*slight trigger warning, don't read if you're uncomfortable with mentions of suicide

Karma had no problem as he walked downwards along the mountain side to watch as you walked - or skipped - in front of him. Simply holding his hands behind his head, his bright, mercury eyes raked up and down your body without a care in the world all the while the smile couldn't be wiped from his face.

'She's really here..'

He loved the feeling of his heart thumping against his ribcage and he really liked the fact that he couldn't stop smiling, he was so content with watching you as you seem to focus on the finer details in the flora and fauna surrounding you. It was as if watching a child at an amusement park though it seemed as if you already had something planned in mind hence why the both of you kept walking without interruptions.

"I honestly didn't expect you to skip on your first day back?"

As if ready to hear that specific question, Karma observed the way your arms moved by your sides more enthusiastically while turning your head sideways, "I didn't actually think it would work but they just like, let me go?" He knew you were referring to the class that was being taught by Koro-sensei. He almost let out a chuckle when realising that you didn't even know if you'd get away with wagging, "I was thirsty so I guess they let me have some freedom... I don't know why the hell Koro let you come though."

His head tilted a little in curiosity as he slowed down to observe the way you huffed deeply after crossing the small stream of water, getting closer to the school, "I mean you're Karma Akabane and I'm.. well, me. But whatever I'm hungry." The smile on Karma's face subconsciously formed a smirk, somewhat impressed that you'd say such a thing but he was still a little sceptical of what you could do, of what you were really capable of.

He looked to you again and found that it was something that occurred more than he realised. He didn't dislike it though, he found you to be entrancing in a way, he found that he really enjoyed watching you, smiling at the way your body jumped in your step and the way your expressions appeared. he was so excited for what could come when he could finally watch you fight or try and assassinate your teacher and he definitely wanted to know the extent of your true strength after everything he had heard about you.

Entering the school gates, Karma followed mindlessly as he saw you reach a vending machine and look through the glass with narrowed eyes; as if this was one of the most important decisions to make. Karma had stood beside, his eyes not leaving your form when he saw a glimpse of red on the inside of your arm at the crease of your elbow, "Is that from an IV drip?"

Looking away from the beverages, you looked at Karma but he noticed when you quickly looked away as well, observing the red mark on your arm while nodding, "Oh that, yeah it was pissing me off."

Again, he chuckled after being mildly shocked and placed his hands within his pants pockets, flinching away quickly when three huge bangs; the sound of an object smashing against metal, was heard right beside him and he saw that you had begun kicking the vending machine on the side of it. He raised a brow, "(Y/N)-chan doesn't have money~?"

You had looked at him almost expectantly and raised a brow while straitening up, your fist beginning to numb from the impact, "You got money?"

Smirking, he replied as the breeze blew his hair lightly making him seem to glow while you stood in the shade, he in the sunlight, "No, not on me."

Resuming your previous actions, your fist rammed into the side of the machine, the drinks shaking from within it before a hollow 'bang' sounded and something dropped into the compartment below, you pulled a bottle out with your tongue sticking outside the corner of your mouth, "Ooooh~ Matcha, I love it- want some?"

He didn't expect such a quick offer and didn't even reply before he watched your eyes glisten in amusement, "Just kidding, I hate sharing.." The school bell rang and he looked around as hs face turned grim, "Oh it's lunch time! I don't have money, oh what about that guy.."

His ears perked up, watching you as you twirled in your spot, thinking to yourself out loud, "Sa.. Sie- damn..." He didn't realise he was holding his breath until he heard you finish your sentence as he turned around, his back facing you as more students began to pile out of their classes, "Come on, we're going back to our class." You had grabbed the Matcha green tea and followed his voice.

He didn't ask it, it was more like a demand and you were oddly submissive until three shadows appeared on the floor in front of your leading you to turn and observe three boys, grinning right at you. They looked from the bruises that painted themselves across your ankles and then to your wrists. The boy in front; dark hair, red cheeks and a messy school uniform didn't hide his ill intentions when he got closer to you as you hadn't even realised that Karma didn't leave his spot, watching you carefully as he glared at the males.

"Hey hey, I haven't seen you before, mind tellin' us were you got those.." He licked his lips, "interesting bruises?" He winked after that and you shuddered, shocking Karma when it was hidden behind a smile as he noticed your cheeks lifting from wher he stared at you from behind, "What's your names, cuties?"

