Disclaimer:
It's a bit late, but... yeah. I do not own any characters from K-ON as they are owned by Kakifly who likes to draw copies of the same character with different names. No, I don't own Ui either. I didn't make the anime nor did I make the manga or the characters from K-ON, got it? Good.
A/N:
It's been a long time since I haven't written anything so I might be a bit rusty here and there.
School's getting really tough and I find it hard to find time to write this. So, basically whenever I'm writing, I'm usually just procrastinating.
I'm sorry if the chapter update gaps are really long but, I'm doing my best to keep balance between academics and... other things.
The days passes by with unrelenting peace, never did it seem to occur to me that school doesn't pressure me as much. Day in, day out, it's all the same. Until that apparent day in which I always got sick...
My forehead felt warm and I was a little bit dizzy, though I drove my ignorance to use and tested my patience as I sipped a cup of tea. It was afterschool, in the music room, the light shone in through the window and the particles glitter, slowly gliding down.
"I wonder why they had such good tea sets in here?..." I continued to drink from the fancy cup in front of me. It seems that club activities are compulsory in here, but I wasn't given a choice and was put in the club with the lowest amount of members. In other words, I wound up being in the Light Music Club.
"Well... It looks like they take music lightly alright..." I mean, if they don't take it lightly, all the members should be here by now. For now it's just me and tranquility.
...It's so boring
"Maybe I should take a look around the room..." I stood up from the wooden chair and examined the room, one corner at a time. At one corner lies an aquarium with a small grey turtle swimming in it.
"..."
I stared at it as I reminisced how a turtle bit me on my index finger once and nearly tore off the tip.
Moving on, there was a blackboard on the wall next to the drums. The drum was in a bright "Sunburst Yellow" colour. Nothing else caught my perticular interest here. Then, I saw a storage room. If I learned anything about these, it's never to open them until cleaning up time. Though I like discovering old items in storage rooms like these...
Then there was the cupboard in which I got the tea and cups from. A line of expensive looking ceramics was displayed neatly. I wonder why they have things like these? Completely unrelated to music...
I heard some muffled noise from under the display rack, but still in the cupboard. What in the world?...
But seeing that it's still daylight, I know that nothing harmless is going to come out of It, right? I lowered myself and slowly pulled one of the knobs...
Behind it was a... Girl?
"Eh?"
I fell on my backside when the doors fully open to reveal a long haired girl with beautiful hazel colour pigment. She was holding a video camera on her left hand.
"Ara... You found me.."
"W-w-what are you?"
"Ehh... That's not a nice thing to say to a girl..."
A small red light is blipping on the video camera. It's still recording?
"T-turn that off!"
I snatched the camera off her and removed the battery, hoping that the recorded video won't save.
Seriously... This girl..
"Aren't you here to interview me or something?" I asked her promptly.
"That was what the camera was for..."
I stared at her, I was quite upset.
"Well obviously that was for some other purpose, wasn't it?"
Suddenly, a loud sound broke up our hot debate. It was Yui-san, nonetheless. She told me she was in the club.
"Yahoo~"
She kept on using that... Whatever it is. A cheer? A call? It's quite alarming, so it works. A few other girls were behind her, three others to be exact. Right behind Yui was a tall, mature-looking, girl.
"Oh, Tsumugi, you're here first."
The girl that was behind Yui spoke to the girl in front of me.
The two other girls entered the room on their own time, fanning out in all directions. Before I knew it, five girls were in the room.
"So this little shrimp is the fresh meat?"
A girl with a yellow headband pointed at me, dumbfounded at how 'puny' my appearance was.
"Oh! You're that boy from the library!" Gah, this little one too. At least remember my name, Azusa...
I stood up straight, as if I was to report to a commanding officer in the army.
"Yes! My name is Aga. You can call me Aga-kun. I am here to join the club."
They all looked at me quite nervously. Did I give a bad first impression?
"Well, sit down and we'll ask you some questions." The girl with the headband headed for the tables. I pulled myself a chair and sat down.
"Oh. Right, right. Introductions! This here is Mio, our bassist."
She presented me with the girl that has black hair and a... Dynamic body.
"Akiyama Mio, nice to meet you."
Well mannered, that's a plus point.
"A-ah, me too."
I felt a little embarrassed over the difference in our maturity. Well, she is older so... I shouldn't be too concerned about it. Maturity is an abstract idea too so.. there are no real measures but...
"This here is our junior member, Azusa."
She presented me with a tiny little girl whom I've met in the library before.
"A-ah! We've met before in the library right?"
It kinda disappointed me how she forgot my name and all...
I gave a slightly disappointed face at her, not that I care about her forgetting me or anything.
