I won't be saying much this time, I just hope you guys are well and that you will like this chapter. I actually do XD

Also, I won't be adding anything in the end because it would ruin the mood so I will wish you a nice day now:

Have a nice day!

Bitch-sensei's P.O.V.

He didn't tell me as much as I wanted. Of course I didn't intend to pressure him to do so but it would be much easier for me to help him if I knew more.

"My parents fought a lot when I was a kid and then shit happened, my mom died and now I'm stuck with a psychotic stepmother and some guy I'm supposed to call dad. Though fortunately they haven't returned home for four years," he told me in a nutshell.

Now I remembered why I have never been good with children. It wasn't like that I didn't like them. They scared me. The fact that they were so fragile, so easy to break that even the smallest think could make them change the way they saw the world. I was scared of destroying them. I knew how hard it was to grow up in environment where you could believe nothing and if you let your guard down you will die. And since I couldn't have a happy life, I wished for them at least to have one.

Of course nothing like that could happen in here, there are no wars here, no fights. But who said that the wars only happen on the battlefield?

I realized that all when I saw his face. That even though he didn't look that like it, he was still a child that needed guidance and protection.

The way he spoke made it feel like he didn't care about it at all but I knew that deep inside it was troubling him. Even though his face was calm and voice cold, I just knew that was a lie.

"Karma-kun," suddenly someone from behind called out, making me jump slightly. As I turned back I spotted the yellow octopus. Apparently the second second period had ended and there was the teacher with a certain blue haired boy.

"Nagisa-kun wants to tell you something, right?" he turned at the boy by his side who nodded, looking very serious but nervous at the same time.

"What is it?"

It took a while for Nagisa-kun to speak up. But then he inhaled and straightened up, facing his friend head on.

"Please let's stop with the lies."

Karma-kun frowned a little, looking either very displeased or confused. Probably both.

"What are you talking about?" Rather than a question, it sounded like a threat.

But the bluenette wasn't going to back down. This might have been the first time I have seen him so determined.

"Tell us the truth, Karma-kun. What happened to you? Why don't you trust us?"

However the more his friend said the darker Karma-kun's expression got. I think it was obvious to everyone that he didn't want to touch the subject at all and that the word 'trust' meant nothing to him.

"You just heard, didn't you? Standing before the doors and all. " The face he was making right now could be described as annoyed and maybe disgusted - one would say that it was his usual irritated expression but there was more to it.

So he realized? Such a sharp kid he was. The two of them had been standing there since I and Karma-kun got back. And by asking him I hoped that they would understand too.

"What kind of 'shit' happened? That's our question." Nagisa-kun specified.

Well I couldn't hold back anymore. Time to get serious and straight to the point. No more playing around.

"Child neglect? Abuse?"

Now that I heard myself say it, I felt very uncomfortable. This was one of the most sensitive matters to discuss and even more so when it had something to do with the redhead. And yet I asked, knowing that everyone else was curious too.

Silence. Awkward silence welcomed us. No one knew what to do or where to look. One minute. Two minutes. And still everyone was waiting for the teen to speak up.

Finally, he answered: "Yeah,"

And for some reason, everyone felt relieved. The reason might be because Karma-kun was willingly telling us the truth, showing us the issue. We felt relieved despite the fact that the fact he was facing real problems has been confirmed.

Contrary to us, the redhead looked as though he was about to burst out in anger. I could guess that he was feeling very embarrased or angry at himself for letting us know. Trembling with all those feelings bottled inside. And yet his eyes were screaming out for help. Hoping that someone would at least try to understand and support him.

That's why he weakly nodded when I asked further: "Depression?"

It wasn't like that I knew. I just had a suspicion. The way he acted. His violent, sadistic behaviour. The too-confident-to-be-true attitude. It just didn't fit. Noone would be this way if they weren't hiding or struggling with something.

Depression was something that made you feel empty. So in order to fill in the emptiness, you would either seek pain or inflict it. On yourself or others.

It was so strange that I knew it. I have never been the psychological type. And yet it felt so obvious. Maybe, at some point in my life, I felt like this as well.

"If you told us..." Nagisa-kun started, clenching his fists. "If you told us then-"

"Then what?!" The redhead suddenly yelled, scaring us out. His voice was painted in confusion and fear.

"We could help you! We could stay by your side when you needed it, not let you alone in that empty house! Koro-sensei told me! The way your house was left, cold, unused, lifeless! I could have been there for you so that you wouldn't feel lonely and sad! I am your friend!"

That made him even more furious: "What is that?! A friend? You and the whole class are just bunch of strangers whom I happen to know because of being in the same class! I have never been a part of your stupid play of 'family', never, not even once! I have seen enough to understand that nothing like this exists!"

"Then what about the time when we all laughed? When we tried to assasinate Koro-sensei?! Was that all a lie too?!"

The boys were both raging, trying to make the other see their point. While Nagisa-kun was growing in confidence, the latter started getting controlled by sheer desperation.

The blue-haired boy didn't wait for an answer: "We are your family and you know that! You didn't have to reject us and lie to yourself!"

"Then what did you expect me to do?! Cry my eyes out, complain about every thing that happened, about my crappy parents, cursing my mother who decided to leave me?! To trust someone just to get hurt again?!"

And before he realized it, he was weeping. Both me and Koro-sensei stayed silent because right now, it was battle of and for frienship.

"I wouldn't do something like that. I am your friend." The smaller boy stated seriously. "You could have told me."

But just as he said that, Karma-kun giggled sarcastically, whispering:

"You could have noticed,

friend."