Actually if some of you are wondering why I can't exactly update more and in a scheduled time anymore…
My school is one of the three top ones in my town and also one of the renowned ones nationally so the homework and teachers are just the same while being the first in rank and fourth in composite ranking doesn't exactly do me any good… And I'm still just as old as the Class E students…
All of the teachers are out to get me… Help!
"Actually, if we want him to know, we can't just say it to him… we need to do it through someone…"
Takeshi seems to think hard, I know how Yuu handles him so it might not be the brightest thing to do to ask Yuu so who should we ask? Akane will only blow it in the end; Aoi is just the same…
Someone who has kept a secret… a secret almost at an international level…
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I can't believe I agreed to this….
But, Michiko did say that I can get a bit of revenge on Nakamura and Karma so it might be worth it.
"Michiko been going back home early. I wonder what got into her mind." Kayano curiously said, attracting Nakamura to come closer and join our conversation.
"Eh? What are you talking about~? Could it be…" Nakamura glance at Karma who seems to notice her attention on him, he raises an eyebrow and walks to us. "What?"
"You finally got her!" That… might leave a sore spot on Karma's back…
The redhead become quiet and glares at Nakamura. "What?"
"Eh… that means… Michiko is dating someone else?"
Kayano squeals loudly and Nakamura snickers, I also see Isogai who seemed to have heard our conversation but looked away again to talk to Maehara. Poor guy… but I must ask… Karma?
He glares outside, the broom he is holding seems to start to… crack. "K-Karma-kun! That might not be it! Michiko never really done any cleaning done in class since a long time ago!"
"But doesn't she have high sense of responsibility? Why would she excuse herself?"
"We're following her."
Well, it sure goes better than I expected it to be…
I take my bag and follow the rest who has already rush out to see, what exactly is Michiko up to but to be truly honest, I know their plan and it sure is a prank they will never mess up because both of them seems to hold a lot of grudge on Karma…
Especially Takeshi but then again, who am I to say that? I'm hooked up in their plan as well and seeing Karma's expression is quite interesting while I do want to see how good will they pull this up.
It took us quite long to go to the destination that Ritsu told us and where is it? A mall… very near to Karma's house at that too… those two sure are a daring duo, I'm curious of what kind of child will they have if they do end up together.
I sigh again, we are searching for them and we end up hiding and looking through the glass of a clothing store. What are they doing? Still walking around it seems, those two rarely buys things when it is expensive… I'm going to badmouth the two a lot, aren't I?
"Look, look, they're holding hands!" Nakamura excitedly point at their connected hands but I think Karma have a fine reason with him. "Michiko gets lost easily and she knows it, she'll let you hold her hand." He point at Nakamura.
"Boo, but look at how they talk to each other!" I look at them again after Kayano point it out, they do seem to be talking to each other more comfortably than usual.
I smile, they usually throw insults at each other and when Yuu announced Takeshi's feeling, Aoi and Akane was teasing him a lot about how he used to really hate but care about Michiko.
"Oh! They're stopping to buy ice cream!" it's amazing how Nakamura's eyes are really keen when it comes to this sort of things and if it were Korosensei, it would end up weird.
"That's a lot of scoops on her cone!" the amount of ice cream scoops and sugar in there made Kayano's eyes turns into heart, almost falling in love with the ice cream. But, doesn't th…
"Stupid, Michiko doesn't like a sticky hand." Karma must've feel very grumpy right now that he just throw insults at any possible time he can.
But, again, Michiko does hate her hand being sticky though it seems that Takeshi knows this as well. We've seen how Michiko can get very distressed if her hands are dirty for a long time.
Takeshi takes her cone form her and wrap it with a tissue before giving it back to her, from her lips movement, I can just guess that it's probably a 'thank you' for doing that.
I get the feeling that… Takeshi is doing it out of pure desperation of wanting to be with her while Michiko is doing this just to tease Karma. Also what day is it…?
