Now, this is the finale for the 'Miracle' ending route of this story and it's bound to have implied Ritsu x Mio stuff in it. Enjoy!

K-On!: A Drummer and A Bassist

#5 (2): Bonds

A week later after the incident, school begun normally and the broken wall was rebuilt. Sakuragaoka became lively once again.

After school…

"Heh! I'm practically alright now!" exclaimed Ritsu.

The Light Music Club members all gathered at their clubroom for their usual meeting. Sawako-sensei was there too. They were having their afternoon tea.

"Hey Ricchan… doesn't your body ache?" asked Yui who was curious.

Ritsu shook her head and started stretching, "Nope! Not even a bit! I can't wait to play—OWW!" Suddenly, Ritsu's body was aching and the others were worried.

"See? You were overexerting yourself, Ritsu," said Mio as if she wasn't fazed by what just happened.

Ritsu then gave her sad looking face to Mio, "You're so cold, Mio-CHUAN…"

"So, will we be practising today?" asked Azusa.

"Of course—OWW!"

Mio shook her head, "Nope. We'll just have to wait till Ritsu fully recovers."

Ritsu then pouted, "Wha--?! That's unfair Mio!"

As they continued their chattering, Nodoka came in holding a folder filled with documents.

"I see that you're well, Tainaka-san," she smiled at Ritsu.

"O-Of course I am…! I'm good to go—OWW~…!" yelled Ritsu in pain after trying to do her signature 'Oh~!' sign.

"Haha I see. Anyway, the application form please…?" asked Nodoka politely.

"Eh? What form…?" asked Ritsu.

Everyone thought the same thing in their heads, "Forgetting the forms as usual… this is our Ritsu Tainaka…"

"Oh! Is it the Sakuragaoka Music Festival application form?" asked Tsumugi.

Nodoka nodded and looked at Ritsu with unsatisfied eyes, "So, where is it? The deadline's today."

"Gaah! T-THAT form…" she then tried to find an excuse, "B-But you know about the incident, don'tcha? I got hit by a car a-and then well… d-didn't have time to fill it in!"

"… Right… I see. Here. Take this new form and fill it in before the teacher in charge leaves the school at 5 p.m," she gave a new form to Ritsu then turned to Mio, "Oh and Akiyama-san?"

Mio looked at her and then Nodoka continued, "The project's done, so don't worry about it anymore," Nodoka smiled after finishing.

"Oh ok! T-Thanks for your hard work, Manabe-san…!" said the happy Mio.

Ritsu didn't seem to be that bothered by it right now and just smiled. She knew that Mio was saying the truth about having a school project and was busy most of the time. It's not like she should interfere with Mio's life.

Nodoka then left after explaining a bit more. They then filled in the form and their… band name…?

"… Umm hey, what's our band name?" asked Ritsu.

"… We haven't decided on it, have we?" said Azusa with a sigh.

"T-Then, how about 'Pure pure'…?" asked Mio.

Then they started discussing about the band's name until Sawako-sensei got fed up seeing them discuss about such a trivial thing and snapped.

"GRAAH!" she then snatched the application from them and wrote a name. 'After School Teatime' and she left holding the form in her hand.

All of them had the all famous anime sweat drop behind their heads and all laughed.

"Well, let's take a photo then!" proposed Ritsu.

And so they did. Mio wrote the name, 'After School Teatime' on the whiteboard they had in the clubroom for the photo. And they ended the day at school just like that.

They left school and went home. Ritsu and Mio went home together as always. On the way home, they went through a beautiful paddy field area and was able to see the sea.

Ritsu placed her hands in her pocket and continued walking, "Hey Mio… can I ask you a question?"

Mio, who was walking beside her, had a satisfied smile on her face and replied, "Yeah?"

"Back at the hospital… when I was about to get up… what were you…"

Ritsu was suddenly cut off by a blushing Mio, "H-Huh? What are you talking about? A-Anyway! We should hurry home!"

"Eh??? Oh come on, Mio! Can't you just tell me what did you try to do? We're best friends, aren't we???" asked Ritsu who was extremely curious of what Mio wanted to do.

Mio continued blushing and sighed, "Seriously… it was nothing! Pulling the 'we're best friends' line won't work no matter what," and she smiled as she walked in front of Ritsu.

"Now that's just cruel! Please Mio!!!" begged Ritsu.

"No!" Mio started running with happiness in her heart.

Ritsu ran too, enduring the pain as she was starting to have fun. They were like this too when they were younger. If either one of them is hiding something, they would run off as fast as possible to hide it.

"Please! At least a tip!!!" exclaimed a smiling Ritsu.

"No!" Mio yelled back.

"Please Mio! I'll treat you to lunch!"

"No!"

"Mio~!"

"No~!!!"

And they continued running until they ran to where Mio's house is. Ritsu wasn't able to get the answer out from her, but she was satisfied after being able to enjoy herself with the person she cares the most about.

Ritsu, who was standing outside, yelled to Mio who was looking out the window to see if she was still around, "Hey Mio!!!"

"Yeah???" replied Mio.

"I'll get that answer out from you soon! And also… thanks for today!!! I had fun!!! Ahaha!" Ritsu laughed and gave a peace sign to Mio.

Mio couldn't help but laugh too, "Haha! Yeah...! Get a good rest once you're back at home ok? No late night activities for the time being, alright???"

Ritsu pouted, "Yes ma'am… anyway!" Ritsu saluted, "I'm off! See you tomorrow!" And she ran off.

"Alright! See you!!!" yelled Mio.

Both of them smiled as they knew that bonds between friends can never be broken. Ritsu was a fool to have been jealous at Nodoka and Mio was still contemplating on whether she should tell Ritsu what she almost did to her.

And so, all well, ends well. And so the arc of the two inseparable friends ends here, with happiness and joy as its ending.

FIN.

Author's notes:

Woot~! Here it is! The end of 'Miracle's' route! To me, climax wise, 'Logical's' much better than 'Miracle' since I had no idea what I wanted to write in the 2nd ending. XD But this is the route for Ritsu x Mio fans since I've read your reviews. Thanks for supporting and reading this story! Please review this story too!