Under My Control {Karma x Asano}

18

Asano flinched when Karma sighed again. The redhead noticed and sat up, placing his hands on the other's.

"You don't normally flinch so much, Asano-kun."

"It feels like you're going to hit something." He replied, sighing. "You're angry."

Karma leaned in and kissed Asano's cheek softly, making the strawberry-head shudder at his touch.

"Well, if it scares you that much." Karma said, smiling.

"I'm not scared."

"Mm. I see."

"You don't sound like you 'see'."

Karma smiled, and leaned in to hug Asano again. However, this time, Asano pushed the redhead back.

"Eh? No hug?"

Asano narrowed his eyes, and sighed. "You were going to fall off if you came any closer."

It was true. Karma was at the edge of his bed. His hips hung on for a dear life.

"Ahh. You were protecting me." Karma lifted his bottom and placed himself back to safety. "Ok. Now can I hug you?"

"...I gave you a hug a few minutes ago."

"But now I'm in a bad mood again." Karma said. One look at Asano made him sigh. "I really didn't wanna do this, Asano-kun."

An eyebrow cocked up. "Do what?"

"Hmph. Nothing..."  Karma's arms crossed, and he turned his gaze towards the opposite wall.

"...Are you sulking?"

"No."

"You're sulking."

"No, I'm not."

"It doesn't seem like that to me."

Karma turned his head. "...I want to touch you, Asano-kun."

The younger boy's face flushed a deep red as his eyelids fluttered in surprise. Karma's face burned when he realized what he had just said.

"Oh. I didn't mean—"

"I-I know."

"I promise, Asano-kun, I—"

"Karma, I know," Asano breathed. Karma swallowed.

"Sorry."

"...It's alright."

Another silence filled the room.

"W-Water!" Asano flinched at the sudden yell.

"What?"

"I'm awfully thirsty." Karma said, smiling. "Can you...Um...since I can't move..."

"Oh...Oh, yeah, alright."

Asano stumbled out of the room and shut the door behind him. He cleared his throat, before heading towards the nearby water fountain.

Meanwhile, in the room, Karma bent his knee towards his chest, leaning his cheek onto it.

"I don't want to be awkward with Asano-kun..." He muttered under his breath. "Geez, that was so—!"

"Karma!"

He looked up at the door, his lips curving into a small smile.

"Nagisa."

"You--!" The bluehead was with the rest of Class 3-E. "You promised me you'd be careful!"

"Sorry, sorry, Nagisa." The redhead said. "You talk as if you're my girlfriend."

Karma had intentionally said that to tease Nagisa's femininity, to which he received a hard blow to the head. However, due to the weakness of the blue head, it had felt like a nudge. He chuckled at his friend's red face.

"Karma-kun, why is it that you keep getting involved with bombs?" Korosensei was, yet again, in disguise. "It's not safe!"

"Well, it's Karma. Whaddya expect?" Terasaka asked.

"It's not his fault my father is so psychotic."

The entire Class 3-E turned to the door they had just entered through, and was in shock to see Asano with a cup of water placed on his palm like a saucer.

"Asano...?"

"Oh, my class came by to visit." Karma told him, feeling his face burn.

"Yes...I can see that..." Karma narrowed his eyes when he heard the sound of slight disdain in his response. Asano walked through the crowd and placed the cup in Karma's hands. "Well then. Take your time."

Karma's hands grasped the other's wrist, and they made eye contact. "You're leaving?"

"Is there a reason I need to be here?"

A sharp pain throbbed his leg at that moment, and his grip loosened. His face wrinkled up in pain as a small, shaky breath escaped his lips.

Asano knew immediately what was going on, but he didn't want any suspicion to rise between them. He knew Class 3-E wasn't aware of their relationship.

Karma cocked an eyebrow up after the pain faded. "Uh...because you're my boyfriend?"

Well, kick that suspicion out the window, then.

"Wait...what?"

Asano's face flushed, looking at Karma's curious face with pure embarrassment.

"That...You weren't supposed to..."

"Karma?!"

"Karma-kun?!"

"What? Ohhh, you guys didn't know?"

"O-Of course not!" The class said in unison. Their heads all faced Asano, who was biting his lip.

Are they thinking about how disgusting it is? That two guys are dating? That two guys are romantically attracted to each other?

"Geez, finally." Nakamura said, flipping her blonde hair. "It's about time, Karma!"

"Yeah. It took longer than I expected."

"Nakamura?!"

"What? You newbies in romance wouldn't know a thing. I caught on since day 1."

"I-I don't understand why exactly you like Karma, but please treat him well..." Nagisa said, a bead of sweat dropping from his temple.

"Ehh? What is that supposed to mean?" Karma asked, grabbing the bluehead's arm. "That's mean, Nagisa!"

"Ack! Let go!"

"Noooogie noogie noogie!"

Asano watched as the room started to become chaotic. He backed away when a few of them jumped onto the bed.

Loud...

A quick, short breath escaped through his nose, his lips curling into a small smile.

They are so much like Karma.

"Asano-kun. Would you like to join in on the fun?"

"Fun? They are acting like deranged monkeys." The student replied, his frown immediately returning.

"Sometimes, it's best to let out our inner monkey."

Before he knew it, the strawberry-head was placed right on top of Karma's lap. It happened in such an instant, he didn't have time to react.

"Asano-kun. Dropping by?" Karma teased, leaning his head in. The other students were now fighting each other on the bed and floor, completely forgetting the two existed. The teacher was off somewhere, someplace Karma didn't really care about.

A petty frown shrouded Asano's face as his arms dropped on Karma's shoulders.

"Your sensei forced me." He closed his eyes and placed his chin on his partner's shoulder. "So I'll be intruding for a bit. I hope you don't mind."

"Hm. Not at all!"

Karma's arms wrapped around the other's body, his eyes closing. His mind cut out all sound; only Asano's breathing was audible.

The awkward moment they had shared just a few moments ago disappeared from memory as they embraced.

"Your heart is beating rather fast."

"It's cause you're here."