Hey, so this is my first fanfic and in my opinion i love the way it turned out ^.^ I have been thinking about this story for some time now and am glad i finally got off my lazy butt and typed it up. I already have the first five chappys written, but i am going to update every week (do to my inability to spell) so I'll need some extra editing time. Any who, on with the story... go MakaxSoul!
-Faye
Today was the day where Maka would find out… everything. It was so confusing and thrilling; she was pumped full of so much …so much. She paused; searching her mind for the correct word. "Panic, sorrow, dread…no. Tsubaki what's that one word?" She wiggled impatiently in the heightened desks fidgeting with one of her ponytails.
"Adrenalin?" Tsubaki asked with a half-smile.
"Yes! That's it, Adrenalin." Maka stated, making her right hand into a fist and punching her left hands open palm. 'Today is the day.' She thought to herself. 'The day when everything finally becomes clear, the day where I find out who I'm going to spend the rest of my days with, the day my future is found out, and most importantly it's the day when I find out if me and Soul…'
"Maka? Yo earth to Maka." Maka's thoughts were interrupted as a familiar hand was waved in her face.
"Hey Soul." Maka greeted her partner. "What's up?"
"Well I was wondering if you were okay." Soul raised an eyebrow. Maka looked up confused. "You have been staring off into space for a while."
"Really?" Maka felt her cheeks heat up and quickly looked away.
"Well aren't you going to open the dang thing?" Black Stars voice came from above her, and she looked up to see him standing on top of her desk in the middle of class.
"Open what?" Maka asked cocking her head to the side.
"Open what? HAHA you know Maka for someone who is so smart you sure are DUMB sometimes." Black Star laughed pointing a finger at her.
"Umm Maka, Stein-sensei put your envelope on your desk ten minutes ago. We already opened and read ours." Tsubaki said politely. It took Maka a minuet to process what her words meant. Then a light bulb went off in her head; today was the day when she found out what college she was going to attend. She looked down at the manila envelope with the words 'Maka Albarn' printed on it. She instantly ripped it open letting the adrenalin pump though her. Her eyes scanned the contents before she was stopped by a hand that slapped itself on top of the paper, blocking her view.
"Patty what the…" Maka nearly slapped the hand away.
"Maka-chan come on don't be stingy we all want to know! Hehe sooo read it out loud pretty please with sugar and sprinkle sprinkles and rainbows and, and, and…" Patty started to use her fingers to count the items off.
"Okay, okay I get it just remove your hand." Maka said impatiently. Patty giggled once more before following Maka's order. "Hehem…" Maka began clearing her throat. "The letter reads…
"Dear Ms. Albarn,
We are here by stating that you are the head-graduating student of your class. There for you are required to write a speech lasting a minimum of three minutes to a max of ten. Your speech will be about whatever topic you so choose, as long as it is appropriate and is about your school years in Shibusen and your life here in Death city. We appreciate your company at this school; you will forever be remembered in these halls. ~Shinigami" Maka ended the letter from the death God and smiled to herself. She felt a hand on her back and turned to see it was the older Thomson sister. "Way to go Maka, we all new you could do it!"
"Thank-you Liz." Maka said with a smile. Hearing a huffing sound Maka looked down to the first row of seats to see Ox looking up at her with crossed arms and a pissed-off expression on his face.
"Oh just ignore him and continue." Soul said quietly.
"Okay umm." Maka took the letter from Shinigami and put it in the back of the papers and looked over the next one. "Oh this one tells me the school that I got into, wait I mean schools…" Maka skipped the introduction and went directly to the list.
Dear Ms. Albarn, we are pleased to inform you that you have gotten into the following colleges. University of Meister's (U.O.M.) Meister and Weapon Academy (M.W.A.) Death City Privet Academy (D.C.P.A.) University of Weapons and Meister's (U.W.M.) and ….Maka paused at the last one her face going white. "Maka? Hey are you alright?" Tsubaki's concerned voice came. "Was that the last one?"
"No." Maka put simply, everyone looked at her confused by her sudden muteness.
"What's the matter Maka?" Kidd asked leaning over from his seat ware he had been listening.
