What's the Point?
Chapter 2: After Effects
Storming down the stairs Kagami bumped into Sojiro
"Hey, Kagami, where are you headed? You just got here"
"Well I have to study, you know tests are coming up" Tripping through her quick excuse
"I actually wouldn't considering Konata" Falling into a hearty laugh
"Yeah I guess so..." Voice trailing
"Still with how much she talks about you, you'd think it'd come up eventually"
"I guess, wait, she talks about me? What does she say?" Her head snapping to attention
"Oh yeah, all the time, but It's nothing too interesting (unfortunately)" Wishing he knew more of the dirty details
"Well I'd still like to hear some of it" Her voice becoming a little more pushed
"Nonsense, you said you need to study, In that case you need to get out of here, right?" His voice sounding a bit frantic
"Well okay, goodbye then" Leading herself out of the household
"That was a bit close, Konata would've killed me if I let something out" Resting his back against a wall
Back to Konata's room, she had started to become aggressive, slamming her fists to the floor, she was breathing very erratically, tears dried to her face regained life as new ones appeared, the streams running down her chin and onto the floor creating a distinct wet spot on the ground surrounded by random spots, here and there. Words started to peak out from her rapid breathing
"That... That... bitch, she just... she just left, got right up and left" Her head twitching in between words, sporadic gasps surrounding the words, she was falling to pieces
Her father had come into her room with intent to enlighten Konata with his recent conversation, but was greeted with his daughter on the floor, fidgeting
"Konata what happened?" A chill running down his spine, as the words fell from his mouth
"...Kagami... She... she" Through her choked-like breathing escaped these two words
"We'll talk later, just come here sweetie" Opening his arms as the small girl crawled into them, wrapping her arms around him, burying her face into his chest
"She... she.. it hurts..." her words eluded her even now
"Shh, Shh, it's okay we'll talk about it some other time" Stroking her hair, gently comforting her
Walking towards her home Kagami had begun to feel pain from her actions, small tears were wiped away as she denied any responsibility
"No, no I did the right thing she was thinking like a child, that's it, she was acting childish, this is the only way she will learn" She started to choke up a little as she went but holding back as to not create a scene
She was greeted by Tsukasa's beaming smile as she opened the door to the house
"Hey sis, you seem back a bit earlier then usual, something happen?"
"No, I just remembered the tests we have coming up" referring to her last excuse
"What? You know we just ended our midterms a couple weeks back" Thinking of all people Kagami should know
"Oh yeah (that's right we go to the same school) Well maybe I'm just a bit out of it, I think I need to lay down" Putting her hand to her head, letting out a large sigh
"Alright, just take a quick rest and let me know if you need anything" Tsukasa having a prominent motherly side to her
Bringing herself up the stairs and into her room she fell onto her bed, even through all the reassuring she was still with guilt, she knew she had done something wrong but she didn't want to admit it.
"What have I done?" This being the only thing close to admitting her guilt as she has gotten since the incident, she glanced up seeing a picture of Konata on her endtable, she looked at it with disbelief, almost blaming Konata for what she had done, this continued to trouble her for the remainder of the day flipping between admitting guilt and blaming Konata. She fell asleep with uncertainty as to what would happen next between them when the next day would come around.