Female Nagisa, au
Disclaimer: I don't own Assassination Classroom and yeah this is just a fanfic
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Chapter 7: A Heartfelt Moment
'Why did I say that?'
The situation at the moment is quite awkward. The others are speechless with what Karma's just said. The did not expect those kind of words can come out of the mischievous delinquent's mouth. Kayano and Nakamura are the only one who squeal.
Kayano smiles in glee and pats Karma's back. "Karma! That's so sweet."
Nakamura then teases him. "I never thought that Karma is such a smooth talker~. Too bad I didn't record it."
Karma can only blush in deep shade of red. "…shut up." From the corner of his eyes, he can see that his best friend also blushes. For a second there his golden eyes meet with Nagisa's clear blue eyes. They then directly avert their eyes.
'This is bad… How should I deal with this kind of situation?'. His thought then is interrupted by certain voice.
"Umm… Thanks for the gift.", said the blue-haired-girl with small voice.
"…yeah."
There is this awkward tension in the room until a certain baseball geek ease the mood by his friendly statement.
"Seriously Karma, that's really amazing! I will never think about buying something like that.", said Sugino in cheerful voice. He doesn't tease him, he just said it in an awe and shock kind of tone.
'Thank God for Sugino', thought Karma.
Okuda then tries to help Karma by changing the subject. "So…so what's should we do next?"
Kanzaki understands what Okuda is trying to do and replies, "Since it's Nagisa-san birthday, why don't we let her decide what to do."
Nagisa crosses her arms. She isn't sure what to do, so lets her friend decides it.
"Nagisa… You are the birthday girl today, so just choose anything you want.", said Nakamura.
"Well, I don't really know what I want to do... maybe card game?", replied Nagisa.
Everyone then nods in agreement and the day proceed with various card game. Karma and Kanzaki are very good at poker and old maid. They are pretty much invincible at this point. There are several times when Nakamura almost win, but in the end Karma or Kanzaki beats her. They then change the game into bullshit. It's amazing! Kayano wins all of the rounds. Maybe because of her acting skill that no one can identify whether she is lying or not. This leads her into a glorious victory, which annoys Karma since he cannot beat her at all. Nagisa and Okuda also do quite well, even if they haven't won anything yet. It's pitiful that Sugino is always the first one to lost in the game. Maybe, luck is not by his side.
As the clock strike one, Nagisa decides to treat them some pizza. They try to convince her that she doesn't need to do it, but she insists. Half hour later the pizza arrives, and everyone dig in. They continue their fun till the noon and decide to go home because of Nagisa's appointment with her parents.
"Nagisa we'll be going first."
"Yup, bye-bye everyone."
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On the way back, the other six split in the intersection except for Karma and Okuda who share the same pathway to the train station.
"Okuda-chan… thanks."
"What for?"
Karma cross his arms behind his head. "Back there you change the topic, right? I really appreciate it."
Okuda giggles. "Don't mention it." There is a silence between the two until Okuda starts asking another question. "Say Karma-kun, do you like Nagisa?"
Karma eyes pop out. He's shock. He did not expect Okuda to ask this kind of question. "If it's as a friend… then yes. Why are asking?"
"Well…" Okuda averts her glance. "You… seems to care about Nagisa a lot …and you used to glance her a lot at the class."
Karma then sighes. "I can't believe you and Kayano said the same thing."
"Kayano said it as well?"
"Yeah, about the glancing things. I probably was just observing the surrounding and of course I care about her we are… best friend after all. Rather than likes, I think I admires her. She is an amazing person. She may look weak, but she is really strong and mature too… but sometimes she underestimating herself."
"Underestimating herself?"
"Nagisa… how to put it… is a really humble person. She cares about everyone and tends to sacrifice herself unknowingly. It's probably because she doesn't care about things that will happen to her." Karma lets out another sigh. ". Not to mention, if someone hurts her, she will just slide it off. Eventhough it's painful, she'll just keep it to herself and I really don't like it when that happen … She makes me worry a lot."
Okuda blinks. "That's so nice of you, Karma-kun."
Karma rolls his eyes to Okuda. "Well, someone has to take care of her. After all, she is oblivious as hell. Besides, I really like it when she's happy."
Okuda then stops walking. 'Ah… So I was right. He really likes her yet he did not realize it himself.'
"Okuda-chan, is there something wrong? Are you tired?", asked Karma showing concern.
"N…no, I'm fine". Okuda walks faster and catches up with Karma pace.
"You had me worried for a second there."
"S…sorry"
They both then wait and talk about random things, mostly about Karma asking Okuda to make weird chemical stuff for his pranks. Karma doesn't notice it, but Okuda stares her in a really gentle yet sad manner.
'Karma-kun you are really a kind person; you know that? Not to mention, you'll always work really hard despite looking like you don't care about a thing. I know that because I've been looking at you for a long time and I … I like you. But I know you will never look at me that way. After all you only have your eyes on Nagisa. You don't realize it. But I do…'
"Ah, Okuda my train has arrived. I'll be going first, see ya~"
"S..see you."
As the train pass, Okuda can only hope the best for Karma. Tears starts to form up in her eyes. This is the first time her heart hurts this much. She knows about the truth for a while now, yet it still so painful. After all it was her first love. She wipes her tears and try to be strong.
"I guess there won't be hope for me…"
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Meanwhile back on Nagisa's residence, Nagisa is preparing herself for her family time. She starts to think that maybe they also plan to surprise her for her birthday. If that the case, she'll be very happy. Looking at her desk, she can see various gift she has got from her friends.
'They went through all this trouble for me. I'm so happy. Akari even gave me Koro-sensei necktie for me. Geez that girl…' She lets out a small smile.
She really glads to have wonderful friend like them. Her eyes then focus on the pendant that Karma gave her.
'Beautiful eyes huh…'
The thought of that makes her heart warm and happy for some reasons. She doesn't know why, but it just makes her so happy… maybe be due to the fact that the compliment came from the mouth of someone she admires. Who knows.
Later that night, she has her long awaited family dinner. She was right, her parents do indeed celebrate her birthday. It's really fun… she never thought that there will be chance that they will celebrate her birthday as a family. She longs for this moment for a really long time. It's all thanks to Koro-sensei. For her... this birthday party is the best one she ever had and at that moment Nagisa realizes how lucky she is for having so much precious things in life.
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Author's note
And that's the end of Nagisa's birthday chapter. I felt really sad about writing this one. Poor Okuda… Ah by the way, it's just my opinion, but I think if Nagisa were really a girl Karma will treat her with more care. I picture it because in the real series eventhough he seems arrogant and violent, he actually has a really soft side, especially about the people he cared about. Hahahaha. I hope you guys like it.
To Amaya Kuruta: Thank you so much for reading and reviewing my fic. I'm really happy. :3. Yeah I think it will be romance in the end. Well if Nagisa was a girl, they will probably end up liking each other. But they both pretty oblivious about it… It was obvious for the other though.
To Kanon58: Yeah, I'll try to make an update as soon as I can without lowering the quality of the fic. I hope the fandom still lives on eventhough the series has ended.
And thanks for the other reviews. I was really happy reading all of them. Thank you and please check the next chapter as well when I update it.:3
-creamycinamont