A/n: HEy bishes wassup! Yall thought i was dead? Well i wasn't, my editor and i were just debating whether i should time skip over the recovery process or show all of it, and we compromised to do a bit of both! By the time I thought of how I'd do it, i lowkey forgot where I was in my story, so I REREAD MY ENTIRE FIC. I couldn't stop cringing, but wats done is done.

Warning: I'm not a doctor, Karma aint either, so don't use this fic as RL medical advice

Thanks!

-Ryan Sensei

Previously: With a faint malicious smile, they pulled out a small shining device, aimed in the two's direction.

"Nurufufu! Thank goodness I brought my camera!" The visitor said, while taking his camera and snapping multiple pictures of the sleeping pair.

"Nuru-fufu! I can finally add some pictures to my Karugisa section of my class-E couples book! If only Karma didn't get in the way each time, I definitely would've gotten more..." He said, fondly placing a tentacle on Nagisa's head. Upon feeling the foreign limb, Nagisa hazily opened his eyes, and saw a now pink and yellow octopus grinning with a camera in hand.

"Koro-sensei? What are you doing here?" Nagisa quietly asked, his voice dripping with fatigue.

"Ngyah! N-Nagisa-kun! I-uh- I came to check up on my precious students! I heard you woke up, so I zoomed over as soon as I could. I am very glad that you are awake," the teacher responded.

"Thank you for coming, I'm sorry to have worried you.."

"You really did give us all, especially Karma, quite the scare. I'm just sorry that I wasn't a reliable enough sensei for you to depend on. One who wouldn't fail you so badly..."

"Koro-sensei, nobody's blaming you! I don't know why everyone's been blaming themselves lately for my actions. I'm responsible for my own decisions... Koro-sensei, can I ask you an honest question?"

"Anything"

"Do you think I can live happily?"

"What are yo-"

"Sorry, what I mean is… although things in class are far what anyone would call… normal, I'm happy there. I'm happy being with you, Bitch and Karasuma sensei, my classmates and especially Karma. But the thing is, that's just a small bubble. As soon as I leave that bubble, bad things like 'this' happen, and I… Well I just was wondering what you thought…"

The teacher gave a thoughtful glance towards the window as he chose his next words carefully.

"I know that thanks to the environment I've created, you and many other students have managed to sharpen your blades and let your talents flourish, it gives me great satisfaction to know that the E-class, and those affiliated with it provide a place of great happiness... it's more than I can ask for as a teacher."

The yellow creature smiled as he looked back at his student.

"But Nagisa-kun, no matter how many difficulties the outside world provides you, that doesn't mean there's no way for you to overcome it and find happiness. You are entitled to happiness, and have many people that are willing to go above and beyond to help you achieve that. It's the people inside this bubble that can help you work your way out. Ya know, you're a lot stronger than you think."

Nagisa looked down at the the sheets and fisted the white cloth beneath his fingers, slowly working his way up to saying,

"I know I've gotten stronger lately thanks to the E-class, but it feels it like it doesn't matter how hard I trained. Whether it's at home, or with Asano-kun, all that I've learned, all that I've worked hard towards doing is useless. I just freeze and!" The boy's shout was interrupted by a quiet groan from Karma, who encircled his arms around Nagisa's waist.

The teal haired boy looked fondly at his lover and ruffled the red hair. With pleading eyes, the boy looked up to his teacher.

"Nagisa-kun, although you've become a remarkable assassin, I don't expect you to use those skills on everyone, no matter how cruel. So on that hand you're doing nothing wrong. That doesn't mean that I want you to get injured to this point Nagisa-kun! There's plenty of ways for you to use your assassination skills to not kill but protect those you care about and yourself, it's my fault as an educator for not providing you with all the tools necessary to understand this."

"Ehh? Koro-sensei you don't have to apologize! You didn't do anything wro-"

"No. This time, I am in the wrong. I've failed you in too many ways, and I'm gonna make up for my shortcomings from now on…"

The teal haired boy gave a confused look before yawning; noticing his student's fatigue, the octopus enveloped Nagisa in a squishy hug, and tucked his student back in.

