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XVII.
The next day Karasuma came again to check on us after school. Koro-sensei was going to a baseball game in America, so he couldn't listen to the conversation.
It went along the lines of if we were already able to kill him, no it was impossible, he moves at the speed of 20 Mach and you have to kill him or the word is doomed.
That was it about, I didn't pay a lot attention to it. I shortly thought about requesting wire of anti-sensei material, as Koro-sensei called it so endearingly. I really wanted to have it...
So when they were done talking, I shouted into the classroom. I was really too lazy to stand up.
''Karasuma-san!'' He turned his head and his gaze focused on me. I waved lazily.
''Yes, what is it?'' Ah, his gaze was kind of intimidating.
''I meant to ask you, could we actually request material for the assassination from the government?'' For a moment he looked surprised.
''Yes, you actually can, but you have to submit a form for it and state your reasons. We can provide you the weapons and bullets without it, but anything else has to be requested formally.''
''Aah, thank you. Where can we get the paper for it?'' I smiled lightly. I could get my wire, lovely.
''We have some forms with us. I will contribute it to those, who want to use it. Is there anyone else, who needs additional material?'' He raised his voice for the class to hear.
Immediately hands were raised. He gave out the paper.
''Thank you, Karasuma-san.'' I beamed at him.
... He looked slightly, just slightly hesitant for some reason. I couldn't fathom why.
After that I snatched away Nagisa and told him of my encounter with sensei in the convenience store. We were still in class, but well, everyone could use the information.
... Even if I didn't really want to share. It was mine.
''... You actually cut off a tentacle.'' His expression was absolutely gob smacked. Most of our classmates had actually listened to my retelling and Karasuma, who stayed for a few classmates, look interested.
''Yes, Koro-sensei didn't want the snacks to get damaged. Write that down, Nagisa! It's important information.'' I would be lying if I said, I didn't care that I had been the first one to injure him. But my classmates hadn't seen me. A shame.
Oh my, I could never get over the habit of bragging.
''That's great, Sayori! That we can use his sweet addiction to that level...'', Nagisa began muttering to himself and wrote down things.
Sometimes I would really love to know, what was going on in his head. As normal as he was, sometimes...
''Good job, you are one step closer to killing that monster.'' Karasuma's voice startled me out of my musings.
''A-ah, thank you.''
By now the others were crowding around us and asking about that what happened. Nagisa's notes came to good use. I think almost everyone knew now about his weaknesses, we had discovered.
Just Sugino was sulking. That surprised me. In the short time I've known the black haired boy, he had been always cheerful and acted very friendly towards everyone. I could tell, that he had a crush on Kanzaki. It was quite funny seeing him acting so shy around her. Poor Kanzaki didn't really know what to do.
Just to escape the crowd around us, I decided to speak to him.
The guy sighed.
''What's up with all that sighing?'' Sugino jumped.
''Kitani-san?''
''Call me Sayori. That formality doesn't suit you.''
He rubbed sheepishly his neck.
''What told you?''
''The fact, that you almost address everyone else with their given name.'' I deadpanned.
''Haha... Yeah...'', he trailed of and began brooding again.
''Hah... I'm not good with all those feelings. Tell me, what's wrong?''
''Ah, yes. My assassination attempt this morning didn't really work out. It reminded me of some things, I didn't really want to remember.'' He sighed again.
''Each time you sigh your life will shorten by three seconds.'' He looked incredulously at me. Well, I had sighed often in my former life. I smiled at the irony. ''I don't really know about the thing, you remembered, but don't be so down from not killing sensei. We can work together to assassinate him, I'm sure it will work one day.''
He said nothing and neither did I. I wasn't great at cheering people up. At least, I hoped, he wouldn't be so disheartened anymore.
''Yeah, I think so too.''
I flashed him a quick smile. He didn't sound fully convinced, but it was better than nothing.
''I'm going home. See you tomorrow.''
With a wave I went to say Kanzaki und Nagisa goodbye. Meanwhile Nagisa had been able to free himself from the others and was talking to Kayano. They had become good friends. After all it had been Kayano, who had given him his new hairstyle.
''Nagisa, I'm going home.'' It was an indirect invitation to go with me. Since the new school year, we would often return home together, since he lived close.
''Ah, ok. I'm still staying a bit. See you tomorrow, Sayori.''
