Hi readers! This is my first fanfic. Please give me a review so I know how to go on from here. I still have some Ideas This story may progress from K+ to M depending on your reviews. Please let me know what you think. R&R.
I won't be adding other pairings. Other K-on pairings are still to difficult for me. Sorry.
I don't own K-on and I don't want to, I happy enough to have come across it.
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Chapter 1: I LOVE THE RAIN
Ritsu Tainaka has been trying not to fall asleep in class since first period. Helping her parents in the shop has been exhausting. Recently, Satoshi, her younger brother has been skimping on his shop duties due to karate practise. He is a starting line-up in his middle school karate club and they will be entering a major competition soon. In addition, the fact that tanabata is coming up in 2 days, a day for locals to offer their wishes to the gods by writing them on a strip of paper and tied to bamboo branches they specifically prepare for that day. This annual celebration never fails to lift the japanese spirit of the locals which means, they crave for local desserts which also means profits for Ritsu's family as they happen to own a japanese confectioner's shop. Ritsu is obliged to help at the shop more than usual. She's usually sleepy during class but more so today. Her family needed to finish a huge order yesterday so her father can deliver it early this morning.
Ritsu couldn't help it. She nearly succomb to sleep when she heard the bell ring indicating lunch break. Some of her classmates invited her to lunch but she declined wanting to sleep instead. She was able to make friends as soon as her first day in high school started. Since most of them came from different middle schools, there were no permanent groups and it was easy to get along with everyone... except for Mio Akiyama. Ritsu takes a quick look around the classroom and is not surprised to see Mio stayed in the classroom as well. She was beautiful, with raven black hair, good figure and she's very well mannered too. She became popular in class in no time. She came from a private middle school which means she is an "elite" who is quite rare in this public high school. Because of this, even though she is popular and got along with everyone, she was held at arms length as the class try to maintain her image or rather, that image they want of her. For Ritsu, Mio is simply different, she doesn't really buy that "Ojousama" (young miss/lady) crap that everyone is trying to mold Mio into. She doesn't have any issues with Mio, it's just that they seem to have nothing in common and they don't have many opportunities to talk to each other. Ritsu being Ritsu wanted to know more about this seemingly mysterious girl, mysterious to her. She thinks it's a good opportunity so get closer to her, now that they were the only two left in the classroom but exhaustion won over and she finally surrendered to unconsciousness.
It seemed only a few minutes had passed before her consciousness played with her senses. She felt a hand on her shoulder vigorously shaking her. Wanting more sleep she mumbled "five more minutes" and tried to brush off the hand on her shoulder. She found it was firmly planted on her shoulder and the shaking intensified. She heard the owner of the offending hand say,
" Wake up Tainaka-san. The break is almost over, you should go wash your face to freshen you up",the shaking continued which annoyed her. It doesn't seem like the assualt would let up so she had no choice but to force herself up.
"Tsk!...annoying" she mumbled half awake. She's still dazed but she stood and slowly made her way to the washroom, her body working unconciously leaving the annoying person behind, not wanting to lose more energy gained from her wonderful rest just for a needless arguement.
Arriving at the washroom, just a few steps from her classroom, Ritsu rinse her face at the sink which fully woke her up.
"Wahhh!..." Now that she's fully awake, she remembered the person who woke her up, whom she snubbed leaving her behind at the classroom. She was embarassed how idiotic her responses was. She thought she should apologize later. Now that she'd calmed down, she notice the stares directed at her and realised she was not alone in the washroom. Some girls were staring at her for her reaction a while ago.
"The water was a bit cold,hehe" she said to no one in particular and made her way back to the classroom.
Just in time, the bell rung again indicating the end of lunch break and Ritsu saw that the class is now full. She started to walk towards Mio Akiyama to apologize and thank her for waking Ritsu up but just then, the teacher arrived. She shrugged and walked to her seat instead.
'Maybe after school', she thought.
Suprisingly, Ritsu didn't feel sleepy during her afternoon class. Maybe that power nap during lunch break was effective or maybe its because she was thinking how to approach Mio Akiyama to express her apology and gratitude for waking her up.
