Title: The Start of a New Beginning
Rating: T for femslash and foul words
Pairing/Anime: Mio and Ritsu from K-On
Author's comments: I was browsing through some MioxRitsu photos when I realized how awesome they are together. It gave me a tick in the head, and it made me want to continue Lovestruck. So here it is the sequel to lovestruck. BTW, sometimes the characters can be OOC but I've been watching too much Gossip Girl and 90210 – So don't blame me that they're very reality-like.
Summary: Ritsu and Mio are officially dating. But now they have to face more difficult obstacles. Like other crushes, gossip and obviously, drama. Get ready to cry, smile and laugh at the sequel to Lovestruck. Mio and Ritsu got through starting a relationship, but now they are about to go through the toughest phase of life… staying in a relationship.
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Ritsu
Can you believe it? It's already been three months since the camp incident. Mio and I are in a steady relationship, the band has moved from Japan to New York, Azusa has hooked up with Yui and Mugi found someone really special to her! Everything's going great until we bumped into Mio's ex-boyfriend, Kiroiko the snake. More obstacles appear in our path and we have to try our best to ignore them. It's hard but… our relationship is strong, Mio and I will make it through all of this.
"Mio, would you mind handing me that box?" I asked, my fingers already starting to hurt from the weight of the box in my hands. Mio and I are roommates in an apartment somewhere at Manhattan. Yui and Azusa are rooming beside our flat; Mugi and her sweetheart are rooming beside them.
So far, nothing dramatic has happened. Well, except for that unexpected visit to Hong Kong. Yui got a sore throat so Mio had to fill in. But she got so nervous it took her 3 hours to get ready. I was right beside her throughout the whole performance. She was… amazing – Like always. Mio was always amazing. Oh look at me, babbling about my girlfriend. Wow that felt weird. Calling Mio my girlfriend – I'm still not used to it.
"Sure, Ritsu." She said cheerfully, handing me a box filled with trophies and awards. I gulped and tried my best to balance the boxes in my hands. Mio was happy, I was happy, the others were happy – So why was I feeling as if a meteor would strike the earth? Oh yeah, because we met up with Mio's stalker ex-boyfriend, Kiroiko. I bet he followed us here just to prove me wrong – That he can nail Mio. Well guess what, freaking snake? She's mine and she always will be! So back off.
I stifled a laugh at my own lame thought. It almost made me drop the boxes, but I didn't, I help on tight. I walked to the room next door and dropped them on the bed. I started unpacking all the trophies and placing them neatly on the shelf. That was when I saw a trophy that took my attention. It was a golden trophy, so that means she won first place in-
"Tokyo Salmon Fishing Tournament?" I said aloud, laughing cheekily as I stared hard at the trophy. I guess I was pretty loud, because suddenly Mio popped her head in the room and raised her eyebrow at me – Probably wondering why I was suddenly laughing. Then she saw the trophy in my hands and blushed. She rushed in and tried to take the object but I held it away for her.
"Ritsuuuu! Give that back!" She whined like a kid. I laughed out loud and pushed her gently with one hand.
"Not until you give me a kiss." I said, giving her a sly grin. She blushed and smiled at me before leaning in. Before our lips touched, I slowly placed the trophy in her hands. Our lips met and I felt like melting. Her kisses always left me weak in the knees. Before I could fully enjoy the wonderful experience, she pulled away and giggled cheekily. She ran out of the room in a fit of giggles and I felt a smile tugging on my lips.
"So that's how you wanna play it…" I whispered mischievously. The next thing I knew, I was chasing Mio in our small apartment flat. She always does this, makes me chase her around everywhere. It probably makes her feel wanted – being chased around. But doesn't she know that she's already wanted by so many? Me… the dumb snake… and that creepy old pervert that stared across the café at her for a long time. Didn't she know how beautiful she was? Pfst – Kiroiko probably didn't even tell her anything nice to her when she was dating him. Ugh, that sounds disgusting.
