A/N: This took a lot longer to update than I had planned, but I finally did it. So, here's the next chapter with more interaction from Azusa and Yui, and a new character making an appearance. Also, thank you for all your reviews! I hadn't written anything for K-On before, and hadn't written for any anime in a while. Hopefully the next chapter won't be too long away, and until then, enjoy.


Azusa woke up to the harsh sunlight coming in and groaned as she turned to face away from the window. As she did so, she opened her eyes and caught the site of Yui's jacket neatly hanging over her desk chair. Azusa couldn't wait to give it back and go to her usual routine. With a sigh Azusa forced herself to look away and get out of bed.

She quickly changed into her work clothes and looked out the window before she left. Fortunately, it wasn't raining, instead the sky was clear, with the occasional cloud here and there. Satisfied with the weather, she turned away from the window and headed outside.

On the way to the office he couldn't help but look around for Yui, but in the end she couldn't find the girl and was already at work. She sighed and shook her head, as if that would get thoughts of Yui out of her head. She didn't even know why she kept thinking of the girl, but Azusa knew she didn't like it. It was distracting. As Azusa made her way to her desk, she realized it was probably because she had her jacket. Yes, that was it. Once Azusa gave the jacket back, she would completely forget about Yui, and Yui would forget about her.


Work had been an easy enough distraction, and she hadn't thought about Yui at all. Once she got out of work, she made her way back to her apartment and grabbed the jacket before heading out again. Azusa sighed as she walked through the streets to the meeting point as fast as she could.

When she had finally reached it, she looked around and saw Yui nowhere in sight. Azusa frowned as she looked at the people walking by, all of them not Yui. Thinking that she was early, Azusa stood and waited, and kept waiting. After a few minutes, Azusa sighed and took out her cell phone. As she looked at the time, she wondered if she had gotten the location wrong by chance. However, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps running, followed by heavy breathing.

She looked next to her in surprise and saw Yui, bent over with her hands on her knees, guitar laying on her back, and out of breath. After a few seconds she regained her breath and she looked up at Azusa from behind her bangs, grinning a little.

"Sorry I'm late," Yui said with a light laugh as she stood up to her full height. "I got caught up." Azusa sighed in annoyance, but decided not to say anything. She was about to ask what had caught her up when she remembered the jacket in her arms and she held it out to her.

"Here's your jacket, Hirasawa-san." Yui's face brightened and she placed her guitar down before taking the jacket from Azusa's hands.

"Thanks." Yui said as she started putting it on, and Azusa looked over at the guitar case laying by Yui's feet. As she stared at the case, she thought back to her own guitar that she had gave up a long time ago. Suddenly a mixed feeling of nostalgia and bitterness came over her, as it did every time she thought of guitars. She had loved her old guitar, and if it weren't for her parents, she would still have it. She frowned and looked away, not wanting to think about it anymore.

"Are you okay, Nakano-san?" Azusa jumped at the sound of Yui's voice and she looked over to see Yui looking at her with a frown. Azusa quickly forced a smile and nodded, and Yui gave her a hesitant smile back, seemingly not convinced.

"Of course, I am," Azusa said, hoping Yui would just brush it off. She didn't like how the girl was looking at her, like she could somehow look into her. It unnerved her, considering they just met. "Well, thank you for the jacket and it was nice meeting you, Hirasawa-san, but I have to go now." Azusa gave her a polite bow, turned around, and started walking away.

"H-hey, wait!" Yui called out and Azusa paused her steps. As she turned back around, she saw Yui running to her as she was putting her arms through the straps of her guitar case. The taller girl came to a stop in front of her, and smiled at Azusa.

"Um, well, I was thinking I should thank you."

"Thank me?" Azusa asked incredulously. She wondered if Yui was serious, but as she looked at her, she realized she was. Thank her? Azusa didn't understand, if anyone had to be saying thank you, it was her. Yui had been the one to give her jacket to Azusa, not the other way around, and Azusa couldn't wrap her head around it.

"Yeah," Yui said and Azusa frowned more in confusion. "I got my jacket back, so I should thank you." The way Yui had said it, it made it seem like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"But… that doesn't make any sense." Azusa mumbled to herself.

"Huh?" Yui asked, not catching what Azusa said. Azusa looked up and shook her head.

"Nothing," Azusa said quickly. "It's fine, you don't have to thank me, and I have work to do anyway."

"Oh, okay" Yui said, and Azusa noticed how disappointed Yui sounded.

"Okay, well… bye." Azusa said awkwardly and gave another polite bow before turning to walk back to her apartment. As Azusa walked away she could feel eyes on her back and she wondered if Yui was watching her go. Looking past her shoulders, she saw Yui, standing in the same spot and indeed staring, while other people walked past her. As soon as Yui noticed Azusa looking back, she jumped lightly and quickly walked in the opposite direction and Azusa was staring at her back before she lost sight of the girl completely.

Azusa sighed and looked forward again, thinking that was that. They were never going to see each other again and that was fine with Azusa. She didn't need another person in her life messing up her routine, least of all an odd stranger. She didn't mind, not anymore. She had spent a lot of her time as child being alone since she had never been very good at making friends.

