"Ya, what are you thinking?"he asked, looking carefully at your thinking expression and you laughed awkwardly.

"Don't mind me... what should I do?"you asked in order to finish with this as soon as possible.

"Lets go to my room" was all he said and pointed at the way, which was upstairs. You gasped and slowly headed to that way.

If someone had ever told me that one day I would accompany Akabane to his room, I would have totally laughed to death. Here I am now...

Well, you had noticed that you were not... annoyed by him so much now. It was probably because he knew who Hiro was, because you had admitted that Hiro would want you to date him, because he had saved you, because he was tired... who knows, maybe all of these reasons were at fault for your feelings.

Going up the stairs actually made him even more tired. You had a feeling that in a while you would have to move him around while holding him in bridal style. You didn't even want to think about it.

"This is it" he said and pointed at his room door. You opened it and slowly entered.

For some reason, you always had the impression that every boy room was a total mess; well, that wasn't true for Karma's room. It was clean and comfortable. You noticed it was decorated with weird things from different countries, and you guessed they were probably his parents' presents. On a shelf you noticed a plastic skeleton doll. You gasped and looked away from it.

Karma sat on his bed, relieved to be able to finally get a rest. He patted the space next to him and looked at you.

"Take a seat. You should rest a bit"

Oh God bless this child to always be this nice and kind...

"No, thanks, but it is better to finish with your suitcase. What should I pack first?"you asked, feeling kind of uncomfortable.

1) he is nice, something I can't get used too 2) I have to... actually touch his things and pack them 3) he is staring at me 4) we are in his bedroom... so yeah, I feel pretty uncomfortable...

"Rejecting me again, huh?"he said and sighed deeply.

"Ya! Why are you bringing that up now?"you asked, and remembered the fact that you had rejected him so many times whenever he was asking you to date him. And he had also said that the 'I wanna pay you back because I made you cry' thing was not the reason he wanted to date you. One more reason for you to feel uncomfortable.

Right then, a scary possibility hit you like a truck.

What if he asks to date me again? How can I possibly reject him when he saved me and I admitted that Hiro would want that and he said that if I want to find love I should date him?

And having seen such a side of him...

But... he is Akabane, my opponent... it will actually be ridiculous if I date him... and I an embarrassed... but still, I can't say no...

Then just... don't let him ask again! Oh yeah, that's easy...

"I am bringing it up because... there is something I want to ask you..." he said, never taking his eyes off you and slowly moving to grab your hand.

OH SERIOUSLY?

"Uuuuh.... oh is that your closet?! Yay, let me chose your clothes!!"

You rushed to his closet and opened it. His organised winter clothes were there, and you began choosing carefully what to put in his suitcase. You chose the warmest and most comfortable ones, but also some lighter ones in case it was hot in the cottage. He was observing you from his bed carefully, not making any comment on your actions. You chose pants, scarves, gloves and whatever you could find.

"Hey" he said while yawning "we will be there just for two days. You packed too many things."

You stuck out your tongue.

"You told me to pack, so I packed whatever I liked and thought was useful. Now its your problem."

He laughed slightly and you suddenly noticed something; he had two mobile phones put on the table next to his bed. The one was the black he was always using. Next to it there was a white one you saw for the first time.

"Why do you have two phones?"you asked and you noticed his surprised expression. He stared at you as if he was expecting you to realise something, but then he just took a deep breath and answered.

"The white one is my previous phone. I am still waiting for it to ring though"his voice sounded hopeful.

His eyes were travelling on yours. The light in the room was not strong, and that made the atmosphere relaxing and mysterious around him. He was sitting on his bed comfortably and you realised you had a hard time looking away from him.

"Um... r...really?"

Did I just hesitate in talking?!

"You know what?" Karma said"stop the packing, you did enough, thank you. I will pack the rest tomorrow morning, when I feel better"

He tried to lie on his bed and you rushed to his side to help him. He looked like a fish out of water while struggling like that alone.

He was observing how you were arranging the pillows and the blankets for him. He was really enjoying it.

"What?"you asked when you noticed him"do you plan on making me your personal maid?"

He made that sweet giggle again.

"I didn't have that in mind, but it sounds nice. Then, dear maid, could you bring me a glass of water?"

You laughed and nodded. It was the first time you had laughed thanks to him, and it didn't seem that bad. It actually felt... right.

"Sure, master" you joked and went downstairs to the kitchen.

When you came back with his water, you noticed he was already sleeping. You sighed and put it on the table.

Curious, you pressed the button of the white phone but it needed password to be unlocked. You unlocked the black one only to get a surprise by the wallpaper; it was the two of you in detention, with you sleeping on your desk, unaware of his actions. You searched his contacts and realised you couldn't find your name.

He called me a while ago though...

You called yourself from his phone, and you got a heart attack from the name that appeared on the screen.

'My girl'

You dropped the phone from your shock and it landed on the table again, but into the glass with the water.

Splash...

COME ON HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!!

You whined to yourself internally, and right then, Karma slightly opened his eyes, turning them on you.

"Water?"he asked and you quickly put the glass on the floor to make it disappear from his sight.

"Uh... I wanted to ask which glass you prefer... the red or the blue one?"

You laughed awkwardly and you heard him sighing. Apparently, he had no strength to talk about that.

"Forget it" he murmured and pulled you towards him. You sat next to your half-sleeping half-awake classmate, feeling so guilty about his phone that was still bathing in his glass of water.

"Do you need something else?"you asked, totally having no problem in helping him again.

"Yes..." he almost whispered. The thought that he was actually sleeping crossed your mind. "You would help me if you...don't make me worry... anymore. Because of you, I couldn't even sleep today, despite being tired... bad girl..."

'My girl'

"W...why couldn't you sleep because of me?"you asked, not sure if he would answer. But he did. Almost.

"Because I... didn't know who you were with while... being away form me..."

He held your hand slightly tighter.

"Afraid you were with... Asano"

He slept. You eyes were wide open. It took you a little to come to your senses.

"When you are tired... you are not the worst, you know... will I be disappointed when you return to your usual self tomorrow?"you whispered, smiling to him" And idiot... why would I be with Asano?"

You got up, already missing the feeling of your hand in his. You took his phone out of the glass, and realised it wouldn't even turn on.

"It broke so fast?! Oh man...how will he wake up tomorrow? I see no alarm clock around..."

In the end, you looked at your phone and put the alarm clock there. You left it next to him, and also wrote on your wallpaper
' I am sorry, I got your phone drowned, I will fix it as soon as possible >_< !! '

You refilled his glass of water and opened the door to leave. Before stepping outside, you couldn't help but smile to his sleeping face, not sure about what exactly you were feeling at that moment.