Chapter 27
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Cruelty at its finest || p.j.m
Two Semicolons || k.t.h
Summary of previous chapter:
Asano and Isuju kissed, and they finally had closure and accepted each other as friends. On the way home, Kaneki met Isuju and apologised to her, saying that he is sorry for all the shit that he had made her go through.
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Isuju stopped outside the door silently, contemplating on whether or not to knock. She still felt the chills on her skin from meeting Kaneki, goosebumps dotted her skin every time she thought of him. When she saw him just now, when he apologised, when he cried, it felt like it was too good to be true.
"Are you or are you not gonna knock?" A male's voice travelled from above. He had the same fiery red hair, the same facial features, but wasn't Karma. He stood on the balcony on the second floor, looking down at her.
"You're Karma's dad, right?" Isuju said.
"Yea, so... Are you coming in? Karma's not at home though," Sasori asked.
"Oh then, never mind, I'll look for him tomorrow-"
"On second thought, come in, I wanna talk to you," Sasori said before disappearing behind the curtains and proceeding downstairs to open the door. Isuju was a little surprised when he said that, but she went in nonetheless.
When Sasori looked at her up close, he said, "you alright?" She wasn't, actually, she cried on the way to the Akabane's.
"I'm fine," she lied before smiling it off, but she accepted the glass of water when it was passed to her and took a sip. They both sat on the brown sofa in the living room.
"I saw you at the snow globe shop the other day if you remember, Karma was there too, after he got back home he told me you were his girlfriend," Sasori started off.
"I always had to be traveling around the world for work, and his mum would follow me, and since Karma wasn't old enough we left him here, we'd offered him a trip now and then to go to Los Angeles or China, but he'd decline, so we'd only meet him whenever we came back for the holidays," Sasori said.
"I just want to say thanks for keeping my son company in the mean time, I haven't been a very good parent you see," Isuju didn't know how to react to that, but she just let out a small smile.
"I'm sorry," Isuju said, the tears stinging the back of her eyes as she thought, "but I haven't been a very good friend to Karma, let alone girlfriend, I haven't put his interests in my heart, I'd be selfish and always do things for myself and others instead of him. I actually came here to apologise."
At the corner of her eye, she saw a foot stifle at the steps.
"I thought you said Karma wasn't home," she looked at the steps while talking to Sasori.
"He isn't," Sasori looked at where she was looking at. A sigh came from that direction and the figure stood up and walked down.
"I am, actually," the familiar red head walked down the steps, like making a grand entrance. Karma said, "I climbed in through the window."
"There's a door," Sasori gestured, but Karma had just waved it off.
"Oyaji, if you're sorry for being a bad parent, just go upstairs for a while could you?" Karma said, and Sasori knew better than to step into his son's affairs. Sasori brought him up by teaching that every action was his responsibility, and if there was a consequence that he should face, he should face it head on. He walked up the steps and ruffled his son's hair at the same time, then his silhouette disappeared in the dark.
"Hey," Isuju said to the boy as he threw his shoes across the living room to the front door and sat down beside her.
"You heard everything?" Isuju said slowly.
"I guess you finally thought things through, but I want to hear you say it to me," Karma said. Isuju opened her mouth to say the words she had came here to say, I am sorry. Three simple words were all she had to say.
But a lump got caught in her throat, her knuckles turned white as she gripped her skirt, and the tears she held at the back of her eyes while talking to Sasori flowed out.
For once, she went over to him and hugged him first. It was always Karma starting something or taking the initiative, and she had wanted to do something for once. His hands slowly snaked around her, patting her back as she trembled against his body.
"I'm sorry, I am so so so sorry," Isuju said, bawling out at him, "I'm sorry for not putting you first, I'm sorry that you always had to bear with my bullshit, and I'm sorry for never liking you the way you did with me."
Her last words muffled in his neck, and Karma spoke. As he spoke, the vibrations tingled on her skin and she blushed.
"As long as you know you're wrong," Karma smiled and buried his face into her neck. Soon, they pulled apart, and as they looked at each other, they both grinned.
"Can we have closure on this?" Isuju asked slowly, worried if her words had meant any offense.
"Sure," he grinned and pecked her, "I'd like that."
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It was already around 9 at night by the time she explained everything that happened to her to Karma. She sent a text to Irina that she'd be home late that day. Karma listened to her pour her heart out, giving occasional comments now and then as she spoke about Asano and Kaneki.
He did flinch and get annoyed when she told him Asano confessed and they kissed.
As soon as it was over, Karma grinned and smiled as he thought through what she told him.
"You've really matured a lot over the past few days, I'm glad," Karma said softly to her, "you never really could think for yourself in the past, but you made decisions you never could, and I'm really proud of you."
Isuju smiled to herself and glanced at the clock, 9.15 p.m.
