Here to Stay

Manami's day at high school

Hello guys! This is the next chapter of 'Here to Stay'. Truthfully speaking, it was not supposed to be this large and I had quite trouble at more than a few points but somehow, I've managed. I'm still not satisfied but still, decided to present it to you.

Sorry for the stupid chapter title again but it is a parallel chapter to the Karma's one.

Sorry for grammatical and spelling errors. Feel free to point them out.

Disclaimer: Assassination classroom and its characters do not belong to me.

Summary- To survive, she needed to be strong and he needed to be weak. For others, she learned to be reliable and he learned to be dependent. In midst of pain and healing, of failing and growing, they found their hearts connected for ever.

Chapter – 2

Manami's day at high school

Her soft footfalls echoed loudly through the corridors of the school. She was on the second floor. The view visible on the other side was splendid. Trees and golden sunrays always worked together to create magic. Spending an entire year in a classroom surrounded by mountains with a teacher who taught you to discover magic in nature's smallest service made you marvel over the world's tiniest detail. Manami found her thoughts appreciating the beauty of nature. The silence in the wind felt immensely soothing.

Why was she here so early? The answer was simple. Chemistry. That was her reason. Well, more appropriately, she has been called to help her chemistry teacher setting up the lab for today's experiment. She reached her destination and slid the door open.

"Misaki-sensei. I'm here." Her gentle voice reverberates through the almost empty lab, save for one head of black hair popping in her vision.

Misaki Aizawa – a fairly young but extremely talented chemistry teacher. A bright and bubbly educator who could make any person comfortable around her. But her bubbliness never dampened her knowledge in any possible way. She was incredible in her subject. Her enthusiasm to teach and her ability to explain hardest of the laws and theories was something Manami found commendable.

If Yukimura-sensei would've lived, she would've found a soul sister in her high school teacher. Even Koro-sensei would've been impressed.

"Oh! Okuda-chan! You're here on good time. I need you to prepare a ten percent oxalic acid for titration. Are you up for the job?"

"Yes Mam!" Manami found herself moving almost hypnotically to prepare the solution. For some reason, Misaki-sensei always insisted that her students call her by her first name like Karma-kun and Nagisa-kun did. And when they are alone, she always refers to Manami as Okuda-chan. To Manami, who barely had any friends before class E, having her chemistry teacher so amazing and understanding had always made her feel happy? Sometimes, it almost felt like she had an older sister.

Slowly the hustle and bustle around the area increased and a well-known sound of bell ringing echoed throughout the corridor, startling both the teacher and student duo who were neck deeply engrossed in the world of molecules and atoms.

"Oh my god! I didn't even notice the time! Okuda-chan, move to the assembly hall now or you'll be in trouble." Manami nodded and left the room after the teacher assured her that she'll cover the created solutions to prevent them from any spoilage and contamination.

Rushing through the corridor she stumbled in to the assembly hall and joined her class of first years – Class-1 B. Oku Tokyo did not segregate its students on the basis of their grades unlike Kunugigaoka did. The students were randomly picked and separated in four sections, each containing forty five students. Although due to the high level of tests most of the students selected were of top tier. But Manami had been the one to top their tests with almost full marks making her noticeable in the eyes of her peers and teachers. The Principal had personally invited her for the results claiming that this was the highest marks scored in their entrance test in the entire history of Oku-Tokyo. Manami had felt her chest swell with pride.