Hey everyone thanks for reading this story. I love it when people ask for more so I'm asking for more reviews please so that I'm more encouraged to continue this story to the end. Anyways there's not a lot of Yui/Nodoka here since I'm concentrating on clearing up why Jun's being acting angsty but I promise Yuika (Yui-Nodoka) on the next chapter but until then please enjoy it.


"Aah I'm done" Yui said as the test papers were collected as she yawned and stretched over the table, it was a surprise to her that she was able to not only study for the exam but also juggle her duties as the Student Council President, "so this is what Nodoka goes through every day" she muttered to herself making a mental note to make sure Nodoka is on track when she returns to normal, if she returns to normal, as her eyes scanned the room to see what Nodoka was up to right now. However before she could finish she felt someone hugging her from behind before the telltale sign of Nodoka's voice alerted Yui to the fact that Nodoka was behind her.

"Y~ui-chan" Nodoka said in a sing-like voice, "how did you go on the test?"

"I answered all the questions but I was a bit tired to answer the last one so I wasn't sure if I got it correctly" Yui said as she deflated from lack of energy, "now I need to get the preparation work for the school festival done too. How did you go Nodoka?"

"Thank to you I answered all the questions…if you hadn't tutored me I probably wouldn't have been able to answer half of them" Nodoka shamelessly admitted.

I think I really should be taking more interest in her learning capability Yui thought to herself as she became worried what Nodoka would do for the end-of-year exams.

"Ne Yui-chan, are you going to the K-On! Club this afternoon?"

"Hmm? Yes, I need to practice for the live concert so I won't be able to go out with you today or for the rest of the week for that matter."

"Oh that's okay…I was going to ask if it was okay if I come and see you play."

"Eh? You want to see me play? Seriously?" Yui asked surprised that Nodoka would be so willing to see something as Yui play though she had to think if they would practice since she could remember them just eating and drinking tea and they barely practiced at all.

"Of course" Nodoka said, "and also Mugi-chan said she's bringing cake today" as she smiled at that thought making Yui almost fall flat on her face.

So that's what she was after Yui thought before being reminded that she was also like this before Nodoka's accident, she only thought about food and nothing else, not even exams seem to deter her because she knew that she had Nodoka, Mio, Ui and everyone else to support and care for her I'm so glad that I'm in the company of good and caring friends before she realised that her argument with Ritsu could've ended a good friendship so she mentally note not to blow up again whenever Ritsu teases Nodoka.

And speak of the devil, "Ritsu!" Mio's annoyed voice rang out before the sound of something hitting a head then Ritsu's cry of pain followed as Yui turned to see Mio breathing hard and looking down at Ritsu who had a round swelling beginning to appear on her head.

"What was that for?" Ritsu asked already knowing the answer but it was part of their routine whenever this happened.

"Because of this!" Mio said pointing to her desk that apparently had a jack-in-the-box, a small one mind you, that popped up when Mio looked in between her desk, "It scared the life out of me!"

"But it was funny" Ritsu said pouting, "you should've seen your face…pity you didn't scream though."

That's because I kinda expected you to do something like this Mio thought but didn't say it, Ritsu had so often pulled these pranks on her that she almost expected something scary or even remotely frightening whenever she did something in Ritsu's presence especially when she was egged on to open a door or a cabinet, that she had become immune to it…almost immune since she does scream whenever a 'surprise' came up but she was no longer as traumatised whenever she did encounter one of Ritsu's prank but she was still a bit scared whenever she was a victim of Ritsu's prank, "Like hell I'll scream" she replied instead.

Nodoka looked at Ritsu, Mio then at Yui before she smiled and giggled before rushing at Ritsu and playfully hitting her on the head as well, and by playful she meant a good whack on the head, as Ritsu cried out in pain again, "What the hell is wrong with you?" Ritsu asked.

"Nodoka" Yui said sighing, "why did you hit Ritsu?"

"Because" Nodoka said pouting, "I thought she liked being hit since Mio-chan hits her all the time."

"Who likes being hit all the time?" Ritsu retorted.

