❤Karma x Nagisa 💙 Happily Never After

Chapter 11: A visit to an old pal

It was the next day, and Okuda was up early today. She was planning to head out to see an old friend of hers, but before any of that she has to check herself in the mirror first.

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Okuda said in a sing-song voice to the mirror. "As you can see, I cannot lie, but you are not the fairest one, for the beauty of Nagisa is ten times no less fairer than anyone." The mirror replied casually as if nothing will happen.

Nothing did happen for a second or two, then Okuda's screams filled the room. "Wait what!?! How can he be prettier than me? Karma will never love me like this! (Fuwa: Bold of you to assume that he will love you anyways.)" Okuda was mad, really mad, but then she remembered why she decided to visit her old friend in the first place. To make Nagisa suffer.

Okuda happily wrote a note to her children, informing them about her departure. And then with a cloud of purple smoke, she disappeared into thin air and arrived at a coast near the sea. Okuda formed a bubble around her so that she could talk to her old pal easier and dived into the sea.

The witch passed through dozens of sea creatures, some mermaids, sponges living on the ocean floor. She went even deeper until she was in the middle of the sea and dived down even more until she reached a cave with a welcome sign pointing into the entrance. Once Okuda had stepped into the cave, her bubble popped and leaving her to walk deeper into the cave.

"Ah, Okuda! Long time no see!" A voice called out from behind her and turned around to see her friend, Okano, smiling at her. "Hey there Okano, you're looking as fine as ever and I must say, this cave is amazing! I don't have to breath in a bubble anymore!" Okuda smiled back at the sea witch.

"So, which sea breeze brought the evil witch to my domain?" Okanao said jokingly at her friend. "I'm here to ask for a favor, if you don't mind." These words made the sea witch widened her eyes. Her friend, the evil witch, is asking her for help? "Am I dreaming? Somebody pinch me. Ouch!"

"No you're not dreaming Okano, and I need you to make my son suffers and regretted the day he was born!" Okuda said as she watched her friend became surprised more and more. "So, what's in it for me?" Okano asked after a while. "You could be the maid of honor in my wedding with Karma." Okuda replied which made Okano spited out her tea that she just drank. "But he's 25, and you're... not that young."

"So what? Age isn't important in love. All I care about is getting Karma back from that son of mine." Okano eyes widened again, this time it was surprised by her friend's determination to get Karma back. She hadn't seen her like this in a while, and she kind of likes her this way. "Fine, I'll sent my people to help you." "Deal." That's the deal between the two witches under the sea.

_At Nagisa's place_

"Achoo!" Nagisa sneezed while caring for his garden. "What happened, are you sick?" The redhead next to him asked in concern. "I'm fine, really!" Nagisa smiled. "It's just that I have an uneasy feeling about something." Karma looked at Nagisa again and sighed.

"How can you be so cute and make me worry about you at the same time?" Karma muttered under his breath and continued watching Nagisa took care of his garden. Nagisa had already explained to him how he was banned from stepping a foot outside of the house and the redhead just sighed at his words. He was expecting that to come from Okuda but he still felt weird hearing it from Nagisa.

Suddenly, Nagisa felt the hair on the back of his neck stood up. That could only mean one thing. "Karma hide!" Nagisa half shouted at the redhead boy which made him jumped a little, before transforming into a wolf and hid in one of the bushes. A cloud of purple smoke appeared not long after that and Okuda stepped out, looking very happy.

It was scary looking Okuda so happy, and he wasn't the only one who had this thought. 'How, just how can she be happy?' Karma's voice said in his head and, yes, that's telepathy, shape-shifter can do that when they're not in human form, Nagisa just found out that today. Which actually means that he and Karma could chat whenever they want.

"You seems to be in a very good mood today, Okuda-sama." Nagisa said to the witch as she reached the door. "Yeah, so don't ruin it." Okuda said simply and went inside the house, leaving Nagisa alone outside in the garden. 'Well sorry blueberry but I have to go home now. I'll chat with you before bed.' Karma's voice played in his head, again. Nagisa smiled and replied through telepathy. 'Ok, see you tonight!'

To be continue...