Love Triangle
Chapter 20.5. A Heartfelt Conversation
"Are you going to be okay?" Karma asked, his eyebrows furrowed in worry. Nagisa just smiled and nodded.
They were sitting on Nagisa's bed, two months after the car accident. The cold and soft atmosphere of spring has already faded into nonexistence, and all that's left was the sweating hot weather of summer. Despite all that, they were still holding hands.
"I'm fine, Karma." Nagisa scoffed, but his skin was pale from being holed up in a hospital room for weeks. The red head couldn't help but pressing his lips into a fuming, straight line. Nagisa rolled his eyes and did a little tap dance. "Really. Look."
"Okay okay." Karma laughed. They both laughed. For a moment, Karma wanted to write everything about Nagisa down, like his smiling crescent-moon eyes, his cherry lips, his dainty fingers. It's so cliché, the red head knew that, and that's why he didn't say it out loud. A kiss on the crown of the small boy's head should be enough to convey all that he had to say.
Abrubtly, Nagisa stopped snickering, which suddenly made Karma feel unwell. The red head quickly scanned his eyes down the hallway. Fortunately, there was no one who looked even remotely like Asano, but Nagisa still squeezed his hand very tightly.
"I'm fine, Karma." Nagisa affirmed in his quiet voice. "But… I'm not sure if we'll be fine."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean… even if we push the Asano thing aside,…" Nagisa fumbled, as if he didn't know where to start.
Karma continued to stared at him with widened eyes.
"I just… I contemplate it sometimes, the fact that we're still only 15. When I see it like that, I just think, gosh, we're still so young, we've got so much ahead of us, you know? And I love you Karma, and I know you love me too, but I'm just…" Nagisa flopped his head on the kitchen table, his voice became something like that of a small mouse "…scared."
"Scared of what, Nagisa?" Karma brushed a few strands of hair out of Nagisa's eyes.
"Scared that… we'll broke up, someday, even without Asano involved, even with Asano involved. It felt as though the future is so cloudy, and I don't know where we're heading, so I'm just scared."
Karma made an expression that Nagisa couldn't describe, then kissed his cheek.
"When you say it like that, I can't promise you anything, but…" Karma stroked the ring on Nagisa's finger. "I don't think I'll ever want to leave you, no matter what."
Nagisa sighed, a tiny glint of happiness in his eyes.
"I just want to pour my thoughts out to you, that's all." Then he shook his head. "I don't think I'll ever want to leave you, either."
Karma chuckled and ruffled Nagisa's head.
"I thought you wanted to broke up with me for a minute." He smirked. "You gave me quite a scare, Nagisa."
"I might."
"What?"
Nagisa looked in the far distance, where a pot of marigolds have bloomed, and his face turned solemn.
"I think Asano will come back."
Author's Note: This is just a short fluff chapter, intense chapters will probably have to wait. Thank you so much for reading Chapter 21 of "Love Triangle". I'm sorry that I can only provide you with one update every few months, but still, thank you so much.
Responses to a few of the recent guest reviews:
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