Yay! Vacation is over! Time to rest! *avoids random items thrown by readers* Okay, I was kidding! I'm working on the story! Yeesh...

Oh, OneManga added a chapter 27 to K-On! that they had been missing, so go check it out (too bad it's short a few pages.) And apparently there is a "special" chapter in between 27 and 18 that advertises the coming of the anime in a way that sounds like it hasn't been released yet. While strange, the chapter is mostly funny and shows the characters' reactions to becoming an anime. Check it out.

Lots of fluff in this chapter probably. Roy's overprotective. Luckily, Comma-chan isn't on right now, so she has some time before she gags from the fluffiness.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to K-On! If I did... well it wouldn't be good for anyone involved.

Random advertisement: Aikuchi Shikaku has begun a K-On! story involving several of my OCs, namely the Page family. The story is very interesting so far. It is a Naruto crossover and involves his sadness after losing his wife. Everyone should check it out. And yes, Shikaku-san has my permission to borrow Roy for the story.


'Onee-chan...'

Ui's thoughts never strayed from her sister's condition as she moved mechanically through her school day. Yui's cold hadn't gone away after a few days, and Ui was worried. The girl sighed heavily. If she was worried, however, Roy was on the brink of having a heart attack.

Roy hadn't been back to school since Yui came down with her illness either. Instead, he spent every day at the girl's house, taking care of her. Ui was grateful for the boy, but it was becoming unhealthy. He hadn't eaten much in the past several days, and it was beginning to show.

'He never smiles, either,' Ui told herself. 'Maybe he'll smile once Onee-chan gets better.'

A loud snap threw Ui from her thoughts as the classroom door burst open. Ritsu and Mio had invaded the first years' classroom during lunch period. "How is Yui's condition?" Mio asked softly. Ui sighed again.

"She's still rather sick, but..." Ui trailed off. Ritsu and Mio looked confused. "Roy-kun has been coming over to take care of her every day." The other two girls looked shocked; they had noticed the boy's absence, but had no clue of where he had been. "He stays all day until I come back from school." Ui's eyes began to fill slightly with tears. Mio leaned down and gently hugged the distraught girl to her chest.

"Shhh," Mio cooed as Ui sobbed into her uniform, "it's okay. It's fine." Ritsu looked on with a sad face. Mio suddenly looked up at the drummer. "Ritsu, can you call Roy and tell him we're staying over at the school tomorrow night for practice?" Mio asked, receiving a nod from her friend. "And ask him to bring Yui if it's possible." Ritsu looked concerned, but nodded again before leaving to make the call.

Mio looked back down at the small girl in her arms. "Ui-chan," Mio cooed. Ui whimpered in response. "Ui-chan, I think you ought to go home for the rest of the day. You seem really upset." Ui nodded lightly before getting up to inform the teacher.

Mio sighed as she headed back to her own classroom. 'Yui... I envy you for having so many people who care about you,' Mio thought.


The next day...

Roy sighed heavily. Ui had forced him to go school that day, saying she would stay home to take care of Yui. Roy had protested, but Ui reminded him that he had already been absent for several days. So Roy reluctantly trudged to school that morning, much to his own displeasure.

Roy stayed in the club room after school (only by Ritsu's warning of punishment if he didn't). He and the three girls simply lounged around for a while, making Roy wonder if they were actually doing anything today or simply trying to annoy him. 'I should be watching over Yui right now,' he thought irritably.

His thoughts were broken by the opening of the door, revealing the very person he had been thinking about. Yui seemed bright and cheerful as she greeted everyone. In fact, her demeanor seemed too cheerful for someone who had just been sick with a bad cold for four days. Roy narrowed his eyes at Yui as she walked in. Something was up.

"Ah, you came!" Mio said as she noticed the guitarist. Yui nodded. "You okay?" Mio asked. "Is your cold alright?"

Yui seemed nervous for a moment. "Ah, the cold..." she mumbled before she began coughing and sneezing in an obviously false manner.

"You're faking," Mio said flatly. The bassist shrugged. "You'll be fine."

"I'd heard that it was going to take longer," Ritsu said. Yui smiled.

"It's because Ui took such good care of me!" she replied enthusiastically. Roy's eyes widened.

