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They sat lazily together in Karma’s department’s couch. It was late in the afternoon and both were freed from work early that day (true to be told, Nakamura was on vacation so...), something about some urgent reparations needed to be done in the main building where Karma worked. Why they didn’t wait until it was a weekend? Who knows, but no one cared. It was free time and they would take it, especially since Nakamura in three days was going abroad again due to the exchange program.
The almost black screen in front of them had the words ¨loading¨ displayed in bright colors. Karma moved his eyes across the screen and found her eyes staring at it. Something about that made the redhead chuckled. Nakamura snapped out of her meditation into another dimension and turned her gaze to him.
"What’s so funny?"
Not case in lying. "Your face"
She tried to punch him in his arm but of course, he was faster and got away from the blonde. Before she tried to follow him however, the screen turned into images and colors, indicating the game finished loading.
“Well then, let’s see if yours will be so funny when I crush you” she straightens on the couch sitting like a normal? person would sit before winking at him.
“It’ll be funny enough to see you try”. And with that the game started.
“Hot stuff, yeah!” Nakamura mimicked her chosen character’s little dance, with the burning gun gesture included, of course. The red devil only watched incredulously to the screen game until a snap sounded.
The girl was holding her phone while giggling. “Another one for my album”. He just kept staring at her.
“Oh c’mon! Quit looking at me like that! You lost, I won and that’s all!”
“I was even using my secret tactics and you won? It’s jus-
“That’s because you can’t outsmart me, Akabane” a little wink, then she fell silent. “Unless it’s about math, I never quite could surpass your grades there, he, but whateves! You got a bet to pay, better move out!”
“Right, right” the redhead stood up and made his way to the kitchen. They've established that the loser had to make lunch...He liked to cook, so no problem there but sadly, that would have been a rare opportunity to see her cooking, he wouldn’t hear her sofly humming while trying to not harm herself with the knife. Damn, next time he has to make sure to not lose.
“Can I at least cook whatever I want to?”
The blonde half yelled her answer, since she was lying in the couch again. “As if you weren’t going to do that without asking”
He just gave a small laugh before starting his work.
“Goddamnit, this thing tastes amazing” said the girl after taking two bites of the dish, food still on her mouth. Such a lady, he thought.
“You’re welcome” was his response and then proceed to eat his own food. Some minutes went by like that, just the two of them eating in comfortable silence until a sigh left the blonde's lips. He turned at her with a questioning look.
“It’s just…Ah, I know it’s not gonna be that long but…I'll miss this”
“Getting sentimental, are we now?”
She throwed a napkin at him. Unfortunately, it didn’t do so much damage. “Oh shush! I just wanted to say something nice and as always you had to ruined it” then she crossed her arms under her chest appearing to be mad. For a moment he though she was seriously mad but after a quick inspection he noted the almost unnoticeably way her lips were curved up.
A little smile formed on his lips too.
They kept eating in silence after that until they were finished. Nakamura stretched her arms and let a yawn out, then quickly turned to him with a wide smile on her face.
“Oh right! You got to be sure to mock Nagisa in my representation, ok? “
“It’ll my pleasure, there’s some ideas that I’ve wanting to put into practice” He gave a mildly malicious smile.
“Make sure to record everything” she answered with a similar smile on her lips. “And at the class reunion don’t forget to get all the gossip you can, all those guys always have some juicy information to talk about.”
“I though talking with the other girls was enough source of information.”
“Yeah but like, you always have to see things from different perspectives. Besides, when it comes down to Kayano and Nagisa you got the best point of view. And you know they are the most interesting subjects around here”
He was going to agreed to that when an old conversation suddenly appeared in his head. It was from an old Valentine’s Day, when he was talking with this same girl about the same lovebirds while spying them through a window. In some moment the blonde had said something but he didn’t catch it, and since she dismissed it so quickly he, well, didn't care about it so much. But curiosity suddenly struck him, maybe the girl didn’t even recall that but…nothing would be loose by asking, right?
“Say, Nakamura, do you remember the Valentine’s Day we spent on our third grade?”
“Hum?” she looked confused at the sudden turn of the conversation but quickly got over it, focusing instead on the question. “You mean the day when we followed all of our classmates around to “help” Kayano?”
He nodded in response.
“Heck yes I do! It was really entertaining way to spend Valentine’s Day” she laughed a bit. “And Korosensei only made it better” her laugh turned into a nostalgic smile this time. He got a wave of that nostalgic feeling too. Even if he wouldn’t often thought so much about those memories, he treasured them and liked to think of them with a smile, after all, he was what he was now because of many lessons learned thanks to Korosensei. But in this moment that wasn’t important, he was looking for answers.
