Chapter 1
~Crona~
"Crona." His eyes opened, his expression confused by sleep. There was Maka, in her pajamas. "Crona, I can't sleep." She looked at him with an innocent expression, showing that she wasn't thinking what he'd been thinking a second ago. "O-ok, Maka, co-come lay beside me." Even after the death of the Kishin Asura, and Crona moving in, she had never done this before. She clambered down into the bed beside him, giving him just enough space to where she wasn't touching him. The clean scent of her lavender soap drove him mad. His hand slowly began to wander over to her sleeping form, to eventually rest on one of her hands. He fell back to a comforting sleep, gently holding her hand.
~Maka~
She awoke to the smell of bacon and eggs. In her bed, she almost felt like Alice when she fell down the rabbit hole. Maka sluggishly and clumsily struggled out of her mass of blankets. She walked into the kitchen to see Tsubaki preparing plates for everyone. *BlackStar was pigging out on food. Soul was staring out the windows, looking towards the school, and the entirety of their day. She plopped into a seat at the table and began to nibble on a piece of bacon. "Why don't you hurry and up eat, Maka?If you don't, you'll never be strong like me." *BlackStar said, flashing his muscles and his trademark confidant smile. "If she ate as much as you did, *BlackStar, it would only go to her fat ankles." Soul said jokingly. Crona emerged from his bedroom looking slightly disheveled. He immediately sat down, putting his head on the table. "He's in one of his moods again." Maka thought as she examined him. Crona looked up as if he felt her gaze. They both blushed and looked away.
"Here you go, Crona." Tsubaki said with a smile. "Th-Thank you Tsubaki." Crona stuttered, looking up from underneath his thick lashes. "His eyes are so beautiful," Maka thought, "No wait…He is beautiful." And they both went on, each remembering their dream from the night before.
