Author's Note: Fluffy fun chapter! Also, two chapters! Within two days! GASP! What strange spirit has possessed me! Although, to be on the safe side don't get your hopes up, school starts in two days and I'm shit enough at updating during breaks. Although, I've already started the next one, so hopefully I'll have it out to you along the typical timeframe which I believe is about a month. ...oof... I'll try to improve that... Anyway, hope y'all enjoy and I still have no claim on Assassination Classroom or Akuma no Riddle unfortunately.
NOTE! When you see this: * I'm making you aware of a reference to Frozen, just so everyone's clear :)
It ended up being a pretty laid back day. Koro Sensei had them take a practice test which both Tokaku and Haru aced due to them already having been through half of high school then he set up last minute meetings with Nagisa, Karma, Fuwa, and a few other students to finalize their plans for the future. Overall, pretty easy and they didn't have gym today so they could all go home a little early.
Haru and Tokaku ended up walking home with a much larger group than normal (to Tokaku's slight distaste- no matter how much she had warmed up to them over the year she still despised large groups). It consisted of Mimura, Fuwa, Nagisa, Kayano, Sugino, Karma, Okuda, Okajima, Maehara, and Sugaya. They had started a large conversation about their ideal plans after this year that continued past their usual parting points.
Okajima and Sugaya confessed to taking an easier route for high school saying that with their asperations it would allow for greater advance if they could focus on both their passions and academics instead of struggling to maintain their current grades somewhere more challenging. Fuwa and Mimura were less than thrill with that seeing as they were also looking for a more artistic track later in life, but Koro Sensei highly advising to solidify a strong academic background due to the higher risk in mass-media production causing them both to apply to harder schools resulting in a giant mound of studying and tests. Karma chuckled and admitted to also taking an easier course. With his hopes, high school names wasn't the biggest thing for him so he decided to stay at Kunigigaoka had enact some more of his revenge before having to get serious and honestly, Tokaku didn't blame him. Get your fun in while you can she supposed.
"What about you guys?" Kayano asked, redirecting the conversation towards Haru and Tokaku and pulling Tokaku out of her mulling, "Are you planning on continuing high school after this?"
"Honestly, I've been continuing my schooling while we've been enrolled here," Haru admitted sheepishly. She had talked about this when they first arrived and Koro Sensei agreed to give her a junior high school level education before and after school while Tokaku was working with Karasuma.
"So next year you'll continue as a senior?" Nagisa gapped.
"Yep," Haru chuckled.
"What about you Azuma?" Sugino asked.
"No, most of my education came from the assassination school I was sent to after my grandmother passed," Tokaku replied, "From what I've seen it equals to about a high school graduate. Of course the fall back is that I don't have an official diploma, but taking the government standard test can fix that. For now I'm going to focus on work and figuring out what I want to do."
"So you don't have a plan yet?" Nagisa questioned, "I though Koro Sensei had everyone finalize their plans."
"Ya, but I think he understood that with our, well, specifically my situation and lack of certain credentials, it's rather hard to set anything like this in stone," Tokaku shrugged. A few hummed their understanding sympathetically.
"What about you Shiota, I hear that you're applying really high," Tokaku asked, hoping to brush off the pity and slight awkwardness she unintentionally created.
"Heh, ya," he chuckled self deprecatingly, "Koro Sensei says that I'm sure to get in, but I'm no Karma."
"Hey, don't do that," Sugino scolded caringly, "You're by far one of the best students in the class, don't put yourself down cuz Akabane is an unnatural monster."
"Thank you Sugino," Karma beamed evilly causing the whole group to laugh.
Finding themselves at their street, Haru and Tokaku waved their goodbyes and headed down the lane.
"So, college huh," Tokaku smiled, "Where you looking?"
"Nowhere big, I don't love the idea of adding student loans to our plates," Haru chuckled, but Tokaku pulled them to a hard stop. Turning her so the pinkette was looking directly at her.
"Haru, go to whatever school you want, who cares what it costs," Tokaku said gently, placing a warm hand on the smaller's cheek, "You've worked so hard to get here, don't let our finances hold you back. Whatever it is, I'm sure we can find a way to cover it."
