Show Me (Akabane Karma x Reader)

For Karma's birthday (although it's late by around an hour)! Happy birthday, you Akashi Seijurou's brother! There's more 3-E friendship in this story than Karma's romance, but still, this is for your birthday! I don't own the picture as always, I found it on zerochan.

Warning: slightly mature theme. Just slightly. And maybe a little OOC.

'Coldest and Most Targeted' was your title throughout all Kunugigaoka Junior High School. You were, indeed, the coldest student in school. You never talk much and you had a terrifying glare for people who bothered you. Your eyes were cold and you rarely smiled. But almost all male students were held captive by your looks; your flowing (h/c) hair, your mesmerizing (e/c) eyes… Even though people said that your gaze was as cold as ice, they also said that you had the shiniest (e/c) orbs. Long eyelashes, hooded eyes, cool expression, how could they not take a glance every so often? It was impossible.

Although that demeanor that you had had landed you in Class 3-E, the Assassination Classroom. There may be so many male students who were head over heels about you, but there were also girls who hated you. Jealousy, most likely. That jealousy made them slandered you, they said that you had laid your hands and beat them down. With your cold act, it wasn't hard for people to start believing them. With that matter, the Principal had decided to kicked you to 3-E despite your good grades.

When you first got into 3-E on the morning assembly in the school's building, you could instantly feel the discrimination. You took a good look at your new classmates, like Isogai and Kanzaki. They were known as one of the most handsome/beautiful students as well. You remembered that Isogai got into 3-E because he did part-time jobs and Kanzaki failed to keep up her scores. Really, they weren't anything bad. And you felt that it wasn't fair for them to receive this discrimination only because of something simple like that. You knew for one that Isogai needed those jobs to support his family and Kanzaki was just lonely, but what could you do? You were in 3-E because of a slander, and people believed in that lie, so no one would listen to what you wanted to say anyway. It was almost similar to Kataoka's case, but she got into 3-E because one of her friends used her until she couldn't help herself.

Your days in 3-E felt incredibly boring. Yukimura-sensei tried her best to teach all of you, but almost none of you would take her seriously. After all, you were in 3-E. Most of you had given up hope on studying, so what was the point?

Until one day, Koro-sensei arrived.

You'd never felt that alive before.

You never really knew when precisely, but there were times during your attempts to kill Koro-sensei when you started opening up to the rest of the class. You realized that working together in a team with the rest of 3-E was really exciting and fun, and now you were kind of grateful that those girls sent you there. After all, no class had a bond stronger than 3-E.

Now in 3-E sometimes you let out small smiles. How could you not? Everything was going on perfectly and you loved every single one of them. Well, not everything, since no one managed to land a single hit on your unkillable teacher.

Until a certain red head joined the class.

A certain, handsome red head who had interest in you, whose interest wasn't one-sided.

"(Name)-chan? Are you okay?" Kayano waved her hand in front of your face.

You immediately snapped out from your daydream. "K-Kayano! Yeah, I'm fine! What is it?" You exclaimed, trying to act innocent.

"Have you been paying attention to Koro-sensei?" She frowned. It was unusual for you to not paying attention after all. You always observe that octopus-like teacher, trying to deem the best way to kill him. But it seems that today you weren't paying attention to anything.

"O-Of course I have."

"Then what did he say just now?"

"Uh…"

"See! You weren't! Tell me, what were you thinking, hm? It's rare that our class' coldest and most targeted girl in school daze off." She smiled and sat in front of you. Thankfully, it was free period already, so Koro-sensei left the class.

Looking at your flustered face, Kayano made a knowing look. "It has something to do with your sadistic boyfriend, doesn't it?" She smiled mischievously.

Aah, boyfriend. That's right, that red-headed smartass was your boyfriend. His interest wasn't one-sided, remember?

Giving in, you finally sighed. "Yes, it does."

Kayano sensed that you were really serious about this, so she dropped her smile and gave you a serious look. "What's wrong? You can tell me, I won't tell him or anyone."

You were hesitant, but with Kayano's persuasion, you finally told her. "I feel like Karma is using me."

"Huh? Using you how?"

"…You know…"

"Know what?"

"…When a boy uses a girl, it means…"

"EEEEEHHHH?!" Kayano immediately shot up, hands banging your desk. Her loud voice made the entire class looked at you in curiosity. The first one to approach both of you was of course, your beloved sadistic boyfriend, Akabane Karma.

"What's up?" He asked with an eyebrow raised. Kayano, in turn, sent a deadly glare towards him, making him flinched back. "W-What is it?"

"GIRLS! WE NEED TO HAVE EMERGENCY CONVERSATION! YOU BOYS JUST STAY HERE AND YES, THAT INCLUDES YOU TWO, KARMA-KUN, NAGISA-KUN!" Kayano yelled as she grabbed your hand and dragged you out, followed by all the girls who were confused but knew that Kayano wouldn't do something like that without reason. While on the way, they also asked Irina-sensei to come while threatening Koro-sensei to not follow you all. Judging by Koro-sensei's face when he saw Kayano's expression, he definitely decided to not follow you all.

