1So this was stuck in my head, and I couldn't quite get it out.. so I decided. Drabbles! They're a wonderful thing. I think I'm going to try and get 100 of them out, so I really hope that you enjoy them. I'll be updating as soon as possible, and please review! Let me know if there's anything you want to see. (: So the main focus here will be on Soul x Maka, but there'll be other shippings emerging later on.

Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, don't own Soul Eater.

001 - What Papa doesn't know won't hurt him

Stein lit a cigarette, inhaling deeply and takin a long puff of the smoke. He held the smoke in his lungs for a moment, enjoying the small burn that came with it, before he opened his mouth and exhaled; releasing the grey smoke. As usual, he tried to make shapes with his smoke. Rings were easy; lately, he'd been trying to master creating a skull.

As Stein took another puff on the cigarette, a familiar voice filled his ears. A familiar, annoying, loud and somewhat desperate voice of his favourite test subject. Oh, how Stein missed the days when Spirit was oblivious to his late-night dissections...

"Daddy loves Maka and Mama the most! Why doesn't my angel believe me when I say that?" Spirit whined, his eyes threatening to become geysers.

"What happened now?" Stein asked, although he almost immediately regretted it. He didn't need to ask what had happened; Spirit was so predictable that it was simple to figure out what had happened.

Spirit's breathing became unsteady as he began to re-tell the story. "Maka had finally agreed to spend the day with her Papa. I had it all planned out - we were going to have such a great time and Maka would love Papa even more after words!"

Stein nodded his head, as Spirit continued on. The red-haired Death Scythe wasn't paying attention to anything other than his exaggerated story. Spirit didn't even notice when a small child on a bicycle almost mowed him down, proceeded by a young, flustered mother running after him and apologizing profusely. Stein just nodded and waved his hand; the kid hadn't even gotten close to him. If only he had actually hit Spirit, and then he wouldn't have to listen to this story anymore, and certainly nobody would object to him poking around the insides of a dead body...

"First, we were going to go to that restaurant downtown where I used to take her when she was just a little girl. She was so cute! Then we were going to go shopping and I was going to buy her a book! We were supposed to go for ice cream after that, before I would walk her home..." Spirit's eyes gleamed as he told his story, clearly proud at the intense planning and effort that had gone into this.

"Uh, okay, so... why are you telling me this? If she agreed to go with you..." Although Stein couldn't fathom why Maka would agree to spend any amount of time with her father, people do have momentarily lapses in sanity... Stein could easily confirm that.

"She cancelled on me!" At this, Spirit burst into tears. He blubbered on for a while about how Maka had completely broken his heart by calling him last night and telling him that she was too busy to spend some time with him. From what Stein could make out through Spirit's cries, she had told him that she had a big test that she had to study for.

At that, a smirk rose on Stein's face.

"Well, at least she's concerned about her education?" Stein offered, attempting to quell the cries of his friend. Spirit nodded, and sniffled.

"Well, she did say that she could come to my house for dinner next weekend." Spirit whispered, beginning to calm down. The tears stopped, and in an instant, he returned to his normal, annoying self. "Okay! Papa is going to put all of his energy into making next weekend a grand one!" Instantly, he began to reel off plans on how he could re-gain Maka's love.

Stein smirked, chuckling to himself. He knew exactly why Maka had cancelled on Spirit. About a week ago, Soul had been sent off on a solo mission, as a part of his new Death Scythe training. He was supposed to not be getting back until tomorrow, but the mission had ended early and he'd returned home sooner than scheduled, very early this morning. Stein was certain that Maka would rather spend time with Soul, so that was most likely the reason why she had cancelled.

Well, his deduction was based on that knowledge, and the fact that he had seen Soul and Maka making out on a bench down the street right before he met up with Spirit.

Stein chuckled, shook his head and lead away the doting father away from where Soul and Maka were, leaving the two of them alone for Maka to properly welcome Soul home.

He didn't need Spirit breaking down into tears yet again - after all, what Papa doesn't know won't hurt him.