A/N: Yo it's been a while! Now I could give an excuse on why I haven't posted in a while, so I'll make it easy for you: my life's a bitch, but that's only befitting for one I guess. This chp took a while to edit cuz in my op it was among the longest chps, so thnx sm to Maya B. my amaz editer, ily girl.

Thanks

-Ryan Sensei

The next day, as soon as Karma woke up, he did his usual morning routine, and then for the first time in what seemed like forever, he headed for school.

As Karma continued down the concrete road to school, he stopped when he reached Nagisa's street. The he-devil continued to stare at the road for a while, as if he was expecting Nagisa to come catching up with him at any minute like usual.

This would be the first time in a while that Karma would be walking to school alone. He glanced at his left hand that was holding a plastic bag containing their 'prize winning' project in it, and tightened his grip as reminder to continue walking forwards.

The scent of bread from a nearby bakery, and flowers from the local flower shop filled the air, and the voices of multiple students heading to school could be heard as Karma reached the main road.

I've never realized how lively this road actually was. Always being with Nagisa must've made me forget all about my surroundings... Karma thought with a sigh. He stuffed his free hand into his pocket, and as he walks up class E's notorious hill, he was greeted by Sugino and Kayano.

"Hey! Karma! You came to school!" Sugino happily cheered.

"Mhm, the tako was really getting on me about it. I still have to hand in Nagisa and my project, and try assassinating him a few times," Karma lifted and lightly twirled an anti-sensei knife that was hidden in his sleeve with his right hand.

"Well that's good, we missed ya!" Kayano says with a smile as she holds her bag with both hands behind her back.

The trio talked about trivial things as they headed up the hill, and entered the building. Surprisingly, Karma didn't skip a single class, but no matter the class, he'd make at least three assassination attempts, it was clear to his classmates, but not to himself, that he was just venting out his bottled up frustration on their 'unkillable' teacher. When it came time for handing in the projects, just as Karma had predicted, they got full marks, plus bonus points for creativity on the type of explosion their project made.

After grading the rest of the projects, Koro-sensei pulled Karma to the side and whispered to him, "Even though he wasn't able to complete the project, it's evident just by looking at your project, that both of you made this explosion possible. Great work."

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As Karma continued to get praise from his teacher and classmates on the amazing explosion, in the main building, an orange haired teen stood in front of his father's desk, the principle.

"I understand that you took matters into your own hands with providing punishment on the E class which is fine, but what I don't see as acceptable is how you managed to let those who provided you assistance from the main building, get publicly made fun of courtesy of the E class themselves. Does that seem right to you? Huh, Asano-kun?"

"...No Sir."

"Good. On the other hand it did seem you managed to strike a nerve with that class by injuring Nagisa Shiota. I heard reports that they went back to their miserable selves for a while because of what you did, so I'll commend you on that one... It seems that Nagisa-san is currently in the hospital for multiple serious injuries you and your gang didn't cause. You should... Pay him a visit, and give your condolences on the school's behalf. I'll send you the information if you need..." The Principal eerily said with a growing smile.

"Sure, I'll pay him a visit, but I don't need your help. I can handle this just fine."

"Alright then, be sure not to mess up in your...apology."

A forced chuckle escaped his lips as Asano dejectedly looked out the window. His glance landed on a random group of students happily walking home together.

"I'll be leaving school early then. I'm heading out now, Sir," Asano said, closing the door behind him.

Not too long after, Asano arrived at the entrance of the hospital. After going through the normal visiting procedures, the issue of a heavy amount of security surrounding the teal head's room presented itself. Though unexpected, Asano was able to think fast and figure out the perfect way to sneak past the body guards.

He confidently walked up to one of them with his hands in his pockets and said, "Oi, Let me in, I'm here to see Nagisa, my boyfriend."

The guard had a startled expression on his face, and Asano knew he'd won.

"Geez are you new? I'm Karma Akabane, I bleached my hair a bit, but the change in appearance doesn't change the fact that I want privacy with Nagisa, call off the guards, I can handle myself and protect him. Or do I need to tell your boss abou-"

"No! NO! There's no need to tell Karasuma! I'll tell the guys about the situation, I apologize for my rude behavior!"

"I'll overlook it, just go."

