I'm not sure if I made this clear before, I hate Karma/Kayano with a passion. Just so I'm clear.

Also, from here I will be doing the one-shots on my own or take ideas/inspirations. This one is on my own.

Jealousy

If one asked Nagisa how he thought about his two best friends hanging out excessively, he would've waved it off.

What he really felt was (even though he wouldn't admit it) bitterness, jealousy, and hate.

He always saw Karma talking to Kayano in that slick way he always did these days. It was friendly conversation, something that should've helped Nagisa feel relieved that his best friends were getting along.

But why do I feel so angry? Nagisa asked himself.

The fifth day this started, Korosensei saw Nagisa watching the two talk and slipped over to him as school ended.

"Nagisa," Korosensei said gently, "Why aren't you doing anything about this?"

"What do you mean?" Nagisa asked, not knowing that he sounded so miserable.

"I've seen the way you look at Kayano," Korosensei told him, the concern evident in his voice. "And while I'm not sure if Karma means any ill to her, I can't really say I'm on his side."

"There's nothing between Kayano and I," Nagisa told him, slumping down and walking home.

At home, Nagisa just poked at his food. His mother looked at him, concerned.

"Nagisa, is there something wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing, mom," Nagisa lied, depressed.

"Just tell me, sweetie," Hiromi encouraged.

Nagisa sighed. Even if his mom was unstable, it was her or nobody.

"A girl I like… I think she likes somebody else."

Hiromi thought of lesbians for a split second before remembering she had a son.

"What can I say to you?" Hiromi said, hoping to console her dau-son. "That happens a lot."

That didn't help Nagisa's mood. He stared at the ceiling on his bed until he roared in anger and threw his pillow across the room.

His bloodlust made him imagine horrible things to Karma and Kayano that night.

The next day, he listened into all of Karma and Kayano's conversations. None were interesting, except for one…

"…meet me at the park this evening, okay?" Karma said to Kayano.

Nagisa's emotions hardened at this. He said nothing but clenched his fists.

Kayano ignored him and, out of the corner of his eye, he saw her walk over to Kanzaki. He decided to listen.

"I can't believe that Karma's asking you out," Kanzaki was saying.

"Neither can I," Kayano said with a sigh. "I always thought it would be Nagisa…"

Nagisa jumped on the inside at this. He said nothing.

"You know, I always had a similar vision," Kayano told Kanzaki. "At the park, but it wasn't Karma, you know?"

Kanzaki shrugged, and they switched topics.

Nagisa decided right there: he was going to ask out Kayano before Karma could.

But how would he convince her to go with him instead of Karma?

He dropped off all of his stuff back at his apartment and started walking toward the park. The more he thought about his situation, the less likely it seemed Kayano would go with him.

How could he, girly, weak, awkward Nagisa win against awesome, strong, confident Karma?

"Excuse me?"

Nagisa's head turned to the left, where he heard the voice. Parked next to the sidewalk was a grey van with a bunch of flowers. The speaker was a young man in his twenties with silver hair and amber eyes wearing a florist's outift.

"You look a little down," he said, looking and sounding legitimately concerned.

Nagisa knew when somebody was being a salesman or human. This guy sounded human, and something told him he could trust the guy.

"Yeah," Nagisa admitted. "A girl I like is going after another guy, so I'm going to confess first. But I don't know how."

"What are they like?"

Nagisa sighed (very deep inside he wondered why he was telling all of this to a stranger) and elaborated, "Well, the girl is just so cheery, makes everybody feel happy, has a pudding addiction, and has some issues with big breasts. And the guy… he's just strong, good at fighting… everything I wanted to be like."

The guy scowled a bit and commented, "You know, I always had some distaste when the girl goes for the strong guys. What about the geeks and nerds who are just better people?"

"Yeah… that's kinda why I'm afraid she'll reject me…"

The guy smiled and told him, "Well, a flower always helps. It's a calming influence, you know?"

Nagisa watched as he picked a rose out of one of the bouquets and showed it to Nagisa.

"All flowers have their own little message," the guy said. "Roses, of course, signify love."

Nagisa took the rose. It was perfect.

"It's on the house," the guy said with a smile. "Next time you see me, be holding hands with the girl, eh?"

Nagisa smiled himself and told him, "I'll do what I can."

He ran off to the park, contemplating what a nice thing the guy did for him.

…

Nagisa saw Kayano sitting on a park bench, looking at her feet. Karma wasn't there yet.

Perfect.

Nagisa walked up to her with his rose in hand. He ignored all the children remarking this to their mothers.

Kayano looked up at Nagisa and her eyes widened. Then her cheeks got a rosy glow.

"Hey, Kayano," Nagisa greeted with blush on his own cheeks.

"H-hi, Nagisa," Kayano greeted weakly. "D-did you...?"

"Get this for you? Yes."

"W-wait, why?"

Nagisa smiled. This is what he was waiting for… until Kayano continued.

"I-I mean," Kayano interrupted, "I'm flat."

Nagisa slumped at this. One of the kids yelled, "AWWWW!"

Then Nagisa regained his composure.

"Your breast size doesn't matter to me, Kayano," Nagisa told her. "I just wanted to tell you before you could properly go out with Karma… I think I like you."

With that, he gave Kayano the rose. She took it and sniffed it.

"Nagisa," she said softly. "I was going to reject Karma."

Nagisa's eyes widened at this. He felt like something left him… for the better.

"In that case…" he started.

"Are you going to ask me out?" Kayano interrupted again.

"Maybe…?"

With this, Kayano got up and kissed him right on the mouth. The mothers tried blocking their kids' eyes.

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Kayano was giving Nagisa a kiss so hot and passionate, and he was returning it. Both of them were tiring themselves doing it.

Then they broke apart, kind of dazed.

"Okay, Nagisa," Kayano said. "I'll be your girlfriend."

"That's great, Kay-Kaede," Nagisa said, smiling.

Nagisa took Kaede's hand, both of them holding onto the rose. Nagisa reminded himself to tell the guy about this whole thing next time they saw each other.

Then Nagisa saw a flash of red and yellow in the evening light. He looked behind a nearby bush.

Karma and Nakamura were watching them. But Karma didn't look jealous or anything.

On the contrary, he was giving Nagisa a thumbs-up.