She didn't actually make a friend, a real friend, until High School. She had the same class as Suzuki Jun, and Azusa found she couldn't be happier to find a friend like Jun. Sure, Jun was always more popular, and had more friends that Azusa could ever hope to have, but Jun always preferred to spend her lunch and time outside of school with her.

Then, they graduated and went to a different university and Azusa was afraid that she would never see or talk to the only friend she had. Luckily, though, Jun never forgot about her and they kept in contact. Azusa couldn't help but smile a little at the fact that Jun made sure to text Azusa a few times every week. Mostly with her joking about how much Azusa worked and calling her a "workaholic", no matter how much Azusa complained about it.

As she kept thinking about her friendship with Jun, she felt her phone go off in the pocket of her suit jacket. She quickly pulled her phone out and opened it to see a text from Jun, and she raised an eyebrow at the timing before opening it up.

How's my favorite workaholic doing? – Jun

Azusa rolled her eyes at Jun's words.

I'm not a workaholic, but I'm doing good anyway. – Azusa

Whatever you say. Anyway, you doing anything right now? - Jun

No, why? – Azusa

Perfect, cuz I'm starving and I'm on the way to this new place I found and you're house is on the way. Wanna come? – Jun

Azusa looked up and saw her apartment, and furrowed her eyebrows as she thought about it. Although it was rather sudden, going out would be nice, and it was the perfect way to get Yui out of her head completely. Azusa quickly looked down and started pressing the keys.

Sure, why not – Azusa

She got a quick reply from a happy Jun saying she would be there in about five minutes, and Azusa smiled and placed her phone away. She quickly walked to her apartment room and changed as fast as she could, in jeans, a long sleeve shirt, and some sneakers. As she made her way downstairs, she felt her phone go off again, and she pulled it out.

As she looked at it, she opened the front door and stepped outside the building, not noticing anyone around her. Suddenly, she felt a hands on her shoulder and she jumped in surprise. Turning around, she saw Jun behind her, grinning.

"Sup, glad you weren't too busy working." Jun said, and Azusa shrugged.

"Actually, I just got off…" Azusa said with a small smile, and Jun sighed at her. Azusa knew Jun wondered how she was able to work so much, and didn't like it so much.

"You know, all that stress is gonna give you wrinkles," Jun suddenly grinned at her. "You'll probably end up looking super old in five years or something." Azusa frowned and touched her face lightly, feeling for wrinkles, before realizing what she was doing and brought her hand down quickly.

"N-no, I'm not!" Jun laughed and started walking down the street.

"Sure, c'mon, let's get some food, I'm starving." Jun said and Azusa quickly caught up to her and as the two made their way to the restaurant, Azusa listened to Jun talk about what was going on in her life lately. Besides, Jun had always led a much more interesting life than Azusa, all Azusa had done lately was just more work.

Well, there was the fact that she met Yui, but Azusa hardly thought that was exciting enough to bring up, especially when she was sure she was never going to meet the brunette again. They eventually made it to the restaurant and Azusa followed Jun inside. As they entered, Azusa noticed that it wasn't as packed as she would have thought and they were able to get a table right away. As she followed Jun to a booth, she saw that the restaurant itself was somewhat small, more like a diner than a restaurant. Not that Azusa minded, it had a relaxed atmosphere and she kind of liked the look of it.

Jun had led them to a booth that was close to the stage, but still a distance away. Once they sat down and finished looking over the menu, Azusa looked at the singer and listened as she waited for their waiter to take their order.

"This place reminds me of back in High School," Azusa looked at Jun, who was also staring at the band. "Do you still play?" Jun asked and Azusa looked down, slightly ashamed. She used to play all the time, when she was growing up, but it had been a long time ago and now she hardly played. Now, her guitar was stashed away in a closet gathering dust and long forgotten about.

"Do you?" Azusa asked instead, not wanting to talk about it. Jun shrugged, not taking her eyes off the people playing.

"Sometimes, yeah," Jun said and Azusa frowned a little. "I don't think I'd ever stop playing completely. What about you?" Just then their waiter came up to take their order, and Azusa sighed in relief at being saved from answering. The waiter took her order first, and Azusa noted the singer had stopped singing and she could hear the sounds of the instrument being moved about.

Unfortunately, she couldn't see, due to the waiter being in her line of sight. As Jun took her order, the singer began singing again, but Azusa noted there was something different about the instrumental part, something she couldn't put her finger on. The waiter turned to walk away, but before she could see, Jun leaned forward the table to talk to her and Azusa looked at her instead.

"So, even though the food's okay, it's not expensive and they hire a bunch of people to play when it's open for the people eating." She said excitedly, and as Azusa listened to her talk she grabbed her glass of water and began drinking out of it. Jun looked back to the people on the stage and Azusa followed her eyes, still drinking the water.

Suddenly, Azusa's eyes widened and she spat out her water in shock, making Jun jump and look at her wide eyed as she wiped the water off her as discreetly as she could.

"Holy crap, you okay?" Azusa placed her cup down and nodded as she coughed. Jun looked at her with a mix of confusion and amusement. "You sure?" Azusa nodded again and Jun gave her one last look before looking back at the performance. Azusa followed her gaze again and looked at the cause of her choking on her drink.

There, sitting on the same stool as the previous guitarist, was Yui. Of all places she saw her again it had to be here.

Maybe Azusa should stop thinking she wouldn't see Yui again.