Okay so i had quite a few ideas for another chapter with Nagisa so this one is a lot longer than the last, however, thanks to everyone for the reviews! I loved reading them and i hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last ^-^
(Nagisa's POV)
Once again I made a fatal mistake.
My head was smashed into a wall as my mind went blank with the deafening screams of mother and the sharp pain shooting through my head. My long blue hair was wrapped in the clutches of mothers hand as her face distorted into one of desperation, as her eyes had turned dull and lifeless while her skin went deathly pale. But I endured all the pain.
Because I didn't want to leave.
Once again I was thrown to the ground, but it was to be expected, talking about leaving E-Class while she's in one of her moods is a stupid thing to do. But I couldn't help but voice out how much I wanted, no, needed to stay, for Kayano, Sugino, Koro-sensei, and…and Karma.
I stupidly let a whimper escape my mouth as I was flung to the side; I was exhausted and didn't know how much longer id last. Just as I rolled over onto my side a vase was smashed just inches from where my head had just laid. Why does she keep doing this?
I stared upsettingly at her as her words soon became audible to my ears "YOU STUPID GIRL! CAN YOU NOT SEE HOW MUCH IVE DONE FOR YOU AND YOU REPAY ME BY DISRESPECTING MY WISHES? IM YOUR MOTHER I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, I HAVENT DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU JUST FOR YOU TO THROW IT ALL AWAY YOU SPOILT LITTLE BRAT NAGISAAA!"
Was I really spoilt? I couldn't really think on it as I was lifted into the air by my neck and repeatedly slapped until I was sure it would leave a mark. But when I thought it couldn't get any worse she dropped me. I almost cried in happiness.
I dragged myself over to the stairs until I was flipped over by mother as she sat on top of me with an iron in her hand. Everything suddenly slowed down as my pleas went unheard by her deaf ears and my screams for help didn't make it through the sound proof windows.
A pale delicate hand reached down and lifted up my school vest as I so desperately tried to keep the iron away from me. "Your not my daughter anymore. My little Nagisa would never disobey me to this extent" and with that, she drove the iron home, and ignored my screams and cries…
Gasping, I jolted upright in bed, as I panted to try and regain my breath from that nightmare, no, memory. Straight after that mother had to leave for work so I searched online for the closest rental apartment and found this place.
Taking a deep breath, I sat up in my bed and looked towards my phone.
12 missed calls and 25 unread messages.
I scrolled through with a faint glow of hope that my mother had tried to contact me. But she didn't. The 10 missed calls and 20 messages were from Karma asking where I was and if I was alright, and the others were from Kayano and Sugino checking in with me and asking me to reply. So as quickly as I could I text them back about how I was fine, while sending Karma a slightly longer text about my current situation while leaving the mention of Asano out of it as that should probably be said in person.
I sighed as I saw the time read 6:30am and I was the type of girl who believed that weekends shouldn't start till 10am, or until mother called me. Shaking my head of all my thoughts I slipped on a pair of white slippers before heading out of my room and towards the kitchen for a glass of water. But as I past Asano's room, I noticed how it was completely silent.
This did slightly shock me as he was on the phone all last night about getting a new apartment even though the next available space is 300 miles away. It did hurt a little that he so desperately wanted to stay away from me but I don't blame him, A-Class and E-Class don't mix, so living together wasn't really an option.
My slippers padded against the carpet in the living room until they were met with the polished pine wood of the kitchen floor. My mind started to drift as I poured myself a drink; it's a shame I couldn't drink it as it was thrown into the air when a hand grabbed my shoulder.
I spun around to see Asano almost effortlessly grab the glass while making sure none of the contents fell onto the floor. "I'd appreciate it if you weren't so loud in the mornings as I'd like to enjoy this Sunday without you messing it up" He held the glass out to me while looking at the fridge with a stoic expression. For an assassin, I'm not too good with people like him sneaking up on me.
I accepted the glass before quickly bowing. "I'm sorry Asano-kun I didn't mean to upset you, I'll go to my room" I felt intimidated by him being around me, its like if I just breath, I'd annoy him. So I turned to walk back to my room before his levelled voice stopped me in my tracks.
