Chapter One

10 pm, the Unlucky Number, and the Song

Kagami let out a sigh, her heart was pounding faster than she ever thought it could. Konata had dragged her and her sister out of the house during nightfall. The lilac was really mad at the otaku. What could she possibly want to show to all them at 10 p.m. at night?

"Konata, where are we even going?" Kagami snarled. Her anger rosed more when Konata only answered with her cat like smile and with a slight giggle. Kagami cursed under her breath and tried to catch up with the little bluenette girl. Biting her lip, she saw Konata show off her puppy eyes.

"You don't trust me… Do you Kagamin?" Konata said with a short small whimper. A sudden pain hit Kagami in the chest. Was her friend actually sad or was it all one of her tricks again. She shook her head to clear her thoughts not wanting to be drawn in the otaku's little game.

"You're not fooling me that easily Konata…" Kagami sneered in her all too familiar, fake voice that only Tsukasa seemed to notice. Tsukasa tugged on the back of Kagami's shirt to signal that she heard it again. Tsukasa was still quite the air head when it came to normal every day things, but when it came to her sisters, she could pick up things in the blink of an eye. Her heart ached when Kagami used her fake smiles and with that fake 'everything is okay' voice. She could almost hear the real Kagami speak. When she was in so much pain, Kagami would mask the pain just to make herself in particular feel better. This made Tsukasa hurt so much when her sister tricked herself into thinking that she was happy, it was the worst thing that the girl could have ever imagined.

Kagami began looking back at her sister and gave her a look of concern, but then putting on her best fake smile. "Tsukasa… I'm fine…" She whispered back to her. Her eyes then darted to the very confused Miyuki who was looking at Kagami then over to Tsukasa with very worried eyes.

"K-Kagami? Are you okay? Your eyes are a bit hazy…" The pinkette pointed out. 'Busted' Kagami thought before closing her eyes and giving her friend a wide smile.

"Of… Of course I'm fine Miyuki! I'm just angry at a certain someone for dragging us at such a late hour… I'm just a little surprised that our parents let us go… Aren't you Tsukasa?" Kagami asked, trying to change the subject. It was starting to get a bit painful. Tsukasa snapped back into reality and gave her sister a quick nod.

"I know what you mean, sis! Mom and Dad usually don't trust us out this late at night." Tsukasa said with a small giggle afterwards.

"We're here!" Konata yelled, making the other three girls jump.

"Konata, g-give us a little bit more of a warning next time!" Kagami hissed making Miyuki and Tsukasa wince just slightly.

"Yikes! The monster is back to normal! I better not enter the cave or I'll lose all my life points… But then again if I can…" Konata said mockingly, but was interrupted by Kagami who was a little bit madder.

"I'm a human being you jerk!" Kagami snapped with a hint of pain clearly audible in her voice.

"S-so Kona-Chan… W-why did you bring us to the Karaoke building? You don't intend for us to sing do you?" Tsukasa asked in an almost whimpering voice. She hoped the subject change would change the feeling of hostility that was hanging in the air.

"Of course Tsukasa, that's why I have brought you here so late… It was at 11p.m. that we all officially met each other at this same Karaoke building… It's been almost five years so I wanted to celebrate it properly… It's been almost half a decade, just 30 more minutes!" Konata smiled triumphantly as she heard small giggles coming from two of the other three girls.

"It's great that you thought of us… but… I can't… I just can't come here…" Kagami muttered with an almost inaudible voice. Her knuckles where white and her palms where bleeding from her nails digging into her soft skin. It wasn't bleeding badly, but a few drops where visible. "N-not after…" She then turned her back and began to walk only to get pulled back by her sister. "Sis, p-please forget about 'that' and let's just have some fun for once…, Sis?" Kagami had reached her limit. She saw actual tears building up in her sister's eyes.

"Fine… but I'm not going to be happy about it…" Kagami snarled, Konata, Tsukasa, and Miyuki heard a very deep growling sound almost beast like coming from the older twin. They all looked at the Kagami.

"Uh… How about we just go in and sing to our hearts' content…?" Said the nervous pinkette with a slight gulp, Konata looked at Kagami as if she were like glass, the normal cat like smile that was always displayed on her face had shrunk into a small scowl. Did she really hate being around her so much that she would growl and pout? Konata's emerald eyes widened slightly before going back to their normal state. Why do I care if she doesn't want to be around me? I shouldn't… I mean I'm her best friend so I guess that's why I'm hurting so much… came Konata's panicking thoughts.

Already on her way in, Kagami glimmered back at the bluenette with another smile. "Are you coming? I mean you're the one who was dragging us her right?" With that said, Kagami left a VERY confused Konata behind. What was that, was she having mood swings or something? AS they walked up to their room after signing in, Tsukasa started to slow down to meet with her sister.

"Sis… That was a year ago… Let's just have fun okay?" Tsukasa begged only to get a grunt from her stubborn sister.

"So what song are you going to sing Tsukasa?" Kagami asked, desperate to change the subject. She giggled when her little sister gave that simple, air-head look.

"Um… What song?" Tsukasa questioned putting herfinger on her chin. "Hm… I… I… I don't know… I guess whatever I find…" She giggled

"What about you Miyuki? Do you happen to know what song you want to sing?" Kagami asked in a giggling tone. The same air-head look that had appeared on Tsukasa's face now painted on the shy girl's own face. "U-uh… E-even though I know I have a certain range that I can hit and it sounds somewhat decent, I have no clue on what song would suit my current mood…"

Tsukasa, Konata, and Kagami gave Miyuki a questioning look. What do you mean by that?" Konata asked.

"Yeah now I'm curious…" Kagami agreed.