Even now, I can't stand the sight or conversation of Kiroiko and Mio once together. They are such a bad fit. I mean, Mio's nice and kind-hearted and down to earth and shy. While that short-tailed snake was mean, selfish, obnoxious, dumb, - did I mention selfish? - pathetic, aggressive, puny and all those other mean stuff that people say when they're pissed at someone.
I never knew why she fell for him in the first place. He wasn't even hot, I mean come on.
I caught up to Mio after a few minutes and pinned her down onto the ground. I laughed out loud, Mio joining me not long after. She was definitely way too good for Kiroiko – I wonder if she was too good for me… no Ritsu, don't think like that.
"Hey Mio,"
Don't say it damnit!
"Do you think I'm good enough for you?" I blurted out, blushing.
Mio stared at me for awhile as if I've grown a pig tail and horns – Haha, yeah right – and her jaw dropped a little. I blinked and wondered if she was considering it or just thinking I'm stupid, which surprisingly I find not offensive.
"Ritsu, I love you." She said, smiling. "You're way good enough for me. If not than me being not good enough for you!"
I laughed and stared at her beautiful face, thanking god for letting me have this beautiful specimen in my arms. "You'll always be good enough for me. Heck, you're better."
"That's what I said!" She exclaimed, nodding. We laughed for awhile, sharing small kisses. We have never gone over a kiss, but none of us were in a rush. We agreed to take it slow and I thought that it was a great idea. I wasn't ready to have- well, you know.
I wanted Mio so badly before and now that I have her I've never felt more alive. Azuwolf has been a real help whenever Mio was busy with her new job as- Well I don't know about her new job. She told me that she got a job somewhere downtown and that she loved it, but the look on her face was fake. I tried asking her what it was, but she said that it was a secret and she was only doing it for fun and for the extra money we needed for the apartment rent. So I gave up after a couple of times, deciding that it was best to leave it alone. So when Mio was at her job, Azuwolf and I went to the arcade while Mugi and Yui went shopping. We all have never met Mugi's sweetheart yet, but she said that he was a real keeper and that she will arrange a triple date soon. Honestly, I was anxious to know if Mugi's boyfriend was a douche or not. Cause if he was, his face will get real messed up once he meets me.
I looked at the clock and remembered that we all had agreed to go to breakfast at 10AM downstairs at an old but comfortable cafe. And it was 9:50.
"Damn." I grumbled, quickly trying to get up from the soft body below me. Mio raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"The breakfast with Cheerie, Azuwolf and Baker is at 10 minutes. We have to get rea-"
"-Cheerie, Azuwolf and Baker?" Mio interrupted, obviously amused.
I feigned looking offended and gasped. "I like nicknames!" I whined, pouting. Mio couldn't resist as she laughed and hugged me tightly. I was savoring the whole thing.
At the café downstairs – I think it was called NYcafe or something cheesy like that – We met up with Yui and Azuwolf, but no sign of Mugi. We sat down at our usual table and I looked around. The place was hardly crowded; a group of girls were sitting by the corner with their laptops on their laps. Two boys were chatting silently by the entrance and a man was sitting alone with a golden retriever by his side. So it wasn't hard to find Mugi. She was talking to a male specimen – Pfst, male specimen – and looking very much like she was enjoying herself.
I poked Azuwolf in the ribs and she looked at me accusingly. "Is that Mugi's boyfriend or something?" I muttered to her, my eyes trailed on them and them only.
"Oh- I don't think so. I mean, Mugi described him to be super hot with brown hair and blonde highlights. This guy has brown hair but he has light brown highlights-"
That was when I realized when I have seen him before. "That. Fucking. Snake." I whispered, grinding my teeth together. I couldn't let Mio see him; if she does she'll act all nervous and will definitely give away our 'cool act'. Azuwolf was looking at me as if I was crazy, then the realization hit her too. Her eyes widened as she gasped silently.
"Kiroiko's here? In NY? Why? How? When?" She murmured, panicking already. I looked at her and gave her a look that I wish says 'don't show any interest. Act as if he's not here.' But it wasn't that easy because guess what Mugi did. She invited him to come sit with us. Pfst, perfect.
