Karma x Reader || Appearances

|14| A Tale Of Two Parties

"I'm not," you frowned in disbelief.

"Sure," he nodded his head, his tone of voice making it crystal clear that he didn't believe you.

"I'm not," you huffed as you proceeded to grab his hand and drag him across the ice to prove your point.

Just like the first time you had skated with him, you were skating backwards so that you could be face to face, your hands grabbing his as he allowed himself to be guided by you.

"See? I'm not embarrassed," you said.

"Heh, I already knew that," he laughed.

"Eh!? So why tease me about it!? What? Did you actually want me to hold your hand or something?" You teased

"Yeah," he said rather bluntly as you had to blink twice and slowly process his words.

What? Was he kidding? You decided not to give it much thought, Karma was always kidding and messing with you so he probably didn't mean it. Though why did you even care? It's not like you had feelings for him... right?

"So you're like a big baby?" You finally said and flashed him a teasing smile.

"Not as big as you, though," he countered. "And much more handsome of course." He teased.

"Babies aren't supposed to be handsome!" You shrieked, a vein popping in your head. "They're supposed to be cute." You puffed your cheeks.

"Oh, then I guess being a baby does fit you." He said.

"Huh? Are you saying I'm cute?" You found yourself blushing.

"Only when you puff your cheeks like that," he snickered. "Most of the time you're just ugly."

You sweatdropped.

"Thank the heavens it's my birthday because I can't imagine what your insults would've been like if it wasn't." You rolled your eyes.

"Well, technically it's not your birthday today," he smiled. "So it's not like you can get a free pass."

"Seriously!?" 

You continued teasing one another but, after bickering for a few minutes, the both of you fell silent. You stared at his mercury eyes, they were beautiful. They brought you a warmth you had never felt before. It was an unknown feeling that warmed your whole body. 

Before you could even have time to process what was happening, you found yourself getting lost in those eyes. You still couldn't believe how much your life had changed ever since you met him. It wasn't just the fact that you had a nearly impossible mission to kill your teacher, but because of the feeling of freedom you had been experiencing for quite some time now. Before you met him, you had only experienced it when you were very little or whenever you were in the ice rink but now, you seemed to be experiencing whenever you were in the end class' presence, especially Karma's. 

Whenever you were with him, those carefully built appearances your mother had imposed on you seemed to crumble. It was a breath of fresh air that warmed up your whole body. It was a warmth you never knew it even existed.

"Hey! Watch out-!" Karma's sudden yell brought you back to reality... But it was too late.

You crashed forcefully against the ice rink wall causing the both of you to fall down onto the ice. Opening your eyes slowly, you took in the scene before you. You were on the floor in quite an uncomfortable position. Karma was on top of you, his face just a few centimeters from yours. His hands, pressing against the ice floor, were at both sides of your head, stopping him from falling completely on top of you. Without even realizing it, your eyes traveled down to his lips. You were so close.