The day after Kishin Ashura was defeated
The first thing I realized was that there was blood. All over my bed. "UGGHHH." I groaned, rolling out of bed groggily. My cuts had reopened during the night, though Doctor had fixed them up when I had gotten back from Arachne's castle the day before. Oh well... I'd clean it later, with me like this just getting dressed would be painful. I suddenly had a wave of vertigo, I waited for the ground to rush up to get my face, but it didn't. "Woah there, don't faint when I actually made breakfast for once." I looked up into the face of a teenage boy with silver-white hair, sharp teeth, and red eyes. "Thank yo- WAIT, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" "Yeah..." "Now I'm sure I'm dreaming. Soul never wakes up unless Blair lays on top of him or he gets a Maka Chop..." "Shut up and come eat!" Grinning, I playfully shoved him off and went into the kitchen. "Wow, smells good." "Eat before you faint again, weakling." "MAKA CHOP!"It was basically a regular morning. I was surprised that though something so big had happened yesterday, the morning was the same. "Hey Soul, hey Maka-chan!" *towel slips off* "AGH!" *explosive nosebleed* "NOT COOL!" I take that back, it being a regular morning. We never have those. "SOUL, GET THE HELL OUT OR WE'LL BE LATE!"
"So, class, you must deliver an essay tomorrow about the most important points of resona-" "YO-HOOOOOOO! I, THE ALL MIGHTY BLACK*STAR, HAVE ARRIVED!" "And this idiot writes a ten page report on how badly I kicked his ass when we fought." Laughing, I slapped my best buddy a high five when he sat down next to me. Then, Stein started mouthing off again. "Additionally, we will be having Shibusen's first Valentines Dance!" NOT COOL! Black*Star shouted "YO-HOOOO! ALL THE GIRLS SHALL QUEUE UP TO GO WITH ORE-SAMA!" "MAKA CHOP! Sorry, hakase, please keep going." "A partner and dress clothes will be mandatory for attendance. Class dismissed! Black*Star, come here so we can discuss your homework assignment." Groaning, I went out the door. Tsubaki grinned at me once we were in the hall, saying "So, Soul, who are you going with to the dance?" "Obviously, I'm not going! Why would someone like me go to such an uncool dance?!" Tsubaki grinned at me, saying "For you, I know a reason." What the hell...? Meanwhile, Kid showed up with Patty and Liz dragging him. "I think... I left... the bed made crookedly..." "KID, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR STUPID OCD! GET THE HELL UP!" "P-... Patty... TT-TT OK, OK!" Maka didn't say anything, or hit anyone, which was surprising. Looking at her, I saw that she had a hurt look on her face. "Maka, what's wro-" "I gotta go." Tsubaki, Liz, and Patty went after her, saying "Wait up! Maka!" Getting up, Kid said "Soul, what happened?" "THE HELL LIKE I KNOW! The girls will take care of their own business." "Don't you care?" Feeling my face get hot, (Which was SO not cool) I said "No! Why would I?" "He's right. Of course Maka would be upset. She knows she can't go to the dance with Ore-sam-WHAT THE HELL!" Taking my fist away from Black*Star's gut, I walked away.
"Maka, he's just dense, it's alright..." "That's not it. I don't feel like that about that idiot." "Oi, Maka. If that's not it, tell us what it is that made you run away like that." "What my nee-chan said!" "Tsubaki... Liz... Patty... It's just that... I have already known about it for a while, since I've been helping with the preparations, and I won't be able to go now, and I wanted to..." "If that's the case, you can go with Kid! He CAN dance right, it's just he wants to be symmetrical and he usually dances with me and Patty at the same time so he can't." I got up. "You know what, Liz, you're actually right! I'll just ask if we can go so I can see around, not even dance or anything like that." "Alright then! Wanna go now?" "NO! TSUBAKI, SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A DRESS!" "OH! YOU'RE RIGHT!" "Of course! My nee-chan's always right!" "Guys? Ummmm..."
The minute I got home, I went to my room and slammed the door shut. Did I really just do that? Did I really just punch him? WHAT THE HELL?! I thought again about what Tsubaki had said. "For you, I know a reason." Did she mean... Maka? No, that's stupid. She knows that I don't feel for Maka. Who could fall for that flat-chest? She was a great partner, sure, a great friend as well, but... more? I remembered the day before,in the Black Blood room... She saved me from the Black Blood... She really is amazi- WAIT, WHAT AM I DOING?! THE BLACK BLOOD MUST HAVE AFFECTED MY HEAD! I. Don't. Love. Her. I. Don't. Love. Her. Tsubaki was just messing with me, friends can do that. Black*Star was just being annoying, so I punched him. That's all.
I DON'T LOVE HIM! I DON'T! It's just stupid to think I do... Liz, Patty, and Tsubaki were dumb to think that before... But, I don't know why, it just hurt inside that he didn't want to go... Maybe because he had danced with me only once, in the Black Blood room long, long ago...
TO BE CONTINUED