Under One Roof | Karma Akabane x Reader

10| Worried

~To The Story~

As always, you don't have any plans after school.

All you had planned was to head back home and get some homework done. It's the typical life of a Kunugigaoka student and as much as you value your grades, it is tiring to just go back home only to do homework after going to school for eight hours. Times like this made you wish you were a bit more social and had friends to hang out with after school. However, it isn't easy when the students here put their studies above socializing.

At least you have an annoying redhead head to keep you company. Speaking of Karma, you wondered if you should ask him to walk home together after school. But, then you remembered what happened last time and how he left you so he could talk to his friend this morning. Because of that, you were afraid to ask him.

You sighed and tapped your pen against your paper. You kept telling yourself it wasn't worth asking, but your stubbornness prevented you from fully getting rid of the idea. So, you figured to ask him through text. Now that you have his number, it would be a good reason to take advantage of it.

[You]

Wanna walk home after school?

[Karma]

Can't.

I was going to the arcade with Nagisa.

A part of you was expecting him to turn you down, but it still stung that he did. A part of you wanted to ask if you could join, but you knew your studying came first so you held back. A part of you also wished Karma took the effort to invite you. For the whole class, your eyes would occasionally glance at your phone. Of course, he doesn't text you back, leaving you quite disappointed.

You assume he just wants to hang out with his friend. You live with the guy, so you shouldn't complain if he doesn't invite you to do outside school activities.

He said he was inviting Nagisa and no one else. But a part of you wondered if he was going to invite that girl from the station.

You rested your chin against your palm and frowned.

It really isn't any of your business, yet you couldn't help but think about his relationship with that girl. Are they dating? Are they close to dating? Does he like her? Does she like him?

All of those questions only upset you.

When you return home, the first thing you do is prepare a small snack and then get some homework done. As usual, studying and finishing tomorrow's assignments, you wound up tired.

You looked at the time and noticed it was around 6:30. You have a lot of time before you can go to bed. You hummed and began to think of what you can do. You could make dinner for you and Karma... Speaking of Karma, he hasn't come home yet. You weren't worried or anything, but you still wished he was here. He was the only company you have.

You made a quick and simple dinner for yourself and even saved a portion for Karma. Not knowing what else to do, you sat around and watched some TV. It was a nice break from all your assignments to watch some mindless shows, however, it wasn't enough to keep your mind off the redhead. You kept turning your head, expecting him to walk in.

It was now past eight PM and Karma was still not back. You felt embarrassed for even acting like some housewife to some guy you haven't even known for that long, so instead of being downstairs, you figured you should go to your room, away from the front door.