smelling salts.

asleep

"There was something I just wanted to pull out of him and crush. That's what scared me the most."

karma akabane

"Nagisa, how many times have I told you to wake up early and sleep early? I know that your kids' finals are coming up and you're pushing them just as hard as Koro-sensei might've done, but you might need to rest, too. If that ever occurred to you."

"Stop drinking so much coffee, it'll ruin your beautiful face."

"Nagisa, you need to rest..."

"....I know. I'm sorry for worrying you."

"I'll try not to push too hard for now."

"Karma, I'm going to sleep a little. Please make dinner. Love you."

"...Love you too."

"Ah - gotta get the door." Karma put down the knife in his hand and stepped out of the kitchen. The doorbell rang again and he sighed.

"Yes?"

"A-ah, I'm looking for a Shiota-sensei..."

"You're here. He's sleeping, please don't bother him. I'll help you with whatever studies you need."

"T-thanks..." This guy is scary!!

"What are you working on?"

"E-ehh! My English...."

"Well...for starters, show me what you got."

"Y...you, are, good, in bed?"

The red-haired male burst out laughing. "D-did he tell you what those words mean?"

The boy shook his head and Karma snorted, holding his hand to his mouth with a gleeful expression.

"I-it means that you're good in bed."

The boy paled.

"What the heck?!"

"That was the first thing our old English teacher taught us. It's a bit surprising to hear them again."

"Hah?! Who the hell was your English teacher?!"

"Irina Jelavic Tadaomi, of course."

"What? I thought she worked for the Ministry of Defense only?"

"Well, you seem to be versed a bit in politics. Anyways, I'm going to make dinner for Na - ah, Shiota-kun. Do study your work for now."

"A-ah, ok..."

"Also, boy, what's your name?"

"It's Haruka Ichinose..."

"Would you preferred it if I called you Haru?"

"Yes, please."

Karma returned to chopping up the salmon. "Did your mother want a girl?"

"Not to be rude, or anything, but why do you think my hair is long?"

"Just like Shiota-kun. His mother wanted a girl too, and it pressured him for quite some time. Kaede took it upon herself to help him with that."

"You mean, Kayano Kaede? Exactly how many famous people do you know?"

"Hm...Isogai-kun and Maehara-kun, who run the Sea Café, Okajima-kun, Public Celebrity Enemy Number One, Okano-san, the famous gymnast, Okuda-san, the famous scientist, Kataoka-san, the great lawyer, Kanzaki-san, one of the greatest 1st person shooting game players, Kimura-kun, the head of police, Kurahashi-san, another one of the great gymnasts and bug collecters, Suguya-san, a great artist, Sugino-kun, the baseball player, Takebayashi-kun, that computer genius, Chiba-kun and Hayami-san, the best 2 sharpshooters in the army, -"

"Wh-wh...at..."

"See, now, Haru-kun, I'm the great bureaucrat Akabane Karma! Thought you knew politics?"

He turned around, shark smile on his face and knife waving about.

Haru turned pale again.

"So what are you doing in my teacher's house?"

"I'm his husband," Karma said quite nonchalantly.

Poor Haru couldn't take it anymore and fainted. At that moment, Nagisa had decided to wake up and walk downstairs.

"Oh, hey, Nagisa."

"Karma, why is there a kid - oh my god, it's Haru-kun."

"Yeah. We didn't get much studying done."

"Karma! You can't just scare my kids till they pass out, you fool!"

"Sorry, bluebell."

"Okay, I love you, but this might be too much right now. ...get me the smelling salts."