A/N: Okay, now know this didn't get posted up with Graduation chapter 3 and I know it took me a while to come up with this. I'm sorry for that but at least it's up now! So yeah, enjoy!

"Saisu, go take your shower already!"

My older sister's voice faded into the background as my body lay still across my bed, staring at the text message Azusa had sent me. As soon as I read it, memories of the previous day flooded into my mind. Talking with Azusa in homeroom, watching the Light Music Club's performance with her and Ui, joining said club, having a little practice session at my house, and cleaning my room all came back to me. Cleaning my room…I thought. I would have never done that for anybody…maybe Onee-chan if she bugged me enough but I would never do it purposely without having some sort of motivation. I started to wonder why I would do such a thing yesterday and why not any other day in my life. Suddenly, a voice from inside my brain started to speak up. Basically, it's because of Azusa. You saw her face when she took a look at your room, and you don't want to see her like that. I thought for a moment and replied back to myself. Yeah, but I've seen my parents stare at my room the same way, and that never motivated me to clean it. The other voice in my head had been silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking of a reply to it. Although, since both of these voices were in the same brain, I found it odd that I couldn't hear what the alternate voice was thinking. Eventually, she replied back. Maybe there's something special about Azusa…I started getting curious by what she meant. What do you mean by special? I asked myself. I don't know, but you said yourself that no one else could get you to clean your room. But she did, so that means there's something special about her. I guess that made sense...I checked the time on my phone and apparently, I had used up 30 minutes talking to myself. Oh, I gotta go now! I said to my inside voice.

What do you mean? I'm you.

Oh yeah…

After that awkward conversation with myself, I flew straight across the hallway to the bathroom, almost bumping my sister on the way. I yelled out "Sorry!" and started my morning procedure. I might have spent 30 minutes talking to myself this morning, but it hadn't thrown me off schedule too bad. Once I did the calculations, I figured that I'd be ready to leave at the exact same time I always leave at. Although that did mean I had no extra time in the morning to do whatever, I didn't care since today would be my first official practice session!

Ugh, my ponytail looks like crap compared to Azusa's! I thought to myself. Oh right, I still haven't asked her how she ties hers. I should probably do that today. After a few finishing touches on my hair, I decided to leave the bathroom and get my stuff for school. Okay, it's 7:45, which means I'll have just enough time to make it to-

Until the very last second, my sister had come out of nowhere, blocking my path. Since I had poor reflexes, my brain didn't have enough time to send a message to my feet to stop, resulting in my imminent collision with my Onee chan. As I rubbed my head where I had hit it on my sister's chest, I stared at her in anger for a few seconds before beginning to yell at her.

"What was that for? Geez, you hurt my-" Again, I had been interrupted when my sister held a case with an odd shape. Because of the headache I had received from her, it took me 3 seconds to realize what she was holding.

"Oh, dad's guitar!" I began to feel embarrassed at myself; going to a music club without bringing your own instrument.

"You're so forgetful Saisu," she said with a small grin. "What were you thinking? Going to a music club without your guitar?" Mind reader, I thought.

"Hehe, well thanks Onee-chan!" I quickly grabbed the shoulder strap on the case and headed out into the garage to begin my 3rd epic journey to school.

Okay, maybe using the word "epic" was two inches short of a big fat lie. What the ride had been was a very peaceful one. Once again, the sun was shining down upon the many faces of Sakuragaoka's students, including myself. The breeze had been a little bit stronger that the previous day's but it hadn't made too much of a difference. The weather overall had still been quite fair and the sky looked absolutely beautiful this morning.

As I headed toward the school, I began to sing bits and pieces of the songs the girls sang yesterday in my head. Only just a few minutes ago, I had tried to do so aloud. It had proved to be quite the challenge, causing my lungs to run out of breath with every sentence sung. The fact that I had a big guitar slung over my back hadn't really helped me out either. Nonetheless, I continued to ignore the back pain I was feeling at the moment with music.

Just as "Curry Nochi Rice" finished playing in my head, I heard a girl call my name. Turning around to seek the source that had shouted my name, I recognized the two familiar pigtails sticking out of the girl's head. The sun happened to be in the perfect position to make her hair shine, which made me reminisce from yesterday when she was standing in front of the sunset.

"Saisu!" I heard Azusa call.

"Hey Azusa!" I yelled back. I saw her smile a bit but then she quickly changed expressions.

"Saisu! Look out for the-" WHAM. "…light post…" As I stated above, my reflexes had failed me yet again as a sense of déjà vu took over me as my bike ran head on into the much more stable post, causing my head to lean forward into the inevitable headache I would be getting again after it had just left a few minutes ago.