''Sure, goodbye.''
Not having anything better to do, I took out my phone on the way home and began reading. I may or may not have strayed a but from my path and walked into a tree. No one could prove it.
Next day went normal. Sugino was still a bit down, but I didn't talk to him again. I probably couldn't do much.
Just after school, when I was still in the classroom, I saw sensei holding the baseball player in a rather questionable position, tentacle blocking his mouth and all. Sugino looked as if he had gotten the fright of his life and Nagisa came running to them.
I couldn't turn my eyes from that weird scene before me. Slowly Koro-sensei let Sugino down to the ground and said something. At first the black head looked dejected. Then sensei held out a paper for them and they just gaped. After that a tentacle gripped Sugino's wrist and after a short speech, the faces of my two classmates turned into something akin to wonder.
When sensei turned his back to them the baseball played flexed his wrist, smiling. I turned from their exchange.
Koro-sensei probably had done his magic again. He was a really good teacher, I mused. A shame that he actually wanted to destroy the earth.
I spent the weekend being excited for Karma coming back and being nervous, for what I didn't know. He would actually be on Tuesday back and not Monday, since he had to clear a few things in the main building.
Monday was accompanied with an interesting assassination and an even more interesting outcome. Kataoka, one of our class representatives, Isogai, the other representative, Maehara, Okano and Yada approached sensei during his afternoon snack, under the façade of wanting to eat shaved ice too, which he had brought from the north pole. Or was it south pole? I didn't know. Of course they had planned to kill him with big smiles on their faces.
Instead sensei had taken their anti-sensei knives and put flowers into their hands. Unfortunately for Koro-sensei they had been the flowers, the class had planted and cared for already a long time. The girls of the group hadn't reacted well.
As apology he gave himself a handicap. Our target was bouncing from a tree, much like a piñata, and gave us a chance for assassinating him.
At first there was just furious stabbing and shooting, which sensei just dodged. After that I decided to spice it up with a few traps, which weren't really traps anymore. I climbed on the tree with a bucket of BBs, while I asked the other to set up a pool of them on the ground. This was going to be fun.
Sensei had watched the set-up with a non-telling expression. Saying, his face was blank. Just like some emoji. At least the class was cooperative.
Above him I shouted.
''Sensei, no cutting the line. Should you be getting to the ground, we decide that.'' I turned to the people under me. ''He will probably wiggle all around and not get hit by the BBs. Try to stab him while he moves. If it doesn't work, I'll cut the line.''
My classmates nodded to me. It felt good, that we were working together.
''Ready?'' I smiled sweetly at sensei.
''Nurufufufufu... Sayori-kun, it is really lovely to see that my students have such a nice blood-lust. Very good planning, but you won't be able to kill me.'' His face gained green stripes.
''Thank you for your compliment.'' I gave my classmates a ready sign.
''Now sensei, please die.'' And I emptied out my bucket.
Several things happened at the same time.
Karasuma stepped into the clearing.
Sensei began moving.
My already annoyed classmates began stabbing the wiggling person above them.
I took out a normal pocket-knife. Now I just had to get to the branch without falling down.
The other beneath still weren't able to hit sensei and the BBs hadn't done any damage yet.
''Nurufufufufu, it is truly futile, isn't it ladies and gentlemen of class E? This is hardly a handicap. My speed is astounding as ever.'' He was moving so fast that the branch was shaken. Oh my, it would crack if this went on.
A bit further I saw Karasuma, standing beside Kayano and Nagisa while the bluenet held something to Kayano. I think, it was the book, where he had noted sensei's weaknesses down.
I readied my gun for something. Well, I put my trust in Nagisa.
The branch cracked and sensei, even in the moment of shock, didn't land in the pool. But he ended on a few stray BBs, that had fallen out of the bucket. A few bits of his tentacles melted, but there were mostly clothes between the material.
A stunned silence.
''Now get him!'' I had never seen my classmates so angry.
''Nyuaaa! I screwed up!'' Our teacher tried to roll away from the attacks. This just looked ridiculous.
I had a slight problem. After letting the BBs loose, I had climbed to the branch, where sensei had been hanging. I had been standing at the beginning of it and tried not to lose my balance. Now at the snap of the branch I was very close to falling.
The cutting had been a stupid idea.
