Authors Notes: Okay guys just a quick little note here, I got the dates and times messed up so if things seem a bit screwy (Like the fact that they get out of school so late in the year and the position of the twins birthday) it's because I had faulty information when I started writing, sorry about that. It's not a huge deal, but if you focus on the timeline a lot you might be a bit confused. Simple fix, just read the story and don't worry about it! : 3
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School had gone pretty much uneventful for Konata, since all she could really focus on was her last shift at the cosplay café and what was going on after it. Over the summer break a lot of college kids worked part time at the cosplay café as well to earn a little extra spending cash and since they were older they always got dibs on the better shifts, so Konata didn't expect to get any work in over the summer.
The otaku failed to notice that the bell had rung and hadn't made any indication that she was going to leave her seat; this didn't discourage Tsukasa or Miyuki from taking their lunches and sitting down at their friend's desk in the least. They were pretty worried about her after all; it had been a few weeks since they really had gotten to talk.
Hey Kona-chan, do you mind if we sit with you?" Tsukasa asked happily, fully intending to sit whether Konata said it was okay or not.
"Of course you guys can, you don't even need to ask!" Konata smiled happily, actually quite pleased that her friends pulled her away from her thoughts, it really had been too long since they all had a conversation.
"How have you been Izumi-san, we have not seen you around much as of late." Miyuki said with a thoughtful, yet worried smile that didn't escape Konata's detection.
"I'm real sorry about that you guys, but I've had a lot of part-time jobs lately and just didn't have enough time." Konata apologized as she scratched the back of her head sheepishly.
"Why would you get so many part-time jobs Kona-chan?" The airhead asked, but it happened to be one of those rare occasions that she happened to have a pretty good idea of why.
"I bet it was for Onee-chan's present!" Tsukasa giggled in her mind, extremely pleased with herself for thinking of this all on her own.
"There is no doubt that it was for Kagami-san." Miyuki thought with a slight nod, both of the younger girls' looked at Konata expectantly, waiting for an answer to confirm their suspicions.
"I did it for my Kagamin~ of course!" Konata said with a happy grin adorning her face. Konata was really proud of all the hard work she did to make this year's birthday special for the older twin and just the thought of Kagami opening up her gift made the otaku want to squeal in delight.
"Totally knew it!" Miyuki and Tsukasa thought simultaneously.
"Ah, but don't tell her okay? I want it to be a surprise!" Konata said with a smile as she pointed at said tsundere who happened to be walking into the room.
"What is with the pointing?" Kagami asked with a raised eyebrow. The older twin would have gotten to the other classroom sooner, but she first had to deal with a pesky fanged brunette.
"I needed a description for vicious and you just happened to be walking in, thanks for the help Kagamin~!" Konata said laughingly as Kagami walked around behind her and got her into a playful headlock.
"What was that about being vicious?" Kagami demanded lightheartedly as she began giving the older, yet smaller girl a noogie.
"I mean Kagami is the sweetest and kindest person ever!" Konata laughed as she tried to get out of the taller girls grasp.
"That is what I thought you said." Kagami said with a smile as she let the blunette go, she was happy that Konata was back and things were back to normal. However, there was someone who didn't quite think the same way that the twin tailed girl did…
"They seem to have gotten a lot closer; in fact they are acting far outside what is considered normal…" Miyuki thought as she watched the group start up a silly little conversation, more concerned with her own thoughts at the moment more so than the group's discussion.
"Did you forget to bring lunch again Kona-chan?" Tsukasa asked with motherly tone, a tone she often used with Kagami when she caught her older twin studying late into the night.
"Yeah I was pretty worn out yesterday so I forgot to make myself a lunch and I just know the cafeteria is completely sold out of cornets by now…" Konata said sheepishly as she scratched the back of her head, nervous giggle escaping her lips.
"Well if you would like, you could share mine Izumi-san." Miyuki said kindly, deciding to leave her thoughts for now and pursue them later. "My mother always makes me far too much." The pinkette stated as she offered her bento to the tiniest girl of the group who not very humbly took it.
"Thanks Miyuki…" Konata said with a large grin as she reached out for the small pink box, only to have her hand grabbed by the younger twin who closely inspected it.
"Kona-chan, why do you have so many little cuts on your hand?" Tsukasa asked in that same motherly tone, although it was slightly different, more scolding if it was possible for Tsukasa to scold anything.
Konata had completely forgotten about the cuts, she had been so tiered after that job that she just crashed and neglected to put any kind of ointment onto them. Now that the younger girl had pointed them back out to the blunette, said otaku couldn't help but feel them start to sting.
