Sargent Akabane

Chapter 11: Happiness isn't forever

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"Hey Nagisa," Hm? I glance over from my intense game of pac man seeing Karma enthusiastically by a shooter game his eyes lit up like a child on christmas. Is it weird that I thought that was cute? Naaah....Should I see what he wants or finally beat this stupid squids! Are they squids I mean they look like them but there colorful and-wait why am I thinking about this?

I decided my game of pac man can wait and I turn away from it making my way over to Karma. He's already picked up one of the plastic guns, the red one of course.....You guys can't tell me you didn't see that coming. As I approach he grins saying, "Ready to shoot some zombies!" I eye the blue plastic gun and nodd picking it up and pointing it at the screen as if this were a real gun. It's lighter, much lighter than the ones we have, it almost is like paper compared to them.

"READY! SET! GO!" The game shouts and the rock n roll music blares from the game and the virtual zombies crawl out from the construction sight. Karma already shot down the first fifthteen that managed to make their way out.

Makes sense, he is a member of the government and has had training, but so have I an I refuse to let him beat me!

I aim my plastic gun at the screen another one comes Karma aims it down only for me to shoot it just in time, he had an amused look on his lips but almost looked a bit put off that I took his kill. "Not bad~" He mused, "But I'm not that easy Nagisa." He says cocking his gun with a sudden speed mowing down every single zombie that appears on the screen before I can even fathom their presence they are shot down by Karma.

"Someone's a little competitive." I said with a smile not faltering, he may be ahead of me in kills but I refuse to go down without a fight!

"Well I don't like losing," He said with a toothy grin and fixed his posture it mirrored someone who was at the shooting range, my father took me there once and Karma's stance was just like that if not more refined,

Legs spread apart to keeps his footing planted, arms bent slightly to bare the recoil of the gun right hand on the handle of the pistol left hand at his side showing how confident he was and his eyes locked on his target like some wild animal who found their prey...

My eyes locked on him in amazement, my ears barely registered the game saying WINNER. Karma blew the non-existent spoke from his pistole doing a fancy spin with it before placing it back in it's slot on the machine.

He gradually turns to me and smiles one of his brows raised and a look in his eyes only I can define as smug. "Enjoying the view~" I feel my cheeks heat up and I blink finally being brought back to reality.

"Uh-um.." I stutter, "S-sorry I didn't mean to stare.." I say embarrassed as I put my plastic blue pistol back in the slot. Ugh....that's so embarrassing...but can you blame me when someone like him is standing beside you? It's like you just HAVE TO stop whatever you're doing and watch him and just bask in how amazing and ho-ugh...how cool he looks...y-yeah cool...don't fact check me on that.

Karma let out a soft chuckle that made me feel like my heart skipped a beat. I'm not having a heart attack right? No...no okay I'm good.

"It's okay, I think it's cute." C-cute....wait....wait Karma just called me cute right? I wasn't dreaming that he just called me cute?! OHMYGODKARMACALLEDMECUTE...ehem....I'm okay...I-I'm good...

He said I'm cute!

I blush even more looking to my side instead of him because I think I might just pass out if I have to see that charming face of his and hear his sweet soft voice at the same time. "Th-thanks..." I muttered.