I was staring at Mio the whole time once Kiroiko arrived, her surprised face turned to panic and then to confusion and to nervousness. I wanted to help but my fist was itching to punch the lying bastard and I was scared that if I move, my hand would make the blow on someone else.
He greeted everyone until it was Mio's turn. He paused for awhile and smiled. "Mio, hey." He said softly, as if he cared.
"H-Hi." She muttered.
Kiroiko coughed nervously and sat up straight. "How are you?" He asked, feigning concern. I could tell that he was thinking this is torture – Acting all mushy and sweet and stuff when obviously he never does.
Mio nodded slowly and gulped. "Fine."
Then the son-of-a-bitch snake looked at me. His eyes were ablaze of fire, his voice was strained and his fist was itching too. "Ritsu." He forced.
"The ex-boyfriend of my now girlfriend." I muttered, glaring right back at him. He stood up and raised his fist but before he could gave his blow, Mio stood up and blocked his way.
"No! She's my girlfriend, deal with it Kiroiko!" She shouted, looking more than a little pale.
That's right, Mio. That's my girl. Show him who's boss and who you love! My inner thought said sheepishly.
"I know you're going through a hard time because of the break-up, so am I. But Ritsu has been nothing but lovely so if you're going to bitch about her, you better get ready for a slap." Mio said, looking panicky. I found that a little disappointing at first. 'I know you're going through a hard time because of the break-up, so am I?' Oh come on, doesn't she know that hurts? She never told me that she was hurting of her break-up with that… fucking snake!
I found myself clenching my fist – Anger management control. Damnit.
"S-Sorry, Mio. You're so right. I-I shouldn't have did that. Sorry, Ritsu. I just have a little anger problem." Kiroiko feigning nervous said. Pfst, he can't even act. He's fooling no one –
Except Mio.
'No, don't think like that. She said she loves you already, what else do you want?' I thought to myself. I gulped and tried to swallow the bile on the back of my throat that had formed from the cause of panic, nervousness and uncertainty.
"Yeah, perverted snake," I whispered. "I'm sorry too." I mumbled, looking away as to I couldn't see Kiroiko's victory face.
Azuwolf, being the good friend she is, decided to start up a light conversation that doesn't relate to Kiroiko and Mio once being in a lie of a relationship. Azuwolf was a somewhat game addict talker – especially when a fellow gamer was there too. I guess she figured Kiroiko was 'one of them' (And by that I mean one of the gamers) because she started rambling on about World Of Warcraft and Resident Evil. I could've laughed had it not been Mio's sweaty hand slipping into mine from underneath the table.
I looked up at her pale face and gave her a sympathy look, wishing that Kiroiko would just buzz off and leave our almost-perfect life alone.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention – Mio, Azuwolf and I got accepted to this really cool high school. Well, the brochure said it was cool. It certainly looked cool from the way they described it; Ancient patterns carved at the doors, large swimming pool that is open at all times before midnight, huge football field that included a basketball, badminton and netball court, etc. So we got accepted, but Mugi and Yui decided on a different high school.
It was a neat and – how do you put this nicely… snobbish high school. All rich kids go there, I have no idea why Cheerie and Baker would want to go there. Well, Mugi specifically said that the cooking program there was amazing – but she also put in that her sweetheart goes there too. (Well, I know why she goes there now) But I was foggy with Yui. She mentioned something about an awesome music room – but I saw it at the brochure and it wasn't as awesome as our school's one.
"Uh- It has great air-conditioning during assembly." She quoted.
Well, so does our school. That girl sure knows how to make someone over-think.
"Well Kiroiko, what school do you go to?" Mugi suddenly asked.
I cringed and crossed my fingers (With the hand that wasn't holding Mio's) praying silently that he wasn't in our school – Benjamin League High. Kiroiko looked a little distracted for a moment, and then he snapped back to reality and strained a smile at Mugi.
"Ur, Falcon Saint West Beverly." He said hesitantly, as if going through his options of school again in his mind. I wondered if he was really attending the school – I was definitely going to do some snooping with spy-mate Azuwolf later.
