I DON'T OWN K-ON!
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II - Growing Old With You: It's Never Too Late to Start (Chapter 2)
It's Saturday, as agreed last night, we will meet at Ui's house. We had a long a discussion on whether we should really do it or not because it seems wrong to celebrate when Nodoka-san is leaving and Yui-senpai is probably sad about it. However, "All the more reason we should do this! This will help cheer her up!" was what Ritsu-senpai said and somehow we all ended up naturally agreeing to it. Once again I was dragged in with the flow, I thought as I prepare.
Well, putting that aside, I do still need to talk to Ui so this is a good chance. I'm really worried about that phone call I did last night. I know I said I'll stop this Yui-senpai stuff and make it up to Ui now but I can't believe I called her about senpai. She sounded upset. I'm so stupid, I was so focused on having a reason to call her last night and when that conversation about going to their house to celebrate ended I used that reason and didn't really think about it carefully. But come to think of it, why should I even have a reason to call my girlfriend anyway? We haven't had a decent talk recently. When we see each other at school everything seems fine but it's different when I text or call. Speaking of text, she rarely replies to me now, which is more proof that she's definitely mad at me. We just saw each other yesterday but I miss her. I sound like a clingy girlfriend. I wonder why was she out last night? Where did she go? Was she alone? Was she at a bus stop? After that call last night, I never got to talk to her again. So today's a good chance, I'm going to talk to her properly, we're going to have a proper conversation and ask her on a date.
~VRRR~
"At the airport with Ui to see Nodoka-chan off…" A text from Yui-senpai. I do wish Ui was the one who told me that. I had a light breakfast since we'd probably do nothing there but eat. And an hour later I went on my way. Along the way I spot Ritsu-senpai.
"Ritsu-senpai!" I called out to her.
"Yo! Azusa," senpai greeted. "I see you're on your way to Yui's as well."
"Yes. Let's walk together."
As we walked, I noticed something weird. Ritsu-senpai's awfully quiet. As looked at her it seems that she's thinking about something. She's probably planning something ridiculous, but she looks so serious. I wanted to ask what's wrong when, "We're here!" Ritsu-senpai happily said. It's probably just nothing when she's that excited, I thought and brushed off my curiosity. She rang the doorbell and Ui answered the door, as always.
"Azusa-chan, Ritsu-san welcome!" Ui happily greeted. "Come in."
It's always like this, she never really shows me that she's mad, I thought.
"So how's Yui doing?" senpai asked. "Is she all depressed or something?"
"Oh no, actually it's the opposite," Ui said.
"Really? I was so sure that Yui-senpai would be sad today," Azusa said. "Did something happen?"
"Well, it's best if you guys see for yourselves."
We went up to the living room and immediately we were surprised to see someone that wasn't supposed to be there. "Nodoka?! / Nodoka-senpai?!" senpai and I both said. "We had the same reaction when we arrived," Mugi-senpai said who was sitting beside Mio-senpai.
"What a surprise!" I said with a smile as we walked to the table and sat on the floor. "I thought you're leaving today senpai."
"Don't tell me you begged Nodoka's parents to let her stay or could it be you kidnapped her?" Ritsu-senpai said to Yui-senpai teasingly.
"No way, my parents decided to let me stay at the last minute. It was a surprise for me too," Nodoka-senpai explained.
"Well then this calls for a double celebration!" Ritsu-senpai happily said and put an arm around Yui's shoulder.
"YEAH!" everyone said as Ui carried food from the kitchen to the living room.
We did talk about having a celebration but didn't really plan anything specific. As expected from my senpais, always doing whatever came to their minds. We played games, ate a lot and just teased the new couple in the group. Despite the lack of planning, it's still fun. However, I couldn't get the chance to talk to Ui. Things were so busy and she's sitting far away from me. But eventually everything ended, Yui-senpai and Nodoka-senpai are left in the living room while Ui and I are together in the kitchen now.
"You don't have to help me Azusa-chan," she told as washed the dishes while I wipe them dry.
"I don't really have any reason not to, plus I can't really be out there with those right now."
She chuckled and said, "I can understand."
"By the way Ui…"
"Hm?"
"Where did you go last night?" I asked casually trying my best not to sound like I'm interrogating her since I'm just really curious.
"Last night?...I went to the convenience store to buy some pudding for onee-chan."
