A/N: While traveling, this story came to my mind. It's just a short and simple story that I hope you will like. This story should have been included in my story "Rise from The Ashes". Oh, well. Anyway, it's kinda related. You can read this even if you haven't read RFTA.

Chapter 1: Contrast

"As you can see, Crona, symmetry is what makes the world beautiful!" Kid said as he gestured his hands and turned around to face the large painting with the symmetrical Japanese Kanji arrangement of the kanji meaning 'death' surrounded by candles. "Just look at this shrine of mine for instance." He smirked and looked back. "It's perfect, isn't it?"

Crona could only sweat drop while she closed her eyes. "Does it really matter?" she said nonchalantly. She wasn't much a fan of symmetry at all.

Kid twitched, gasped and quickly faced Crona with wide eyes and gripped her shoulders. "Of course it matters, Crona! With symmetry, things are more peaceful!"

Crona's eyes also widened when Kid's face was so close to her, making her nervous all over. She cringed, gritted her teeth as she looked into Kid's eyes. It was as if there was a fire burning in his eyes. Her knees slightly bent when Kid neared his face to her, making her feel intimidated.

"Think of good and evil!" Kid continued. "Everything must be in balance. As long as evil and good maintain equilibrium in this world there is no problem. Perfect balance is the key to everything! Everything, Crona. Everything!"

Crona's eyes twitched. Bulbous sweat ran down her face. "K-K-Kid-kun, d-d-don't you th-think this is too close?" she stuttered nervously. Kid finally stopped gritting his teeth, his mouth closed, his eyes became calm then he gave Crona a quizzical look. He looked down and saw that their bodies almost touched each other. "Agh!" he uttered as he let go of Crona's shoulders and stepped back quickly.

Crona faced down, looked away and held her upper left shoulder. Kid started panting. He cleared his throat and he stood properly without facing Crona. He was already a meter away from her. His eyes turned half-lidded. "I'm sorry," he said calmly.

"I… I don't understand," Crona said in a calmer voice than Kid, still looking away. "Why do you care so much about symmetry? Sure, it's beautiful but… don't you ever think that it slows you down?" She finally glanced at Kid with a concern look. She was still lowering her head though.

Kid gave Crona a long stare then he finally closed his eyes and folded his arms in front of his chest. He sighed. "Crona, I'm a Death God. I'm the god of order. That's why I care so much about symmetry. It's my passion. I don't really care if it slows me down. I would leave my partners behind if I remember something wrong in this house for the sake of symmetry. Symmetry is my first love, Crona." He smiled sweetly while he looked at the ground.

Crona stared at Kid for a while, trying to process what she just heard. "Symmetry is my first love." The words reverberated in her mind. It made her chuckle a bit.

"I-I understand, Kid-kun. B-but I'm not a god of order like you so that must be why I don't really care about symmetry."

Kid glanced at Crona. "Crona, you don't have to be a god of order to like symmetry. If I were a normal person, I'll still be fascinated symmetry. But I guess you don't really care about it." He closed his eyes and looked away. "No wonder your hair is so asymmetrical."

Crona cocked her head to the right. "But… Kid-kun, your hair isn't symmetrical too," she said a-matter-of-factly.

Kid twitched then he suddenly fell to his knees and started sobbing. "I'm asymmetrical garbage!" he shouted as he dug his head on his knees. "Someone like me doesn't deserve to live!"

Crona freaked out. It was her first time to make someone dignified cry. She hurriedly knelt beside Kid. "Kid-kun, I-I didn't mean to make you cry! I'm sorry!" she said frantically as her eyes widened at Kid who kept facing down.

"No, Crona, you're right. You don't have to apologize. I really am asymmetrical as you said so! I… I deserve to die!" He abruptly stood up and started marching towards the open window of his room.

"Wait, Kid-kun!" Crona shouted as she stretched out her arm while she pushed down her other arm on the rugged floor, in attempt to hold him back. Kid climbed on the window.

Crona's eyes widened more than they were already as she screamed, "Eek!" She quickly stood up and ran towards the young shinigami. "Damn this rich boy," she said in her mind and gritted her teeth. Before Kid could jump off the window, Crona held the hem of his black coat and tried to pull him back.

