Female Nagisa, au
Disclaimer: I don't own Assassination Classroom and yeah this is just a fanfic
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Chapter 10: Don't Go
Autumn is finally here. If you look outside the window, the world is covered with brownish color. It's as if the world is cover with sweet cinnamon. The breeze of the wind brushes the ginko leaves which makes them look like they are dancing in midair. It is indeed a beautiful autmn Friday… except for a certain red-haired-boy who can only lays in his bed.
Right now, Akabane Karma is sick. He catches a cold. To his annoyance, he cannot do anything. It's not like he want to attend school or go outside, in fact the first few hours were pretty nice. He can play games all day and take some naps. But after all of that, he feels bored. He just doesn't know what else to do. He tried to do some studying, but his head is too dizzy to do so.
'How did I end up like this again?'
That's right, how did he ended up like this? The answer is simple, BAD LUCK. Yesterday, Karma was walking home until a sudden downpour happen. It did not last for long, but Karma was very soaking wet at that point. He then tried his very best to reach home early, but in the middle of the way he saw a cat almost drown and the owner can only cry for help. In the end, he helped them. By the time he reached his house, he looks like an utter mess. His nose was dripping, and he started to sneeze… like so often.
Karma can only reflect what has happened. He then remembers something.
'Ah! Today I made a promise to study together with Nagisa. I guess… I should cancel it.' Karma grabs his phone and texts her. 'I hope she's okay with it.'
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From: Karma
To: Nagisa
Nagisa…
I don't think we can study together today.
I don't feel very well
~o~
It takes some time for Karma to get a reply from the girl.
~o~
From: Nagisa
To: Karma
Karma, are you okay?
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From: Karma
To: Nagisa
Yeah,I'm fine…
I just caught a cold.
~o~
From: Nagisa
To: Karma
That's horrible.
I'll visit you later.
~o~
Karma freezes for a while. He then continues typing.
~o~
From: Karma
To: Nagisa
You don't need to…
I don't want to trouble you.
Besides, you have to teach Sakura, right?
~o~
From: Nagisa
To: Karma
It won't be a trouble at all.
I'll visit you after the tutoring session.
Do you want me to bring something for you?
~o~
Karma can only smile to his friend stubbornness. Deep down he is kind of happy that Nagisa will visit him.
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From: Karma
To: Nagisa
If Nagisa said so, kay then~
Hmmm… you can cook something for me.
I also want some strawberry milks please.
~o~
From: Nagisa
To: Karma, Is that all?
Okay then.
See you, Karma.
~o~
From: Karma
To: Nagisa
See you too, Nagisa
~o~
Several hours later Karma hears his doorbell ring. He doesn't except Nagisa to arrive this early. He then walks toward the door and opens it to find something unexpected.
"Hello, Akabane."
"Asano." Karma raises his eyebrow and crosses his arm. "What are you doing here?"
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Karma is shocked. He can't believe his school rival will be in front of his doorsteps and greets him.
'What does he want?'
As he finishes his thought, Asano responses to his earlier question. "The teacher told me to deliver your assignment."
"Since when did the teacher care?"
"They don't." Asano gives the assignment to Karma. "But since you are in class A, it is necessary."
Karma glances at the assignment. "That's all, right? You can go now."
"Akabane, is that how you treat your guest?", said Asano firmly.
Karma senses that this is going to be troublesome for him. He then tries to close his front door forcefully. However, his action is stopped by Asano who also forcefully open the door.
'What is wrong with this guys…? Grrr… At this rate the door will break!'
"Fine! What do you want?", asked Karma in irritation.
Asano smiles. He feels like he has somewhat won. "I want to know more about this Koro-sensei."
Karma lowers his eyebrows. "This can't wait for tomorrow, right? Why are you so persistent?"
"Because I believe you've said that you have pictures of him from your graduation album. It's a rare chance to see what's he looked like."
Karma curses himself. 'Why did I say that…?'
As he finishes his thought, his head starts to feel unbearably heavy. He holds on to the wall nearby to support his stance.
'This is bad… I don't feel very good.'
"Oi, Akabane. Are you okay?" Asano tries to lend a hend
"I'm fine. Just go already…". As he finishes his sentence, his legs turn wobbly and his body collapse. Everything just turns black for a while, and when he wakes up he find himself in his room. He looks around his room and finds it incredible messy.