Right before all of you flee towards the trees, you could faintly hear Koro-sensei said 'There's definitely something wrong that only girls can solve, so I won't follow.'

"Ritsu, make sure none of them are planting bugs or something to eavesdrop!" Kayano told Ritsu hurriedly.

"Got it!" Ritsu smiled and saluted.

Once all of you girls were seated underneath some trees a little far from the building, Irina-sensei spoke up, "So, what's wrong?"

Kayano nodded at her solemnly, "Our (Name)-chan has a really serious problem with Karma-kun."

"What problem?" Nakamura asked with a smirk. "You know I can always beat him up for you if he dare does something stupid, (Name)."

"I-I appreciate it but no, thanks." You answered awkwardly.

"But what's the problem? It must be quite bad if we need to gather like this." said Kanzaki.

Kayano looked at you with pleading eyes. Right there, at that moment, you knew that Kayano really cared about you and she wanted you to open up so they could all help you, regardless the fact that she said she wouldn't tell anyone, that is.

And so you told them what you'd told Kayano.

"WHAT?!"

"USING YOU?!"

"IN 'THAT' WAY?!"

"I'LL DEFINITELY BEAT HIS ASS OFF!" Nakamura roared as she tried to stand up, only to be pulled back down by you.

"Everyone! Calm down!"

"HOW COULD WE CALM DOWN?! THAT GUY HAS THE GUTS TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO OUR FRIEND! THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN BE CALM!"

After thinking for a bit, Irina-sensei spoke again, "Everyone, (Name)'s right, calm down. We need to hear the story first. (Name), why do say that Karma is using you?"

You looked down, a bit ashamed. You could hear that your friends started calming down and shuffled closer to hear the story. "You see… Do you realize that he likes to play tricks on me whenever we're with all of you? At first I thought it was just his way of showing affection, so I let it be. But then when we first… Um… You know…" Your face went scarlet, and so did a few of the others'.

"After you have your first time? When was it? You guys sure grow up fast!" Irina-sensei asked curiously.

"I-Irina-sensei!"

"You don't need to tell us the specific details~!"

"A few months ago, I g-guess…"

"Let sensei be, (Name)-chan! Continue!" Kurahashi piped in, so you continued.

"Anyway, after that day, his tricks got worse and he started acting rude or mean towards me. He made sure I would be angry or yell at him. I still thought that it was just him showing affections, but lately I realized that when we were alone, he always winds up doing that… We don't even go to that many dates anymore, whenever we have time, he would just…" Unknowingly to you, a tear rolled down your cheek.

"(Name)…"

"I-I mean, what if he acted like that so no guys would even like me, so he could always have me? Because I have no one else to turn to? A-And I can't chat with my parents, they disowned me the moment they know that I'm part of 3-E, so…"

You felt someone pulled you for a hug, followed by the others. "I didn't know that Karma is that kind of guy…" Yada murmured.

"(Name)-chan, I know this is hard. But we've got your back, okay? Don't hesitate to talk to us, we're your family after all!" Hayami smiled gently.

"Everyone…"

And then you heard Irina sighed. "Okay, now that we got the story, we need to find a solution."

"Just break up with him!" Hara scorned. "Or you can just poison him enough to give him pain for a few weeks!"

"I don't think that's a good idea, Hara-san. What if people find out?" Kanzaki asked hesitantly.

"Well, that's right… Then we just have to make sure no one finds out!" She laughed cynically.

"No poison, please!"

They started debating about what to do, until finally Ritsu spoke, "Isn't it better to just approach him and ask for the truth?"

Everyone went silent.

"As an assassin, I wouldn't do something like that easily. But as a woman, that is the best solution." Irina mumbled. "Do you think you can do it, (Name)?"

You looked down again. "I think I can, but I'm just afraid of what the answer will be. After all, I really like him…"

Despite that trouble that you had, Karma was still the first guy to ever come to you not because of your face, but because he needed you to help him in his plans to assassinate Koro-sensei. He was also the first guy to praise you not over your looks, but your real skill. He was such a charming and tricky assassin, but that was what you liked about him. Even until now.

"Don't worry about that. We'll always have your back, remember?" Kayano smiled at you.

"So when will you ask him?"

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"What did you guys talk about? The girls seem so agitated when you came back." Karma asked.

"Nothing really important. Where are we going?" You asked with your usual flat expression.

Karma glanced at you and gave a little smirk, "Let's go to my place. Your parents aren't home for a week, right? It'll be fine since I live alone anyway."

Sighing mentally, you only nodded. 'This is it,' you thought, 'I'll make it clear today.'

When both of you arrived at the apartment he lived in, Karma immediately closed his door and pushed you to the wall, kissing you passionately as his hands snaked around your waist. You didn't resist, but you didn't reply his kiss. You knew this was going to happen, but it still pained you. How could he?

As Karma ended the kiss, he was surprised to find your eyes glassy as you looked at his eyes. "(Name)? What's wrong?" He immediately pulled away and cradled your cheek. "What is it? Are you hurt? Please, answer me." He asked worriedly.

At this moment you were beyond confused. Why did he seem so worried? Why did he seem like he really cared for you? Weren't he just using you?

