Chapter 7: Visits
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Alrighty guys, up to chapter 7! Please, if you've read this far, keep reading, I'll try to at least get this day over in this chapter XD. Please please please tell me what you think! And btw, Akira did ask me if she could have a part in the story, let me know what you guys think of a cameo!
Rating: T
Konata's room: Kagami
Kagami ran into the room in a hurry, worried as to why Konata had seemingly panicked. "Konata are you okay?" She shouted in concern. She saw Konata visibly relax.
"Kagami..." Konata let out the breath she didn't know she had been holding, "I heard yelling and Tsukasa screaming... I was really, really worried..." She huffed.
"It's okay Konata, don't worry. Everyone's fine." Kagami said with a sigh of relief. "It was actually me who was worried about you when you rang so hard." She added, her cheeks warm with blush.
"Thank you Kagami..." Konata trailed off a little. The two spent a moment in silence before Konata spoke again.
"So who's here?" Konata asked.
"Me, Tsukasa and Tony. Miyuki had to go to the dentist so she couldn't come." Kagami explained as she went to sit next to Konata.
"Aw, poor Miyuki-san. Well at least you three could come. Now for the million-yen question."
"What's that?"
"What the hell was the yelling about?" Konata yelled, her throat oddly not bothering her.
"Don't worry about it Konata." Kagami said with a smile.
"That you have to tell me not to worry about it makes me worry about it Kagami. It sounded like my dad." Konata pressed the subject further. At this point, Kagami couldn't find a way out of telling her.
"Well... Your father hadn't slept since the day you got sick, other than a little break I gave him this morning. Between that, and his extraordinary suspicion of Tony, he went a little crazy for a minute." Kagami said, skipping the fact that his concern for his daughter had probably been a factor. She didn't want to make Konata think it was her fault.
"What did he do?" Konata asked, worried about what he might have done.
"He... kinda attacked Tony..." Kagami reluctantly informed her.
"..." Konata gave a blank stare for a second. "PFWAHAHAHA!" She laughed. She laughed for a good minute before she saw how irritated Kagami looked. She quieted down quite a bit. "So what happened?"
"Tony knocked him out with some sort of neck pinch. He's very... fast... Then he put your dad to bed." Kagami figured she could fill Konata in on the details later.
"Well that's..."
"Yeah..."
"So how long can you stay?" Asked a hopeful Konata.
Kagami smiled. "How long would you like?"
"Forever?" Konata suggested.
"Fo-fo-for... Ummm, I'm not sure I could do that!" Kagami shouted, completely flustered with a face the approximate color of a tomato.
"Sure! We can just ask my dad if you can move in!" Konata shouted, throwing her arms into the air.
"N-n-no! I mean my parents would never allow it!" Kagami hurriedly replied, her face continuing into it's red hue.
"Awww~, Kagami doesn't want to live with me..." Konata sniffled in fake sorrow.
"I-Its not that! It's just my parents are very traditional and..."
"Yay! Kagami DOES want to live with me!"
"Ah-You-Ga-... *Sigh* Well at least you're making jokes again... That proves you're getting better..." Kagami sighed. "Well, do you want to see Tony now?" Kagami asked, trying desperately to hide her blush in any way, even leaving.
"Yeah, I guess... Send him in..." Konata took a deep breath as she prepared for the person she had no reason to dislike, but yet still did. Kagami left the room.
The living room
"Alrighty, so do you know what you want to call me now, Tsukasa?" Tony asked, having had to tell her exactly why 'Chan' wasn't a very viable name for him.
"Yeah!" Tsukasa shouted excitedly. At that moment, Kagami came out of Konata's room.
"Hey Tony, Konata would like to see you!" Kagami shouted.
"Ah, Alright then, I guess I'll go have a talk with her." Tony said as he went to Konata's room.
"Bye Kan-chan!" Tsukasa yelled after him. She could have sworn she saw him cringe a bit. Kagami was the one to jump this time.
That's not what she said before... Tony thought as he entered Konata's room
"Kan...chan... I thought his name was Tony?" She asked Tsukasa.
"Oh that's right! You weren't there when we heard his real name!"
"His... real name?"
"Yeah, his real name is Kanpeki Otokonoko." Tsukasa informed Kagami, though she could only remember it in full because she and him had just gone over it.
"Ahhh, I see... Why does he go by Tony then? That makes no sense..." Kagami gave a confused look.
"He said he just likes being called Tony is all." Tsukasa reiterated.
