Authors note: Hello from the other side! Whhhhooo finally I finished this chapter! I did my best to type it down during my free time. Sorry for keeping you waiting guys. Again I can't promise that I will update right away so please bear with me! Thank you for all the kind reviews and suggestions. Keep it coming guys! Happy reading and don't forget to review!


Chapter 4

Assembly

Today is not exactly Nagisa's favorite day of the month. She's not on on her period and definitely she doesn't have a test today. Wanna know why? Today is not a very special day, it's just the day Kunugigaoka Junior High Monthly Assembly. Not a really big deal right?

But for the bluenette, it is. Who would like to go to school on top of a mountain then go down again just to go to main campus? They can just go straight to the main campus but since she's in the E Class, she doesn't have a choice.

It was just two nights ago since Nagisa received her bruises from her mother. Some of them are almost fading, thanks to Karma's help but the pain is still lingering in her tiny body. She wanted to not attend school today but monthly assembly is a mandatory event, meaning if you are absent today you are required to submit an excuse letter that states a very good reason for your absence. The last thing Nagisa would like is for her teachers to find out what her mother is doing to her. There are some things that must be kept to oneself, or between her and her best friend rather.

After a series of convincing herself that she should go to school, Nagisa finally woke up and started her daily routines. Hiromi was on a business trip and won't be home for almost a week but left a very long list of things that she should not do during her absence. Nagisa didn't even bother read that stupid list.

She went out, locked the door and prepared herself for a very long journey. Her body was already whining to her as she took her first step. To her surprise, she saw a certain red head waiting outside, leaning against the walls of their gate. He turned to her and smiled.

"Good morning shorty! I knew you'd come to school today!" Karma greeted her as he extended one hand towards the bluenette. He took Nagisa's bag and carried it on his shoulder.

"Hey why did you take my bag?" She protested while trying to get her bag back but Karma lift it up with his arm. Of course the girl doesn't have a chance against a tall person like Karma Akabane.

"I know you're still not feeling well based on the condition of your bruises yesterday, so I'll give you the opportunity to provide you with a little comfort. I'll return it to you once we've reached the main campus okay?" He winked at the bluenette. Nagisa just nodded and they went off to the train station.

'Karma is really a very dependable friend. He may appear to be a devil in front of other people but you can really count on him in times of need. His future girlfriend is really lucky to have someone like him. But I haven't seen him with other girl before. Hmmm is he really into girls?' And Nagisa clouded her thoughts with Karma's sexuality. She didn't even consider herself as a girl when she thought that Karma is not hanging out with girls.

Then she felt a hand on her head.

"You look troubled, what are you thinking inside that little head of yours?" He grinned at her. Nagisa raised a brow and examined Karma's face.

'He is a very handsome person, it would be such a waste if he is gay. But maybe he's just focused on other things. Or he's secretly inlove with someone!' The thoughts of Karma having a secret crush made Nagisa very excited. Of course she wants her best friend to be happy. She doesn't have a single clue who that secret love is. She just gave the red head her sweet smile and continued their journey.


Almost everyone is there when they reached their the mountain campus. The only group missing is Terasaka's gang. Isugai was now instructing something to their classmates. Nagisa pulled Karma to join listen to their class president.

"Good morning Isugai!" She greeted. The Ikemen smiled at her.

"Good morning Nagisa-chan! Perfect timing because we're about to leave. How are you? We've been worried about you since you were absent yesterday." Nagisa suddenly noticed his hand, it was covered with bandage. Her eyes widened.

"Oh my goodness Isugai! What happened to your hand?" The ikemen looked nervous and hid his hand behind his back, away from the bluenette's view.

"O-oh this? It's n-nothing." Isugai gave her a nervous smile.

'His voice and stuttering and his smile is uneasy. Did something happened yesterday at class while I was gone? Why didn't Karma tell me?' Nagisa said to herself while observing their class president. She looked at their other classmates but it seems that they're avoiding her stare. Then she felt someone pulling her. It was her best friend

"Let's go to Sugino-kun and Kayano-san. They're stretching up a bit before we go down the mountains." He said to her. Karma's plan of diverting Nagisa's attention succeeded and the bluenette forgot Isugai's hand. The two went to the baseball geek and the greenette.

"Good morning Kaede-chan and Sugino-kun!" Nagisa greeted them and the two did the same. Kaede quickly noticed that Karma was holding the bluenette's bag. She wanted to tease the two but yesterday's event made her kill the idea.

