The author: Good day readers! About this fanfic, this has only suggestive romance. I am sorry to fail other expectations but, I can only assure you that I did my best in writing this one… please don't hesitate to comment or suggest... may it be gentle or violent. Hope you guys will like this!
And, before I forget… I got the idea while watching Death Note. In the Misa and Rem conversation. Yep. Pretty shameful but… I just watched Death Note this May! I'm pretty defective, aren't I? *laughs nervously* well… on with the thing!
Desclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SOUL EATER… IF I DO… I WOULD'VE MADE IT ALL ABOUT DEATH THE KID AND MAKA ALBARN! I ALSO DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS… BECAUSE IF I DO, KID-KUN WOULD'VE BEEN ALL MINE! BWAHAHAHAHA! *coughs*
CONVERSATION
Does a shinigami know what love is?
Do they grow old?
Do they fall asleep?
DO THEY DIE?
"On rainy afternoons like this… I feel lazy…" Soul mumbled with his head buried on the kitchen table. His spiky white hair looked some kind of different. It was somewhat devoid of energy… Devoid of the usual aura you could feel when you look into his pair of blood red eyes.
After the meal Maka had generously prepared for them, as usual, they had tea.
The whole gang had taken a liking on having meals in Maka and Soul's apartment. Concidering the fact that, Maka is a great cook.
Maka replied in a monotone, " You are lazy anyway…" Her hair was left undone on her shoulders.
"THE RAIN CANNOT DEFEAT A GOD LIKE ME!" Black*Star butted in with his usual energetic voice, "I SHALL GO OUT AND PROVE IT!" He bolted up from his seat then marched towards the door.
"Black*Star!" Tsubaki stood up to stop her meister from going out into the rain.
"Fear not Tsubaki! SOUL!" Black*Star looked back dramatically as he called his best friend.
"Hm?" the white haired youth remained lazing on the table.
"ACCOMPANY ME AS WE STEP FORWARD! YOU SHOULD SHOW YOUR PERSEVERANCE FOR YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S A STAR!"
"But going out would mean that I will get wet! That would be so not cool!"
"JUST LIKE WHAT WE PLANNED TO DO!" Black*Star, regardless of the youth's protest, dragged Soul towards the door.
"I will join too!" Patricia raised her hand then hurried towards the door after Black*Star and Soul.
"Pattie! Wait up!" Liz chased after her sister.
"Um…" Tsubaki rose from her seat then bowed politely, "I apologize for their imprudence… I think I should follow them…" She hurriedly left.
Maka let out a sigh, "What a bunch of kids…" she moved her emerald green eyes towards Kid's direction, "How about you? You're not going to follow them?"
"No," he replied calmly as his arms crossed over his chest, "If I get wet, my balance will be ruined." Kid looked at her, "How about you?"
"I don't like going out and playing under the rain. I prefer reading," she stood up then walked towards her room to get a book.
"That is indeed, very typical of you."
When she came out, she sat herself on a chair facing Kid, "So, want to talk about something?" Maka opened the book then removed the bookmark.
"I don't really like to talk much," Kid simply replied.
"Oh come on…"
"Well…"
"Well…?"
"Aren't you reading a book?"
"Ever heard of double-timing?"
"Wow… talking to a shinigami like that."
"Sorry… wait!" Maka averted her eyes form the book, "It has been bothering me lately… does a shinigami ever sleep?"
"Pardon?"
"Do you guys sleep? A shinigami like you…. Do you need rest?"
"Actually… not really…"
"Why not?"
"It depends… just like normal humans, rest helps us heal faster… it reduces our stress. But, we don't really consider it necessary to be done everyday."
"So that means…"
"I can sleep one hour a day… sometimes, I don't. One is an odd number after all…"
"This is way better than a book!" Maka slammed her book shut then put it on a table, "You're a live evidence! Who needs a book?"
Kid sweat dropped.
"Can I ask you other more questions?" Maka's eyes were dancing… just like a teen watching her favorite idol.
"Well… as long as it wouldn't ruin my balance."
"Great! Is it necessary for you to eat?"
"Just like the sleep… not really. We can live without eating. But, we do it so that we wouldn't be different from normal humans."
"I hope Shinigami-sama will not know about this… But it really gets me curious!"
"?"
"Does he grow old?"
"Confidential."
"Why?"
"You'll regret knowing… Just ask other questions."
"Eh…?" Maka thought for a moment then she looked up at him, "Kid-kun."
"Yes?"
"Can a shinigami die?"
Kid did not answer for a moment.
"Umm…" Maka fiddled, "Sorry for that question."
"Why do you want to know?" Kid leaned on his folded hands.
"Well… it piqued my curiosity… But," she stopped fiddling, "a dying shinigami would be impossible. So the answer will be-"
"Yes"
"Eh?"
"Shinigami can die."
"What? But how?"
"Knowing will be a burden… you sure you want to know?"
"Not knowing will be harder so… Of course I want to know."
"It is weird but, a shinigami will die if he falls in love."
"Love?"
"Yes. Basically, if a shinigami will fall for a person and he is willing to do anything even if it kills him… he will do things that do not abide by the laws of balance. That includes resurrecting his dead love one. Once that happens, he will die eventually even if he is a god of death."
"What a very romantic way to die…"
"Once a shinigami falls in love, consider him lying on his own deathbed, grasping for life."
"Wow, ironic…"
"So, anymore questions?"
"None. You just answered the question I was supposed to ask," Maka smiled.
"What? What question?"
"Can a shinigami fall in love?"
"Ah…"
"Now that I have heard the truth, which I cannot get from this book… I can truly say that a shinigami is a very faithful lover…"
"How so?"
"The fact that he will throw away everything does not merely proves one thing… it does not only prove that he is much too faithful of a lover… It also proves that love exists everywhere all the time… even in the midst of death… even in death itself. Kid-kun?"
"Yes?"
"It is personal for you… and I don't mean to pry. You don't really need to answer this… have you ever fallen in love?"
"Why… yes."
"Really? She is very lucky then! If you permit… can you tell me her name? Who is she?"
"The girl to whom I just revealed our kind's supreme weakness…"
"What? How sweet! Really romantic! What's her name?"
Kid sighed… Sometimes… humans can be pretty slow…
Maka smiled inwardly… She knows, but she will not let him notice. For her, it is harder not to know… and after all… Knowing can make people shut up. Shinigami are pretty romantic, aren't they?
~OWARI~
Case closed
"My life pertains to nothingness without thy existence…"
The author: Regardless if it's plural or singular… I just used the word "shinigami". I did not add "s". it is a Japanese word after all.
So… hate it? Like it? *chews on shoes nervously* Reviews please! May it be violent or gentle! I just badly need it!
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