Somehow I had the time to look at sensei and see, that he had panicked so much, that he was all tangled up in the rope. He was just freeing himself and jumped onto the roof.
He was panting and then...
''Starting tomorrow, there will be twice as much homework.''
'Petty,' was my only thought and my classmates voiced that put loud.
''… Guys? Any help?'' And I fell forward.
I was caught by something yellow, lowered to the ground and lay there, while the yellow flew away.
''... Why do all guys want a dramatic exit?'' I said out loud.
''I don't know, Kitani-san. But it's good, that you are okay.'', Kataoka said. ''It's the closest we have ever gotten him.
''Yeah, strange, isn't it?'' I stood up, while dusting my clothes off. I saw a note.
Please watch out more next time, Sayori-kun.
Koro-sensei (^o^)/
I deadpanned.
''Ah, yeah.'' I turned to my classmates. ''Just call me Sayori. Good work everyone.''
They were now very cheerful and talking about possible ways to kill our teacher. It was certainly strange. So strange, that I had to smile.
Karasuma had informed us that he was going to be our teacher from tomorrow on. Ah, P.E. was going to get easier again. Nothing against Koro-sensei, but we couldn't keep up with his program. He wanted us to imitate his speed and produce doppelgängers.
Karma officially an ass. I wanted to go with him to school together, despite our dispute. Okay, maybe he was angry at me, but he couldn't just ditch class like that.
I was not pouting, okay? I had read the message on my way to school and was scowling, not pouting. Oh, forget it. To everyone it looked like I was pouting. Why could I glare at thugs, but not simply scowl alone or at my friends?
I was distracted in the lessons until P. E., not that I actually payed attention usually, but Koro-sensei was not so pleased that I didn't even look like I did.
Karasuma, now Karasuma-sensei, showed us a sequence of knife slashes and let us repeat them. Really, the knife felt better than the sharp-shooting riffle. At least I didn't suck in both.
During our training Karasuma-sensei was conversing with Koro-sensei, which resulted into our class teacher going into a sandbox. He built a sandcastle mockingly meticulous with every little detail of a famous Japanese building.
And Karasuma-sensei, with a totally serious expression, said.
''We finally succeeded driving the target away. Let's continue class.''
I suppressed a grin. Sure we did.
I wondered when Karma would come. The ass said he wouldn't ditch the whole day. It was already the fifth period.
Meanwhile Sugaya had asked our P.E.-teacher about something concerning Koro-sensei. I didn't catch everything.
''Studying and assassination are very much the same. Their usefulness is determined by learning the fundamentals.''
I wasn't exactly sure what he meant. Was he saying that we had to learn assassination techniques? Or rather our skills in knife-work and sharp-shooting?
''For example... Alright, Maehara-kun, Isogai-kun try to attack me with those knives.''
''Eh? Are you sure?'' They hesitated.
''Those knives won't cause any harm to us humans. If you so much as gaze me, then we will end class for today.''
''Ehm... er... In that chase!'' Isogai moved first.
And Karasuma-sensei dodged.
''Well, then.''
After that Maehara acted too, but Karasuma evaded every blow and stab. It looked like a child's play to him.
''With this low level skill, even I can handle your amateur knife-work.''
That sentence only enraged the two boys and they simultaneously charged forward to attack him. Smirking, the P.E. teacher grabbed their wrist and flipped them both over.
Wow... I would love to do that in an actual fight.
Karasuma-sensei stood menacingly before them.
''You understand, that if you can't hit me, then the probability that you hit that monster at the speed of 20 Mach is low to non-existent.''
He pointed his thumb at the sandbox.
''Look! While we were sparring, that guy build an exact copy of Osaka castle in the sandbox and, on the top of that, changed his clothes and is even performing a tea ceremony.'' He sounded annoyed.
Well, in a way Koro-sensei seemed to be mocking us.
''If everyone in the class reaches a level where they can hit me then at least the success rate of your assassinations will increase.'' He helped Maehara and Isogai up. ''There are many fundamentals necessary for assassination, like knives and shooting. During P.E. I will teach them to you!''
And with that the bell rang.
We began to move to the classroom back. A few girls started to talk about Karasuma-sensei. He was a good teacher and my classmates, especially the girls, liked him already. He was a part of that what class E needed. Not a simple teacher, but a moral support and a help during the assassination. It helped that he had a strict and professional personality, and certainly his looks.