"Bu-"
"No buts," Tokaku chuckled before smirking, "Unless its yours, sitting in the best school your big brain can beat." Haru's eyes grew misty as she tackled Tokaku in the tightest hug since her release from the hospital, crying freely into her shoulder. Completing her education had always seemed like a distant dream to Haru. Now to be with Tokaku and free to live her life as she always hoped was more than she could ever ask for.
"I... I," Haru gasped, fighting through the tears, but still unable to say the three words that had tumbled to the tip of her tongue minutes ago.
"Shh," Tokaku soothed, "I love you too. However, I'm not above requiring that we also get curry at least three times a week as payment so maybe at that to the bill." Haru just laughed and pulled her assassin in for a love filled albeit damp kiss.
Tokaku awoke the next morning to find herself being used as a personal body pillow by a certain pinkette that lay softly snoring above her. Normally, she would be fine with this predicament and wait it out however this... this she could not stand. Normally Haru's face would be tucked against her neck with an arm and leg throw over her for good measure, but today her chin was on the top of the blunette's head leaving the assassin to wake up to a perfect, uninterrupted view of her girlfriends breasts. Not that she was exactly complaining, but this... this... she couldn't deal with this so early in the morning.
"I-Ichinose, can you move?" Tokaku asked, squirming to escape Haru's surprising grip. Said girl grumbled something unintelligible and snuggled further into Tokaku much to the assassin's horror.
"Ichinose, I-I'm not joking, please!" Tokaku begged though the words were slightly muffled by... well... she didn't want to say.
"Tokaku?" Haru mumbled groggily, "Why so early?"
"You don't have to get up, I just need to... uh... go to the bathroom," Tokaku replied feebly.
"Uhhh, fine, but you better come back," Haru groaned, loosening her grip. Tokaku never moved so fast...
Later that morning, Haru trudged out of their bedroom with a bedhead even Anna* would be impressed by. She shuffled to their small dining table with her most impressive glare to date directed straight towards her blue counterpart who was currently frying and scrabbling eggs at the cooktop.
"Morning gorgeous," Tokaku chuckled as she plated the would be birds before turning to the fridge, "How'd you sleep?"
"You didn't come back," Haru pouted, crossing her arms. Tokaku only smiled at her girlfriend's tone as she poured some coffee for herself and water for Haru.
"I'm terribly sorry, but if someone had waited maybe five minutes more she would have gotten breakfast and me in bed," Tokaku replied as she brought their plates of eggs and fruit to the table along with their drinks, utilizing her unnatural sense of balance and waitressing skills in the process. Haru's pout instantly dropped as her jaw feel to the ground causing Tokaku to laugh. The pinkette grabbed her plate and bolted back into their bedroom without a second thought leaving Tokaku to carrying her plate and their drinks.
Upon entering the room, she found Haru completely wrapped in blankets with one side opened for her to nestle into and Zootopia already playing on the television Tokaku set up a few months ago. Nuzzling into Haru's blanket embrace playfully as she set their drinks on the nightstand and plate in front of her.
"Sooo is there a special occasion or you just wanted to spoil me?" Haru giggled as she cuddled into Tokaku's side.
"Well, there is your entrance exam tomorrow, but otherwise I just wanted to spoil you," Tokaku smiled, pressing a kiss to the other's cheek. In reality, she just started cooking to help her cool down and the idea came upon her while she was cutting fruit. She had planned to make this a relax day for Haru because she had been stressing about the test, but this was a happy coincidence nonetheless although she was surprised she didn't think of it sooner.
"Thank you," Haru whispered against her neck, leaving a few soft kisses in her wake as she pressed closer into the blunette.
"Your welcome," Tokaku smiled, wrapping an arm around her under the blanket and fulling relaxing into her girlfriend's warmth. She was completely content... but then Monday happened.
On Monday, it was discovered that Takebayashi failed his entrance exam for his top pick school prompting Koro Sensei to baby him and forbid the use of 'hate speech'. This meant that words such as lose, trip, fall, slip, and so forth were not allowed to be used nor were things that's connotations implied or contained them. The punishment for breaking this rule? A octopus side slick where he used his mucus and brush to comb the victim's hair into a 3:7 ratio. By the end of the day, only Tokaku, Haru (though she too feel victim to the side part) and Karasuma were left standing (literally seeing as everyone else was on the floor due to exhaustion after attempting furiously to kill the damned monster, dead tired after evading all those attacks, or was tackled by an angry horde of triggered students after using exactly nine 'hate speech' words within four panels)...