"Hai!"

Really, this was too easy. Though, I understand how Karma and I may be mistaken for rivals, but as each other? It was my idea, but it's still depressing. But what did he mean by Karasuma being his boss? Isn't he the E-class' sensei? And why does Nagisa have so many bodyguards anyways? What the hell is going on here?

He made his way over to Nagisa's room, which was actually quite large. It had three light blue colored walls, and the bed was facing the remaining wall. The last wall of the room was a large window with three dividing panels, and since it was just high enough to reach over other buildings it always had a perfect view of the sunrise.

The floor was made of white marble with a few black speckles in it. To the right of the room was a large glass coffee table with a flower in its vase on it and a small, white rug under it. To the left was a counter top with a working sink, mini fridge, and a few cupboards filled with snacks, and there were multiple chairs scattered around the room in an orderly, yet neat fashion. On the opposite side of the window wall, resting in the dead center, in a full sized hospital bed was Nagisa.

Asano took some time to explore the room's contents with his eyes, then sauntered his way over to the sleeping boy. He picked up the chart attached to the foot of his bed, and diligently reads over the doctor's diagnosis.

"You have quite the amount of injuries, plus you're in a coma... How are you even alive?" Placing the chart back where he found it, Asano walks closer to Nagisa's right hand side.

"It'd be so easy for anyone to 'accidentally' get rid of you while you're like this..." His eyes scanned the figure until they made their way to Nagisa's face. Asano would be lying if he said he didn't find Nagisa attractive. Yes, he knew that Nagisa's a boy, but he couldn't help his urge of wanting to do… something.

He walked right up next to the young boy, and used his right index finger to play with Nagisa's lips for a bit. After loosing interest in his lips, the digit trailed its way to Nagisa's chin, then neck, and finally collarbone.

The blue haired boy's collarbone being a pale white, combined with its slow rise and fall, and the sharpness of the bones themselves, aroused the violet eyed boy. Asano, didn't intend to, but he couldn't help himself as he pressed his lips onto Nagisa's collarbone and sucked on the skin until it left a visible red hickey.

Seeing the vibrant pink on the pale canvas left Asano craving more, once wasn't enough. There was still so much space to taint. He mirrored the action on the opposite collarbone, still not satisfied with his work, he lightly bit the hickey until a small amount of blood and teeth marks were visible of the boy's pure skin.

He repeated the process once on the opposite mark and two other times on different sections of the collarbone, painting a total of four dark hickeys. The bites began to lightly lap up more blood when faced with the colder temperature difference of the room. Asano smirked as he licked the returning blood.

"As amusing as this is, it's not as fun when he's not resisting... Though I can't to wait to see Karma's face when he finds this! I should stay and wait for him, then not only will I get to see his pissed face when he finds me here, but I can watch his reaction when he sees the present I left for Nagisa! Two in one!" Asano spoke aloud, then quickly switched to thinking to himself.

According to the nurse, he's visited everyday, so I guess I'll be waiting for a few hours before he comes. As for the guards, well they probably won't even realise that Karma's haircolor 'magically' switched back to red. Even if they did notice, I doubt that the guards have returned since I asked for privacy. So I'm in the clear. Until then I'll just explore the room and wait for Karma I guess.

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Meanwhile within the depths of Nagisa's mind, he was currently sitting on a large boulder that was situated in the middle of his utopia.

The teen's chin rested on his palm, and he let out a loud sigh.

"Woah, what's with the big sigh?"

Glancing up, Nagisa faced his shackled self, then resumed staring off into nothing.

"It's just… This doesn't feel right. I feel guilty, as if I made a big mistake or something. If that makes any sense," Nagisa said with a strained smile.

"No I get it, I mean I am you, so it's kinda hard not to. Well this might help. I know I said doing nothing was a good option, but the truth is, by doing nothing, nothing will change. Just saying."

"Geez! Are you now saying I should leave?! Go back to…"

"I'm not saying anything, in the end, you have the final say of what goes on in your life.. Well more or less."

Out of nowhere the whole area began to shake, as if an earthquake was consuming Nagisa's entire world. Then something surprising happened; as if the whole landscape were puzzle pieces, the furthest point began to break and turn white.