I had to smile at this thought.
'Yes,' I mused as Karasuma-sensei threw a knife at our target. 'It certainly helps.'
Oh, the wonders of puberty.
I turned back to the classroom to let those thoughts out of my head. Not now.
Ah, there he was. Before Nagisa and Sugino stood my missed childhood friend with a juice packet in his hands. The ass, he had skipped almost the whole day.
I withstood the urge to run to him. I still didn't know how he felt about me and didn't want to argue with him again.
I saw him saying something to the two before him, then he ran forward to Koro-sensei in the middle. His eyes landed shortly on me. A short nod, which I returned, before he put on his innocent prankster smile and went into the direction of the yellow creature.
He wanted to do something. Casually I let my hand slip onto the handle of my gun.
''You would be... Akabane Karma-kun, right? I'd heard, that your suspension ended today.'' Sensei's head went read. ''You really shouldn't be late for your first day.''
''Ahaha, I gotta get back into the rhythm of school life. It'll be more relaxed if you call me by my first name.'' Karma sent a sign behind his back. Not that anyone beside me knew that. ''Anyway, it's nice to meet you, sensei!''
And he stretched out his hand for Koro-sensei to shake. I readied my gun.
''Same here. Let's have a fun and interest-'' His tentacle splattered.
I shot milliseconds before Karma had taken out his knife and slashed Koro-sensei. Or at least he tried to. The octopus evaded both the bullet and the knife. Shame.
''Huh, you are really fast. And these knife really work against you. I tried cutting one into small pieces and sticking them to my hand, but...'' Karma moved slowly forward. ''Y'know sensei to be deceived by such a simple trick and on top of that to jump back that far, aren't you a little too frightened?''
Karma was now leaning carelessly close near Koro-sensei's face.
''I heard you are called Koro-sensei, because you are unkillable, but... what's with this? Could it be, sensei, that you are actually an easy mark?''
Koro-sensei gained a deep red color, thick veins twitching out.
''... What kind of person is he?'', I heard Kayano saying.
''Well... we were in the same class for the first years.'', Nagisa began. ''Sayori can probably tell you more, she's his childhood friend, but in the 2nd year he was suspended for committing one violent act after another and those students end in class E too. But... in this situation he might be an honor student...''
I stopped listening and went to meet Karma.
''Sayo!'' His eyes brightened. ''Well done. Pity you didn't get him.''
I smiled at him.
''That was a foul trick. Good to have you back.''
I didn't hug him. I wouldn't have done it anyway, even if we hadn't been in a fight before. Instead I cuffed his head.
''Ouch! Hey, what was that for?'' He had the gall to sound somewhat annoyed for that.
''For coming late. I was worried,'' I replied flatly
''Aww, you care that much for me?'' he said teasingly.
''Damn well I do. Didn't you get my declaration of eternal love the last year?'' He snickered.
''Yeah, I did. And after that I was ill for at least three days,'' I deadpanned.
''Not my fault if you go into the cold without a jacket.'' It felt good to talk again. We were still a bit awkward; more than we would have normally been, but for now it was enough. Something so sensitive shouldn't be discussed in front of our class.
Next lesson was a test in social studies. We sat in the class with the worksheet before us and in front of us was sensei and... punched the wall?
Each time he touched it, there was an annoying 'plop' sound. It was grating my nerves. I had already finished my test and was checking now the answers. I couldn't concentrate. Meanwhile the others were whispering about his doing. From listening I got one more weakness. His punches are soft.
Plop. Plop. Plop. Plop.
''Stop that already! We're trying to take a test here!'' Ah, finally.
''S-sorry. I will stop now.''
Beside me Terasaka was trying to mock Karma. Of course he and his friend didn't succeed.
''Well, if you were about to get killed, of course you would be angry. Unlike a certain one, who failed to kill him and wet himself.'' Karma rose his kin in superiority.
''I-I didn't piss myself! Bastard, are you looking for a fight?!'' Terasaka became slightly red.
I rose an eyebrow in amusement. It seemed to tick him even further off.
''Quiet over there!'' a voice interrupted the conversation. ''Don't make ruckus during a test. Talk and I will assume you are cheating.''
No one missed the irony.
''Sorry Koro-sensei~'' Karma practically sang. ''You see, I already finished, so I'm going to stay quiet and eat gelato.'' ... Where did he get that?
