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The first time I met her was during our first year. She's pretty, was the first thing that came to my mind because she really is. Nice long and silky blonde hair, white skin and deep blue eyes. When we became friends and spent our days together, I've learned more great and interesting things about her. Like how she can be both sophisticated and naïve at the same time, how she can be both mature and childish, how she can do everything so gracefully; she's kind, smart, caring, responsible, sensitive, funny and very talented – I'm simply amazed by her. She knows when to balance the time for play and the time for work, well, most of the time that is, but overall she's really great. When I'm anxious, she says the simplest words and yet they're enough to calm me down.

Then eventually, the time came when I realized I couldn't take my eyes off her anymore and I just want to be with her always. "Oh my god, I've fallen for her," I said to myself one night. I didn't want to believe it at first because we're both girls but I had no other explanation as to why my heart would always race when I see her, why I always feel happy and relaxed when I'm with her. And that was during our second year and now we're starting a new year as seniors. This spring I've decided that it's time – I want to tell her how I feel.

First day of school, and the nervousness is killing me. I didn't realize that confessing's really hard to do. I tried writing a letter the night before, thinking that I could put it in her shoe locker the next day but that didn't really work out. I always end up not being satisfied with the end product of my letter, it feels that I am not able to tell her how I truly feel – it's lacking. I got really frustrated that I decided, I'm just going tell her directly tomorrow. So I said but when I saw her that morning all my confidence disappeared in an instant. It was so hard to talk to her; I didn't want her to notice so I kept my distance for a while. As we're walking to school, I'm already thinking of postponing my confession. It's still spring tomorrow, right? I said to myself. For the first time of my life I felt embarrassed of my timidity.

We arrived in school and there was music playing from the music room. We had an idea who it was so we went up to check and there we saw Yui playing her guitar enthusiastically. She was playing "My Love is a Stapler", that song helped me remember the letters I wrote for Mugi last night and more importantly, it reminded me why I was writing them in the first place. Thanks to Yui I somehow got my confidence back. And so I waited for the right moment to tell her, it was hard because we still need to recruit new members – If I could just have a few minutes with Mugi alone. And just when I thought I'm never going to have that chance, Ritsu thought of that silly 'Operation Undercover' to spy on other clubs to know how they get new members. At first I assumed we'll go as a group, but Mugi suddenly suggested that the two of us would continue giving out fliers while they go with their spying mission. And who knew, Mugi herself would give the chance I've been waiting for. Finally, I'll be able to tell Mugi how I really feel and that really made me excited.

By the bulletin board outside the school building

Nope I'm not excited anymore, I want to get out of here! I've been distributing fliers with Mugi for almost half an hour, I couldn't do it – my nervousness came back. I clearly didn't think of the possible outcomes if ever I did confess. What if she'll think I'm weird, will she hate me or worse quit the band? I'm so stupid for not thinking this through!

"Is everything alright, Mio-chan?" Mugi asked.

"Huh? U-Uh…yeah everything's fine," I answered forcing a smile so she won't worry, then I remembered we're wearing our animal costumes. Smiling was useless.

"Are you nervous about something, perhaps?"

"Me? No, of course not. Why would I be? What made you think that?"

"Well because I can see your hands really shaking while holding those pieces of paper."

"Eh?! Well…this is – "

"U-Um…excuse me…," a blushing junior suddenly interrupted, "A-Akiyama-senpai…?"

"Yes?" I responded. Wait, she knew I'm the horse?

"U-Um…Here!" she suddenly handed me a pink envelop, bowed and then ran away as soon as I took it.

"H-Hey! Wait!" I called out but she didn't return. "What am I supposed to do with this?"

"Read it, of course," Mugi said, "…it's a love letter for you after all."

"Eh?! L-Love letter?" How lucky…she was able to write her feelings.

"Your fans really love you, don't they?"

"I don't even know why…"

"What do you mean you don't know? It's because you're cool, smart, pretty and a great bassist," she confidently praised.

"What are you talking about Mugi? That's not true, you're actually all those things not me."

She giggled then said, "Thanks but you're more of those things since you're the one who have fans that loves you – "

"I love you," I suddenly said.

Mugi didn't say anything afterwards and it made me wonder for a sec then that's when I realized that I just confessed. The three words that I have been trying to say all this time just came out of me out of nowhere – it caught both of us off guard. It made me drop all the fliers I was holding due to shock. We just stared at each other and the fact that I couldn't see the reaction on her face is torturing me. Is she mad? Is she happy? Is she sad?