His brows furrowed in distaste when the males smiles had widened in accomplishment, getting closer as they crowded around you, making you seem so much smaller than you really were when they all looked down at you, "I'm Dais-URGH"

He was knocked to the ground, falling over his friend when he fell also with a gasp, the other boy stared wordlessly between you and his friends while one of them was half unconscious as the other had been holding his head in pain after colliding with the floor. Karma faced you, shocked and in disbelief, almost proud for seeing you defend yourself with his own eyes but he stepped forward when it looked as if you resembled a lion crawling towards a helpless deer, "(Y/N)-san.." He stopped when you jumped, swinging your bottle while muttering to yourself though he heard it, "As if I actually wanted to know your names, how pathetic. I should beat you up and give you some pretty bruises of your own, how about that?"

A fist was raised high enough for Karma to grab, he did but he didn't pull you back when you kept talking, "You think my bruises are nice? Interesting? What the hell is wrong with you?! You bastards, I'll make you eat shit!"

"(Y/N), stop." He was pulling you now, his red hair about to be seen from the corner of your eye when he pulled your body against him comfortably, "Breathe."

You hadn't even realised you were huffing until he instructed you to relax, his grip was tight against your wrist but it didn't hurt, it was more comforting in a way, "As much as I'd love to see it..." He noticed the slight crowd that you had gained, looks of shock present on their faces, "You don't want to get kicked out of school right after coming back, now, do you?"

"Is that (L/N)?"

"No way!"

"She's been MIA for ages man!"

"What are those bruises?"

"Jeeez, she looks so scary! Her eyes!"

"Did she just beat them up?!" Karma's eyes narrowed, "Yeah, didn't you see?!"

He turned you around, glancing at the three boys who stared with grimaces though they didn't make any indication to the assassin that they would get revenge, "Who knew such petty things could rile you up, huh~?" He was teasing, his voice was light but you couldn't see anything but the expressions on the three guys faces, it was so exciting, you wanted to do something. You wanted to knock their teeth out but you guess that Karma would allow it.

"Oh shit her eyes! Let's go~!!"

Karma heard and grew confused, though remembering what Nagisa had said about your eyes, he was beyond confused to think it could happen so quickly. Despite that, he heard your voice when he let you go slowly, "You... got any... uh gum?"

His brow raised and you wouldn't look him right in the eyes though he still dug his hand in his pockets to grab a packet that was almost empty, he handed it to you and you didn't smile nor frown, only grabbed the treat to unwrap four of them and threw them in your mouth. Chewing them immediately, he grew bored but curious of what you were thinking when he couldn't help notice the dullness in your eyes that slowly grew back to normal and by normal, he meant the shining and beautiful natural colour they originally were.

The crowd dispersed, only the three left when they hadn't moved as they watched unashamed, "Ikeda Daisuke," The said man perked up, his nose red with stains of dried blood present, "Kato Arata and Hisakawa Kichirou.. Disgusting.."

There was another male, he was staring though the three who had ganged up on you were frozen in fear after having their full names said aloud. This other male, his stare could felt and Karma stared bewildered at the smile that grew on your face when you contined chewing the spearmint-flavoured gum, "All friends with the infamous Hagiwara Seiji! The ladies man! The playboy and the player!" Seiji gasped to himself but stood his ground, eyes widened tenfold when you actually noticed him, "Wo~w long time no see baby! I've missed you!" You noticed the way his eyes shone, "But!" He paused as Karma turned on his side to watch both Seiji and yourself, "I'll have to see you later." You winked his way, blush appearing on his cheeks when you walked off without Karma as he gave a violent death glare to the playboy making him shudder lightly.

Instead of heading towards the school gates to go back to your class, Karma was left watching when you entered the building to stand in front of the lockers situated third year area. He placed his hands behind his head again, bored and relaxed yet wondering what you were doing and thinking if it was actually a waste of his time but he still wanted to know how you thought and what you thought about.

He leant his weight on his right leg, watching you with an odd look when you located a locker, opening them to find a pair of shoes when you took some of the gum for your mouth to stick them on the underside of the shoes and closed it. Repeating the same thing with two more lockers, you then left and smiled towards him, "What a waste of time, what was that?"

Without a word, you bypass Karma to go back onto the mountain and start walking back up to go back to class. Getting closer and closer, more students noticed your arrival as Karma trailed behind you in silence. There was a peaceful atmosphere surrounding you and Nakamura approached you, "(Y/N), where did you go? Koro kept trying to get out of class but Karasuma wouldn't let him - you made us deal with a crying teacher all morning!"

