Authors Notes: Hello everyone! I would like to give a special shout out to Mr. Acsuperman who helped me find the spelling errors in the last chapter! Also I would like to address Redline57's review: The reason she didn't want to be fed is because it was just them and Kagami was not embarrassed, now if it was in a public place and she was fine and she could get Kagami to feed her Kagami would blush and Konata would be like "Oh yeah just triggered a flag!" But when Kagami isn't blushing she is the one in control and that throws Konata out of her element. Hope this helps!

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The first thing Kagami noticed was that she was on Konata's bed, wrapped snuggly in a warm and fluffy blanket. Snapping her eyes open to full attention Kagami noticed that Konata was no long in the bed, or the room for that matter and that meant little miss I've got a fever was up and doing something.

"If she is still sick she is in big trouble!" Kagami thought as she left the comfort of the bed to find and maybe scold her little otaku.

Kagami checked the entire upstairs including the bathrooms and even Yutaka's room, Kagami was just about to head downstairs when a delicious aroma reached her nose. "Of course, she's in the kitchen!" Kagami mentally slapped herself; she knew Konata loved to take care of everyone so of course she would be making breakfast.

Konata was busily making a whole bunch of Kagami's favorites that she didn't notice the taller girl come down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"I hope my Kagamin~ likes it!" Konata quietly hummed to herself.

"Isn't she just the cutest? Making all this for me…" Kagami thought as her stomach rumbled a little, but first thing first, she had to make sure that Konata was feeling all right and wasn't exerting herself. Kagami wrapped her arms around the smaller girl, unintentionally startling her.

"EEP!" Konata squeaked as she quickly turned around to fight off her attacker, armed with the frying pan she had been using only to find Kagami standing there with a huge grin on her face, trying her best not to laugh at the smaller girl.

"You know it's not nice to scare people Kagamin~." Konata said with small giggle and a pout as she set her focus back to whatever she had been cooking.

"Ah sorry, but I needed to check…" Kagami mumbled as she turned Konata to face her and brought their foreheads together, feeling that Konata was still a little warm.

What are you doing Kagami…?" Konata said in a hushed voice as she adverted her eyes, feeling a blush spread a crossed her face at the close proximity to the tsundere.

"You are still sick." Kagami said in a disapproving tone as she stood up straight and used her height advantage to look down on Konata; much like a mom would do when scolding a small child.

"I feel a lot better I promise, plus I needed to cook breakfast!" Konata said quickly trying her best not to look at the tsundere directly in the eyes.

"Why is that?" Kagami asked crossing her arms and tapping her foot slightly.

"Because I know you get hungry and I didn't want you to burn the house down." Konata said cheekily as she smiled that same feline like smile that she always had when teasing Kagami.

Kagami smirked, she should have known that was gonna be Konata's reason and for some reason the comment didn't make her as mad as she thought it would, in fact… "I know what a fire extinguisher is Konata." Kagami said with a small giggle at the look Konata gave her.

It was an exceedingly rare occurrence that Kagami gave a sarcastic reply to one of Konata's jabs and every time she did the smaller girl had to admit defeat, there was no way Konata could fight Kagami in a battle of wits.

"Since you made breakfast already, why don't we eat and then see how you feel after that?" Kagami suggested, Konata nodded happily glad that her lose wasn't punctuated on.

Both girl's sat at the kitchen table and ate the breakfast Konata had prepared, occasionally talking about random off the wall topics in between bites of food. After the two were done Konata stood up and began collecting the dishes from their meal.

"Are you sure you don't want anything else?" Konata asked Kagami for the fifth time since they had started breakfast.

"I am sure; really, you have already made me eat three platefuls!" Kagami giggled as she comically rubbed her stomach.

"Made you I didn't make you eat them I just suggested." Konata laughed as she watched Kagami's face get a rosy tint.

"Well your cooking is just so good, I couldn't help myself." Kagami said with a smile this time making Konata's face light up as she mumbled something incoherent and rushed off to the kitchen. "The mood is good, I'll tell her when she gets back…" Kagami thought happily as she awaited Konata's return.

"Oh, yeah Dad left early today for some school event in another town and Yu-chan is still sleeping, you should see her when she first gets up its so moe!" Konata said with a laugh as she walked back into the dining room.

Kagami quickly stood up and walked over to the otaku, firmly grasping both of the blunette's hands within her own.

"Kagami is something wrong?" Konata asked worriedly, not sure what to make of this situation.

"Konata… There is something very important I need to tell you." Kagami said in a tone of voice Konata had never heard her use; it wasn't one of anger or sadness, but it wasn't really one of happiness either… It was just really, really… Loving?

