A/N: Happy Birthday, Ricchan! :D (8.21.2010) *sees heathens* You infidels! Acknowledge my Goddess! D:

Anyway, inspired by the now undoubtedly infamous OMGRITSUHASABFWUT? chapter of the manga, comes my own rendition!

Disclaimer: I claim no ownership to K-ON! or any of the characters appearing herein. However, I do claim ownership to a set of drums. W-we are talking about upside-down pots and a pair of chopsticks, right? :D?


A new message has arrived!

With another school day at its end, university entrance exams were all the closer. A blend of determination and anxiety had replaced the accustomed freedom that typically followed the conclusion of school days.

All but one of the members of Sakuragaoka's Light Music Club felt compelled to study in their respective clubroom, rather than engage in normal related activities. The odd one out was the club's own president, Tainaka Ritsu.

From: Sokabe-san

Subject: Mio-tan

So what are you guys (Akiyama-san) up to?

The drummer sat in the position which she found most comfortable; with her legs up off the floor, her phone beeped as she idly sent a reply to her latest friend.

We're in the clubroom right now. Mio's studying for the university entrance exam.

Ritsu's quiet world was then suddenly interrupted by the bassist sitting beside her, who claimed she interrupted them first.

"You don't even hear the beeping when you're the one texting, I guess..." Ritsu speculated. She began her apology just in time to be cut off by a response to her last text, at which point, she stole a fleeting look back at her phone.

She must really be worried... Is she panicking in a frenzy of cute screaming?

Ritsu couldn't help but smile, eventually bursting out in a fit of laughter as she accidentally pictured the image in her mind. There was great fun to be had with one who thought Mio's reactions were as amusing as she herself thought they were, Ritsu surmised.

Suddenly, a tight grasp on her shoulder and the sight of a fuming Mio before her halted her giggles. While the bassist was seeing red, Ritsu could only see darkness in front of her.

"Let's get that forehead of yours over here, shall we?" Mio uttered in an atypically rough and malign tone.

"S-she's channeling Sawa-chan...?" Ritsu thought in terror. Where was the cowed Mio she had pictured only moments before?

"I'm sorry! Seriously, I'm sorry!"

Ritsu's futile attempt at making amends only resulted in her forehead becoming a canvas for Yui's amusement. Ritsu managed to send a quick reply before putting her phone away, having been forced to study.

No, she's being a dangerous queen.

"So who were you texting with? You looked like you were really enjoying it..." Tsumugi inquired.

"E-he-he... Oh, it was just, you know..." Ritsu responded vaguely.

"Was it your boyfriend by any chance?"

Tsumugi's question was like a swift explosion in Mio's mind, set off with a twitch of her eyebrow.

"There's no way Ritsu would get a boyfriend..." Mio stated assuredly, forcefully retaining a cool composure. She couldn't even picture it.

Upon hearing Mio's affirmation, Ritsu's checks flushed, and she turned away from the bassist.

"HUH? What's with that reaction?" Mio marveled at the drummer in disbelief. Already, her equanimity was beginning to erode.

Ritsu appeared uneasy and nervous from then on.

Then, in a hasty decision and a rather questionable explanation given in an uncharacteristic manner of speech, their president was dressed and out the door.

This one occurrence hurled the band she had left behind into mixed reactions.

Azusa wondered what was going on with her usually positive and cheerful senpai, while Yui could only ponder the comical possibilities of Ritsu walking home with her forehead standing out more than it normally did. Tsumugi fervently jumped to conclusions about boyfriends, prompting Yui to do the same, while Mio... was left rather scarred, locked in an enveloping paralysis called shock.

Azusa placed her hands on the back of her upperclassman, gently trying to shake her out of it.

"Mio-senpai, please come back to us!"


Elsewhere, a confused Sokabe tilted her head in perplexity at Ritsu's last reply.

"Mio-tan...? A 'dangerous... queen...?'"


A/N: Short, no? Don't worry; when I overcome procrastination once more, the following chapters will be longer. I was simply adamant about releasing something on Ritsu's Birthday. :3

Stay tuned for childhood flashbacks full of lolis, dreadfully traumatizing nightmares for Mio, and Ritsu breaking into Mio's house! :D

Oh, and HLS. :O