" 't's not like you weren't crying this morning either Na-ka-mu-ra~!" The grin was wiped from your face when she glared intensely at you, you made a face and bypassed her to go in the class where Koro yelped aloud and burst to tears, "EW get away from me! Jeez, get a hold of yourself sensei!" Karma and Nakamura couldn't help following when you sat upon Rio's desk to get out her bento and start eating from it; more specifically, all of the meat in it.

"Bu-But (Y/N)-san~ You scared me~! I almost got into trouble with Karasuma!" The student's in class couldn't help snickering in unison at their teacher when they remembered the way he was shaking and screamed when the door slammed open as the military officer stormed in, "But! I'm glad you're back and uh.. may I see your hands?"

They waited as you showed off your clean hands to the teacher, observing as he seemed to analyse them before Karma leant against a table in the front, beside you as he watched, "Are you seriously checking if she-"

"Got in a fight? Yes, yes I am." Koro answered really straightforward but he caught the cheeky smirk that you couldn't contain on your face, "Don't worry Koro! I'm clean today."

He didn't notice the side glance you offered to Karma but the red-haired boy did, he stared at you just as you looked at him and his eyes narrowed in wonder when he watched a tentacle being raised above you, he saw you flinch as the class grew so quiet that you forgot that the entire class was in the room with you. Koro placed his arm (tentacle) on your head affectionately, "Well done (Y/N)-san! I'm ve-urhh.." He stopped and realised what he had done when Nakamura watched your face as Terasaka felt a smirk coming on before you answered, "What was that?"

Isogai and Maehara waited in their seats, gripping whatever they were holding in anticipation for your outburst but on the contrary, nothing happened. Koro was confused and frightful, taking his arm off of your head when your hair lifted with his arm and you caught it, laughing, "W-why isn't she mad?"

Kayano heard Nagisa but shook her head, also wondering why when everyone asked the same thing in their heads, "Why did you do that?"

'Thank you Karma!!'

The class couldn't help be grateful when you looked towards him and then back to Koro, "I'm a bit confused." To this, Koro made a sound of unsureness and asked you what the whole class wanted to hear the answer to, "Why d-didn't you get mad when I touched you-... you know, with my tentacle?"

Both Kataoka and Maehara glanced at each other this time when you answered, "Oh well I only did that as part of my plan to jump off of the cliff!"

The silence was dominating and no one knew how to break it, you had glanced around in wonder when no one spoke and to your surprise, even Karma looked interested and amazed, "Well, first I had to express how gross his tentacles were and how much they disgust me. Then I'd got everyones Anti-Koro BB's and crushed them into powder, I covered myself in it and then went to the cliff."

The smile, the careless smile that your class got somehow made them feel something, something along the lines of heartbreak and absolute horror which led to people like Kayano and Kanzaki to start tearing up. Terasaka was speechless and Nakamura was along the lines of disappointed and uneasy about how casually you spoke of a suicidal assassination attempt like that.

Koro's face turned dull but he flinched when he noticed you standing, nearing him slowly with an oddly lifeless appearance in your eyes while that familiar, sinister smile grew - the one that made Koro shiver uncomfortably, "And at the cliff.. I fell down - I didn't jump, but I fell and I flew so amazingly. My body was so cold and my lungs were intoxicated with air,"

He began sweating and as you got closer and closer, staring deep in his eyes that held him in place, he was unable to look away no matter how much he wanted to, you kept speaking, "As I was falling, I remembered that I was doing this for my class, my classmates that could win the ¥10 billion and live on without fearing the end of their lives."

Nakamura glanced at Kurahashi who caught her eyes as the blond noticed the tears coming to the other girls eyes, Rio furrowed her brows but she couldn't stop you, the atmosphere you created within the class wouldn't let her, "I began crying, I was still falling - so, so happy about the freedom it gave me and then tears blurred my vision," Your teacher yelped quietly when you arms spread apart, "I was like a bird, flying.."

"The scenery was amazing and all sounds were destroyed when the wind was thrashing against my body," The smile never dimmed on your face, frightening Karma when he listened so intently, Kimura and Yada keeping their mouths closed despite the fact that they had dropped moments before, "It was so damn peaceful and the sun lit my body up, so beautifully.. You took that away from me Sensei."

Everyone stopped.

"I was on my way out, I was happy and I was performing the most ultimate act of love for the people I love with all my heart. You made a fool out of me."

**Unedited