The class refused to have this author republish this humiliation so you, dear reader, are stuck with a summary. Complain and you, like me due to my fierce fight for this scene, may end up with a 3:7 part and let me tell you... It. Is. Not. Pretty.
Now on with the story!
The next day was... better? It was Valentines Day which meant that the girls would be giving out chocolates to whoever they liked or had strong friendships with. Maehara went and fucked things up with Okano big time after school yesterday when he took her out for karaoke without telling her it was to assassinate the octopus. Now had to get her to give him chocolates by the end of the day or Koro Sensei would write that he was a "playboy- an immoral, womanizing horndog. But a nice kid!" on his report card. Needless to say, Okano was furious. So much so that even Nagisa got a chair to the face. Currently though, Maehara was nursing his wounds outside after his fifth attempt (Okano gave mean kicks...). Meanwhile Kayano, Haru, Karma, and Nio watched out the window from the back corner of the classroom. Kayano, unaware of the others' presence, sighed and pulled a wrapped box out from her desk.
"Ooo, who's that for," Nio smirked, swooping in with Karma as Kayano turned pink.
"I think it's for a certain blue headed assassin," Karma grinned wickedly, whipping out his phone and revealing a saved photo of when Nagisa kissed Kayano causing the poor girl to turn a vibrant shade of red.
"What are you talking about! This is just obligation chocolate! I don't even know who I'm going to give it to!" Kayano exclaimed. Karma and Nio glanced at each other with matching smiles.
'If we hook them up it's going to be so much fun to tease!'
"Leave her alone guys," Haru laughed, having both caught the look on their faces and watched the previous interaction.
"Oh?" Nio grinned, turning her attention to the pinkette, "What about you? Have you given you chocolates yet?" Expecting her to turn red, both Karma and Nio were surprised by the laugh and smile Nio's question summoned.
"No, Tokaku doesn't really like these kind of things, I was just going to order her favorite curry for dinner and rent an mystery movie," she shrugged good naturedly.
"Wow, that's actually really sweet and cute," Nio admitted with a soft smile.
"Thanks!" Haru chuckled. Suddenly Okano burst through the doors with Maehara on her tail. They both looked winded as they stopped and panted in the middle of the mostly empty classroom.
"Hey, Okano," Maehara panted, "Please just give me the chocolate."
"Go to hell," she snarled, "You only care about your report card!"
"That's not true! I don't care if my report card says I'm a playboy, I just want to fix what happened yesterday," he admitted, "I want you to hand it to me and allow me to thank you properly. Honest, I had no idea-"
"There's no point in apologizing, if you knew me, you'd know-"
"But I do know! I know everything about you from this year!" Maehara exclaimed, "Like how you assume no one can see your underwear when you do a roundhouse kick. Or how you're a brute with a brain made of muscle. I'm a better cook than you in home ec. The comic books you borrow are always returned with rice stuck between the pages. Oh, and you sometimes come to school with rice stuck around your mouth. Admittedly, I don't know what your thing is with rice, but I do know that you're super violent! Like how you scratch people when you're annoyed, but if you're angry you'll do a middle kick! And when you're furious you use a drop kick!"
"In that case... EAT THIS!" Okano growled, sending a kick flying straight into his head, but he caught it at the ankle after impact.
"And when you reach your limit, you use an anti-Sensei knife to kick people in the neck," Maehara grinned, but something was sticking out of his mouth.
"What the?" Okano muttered peering at her classmate, "My knife... is suddenly... MADE OUT OF CHOCOLATE!"
"I swapped it out this morning," he beamed, dropping her leg, "but see, I know you really well. Besides, do you really think that I'd bother to memorize a girl's favorite karaoke songs so I could sing with her if I wasn't interested? Oh! See! Now you're embarrassed because you fell silent!"
"I... ngh... wait," Okano stumbled.
"And you're too simple to be a good liar so-"
"SHUDDUP!" This also accompanied a knee to the face. Fortunately, by this time Kayano, Karma, Haru, and Nio managed to slip out. Unfortunately for Kayano, this meant that Nio and Karma could refocus their attention on her.
