Female Nagisa, au
Disclaimer: I don't own Assassination Classroom and yeah this is just a fanfic
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Chapter 11: Serendipity
Tomorrow is everyone favorite seasonal holiday. That's right, it's time of the year when you can find oak trees along the street, decorated with beautiful ornaments and lights. Where the color of red and green will be on every corner of the stores. It's Christmas afterall, where the spirit of holy and jolly painted in everyone heart. It's truly the awaited holiday for everyone…
….. except a certain red haired boy.
The boy didn't hate the holiday, in fact he loves it… well, he was born on Christmas, so of course he likes it. However, it's been several years since he celebrates that special day with someone. His family is always somewhere else lately, leaving him alone in the house. Most of his friend spend the time of the year with their family somewhere.
'Ah… I'll be alone again this year, huh?'
Karma glances at the wall. The clock almost strikes to twelve and Christmas eve is almost over…yet he wishes that someone will knock the door. But he knows that it would certainly be impossible.
'I guess there is no way they'll come home…' He lefts a small chuckle. '… I'm such a fool.'
Just as he losing hope, a familiar tone rings from his phone. Who would call at this hour? He grabs the phone lazily. He knew that it was probably just someone who want to wish him a happy birthday and apologize for not able to say it directly to his face.
'… oh, it's Nagisa.'
"Hello?"
"Karma! Happy birthday and merry Christmas!", said Nagisa in full of excitement.
"Thank you. Merry Christmas to you too, Nagisa.". Karma smiles.
"You're welcome. Say, Karma… can you open the door. I'm freezing down here."
Karma is beneath shock to hear that. "YOU WHAT?!"
Nagisa lets out a nervous laughter. "Yeah… I'm in front of your house."
"… wait, I'll open the door."
Karma runs directly toward the door. He has mixed feeling about this. At one point, he is really happy that she came. On the other hand, he wants to scold the girl for doing something this reckless.
'Geez… This girl going out late at night… alone. Doesn't she know how dangerous it is?'
As Karma opens the door, he sees the girl is rubbing her mitten covered hands to fight against the cold. He can see his friend smiling and waving at him.
"…Nagisa, what are you doing here?", asked Karma while scratching his head.
"Well…" Nagisa gaves her nervous smile. "It's your birthday and I thought to come and visit."
"At this hour…?" Karma sighes. "Nagisa, do you know how dangerous it is for a girl to wander around at night alone…? Especially in a cold weather like this."
Nagisa tries to explain herself. "I can use the assassination technique we learnt in high school… Besides if things go dire, I can always use nekodamashi…"
Karma pins Nagisa cheeks and starts lecturing her. "Geez, Nagisa! Don't you have any self-awareness!"
"Ouch That's hurt…!" Nagisa rubs her cheeks and gives another nervous laugh. "Sorry about that…"
"Fine… just come in first… I'll make some tea for you."
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After entering the resident, Nagisa gives Karma a small box with strawberry shortcake in it.
"It's my favorite cake~" Karma smiles like little kid. "Nagisa, thank you."
"I'm glad you like it." Nagisa smiles in relieve.
Nagisa lights the candles and Karma blows it. He then cuts the cake into several slices. He takes the first slice and give Nagisa's the second. They continue their previous conversation and start eating their cake.
"But, seriously. I appreciate you coming here and all, but it still dangerous. Besides… how did you even come here?". Karma takes another bites.
"I took the last train, and then walked here." Nagisa realizes that Karma is making a worry face. "…and you don't need to worry, I locked the front door."
Karma raises one of his brows in response of satisfaction of the girl answer. "That's not what I meant. How did you get pass your parents? It would be very weird for them to let their daughter wander around this late at night…". His face suddenly turns into a smirk. "Eh~, don't tell me little Nagisa-chan wants to meet me so bad that she sneaks out from her parents~."
Nagisa shows an unamused face and says in stern voice, "No, it's not."
"Ehh~, that's boring.", said Karma in disappointed voice.
"…maybe I shouldn't have come.", said Nagisa with deadpan expression.
Karma laughs at that response. "Nagisa~, don't be so serious. I was just joking. But seriously though, how did you get pass your parents?"
"Technically, they didn't know I'm here." Nagisa shows different expressions and gestures to explain her situation. "You see… my mom and dad are on vacation in Hokkaido. I'm kinda the said that I want to stay. I… want them to spent time together more, since they finally get along now…"
"Still… you didn't have to come at this hour… alone." Karma flicks a finger in Nagisa's forehead. "Besides, I don't really mind if you come in the morning."