"What?" she finally said after almost a minute of silence.

"H-Huh? What?"

"What did you say Mio-chan?"

"N-Nothing!" I immediately answered and hurriedly gathered the fliers I dropped.

"No you said – "

"Man! I wonder if we'll get new members this year," I tried to change the subject; desperately hoping that she'll go with it.

"Huh? Wait Mio-cha – "

"It'd be nice if we'll have another lefty bassist, right?"

"Mio-chan – "

"Oh but what if we'll get another drummer? Do you think we should we get another drum set?"

"Mio-chan plea – "

"I guess I'll talk to Sawako-sensei about it when that happens."

Little did I know, Mugi got a bit irritated from my continuous evasion of the subject. She suddenly grabbed my wrist and started dragging me. "W-Wait! Mugi! Where are you taking me?!" She didn't answer and just continued to pull me. She's ridiculously strong! I thought as I tried to break free. After a number of tries I gave up and just let her drag me. "A cat's pulling that horse, that's so funny." I heard someone say making me thankful that they don't know my face. After a while, I became aware of where Mugi might be taking me.

Behind the school gym

Mugi stopped walking and quickly faced me. "Mio-chan I will not let you go until you tell me again what you said." There was already no escaping it so I decided to just do it, it is what I've hoping to accomplish afterall. But, like a broken record, all I managed to say was, "I-I-I-I-I-I-I…"

Mugi suddenly put her hands, or at that moment paws, on my shoulders, snapping me out of my panic then took off the cat head and the paws. Immediately, I noticed that her face is all red – was the costume that hot? She then slowly took mine off and just looked at me for a while. Mugi's actions started to confuse me, and it became more puzzling when she suddenly came closer and gently held my face.

"U-Um…M-Mugi…?" She's too close…TOO CLOSE…!

"Mio-chan…I want you to calm down and just tell me," Mugi said in a low voice.

I can feel her warm breath on my lips, "H-Hold on a minute Mugi! W-Why the heck are you so close – "

"I'll tell you after you answer my question…"

After hesitating, I tried again. "I…I…I…"

Mugi waited patiently while intensely looking at me with those beautiful blue eyes, they were so mesmerizing that it's making it harder for me to speak and just want to look at them more.

"I…said…I l-love…you," I finally said it and my heart's really racing I can barely breathe. This time it's not because of my nervousness but because Mugi's right there standing so close to me – the closest she has ever been. I can feel my face getting warmer by the second.

Afterwards, she looked surprised. Did she make the same look earlier while inside the costume? Then she asked me, "Really? Are you sure? You're not just confused or anything?"

"Y-Yes. I'm sure…I…I-I've been feeling this way s-since 2nd year."

She smiled again and it made me more confused. What's going on? I can't tell what she's thinking. I was going to ask her again when she said, "I'm so happy."

"Huh?" By any chance, did she misunderstand me? "W-Wait Mugi. The love I mean is – "

"I know."

"Eh…?"

"Now I think it's time for me to answer your question. Why I'm this close you ask?"

I wait for any words she was going say next but she didn't say any. Instead I noticed she was slowly getting closer and closer. Wait!...Is she?!...Wait! H-Hold on! And all of a sudden, she pressed her lips to mine. At that moment, all I could feel are my racing heart and Mugi's soft lips. They're warm and sweet, probably from the cake we ate earlier. The kiss went on for a long period of time, or at least that's what it felt like, that I'm lost in it. And after an eternity, she pulls away and said, "…so that I could kiss you." My mind couldn't keep up with what's happening that I ended up passing out after she said that.

I opened my eyes later and I noticed I was lying underneath a tree still behind the school gym. I didn't know how long I was out but my mind was a mess when I remembered what happened, I wasn't sure if it was a dream or not. But then I saw Mugi smiling down on me and quickly realized I was lying on her lap and it wasn't a dream.

"GYAAAH!" I panicked and suddenly got up on my feet only to fall back down after split second.

"Mio-chan! Careful," Mugi said as she caught me, "…you shouldn't just get up like that. It'll make you dizzy."

"T-Thanks," I said as I slowly stand back up while holding my head.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." I didn't know what else to say, I took my time to process everything. And it seems Mugi's waiting for me to say something. What she did made me too shy to face her but after such along awkward silence, I finally managed to say something. "U-Um Mugi…? Why did you k-k-kiss me?"