XXX

Maka knocked on the door and Liz opened it. "Good evening, Liz," she greeted with a smile.

"Why, hello, Maka, what brings you here?" said Liz. She was still holding the door knob.

"I just wanted to ask if Crona's here."

"Oh. She is. She's actually alone with Kid right now."

"K-Kid?" Maka said nervously. "But why?"

Liz raised an eyebrow. "Jealous?"

"No! I just think that it's unusual for them to be together."

"He's probably just making a big deal out of symmetry to her," Liz said with a bored expression then she looked away.

"Poor Crona," Maka said. "Can I see her?"

"Sure." Liz smiled. "Come in."

XXX

The whistling wind of the night went pass through Kid and felt someone tugging his coat. "Hmm?" he uttered. At the corner of his golden eyes, he saw the pinkette looking at the ground, tightly holding his coat with both of her hands and closing her eyes. He suddenly felt calm. His tight grip on the window frames loosened. "Crona…" he said calmly.

"Please…" Crona begged. She kept facing down while tears started to leak from her half-lidded sky blue eyes. "Please don't jump. I'm… I'm the one who deserves to die. I've done a lot of bad things… while you only wanted peace… order… justice… and symmetry. You… you definitely deserve to live."

Kid gradually felt sad for the makenshi. His eyes narrowed and he slowly turned around as he took her wrists. He sat down on the window and smiled at the pinkette. He let her hands rest on his lap.

Crona gazed up at Kid, wondering why he suddenly changed. Her eyes still had the tears in the corners. She tried to look in the young shinigami's eyes, trying to comprehend what he's thinking. The wind behind him kept making his raven hair fly to the side.

"I've… I've never met someone who self-loathes like me before…" he said calmly and smiled at Crona. "You make me feel… like I'm not alone." He chuckled a bit, closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to calm his self more, while his other hand was still holding one of Crona's thin wrists. "This is crazy. I never thought this day would come actually."

A smile slowly formed on Crona's face as she studied Kid's handsome face. She quietly sighed in relief.

"Well, thank for making me realize that this life is still worth living. Sorry for startling you."

"It's… okay."

A strong wind passed again and blew the window. It quietly swung to the side, bumping Kid'back.

Kid's eyes widened when a he felt the window hit his back. He was eventually pushed off the window frame and fell onto Crona. "Ouch!" he screamed. He slowly opened his eyes, glanced up and saw Crona squinting, probably because he was so heavy. He realized he was still on top of Crona making his heart raise.

XXX

Maka kicked the door open. "Crona, are you alright?" she shouted to her bestfriend. Liz was behind her, raising a finger. She was probably trying to convince Maka not to kick the door. They stared blankly at Kid and Crona. A cricket started chirping. Kid quickly sat up next to Crona. "Maka, I can explain!" he said. Crona sat up beside him and looked at him.

Maka's face turned red in anger and when Crona noticed this she gasped. "Maka, Kid-kun fell from the window so that's why he was like that!"

"Crona, don't try to cover him up," Maka said. "The window is closed. How could he have fallen from that?"

Kid's face finally turned serious. He stood up, closed his eyes and fixed his coat neatly. "Don't get perverted ideas, Maka. I had no intention in doing anything to Crona."

The girls twitched especially Maka and Crona.

Kid gave Maka a solemn stare. "Crona was telling the truth. I was going to jump off from the window but she held me back. When I turned around, the window slowly closed and hit my back. It made me fall to Crona."

Maka's face still reddened but this time in embarrassment. "I'm… I'm sorry, Kid," she said as she held the back of her head and laughed nervously.

XXX

Maka was already holding Crona's hand and they were already in the one of the corridors of the second floor of the mansion with Kid and Liz behind them.

"I was so worried about you," Maka said, tightening her grip on Crona's hand.

Crona sweat dropped. "Y-you didn't have to, Maka," she said. "I was just with Kid-kun anyway." She looked back and saw Kid walking behind them, digging his hands into his pants' pockets. He smiled at Crona.

A/N: Simple, huh? Hehe. I was thinking of making this a one-shot but I thought there's still something I want to add. That's why there might still be two chapters after this.