*Disclaimer- I do not own any of the anime, characters, or setting*

**Author's note- Hello! I am back again for another chapter of "Light Music and Classic Literature!" Since Valentine's day was approaching, I decided to make a chapter dedicated to it. Now here is chapter 9!**

"Hey, does anyone remember what tomorrow is?" Mugi asked cheerfully.

Today, both clubs were in the Classics club room, hanging out, snacking, and doing nothing.

Mio's eyes suddenly widen and turned flustered and fearful. "On no... I forgot about that.." she whispered.

"What day is tomorrow?" Azusa asked curiously.

"Oh yeah! Tomorrow's Valentine's Day!" Mayaka's suddenly realized. Then she turned to glare at Satoshi. "You better accept my chocolate this year, Fuku-chan." she threatened as Satoshi laughed nervously. Mio looked at them questioningly and wisely chose to say nothing.

"Anyways, why are you afraid of tomorrow, Akiyama-san?" Chitanda wondered.

"Well... you see... tomorrow we are suppose to have a Valentines Day live and Mio has to do the vocals due to Yui losing her voice," Ritsu explained.

"Why do I have to sing?!" Mio cried. "Can't you, Mugi, or Azusa do vocals instead?!"

Ritsu sweatdropped. "Well you obviously have more experience than we both so you should do it."

"Hey Houtarou," Satoshi started to say to him. "Are you going to get some of that 'pity chocolate' fom your sister again? Hopefully, you'll get more than that this year," he joked.

"Whatever," He replied muttering before saying, "I'm going to leave now."

The next day, as Mio, Mugi, Ritsu, Yui, and Azusa were going to meet each other to walk to school, they all noticed each other carrying a bag of chocolates inside.

"Well, I guess we all had the same idea," Mio grinned wryly.

"Hey, who are you going to give yours to, Mio?" Ritsu asked mischieviously. "Oreki-kun the sloth?"

Mio hit her on the head, turning her both her hand and face red. "Baka! I'm going to give it to all the Classics club members! Besides, it's rude to call other people sloths." Then, she asked, "When will you guys give yous?"

"I'm planning to give mines once I see them," Mugi said happily.

"Same for me," Ritsu answered.

"Azunyan and I are going to give ours during lunch," Yui reported.

"I'll give mines after school, then," Mio said. Then, she reached into her bag and said, "Here, these are for you guys."

"I got some for you too, sempais," Azusa replied. Ritsu, Yui, and Mugi nodded in agreement. Once they exchanged chocolates, each chocolate looked different from each other, showing their personalities.

Ritsu's chocolates were messy and simple. They were all flat rectangles with a fortune note attached to each bar. Mugi's chocolate had "You will get alot of money and secret lovers and fans soon. Yui's bar said, "The more you eat, the lazier and plump you will be. Azusa's chocolate said, "If you don't give chocolates to your sempai that gave you this chocolate, bad luck will occur. And Mio's bar said, "If you don't do your friends a favor, your embarassing moments will be shown to public." Ritsu then recieved a large lump on her head created by Mio.

Mugi's chocolate truffles were beautiful and elegant. Each one were different than each others. Ritsu had drum shaped chocolate that had a caramel salty flavor. Yui had a guitar shaped chocolate covered with colorful sprinkles. Mio had a bass shaped guitar with a fresh minty taste. Azusa had a chocolate that was shaped into Ton-chan with a marshmallow inside.

Mio's gift chocolates were more simple than Mugi's, but still beautiful. Each person got a box filled with four chocolates inside and different flavors each. Mugi had a raspberry flavored chocolate. Ritsu's had a sour lemon taste. Yui's had an orange flavor. Azusa's had a strawberry flavor.

Yui gave everyone a messy animal shaped chocolate ball. Mio got a mouse, Ritsu got a dog, Mugi got a pickled radish chocolate (which everyone looked at questionly while Mugi recieved it cheerfully), and Azusa of course got a cat.

And as for Azusa, instead of making chocolate, she made everyone a chocolate tart with a powdered sugar heart in the center.

"Now that we're done, let's give it to the classics club now!" Ritsu said.

As the day went by, one by one, each light music club member gave out their chocolates to the classics club except for Mio. As she walked into the library, she saw Mayaka at the librarian's table and walked over to her.

"Good afternoon, Ibra-san, Happy Valentine's Day!" Mio greeted her.

"Oh, Happy Valentine's Day, Akiyama-san!" Mayaka returned. "What brings you here today?"