Now that today's class is officially over she would give it a go. She looked at Mio Akiyama's seat, two rows from her and tree rows to her right, only to find that the girl she's looking for is nowhere to be found. She noticed her things are still on her table and figured she must still be at school. She opted to wait for Mio Akiyama. She received a string of "goodbyes" and "see you tomorrows" until the room was devoid of occupant except for her. She noticed the clouds have gathered in the sky looking menacing and unforgiving so unlike the clear blue sky this morning. She checked her bag to see if she remembered to pack her umbrella this morning and just as she had thought, no umbrella. She didn't want to get drenched so she gave up on waiting for Mio and stood to get a move on. The door to the classroom suddenly opened and Mio stepped in just as the rain started to pour.
'Ugh,great' Ritsu thought sarcastically.
'Nothing I could do about that', she dismissed the rain from her mind and focused on the task at hand.
She noticed Mio walked to her seat and gathered her belongings. Ritsu gathered her belongings as fast as she can and called out to Mio seeing the girl is ready to leave.
"Akiyama-san, wait up!". She dashed to Mio's side an action which unbeknownst to both girls will become a normal event in the future.
"Ah, t-thank you for waking me up before afternoon clads started and I...I...ah, aherm, sorry for the way I responded to you waking me up. I-I was still sleepy, you see,hehe" Ritsu unconciously scratching behind her neck looking everywhere but Mio, magnifying how awkward it was for her to talk to Mio.
'Who would not feel awkward talking to a popular girl in class, a girl whom you never talked to aside from two or three word responses about class matters'.
A faint and jumbled,"Yo-you're we-welcome" reached Ritsu's ear.
"eh?..." she responded without thinking and looked at Mio to confirm what she heard.
"Y-you're welcome" she heard a bit clearer now but Mio was looking down.
Ritsu wondered why Mio was looking down. She looked down as well but there was nothing unusual. She bent down to see Mio's face, it wasn't so difficult, they were almost the same height Ritsu being taller by just a few insignificant centimeters. She was surprised to see Mio as red as a tomato, Ritsu being Ritsu couldn't help bit tease her and blurted out,
"Eh, you're as red as a tomato. Could it be that you're shy just talking to me?fufu".
The next thing happened in flash. She felt a sharp pain on her forehead.
"Awwiee...", she covered her forehead with her hand and felt a bump forming.
"I-I-Idiot!" she heard and saw Mio run out of the classroom.
"Sorry! Sorry!... Sorry" Ritsu repeatedly said trying to catch up to Mio. Fortunately, the hallway is empty, the students left fast due to the dark clouds signalling incoming rain earlier which now came pouring down. Ritsu managed to catch up to Mio at the school building entrance.
"I'm sorry, Akiyama-san I just couldn't help it I was just a little tensed and I thought I'd break the ice...Sorry" Ritsu gave Mio her best puppy-dog eyes.
"O-okay" said shyly and diverted her eyes away from Ritsu. Now that it's over, Ritsu noticed the rain is not letting up.
"Maybe if I run fast enough..." she said to herself. Just as she was about to sprint, a felt a tug on her sleeve on the side where Mio was standing. She looked down as she heard Mio say,
"If-if we're on the same way, w-we could share my umbrella". Ritsu's eyes glowed with gratitude.
"Really? really?...where do you live?"
"2nd district near a covinient store, a two-story house with red roof, three blocks from a japanese confectioners shop." Mio answered clearly albeit a little quiet.
"Wow, that's was detailed... if I were a theif, you'd have arrived on an empty house" Ritsu said jokingly. Mio keep opening and closing her mouth seemingly wanting to say something but snap it shut in an instant. Ritsu realising what she said apologised profusedly as before not wanting to antagonize Mio who might retract her offer of sharing her umbrella.
"Well, it seems I'm in luck. I live in the same neighborhood" Ritsu announched happily, grinning widely at Mio.
Both girls headed on the same direction. A few moments past a bright light imanated from the sky followed by a huge "boom". Ritsu who offered to hold the umbrella between then felt another tug on her sleeve almost topling over the umbrella in her hand and felt her side a little warmer. She felt Mio tremble a little.
"Eh?...are you afraid of lightning and thunder?" Ritsu teased again.
"O-of course n-not!" Ritsu noticed her still trembling a little but she give her points for trying to put up a brave front. Ritsu transferred the umbrella to her other hand, making sure they don't get wet in the process, and put her now empty hand around Mio's shoulder.
