Hello people, this is my first time writing for the K-ON! fandom! With the ending of the manga and practically speaking, the anime, this is my first attempt at a continuation story. It won't be as light and as fluffy as what we're all accustomed to, though.

I'm currently juggling this story with another one, but if this story gets appreciation, I might postpone the other story in favor of this one.

Onto the first chapter!

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Accidental Damper

"…Fuwa fuwa time!"

Nodoka and Sawako looked on with approval, applauding the five girls on their last performance as members of the Sakura High Light Music club. Nodoka remembered the days two years ago, when she and Yui were mere freshmen in Sakura High School, the days when Yui picked up guitar due to the Light Music Club.

"She's come so far since then," mused Nodoka peacefully.

"Good job guys, you've held up really well for this past year," remarked Sawako, a note of pride in her voice.

At that moment, Sawako felt like the proudest sensei in the school, wryly noting that she felt more proud of them as a band than as students. In the end though, it didn't matter since she guided them in both paths during their high school lives.

"We're indebted to you, sensei," said Mio, as she began packing away her Fender (which she'd named Elizabeth recently) in its guitar case. "Without your help, we never would've gotten to where we are right now."

"In the end, Sawa-chan, we owe you bigtime," said Ritsu, moving her drums to the corner, ready to be packed for transportation the next day. "Thanks a lot, I guess. I hope we lived up to your expectations."

To everyone's surprise, Ritsu bowed to Sawako, who had a look of shock slapped onto her face at Ritsu's actions.

"Ricchan, I've never seen you do this before!" exclaimed Yui, who moved to the table again with her intentions clear: finish the leftover cake.

"Senpai, please don't ruin the moment!" scolded Azusa, who was moving towards Yui with a look of half-amusement on her face.

Azusa had always felt that she was the one taking care of Yui, and not the other way around. Inwardly though, the kouhai knew that she wouldn't have it any other way, sitting down across from Yui who was shoveling cake into her mouth at an alarming rate, leaving a mess of crumbs on the table that they had just cleaned.

"Aaaah Azu-nyan, why do you always do this to meeeeee…" pouted Yui, downing a cup of lukewarm Earl Grey to wash down the large spoonful of cake she had just eaten.

Without any kind of warning whatsoever, Sawako burst into laughter, laughter that exuded more mirth than the girls had ever seen her experience.

"Er, Sawa-chan, are you okay?" inquired Mugi.

"I never thought I'd see the day that Tainaka Ritsu would act polite in school without being forced to do so," choked Sawako, tears running down her face.

"All of us are grateful to you, Sawako-sensei," quipped Nodoka. "Your guidance was of much help to my duties as the seitokaichou this year."

"I'm glad that I was able to leave such a wonderful impression on the first set of students I'd administered as a homeroom teacher," said Sawako, pulling a handkerchief out of her pocket to wipe her face with.

"Besides, I'm really happy that I can brag that my homeroom teacher is one badass awesome guitarist," said Mugi happily.

At that comment, Sawako choked but luckily, she was able to pass it off as a raspy cough. Mio, Nodoka, Ritsu, and Mugi all looked on with concern at their teacher, while Yui and Azusa were oblivious to the whole situation, arguing about whether or not Ton-chan should be fed at 4 pm as opposed to 5 pm to ensure the greatest growth for the soft-shelled turtle.

"Sawako-sensei, are you alright?" asked Mio, concern in her voice.

After another hacking cough, Sawako spoke in a raspy voice,

"I'm fine… just choked on some of my phlegm."

At this, Mio cringed, while Mugi looked on with concern.

"Let me rub your back then, sensei. Ricchan, can you tidy up my Korg and put it in the corner beside your drum set please?" said Mugi, moving over quickly to Sawako and helping her lie prone on the couch, with Mio quickly clearing the couch of their bags. Mugi then removed Sawako's glasses and pocketed them, beginning to massage their sensei'sback.

Yui and Azusa finally noticed what was going on and got up from the table, having left it devoid of the remaining cake that they had left earlier before performing for Azusa.

"What's wrong with Sawa-chan?" asked Yui of Mio in a worried tone.

"She choked on some of her phlegm," replied Mio quietly.

Inwardly, the bassist thought how scary the concept of choking on your own bodily fluids was. She'd be scared of things easily as far as she could remember, and this was a trait of hers that Ritsu loved to exploit to no end, past, present, and probably, future.

