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Here it is, chapter 2! Anyway, I hope you enjoy :)
Again, please refer to Season2-Episode 18, 25 and the movie (15:30) to know who Mika, Akane and Eri are.
Saturday morning and everyone agreed to meet at the Hirasawa's to have the celebration that was supposed to be held yesterday. Though they had second thoughts about it at first because Nodoka is expected to leave that day – Yui might be sad and don't want to celebrate, they said. "All the more reason we should do this!" Ritsu persuaded, "This will help cheer her up!" Convinced by the club president's words, they are now on their way to the Hirasawa's.
Yui and Ui are at the airport, huh? Ritsu thought as she read the message from their guitarist while she makes her way to their house. Well of course they are, once again this reminded her of her question of, how does it feel? She thought of asking the new couple but decided not to because somehow it's embarrassing for them and her; well Yui might not feel shy about it though. But still I want to know…I wonder, if I could remember what is it that attracted me to Mio when we were kids then maybe…maybe I –
"Ritsu-senpai!" a familiar voice called out interrupting Ritsu's pondering.
"Yo! Azusa," Ritsu greeted. "I see you're on your way to Yui's as well."
"Yes. Let's walk together," Azusa said happily.
As they walk, Azusa noticed something different – strange, Ritsu-senpai's awfully quiet. She looked at her senior to see if she can get any answer from Ritsu's expression. It looks like she's thinking about something, I would easily assume that she probably has some scheme in mind, but she looks so serious. She was about to ask what's wrong when, "We're here!" Ritsu excitedly announced to her junior. It's probably just nothing, Azusa thought and brushed off her curiosity. She rang the doorbell and Ui answered the door, as always.
"Azusa-chan, Ritsu-san welcome!" Ui happily greeted. "Come in."
"So how's Yui doing?" Ritsu 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."
They went up to the living room and immediately they were surprised to see someone that wasn't supposed to be there. "Nodoka?! / Nodoka-senpai?!" Ritsu and Azusa said in unison. "We had the same reaction when we arrived," Mugi said who was sitting beside Mio.
"What a surprise!" Azusa said with a smile as she walked to the table with Ritsu 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 said to Yui teasingly.
"No way, my parents decided to let me stay at the last minute. It was a surprise for me too," Nodoka explained.
"Well then this calls for a double celebration!" Ritsu happily said and put an arm around Yui's shoulder.
"YEAH!" everyone said as Ui carried food from the kitchen to the living room.
They didn't get the chance to plan on what they'll do so they just went with whatever came to mind – playing games, nonstop eating and the expected teasing of the new couple in the group. "Hold on, I need to use the bathroom," Ritsu said and excused herself from the table. I really can't remember no matter how much I look at Mio, Ritsu thought while she washed her hands after relieving herself. After letting out a sigh she turned off the faucet and decided to go back to her friends, I'll think about this later.
"HYAAAAA!" Ritsu jumped out of surprise when she opened the door and saw Mugi standing inches away from the doorway. "Mu-Mugi…you scared me there…"
"Sorry, I was just waiting for you to finish," Mugi said with a smile.
"Well couldn't you wait a little further away from the door? Anyway, bathroom's all yours," Ritsu said and started to walk away.
"By the way, you've been staring at Mio a little too much ever since you got here, why's that Ricchan?" Mugi asked keeping her smile but her tone was different from what her face is showing and it made Ritsu a bit disturbed.
"No reason. Does it matter?
"Well I just find it a bit unusual so I want to know the reason behind it."
"Nah! It's nothing – "
"Why don't you meet me at Max Burger later when we're done here and let's talk about it. Nothing is never really nothing, there's almost always something in that 'nothing', don't you think so?" Mugi said and went inside the bathroom; not letting Ritsu refuse her invitation.
Ritsu was just stunned that her friend knew, well knowing Mugi she'll definitely sense it.
At Max Burger
It was already 4 in the afternoon when Mugi and Ritsu met at Max Burger. Not knowing what could possibly happen, Ritsu felt uneasy. Why do I feel so nervous about this? We're just going to talk…but knowing that I'll be talking to Mugi about this feels like…a bad idea. Both of them didn't say a word to each other until after they got their food.
"So what's up?" Mugi immediately asked the moment she and Ritsu settled down in their seats with their order on the table.
"Really Mugi, it's no big deal…," Ritsu said trying to have her friend let go of the issue.
"You say that but you're here right now," Mugi said before eating a french fry.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, if it's no big deal and you don't want to talk about it, why did you come here in the first place? Why did you meet me? You even ordered a big meal – special burger, extra large fries, a sundae, and a large drink, as if our conversation is going to last for hours. Or are you nervous about something?"
"Well...that's…," Ritsu looked away trying to think of an excuse.