''That won't do! No eating in class. Where did you eve-?!'' A shocked expression appeared on his face. ''That's the gelato I got yesterday from Italy!''
''Soooorry, I found it chilling in the faculty room.'' Cheekily he licked at it. ''So, what will you do? Hit me?''
''Of course not.'' Koro-sensei moved into Karma's direction. ''I will eat what's left.''
A splat sound resounded from the floor. A pure look of horror was on sensei's face.
''Ups, that's twice in a day, sensei.'' Three bullets were shoot. ''I'll use the same old tricks ever and ever again. I don't care about inferring in class. But...''
Karma rammed the gelato on sensei's suit.
''...if you don't like it, then you should kill me and my parents.'' Ouch, I knew how much he despised them, but...
''From that moment on you will be no longer a teacher. The only thing you will be, is a murderous monster. I will have killed your existence as a teacher.'' A piece of paper was tossed into Koro-sensei's direction. ''Here my test. All will probably be right. See you tomorrow, teach.''
He left the room. That-
Hastily I put my stuff into my back and shoved my paper into one of sensei's tentacles.
''I will be gone too. See you tomorrow.'' I waved the others.
Outside Karma was waiting for me.
''Was that really necessary?'' I frowned at him.
''Come on. I want to irritate him. No harm done, is there?''
''I suppose.'' We started to move. ''What should we do?''
''How about going to my house? You haven't been there for ages.'' The reason was left out. ''And, Sayo? Could you let me do this assassination thing alone at first? I want to try on my own.''
''Sure, anything you want to eat?'' I waited for his answer. I would let him at first, until he did something really stupid.
''Don't know yet. How about you go first? I still have something to do.'' He let his hand support his head.
''Okay, go with me to the station?'' I wasn't really keen on knowing what he would do.
''Yeah, let's go.''
Later when I was in the supermarket, I got a message.
Buy me 1 octopus.
Yeah, I really didn't want to know.
Next day began with a gross scene. No, seriously. Karma had used the octopus to pin it with a knife on the teacher's desk and its fluid were wide spread out on the surface. I looked at him accusingly. At least he could have made food.
Sighing I tried to ignore the scene and took out a book. At least there was nothing about octopuses and stupid childhood friends.
When sensei came in it was quiet, so quiet that you could probably hear the noise of a pin drop falling down.
''Good morning, class!'' His enthusiastic greeting was met with more silence. ''Hm...? What's the matter, everyone?''
And his gaze hit the octopus.
''Ah sorry.'' And the show began. Resigned, I tried to drone out everything behind my book. This was just so stupid. ''I mistook it for you and ended up killing it. I'll throw it away, just bring it over here.''
I winced. Fortunately, the octopus had been already dead.
Karma was sitting between me and Terasaka. I saw the knife behind the red head's back. He was grinning mockingly at the teacher.
''Alright.'' Sensei picked up the octopus and went into Karma's direction. Suddenly his tentacles were spinning like drills. After that he vanished, just to appear with a shopping back and a... missile? Probably a gift from the military. ''Allow me to show you Karma-kun. The power of these drill tentacles and the heat of the missile of the self-defense force.''
Shortly after that he began to mix a batter with ingredients for Takoyaki. Oh my, what a cannibal.
''Sensei never lets an assassin go home bored.'', Koro-sensei said threateningly. And suddenly without anyone seeing it, Karma had a Takoyaki in his mouth. It was still steaming.
On reflex Karma spit it out.
Wordlessly I offered him a tissue. He ignored it.
I somewhat mourned for the loss of the food. I was hungry, since I had overslept and rushed out to catch the train. Needlessly to mention I didn't eat breakfast.
''I can see from your complexion, that you hadn't any breakfast. I have made Takoyaki with my Mach speed. If you eat this, you will come closer to being a healthy child.'' Right, why didn't he say that to me? Well, I wasn't the one who was raising hell over it. Beside me Karma wiped his mouth with his sleeve. ''You know, Karma-kun. I'm a teacher, who performs maintenance and improvements. For example, on rusted, dull assassin's blades.''
Takoyakis adorned sensei mouth.
''Come at me with your serious intent to kill, Karma-kun. Each time I will improve you, clean you, until your soul is shining.'' They stared at each other. ''Before school is over your body and mind will be shining.''
