Author's note: There is not enough of this pairing so here it is! P.s. This might be OOC, but I don't think it's impossible. I mean how can Maki be so self-sacrificing? Anime characters are human too :3
Disclaimer: I don't own the show or any of the characters in Karin the Chibi Vampire nor the manga!
This time I'll do it! I won't chicken out! I'll give this to Winner! You can do this Maki!
Maki thought while running down the street on a cold, winter night. The moon and wooden fence alongside her was her only company. Maki suddenly bumped into someone in her excitement. She looked up about to apologize for her clumsiness. Huh, Winner? Her heart suddenly excelerated. It was fate meeting him here like this!
"Winner..." Maki began reddening a bit. She clutched the cardboard bag with the handmade scarf she had knitted Winner for Christmas behind her back as if it were the last bouy at sea. She stopped suddenly noticing the gloomy atmosphere around him. The moment Winner lifted his gaze up to hers, Maki could sense the anguish in his deep blue eyes lidded beneath his lemon hair.
"Oh. Miss Karin's friend and side-kick." He mumbled in monotone. "What are you doing here Miss Karin's... Miss Karin! Miss Karin..!" Winner's dark blue eyes pooled with tears as he repeated her best friend's name three more times. He then collapsed on the roadside sobbing uncontrollably. Maki was flying through a range of emotions. She was hurt that he had once again forgotten her name due to Karin outshining her. She was worried for Winner. And she was of course jealous. Despite her emotional turmoil, Maki's love for Winner trumped over the latter.
"Winner what's wrong?" She crouched to Winner's level, her red, ombré gloved hand hovered over his sobbing frame, too afraid to touch him. As much as she hated to bring up her name, she forced herself to say it anyway. "Did something happen to Karin?"
He reached out to her then his hand trembling. Maki reached out too, lost in the moment and lingering for connection.
"I can't believe that someone so sweet like Miss Karin could be...
Of course it was her. She withdrew her hand. It happened so quickly that Winner had to have been really paying attention to have noticed its disappearance, but of course he never did. She hid her fleeting emotions behind a mask of friendly sympathy.
"Could be what, Winner?"
"A... va-vam-p-pire."
That word peaked her interest a little, but the more he talked about Karin the more Maki's emerald eyes dulled to an almost onyx that was full of sadness. Her forced smile grew so hard to maintain that it involantarily slipped away. As he explained her best friend's succubus lifestyle, they walked. Winner droned on about Karin. Maki knew that no matter how distressed he sounded over Karin's true nature, the truth was evident that he still loved her. Maki felt her heart drop. She could never win. Karin was a vampire and she still had Winner in the palm of her hand. Speaking of palm of her hand, Maki still grasped the bag with his Christmas gift in her hands. Her eyes wandered around for a nearby trash, there was no use in giving it to him now. Winner randomly sat down on a swing. Maki wondered when they had ended up at the park.
"I can't believe she's a vampire." Winner sighed.
Maki remained silent.
"Don't you even care?"
"It doesn't really matter. Whether she's a human being or not Karin is still just..." She was at a loss for words. Better than me. Prettier than me. Happier than me. "Just Karin." She finally concluded, deciding not to bring up anything too personal.
"Miss Karin is still Miss Karin?" He repeated dumbly.
Maki couldn't take it anymore.