"Nagisa has a really low opinion of himself," Karma explained.
"That means that he'll probably never notice your thoughts until you tell him," Nio continued as Haru nodded in agreement.
"I-I have tons of experience with romanitic roles. I studied all about them to perfect my acting, but t-this is the first time I-I actually taken a liking to someone I-in real life a-and I-I can't-"
"You don't know how to give him the chocolate?" Karam supplied as Kayano went bright red but nodded, "then let's watch some other classmates so you can get a feel for it."
This led to them about ten minutes later in the trees behind the field watching Sugino's... interesting reaction to Kanzaki giving him chocolates.
"I'm glad you like them," Kanzaki laughed good naturedly.
"Look how happy Sugino is!" Haru smiled beside Kayano.
"Ya, but look at Kanzaki," Karma replied, "she's really calm. I think she just gave them to be nice which isn't the example we want."
"There are bound to be tons more couples on the mountain," Nio shrugged standing, "It's the only place you won't be easily seen."
Another couple minutes later they found themselves at their home-made shooting range where Hayami watched as Chiba shot three bulleyes in a row with the chocolate pellets she gave him.
"Wow, you didn't miss a single one even with the weird ammo," she chuckled, "alright, then as promised you get to keep them."
"Thanks," Chiba grinned, catching the tossed box and popping one into his mouth before offering some to Hayami. Nio just laughed from their hiding place behind a few rocks.
"They certainly keep a professional distance between each other," she pointed out.
"I can't do that," Kayano sighed, "I don't think either of us would be able to tell if it was romantic or platonic."
Next was Hazama who gave chocolates to Yoshida, Muramastu, Itona, and Terasaka along with a 'love letter' which was actually a checklist of curses she wanted to know if they liked. Needless to say Kayano was not inspired and Karma was left chagrin because now he couldn't implant his fake chocolates into Terasaka's locker.
Then they moved on to Meg and Isogai which both Haru and Kayano found cute if not a little heartwarming. The brunette bought him a giant retail bag from a small store on the other side of town so he could share it with his family. She also revealed that they were applying for the same public school before the foursome left the discuss what they watched.
"So Kayano, any ideas?" Karma asked as they meandered back to the school building.
"I don't know, I just want it to be special, something that fits... us," she sighed.
"Well, have you thought about just going up to him and-" Haru began suggesting, but was cut off by a familiar voice calling her name. Tokaku was running to her, trying to get her attention.
"Hm, looks like someone wants to see you," Nio smiled. Haru blushed, but ran to meet her girlfriend half way.
"Hey Tokaku," she smiled shyly causing the blunette to respond in kind.
"Hey Ichinose," Tokaku replied. She recently began to use the name more as a term of endearment which resulted in Haru blushing more. The assassin just chuckled and gently pushed her chin up so their eyes met.
"So today is a rather special day I hear," she smiled softly and Haru only nodded in response, "I also heard that on this special day its customary for girls to give chocolates to the people they feel a certain way for," Haru's eyes grew wide as Tokaku pulled a neatly wrapped box out of her pants pocket, "Happy Valentines Day Haru." Haru took the box and at Tokaku's insistence, opened it to reveal a small assortments from her favorite chocolate shop from back home.
"I had Suzu run them by today which was why I was gone for a while... do you like them?" Haru finally looked back up at her and leapt into her arms, pressing a strong kiss to her lips as she did.
"I love it, thank you Tokaku," she beamed. Tokaku laughed and pulled her closer, placing another chaste kiss on her lips.
"You're welcome."
Soon after, they walked back to meet up with Karma and Nio who were now out behind the school building. Karma wore a shit eating smirk while Nio had happy smile on her face.
"Aw, little Azuma going soft for her girlfriend," Karma chuckled but Nio elbowed him in the side.
"You're ruining the moment," she frowned.
"Where's Kayano? Haru asked looking around. Karma jut a thumb towards the window.