"You know with all the makeup you were wearing yesterday I didn't notice how you were covering yourself up" I could feel his gaze at the back of my head only to turn around and meet him eye to eye. "You should probably take a bath, it will let you see to what extent your injuries are and whether you need further medical attention. Just make sure you don't get blood anywhere, and if you do clean it up" He took one last look at me before looking into the now fully stocked fridge.
I still stood there frozen as I had forgotten about my injuries until he mentioned them however my ringtone exploded around the apartment from my room. To not anger Asano any more I quickly dashed into my room and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Nagisa where are you? You haven't answered anyone's calls or messages"
"I-I know, but I sent you a text explaining everything-" The moment I said it I realised how badly it sounded.
"Two full days Nagisa! And you expect me to be okay with a simple text? I was worried that bitch had done something to put you into the hospital or something, I didn't know what to do and then I went to your house but that woman said that you had moved on. How was I supposed to know what the hell that meant?! I was…I was so damn worried."
"Karma…" By now tears were racing down my face as I tried to get a hold of myself but with each tear I whipped away, three more where there to replace it. "Karma im so sorry, I-I was going to call but I was so scare she would hear me, and then my phone lost battery so I charged it and fell asleep and I" I chocked back my sob as I listened to Karmas breathing even out. I really didn't want him to be mad at me.
"Nagisa, calm down. What she did to you…was it anything extremely serious?"
I took a few seconds to see what he meant before replying. "She…She put a-a iron on my side a-and it burnt pretty badly, but I'm sure I can take care of it" I had to lie or Karma would rush over and see Asano, and I couldn't deal with that right now. To be truthful, I've never treated a burn this serious before…
I heard Karma curse on the other end of the line "Alright, try and make it through today and ill call you later on tonight, if you need me call me. Tomorrow we will go see Koro-sensei and ask him what's the best way to deal with that women" I could hear the bloodlust dripping from his voice.
"Okay, I will"
"See you later Nagisa"
"Bye"
I turned my phone off and just stood there for a few moments trying to put myself together, and once I believed I was somewhat emotionally stable I turned to head for the bathroom only to be stopped by Asano leaning against my door frame. "A-Asano-kun, sorry if I bothered you I just-"
"How badly were you burned?" His voice left no room for questions as I just lifted up the side of my pyjama shirt exposing the giant red burn occupying my side. Asano moved closer and brushed his hand over the sides of it. "This is pretty serious, but I think I've had enough medical training to take care of it. Go take a bath and make sure not to make any sudden movements and ill go get my medical kit" With that he turned and walked off, into his room.
I silently gathered up some fresh clothes before heading into the bath room and turning the taps on to run the bath. I was in there for about 30 minutes before I felt like it was time to get out, however my wounds did feel a lot better than before, and surprisingly the only serious injury I had was the burn as the rest were just bruises that would soon disappear.
I wrapped my hair in a towel and cautiously got myself dressed before making my way out of the bathroom and into the living room where Asano was waiting for me with anti-septic cream and bandages. I sat down in front of him on the floor as the only chairs we had we put into the kitchen for when we eat.
"The anti-septic spray and cream may sting a little but once I put the bandages on it should feel better" I wasn't used to Asano acting this kind, I mean sure he still had his expressionless face on but it was nice to know he still had a heart.
"Thank you Asano-kun, this really means a lot to me" Asano briefly nodded his head but it looked like he wasn't all that bothered an just concentrated on bandaging up my side. But now that I think about it, why was Asano here? His family were rich so why get a run-down place like this?
I waited to ask him until he had finished covering up my burn. "You'll have to change the bandages every day and you won't be able to participate in any physical activity for a while. However, if you as troublesome as I think you are I can help you with change the bandages" Before I uttered could utter out a thank you he carried on "Now what do you want to ask me?" Seeing my surprise face he carried on "I dedicated my life to being the best I could be so reading people is child's play"
I slightly laughed, I should have known. "I was just wondering, if its not too personal to ask, but what made you want to live on your own? Much less in a place like this" I watched him stare at me before a scowl edged its way onto his face.
"Listen Shiota, we aren't friends. Ill help you with injuries so you wont be a bother to me, but asking any personal question like that is out of the question. You stick to your life, and ill stick to mine." I tried to not let it get to me, I knew we couldn't be friends straight away but that wouldn't stop me from trying.
"I'm sorry if I upset you Asano-kun, and I understand. But I do hope that some time in the future we can be friends as you seem like an interesting person" I smiled at him, but before he could reply I went into the kitchen to make myself something to eat, it was still early so there's not much else to do.