"Ah, you mean these? They're my battle scars!" Konata said with a laugh, trying her best to hide the discomfort she was feeling at having the wounds brought to the forefront of her mind.
"You should get those treated; I have some Band-Aids as well…" Tsukasa mumbled as she rummaged through her bag for the first aid items.
"No way, these are like my trophies of war! You don't just cover that kind of stuff up!" Konata defended, now it was a matter of pride and not making herself look weak… She hated being weak…
"Konata… Tsukasa give me the Band-Aids." Kagami said with a look of worry on her face; the tsundere knew firsthand how soft and delicate the smaller girl was and Kagami also knew how prideful the older girl was.
Kagami had learned that Konata wasn't the one to ask for a lot of help, things like homework and money she just took from those with a kind heart, but things like opening chips or a scraped knee… Those things Konata would deal with by her own hand, never once had Kagami seen the older girl ask for help in one of those kind of situation, even going as far as denying help when it was offered.
"Oh, what are you going to do with them Kagami?" Konata asked teasingly as she stood from her seat as Kagami did the same.
"Don't play coy with me; I am going to treat those hands of yours so they don't get infected." Kagami said in a mocking sort of tone as she walked around the table at a leisurely pace, nowhere near fast enough to catch the athletic girl.
"You are going to have to do better than that Kagami!" Konata taunted as she skipped around the table, a little confused at the tsundere's smug behavior when she was the one who was clearly winning.
"Oh, is that so? Sorry Konata, but this round I have already got you beat!" Kagami said happily as she darted at the smaller girl, but right as Konata was about to make a run for it a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, distracting her just long enough for Kagami to catch her and begin dragging her toward the bathrooms.
"Miyuki you betrayed me!" Konata shouted in agony as she was forced into the bathrooms by the taller girl.
"They sure are close… Do you think we are close like that Yuki-chan?" Tsukasa asked innocently as she rested her head on the meganekko's arm, causing said girl to blush.
"Maybe Tsukasa, we will just have to wait and see…" Miyuki said as she tried to focus on something else beside the new breed of thoughts that had just entered her mind.
"Ow hey that hurt Kagami!"
"Then hold still!"
Kagami finally managed to get the otaku cleaned and bandaged, but not without a fight from the spunky little brat as Kagami referred to her in her head.
"Yes, coming right up… Just a minute please." Konata said sweetly as she rushed off to the kitchen to give the chef the young man's order, it was her last customer of the day and she planned on closing out her shift strong. Konata did a fabulous Haruhi, but no one could say a bad word about the appeal she had when cosplaying as Tohru Honda.
With her shift finally over Konata hurried back to the dressing room to get changed and ready for her evening plans. She was going to hang out with Miyuki, Tsukasa, and of course Kagami and didn't want to be late so they could get right to having fun.
"You know you're going to get sick if you don't quit running around like that." Patty said with a sigh as she watched her sempai quickly remove her cosplay and begin putting on her regular clothes.
Even the American had noticed that Konata seemed to be a bit frazzled as of late. Konata seemed to have too much on her plate, but by the will of Haruhi she did it all and she did it all well.
"I am not going to get sick from being extra busy." Konata said with a laugh as she tried to put on her shirt, but due to the speed at which she was moving found it utterly impossible to do so.
"Maybe it won't, but it does weaken your immune system and that alone could make you sick." Patty said expertly, since she had just learned that in school earlier that day, as she walked over to help her struggling Sempai.
"Patty does have a point Sempai." Hiyori said with a worried tone. Although the doujin artist didn't work at the cosplay café she was almost always there, she was there so often in fact that she had free roam of the whole place just like any employee.
"Guys I'm fine, really." Konata sighed as she Patty finally got the shirt over her otaku role models head.
"I don't know about that Sempai, you are giving up being an otaku so I think you are already sick…" Patty said with a small frown appearing on her face at the thought of Konata joining the normal people.
"What do you mean I'm giving up being an otaku I would never abandon my beliefs!" Konata said with a shocked voice that her friends would think such a thing about her.
"But Sempai, you told us your plans and if you do that…"Hiyori stated, but was soon cut off by the blunette who had finished packing up her things and getting dressed.
"It's not like that at all, they are ones I don't need or ever use, besides I can always get my dad to buy me more." Konata said giving them the best reassuring smile she could.
"Yeah but Sempai…" Hiyori started to say, but was once again cut short by the smaller girl.
"And besides you can still be and otaku without millions of yens worth of merchandise… Right…?" Konata asked, her voice wavering a little with uncertainty, which Patty noticed.
"Yeah, as long as you're happy then it's all good!" Patty cheered giving the older girl a nice big hug, purposely placing the blunette's head in-between her supply breasts, just like she knew Konata liked.
