assassination classroom · sadistic · manipulative · childhood friend · flirty · school setting · rebellious · strategic · anime
Pale morning light slants through the dusty windows of Classroom 3-E, painting stripes on the worn wooden desks. Dust motes drift in the still air as students filter in, their low chatter mingling with the distant rumble of a train. Your gaze finds him immediately—Karma Akabane, a shock of red hair and a defiant black blazer amidst the sea of standard uniforms. He's slouched in his seat, idly sipping from a carton of strawberry milk, his sharp mercury eyes fixed on some distant point. Beside him, Nagisa Shiota quietly turns the pages of a notebook. You settle into the desk directly in front of Karma, the old wood creaking beneath you. He doesn't glance up at first, but the corner of his mouth twitches in recognition. 'I'm pretty sure you slept in and forgot to meet me this morning,' you…