I saw her blush then giggle before saying, "Because I love you too."

"Eh?"

"I said because I love you too."

"H-Huh?! A-Are you joking?!"

"Why would I?"

"Because you're saying it as if it's nothing!"

"It's true Mio-chan. The truth is I…I was planning to tell you today no matter what. That's why I suggested that we'd distribute fliers while Ricchan and the others do their thing so I could get you alone."

She's been thinking of confessing to me too?

"I was literally going tell you I love you when you suddenly beat me to it."

"R-Really?"

"Yeah. I was so nervous but it's really a great relief to know that you feel the same way Mio-chan."

That's right…she said she feels the same way…she loves me too…the way I love her. A smile nervously crosses my lips without me knowing. The girl I love said she loves me too, after so long I was finally able to take it in and I felt so excited. "Mugi…I…I didn't know…"

"Me too but we know now," she happily said. The blush she had on her face was still there.

"I'm…I'm so happy I honestly don't know what to say," I said very certain that I have the bigger smile between us.

"Then will you say you love me again?" she said smiling very sweetly at me.

"Eh?!" I felt my whole face burn up, it was embarrassing for me to say it again.

"Come on, you already said it twice."

After hesitating for a bit, I gave in. "I…I love you Mugi."

She hugged me and said, "I love you too Mio-chan."

Hearing her say it made me really happy. Her hair smells nice, I thought as I hugged her back. "Say Mugi…?"

"Hm?" she said and looked at me.

"C-C-Can we…k-kiss a-again?" I blushed heavily as I asked. I couldn't get enough of it and wanted to feel her lips again.

Without saying anything, she smiled and just leaned in for a kiss.

Feeling her soft lips on mine once again as we hold each other close felt so wonderful. And I was sure that it was longer than the first one before we pulled away.

She laughed a little when we looked at each other and said, "Your face is so red."

"Eh?! Well yours too."

"So does this mean we're girlfriends now?"

"I-I think so…"

"Should we tell them?"

"Huh?! NO!...I mean, it's not that I don't want to, I just want this for ourselves for now."

"I understand. Either way, as long as we're together it's fine."

"Mugi…"

"Come on. Let's go back Ricchan and the others might be done with spying the other clubs."

"I'm sure they didn't learn anything."

So we got our animal heads back on and decided to keep it on since we couldn't stop blushing. If Ritsu sees this she definitely wouldn't let it go. We went back by the bulletin board first to see if the fliers I dropped are still there before going back to the clubroom. When we got back we both tried our best to act normal and thankfully we we're able to do it without any of them suspecting anything.

*PRESENT*

Clubroom

"So that's how we got together," I said before zipping my bag close and getting ready to go home.

"Eh? Yui and Nodoka's confession was more exciting," said Ritsu.

"We didn't do it to entertain you!"

"But Mio-senpai it's a good thing that you to patch things up with Ritsu-senpai when she got mad at for keeping your relationship a secret," Azusa commented.

"Yeah I made up for it by spending time with her during the Summer Festival. Really, she's such a child."

"Because I am one!"

"Okay! Thanks for waiting, I'm done cleaning the cups let's go home," Mugi said while wiping her hands dry.

"Mio are we going to walk home together?" Ritsu asked.

"Ah no, Mugi and I have plans today."

"Got it. Looks like it's us three then," Ritsu said to Yui and Azusa.

When we got out the school gate, the three of them already went ahead while Mugi and I went on the other direction. I was going to help her buy some ingredients for a new pastry she wants to try baking. As we walked she suddenly held my tight and when I looked at her I saw her smile at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked. Being with her for more than 6 months I can already tell if her smile is genuine or not.

"I was just thinking about that story you told them."

"Oh that? It's fine Mugi."

"I'm really sorry Mio-chan."

"Don't be silly Mugi. I told you it's fine, we already talked about this."

"Still I'm really sorry Mio-chan..."

"Mugi?"

"Y-Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you too Mio-chan."

"And that's all I need to know. So stop apologizing already, okay? I'm very happy and thankful for what we have right now. That's better than none at all, it really is fine Mugi."

"R-Right. Okay, if you say so Mio-chan," is what she said and continued to smile but it also remained unreal.

That's right, it's fine...I'm fine with it.

To be continued...

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