"I am truly grateful that you are awake… I look forward to seeing you back in class."

"Arigato Koro-sensei… Can I ask you one last question?"

"Go ahead."

"Why'd you bring a camera with you? Was there something that caught your attention?"

At mach 20 speed, the camera that was in his tentacles disappeared, and Koro-sensei began to whistle in an obvious manner. The teacher quickly changed the subject, hoping his student would ignore the adorable pictures he took.

"Now that I think about it, school! Yes, school. I'll have to bring you up to speed so you don't fall behind. I could come tutor you on what you've missed. Does that sound alright?"

"Yes, thank you Koro-sensei."

"Of course! Anything for my students," he glanced at the small boy and took into account how thin and tired he looked. "Well, you should focus on getting well soon, and trying to assassinate me. Tell Karma when he wakes up that I said hi."

Within a few seconds the teacher was by the door smiling mischievously..

"All right I'll be leaving, Byeeee!" the octopus rushed out, leaving behind a slight gust of wind in the room.

The blue haired boy sighed to himself before leaning back into his lover's embrace.

Nagisa turned his head to the sleeping he devil. Gazing at his handsome features and taking note of the light breaths he was taking.

I see Karma sleeping in class all the time, but this may be the first time I've seen him sleeping up close. Now that I think about it, when we're together he always sleeps after me, and wakes up before me. Which is weird since he loves sleeping... He really must've been tired.

"I really do only cause trouble for you..."

He let out a brief sigh, and placed a kiss on Karma's forehead before going back to sleep.

KxNxKxN

At some point in the night, Karma woke up and realized the position he was in. Nagisa's legs were intertwined with his, and his lips were mere centimeters from his.

He's tempting me without even trying.

Closing his eyes for a few seconds, Karma cleared his head of any tempting thoughts and kissed his boyfriend on his crown.

"I've gotta head back home, but I'll be back tomorrow," he whispered, slowly detangling their legs.

As the teen arrived back home, he noticed one of his friends, a familiar blonde, leaning against his door, waiting for his arrival.

"Rio, how long have you been waiting there?"

"Not long, did you just get back from seeing Nagisa?"

Karma gave a pained smile before replying, "yeah... So, what'd ya need?"

"Wanna let me in first? Or should I have used the key under the mat to let myself in?" She says with a mischievous smirk.

"Well, I already knew it was a bad hiding spot, but I figured nobody'd actually be dumb enough to break into my house. Here," the taller teen said, unlocking and holding open his door.

The blonde smirked as she happily walked in, only to be tackled by the large dog waiting inside.

"Cursed! It's been a while!" She says from the floor, petting the dog. "I heard you had Terasaka look after him... I'm sorry I wasn't any help, you know I would've looked after him if my parents weren't so..."

Karma closed the door and walked ahead to the kitchen, the other two following closely behind the redhead. "Yeah I know. Want something to drink? I have tea, strawberry juice, water..."

"Nah that's ok. I just wanted to talk to you."

"Alright~" The redhead says in a sing song voice while making his way out of the kitchen and seats himself on the living room couch; following his lead, Rio joined Karma and sat next to him.

"Karma, I know this whole thing with Nagisa has been really tough on everyone in the class, and especially hard on you. But... I wanted to let you know, that I'm here here for you, and that… I'm worried about you…"

Suddenly defensive, Karma jokes while saying, "I'm not the one you should be worried about. I'm fine, he's the one that's really suffering."

"I know, I know it's just… With all this stuff going on I think it's easy for everyone, including you to forget that you're going through hell too," she says, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I'm worried about one of my best friends here, and can ya blame me?" Karma got up and began pacing back and forth in the room, biting his thumb nail.

Rio's eyes followed the boy's movements as she maintained her relaxed posture. "If you're always concerned over him, when are you worrying for yourself? At least let him or any of us in the E-class worry about you."