"There there, Sawa-chan, this should feel good," said Mugi gently, as she massaged Sawako's back. "My goodness, I can feel the hard knots in your shoulders. I believe you've been working too much lately."

As she was going to reply, Sawako was suddenly blinded by the streaming rays of light that filled the clubroom. The afternoon sun glowed warmly, signaling that nightfall was near. Azusa noticed Sawako's reaction and moved quickly to close the blinds while Mugi continued to rub Sawako's back.

"Er, Sawa-chan, I'm sorry; I totally didn't expect you to react that way," said Ritsu sheepishly.

"It's alright Ricchan," replied Sawako in a gentle voice. "Damn—ah, I shouldn't speak like this in front of you kids! Um, Mugi-chan, you're really good at this… Wherever did you learn how to massage so well?"

Mugi stopped rubbing Sawako's back and placed a finger on her lips, thinking momentarily.

"One of our maids is well versed in massaging, particularly Shiatsu, so I had her teach me a few years ago as a hobby. I loved massaging my Father's back; it was the most time I could spend with him at any given time due to the fact that he's always in meetings with the company CEO," replied Mugi in a cheerful voice, masking the undercurrent of sadness she always experienced due to her father always being busy.

Ever since her mother had died, Mugi's father had devoted himself more to his work to dull the sadness he felt with her passing. He spent less and less time with Mugi, opting to leave her in the care of the family servants, some of whom were only a few years older than Mugi. He had the utmost trust in them, as was the minimum requirement to be a Kotobuki family servant. He wouldn't hesitate to have any of his servants arrested if they did anything inappropriate to his darling Tsumugi.

Despite everything, he still loved Mugi, even if he did spend less and less time with her, since she was living proof that his wife had existed.

These were the thoughts swirling through Mugi's head while she continued to gently massage Sawa-chan's back, thinking wryly that the only advantage she has due to her father being particularly busy was that she didn't have to feel suffocated about being a lesbian, no matter how homophobic he could possibly be. In the end, she'd just worry about something like that later. Her father elected she attend an exclusive university for women, and that there were only women there was the only fringe benefit of her father's choice for her education in business administration.

Deep down, Mugi thought that no one could replace her dearest Sawa-chan. A girl could dream though, and Mugi would continue to dream.

"Hey Nodoka-chan, can you help me and Azu-nyan tidy up the table?" asked Yui in a pleading voice. "I left too many crumbs on the table, and I don't want to depend on Azu-nyan too much."

"No problem, Yui-chan," said Nodoka, who moved over to the table to help the two of them. "Where can I get a dustpan?"

Azusa pointed towards the storage room in the back corner of the clubroom, and as Nodoka opened it, she saw the two cardboard boxes that were still in the room. Hoping that the club members would bring said boxes home tomorrow, she took a small broom and dustpan and headed back to the table.

Mugi then stopped massaging Sawako while Ritsu and Mio were moving the instruments to the corner nearest the board for easy organization. Mugi turned Sawako over and placed her schoolbag on the couch's arm to serve as a pillow for her sensei.

"Lie down for a while, Sawa-chan, while I help Mio-chan and Ricchan tidy up the rest of the room," said Mugi, leaving Sawako to rest on the couch, using her schoolbag as a pillow.

Inwardly, Sawako thought about how wonderful it felt to be massaged by Mugi. She felt embarrassed for thinking that she would want so much more of that, and would do anything to get more of the same if it had to cost her her—

Sawako brusquely brushed such thoughts aside.

"There's no accounting for age difference, though, not to mention that she might not be into girls despite all the signs saying so. Oh well, here's to my closet bisexuality then," thought Sawako with a sigh.

"Oh Ritsu, you seriously need to take home the crap you've been leaving in here," said Mio when she opened the storage room door. "Blech, it's gotten musty again; we forgot to clean this up yesterday," said Mio, covering her mouth.

"Ehh, we've got until tomorrow to worry about that. I think that we should move the two boxes out though," replied Ritsu, taking Mio's words in stride as per usual.

She'd always thought that Mio would be looking after her, and words couldn't express her happiness at finding out that she would be going to the same university as Mio.

"Oh, Mio-san, I'm glad that you reminded Tainaka-san to take those boxes home. I was going to do it myself, but I felt it would be more appropriate if you did it instead of me," spoke up Nodoka from under the table, picking up some of Yui's cake crumbs while Azusa was lecturing Yui on taking care of her Les Paul's strings.