“Yeah, yeah the thing is…After Kayano gave Nagisa the chocolates we had a conversation, I remember you said something but I didn’t pay attention in that moment so…What did you said?”
Nakamura frowned a bit, and then bit her lower lip, a gesture she would make when she was concentrating. Her eyes widen up in realization, her cheeks turn a little red and then she moved her head to the side so that her hair was blocking her face. Now he was more curious, to be able cause such reaction…not even the first time they kissed she acted like that. Maybe that was an exaggeration, tho. That time she was flustered. Now she simply was embarrassed.
“It’s nothing important now…Why do you want to know that anyway?"
“Then face me. And I just curious, that’s all~”
She turned to him, frowning. “Uhg, it really holds no importance! And…well, you’re gonna tease me if you know, so no, it’s gonna stay as.my.secret.” She remarked the last three words.
“You dare to keep a secret from your partner in crime? Your soul mate?” He put a hand on his chest and put a fake surprised-wounded expression. “You have deeply hurted my feelings, Nakamura”
“Oh get over with the act” she said rolling her eyes. A silence hung for some seconds before the girl let an exasperated sigh out.”Ok then…just promise not to laugh, ok?”
“Ok”
After taking a deep breath, she spoke. “I used to have a crush on Nagisa by that time…In that moment I was just resignating myself, accepting to... leave the way completely free for Kayano” She finished with a sigh.
"Makes sense" he said almost immediately when she was finishing her sentence.
“What?”
“I mean I already knew you got a crush on him. I was impressed when you offered to help Kayano out, but since you can be a bit weird sometimes I didn’t gave it much thinking" he shrugged.
“For real!? Gods I can’t-, no, I actually can believe it …And you are weirder than me!” The blonde picked up an apple that was on the table and throw it at him but he was, of course, faster than her and stood from the table in time to dodged it. He then stuck his tongue out at her and tried to get to the living room but Nakamura grabbed his arm, and attempted to lock him in a key.
Attempted because she couldn’t, of course. He grabbed her wrist and slidded his foot behind her ankles making her fall to the ground. Tho, he kept his grip on her hand to prevent her from getting a strong blow.
“Ow ow” She touched behind her head, a slightly annoyed expression on her face. She opened her eyes and threw him an angry look. “You bastard”
“You looked for it~”
“I swear that one day I’ll manage to get my revenge, thrown you to the floor and wipe it with your face, Akabane.” She said while standing up with his help.
“It’ll be funny enough to see you try”. He repeated the words from some time before. She just narrowed her eyes at him and tried to get away, only causing him to pull of her hand, getting her chest next to his. He wrapped his other arm around her waist quickly.
“Say, Nakamura, when will you stop calling me like that?”
“I’ll never get over about that stupid note you left in my annuary. I mean, I get you got a crush on Okuda back then but signing as “Akabane” was a bit too cold , don’t you think?”. Her face, and tone, were tinted with annoyance.
“Your heart belonged to Nagisa then, I don’t see the problem there.” His characteristic devil smile appeared.
“Uhg, I knew telling you was a bad idea. You’re supposed to tease others with me, not tease me”
He just smiled and proceed to put his forehead on hers.
“And what about me? You could have given me your chocolates that day. I kinda was expecting that to happen”
“…you didn’t deserve them. Besides, you already got ones from Okuda.”
“Those weren’t for normal consume, you knew that. And were part of a deal, too.”
“Doesn‘t matter, you got yours and that’s all.”
“You gave yours to Okajima. Ruining my plans, if I may add”
“You seriously think those were normal chocolates too? Thought you knew me better than that”. Now she was the one who put her hand on her chest, pretending to be hurt.
“Now that sounds just right. Have I told you that I love you?”. He moved his head ready to press their lips together but she dodged it and slipped out of his arms.
“Ah, ah. I won’t be kissing the man who obligates me to spill out one of my biggest secrets”. She made and overexerted movement with her hands, like those from soap-operas when they put their hands on their foreheads.
“You won’t be seeing me until the end of the year”
“Someone has to keep balance; if you and I were to spend some more time together… it’ll probably be... chaotic?”
“I don’t see the problem with that”. That characteristic smile of his appeared again. And the girl returned it, finally letting him close enough to complete his previous attempted action.
-Extra xd:
“This is the one I got yesterday” Karma appeared on the living room entrance, wielding a short blue maid dress on his hands.
“Damn, you overdid yourself with this one. So, tonight you’ll meet them in the bar, you said?” Nakamura said with an excited look in her eyes. The other guy didn’t know she was planning to accompany the redhead.
“Yep. So, you distract Kayano while I put this on Nagisa and then-
“¡To enjoy the view!” interrupted the blonde with a snicker. “You’re really a bastard, y’know?”
“Only the best for the best, my dear”. He ‘throws’ a kiss at her.