"I should get back, it's late-"
"No, you're not going back, especially when it's this late," a woman's voice travelled down the steps and her hurried footsteps made her way to the sofa where they sat.
"Okasan," Karma simply said.
"Son," his mother returned. Isuju saw that she had the same bright golden eyes as Karma did with ash brown hair framing her pretty face. Misaki smiled at Isuju.
"Wow, you have one good looking family," Isuju said to Karma aloud, but she soon started blushing as soon as she noticed both their golden eyes on her, and they both had the same mischievous smile.
"Anyway, you can sleep on Karma's bed while Karma sleeps on the sofa," Misaki said to her, but Sasori, who silently sat on the other sofa chair, spoke up.
"Why not just let them sleep on Karma's bed?"
"Gosh you scared me," Misaki jolted and said back, "because I'm trying to protect the girl here, you know your son has your genes on getting really horn-"
Karma interrupted abruptly. Isuju bursted out laughing.
"Seriously, you guys only come back three months every year plus the special holidays, you really have to embarrass me while my girlfriend is here?" Karma shot at his parents while Isuju blushed at 'girlfriend' and giggled lightly behind his back.
"She's sleeping on my bed, and that's final," he said and his parents nodded silently.
Karma then brought her up to his room, and it smelt exactly like how he did when she buried her face into the crook of his neck beforehand. He passed her some of his clothes she had seen him wearing before, except for the bra that he got from his mother, of course.
She texted Irina that she would be staying at Karma's house, and knowing her sister, she left her phone on the table outside knowing that she'd be flooded with spam. This was exactly what happened as she texted and got into the bathroom.
Isuju: Hey im staying over at Karma's today
It's late so his mum told me to stay over
Yes and let the spam begin
Irina: hOE
LITTLE SISTER
I KNEW YOU HAD IT IN YOU
HIGH TIME
i ship KarJu
and not IsuNo
Say no to IsuNo
Don't do anything stupid like sex without condoms
Sex with condoms, however, is great
Plus pills too
Got that double protection bby
Uk what you're 15 you shouldn't be having sex
But if you're getting some action i still dm ;D
Rmb all the lessons i taught you
Put the tongue in slowly and lustily
Yas baby ily
But idw you having a baby tmr okay
Hello reply me
Isuju: lol sensei you really have no filter ;)
Isuju's bathing
Hearing you spam her makes me wanna join her in the shower ;D
Irina: don't you dare
You can have sex when you're 18
Isuju: what about oral?
Irina: sON DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SISTER
OKAY
I FORBID THIS RELATIONSHIP
ISUNO ALL THE WAY
Isuju: you really are a bitch
But you're my girlfriend's sis so i won't say much
Btw we aren't 15, we're 16
Karma placed the phone on the table and let it vibrate once more. He finally understood why Isuju left for the toilet immediately after texting her sister.
He chuckled lightly, thinking of whether or not to disturb Isuju.
Maybe later, he thought as he heard the gentle splashes of water in the bathroom from the shower.
When she came out, Karma was stunned for a moment.
He had thought that she was cute the whole time, but this Isuju, who had water trickling down from her hair, and wore his clothes out, seemed breathtakingly hot.
"I— Um, the hairdryer is under the table," he said as he averted his face away from hers, he was visibly blushing.
Isuju hummed in response and went to his desk and bent down to reach the hairdryer, unaware that Karma's gaze was on her the whole time.
Karma
Karma laid on his bed, his arm over his hot cheeks and his eyes, blocking the light out.
"You're unusually quiet," Isuju piped once she had finished blowing her hair dry.
"Trust me, I have a lot of things to say, but I'm going to shut up for your good," Karma said, trying not to look at Isuju.
"For my own good? You've changed," Isuju gave an approving smile while nodding her head. She stood by his bed, poking his arm as she tried to pry off his arm on his face.
Just then, the roles switched. Karma grabbed her wrist and pulled her down onto him, he then rolled to the side and now she was pinned under him.
"H-Hi," Isuju gulped as she stared into Karma's eyes.
"The things I want to say are all dirty, and you're too innocent," Karma huskily said as he lowered himself onto her. Isuju was sure that Karma would devour her if it weren't for his parents in the room next to them.
"Like what things?" Isuju softly whispered, and Karma grinned, knowing that she was now braver than she ever was.
"Like how I would kiss you till your lips are swollen," Karma said lowly and seductively, his eyes as if glowing in the dark, "or until your neck is covered in red patches, until everyone can see that you're mine even from a far."
Blood rushed to Isuju's cheeks rapidly, her blue eyes wavered as they locked with Karma's glowing golden ones.
Without any other words said, the couple locked lips, his tongue trailing over her lower lip and she snaked her arms around his neck in response.
The kiss was slow and soft, like how it always should have been and how it always will be in the future.
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Its endinggggg
Which is good bc i dragged it on for too long lmao