Like a falling jenga tower, the connecting pieces one after the other began fading into white. With a shocked expression Nagisa turned to his shackled self for an answer, only to be met with a wide eyed, yet knowing expression.

"Tsk. Nagisa, we're running back to the springs where the others are!" He said grabbing Nagisa's wrist.

The area stopped shaking for a moment, but the two didn't stop running, and it was a good thing too since it was followed by three other earthquakes and a crimson sky.

"Four huh? Didn't expect Asano to do something like that.." The shackled boy muttered to himself while running.

The earthquakes stilled, as if they never occurred in the first place. The only difference being the significantly smaller 'garden' and the taunting crimson sky that remained.

With a few heavy pants, Nagisa looked over his shoulder, surprised by the sudden movement.

"What was that?!" The teal haired boy exasperatedly questioned.

The shackled teen chuckled and looked at Nagisa with knowing eyes.

"Outside help."

"Huh?"

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Exactly two hours after Asano's visit, Karma was released from class. In mere seconds he packed his stuff, and headed out the door when Sugino and Kayano called his name, and caught up to him.

"You're going to see Nagisa, right?" Sugino asked the redhead.

"Yeah, so I'm kinda in a hu-"

"Good, 'cause we're coming too. Let's all head together!" Kayano cuts in.

Without any objections, the three made their way down the monstrous hill, and to the street.

"We should go buy some flowers! I'm sure Nagisa'd love it!" Kayano suggests.

"Aghh, I'm in a hurry ya know? ...But I guess it couldn't hurt to buy a present. Ok! We'll go to the flower shop up ahead, and then we are going straight to Nagisa. Understood?" Karma says in an aggravated tone.

"Understood commander!" Both Kayano and Sugino salute while saying, and picking up the pace.

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Each holding their selected flowers, the three were all pleased by their purchases.

"Ya know, I think it's cool how the store had the flower's meaning above each plant, so people would know the meaning of what they got. I never knew that a blue hyacinth meant 'sincerity'. Ne, Sugino what flower did you get?" Kayano cheerfully asked.

"Uhh... What was it called again? A blue Peony, it means 'healing' so I thought it might help... What about you Kayano? What'd you get?" Sugino questioned.

"Me? Oh I bought some white Gladiolus flowers, they mean 'strength', he'll need all he can get to get through this! Um... Karma, what did you buy?" Kayano cautiously asked.

"This is a blue and white infused orchid. It means 'delicate beauty'," Karma says in a low tone, Sugino and Kayano stopped and looked at each other with concerned knowing looks. "Alright we're here, let's go, or I'm leaving you guys behind." This brought them out of their reveries, and in a struggle to catch up, they shout for Karma to wait for them.

The three make their way up to Nagisa's room with Kayano leading the way. Opening the door to the room, her eyes were drawn to an unexpected intruder and she unintentionally drops her flowers in surprise, then anger.

"Woah, what's wrong Kayano? You ok? You look like you saw a gh-" it only took one look for Sugino to realize just why Kayano dropped the gladius', and he gripped the stems of his flowers all too tightly, to the point where one could hear the subtle snapping of the fibers within the plant.

"Asano, what the hell are you doing here?!" Sugino angrily interrogates. Upon hearing the name, Karma entered the room already seething red.

"Oh it's Karma-kun! It's been a while hasn't it? Last time I saw you, I was showing you this really interesting vid-" Asano starts in a playful tone.

"Hey! Don't change the subject! Why the hell are you here!" Sugino yells, louder than the last.

Karma looked in Asano's direction, his recent loss against him still fresh in his mind. Then he realized where Asano was. Just happily sitting in 'his' chair next to Nagisa, that was when all of his senses heightened. Asano being there was bad enough, but now, something was truly wrong, something felt different, and not in a good way.

"How long have you been here?! What did you do?!" Karma began shouting at the strawberry blonde teen.

"Hrmmm... A few hours really. You took soOoOo long getting here, that I had to entertain myself," Asano says with a fake pouting.

Karma pushed his flowers to Sugino's chest, and angrily, yet slowly walked over to Nagisa's left side. Still a few feet away, but Karma promptly noticed the bleeding hickeys on his dearest.