"Convenience store? But I think I heard a bus pull over in the background and there are no bus stop between your house and the nearest convenience store…" Did she just lie to me?
Her hands stopped moving briefly then answered, "When you called last night I just came from the bookstore on my way to the convenience store."
Then why didn't she just tell me that in the beginning?
"Why?"
"Ah n-nothing! I was just curious since we never talked again last night."
"Sorry about that Azusa-chan I got busy preparing for today."
"I see. Somehow, I'm sorry for this. It was so sudden."
"It's okay, it was fun anyway." She finished washing the last plate and wiped her hands with her apron.
There's silence between us. I wanted to ask if she's really mad at me and why she's not been replying much to my texts lately. But for some reason I'm nervous to do so but this is my chance also. So here goes. "Say Ui…"
"What is it Azusa-chan?"
"Um…are you…um…perhaps mad at me? You haven't been replying to my texts recently," I asked feeling very nervous that the plate I'm holding might break from gripping it too hard.
She looked at me for a while then looked away before saying, "I'm sorry about that Azusa-chan…things got busy with onee-chan and all, I was worried – "
"It's okay Ui. I just thought you were. I'm sorry I didn't think that." I want to change the topic since this is not a good one. "Ui why don't we go somewhere tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow?"
"Yeah since, it seems we haven't been able to hang out properly, just the two of us, for a while. Let's have lunch or something."
Ui looked troubled and said, "Um…tomorrow…is a bit…"
"A-Are you busy with something? Do have something planned?"
"Well I was thinking of cleaning the house tomorrow."
"Oh then I'll help yo – "
"It's okay you don't have to Azusa-chan. I'm going to obaa-chan's next door afterwards anyway to help her with some chores."
"But – "
"It's okay Azusa-chan, I don't want us hanging out doing chores. Why don't we just go out the day after tomorrow?"
Something inside me made feel that Ui's trying really hard not to go out with me tomorrow. Or is it just me? Because otherwise she's lying. "S-Sure okay." I said and immediately brushed off what I was thinking. Why would she lie anyway?
"Okay. Let's talk about it later," she said and smiled at me.
"Ah Azu-nyan!" Yui-senpai called out to me.
I turned and said to her, "What is it senpai?"
"Would you like to have dinner with us?" she asked while clinging on to Nodoka-senpai's arm. "Nodoka-chan's eating here too."
"Senpai, it's only 3pm and you're already thinking about dinner?"
And Yui-senpai just laughed.
"Sorry to trouble you again Ui, I'll help you out later," Nodoka-senpai said.
"Oh no, it's no problem at all Nodoka-san," Ui then turned to me, "How about you Azusa-chan?"
"Sure, why not. I'll help out in cooking too."
"Yay!" Yui-senpai rejoiced, "I wonder what's for dessert."
"Yui-senpai can you stop thinking about food. Jeez."
Dinner went fine after that and I'm back in my room thinking about that talk I had with Ui. I felt like she was lying to me the whole time. I shook my head, no way. I can't think of any reason why she'd do that. And now I feel horrible for thinking that way. That's right, I need to focus on how I'm going to make up to Ui. So I started thinking where we could go on our date when I remembered the other thing I should be talking to Ui about – telling Yui-senpai about our relationship. How could forget about that?! That was the most important thing! I took my phone and was about to call Ui then decided against it. I just sighed and figured that we could talk about that when we meet. A serious topic like that, it's better to talk about it face to face.
I slumped on my bed and opened my phone. I browsed through my messages especially the ones that Ui didn't reply to. Then I noticed something. Jun's been quiet lately. I haven't received any text nor calls from her lately. I sat up and started typing. I asked her if she wanted to hang out tomorrow since my plans with Ui isn't till the day after tomorrow. And less than a minute later I got a reply, "Sorry. I have plans with my brother tomorrow." I fall to my bed again and thought of things I could do tomorrow, since I'm so free. I guess I could just start with my summer homework. I looked at the time and it's already 10pm. I turned to my side and started typing on my phone again this time it's for Ui.
"I'm going to hit the sack. Good night Ui. I love you." I pressed send and I just stared at my phone screen as I waited. Please reply…
And she did, "Sweet dreams. I love you too."
Finally. I put away my phone and laid down. I miss Ui, was my last thought before falling asleep.
To be continued...
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