"I wonder if everyone's there already." A young couple was sitting in the subway while looking out of the window.
"They're probably on their way just like us. You seem nervous, are you alright Akari?" They were Nagisa and Akari. They've been dating for a while now and Akari had asked Nagisa to call her by her real name.
"I'm fine, it's just that i haven't seen them for a while, I hope they're not mad at me." She leaned her head against Nagisa's shoulder and said.
"It'll be fine, they all know that you are busy." Nagisa gently placed his forehead on her head.
"By the way, you did tell them that we are dating didn't you?" Akari suddenly remembered and asked Nagisa.
"..." but there was no answer from Nagisa.
"Nagisa? Don't tell me..." Akari looked at him in disbelieve.
"I... kinda forgot." Nagisa had a terrified expression on his face.
"... can we go back?" Akari asked Nagisa with a really worried face.
"This is going to be horrible isn't it..." Nagisa let out a long sigh.
Nagisa had called every single one of their class members to go to Karaoke and dinner since it was a promise he made to Akari. Everyone instantly agreed since they haven't seen him for 4 years now not to mention that he told them that Akari was coming as well.
Nagisa had been studying in America the entire time and Akari was busy traveling around because of her job. Now their finally meet the rest again only telling them that they are dating... Karma and Nakamura aren't going to let them off the hook that easily.
"... want to try and keep it secret?" Akari really didn't want the entire class to have their focus on their relationship the entire time.
"We can try, but..." Nagisa wasn't too sure about this.
"It's worth a try... and if they do find out eventually... well, then they find out I guess." Akari looked at Nagisa with begging eyes.
"Fine, don't blame me if I screw this up though." Nagisa just smiled and pulled Akari back into his arms. Now that he thought about it, this might actually add a little color to their reunion.
When they arrived at the mall, they surprisingly discovered that they were the last to arrive, the rest of the class was already there. And this ended up in the uncomfortable situation of the entire class awaiting them to arrive.
"Huh, so Nagisa and Kayano-chan came together." A voice Nagisa really missed but didn't want to hear right now at all reached his ear.
"Hey Karma." Nagisa lifted his arm and waved at his best friend. "We happened to take the same subway. It's actually quite funny because I wouldn't have recognized A-yano at all if she didn't called my name." Nagisa explained.
"Well that's understandable, you've never seen Kayano with black hair after all. I mean you left before she became famous. And she did change quite a bit in these 4 years." Sugino laughed as he greeted Nagisa and Akari, "Jo Nagisa, Kayano, how's it been?"
Sugino went on and became a professional baseball player. He currently is the ace of a pretty famous team in Japan and is having quite some success.
"Looks like you're doing pretty well. Long time no see Sugino." Nagisa smiled and greeted him as well. For now he was happy that they ignored the fact that he arrived with Akari.
"Well well, I mean sure it's hard to recognize Kaede-chan if you haven't seen her for a while, but it's not like you haven't change at all Nagisa." It was Nakamura who started speaking. "To be honest it's quite boring... you don't look like a girl at all anymore... and what the hell is this height?!"
"Haha, hey Nakamura and ehh, thanks I guess." Nagisa laughed awkwardly hearing Nakamura's statement.
"That wasn't the point Nagisa. So Kaede-chan, how come you were still able to recognize Nagisa?" Nakamura closed in on Akari. Ok that definitely went downhill, they were already teasing them without knowing that they were dating.
"He is my closest friend after all." Akari just laughed it off with a simple and natural smile and a light blush. Talk about acting prodigy. The acting was really on point! It seemed really natural and the light blush also made sense since Akari was supposed to still have a crush on Nagisa.
"Closest friend huh? That's somewhat disappointing..." a sweet and soothing voice reached out from the crowd. It was Kurahashi.
"Hinano!" Akari just squeaked at her in protest.
Akari was doing a great job at hiding their relationship, but Nagisa also realized how people were turning their attention towards him to see his reaction to such obvious statements.
-Shit! Ok think now Nagisa! How would you react if you weren't dating her! -
"Ahaha..." Nagisa awkwardly scratched the back of his head, "we're just friends that's all." Nagisa said with a slightly embarrassed voice.