"Ahh... It still doesn't make any sense..." Kagami mumbled under her breath.
Konata's room: Tony
As Tony entered the room, he could feel the animosity before he even turned around. He turned slowly to see Konata staring intensely at him. "I understand you would like to talk to me?" Tony stood near the door, making no attempt to close the distance between him and Konata without permission.
"Yeah, come sit down." Konata simply said, referencing the chair next to her bed. Tony complied.
"So what's up?" He asked, sitting beside the sick girl.
"Tony, you've given me no reason to dislike you but... I still do. Please, tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I have no reason to suspect you of anything. Kagami told me I'm just being paranoid. Am I? Or is there some explanation as to why I get so sad and angry every time I see you?" Konata looked incredibly serious. Tony looked thoughtful for a moment.
Well, this supports my theory. She's only ever seen me once without Kagami being present as well. Maybe she recognized me as an OC...
"Don't worry Konata. I have no bad or harmful intention for you, our friends, or anyone undeserving." Tony vowed with unquestionable sincerity.
"Okay... I guess I'll trust you for now, you sounded really sincere."
"Yeah, if I could just find a good pumpkin patch, I could meet the Great Pumpkin!" Tony smirked. Konata started to laugh, but her throat pounded in protest.
"Okay, that was good." Konata admitted.
"Why, thank you very much." Tony quickly stood up for an over-the-top bow before seating himself again.
"So I heard my dad had a really crazy moment." Konata said, remembering what Kagami had told her.
"Yeah, he really needed sleep. I could also tell by the rumbles in his stomach he hadn't eaten in a while."
"That's really strange, how OOC of him..."
"Yeah, but that's what happens after days without sleep and a mysterious boy you don't know comes to your house."
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. How the hell did you know where I live?" Konata asked, having forgotten the question completely in her panic.
"Well, when Kagami found out where I lived, she had a rather... deadpanning reaction. I figured that I either lived next to her or you and she ended up needing to borrow my bike to get to her home before curfew."
"You let her use your bike when you had only known her for one day?" Konata raised an eyebrow, impressed with his trust.
"Yeah. She returned it the next day like I figured she would. I could tell she was the trustworthy type."
"Thanks a lot for that."
"Hehe no problem."
"And another question."
"Shoot."
"Why did you lie to my dad? He said you said you were my friend, but I treated you so badly. I didn't exactly consider you my friend."
*Sigh* "I never lied to your father. I said YOU were a friend of MINE, he only assumed it worked vice-versa. I could tell you were a nice person by the look Kagami gave you when you insisted on 'Izumi', though you didn't show it to me." Tony stated before adding almost inaudibly, "Wow, this much be boring as hell for the readers... I've already explained all of this!"
"Did you say something?"
"Yes, I said I never lied to your fath-"
"I mean after that."
"Meh, don't worry about it."
"Well, I'm just glad my dad didn't hurt you. He didn't, did he?"
"Nope, I'm pretty tough to hurt."
"So I hear."
"Konata, I know your throat is sore, it must be pounding by now with all the conversation. Would you like to continue this later? I think you should be well enough to go to school tomorrow."
"You think?"
"I'm pretty sure."
"Cool..." Konata slouched back, relieved that she was almost past this.
"May I stay in the house until your father wakes up? I kinda put him to sleep and I don't want you to be by yourself if you need something."
"Yeah sure, if you want..."
"Thanks, I'll leave you alone so you can actually stop talking and hurting yourself. Or would you like to see Tsukasa now?"
"I guess I should let her come see me if she wants. Tell her she can come in if she wants to."
"Alrighty, ring the bell if you need anything." Tony said as he made for the door.
"Thanks..." Konata quietly said to avoid putting her throat in any more pain.
"Oh hang on, here use this instead of talking so you don't have to hurt yourself with Tsukasa." Tony said, pulling out a smart phone. "Just go to messaging or something and type instead of talking."
"Really? You're letting me borrow this?" Konata asked, accepting the gift.
"Yeah sure, just try not to lose it." Tony said with a smirk.
Konata rang the bell slightly as Tony turned to the door. He turned back to her. "Yes?"
Konata began typing out something. 'Hey, wanna scare Tsukasa?'
"Sure, how do we do it?"
'Here's the plan...'
The living room
"Man, I guess something like that would get that stinky, huh?" Kagami said, surprised at such a twist.
