Tied Together [Book 2]

Chapter 9: Hiking

Nagisa's POV

I waited for Karma, sitting on a bench.

I'm wearing a blue dress that's just above my knees with a white cardigan on top of it. We were gonna hike up a mountain today, so I was wearing sneakers.

I also brought our lunches in our bag. We're going to eat on the peak later.

Why are we hiking up a mountain? Well... I don't know. We just thought it was a good idea in the season that it is, which is spring.

We went pretty late, so that we wouldn't have to wait long for the sunset when we're up there.

I can't believe that we've only went on one date. And that was before we even started dating.

"Nagisa!"

I saw Karma walking towards me. He was wearing a white shirt with a jacket and some jeans. "Sorry, did I make you wait long?" He asked.

"Nope! It's me who came too early." I laughed.

"Deja vu..." Karma said. "Well, let's go." He walked forward.

"Yeah!" I ran to him.

"You're right. Deja vu..." I laughed.

He chuckled as we walked.

-Time skip-

"This is the mountain we're gonna climb?" I asked as we stood on the foot of the mountain.

"Yep. It's not too high, but I heard the view up there is still great." He said as he looked at the map on the board.

"Plus, it's spring. So it won't be hot." He continued.

"And there aren't many people either." I said.

"Well, let's go." He said as he smiled.

I walked beside him and we started to walk up the mountain. There was a pathway going all the way up. Fences were aligned at our right side along the path.

The path was shades by the trees, but there were sunlight patches on the ground that went through the leaves.

The wind blew, making rustling sounds from the trees.

I looked up to see many sakura trees aligned at the sides of the path. The petals were falling, covering the ground as we walked.

We were getting higher and higher. I could see the town below getting smaller as we went up.

"This is really relaxing." I said as I looked at the town.

"It is." Karma smiled.

We kept walking.

Other people were going up as well. Kids were running up, shouting in front of the fence, hoping to create an echo.

It took a while, but we finally made it up.

I walked in front of the fence with Karma.

The mountain overlooked the whole town. There were clouds in the blue sky above it, and birds were flying.

"So this is the world we saved..." Karma said as he looked at the town.

I smiled, "Yeah. I'm sure he's proud of us."

We both thought of Korosensei.

"Well, let's eat~" Karma said as he pulled me.

I smiled, "Okay, okay." I opened my bag and took out the picnic blanket, spreading it on the ground near the fence.