'What just happen… Did someone try to rob me?' Karma who tries to get up from his bed but instead he ends falls to the floor which creates a loud sound.
'…that's hurt.'
Suddenly he hears some footsteps rushing to his room and a familiar voice.
"Karma!"
"N…nagisa?"
Nagisa looks him in worry. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah… I'm fine. Nagisa… how did you get in?"
"Asano-kun…" Nagisa smiles while scratching a finger to her chin. "…let me in."
"Asano?". Karma gives an annoyed look. He closes his eyes for a second and sighs. "He's still here huh?"
"Yup, he's downstairs."
"Anyway… what happen while I passed out?"
Nagisa blinks. "Well… It's started with…"
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Few hours earlier, Nagisa was tutoring Sakura as usual in the nursery place. She's been doing this for a while now. Every twice in a week, Nagisa will make a visit and help Sakura's study.
"Okay, that's all for today. You're getting better at your study, Sakura-chan.", said Nagisa while closing her teaching materials.
"Yup!" Sakura nods and smiles. "That's because I have a great teacher like Nagisa."
Nagisa gives a small laughter. "I'm flattered by that, Sakura-chan."
"Speaking of which,". Sakura then smirks. "Why are you in such hurry today? Are you planning to meet someone?"
"Yup.",Nagisa nods.
Sakura eyes shine in glimmers. "Don't tell me it's your boyfriend?"
Nsgisa can only feel her sweat drooping from her face. "N…no. I'm going to visit a sick friend. Besides…I'm don't have a boyfriend."
"Eh?" Sakura shows her disappointed look. "What a letdown?"
Nagisa can only response in nervous laugh. 'I don't get what kids think this day…'
"Anyway, I'll be going now. Bye-bye, Sakura-chan."
"Bye-bye, Nagisa!"
As Nagisa exits the nursery, she could see the little girl is waving at her. Along her way, she stops by the supermarket to buy some strawberry milks and ingredients for porridge.
'Kay… I think that's should be it.'
After finish her groceries, Nagisa directly goes to Karma's resident only to find something unexpected. She rings the doorbell and finds the person who greets her is not the home owner. She can only freeze in shock.
"…Asano-kun?"
"Are you Akabane's friend?"
"…yes." Nagisa blinks in confusion. She doesn't understand why Asano opens the door. "Err… where is Karma?"
"He collapsed.", Asano answers calmly.
Instantly Nagisa pops her eyes. "EH?"
Asano then lets Nagisa in the house and tells her that he will explain inside.
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Asano then explain to Nagisa in detail about what has happened.
"…So that's how it is." Nagisa lets out sigh of relieve but she starts to wonder something.
'How did Asano-kun move Karma to his room?'
Asano notices that Nagisa is lost in her thought. "Shiota, is there something wrong?"
Nagisa stiffs up hearing his question. "N..nothing."
"Ah, I see…" Asano seems like he realizes something. "You must be wondering how did I get Akabane to his room."
Nagisa is utterly speechless with Asano statement. 'How did he…'
Asano gives a confident and proud smiles. "And now you are wondering how did I know?". He then proceeds explaining for 5 minutes straight about his ability to deduce thing correctly.
Nagisa can only listen to it and gives her nervous smile. She doesn't know what to say. She finds it quite weird for someone to praise himself.
"Anyway, you want to know how I transport him, right? I just drag Akabane's feet and mop him around the floor. It's kind of hard to pass the stair, but I somehow manage to make it.", Asano says in serious and proud tone.
Nagisa's jaw drop. "WHAT?"
"Relax, Shiota. I make sure he won't have head injury. After all, he is my rival. It will be bad if he has gotten himself brain injury."
Nagisa makes her deadpan look. '… I don't know whether this guy has a common sense or not.'
Nagisa than calms herself and proceed by changing the subject. "…anyway, Asano-kun. What are you doing here in the first place?", asked Nagisa in her calm tone.
"I came to deliver his assignment."
'That's all?'. Nagisa can't believe what she just heard. She never thought that Asano will be the kind of guy who will do this kind of stuff. 'Maybe they are a good friend now?'
Just as Nagisa finishes her thought, Asano continues his word. "…and I want to search more information on this Koro-sensei guy."
At that moment Nagisa's first impression of him is shattered. 'So he wants something afterall…'
"Speaking of which, Shiota!". Asano voice suddenly turns stern and deadly serious.