Mio sighed and turned to Ritsu, who had just finished moving box number two to in front of the couch where Sawako was lying down, legs crossed.

"See Ritsu, even Nodoka thinks that only I can pacify you," said Mio in an exasperated voice.

"That's how we've always been; why change?" said Ritsu cheerfully. "I'm sure that in this whole wide world, only Akiyama Mio could handle me."

At those words, Mio turned away and blushed heavily, realizing the potential double meaning in Ritsu's words. While Ritsu remained oblivious to the turmoil Mio was going through, Yui noticed Mio's red face.

"Mio-chan, are you feeling sick?" asked Yui worriedly, putting a palm on Mio's forehead. "Huh… You're not even hot. Oh well," said Yui happily, moving back to the chair she was sitting on while Azusa moved onto general reminders about being in university.

"…and please, don't forget to consult with your teachers if you don't understand the subject material, okay?" said Azusa, crossing her arms over her chest. "Knowing you, you're going to slack off and just copy off Mio-senpai's work."

"Aah, I'm so happy that Azu-nyan's worried about me!" exclaimed Yui, moving over in one swoop to hug Azusa, who had the usual here-we-go-again look on her face.

She was thinking though, that she should enjoy these hugs while she can, because she won't be getting them anymore in the near future. That being said, to Yui's surprise, Azusa hugged her back and murmured softly,

"Yui-senpai, please take care, okay? I won't be around anymore to look after you, so please don't give Mio-senpai a hard time."

"OBJECTION! I take offense at being excluded from that statement, Nakano!" exclaimed Ritsu, pointing at Azusa with the ferocity of a savannah wildfire.

"Ritsu-senpai, you've been playing too much Ace Attorney, haven't you?" Azusa remarked wryly, still hugging Yui.

"Well… yeah, I admit," said Ritsu sheepishly, a hand behind her head. "I blame Satoshi, he was the one that got me into playing those games."

"Oh Azu-nyan, why don't you teach me how to play that game sometime?" said Yui, letting go of Azusa at last.

"Er, well, it's not exactly an easy game, so we'll see about that," replied Azusa dodgily.

"Yui-senpai playing Ace Attorney is going to be a disaster, I'm sure," thought Azusa morbidly.

Nodoka stood up from under the table, finished with cleaning Yui's mess.

"I'm all done with cleaning up," said Nodoka. "Yui-chan, are we going home together like you suggested?"

Yui put her fingers under her chin for a moment and thought, then said,

"Is it okay if I go home with Azu-nyan today?"

Nodoka nodded and said, "Sure, Yui-chan. See you, everyone."

"Bye, Nodoka. See you around," said Ritsu.

"Take care, Nodoka," said Mio.

"The same from me," said Mugi.

"Sorry for not helping you, Nodoka-senpai," said Azusa, bowing in apology.

At this, Nodoka chuckled and approached Azusa, placing a hand on her head.

"It's okay Azusa-san, I think it's better this way. I'll leave Yui-chan in your care then."

With those words, Nodoka turned around and left, leaving the room in silence save for Sawako's light snores.

"…In the end, I guess we owed Nodoka a lot too," said Ritsu. "All those forms I forgot to fill out, the air-conditioning unit we requested for back during summer, and the whole Founder's Festival thing that she did with Sawa-chan."

Mio, Mugi, Azusa, and Yui all nodded their assent.

"That's Nodoka-chan for you; ever reliable!" said Yui happily, flashing Ritsu a thumbs-up.

Ritsu and Mio laughed at Yui's gesture, and Ritsu said,

"We need more of the same from you, Yui. Let's hope you, me and Mio get into the same general education classes, alright?"

"We should talk about this sometime, so we can make sure we do end up in the same classes," said Mio excitedly.

While the three began to talk about their upcoming university life, Mugi and Azusa were not drawing too much attention to themselves, despite the fact that they were listening with envy.

Mugi realized that she'd be going to university alone, without the other three, and this fact alone caused her much distress and sadness. She could only hope that she could meet nice girls in her university, but deep down inside, they could never replace Houkago Tea Time and especially her beloved Sawa-chan-sensei.

As for Azusa, she fully realized the duty she now had to fulfill: as the new President of the Light Music Club, she needed to recruit one more member to enable their club's continuing existence, with both Jun and Ui having pledged their membership earlier that day.