Azusa came running to me, looking very worried. "Saisu, are you okay?"

"Eh…yeah…I'm completely peachy…" I raised a thumbs up to assure her that I had been fine, although it was probably very obvious that my collision with a steel rod 3x bigger than me had definitely gave me a much bigger headache than the collision with Onee-chan.

"Here, take my hand." My newfound friend had extended her hand toward me, a hand that was experienced with moving up and down the fret board at high speeds. "Thanks," I said while using her arm to support myself back up.

"Geez, you should watch where you're going Saisu."

"What are you talking about? You're the one who – ow!" My whole head had started to ache, and I eventually fell onto the ground. The other students beginning to crowd up against me and Azusa, although most of them were beginning to blur into the different shades of blue our school uniform was made of. The last sight my eyes had before them was Azusa, holding me in her arms. And once again, the sun had been positioned in the perfect place for the light to make the guitarist glow, almost like that of an angel. Finally, I let my body slip into unconsciousness.

"How is she doing doctor?" Doctor? I thought as my body lay unconscious on whatever surface was below me.

"It looks like she's not going to make it…" What? It couldn't have been that bad of a hit to my head!

"Would you two stop playing around already?" That voice…I recognize it… "She could really be hurt!" No doubt about it…Azusa's voice continued to nag at the other two people.

"Oh come on Azusa, it was just for fun," one of them said calmly, which I'm guessing was Ritsu.

"It's fun to play doctor anyway!" the other had whined very cutely; probably Yui.

If I was able to, I would so sweat drop at them.

I tried to speak up but my head began to explode in a huge amount of pain yet again. My whole body started to flail, with my hands pressing against the top of my head. My legs felt them kicking against wood, but the material underneath me had been very soft. I opened my eyes and found myself in the clubroom with Azusa, Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Mugi watching me very closely. Any part of my body that had been writhing in agony before had ceased the moment I noticed each of their stares.

Azusa was the first to speak. "You're okay!" she said with a look of relief.

"Sai-chan, you're still alive!" Yui had charged me with one of the tightest hugs that I would ever experience in my life. Although it had been generally uncomfortable given how strong her grip on me was, I still wrapped my own arms around her, appreciating the sympathy.

"Well of course she's still alive Yui. She just hit her head on that light post," Mio had said.

"You never know Mio…" Ritsu started. "Sai-chan over here could have experienced a lot of INTERNAL BLEEDING!" She put a lot of emphasis on the last two words, resulting in Mio huddling into the corner of the room, muttering I didn't see it, I didn't hear it, I didn't see it, I didn't hear it…

"We're so glad you are okay," Mugi said with a caring smile. "Would you like some tea?" Before I even had a chance to think about it, she already had the tea kettle and cup in her hands, awaiting further orders.

"Yeah, sure. Thank you." After receiving her orders, she immediately went to work on the tea. I still had a ton of questions to ask them though. "So, can anyone fill me in on what happened after I fainted?"

Mugi began to talk while pouring the precious drinks. "By the time you fainted, Azusa-chan was still holding you in her arms. All of us saw you two, and hurried over to where you were as fast as we could."

"Azusa got me to park your bike for you, even though I didn't know the combination to your lock, while Mio carried your guitar. Yui helped Azusa carry you while Mugi-chan was carrying your things," Ritsu added.

"After taking you to the nurse's office, they said that you were going to be fine. So we took you up here to the clubroom to watch over you until you would wake up," Mio had said, now finished cowering in her corner.

"Oh…" Wow, I thought. It's only been 1 day since I joined and the whole club had helped me out…because of Azusa…I began to get a little curious. "Where's Azusa?"

"She's right there!" Yui pointed over to the windows where Azusa was clearly trying to distract herself with anything. Since I hadn't really hurt my legs, standing up hadn't been too difficult. "She was really
worried about you!"

"Azusa…" I called out. She kept her back turned against me and said nothing. "I just wanted to say thank you," I stood up now, and headed towards her. Still no response. "Really, thank you a lot. You carried me all the way to the nurse's office and then over here in the clubroom. I honestly don't know how to thank you…"

She was still silent but I noticed she started shaking.

"Azusa…?"

"You should have been more careful!"

"Eh?" I was surprised because by the way she looked, I thought she was going to cry.

"Don't make me worry like that!" She now stared at me head on, her eyes trying to put on an expression of anger but I could still see the tears she barely held back.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry! It's not like I wanted to faint like that, hitting my head on that post hurt!" I said while rubbing where my skull collided with that steel post.

She stayed where she was, so I moved up to her…and hugged her.