Bowing her head and mumbling an apology, she looked at them and with a slight blush forming on her cheeks. "W-well… When one is feeling sad or depressed, they tend to lean towards emotional kind of music, and with happy and goofy people will lean towards all the genres. It has been said that singing about your worries will help them be solved faster or if you are singing about prosperity the you shall have great fortune in your life time…" Miyuki concluded, getting the occasional "Ahhh~" from Konata and Tsukasa and a slight nod from Kagami.

When they finally reached their room, Konata searched her pockets for the key. "I know… I just had it…" mumbled the otaku. She hid the shiver that went down her spine as she felt a pair of eyes staring her down. Kagami was getting pissed. "Ah ha! Here it is!" Konata said in relief, she looked back at Kagami who just, tilted her head to the side in a questioning manner.

"Are you just going to stand there or are you gonna open the god damn door?!" Kagami snarled.

Taking the first step into the room Konata let out a sigh and smiled. "Alright girls So who's going… to… first…" She trailed off before poking her head out of the door to find Kagami still standing outside of the room. "Kagamin~? It's your…"

Kagami was just looking at the floor, her hands balled up into fists and clenched so tight she was white knuckled. 'It had to be THIS room… Why this room…' the tsundere grimmanced and her shaky eyes looked up at the emerald eyed otaku that stood in front of her. "D-did you pick this room Konata…?" Kagami asked voice low and stripped of emotion.

"You know it! It's our lucky number!" Konata cheered with her cat like smile widening. "Come on Kagamin, everybody is waiting for your song!"

The fear stricken face was soon gone and was masked over by her fake smile. "O-okay Konata let's go!" Kagami said feeling sick. The sweetened tone she had just used made her feel physically sick. It sounded too cheery; too happy… she reluctantly walked into the room and sat down on the couch.

To the others Kagami was bright and happy, but at the moment she just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. Her fingers dug into the couch as she tried to regulate her breathing again. She knew she needed to calm down, but with being in this room brings back memories she had long ago locked away and hoped to never see again, it was very difficult.

Tsukasa could feel her sister give off a strong wave of absolute fear. It pained her to see her strong, witty, sassy, beautiful, angry sister so scared. If it scared her, then shouldn't she be scared too? Or is that just her perception… She wasn't sure anymore, just like she wasn't sure that Kagami would make it through the night without something nasty rearing its ugly head.

Kagami quickly adverted her eyes, her heart feeling like it was gonna rip out of her chest. She clasped her hands together and began a nervous action of twiddling with her thumbs. There was a large lump in her throat that she couldn't seem to get down. The room was drench with the smell of alcohol and something she couldn't place, yet it only seemed to bother her more.

"I guess I'll go first!" Konata chirped into the mic. Her emerald eyes looked at Tsukasa and motioned her to join her for a minute.

"U-uh… W-what do you need Kona-Chan?" Tsukasa asked. Konata pulled her close and whispered something into her ear. Kagami got a chill up her spine when her sister put on her mad face and shook her head. "NO way Konata… Not going to happen…" Tsukasa frowned. The stunned Konata looked at her before sighing.

"Well…" Konata then pulled her back and whispered again. Kagami strained to hear anything of the conversation, but all she got was the occasional snort of disgust from her sister.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, the girls put in a song number and got into position. Konata put her hands on the mic and looked at her two friends with soft, warm eyes that made Kagami's face burn. She had never seen that look, but then the music started to play. She had heard this song before, but where?

"It's just the cutest thing

When you get to fussing (cussing)

Yelling and throwing things

I just wanna eat you up

I don't mean no disrespect

When I start staring

Knowing that it makes you mader (uh, oh)

I'm sorry but seenign you mad is so sexy" Konata sang with a sweet voice. It was then that the tsundere recognized the song; she let out a mumbled curse and her eyes began to water. 'Damn it Konata! What are you thinking?!'

Could it be the little wrinkle over your nose

When you make your angry face

That makes me wanna just take off all your clothes

And sex you all over the place

Could it be the lil' way you storm around

That makes me wanna tear you down

Baby, I ain't sure, but one thing that I do know is"

Konata walked off the stage and looked at Kagami with loving eyes. Kagami's eyes widend and she looked away, this wasn't happening… It couldn't be!

"Every time you scream at me

I wanna kiss you

Baby when you put your hands on me

I wanna touch you

And when we get to arguing

Just gotta kiss you

Baby, I don't know why it's like that

But you're just so damn sexy

When you're mad"

With that last not, Konata got down on one knee and grabbed Kagami's hand placing her lips on each fingertip, making the tsundere blush emencly. "K-K-Konata…" Her voice was low and demonic. Her stomach started doing back flips and her heart tried to break out of its cage like a bird. Did her dream really just come true?

Her mind was completely blank of all the previous encounters in this room. All Kagami could think about was placing her lips on the little Otaku. There was a moment of silent before a sudden muffled snort came out of Konata. "O-oh god Kagamin!" she stifled a laugh the best she could. "I can't believe you fell for that!" Konata burst out laughing. The hand that was still in Konata's hand went limp along with Kagami's body. She was right, it was too good to be true.

Tsukasa blinked before a sudden rage built up in her. "Konata… Apologize right now…" she warned. This was supposed to be a wonderful time for her and her sister, but unfortunately it seemed to be a cruel joke.

"N-no Tsukasa… I-it's okay…" Kagami chuckled slightly removing her hand from Konata's grasp and began to smile. "Great joke Konata… Really got me there…" The lilac then let out a fake chuckle.

"S-sorry sis-"She was cut off by Kagami hugging her.

"It's fine Tsukasa… I'm fine… I always… am…" She sighed.

A sudden rasp on the door was clearly heard over the silence. "Room service…" said a familiar male voice. Kagami's eye widened and she just grasped Tsukasa tighter as a flashback threw her back what felt like only months ago.