After a few hours of allowing my stomach to digest my food I decided to head out towards the mall and by some more clothes that will allow me to move more freely when we try to assassinate Koro-sensei. Just as I was about to close the door a hand grabbed it and forced it open. "Where are you going?" Asano seemed to be dressed for going out as well.
"I'm going to head for the mall and get some more clothes and other things I may need while staying here" I gave him one of my small smiles as he seemed to be deep in thought. "Would you, umm, like to join me?" His expression didn't change so I figured that meant no.
"Sure, I restocked the fridge this morning, but we still need soap, towel, eating utensils, and some other items. We will both have to split up the things we need to buy between us" After he said that Asano nodded his head before shutting the front door behind him.
"Sure, that sounds fair, how about I get all the items we need for the kitchen and you get everything we need for the bathroom? We can handle the living room later on as I doubt either of us have enough money for that"
"No" Asano stated "I should have enough to perhaps get a sofa and chair, but then maybe ill have to start working to keep my money up" Once again Asano was deep in thought, but while we were walking he made me think about it too. Getting a job was forbidden at our school, but what the principle doesn't know won't hurt him...right?
We have both been walking in silence for about 10 minutes and I doubt I can handle another 10 minutes without going insane. "So…" I started off, breaking the silence "When's your birthday?" He looked slightly annoyed as I broke his train of thoughts but he answered me anyway.
"Its January 1st, when's yours?" Oh so he did want a conversation! Well that, or he didn't mind one.
"Oh, mine is one July 20th so I guess your around 6 months older than me huh?" I smiled once again but this time was because Asano looked slight amused. Frowning really doesn't suit him.
After that we started talking about stupid things like what our favourite colour was, what type of season was the best, what is the stupidest thing we've ever done; lets just say I did not expect to hear that Asano thought a girl was dying when a was 7, because she had a nosebleed.
The journey to the mall suddenly seemed so small as we got there, reminded each other what to get, before going our own way to buy the said items. For me it all went smoothly as I brought a bunch of plates, chopsticks and forks, spoons, knives, etc. But as I went into a clothes store to buy some, well, clothes, I slightly started to regret it.
Picking out the clothes was easy but going into the dressing room and trying not to run away was the difficult part as there in front of me was Koro-sensei trying out different hats while in a feminine disguise. I swallowed my fear of him seeing me as I quickly crept into the near-by empty changing room.
I did try own all the different outfits but I also sat down and played on my phone while hoping he would leave. I must have been in there for almost 20 minutes before I undrew the curtain and immediately regretted my decision.
"Oh, Nagisa-chan, which hat do you think I should wear while embracing my feminine charms" He placed a tentacle on his check while pushing out his lips. Dear lord please kill me.
"Oh, hey sensei, I'd love to stay and help but I'm in a real hurry, see mothers waiting for me so I can't be late" Koro-sensei knew something was off between me and mother as whenever the topic comes up I shut down or change the subject.
"Ah, I see, well hurry along now wouldn't want Asano-kun to wait outside too long now do we?" My head snapped to the front of the store to see Asano with bags all around him, while he's playing on his phone, and when I looked back to sensei I could see his smile grow twice the size.
"Well…You better go too, or ill tell everyone that you were peeping at women in the changing rooms!" Koro-sensei let out a high itched "EKK" before dashing out of the store at match speed. So taking my chance I grab all the clothes and bags before paying for them and meeting Asano by the front doors. "Sorry, did I take too long?"
"Hmm?" He looked up to me from his phone before turning it off, picking up his bags and heading towards the exit of the mall. "No, its just I didn't feel like going for a coffee and I saw you in here so I figured id wait" I didn't reply as I wasn't sure whether he would appreciate a response or not, so I just smiled and walked along side him.
Neither of us would be able to carry all of the bags back so we got a taxi, and by the time we got back to the apartment it was already starting to get dark. So Asano kindly cooked us both dinner, which was delicious, before we cleaned up the plates and was surrounded by silence yet again.
"So Asano-kun about today-"
"The furniture will be delivered in a few days, now I'm going to sleep, goodnight" And with that he closed his bedroom door before I could utter a single syllable.
"Yeah, goodnight"
It probably would have been if I wasn't worrying about my classmate's reactions all night.