Hello! So I received a request by Shiranai Atsune to write a Karma x fem!Nagisa story. Well, I was asked for either Karma x fem!Nagisa or Gakushuu x fem!Nagisa, but I ship Karma and Nagisa more (this damn fandom dragged me down, I swear; I'm big on Karmanami but now I'm into Karmagisa too!). Gakushuu is gonna play a role too, though… because I'm evil and I have a thing for writing unrequited love. I don't know. I think I'm pretty decent doing it. I'm sorry. XD

Anyway, characters such as Isogai, Maehara, Ren, and Aguri were mentioned as well, so I took the whole Karma x fem/Nagisa w/thirdwheel!Gakushuu (kind of) and added those characters too… this was born. XD

This was supposed to be a one-shot, but it's become clear to me that 1. it is turning out to be way longer than first planned (as always XD) and 2. I wouldn't be updating anytime soon if I kept it as a one-shot. 'Cause, y'know, I'm pretty busy right now. This last couple of weeks have been really hectic, so my hobbies (including writing) have taken a backseat for now.

But I'd started writing this for a while, so I decided to just split what I had and publish it. So this is a multi-chapter story, with short chapters (around 1000 words each). And it starts during the second term mid-terms of their first year of Junior High.

Now, without further ado, go on and read! Hope you enjoy! :)


Asano Gakushuu's eyes scan over the names written on the Top 50 list. It's no surprise that he's first. They might be in their second semester of their first year, but it's become clear that he's the number one of their year. His name is followed by Sakakibara Ren, but that is not a surprise either. He's also one of the chosen, and that's for a reason. It is not surprising that he made it to second place. He notices the names of Araki Teppei and Koyama Natsuhiko; seems like they've made it into the Top 5 again. They are clearly chosen ones as well. Perhaps he should talk to them more.

Gakushuu's eyes land on the fifth name of the list. Akabane Karma. It's surprising that a guy from D Class has managed to make it into the Top 10, not once, not twice, but three times. He doesn't know much of Akabane. Sure, he has seen him. Red hair, mercury eyes, always had this delinquent, lazy posture. Apparently, he skips whenever he feels like it and was an all-around troublemaker. However, it seems that he's smart enough to do well on his tests.

"What're you reading, Asano-kun?" Ren walks up behind him and leans over his shoulder to read the paper he's holding. Out of all students at this school, Ren is the closest thing he has to a friend, Gakushuu guesses. Or something along those lines. What he likes about Ren is that he doesn't have to fake around him; he can show his darker, manipulative side and yet Ren keeps talking to him. It's a weird dynamic, indeed, but it's how they work. "Oh, the Top 50 list, eh? Not surprising that we're in the top 2. Oh, look, Akabane-kun's fifth now. Wasn't he, like, tenth during the end of term?"

"Eigth," Gakushuu corrects.

"Eight. Yeah, well, it's surprising he's doing so well, considering what I've heard about him," Ren shrugs. "I mean, they say he always gets into fights and pretty much everyone is afraid of him because of that. He's lucky he's got good grades or else he'd be in trouble."

Gakushuu nods. In this school, grades are everything. As long as Akabane keeps his grades as they are, his behavior will probably be overlooked. It's annoying, but that's how things work.

"Although I guess not everyone is afraid of him. He's always hanging around with this blue-haired girl. Her eyes are like calm oceans and her hair is as blue as the sky."

Gakushuu raises an eyebrow. "It sounds like you're smitten to me," he says lightly. Ren is a flirt. He'd compliment every single girl with poetic lines if he could.

"Well, she is pretty cute," he laughs. "I've mostly seen her hanging around boys, though. Only rarely have I seen her talking to girls."

"So, a tomboy, then?"

"I don't know. She seems girly enough." Ren shrugs. "Although I can't say I know her, so I wouldn't know for sure."

"No, you wouldn't." For some reason, Gakushuu feels interested in this girl Ren has told him about. He's not sure why exactly, although he rationalizes that it's probably curiosity to see just what kind of girl would put up with someone as troublesome as Akabane.


"You're in fifth place, Karma-kun! That's amazing!"

Akabane Karma turns to look at the girl he considers his closest friend. Even though they are different, they get along really well and have similar hobbies. (In fact, the reason they are friends in the first place is that he invited her to go watch Sonic Ninja with him last semester. While he's a fan of the director, she's a fan of the franchise and has read the comics. She's even lend him some; he has to admit, they're actually pretty good.) She's the one person he can be himself around; Nagisa doesn't judge him because of his mischievous, kind of sadistic personality. She's not afraid of him, and he knows she's someone he can let his guard down with.

"Eh," he shrugs. "Well, I guess. Wasn't that hard for me, anyway."

"Easy for you to say," Nagisa sighs, showing him her test scores. "I didn't even make it into the top 50." He feels kind of bad about saying the test was easy for him (even though it is the truth) when she clearly struggled with it, but then she smiles at him. "Well, I guess you have a talent different from mine, huh?"

"Well, you have a lot of talent, too," he smiles at her. "I've never met someone as observant as you. If there was a test about that, you'd ace it for sure."

She laughs. "Yeah, well, I did pretty good in English. It's Science that dragged me down, again…" she sighs.

"Well, remember you can always ask me to help you, if you want," he reminds her.

"I know," she smiles at him again, and it's so genuine and happy and it warms his insides. "Never mind that though. Did you read the new Sonic Ninja chapter? Things are getting crazy now!"


"I made it into the top 50! Yes!" Isogai Yuuma cheers. He's studied really hard to do well on the midterm. It is awesome to see it's paid off!

"That's awesome for you, Yuuma," Hiroto laughs, showing him his test scores. "I barely even passed."

"That's because you rather date than study, Hiroto," Yuuma sweatdrops, smiling a little. Hiroto is actually smart—if he wasn't, he wouldn't be in this school—but he doesn't bother to study and as a result doesn't get really good grades. That is bad. Yuuma knows it's only the first year, but he's a little worried that Hiroto will end up in Class 3-E if he doesn't get a habit for studying. (It's not like he'll stop being Hiroto's friend if he ends up in Class E, of course not; but everyone else probably would.) "If you actually bothered to study—"

"I'd do better on my exams, yeah, yeah, I know," he laughs, wrapping an arm around Yuuma's shoulders. "I'm not an Ikemen like you, Yuuma, so it's not that easy for me! Oh, and I gotta tell you about this new date I got!"

Yuuma shakes his head and sighs, but there's a smile in his face as he listens to his best friend talk about this girl he met a couple of weeks ago. Hiroto doesn't seem to care about the possibility of ending up in the E Class for their third year, but then again, he is a live-in-the-moment kind of guy.


Just to make clear; the POV are alternated, so that's why sometimes characters are called by their first name and then by their family name. It all depends on how characters refer to each other. For example, Karma calls Nagisa by her first name, but Gakushuu is gonna call her by her family name. Maehara calls Isogai by his first name, but Karma, Nagisa and Gakushuu call him by his last name. Etc.

I'll update whenever I have time. XD Hopefully, it won't be long, but I can't make any promises. :P

Thanks for reading and until next update! :)