Disclaimer: Nope, still didn't own Assassination Classroom.
Title: Just Like Her
Setting: They were welcoming new member in the family whom resembled a lot like his father.
Characters: Karma Akabane, Okuda Manami and Dharma (fictional character)
When the baby was born, Karma thought he looked just like him – red-haired and a pair of mercury eyes when he blinked before bawling out his eyes out. Karma cooed him with lullaby to make him sleep while silently thanking his wife for giving this valuable gift.
He didn't forget to kiss her and the small baby who is slowly drifted back into sleep. He was aware of tint of red blush smeared his face when she told him he was cute while holding the baby, making the blushing even redder.
A sudden thought clicked on Karma's mind one day. He thought those pair of eyes belong to the baby were much softer than glimmering with hint of mischief like him. Even his face brings peace to him whenever he felt this urge to give people a hard time like he used to be back in the old days.
They named the baby, Dharma after crossing every single name on the list they made prior during Okuda found out she was pregnant. The name rhyme to his name or so he concluded after bribing her with self-made tickets for her birthday.
To take care of Dharma was such an easy task. He didn't cause much trouble to any of them – much to his relief but Okuda was wondering if he understands his parents were tired from a long day at workplace and Karma had to add that Dharma is an independent boy just like him.
She laughed happily.
Karma loved Dharma even more for each day and Okuda almost never forgot to shower his face with kisses every morning before both of them send him to the day care center. Karma swore he would rather going back home early to pick his son from day care center than hearing complaints from his boss.
Bonus point for Dharma; he loved being pampered by his parents and they loved spoiling him with kisses and care.
One day, their old classmates came to visit them and their newborn baby. Sugino said that Dharma didn't even crack a smile at his attempt in making weird faces and Kayano even failed to make him laugh by playing peek-a-boo.
They complaint he was a chic baby causing both Karma and Okuda merely laughed over that matter. Karma told them he inherited one of the traits from him, much to their dismay and hoping he didn't grow up to be like him or the world is going to end soon.
Karma throws a glance at Dharma who was snoring softly on his small mattress. His lips curved upward. Oh, he was only smiling around both of them whenever he thought they didn't give him any attention. His trick succeeds when one of them came to him and playing with him until he got tired.
The only time Karma knew he has a dimple on his left cheek when she picked him up at daycare after work one day. Karma was there - witnessed it and can't help but to capture those moment before framed it on his office.
Dharma turned six and he looked even more like him. Even Nagisa was taken aback with their similarities when he came to visit him but Karma reassured him he was more like his mother – a gentle person and like Science more than anyone else.
Karma caught a cold after running over the pouring rain and Okuda had to go to work outstation on that day without anyone else to cover her so she instructed Dharma to take care of his father. He obliged her order with no complaints.
After heading home from school, Dharma went to the kitchen and warming a bowl of porridge in the oven. He even prepared a medicine and plain water on the tray before bringing it over to Karma's room. He greeted his father who is lying helplessly on the bed.
He changed the towel on his father's forehead and requested nicely to eat the porridge and medicine. While Karma was doing so, Dharma makes him comfortable by sitting on the edge of bed before rambling about what happened at school and how he got an A+ for his science experiment. He even told him how he got praised for helping his friends in understanding Science in simple way.
Karma swallowed his chicken porridge and listening to him at the same time. Occasionally, he said one, two thing before completely silence because in this state, even a small talk took all his energy. Watching his son brighten face makes he forgot momentarily about his sickness.
Dharma reminds him of her once she thought of him not a scary person and which lead to their partner-in-crime to assassinate their homeroom teacher back in middle school.
Karma wondered if they are going to have another child which he didn't even discuss with Okuda yet –would the baby look like him instead.
His question was answered later when she got pregnant with their second child. This time, it was a reincarnation of Okuda but her behavior was more like him; naughty and a prankster.
