Alternate title: I Have to Share an Apartment With Who?
*pokes head from out under a rock*
Hello there!
This is the first fanfic I've written in a while, and the first K-ON one. :D
So I apologize if some of the characters are OOC, and for any grammar and/or spelling mistakes. Feedback is appreciated! ^o^/
I don't own K-ON or any of its characters.
"This is unbelievable."
Tainaka Ritsu laid spread eagled on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
Akiyama Mio, cross-legged on the floor next to Ritsu's bed, said nothing in response, but continued reading one of Ritsu's manga.
The two sat in Ritsu's messy room, bored out of their minds and having nothing else to do but sit around, or in Mio's case, read manga.
"It IS unbelievable, isn't it, Mio?" Ritsu continued, positioning herself closer to Mio. The dark haired girl didn't respond, only turned a page and continued reading. Annoyed, Ritsu snatched the manga out of Mio's hands and flipped pages back and forth.
"Hey!" Mio yelled angrily, trying to grab the manga back from Ritsu. "Don't lose my page!"
"The storyline in this one is really boring, you know. The main character ends up dying, ya know." Ritsu stated, closing the manga and throwing it to the floor. "Not my kind of ending."
Steaming mad, Mio picked up the manga and hit Ritsu squarely in the head with it, feeling accomplished when she heard Ritsu groan in pain. "Idiot! Can I finish reading a manga without you ruining it for me once?"
Rubbing where Mio had hit her on the head, Ritsu sat up. "But that's what I'm here for, Mio! To ruin it for you! It's my job!" she proclaimed, puffing out her chest.
"…You're asking for another beating, you know." Mio answered, trying to find the page she had been reading.
"You never answered my question, anyway!" Ritsu pouted, sticking her lip out and climbing off her bed to sit next to Mio, who sighed. "What was your question again?" Mio asked, putting the manga down, having given up on finding the page she had been reading. It was pointless to try to read with Ritsu around, anyway.
"It's unbelievable!" Ritsu exclaimed, standing up and throwing her hands in the air. "We graduated high school today and all you want to do is stay in my room and read manga? We need to go out and celebrate! We could call Yui and Ui, Azusa, and Mugi to a celebration!"
Mio sighed and rubbed her temples. "If I remember correctly, you were the one that invited me over. Yui is out at her favorite restraunt with Ui already, Mugi left to go for a small vacation before university started, and I don't want to bother Azusa. Plus, we don't need to celebrate. It's just graduation."
Ritsu gasped overdramatically. "Just graduation? But from now on, we're college students, Mio! Before we start that, a celebration is required!"
Ritsu's bedroom door opened just as Mio was about to respond. Ritsu's little brother, Satoshi, walked in, holding a bag of chips. "Nee-chan, Mom and Dad want to talk to you." He stated plainly, and walked out while eating chips loudly, closing the door behind him.
Ritsu grinned and adjusted the headband she always wore—Mio was sure Ritsu was born with the accessory molded to her head—to hold her messy tawny bangs back. "Let's go, Mio! Maybe my Mom made some kind of special graduation dinner!"
Impatiently, Ritsu grabbed Mio's hand and dragged her out of the room and downstairs. Mio let herself be dragged downstairs, being used to this from Ritsu. She smiled inwardly—Ritsu hadn't changed a bit.
However, Mio's mind was completely blown as she and Ritsu saw what was waiting for them downstairs.
"Congratulations on graduating!"
Multicolored streamers covered the entire living room and kitchen, so it looked as though a rainbow had exploded and covered everything. A handmade banner, equally colorful as the living room, hung above the entrance to the kitchen. "Congratulations Mio and Ritsu!" was painted on it in bright, bold colors.
Ritsu's parents and Satoshi stood underneath the banner, smiling.
Ritsu grinned and whispered in Mio's ear, "I told you a celebration is required."
Mio glared at Ritsu, then quickly masked her annoyance with a smile to meet the Tainakas and—
Her parents?
