"Hey everyone!" She greeted, throwing her hand up in a wave.
Her enthusiastic entrance was met with an awkward silence as the other club members averted their gazes.
"H-Hey Yui..." Ritsu managed quietly.
Yui gazed at everyone with her typical deer-in-the-headlights look.
"What's wrong guys?" She asked, not letting the atmosphere affect her.
Mio came around from the table and put her hand on Yui's shoulder. "C-Can we speak outside for a bit Yui?"
"Ah! Sure thing Mio-chan!" Yui answered energetically.
Outside the music room Mio refused to meet Yui's eyes. Instead she stared at her feet, unsure how to say what she needed to.
"Yui..." She started.
"Yes?!"
"Er...ah...um..." Mio seemed to be on the verge of tears. "The club has been talking...a-and we decided that maybe its best if Asuza was the lead guitar...and uh um..." The tears were now flowing down Mio's pale cheeks. "We think the light music club would make more progress if you weren't holding us back!" she suddenly blurted out.
"Ah..." Yui stumbled back, shocked.
"With Azusa you just...just aren't needed anymore, I-I'm sorry!" Mio ran back into the clubroom, never once looking Yui in the eye.
Standing alone in the hall, a blank expression on her face, Yui said to no one in particular, "I...see.."
After a moment's silence she turned and walked back down the stairs from the clubroom, never to ascend them again.