"You?" Nodoka suggested innocently.

"Like hell I do!" Ritsu retorted as the other student's laughed before Ritsu followed and also laughed.

"So how did you go on the exams Mio?" Yui asked as she pulled Nodoka towards her before Nodoka clinged to her like a plushie.

"It was fine, the last one stumped me though" Mio admitted.

"Same here…I forgot the formula that we had to use I think it was something like x^2 X y or something like that" Yui said.

"I forgot the formula honestly but the rest should be fine" Mio replied before turning to Ritsu, "how about you?"

"It was okay…most of what you said was going to be on the test was on the test" Ritsu replied.

So you just went to Mio at the last minute huh? Yui thought as she sighed inwardly knowing that Nodoka would probably do the same if she was in a similar situation.

"Next time study on your own" Mio said.

"Yeah, yeah sure" Ritsu said as she gave her trademark grin, "so let's go to lunch shall we?" she said as the others agreed and went to have lunch.

At lunch Ui and Azusa were alone without Jun as they waited for their friend to arrive at their usual spot to have lunch; they hadn't seen much of Jun today only briefly seeing her at homeroom where she had deflected all attempts for conversation before they had left for their individual classes and they haven't seen her since, "Hey…is Jun okay?" Ui asked.

"I don't know" Azusa replied, "she seems to be a bit down but we could just be imagining it."

"I hope so" Ui said, "the way she talked…I'm really worried for her."

"Maybe I should talk to her after school" Azusa said as she ate her bento, "I haven't seen Jun the whole day."

"Me neither…she was absent for most of the day…I hope she's okay" Ui said.

"Karou said she was at fourth period class so perhaps she's over there" Azusa replied.

"Maybe…wanna check it out?"

"What are you guys talking about?" Jun asked as she came from behind them.

"Oh there you were Jun…we were starting to think where you were" Azusa said.

"Sorry" Jun said with a smile, "I got held up in fourth period class…"

"Are you okay Jun? You didn't seem to be like yourself during homeroom" Ui asked.

"Yeah sorry about that…just woke up on the wrong side of the bed" Jun said with a cheeky grin.

"That's what you said last week" Ui said, "are you sure you're okay Jun? You know you can talk to us."

"Nah…don't want to burden you guys with my problems" Jun said sitting down.

"You won't" Ui said, "we're friends aren't we?"

"Yeah but I don't wanna burden you guys with my ramblings" Jun said.

"Jun…" Azusa whispered.

"You're not a burden…we'll happily listen to your problems" Ui said, "so please tell us what's wrong Jun."

Jun looked at Ui as she internally debated to herself whether to tell them or not since it was a rather personal affair and she didn't want everyone to know about it, 'But hey…they're my best friends and I know they won't blab about it to everyone…besides it may be a good idea to let it all out' Jun thought to herself before she took a deep breath, "Okay then…well…I've been acting this way since I'm under a lot of stress" she began, "my parents…they're talking about breaking up."

"Eh?" Ui said, "They're going to get a divorce?"

"I'm not sure…they said to me to just prepare for the worst case scenario" Jun said averting her gaze away from her friends.

"Oh Jun…" Ui said hugging her friend, "this must be so difficult for you."

"You have no idea" Jun admitted, "everyday I come home to an empty, silent home with no life whatsoever in it."

"Don't you have anyone you can talk to other than us?" Azusa asked.

Jun shook her head, "No…I don't have anyone else and I was afraid of losing you guys if I told about my problems all the time so I kept quite about it" as she sobbed, "I…I never thought it would be this painful to keep it inside…"

Ui stroked Jun's backside as Azusa joined in and hugged her friend, "We wouldn't have just abandoned you like that if you told us" Azusa said.

"That's right" Ui said, "we would've supported you every step of the way that's what friends are for."

"Thanks guys" Jun said crying, "that means a lot to me" as Ui and Azusa smiled at each other, it seemed that they had gotten to Jun in time before she broke down completely, they were glad that they both picked it up because they wouldn't have known what Jun would've done if they ignored it any longer.