"I… I got in." Maka said flatly. Everyone waited for her to continue. Taking a deep breath Maka went on. "I got into (P.A.T.M.)."
"Good for you… What's that?" Black Star asked leaning closer to get a look at her paper.
"(P.A.T.M.)" Maka repeated. "The Privet Academy for Talented Meister's, it's the number one academy that there is for meister's, only a chosen few get in. Actually only one student per high school ran by Shinigami a year is aloud in." Maka said with her head down, her bangs covering her eyes.
"MAKA! That's great I'm so proud of you! We must celebrate…" Tsubaki said hugging her. "Maka-chan what's the matter?" Maka hadn't responded to Tsubaki's hug, but instead kept her head lowered in a gloomy position. "Maka…"
"It's positioned half way a crossed the world and I got in." Maka sighed. "And it's a privet academy. Meaning that I will be far, far away and in a place where I can't see any of you."
"Maka, you can't give up this chance just because of us, we will see you again." Tsubaki whispered as Liz rubbed the blonde's back.
"But it's a five year school, and because it's privet we have no breaks and there are no visitors aloud." Maka finally looked up with a small smile. "I was only seeing if I would get in, nothing more. There is no way that I am going and…"
"Maka," Soul said interrupting her. Everyone looked up at him, his eyes were closed and his face expressionless. "Just go, this is a once in a life time opportunity. Do you really think that space and time alone is going to change anything?" Maka's green eyes widened. "We are your friends, every one of us." Soul ran his fingers in his hair and looked at her. "Alright? Look you made me make an uncool speech, so just say that you will go already."
"Thank-you Soul but, really I just couldn't…"
"Maka, don't make me beg you, because that would be so uncool. Just go okay." Soul said smiling, and not just the half smile thing that he normally does, he did a full on pointy toothed grin. Maka couldn't help but think that he looked well…handsome? Actually he had grown quite a bit, he was more of a man now than a boy, Maka on the other hand still resembled a fourteen-year-old.
"Okay…I'll, I'll go. But I promise that I will find a way to visit, and I'll write frequently. And when I graduate I'll come straight back to Death City, because this place is home." Maka felt arms wrap around her as Liz, Patty, and Tsubaki pulled her into an embrace. Maka didn't remember the salty tears ever forming but soon she was frantically whipping her face on her white sleeve.
Soul sat at his seat staring off into space; his hand under his chin, emotionless once again, lost in his own little world.
(Soul and Maka's apartment)
Soul flopped on the couch; turning on the T.V., even though he knew he would never get a chance to watch it. His mind was too unfocused, or maybe it was too focused. He didn't know anymore, his head was swirling…he felt like he was being slowly suffocated. "Alright Soul calm down." Soul said taking a deep breath.
"What? Did you say anything Soul?" Came Maka's voice from the kitchen.
"No, it was the, T.V." Soul lied.
"Oh, okay. How does pizza sound for dinner? I'm too tired to cook."
"That sounds good." He heard Maka dial the number and take the order, half extra pepperoni and half cheese. He smiled, that was something that he was going to miss about her…
"Soul," Maka said walking up to the couch. "I'm going to be in the tub if you need me. The money is on the counter and the pizza guy should be here in a half-hour, okay?"
"Kay." Soul said without making eye contact, she waited there for a minute before walking away.
Taking a deep breath Soul went back to thinking. 'Five years, five flipping years, why the hell did she have to choose the best damn worst school possible? Oh and the location just couldn't be better with the whole half way a crossed the world thing!' Soul was now off the couch walking back and forth with one hand on his chin with a finger pressed to his mouth; the other in a fist by his waste. 'Oh but she'll write, sure every once in a blue fucking moon.' "Damn it!" Soul accidentally yelled out loud. Rubbing his fingers through his pale hair he looked out the balcony, and whispered to himself. "It's not like it's her fault." 'But still, why did Shinigami have to place the top school so flipping fair away? I knew that we would most likely not get into the same school.' Soul sighed. "So it was ether get her to dumb it up a bit, which will never happen or for me to get smarter." He said out loud again turning around to see a cat smiling up at him.