Karma halted his pacing and his expression was replaced with a surprised one as he watched Rio sigh.

"Geez the power couple is seriously too selfless..." She states, getting up to punch the redhead in the shoulder.

He didn't dodge? Well, I might as well take this chance.

Wrapping her arms around the boy's waist, Rio hugged the redhead, hoping to send off her feelings of comfort to her friend.

Karma paused for a moment before returning the hug, gripping tightly. When the blonde tried pulling back she was surprised to here Karma whisper, "Please... Just for a little longer."The two continued to hug for what felt like hours, but was actually a few minutes before Karma sighed and pulled away.

"Thanks Rio, I appreciate it."

"Yeah yeah, what are friends for? But seriously though, don't try to take everything on by yourself. I'm here if ya wanna talk, anytime."

She backs up a few steps and lets out a relaxed sigh, "Well! Now that I've said what I needed to, I really gotta get going, or I'm gonna get an earful from my old lady about staying out late again,"

Karma lets out a light chuckle, walking her to the door, "You never change."

"Of course I have baka, you just didn't notice. I've actually become quite reliable… Well, I'll be going now. See ya!" She shouts, letting herself out.

With a contorted face, the redhead lightly whispers, "...Bye."

It's just two words. Stop getting so depressed over it. Everything's okay now. Nagisa is safe, and he's awake.

Rubbing his eyes with his hands, Karma gets up, and completes his night time routine before heading to sleep in his own bed.

KxNxKxN

A few hours later, at the hospital, Nagisa was once again breaking out into another fever and having a nightmare.

As he continued to toss and turn, unable to take it anymore, his body woke with a jolt.

Again? Jeez, by now I shouldn't be surprised that I don't remember my own dreams, but I could've sworn it was important. I just know it involved Karma... Wait, where is he?

The blue haired boy rose his hand to his forehead quickly realizing how warm he was, and pulling away. His surroundings all seemed hazy and everything felt terrible. As he tried re-orientating himself, he let out a slight 'woah!' as he collapsed onto the floor.

Within moments, a small woman with short wavy black hair covering her eyes came in with a bucket of medicines in hand, fully prepared to assist in lowering her patient's fever, along with aiding Nagisa back into bed.

"Thank you. Wait, how'd you know I had a fever?" he said, looking at the bucket of fever reducing medicines.

"Give us doctors and nurses here more credit, we're all pretty smart... Plus I was doing rounds. But realizing when a patient's having a fever by their previous symptoms is child's play. I also know that your food intake has been basically non existent, and by the spikes in your heart rate on this machine's meter, that just recently you had a couple nightmares."

"Wow, you're good. I'm impressed and a bit scared," he said sweat dropping.

"Anyways, let's treat that fever of yours."

After giving Nagisa the proper medicine, he seemed to feel more comfortable. The nurse nurse left the room for a few minutes after that, then quickly returned, holding a warm mug, and sat in the chair next to Nagisa's bedside.

"Here, drink," the nurse demanded, putting the mug in the boy's hand.

"It's warm… What's in it?"

"It's Chamomile, it's supposed to help you relax and sleep."

"Oh, I see," Nagisa said in understanding and began drinking the beverage. It felt as though the drink was warming him from the inside, Nagisa let out a content sigh.

"Tastes good huh? I'll try to give you more tea before bed from now on."

"Thank you very much… By any chance have you seen a kinda tall redhead with gold-ish eyes and is overall really handsome?"

The nurse chuckled before saying "your boyfriend left not too long ago, I think he was heading home for the night."

"How'd you know he was my boyfriend?" Nagisa asked with curiosity in his tone.

"Sweetie, everybody knows," she said with another chuckle.

The boy's features turned a bright red as he looked down into his mug.

With a thoughtful look, the nurse looked at the embarrassed boy before asking, "Ne Shiota-san, even if us doctors are smart at picking up things like fevers and symptoms, you don't need to hold back, you can call for us more when you don't feel well. It is our job after all…"

"Sorry, I just didn't think it was a big deal."