No one dared to interrupt this serious scene.
''Gimme,'' I demanded from Koro-sensei, hand stretched out in a wanting gesture.
''Huh?'' Suddenly the spell seemed to be broken. In front of me stood our teacher looking harmless and bemused.
''The Takoyaki. I'm hungry.'' I was given it without a word.
''Thank you.''
The next lessons were tense, but nevertheless Koro-sensei taught us well. Maybe a bit too thurough for my taste
1st period: Mathematics
''So no matter what I do, this number will be left over...'' I droned out his speech.
And in no time Karma was sporting new, nicely manicured nails with Takoyaki-design. I just chucked a bottle of alcohol at him. I was getting annoyed.
4th period: Home economics
We were cooking miso soup. Fuwa's group wasn't done yet. When they talked about the taste Karma just tossed the soup out of the pot.
I wondered how I could get the nice apron Karma was wearing. Lovely this heart-design. The pink one at his home was starting to get small. I would probably give it to him as a Christmas gift.
5th period: Japanese
Now I could say, sensei had an absolutely horrible sense of fashion. Karma's new hair-style didn't suit him one bit.
Soon after the bell rang, Karma was outside of the classroom. When I found him he was talking to Nagisa, on a tree branch. It was hanging above the cliff. Oh he wouldn't-
''-He is different from normal teachers after all.'' I heard Nagisa say.
''No way, I want to kill him. Him surviving by some fluke would piss me off the most.'' Karma responded.
''Is that why you don't want me to work with you?'' I asked. That sentence... it hurt a bit.
''Ah, Sayo, no- It's not like that.'' He turned around and gave me an apologetic look.
I pressed my lips together.
''Now then Karma-kun. Today sensei provided you with lots of improvements.'' Suddenly sensei was there. Green stripes adored his face. ''You can still come and kill me. I still have so many ideas to make you shine brighter.''
Somehow his tone pissed me off.
Karma only smirked in response. This alarmed me. He would have normally retorted something witty.
''I'd just like to confirm it, but Koro-sensei you're a teacher, right?''
This question threw sensei out the loop.
''? Yes.''
''So a teacher would put his life on line to protect his students his students.''
''Of course a teacher is a teacher after all.''
I didn't like the direction where this was going.
''I see. That's good. In this, case I can definitely-'' Gun drawn out, he let himself fall back. ''-kill you.''
For a single second I couldn't breathe. He didn't-He just-
Before I knew anything, I was following him. That idiot, why would he-
I just felt the wind whipping against my face, eyes tearing up and blurring my sight. Then I saw Karma's suddenly horrified face and I just had to reach him. Above us Nagisa was shouting something, but I didn't care. Karma was in danger. The idiot had jumped from a cliff and-
Oh. I had just done the same.
The situation slapped me across the face.
Shit, shit, shit. I didn't know what to do. Why hadn't I thought about anything? Karma was just an arm's length away. I just had to get to him. I stretched out my hand and pulled. Suddenly arms were closed around me.
'Idiot, you're the one, who jumped.'
I had to do something. We couldn't just die here like this. I didn't want to die again. Not without doing anything. Not with Karma. Why was I so damn useless? Why couldn't I do anything.
My thoughts jumbled back and forth, trying to find a solution, but- nothing. It was hopeless. I just clutched Karma's shirt tighter.
Above me I heard a half-choked ''sorry''
'Shove it,' I thought. Now was not the time for that.
And just when I thought it was over, we were bouncing back on something. Wha-
Under us was a net of yellow tentacles. It stuck on Karma's body, but I could lift myself enough to sit upright. My legs were slightly stuck.
''Karma-kun, the deliberation you put into this assassination was magnificent.'' I was in shock. We hadn't died. We were fucking alive! ''If I had rescued you at the speed of sound, your body wouldn't have been able to withstand it. On the other hand, if I had taken my time, you would have killed me.''
I listened dazedly to his explanation. Under me Karma was trying to move. He looked frustrated, but I didn't know what he actually wanted to do.
''So, sensei tried to use a bit of stickiness. Like this you can't shoot me. Nurufufufufufufufu.'' I tried slowly to progress what happened, but – I was still overwhelmed by the fact, that we were alive. ''Ah by the way. For me, there is no way, I would ever abandon you. Believe in me and jump whenever you like.''