"Ah, and Soul-kun was trying supper hard, every night. Yep, Blair-chan noticed Soul-kun studying like a mad man the last few months. But…" The cat shrugged its tinny frame. "…it seems that it was all for nothing. Even if you did get into a top school, Maka-chan got into the top school only for meister's. Too bad Soul-kun can't hold Maka-chan in his arms ever again." Blair said cuddling a pillow on the couch.
"What did you say you flea bag!" Soul yelled at the cat. "You've been spying on me!"
"No, not really Blair-chan walks into Soul-kun's room and Soul-kun is too distracted by homework to notice me." Soul straitened himself up and turned around again to look out the balcony window at the bleeding moon. "Well congratulations Soul-kun on making it into Death City Privet Academy."
"Ya well I wanted to stay in Death City… Hey wait a minute." Soul turned around to look at the cat. "How did you know the schools me and Maka got into?"
"Blair-chan knows people who know people."
"Scary…" Soul muttered under his breath.
"That and the fact that Maka-chan's envelope was on Maka-chan's bed and Soul-kun's was on the table." The cat motioned to the opened manila envelope on the table. "Blair-chan wonders why D.C.P.A. was the only school that Soul-kun applied for." Soul walked away ready to snap. "Was it because Soul-kun hoped Maka-chan would choose that school as well?" The cat mocked. "Soul-kun is so cute when he's in love," The cat said snidely.
"WILL YOU SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH ALREADY?" The cat's ears went flat as the red-eyed boy yelled at her. "DAMN YOU ARE SO ANNOYING WHY THE HELL DO WE EVEN LET YOU LIVE HERE WHEN THE FIRST TIME WE MET YOU WE WERE ENEMIES! AND NOT TO MENTION THE WAY YOU TALK MAKES ME WANT TO TURN MY ARMS INTO SCYTHES AND STICK THEM IN MY EARS!" Soul panted as doorbell rang. "That's the pizza." He said calmly with a finger pointed up in the air. The cat stayed still, not daring enough to move.
Trying to cool himself down Soul paid the teen with red hair that had blemishes all over his face. He quietly walked over to the couch and put the box on the coffee table, grabbing a peace he quickly ate it in a few bites.
Blair sat there without moving her eyes wide and her little heart still racing. People say that Soul Eater Evens was the scariest person that they have ever seen before, but Blair just thought they were crazy. Soul did have extremely sharp shark like teeth, bleach white hair, and unnaturally blood red eyes, but Blair knew that he wouldn't hurt anyone of his friends, or would he? Blair didn't really know she was petrified and finding it hard to take breaths, after his little outburst.
"Look Blair…" The cat flinched at his soft words. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to… I mean I have just been under a lot of stress lately and I was ready to snap at any moment now, so." He paused, and then put a hand on her head. The cat stayed still. "Please don't be scared, I'm not mad at you, I'm not mad at anyone, well I'm upset with myself for this uncool behavior." He sighed. "It's just, Maka's leaving she's really leaving. Like gone…" He took his hand off of the cat's head and placed both of his hands on his face, resting his elbows on his knees letting one saddened eye peek out of his fingers. "I'm going to miss her so much, but I can never tell her that or she won't go. And I don't want to be the bad guy taking away her chances she has worked so hard for this and deserves it so much. But, this feeling in the pit of my stomach makes me want to puke. I…I don't know what to do, am I really that hopeless, that weak?" The cat turned into human form and gave him a hug.
"You're not hopeless Soul-kun, or weak, the battle that Soul-kun is fitting can't be won without sacrifice. Just give it some time, like a great poet once said 'if you love something, let it go, if it comes back, then it is yours to keep.'" Blair pulled the hug back and smiled at the hurt boy. "Okay Soul-kun, do you get it?"
"Ya sure." The boy looked away. "Umm Blair? Do you mind putting some cloths on?"
"Why? Does it make Soul-kun uncomfortable?" The cat purred.
Around the corner in the hallway stood a blonde girl in a bath towel who had overheard the whole thing. The only thought that passed through her mind was one simple word. "Love?"