"YOU DID THIS! YOU BASTARD! THIS TIME I SERIOUSLY WILL BEAT YOU UNTIL YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOURSELF!" Karma angrily shouted.

At the same time, after she managed to calm her baseball loving friend down, Kayano and Sugino began walking slowly, backs against the wall, to the other side of the room and place all the flowers on the coffee table.

That's when they too saw the bleeding hickeys on the defenseless boy. They were certainly angry, but they knew in their heads that they were no match for Asano, the only one possible of that feat was Karma. So they kept their distance as they helplessly watched the interaction between the two.

"I'LL FUCKING DESTROY YOU!" Karma shouted again, almost as if he was trying to convince himself that he would could beat Asano.

Karma rushed towards Asano in a blind rage, catching the latter off guard, and managed to land one punch in the dead center of his face.

The impact of the punch sent Asano back a few feet, but never to the ground. Asano smirked as he wiped off the small amount of blood drawn from his nose. He couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the redhead, and haughtily glared at his attacker.

"I wouldn't be so hasty if I were you. You don't want anything else happening to Nagisa do you?" Asano asked in a suggesting tone. Any further movement from the redhead was thrown out the window, as the threat made Karma's blood turn cold.

"You wouldn't… Asano! Stop involving him in this! This is between you and me now! This is my personal grudge against you, so back away from him. NOW." Karma said calmly, but still laced with fury.

Asano chuckled for a bit then peered into Karma's raven like eyes. "YES! THIS IS IT! THIS EXPRESSION! THIS FEELING! THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SEE! You see Karma, I was originally not gonna do anything except maybe break a thing or two and leave a message behind, but now I'm glad I did something a little closer to home. Since there's nothing better than seeing those expressions of yours Karma!"

"That sick bastard!" Sugino muttered in a hushed voice as Kayano firmly bit her lip as the scene before her unfolds.

"If only we could use our assassination techniques we lear-" Sugino's mouth was immediately silenced with Kayano's left hand. She gave a firm glare to the boy that was enough to scare him silent, and whispered.

"Assassination techniques are not to be used lightly in any situation. No matter how angry we are, or the circumstances we're we're in. Especially to a classmate!" Her gaze lowered as she looked at the violet eyed teen. "Even if it is Asano..."

Just when Asano finished his last sentence, all eyes were on the teen as he pressed the tips of his right hand fingers, the ones capable of with just a fraction of his strength, breaking concrete, and placed them just over the area where Nagisa's ribcage and right lung are. Eyes widened in realization of his intentions.

"STOP!" Both Karma, Sugino, and Kayano screamed.

The screams were ignored as the strawberry blonde pressed down, as if trying to firmly push Nagisa. The instant the digits made impact, Nagisa's heart rate spiked and a few other complex machines beeped profusely.

"Relax! He probably won't die from that much impact!" he shrugged and walked over to the door. Only this time, when he looked back at Karma's face, his muscles tensed, and a jolt of fear ran through his body, yet he still managed to somewhat keep his composure.

Karma's face, was the deadliest he and even the redhead's fellow classmates, had ever seen. He looked ready to seriously murder Asano, and in no way would it be painless. Karma's bloodlust practically emanated off of him.

Alarmed, Asano was quick to threaten Karma to insure his own safety.

"K-keep in mind, I can come back whenever I want! Even if you add more guards, I'll still find a way in, so try anything, and I'll make sure that when you're not here me or someone else can easily 'accidentally' pull the plug or something... See ya, I'm bailing anyways since I don't have time to be playing around with E class members." Asano says quickly leaving the room, then building.

Karma picked up the closest object, which happened to be an empty soda can Asano left behind, and crushed it with all his strength. "DAMN IT!" He practically screamed, throwing the can to the floor.

The once standing can, easily became a small cube no bigger than a dice.

A few nurses and doctors rushed into the room to check on Nagisa and his elevated heart rate, and the three teens were asked to step back. After providing the proper treatment and getting his heart rate back to normal, Nagisa appeared the same as before, except for the bandages across his collarbone, and the fact that he now had a breathing mask on.

The doctor walked over to the three, and says with a haughty tone, "Now I'm not going to question what you guys were doing, but his few ribs that were fractured are now broken, his lungs is ok for now. But please exercise caution when you guys are um... Playing." The doctor made a displeased face directed at Karma.