Few minutes later and Terasaka's gang finally came. Isugai gave the signal for them to start their journey to the main campus. Karasuma-sensei and Bitch-sensei was leading them and unfortunately, Korosensei was not allowed to leave the classroom again. The poor yellow octopus sulked at the window.

Nagisa's group was the last to leave because Karma said he forgot something inside the classroom. Minutes later and the red head is still inside the room.

"Uhm you two should go ahead. I'll go inside to drag Karma out. We'll catch up as soon as we can." Nagisa said to her groupmates. They were hesistant but the bluennette insisted. She assured them that they will come right after them. They were about a kilometer away when the red head appeared behind her.

"Where have you been? We've been waiting for you!" She scolded Karma but he was looking at the direction where the other two went.

"Are you even listening Karma? Come on now or-" Nagisa tried to drag the taller boy's arm but the opposite happened. Karma pulled her towards his body and carried her in bridal style.

"K-karma w-what are you doi- aaaahhhhhhh!" She struggled but later on screamed because the red head sprinted down.

"I told you that I'll take care of you right? Accept this as an extension of my service to my beloved best friend." He said while jumping from one tree to another. Nagisa wanted to protest but she wrapped her arms around Karma's neck instead of struggling because of her fear that she might fall.

"Kyahhhh! K-karma you're too fast!" She whined and tightened her embrace. They're bodies were too close to each other, too close that made a certain red head felt a little uncomfortable. Karma felt blood rushing to his face, good thing Nagisa's eyes were close or else she'll witness her best friend blushing.

The two were too fast that they managed to overun some of their classmates. Chiba's group felt something fast went by but they assumed it was just the wind.

The same goes to Isugai's group but unfortunately, Rio Nakamura spotted the two. She quickly took out her smartphone and took a picture. Her timing was perfect! Karma had just jumped off from a tree branch while carrying Nagisa. The blonde girl snickered while looking at the stolen photo.

"Hey Nakamura-san what are you doing?" Maehara asked. She quickly hid her phone and continued their journey.

'This is a perfect blackmail material.' Her antennas are popping out from her head.

After several minutes, Nagisa and Karma finally made it to the main campus. He carefully let go off the bluennette. That very moment when Nagisa's feet touched the ground, she quickly turned to the red head and kicked his leg. Karma backed off a bit.

"Hey what was that for? Is that your way of saying thank you to your best friend after helping you go down the mountain? He groaned. Nagisa snatched her bag from him and stick out her tongue. It was very cute to Karma's opinion. He was now fight the urge to pull and kiss the bluenette.

"That is what you get from that stunt a while ago. Someone might have seen us!" She said in a not-so-serious childish tone. Karma just chuckled and patted the bluenette's head.

"Don't worry, no one saw us." He assured her. Little did he know that a blondie has something against him. Karma turned around and started to walk away from Nagisa.

"Now where do you think you're going mister Akabane?" She said. The red head just waived his hand and went on. Nagisa already knows that he is skipping the assembly. Yes it is mandatory but Karma doesn't even care about school rules.

'Same old Karma.' She sweatdropped while watching her best friend walk away. She just stayed at the main campus gate, waiting for her classmates.

Finally they all made it, thought almost all of them are catching their breath. Bitch-sensei colapsed on the ground while cursing the stupid school. After resting, they all went inside the school assemby hall.

"Well look who's here? The cavemen went down from the mountains just to have a glimpse on the modern people." One of the students from the other classes said as the Class 3E stand in their line. The other students laughed as well. Terasaka was controlling his temper. Sometimes they think that the monthly assembly is designed for the other classes to make fun of their class. Karasuma-sensei secretly cursed the school policy.

The assembly went on as always. Nagisa didn't even bother to listen. The program was almost over when the student council representative gave the microphone to the student council president, Asano Gakushuu. Nagisa felt a shiver in her spine. She started to hear whispers from her classmates like spoiled jerk, arrogant brat and lot more. She ignored the whispers and looked at her 'fiance'.

'Fiance' the word makes her stomach go upsidedown. It was very foreign to her. Honestly she doesn't hate or like the young Asano. Yes Asano plotted a lot of things against her class but she understands that competition and rivalry are common in schools. Plus hating someone you don't know personally is rude to Nagisa's opinion.