I look at the calender in my phone as we start moving again to continue to stalk the two. "It's a dangerous day to play with her…" I mumbled but with his sharp ears, Karma was able to pick that up.
"What?"
"You might want to hear it from her yourself… 'cause it's not something I should be saying from my mouth."
Nakamura seems to understand what I meant by that but when Kayano asks her, she just laughs more. "Oh, this is interesting…" she commented between laughs.
It truly is interesting. I guess, Karma did something that made her want to tease him so much and Takeshi probably think it's a good chance of revenge on the redhead. Now I feel bad for Karma, I pat his back lightly and he looks at me, raising an eyebrow.
"Nagisa?"
"Nothing…"
"I don't need your pity, in the end… even if she chose someone else; it is still her decision…" I can say that Karma said that honestly but he doesn't sincerely think that it would end up good for him.
I… now I feel guilty that I took part in any of this.
Sighing, I hope he doesn't find out that I am involved in this prank by Michiko and Takeshi, I do hope he doesn't find out about it because I would only be turned into one of his subjects to tortures with spicy peppers, wasabi and mustard and… it will only make Michiko's and Karma's relationship worse.
"Oh my.."
And… it's another voice of someone that I do not want to get involved now…
"Nagisa-kun! Why didn't you tell me about it?!"
Akane…
Her long orange hair covers some of my vision, she might be shorter than me but I am crouching because she attack me from the behind with such a force that I almost took Karma down with me.
"Takeshi and Michiko… finally! Now, I can see how my niece will be a very intelligent and successful woman one day!" and… still with the thing of her claiming herself as Michiko's twin sister or something.
"You've been doing this just for that…"
"Yesh~!"
I look up again at Karma who seems a bit bewildered by what just happened and then I look at Nakamura's smirking face and Kayano's surprised expression. "Wow, Nagisa can be smothered by a girl other than Bitch-sensei too…"
Is it really that surprising for you guys?!
"Hey! Nagisa! They're moving! Carry me and onwards!" Ugh… Akane is such a bully whenever Michiko can't see what she's up to.
But, in the end, I avoided the task of carrying Akane around and we are able to continue following the two 'couple' in their 'date' to tease and possibly annoy, also irritate Karma who seems to try to be calm about the whole thing.
"Oh! They're going into a photo booth!"
"Kiss!"
I just realize how similar Nakamura and Akane are, while the two are hoping the two would kiss, Karma is seriously dissing the thought of having Michiko kissing another guy but then… I might not want to say what Korosensei and I witness.
I slightly look away and see… another person that will make the imaginations worse. "Oh, what are you guys doing? And who're you?"
"Okajima? Do you have your camera? We need materials to finally able to roast and tease Michiko1!" Nakamura just makes it worse by calling him closer and not so surprisingly, yes, he have his camera ready.
Teasing Michiko is like something most of the girls can't do because she really does close her lips tight as if there is a lock and also a key that is missing. Now, Nakamura has materials to tease her but that material might end up into something to tease Karma.
"Oh, K-" and Karma's glare almost choke Okajima with his own words. "Yes, I lost her but don't you dare say a word or I'll stuff you with wasabi." And I feel myself shiver too…
I really am worrying about my life and taste buds now… Okajima who wanted to say or stated Karma's 'loss' almost lost his voice, what will happen to me who dragged them into this?
I sigh again. Why do I have such friends? Sometime I wonder why I don't exactly get influenced by them to prank or annoy other people.
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Karma leans on his chair and chuckle, the chuckle slowly becomes laughter. Laughter of irony. 'This must be how Isogai felt… I shouldn't have gloat." His laughter tones down a bit and turn back into chuckled.
"Karma." He said his name but not exactly saying his name, Karma has meet karma and doesn't seem to like it, not the slightest bit does he like it.
To be honest, sometime he wonders why he liked her. Michiko is simple, a neat and a girl with proper manner though she can get very rebellious too that it makes that good girl personality gone in a second.
