So long. It had been way too long since Maka asked Soul to train their skills all by themselves for a while. They haven't seen each other for a long time, and he hated it. No calls, no texts, even letters. That killed him, but today they're going to meet again and he finally will know her answer about their last talk.

Right before they went on a trip for some locations far from each other, Soul confessed his feelings for his meister. But, he also accepted the fact that she would need time to think about it. And she had, all this time on her trip. She had enough time to think.

It was more than obvious what they felt for each other, even Black Star realized how their eyes met and the one and only Kid said that their love is symmetric –miracle. The truth hidden between all this lovey dovey stuff is that Maka is afraid of a relationship, she's afraid of getting hurt in a place that is hard to fix: her heart. She loved (and love) Soul? Hell yeah! But what about certain circumstances? Critics? What if he betray her? That's right, betrayal.

Her whole life, she saw her dad betraying her mother with a lot of women. What if Soul do that with her?

Maybe she's just being paranoid, or maybe not. But, we can't know if we don't try it, right? And she was ready, there, in front of him. Those red eyes more appearing to be kinder than usual, his shark smile happier than when they win a fight, she was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even realize that she was in his arms. His strong arms, less destructive and sharp than they always were.

"Maka" He let it out, relieved "Don't you ever try to pull me away from you again. Did you hear me?"

"Yeah…" She hugged him back and tight, she was nervous, but confess to him was something really necessary, that hidden love was killing her inside. "Soul?"

"Hm-hm?" He mumbled

"I… I"

She tried to let some word get out of her mouth, but it was difficult. She envied Soul, he confessed to her so naturally.

"You…?"

"I… I'm afraid" Soul hugged her tightly "I'm afraid of having a relationship with you, or with anyone else"

"Because you think I may cheat on you." He took the words out of her mouth "Am I right?"

"Yeah. How you-?"

"I know you better than I know myself, Maka. I knew it was going to be this way."

Soul was no longer hugging her. He sat on their sofa. He looked sad, really sad.

"I thought that all this time out on a trip...you would think that I might be the best for you. I am by your side every day and I don't want anything different, except of one thing"

"I just don't want to get hurt!" She shouted

"I know! Me neither!" He shouted back "I don't want you to get hurt. I want you by my side, so I can take care of you. I want you to know that I can be there for you all the time, not just as weapon and partner, but as your lover. I was afraid too!"

"What?" They're static, desperate.

"I was afraid of rejection. I am afraid now! I don't wanna be just 'partners'. I want you!"

The blonde girl didn't get the chance to say one more word, because her lips were already taken by his. She didn't deny it, she kissed him back. He held her tightly and got her hips on his, he explored her mouth with his tongue, explored her back and her hair with his hands. Her hands caressed his neck, scratching lightly. They only stopped because someone knocked on the door, that was open.

"I knew you two would end up like this." Liz said, laughing. "I know you two just got back, but I need your help Maka, I wanna study for real for the test"

"Ok, let's go to the library and we study there"

"Okay, I'll go on ahead!"

As the girl left, Soul got Maka's lips again, just a peck.

"I want you too" The meister said it

"Thank God" He laughed "Can I go too?"

"Why? You hate studying"

"What? I wanna stay with my girlfriend"