A/N 1: Fixed a missing dialogue that FFnet messed up in the flashback. Please let me know if there are anymore errors. Sorry no updates yet.
A/N 2: I don't own K-ON! and its characters.
I was elated that there's a season two of K-ON! airing this month. So happy that I picked up writing this abandoned fic once again, despite me having a tight schedule with work and whatnot. xD Yes, it's sad to say that this fic was originally plotted and halfway written late May last year. I've been terribly busy with IRL… I know, lame excuse but it's true. *sweats* I've only picked this back up after watching episode one of K-ON! feeling inspired again.
Anyway, this fic will be slightly more serious than the previous one and it will definitely be a chapter longer. Oh and Azunyan won't be in this fic.
I've noted that there is a massive Mio x Ritsu/Yui fanbase going around FFnet (though, IRL has kept me busy from actually reading them), so I've decided to post something different… although something similar to my last fic for those who have read it. (Many thanks to those who reviewed that one.) xD Sorry to disappoint the Mio x Ritsu/Yui fans again. ^^;
Warning: Unbeta-ed, so I apologize for the errors. And yes, it's not my forte but I've attempted humor again and I think… I've failed. Huge time. Nyaha.
Anyway, let's see how I fare with this one. Please R&R. Enjoy!
Summary: She has always liked a certain dark haired girl in 2A-1 but nobody is aware of this revelation.
Blue Eyes by I or Eye (Me)Chapter One
Tsumugi, the composer of the group glanced over at their lyricist who had her face scrunched up in concentration as she scrutinized at the paper before her. Body slightly hunched and mouth slightly ajar, she tapped the butt of her mechanical pencil on the table nonchalantly. Tsumugi found it amusing to watch her friend's behavior, changing from one expression to another within seconds. There was a time when the black haired girl would purse her lips in a straight line and her brows slightly furrowed obviously in deep thought. All her body movements seemed to halt for a whole minute before a small smile etched its way to her lips and she began humming a tune to herself. Her feet tapped lightly on the wooden floor of their light music club to a silent rhythm in her head as she started scribbling words onto paper. Or the times where the black haired girl would gaze into the air with a thoughtful look whilst nibbling subconsciously on the butt of her pencil. Tsumugi found the whole scene adoringly cute.
Unbeknownst to the sandy blonde, a giggle escaped her lips and Akiyama Mio glanced up curiously, all activities halted. A small blush worked its way up to Tsumugi's cheeks at being caught of staring.
"Um…" Mio cocked her head to a side, setting her mechanical pencil down.
'Ah, that look is utterly moe!' Tsumugi resisted the urge to glomp her fellow band member right on the spot.
"Is there something on my face?" The black haired queried, proceeding to feel her face for something that she thought Tsumugi was staring at.
"A-ah, no! No. It's nothing. Just spaced out, that's all," Tsumugi cleared her throat softly; face flushed in embarrassment and the bassist cum lyricist quirked an elegant eyebrow at her friend's reply. She sighed.
"What's wrong?" Tsumugi noticed her sighing and took this opportunity to change the subject.
"Mm-m," Mio shook her head lightly before propping her chin onto her right palm, eyes staring directly into the blonde's. Slowly, a small lazy grin was seen on her face. "Since you were spacing out, I bet you were thinking about that again, am I right?"
"That?" The blonde repeated, confused.
"Yeah, you know, the moment where Yui actually jumped into Ritsu's arms in tears of gratitude for 'saving' her from the 'Malicious-Mutt-From-Hell' as Yui had so passionately name it," The black haired girl said nonchalantly with a wave of her hand. Tsumugi's eyes widened at this as the memories came flooding back to her at yesterday's events…
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A day ago…
It was a beautiful Sunday morning and the four girls decided to go for window-shopping at the town district for a change. Everyone was dressed casually that day and went to the arranged venue to meet up. Upon arriving, Tsumugi spotted Ritsu and Mio chatting idly by the bench with Ritsu making lewd comments at Mio as usual. They saw her and waved her over. Several minutes later, they spotted a shorthaired brunette not far away running towards them enthusiastically.
