Crona walked quietly down the hall to Death the Kid's room. He had been living here for two weeks now, since Maka was off on a mission with Soul Eater. She had decided he would be better staying with one of their friends instead of alone with Blair. Tsubaki had offered for him to stay with her and Black*Star but Crona didn't know how to deal with staying three weeks with Black*Star's commotion. Patty quickly jumped in afterwards and offered him Kid's place. Kid came in from the bathroom but as soon as Liz informed him, he smiled pleasantly and agreed for it to happen. Crona felt a bit shy at the thought but felt happy knowing he had friends that cared, Ragnarok was excited to get something besides fried fish to eat. Soon after getting his things packed he was living with Kid.
Kid at first didn't seem to actually care that Crona was there, so Crona would simply stay in the guest room until Liz came by to talk or Patty to discuss Giraffes. Ragnarok usually joined this conversation, stating how Lions are better because they can eat the Giraffes and made Patty angry. Other than that he mostly saw Kid at dinner time but all they had was small talk. One night, about four days after Crona had come to live with them, Patty and Liz where discussing something among themselves at the dinner table. They had a confused look on their faces. "Hey Crona!" Patty exclaimed. Crona looked up, as did Ragnarok from their dinner plates. Ragnarok was wolfing it down while Crona was mainly poking at it. "Yes?" He said doubtfully. "Are you a girl or a boy?" Patty asked smiling sweetly. Crona blushed and looked down at his plate. "Um… I- I'm a b- boy." He stuttered out, embarrassed. Kid glared at the two girls. "Why are you asking him such ridiculous things? Of course he is a boy." Patty giggled at Kid's outburst. Liz looked at her sister, Patty nodded quickly. "Um, Crona?" Crona slowly looked up, a worried look on his face. "Y- yes?" He stuttered softly. "Do you like girls or boys?" He looked a little shocked and blushed while Patty spat out her drink laughing hysterically. Kid slammed his hands upon the table. "Patty! Liz! Crona is our guest; you shouldn't be asking him such questions!" Kid yelled at them, his face for some reason unknown to even him, slightly blushed. "But Kid, he is our friend! We can ask him things!" Patty said smiling sheepishly. "I don't know how to handle this…" Crona thought to himself. Liz directed herself again to him. "So are you going answer Crona?" He looked the other way. "Well… Um… I… I don't know… I've never been in… That kind of relationship…" Ragnarok laughed. "Of course he hasn't! What kind of idiot would fall for Crona!" He finished swallowing almost whole the food on his plate plus Crona's leftovers and back into Crona he went. Crona frowned and got up quietly from the table. "Thank you for dinner. Goodnight." He silently left and as soon as he walked out the door Kid sighed from the end of the table and stood up with his head hanging. "Why would you ask him those things?" Liz and patty smiled innocently. "We were morbidly curious. So we just asked." Patty answered. "Yeah Kid, not to mention we've seen the way you stare." Liz added. Kid puffed out frustrated and once more yelled, blushing slightly "Of course I stare! He has very unsymmetrical hair! What does that have to do with his sex or sexuality?" The two sisters stared at each other and then looked at him. "We wanted to know if it was possible for you to date. So we needed to make sure what he was and if he was into boys." Liz said. "Even crazy perfectionist boys like you, Kid." Kid shook his head, obviously annoyed and began heading for the door. "You too are simply crazy to say the least. I'm going to my room. Goodnight."
Crona sighed into his pillow, his knees to his chest. He really didn't know how to deal with their questions. Lost in his thoughts he almost didn't hear the knocking at his door. "Crona? May I come in? It's Kid." Crona looked up from his pillow and called out softly. "Yes, of course, come in." Kid quickly walked in, leaving the door slightly open. "I'm sorry to bother you Crona, I simply wished to express my apologies for the sister's inappropriate questions at the dinner table." Crona nodded. "It's alright. I guess… People would get curious…" Kid looked away and got closer to the door. "Well, for this particular thing, I hope you know I already knew you are a boy. Goodnight Crona, pleasant dreams." Crona blushed slightly, the way Kid spoke those words made something in him stir. Kid quietly closed the door behind him and made his way to his room. Once inside he sighed and changed into his night wear, afterwards lying in his bed. He snapped his fingers and the lights went dark, leaving him to his thoughts. "Why is it he seems concerns me in such a way? He is very unsymmetrical hair wise and his personality isn't very symmetrically aligned either. How could it possibly be that he could interest me? It's simply impossible… Isn't it? But I must admit that I wish to know him better, and possibly fix his hair… Well, I'll talk to him tomorrow. Yes, that's what I will do." Kid nodded to himself and went to sleep thinking of the number eight and how Crona would look with a symmetrical hair cut.