Mugi gave him a small smile and I could see relief in her eyes as she said, "Oh, too bad. None of us are going there." She muttered.
I could tell that he was disappointed – from the look of his disgusting face. I stifled a smirk and coughed to cover it up. He glared up at me and mouthed, 'This isn't over'. I winked and let my smirk loose, mouthing back 'Bring it'.
Hells yeah, bitch. It's on.
…
Later, Mio had rushed out of the café as fast as possible – excusing herself to being late for her job. When the snake had asked what job she was doing, I covered her by saying that she liked her privacy without some stalker snake following her.
Well, I didn't say it like that. I just quoted,
"She wants her privacy, alright? So don't go running all over her life especially when she's just beginning to adjust to New York life."
He looked a little put-off but shrugged it off and left after a minute. I was so glad – but was suddenly worried as to Mio left the café alone. I looked at Mugi and she knew what I was going to say already.
"Alright over-protective mum, I'll 'accompany' her." She murmured, rolling her eyes at me in a silly matter. I gave her a fake-annoyed look but turned it into a look of gratitude. She was always looking out for Mio and I – I admired that about her. Her sweetheart's lucky.
When Mugi was finally gone, that left Yui, Azuwolf and I alone at the table. I sighed and looked at them with an annoyed expression.
"Well I really don't want to be part of your little make-out session because I don't want to cheat on Mio no matter how many times you beg me to do it because I'm so damn hot-" I joked, smirking. "-so I'm going to the music studio to practice for awhile."
Yui giggled while Azuwolf blushed and rolled her eyes. I smiled and bid my farewell to them before leaving with two cups of cappuccinos in my hands. I dug out my phone from my pocket while walking to the studio and called up a good friend of mine-
"Sawa-chan, are you free now? I'm planning to record a few songs at the studio if you don't mind." I said into the phone when i heard a click and that undeniable lazy yet alert voice answered.
We started off with a decent conversation, but suddenly (I don't know how, I swear) we started talking about the pretty girls at my new school.
"Oh gosh, we should catch up. Imagine this whole subject started with me talking about a girl i saw just now from my new school." I exclaimed rather loudly as i descended the stairs to the studio.
Okay, so I kinda lied about the not knowing how the subject started part. But c'mon, it wasn't like i was cheating on Mio right. I was just talking about some girl that i thought was pretty hot – I mean, her bust was huge.
Sawako and I greeted each other with the normal hug and a greeting. Then I handed her a cup of cappucino and she thanked me politely for it. Then she went back to the receptionist desk to rearrange schedules and what not.
When the band and I moved to New York, Sawako thought it was a good opportunity to create a new life there. So she opened up a record studio and named it after... well, herself – Yamanaka Studios. Her studio sponsored us in concerts and stuff, and she always had time for us if we wanted to record our stuff. She even cancalled one meeting with this popular band, Paramore, just so she could record our new songs. Though she was lazy, irresponsible and wild, she was a really loyal friend and mentor to us.
I practiced on the drums for awhile before nodding to her to signal that I was ready for recording. She nodded back at me and hit the record button.
I record these drum solos so that if we ever get a mistake in one of the songs that we fully recorded, Sawako can just help us change the drum solo into the one I record in my free time. It's that simple – and it gives me some time to practice too.
I was halfway through my third song when the front door bell chimed. I figured it was just one of Sawako's customers – but the person that walked in was far more important to me than anyone of her customers.
"Hey Ritsu, what'dya recording?" Mio asked through the microphone, giving me her smile.
I blushed and thank the living gods that the studio was pretty dark. I smiled and waved a little. "I'm just recording some songs. Hey aren't you supposed to be at your job?" I asked.
She smiled and shrugged. "I got off early. I decided to eat lunch with you." She said. As if to prove her point, she raised a plastic bag with two plastic containers in it.
I smiled. God, she's prefect.
Ten minutes later we were eating our took-away lunch from McDonalds at the Studio's waiting room. She told me about her day – about how her 'customers' stressed her out and how her work-buddy spilled juice all over her outfit. I thought her job was a waitress, but she clearly stated that it wasn't. None of us mentioned the stalking snake, none of us wanted to.