"M-Mom? Dad?" Mio stuttered, staring at her parents that stood awkwardly by Ritsu's parents. "W-What are you doing here?"
Mio's mother walked over to Mio and hugged her tightly as Ritsu ran into the kitchen to harass Satoshi for not telling her there was going to be a celebration after all.
"We wanted to celebrate our only daughter's graduation from high school!" Mrs. Akiyama exclaimed, letting go of Mio and standing next to her husband, who smiled awkwardly. "A celebration is required, you know." Mr. Akiyama teased, winking at his daughter.
Mio felt her face go red.
Not able to finish her conversation with her parents, Mio found herself being dragged by Ritsu again to the kitchen, where a huge multilayered vanilla cake with strawberries was waiting on the table.
"Don't worry, it doesn't look too fattening," Ritsu said to Mio, grinning.
Mio clenched her fist and resisted the urge to hit Ritsu as hard as she could. The cake did look tasty though.
"I call the first slice!" Ritsu exclaimed, looking for a knife excitedly.
"Wait, before you cut the cake, we have an announcement," Mr. Tainaka said in a clear, deep voice. Ritsu, having found a knife, raised an eyebrow. "What is it, Dad?" She gasped, assuming the worst. "Did the school contact you? Am I going to be held back?" Ritsu fell to her knees in an exaggerated fashion.
Walking over the drummer, Mio grabbed Ritsu's collar and pulled her up roughly. "Stop being overdramatic, idiot."
Mio's parents stood next to Ritsu's parents. The Tainakas and Mrs. Akiyama smiled mysteriously, their faces glowing. Mr. Akiyama coughed into his hand awkwardly. "Eh, well, Ritsu-san, you've known Mio-san for a while now…"
Ritsu threw an arm around Mio's shoulders, grinning. Mio looked at her parents and the Tainakas quizzically. What were her and Ritsu's parents hiding?
"Well... you two have been accepted into the same university, and we don't to overwhelm you with responsibility right away," Mr. Akiyama coughed into his hand; Mr. Tainaka jumped in to cover the pause, "So we and the Tainakas pitched in to pay for an apartment not too far from the university, so you're not overwhelmed with a college life right away. We took care of any standard furniture, any other furniture you'd like other than a bed, couch, and studying desk you'll have to buy yourself. You can move in anytime next week, but the term starts pretty soon, so don't take too long."
There was an awkward silence as Mio and Ritsu stared at their parents, who smiled at them both.
Breaking the ice, Ritsu began to jump up and down excitedly. "Holy crap!" Ritsu exclaimed, clinging to Mio's arm. "Our own apartment! No roommate! Woooo! That's awesome!"
Mio rolled her eyes. Trying not to join Ritsu in jumping up and down excitedly, she smiled gratefully at her parents and the Tainakas. "Thank you, Mom, Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Tainaka."
"Our own apartment! Living alone! Well, other than you, Mio, of course, but still!"
"Let's eat some cake," Mio said, clearing her throat and cutting Ritsu off, practically dragging the drummer over to the kitchen table.
"Aaahh, so eager to gain weight, Mio?" Ritsu teased with her usual grin.
As if on reflex, Mio's hand came into contact with Ritsu's hard head, and the victim fell to the kitchen floor in pain, holding her head.
"Idiot."
Mr. Akiyama stared at his wife. "Since when can Mio be so...violent?" he whispered. An equally surprised Mrs. Akiyama shook her head in shock. Mr. and Mrs. Tainaka merely smiled, used to this kind of behavior from Mio and Ritsu.
Well, that ends the prologue! :D I hope you liked it, or, at the worst, didn't hate it. D: Sorry if it seems a bit ...rushed, this idea just popped into my mind and wouldn't go away.
Please review~!
Now off to learn how to everything left handed =u= /shot for being a stalker Ahh, Mio, why are you so amazing. orzzz