“YOU LOOK SCRUMPTIOUS TODAY?!” Kagami yelled at Konata a lot. Sometimes the now chunky Otaku wondered if she enjoyed it given how frequently it happened. Of course, it’s not like she could help herself when it came to pushing Kagami’s buttons. Her friend could be really funny for such a stick in the mud. Now that she had caught up with her sister, cornered the man eater, and now that they were both in the restroom, Kagami had all the privacy she needed to lay into Konata as hard as she could “Are you insane?! It’s like you want to get caught!”

“You worry too much Kagami, it’s not like she knew what I was talking about. Plus it’s not like I was lying.” Konata responded as she leaned on the sink. Ms. Kuroi understanding exactly what Konata meant was about as likely as the Otaku deciding to never cosplay again.

“That’s the whole point! Look we all agreed to keep our mouths shut, but you’ve gotta help me out here Konata. I can’t keep this secret by myself!” Kagami stammered. She hated feeling this flustered, but how could she not? After accepting what was happening as she watched it unfold in front of her, Kagami was still set on believing that there was nothing wrong with what Konata had done. That being said, she knew that the same could not be said for the rest of the world if they ever found out.

At that point, she bore witness to something more terrifying than her friend being hunted down as a monster; her friend giving her a great big smile. Usually Konata had such a casual and confident smirk, although if you asked her friend, she’d call it oblivious to the real world, but now she was showing much more. Suddenly Kagami found herself trapped in Konata’s arms, but rather than heading for her big mouth, she was pushed right into her big belly.

“Oh Kagami, you are just the best.” Konata spoke honestly as she squeezed her friend even harder. Her friend in turn severely blushed. This hug was squishing her into soft and warm fat in many bulges that felt like they were jabbing into her body before oozing over her. Kagami then felt Konata stroking her head up against her like she was a cat, and giggling in a way that made Kagami just shiver and begged to be let go. Fortunately, Konata was done spreading the love and let her go.

“You know, in animes, the sidekick always gets pulled along into any whacky adventures the main guy or girl gets into. Whether it’s getting swept up in the gunfire, dealing with powerful ghosts, or helping them fight evil cavity causing aliens, a sidekick’s work it never done.” Konata pointed out. She knew that Kagami had her work out cut out for her “Man, having to do all that work, better you than me.” Of course, the one with the higher IQ had something to gripe about that “Hey, why am I the sidekick?!” but Konata was quick to point out “I’m the one audiences actually care about. How do you think I got my own show?” While oozing with confidence, Konata’s conversation ended there as Kagami just groaned.

“Hey, it’s almost lunch time. You eating a Choco Cornet again?” the question might seem redundant, but Kagami would like it very much if that could just move on to a different topic. Not to mention, despite approving of what went on yesterday, she now found herself having these new questions and worries over how things would be from now on. For all she knew, Konata might stop eating food that wasn’t alive or squirming all together.

“Yep; with that layered belly and fat butt, it’s like I’m eating myself. I should have known I’d be tasty.” Konata said, the image of her body morphing into her favorite junk food forming in her mind, along with another her soon appearing and then pouncing the Choco Konanet like a hungry lion. The end result was the real Konata being now twice as big and having the same body shape as her food.

“You’re getting weird again.” Again, very redundant, but Kagami would like to believe that one day she might be able to make Konata a little less….wow, she couldn’t even finish that thought. It was that much of a lost cause.

“Still, I’m glad you’re back to eating normal food. Too bad Ayano wasn’t so lucky.” Kagami smiled. Right on que, Konata’s belly brought forth a strong belch that echoed throughout the room. While her friend glared at her gross classmate, the only one who embraced her weight patted her belly and smacked her lips, catching the last taste of the ginger girl, saying “She’s in a better place.”

*Flush*

No, that was not the universe cutting to the punch line before Konata could, plus the way both of the girls suddenly froze showed that there was nothing funny about this. Turning around, they faced the stall behind them and witnessed their fears come to life as the door opened. Konata had been wrong about how no one would miss Ayano, for she had acquired a good friend who was in the same barely important status as her. Kagami felt her heart sink as she had also been friends with this girl as well.

Misao had also been friends with Kagami since middle school along with Ayano, so if anyone was going to notice her sudden disappearance, it was her. She misses one day of school and suddenly her friend drops off the face of the Earth. She’d even tried calling her last night but there was no answer and no one had even the slightest idea of where she could be. Now all of sudden, taking longer in the stall had led her to the truth…and suddenly she felt a lot worse.

She knew how much Kagami liked Konata a lot, the girl seemed to have a knack for taking up almost all of Kagami’s free time, but who would have thought she would throw away a friend she’d had for years just so Chibikko would have something to eat?!