K-ON! Encore

Chapter 6: After school Hangout

My eyes hurt... They felt like they were on fire, so I tried covering them as best as I could...

"Uhm...?" I started to open my eyes and looked around...

M-My room? Yeah... My room brightly lit with the light that came from the uncovered sides of the window... My room? I grabbed my phone beside my bed...

10... 10 AM?! I-I'm late, wait.... Worse! I... I felt fear, real fear, my worst nightmare...

I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL... Wait... My room? WHY AM I EVEN IN MY ROOM? D-Didn't I fall on the couch last night?! Wait, I didn't go to school? I grabbed my phone again and checked my notifications... 20+ Missed calls and messages from Rei... I looked over at my nightstand and noticed a small note.

"Your dad found you on the couch when he got up for work so he left you at your bed, your bento is in the fridge so you don't have to cook your lunch today, I guess it's okay for you to skip school today but let's not let this happen again ok?"

Hm, I got off easy... But... What now? The guitar won't be ready until two more days... Maybe the best course of action is just reuniting with the club... The first out of school reunion!

"..." Nothing, she hasn't picked up.

"Y-Yumi?" Rei's voice was pretty quiet.

"Yup, um, sorry for not going today"

"T-This isn't like... The bes-" Rei's voice was quickly cut off before she could even finish her sentence "Sasaki-san!"

"M-Manabe-sensei I-I" Rei once again was interrupted by the teacher "Didn't I tell you just now to keep your phone in your backpack?!" Rei tried to argue with Manabe-sensei "But I... Uh" But nothing came from her argument and the teacher's voice came back "Ok, that's it, please give me your phone, you will have to go and pick it up at the teacher's room and we'll have a talk" Rei's voice came back "B-But..." and then her voice quickly raised up "W-Wait! N-Nonono c-come o-" And then the call was cut off...

R-Right... By now we are supposed to be in class... I'll... Hm... I'll get her something nice as an apology... But most importantly, class ends at 3:45 and considering I didn't go today Rei and Emi will not go to the club... So, I should go to the entrance and wait for the two.. There's a few hours until I gotta go... I'll set an alarm and have some sleep.

...

A cold breeze woke me up a little bit more. I've been standing in front of the school gate for so long that I'm practically falling asleep standing up, but finally... The school bell rang, any in a few minutes Rei and hopefully Emi would come out.

"Hey!" I waved at Rei, she seemed to notice me, instantly frowning, oh... she's probably pissed off at me...

Rei stopped right in front of me, looking at me in the eyes "Yo..." Yeah, I could feel her anger.

"Uh... Hehe... Um... So... H-How was today?"

"Fine, I couldn't use my phone for half of the day, but Emi was kind enough to come talk to me" The anger seemed to start to dissipate somehow.

"Nice, nice... Uh, where is Emi by the way?" I looked around but she didn't seem to be around here nor coming out of the entrance.

"I think she went home already" Rei shrugged.

"W-What? But I've been here even before the bell rang? She couldn't have gone home"

She shrugged again "Maybe she sneaked out or something"

"But, she couldn't I mean she jum-"

Fear... Such a strong emotion, our fight or flight instinct works all in our sense of fear... At this moment... Fear was what filled me.