It was a common misconception that Maka Albarn hated her father. Well, it wasn't quite untrue. She'd be the first to point out her father's terrible womanizing, irresponsible habits. But, then, he was with her, right? And wasn't that what parents were supposed to be?
She always said that she wanted to be just like her mother, and turn Soul into a great death scythe. Which she definitely wanted to do, of course…but be like her mother? She wasn't certain why she said that all the time. The older she got, the more obvious to her it became: her mother had abandoned her, and wasn't ever going to come back. No matter how great and strong Spirit said she was, she hadn't been strong enough to do the one thing Maka cared about, had she? Stayed with her. Instead, she left her with her irresponsible father, and never made contact again.
She knew she didn't have the worst family situation of her friends. Black*Star was an orphan, Liz and Patti had grown up on the streets, Tsubaki hadn't gone home much since her brother had died, Crona's mother was psycho, Soul never talked about his family, and never visited, and Kid had no mother. Still, though, she thought she'd rather have no mother than have one that had rejected her. She knew it shouldn't bother her, that she had plenty of people in her life that loved her, but it did.
Truthfully, in some small part of her brain, her father's obsessed antics made her feel cynically humorous. How ironic that the one parent who had stayed still felt the need to strive so hard for her affection, while the other couldn't care less.
But, she supposed, she didn't need her mother. She had her father, and her friends, after all. She would become better than her mother. Stronger, so that someday, her mother would wish to hell that she'd stayed. But then, she knew, (and always thought with an angry smirk,) it would be far too late for any affection then. It was mean sounding, even to her. But that was what abandonment made her feel. It hurt her pride, so she'd take revenge. Next time, maybe, her mother would put someone else's needs before her own.
A/N: I hope you like this, because I question Maka's devotion to someone who pretty much ditched her with the very same man who drinks constantly and cheats. I seriously question how any character in Soul Eater can say a single good thing about Kami Albarn. Please review! Even if it's only to say it was average, I like reviews!