'When I left Yui yesterday, she still felt horrible,' he told himself. 'There's no way she would be well enough to come to school...' Roy's thought trailed off as the answer hit him dead on. He smiled lightly at Yui. "You know," he said quickly, "if you're fine, you should have come to school earlier." Yui blushed.

"I got well just when school ended!" she answered abruptly.

"You just wanted to play hooky," Mio grumbled.

Roy walked over to Yui and leaned over. He cupped her cheek with his left hand and lightly pecked her other cheek, making the girl blush. "Ui-chan," he whispered softly before pulling away.

Ui froze in place at hearing what he said. It was obvious no one else could have heard what he said, but... 'The fact that he figured me out so quickly...' Ui thought. 'Does he know Onee-chan that well?'

Roy smiled as he watched Ui's internal conflict. "Come on," he said, quickly brining the girl back to the real world, "Let's get to practicing. We don't have a lot of time left." The rest nodded and moved to their instruments.

Once they were all ready, Mio called, "Well, let's do it, then!"

"Let's go!" Ritsu answered. She tapped her drum sticks together, calling out with the beat, "1! 2! 3! 4!" They began playing, but Mio, Ritsu, and Mugi stopped after a moment with confused looks on their faces. Roy watched with amusement, but kept his features oblivious to the situation, waiting for the others to continue.

"Something... wasn't right," Mio explained. "Let's try that again!" The others nodded and made to start again. As soon as they started, Mio quickly turned to look at Yui. "As... As I thought."

Mio quickly rounded on the girl. "You're too on-tempo!" she cried. "It's never felt like this before!" Roy fought back a laugh.

"You're rhythm is too perfect," Ritsu continued Mio's explanation. It's... it's kinda scary." Ritsu mumbled. "Yui, did something go wrong with you 'cuz you were sick?"

Ui was incredibly nervous now. She stared at Roy, pleading for help. "Isn't it better like this, Ritsu-san?" she asked shakily.

"Since you're this good, there was no reason to stay and practice," Mio said after a moment. Ritsu was staring at Yui with a confused expression, however.

"What's with calling me 'Ritsu-san' all of a sudden?" she asked strangely. Roy suppressed a grin.

"Isn't it time to stop acting?" Sawako said suddenly, making Ritsu jump. The teacher's eyes flashed evilly as she sipped her tea. "Ui-chan..."

"You were here...?" Ritsu asked, before turning back to Yui. "Rather, Ui-chan?"

"I have no idea what you are saying!" Ui answered in a sing-song voice. Roy smirked.

"Then say Ritsu's nickname," he replied, earning a glare from Ui.

"Um, uh," Ui stuttered. "Ritsu #2?" she said after a moment. The drummer gasped.

"You're a fake!" Ritsu cried.

Ui sighed and pulled her hair up into its usual ponytail, showing that she was not her sister. "Yes..." she said. "Sorry, Onee-chan still seems to be sick." Roy's smirk vanished quickly. "I thought maybe I could fill in for her if it comes to that," Ui mumbled after a moment.

"Well," Mio said, "you were so similar; I really couldn't tell the difference." Ui blushed.

Ritsu turned to look at Sawako. "How did Sawa-chan figure it out so quickly?" she asked. The teacher shrugged her shoulders.

"The bust size is completely different," she said flatly. Roy facepalmed.

"Ero-sensei..." he muttered.

"Actually," Ui said, "Roy-kun figured it out almost as soon as I walked in the room." The others looked shocked, but Roy blushed. "He told me so when he, um..." Ui blushed as well. "When he kissed my cheek." Roy blushed again.

"I just figured that there was no way Yui would be better after I left yesterday," he answered. "She still felt horrible." Mio's face fell into a frown. "It'll be a few days before she's well enough to play." Roy turned back to look at Ui. "That aside," he said, "you could play guitar?"

"I just practiced for a few days," she replied. Roy's eyes widened.

"This much in a few days?" he cried.

"It might be better if Yui took her time and rested," Ritsu mumbled. Roy and Mio glared at the girl evilly.

Elsewhere, Yui gave a mighty sneeze while lying in her bed.


3 days before the school festival...