That sentence snapped me out of my daze. Beneath me Karma made some noise, but I didn't pay attention to it.
'''Jump whenever you like?' Are you crazy, you freaking octopus? He almost died! You can't just tell a student to do some suicide moves like that! Are you stupid?'' I was switching between almost every language I knew. I couldn't find myself to care. Karma would understand it, somehow. ''And you!'' I pointed at Karma's chest. ''What gives you the right to simply decide here and now to die, huh!? You idiot, you ass. What kind of bastard goes dying and let's his best friend fucking watch it? What the fuck were you thinking.'' I fired out in rapid-fire German. ''Didn't you think of me? Why you-?!''
I was heaving now from all the screaming. During my break Koro-sensei brought us back on the ground again.
I smashed my fist against Karma's chest.
''You freaking idiot. Don't leave me here alone. I need you.''
I didn't notice I was crying, until a smooth thumb tried to wipe away my tears.
''I'm sorry,'' he whispered into my ear.
And the dam broke. I was sobbing into his shirt.
''Y-you fucki-ing idiot!'' All I could do was sob and cry, until I had calmed down, trying to control my shuddering breath. It felt like waking up from death all over again.
''You alright?'' At the voice I could just break out in tears again, but I took one long breath and nodded against his chest. ''Good, could you get off? It's getting heavy.''
I hit him for that comment, but I still got off.
I didn't know how long I had been sitting on him, but my eyes felt raw and my throat sore. I looked up the sky.
... And was greeted with Koro-sensei's face.
''AAAAH!'' I jumped up and swung a knife at him.
''Now that wasn't nice, Sayori-kun. Actually-'' He leaned closer to me. It was so close, that my nose almost touched his face. ''I'm interested where you learned all those interesting curses. Your language knowledge is quite excellent, but please refrain from using such expressions.''
''I'm afraid I can't do that. I have a very loose mouth,'' I said straight-faced. I didn't even feel surprised, he understood all of it. My voice was still scratchy, but I could speak normally now without a hitch now. ''I'm going home now. Goodbye Nagisa, Koro-sensei, Karma.''
''Wait, I'll come with you.'' Karma stood up. I sent him a weary smile.
''Okay.''
Our way back home was quiet. I was starring stubbornly ahead and not ready to try and talk. Then beside me Karma sighed.
''Sayori.'' Oh, oh, when had he last used my full name? I was suddenly nervous. ''I'm sorry.''
''I know, you are sorry,'' I stated sourly. I still hadn't forgiven him.
''Yeah, but not just for just now. I'm sorry for not listening to you. I'm sorry for shouting at you. I'm sorry I ignored you. I'm sorry for even trying to leave you. I'm really sorry.'' He bowed to me. The fuck?!
''Stop that.'' He still stayed down. ''Look at my face.''
Now I could see him. His face showed guilt and uncertainty, that didn't belong there.
''It's alright. I know you're sorry. I just-,'' my voice hitched. ''I just almost died again. With you. I don't want that. I'm afraid of losing everything again. I'm afraid of losing you. I just can't deal with all this emotional shit. It's okay, let's just go home. I'm too tired to handle this.''
He hugged me and let go.
''Yeah, let's go home. You seemed really hungry today. I'm making you food.'' I willingly went with his jab, slipping easily into an old pattern.
''I just didn't have breakfast! Those Takoyaki were too good to be wasted. Come on!''
''Yeah, yeah. Let's go.''
Still bickering, we went home.
I felt a lot better now and he was right. I was hungry.
100 favorites! Thank you everyone! I'm so damn happy.
I feel a bit sorry for the lame ending, but I wanted this out. It's very emotional, at least in my opinion. Karma and Sayo are friends again! Isn't that awesome? I can finally write their about their antics again.
It's pomegranate season. I'm eating almost everyday one. I'm going to give my uncle my laptop, so I don't know whether I'm able to bring out one more chapter next time.
I forgot to answer a question.
Guest - I thought about romance in this story, but should I bring it in, it will appear later. Maybe I'm going to put in a poll for that.
Does anyone have an opinion to that? Would you like to have a pairing? I'm not very well versed on romance, so don't expect too much.
Anyway, thank you for reading, favourising, following and reviewing to this story.
Wish you a nice day
-Yuki