A/N: Hey guys! This is my first fic and I wanted it to be about Mitsu because you know, they're my favourite pairing (and I ship a lot of people). To be honest, I've been around for awhile and I've written short stories but they've never been uploaded for others to see, mainly because I'm kind of self-conscious about my writing :3 Constructive criticism is welcome :) Oh and I'm sorry if there is any OOC-ness :P

Disclaimer: I do not own K-On.

Nothing More Important

Mio knows better than anyone there's nothing more important than love.

"Ritsu… Why didn't you tell me?" Mio bit her lip, tears streaming down her face.

"Eh?" Ritsu looked up, and was startled to see Mio sobbing, her beautiful grey eyes filled with tears. "M-Mio! Why are you crying?"

Ritsu hurriedly stood up and wrapped Mio in her arms. Mio let out a wail and buried herself in Ritsu's neck, inhaling her familiar scent that she knew would be gone soon.

"You-You didn't tell me you were going to overseas to study for 4 years," Mio cried.

"I… I just didn't want you to worry or anything," Ritsu mumbled.

"Baka, I'd be even more sad not knowing! So-So you're really going?" Mio said, still in Ritsu's arms.

"Yeah… I'm really sorry I didn't tell you, Mio. I know how dependent you are on me, but we'll get through this. I promise."

"Ritsu… I love you."

"I love you too."

4 years later

Mio's phone vibrated, waking the girl up instantly. For the entire week, she had been incredibly jumpy. Even Yui could figure out why.

The text message from Yui read: Mio-chan! Ricchan's coming back today right? Let's go pick her up from the airport! She says she's bringing someone special to meet us… I wonder who?

Of course. How could she forget? Right after Ritsu had informed the HTT members of her arrival date back to Japan, Mio had grabbed a blinding yellow coloured highlighter and drew a heart on that date – December 20th. She had spent her days after that daydreaming about it during her lectures. Would Ritsu look different? She tried to envision Ritsu being taller, maybe even with her hair down. But all she could imagine was how Ritsu looked when they had sent her off at the airport – Hairband on, charming grin on her face and golden eyes piercing right into Mio's.

Mio had a few hours to prepare, so she took extra care in choosing her clothes. After all, it was probably going to be the best thing that would happen to her in 4 years. She picked out a white dress with a black belt and matching white heels. She left her hair alone, it was the exact same hairstyle she had all those years ago.

And there they were again, just like all those years ago, all waiting anxiously for Ritsu. Sending Ritsu off had been a particularly painful memory for Mio.

"Ritsu!" Mio cried. "Don't go, please! Please I can't- I can't get through 4 years without you."

"Mio, you're strong, you can do this without me. Yui, Mugi and Azusa are here for you. I promise, I'll be back in 4 years."

"I'll wait for you."

Mio closed her eyes and took deep breaths. She was going to see Ritsu for the first time in 4 years. She couldn't help but squeal internally. She could finally be back in Ritsu's arms and breathe in her scent and kiss those warm-

"IS THAT RICCHAN?!" Yui shouted. Mio's eyes snapped open and saw a figure walking towards them. The figure's gait was familiar, and Mio could recognize it anywhere. Her eyes brimmed with tears.

"Ritsu..?" she whispered under her breath.

"Wait… Who's that person with her?" Tsumugi asked.

Ritsu got closer and before Mio could launch herself at her, she suddenly noticed the girl beside Ritsu. Furthermore, that girl – Mio swallowed – had her arms wrapped around Ritsu's. Mio felt everything come to a standstill. The only thing she could focus on was Ritsu and whoever that girl was.

"Yo! I'm back, guys!" Ritsu grinned at them. Yui was already hugging her but Azusa and Tsumugi were casting worried looks at Mio. "Hahaha, get off me Yui! I'd like you guys to meet my girlfriend, Himeko. H-Hey, Mio!"

Mio sprinted off, unwilling to let anyone see her tears. But she would be lying if she said she'd never thought about it. It was one of the nagging things that bothered her for a year.

"Hey Ritsu! You haven't called for a week, what happened? I miss you," Mio said happily as she picked up the phone.

"Mio… I'm sorry," was all Ritsu said.

"H-Huh? Sorry about what? Ritsu? Hello? Ritsu?!"

