The Princess and The Devil - Karma Akabane x OC

T W E N T Y - N I N E : TIME'S UP

Normal's POV

Karma lies in his bed, staring at the ceiling. He's aware that he has been doing this for a while now and dawn is probably breaking by now. He rolls to his side, with an irritated glare and sighs.

What the hell am I doing? Why am I so irritated and anxious? He groans to himself as he forces his eyes shut. He tries to relax his mind and even his breathing when his mind starts to play tricks on him. It replays scenes on how broken and scared she was that particular night. She even seeks refuge from Asano because he was unable to provide her the comfort she needed. His mind plays back the conversation he had with Asano in the forest too.

"You're the one who doesn't know her. You only know her by who and what she chooses to show you. But I, I know her by who and what she truly is"

Karma clicks his tongue. How can someone Hime met for barely 2 years know so much about her enough to say that to him? He has been with Hime for 8 going on 9 years now. What else about her could he possibly not know? And why is it that Asano's words bother him so much? Karma sighs and runs his fingers through his red tresses.

Being bothered by Asano's words means accepting the fact that Hime do in fact as something she kept hidden from him and Karma didn't like it. No, not one bit. But now, his eyelids are heavy and he just didn't bother to fight off the urge to fight the sleepiness.

***

Karma wakes up after 30 minutes worth of constant ringing from his alarm clock. He sighs and sits at the edge of his bed and stops the loud ringing noise of his red alarm clock. It's already 8. Karma knows he's going to be late and since he's aware of this fact, he might as well be late completely. Karma stifles out a yawn and stretches a little. He takes his time with his bath and fixes himself some breakfast.

***

After fixing himself up some breakfast, he walks out the door with his messenger bag and phone in hand. He locks the door and waits for the elevator. He starts playing Sonic Ninja all the way to the train station. Once the train stops at Kunugigaoka Station, he shoves his phone in his pocket and walks up the stairs. He scans his card before walking idly to the school. He sticks his earphones in his ears and plays his music in full blast.

He just didn't feel like interacting with the outside world and he didn't feel like he wants to be bothered. But as soon as he reaches school, he sees the car again with the suited male with black glasses from yesterday and an even built male wearing the same suit. The only difference is the flower sewn on his blazer is a little different from the flower on Ichiro's blazer. Regret washes over him like a tsunami.

He squint his eyes, trying to get an even better look of the vehicle when he saw a slight movement at the back of the car. It looks like a little boy, not more than 10 years old. Upon a sudden realisation that the boy is Haru, he curses to himself.

"Hime!" He growls to no one in particular and runs up the hill.

What are they going to do with Haru? Where are they taking them? Who are they? Karma growls to himself. He prayed to whoever's listening to not take Hime away from him again. Once the Satellite Campus comes to view, he sprints towards the entrance. He didn't even bother to take his shoes off and replace them with the standard white school slippers and makes his way towards the class.

When he slides the wooden door open, he sees Koro-Sensei in the middle of the class, talking about something related to the royal family of Japan. He pants as his golden eyes travels to the back of the classroom and exhales when he sees Hime in her seat, staring at him like everyone else in the classroom.