Michiko is much like other girls but there is just something very special about her that he doesn't really understand.
She is understanding and might be a bit of a nosy or busybody but it's just that she is worried. She is cheerful and energetic, also talkative too but he doesn't really know if it is just a mask to hide her depression.
Whatever happens… he knows, whatever happens, Michiko is still Michiko and even though she can get easily influenced by other people, she is still her and she will always stands by her ideals and opinions.
He actually never thought he would fall in love, he never thought he would actually feel such a feeling because all this time, fighting is his passion and now he founds another thing to love, or rather someone to love but it seems that he is regretting that he didn't confess.
The redhead groans at his own confidence that she will surely choose him.
"Hmm?" he wanted to just sleep with his head on his desk but his phone vibrated to tell him that someone probably texted him or just a stupid application notification.
Ayumu Not to bother you but the picture is done. I didn't plan to show you but I'll feel bad if I don't show it to you. Can you tell me your e-mail?
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"Not much to ask…" he mumbles as his finger move to type his e-mail address to Ayumu and in no time, the picture Ayumu said was sent to him.
The mercuric gold orbs widen in surprise as to what exactly the picture is about and he wonders how the man knows and get the picture. "Have they been stalking us the whole time?" he asks out loud.
But, this mean… He just kissed Michiko and Michiko kissed him when her oldest cousin was not obviously but could be watching them and taking a picture in the highest resolution and best filter he can use.
He can be embarrassed but he can't get his cheeks to become flushed red, he can be proud and praise how beautiful the picture is, he can't do them because of a certain feeling that is getting to his head. Anger, disappointment, and regret…
The feelings mixed and he doesn't know how he should act…. Maybe, just maybe, this is how Michiko feels whenever her feelings got mixed up with a totally opposite feeling with the opposite effect.
A sigh came out and he stands up from the chair, walking to his bed before falling down onto the soft mattress. He groans and slowly drifts to sleep.
Meanwhile a certain, exceptionally handsome redhead is having a dilemma, some old friends is having a get-together.
"Pfft- We goof him good!" Michiko laughs. Yes, she is laughing almost like a maniac.
"Eh?! It was all just a prank?!" Akane asks in a tone one more above her usual pitch which made the rest in the living room cringe at the loudness of her question for confirmation.
"Yeah~! Hey, if he won't admit his feelings and still got chosen, I'll just tease him until he admit so~!" Takeshi chuckles evilly, happy that the redhead actually reacted to their not-so-small prank that is teasing him almost like torture.
"Well, this is the Takeshi that we know." Aoi calmly commented, much like the color meaning of her name.
"Heck! I thought you two are crazy!" finally, Akane voice out her real opinion. "I hated to know that you," she points at Takeshi, "Likes my cute sister. Never in a thousand year would I let it happen. I'll just support you here but then ruin the marriage."
Now, here you can see the true colors of Akane, Michiko and possibly Takeshi himself who just showed a teeny tiny bit.
Akane's honesty made them laugh loudly.
"But, how long are you guys going to keep this up? Karma looks like he's going to go through a meltdown. He even asked me what kind of boy is Takeshi-kun." Nagisa asks, he sips the cola in the glass again.
"My, my… poor boy, ehahaha~!" Yuu came back with a tray of more snacks and also more ice for their drink.
Where are they? Yuu's house which means walking to Karma's house is not exactly that hard and if they are adults, they might turn up drunk at the redhead's front door. It's a funny idea to think about.
"You guys actually planned such an evil plan… should we raise it into another level?"
"Shall we~?"
"There's a kinda late festival at my school… and one of the classes are doing something suitable for our little game."
"Good."
"Let the plan begin."
"I pray for Karma."
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I sigh, Karma looks tired which I guess from lack of sleep. Maybe he did sleep but he wakes up from time to time. But, well, here we are at Yuu's school where our next plan to tease Karma will be executed.