"Great... Nagisa didn't change at all... still as dense as he used to be." Nagisa could hear Maehara's disappointed voice from the crowd.
"Well how about we go up first?" Isogai suggested. After all, standing here right in front of the mall and gossiping around wasn't the plan either.
"Sure, let's go!" It was nice seeing that nothing has changed between them even though they have been separated for years now. Well of course they did always skyped and called each other from time to time.
When they got into the restaurant, Nagisa went into the bathroom to wash his hands and was surprised to see Karma suddenly appearing next to him.
"Jesus, can't believe you're almost as tall as me. I never really realized though the screen." Karma looked at Nagisa while comparing their height.
"Haha, well people do change." Nagisa just laughed his comment off, "how have you been? How are things with Okuda?"
Karma had started to date Okuda about three years ago. And ever since then Karma somehow managed to convince her to wear contact lenses. Nagisa was genuinely surprised of how pretty Okuda actually was without her large and round glasses.
"I'd say pretty good, I'm actually considering to propose pretty soon." Karma showed a gentle smile Nagisa has never seen before and it made Nagisa really surprised. " But honestly... I don't see how you have changed except for your appearance."
"Great, and there I was about to say that you've changed quite a bit, guess I'll take that back." Nagisa started to laugh after applying some soap onto his hands.
"I'm being serious Nagisa, can't you see that Kayano-chan still has a thing for you?" Karma made sure no one was behind them and asked him quietly.
-Ehh... Mayday Akari, what do I do when somebody directly confronts me with this matter?!-
Nagisa was hiding his panic extremely well despite what was going on in his head at the moment. "Oh comon, there is no way. She's a celeb now, why would she actually like someone like me?"
"Look into the mirror Nagisa... you're not the person you were four years ago anymore. And I can't believe you didn't have a single girlfriend in America. Girls there were supposed to be way more open to relationships than the girls here. And you are at no means bad looking." Nagisa was actually not used to Karma talking to him seriously. And it felt way harder to lie to him this way. He can't believe he was thinking this but he'd preferred Karma teasing him right now than having this serious talk.
"Well, thanks for the compliment, I guess it's my personality then." Nagisa just smiled while washing the soap from his hands.
"Honestly though, did you ever had something for Kayano-chan?" Karma face-palmed himself after listening to Nagisa.
"Probably, not that it matters anymore." Nagisa just dried his hands and tapped Karma's shoulder, "comon, I'm starving! We have plenty of time to talk about things later."
"Seriously, sometimes I have the feeling you're only pretending to be stupid." Karma sighed and followed Nagisa not knowing how his words made Nagisa's heart skip a beat, "but well I guess some people just never change."
"Jo Nagisa, Karma." Just when they turned around Akari appeared right behind him, "what were you two talking about?"
"Just what we did in these four years and stuff, how are you Kayano." Nagisa answered Akari.
-This is soooo weird! -
And seeing the slight twitch on Akari's face Nagisa knew that Akari thought the exact same. But how weird would it be if Nagisa didn't ask about Akari at all considering how close they used to be.
"Pretty good I guess, how have your four years been?" Akari smiled and started to talk to him.
"Well, looks like you two have some catching up to do." Karma interrupted the conversation and said, "guess I'll wait for you at the table." He said as he casually started to walk away. "Good luck Kayano-chan." Akari could hear him whispering right when he was passing her.
"Haa..." both Nagisa and Akari let out a long sigh when Karma was finally out of sight. "This is so haaard!" Nagisa complained while pulling at his own hair.
"Oh cmon it wasn't better with the girls back there!" Akari rolled her eyes at Nagisa.
"Hello?! It's Karma we're talking about here!" Nagisa raised his brows a bit while walking back to the sinks.
"And how is Rio better?" Akari clearly didn't have a good time either.
"Karma was having a serious talk with me! Do you know how nerve wracking that was? Karma?! Serious talk!?"
"...Ok that sounds horrible." Akari shivered after hearing what Nagisa said. When someone like Karma suddenly talks all serious, there was no way you could just use lame jokes to change the topic.
"Well... so far so good I guess." Nagisa just stood there while Akari was washing her hands. The sinks were in front of the bathrooms instead of inside them.
"True. What did you mean with we're just friends though?" Akari suddenly puffed out her cheeks and glared at Nagisa.