"Ye...yes?". Nagisa stutters her words.
"You are formerly in Class E, right? So, can you tell me about Koro-sensei?"
Nagisa nods and smiles. "Sure."
"Akabane told me that he is a giant yellow octopus with Mach 20 speed. He is your teacher and Class E needs to kill him because he was a monster who will blow up the earth. Is all of that true?"
"Yup, that's Koro-sensei. Karma told you lot of stuff, didn't he?"
"Yes, but not enough. Can you tell me more about him?"
"Hmmm…" Nagisa tilts her head. "Koro-sensei… you see… is a really amazing teacher. He's not a saint though. He read lots of gravure magazines. Eventhough he will blow up the earth, he still worried about his paycheck." Nagisa then chuckles. "He even worried about his popularity among student, isn't it funny?"
"Yeah, Akabane had told me that. He also told me about the poison incident."
"Ah! That one." Nagisa speaks while moving her hand in excitement. "It was quite funny. That time Okuda asked Koro-sensei to drink the potions she made… Koro-sensei drank them all. Ah… he was fine though, he just changed his head shape and color. He even helped Okuda made another poison. Well in the end, it was just another part of for his teacher materials for us."
"He sounds like a great teacher."
"Yeah… he was." Nagisa smiles in a bittersweet way. "We even thought that we should save him. The class even went through disagreement about this. To kill or to save."
Asano observes the girl's expression. It looks sad for a moment there. "I heard about it. The save faction won, right? Shiota, don't tell me you are the one who fought with Akabane?"
"Yeah… he was really strong. Truthfully, I didn't think I can beat him."
"Akabane said that he surrendered to you. When I asked why he just told me that he had already lost that's all. I also heard your triangle-choked movement. I guess looks can be deceiving, huh?"
Nagisa laughes while sweatdropping. "A…anyway, we ended up searching for a cure."
"I also heard about him going to the moon to hijack a space station there. So it was the truth? I can't believe it."
"Well…" Nagisa averts her eyes. "It was Koro-sensei crazy idea. But now that I think about it, it's indeed a miracle. I guess it's because of everyone's effort."
"To go to such a length to save him. I guess class E is really fond of this teacher."
"Yes…yes we are." Nagisa looks at her palm. "We really wanted to save him. We knew that he had done terrible things… but… he was the first one who saw us in the eyes. Not as worthless people, but as his students. He was there for us, he taught us how to be strong... not to give up… He gave us lots of things that we class E would never thought to get. In the end… we could not save him." Nagisa faces starts to look grim
'Ah! It's the same expression as the one that Akabane's made that time.', thought Asano.
"Are you regretting your decisions?", asked Asano out of curiosity.
Nagisa shakes her head. "No. It's true that I wish he's still here, but I don't regret it. The bond that we made as still there. Besides he will be very sad if we feel that way. I think the best thing to now is just doing things in our very best."
Asano can see it. The girl's expression is full of determination. He can tell that it was a painful experience for them, but the look in her face telling a different thing. He then smiles in satisfaction, as if he everything he needs to know has been covered.
'Class-E sure is strong, huh? I guess it was expected. Afterall, it's that guy's student. He who managed to changed my father 's perspective.', thought Asano.
"Is there anything else you want to ask, Asano-kun."
"No, it's enough for today."
"Hmmm… if that's all. I'll start preparing something before he wakes up." Nagisa then steps to the kitchen and starts cooking some porridge.
Before long, Asano helps her prepares the dish. No one initiates any conversation. They both just silently prepares the dish. Nagisa feels that the situation is rather uncomfortable so she asks a simple question.
"Asano-kun, if I may ask… how is Karma at school?"
"Akabane? He is less violent now." He stops chopping the leek and starts thinking. "and surprisingly he stops ditching the class. Even the teachers quite surprise with his attendance."
Nagisa lets out a small chuckle. "Karma sure has change. I wish I could see that. I probably won't be able to imagine that a year ago."
"But, he still has that cocky attitude." Asano makes a small pause before continues his sentence. "He is quite formidable as a rival in academic and sports, but his attitude is a different matter."
Nagisa smiles and drops some sweat. 'That's Karma for you…'
Just as they finish their conversation, a loud sound of bang can be heard.
Nagisa pops her eyes in shock. 'What was that? Is Karma okay?'
