Hi guys! :D This is my very first fanfic so I hope you enjoy. All reviews are welcome; good AND bad. I am here to get better and make you guys happy so any kind of constructive criticism is welcome! :) [It's not bad to take it easy on me, though!] Please ENJOY! ;D
P.S. I do NOT own Soul Eater or any of its characters.
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After we returned from the battle against the Demon god Asura, everything pretty much returned to normal. Class with Professor Stein resumed, Black St*r went back to his egotistic ways while Tsubaki just smiled, and Death the Kid cried about every little thing that wasn't symmetrical while Liz gave him words of encouragement and Patty laughed her pants off. But something felt empty to me. I guess battling Asura gave me purpose for a while but now that he's gone, there's nothing left to do. And due to the wreckage of the battle, everyone has to pitch in with cleaning up the city so no mission requests have been accepted in the academy.
"Hey Maka," a voice called to me.
I hadn't realized it but I completely spaced out in class, which hardly ever happens.
"Hey Maka," he called again, "class is over so let's go home. I'm hungry."
It was Soul's voice. I instantly snapped out of my daydream, packed my books, and quickly followed Soul as we made our way back home. Nobody spoke most of the way back until Soul finally broke the silence.
"You seem to be kinda spaced out lately," said Soul.
"Yeah, I guess..." I replied timidly.
"Well, you're worrying everyone so stop it. That's not cool, ya know!" said Soul.
The streets broke out in silence once again after Soul's last statement. Still lost in thought, I bumped into a lot of stuff. Poles, pillars, street signs. I'm surprised my forehead hasn't started bleeding yet.
We reached our house and I quickly ran to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
"Hey Soul, what do you want to eat?" I ask.
"I'm fine with anything," he said heading to the couch and turning on the T.V.
"Pasta it is, then." I say to myself.
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Dinner was so quiet that the only thing missing was the sound of crickets in the background. I would usually start the conversations around here but there just wasn't anything to talk about. Am I worrying everyone? I never liked being bothersome so I guess I should at least try to lighten up. I just really enjoyed fighting alongside everyone especially my best friend, Soul.
When dinner was finished, Soul stood up and went to his room. I hadn't noticed that he had finished munching off of his plate because I was busy thinking again. And just when I thought I would lighten up, too…
"Thanks for the meal," said Soul as he closed his bedroom door.
I took the used plates and began washing them since Soul would probably leave them to me anyway. Just when I was finished wiping the sink dry, Soul comes in and says:
"Oii Maka. I'm gonna go hang out with Black St*r."
"Okay. Just be careful."
"Yeah, see ya." He says as he exits our little apartment.
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Since I was alone at home with nothing else to do, I went to the couch and wrapped my hands around my knees, turned on the T.V. and slowly got drowned in thought again. But this time was different. Instead of thinking of useless things, Soul pops into my head. I had never actually thought about him much but now that I was alone, the most unexpected things just somehow show up.
At first, I think of the first time we met and how he played that odd yet beautiful song on his piano. Then I remember how much I enjoyed being with him when we fought against demons and things of the same sort. But then I remembered how he would always protect me no matter what the cost… even his own life. His body being cut by Ragnarok was the one thing that I didn't want to think about. It was my fault for being so weak that time that I couldn't even protect my own weapon, no actually, my best friend.
With all these thoughts in my head, something suddenly snapped. I like Soul. Not just as a best friend but a little more than that. I mean, I have always liked him in that way but I set my feelings aside all this time so that it wouldn't get in the way of my battles. But now all the emotions that I have kept for all these years came out together with my tears. I didn't know why the tears kept flowing. All I knew is that I like Soul. Keeping this in mind, I slowly got taken over by a deep slumber.
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SOUL'S P.O.V.
When I came home, I found Maka sleeping quite soundly on the couch. I get a blanket after I see her shivering from the chillyness of the night. I move her over to the edge of the couch so I can watch some T.V. and before I knew it, her head fell on my shoulder. I could hear her murmur something but it was too soft to hear. I went closer to her and listened again.
"S-soul," she whispered.
I gotta say I was caught a little off guard by what she said. I decided that I wanted to go to my own room to sleep but I didn't want to wake her so, after turning off the T.V., I slowly dozed off too.
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NORMAL P.O.V.
Soul woke up the next day with the light shining on his face. He made an effort to move but was stopped by a sleeping Maka, who was now resting on his lap.
To be considerate to his meister, he just waited until she woke up, too.
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Opening her eyes, the first thing she saw was Soul looking at her. She quickly turned a bright red and raised her head so Soul was free to move. She couldn't believe that she fell asleep on Soul's lap. She couldn't bring herself to face him.
"Why am I so flustered, though? He's just Soul," she thought.
She slowly turned around to a confused Soul.
"Good morning!" she said, faking a smile. "Sorry about that."
"'S okay," he replied. "But something did kinda disturb me."
"What was it?" said Maka, now with her heart beating faster.
"While you slept, you said my name. Why was that?"
"Shoot," she thought.
Soul noticed how she seemed embarrassed and thought it was really cute so he thought he would mess with her a bit more.
"Uhmm… T-that can't be!" she said.
"It's true! You even said it with a weird face." probably referring to her face as she blushed in her sleep.
"N-no! I was probably just dreaming about… uhmm… SOUL-diers! Yeah, that's it!" she said as she rushed to her room hiding her flustered face.
She couldn't believe what she did. And to top it off, she wasn't even aware of it. Little did she know that the very same Soul she was thinking about was outside blushing like crazy.
So that's pretty much it. I haven't decided whether it should continue so please give me suggestions! :) Thanks for reading!