"Yeah, it can get really stinky, almost like-" Tsukasa was interrupted by Tony coming out of Konata's room. "Oh Kan-chan! How's Kona-chan?" Tsukasa asked in a cheery mood.
"She isn't good. Her health has really taken a bad turn. She really wants to see you before anything... bad happens Tsukasa." Tony said, his expression grim.
"N-No! Kona-chaaaaaan!" Tsukasa yelled, running into Konata's room, Kagami hot on her trail. Kagami felt a sudden pressure on her arm, halting her from moving any further. She turned to see what DARED stop her from seeing her worsening friend. What she saw was Tony with a large smirk on his face.
Konata's room: Tsukasa
"Kona-chan! Are you okay?" Tsukasa shouted, seeing her friend covered in a blanket, a wet cloth on her head. She had a phone next to her. Tsukasa ran to see her fallen friend to check if she was still awake.
'Hi Tsukasa.' The phone chimed when she typed it in. 'I am glad I got to see you this time.'
"Yeah, Onee-chan pulled me away as soon as she came out last time. Please! What's wrong? Can I help at all?"
'Do not worry Tsukasa. Let's just talk like normal.' The robotic voice sounded.
"Su... Sure Kona-chan."
'So how is everything in Miss Kuroi's class?'
"It's been really weird without you Kona-chan. Ms. Kuroi seems worried about you."
'Am I going to be in trouble for missing school?'
"I don't think so. We haven't really done much, just a few things like she's told us that we are going to be taking college level courses now and that our exams are soon." Tsukasa said with a tear in her eye, her voice trembling. Konata hadn't suspected or intended for her to actually cry. Now that she thought about it, that seemed a very real possibility.
"Tsukasa, don't worry, I'm really fine. I was just trying to scare you a little bit."
"Kona-chan! That was really mean!" Tsukasa yelled with tears starting to flow. "You're sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I'm still sick, but not as much as before. No need to worry."
Tsukasa sighed in relief as she realized Konata had, in fact, been kidding. "Please Kona-chan... That was in really bad taste."
"I promise not to do something like that again."
"I think I'm gonna go now, I've gotta calm down..." Tsukasa said as she got up, wiped the tears from her cheeks, and walked towards the door.
"Cya Tsukasa!" Konata shouted, her throat still throbbing.
The living room
"You. Did. WHAT?" Kagami yelled after Tony explained his and Konata's deception to Kagami.
"Well... She wanted to give Tsukasa a little fright, you know? That's how she is."
"How would you even know how she is? This is the first time you've really even talked to her!"
"If this wasn't how she was all the time, would she have asked me to do it?"
*Sigh* "I suppose not... Still that's really bad to do. You realize that Tsukasa probably broke into tears in there? That's terrible."
The thought had occurred to Tony, but Konata had reassured him she would just be a little scared. "I hope we didn't cause too much trouble..." He said as he hung his head.
"I'm sure she'll be okay... but still..."
"Still what?"
"You and Konata working together is a scary thought..." Kagami said as Tsukasa left Konata's room, her cheeks puffed red. I told him.
"Hey Tsukasa, are you okay?" Tony asked quietly, knowing what was to come.
"Kan-chan... Did you lie to me to scare me?"
"I suppose I did, I'm really sorry. I had no idea it would affect you this much. Konata assured me that you would only have a little scare..." Tony explained. "I'm sorry I caused you such strife." He apologized with a bow.
"I guess it's okay since you apologized, I'm just glad that Kona-chan's okay... Please just don't make me worry like that again, it's really mean." Tsukasa said as Kagami thought.
Wow, she's really forgiving sometimes, I would have hit him a few times really hard if he pulled that crap on me AND Konata went along with it. "Tony, I'm really disappointed in you for doing that."
"I'm really sorry."
"That's not good enough."
Tony thought for a minute before saying his next line. "Super mega special mecha awesome chocolate-dipped shining flaming glowing incredible apology!" He yelled out, thinking afterward, Wait, did I just reference the anime that this is a fanfiction of? Holy crap! Pime Taradox!
*Sigh* "I guess that's fine if that's all. Just don't do it again." Kagami scolded, but cooled off remembering that Konata had used nearly the exact same line once to describe her Volleyball serve. She looked at the time to see it was getting late. But I really don't want to leave! She thought. Oh, I have an idea! "Hey Tsukasa, would you be opposed to asking our parents if we could spend the night here? Then we could take care of Konata!"