Mio smiled at the rest of the group as practice ended for the day. Even if Yui hadn't gotten well enough to return yet, everyone was still trying their best for the concert. Roy had refrained from skipping school to stay with Yui; he was only going after practice. 'Apparently, Yui has gotten a little better,' Mio thought, 'or else he wouldn't leave her like that for the whole school day.' Mio smiled again at the boy's chivalry.

"I wonder when Yui's gonna come back," Ritsu said randomly as she took a sip from her water bottle.

"She's been sick for a week now, hasn't she?" Mugi added. Roy nodded in response.

"At this rate," Mio said sadly, "we'll have to perform without her." Roy looked saddened, but stayed quiet.


The next day...

Mio and Roy were surprised to find out that Yui had come to school that day, surprising Mugi and Ritsu by showing up for class earlier. Roy had been skeptical when Yui walked into the club room, but quickly decided that Ui was not pretending again. He quickly wrapped the sick girl in a hug that was half-heartedly returned.

Roy looked relieved, but Mio also noticed a hint of worry in his eyes. "I was thinking we wouldn't make it in time for the festival," Roy confessed.

"Ah, gomen," Yui replied weakly with a small bow.

Mio walked up next to the girl, saying, "It's good that we made it, though." She smacked Yui on the back for assurance, but her expression quickly turned to shock when Yui flopped face-down onto the floor from the impact.

Roy and Mio helped the girl into a nearby chair and Yui settled into it with several grunts of pain. "Since the festival is coming up," she explained, "I thought I should try to come back and practice, but I guess I didn't fully recover yet." Yui sighed heavily at looked around at her friends. "It might be better to do the concert without me."

Roy quickly rounded on the girl. "No!" he said forcefully. "It would be better to not have a concert at all if it comes to that!" Yui reached up and hugged Roy, happy that he cared so much for her. Mio watched with apprehension.

"Yui," she said, "don't come back until the performance." Yui looked shocked.

"I- I'm not allowed to play?" she asked. Roy looked suspicious as well.

"No," Mio replied gently, "rest well until the concert and fully cure you cold. Got it?"

Yui nodded excitedly. "Ok!" she said happily before giving a powerful sneeze directly into Ritsu's face.

"Ewww," Roy and Mio said at the same time.

Roy pulled out his phone and dialed Ui's number as Mugi wiped the snot from Ritsu's face. "Ui-chan?" he said. "Are you still in school? Yui collapsed in the band room and we need you to come pick her up." He paused for a moment, waiting for a response when he heard the door fly open, revealing the girl he had been talking to. 'She's fast!' Roy told himself.

"Onee-chan!" Ui cried, still holding her cell phone. She cradled one arm around Yui's shoulders and led her back out the door. She turned back after a moment and looked at Roy. "Are you coming, Roy-kun?" He gave a sad smile in return.

"No," he replied, "I need to stay and help with moving the equipment." Ui nodded. "I'll be over later, though, if that's okay."

"Alright." And the two sisters left.

Mio looked at Ritsu and Mugi for a moment. "Could you two help Roy move the equipment to the gym?" she asked. Ritsu looked uncomfortable.

"I think I caught Yui's cold," she said in a false shaky voice. Roy lightly slapped the back of the drummer's head.

"Don't mess around like that," he said sternly. Ritsu nodded quickly and went to begin moving equipment.

The girl looked at Mio after a moment. "I guess you need to practice singing in case Yui can't sing," she said teasingly. Mio declined rather loudly, but Roy raised his hand.

"I can sing," he offered. Ritsu eyed him carefully.

"We've never heard you sing in Japanese," she explained.

Roy shrugged his shoulders. "You never asked if I could."

Ritsu and Mio stared at him for a moment before shrugging their shoulders and moving on. It wasn't their concern, and Mio was more than happy to have someone else sing.


((A/N This scene and those that follow will go by the anime instead of the manga. Bear with me.))

The day of the school festival...

The atmosphere at the Sakura High school festival was lively and exuberant. The atmosphere inside the band room for the Light Music Club was anything but. Inside the club room, four anxious students let out a collective sigh.

