Friday, the finale day of the first week of class 1A'S first year of high school, many opinions were held about the first few days, many made or are making friends, most had general understandings of the dynamic of the class as well as their own opinions of their classmates.

All that Nagisa thought about today was what Akari had told him last night, he was nervous about the weekend for sure, knowing that they are both targets for assassination doesn't help, nor does the idea of one of their classmates being out to get them, in truth they had no evidence of this, it was merely speculation.

Akari could tell Nagisa was nervous but knew that she couldn't possibly do anything to relieve him of the feeling, she was the root of it to be fair, she had to give Nagisa credit though; his acting skills weren't half bad, she knows why, he knows why, neither want to draw attention to the fact though.

She stared at him for some time before being approached by Mitsuko who held the usual smile, although the one she showed Akari was one of admiration.

"are you two okay? Did you have a fight?" she startled the poor girl, Akari took a second to consider the blondes words, upon realising what was said she waved her hands around in a panic.

"of course not Mitsuko-San, we…" she debated telling the girl but chose not to, this was a personal matter, almost to personal for her to tell even Nagisa about.

Mitsuko clearly noticed that her idol didn't want to speak about it and didn't push for an answer out of respect, instead she turned to Nagisa who seemed to be in deep thought, she sighed and took her seat next to Asano.

Karma was on his phone texting Nakamura, making plans for the weekend, mostly pranking others or juts hanging out, he was currently telling her about Asano's weekend plans that he somehow found out about, they both agreed to tease the boy then pay a surprise visit to a certain pair of shorties.

"didn't take you for the 'put a heart next to their girlfriends name' type Karma-Kun" Karma's head shot up revealing his flushed face to a snickering Furuya, he glared at the boy to intimidate him so he would stop, strangely it didn't work, Karma took note of that.

"weren't you hanging out with the introverts?" Karma said bitterly, clearly he wasn't happy about being teased, Furuya sighed and leaned on Karma's desk.

"Hisoka-Kun is being more closed off then usual" Karma smirked at the boys dejected face.

"is that possible?" he asked rhetorically, Furuya shrugged "why do you care so much anyway, people like him aren't exactly fun" Karma figured that the two were hiding something, no way was a normal person capable of keeping up with him yesterday.

"I find enjoyment in breaking down peoples barriers" Furuya glanced to the sleeping boy at the back of the class and sighed "but other than that there's something off about him, in general and today particularly" Karma seemed perplexed, he never really paid enough attention to notice that something was different today.

Ayumi was similarly confused by Hisoka's attitude, although she was more worried than either Karma or Furuya, truth be told she didn't know what to make of Furuya, all she knew was that it probably wouldn't be to smart to trust him as easily as she trusted Hisoka, she glanced to the pretend sleeping boy.

You need a new trick, especially with me around Hisoka-Kun. She stared blankly at him for a few seconds, surely nobody actually thought he was asleep, to her it was so obvious that he was faking, she scrapped that thought, it was so clear that she was the only one who even cared about that anyway.

She once again scooted her desk next to his, she heard and ignored a slight grumble and poked his side, she had learned he was quite ticklish, she found it amusing when she first noticed and was now prepared to make use of the information.

"what do you want Ayumi-San" he grumbled as he moved his arm to protect his weak spot.

"you seem a little… off today Hisoka-Kun" she retracted her hand after he swatted it away.

"well, people have natural ups and downs, we hardly know each other well enough for you to say I seem 'off'" he surprisingly sounded spiteful, she knew that was how he talked to others but he seemed to act differently around her, she flinched.

"that may be true, but I do know you well enough to know that you aren't exactly happy today" she considered her words in an attempt to not step on a landmine, Hisoka sighed.

"listen, its nothing major alright" he returned to his sleeping position "im just tired is all" it was clear that that part wasn't a lie.

"well, being tired can be caused by things Hisoka-Kun" she decided to push the issue, she hoped that this would improve the friendship in some way.

"drop. It." Hisoka added sternly, Ayumi pursed her lips in frustration.

"will you tell me if we aren't in class?"

"what did I literally just tell you to do?" he was getting more irritated by the second.

"I'll have to follow you home at this rate" Hisoka raised his head and glared at her, she felt a shiver run down her spine slowly.