"Look, I promise, I'll try my best not to make you worry about me, okay?" Maybe I had been doing a little too much since we've only been friends for about a day, but my mind was probably still boggled up from that accident.

"…Okay…I forgive you…" I have a feeling she had forgiven before I even apologized to her, but she was just too worried about me to admit it. "Now come on, let's get to class."

"Class?" I asked, perplexed.

"Yeah, we're still in school."

I started to frown at that, because now I had to endure throughout an entire day of school before I could finally practice with the rest of the girls properly. I sighed, then everybody proceeded to get their bags and head to their respective classes.

The rest of the day had passed by so terribly slowly. Considering that my head was still aching from earlier, it was very difficult to concentrate on school work. I looked outside during the duration of classes, thinking about how Azusa had taken charge. Something special about Azusa…my thoughts began to think back to this morning. Have you realized why she's so special yet? The inside voice had come back. Hm…not yet, but I did realize something today. The inside voice sounded confused. Oh? And what would that be? I internally sighed and answered myself. I realized…how awesome of a friend Azusa is. The other voice stayed silent so I continued on. Nobody I've hung out with for only a day would care that much about me. I mean, didn't you see her in the clubroom? It looked like she was really worried about me; she was about ready to burst out into tears. I've never had anyone care about me that much, much less knowing she only knew me for about a day. I turned my head around to look at Azusa. She had been vigilantly taking notes, not missing a single word the teacher had said. I smiled at her, and although she didn't notice, I silently mouthed the words "thank you".

The ring of the school bell had never sounded sweeter, as Azusa and I headed toward the clubroom, excited for our first official practice session.

"What do you think we'll get to learn today?" I asked enthusiastically.

"We'll probably learn some advanced guitar technique from Yui-senpai," she answered, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

"You better help me out with it, because I'm basically still new at playing guitar." She smiled back at me, which I took as a yes.

We had now reached the door that would lead us inside the clubroom, hopefully full of our senpais practicing their songs. "You ready Azusa?" She replied with a nod. With that, I counted down from three, until I flung the door open and greeted everybody with a hearty hi.

"Hello!" we each said simultaneously.

"You two seem really happy," Ritsu said.

"We couldn't wait 'till classes were over!" both of us had said at the same time yet again.

"Well, let's get ready to…"

"Practice?" the both of us suggested, with our eyes glimmering with anticipation.

"Have some tea!"

"…what?" Although I was somewhat surprised at that statement, Azusa looked ten times more surprised than I was. Ritsu looked at us as if it were obvious.

When I was getting ready to fling the door open, I was expecting to see them all preparing to play their instruments for another song. Instead, my eyes were met with them lounging around on the table, apparently ready to start a tea session.

As confused and disappointed as I was about not playing, I have to admit that Mugi-san's tea was an excellent way to calm the nerves. I truly felt at peace while taking my first sip from the intricately decorated cup. Looking to my left; however, Azusa was still hesitating on enjoying this wonderfully brewed liquid.

"What's wrong Azusa?" I asked. "Why aren't you drinking tea with the rest of us?"

"Um…are you sure this is okay?" Before I had a chance to answer, an adult with long brown hair had entered the room. At this, Azusa and I tensed up a bit. I hadn't even given a thought if the teachers here would allow this. As my mind was computing excuses each second, she finally took a seat next to us.

"Uh, this isn't what it-" the guitarist started.

"I'll have milk tea please."

Relief replaced the feeling of nervousness in my mind, while Azusa's mind was full of shock.

"I'm guessing that you two are the new members I heard about. I'm Sawako Yamanaka, the advisor."

"N-nice to meet you," the pair of us said together. The reason I stuttered was because of how beautiful she looked. For every teacher I've ever met in my life, I'm sure that Sawako is the most gorgeous out of all of them.

I heard her mutter something very faintly; the only words that I made sense of were "tiger ears" and "cat ears". I wondered why she would mention such random things for a moment but I just shrugged it off.

For the next few minutes, I had enjoyed some nice casual conversation with the rest of the members, slowly getting to know a bit about each of them. While Ritsu was asking Sawako-sensei if she had a new boyfriend, I decided to ask Yui-san…hmm…I should start calling them senpai like Azusa does. Anyway, I decided to ask Yui-senpai a few questions, since she was the one going to be teaching me.

"Yui-senpai, how long have you played guitar?"

"Eh, me? Um…it's been so long that I can't even remember when I started!" You didn't need a lie detector to tell that she was obviously avoiding the topic by lying. I decided to play along if she didn't want
me to know about it.

"So what song do you like to play the most?"

