Fight Me

Even though he didn't want to get in between Asuma and Kurenai's love story, he didn't mind befriending people. He glanced at the girl who had distinctive red-ringed eyes before going back to his bento. 

'If things get as far as her falling, I'll just reject her like Sasuke rejected Sakura... nah that's too harsh. I guess I'll play the cupid and see how things go.' he thought as he glanced at Asuma who was happily chatting away with a few other guys, but all of a sudden, he glanced at Kurenai, only to end up making eye contact with Kira. 

At first, he felt embarrassed, but when he saw Kira go back to eating his lunch silently, he felt a wave of relief wash over him. 

On the other hand, Kira was having his own thoughts about the kids in his class. 

'These guys are only five years old, but they already feel attracted to the opposite gender?!' 

To confirm his doubts, he looked around his classroom and a few seconds later, he sighed. 

"Damn..."

"Did something happen?" Kurenai asked as she placed the rice she was holding with her chop sticks, back into her bento.

Kira shook his head, "Nah, nothing is wrong. I was just thinking about why everyone hates my bugs..."

Even though he lied, his gaze moved towards Kakashi who was eating alone. Multiple girls had already tried talking to him, but the guy just drove them away without a shred of empathy. 

'Yeah that's how a ninja should be. These other kids are wasting too much of their time tying to find a significant someone at the age of 5, damn.' he cursed as he turned to look at Kurenai and then glanced at Asuma.

"Hey Kurenai, do you know that guy? His name was Akuma correct?" he asked loudly, making sure that Asuma would hear him, and he clearly did. 

Just as the guy turned around, Kurenai chuckled before correcting him, "No, his name is Asuma. I talked to him during the entrance ceremony and he's a pretty good guy. You two should be able to become nice friends."

Kira nodded and turned to look at Asuma who was staring back at him. There wasn't any anger in his eyes, but Kira could sense anticipation. 

'Those eyes are literally screaming at me to not tell Kurenai about what I saw... or maybe I'm reading it wrong.'

In any case, he never planned on telling Kurenai anything. He lifted his hand and pointed at Asuma, "Hey Asuma! Do you want to be friends with me? Oh wait, if you want to be friends with me, you shouldn't be scared of bugs! I don't make friends with sissies."

Listening to Kira's lofty words, Asuma felt the corner of his mouth twitch. But just as he was about to say, "Who'd be friends with you?", he glanced at Kurenai and the next second, completely different set of words flowed from his mouth. 

"Why should I be scared of mere bugs? Those who are scared of bugs are weaklings! And when it comes to you, there is absolutely no reason to be scared since you can control them at will, right?"

Kira nodded, "I like you, Asuma! Be my friend!"

Asuma's body stiffened when he heard Kira's command. 

'Who'd be friend with you when you give them orders!!' he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so instead he resorted to nodding. 

"Great, now that you're my friend, come and eat with us. Come come, I'll share my food with you."

Asuma, who was originally eager to get to know Kurenai more, didn't hesitate and hurriedly joined their table. While Kurenai was looking at Asuma who was getting this bento to the table, Kira hurriedly scribbled six words onto a small paper and stuck it to the side of his bento using chakra. 

His talent for control was only at E rank, but he had massive amounts of chakra. Instead of using just the right amount to "stick" it, he simply pushed the paper with his chakra to make it look like it was stuck instead. 

The moment Asuma placed his bento on the table, Kira hurriedly swapped bentos with him.

"Close friends must share their bento. You really are my best friend, Asuma!" Kira said as he gave him a thumbs up and also stopped releasing his chakra. 

Just as Asuma was about to burst in anger, he noticed the small paper fall onto the table from the bento. Luckily, from Kurenai's angle, she couldn't see and due to Kira's word's her attention was fixed on him. 

Asuma glanced at the contents. 

Be thankful! Good luck with Kurenai.

Asuma's eyes widened as he looked up at Kira who was animatedly talking about the power of friendship. A second later, he grabbed the paper and shoved it into his mouth before swallowing it whole. 

'A ninja must always erase evidence.' he thought as he was about to dig into Kira's bento when their bento's were swapped again. Contrary to his expectations, it wasn't Kira, but Kurenai instead.

"Wh- what? Why?" 

Kurenai cutely tilted her head as if asking what was wrong with him, "Hm? As friends, we should share bento right? Isn't that what Kira just said?"

Asuma blindly nodded as he turned to look at the bento in front of him. The partially eaten bento from kurenai made his cheeks flush, but Kira's expression was not great. 

'I gave you a great chance, but at the end, you give her my bento... are you dumb bro? I'm playing the cupid here, not you.'

Just before Kurenai could grab the rice from his bento, Kira quickly took his bento back before giving her Asuma's. 

'Fuck, this is cringe but I have no choice.' he cursed as he gave her an unpleasant look. 

"I don't like his bento so I'll stick to mine. My grandpa's bento is the best after a-"

Just as he was about to finish his sentence, a kunai fell onto the table right in front of his bento. 

The white haired, masked guy looked at Kira and said, "Fight me."