Mio sighed heavily as she awaited the time for them to head to the auditorium. Mugi sighed heavily as she but a small slice of cake out for Ritsu. Ritsu sighed as she ate her cake. Roy sighed as he hoped that Yui would arrive to play the gig with them.

Roy was becoming very nervous as timed ticked on. Yui had sent everyone a text message saying that she would definitely make it to the performance. 'I haven't seen Yui in a few days, actually,' Roy told himself. 'I wonder if she really feels okay to play.' Roy sighed again as he watched the clock on the wall.

"It's 12:30 already," he said absently. Behind him, Roy heard Mio sigh.

"I guess we should practice," Ritsu said as she began tapping her drum sticks against her bag, "without Yui." Mio sighed again.

"I suppose there's no helping it-" the girl began.

"No!" Roy said quickly without looking back at them. "Yui will be here," he said forcefully. The boy turned around to look at the girls and they found tears in his eyes. "She will," he added weakly. Mio smiled and nodded.

"Right," The bassist agreed.

All four band members jumped when they heard the door open. They turned to see who had entered and found Nodoka. "What's going on?" she asked curiously. Roy sighed and returned to staring at the clock. The student council member raised an eyebrow at the boy, but ignored him. "The stage will be ready in ten minutes," she said professionally. "Show up at the auditorium at 1 o'clock as planned."

"Okay," Mio agreed.

"Is everyone here?" Nodoka asked. Roy refrained from glaring at the girl. He wasn't in a good mood, but the girl had the gall to not even notice her own best friend? Roy grimaced, but kept his features towards the clock.

No one answered Nodoka's question, but she wrote something down on her clipboard and said, "Light Music Club... All members ready." Mio looked up at the girl with surprise.

"Nodoka," she mumbled.

Nodoka then proceeded to run through a story about her and Yui from when the girls were very young. Nodoka explained that Yui was temporarily obsessed with collecting crawfish. "Whenever she becomes interested in something," Nodoka explained, "she can't see anything but that one thing." The girl grinned at Roy, who had finally looked up at her. "She's probably already forgotten about her cold." Roy smiled back at her.

Roy jumped again when the door opened once more. The boy nearly face-faulted when Sawako stepped through the door. "Sup, ya'll?" she asked stupidly.

"Get a clue!" Ritsu snapped. The teacher eased away from the girl. "What have you been doing this whole time? We're all in big trouble right now."

"Of course I wasn't just slacking off," Sawako replied matter-of-factly. "I thought it would be cold, so I made a cold-resistant version of the yukatas!"

All four band members sweat-dropped as they glared at the teacher. "I wish she could put that motivation to use somewhere else," they all said simultaneously. Sawako ignored the combined comment, and turned with a flourish to the doorway.

"And this is the finished costume!" she cried. From the doorway emerged Yui wearing a pink yukata with fluff on the edges to keep the wearer warmer. Yui smiled sheepishly at the surprised expressions on everyone's faces.

"Hi," she said with an embarrassed smile.

"Yui!" Ritsu cried.

"If you're here, you should have come here directly!" Mio admonished.

"Sorry," the guitarist said with another smile. She suddenly looked over to where Roy was still sitting down. His face had fallen into a blank stare with his eyes glued to Yui. "Roy-kun?" she asked tentatively.

Roy merely stared at her. His amazement must have shown on his face because he noticed Yui blush and smile. Roy shook his head and smiled back at the girl. "H- Hey, Yui-chan," he said after a moment. Yui returned the greeting in kind. "I would kiss you if you hadn't just been sick for the past week," he added with a smirk. Yui blushed again.

"Yui," Roy murmured, "I was really worried about you." Yui blushed and jumped into the boy's arms as he stood from his seat. His arms wrapped the girl in a warm embrace. "Yui..." he mumbled protectively.

The others turned away from the somewhat private moment. "I'm sorry I made you worry," Yui cried into Roy's chest. "I'll do my best with everyone, okay?" She sniffed through here tears and looked up at him. "Let's have the best gig ever." Roy smiled and nodded.

Nodoka checked her phone and looked up. "It's time," she said brightly. "Let's go."

The five reunited band members cheered in agreement. Yui suddenly looked around with a confused expression, though. "Where's Gitah?" she asked nervously. The others looked around as well. "It was here, wasn't it?"