"Oh! This cake is so good Mugi-chan!" Her attention had been diverted away from me by sweets; although I couldn't blame her seeing how I was enjoying the frosted dough myself. But she had avoided my questions so far, so I had to think of one that would interest her. I thought about it for a moment, analyzing the way she acted around everyone. Despite me already knowing the answer, I knew this would have to spark up some conversation between us, which I could eventually lead into guitar playing if I say the right words.

"Do you like hugs Yui-senpai?" A rather obvious answer considering how she had hugged me out of the blue this morning but nonetheless, she put down her sweets and stood up.

"I love hugs!" she proclaimed aloud. This outburst had momentarily gotten everyone's attention on Yui. Realizing that everyone was staring at her now, she gave them a look on confusion, as if it wasn't crazy to declare her love for embraces out loud. After a few seconds, everyone returned to their own conversation, except for me. Judging on Yui's personality so far, I can't possibly believe she was the same Yui that played during the performance that had captivated both me and Azusa. Oh right…Azusa…I wonder if she's been relaxing a bit now?

I turned my head to my right to find that only air was occupying her seat. Where did Azusa go? My question had been answered in less than a second as soon as I heard a note played from a guitar.

"SHUT UP!"

When I turned to the other side, I saw our advisor up on her feet, having scolded her for playing. Where did the nice and pretty Sawako-sensei I once knew go? I thought woefully. Returning the situation at hand though, I realized that Azusa was now on the ground, her face filled with tears.

"SAWA-CHAN, YOU IDIOT!" Ritsu had screamed.

I moved closer to Azusa as the drummer had scolded her own teacher, which I found to be very ironic.

"It's okay Azusa, don't cry," I said, trying to comfort her.

"Yeah, listen to her," Mio had joined to assist me. "She's just sort of crazy."

"I'm right here, you know…" the advisor had said.

Ignoring her statement, both of us continued to comfort her as best we could. Even Ritsu and Yui had joined in, although now that I look at it, it seems they only fueled her anger.

"Azusa-chan, have some cake!" Yui stuck a piece of cake out from her arm towards Azusa. The latter winced at the word 'cake'.

"And tea too, since it is our specialty!" Ritsu had said proudly. The guitarist winced yet again at the word 'tea'. Now shaking, Mio and I backed up a little.

"Azusa…?" we called out, but she wasn't paying attention. I can say for a fact that what was to come definitely shocked all of us.

"IT'S NO GOOD IF YOU'RE LIKE THIS!" Crap, she snapped!

"I can't tell if any of you are being serious or not!"

"Well, the entrance ceremony just ended so…" Ritsu tried explaining.

"It's not right to treat the music room as if it were your home! All of the tea sets should be thrown out immediately!" Mugi looked ready to go into tears about it, but Sawako-sensei was already on the floor, tugging at Azusa's skirt.

"NO! Please, anything but that!"

This had only fueled her rage. "What are you talking about? You're their sensei!"

Ritsu and I tried calming her down. "Azusa, just calm down and take a deep breath…" I said.

Again, it only increased her anger. "How can I be calm in this situation?" As the red in her eyes intensified tenfold, it seemed as though nothing would be able to calm this guitarist down. But then, something random happened next.

Completely out of the blue, Yui-senpai had just hugged from behind. "Yui-senpai, you can't possibly believe that that could calm…" I couldn't finish my sentence when I noticed that her hugging method had worked. The two guitarists looked completely bliss at that moment while I was making a mental note to hug Azusa just in case I ever piss her off.

Once she was unexpectedly calmed by Yui's hug, she immediately bowed her head down, apologizing for her outburst.

"Nah, don't worry about it!" Yui replied calmly.

So laid back, I thought.

"But, she is right though," we turned our heads around to find Mio speaking up. "This is the Light Music Club and we need to act like it. So tomorrow, we'll start practicing more! Got it?" I could see Azusa's
eyes begin to sparkle and glitter at this statement. I'd be lying if I said mine weren't either; practicing was something I was looking forward too.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" the three of them replied while Mugi was in front of her tea sets, making sure that Azusa wouldn't throw them out. I hope that I don't begin to hate practicing as much as they do…

After that big outburst from the petite girl, we each packed up our stuff and left the school to go home. I decided to walk my bike home with Azusa again, but this time she wasn't so conversational. I always sucked at betting in the slot machines in Pokémon, but I could bet my life that she was still thinking about earlier today.

"Oh come on Azusa, don't be too hard on yourself," I said, trying to encourage her.