"Sure Onee-chan, if you want." Tsukasa said, still a little irked at Konata for scaring her so badly. Putting a mask on and scaring her on the way back from the bathroom was one thing, pretending to be dying was QUITE another.
"Yes!" She cheered as she dialed her home phone number, having made sure to remember her cell phone today.
"Hiiragi residence." She heard Miki on the other side of the phone.
"Hey mom, Konata invited me and Tsukasa to stay at her house tonight. May we?" Kagami asked, certain that Konata wouldn't mind her inviting herself.
"Sure Kagami! Be sure to thank Mr. Izumi for letting you stay over!" Her mom said from the other end.
"Thanks mom!" Kagami cheered as she hung up. "I'll go tell Konata we can stay." She said as she rushed down the hallway to her friend's room.
"She sure is excited." Tony smirked as he saw Kagami nearly click her heels.
"Yeah, she is, isn't she Kan-chan." Tsukasa agreed.
"Hey Tsukasa, I thought you were going to call me Kan-'san'?" Tony asked, confused.
"I think chan is okay. I like the name," She said, taking her turn to smirk for being able to get back at Tony "I don't know why."
"Ahh, using my words against me." Tony smirked at the irony. "Very well, Kan-chan it is."
Konata's room: Kagami Redux
Kagami entered Konata's room with a wide grin on her face. Konata saw this and instantly smiled herself for some reason. Kagami was the first to speak.
"Hey Konata, I might not able to heck forever, but, if you're willing, me and Tsukasa can stay for tonight."
"Yay! Slumber Party!" Konata cheered, throwing her arms into the air as happiness radiated from her in the form of little white lines.
"Not a slumber party!" Kagami yelled, but the seriousness of her yelling was vastly diminished by the fact that she was giggling at Konata's cuteness the whole time.
"Kagami! You're giggling! And this is totally a Slumber Party! We'll talk about the people we like, have naked pillow fights and eat sweets all night long!" Konata shouted, her arms once again reaching for the air.
"IT IS NOT A SLUM... All night long?" Kagami asked as her brain processed the last bit of Konata's sentence.
"Mmmhmmmm~" Konata chimed as she found the kink in Kagami's armor. "All. Night. Long."
Kagami gulped. Damn it! "Well... I guess we could do that part..."
"Slumber Party!" Konata reiterated.
"... Fine Slumber Party. But we're only doing the last thing from that little list of yours. No naked pillow fights."
"Aw~, but you know you want to Kagamin~!"
"I don't."
"You do!"
"Maybe I'll just go home..." Kagami mumbled as she looked at Konata's door.
"No please don't! No naked pillow fights!" Konata said, reaching her arms in an attempt to stop Kagami.
"Well, if you insist." Kagami smirked, knowing she had won.
"Oh, and could you tell Tony that I appreciate his offer, but it isn't necessary anymore?" Konata asked.
"What did he offer?"
"To stay until my dad woke up and take care of anything I needed."
"Well that was nice of him. I'm glad you saw that he's a nice guy."
"Hmmm~..." Konata hummed, putting a checked hand on her chin.
"Uh-oh... Why don't I like the look you have?" Kagami asked, worried about what Konata might suggest.
"Why don't we let him stay in the living room and he can cook and clean and anything else we need!" Konata laughed, again her throat had stopped it's throbbing.
"That's kind of a lot to asked from someone you've just stopped hating. Or have you?" Kagami raised an eyebrow.
"I have! He hasn't really done anything. I'm sure he'd do it if we asked him!"
"Still. Can you say 'extortion'? Say it with me. 'Extortion'. Good~." Kagami said with mock satisfaction. "At least give him something if you're going to make him stay."
Konata instantly developed her notorious Catgrin, something Kagami hadn't seen in a while. "Well, we could let him watch us have a naked pillow fight..." She suggested, knowing Kagami would instantly turn it down.
"WE'RE NOT HAVING A NAKED PILLOW FIGHT DAMN IT!" Kagami yelled a little louder than she meant to.
"Well, you wanted him to get something." Konata cat-smiled.
"Fine. Lets have a naked pillow fight and let him watch." Kagami bluffed. Konata grinned as she started taking off her shirt, Kagami's bluff having backfired. Kagami started blushing as she covered her eyes. "WHOA WHOA WHOA! Hang on here, we're not really doing that!" Kagami yelled, getting seriously tired of being out bluffed.
