Hello, everyone!

I sure got a good laugh thanks to your reviews and I'm so gald that you liked it! By the way, the 'It hurt' from the previous chapter was meant to be in past tense. Is it wrong even then? (Should it be 'it hurt' or 'it hurts'?)

Well, I won't talk much today. I gotta read two books until Monday and learn a new theme in chemics... Man, this sucks.

Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

Karma's P.O.V.

I stayed the way I woke up - on my side, facing wall and completly motionless. Noone noticed my being awake. Even though the sleep paralys has already worn off, hearing the familiar voice confirm my worhtlessness sure hit me.

"That Karma - he is no good after all," Nagisa-kun said. I didn't see him but was it... amusement in his voice? Was he looking down on me? Ah of course, of course he was, why wouldn't he? Seeing my pathetic self, seeing me so weak and on the verge of breaking. Of course it would entertain him. All that 'I want to help you' - it was nothing more but an act. Why would I even believe in something so superficial like friendship?

"His personality isn't the best either," a guy - Isogai-kun chuckled.

"Yeah, definitely! He's demon, I tell you!" Meahara-kun added passionetly. Everyone laughed with him, even the girls.

Even though it was all true, that I was no better than a demon, I felt angry. I felt betrayed, hurt to hear all of this from those who personally swore not having any ill intentions. A part of me wanted to sit up and tell them to fuck off, to disappear from my life and never return. The other was clinging to the possibility that this was just taken out of context, that they had a reason to say that.

"So? What do we do now? Bad mouthing him isn't going to busy us any longer." Isogai-kun sighed and I heard my old wooden chair squeek as he leaned on it.

"Can't we just go home?" Kataoka-san asked tiredly. Ah, I was feeling kind of guilty now. "It really feels purposeless to just sit here." Kataoka-san agreed.

"Well it feels like he wants us to go home anyway and it's not like our presence means much to him." Meahara-kun grunted. He had a point that I wanted to be alone right but that was 1) because of them, 2) because my head was a mess.

"Kanzaki-san, what about we go to the shop you wanted to? I heard there are some things on sale." That was Sugino-kun, sheepish, with that crush of his.

"Ah but they are closing in half an hour," the said girl sighed with apparent disappointment.

"If we went now then we could make it."

For a certain reason, they quietened down and I could feel the tension in air. As for why...

"But we can't leave him like this, can we?" A small voice objected. Okuda-san was indeed nice for showing me pity.

I didn't want it.

"I agree, that's just plain rude." Nakamura was in favor of the girl with glasses. "Though it's already four." or not.

Kayano-chan and Meahara-kun also wanted to go home. I understood. I wasn't their responsibility nor someone worth their precious time, was I? Quite the oposite - it felt more like I was just being a burden. Either they were pitying me while secretly hating having to deal with me or they just came for the sake of enjoying my vulnerability.

They could disappear for all I care.

"Let's at least tell him," that was Nagisa-kun. Strange, hearing it from him personally hurt more than it should.

Maybe I was bitter or annoyed from their talk, but I found myself sitting up: "No need to,"

Seeing that I was awake all along, surprise crossed their faces and they slowly processed that I had heard all of their words. What kind of angered me was the fact that they didn't look troubled by that.

"Poor you, forced to stay with someone you don't give a shit about." Yeah, I was bitter.

"What? No, what are you talking about?" That was Nakamura - her face changed. The girl was probably smart enough to understand my expression right now.

"Go home," silently and coldly, I ordered.

"Karma, calm down," the blond wanted to talk me out of it.

"It's not true that we don't care about-" Nagisa-kun joined the quarrel, but in a wrong way. The last thing I needed right now was more lies. I didn't want to let him deceive me anymore. I didn't want to hurt more than I already did.

"Is it? I mean, who was it that said I'm no good?" I smiled at him the mischievous way I always did but for some reason, it didn't turn out accusing but painful.

"No, I-" – Nagisa-kun widened his eyes in shock.

"It's not like I believed any of you. All that 'friend' act. Silly me, hoping-"

"Listen to us, Ka-" – Okuda-san interupted me but I ignored her.

"Even if I wanted to trust in any of you, I just can't. You, Nagisa-kun, Kayano-chan, everyone - the reason you came here isn't me."

"What the hell are you talking a-" – Meahara-kun.

"Isn't that right? Sugino-kun, didn't you just come here because of Kanzaki-san?" I looked at him in the eye and his body froze. It might have been really unsensitive to mention his feelings in presence of the person he liked but that was the last thing I would care about now. He tried to refuse with a 'No' but it was too weak for me to accept.

"Kanzaki-san and Kataoka-san themselves came here only out of politeness, maybe even for the sake of their reputation as the class beauty and representative, isn't that right?"

Even though I was bitter, this didn't sound like something I would normally say.

"Isogai-kun, you are the same, aren't you? With Meahara tailing you, of course." I didn't hear myself talk. I was just spitting out words as they came to my mind, not thinking about their meaning.

"I could say the same about Kayano-chan tailing Nagisa-kun. Okuda-san is just pitying me and Nakamura takind advantage of situation to blackmail me later." Where did these words come from?

"And you, Nagisa-kun, your horrible lies and promises. Don't you realize? The person you are trying to help, the one you are really trying to assure of the 'family' and 'friends' stuff - it's you, not me. This is but a result of your own insecurities and selfish desires."

What the hell was I doing?

"I hate all of you,"

Why was I saying that?

"Go away,"

Isn't it me who is lying?

"Don't ever talk to me again,"

Why was I breaking my only hope?

"Disappear!"

And I felt a burning pain on my cheek. Nakamura slaped me, her face furious and hard to read. With that, she sprinted down the stairs and out of the house. Everyone looked more or less the same, hurt. Ah, I hurt them.

With that scene, they packed their things and silently went out of my room, away, as I ordered them.

I got rid of my enemies. Of impostors. I should have been happy, satisfied and glad.

So why... even after all those years. After promising myself that I would never do it again,

Why was I crying?