"With the temp you had, it could've been! These types of things you tell us!" She let out a sigh before continuing, "Anyways, based off of some of your symptoms, have you been watching any scary movements lately?"

"No, why?"

"Well this is just a theory, but the reason why you've been getting so little sleep is probably because you're afraid. And your body's just responding to that fear."

"Afraid? Afraid of what?"

"You tell me. I recall hearing that you don't recall some of the things before your accident, maybe your body is trying to force you into remembering, or it could be trying to warn you."

A sudden flash of Karma's outstretched hand while drowning appeared before Nagisa's mind, and his eyes widened.

"Can my body actually do that?"

"You'd be surprised by what the human body's capable of. Anyways, my bet is that you're afraid of something, and when you either remember or solve it, your body'll stop reacting like this. 'Till then, just take it one day at a time... As for your nightmares, as your nurse, I recommend you drink some more tea along with taking some sleeping pills."

She pulls out a bottle of sleeping pills from the bucket she brought over and handed them to Nagisa. "Just read the instructions, and you'll have a good night sleep, you can keep those."

Nagisa clenched the bottle in his hands and gave a look of discomfort. "I know they're supposed to help, but something about taking them just makes me feel weird, I can't explain it."

"It's up to you if you want to take them, I'm just recommending them. Alright, I'm gonna continue with my rounds, but if you need me, press the button."

"Thank you... Oh wait! Your name!"

"Sakura Hazama."

"You wouldn't happen to know Kirara Hazama?"

"Yeah! She's my cousin! How do you know her?"

"She's my classmate."

"Huh, small world. Well, tell her I say hi next time you see her. Goodnight Shiota-san."

As Nagisa watched the nurse leave, he paused before unscrewing the bottle cap and placing two pills in his hand. It wasn't that he had trouble taking pills, but it was just something about getting pills to help him sleep that just bugged him.

Karma'd be worried if he saw you still weren't sleeping Nagisa, get it together!

Squinting both eyes, he plopped the pills in his mouth and used his tea to swallow both pills one after the other.

Placing his mug down on the bedside table, It didn't take long before he was out cold for the night.

KxNxKxNxKxN

Meanwhile, two lone figures stood within the safe confines of the larger man's room. The man was angrily scratching his features as he remained seated.

"Explain your plan to me one more time, I just don't get it! I want revenge! How does this help me get it?

"I'll approach him and give him the offer, and soon enough they'll all come running," the other man said crossing his arms.

"Well how do you know he's gonna even accept?"

"I've been having people spy on the situation over there, just give it time. Good things happen for those who wait Takaoka."

The man swirled in his chair and looked at his pictures of Nagisa on the wall. Suddenly seeing red, the man threw the nearest knife at the picture, landing straight between the boy's eyes.

"As long as I get a re-match with him... Shiro, you have yourself a deal."

"That's what I like to hear!" Leaning in, the two men shook hands on a plan that would soon spell trouble for all of the E-class.

A/n: So yeah! I'm back in business! My updates r slow, so I'm sorry, but I hope you'll continue to read my fic(s) and review. Thank you for all of yalls support during my unintentional hiatus, special thank to: LadyNessaStories for the best motivation I'd ever received in a pm.

Without further ado... Ryan Sensei's Q & A corner!

Q1. Are you abandoning this fic?

A1. Nope! Read my top a/n for my sorry excuse, sorry for the wait!

Q2: what is your update schedule?

A2: I'm changing it to monthly and on random spur days of inspiration

Q3: Can you add a medical inaccuracy warning?

A3: I was too lazy to do it back on tht chapter, so i hope the one i put here was enough

Q4: How can Karma hug Nagisa without Nagisa showing any signs of discomfort?

A4: Ya know wat, nagisa is just a bamf tht was probs gritting his teeth or ignoring the pain to not worry karma, *shrugs*

That's all I'm doing for today, see ya next time!

-Ryan Sensei