his bottom lip.

Chapter 13

[A/N I was about to start writing but I had no idea where we left off]

The next day, like any other as it seemed, Karma trotted off to school and Nagisa studied from the books left at home.

Or so he thought.

Nagisa's brain was in the middle of experiencing an insane revolution of sorts.

As many revolutions in the history books will show you, during a revolution whatever was there first is broken down and replaced with something better and something people will benefit more from, or be happier with.

To put it simply, Nagisa's brain was fried.

He sat right there at the kitchen counter, respective calculus, English, and social studies textbooks and workbooks scattered around, and he didn't even know which one he was studying.

There were the few times that he'd scoot his chair back slightly, and then proceed to start repeatedly banging his head on the counter. Sometimes he'd run around the living room, other times he'd sit in Karma's bedroom, and it once he even contemplated sitting in the dryer, only to reconsider due to the crippling fear that the damn thing would start running.

After a decent 3 hours of wandering around the tiny apartment, he called it quits, put the textbooks away and made his lunch, which was a sad instant noodle packet.

When he started to heat up the water he looked over at his sad excuse for a lunch.

He chuckled.

"Me as a noodle packet."

He sat on the couch and watched tv, eating the said noodle packet as well.

He figured that if he couldn't learn anything from the books, he'd turn on a nature documentary instead.

He ended up in a teen mom marathon.

Karma's life wasn't as smooth, however.

The night prior, he and Nagisa established few signs to use, now that Nagisa is wanted by the government.

If Karma were to open the door normally, the coast is clear.

If Karma fidgets with the door a bit, there are people near or unexpected visitors, so Nagisa needs to hide.

If Karma drops his keys, Nagisa is to get out of the house immediately, as it signals that police, authorities, or other threats are near. His escape route is out through Karma's window, and headed for the mountains.

Kayano had taken full initiative.

"We should go out and look for him!"

Everyone had agreed, though smarter kids in class had known better.

It turned into a bit of bicker in class about whether or not he had left town already.

The answer was painfully obvious, even though everyone but Karma had chosen the wrong answer.

That was all until Itona's calm and hoarse voice piped up. Most were surprised that he had cared in the slightest.

"What if someone in our class is hiding him?"

That one had hit Karma in the gut. Good thing he knew better, and good thing he was so good at masking those pesky emotions.

And so it was decided, E-Class was to split up in pairs and go visit each other's houses to see if someone was hiding the little gremlin.

Kayano and Karma were a pair.

Karma contemplated homicide the entire time they were at Kayano's house.