And that was the last call Ritsu made to Mio. Mio sent so many messages to Ritsu, her phone bill practically blew up. Then Mio started thinking: What if Ritsu got another girlfriend? Maybe she doesn't love me anymore?

"MIO!" Ritsu's voice brought her out of her daze. She was steadily catching up. After all, she was fitter than Mio.

"Get away from me!" Mio screamed at her when Ritsu held on to her arm tightly.

"Mio, look- I'm sorry. I just- I can't tell you why, but I have to ask you to forget me."

"What? Why? Don't you get it, Ritsu? No matter what I do, you'll always be my first love and my last. I can never stop loving you, let alone forget you." Mio was breaking down. She had never felt this sad, this heartbroken. It was scary how the person who makes you the happiest is also the person who can hurt you the most.

"Mio… I don't want to hurt you-"

"Oh, and I'm not hurt now?! You're an idiot, you know that?" Mio, filled with rage and sadness, stomped off and left Ritsu looking down at the ground, her bangs hiding her face.

"… I'm your idiot," Ritsu muttered. A single tear dropped to the ground. "I'm sorry…"

As for the days that followed, Mio locked herself in her room and hardly came out, missed lectures – which was obviously very uncharacteristic of her – and basically abused her tear ducts. She listened to sad songs, curled up in a ball and tried her best to stop thinking about Ritsu. However, Mio did not realize that the more time spent in her dorm meant more thoughts entering her brain.

Over-thinking sucks, Mio thought.

She succumbed to her fate after three days of eating cup noodles and bread, trying to come up with hypothesizes of Ritsu's sudden change in demeanour. She truly believed Ritsu loved her back then, or was that just a lie too? Her heart tightened – Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble began to play on her music player – maybe she just didn't love her at all.

When your saddest fear comes creeping in

That you never loved me or her or anyone or anything

Mio squeezed her eyes shut, sick of the familiar feeling of tears flowing. She was surprised that her tear ducts could still work.

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

Another song of Swift's came on, this time sad and slow. Yes, Mio had listened to Taylor Swift's playlist of sad songs for three straight days. Her songs could really speak to her, opening up her tear ducts after every relatable verse.

"Mio?" a familiar voice said behind her room's door. It was Tsumugi. Mio suspected her friends of telling each other to leave her alone because she obviously needed some time alone. Although she was secretly beginning to like the cool, quiet darkness – Mio made sure it was not too dark – she absolutely hated the feeling of being lonely.

It was addicting, the darkness, being alone and all, but Mio was glad to be out from it.

"Mugi?" Mio croaked. She had not spoken a word for three days, except for the very frequent sobbing, and even though she made sure not to dehydrate herself, her throat was parched and dry.

Mio walked to the door, feeling all of her bones pop and loosen up, and opened the door. Tsumugi was her impeccable self as always, but she took a step backwards with a fleeting moment of shock and disbelief. And that was when Mio knew she looked absolutely awful. She definitely felt horrible, but her mental state had affected her physical state, which led to her having terrifying bed hair, dark circles, bloodshot eyes, pale skin and cracked lips.

Tsumugi overcame her initial shock and became the ever helpful ojou-sama again. "Oh, Mio! You look… Um, let's just get you cleaned up, shall we?"

Tsumugi helped Mio to condition her hair and brush out the horrifying tangles, then left notices everywhere in her room to remind Mio to drink lots of water, sleep a lot and start listening to cheerful music. After talking a bit with Tsumugi, Mio realized that she was dead tired and would like nothing more than to sink into the bed and fall into a deep slumber, hopefully not filled with dreams (or nightmares) with Ritsu in them.

So when Tsumugi was halfway talking about something Mio did not know, Mio closed her eyes and fell on to her bed with a thump. Tsumugi was not offended by this (she's never offended) and tucked Mio into the bed, leaving another notice that the entire gang (excluding Ritsu) would be visiting the next day.

Mio had a wonderful dream involving certain actions between Ritsu and her, but the moment she woke up she felt like crying again, because her life now could not be more different from that.

More A/N: No that's not the end of it, and it takes about a few days to a week to write a chapter like this, considering how I still have school and all that, but I'll try my best to upload new chapters as soon as possible :D And since this is my first fic, could you guys please review and all that? Thank you so much ^^ I want to improve on my writing. Oh and I absolutely love Taylor Swift!

x

Joeh