"Karma-kun, are you all right?"
"Do I look like I'm okay?" he snap at me and it made me quiet. "Sorry, buddy… I'm just on edge lately…"
Yeah, I can see that. "Hmm, it's okay."
Well, I still need to distract him until the time to meet up at that one class and just tease the living out of Karma. Ugh, I'm starting to get into the mood of joining this teasing thing with the rest of them.
"Karma-kun, let's look around first. Something might get your mind out of it."
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"Takeshi, sorry… I almost miss the train…" but Takeshi just looks at me mercilessly with his green eyes like emeralds, evil emeralds.
"It's time to text Nagisa." Yuu is smirking beside Takeshi and holding his smartphone to text Nagisa to tell the blue-haired boy to start guiding Karma here with our little secret plan.
I do think that we are going a little overboard but Karma does need to have a taste of his own medicine.
Yuu seems to be talking to the girl who looks like to be the one who leads this game. "Oh, sounds interesting. Well, let me explain this game. It is a game to test your compatibility and teamwork. First you will need to go to the takoyaki shop to set a record that might earn you a bonus, second you will have to sing at the café owned by Yuu's class."
The girl pauses while Yuu is making a peace sign with his fingers at the mention of his class. "Third, you need to make ten goals on a basketball game at Class 3-A's arcade game. Fourth challenge is to win against a challenger who comes from the audience, the subject will be chosen by the challenger."
Another pause to take a breath.
"Final challenge will be going through Class 2-E's haunted house and then you will need to come back here with all the stamps and there is one rule that must not be crossed, do not let go of your parther's hand."
"Well… Takeshi what hand do you use again?" I ask Takeshi and he lift his left hand. Good, this will work our way. "I'm right handed so…" he offer me his right hand when I was trying to tell him what hand I use.
Although I am a bit upset that he cut me off from what I wanted to say, I take his right hand.
"Oh my goodness… you guys actually look good together!" Oh yeah, I came here with Aoi… "Aoi, I'm going to call Matilda to scratch your tongue." Akane nonchalantly threaten the shorter girl.
"You guys will need to hide; all of us will need to hide if not he will think that it is our entire evil plan which can spoil Takeshi and Michiko's plan. We'll need to at least…" the chubby boy look at Takeshi who starts to regain his usual grin.
"A week… at least a week we should make him feels bittersweet of having his loved one stolen."
Akane snickered. "Oh my… look at who's talking." I think, only Akane is capable of making us turn bright red in a matter of seconds without any additional efforts.
"Oh…" but someone sounds quite upset. "Nagisa said that the redhead is currently doing a challenge so we might need to wait a bit more."
"So, I can have my sis to myself, can't I? Let's go!" Akane pull me along with her and almost made Takeshi fall from the suddenness of her actions.
Akane continue to drag me far from the other but she stopped when we are far enough from them. "Michiko… I know the type of boys that you like, what part of this redheaded delinquent do you find likeable? To be honest, I'd like it if you choose Takeshi rather than choosing trouble."
I giggle. Akane never seen that side of me because I always try hard not to make Akane or the others hate me but… "Akane, I like trouble. Trouble is my friend and I will live in a totally achromatic life without it."
Nobody will know what kind of girl I was…
I've made sure that Yuki will shut her mouth.
"Michiko, I thought I told you to tell me everything." And yet, Akane always know that I'm hiding something but as stubborn she is, I am much more stubborn than she is.
"One day, I'll tell you."
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"Hey, Karma seems to be winning continuously, should I go and challenge him?" Yuu asked when our waiting has become way too long.
Akane who has become quite impatient nodded with a huff. "Break an arm."
I giggle, I wonder why I thought I had no friends anymore and here I am having fun with them. I glance at Aoi with a grin, "Yuu, I heard that there's someone who can make an accurate prediction. Where is she?"
