Kid entered the room that Chrona now inhabited in his home without knocking. The door was closed but she never minded if he just let himself in. He heard the sound of water hitting skin and porcelain.

And... Music?

Yes.

Chrona had hooked up the music player Maka gave her to the speakers Kid had bought for her a week ago.

A song he thought he knew began to weave it's way out to him. He moved closer to the bathroom door to listen.

Sober by Pink? He didn't know she liked that kind of music.

With the door being as thin as it was, and his sensitive hearing, he heard every note.

Chrona began to sing.

"I don't wanna be the girl that laughs the loudest.

Or the girl who never wants to be alone.

I don't wanna be that call at 4 o'clock in the mornin'

'cause I'm the only you know in the world that won't be home."

Her voice was weak yet beautiful at the same time. It was full of emotion, as though each and every word had a deep, painful meaning.

'She relates to the song.' Kid thought to himself as he listened. She continued to sing.

"Ah, the sun is blinding.

I stayed up again.

Oh, I am finding

that that's not the way I want my story to end."

Kid tried to understand what the words meant to her, what they might hold. He knew, without a doubt, the 'I stayed up again.' reminded her of her awful insomnia. She led into the chorus, her voice gaining a bit of volume.

"I'm safe up high, nothing can touch me.

But why do I feel this party's over?

No pain inside, you're my protection.

But how do I feel this good sober?"

She safe when she's alone? Why did she falter on 'you're my protection?' Does she even know what 'sober' means?

All of these questions nagged at Kid, but they were pushed to the back of his mind when Chrona started the next verse.

The way she sounded now, Kid knew she was in tears but wanted to finish the song.

"I don't wanna be the girl who has to feel the silence." The water shut off.

"The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth.

Please don't tell me that we had that conversation.

'Cause I won't remember, save your breath, 'cause what's the use?"

Her melodious voice broke on 'quiet', 'screams', 'conversation', and 'use.'

She was breaking down.

"Ah, the night is calling.

And it whispers to me softly: "Come and play."

I, I am fallin'

And if I let myself go I'm the only one to blame."

The whole verse, her voice built until she almost screamed the last line. She breathed and joined the bridge.

"When it's good, then it's good, it's so good 'til it goes bad.

'Til you're tryin' to find the you that you once had.

I have heard myself cry, "Never again."

Broken down in agony, just tryin' to find a friend."

Her voice held so much pain and sorrow that Kid actually fell to the floor as his knees buckled underneath him and he felt tears pricking his eyes. She sobbed for the last bit of the song, mumbling something he couldn't quite make out.

He felt so bad for the young Makenshi.

He knocked on the bathroom door, not bothering to stand.

"Chrona?"