"Yui!" Ritsu hollered with a grin plastered to her face.
"Sorry I am late! I bumped into Nodoka-chan on the way and asked her to join us," Yui, the band's guitarist, panted. Behind her, Manabe Nodoka smiled at the three girls who greeted her warmly.
"Good job, Yui! Now that we've recruited another fellow member, let's head off!" Ritsu punched the air jovially.
"Yeah!" Yui cheered alongside the drummer, earning odd and amused looks from bystanders.
"Oi-oi," Mio muttered, shaking her head in embarrassment at her friends' antics. "What are we… elementary school kids or something?" Tsumugi and Nodoka sweatdropped but the three trailed behind Ritsu and Yui nevertheless.
An hour went by and they were wandering down the streets aimlessly while randomly entering any shopping malls or shops that intrigued them. They were chatting casually as they spent their day together and if you minus the childish behaviors emitting from Yui and Ritsu, nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
…That is until Ritsu spotted something laying in one of the alleys. Always the curious and mischievous one, the drummer approached it with great interest. Mio noticed that her childhood friend had strayed away from the group, so she stopped to see where her friend had disappeared to. Spotting her nearby, she strolled over with Yui close behind. Tsumugi and Nodoka lagged not far away.
"Ricchan?" Yui called tentatively as she placed a hand on the girl's shoulder upon reaching the drummer.
"Look! Isn't he cute?" Ritsu gushed excitedly as she pointed at something and the girls peered over her shoulder, catching a glimpse of a sleeping black dog by the walls.
"Uhh… you stopped just to inspect a stray dog?" Nodoka straightened her glasses as she frowned.
"Hey, I happen to love dogs! He has the loveliest fur despite being a stray… It looks so shiny…" Ritsu beamed.
"How can you tell? There's barely any light in this narrow passageway," Mio scowled at her warily. "And how do you know it's a he?"
"Well, I can just tell, 'kay?" The drummer huffed. "I just know it. Just call it my natural instincts!"
"What kind of instinct is that?" Mio scrutinized at her childhood friend.
"He does look mighty. But we shouldn't be bothering it since it's resting, should we?" Tsumugi commented softly from behind the bassist and Nodoka nodded in agreement.
"But he is so cute…. I wanna touch him!" Ritsu bent down and inched closer to the still sleeping black dog. Yui followed Ritsu suit with enthusiasm.
"Ritsu, don't!" Mio hissed when her childhood friend reached out to pat its head. "Yui, not you too!"
"Hora, hora, wake up," Ritsu called softly with a smile, ignoring Mio's protests. The dog however did not move or made any acknowledgement that it heard her. The drummer called again, this time louder and prodding at its ear. The dog opened its golden eyes lazily and stared at Ritsu with mild interest before snorting at her and resumed its nap time.
"Ah." A vein popped out on Ritsu's temple.
"Did you just snort at me?" she growled and the dog ignored her. It was definitely testing her patience, she thought. "You did, didn't you…?"
"Will you stop that already? It clearly won't understand what you're trying to say to it. Let's go before we waste anymore time," Mio sighed. All the while Tsumugi and Nodoka perspired uneasily and Yui just stared at it.
"But it snorted at me! That's rude, ya know!" Ritsu whined.
"IT'S JUST A DOG!" Mio finally exploded. "Leave it alone already!"
"Stupid dog!" Ritsu swiftly and forcefully jabbed her finger several times at the dog's head in anger.
"A… ah, ah, Ricchan, Ricchan! D-Don't do that!" Yui nervously called out, eyeing the dog fearfully as it snapped open its eyes. With a low growl it immediately stood up from its position and barked at Ritsu as it tried to bite off her offensive finger. Ritsu jumped back in surprise whereas Yui stumbled back beside her friend. The black dog didn't let up its barking as it bore its teeth in anger. Ritsu scattered back a few steps.
"Sh*t! It's not a HE! It's a SHE!" Ritsu cried out in realization. "I hate female dogs—!"
