[ カルマくん ]    —–    ( karma-kun. )

When the other responded, the red-head raised a slender eyebrow for a moment, looking somewhat baffled. This was the norm? Somehow, he didn’t buy it. But? Then again, he wasn’t the type to show up on time, so… Perhaps he was just so used to waking up later in the day, he couldn’t even imagine why anyone would bother to wake up so soon.

“You know,” Karma starts, laughing softly as he does, putting his arms behind his head as he looks up at the cerulean sky. “I think my expulsion messed up my internal clock. I used to bother to show up to the main campus on time… Well, sometimes.”

And? His motivation for arriving on time hadn’t, at first, been much better when he’d realized his new campus had been out in the middle of nowhere. Luckily for him-? This new school suited him much better. Where violence was allowed- No, no. Not even just allowed. Encouraged! You would think that would be enough to get the “ slacker “ off of his ass, and to class on time. But? Despite the place suiting his personal interests better, he still couldn’t always motivate himself… “I think.”

Well, regardless of the reason, the weather was nice today at least. Mild, but sunny. Nice little breeze. Not a terrible day to be up and out early- Well, early for him.

“… lost in thought, I guess.” Karma’s response came after a brief silence, and a gaze towards the shorter youth. Why? Because, for a moment he wasn’t entirely sure he wanted to answer the other. Not for any particular reason. The crimson-haired youth just wasn’t sure he wanted to talk about it. Sometimes? He was a pain in the ass for no more of a reason than just to be that. ‘A-pain-in-the-ass.’ “I couldn’t get my thoughts to turn off. I just kept running from one thought to another, and… well, I guess nothing I did could get my head to stop going. You ever have nights like that?”

Somehow? He thought the bluette might feel similar from time to time. After all: If Karma Akabane was feeling this way, as their school life continued onward- He could only imagine that the other felt similar. He figured most of class 3-E would get this way. At least, from time to time.

          a   SOFT  LAUGH   trickled   out   the   smaller   boy’s   lips ,    curling   into   a   SMILE   as   he   spoke .      “  it  does  take  LONGER  to  get  to  the  old  campus  than  it  does  to  get  to  the  MAIN  campus .   your  internal  clock  may  be  FINE ,   karma-kun . ”      he   knew   karma   had   certainly   CHANGED   since   they   first   met ,    they   BOTH   had .    he   never   stopped   LIKING  THEM ,    though .    even   if   they   HAD   pulled   away   from   their   FRIENDSHIP   back   in   junior   high .

                    when   the   answer   to   his   SECOND  QUESTION   was   stated ,    azure   hues   rose   to   meet   the   other’s   FLESH  GAZE .    when   it   was   explained   farther ,    the   shorter   nodded ,    blue   pigtails   BOUNCING   with   the   motion .      “  yeah ,   sometimes .  “      he   left   it   VAGUE ,    not   entirely   sure   if   they   were   GENUINELY  CURIOUS   about   nagisa’s   nights ,   or   if   they   were   just   being   KIND .    neither   really   sounded   like   them ,    but   he   found   it   best   to   not   ASSUME . 

          “  why  didn’t  you  just  go  to  some  cafe?  ”      brow   was   pulled   up ,    CONFUSION   laced   into   SOFT  FEATURES .      “  figured  you’d  go  there  before  coming  to SCHOOL  on  time .”