"About that… I wasn't planning on coming alone, but the other is busy…" Nagisa then looks away from Karma. "… and I thought it will be more of a surprise if I came on midnight, since you are someone who is really hard to surprise…"
'Urg… I hope he won't make fun of it', thought Nagisa.
Karma just smiles genuinely. "Thank you…"
Nagisa is shocked by that reaction. It's rare for Karma to make such an honest expression.
"Anyway, Nagisa. How will you get home? I don't think the train still operates at this hour.", Karma points out.
"…". Nagisa drops some sweat and nervously smile. "I… didn't think about that before…"
Karma lets out a loud laughter. He finds it funny for someone like Nagisa to make such a mistake. Nagisa can only cover her face in embarrassment. Karma takes a really deep breath to stop from laughing.
"Well, you can stay at my place if you want. It will be dangerous anyway for you to go back home at this hour. But are okay with it?"
Nagisa looks confuse. "Why won't I?"
"I mean… a girl and a guy stay at the house alone… like this, don't you afraid of anything?"
Nagisa lets out a rather soft yet loud laugh. "Seriously Karma, I've stayed here before. Remember the time that you were sick? And besides…" Nagisa smiles in the gentlest way as possible. It was an honest and warm one.
"I trust you."
Karma eyes opens very wide. He never thought she will give such response. He ends up letting a small chuckle.
'Seriously… this girl is always full of surprise'
"Kay, then~ I'll prepare the guess room for you."
"I'm not sleepy yet thought…"
"…Do you want to play some game first?"
Nagisa nods. They pass their time by playing the game all night long. In the end they both fall asleep while the screen is still on. Little did they know, the fall asleep on each other shoulder. The sun then rises, and so the morning begins.
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Karma and Nagisa is still sleeping eventhough it's already bright outside. Well, they both stayed up quite late last night. After a while, Karma wakes up. He's beyond surprised to find Nagisa besides him. He blushes a little, especially after looking at her sleeping face. He quickly calms himself and carries the girl to the sofa and covers her with a blanket. He then proceeds making some breakfast for them.
Soon after that Nagisa wakes up in daze. She looks at her surrounding and analyses the situation. She squints her eyes only to find the red figure cooking in the kitchen.
'That's right… I was staying over… at Karma's place.', thought Nagisa while rubbing her eyes.
They both enjoy the simple breakfast that Karma made. For Nagisa, it's quite delicious. She didn't expect Karma to be this good with cooking. After the late breakfast, Nagisa takes her leave. They both decides to meet up again in an hour or so.
Nagisa then directly takes a quick shower and changes her clothes, and so is Karma. After finishing their preparation, they both takes their coats and ready to meet up.
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At the meeting point, Karma arrives first. He's wearing his usual black coat with long pants and black boots. A while later, Nagisa arrives wearing her regular blue coat. She styles her hairstyle like the old time, a semi-pigtails hairstyle. Karma finds it quite nostalgic.
"It's been a while since I saw you with that hairstyle, Nagisa."
"Well… I kinda feel like it today."
"Is that so…" Karma looks at his surroundings. "So, where should we go today?"
"I don't know… It's your birthday, so you can choose the place, Karma."
"Hmmm…" Karma tilts his head. "Okay then."
And so both of them wander around the city. They try some street food, play in the arcade, eating in a ramen shop, and other things. They keep loitering around and have fun. It's as if… they are on a date. However, they both are too oblivious to realize it that much. They are having so much fun that they do not realize that the sun is almost set.
"So, is there any other place you want to go, Karma?"
"There is still one place I want to go…". Karma seems a little hesitant about it. "But, it's already this late. Let's just wrap it up for today."
"No…" Nagisa holds Karma hand and looks genuinely at his eyes. "Where do you want to go?"
"You sure?" He can see Nagisa responses in a nod. "I want to see something on the old school building."
"Okay! Let's go then." Nagisa drags Karma arms and both of them hurriedly go to their destination.
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As they arrive to the building, they are greeted with sky painted with thousands of diamonds. It's beyond magnificent. It's a really rare view in this crowded city, maybe it's because of the absence of the light that reflects back the shining stars. Both of them can only stare in awe. They can't avert their eyes from the luminescence view.