Mio had already run and cower behind a bewildered Tsumugi with tearful eyes at the sudden outburst of the animal. Tsumugi felt giddy with surprise and happiness when she felt the bassist latching onto her arm desperately. She won't let that mean dog harm Mio, she decided with determination, eyes twinkling with protection.
Nodoka was already in a safe distance when she saw Ritsu provoking the dog. She knew the outcome would be this and fled the scene before matters got worse, which obviously did. She pushed up her red framed glasses with a sullen look and tsked, "What happened to your love for dogs now, Ritsu?"
Onlookers that went by looked around at the commotion and some took off hastily when they saw the angry looking dog barking madly at the four girls.
Tsumugi had to drag Mio away from the scene immediately and comforted her while Yui yelled in fear as she scrambled back when the dog changed its target and ran after her instead. She backed up against the wall and realized in horror that she has no more place to run to. She tried scaring the dog away by randomly crying out, "G-GET AWAY FROM ME YOU MALICIOUSMUTTFROMHELL!"
A loud crashing sound assaulted in the guitarist's ears as she opened her eyes to look for the source of sound. She saw Ritsu with a trashcan cover in both her hands as she attacked the dog again with the lid. The dog snarled and attempted to leap at Ritsu but she was faster as she frantically bashed the lid on the black dog's head. The dog yelped in pain as it fled away from the frenzied drummer. Her hair was frizzy from the attack and adrenalin rush as she panted heavily for air. And she stood slightly hunched over and her legs were bent and wide apart from each other as she heaved in an unladylike manner. She unceremoniously tossed the covers aside and leaned against the wall for support.
"Ricchan! You saved me!" Yui threw herself onto Ritsu who managed to catch her before tumbling to the ground with a thud. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"
"Y-Yui… it's nothing! I sure taught that dog a lesson she won't forget! Aha… haha… Ahaha!" Ritsu laughed shamelessly whilst scratching the back of her head.
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"I seriously think Ritsu is the more malevolent one compared to that dog. I can't believe she actually bashed the poor pup away…" Mio sniffed disapprovingly as Tsumugi snapped back to reality.
She then muttered under her breath at her last sentence, "…Besides, it was her fault to begin with anyway."
Tsumugi perspired lightly at her comment and replied with her trademark, "Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma…" before continuing with, "At least no one got hurt." The blonde smiled wanly and Mio looked away with a small blush. She still had that sullen look on her face though as she heard Mio mumbled, "…'cept for the dog that is."
"Speaking of the devil, where the heck are Ritsu and Yui? They are an hour late!" the bassist then grumbled, instantly changing the topic.
"Maybe they are caught up with classroom chores," Tsumugi offered kindly, not missing a beat.
"They could've at least informed us or something…" Mio sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation. "It's only a month away till our next performance and we haven't gotten ready anything."
"I'm sure we'll come up with something. We always do, don't we?" Tsumugi laughed softly.
"I guess… B-but I dislike keeping things to the last minute,'' the black haired bassist muttered.
"My, Mio-chan is always so diligent! That's what I like about her," Tsumugi remarked happily and the girl in topic blushed heavily at the sudden comment, grey eyes widening.
"M-Mugi. Don't say something embarrassing so straightforwardly like that. Please," Mio pleaded, face still flaming. "I don't understand why the three of you love to embarrass me so much."
"Mmm… Maybe it's because Mio-chan's too cute to resist," Tsumugi clapped her hands together as her eyes twinkled, looking pleased at the blushing face of her crush.
The bassist just groaned in defeat as she allowed her forehead to hit the table. The blonde patted her head fondly before stifling a chuckle. The caressing of hair went on for a minute or two before the door of the light music club burst open and Tsumugi hastily removed her hand from Mio's head.
"Osu!" A shorthaired girl greeted cheerfully.
"Sorry we're late!" Another girl followed from behind with a sheepish look. "The teacher had us doing some errands before allowing us to leave for the day."
"Ritsu, Yui," Mio snapped her head up and stood with a crossed look. "You could've at least text me or Mugi to inform us that you'd be late."