Konata was rendered immobile by the voice Kagami used and all she could really do was stare into the bright blue sea that was Kagami's eyes. "Saying love first off might be a bit strong…" Kagami thought. "I really like you Konata, not just as a close friend, but as a lover would…" Kagami said as she tried to send her feelings not only through words, but also through her eyes with were locked with Konata's emerald orbs.

Konata just stood there paralyzed as her brain processed what Kagami had just said to her before she started to mutter. "No, no, no this can't be happening." Konata said with a trembling voice as she pushed away from Kagami.

"Konata are you alright?" Kagami asked with worry, think her fever might be acting up.

"You're just not thinking straight that's what it is…" Konata mumbled to herself, completely lost in her own little world.

"I'm thinking just fine, Konata!" Kagami shouted, trying to snap the smaller girl out of her trance like state.

"It's just not possible." Konata thought as tears started to well up in the corner of her eyes. "There is no way she can like someone like me."

"I take it you don't have any feeling for me, do you?" Kagami asked sadly as she felt warm and uncontrolled tears slide down her cheeks, the sight of Kagami crying was what snapped Konata back into reality.

"That's not true Kagami!" Konata yelled as she slammed her fist into the wall. "I L-l-love you more than anything I have for almost a year now." The otaku said, only breaking down father…

"Then why didn't you say anything?" Kagami asked softly, she should be happy about this revelation, but something about the way that Konata was acting unsettled her.

"Because I don't want to lose everyone, I'm a freak Kagami and I know that if I tell them that I'm Yuri they are all going to leave me!" Konata shrieked, standing at the edge of breaking apart completely.

"That's not true nobody is going to hate you for feeling love and even if the whole world hates you I will be there, because I love you too." Kagami said as she walked up to the blunette with the intention of hugging her, but fate would not let things be that simple.

Konata darted around the taller girl and started slowly walking backwards towards the front door. "No you are confused you are just super happy I got you all those nice gifts, you don't love me it's not possible." Konata said with a slight sob slipping from her throat.

"I am happy that you got me those gifts and I know now why you did, but I do love you Konata, I really do lov…" Kagami couldn't finish since she was cut off by the otaku's scream of what could have been mistaken for pain.

"NO, STOP SAYING THING THAT YOU CAN'T MEAN!" Konata yelled at the top of her lungs as tears started freely flowing down her cheeks. "Nobody can love me I'm a stupid, weak, and useless otaku who is obsessed with the stupidest things, you can't love me Kagami in a few days you will realize that and you will laugh at yourself for being so silly. It hurts… I need to go shopping, but you are welcome to stay here if you want… Bye Kagami…" The blunette said as she ran out the door leaving Kagami alone.

"What happened to you Konata…? Why can't you except that someone feels love for you?" Kagami thought saddened to no end by what she just witnessed. "I don't know why she is like this, but I am just going to have to prove my love for her just like she did for me with all those gifts…" Kagami needed a plan and she was going to need help.

"Kagami-chan I heard yelling, where is cousin?" Yutaka asked worriedly as she came down the stair in a rush, her pajamas on crooked and hair a mess thanks to have been woken up so abruptly.

"Awe, she really is cute when she first wakes up!" Kagami thought happily, but quickly pushed that thought to the side. "Hey Yu-chan, can I talk to you about something?" Kagami asked as she walked over to the couch and sat down, patting the spot next to her.

"What is it Kagami-chan?" The salmon haired girl asked as she sat down beside Kagami on the couch.

"I love you." Konata could not get Kagami's words out of her head and it was driving her insane. "It's impossible… Nobody will ever love me for who I am…" Konata sighed as she made her way back home, it had been about an hour since the incident and she had just finished her shopping.

"I sure got a lot more weird looks today than usual, my hair must be messy." The small girl thought as she walked, she had not cried for a whole ten minutes and was starting to feel a little bit better when she suddenly heard it. "I love you." Nobody was around, but that didn't matter she knew the voice was Kagami's.

Konata had started to cry again, she stopped walking for a moment and lifted her sleeve to look at the scar on her forearm, it wasn't very noticeable, but it brought back terrible memories…

Start of Flashback

"Stop it please!" A young blue haired middle school student yelled in pain as a group of boys viciously beat her in the alley behind the school.

"Your kind doesn't even deserve to live Izumi!" One boy said with a sneer as he sent a punt kick into the poor blunette's stomach.

"Help me please!" The young blunette yelled in desperation ata group of girls walking away just a few yards off she had just been talking to them, but it was all a set up to get her outside and behind the building. "You said we were friends?" Konata yelled, but was silenced with another merciless kick.

"Yeah right, you think you will ever have friends let alone someone who will actually love you? Well think again trash." Another boy mocked as he hit her in the legs with a two-by-four, hard enough to cut her open.

