Hiiiiiiii everyone! This is from a Shuffle Challenge I found somewhere on LJ. I was bored today and haven't written any fanfiction in a while, so I figured, what they hey? Great way to kill some time and blow off some steam :D
Shuffle Challenge Rules
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom.
2. Turn your music player on shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song from start to finish to write.
4. Do ten, then post them.
Sounds easy enough, right? It's actually kinda hard... Sorry if some of my writing is a bit choppy content-wise here, I was in a hurry most of the time, haha. I wrote all ten already, but I'm gonna post each one as its own chapter, just to separate them a bit, cuz I have a lot of different characters here :D
So here's the first one!
1
Song: Jackson 5 - "ABC"
Character(s): Maka, Soul
Genre: General
Word Count: 279
"I don't get this at all."
Maka sighed in mild exasperation and amusement, setting down her book and rising from her seat. She strode over to where her partner was seated on the floor, hunched over his school book with a disgruntled expression. "It's easy," she explained patiently for about the millionth time that week, before continuing to outline the subject in a way she hoped he would understand, kneeling behind him and pointing over his shoulder at the examples on the pages.
"I just don't see why we have to learn how to do this," Soul grunted after her explanation. He closed the book and shook his head, leaning back slightly toward where Maka was kneeling. She stiffened as the scent of his hair filled her perception—a scent she didn't altogether dislike. As she moved to sit beside him, he said, "What's the point anyway when I'll always have you with me?" He grinned and leaned back against the couch, and Maka felt a light, involuntary blush creep across her face.
She picked up his forgotten book and whacked him in the arm with it, making him yelp and jump in surprise. "Is that all I am to you? A cheat sheet?" She put on the most convincing pout she could, hoping he would buy it.
He didn't. He knew her far too well, of course.
"Sometimes," he shrugged, before flashing her a sly grin. "And sometimes not." He saw the next attack coming, and ran laughing toward the kitchen with his meister hot on his heels, brandishing the thick textbook like a mace.
"Get back here, Soul!"
"Come on, Maka! We're supposed to be studying, remember?"
That's number one! It's weird writing drabbles cuz I legit always write super-long stuff. Just look at all of my one-shots, they're all like at least 5,000 words XD hahaha. It's kinda fun, though, setting yourself a time limit. Helps get the creative juices flowing!
(Also, this is actually my least favorite of all ten of these... Kinda sad it's first, but the rest are more interesting, I think :D haha)
Much love!
-oMM