That's quite an interesting thing to know… Wait… I stare wide eyed at Aoi. "Let's check some things~" and I also can see Akane reacting to our conversation, like a cat with its ears perked up.
"Class 1-E." that was Yuu's short answer.
I feel Akane dragging me away with Aoi in front of us, rushing to the fortune teller place.
.
.
.
"What do you want to ask about?"
Quite a creepy atmosphere around here…
"This girl's future!"
The two of them sure is in synch with each other…
"May I see your hand? And please choose these cards."
I give my hand like asked and the girl hums, I take my hand back and watch her play with the shuffling the cards before putting them in front of me.
"Choose three cards."
I do as I way ordered.
"You are strong and yet you are very vulnerable, you are vulnerable of hate but love will pull you back up…. The problem is that, you never show this person who you really are which results in anxiety. You mask your pain; this love one will never see what's its behind which can be very dangerous."
Ugh, that hit the spot.
"Now, we want to ask this… who do you see that will be her partner in the near future."
I widen my eyes and look at Akane who smirks, Aoi grinning widely beside her. I steal a glance at the fortune teller's face and I see that she is grinning too. "Finally you ask me~"
"I find it to be quite interesting… I see that there are already two boys who have liked but rejected by you. In the near but slightly far future, I see… a pair of purple eyes like amethyst. How rare…"
Oh.. what?
"Oh, you know who it is?" Yes. She probably guesses from my red cheeks, yes, I know who it is and I also can guess when we will meet again. But, he is… two years younger than me, almost like my own little brother.
"Ohoho…" There's more? "I see another one, a love triangle it seems but… it seems that he doesn't realize that he has been… Oh my…" she looks at me with concern. "No matter what you do, no matter what you feel, hope that you will live for another day. Your life will get better after that."
(You'll need to wait for the sequel~))
I guess, that's a warning that at some point I'm going to try doing that again…? Well, stress is one of my weaknesses which is also one of the things that causes my depression.
"Hmm… Michiko, you're still going?" Akane leans down and asks me. Now, I remember why I have been on edge lately… Ugh, I hate my parents. "Yeah…" also, for another reason I get this cranky.
"Just keep in contact and I'm okay with it. C'mon, it seems that Yuu managed to defeat Karma…" Aoi pats my back and Akane takes my hand again while I laugh in disbelief that the redheaded devil was defeated by that silly boy.
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He feels his pride hurt, he knows who Yuu is ever since the time the boy accompanied Michiko back to his house. Now, he feels as if there is something fishy but then he remembers that they are here because Yuu invited Nagisa and Nagisa asked him to accompany him.
Karma sighs heavily but he doesn't know yet what is awaiting him…
"Nagisa, let's look at that." Rather than just walk away, he pull Nagisa into hiding to stalk the 'couple'.
Michiko and Takeshi are walking together hand-in-hand while seemingly looking at a paper. "They're heading out…" he mumbled and pulls Nagisa along with him to exit the school building to a takoyaki stand.
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"Okay, now, let's start!"
We stare at the steaming hot takoyaki, are we really going to be able to eat this fast enough before the time is up? I think about it deeply but then… "Michiko?"
She took the first bite and looks at me. "I can handle high temperature. While that one cools off, let me have another one." She explains to me. She really do have a very bright mind that helps at these kind of situations.
I put down the one that was bitten by her and takes another one for her to eat. I take a glance at the stand owner who seems to accept our method. Hmm… I can handle it if it is not a food that just finished being cooked but despite being a cat lover, Michiko seems to be very okay with is even though with the constant gaping to let out the steam.
I eat the ones that have cool down a bit while she helps me when she finished eating half of every takoyaki.
"What is our record?" I ask with my lips still a bit hot from eating the hot takoyaki.
"Oh my, we have our new record! You'll know if you are the record holder from Yuu." Well, I didn't know Yuu is very famous but considering his personality, that's something to be expected. "But, you win the first phase of this compatibility test."