"Don't worry Sempai, I will give you a special discount for my groups circle at this summer's Comiket!" Hiyori gave the blue haired girl a thumbs up as she adjusted her glasses, in the diabolical way…
"Such great comrades I have." Konata mumbled dramatically from the blonde's cleavage.
"Oh, hey don't you have someplace to go?" Patty asked as she realized Konata from her grasp.
"Ah, I am so gonna be late!" Konata shouted as she bolted out of the café and into the fresh evening air.
Meanwhile Misao had convinced Kagami to study with her and Ayano until she needed to go meet up with the others, even though Misao did absolutely none of the studying.
"Hiiragi I'm bored." Misao whined as she rested her head on the table they were currently sitting at, her tongue pooping out of the corner of her mouth..
"Here is an idea, why don't you study some?" Kagami said in an annoyed tone, this was the seventh time Misao had done that and Kagami was just about to snap at her.
"Make Hiiragi take a break Ayano she will listen to you." Misao whined again, this time attacking the one who was easier to break down.
"Maybe we should take a quick break Hiiragi-chan." Ayano said in her sweet and quite tone.
"Oh, alright already a short break!" Kagami sighed as she closed her book rather roughly and leaned back in her chair.
"Yay!" Misao cheered as she threw her hands in the air in victory.
"Alright, why don't you calm down there." Kagami suggested, but figured it would do little good on the hyperactive girl and she was right.
"Let's play a question game, Ayano will ask me a question then I will ask Hiiragi and so on, then we will switch the rotation." Misao said with a smile at her newly made game, while completely ignoring Kagami's last statement. "And no lying."
"What makes you think I want to play this dumb game?" Kagami asked in a rather lethargic voice, not wanting to expend all her energy before having to put up with the blue monstrosity.
"Come on Hiiragi, it will be tons of fun!" Misao shouted, waving her hand in the air frantically as if it would help her prove her point.
"It does sound like a fun game; maybe we could try it for a little while to humor her?" Ayano said sweetly, once again swaying Kagami, after all it was easier to change Kagami's mind then it was to change Misao's.
"Not you too…" Kagami sighed as she looked back and forth between her two friends and then let out a loud and drawn out sigh. "Fine I'm in, let's start already." Kagami said as she put her hand over her eyes, just knowing something was going to happen.
"Okay Ayano ask me anything you want anything at all!" Misao said happily as she took a seated stance and stared the other girl down, half expecting an embarrassing question.
"Um, what time do you usually go to sleep at night?" Ayano asked with great interest, Kagami also wanted to hear this answer.
"Yeah you are always so full of energy…" Kagami mumbled as the two simply looked at Misao.
"That is an easy one; I go to be around one in the morning most nights!" Misao said proudly, putting a hand on her chest. Both of the other girls were stuck wondering where the fanged girl got her massive amounts of energy from.
"It's my turn to ask Hiiragi something!" Misao cheered as she put a finger to her chin, it wasn't often chances like this arose so the brunette wasn't going to waist it.
Here it came, this was the feeling Kagami had foreseen so to speak. "Yeah, yeah just get it over with." Kagami said as she braced herself for a really awkward question.
"If we were both Yuri would you go out on a date with me?" Misao asked quickly trying her best not to bust up laughing until after she got a reply.
Kagami couldn't comprehend what she was just asked so she just sat there with a blank look on her face, when it did finally click her reaction was… Satisfactory…
"Wh-wh-what kind of qu-question is that!" Kagami shouted as her face exploded a deep crimson, steam literally billowing off the top of her head.
"A good one, now answer it!" Misao said between suppressed giggles.
"Well, I, um, no I'm sorry Misao." Kagami said quickly and quietly, hoping that she didn't hurt her friend's feelings with that statement. Misao on the other hand couldn't contain it anymore and fell out of her seat laughing so hard.
"What is so damn funny?" Kagami demanded a little mad at the other girl now.
"I so knew it, you have the hots for the chibi!" Misao gasped as she laughed even harder, tears beginning to stream down her cheeks.
Kagami's mouth opened to make a comeback, but her voice suddenly locked up to where she could do little more than stutter a few incoherent things while ever darkening in shade.
"That's not it." Kagami finally protested.
"Uh-huh, then why are you always going over there for lunch?" Misao ask the red-faced tsundere once she got her laughing fit under control.
"Maybe I want to eat with my sister did you ever think of that?" Kagami said with a smirk of victory knowing Misao couldn't prove her wrong.
"It's four forty." Misao stated with a purely evil grin.
