Chapter 10

Although the girls lost badly in their match, the boys won. The principal's words were almost hypnotising and the new rules in the game proved to be in his favor. But, Class 3-E boys managed to turn it into an advantage and win the exhibition game in the end.

Everyone in their class cheered for the boys in the game. Oh, and they definitely noticed the sudden change in Y/N's attitude.

Positive change, ofcourse.

Well, Rio was kind of glad that she finally came out of her shell, and almost surprised to hear her cheer. But she didn't like it much considering who it was for. Karma.

Karma noticed her too. He would be lying if he said that he didn't enjoy her cheer. And she had a bigger smile on her face, much bigger than what she had around Sugino. It almost made him sigh in relief.

A new instructor by the name of Akira Takaoka came to Class E, and the students took an instant liking to him. He presented himself as a father figure.

Y/N did find it weird of how happy and jolly this person sounded when he was gonna take physical training. Something about this new teacher felt wrong. What's weird is that she didn't feel the same when Jelovic joined, and she's a professional assassin.

They decided to go for the movie the next day.

Y/N wanted to take some rest after the match and the feast that Mr. Takaoka gave them. Well, it was partly true. She just couldn't handle so much in one day. It would be too much for her knowing how Karma's gonna be like with her all the time. And surprisingly, Karma agreed with the condition of, "Your interest gonne increase cherry~"

She can handle that the next day. How bad can it be, right?

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Takaoka announced a new schedule to the class - revealing a rigorous regimen of assassin training from noon to 9pm every weekday, leaving very little time for schooling and no time for socialising.

Maehara protested at this which earned him a knee to the chest from Takaoka. Instantly the whole class was horrified. Takaoka demanded absolute cooperation while still forcing himself on them as a father figure.

That wasn't what pissed off Y/N though. What crossed the line was still yet to come.

When he turned to ask Kanzaki for agreement, she smiled instead and said that she preferred Karasuma's teachings. She gave him her most polite smile. But licking his lips, Takaoka slaps Kanzaki in the face with enough force to make her fall down to the ground.

Y/N wanted to puke out the grand meal he offered the day before. It felt like a hefty feast of a goat right before it gets slaughtered.

Thankfully, Karasuma and Koro stepped in, concerned for Kanzaki and Maehara's well-being but otherwise unable to overrule Takaoka. Their hands were tied too. Instead, they were forced to watch the lesson continue.

The class then proceeded to do 300 squats though they soon begin to feel exhausted. Y/N already started feeling a bit dizzy. It wasn't her strong point really. Physical education was always very tiring for her. She found loopholes during classes and took breaks. The "period" excuse, didn't exactly work on Karasuma.

Takaoka noticed her faltering and slowing down. He walked and stood before her, with the same psychotic smile on his face, "You're slowing down. That's not what I taught, did I?"

"That wasn't teaching," Y/N looked up huffing, her eyes burning with hatred, "that was dictating. You should learn something from Mr. Karasuma. Preferably how to teach, that is."

"Watch it. Karasuma isn't a part of our family dollface. Disrespecting daddy makes him very angry!" he said and raised his hand to punish her but Karasuma blocks his punch. Takaoka used this interference as a challenge to determine who will be Class E's PE teacher. He proposed to Karasuma choose a student to fight Takaoka with a real knife while he is unarmed.

Karma watched it all, standing in the same position he was before. He didn't realize it before, but looking down he saw the knife in his hand - thankfully, the one used to kill Koro. He was breathing heavily, not sure whether from the exercise or from his pure urge to kill Takaoka. That's right, he didn't think like this for a long time. To kill a teacher. Wasn't that his main goal before?

He came back to his senses soon, when Karasuma shoved him down with his moves and the chairman of the school approached Takaoka and berated him for using violence to instill fear in the students. Chairman Asano put a letter of dismissal to his mouth and walked away, telling him that the Ministry of Defense does not call the shots as it is his school, with the latter quickly packing his bags as he ran from the scene.

Karma thought about the events. Today he got to see her courage and anger at the same time. And when, nobody had the guts to step forward.

That mean't she can handle herself in the toughest situations. She would do whatever it took to protect the ones she cared about. Even if it meant she would get hit for it.

But, that is if she was the last hope.

She's lazy.

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After their school ended, luck wasn't on her side. It was raining hard and they had to cancel again. And maybe, just maybe, she hoped this to be some kind of a date. Karma made it sound like that too. When she was at the school gates, he wasn't out yet. She waited for him though.

She noticed Karma running towards her with his bag over his head. He was absolutely wet. "Hey, we should go home today."

He noticed her tone of speaking. She sounded sad. "She's kind of...like a bunny," He chuckled at the thought and swooped in under her umbrella. Y/N stepped back in surprise, almost slipping down and falling on her ass.

But Karma wasn't one to let a moment slide. He immediately held her arm and pulled her back in, under the umbrella. "You'll get cold cherry," he took the umbrella from her and started walking, "atleast we can go to the station together?"

Y/N was awfully aware of Karma today. It was a torture. Not only was her crush totally wet (he looked so good), he was also under the same umbrella, sticking close to her. Her heart wasn't calming down anytime soon.

Karma closed the umbrella as they reached the station and handed it back to her, waiting for her reaction. But the next moment, he couldn't hear what she was talking about for a moment. He was focused on...something else.

Her face, was flushed. Not the kind when she blushed after Karma's flirting. This was just something else. Maybe it was the effect of the romantic atmosphere, or just the weather. Her cheeks were flushed and she was shivering a bit. She ran her fingers through her hair, and flipped it, making sure her hair wasn't as wet as her right side of body. She took out her school blazer from her bag and moved it towards him.

"....are you listening?"

Karma snapped out of his thoughts and took the blazer from her, "Usually the guy offers their coat, you know?"

"Yeah but-" she scanned him and looked away. She cleared her throat and said, "you're in no condition to offer me that."

"Oh," Karma smirked moving near her, "But it's a bit like you're marking your territory. I like it, cherry."

Y/N blushed and whipped her head towards him. "What? N-no it's not!" she huffed and turned away, "Okay bye. My ride's gonna be here soon."

He held her wrist and stopped her. He took out a handkerchief from his bag and offered it to her, "Wipe your face with it. You look like you drooled watching me."

Y/N snatched away his handkerchief and walked away with a blush on her face, muttering, "Rude."

Karma smirked watching her retreating figure. No one can handle her flushed face apart from him. It would just cause more danger to her. That's right.

Only he should be able to handle it.