With the last part, I almost yelped when Michiko just pull my hand to hurry up to the next challenge that we're going to do. Next is… the girl said that we're going to Yuu's class first but in this paper we are told to go to the challenge first.
"Michiko."
"Hmm?" she look at me curiously. "Where should we go next?" I try to confirm which information is the correct one. "She already corrected herself, the challenge is next." Michiko answers to my question without leaving any space to doubt what she believes.
Sheesh… I really do like this girl.
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I widen my eyes, not him… Uggh…
"Michiko, what's wrong? You know how he questions you, don't you?" sadly, yes but that's the problem and I'm not prepared for any of this.
"What will your questions consists of and what subject~?"
And the answer that I fear the most came out.
"Math is the subject and the questions are about algebra." The redhead glares at us, no, he is only glaring at Takeshi but I guess that smirk of triumphant is directed at me because he clearly knows that I have bad experience with algebra when the principal himself thought my class.
I sneak a peek at Takeshi and sees that he has just about the same expression as me… well, shit.
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"Tch- they got away with it." Karma complained while Nagisa can only chuckle at his friend's disappointment.
No matter how much Michiko and Takeshi hates math, their best subject is still and always be math. Why? Because of their fear towards the subject, Michiko and Takeshi have made a habit to always study math every two days in a week.
"Next one is probably the singing challenge at Yuu's class." Nagisa tries to make it sounds like he doesn't know if it is true or not and it turns out as a success.
"Really?" the redhead quickly got baited into their little, evil plan.
But, next one is singing? The blue-haired starts to imagine Takeshi's singing voice that have changed while Michiko… he glances at Karma a flashes a short smile that the redhead doesn't understand.
"Michiko is into dark and creepy songs…" and Karma laughed at Nagisa's worry, "Not just that, she likes rapping and EDM songs…"
"But don't those songs lift up the mood and atmosphere?" Nagisa nod in agreement. "She curses in them." Now that's what they must worry about and Nagisa seems to want to keep his friend's good image.
"But it all depends on her mood!"
Well… no shit she will sing some hardcore song.
"Eh~, it would be a love song I guess." Sadly, Karma… yes but not exactly right.
When they went in, Michiko has already took hold of a mic and it seems that it won't be much of a hardcore song judging from the seats and the two seems to have agreed on a song which will be guessed by the audience.
Since it is a café so they probably choose a song a bit more suited for it but Michiko is still Michiko, Nagisa thought when he heard the intro.
Taketori Overnight Sensation ((Might want to see Kuraiinu + Jubyphonic version))
So I guess I'm in love now
Skipping all of the "why" "when" or even "how"
A love like this will live a thousands years
Partying all up in my heart...but well, that's not poetic
Oh me oh my, just thinking of all the boys who I turned into toys
So what, the emperor now? Hurry up and tell me the reason he is calling for me
Unless he came just to bow
~X~
That actually sounds like Michiko to say something like that when you think about how she's both smart and beautiful. "Well, it is uniquely her." Karma chuckles.
~X~
What can I say? It's like I've always wanted you
For making such a gem, let's give a hand up to the moon
Breaking through the destiny that keeps us West and East
You know we can't sleep
Don't have to dream of crossing Hourai's boundary line
You know I'm right
Perfect you facing from the moon, it's too good to be true
Selfish as she tries to be, I guess I'll love her sel-fish-ly
Hey!
So I guess I'm in love now
Skipping all of the "why" "when" or even "how"
You've gotta be the hottest, coolest, nicest guy I've ever met
Oh man, think of all smart things I bet he does!
~X~
Nagisa takes a peek at Karma's expression, maybe… the blue-haired boy shouldn't have told him that Michiko sings with feelings but right now she is faking it but of course he didn't tell the redhead that last detail.
~X~
And you can bet I'm drinking that potion you gave, oh yes I'll never leave
I'll live as long as you breathe
You're the only thing I desire, now you share the fire
Tell me, so what would you like?
