Tacky... Tacky...
"You have such weird taste, Mio."
Were her lyrics tacky? Maybe it was her fault that she saw romance in every aspect of her otherwise uninteresting life, but she thought it was a gift. A gift! "Weird" was just another word for "original," "extraordinary." It was OK to be weird once in a while; weirdness brought good things. Weirdness expanded one's horizons, enhanced the value of one's life. Besides, it was boring to be boring. Why write about simply being in love when you could compare the confusion of being in love to one of those bags of assorted hard candies? If you put your hand in, after all, you never know what you're going to come up with.
"After School Tea Time, huh? It really is all about food..."
Mio had been told she had a strong voice, a good singing voice, that suited rock bands. She was becoming accustomed to performing at school, but they were really just a club. She wasn't planning on pursuing a musical career, although Ritsu talked about it all the time. It was nice. It was really nice. She would miss it.
She stared at the blank piece of paper in front of her and sighed. It'd be nice if she could come up with some new lyrics for the melody Yui had magically come up with. Azusa helped smooth it out, but ultimately Yui had been the one to create the piece. She kept on playing the melody over and over in her head—but the idea was just out of reach. What did it sound like?
Her cell phone chimed. She checked it, and saw Ritsu's number. Mio flipped open her phone and read the text: "Trouble writing lyrics?"
It was just like her to text something totally obnoxious like that.
Mio replied "Yes," anyway.
Ritsu forwarded the text to Yui, Mugi, and Azusa. "See?" she texted them. "I knew it!"
"What was the point of this again?" asked Azusa.
"I didn't think she put any thought into her song lyrics, but she does!"
"Well, of course she would care! She's going to be singing them, after all."
"But Yui is our lead."
"True." A second text: "People are going to hear it, though."
"She should have gotten over her embarrassment, then."
"Why?" came Mio's belated text.
"Just wondering," answered Ritsu.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"I don't believe you."
"But song lyrics are hard to write," came Azusa's reply.
"Mio's are just weird, though."
"They're distinctive."
"Do you like them?"
"What do you know?" asked Yui.
"Mio has trouble writing song lyrics."
"Oh, wow."
"I know."
"I think they're OK," replied Azusa.
"You're just a sucker for the club."
"Is that bad?"
"Of course not!"
"You made it sound like that, though."
"Maybe you should write song lyrics, Ricchan!" wrote Yui.
"It's embarrassing, though..."
"Mio gets the most embarrassed of us all, though!"
"Yeah, but she's used to it."
"It'd be a nice change!"
"But I can't."
"Now you sound like Mio!"
"Ritsu, I got a message from Mugi," texted Mio. "Here, I'll forward it: 'Maybe we should let someone else try writing lyrics if you're running out of ideas.' Is that a good idea?"
"See, Mugi agrees with me too!" wrote Yui.
"That's a good idea, actually," wrote Azusa. A second text: "Giving someone else a shot, I mean."
"You should try it, Ricchan," messaged Mugi.
"It won't be the same, though."
"You like her lyrics that much?"
"No. It's just embarrassing."
"To be honest, I'm not very creative myself."
"Or, maybe I could write them!" Yui volunteered.
"For some reason that idea scares me."
"Why?"
"I really don't trust you."
"Aw!"
"You're really going to let me off?" Mio wrote.
"What, you don't want to write the lyrics anymore?"
"I like writing lyrics! This melody isn't really doing much for me, though."
"Maybe just this one song, then."
"Then are you writing them, Ritsu?"
"I don't want to."
"Yui's asking me."
"Yui's asking everyone."
"I guess if Mio doesn't want to do it, then Yui could," suggested Mugi.
"It might be worse."
"I feel like you guys are leaving me out," said Azusa. "What's going on?" A later text: "You should give it a shot, Ritsu. You were complaining about them, after all."
"I can live with them."
"It's either you or Yui."
"You don't have to volunteer yourself, you know," said Mio. "Just give me a little time, and I'm sure something will come to mind."
"Oh, good."
"Yui seems eager, though. I guess I could give her a shot..."
"I have a better idea," texted Mugi, "why doesn't everyone try writing song lyrics, and we can decide who's is the best?"
"Oh, good idea," said Azusa.
"Sounds good to me!" said Yui.
"Yeah!" Mio replied.
"All right, all right. See you Monday, then."
Ritsu snapped her phone shut. Her thumbs hurt.
A/N: Obviously this isn't over yet. The text scene was fun to write, though...hehe. Written entirely on impulse, so if this doesn't get updated for a while (or ever), you know why.
EDIT: Fixed a couple things for clarity's sake; I'm leaving out most suffixes save those used in nicknames, so if you noticed their glaring absence, my apologies. I just don't like them...