Puppy Killer

As it turns out, the café was actually pretty good, minus the intense staring from Karma. Very intense. He actually felt pressure from it. He coughed nervously.

"So Sugino, how did you find this place" Nagisa asked, taking a sip of his fifth drink. He doesn't know anything about it except that it an energy drink and probably just pure sugar. He needs it though, because healing is far too taxing.

"My grandma used to take me here for cake all the time" He said, in the middle of stuffing his face. Nagisa slurped up the last of this drink and then went to order another, before Isogai stopped him.

"Uhm, Nagisa, maybe you should take it easy on the energy drinks" He said, eyes half closed and a smile on his face, although he clearly looked worried. Nagisa frowned down at the empty glass, then looked up at Isogai with his puppy eyes, that he'd spent years perfecting.

"Oh come on, let the girl drink, hey, next ones are on me!" Rio is the second person to earn his respect, mostly because she bought him his much-needed drink. He didn't even think about the girl comment.

Karma and Kaede were now more or less having a staring contest, because she must've picked up that Karma was staring at Nagisa, and she's always been oddly protective over him. Probably another act. Nagisa realises that he doesn't like her much, probably because he knows she's been lying to him, and still is, even if he does know.

"So, Nagisa, any crushes? Any special people, in class, maybe?" Yukiko asks innocently, and about half the table spit out their drinks, all except Rio and Sugino. Karma has a dark aura that even Nagisa is slightly afraid of right now.

So thus is what normal people talk about.

"No?" Because, how is he supposed to answer, admit his crush on Kar- Sugino, right there next to him? Or is that what he's supposed to do? Aren't you supposed to be embarrassed about this stuff? People are so complicated.

Everybody sinks back into their own small-talk and meaningless conversation, and Nagisa excuses himself, because he needs the toilet. (He actually wants to get away from their piercing gaze of Karma).

He opens the bathroom door, locks it, and then stares at himself in the mirror. No wonder everyone was so worried about him today, he looks like a ghost on crack. His pupils are dialated from the sugar in the drinks, his skin is pale and eyes dark from lack of sleep, and he's naturally skinny.

His fingers slowly wrap around the eyepatch and pull it off, and of course, his eye hole is a bit too much hole and not enough eye than is healthy. That guy must've been an amazing shot, because it went straight through. At least it healed quick enough to cause no damage to his brain. Still fucking hurt though.

It doesn't look as bad as it did when it happened, it just looks more like the lack of an eye than anything too gory, but at the time, he was more disgusted by the gore than the pain. His eye basically popped in its socket, and little bits of it fell onto the floor, along with blood, and other things.

He doesn't feel sick now, though. He's seen worse. Gaining EXP in this game isn't exactly fun.The door swings open behind him, and he turns around, completely forgetting the eyepatch, or lack thereof. Karma stands there, his smug expression quickly forming into one of anger. He grabs Nagisa's face in his hands and stares directly into where his eye should be.

"What The hell!?" If Nagisa didn't know any better, he'd think Karma was worried. He'd definitely use this to annoy him in the future, but now was not the time. Karma's eyebrows furrow as he waits for a response.

Nagisa only looks back blankly at him.

"Who are you?" What is this fucking idiot talking about now? Either Nagisa isn't understanding the question, or Karma slammed the door open (unnecessarily hard) with his head and gave himself concussion.

"I'm Nagisa Shiota" He replies, trying to force the confusion out of his expression and voice. It seems to only aggravate Karma more, and he pushes the blue haired boy up against the wall in anger. Didn't even take him out to dinner first.

"Who. Are. You" It isn't a question, it's a demand, and Nagisa thought this to be the perfect time to fuck with him while also responding truthfully.

"You know, when a puppy is in pain, and a person kills it with a rock, they're a bad person" Nagisa starts, loving how Karma's face displayed uncharacteristic confusion, and how he looks so... normal, right now. Or at least, how a normal person would act. Nagisa secretly wishes Karma is more normal than himself.

He wants him to be happy.

"What The fuck are you talking about" Karma seems more confused than angry. Nagisa likes that.

"If you let it keeps it's life of pain, you're a hero" He continues, poking Karma in the chest, right where his head comes up to. God, he's short. Or Karma's tall. Glass half full, glass half empty and shit.

"What does this have to do with who you are?" Karma isn't angry anymore, and Nagisa loves loves loves seeing that gradual change, shown clearly on that amazing face.

"Who am I? I'm the person who kills the puppy with the rock, and then laughs about it" Nagisa doesn't stay long after he says that, and Karma doesn't stop him. It may be because he doesn't think he can, or maybe because he's too shocked to care.

All he sees that night in his dreams are Nagisa. The mysterious, cryptic, annoying, puppy killer, with an addictive personality, and an even more addictive face. He wants to find out more, and he wants to keep it all to himself.

I have a feeling the personalities are changing too much, but just to be clear, Karma's infatuation with Nagisa at the start wasn't just because he was mysterious, but I think it said clearly that he was in love with him. I can't remember though. Nagisa, on the other hand, is using having a thing for Sugino to trick himself into thinking he doesn't have a thing for Karma. It's denial.Yes, this is karmagisa, but it's not ever going to outright say it, so if you don't ship it, don't worry. We aren't going to end this with a marriage scene or anything. They are more like frenemies that have crushes on each other. Also, when you figure out what's going on with EXP, things get a little darker.I've planned like 20 chapters ahead lol. All of these chapters from 1 have been done today, cause I have no life, and I write fast, and think even faster.