"don't" she nodded sadly, she tried to make sure he was okay but ended up messing it up somehow, she was getting nowhere with the interaction, so she moved her chair and desk back.

The two didn't speak at all after that.

-TS-

Saturday, this day held many things for the students of class 1A, karma would meet with Nakamura to go on a 'prank date', Asano would go to a movie to be pranked by the two, Mitsuko would spend the day training and looking into the situation at hand, Furuya would also do some research of his own, Chikako would help her sister with her problem regarding Hisoka, the aforementioned boy would see Shizuko at the abandoned building.

But perhaps the most important was Nagisa and Akari, Akari would have her first photo shoot since returning, unfortunately Nagisa was also needed for a few pictures, then once that was done Akari had a meeting with her manager, once all of that is finally done she would take Nagisa to one of the most important places in her life to tell him about her parents tragic death.

She had remembered that only two of the people responsible were found and grit her teeth, she was filled with hatred once more, before Nagisa gripped her hand and looked at her worriedly.

"you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, Akari" she loved and hated how easy Nagisa could read her, she definitely loved how easily he could calm her down, she smiled after blinking once and squeezed his hand lightly.

"sorry, I do Nagisa, and I will, just need to get through the day first" she blushed lightly as he kissed her forehead lovingly, he once again frowned at her growth and his lack of growth.

They sat at their couch waiting for Akari's manager to arrive who would pick the two up so they don't get swarmed by paparazzi.

Nagisa had a slight moment of realisation, he facepalmed at how stupid he had been to not do this sooner, he pulled out his phone before Akari could ask why he facepalmed, Ritsu quickly appeared on his phone with a warm smile.

"hello Nagisa-Kun, Kayano-San" she waved politely, Akari waved back with a vibrant smile.

"Ritsu can you help us a little?" Nagisa asked as politely as he possibly could.

"is this about the 'thing'" both the non AI figured the actual AI was talking about the fact that they were targets for assassination and nodded "well unfortunately I have very little knowledge, whoever it is that wants you dead is really discreet"

"figures" Nagisa muttered regretfully.

"can you tell us anything useful about 'Matsuo Hisoka'?" Nagisa looked to his girlfriend and smiled.

"well, there is quite a few things that could be called interesting" Ritsu said searching through a drawer on the screen, both trained assassins found it both amusing and cute.

"tell us about anything you would consider useful in terms of our safety" Nagisa added, Ritsu nodded and pulled a folder from the draw, put glasses on and sat down to read the document.

"to be sure, he is in class 1A like you two correct" they nodded in confirmation "well to start off his mother seemed to completely disappear without a trace not long after he was born" Nagisa's sad and understanding expression didn't go unnoticed by his girlfriend, she rubbed his back gently, he smiled and mouthed a quick thanks "in addition to that his father doesn't have a job currently and seems to jump from job to job often, he also seems to have a substance problem" both teens cringed slightly.

"maybe don't go in depth about his homelife" Nagisa deadpanned.

"Hisoka himself has always been quite a good student academically, socially however… he has been suspended multiple times for fights and expelled twice, once for breaking a fellow students arm and another one for possession of illegal substances and weapons on school property" both Nagisa and Akari audibly gasped, they just thought he didn't like to socialise, clearly he wasn't the person they thought he was

"he has also been seen doing various things that include" at that moment there was a knock on the door, knowing who it was and why they were here Akari went to the door while Nagisa stayed on the couch to tell Ritsu.

"im sorry Ritsu but can we continue tomorrow, Akari has a shoot soon that she can't miss, and they want me there too" he said apologetically toward the artificial girl on his phone.

"yes of course Nagisa-Kun" she waved as the phones screen turned off, Nagisa got off the couch and approached the door with his usual warm smile, Akari's manager returned it, she was use to actresses having problematic romantic relationships, but Akari was unlike the others and had one that seemed almost perfect, if anything the woman was slightly jealous that Akari had such a good boyfriend.

The drive to the studio was uneventful for Nagisa, he was the only person sat in the back of the car so he blocked out all noise and considered what Ritsu had told them, it seemed that he had misjudged Hisoka, at the same time though he knew that there surely had to be a reason for it all, like Karma who would beat up the schools bullies, he hoped Hisoka was like that, as for the two times he was expelled, Nagisa didn't know what to think about it.

