This is actually a continuation to Midnight. The romance and mature content is definitely toned down a lot, although i'm sure it'll be more interesting that way. Definitely multi-chaptered - probably 5?

Disclaimer: K ON characters do not belong to me.

- original characters my be added to create suspense, etc.

Warning: May contain suggested themes. Yuri implied

- Notice: storyline and settings may deviate from original manga/anime

The morning's sunlit rays flashed across the white room, until it eventually concentrated on Mio's pale face.

"Mmm..." She winced and turned her head to the other side checking the time.

9:28 A.M

She blinked once, then twice.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!" Apparently, she had a morning class at 9:30, which she would be considered tardy.

She tossed the bedsheets off of her than bolted towards her door. But before opening it, she could smell something burning from the other side...

"R-Ritsu?!"

She quickly turned the knob, and to her surprise saw that there was no fire. Her childhood friend Ritsu was preparing what seemed to be breakfast. Bacon and eggs were set for each of them. The burnt smell was emanating from the bread the brunette left in the toaster.

"Oh, you're awake!..hehe.." Ritsu scratched her head as she brought the toast to the table- they were charred black.

Mio sighed in relief and took a seat across from Ritsu. She did a better job this time around. The scrambled eggs weren't as squishy compared to before and the bacon wasn't undercooked. She glanced at the toast and took one.

Ritsu looked at Mio with a focused stare waiting for the verdict.

Mio took her knife, slowly scraping off the burnt areas before spreading some butter onto it. She then took her fork and took a bite of her eggs and bacon.

"...So?..." Ritsu leaned even closer waiting with anticipation.

"Hmm...it's better than the one before..."

"Phew!" Ritsu leaned back on her chair and sighed with relief.

"..But what did you do to the toast?"

"Oh, uh...I-I was thinking about something." The drummer looked away with a little blush on her face.

'Figures' Mio thought as she continued her meal. "What were you thinking about?"

"Uh..." 'Last night' she thought to herself. "...Tonight's dance!" She finished.

"Oh yeah. We've got that masquerade dance."Mio spoke before she took a sip of water from her cup.

'She doesn't remember...good' Ritsu's heart rate decreased gradually."Yeah, we're performing a number or two with Yui and Mugi." She poked at her egg before taking a bite.

"Mmhmm.." Mio recalled before finishing her bacon.

"Are you going with anyone Mio? I mean, did anyone ask you as their date?" Ritsu chided. 'Of course someone did, you idiot.' She looked down as her subconscience told her so.

"...Hmm..yes." Mio took another sip of water.

Ritsu slumped down as her heart sank.

"He's this guy from our english class, Rei Naoe."

'Oh that guy...' Ritsu mentally pictured the boy. He had brown nicely trimmed hair, usually wore a t shirt, cardigan and jeans - nothing that deviated from the norm.'..But still, why him Mio?'

"He asked me two weeks ago." She continued.

"And you didn't tell me?" Ritsu looked down at her toast as a sad expression consumed her face.

"I didn't think it was that important. Sorry Ritsu." She reached out to touch her hand with an apologetic look.

"It's fine Mio, don't worry about it." Ritsu projected a fake smile to appease her best friend.

Just as Mio finished her meal she realized that she still had a class to attend. She quickly brushed the crumbs from her mouth with her napkin and bolted for her room.

Ritsu propped her elbows on the table watching Mio panic.

A minute later The raven haired girl was dressed with a jacket and sweats. 'She rarely wears that.' Ritsu thought.

"Thanks for the breakfast!" Mio ran across the room to grab her keys before slamming the door shut.

"You're welcome." Ritsu spoke softy in silence. Seconds passed before she remembered to tell Mio something important. "Haha, I forgot to tell her that today's classes were canceled." She scratched her head in embarassment before taking another look at her unfinished meal.

"Rei Naoe huh." She placed her signature yellow headband on her desk before falling back against her unruly bed. "What's so great about him?" Ritsu adjusted her arms behind her head while looking at the blank ceiling.

She mentally recalled what she could about the boy. He was pretty tall, light skinned with brown hair, and smart. Rei usually did well academic-wise and was always in the top 5 of their class. Not to mention he was a lady's man. So i guess he qualifies as good looking right?

Her heart tightened at the thought of him. She let out a puff towards er hair feeling her bangs float before crashing down against her forehead.

"Ugh!" She cried in frustration. 'At least Mio's not here to see me this way.'

Ritsu closed her eyes for a few minutes taking it all in. Just as she thought all was hopeless, an idea lit up in her mind.

She rushed towards her closet checking a particular item. It was a black mask, although there were two to be exact. Both were dark as night completely un-identical. One was engraved elegantly with silver the other in gold. When Yui, Mugi, and Mio went out to buy their dresses and accessories, Ritsu couldn't decide on either of them and decided to purchase the other in secrecy.

She decided to go with the gold trimmed mask since that was what she showed to her friends.'Hmm...Will it work though?'

The brunette approached her mirror taking a good look at herself. Ritsu placed the silver lined mask against her face as she used her right hand to lift her unruly bangs over it. 'Not too shabby.' She grinned. The drummer was unrecognizable. 'I'd make a pretty good looking guy.' Then she struck a quick pose.

"Hahaha!" she let out with laughter, her voice booming from the apartment.

She removed the mask taking a good look at herself in the mirror. Her hair had grown an inch longer. 'I need a haircut.' She noted to herself. Ritsu hadn't grown much anywhere else, except her height? 'Wait did I?...'

She ran to the side of her door quickly grabbing a pen before checking her measurement. The drummer drew a line atop her head before looking back to check.

Two inches. She had grown not one, but two inches. Ritsu was the same height as her best friend Mio.

"Yahoo!" Ritsu jumped with joy as she mentally high-fived herself a hundred times.

The achievement was short lived when she heard the doorbell go off.

Ritsu immediately stopped and stashed the masks into her secretive treasure box.

The drummer donned her yellow headband as she hurried to check who was at the door.

It was her friend Mugi.

She opened the door with a bright smile as she unlocked the door.

"Hi Mugi!"

"Goodmorning Ritsu!"

They both embraced and Ritsu ushered her to come inside.

"Actually, I just dropped by to leave you and Mio some sweets. It's so you'll have the energy for the performance later tonight." She happily handed the bag.

"Oh yeah? Haha, that's so sweet of you Mugi. Thanks." Ritsu accepted the bag and placed it on the table.

They both sat across from each other as they continued their conversation.

"By the way, where's Mio?" The blonde haired girl peered around the room for her friend.

"Uh..about that. She...went to class." She turned her head to the side and scratched her hair with one finger.

"But we don't have class today..." Mugi spoke looking straight at the drummer.

"I-I forgot to tell her. It was an honest mistake." Ritsu's cheeks reddened with shame.

"Silly Ritsu!" Mugi covered her mouth with her hand as she chuckled.

They continued conversing about their dates, to which they both didn't have.

"A-actually I was wondering If you could help me with something." Ritsu confided to Mugi. "It has to be a secret though."

"Sure." Mugi nodded with a smile as she looked at her friend.

Ritsu got up to retrieve the mask from her closet and placed it on the table.

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Thanks for reading

Hopefully i can get chapter 2 done by the end of the day...