"Dreaming is free, after all. Especially for the things money can't buy," said Mugi solemnly, moving to wake Sawako as night had already fallen.

"Where did that come from Mugi?" asked Mio, curious about her friend's non-sequitur comment.

"I was just musing about a few things I'd leave behind… I figured I already cried enough after the Founder's Festival, so I don't think I'm going to spontaneously break down again," chuckled Mugi.

At that statement, both Mio and Ritsu raised eyebrows while Yui spoke up.

"Don't worry Mugi-chan, we'll make arrangements to meet up on weekends. Sawa-chan and Azu-nyan as well. Maybe even on some schooldays, because Ui told me that sometimes, university students get to go home early."

Mugi nodded and began to gently prod Sawako in the side.

"Sawa-chan-sensei, time to wake up," whispered Mugi in her ears.

Sawako stirred and sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes, surveying her surroundings.

"Oh wow, you've tidied things up," she said groggily. "How long was I out? Mugi-chan's massage felt too good."

Mugi smiled radiantly at this and checked her cellphone for the time.

"It's 6:30 pm Sawa-chan."

At this, Sawako lost all trace of sleepiness in her eyes, cursing herself for falling asleep for so long.

"We need to go guys; it's already after hours. Yui, Azusa, Mio, you can leave your instruments here tonight if you wish so you can remove everything tomorrow in a single fell swoop."

The three girls in question nodded, along with Mugi, collected their schoolbags and diplomas, and stepped out of the clubroom, while Azusa was looking fondly at something on the table.

"Azusa-chan, let's go," urged Sawako. "We'll be in big trouble if we get caught by another teacher."

"Alright sensei, let me gather the things Yui-senpai gave me," said Azusa softly.

The kouhai gathered her schoolbag, as well as the photo and sakura flower Yui had given her, following Sawako out of the room afterwards.

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At the entrance gate, Sawako reminded them to come back tomorrow to remove and bring home everything they had brought to the Light Music clubroom.

"Oh no, I nearly forgot to tell you guys what Ui told me to tell you earlier today!" exclaimed Yui out of nowhere.

Ritsu put a palm on her face and chuckled while Yui continued obliviously.

"Um… After we collect our things tomorrow afternoon, Ui and I are inviting you to our house for a Houkago Tea Time graduation party! Um, food and drinks will be served by Ui, since I'm no good at that… But I'm going to improve, since I'm going to live in an apartment near the university."

The rest of them were stunned by Yui's revelation.

"A-are you sure, Yui-senpai? Why did you want to move out?" asked Azusa with a tinge of worry in her voice.

"Yeah Yui, I mean, Mio and I are just going to be living in our homes the same as always, and we're both nearly the same distance you are from university," said Ritsu, curious about Yui's reasons for moving into an apartment to live alone in.

"It's because I can still make it to school easily even if I wake up late!" exclaimed Yui, a look of triumph on her face.

Azusa sighed loudly, not even bothering to mask the sound.

"Yui-senpai, are you even prepared to live on your own? I— on second thought, I'll tell you when we've split off from everyone else," said Azusa.

"Keeping secrets from us now, eh Azusa?" smirked Ritsu, a note of playfulness in her voice.

"Ritsu…," scolded Mio. "Good luck to you then, Yui. Make sure to send all of us your address, alright?"

Yui nodded, when Mugi spoke up.

"Sawa-chan-sensei, can you give me a ride home tonight? If it's not too much trouble?"

Sawako looked surprised at Mugi's request, but decided to ultimately acquiesce to it. "It's not like I'm going to do anything, anyway."

"Sure, Mugi-chan, no problem. I'd like to feel amazed at seeing your large house anyway," said Sawako.

Her objective accomplished, Mugi waved to the other four girls and went with Sawako to the parking lot where her smart car was parked.

"I sense a disturbance in the Force," said Ritsu, prodding her temples with her index fingers, looking intently towards the direction where Mugi and Sawako were headed.

"Cut it out Ritsu," said Mio in a disapproving voice. "You know how Mugi can get sometimes…"

"Yeah, I know what you mean, Mio," said Ritsu in a thoughtful manner, while the four girls started to walk in the opposite direction towards the pedestrian lane where Yui and Azusa would split off from the two of them.

"Really Ritsu? I'm surprised that you understand how Mugi can ask weird requests of people."

Without warning, Ritsu stopped walking while the three girls continued, and after a short while, they noticed that Ritsu had fallen behind them, stationary.

