I Thought Strawberry Smells Sweet, So Why Does This One Smells Like Blood?

Chapter 13: The Devil's Plan

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"Please, leave Nagisa alone....Karma."

Karma stopped and looked down, in his hand was a knife dripping with blood. Hiromi saw this and trembled again in fear. Not for her, but for the moment that will happen after to her son.

"S-See, Karma, you and Nagisa are...friends. I'm not opposed, but with your current...." Hiromi has been trying to think of excuses to save her son. It's true, though, that he's not really against the idea of Nagisa and Karma together. If only Karma didn't have this side.

"Ah, I know! Take a treatment first then you and Nagisa can be together! Easy right?" Hiromi suggested at the gloomy redhead in front of her. Karma paused and slowly peeked at her with a pout. If they were in a different situation, she might find this boy to be pitiful and cute.

"R-really?" Seeing a glimpse of hope, Hiromi immediately grabbed the chance.

"Yes! It'll only be a few months or years. But after that, you and Nagisa can be together! I know he'll also like this idea." Hiromi persuaded. It was almost impossible changing Karma's thoughts, but if it involves Nagisa maybe something can work.

"Treatment, huh...Even though I don't think I need it." The readhead mumbled as he looked at his stained knife while deep in thought. Hiromi nodded with an expectant smile and waited, waited for Karma's final decision.

"Well, it doesn't really matter." Karma shrugged with a sigh. The woman took this positively and gleamed.

"Y-You mean...?"

"Getting a treatment is a bother. So I won't." Before Hiromi even analyze his words, a sharp pain made her stop and dazed. Karma stabbed her chest normally with a hand in his pocket and walked past her as if nothing happened. He played with his knife, tossing it up and catching while walking slowly when he suddenly paused.

"Oh yes. You are here. So...Nagisa is alone right now in your home." Karma blurted as if he realized something important, and those words made Hiromi widen her eyes.

'Oh God, no.'

"Then...isn't this a great opportunity?! Lucky! I got to be with him alone!" And like a teenage girl, the redhead giggled in delight, sending shivers to Hiromi who was trying her best to maintain her balance.

"N-No---"

"Ah. Then that also means that Nagi is currently defenseless too. Sigh, how dangerous." Karma shook his head disapprovingly while clicking his tongue. He then nodded his head as he finalized his decision.

"I'm gonna visit him to his room~"

"K-Karma..." The boy paused and looked at Hiromi's pitiful figure. He frowned at first, before smiling and bending down to the woman who's almost crawling on the ground.

"Mrs. Shiota, I told you to not worry already right? I'll take good care of him. I'll make sure to pamper him a lot, give him my whole attention and be by his side always. Hehe, that would be fun~!"

Hiromi wanted to cry out loud, but her chest hurts so much she almost can't move. She wanted to rest, to stop and close her eyes. But imagining her son in this devil's clutches makes her adrenaline rush, she won't tolerate it...she can't just...

"S-Stop...it...leave hi---" Karma disdainfully pulled his leg from the woman's weak grip and scowled. He didn't like it at one bit. Everyone's been opposing his beautiful plan.

"First my parents, then next that Okuda, and now my future mother-in-law? Tsk. I won't let them though." He mumbled to himself as he looked at the unconscious body below. With a snort, he walked away and smiled to himself.