"So, how was your day?" She asked, giving me a lop-sided grin.
I smirked and feigned thinking about it. "Hmm, well let's see… The usual, record songs, hang out with my girlfriend…" I drifted off as I inched closer to her. Mio got the hint and leaned in only to have her lips on mine. It gave me an ultimate electric shock – kissing Mio is like going on a roller-coaster for your first time. You're afraid of it but once it happens you just hang out and wish you could stay on forever.
After another five minutes of making out, Sawako called out from the desk to warn us that we were scaring the customers – not to mention grossing them out. I laughed along with Mio – my girlfriend.
"My girlfriend." I mumbled aloud as we exited the studio. I still wasn't used to thinking it, let alone saying it out loud.
"Hm?" Mio looked at me and raised a curious eyebrow. I shrugged and shook my head to indicate that nothing was wrong.
We headed home, bumping into several people at the process – New York was very busy at these times, people rushing home or going out on a date and stuff. Surprisingly, I was always caught in these 'busy times'. Considering I lose track of time almost every day – It's very annoying, especially if your girlfriend is waiting for you at home with a fabulous dinner and you arrive home only to find out that she has fallen asleep and that the food has gone cold. I still apologize to her about that night. I felt baaad – I still do.
When we've finally got back to the flat (Hey, it rhymes!) Mio and I were exhausted from just shoving our way past the noisy New York citizens – Not to mention the salesmen and protestors that shout their way amongst the crowds. Yui and Azuwolf had locked themselves in their room – Mugi was still out, so Mio and I had our room all to ourselves.
"So… what are we gonna do?" I asked after a moment of awkwardness. She shrugged and blushed. After another minute of silence, I piped up.
"Should we watch she's the man?" -1
"Hell yeah, let's watch she's the man."
We laughed our way through the movie, eating our home-cooked caramel popcorn. It tasted really bitter – but none of us cared because we had each other in our arms, and that was all that matters. Huh, I'm such a pathetic romantic.
Halfway through the movie, my favorite part came up and I laughed so hard that Mio had to get off of me to keep from vibrating with the bed (God that sounds wrong). That's one of the things I love about Mio – she never complains when I'm laughing too hard. And she never complains when I accidentally spill the popcorn because of the impact I had on the bed (Again with the wrongness, geez).
With another effort to stop laughing, Mio rewarded me with one of her beautiful kisses. We kissed and kissed until the movie was long forgotten. She had her hands on my hips; I had mine on her cheeks. We rolled in bed and the next thing I knew our jackets were off.
Her shirt was next to leave but when she tried tugging my shirt off, the door bell rang. It was always like that – Whenever we try to take it further, something cuts in and we are forced to stop. It's like the universe doesn't want us to go too fast or something. Well guess what, universe? Duck-off!
Mio blushed and grabbed her shirt before skidding to the door, leaving me lying with my bare stomach exposed on the bed. I heard her greet someone nervously and Azuwolf came bustling into the room, stopping when she saw my stomach (Blushing, actually).
"R-Ritsu, pull your shirt down!" She hissed ferociously, blushing like a madman. I rolled my eyes and got up, letting my shirt cover my exposed stomach.
Then Yui came in the room, grinning from ear to ear. "Guess what!"
"What?" I mumbled, stretching a little.
"Mugi finally got a triple-date for us!"
I raised an eyebrow in an amused matter. "Oh really?"
"Hell yeah!" Yui exclaimed.
I smiled and nodded. "Awesome – Just nakedly awesome."
Yui looked confused but I had never seen Azuwolf and Mio blush that much.
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-1 : I LOVE She's the man. It's a ridiculously funny movie. Check it out on youtube – you'll laugh your ass off, as I did.
So, review guys? I want to make this sequel funny yet really detailed – I'm not sure if I've done my job right.
Anyways, I'm sorry for the late entry. I just had a really sucky writers block but thank god that's over. I don't think I'll be posting another one for a few days though. Just keep posted for those of you who are still willing to read my fanfic. CX
Thanks.
-Kyle.