Kagami didn't understand the statement at first, but upon looking at her phone she realized… "Ack, I'm gonna be late!" Kagami shouted as she grabbed her school thing and threw them in her bag.
"Going on a date with the chibi?" Misao snickered.
"That's not it; I'm going to hang out with some friends." Kagami said as she finished packing her school stuff, if you could call that packing.
"Then we can go with you right Hiiragi?" Misao asked as she packed up her and Ayano's things.
Kagami knew that Misao and Konata did not like each other, but if she said no to them they would get the wrong idea. "But why is it wrong?" She questioned herself. "Now is not the time I have to go!"
"Yeah you guys can come, but if you make Konata mad Misao I will hit you so fair warning." Kagami said as they started walking down the school hallway.
"Oh, protecting you fragile lover are we Hiiragi." Misao said while she made kissy noises.
"Hardly… If she makes you mad I will hit her too." Kagami said with a sidelong glance at her two friends.
"I'm glad she turned me down, I think she would be abusive." Misao snickered to Ayano, just loud enough for Kagami to hear.
"Hey!"
Konata, Miyuki and Tsukasa were standing outside Club Sega talking about different things while they waited for the older twin to arrive. Konata saw Kagami and the other two a ways off and despite Misao being there decided to run up and meet her tsundere half way.
"Kagami I have missed you so much!" Konata shouted as she jumped and latched onto her tsundere's side.
"Hey get off!" Kagami said, turning a faint red as she heard Misao giggle. "Why do you always pick on me?" Kagami asked as the smaller girl let go and smiled at her with her devious cat like grin.
"I don't, I did the same exact thing to them." Konata chuckled as she pointed at Tsukasa and Miyuki who had just walked up, since they decided not to run like Konata had.
Konata made a quick movement that left everyone stunned, but Kagami and Ayano were the ones who were taken completely off guard.
"Ayano I have missed you so much!" Konata shouted louder than she did with Kagami as she latched onto the quiet girl.
"I am happy to see you as well Izumi-san." Ayano said with a small bush, not sure what to do in a situation like this.
Kagami felt a foreign feeling rear up in her gut."Is this jealousy? Why would I be jealous of something like this?" Kagami questioned herself. She did not know why, but she was getting mad and not at Konata but the person taking the blunette's attention away from her.
"Alright Konata get off Ayano, and how do you know her name?" Kagami had to get Konata off and stop this slowly boiling rage.
"I know these two are your friends and any friend of yours is a friend of mine." Konata said as she slipped off her perch and turned to face Misao.
"Don't even think about it chibi." Misao stated with a sneer.
"Like I would…" The blunette muttered under her breath with a glare that did not go unnoticed by the group.
"Alright, there are a few things to address before we have fun!" Konata said as she stood on the curb trying to make herself taller, but only putting her on eye level with everyone else.
"First off you two are going to have lunch with us every day once school starts up again." Konata said pointing at Ayano mostly and gave Misao a flick of the hand as if she did not care about her coming or not.
"That actually is a good idea." Kagami said with a smile, she had never really thought to formally invite her other two friends to come and eat with them.
"When will you learn all my ideas are great one Kagami?" Konata said with a high and mighty tone as she put a hand over her chest in pride.
"Yeah, yeah…" Kagami sighed as Konata continued.
"Second you two stop with the formal Izumi-san business and just call me Konata." The blunette pointed at Miyuki and Ayano this time.
"If that is what you would like Konata-san." Miyuki said with a happy little smile, quite amused with Konata's apparent 'leading'.
"Aya-chan, you could use the nickname I use? I call Kona-chan, Kona-chan!" Tsukasa said happily.
"Very well then Kona-chan." Ayano said happy, smile adorning her face truly grateful to be accepted by this group so easy.
"What about Misao?" Kagami asked her shorter friend and got a look of disgust in return.
"Kusakabe can call me whatever she wants." Konata said in a dry voice, coming close to a hiss as both girls in question glared at each other with hate filling their eyes.
"Anyway my dad gave me a ton of money so let's go have fun!" Konata cheered as she quickly reverted back to her old self and led the group into the large video arcade.
"I wonder why those two hate each other so much…? I have got to find out." Kagami thought to herself instead of following the group and it only took a moment for Konata to notice her absence.
"Hurry up and get over here Kagamin~" Konata shouted in a cutesy voice, quickly snapping the older twin from her thoughts.
"I'm coming!" Kagami yelled as she sprinted over to the group while thinking…
"Oh well I will figure it out later, now I want to be with my Konata."
Ending Notes: Just in case you are confused, for the rewrite I am just fixing some wording issue and parts in the story that don't flow. Major event in the story don't change, they just get easier to read.