"We thought it wouldn't take long, that's why we didn't think of it. Ne, Yui?" Ritsu grinned as she took her seat opposite Mio's and the guitarist nodded vigorously.
"What's the matter? Missed me while we were gone?" The drummer winked at her suggestively and the bassist blushed. "Not in a hundred million years, Ritsu. Since you're so dependent on me, I'd doubt you could even make it a week without me," the black haired girl huffed.
"Oh! I know I will miss Mio-chan if she isn't around!" Yui piped in happily before Ritsu had the chance to give a snarky remark. The black haired girl blushed harder at the innocent comment.
And Tsumugi decided to play along, electric blue eyes gleaming, "Oh no, the one who would miss Mio-chan the most would definitely be me."
"S-Stop it you three!" Mio groaned as she slumped to her seat in defeat.
"Moe!" Ritsu and Yui gently poked the cheeks of their poor friend, who was about to stone up in embarrassment, cheekily.
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Akiyama Mio was found slightly hunched over the table after class, a hand gripping onto a pen as she scribbled random words onto a piece of paper. This has been going on for a few days now and it piqued her friends' interest.
"Mio-chan!" Yui called out as she and her friends strode over to the raven haired girl.
Mio's shoulders stiffened at the voice as she instantly stashed the paper and stationery into her bag, looking rather flustered.
"Hey! What's that you just hid?" Ritsu, the ever so mischievous one queried eagerly when they got near the perspiring girl.
"N-n-n-nothing!" She stuttered as she stood up awkwardly, the bag hidden from her friends' view. "Y-You guys are rather early today, aren't you?"
"Yeah, we got off a bit earlier…" The drummer hummed. "Say, you are hiding something, aren't you?"
"I told you it's nothing! It's just my assignment!" Mio snapped, side stepping away from Ritsu. She tried to make herself look casual but in truth, she looked rather fidgety to her band. Her eyes won't stop darting away from direct gazes from her friends.
"Oh, really?" Ritsu smirked, not satisfied. "Bet it was a love letter, wasn't it?"
"Wha—!" Mio's head whipped around so fast that a crick was heard.
"Is it?" Yui's eyes gleamed. "Is it, Mio-chan?"
"I told you it's n—"
"Cut it already Mio," Ritsu triumphantly grinned, hands at her hips. "Admit it that you were writing a love letter to a guy you like!"
For a moment there, no one could tell if Mio was going to blow up or not, with her face looking exceptionally red. She stood there, hands balled into fists as she tried regulating her breathing and Ritsu's annoyingly smirking face did little to help calm the dark haired girl down. But the girl let out a huff instead and said in a strangely calm voice, "Yeah. You're right. I was writing a love letter. Big deal."
And she shrugged as she walked past Ritsu as if nothing had happen.
"What? It's true?" The short haired drummer exclaimed with an owlish look. Yui seemed to be in shock as well as the two surrounded a surprised Mio.
"Tell us, who is it?" Ritsu demanded.
"Ne, ne! Is he cute like Mr. Kero?" Yui joined in the conversation, eyes twinkling and flushed face.
"He-hey now!" Mio stuttered with a frown. "You do realize I said that just to enlighten you? And Yui, since when did you like frogs?"
They continued pestering Mio and the poor girl tried fending herself. Somehow her tactic to catch Ritsu offguard backfired on her.
"I'll just find out myself then!" Ritsu lurched for Mio's schoolbag much to the black haired girl's horror.
"Stop. IT!" Mio screeched and a sound of open palm slapping forehead echoed across the emptying classroom.
"Ah." Yui gasped.
A girl who stood not far away from the three played the silent observer the moment she entered the classroom along with the guitarist and drummer. Things turned out to be amusing with all their bickering and whatnot as she watched with a smile but one lonely question kept nagging at her heart. Was it really a love letter that Mio-chan was writing? Kotobuki Tsumugi couldn't help but to wonder.
A/N: Yay for more Mugi x Mio interactions in the second season!
Please review. =)
-Fei