Sanctuary (Karma Akabane x OC)

Stand Against the Hurricane

"Healing begins in the mind, so don't worry too much and stay positive," he encouraged softly.

"You may not see it now, but from my viewpoint, you are exceptionally strong."

"In some ways, you actually remind me of my own daughter."

Katsuna looked up slightly, a little baffled by his judgement but his compassionate smile made it hard to reply. Instead, she sat in silence as the doctor returned back on his feet before placing a light thoughtful hand on her shoulder.

"Give yourself some credit for how far you've come."

With that said, the doctor slipped his hand away from her before leaving the room to let his patient recoup her pressing thoughts in silence. 

~~~~~

Katsuna thought about a lot of things whilst she was in that room.

Among all those scrambled thoughts, three prominent things were stuck in her head.

First.. was the memories of her mother.

Thinking about her was painful because of those agonising feelings of loss and guilt that came along with it. So, she kept it buried deep inside her heart, but when those memories ruptured to the surface, she was no longer able to contain them.

Why couldn't she have been stronger?

Why couldn't she have done at least... something?

So, in the end, she decided to think about them as much as she wanted to, facing the fears head on.

Second thing she thought about the most was her classmates.

~~~~~

"THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!" chorused the class, running up to Katsuna and praising her.

" A splendid attempt Miss Katsuna," he congratulated, "Top marks for creativity!"

"It seemed it still wasn't enough to kill THE GREAT KORO-SENSEI HAHAHAH!"

-

"KILL HIM!!!!" the class chorused, running towards their target with sheer determination.

"HAHA WHAT'S THE MATTER CHILDREN?" he shouted in glee, landing on the roof of the campus building, "CAN'T JUMP THIS HIGH? THAT'S A SHAME ISN'T IT!"

-

"Because you're a part of Class 3-E," Koro-sensei twinkled, gesturing to the surrounding students as they shared their similar smiles.

"We wouldn't have it any other way."

"Choose who you want to be instead of letting the past define you."

-

"You were totally badass back there!"

"Aye, there's that laugh I've been waiting to hear!"

~~~~~

She felt emotions that she would've never felt in her life so she was grateful to each and every one of them.

And, of course, there was the infamous redhead who had made the biggest impact on her since day one.

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