"Huh? Oh that! ...Really Akari?" Nagisa rolled his eyes at this statement. "You were the one who suggested to hide our relationship in the first place."
"I know... but I still don't like it when you say that!" Akari was behaving like a little child not caring about reason. But on the other hand it was also somewhat understandable. This was probably Akari's most hated sentence from Nagisa.
She had heard it from him so often in the past and even if they were dating right now, it still made her remember how Nagisa used to friend zone her the entire time! Sad part was that Nagisa didn't do it because he didn't like her, but because he thought she'd never like someone like him.
"Jesus, you're really a handful Akari." Nagisa had to laugh seeing her reaction and pinched one of her puffed out cheeks, "then I won't say it anymore."
"Hihi." Akari giggled and quickly gave Nagisa a kiss after making sure that no one was around to see them.
"Let's head back or they'll get suspicious." Nagisa smiled and was about to take her hand purely by reflex but then remembered that he couldn't do that right now.
Nagisa had no idea if it was on purpose or not, but when they got back to the table there were only two empty seats there. And they were next to each other. But after seeing the slight smirk on Karma's face, Nagisa instantly knew that this was by no means a coincidence.
-I take it all back... Karma didn't change at ALL! -
Despite the fact that Karma made them sit together, nothing really happened during dinner. They were just talking about their life and what they did in these four years. Most of the stories were only told for Nagisa and Akari though since the rest had heard the stories already.
"Less about us and more about you two!" Nakamura suddenly said after almost everybody had told them something about themselves. "You two are supposed to have the most interesting stories! Oh and did you know Akari actually called her "Shiota Haruna" on stage?"
Akari instantly started to blush, not because of the reason Nakamura planned it to be, but because Nagisa still teased her with this now and then. But Nagisa simply showed no reaction since he wasn't sure how to react.
-Ehh... what do I do?-
Nagisa instinctively looked at Akari for help while having a confused look on his face. His reaction was easily misinterpreted by his former classmates since his reaction also matched somebody who was shocked and the way he was asking Akari for help looked like he was questioning her.
"I-I..." Akari just stuttered and secretly pinched Nagisa's leg to make him come back to himself.
"Ehh..." Nagisa shook his head and just awkwardly looked to the side and scratched the back of his head while covering his face with his arm.
"Really Nagisa... you're not even commenting on this one?" Nakamura clearly was enjoying herself too much with this.
"That's... interesting I guess..." Nagisa replied not really knowing how he should reply on this one. Even though this was supposed to be an act, things were actually getting a little bit embarrassing.
"Never mind that, why don't you tell us about your time in America?" Akari desperately tried to change the topic and Nagisa cooperatively took the bait.
"Well nothing much really, just a bunch on people going to university, hanging out on weekends and vacation." Nagisa replied.
"Naa man that's the boring stuff, how were the girls in America? Anyone you liked?" Maehara suddenly got all excited and with him Okajima.
"Yeah! I heard foreign chicks have big breasts just like bitch-Sensei!" He said being all excited.
"Khem..." Nagisa could feel how the killing intents were coming out of the girls, especially from a certain someone sitting right next to him.
"Ehh... not really I guess." Nagisa still replied with an awkward smile. This was way too hard for Akari... she was the one having to react to all his statements! This was even harder than playing a role for her series!
There she at least has a script where she can read what she was supposed to know at this stage and how she should react to it. Also she knew beforehand what she had to react to! Right now she had to improvise her act to something Nagisa was improvising and on top of that, she barely had any time to decide what she was supposed to know and what not!
"Uhh isn't that interesting." Nagisa would never have expected that even Okuda joined the teasing. It was quite obvious what she was onto since she didn't even try to hide her wink towards Akari.
"Manami! What the hell! Has Karma rubbed off on you so much!?" Akari held her face as if she was seeing the most horrifying thing in the world. She was relieved to see Okuda blushing intensely at Akari's statement. At least it was still easy to get her embarrassed as well.
"I'll take that as a compliment Kayano-chan." Karma had a grin on his face.
"Please don't." Akari just replied with a sweet smile.
"So is everybody done? If so I'd say we'll move over to the KTV." Nagisa asked to loosen things up again.
