Thank you for all the reviews! They helped me to write this: This chapter, Karma gets drunk and does stupid shit!.
It wasn't until hours after finding 'Nagisa' on Facebook, and several shots of vodka that Karma felt calm enough to be able to formulate a vague plan on how to find Nagisa.
Messaging Nagisa on facebook was out of the question. Karma knew how creepy it would look for a 28 year old to message a 16 year old high school kid claiming to be an ex-lover from a previous life. Karma briefly considered waiting outside the school gates to catch Nagisa, but decided that would be equally if not more suspicious. Finally, after yet another swig from his bottle of vodka, Karma decided to make use of his contact from within the school. Reluctantly, he called his brother. His vision blurring slightly from the alcohol, Karma clicked call and listened to the dial tone.
Ring-
Ring-
click-
The call didn't go through, frustrated, Karma tried again.
Ring-
Click-
The little shit was hanging up on him! Karma realised, annoyed. Yet another reason why Asano was the most irritating human he knew. Karma let out a frustrated sigh. All he wanted.. Was to see this new Nagisa and work out what was going on. Karma could feel his carefully constructed visage of control crumbling away as he grew more and more desperate. The dull ache in his heart had become a searing pain as the memories of Nagisa became fresh again.
Karma reached for his bottle to take another swig, only to find it was empty. He checked the time; 4pm. School would have just finished. Fuck it- If Asano wouldn't answer his calls, Karma would just come to him. Karma's house was closer to the Asano residence than the school was. He could cut him off.
Too drunk to even attempt to drive, Karma head off out of his apartment, and down the street, hardly even feeling the cold despite the fact he had no coat on. He ignored the people staring at him as he stumbled, and was almost sick a few times. The icey winter air was sobering, and by the time Karma arrived at the front of the Asano residence he was relatively clear-headed.
Karma stared up at the large, foreboding house. He hadn't been here in almost a year, yet looking at it still brought back painful memories of the times he had to stay here as a teenager, with a tyrant for a step-father, and a mother who was too busy with a baby to pay him any attention. He glanced up at the window of his old room, smiling slightly as he remembered all the times he'd snuck out of it when he'd been grounded.
"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice called out. Karma turned to see Asano stood before him in his uniform, a suspicious look on his face. He'd gotten taller since he'd last seen him, Karma realised. He was almost as tall as Karma now. That bothered the red haired man for some reason.
"What- can't I visit my family?" Karma said with a faux innocent smile. Asano narrowed his amethyst eyes.
"You never visit unless you're after something. And you're drunk." Asano said, crossing his arms.
"My, that's no way to speak to you're elder brother." Karma said, as he tried to formulate a plan of how to get Asano to introduce him to Nagisa. Damn. Maybe he should of thought this through first before he came storming over here on impulse. This wasn't like his normal self, but nothing had been normal since he'd seen Nagisa again.
"Well, if you're here to visit mother, just stay out of my way and don't bother me." Gakushuu conceded, before turning to walk into the house. Karma grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"Wait. I need you to do something for me." Karma said, being careful not to use the word 'favour'. Asano pulled his wrist free.
"I knew you were after something." He grumbled, a scowl on his face. "Well- what is it?"
"I need you to introduce me to one of your classmates." Karma said, keeping up a casual visage, folding his arms. Gakushuu's gaze instantly turned suspicious.
"Which classmate? Why do you need that?" Gakushuu asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nagisa Shiota. And I need to see him because he... damaged my car and I need to get him to pay for it." Karma said, thinking of the excuse for seeing Nagisa at the last moment. Judging by the unconvinced look on Asano's face, he didn't buy it.
Nagisa Shiota? That meek, frail-looking boy from my school? He doesn't seem the type to be vandalising cars. Asano thought skeptically. What on earth was his brother up to?
"That has nothing to do with me." Gakushuu said. "And I wont be responsible for introducing my classmate to some middle-aged psychopath."
"Middle-aged!? I'm still in my twenties you little brat!" Karma hissed, grabbing Gakushuu's wrist once again as he tried to leave. "I don't know why you're being difficult, just introduce me to Nagisa!"
"I already said No!" Gakushuu hissed back, "I don't know why you're so desperate to see him anywa- Ow!"
Gakushuu was cut off when Karma pushed him against the wall.
"Do you want money, is that what you want?" Karma asked, his tone harsh, a sense of desperation bubbling within him. Years of grieving and longing to see Nagisa had finally overflown.
"What is wrong with you?" Gakushuu hissed, trying to push his brother away angrily. Getting drunk and causing a ruckus was the type of thing Karma had done years ago, but he had matured once he had gotten into adulthood. At least. So Gakushuu had thought.
"I just.. Want to see Nagisa. Just let me see Nagisa." Karma said, looking almost defeated, although he didn't loosen his grip. It was an expression Gakushuu had never seen on his brother before, it looked oddly out of place. Before Gakushuu had a chance to push his brother off, someone else who had seen the altercation intervened.
"H-hey if you don't stop harassing him I'm going to have to call the police! You can't just go around mugging people!" A voice cried out, so meek that Karma hardly heard him over his and Gakushuu's arguing. But that voice, was somehow familiar. He turned to see a boy wearing the same uniform as his brother. But then Karma focused in on his face.
Impossibly blue eyes, soft-looking blue hair and smooth porcelain skin.
Karma let go of Gakushuu, his arms dropping by his side, and Amber eyes widening.
It was Nagisa, right here in front of him.
So far, Karma has almost hit Nagisa with a car, and been mistaken for a mugger. Next chapter, the truth about this Nagisa is revealed! Review for more!