"Hmm?" Mugi just looked at her with a smile.
Feeling pressured, Ritsu finally gave in. She sighed and said, "Fine, the truth is…you know…with how Yui and Nodoka are together now? I'm sort of…you know…I just got…sort of…um..."
"Jealous?" Mugi finished Ritsu's sentence for her.
"How did you – ?!" Ritsu immediately covered her mouth stopping herself from shouting.
"It's not that hard, Ricchan. The moment you mentioned Yui-chan and Nodoka-chan I already assumed that's the case. Why else would you keep staring at Mio-chan earlier? You two are childhood friends too, right? Could it be that you're hoping to be in a relationship with her too?" Mugi said before taking a sip from her soda.
"What?! No, that's not it! I swear!" Ritsu rapidly waved her hand with a blushing face. "Though it's true that I'm a bit jealous but I'm not thinking of having a relationship with Mio. I just want to know how it feels when…you know…when…you're in love," Ritsu explained looking down feeling very embarrassed.
Mugi's eyes widened upon hearing Ritsu's words and didn't respond for a while.
"Wha-What?" asked Ritsu when she noticed Mugi staring at her with a surprised expression on her face.
"Oh sorry it's just that, I never thought you'd be curious about love," Mugi explained. "So why were you staring specifically at Mio if that's the case?"
"Well because I had a crush on her when we were in elementary and I'm trying to recall what made me attracted to her."
"You mean you're trying to remember the feeling you had back then?"
"Yeah! That's it!" Ritsu excitedly pointed at Mugi for giving the right answer.
"If you do remember, what then?"
"Huh? Then I'll know what it feels – "
"And? What else?"
"What do you mean? Is there more to it?"
"Tell me the truth Ricchan, do you really not intend to have Mio-chan as your girlfriend?"
"Huh? Yeah I don – "
"Ricchan, when you remember the feeling you had for Mio-chan before would also mean that you'd most likely be falling for her again. Do you understand? So your statement about not wanting Mio-chan to be your girlfriend completely contradicts with what you want to happen."
"Eh?..." What Mugi said surprised Ritsu, she didn't realize that that was what she was aiming. "Then, I guess that wouldn't be so bad. I mean, Mio's smart, cool, funny when she's sca – "
"Wait wait hold on there," Mugi interrupted and put a hand in front of Ritsu. "So what you're saying is you'll go for Mio-chan?"
"Yeah."
"B-But you don't even love her that way and she doesn't feel that way towards you," Mugi said and started to sound a bit distressed.
"That's true I don't feel that way…for now that is. And how did you know about her feelings towards me?" asked Ritsu while looking at Mugi with very suspiciously.
"Eh?! I…uh…I asked her before and she she said she just sees you as a friend," the blonde said calmly keeping the stress and panic within herself.
"Oh I see. Well maybe I'll just start courti – "
"NO!" Mugi suddenly said and slammed the table with her fist, startling everyone around her.
Is Mugi mad?! I've never seen her get angry before. "M-Mugi? What's wrong?"
"You can't just force something between you and Mio-chan just because you're jealous of Yui-chan and Nodoka-chan and you want a love of your own – love takes time! And don't talk as if it's just nothing, love shouldn't be taken lightly!"
"I get it so calm down Mugi! Everyone's looking this way already!" Ritsu pointed out.
"Oh!...Excuse me," Mugi blushingly said and kept her head down. "Anyway keep in mind what I said, okay?"
Ritsu nodded and both of them talked about something else until they're finished with their food, and then parted ways. As expected, Mugi's really serious when it comes to love and such. But I don't really blame her though, everything she said made sense. Ritsu pondered as she walked along the sidewalk. Then again, it's not like I'm really going to force anything on Mio I'll just – "OW!" Something hard suddenly bounced off Ritsu's head from behind interrupting her thoughts.
"Sorry!" someone yelled out.
Ritsu rubbed the back of her head while she turned around to see who it was, "Mika?"
"Ricchan?"
"Oh! Ricchan! I'm really sorry about that," said Akane with an apologetic face.
"Ah no it's fine. Good thing it wasn't as strong as last time," Ritsu said with a friendly smile and picked up the volleyball for them.
"Wah! I'm sorry about that too!"
"It's okay. Anyway here, I see you guys are still practicing even outside the gym." Ritsu handed the ball to Mika.
"Thanks. And I see you're all alone again, Ricchan," Mika pointed out.
"I was with my friends earlier, we had that celebration already," Ritsu explained.
"Really? That's great! So whe – "
"AH! I forgot I need to go home and help my sister with her homework," Eri suddenly said interrupting Mika. "And Akane promised to help as well."
"Eh? I did?" Akane asked looking confused.