"... Wh- wait, you think I'm the reason this happened?!" Karma spat angrily at the doctor.

"Well we were informed you were 'the boyfriend', and those are definitely hickeys on him. He's a patient here, and while he can't say anything, I'll be his voice. And he says that you should back up on your… impulses for now. You're just hurting him."

"Hold on! Karma's not the one who caused those marks, that was Asano! Karma's done nothing but care about Nagisa from the very beginning! He's the most worried for Nagisa's health, how dare you!" Sugino shouts, defending his friend.

"Yeah!" Kayano agrees.

"Asano-kun? He's a star member here at this hospital. The staff and patients both respect his intelligence and his kindness, such a boy who volunteers to help out here, wouldn't do such a thing. So please stop lying, it's unsightly." The male doctor says scrunching up his nose, as if the air suddenly smelled foul.

"But-" Kayano started only for Karma to stop her.

"It's no use Kayano, he won't listen at this point, no matter what we say or who's in the right. This is a prime example of why I hate adults. So just leave it." Karma tells the two.

The doctor leaves the room with a loud 'hmph!', and finally it's just the the three of them and Nagisa.

Sugino and Kayano slump into chairs near Nagisa's bedside, exhausted by recent events; while Karma calmly approached Nagisa and puts his forehead to Nagisa's, it was significantly colder than his. It worried Karma how he was starting to get used to the colder temperature on the boy. Closing his eyes, he only hoped that some of his warmth could he transferred over, but nothing changed.

Karma swiftly stands up, and with a determined small smile, he peels off Nagisa's sheets, revealing the teen's lithe body.

"Karma what are you doing?" Kayano curiously asks, catching Sugino's attention as well.

"Back at the previous hospital. One of the nurses told me that coma patients need physical therapy everyday so their bodies don't get stiff. During the day some other nurses here probably do it, but I'll do it for him now. Just watch, it's easy really..." Karma says as he stretches Nagisa's arms, head, and legs.

"Ohh. That's kinda interesting, it's like the stretches I do before playing baseball" Sugino says.

"What's actually interesting is how the last time I did this Nagisa's foot moved on it's own." Karma says, his voice slightly perking up again.

"Seriously? But right now you're doing the same thing and he's not reacting... Did you do anything differently?" Sugino queried.

Differently? The only thing I did was stretch his leg, and plant a few kisses here and there...

Karma's face turned bright red after hearing his own thoughts. He covered his eyes with one hand, and with the other, he swatted away the thoughts floating above him.

"Ohhhhhh? What's this? Karma's actually blushing! So there was something, huh? So what was it? Hmm? Hmmmmmmm?" Kayano remarks teasingly.

This was the first time the two had seen Karma so flustered. He continuously tried to speak, only to be left in a stuttering mess, in their eyes he finally seemed more… normal, and they both began to snicker.

"Stop laughing! I'm serious! I just- agh! It was a heat of the moment thing and I just kinda planted a light kiss, but I wasn't trying to be weird or anything. I just thought he looked really cute and I felt like kissing him. I'm his boyfriend so what happens between us is our business. Wait. I am his boyfriend! So I have the right to do that! So it all checks out. Yeah! I did it 'cause I could!" Karma answers while crossing his arms, proud of his own conviction.

"Just plant a big ol' kiss on him, and wake up your sleeping beauty already!" Sugino jokes.

This just made both Sugino and Kayano laugh even louder until the point where they forgot what they were even laughing about in the first place. Karma only crossed his arms, and peered in a different direction.

"Aw come on Karma we were just teasing ya, stop pouting. We're sorry. Come on," Kayano affirms, extending a hand.

The rest of the evening, the teens found their own fun, all while enjoying each other's company until it was time for them to go home. This pattern continued for the following two weeks.

The three plus some random others who wanted to join now and then, visited Nagisa. From that point on Karma, Kayano, and Sugino became close friends, and with each visit their bond grew stronger. While at the same time, with every visit, Nagisa seemed thinner.

A/N: lol i love angst, bt i'll be nice and give u guys a present nxt chp. Also I was told Asano's way OC, bt after thinkn abt it, i decided I liked the villainy vibe so sry, thts not changing.

-Ryan sensei