"S-Say, Karma…"

"Yes? Just tell me, what's wrong?"

You lifted your hand to pull his hand away from your face. 'It's alright,' you said mentally, 'I'll be fine… I have my friends supporting me…'

"D-Do you really like me?" You whispered, loud enough for him to hear you.

Confused, he asked back, "What do you mean?"

You looked down to the floor, unable to speak in fear your voice would just break up. 'So much for the coldest and most targeted girl, huh…' You thought bitterly.

"(Name), please, what do you mean by that? Of course I like you, I like you so much, or else why would I ask you to be my girlfriend?"

"W-Weren't you just… Weren't you just using me…?"

Karma was taken aback by your words as he stumbled back. "Using you? Who said that?"

You looked away from the floor and Karma. "You always play tricks on me, don't you…? You would prank me, and then you would be rude to me whenever we're with everyone… But when we're alone like this, all you think about is just sex." You spoke up bravely. "Did you do all of those so no one would look at me? So that they would be fed up with my angry expression?"

Silence ensued. None of you said anything, and the tension was really suffocating. You were getting nervous. Why didn't he say anything? Were you right?

And then you heard him sighed.

"Geez, (Name)… You never cease to surprise me, you know."

You immediately shot up. "S-So it's true? You were just using me…?"

Karma walked towards you and stopped when he was right in front of you. "Do you want to know why I always prank you? Why I'm rude outside there? Why when we're together like this, I just want to see all of you?"

You blushed when he said 'I just want to see all of you', but you nodded anyway. Then you heard him sighed again.

"(Name), you're really expressionless outside there, you know?" He murmured. "Even after we started dating, it's like there's nothing change, like I'm just another classmate for you." He murmured again. You dared yourself to look at his eyes, and you were quite surprised when you saw his eyes looking at you with… Was that pain in his eyes?

"I used to trick you because then you would at least change your expression, not your usual flat, deadpan one. But then when we had our first time…" This time he smiled and took your hand to his lips. "You showed me so many expressions. I can't even think where to start, but your face was just so… Captivating. You always let it go whenever we're doing it, that's why I love doing it with you, because then I could see all sort of faces that you have. When we're in class, I can't do something like that, so I just resort to doing tricks and pranks. At least you don't have a deadpan expression when you're mad at me, right? And you would laugh afterwards when the girls reprimanded me, or even threatening me. That laugh would be subtle, but I can see that you had fun. I know that it's not the best way to do it, but is it wrong if I want to see my girlfriend having fun?"

You weren't sure what to expect when he started talking, but it sure wasn't that. Who would ever think that Akabane Karma had that soft part of him? (Although said soft part was covered by sadistic part…)

"But I don't know that I really hurt you like that…" He sighed again. "I really should stop. But believe me, I'm not using you in any way, I just want you to show me more of you. I'm sorry."

Karma definitely didn't expect you to suddenly hug him, because he was really surprised when you did. "No, it's me who has to be sorry… I didn't ask you right away and instead I just think of you in a negative way… I'm really sorry!"

"Well, it's partly my fault too for not saying anything… So? What do you want to do now?" Karma asked gently. No one had ever seen this gentle side of Karma aside from you. It really showed how much he cared.

"I know for sure that I don't want to break up and poison you like what Hara said…"

"P-Poison me?!"

"The girls gave me advice on how to ask you. Hara said I should just break up with you and poison you with something that will hurt you for a few weeks as revenge." You laughed.

'And there's that smile.' Karma thought. "Well I'm really glad you didn't follow what she said." He frowned. "But what do you want to do for now?"

"For now…" You thought for a bit. And just then, a blush made their way to your cheeks as you looked at him straight in his eyes. "Make love to me?"

Karma smirked. "Only if you'll show me more of your expressions."

"Deal."

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"(Name)! (Name)! How was it?!" The girls immediately surrounded your desk.

You looked at their worried faces, and then you glanced at Karma who glanced back at you with a smile. You smiled back.

"Everything's alright. It was a misunderstanding after all."

"Misunderstanding?! How come something like that is a misunderstanding?!"

"It's… Something that's hard to explain. But everything went alright yesterday, and I got the truth too."

"And the truth is?"

This time, you smiled at them, making them surprised. "It's a secret that I can only show Karma."

But still, Nakamura turned to Karma with a deadly expression. "Oi, Akabane! If you dare hurt (Name) in any way, prepare yourself to DIE!" She snarled.

"That's right! And Ritsu will make sure you won't get any good sleep!" Kayano added sharply.

"Of course I will, (Name) is a precious classmate after all!" Ritsu piped in.

All the girls (except you) glared at Karma, and he just chuckled nervously. "Yeah, yeah, I got it."

"You better!"

When the class started, Nagisa whispered at Karma, "Karma-kun, what did you do at the girls? They seem set on killing you, more than Koro-sensei…" He shivered.

"Aah, let's just say that (Name) has really good friends ready to defend her in any way, including getting me out of the way." Karma answered with a relief smiled. Yes, he was relieved that at least (Name) wasn't that closed anymore. She did show him such good expressions last night, but this morning she also smiled at the girls. Maybe what he did was right in a way?