Nagisa felt a weight lift off his shoulders as his boyfriend opened the door. When he laid his eyes on Nagisa, Karma's expression showed more confusion than surprise.

At that moment Nagisa didn't care that his boyfriend was shirtless, he didn't care that he was covered in dirt, he didn't care that he was covered in sweat. Nagisa threw himself into the red heads arms.

He buried his face in his chest and took a deep breath. He smelled like sweat and gasoline, but the familiar sent of mint, though dulled by the other smells, was enough to calm him down. He felt Karma's chest rumble, he was speaking, he realized he hadn't been paying attention. He pulled his face away slightly, staring at Karma's chest, so he could speak.

"What?" Nagisa panted, still tired from the run over here.

"Your session isn't over for another hour. What happened?" Karma asked.

Nagisa looked up at Karma. "Why are you all dirty?" He asked. Karma sighed, pulling Nagisa into his house. He shut the door.

"I was working on my bike and some other stuff..." Karma answered. "What happened?"

Nagisa looked down.

"You stink." He said softly.

Karma let out a frustrated sigh. "I was about to shower..."

"You can go ahead. I'll wait." Nagisa said immediately.

Karma paused. He put his hands on Nagisa's shoulders, bending over slightly to be at eye level with him. He stared at Nagisa intensely, trying to decipher the problem. Nagisa wasn't sure what Karma could have read in his eyes. The red head sighed, grabbing his hand.

"Come on." He said softly. Karma brought Nagisa upstairs, sitting him down on his bed. "Wait here. I'll be quick."

Karma kissed his cheek before leaving to go shower.

Nagisa sat still on his bed staring at himself in the mirror on Karma's dresser. He traced his hands over Karma's bed spread, trying to occupy himself.

What was he suppose to tell Karma? Why was he even here? Why did he run away from Asano? Since when had Asano become so...frightening to him?

Nagisa had noticed it several times, the threatening aura surrounding Asano, masked over by soft words of encouragement.

"I hope you don't think I have unseemly intentions. I express genuine interest in you, Nagisa." Nagisa remembered the exact words Asano spoke to him almost a month ago, but he could only bring himself to believe half those words.

Yes, Asano definitely expressed some kind of interest in him, but his intention seemed rather sketchy.

Nagisa laid back on Karma's bed staring at the ceiling.

What was he suppose to do?

"Nagisa!"the blunette jumped at the sound of his name.

"Will you get some socks for me. They're in the top drawer." Karma called from the shower.

"Okay" Nagisa called.

He walked over to his dresser. There were three draws on the top row. Nagisa didn't know which he was talking about so he just picked the first one on the right. However as soon as Nagisa's eyes landed on the contents in the drawer he quickly shut it.

It wasn't the fact that it was his underwear drawer that caught him off guard but rather the fact that there, laying on top of Karma's underwear, clear as day was a package of condoms and a small bottle of lube.

Why would he have that? We don't have sex? Is he planing to...

Nagisa blushed at the thought. Karma had said sex was something he wanted. Then Nagisa face went pale. What if he's already used them? Were they open? Nagisa went to open the drawer again.

"Nagisa, did you find them?"

He froze. He yanked the middle drawer open and was grateful when he only saw socks.

"Yeah, I found them." Nagisa called.

"Could you bring them here." Karma requested.

"Y-yeah." Nagisa called in a shaky voice. He picked up a pair of socks with equally shaky hands.

He rushed out of the room to the bathroom next door. He lightly knocked on it and Karma opened the door just enough for his arm to stick through. He handed Karma the socks before quickly retreating back to his room.

He sighed as he sat back down on the bed trying to calm himself from the scary thoughts that penetrated his mind.

Why does he have them. Did he used to date someone else. But why would he keep them then if he's dating me? I thought I made it clear I didn't want to- Then a more terrifying thought entered his head. Is he cheating on me?

No! That's impossible. Karma would never...

Before he could finish his thought Karma walked in with clean clothes on and towel over his head to dry his hair. He sat down next to his boyfriend. Noticing the distressed look on his face, Karma wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"What happened?" Karma asked.

"What?" Nagisa said in a surprised tone. His shoulders were tense and he wore a shocked look on his face. Karma wondered what he had said to scare him so much.

"At Asano's, what'd he do?" Karma tried to speak in a calm voice. Obviously something Asano had done shook Nagisa up, he didn't want him to think he would get mad, he just wanted to know the truth.

"Oh um...well...it's... It's not that important." Nagisa finally spit out. In all honesty, Nagisa was practically over the occurrence at Asano's. His mind was now focused on a different problem.

"Nagisa, I told you don't be afraid to tell me these things."

"I'm not it's just...he just... He said some mean things."

"What did he say?" Karma said putting a comforting hand on Nagisa's cheek.

"He just... He said some stuff that made me angry so I left and... I just..." Tears began to build in Nagisa's eyes. "I wanna go home." He cried. "I didn't want to be alone so I came here. Will you take the train with me?" Nagisa brought his hand up to wipe his tears away.

Karma rubbed a comforting hand up Nagisa's back.

"Okay." He whispered, deciding not to push him anymore. He gently kissed the top of his head before escorting him up to leave.

As they entered the crowded train Karma grabbed Nagisa's shoulders making sure that his back was against his knew why he was doing this and had a sudden flash back of the incident. It had happened about a month after Nagisa was released from the hospital.

Karma and Nagisa stepped on the crowded train. Karma held Nagisa's hand firmly in his own. They ceased their conversation as it was common courtesy to stay quiet on the train. However Nagisa almost screamed when he felt a hand against his butt.

He looked up to Karma to see that he hadn't moved and his hand was still firmly in his own. Nagisa panicked. He was getting groped. It was a slightly common thing in Japan for people to get groped on these types of crowded trains, however the target was usually young girls.

This guy probably thinks I'm a girl. Nagisa thought. He was so scared he couldn't move to see who the person behind him was. Karma had noticed how tight he was holding his hand and turned to his boyfriend. Nagisa's face was pale and he was staring intensely at the ground.

Karma eventually noticed what was happening and grabbed the man's hand forcefully. They ended up making a big scene while Nagisa tried to stop Karma from killing the man.

Nagisa leaned back against Karma.

He's so protective... Nagisa perceived.

He let out a dejected sigh, a million thoughts and worries racing through his head.

Wow it feels like forever since I updated.

Sorry for the wait I've been having trouble writing. I have a lot of plans for upcoming chapters, but some chapters come easier than others. I've been planning this chapter for a while and I'm so glad it's finally done.

I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your lovely reviews!

Sorry for any mistakes.

P.S. - Anyone else distressed because the manga ended? *cries*