"It's alright, it's alright... you don't need to admit what kind of scaredy cat you are"
"I said I'm not..." Mio protested but Ritsu took note that Mio did not try to shrug off her hand, so around her shoulder it remained. A comfortable silence descended.
5 minutes later... still a few minutes till they arrive at their neighborhood.
"Akiyama-san, how come I never saw you around my neighborhood before?" Ritsu ask, her impatient personality getting the better of her.
"We just moved as soon I graduated from middle school. A little while before I graduated, the company my parents are working at decided to transfer their main branch nearby. They were just waiting for me to graduate middle school before we move here."
"Oh, I see... then, WELCOME to our neighboorhood Akiyama-san!" Ritsu couldn't spread her arms as a welcome gesture so she just squeezed Mio a little tighter with the hand around her shoulder. It was just a few millisecond squeeze but Ritsu felt a little warm inside.
They are now in their neighborhood and passed by Ritsu's house just beside their shop. She didn't tell Mio where her house was and she didn't give an indication that they just passed by it wanting to prolong her time with this girl. She realised she wanted to be closer and to get to know her more. She initially thought Mio was going to snub her or be overwhelmingly polite towards her, and she would have given her best to ignore Mio. Today's encounter was pleasant and calming, and maybe a bit fun too.
They reached Mio's house shortly after. Ritsu was agog to see how extrvagant Mio's house is. It isn't big enough to be called a mansion but it looked like a modernized villa. It was really two-story with red roof but Ritsu would hardly call it just a "house".
'I shouldn't be surprised I suppose. I should've expected a castle, even. The way she move around school with grace and her polite manners should have been clues on how stacked her family is. I guess it's one more reason how she's so popular in our school with students living an average lifestyle like me.'
Ritsu walked her to her front steps, glancing here and there arounwas nuts expansive courtyard. It wasn't so big but it was big enough to fit a garden with a small electric falls. There is enough space for a picnic for four if so inclined and they would be surrounded by hydrangeas.
'The flowers would be hard to clean when they wilt,hehe but it would definitely look glorious when they're in full bloom.'
She imagined Mio smiling surrounded by said flowers and couldn't help but smile.
"Cute..." she mumbled to herself.
"Hmnn?"
"Oh, nothing... I just thought of something. Nevermind"
They reach the front porch of Mio's house.
"Thanks for sharing your umbrella, I can run home from here and I wouldn't get too wet, so no need to worry."
You can take my umbrella with you, you can return it tomorrow. By the way, where's your house?"
"Ah, we passed by it. It's the house connected to yhe japanese confectioner's shop awhile back. That's my family's shop by the way. You can drop by sometimes Akiyama-san"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier"
"I just fancy a little walk and it's your umbrella so I returning the courtesy by walking you home". 'And I wanted to spend time with you more' she continued in her thoughts.
"Take the umbrella then"
Ritsu took it reluctuntly. She was about to leave when she blurted out.
"Akiyama-san, would you like to walk home together from now on?" she ask uncertainly.
"..."
"uhm, y-you know, 'coz we live on the same neiborhood and all..." she blurted out again filling the awkwardness and looking at anything except Mio. She didn't see the blushing like an overriped strawberry.
"..."
"ah...y-you don't have to feel obliged to acce" she continued flustered from the lack of response from the other girl.
"Okay" she heard heard her say.
"ah, I guess you can't huh?...W-What?"
"I said "Okay" Tainaka-san"
"Ritsu. Call me Ritsu"
"Okay Ritsu...and...and you can call me M-Mio"
"Sure, M-Mio" I mimicked how se stuttered at her own name. I felt a sharp pain on the side of my head in an instant.
"Just go home already! Idiot!"
Mio turned around towards the door. Putting her hand to the doorknob she said,
"See you tomorrow...Ritsu"
Ritsu started to run towards Mio's gate shouting,
"See you tomorrow...Tsundere ojou!"
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I hope you enjoyed this piece. I'm only using my phone so I hope there wasn't much error in this chapter.
I plan to make a little timeskip in the future since I wanted to progress the story slowly from K+ to M chapter by chapter. Hopefully, I can update weekly. I plan on making this not less than 5-8 chapters.
Tell me what you think.