"The girl that came out of the cupboard is Mugi, our keyboardist."
She presented me with the girl who was filming me before
"Pleasure to be working with you."
She gave me a light smile, I somehow felt a little disgusted at her... I mean, you can categorize filming someone without permission as stalking!
"I'm pretty sure you've met Yui before and I'm the club's president and drummer, Ritsu!"
She kinda skipped Yui and went ahead with hers, pretty flashy this Ritsu girl. Her forehead shines off the reflection of the sun.
"Uhh... So... Is there gonna be somekinda of test or something?"
I asked curiously. I mean, if there was somekind of test, I'm probably screwed.
"No no, just some questions is all!"
Ritsu gave me that reassuring look. Takes me a bit back actually, when we first met, I got a bad feeling about this...
She sat roughly on her chair. Unlike other girls, her legs are wide open, leaving enough space for someone to easily look up her skirt if anyone was under the table.
Damn, why am I thinking about this? Get a grip, Aga!
"Well then, let's start..."
She straightened up her back and looked serious all of a sudden.
Hearing that, I gulped, preparing for her question. Though I had anticipated it a little.
It's gonna be somewhere along the lines of "How good you are with 'X' ?" or "Played any instruments before?" I'm sure of it.
"What are your three sizes?"
I gasped deep inside my heart, it had struck me like a bullet to the head. Sharp, quick, requiring immediate response.
Nah, she can't be serious... Can she?
"What does that have to do with anything?"
In a fit of rage and frustration, I smacked the table flat and screamed at her. Almost like a tsukkomi.
"Ahahaha.. Calm down, calm down, I'm just joking.. The next one will be for real."
Ritsu tried to calm me down. She knew I didn't take it much as a joke.
Well, don't mind me if the next time you joke about that you'll be going home with a bump on the head.
"Do you have any experience in music?"
Here it is, the real question. I tried to give it some thought...
How should I answer it? Be honest or lie a little bit about it?
Lying is definitely a no-go when it comes to this, I mean, it's like a job interview.
When I found a suitable answer, I looked up to her and told her the truth... Or at least the truth as I remembered it.
"Umm... If I'm not wrong, I did a little piano when I was 10 and a little bit of guitar when I was 11, but that's it."
They looked each other, as if they were all thinking of the same thing.
"Is this really okay?"
"Another amateur..."
"He'll start from square one, just like Yui-senpai.."
The three girls who were standing behind me murmured between themselves. Was I disapproved or something?
Mugi, who was on my right, smiled lightly. Almost a smirk.
"I might just have the thing for you."
She walked over to the storage room door from before and searched for something inside.
What is it? A keyboard? A guitar? An accordion- Wait.. this is a pop band, there's no use for accordion.
She ducked here and there, making a small ruckus in the room. Me and the girls stared at her direction, wondering what she's going to come out with.
"Ah, here we are."
Mugi turned her back away from us and revealed a white shoulder keyboard. There were four big letters that is written on the front "KORG"
This must be one of those famous KORG keytars.
"I used this on a performance from a bit back, you can try using this if you want."
Mugi presented me with the dusty keyboard, I stood up in response and picked it up.
I quickly analyzed its functions, looks like it won't operate without an adapter and amplifier.
This will do...
"Migi, modosu, hidari, modosu. Migi, modosu, hidari, modosu."
I always hummed that to myself whenever I excuse myself to the toilet.
Looks like I'll have to work harder this week to prove the club that I'm actually worth something.
I clench my fist and said to myself.
"If that Yui girl can do this, I should be able too."
Suddenly, a girl comes crashing onto me. Darn, I should never space out thinking about stuff when I'm in the hall... Well, its not my fault that she crashed on me.
"Eh... Ahh.. Are you alright?-"
I scruffled the back of my head while making sure if the girl was okay. Then I saw a similar figure in front of me, it was Miyamoto.
"I-I'm really sorry! I'm in a kind of a hurry!"
She bowed to me and quickly retreated, but I could see hints of her red face. Was she blushing?
What would you expect from a library girl? They're all shy like that, socially inactive.
"Hm?"
I looked over to the floor to see that she dropped something.
It was a book from the library that she borrowed a few days back.
A book on photography light exposure, I felt like I read that before.
Anyways, I should just return the book to her in the library if she decides to show up.
But that wasn't it... I saw a strangely coloured leaflet between the pages. A bookmark?
I pulled it out slightly to reveal a few words...
"Aga-chan Fan Club: Join now and know more about Sakuragaoka's one and only shota!"
I directed my palm to my face and put them together.
"Darn it... I think my fever just gone up.."