"Ritsu…?" asked Mio tentatively, unsure as to why her best friend had stopped walking all of a sudden.

Ritsu suddenly pulled a pair of sunglasses out of her school bag, crossed her arms and suddenly bellowed with all her might,

"OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND MUGI! GO BEYOND THE IMPOSSIBLE AND KICK REASON TO THE CURB! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!"

"Shh! Ritsu, you're going to disturb the entire neighborhood," hissed Mio in frustration as Ritsu pocketed the pair of sunglasses.

"Ritsu-senpai, you clearly have watched too much mecha anime[1]," sighed Azusa, raising her arms in a "what-did-I-expect" manner.

"But Azu-nyan also knows what Ricchan was talking about," cooed Yui, moving her face inches in front of Azusa's.

"Ack! Yui-senpai, your face is too close!" exclaimed Azusa in surprise, stumbling over her own feet as she instinctively stepped backwards.

Everything seemed like it was in slow motion as Azusa fell: she grabbed onto Yui's uniform, while Mio made to grab Yui's arm but got there a second too late, as Yui toppled on top of Azusa, who screamed in pain as she hit the concrete pavement with a thud.

"Azusa!" exclaimed both Ritsu and Mio, who both rushed towards the fallen kouhai as Yui rolled off of her. "Are you alright?" asked Ritsu in a dead serious manner, completely unlike her normal demeanor. "That was a nasty fall you just had; Mio, can you check if Azusa sprained or broke anything?"

"Azusa, don't move," said Mio in a commanding tone. "I'm going to gently touch your arms and legs, your side, and then your back. Tell me if anything hurts, okay?"

Azusa nodded wordlessly as Mio began her inspection, while Yui, recovering from her fall, looked over at Azusa who lay motionless and spread-eagled on the ground.

"Oh my god, Azu-nyan, are you okay! I'm so sorry!" shouted Yui with alarm as she sat on the ground, massaging her knees which felt like shards of glass were run across them. "Ouch…"

"Yui, are you okay?" asked Ritsu, kneeling down beside the guitarist, who was gingerly holding both of her knees.

"I'm fine; Azu-nyan is more important than I am," said Yui breathlessly. "Owwie…"

"But your knees are bleeding," said Ritsu worriedly.

The silence was broken by Azusa who yelped in pain when Mio had moved her into a sitting position and applied light pressure to her back. Mio helped Azusa up gingerly, while Ritsu did the same for Yui.

"Azusa, your back is bruised. You need a cold compress as soon as possible to minimize the swelling and pain. I suggest taking mefenamic acid or ibuprofen to ease the pain that may ensue," said Mio in a professional manner.

"That's Doctor Akiyama for you," stated Ritsu proudly. "Good thing you're taking Physical Therapy for your pre-medical degree; you know exactly what you were doing just now."

Mio blushed at that comment, and was thankful that the dark didn't reveal that fact to the other three girls.

"You'll have to overcome your fear of blood and other such things first though," commented Ritsu wryly. "Hey, Yui?"

"Taxi!" shouted Yui, who had separated herself from Ritsu's helping hand, flagging down a passing taxi.

The taxi stopped in front of them and Yui opened the door, gesturing to Mio and Ritsu to gently carry Azusa into the backseat. After that was done, Yui bid both of them quick, curt goodbyes and got into the backseat, issuing directions to the driver that would take them both to the Hirasawa residence.

"Yui-senpai, why are you taking me to your house?" murmured Azusa, whose head was resting on Yui's lap.

"It's because it was my fault that you got hurt, Azu-nyan," mumbled Yui, unwilling to look at the face of the kouhai on her lap, afraid to see disappointment, hurt and anger on her face.

Azusa heavily raised her left arm and gently grabbed Yui's left hand. Yui jerked at the contact and nearly looked at Azusa's face, but fear prevailed and she continued to look forward stoically.

"It's okay, Yui-senpai. I'm okay; I'll just ask Ui to get me a cold compress and medicine if you guys have any. If anything, the fact that you took these steps to take care of me is enough," said Azusa softly, gently squeezing Yui's hand.

Yui could only look forward guiltily, silent as a statue as the taxi brought them towards the Hirasawa residence.

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[1] – Ritsu has indeed, clearly seen too much Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

So, we're off to a somewhat disastrous start (in-story, I hope!). How will Yui feel about Azusa's injury? Tune in next time to find out!