Ohkayyy so this is one of my firsts (~please go easy on me x.~) and I hope you like it. PLEASE R&R

yeah, it's not that great now, sorry

Chapter One: Sinking

Soul sighed as he gently knocked on the door. "Maka?" he called. No response. He knocked again, but to no avail. "Maka, I know you're in there..." Nothing. "Well...I'm going now, I'll see you after school, I guess..." When no reply came, he left, slightly frustrated.

It had been days since the letter arrived. At first he had tried to hide it from her. Whenever she asked if mail had come for her, he simply said no. But he knew that he could not hide it from her forever, so he decided about four days ago to break the news.

"Hey, Maka," he said feebly as he entered the living room, holding the letter behind him. She turned away from the anime she was watching on tv.

"Yep?" she asked. When he hesitated, she turned serious. "What's wrong, Soul?"

He slowly took out the letter, already sensing that it was all downhill from there. "Y...you got this in the mail..."

Curious, and a little angry that he had read her mail, she snatched the letter from his hand. "Why did you-" but as soon as she began reading, she forgot everything else. Then, she re-read it, examining each word as her heart sank deeper and deeper. Even when she had finished reading it, she just stared at the paper, waiting. At first, she didn't know what for, but it came to her right before her tears did, and, releasing the letter from her grasp, she ran into her room.

"Maka-" Soul chased after her, but she slammed the door right in his face. "Maka! Maka!" When she didn't respond, he figured that she just needed some time alone.

But that was four days previous to now, Soul thought, remembering that it was on Thursday evening. Of course, it must be traumatic for her, but to not eat and lie in bed for four days is...unthinkable. And even one day of missing school is a lot for her. He tried to push those thoughts away- he didn't want them to affect his mood today.

Throughout the day, Soul's mind kept drifting to his meister. He figured he should take notes for her and copy down the work. She may want to do work, or whatever. What the hell, he even decided to do some of the work for her. After all, if he committed himself to something, then he was actually really smart. He just never really showed that side because 1- Maka would beat herself up and 2- it just wasn't really that cool, anyway.

After school, he talked to Black Star and Tsubaki before heading home.

"Maybe I should stop by, eh?" boomed Black Star. Soul and Tsubaki already knew where this was going. "JUST SEEING THIS WONDERFUL FACE CAN CURE ANY UNHAPPINESS!" He erupted into laughter as Tsubaki changed the subject.

"So, you actually took notes and did work for Maka? Wow...that was nice of you, considering you don't even do your own work."

Soul sighed. "Yeah, well, the sooner Maka gets over her depression, the better for all of us."

"True. All right, well, tell Maka I say feel better!" She smiled.

As Soul sped home on his motorcycle, he wondered what it must feel like to lose his mom. He knew that he never had a great relationship with any of his relatives but he wondered how he would react. For one thing, he was certain that he wouldn't lock himself in his room for days. He guessed that just went to show how great of a relationship Maka had with her mom.

And for the whole ride home, Soul was jealous of that.