Chapter 1: A new relationship
It was another cold day in the music room at Sakuragaoka high school; five friends were gathered round the table in the centre of the room. Despite the chilly temperature, friendly conversation continued as normal and snacks were consumed as they usually were. Unbeknownst to the rest of the group, a particular drummer wasn't quite her usual self.
"Ritsu-senpai!" a young guitarist shouted into her senpai's ear.
Ritsu was in a state of panic for a second at the sudden disturbance to her thoughts, she quickly re organised herself and replied "sorry Azusa, what did ya say?"
"Yui senpai keeps insisting that its normal for friends to kiss!" Exclaimed the young girl, Ritsu didn't reply, but instead stared off into space, thinking about Yui kissing Azusa. Her thoughts then turned towards Yui kissing herself, and she returning the favour. A sense of shame and betrayal suddenly overtook her as she glanced towards Mio, she was making lighthearted conversation with Mugi, unaware of Ritsu's longing gaze on her.
"Are you even listening senpai?" Azusa shouted at the drummer, Ritsu didn't even flinch at the voice so desperately begging for her attention, for she was too lost in her own thoughts. Eventually a bassist gave Azusa the attention she craved.
"Yui lay off Azusa a bit" She strictly said to the guitarist. The guitarist sank at the instruction; Ritsu couldn't help but shift her head over to the moping guitarist. Everything about Yui was just so… appealing to Ritsu, her hair, her big eyes, her innocence, her childlike love for her friends and anything cute. Just sometimes she wished that Yui had clung onto her instead of Azusa…
"Right, I'll be off then" Mio said as she rose from her chair.
"I'll go with you!" Azusa said, trying to pry Yui off of her while doing so.
"Count me in." Mugi said, examining her tea pot and seeing the severe lack of any tea in it, it just wasn't a music club without any tea…
"C'mon Azunyan!" Yui weakly exclaimed, trying to get a grip on the younger girls legs to pull herself along.
"Ritsu, Yui, are you coming?" Mio asked the pair, she avoided eye contact with Ritsu while doing so.
Ritsu realised the opportunity at hand here, an opportunity to explore her feelings for her private and maybe for that private to explore her feelings for her captain.
"Ill stay back" Ritsu easily said, laying back in her chair. "Might do a bit of maintenance on my drums before I go, go on without me."
"And yui?" Mio shifted her attention to the brunette sprawled out on the floor.
"Eeeeeeeeeehhhh" was all Yui managed to get out of her mouth.
"Guess we'll be leaving then." Mio said with a small sigh and an even smaller smile. "Bye"
Ritsu attempted to catch Mio's eye, but the bassist was having none of it and began decending down the stairs with the others, making friendly chit chat along the way. Ritsu now changed her focus to Yui. She got up and began making her way across the music room, towards the childlike guitarist in front of her.
Ritsu began to try and spark up a conversation with the airhead "You alright Y-"was all Ritsu was able to say before Yui pounced on her, knocking her off her feet and onto the ground. Suddenly Ritsu found herself on the floor, with Yui lying on top of her. "You're unusually warm Rit-chan." Yui sleepily said while she lay on top of the bewildered drummer.
Ritsu searched her mind for something to say, or at the very least a way to properly react to Yui's choice of actions. She noticed that Yui was hugging her, with both her arms wrapped snugly around the drummer. The drummer then recipitated the motion, although it did not go unnoticed by Yui.
"Rit-cha-?" Before any complete words could leave her mouth, Ritsu had pressed her lips against Yui's. After a few seconds she pulled away, embarrassed and partly humiliated with her own actions. What had she done? She had just kissed her close friend without consent? What would Azusa think? What would Mio think? Before she could come to any conclusions, the feeling of being watched washed over her, her gaze wandered to the guitarist still hugging her as they lay together on the floor. Without warning, Yui leaped up and returned the previous kiss to Ritsu. If the drummer could comprehend what was going on, she sure would've returned the kiss. But alas she did not, and Yui pulled away.
Silence engulfed the room as they both sat opposite each other, avoiding eye contact. Moments passed, seeming like eternities, for a second Ritsu forgot where she was and what she had just done, before Yui spoke up.
"I really like you Rit-chan."
Those simple words touched Ritsu's heart, and were all it took to snap the drummer out of her daze.
"l-like me as a friend or…?"
"I LOVE YOU RIT-CHAN!" Yui exclaimed as she pounced on Ritsu once more, hugging her tightly and repeatedly kissing the stunned Drummer on the cheek and lips. This time Ritsu was more aware of what was going on, and quickly began returning the favour. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as both Ritsu and Yui embraced each other and kissed in loving passion. After a time Ritsu pulled away, stood up and simply offered her hand to Yui, who was still sitting on the floor.
Without hesitation Yui took hold of Ritsu's hand, and they walked out of the music room and walked down the stairs, hand in hand, bound by love.