"Asano-kun, can you keep an eye of the pot for a while. I'm gonna check what is it.". Nagisa hurriedly runs upstairs toward the sound.
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"So, that's how it is…", said Karma.
Nagisa helps Karma to get up from the floor. "Karma, are you hungry? The food will be ready soon… Do you want me to bring it here?"
"No… Let's just eat them downstairs…"
Both of them taking their steps downstairs to the dining area. They both are shocked by the fact that Asano has already set the dish on the table, not to mention the porridge looks somehow classy.
Karma and Nagisa look at each other and can only think how Asano is amazing and weird at the same time. They both then take a seat.
"Both of you are to slow, so I took the liberty to finishing up the dish.", said Asano confidently.
"I…I see. Thank you, Asano-kun.", said Nagisa.
"Anyway… why porridge?", asked Karma in rather disappointed voice.
"Well…" Nagisa rolls her eyes to Karma's. "It's easier for sick people to consume porridge, right?"
Karma shows an annoyed expression. "But porridge is boring and bland."
"Karma…" Nagisa gives a rather stern look. "You should eat it. It's good for you."
"Fine then, I did promise to listen to you. But~…" Karma then shows his usual smirk. "I will do it if Nagisa is the one feeding me~."
Nagisa falls silent for a second. "Okay.",she says in monotone. She then grabs Karma's spoon and blows it to prevent burning tongue.
"Nagisa, I was just joking…". Karma then grabs his spoon from Nagisa's hand.
They both did not notice it, but Asano has been observing them for a while. "Are both of you perhaps…a couple?"
Their cheeks directly burst with the color of red. Both of them avert their eyes. "NO! WE'RE NOT!"
"So, I'm mistaken then…"
The three the eat their meal in silence.
Nagisa glances the other two. Asano seems like he didn't notice the atmosphere, on the other hand Karma always averts his gaze whenever their eyes met. 'Ah…. This is so awkward. Why did Asano-kun has to say that…'
Karma feels his cheeks are burning which is quite rare. In addition, whenever his eyes meet Nagisa's, the sensation is back. He thinks that it might be due to his fever. '…is fever always give this annoying feeling?'
After finishing their meal, Asano decides to take his leave. Nagisa stays for a while to take care of Karma. The tension between the two is gradually gone after Asano left. Nagisa forces Karma to take a rest in his bed, but he ends up playing his game console.
"Karma… you should be resting. You even collapsed today.", said Nagisa worriedly.
"Nagisa is such a worrywart~."
In the end both of them chat till the sun down. They both seem to have fun.
Karma starts to feel sleepy. His golden eyes are started to get blurry. 'It's fun to have someone around the house to chat… Last time I had fever, I had to take care of myself. This time… it's different. It's so warm to have people who cares for you around. I wish she could stay…' Unconsciously, Karma grabs Nagisa's sleeve. "Karma… is there something wrong?"
"…don't go.", utters Karma with a small voice. As he finishes his words, the boy gradually fall into slumber.
Nagisa is speechless with that words, but she understands it. It must be lonely for the red haired to be always alone in this big house. She then looks at the sleeping figure gently and pats his head.
'I guess I had to tell mom that I won't be home tonight…'
The next morning, Karma finds himself much better now. He then sits on his bed and stares into the room. He is shock to find that his little friend is sleeping on his study desk. He walks over to her side quietly and covers her in blanket.
'This idiot… You could catch a cold if you sleep like that.' He smiles gently. 'I can't believe she really is staying. Nagisa… thank you.'
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author's note Uwaaa, so sorry for the delayed update. I have some business to take care of. This chapter is rather long than the usual one… I hope it's not boring:3. Anyway thank you so much for reading this chapter. Anyway, i haven't reread this chapter, so they might be some grammatical errors. This time i put a text message format. I find it pretty cute style of writing. I really enjoy reading everyone review. Thank you.
To nene, in university if you take organic biology or medical major, you will learn this stuff again. However, it will be more detailed like how oncogene and TP-gene works and also their mutation, or cyclin and CDK relation. In addition, we need to know their detail in order to understand embryology further. But it will be boring if I put the detail version of it, afterall it's not that kind of fic LOL.
To shizuka yomu, hikariwhite95 and guest, Thank you so much!
Once again thank you for reading. See you next chapter -creamycinamont