"Ah, Ui-chan took it back!" Ritsu answered suddenly. Yui's eyes widened with fear.

"Oh yeah!" she said. "What should I do?"

Roy placed a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder. "It's okay, Yui-chan," he said. "I have a guitar you can use." He pointed to one of his guitars across the room. "Will you be fine if it isn't Gitah?"

Yui didn't look excited, though. "I'd rather have Gitah with me," she answered truthfully. "Thanks, though, Roy-kun." He smiled.

"That's fine," he said. "You run home and bring Gitah back." Yui nodded. "Sawa-sensei can play while you're gone."

"Don't I get a say in this?" the teacher asked indignantly.

"No!" everyone replied at once.

"We need to go," Nodoka reminded them.

"Ah, right," Mio complied. "Yui, go get your guitar. We'll be fine."

"Okay!" Yui left quickly. The others left behind her, heading for the auditorium.


Roy grimaced when he heard the announcement of the band. The auditorium was packed, but Roy could barely make out the form of Hirasawa Ui at the back of the room. Yui had yet to return, and Roy had to admit that he was nervous. Nodoka had informed the group that they only had time to play two songs, and Roy wasn't sure that Yui would return in time to play either of them.

He sighed and plastered a fake grin on his face as he turned to look at the band. He was standing off to the side. Mio had elected to be the lead vocalist since she knew the lyrics better than Roy. And admittedly, Roy was severely grateful for the girl's choice after seeing the lyrics. 'Why are all of Mio-chan's lyrics so strange?' he asked himself oddly.

Roy was thrown from his ponderings when Ritsu began counting out the beat to begin the first song. Roy's fingers moved nimbly through the song as he played, but his mind was elsewhere. He was thinking about his girlfriend. He almost messed up when his mind said that word, but he passed it off easily enough. Roy focused his mind on the song while Mio sang.

He allowed one last thought, however. 'Yui-chan, make it back!'


Yui scrambled into her house, barely remembering to kick her shoes off. She mentally cursed herself for even bothering to do so; it would just slow her down. Ignoring her own admonishment, Yui ran through her house and flung open the door to her room. She quickly picked up her guitar and streaked back out, slipping a little on the hard wood flooring.

She regained her balance and ran back towards the front door. She quickly slipped her shoes back on and ran back out the door, absently pulling it closed on her way out.

Yui thought as she ran back towards the school. 'Come to think of it,' she pondered, 'I ran on this road the day of the entrance ceremony.' She thought back to the shy little girl standing on the street corner that she used to be, but pushed onward. 'I was thinking about something I had to prove.' Her mind showed her a lonely girl walking slowly towards the school, but Yui blocked out the image.

'I was wondering about what I should do then,' Yui continued as she remembered helping an older woman across the intersection that day. 'I wondered whether I would stay as a simple-minded child or become an adult.'

She had to stop running as she came to the train tracks where a train was crossing. Yui bounced on her toes as she waited for the train to pass before running by after the security bar had risen. After a few moments, Yui resumed her inner monologue.

'Hey, me,' she thought sternly. 'Me from that time... you don't have to be worried.' Yui ran as a red light blinked to green, allowing her to cross the road. 'You'll find it soon. Something you can do. Something you can concentrate on.'

An image of Roy's smiling face entered Yui's mind as she turned into the school courtyard. 'Precious...' She ran past a concession stand and hurried on. 'Precious...' Yui could see the entrance to the auditorium just ahead of her. 'A precious place for me!' she told herself finally.

She flung open the doors to the auditorium with one last thought. 'People precious to me!'

"Onee-chan!" Ui cried as Yui ran by.

"Heh?" Yui stuttered. "Oh, Ui!" The older girl raised her hand and formed a peace sign with her right hand. "Peace!" she cried before running towards the stage.

"Onee-chan! Go for it!" Ui cried.

"Yeah!" she called back as the band came to the end of the first song. She noticed the looks on everyone's faces as she ran forward. Ui stopped just in front of the stage. Her breathing was shallow and she looked a mess, but she was where she belonged. Yui stared up at the band for a moment as the crowd began cheering.