Mio reached into her bag and got out a box of chocolates.

"I would like to give you some chocolates as an appreciation gift for everything that you did for us. The chocolates are cherry flavored."

Mayaka smiled. "Thank you, Akiyama-san! I also got some chocolates for you. It's a dark chocolate music note since I saw how you loved music. It's not much though."

"Thank you so much!" Mio said gratefully. "Also, do you know where to find Fukube-kun?"

"Sorry, I heard that he was home sick today so he couldn't go to school."

"Thank you again, Ibara-san. I will take my leave now."

Next, Mio went to Chitanda, who was in the hallway. As she ran to catch up to her, Mio cried out,

"Chitanda-san!"

Chitanda turned around.

"Oh! Good afternoon, Akiyama-san!"

"Happy Valentine's Day, Chitanda-san! I have a gift for you."

When Mio gave it to Chitanda, she quickly described her chocolates,

"These are matcha flavored. I thought you might like the flavor."

"Thank you very much! It is one of my favorite flavors actually." Then, Chitanda looked apologetic. "I'm sorry. My family's tradition doesn't allow us to give chocolates on Valentine's Day to close friends and family members so I can't give anything for you."

"It's all right!" Mio kindly said. "You already gave me many other things for me to be grateful for." Then she asked curiously,

"Does that mean you don't give any chocolate to Mayaka-san, Fukube-kun, or Oreki-kun?"

Chitanda blushed and replied,

"That is correct. Because they are all close friends, I cannot give them any chocolate. That also includes you and the light music club."

"Thank you for your friendship, Chitanda-san. Now, I will take my leave."

Finally, Mio's last stop was to Oreki. Before she went to him though, a thought suddenly hit her.

Wait a minute. I never even gave any chocolates to boys before. Since Oreki-kun is the first guy that I'm giving it to, does it means he's special to me? And what if he thinks I'm awkard and weird if I give him chocolate? I really wish I could be like Ritsu for once and not hesistate to give a guy chocolate!

Then, Mio got an idea.

What if I just put it in his locker? Then it'll be anomynous and no one will ever know! That's a good plan!

As Mio walked over quietly to Oreki's locker, she suddenly noticed that he was standing in front of it.

Oh no! What do I do now? she quietly panicked to herself. Her whole body was shaking at the thought of handing it to him.

Meanwhile, as Oreki was about to close his locker, he noticed a shadow near the wall.

"Who could that be?" he muttered to himself. Out of habit, Oreki stroke a piece of his hair and thought about it.

Right now, all the teachers should be in the office by now. And no students are at the school anymore except for the light music club and Chitanda and Ibara. Looking at the shadow, the person behind the wall has long straight hair that is tied up. That eliminates Ibara, Hirasawa-san, Tainaka-san, Kotobuki-san, and Nakano-san. The shadow is also shaking which means she is obviously nervous. and after all my time with Chitanda, nervous is definitely not a word to describe her which leaves one person.

With a sigh, Oreki called out, "Akiyama-san, is that you?"

Mio jumped. How did he know that she was there?

"Yes..." she replied nervously as she walked out from the wall.

"What do you need?" Oreki asked bluntly while his heart was pounding. Why is it pounding anyways?

"Um..." Mio wasn't sure what to say. And at that moment, her hands moved on their own. She reached inside her bag and grabbed out a box filled with coffee flavored chocolates. Then, not knowing what else to do, she managed to say,

"These are some chocolates that I made for everybody. This one is for you. It's coffee flavored. I made it to say thank you everything."

And then, Mio fell silent.

"Uh...um...thank you?" Oreki didn't know how to react. No one had ever gave him chocolates this way. When the rest of the light music club gave him chocolates, they were somehow different than Mio's way. Suddenly, both of them felt heated up and looked away blushing. Suddenly, Mio looked at the time.

"Oh no! I have to go now! Happy Valentine's Day, Oreki-kun and thank you!" she said quickly before running out and leaving him speechless.

For a moment, Oreki stood standing. Then he shook his head and thought to himself, no, forget about it. It was just a thanking gift. So why am I so flustered?

Later on, Mio saw Satoshi and managed to give out him some sea salt chocolates. As she was walking home though, she kept wondering to herself,

Why did I feel so flustered giving chocolates to Oreki-kun than Fukube-kun?

*And that is chapter 9! I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's day with friends, families, or even crushes! As always, please R&R and stay tuned for chpater 10! Happy V-day! ;) 3