꒰ night changes ; & ; k. akabane ꒱

06. best friends

at school...

- (y/n) pov -

Today was the day.

I either prove myself or be deemed a failure by my 'fellow' peers.

Test scores were on my mind the whole weekend, where I could not sleep until Karma came into my room to calm me down. He knew this was important for me, so he kept on encouraging me to rest and reassure me I would do good.

I could tell Karma was on edge too, he was challenged by ... him. The whole situation after midterms passed my mind, it didn't feel real. He stopped talking to both of us and whenever we would pass each other, he would go the other way. He did everything to avoid me.

It was a quiet walk to school, well, I was quiet. The only thing that has been on my mind since last week were my test scores. Nothing else.

During our walk up to the building, I would occasionally glance over at Karma and I would just see a regular aloof expression on his face. Tch. He's trying to act all cool about this but I know he is just as nervous as I am.

Karma didn't know when I saw him napping on his desk, I saw all the study material underneath him, all from flashcards, review homework, and even his laptop on practice tests. It was kind of shocking to see him put so much effort into this, it made me smile. He worked so hard, I'm so proud of him.

He is a natural born genius, but he really wants to prove himself too... How sweet...

We finally arrived in class, everybody looked anxious and the classroom atmosphere was stuffy. Nobody spoke, not even a single word. All you could hear in the classroom was the wind from the open window, not a single word was spoken by any of my classmates. I was nervous too... This meant a lot to all of us.. we didn't want Korosensei to leave.

Korosensei entered the classroom, looking all gloomy. This isn't good. He finally passed out our exam papers, turning it on the back so we wouldn't see anything. I couldn't bare to look, so I let myself just think to myself, reassuring myself on how test scores doesn't define me, as well as they might try to rig me... especially after what happened with...

"You may look."

At the speed of light, all my classmates flip over their test papers and sigh at their results. Still, no one spoke a single word, only the sighs of their disappointment were echoed in the swish of the wind in our classroom. Shit. I'm so scared to look at mine... I was already scared enough but all I've heard in the last 5 minutes are only sighs, and not good ones. I look over at Karma, and he hides his papers from me. He might've scored bad.

...I have to look. I'm gonna lose my mind if I don't. Closing my eyes, I flip over all my test papers and slightly open my eyes, but directing towards Karma instead. He looks at my papers... and smiles, mouthing 'Look.'

Finding the courage to look, I turn my attention back to my desk and have a deep full breath before I look down on my desk. It'll be okay. Right? Right.

Okay. It's time.

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