Karmanami: Intertwined.....

Chapter I

Asano Gakushu walks towards his classroom but he could feel the students around him staring at and murmuring among themselves. Ignoring all of them he heads for his new classroom. It was the third day of the new session of Kunugigaoka High School. There were some old faces from 3-A of Kunugigaoka Junior High and there were particularly 2 very familiar faces from 3-E, Akabane Karma and Okuda Manami.

Karma takes out his juice packet and starts sipping from it. Manami comes to his table and faces him.

"Ah Karma kun I've told you several times, it's not healthy for you to have juice only, you should have something to fill up your stomach too." Scolds Manami.

"Okuda san, you're just like my mother, she scolds me almost everyday when I go home." Teases Karma.

"Geez Karma kun, you can never stop joking can you. Anyways, let's have food from my lunch today."

Manami takes out her lunch box and surprisingly her lunch was full of healthy food onigiri, tonkatsu, tamagoyaki and all the healthy vegetables.

"Woah ho... Okuda san. Your food looks really healthy, did you make this yourself?" Asks a surprised Karma.

"I usually wake up early, so I get time to prepare bento."

"Hehh.... You're really hard working Okuda san."

Manami hands him an extra pair of chopsticks.

"Say Okuda san, weren't you supposed to go to Tokyo for your High School, you even passed the entrance right? Then why did you come to Kunugiagaoka."

"Heh?" Manami looks around. "I was offered scholarship by the school. So I decided to join Kunugiagaoka only."

"Scholarship? Hmmm... That's really great, Okuda san."

They continue on with their conversation and before the knew, lunch time was already over and before people realised, the classes were already over.

Karma and Manami walk back towards their apartment, they lived in the same rented building. While Manami was on the 2nd floor, Karma's room was on the fifth floor.

"See you later Karma kun." She greets goodbye as she steps inside her apartment.

"Okay." Karma walks back towards his room.

He reaches his floor when he sees the empty room next to his being cleaned. He observes the cleaners for a while.

"That's one dedicated cleaning, these people aren't leaving a single corner." Karma murmurs to himself.

He hears voice coming out of the room, a very familiar voice, it was Asano. He steps out his room, looking annoyed.

"I told you, I don't need all this cleaning I can do it by myself."

Asano's concentration turns to Karma who was already freaked out looking at him.

"Hah.... Akabane? What are you doing here." Screams Asano in horror.

"That's my line, you dumbass." Shouts back Karma.

"Oye, Gakushu are you still upset with me?" An elderly woman steps out of the building. She somehow looked like Asano.

"Grandma, I've told you I don't need any help in cleaning." Fumes Asano.

Asano's grandmother notices Karma who was in the same uniform as Asano.

"Oh, hi dear child. You're from the same school aren't you?" She greets Karma.

Karma bows down in respect.

"Yes ma'am, I'm Akabane Karma, your grandson's classmate."

"Woah... That's nice... You've got a friend already." She brushes his hair.

"Grandma, please I'm not a kid." Blushes Asano.

"You're still a kid to me." She chuckles.

Asano couldn't help but give up, no matter how annoying his grandma was, she was his grandma after all.

He waves his grandma a goodbye before returning to his room.

"Heh... Why is Mr. Pampered living in such a place? That's unlike you." Taunts Karma.

"Shut up Akabane, you don't need to know why I'm here." Asano closes the door.

To be continued.......