Roy and the other girls gathered around the front of the stage as Yui pulled herself up. She almost slipped, but she made it up safely. She gave Sawako a relieved smile. "Sawa-chan-sensei, thank you," she said tiredly.

The teacher nodded and waved. "Then I leave the rest to you," she said before exiting the stage. The crowd cheered for the teacher as Sawako left the stage, proclaiming how awesome she was.

Yui quickly turned back to the band with an innocent look. "Sorry, everyone," she said softly. "Come to think of it, I'm always causing trouble for all of you." Tears began welling up in her eyes, but Roy stepped forward. He shifted his Gibson Marauder to the side, allowing him to hug the girl. Yui gasped when she felt his arms encircle her. "At such an important time..." she mumbled into his shirt.

Roy pulled back and fixed the tie of her school uniform as tears leaked from the girl's eyes. "Fix your tie properly, at least," he said soothingly. He stepped back into line with the others.

"We all love you, Yui," Ritsu proclaimed. Yui sucked up her tears and somehow enveloped all four of the other band members in a group hug. They could hear applause and cheers from the crowd.

Yui composed herself and turned back to the crowd with her guitar out. "Sorry, everyone!" she called. "Once again, we are 'After-School Tea Time!'" Roy smiled proudly at his girlfriend. "I caused all of this delay today because I forgot my guitar at home," she explained. She playfully looked down at her guitar. "Gitah, I'm sorry I forgot you." The crowd laughed along with the band.

"We started the Light Music Club saying, 'Let's perform at Budokan!'" she continued. "We all worked part-time to buy my guitar. We drank tea every day in the club room and talked a lot. We had training camps at Mugi-chan's vacation houses." Yui glanced back at Roy to find him staring at her with a huge grin. She smiled back at continued on. "We looked for first year students who would join our club, but we got Roy-kun instead!" The crowd laughed as Roy mock-glared at the back of Yui's head. "But I couldn't be happier!" Yui added brightly.

"I won't say we took all of our time seriously. I could never say that. But here..." Yui smiled out to the audience. "Where we are, here in this auditorium... This is our Budokan!" The crowd cheered loudly as Yui continued, "We will sing with all our might until the end!" Yui gave a happy grin back to the band before turning around, crying out, "'Fuwa Fuwa Time!'" The crowd cheered loudly again as the band began playing the song. Yui was on lead guitar since she knew the song better; Roy was playing rhythm guitar.

Roy watched his girlfriend sing as the song went on. His heart welled up with pride as he knew that this girl... the same girl that had always been clueless and simple-minded had now grown into a mature woman. And he was proud that he could call this girl his girlfriend.

The song ended and Yui simply let out a heavy sigh. The audience was quiet as she looked around at her friends and smiled. Everyone looked back at Mugi as she began playing again. Ritsu joined in after a moment, followed by Mio. Roy grinned at Yui and started playing as well. Yui joined in quickly, everyone playing the main riff to the song as she crowd cheered again. They cheered even louder when Yui turned around, yelling, "One more!" Yui sang the chorus again and the crowd cheered loudly through the entire song.

Once they finished, Yui threw her hands in the air happily. "I love light music!" she cried to the heavens.


A/N: Well, there we go. Yeah, I know this took a long time to get out, but you can't really blame me. For one, I was on vacation for a week. Blame my brother for that. Secondly, this is a fairly long chapter (as far as my chapters go). I hope you liked the anime ending. I decided it would be better to follow Yui and get her thoughts about Roy and the band rather than taking the easy way and just ranting about how nervous Roy was.

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Okay, now that advertisements are over...

Translations!

Budokan - (not sure of a full translation, but it's essentially a gathering of famous bands (similar to "Ozzfest") that the Keion club promised to play at eventually; see early chapters of K-On! manga or early episodes of the anime for details)

"Fuwa Fuwa Time" - "Fluffy Fluffy Time" (also translated as "Light & Fluffy Time") (one of the band's first songs)

A/N September 23, 2009: Fixed the Japanese. Some of the translations ("I love light music!") seem weird to me, but it seems better than the Japanese stuff.

A/N June 12, 2010: Fixed the formatting. Changed some more Japanese stuff because the version on my computer didn't have the changes that are on the live site.