What can I say? It's just so hard to do it right
If you would have me, I could be your ever loving wife
Breaking through the deities and row the seven seas
You know we can't sleep
We're tearing up and down this old and boring rhyme
It's time to fight
Perfect me turning from those beams shining on me every night
Selfish as I know I am, can you just try to un-der-stand?
Hey!
~X~
It actually sounds like a prediction of what will happen to Michiko. Yes she will marry someone one day but that person would probably be someone that her parent doesn't approve of and one of the boys that they don't approve is… Akabane Karma for his notorious fame.
"What Nagisa?" he noticed the pair of blue orbs' attention on him but Nagisa only smile meekly.
The both of them look at the stage again and it seems that they are starting to have a conversation-kind-of-thing with the song.
~X~
Wanna throw this place away and wanna be with you instead
And wanna throw this place away and wanna be with-
"Wait wait"
"Hm?"
Wanna stay right here with you and wanna be up there with them
And wanna stay right here with you
But don't know how we'll be together then
I know I'm searching for freedom when it's too late
To spout any wings, foolishly dreaming
I'm like a trapped bird jumping around from cage to cage
Who never got to fly
Know no matter what we do, no matter where into stars we may run
We have to choose one
Now so in love with you, body and soul combined
Know deep down that I'm
Se-ri-ous-ly..
Breaking destiny from West and East
You know we can't sleep
Don't have to dream of crossing Hourai's boundary line
You know I'm right
Perfect you facing from the moon, it's too good to be true
Noble princess walking taller, royal woman like no other
Selfish as she tries to be, I guess I'll love her sel-fish-ly
~X~
The song sounds a lot like what Karma's and Michiko's situation would be. No doubt Michiko will be accepted by Karma's parents but would Karma be accepted by Michiko's parents is the question.
The two of them just follow the claps of hands but Karma pulls him away when they are voting if it was good or not.
The redhead drags him to where the next challenge will be which will be the basketball challenge.
Michiko used to be one of the main building players in basketball but since she transferred into Class E, she stopped much like the others who got kicked out after getting dropped into Class E.
But, how will they score with only one hand available from both sides. That is what they will find out soon.
Michiko is bright and open-minded so it was pretty obvious that she was the one who tells Takeshi how to aim.
Meanwhile, Takeshi never got any interests in basketball since he was one of the shorter boys in class and even shorter than Michiko but now that he sees how much taller he got, he might just consider it.
They must shot six times with no mistakes, their first attempt fail miserably, second attempt they got better and at the third one they succeed.
Well…
"Ugh… haunted house eh…?"
"Be patient, Karma-kun."
~X~
I hold onto Takeshi's hand, not bothering about who is the owner of the hand because as everyone have known, I am weak when it comes to horror themed things. I took a peek at Takeshi's expression and found that the boy is spitting his tongue at me with a smug face.
"Hehe, it's been a long time since I've seen your scared expression."
Mean!
"Well, are you ready?"
Both of us look at the one guarding the entrance, even he have such makeup that he looks like an actual zombie and then what will the ones inside look like. I shudder when I think about what more is inside the class that has been decorated to look like an actual haunted house.
The skills of the one doing the makeup must have the same skills that Sugaya have.
I whimper and stick close to Takeshi when we pass a big hanging body and when the boy wants to tell me that it's just a dummy, a hand spring out to grab his which he slapped away and pulls me to run away.
I hate haunted house attractions.
"Boo."
I shriek and run away in panic while I don't exactly realize that…
"Takeshi?" I look around to see where Takeshi is but he is nowhere around and upon the realization that I'm all alone plus the knowledge that I've lost the game made me want to tear up.
I try to keep track of where I was and back-tracking back to where I was but of course he won't be there anymore because he is probably looking for me.
By the way…
There have been noises of someone following me… What if… negative and pessimistic is how I think and many scenes of things that might happen to me came up to mind while I try my best to not cry.
