Floccinaucinihilipilification | karma a. [𑁍]

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shit. this is it.

"some of you aren't fond of school field trips, especially since it'll be two days and one night-" your homeroom teacher cuts herself off mid sentence as soon as all of her students disagreed at her statement by either saying "no way!" or "huh".

you plan to skip this year's school field trip. even back before, you usually don't attend school trips since you either don't like the location or you didn't like the idea of sitting still on an air conditioned vehicle. it makes you want to vomit.

but your auntie told you that you should enjoy your junior high school to the fullest, signing you up for the field trip without talking to you about it; which leaves you with no choice but to attend unwillingly.

"i suggested a museum but many wanted to go to an amusement park." gakushuu huffs irritatedly, his brows slightly furrowing as he recalls his discussion with his peers earlier.

"wow. you're really no fun." you commented which karma responded with a nod of agreement. "a museum? really?"

"see, that's what they told me." gakushuu says, referring to his peers in the student council. "who invented this majority wins nonsense?"

"that's cute." you briefly laughed.

gakushuu immediately shot a look at karma, who had a look of disbelief written all over his face as both of them tried to process what you had said. "you don't mean that, right?" the student body president question, his tone of voice dripping with a bit of disquiet.

"it's rare to find you complaining about obvious things." you gulp down the bits of the food you're eating, lifting your gaze up to meet gakushuu's narrowed eyes. "what?"

"yeah, i know, right? who invented that majority wins crap?" karma huffs, shooting you a sideway glance.

what?

"you're trying too hard." you let out a chuckle, shifting your gaze to karma, flashing him a mocking smile. "good job though."

i can't feel anything? what's going on?

you rested a hand on karma's shoulder, mildly feeling the way he flinched in your touch. he blinks, turning to you. "you good...?" you ask, out of concern.

karma nods, gesturing his hand for you to continue eating. "yeah. nothing to worry about." he assured. his shoulders stiffens as your hand leaves contact with him. no fluttering in his stomach? why isn't he feeling anything?

instead of the usual flutters, all he felt was an uncomfortable swirling in his stomach. what's going on? your touch has always made him long for more-but why is it, right now, he felt nothing?

"you're already done eating? you didn't even finish them all." you look up at karma who stood up from his seat after eating up a few bites of his meal. "hey-"

"yeah, i'm done." karma flashes you a quick smile, turning his body to the direction of the cafeteria counter. "i'll see you guys at the train tomorrow." he says, referring to the train everyone's boarding in for the school trip.

you turn to gakushuu, brows slightly furrow out of worry. "did i say something wrong?" you slightly bit your lower lip, glancing back at the direction karma went.

"i see..." gakushuu mumbles. he pushes his bottle of water to your direction. "you can have it. finish your meal and stop worrying about akabane. do you want to buy desserts? my treat."

your worried look instantly vanishes at the mention of free sweets. "really?" you ask, to which gakushuu responded with a firm nod.

....

"waaah! it's the hot group!" yua cheerfully stated, approaching you, karma and gakushuu. "it really is eye catching to see you three together!"

"and you are...?" you pause, encouraging yua to introduce herself to you and gakushuu.

"yua kento! karma's classmate!" she took your hand without caution, flashing you a charismatic smile. "i've had a crush on you for such a long time now!"

"e-excuse me?"

karma clicks his tongue, grabbing the back collar of yua's uniform and pulling her away from you. "we'll go in first." he says, dragging the laughing girl towards the train, then turning to you. "don't worry, they're just joking around. they already have a girlfriend."

"you're no fun, akabane!" yua shrugs of karma's hand, giving you a brief wave as she enters the train a second after with karma following behind.

"...what was that about?" gakushuu places a hand on your shoulder, snapping you from your confused state.

"we should go." he said.

"...he seems to be distant." you muse, tugging on the strap of your bag. "did i do something wrong?"

"he's probably just in an awful mood. we're on a school trip, please don't bother your pretty little head with trivial stuff." he gently assures. he pressed his hand on your back, lightly pushing you to walk the same phase as him.

and so, highschoolers from kunugigaoka is heading to their first destination of the day, the amusement park.

"amusement park on the first day, the beach on the second." yua lets out an impressed gasp. "principal gakuho really going on his way for this school trip. hey, he honest, gakushuu, you requested these locations, right?"

"nonsense." gakushuu sighs. "students are given the chance to choose the location, did you not receive the survey the student council gave out?"

"i did, but i just guessed that maybe you're the one who came up with the locations, y'know?" yua waves the brochure she was given by the teachers.

as yua proceeds to chatter about topics gakushuu isn't interested about, karma took this opportunity to finally find sense in his feelings towards you without any kind of distraction hanging around.

gaze on your phone, you blink as you felt karma rest his hand on top of yours that's resting on the your seat's elbow rest. you throw in a side glance at the red head, seeing how he doesn't seem to be bothered by what he's currently doing.

your hands stayed on the same place for a few solid minutes. but as the clock's seconds drops, karma's fingers slowly slips their way between yours. his warmth transferring on the back of your hand as you tried to mimic a sound of confusion and delight.

used to hate this kind of physical contact but now enjoying every second of it, wishing that it will last longer or for the time to stop for you to savour the contact.

karma pursed his lips.

i don't feel anything...

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07/17/21