Akiko had adjusted to the classroom slowly but surely. She mostly talks to Nagisa and Kayano, very rarely to Karma who bursts in on their conversations. She will greet her classmates with a high or bye and will respond with a "Fine," when her classmates ask her how she is. But she still talks to Korosensei the most, whether it be about her day or the school work or talk about things that's been on her mind.

At the apartment, Korosensei had been making himself a large tub of popcorn. Akiko was tucked into bed and he had rows of CDs of an anime called 'Bikini Maiden Warrior', so he can watch all night without being embarrassed. He topped his popcorn off with some butter flavoured salt powder and headed into the living room, plopping himself onto the couch, his new DVD he had purchased today had already been set up and waiting for him to hit play. Snatching the remote he quickly pressed the play button and began watching, halfway through one of the most adult rated scene was about to happened till-

"Korosensei?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!" Korosensei shrieked, quickly jumping up and yanking the DVD console out, stuffing it into the tub of popcorn and eating eat along with with the tub, munching and crunching away the evidence of his shame. He turned back to the girl in a sheepish and shaky manner. "Heheheee...Akiko...w-what are y-you doing up?" he asked and sat back onto the couch as if nothing had happened. Akiko stared at him in confusion and a bit of concern at the money he'd just wasted by eating a brand new DVD player for what ever reason it had been. She didn't understand why he was so flustered just because she caught him watching a movie at night. Akiko shook it off and finally answered.

"I couldn't sleep..."

Korosensei sighed, he couldn't exactly let her stay awake on a school night. He patted the seat next to him, inviting her to sit down. She plopped herself down, pulling her legs up to her chest. Akiko had then noticed the CD Box of what Korosensei had been watching. She picked it up and examined the cover.

"What's this?"

"Eeee-Nothing! Its nothing!!" he quickly snatched the box and ate it as well. Akiko raised a brow, she had already seen the cover, as explicit as the image had been it hadn't exactly fazed her. "Ahem...Anyway...is eh..is something bothering you?" he quickly asked so he wouldn't have to justify what he just done.

"No...I just couldn't sleep, I've been staring at the ceiling for most of the night."

"Hm...I could give you some sleeping drops but you shouldn't have to drug yourself to get your sleep back." He quickly zipped in and out of the kitchen at his Mach 20 speed, returning with a cup of warm milk. "Perhaps this might help," he handed her the warm cup. "I will allow you to stay up a little longer till you become tired." Korosensei changed the channel to some romantic comedy, since he wasn't able to watch his...other shows. Akiko sipped the beverage he'd given her. She removed her eye patch and placed it on the arm of the chair. Having both eyes open made her vision a bit odd, cause she could see in the dark with one eye as well as see things much like a cat, where as her other eye was normal. The milk felt as though it had helped a bit to make her a bit drowsy and calm relax her. Akiko was always on edge at night hoping that when she opens her eyes the next day she won't wake up back in that research facility. She watched her teacher snickering and giggling at the film. He looked kinda soft and squishy, without realising it, Akiko had scooted up closer to lean on him. He was soft but yet firm at the same time. Korosensei hadn't really minded this figuring she might of just been getting sleepy. After finally gulping down the last of the milk, Korosensei had had used a free tentacle to put the cup down on the coffee table. Akiko had adjusted her seating position so she was snuggled up against Korosensei and latched her arm in with his to make herself comfortable, rubbing her head into his side, like a cat. This had alarmed Korosensei extremely, mostly because his arm was over her chest and with every movement he could feel the squish of her soft breast. Sadly he could not control his change in colour like hers. He was now bright pink and much warmer than before, making Akiko lean more against him for comfort, moving one leg over his lap. She hadn't even realised his change in hue. The octopus had to calm down and keep his thoughts out of the gutter. She was still his student after all. He watched her struggle to keep her eyes open, Akiko was finally nodding off to sleep. Korosensei hoped that after she falls asleep he'd tuck her back into bed.

He continued to watch TV to clear his mind from wretched thoughts.