After everyone confirming that they were all good, Karma went ahead and told everyone how much they had to pay individually. And Nagisa was quite amused when Karma asked Terasaka to pay double with the reason being him to have eaten way too much.
The room they got at the KTV was huge. It had three 41 inch full HD screens in them, four large couches and a stage where people could actually sing and dance in front of the crowd. They also ordered a bunch of snacks and a lot of beer.
At first most of them were somewhat timid and refused to sing, but as soon as someone started, the mood got a lot better. The last few also joined when the alcohol started to kick in and they went from Japanese songs to English songs and in the end they even tried songs they've never heard of.
People were genuinely surprised that Nagisa knew more English songs than Japanese once, it after remembering that he spend four years in America, and there was no doubt he did something like this back there as well, the class simply started to chant for him.
"Hey hey! I got an idea! How about we try some love songs? Like duets!" Hara who got even more fluffy in these years suddenly suggested.
"What do you mean?" Yada seemed quite interested in this idea but wasn't sure where Hara was going for.
"I don't know, something like High school musical maybe?" Kanzaki's said being really excited.
"What? Oh hell no!" Terasaka narrowed his brows being disgusted by this idea.
"Hey, clam down Ryoma, it's not like anyone is willing to sing something like that with you anyways." Karma suddenly appeared behind Terasaka with his signature smirk on his face.
"Don't call me Ryoma! We're not that close!" Terasaka tried to hit Karma but Karma easily dodged him and went back to his seat.
"I know, I know. Guess I'll stop then. Sorry Ryoma." Karma shrugged with his shoulders pretending to be sorry.
"Oh screw you! Why don't you and Okuda go ahead then?" Terasaka just growled at him.
"Naa, I have a way better..." Karma was about to say something but was interrupted by Nagisa before he could finish his sentence.
"Why don't Sugino and Kanzaki go ahead?" Nagisa said with a casual smile on his face. Keeping up the act was getting really tough especially with the alcohol in his system. He was really worried about Akari since she had a tiny stature and a small frame and couldn't take too much alcohol.
Nobody knew what was going on between Sugino and Kanzaki. While they seemed pretty close, it also didn't look like they were dating. The last time Nagisa talked to Sugino about it was 2 years ago and back then he was saying that he was still trying.
To the class's surprise, they both agreed without any resistance and this made the class really curious but they all forgot about it after the song began.
Once it started it didn't stop anymore. Every single pair or being shipped pair got forced on stage to at least sing one of these songs. Okano and Maehara, Hayami and Chiba and even Kataoka and Isogai were forced to sing.
"Nagisa! Kaede! It's your turn! Cmon!" Nagisa's body stiffened when he suddenly heard Kurahashi's excited chant that soon became the chant of the entire class.
"Ehmm, I think we'll pass." Nagisa really didn't want to do that.
"Hey! No backing out now! You were the one who started it with Sugino and Kanzaki. And Kaede doesn't seem against it either!" Yada pointed at Akari and mentioned.
Nagisa instantly turned around and took a look at Akari... and Yada was right... Akari's cheeks were glowing like crazy because of the alcohol and her honey golden eyes were basically burning out of excitement while she looked at Nagisa with begging eyes.
-Ok... she's drunk... -
In the end Nagisa couldn't make himself to let Akari down like that and went on stage with her. He couldn't believe all their classmates were actually shipping them! Was he really the last one to realize that Akari had a thing for him?!
Nagisa thoughts were interrupted when the song started. The anxiety from the beginning disappeared after the first few lines partly because of him seeing how much Akari was enjoying herself.
At the end of the song Akari even jumped into Nagisa and simply hugged him. She was definitely too drunk to keep up her act anymore. But the same went for the rest of the class. They simply assumed that Akari was drunk instead of Nagisa and Akari actually dating.
"Well, that was pretty nice, but I think it's about time we pack up and leave?" Karma looked at his watch and said casually. Nagisa could see that many were agreeing with him, but Nagisa knew exactly what was going on!
"Not so fast! I think we still forgot someone." Nagisa could see Karma's body stiffen the second his words came out.
"What do you mean Nagisa?" Nagisa couldn't believe that it was Nakamura who asked this question. Guess he was lucky that he was partying with his friends back in America so frequently that his tolerance was slightly higher than others.
