!
Konata's bare upper chest would touch Kagami's back during the procedure, each time giving Kagami a tingly feeling of intimacy. Mm...
"Her hands touching me and rubbing through my hair... the feeling of warm water rinsing through me..."
At one point, Kagami must've fallen into a relaxing sleep right at the sink.
The next thing she knew, she was still at school. She woke up as Konata's pokey little finger tap-tap-tapped on her shoulder.
"Alright Kagamin, I'm finished!"
Kagami lifted her face up and instantly saw her reflection in the sink's mirror.
"WAAAAAAAH!" she cried out.
"M-m-my hair... it's... TEAL!"
Indeed, Kagami's hair stood out like a colorful sore thumb, a flashy shade of aqua-green through and through.
"Don't worry, it's only temporary dye! It'll wear off in a day or two." Konata grinned.
"What are you trying to do with me, Konata!?" Kagami yelled.
"Oh yep. Gotta get the costume." Konata pulled out a bag she had left in the corner of their sink area and pulled out a striking outfit incorporating the flashy tealーthe same color Kagami's hair had been dyed.
A turquoise tie, a tight grey top, a black-and-teal skirt, long black boots, black-and-red headphones, and two square hair bangles which were black and hot pink.
"Here's your cosplay surprise! I know it! You love it, right? It's a known fact that every Vocaloid fan secretly wants to be Hatsune Miku, right? So I decided to do it for you!"
"Konata... gee... I guess I do really um, love this..." Kagami was truly surprised and didn't know how to feel, though she soon settled on sentimental. But that also meant that she was hiding in embarrassment, and a bitーor rather, a lot of agitation.
"You did this... for me?" Kagami looked at her girlfriend fondly.
It was a present, right! A present from Konata...
"She may have totally gotten the wrong idea, but... she's a great friend after all." Kagami thought.
"Oh by the way, you could pass perfectly as Hatsune Mikuーyou have the exact same body type!" Konata said invasively.
"Hey, what was that!?" Kagami raised her voice.
"Heh..." Konata laughed, "Sorry."
Kagami's eyes grew wider and she blushed. "Um... heh..."
"Haha!" both friends began to laugh.
And all was well... until Kagami put on the Miku costume and noticed how tacky she looked in it. They walked out into the hallway together, which by now was empty.
"Seriously though, you look just like Hatsune Mikuーexactly the way I envisioned her looking in-real life. You're quite the model, Kagamin." Konata gave Kagami a hard pat on the shoulder.
"I just wanna hide..." Kagami thought, truly embarrassed, hiding her face, and shrinking down into a little Hatsune-Miku-shaped blob.
"Konata, where's my uniform? Now that you've taken a picture of me, I can at least wear my uniform again, right?" she whispered.
"Sorry..." Konata said. "I had Tsukasa take your uniform home for you while you were sleeping."
Oh dear...
Kagami suddenly rememberedーhome.
Home.
Oh crap. Luka. Kagami's family was probably now home and they could be discovering Luka any minute, oh...
"Konata, I'm so terribly sorry, b-but... my curfew is very early now, so... see you, bye."
Completely forgetting she was wearing the Miku costume, Kagami gave Konata a sheepish smile, waved kindly, and dashed home.
Nobody was in her path once she got to her house and everyone was in their separate rooms. Kagami flew up the stairs to her room, more than eager to check on Luka and find out that everything was going okay. Or was it?
"Luka!" she said softly to her so nobody would hear. "Well, I've been waiting to see you again. You doing okay?"
Luka turned around to greet her... but when she caught the beloved sight of the teal pigtailed girl standing clear in the doorway, her reaction was nothing like Kagami expected. Nothing like she even seen. The ice blue of her eyes melted and expanded like the shiny pools of liquid they were. Her cheeks became the color of a spring rose.
Her mouth was partly open, the woman clutched a softly clenched fist to her bosom and continued to gaze.
One fondly-whispered word escaped her lips.
"Miku."
A rosy, sentimental smile formed on her face.
Kagami wanted to back away, but stopped when an entirely different atmosphere befell the two. Luka walked up gracefully, then slowly, delicately put the palms of her hands to Kagami's exposed shoulders.
"Miku..." she murmured longingly. "Hatsune Miku. I've missed you so much, too much to explain in words."
Kagami instantly froze as Luka began to smooth out her hair. She was being royally mistaken!
"I-I'm not H-Hatsu..."
"You haven't even changed one bit." Luka gently brushed through Kagami's smooth, temporarily-dyed pigtails. "From your curious wide face to your cute little chest."
Kagami turned red and before she could shout, Luka hugged her.
"Miku, how about we go to the park?" she said softly into the girl's ear, keeping her in an affectionate embrace.