What bothers her the most is her classmates. What would they say once they found it out? What would Karma say? She felt cold sweat run through her cheek.

"I hope that this event will unite us all, especially with the Class 3E." Nagisa quickly went back to her senses upon hearing Asano's closing statement followed by a round of applause. He was looking at their side. Her classmates may assume that he is just looking at the whole class but Nagisa is more that sure: Gakushuu Asano is looking directly at her. He gave a meaningful smile at the bluenette and then went down the stage.

"Unite my ass." Terasaka hissed. Nagisa doesn't need to look around in order to see if her classmates are upset, their overflowing bloodlust says it all. Now the blue head is bothered and nervous.


Karasuma-sensei gave them thirty minutes to walk around or rest before they go back to the mountain. Sugino went to his former baseball club team and Kaede said that she will borrow a book from the library, leaving Nagisa all alone. She doesn't want to go with the greenette because she already know what book she will borrow: a book about pudding.

She just sat at the nearby bench while waiting for her friends. Her phone vibrated from her pocket. She got a message from Karma.

Karma: is the assembly over? Where are you now?

Nagisa: Yup it ended up early. I'm sitting on a bench near the assembly hall.

Karma: okay I'll be there in a minute.

After reading Karma's message she placed the phone back to her pocket then decided to buy something to drink for the both of them. The vendo machine is not very far from her location.

Almost nobody is buying their drinks when Nagisa came to the machine. It was a good thing, students from her class are always bullied by other section. She can fight back yes, but the blame will also fall on her. She bought a can of blueberry yogurt drink for herself and strawberry milk for Karma. It sounds funny but the red devil is a big fan of strawberry milk. Nagisa always found it cute when the red head is sipping his drink like an excited kid.

She reached for the drinks and was about to return to the bench but a boy with strawberry blond hair blocked her path.

"Good morning Shiota-san. You look lovely today." Asano Gakushuu greeted her.

"Asano-kun! You startled me, I thought I was alone in this area." She replied in a very nervous tone. Asano was following her from the moment the assembly ended. He wanted Nagisa to be comfortable with him.

"Oh forgive me for startling you, I just want to make sure that my fiancee is not being bullied and-" He was cut off because Nagisa swiftly covered his mouth with her hand.

"Be quiet Asano-kun! Someone might hear you!" She panicked. Now it was Asano's turn to be surprised, it was his first time to be cut off. And the worst part is someone covered his mouth to prevent him from speaking! Even his father never done such a thing! He wanted to slap away her hand but something prevented it from doing so: A very lovely view in front of him. Nagisa was standing so close to him and Asano could not help but mesmerize the bluenette's beauty.

'Oh my god she is so cute.' He almost lost himself as he studied the girl's features. His heart was not beating like drum roll. Asano cleared his throat to calm himself and for Nagisa to remove her hand on her own. The bluenette immediately understood his gesture and saw their awkward position. She felt her cheeks warming up.

"I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I was just afraid that someone might hear you!" She remove her hand and bowed in apology.

'Damn to what extent is her cuteness? She's cute in any angle!' He thought. Her charms is preventing him to be angry at the bluenette.

'This is so embarrassing! Why did I even do that? I bet Asano-kun is mad at me.' She kept her head down. Nagisa was expecting that the boy would walk away. But Asano remained standing in front of her. It made her more uneasy that before. Thoughts are occupying her mind.

'Maybe he's planning something else! We'll he embarrass me? Or something wor-' She was pulled away from thoughts when she felt a hand on her chin. It slowly lifted her head until he blue eyes met his amethyst eyes.

"Don't worry about it Shiota-san. It's alright." Asano gave her an assuring smile. It was not his usual fake smile, it was sincere and genuine.

'I guess I'm just thinking so much. Asano-kun is not that bad afterall.'

"Thank goodness." She sighed in relief and returned a smile. The two stayed like that for moment until someone harshly grabbed Nagisa's arm and pulled the bluenette away from the blond boy.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!"


Author's note: Cliff hanger! He he

Karma: Do you want me to hang you over a real cliff Yhan? (Smirk)

Author: no thank you dude! But I would like to hang you on my room (sinister grin)

Karma: (sweatdrop) Uhm forget what I said!

Author: Hahahaha, you're so cute! Disclaimer: I do not own Ansatsu Kyoushitsu but I do want Karma Akabane to be mine! (Hugs Karma)

Karma: Please leave a review! (Face as red as his hair)