"Yes!…Jeez Akane, you're so forgetful. We were just talking about that a while ago," Eri answered her friend while winking at her multiple times.
"O-Oh right! Yes! Sorry how silly of me," Akane said after understanding what Eri's winks meant.
"So uh…we'll go ahead now!" Eri said and immediately dragged Akane with her
"H-Hey! Wait! I thought you guys are going to help me with my shopping?!" Mika reminded.
"Ricchan will help you so see ya!" Eri then ran away with Akane.
"Wha - ?!" Mika finally realized what her friends did and why. She turned her attention to Ritsu and shyly said, "Um…sorry about that. You don't really have to come and help with my shopping."
"It's okay, there are some things I need to buy as well so let's keep each other company," Ritsu said with a smile.
"O-Okay." ~vvrrrr~ Mika checked her phone and saw a message from Eri, [Enjoy your date ;)] THAT ERI!
"What's wrong Mika?"
"Ah n-nothing, l-let's go," Mika said hiding her blushing face from Ritsu.
It didn't take too much time for them to buy the things they need since they already knew what to buy and where. In fact they only went to two stores, the music and sports shop, but they still took almost an hour from each stores. What took most of their time was their conversation with each other. They couldn't stop talking and sharing some knowledge about music and sports. And it was undeniable that they're both having a great time learning about each other.
At a family restaurant
"Man I'm hungry!" Ritsu said and slumped into her seat. After 30 minutes of shopping and almost 2 hours of talking while walking the two finally ran out of gas to keep going. They lost track of time and didn't realize it was already 7 in the evening so they decided to eat dinner before going home.
"So you said you're a setter?" Ritsu started soon after the waitress took their order.
"Yup," Mika answered happily – thrilled that Ritsu remembered her position in the team. "I'm the one who toss the ball up for the spikers."
"Oh~ I thought anyone in the court can do that."
"Well not necessarily. It depends on the situation."
"And Akane's a spiker, right?"
"Yup and the best one in the team. She's very accurate and powerful with her spikes."
"Of course…no doubt about that," Ritsu said and put a hand on her forehead, remembering the hit she got Akane the day before.
"Does it still hurt?" Mika asked worriedly.
"Nah it's fine I just remembered how sca – I mean strong she her spike was."
"That's good to know. By the way, I've never been in this family restaurant before. Is the food here great? I mean you even suggested this place."
"Not so sure about the food but their chocolate cake is pretty awesome," Ritsu grinned.
"So how did you learn about this place?"
"From Sawa-chan, you see we followed her to this place when she met a friend of hers a few weeks ago."
"Why?" Mika asked looking very confused but at the same time interested.
"Let's just say we like to learn more about her private life."
"I'd like to know too," Mika enthusiastically said.
"Thank you for waiting," the waitress arrived with their order in hand.
"For some reason it's exciting to know right? But let's eat first then I'll tell you everything I know."
After spending another hour and half, Mika and Ritsu are finally done and ready to go home.
"Thanks for today I had a fun," Ritsu said with a smile.
"Really?! – Er I mean I should be the one thanking you for helping me with my shopping."
"It's no problem like I said it was fun, I got to learn more about volleyball. I'm really looking forward to see you guys play."
"We actually have a practice match tomorrow at noon, why don't you come and watch?"
"Really? Sure, why not?"
Yes! She said yes!
"Can I bring Mio along too?"
"Huh? Oh s-sure of course," Mika answered looking away and a bit disappointed.
"Great! I'll see you tomorrow," Ritsu waved goodbye and walked away.
Ritsu took out her phone to let Mio know about the game tomorrow but she was surprised to see 10 missed calls and 20 messages from Mio. Heck?! Why so many? She thought then dialed Mio's number. After ringing once Mio answered.
[Hello?! Ritsu?!]
-Mio what is it? Sorry I wasn't able to…–
[Where the heck are you?! I got worried when I called your house and your mom said you're still not home when we all left Yui's house 5 hours ago!]
-Calm down Mio I'm fine I just did a little shopping and I bumped into Mika along the way so we just hanged out a bit.-
[Oh thank goodness, I thought you were abducted or something.]
-By the way Mio do you want to watch a volleyball game tomorrow? Sakura High is going to have a practice match tomorrow at noon-
[Really?! Sure okay who are they up against?]
-I don't know. I forgot to ask…anyway so see you tomorrow then?-
[Yeah! See you.]
She's excited. That Mio…wait…what was I thinking before about her again? Ritsu stopped in her tracks and started thinking. What was it? She scratched her head and after a while she remembered. Oh right! I need to remember the feeling…I can't believe I forgot that. Why? I guess I got too distracted today.
I hope you enjoyed that :)
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Stay tuned for chapter 3 :)