"We hate you Izumi, everyone will always hate you." The leader of the group said with an evil grin as he kicked her in the side of the head as the rest of the boys continued to beat her without compassion or mercy…

End of Flashback

"They were right… They were always right…" Konata pulled her sleeve back down and continued walking to her house, crying silently to herself. She forced herself to regain her composure before entering her home, just in case Kagami was still there.

"Hello Onee-chan, welcome back!" Yutaka said happily as she helped Konata by taking the groceries and putting them away for her.

"Hello sempai." Minami said quietly and with a small bow.

"Thanks Yu-chan, hello Minami-chan." Konata said in a raspy voice and it was easy for the other two to tell that she had been crying. "Is Kagami still here?" Konata asked as she glanced around the room since she couldn't see her.

"No, sempai had to leave." Yutaka said with a small and awkward smile as she rejoined the other two by the front door.

"I see, maybe I should see if Miyuki wants to do something." Konata said with a small sigh, just wanting someone's company at the moment to take her mind of the tsundere.

"No you shouldn't!" Yutaka shouted as she and Minami blocked the oldest girl from getting to the phone.

"Why not, do you think she is busy?" Konata asked, confused by the younger girl's actions.

"Well, we wanted you to hang out with us today." Yutaka said with a happy little smile, while Minami quickly shook her head in agreement.

"Oh, okay… You guys do know that if I'm there you won't be able to act all lovey with each other and not get teased right?" Konata said with her cat like grin, actually starting to feel better already.

"Onee-chan we aren't…" Yutaka pouted while as Minami just turned red.

"Let's go have us some fun, because I could sure use it right now!" Konata said with a halfhearted fist pump as the three put on their shoes and left the house.

"Oi, so you're a Yuri now Hiiragi?" Misao asked with a smirk, as she leaned back in Patty's recliner.

Kagami had gathered her friend's at the American's apartment in order to tell them her secret and ask for their help; those in attendance were Ayano, Misao, Patty, Hiyori, Miyuki, Tsukasa, and Kagami.

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" Kagami asked as she raised a threatening fist, but her deep crimson blush gave away that she was really embarrassed about having this conversation.

"If you both love each other then why isn't she here instead of being out with Yu-chan?" Patty asked quickly before things got violent in her apartment, which she had just finished cleaning.

"Konata for one reason or another doesn't believe that she can be loved…" Kagami said in a depressed voice as her shoulders slumped lightly. "I have Yu-chan and Minami-chan out with her so that we can talk without raising suspicion." Kagami said with a sigh as she sat down on the couch.

"You don't know why she is acting like this?" Miyuki asked softly resting a hand on Kagami's knee in a supportive manner.

"I have no idea why, but she thinks you will all hate her if she tells you… But she has been Yuri for over a year now." Kagami said with another sigh, she had no idea what to do about her little otaku.

"Well I hate her whether she is Yuri or not." Misao huffed as she crossed her arms and looked away from the shocked expressions that the other girls were giving her.

"Do you want me to beat the hell out of you?" Kagami asked viscously as she lunged for Misao only to be held back by Patty and Ayano.

"Why do you dislike Kona-chan so much Misa-chan?" Tsukasa asked sadly, disliking hearing the words 'I hate' come out of anyone's mouth, especially one of her friends when referring to another friend.

"It was her who started it! It was the first day of high school I was walking around the campus with my brother; he had just gone off to talk to someone when I tried to make a new friend and it just happened to be her." Misao said bitterly, anger contorting her cute face.

"What happened?" Kagami demanded, finally she would hear why those two had such a heated rivalry between them.

"I walked up to her with a smile and I asked her what her name was, she said Konata Izumi she asked what mine was and I said Misao Kusakabe." Misao took a slight pause. "She looked at me as if I told her I had killed fifty people that morning and she was next, she screamed for me to get away from her and that she never wanted to see the likes of me again, the she just ran away." Misao concluded her story with a depressed sigh.

"So you didn't do anything?" Kagami asked suspiciously, but who could blame her? Misao's story just didn't make any sense; Konata wasn't like that at all.

"Honest, I did nothing to her and she hates me." Misao said with a frown, upset that Konata didn't like her bubbly personality.

"Well once I convince her that I love her, I will ask for her side of the story." Kagami said with a smile as she put her hand on Misao's should, Kagami knew what it meant to Misao to be loved by everyone and how her hatred for Konata was killing her inside.

"Why don't we all go out tomorrow and you can treat her to whatever she wants? I know it's not the best plan, but it's a start at least." Patty said with a cheerful voice trying to bring the atmosphere up a little after Misao's downer of a story.

"Sounds good, but before I forget I want to thank you all for excepting us even though we are Yuri, but I ask that you don't let her know that you know until I can get her to open up to me." Kagami said as her eyes started to tear up unintentionally.

"I think Hiiragi needs a group hug!" Misao shouted as all the girl's in the room suddenly attacked the older twin and got her in a death hug.