"Um... Luka, I'm not Hatsune Miku!" she yelled, "I'm master."
"Miku, what a joke! You certainly have a tendency to joke quite a bit!" Luka smiled.
Kagami grew quite a bit frustrated and a little bit baffled.
"I'm not Miku, seriously." she said again.
When Luka slipped Kagami's hand in hers, she clenched it tightly yet securely and led Kagami out the door.
Kagami found herself unable to say a word.
After an embarrassing bout of holding hands, the two reached the nearby park.
Due to the time and day, not many people were around. The setting sun shone through the trees overhead, shining its scattered light on the two.
Luka sat down on a bench surrounded by sweet flowers, and urged Kagami to sit down as well. She did, and froze stiffly in her spot.
Kagami had no idea why she had went this far, but she was willing to snap just about any moment.
When suddenly...
"Miku... I love you."
Luka's tone of voice made Kagami's heart skip a beat. Suddenly she was frozen in warmth, unable to move.
A cloud floated over the sun, a cool red shade immersing the two of them in the scenic view of the gardens around them.
"I love you than words ever could convey. The entire time when we were still together, Miku... I had never envisioned you would love me back. But right when I realized you did have feelings for me, we had to be split apart like this..."
Luka wrapped her arms around Kagami's shoulder.
"Miku... but now you're back here with me. I can embrace you... I can hold you like this again... I've missed you so much. It was so painful being apart from you and I was left so sad. I never want for it to happen again... you were my best friend and my one true love, Miku..."
Kagami grew shocked. Tears? Were those tears in Luka's eyes? They were twinkling in the sunlight like warm crystals. Luka's tone of voice was heartbreaking and she looked like she was going to start sobbing any second.
Luka began trembling and one tear started to trickle down her red cheek. Kagami pulled her sleeve up to wipe it away. So much was going on... and she just didn't want Luka to be crying too, on top of it all. She felt sympathy for her as well. What did being split apart from your love feel like? Kagami couldn't imagine it.
"Miku..." Luka murmured once again after her tears were dried.
"I don't want us to ever be apart again."
In that moment, Luka shifted her glowing face forward so lovingly, so yearningly, pressing her lips to Kagami's in one heart-meltingly perfect kiss.
Kagami couldn't back away. Luka's words... her expressions. They had settled in her heart. She sounded so poignant as she talked of her parting with Miku, and so emotive as she spoke of her love.
Her lips were soft as she kissed her... her embrace around Kagami was tender and secure.
Kagami just couldn't bear to even think of her the truth, that she wasn't Miku. Luka was so happy now to be reunited. Even though it was false.
Even though the truth had to come eventually, Kagami couldn't do it. At least not at this moment.
"Um... Luka." Kagami kept the act up just to keep Luka happy.
"Luka. I... love you too." she forced a small, bashful smile, but on the inside she was breaking from all of this mayhem.
Luka leaned forward for another kiss and this time Kagami couldn't fight it. She closed her eyes and took it in...
Wait? What the heck was she doing!?
Once she realized she was feeling the kiss, she immedeatly imagined that she was kissing Konata.
Suddenly, her cheeks became so warm that Luka was able to feel the warmth coming from her.
"Miku, oh Miku..." she whispered in a daze. "Let me love you... forever and ever..."
Kagami shivered. She knew Luka's heart would be broken eventually, but for now... she decided to continue giving her the happiness she yearned for.
She sucked up all her discomfort, hid how much she was shaking, and let Luka embrace her right there on the park bench.
Meanwhile...
"Kagamin got away from me again. Why, Kagami..." Konata was laying on her bed, sulking.
"Why doesn't Kagamin want to spend any more time with me?" she thought. "Running away from me every chance we can get..." Konata sighed.
"Come to think of it, when she's not hanging around with me, she's always home at this time." Konata thought. "I should call her. At least we can talk over the phone... maybe I'll even ask her what's been up."
Konata dialed Kagami's cell phone numberーwhich she had remembered by heart on the phone in the corner of her room.
It rang, and rang... and rang... yet nobody answered. Konata's heart sank a little bit.
Eventually, the answering machine went off.
"Sorry, but the caller you are trying to access cannot reach the phone at this time..."
"Kagami... she's ignoring me." Konata immediately thought.
"Could she be sick of me? Could it be... my Vocaloid obsession? My habits? Are they really throwing her off that much? But... they never have before."
Konata heaved the sigh of her life.
"Kagami, could she have finally snapped?"
Konata took a deep breath and decided to leave a message... but no words were coming out from her shaking mouth. She couldn't think of a single thing to say.
After a few seconds of trying, she finally hung up with her face red and sweaty.
"Kagamin..." she muttered.
"I'm sorry."