It's been a week since our school trip. I called Kagami over after school to ask her about something that had been bothering me

Sunshine After Rain

Hey, Kagami. On our school trip, were you...... Confessed to or something?

Huh......

Kagami, you're really the type who can't tell a lie, huh

You've got that in common with Tsukasa

Because when we were on the school trip, you were acting restless and you kept glancing over at the boys

......And

Ahaha...

You weren't paying attention when I was talking to you

I was actually pretty lonely, you know?

Eh... Sorry... Was I really that restless...?

Yep. I was watching you the whole time, so I'm sure of it

The whole time, huh...

I had no idea...

Jeez

But how could you tell I'd been confessed to just from the way I looked

Because that night, when I thought you were acting weird, you said you had to run an errand and left the room...

......That's when I knew

I see

...Wait, hang on?

I feel like there's

Something important I'm not telling her...

Hang in there Konata... It's now or never...!

I have to ask her.....!

So... The boy who confessed to you, well... What happened......?

Huh?

OH-!!

I'm so sorry Konata, I was never confessed to in the first place!

W-w-w-WHAT-!?

What actually happened was...

So that's it~

I feel like such an idiot...

What kind of a guy would call you for just a doll like that~

I get it now~

I know right!

I'm mad just thinking about it!

I'd thought about it all day and wasted all my time worrying

......So, Kagami...

Do you wish he had confessed?

W-what's with that all of a sudden...

I'm asking you now

Kagami...... Answer me

Please......!

Actually, I'm glad that he didn't confess

I see...

...Because there's somebody else I like.

What......

That's why

I wasn't sure how to reject him...

And I was all worried about it

I-it can't be...... To think that... Kagami......

...Hey, Konata?

Likes someone--!

Konata!

Ah......

S-so that's it! I had no idea~

That's Kagamin for ya

It hurts.

W-well, now that we've talked about it, guess it's time to head home-! Kaga...

My heart hurts--

mi......

...Wait

If I don't say it now, I don't think I'll ever be able to...

L-let's go, Kagami... My business is done here......

Then now it's my turn.

It's about the person I like

I need to tell you about them, here and now.

N...

No!!

I don't want to hear it-!!

I don't... Want to hear it...

Konata...

...Should I be smug about this, then...?

Konata... I love you.

You know, if I had been confessed to at that time, I was going to tell him boldly, I can't go out with you because I love Konata.

But then, thinking about saying 'I love Konata!', I realized I really had to tell you first.

So at that time I was just worrying about how I should turn down a confession

Hahaha...

Well, it ended up being a needless worry

Kagami...

You're much stronger than I am

...I'm not really strong. I couldn't figure out how to say it at the right time

I wasn't going to tell you...... But you know what

I finally got to tell you... That... I love you......!!

...Kagamii......!

I

love you too.

The first time Kagami and I kissed, the taste was that of each other's tears--

Well~ At any rate

You ended up crying during the crucial confession scene

That's so Kagami-like~

Wha-

Y-you were crying too, weren't you!

...I only started crying because you did anyway...

Aww, come on~! That teasing is part of what you love about me, right~!!

......Dummy

Ah~ dammit! That's enough, let go!

What's this~? What happened to your momentum from earlier~ Kagaminya~?

It was an unusually assertive and pass~ionate embrace that you gave me...

S-s-s-shut up~

I was just caught up in the moment...!

...Konata?

Kagami, you're a shy person, so you're not good at expressing your honest feelings, right

...Mhm...

...But because of that personality, it took extra courage for you to be able to say you loved me, and for that... I'm really, really happy

...So

Thank you, Kagami

...Of course!

Well, I hate to say it, but I'd better get going now~

Yeah, we can't stay like this forever...

And now that it's finally raining, we can share an umbrella-

Oh? I didn't even notice it had stopped raining. _{It's still cloudy though}

This rare event is~~

Whaaaaaat!? Kagami you idiot~

Why are you getting mad at me

Hey-

...Come on

It'll rain again someday, we'll just have to be patient until then

See, you need to pull it together too, Konata!

Hmmm... 'Too', huh...

Kagami, you wanted to share an umbrella with me~♪

Wh- N-no w...

Don't be shy~♪

That's

I-I'm going home now! Okay Konata! I'm leaving you behind!

enough-

Uwa-!?

W-wait, Kagami~

Kagami-sama, I'm so terribly sorry, please forgive me~

Fufu

...Hey, Konata

Y-yes?

Want to hold hands?

...Yeah!

Well, we may not be able to share an umbrella, but the distance between Kagami's heart and mine is 0 centimeters~♪

N-no embarrassing lines...!