"I can't breathe you guys!" Kagami laughed, feeling so happy that she had such great friends.

"I may still have it; I won't say anything till I know for sure." Miyuki thought super happy that her efforts were going to pay off and she was going to get to see the romance she had always wanted to see.

"After Onee-chan has settled everything I will tell her." Tsukasa thought with a grin.

The three girls exempt from the group were currently hanging out at the mall; Konata had gotten back her normal spunky attitude and the three were having a lot of fun.

"Hey, do you two want some free ice-cream?" Konata asked suddenly, a mischievous smile adorning her face.

"How would we get free ice-cream Onee-chan?" Yutaka asked airheadedly.

"Okay this is the plan." Konata said as the three got into a group huddle so she could tell them what to do in secret.

"Um, sempai I don't think that I can…" Minami started to protest, but was cut short by the happy little girl the suddenly grabbed her arm.

"Come on Minami-chan it will be fun!" Yutaka said with a smile as she looked up at the mint haired girl with her big green eyes.

"Yeah Minami-chan it will be fun!" Konata said mimicking Yutaka's tone of voice, grabbing the tallest girl's other arm.

Minami looked from one set of pleading green eyes to the other and found herself unable to tell them no, there happened to be a semi large group of people around the ice-cream and none of them knew they were about to be had.

"Look Onee-chan ice-cream!" Yutaka squealed cutely as she pulled on Minami's arm and pointed in the direction of the stand.

"Can we get some Onee-chan? Pretty please…?" Konata begged loudly, matching the same little girl's voice that her cousin had used.

People turned to look at who was shouting all of a sudden and saw what appeared to be three sisters, Konata and Yutaka were hold each of Minami's hands in the way small children usually do and to drive the deception home Konata and Yutaka were skipping , getting people to murmur thing about them being so cute at that age.

"Sorry, but we don't have the money for ice-cream today." Minami said in a caring, yet stern tone of voice, surprising the smaller girl's slightly at Minami's acting skills.

"Please Onee-chan? PLEASE?" Konata shouted as she began to pull on Minami's sleeve and tried to get the taller girl closer to the stand, Yutaka on the other hand just started to fake cry.

"Onee-chan is so mean!" Yutaka sobbed as she brought one hand up to her face in the manner a small child would.

"I'm sorry, but we can't…" Minami stated as she started to drag the two of them away from the ice-cream stand.

Konata had to think quick and out of impulse… "Bye, bye ice-cream." Konata said with a sniffle as she waved to the man behind the counter and she knew that she had got him.

"Please wait!" The man yelled out to them, making Minami turn to face him. "You can have some for free today, if it will bring a smile to these two cuties faces." The man said with a smile as he watched Yutaka and Konata's faces brighten.

"Oh, we don't want to be a bother…" Minami stated and just hit the whole thing home.

"Nonsense here take as much as you like of any flavor!" The man said as he made up each of their ice-cream cones.

"What do you two say to the nice man?" Minami asked as she looked at the two smaller girl with a smile.

"THANK YOU!" They both cheered in unison.

The three girls' made it outside the mall before bursting into giggles; the group was walking to the train station and laughing amongst each other at how well the others did in their little scam, both of the smaller girl's still holding Minami's hands.

"You did a great job Minami-chan!" Yutaka said with a smile as she hung on the mint haired girl's left arm, still eating her ice-cream.

"I agree, you pulled off that part perfectly!" Konata said with a light nod as she finished off her own cone, still holding Minami's right arm.

"Thank you. You both did a great job as well, but um why are you still holding on to me?" A blushing Minami asked noticing that they had yet to release her arms.

"Because were you little sisters and you need to protect us." Konata said confidently, while Yutaka just nodded in agreement. "Besides I know you love to have a certain red head cling to you." Konata said teasingly as she prodded Minami's side with her elbow, increasing the taller girl's blush.

Just then, Konata's cell phone went of playing 'Paradise lost' signaling her she had got a new text.

"It's from Kagami…" Konata said quietly as she read the message.

"What does it say Onee-chan?" Yutaka asked, wondering if the others had come up with a plan.

"She wants me to hang out with all of you tomorrow… I don't think I can, I have so many games to play…" Konata said trying to find an excuse to say no, but was having a hard time in doing so.

"I think you should go with us!" The smallest girl cheered happily trying to be supportive.

"Yes it will be fun sempai." Minami assured.

"Okay, I'll go… I hope it won't be awkward…" Konata sighed as she replied to the text.

Ending Notes: Wow would you look at all the drama, but I hope the last little bit made it tolerable? Life can't always be fluffy goodness and I really wanted to show a little about Konata's past… There will be more of her past surface in the upcoming chapters so look forward to it!

Minori Chihara sings the song Paradise Lost; she is also the voice actor for Yuki Nagato and Minami Iwasaki.