What was even more unsettling was the similarities between himself and Hisoka, home wise at least, even worse still was where they stopped, and how many more files there surely was, he had a bad feeling about so many things but at the same time tried his best to remain optimistic about the future.

The photo shoot was relatively uneventful, Nagisa chose to do all he need to first so he could think more, he looked at Akari occasionally and smiled, he truly was lucky to have someone as amazing as her.

In the mist of his thoughts he remembered that he should probably thank Ritsu and the ministry for keeping himself and E-class as secret as possible, as of right now there wasn't a single thing about it online other than some reports about it that didn't mention the students at all.

He sat in a chair in the corner waiting for Akari to be done, he quickly reminded himself of a few things; this would happen often as he was now technically her bodyguard, he also reminded himself of the meeting Akari had with her manager, he figured Akari would tell him about it afterwards, he just hoped that nothing would go wrong with her acting.

They already had to worry about things at school and in their day to day lives so adding to that would stress them out to a dangerous level, he sighed.

All he wanted was a peaceful life with the girl he loved, after all they had been through, they surely deserved that, right? They, along with their class, single handily (more or less) saved the world, he had to deal with his terrible parents (he hoped that he could solve that issue at some point) and she had to deal with the death of her entire family, surely it was unfair to ask anything more of them.

They were in this position by no fault of their own and while Nagisa wouldn't take that year back for anything he wasn't a fan of how things were right now, he ran his hand through his now short blue hair, he liked It being short, he truly felt like he had grown so much in the last year (unfortunately he hadn't grown physically) Akari approached him seeming apologetic.

"they want a picture of us kissing" his eyes widened, they never said anything about it to him.

"b-but that's personal, that's a personal thing between me and you" Akari smiled.

"if you don't want to its fine, I understand that you want that to be something private between the two of us" he sighed in relief as the girl walked up to him with a seductive smile, thankfully she had her back to everyone so they couldn't see it, she leaned to his ear, the shrinking gap in height didn't go unnoticed as her smile turned to a smile of triumph and amusement for a second before reverting back to the seductive smile "when we get home is a good time with plenty of privacy, Nagisa~" she leaned back to look him in the eye with her hands behind her back, Nagisa had a slight blush.

"if you want Akari" he smiled back to his girlfriend and snuck a quick kiss before she went to tell the director that Nagisa wasn't comfortable with it.

Nagisa didn't even have a minute to himself before Akari came back, he was never going to complain about that, he smiled.

"they wanted to know if you'd be fine if it was on the cheek" she returned his smile, surprisingly neither's smile faded.

"that's fine" a kiss on the cheek wasn't as intimate and therefore fine for the public to see in Nagisa's opinion, at some point they would kiss in public and someone who was to nosey would get a picture that would spread like wildfire on the internet.

The pictures didn't take too long, they only needed a good picture of Akari kissing Nagisa's cheek and him kissing hers, after the pictures were taken Nagisa went back to his seat in the corner and waited for Akari to finish her meeting a small smile on his face.

He got a few weird looks from other models but none approached him thankfully, the confused looks turned to ones of understanding as they saw Akari (known to them as Haruna Mase) skip toward Nagisa with a loving smile before giving him a hug which he returned.

"we're recording a new series soon, I got the lead role, they said it would be the perfect comeback role and I didn't see anything wrong with the contract" she said with a bright smile.

"they agreed to the things with me and you?" she nodded enthusiastically.

"its an action movie and they said that the character im playing has no romantic interests so all is fine" Nagisa smiled and offered her his hand so they could go to their real destination for the day, she took it with a smile.

"how often will you and I need to go in for filming?" Nagisa questioned the happily humming girl beside him, he was officially unofficially her bodyguard after all.

"once a day" she sung "one day people may want to have you cameo as my boyfriend or something" she added with a smirk "would you agree to it?"

"as long as its not a major role I would"

The happy mood didn't last long as the duo swiftly made it to the old Yukimura building, Nagisa got the feeling that they were followed and kept on high alert until Akari began her story.

"so, Nagisa this is where I grew up"

Next chapter will be…. Interesting to say the least, dear lord I hope I don't fuck that up