"This is so beautiful… Karma, is this why you want to go here?"
"Yeah… the octopus told me about this in that thick guidance book."
Nagisa shows her usual judging look. 'Wait… what? Why is there something like this in that book?'
Karma suddenly interrupts Nagisa thought. "Nagisa, let's got to the roof to get a better view."
Nagisa nods in response. They run and jump their way to the roof top. Sitting, talking, laughing… they have a really great time. Nagisa then remembers something. She pulls a small red box wrap in golden bow.
"That's right, Karma… I forgot to give you this last night. It's not much, but I hope you like it."
Karma examine the small package. It's a flower pressed bookmark. It has a simple design, several small blue flowers laid in laminated on brown craft paper. The way it was pressed and arranged, you can tell directly that it was a handmade one. Karma doesn't know how to response. He never got something like this before.
Nagisa notices her friend just stay in silence. She's afraid that he hates the gift. "… do you hate it?"
"No." Karma looks at his friend directly. "It's just… I'm not sure why you gave me this…"
"Eh?" Nagisa thinks for a while and responses. "Ah the bookmark. Well I thought you do lots of studying, so a bookmark will be useful once in a while…"
"It's not about the bookmark, Nagisa… It's Hydrangea, isn't it?"
"Well… about that… promise you won't laugh at me." Nagisa rolls her eyes away. "You see… in language of flower, Hydrangea means gratefulness… and I'm really grateful that we met."
Karma pinches Nagisa's nose and makes a small laugh. "Grateful? Why are you grateful to meet someone as violent as me?"
'That's right I am a violent person… I even hurt you physically in the beginning of the year…', thought Karma
Nagisa shouts in disagreement which makes Karma jumps a little in surprise. "That's not true! Karma is a kind and hardworking person. Sure you are violent sometimes and your prank can be really annoying, but you are a great and important friend with me… besides seeing how carefree of you… it kinda taught me to be the me today."
At that moment Karma realizes something. 'That's right… this girl is always like this…' Nagisa always capable of seeing Karma behind the smirk and winning attitude he has. She was never afraid nor thinks badly of him. She is kind. She is strong. She… always be there for him one way or another. Towards her Karma feels…
'So that's how it is… How can I be so oblivious?'
For a while Karma stares at the girl which makes Nagisa worry. "K-karma…?"
"Hm~. It's okay, Nagisa… you did not say anything weird. I'm just very happy you're thinking that way about me." Karma responses in the most genuine smiles Nagisa has ever seen. "Thank you."
It's not an expression you can see every day and she knows it. She doesn't want to admit it… but it makes her really happy to see him like this. His smile makes her heart feels rather warm in this cold winter.
"But still Nagisa… now you make my gift seems lame~", Karma continues.
"Of course not." Nagisa shakes her head. "I really like the pendant you gave me. It's really pretty."
"Now that you mention it… I've never seen you wear them before."
"I did wear them, but not every day. In fact,…" Nagisa pulls out her necklace chain. "I wear it today."
"That's make me glad, Nagisa. Anyway, it's getting really late… Let's end it for today."
They both then take step down the hill. Karma offers to walk Nagisa to her home, which she refuses. However, he insists of doing so since it's already late and dangerous. He makes sure that Nagisa arrives savely and they both say goodbye.
Before heading back to his house he could see Nagisa peeking from the window and waves at him. So he waves back in response. He stares for a while before the girl close the curtain.
'That girl really is something… Well, it's Nagisa afterall…'
He closes his eyes to reminisce all the fun they did today. He then opens them and start to take a step home. He now knows what's he really feels about the girl.
'So… I've fallen for Nagisa, huh?'
He could feel sudden heat rise on his cheek. He can't believe it he just realizes that. A lot of people has tried to point it out, yet he did not realize it. He takes a deep breath and continues walking. At that moment another thought occur to him.
'I wonder… how Nagisa feels about me…?'
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Author's note And here is the new chapter~~ . Sorry it took so long. This is my fav so far. Like, seriously finally one of them realizes it. It took 10 freaking chapter for this moment! LOL. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter. Btw, Tint of Hydrangea will end soon. I think around 5 more chapter. Thank you guys for reading and review.
p.s to Frwt : Personally I believe that Asano is not jealous since he barely knew her… but then again I wrote the last chapter a little bit ambiguous. So I leave that to you reader LOL.
Thank you everyoneeee
-creamycinamont