"Well, don't say what you don't mean Kagamin~!" Konata said, elongating every vowel in the girls name. Kagami didn't know Konata had bluffed herself, and she was glad Kagami didn't call her on it even IF Konata knew she wouldn't.
"Shut up." Kagami smiled as she placed affectionate knuckles on the otaku's head. "I'll go let everyone know what's going on."
"Okay, I'll see you when you get back Kagami!"
"Cya in a little bit."
The living room
"Yeah, it gets pretty stinky, doesn't it?" Tony shouted as Tsukasa retold her story.
"It really does when you mix it with that much Balsamic Vinegar! I'm just glad I didn't accidentally mix Turpentine with it..." Tsukasa said as she thought what the results might have been.
"Yeah, that can be... quite volatile." Tony commented as he recognized a recipe for make-shift napalm. "I'm curious as to how you know how to make napalm with vinegar..."
"Well, you see, around two years ago-"
"Actually, it's probably better you not tell me, we're getting dangerously close to plagiarism as it is."
"Wh.. What?"
"Nothing, don't worry about it." Tony replied. Kagami reentered the living room.
"Alright, Konata said me and you can stay Tsukasa! And she said that you don't have to stay if you don't want to... Tony." Kagami hesitated calling him 'Tony' since it wasn't even his real name.
"I can feel your doubt. Kagami, I'm the same person, I just like Tony. Call me what makes you comfortable."
"I'm comfortable with Tony I guess... Yeah, Tony's good." Kagami nodded.
"It's more than good. It's grrrrreat~!" The boy yelled as he pointed a finger skyward and held it above his head. Tsukasa started to laugh while Kagami smiled, appreciating the reference.
"So first you're a boy, then you're a droid, then a Green Beret, and now you're a tiger?" Kagami snickered. "So what are you going to be next?"
I wish your boyfriend. "... God?"
"I'm sure." Kagami rolled her eyes.
"Hey, I've trained enough that I'm as much the God of Fighting as Keima is the God of Conquest."
"Keima... Who's that?" Kagami asked, confused as to the seemingly random name.
"I could have guessed..." Tony sweatdropped. "Well, if I'm not wanted, I'll go on home I guess." Tony said before turning towards the door. "Have fun at your slumber party!"
*Sigh* "It's not a slumber party." Kagami sighed.
"Oh, by the way, Konata is still sick, so maybe you should do what makes her happy."
"What are you getting at..." Kagami said, a pit forming in her stomach.
"Why not have a naked pillow fight? Konata seems to have insisted on it a few times. Not like anyone but yourselves and maybe Sojiro, if he wakes up any time tonight, will see you..." Tony smirked over his shoulder. Kagami blushed ferociously.
Oh god, he heard me? This is all Konata's fault! How embarrassing... "Oh... you heard that..." Kagami choked out, a feeling of horror developing along with overwhelming embarrassment.
"Yep."
"Well... you should probably get going about now, shouldn't you?"
"That's my cue." Tony said as he left the house.
"Onee-chan, we're not really having a naked pillow fight with Kona-chan, are we?"
*Sigh* "No Tsukasa, no we're not."
"Okay, that would have been weird."
"Tell me about it... Well, let's go see Konata!"
"Right!"
Luckier Channel
"Luckier~! Channel~!" Akira shouted with joy. "Hiya Luckies! I'm your navigator, Akira Kogami!"
"And I'm the assistant, Minoru Shiraishi!"
"So this is getting old. They really should end the freakin' day already. This is making the writer look like a noob." Akira said, wasting no time in dropping her cutesy act.
"Well, the writer is having fun. Isn't that the point of writing these?"
"No, it's all for the fans."
"You seem bitter, Akira-sama."
"Oh course I am! Not one reviewer asked for me to get a part! What the hell am I even doing here?"
"Akira-sama, it isn't your fault! The writer posted these at almost the same time, they haven't had a chance to review much yet!"
*Nch* "Whatever..."
*Music Tones*
"Looks like we're out of time again! I'll see you all next time and I REALLY need your support! Bye-nii~!"
"Bye-nii~!"
"..."
"This is starting to piss me off."
"Well Akira-sama, they're having fun, isn't that what matters?"
"Now you sound like a noob too."
"Please Akira-sama-"
"Don't even."
*End*
Aftersection
Yeah, this is getting to be a little much. I'm having fun writing this, let me know if you're having fun reading it! BTW, the next chapter WILL end this day, it's going to be super super long! Bye Nii!