Summary: As the days past by, Mio and Nodoka are slowly becoming close friends but to Ritsu, it means she's slowly losing the friend, her best friend, that she's always fooled around and enjoyed being around with. One day, Mio and Nodoka had to do a school project and obviously, Mio had no time for club activities. Ritsu gets jealous because she'll be spending time with Nodoka. What will Ritsu do?

P.S.: I thought of this fanfic after watching episode 11. Never expected that Ritsu would act that way. I'm not trying to write a Ritsu x Mio pairing fic here, but who knows if it turns out as one?

K-On!: A Drummer and A Bassist

#1: Interference & Emotions

It was already the end of classes at Sakuragaoka. So, a few clubs began their after school activities, including the Light Music Club. At that time, only Yui, Ritsu, Tsumugi and Azusa were there. Sawako-sensei went home early after leaving a letter on the club's table noting she has 'stuff' to do.

They just sat there, having tea and relaxing, as they waited for bassist and lead singer, Mio Akiyama's, arrival.

Yui voiced out, "… U-Umm… why is Mio-chan so late? It's been 25 minutes…" and she sipped her tea after that.

Ritsu was beginning to get annoyed, "Yeah. Wonder where she is…"

Speak of the devil, she opened the door with a smile, but oddly, she didn't step into the music room.

"Hey guys, umm sorry… but I have to meet up with Manabe-san to discuss about stuff, so…"

Suddenly, Ritsu stood up and slammed the table. The other 3 were all surprised as well.

She glared at Mio, "So what… Nodoka's more important than our club? Is that it…" she paused and yelled, "MIO?!"

Mio, shocked, wondered what's up with Ritsu and sighed deeply and smiled wryly at her, "Ritsu, I need to discuss a school project with her. I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you guys tomorrow by coming to practice. I promise…!" and she ran off, without hearing a reply from any of them.

The clubroom was silent as Ritsu sat down, frustrated and mad. Azusa, who wanted to bright things up, put on her cat ears and 'nyan-ed' at Ritsu. The other two were chuckling as they saw that but Ritsu wasn't the least happy.

"… Let's just practice without her," Ritsu suddenly said, not looking at anyone of them.

"… Hmm? But without the bass and our vocalist, everything will sound…"

As Tsumugi wanted to continue, Ritsu snapped and yelled at her, "Let's just continue ok?! As usual! The bass is barely audible anyway! It's an… an instrument that's… u-useless!"

The three of them, dare not to speak. Yui who sat beside Ritsu, then patted her shoulder but Ritsu pushed her hand away and went to where the drum set were.

"… Let's practice. Hurry up and get ready…" she said as she looked on the ground, holding her drum sticks tightly.

They started to practice. But Ritsu's drumming was soft, and it wasn't rhythmic at all. She just played the drums as if she was trying to hit someone with sticks.

Azusa then ordered a stop using a hand signal like what Mio always does and the three of them looked at Ritsu.

"… Ritsu-senpai, umm… I shouldn't say this but… the timing's off and there's no power in your drum playing…" said Azusa, firmly.

The depressed drum player then stretched and gave a fake smile to them, "H-Haha… sorry. I-I don't think I have the mood to play anyway. Let's just practice tomorrow!"

After saying that, she gave her signature "Oh~!" but when she did it, her tone of voice was different than the usual and she seemed depressed too. Well, it's true that she is anyway.

And so, they all went home after that.

At Ritsu's home, she tried calling Mio to talk to her but no one picked up. It's all because she was busy discussing with Nodoka about the school project through the phone.

Ritsu slowly started to despise the fact that she's not in the same class with Mio. If she was, this would never have happened. And if Nodoka was in another class, her best friend would never be 'taken away' from her.

Ritsu Tainaka, who was the energetic, bossy, hyper one of the group, went to bed and hid herself under her covers. That was when she got all emotional and cried.

Mio, who had finished her discussion with Nodoka, stayed at her study table and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but didn't know what. She wanted to call Ritsu, but it was already very late. So she sighed and thought that it was stress and went to bed straight away.

Will Mio really keep her promise? And will Ritsu be able to control her emotions? Find out next!

Author's notes:

It's been a long time since I've written a fanfic, so this is a warmer-up! I guess it's more or less a script-based story, but still… ah! If any of you think it's counted as a 'yuri' fic, do tell me! 'Cuz I don't think it is so far… hehe. Anyway, please R & R and hope you all liked it so far!