"After watching your sappy display she gasped and ran inside," he shrugged, "she didn't tell us what she was going to do though." Out of nowhere Okajima ran out of the building with a ferocious look in his eye before bolting into the woods saying something about being the only guy that didn't get anything. They all just shrugged and turned to the window to see how things were progressing. Kayano seemed unsure of herself at first, attempting to strike up a conversation to cover it, but suddenly Nagisa spotted Koro Sensei distracted atop a tree. Instantly, the assassin in him reacted, but only for a second. The next moment, he was back to his normal self chuckling at how he didn't realize the octopus was way out of range, but in that small time frame something came over Kayano. She seemed calmer, sure, and prepared. She delivered the chocolates with a grateful smile leaving a flustered Nagisa in her wake as she called a goodbye behind her.
When she emerged, a smile was still spread across her features. She waved goodbye and shouted a thanks before starting her way home.
"She set her feelings aside for to support him," Karma smiled, "Guess its a family trait."
"Ya," Nio smiled, "I can't steal him if that's how she's gonna play."
"What?" Karma asked, not catching what she said.
"Nothing," she shrugged before tossing a chocolate bar his way, "here, thanks for providing the such great entertainment today."
"No problem," Karma laughed catching the treat, neither noticing how Tokaku held Haru a little closer at their first words.
"By the way, what did you distract Koro Sensei with? It's Valentines Day, and he didn't peep once," Nio asked curiously.
"Oh that? I asked Kayano for a picture of her sister then stuck a note on it with a box of chocolates and put it where he'd find it," Karma shrugged, "if I had known it would work this well, I would have worked it into an assassination..."
"Of course that's where you'd go with that," Tokaku sighed, getting up.
"I wonder if she has a better one," he muttered, ignoring the blue assassin's statement. Tokaku just shook her head as she and Haru started their way down the mountain.
"Oof, it was a longer day than I was expecting," Tokaku sighed, stretching as she closed the door.
"So you're saying that you're not up for some fun?" Haru giggled and Tokaku flushed red, memories of the other morning came flooding back to her.
"W-what do you mean?" Tokaku stuttered, praying that her lost composure wasn't too noticeable. It was a lost cause, Haru noticed instantly, laughing lovingly at how red Tokaku was. Wanting to see how far she could do, Haru began to sashay-
'Oh god, yep, that's, she's-' Tokaku whimpered internally as embarrassment crashed through her.
-over to Tokaku and hug her in a highly suggestive way. Nuzzling her face into Tokaku's neck, Haru chuckled. She could feel her girlfriend's heart beat racing and the heat radiating from her neck and face.
"Relax Tokaku," Haru soothed fighting the urge to further tease the assassin, "I'm not talking about that. I just mean that I also have a surprise."
"Oh," Tokaku sighed, nerves calming significantly, "and what would that be?"
"Well, come to the couch and you'll see," Haru giggled, pulling away to grab Tokaku's hand and half lead half drag her into their apartment. After this weekend and her own little surprise today, she was dead set on making sure Tokaku was spoiled tonight. She might even get terrified night cuddles out of it! (...some of the horrors Tokaku enjoys are a little beyond what Haru could handle...)
TO THOSE THAT DON'T READ THE ANs THERE IS ANOTHER SCENE AFTER IT SO SCROLL DOWN!
Author's Note: Ugh I should have done this ages ago! The cuteness attacks I suffered while thinking of all the things I could do this chapter were wort it! :) I even thought of Tokaku taking Haru out for dinner at the same restaurant Karasuma brought Irina! God that would have been great! But anyway, I've happy with this chapter, unfortunately we're in the home run people. It's gonna get sad, but it's okay cuz there's always that good ole epilogue!
Across the country in an abandoned housing complex stood a man dressed from neck to toe in white. Over the earpiece protruding from his hair there were hurried orders to evacuate the area as their 'explosives test' was about to begin. The man ignored them, watching calmly from a distance at the proud structure before him. It took a year to build this. It was sturdy, made of only the best materials and crafted by passionate, dedicated architects. And it was all about to come crashing down.
"Alright Second Generations, let's begin," he smiled. Everything was quiet for a moment before two figures burst out of the building practically materializing next to the man within seconds. In the distance, a loud crack rang out before the tall, strong building before them collapsed into a massive pile of rubble.
"Good work," he smirked, "with this power we shall finally get our revenge, together we will kill the originals."
Author's Note Conti: Until next time!