It was a Spring time. The girls from After School Tea time were just wrapping up their so called "practice". Everybody began to pack up. Ritsu looked over at Mio. "Hey Mio! Come over today and do our homework together", she said with a grin. Mio shook her head.
"I'm sorry Ritsu but I already made plans with Nodoka-chan. Maybe next time". Ritsu's grin quickly turned into a frown and she wore a sad expression on her face. But Mio didn't notice since her back was turned to her.
"Oh, that's okay. Come to think of it, I uh.. already had made plans with my brother to go out later", Ristu said to hide her feelings. Mio and the others looked over at Ritsu, who made the peace sign and smiled.
"Then why did you bother making the offer?" asked Mio, sounding a bit cold. She was a little tired of Ritsu's careless actions. Ristu's expression quickly dropped.
"Mio! That sounded a bit rude!" exclaimed Yui. Mugi and Azusa nodded. Ritsu shook her head and forced a laugh. The girls were starting to wonder if Ritsu was okay. Mio felt bad and started to walk over to Ritsu but Ritsu waved and left.
"Hmph! Well I better be on my way to Nodoka. I feel bad making her wait because of somebody else's foolish actions" and with that, Mio left too. The rest of the decided to leave as welll and walked together.
"I wonder if Ritsu-senpai and Mio-senpai will be alright", said Azusa.
"Don't worry Azusa-nyan! They'll be okay!" said Yui and cuddled Azusa. Azusa tried to push her off but it was no use. Mugi laughed at how they both acted towards each other, trying to forget about Mio and Ristu.
Back at her house, Ristu sat on her bed and sighed. Mio had never turned her down before, so did she start now? Maybe she was tired of hanging around her. Ritsu shook her head and began to do her homework. Meanwhile, Mio was at Nodoka's house having a great time. "Wow Nodoka, we finished our homework very quickly!"
"But the homework we get isn't all that hard."
"I guess since I always do homework with Ritsu, she wastes to much time and drags me with her." Mio frowned at the thought of her time being wasted at Ritsu's. "We should do our homework together more often!"
"That's sounds great, I don't mind! It's nice to have company", said Nodoka with a smile. For the next couple of days, Mio had been spending much time with Nodoka. She began to forget about Ritsu. One day, at lunch, Ritsu decided to break the ice so she walked over to where Mio and Nodoka were sitting.
"Ritsu!" said Mio, sounding surprised. Ritsu pretended to be happy and forcefully smiled.
"What? Did you forget about me?" she joked around. Mio looked at her and apologized for forgetting about her. Ritsu was shocked to discover that Mio really did forget about her. "You, forgot about me?"
"I'm really sorry! I'll make it up to you tomorrow! I promise!" Ritsu lifted an eyebrow.
"Tomorrow? Why not today?"
"Well, I made plans with Nodoka to-" Ritsu interrupted.
"Oh that's okay Mio! I totally understand!" She got up with her tray. "I better head on back with the others. Don't wanna keep them waiting!" Ritsu left. Mio called out her name but she pretended to not hear. Mio then laid her head on the table.
"I feel so bad!", she said but Nodoka smiled.
"Mio, why don't we set off our plans for another day and you head on to Ritsu's this afternoon." Mio smiled.
"Oh thank you Nodoka-chan! You're the best!" After practice that day, Mio walked over to Ritsu and gave her a warm smiled. "Hey Ritsu, I cleared my schedule so that I could hang out with you at your place today." Ritsu looked and her and smirked a little, but Mio didn't notice.
"Oh sorry Mio but I already made plans with Yui since you were already busy this afternoon." Ritsu walked over to the window and made pretend binoculars with her hands. "Look Yui! I have found the dream land!" Yui quickly ran over to her and did the same. They were both looking out at a cake shop and gave each other a thumbs-up. They grabbed their stuff, waved at the rest and ran off, laughing. Mugi and Azusa couldn't help but to laugh.
"Those two make the best friends I've ever seen!" said Mugi.
"Yui-senpai and Ritsu-senpai are quite similar if you look at them closely". Mio blinked at them but they didn't seem to notice and continued to chat. As they left the room, they waved to Mio and left her by herself. Mio sat down and sighed. She felt quite lonely and suddenly she thought of Ritsu. Imagine how lonely she must've felt all the the days. Mio got up, grabbed her stuff and headed on home. Tomorrow was the weekend and she wanted to make sure she spent all her time with Ristu. The next morning, Mio sent Ritsu a text, asking if she wanted to go to the zoo. Ritsu reply wasn't what she expected. It turns out that Ritsu had slept over Yui's and was already at the zoo with Yui. Mio asked if she could join them but Ritsu never replied back. She was having too much fun with Yui, the type of fun she missed having with Mio.