Author's Note! This is not a full story, I just wanted to work and improve this idea. This is really the first thing I've written, so any criticism and pointers are really really helpful!
Her incessant studying: because her "Little Miss Perfect" reputation needs to be maintained. She's always trying to please everyone, trying to make everything flawless. When is she going to realize that perfect can't be accomplished? There's good, there's great, and there's excellent.
Yes, she's an exceptional meister. I can give her props for that. Even then we're always bickering and objecting each other's ideas. We are supposed to act as a team, together as one. "As meister, what I say goes!" Oh shut up. That is such an abuse of power. Why don't you hear me out, maybe I DO have something good for you, Little Miss Perfect. When I'm around her, I feel so deficient, so unworthy.
She is defiant. She doesn't accept my help, advice, or praise. Is it not good enough for you, Little Miss Perfect? Do I need to write it out in gold? Do I need to climb to the tallest tower and shout it from the top of my lungs?
Always practicing, always studying, always striving. She never tries to have fun. "I'm studying, Soul." You study all the time; what is left for you to study? Oh I get it. Little Miss Perfect doesn't want to waste her precious time.
You aren't perfect. You aren't good. You aren't great. You aren't excellent. Maka, you are Little Miss Too Good For Words. I want to help you, I want to be there with you one-hundred percent, with every fiber in my body. I love you, and I want you to quit trying so hard.
Perfect doesn't exist, but you do.