"I shouldn't have yelled at them! I could have just calmly complained about their lack of practicing…they probably want me out of the club…" I was momentarily stunned by the statement. Sure, the members seemed nice and interesting but I didn't want Azusa to quit and leave me alone.

"What makes you say that?" Dear God, that was a stupid question.

"Because of my outburst! But…" the next statement definitely shocked me. "I'm not sure…if I should even stay anymore…"

I stood completely still like that light post did this morning when I hit it, because this had definitely caught my attention.

"Don't leave me!"

"Eh?"

"Crap…" I must have said that out loud. "I mean, it's only your first day! You can't just quit after the first day, ya know? Give it some time and maybe we will start practicing some more!" I said, desperately trying to want her to stay.

"Yeah…yeah, you're right. It's only the first day so I can't think of quitting already," she said with a smile. I grinned back at her but when I looked into her eyes, I saw uncertainty in them. My grin faded away when I noticed this and at that moment, I noticed yet another thing. The sun was still behind Azusa as it usually was but this time, she didn't glow as much. My now faded grin turned into a frown.

"Saisu, is there something wrong?"

"Oh! Um, no, nothing wrong!" I lied while swinging my arms in front of me.

Silence erupted between us as we walked to her home in silence. Instead of taking the time to think about what had happened today like I should of, I instead decided to admire the beauty of nature. The sun had streaked the colors red, orange, and purple across the sky as it was slowly going through the process of changing from day to night. The houses were illuminated by the sun's final glow as it leisurely fell behind the horizon. By the time we made it to Azusa's home, the once red and orange sky was replaced with the night sky, filled with many small glittering stars. No clouds were in sight so the moon was able to outshine the rest of the stars with its white glow.

"Saisu?"

"Huh?"

"We're already at my house, so bye…" She was ready to close the door when I called out her name.

"Even though today was a big letdown, let's make sure that tomorrow's practice session will actually be a PRACTICE session!" She stood there for a few seconds, seeming unsure of what to say next.
She then smiled at me and said, "Yeah, I can't wait to practice with you, Saisu!" My smile was glowing in the dark due to the moon shining its light on me.
"Well, bye then Azusa!" Getting onto my bike, I waved one last time at her before I disappeared into the darkness.

my mind wandered to. It was right though, the night had always been scary to me because of how dark it is. Plus, you never know who could be lurking the darkness…but now, it seemed so gorgeous. The stars flickering with life above you, the moon radiant with light shining down upon the town; it all felt so breeze I felt while riding my bike had made it all the more better. For that ride home, my mind had completely forgotten about the club or Azusa's outburst. It had been at utter bliss. Man, if the night sky is this beautiful in the city, I wonder how it is when people go camping! My mind stopped there for a moment.

Camping…camping…that word kept repeating through my mind until I finally snapped out of it and continued my thought. Camping…we should go camping! I had suddenly thought of. Yeah! Azusa, Yui-senpai, Mio-senpai, and the rest of them. We should all go camping together! I don't know how or when but we need to! It had only taken a few seconds but my mind had its mind made up that we needed to go camping together no matter what.

The night has never looked this beautiful before,

When I got home, I was greeted by my older sister who was mad at me for staying out so late. I hadn't noticed how long Azusa and I were in the clubroom but nonetheless, that apparently wasn't a reasonable excuse for being late. After a bit of apologizing, she shrugged it off and I headed for my bedroom.

Crashing into my now clean bed, I didn't even try to do my homework. My mind had been too much at peace with nature that I wanted to just return to the moment when I saw the sunset. I wanted to return outside to see the glow of the moon and stars. But now that I would be arriving in Dreamland soon, I would be able to enjoy the most beautiful sunset.

Before I drifted off into sleep, my mind wandered to Azusa one more time. We'll be able to practice soon…I know we will…don't worry Azusa, we will…My mind kept reassuring her until it finally shut off for the night. What was to come in the next few days; however, would be all but reassuring.

A/N: Done, done, and done! I'm sorry it took a while to get this out. Just that school's been taking up my time but I guess that's still no excuse. Plus, I've been having a REALLY big case of writer's block that's been a pain. But, someone had helped me get up and continue this fanfic, and that was ShatteredHeart98! I want to take the time to say thank you, since you were really the one who helped me through my block so yeah, thank you! Oh, and if you haven't checked out her own K-ON! fanfic, Finding my Strength, you should. It's so awesome :3 Well anyway, thank you for taking the time to read this and review if you have the time! Thank you! *Btw, I'm sorry if there are some errors like the sentences being all mixed up, I have to go somewhere so I don't have a chance to proofread it more thoroughly. I will once I get back though, so I'm sorry if there are any major errors!*