When All Things Come Together

Pairing: Karma/Okuda
Words: 1081
Summary: The boys in Karma's class are acting strangely, and he doesn't like it at all.

PROMPT: i don't know if you are taking requests, but could you do a karma x okuda fanfiction in where karma is jealous of the other boys in 3-E that are paying more attention to okuda. Turns out 3-E planned it to make karma jealous and confess! Thanks and good work! (a/n: but then i misread it as all the boys were confessing, rather than just paying more attention, so y'all got this instead: )

"Hey, Akabane, can you help out with something?"

Karma looked up, to see a grin on Isogai's face.

"What?" He asked, propping his legs on his desk and taking out his sandwich. Lunch break had just started, but seeing the way all the boys seemed to crowd behind Isogai, he felt like he was about to get busy.

Isogai shrugged, "There's a girl I want to ask out, I was hoping you could give some advice."

Karma raised a brow, pausing mid-bite. "I don't know shit about Kanzaki, you'd have to ask someone else."

"Actually – it's Okuda."

Karma froze. He sat up properly, leaning closer to Isogai, glaring at the other boy's expression. "Are you serious? You don't even talk to her."

Isogai scratched his head, replying nonchalantly, "But she's cute. Why, do you have a problem?"

An uncomfortable feeling welled in Karma's chest, but he didn't comment as he waved Isogai away. "Just do whatever you want – if you really want to date her then don't rely on other people."

Karma walked away, trying to push the thought away from his mind. Okuda and Isogai?! He didn't like the idea one bit. Okuda was his best friend and he hated the idea of Okuda being swept up in unnecessary romantic drama just because 'she's cute'.

He could only hope Okuda had the sense not to agree on a whim.

Karma was walking towards the exit at the end of the day when a brash voice echoed down the hall.

"You're free tomorrow afternoon, right? Okuda, we should go out."

At first, Karma only rolled his eyes and continued walking. Until he processed the voice again, and chills crawled down his spine as he realised that wasn't Isogai's voice at all.

Racing back down the hall, he found Okuda pushed against the wall and Terasaka leaning over her.

He coughed, announcing his presence. "I don't think Okuda is interested. You should go."

Terasaka glared, "Who are you to decide for her? Her boyfriend?"

"No," Karma shrugged, "But at least I actually care about her."

Terasaka only seemed more pissed as he moved away from Okuda. Storming past Karma, he added a murmured: "You're so stupid you piss me off," before leaving.

Karma rushed to Okuda's side immediately, "Are you alright?"

Okuda nodded, flashing Karma a gentle smile.

"That jerk Terasaka," Karma continued in a low growl. "Isogai was bad enough, but Terasaka has even less of a reason to approach you."

Okuda's eyes widened behind her frames, "Actually, do you know why this has been happening? A lot of boys have been asking me out – is this some cruel prank or something?"

Karma racked his brain, shaking his head in the end. "Not that I know of. But it could just be that Isogai just convinced everyone how cute and wonderful you are and convinced everyone else the same."

Okuda nodded, but remained unconvinced. To be honest, neither was Karma – it was too weird, how it was only after knowing Okuda for so long that everyone suddenly decided at the same time that she was desirable.

"Let's just ignore them," Karma suggested finally. "Unless you've already accepted someone's confession?"

Weights were lifted from Karma's chest when Okuda shook her head. He was glad that she wouldn't be in danger of someone breaking her heart, that's all, right?

But as Okuda smiled and turned to leave, Karma found her wrist in his arms. He winced.

"Wait – Okuda-san," Karma gulped, thoughts racing his mind so quickly he couldn't really process what he was doing at all. "Go out with me instead."

He wanted to kick himself the minute the words left his mouth. Did he really just confess to her after she had been confessed to for the whole day?

She was probably thinking the same thing, as her brows furrowed and her lips curved downwards. "This isn't funny."

Shaking his hands off, she walked away. Karma stared after her for a long moment, trying to comprehend what he just did. He hated the fast beating of his heart and the way he can't seem to form words properly.

He chased after her, reaching her just as she reached the door to leave the building. "Wait!"

"I can't deal with it anymore - all these other guys asking you out," Karma continued. "I'm scared they're going to take you away and the only way I know how to prevent it is to make you mine."

Okuda stared up at him, wordless, with widened eyes. "I don't want you to go out with me just because you don't want others to. I want you to go out with me because you actually like me!"

"I do! I really like you, Okuda, and I want to go out with you!" Karma promised. "That's the whole reason why I don't feel happy with all these other people asking you out."

Okuda bit her lips, the quietly, she asked, "Do you really mean it?"

"I do," Karma held her hands in his. "I have been meaning it for a long time now, I just… didn't know when to tell you."

A shy smile grew on Okuda's lips, "Me too."

Staring into Okuda's eyes, Karma felt a gentle, invisible pull drawing him closer. He had wanted to feel her soft lips for a long time now.

But he would have to wait a little longer, as applause filled the other end of the hall, pushing Okuda and Karma apart.

Half their class had poked their head out of the classroom windows and door, laughing and cheering as they clapped the two of them.

"Congratulations!" Isogai's voice rang the loudest. "Took you two long enough."

Karma narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean?" he growled.

"Your unresolved tension was getting to the rest of us. So we decided to get rid of it for you," Isogai retorted with a smirk. "Had to make you jealous or something – or else you would never have made a move."

Karma was about to make his way to the irritating matchmaker when he felt Okuda squeeze his shoulder.

"Ignore them," Okuda smiled, "Let's just get out of here."

Karma nodded. Then, hand in hand, the two of them fled the scene.