I'm fine with being lost but in a haunted house attraction is a big no. "Takeshi!" I try calling out to him but I was greeted by something I rather not want to meet right now...
"I ate him…"
No… It's lame but with my current state, anything can scare me.
I widen my eyes and I feel my heartbeat thumping and knocking on my ribs in a negative way as fear surges through me when I see the fearsome long-haired woman with blood all over. "I ate him… the little puppy with green eyes."
I froze but when I finally was able to register what is going on, I slapped her…
Running away as if I am back in the marathon club, I run for my life and my sanity. I loss the game and got lost in a haunted house, I'm going crazy if that boy doesn't find me fast.
I run and run until I meet a two way path, the class didn't look too big from the outside and now it feels like I'm walking all around the country just to find one… lost little puppy… Nah… I'm the one who's lost.
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Uwah!
I look to my back and see a pair of mercuric gold eyes and a smug face plastered on the redhead's face. "You guys make me puke." He harshly commented but we haven't realized that…
"Where's Michiko?"
Ugh, her weakness of horror and her reflexes works so well in making her run away like a female cheetah.
She is facing forward so there's a lot more possibility that she ran… "I'll turn left." I just wanted to tell him what I think and the redhead just walk on his way to the left even before I got to comment which means I need to go forward so…
It is the direction I wanted to walk on but can he at least hear me out?
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Oh yeah, he must be so jealous and upset that he can't even bother. That's understandable. I smirked as I feel my pride swelling up inside upon the realization of how much I have affected the boy through my little scheme.
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"Michiko." He try calling out to her, she must've been so scared that she forgot that she can just call someone with her phone.
The redhead fish out his phone and found out that… "Ah, I didn't charge it." He was so upset that he forgot a lot of things like his books or even almost forgot that he wasn't wearing his black blazer before Nagisa commented about it.
Even if she did call him, the call won't be able to reach since his phone is dead and… it's probably just his hope that she will call him instead of the other boy.
He sighs and continues to walk on until… that's no simple black hair owned by one of the so-called-ghost in this made-up haunted house. It's Michiko! Wow, she's a fast runner.
Karma quickly put his legs and stamina to use as he try to catch up to her while trying not to frighten her but it seems that anything will scare her right now. He continues to follow her until she stops and pants from being tired.
He too in fact is quite tired from trying to outran her who have learned all the theories and practices in how to run lighting fast if he can describe how she run. It's a funny comparison to when she tries to run during PE and when she runs for her life.
Once he catches his breath, he walks on to her who is quite far from him but it seems that something made her froze in place. A woman? No, it's just a girl but with heavy and terrifying make-up.
The one who did the make-up must be as skilled as Isogai. He though when he sees the girl but… he almost burst laughing when he sees how Michiko slaps her and runs again which means…
He groans and continue running again to at least give the girl a comforting pat on the back since it is his fault that it all turn into this.
The class feels endless as the maze starts to narrow down to only a two path where she stops and starts to whimper. I immediately regret my decision. He sighs as he walks up to the girl who is crouching down.
Is she crying? He asks to himself, not finding the courage to raises up his voice to call out to her because he fear that the girl would just hate him more when she knows who was responsible.
Can she actually hate him?
Nobody might know how many percent the possibility of this happening has.
Karma takes a deep breath, still around three meters away from her. Yes, he fear the possibility of her hating him so much that he actually count how far he is from her.
But…
"Takeshi!"
He feels his heart crushed when she exclaimed the other boy's name and latches to him with tears threatening to fall down her cheeks.
He hit her, scared her and annoyed her so much and it seems that this is what he gets for it…
Karma meets karma in such a cruel way.
His mercuric gold eyes looks up and notices the pair of emeralds gleams with pride and a smile founds its way on Takeshi's face as he tries not to glare at the boy and snatch Michiko away from him.
He'll need to find a way to crush everything… before love destroys him.