"How come we made all the shipped couples sing but ignored the actual couple, I mean cmon!" Nagisa was saying this with a wide grin on his face while facing Karma the entire time.
"Right!" The class finally understood and the chanting began once again.
In the end Karma and Okuda were forced to sing a song as well. It was actually quite amusing to see Karma being embarrassed all over again.
Before they separated their ways, they even managed to make a new group on "what'sApp", they wanted to repeat this again! They never managed to make a group with the entire class before since there was always someone who was missing.
At the entrance of the mall, some of the girls and Okajima threw up and were clearly not able to get home on their own anymore.
So they also had to decide who was going to bring them home regarding if they lived close to each other or not. As expected the class left Akari with Nagisa. Not that they were living close to each other or anything, but the class just decided it.
What they didn't know it that Akari was staying at Nagisa's place tonight anyways. "Hey, are you alright? Do you want some water?" Nagisa was gently stroking Akari's back while she rested her head on his lap in the taxi.
"I'm fine." Akari just cuddled herself closer to Nagisa with a satisfied smile on her face.
"You shouldn't overdo it like this." Nagisa complained as he carefully wiped her hair from her face, after placing his jacket over her.
"No fair, it's been years since we've all been together." Akari looked up at Nagisa and complained.
"Fine, but when are we going to tell them?" Nagisa smiled and kissed her forehead before asking her.
"How about right now?" Akari had a small smirk on her face, "we did just create a group you know?"
"We're gonna tell them per what'sApp? Huh..." Nagisa was quite surprised at this idea. There's no denying it would be really fun to tell them that they have been dating for months already after they all gave their best to bring them together today.
Right at this moment Nagisa and Akari's phone vibrated at the same time.
Nakamura Rio: "How's Kaede doing Nagisa? I hope you are taking good "care" of her! (≧∇≦)"
Terasaka Ryoma: "Why did you put care in quotations? Wtf?"
Kurahashi Hinano: "..."
Yada Toka: "... (；￣ェ￣)"
Maehara Hiroto: "(¬_¬)"
Akabane Karma: "It's ok Ryoma, go to sleep it's way past bedtime. ╮(╯▽╰)╭"
Shiota Nagisa: "Of course I am, she's staying at my place tonight. (￣∇￣)"
Two minutes later
Nakamura Rio: "Wait... wtf? (･_･)"
Terasaka Ryoma: "LOL dat Koro Sensei emoji."
Isogai Yuma: "..."
Akabane Karma: "stfu Ryoma..."
All (-Terasaka): "+1"
Maehara Hiroto: "NICE ONE NAGISA! ٩(˃̶͈̀௰˂̶͈́)و"
Okano Hinata: "Do you want to die Maehara?!"
Kataoka Megu: "Explain Nagisa!"
Shiota Nagisa: "Akari and I have been dating for about three month now ^ - ^ "
Kayano Kaede: "Thank you for your support though! \(^o^)/ "
Nakamura Rio: "You're dead Kaede... and you too Nagisa...I'm going to murder you (⊙—⊙)"
Kayano Kaede: "Ehh, weally sowwy? (^ω^)"
Nagisa Shiota: " (´ε｀ )"
Terasaka Ryoma: "LOL Koro Sensei again!"
All (-Terasaka): "... fck off Terasaka."
Kanzaki Yukiko: "Acting cute doesn't help you now Kaede! The next time we see us you'll be punished! (T ^ T)"
Shiota Nagisa: "ε-(´∀｀; )"
Kayano Kaede: "(*≧ω≦)"
Shiota Nagisa has left your chat
Kayano Kaede has left your chat
All (-Terasaka): "WTF!"
Terasaka Ryoma: "LOL why did they leave?"
All (-Terasaka): "..."
Here you go, hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you're not a reader of my other fic "Last Assassination", I'll spread the news on this fic again :). My main fic is and stays "Last Assassination". But I've decided to continue this series of tiny events when I'm stuck with the other story or am not able to continue the other one ;)
thank you for your support and if you're only reading this fic :3 well I'm terribly sorry but this will update a lot slower. If you have nothing else to do maybe you can go check out my other fic (*cough* *cough* no self advertisement ( ´▽` )ﾉ ）