Hours past by and Akiko had finally drifted off to sleep. Korosensei chose not to move her just yet, if he was going to carry her to bed he'd rather do it when he's sure she's completely unconscious. He had switched over to another channel to a mystery crime show. Near the end of the show, Korosensei also began to doze off. He tried his hardest to keep his eyes open but sleep was so alluring. The octopus soon became hazy and fell asleep, sadly this hadn't lasted very long. Korosensei had jumped up in panic after hearing a blood curdling scream that made his own blood run cold. He quickly turned to the teen next to him who was shaking and curled up against the arm of the chair away from him and crying. Korosensei held her wrists to move her arms down so he could talk to her, to soothe her by letting her know he was there for her but in the end she started kicking and screaming and tried to pull away and out of his grip.

"NO!!!LET ME GO!!!LET ME GO!!!I DONT WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE!!!!" she screamed. Korosensei quickly wrapped a two tentacles around her mouth, with the amount of screaming she's been doing the octopus creature had hoped it hadn't alarmed the other residence. If that were the case he had feared one of the neighbors might end up calling the police, thinking it might be domestic violence. "Shhh..." he hushed her, raising a finger to his mouth, gesturing her to silence herself. It had finally dawned on the girl that it had just been Korosensei infront of her. Even though the screaming had ceased the crying had not. Korosensei removed his tentacles once he realised she had calmed down a bit more. It had pained him to see her cry so much.

"Akiko...what's wrong?"

"I...I don't wanna go back!" she cried.

"Where?"

"Back to where they found me...I don't wanna go back to all the tests and the whipping and the injections and I don't wanna hurt anyone anymore! I don't wanna go back...! I-I-I..."

Korosensei removed a handkerchief from his shirt pocket and dapped it over her eyes and then placed it on her nose to blow.

"I promise you, Akiko...you're not going back. You're safe here."

"Y-You don't know t-t-that..." Akiko sobbed and tried wiping away the tears but the just wouldn't stop. She was finally happy. She'd made a friend, got to see what the outside was like, she could eat three meals a day and had a warm bed to sleep in and wake up to her friend who was also her teacher who was ready to help her, teach her or just talk and the first person she had ever trusted in so long.

Korosensei raised his arms out for her, which she practically jumped into, he let her emotions flow and let her cry till she couldn't cry anymore. For the rest of the night Korosensei had held her till she had cried herself to sleep.

The next day, Akiko had woken up to find herself still on Korosensei's lap. He was extrextremly tired from being up late with her. The girl smiled and pet his head as he had always done for her. She had attempted to slide off his lap but she was held in place with four tentacles, two around her waist and one around each leg. She supposed this was so she wouldn't slip off while she slept. Akiko ran her hand down his tentacle like arms around her waist, it was soft and smooth. Finally finding his wrists she loosened this grip to untangle herself from his grasp. She pulled the tentacles around her legs off gently, they didn't have as much grip as the one around her waist and after finaly removing them she slid off of him and checked the time on his cell phone which was at the end of the coffee table.

Thankfully it was still another half an hour before school were to start. Akiko had gotten herself dressed and ready. After she was done, there had still been some time to kill, so the girl wondered into the kitchen.

A while later Korosensei was awoken by a sweet aroma lingering right infront of him, making his mouth literally water and drool. After opening his eyes he was surprised to see a plate full of waffles with whipped cream and chocolate syrup and a large mug of coffee, all handed to him on a tray Akiko held out to him.

"Nya...what's all this?" he asked, wiping the sleep from his eyes.

"You always cook for me, I wanted to make you something too. To say thank you for putting up with me last night."

Korosensei let out wide yawn before accepting the tray, he was clearly still tired.

"As I said before it's my job to listen to my students and to help them as much as I can..." He chugged the coffee down, he needed to stay awake, sadly caffeine had little to no affect at all on him, he had hoped it would help just to get him through most of the morning. Akiko watched him tiredly nom on his waffles. She giggled, it was cute to watch since normally he would gulp it in one bite but this time he had nibbled on his meal.

"This is delicious~" he perked giving her a sheepish smile. "Thanks, I found a cook book sitting on the table. It helped alot. I've never cooked before." Akiko admitted.

"Well I must say it's really good for your first attempt."

Akiko couldn't stop smiling. She was happy to do something nice for him, after all the things he had done for her. She wanted to repay him.