Author's Note: Weeell, this is hopefully going to be a collection of oneshots that are inspired by songs~ If you can tell by this one, they probably won't have anything to do with the song, just have inspirational purposes~ :3 It's a semi-crappy ending and the characters are probably OOC is some way~ Song is Obvious by Hey Monday, it's eternally stuck in my brain. Dx

Disclaimer: It's call 'fan'fiction for a reason~


"It's ah-ah-obvious, right here's where the party starts, with you and me, all alone, and no one has to know~"


Maka stared out at the crowd blankly.

Hmm, I see Black Star's still working on the buffet, poor Tsubaki, she thought absently.

It looks like Patty's still trying to get Kid to dance with her, well, dance normally, she added as her mouth subconsciously quirked up in a smile.

Patty had been trying to get Kid to slow dance with her for the better part of the night. Her older sister had abandoned her, not before telling Patty to be extra-super-mega careful, to scope out the guy population of the party.

Maka scanned the crowd and found Liz flirting with a seemingly good-looking guy. Wait, she thought, nope, he's drunk. No brownie points for him.

Liz seemingly shared her thoughts and frowned slightly before moving onto her next victim.

Maka sighed slightly and went back to staring blankly at the side of the room opposite her vision. She had taken the role of hardcore wallflower and was currently standing on a balcony over-looking the ballroom of Kid's mansion. Her weapon was currently nowhere to be seen. He had said that he was going to go get them both punch, but, as Maka nonchalantly checked her watch, it had been over 20 minutes, and the silver-haired boy was still missing.

She shivered as a cool gust blew against her shoulders. They weren't bare, but, the lace capelet she was wearing wasn't the warmest of materials. A pout tugged at her glossed lips as she realized that she wouldn't be cold right now if Soul hadn't forgotten about her. "Hmph," she huffed and crossed her arms protectively over her chest. Though, she wasn't sure if she was protecting herself from something else, or if she was protecting herself from her thoughts.

Did he abandon me? I mean, I can't exactly help my level of 'uncoolness'. Maybe... he abandoned me for another girl. ...No, he's probably just talking to Black Star. She looked around for Black Star to confirm her thoughts, but as she found the head of spiky, blue hair, an equally spiky, silver head was missing. Her pout turned into a full-fledged frown and her mind started to create images of her partner talking to other girls. Dancing with other girls. Playing the piano for other girls.

The last thought brought tears to her eyes and she wondered why she was reacting so strongly. It was perfectly fine if Soul dated other girls, no matter how much her heart wrenched when she stated this in her head, he was 17 now and a pretty bad-ass, semi-handsome death scythe. It was practically included in the job description. However, dating your meister wasn't, which is why she mentally stomped on the lingering thoughts that could only be described as.. jealousy. Her next shiver wasn't cold induced.

She, on the other hand... Well, Maka thought as she looked down her body, I finally have some sort of chest, hey, it's a B-cup, better than an A-cup. Aaand, I s'pose my legs look kinda nice, though these heels are killing my feet. She had been forced into said 4-inch heels by Patty and Liz while getting ready for the party. Surprisingly, she had brought her own dress. It was a shimmering black dress, with an empire waist to emphasize her 'cute' petite-ness. It was also strapless, which is why she was loaned the capelet she was trying to receive warmth from. Her hair had been curled and left down though, so her neck was basically the only area above the top of her dress that was sheltered from the frigid air. Thank Shinigami that my hair wasn't forced into a bun or some other fancy up-do.

She had gotten a few invitations to dance, though she later realized they all came after Soul had disappeared. Jeez, where is he? She questioned her partner's location momentarily before deciding that if she was going to stay outside that she might as well enjoy the view. Her heels clacked softly against the cobblestone floor of the balcony. It had a small roof over the opening, otherwise it was open to allow people on it to see the sky. Which currently included a crazed moon and a couple of bright stars. It's still pretty early, she mused. Her fingers tapped lightly on the railing as she leaned a little over it to feel the breeze on her flushed face. Curse my teenage hormones and their weird abilities to control my body. Being 16 just wasn't hard enough. She rolled her eyes at the thought. Her eyes quickly brightened as she transitioned from thinking to looking at the sky. A couple more stars had appeared, and as she checked the small, silver watch she had also been given by Patty and Liz, she realized she had been mulling over her thoughts for a good ten minutes.

Argh, Soul's right, I do need to learn how to chill. She sighed again before looking around the abandoned balcony and sat down. Ahhh, cold butt. She flinched and shivered severely before smoothing out the waist of her dress. She pulled her legs up to her chin, careful to cover her 'bits' and turned her head sky-ward, staring at the stars, trying to pick out constellations. Hmm, it's still kinda early for star-gazing.. But, I thiiink that's the Big Dipper. She lifted an arm and tried to trace the paths between the visible stars to make the tell-tale shape of one of the dippers. Soon, her arm grew heavy, from the blood rushing down her arm and the cold, and it dropped to lie lightly on the cool stones. It's coollddd, but I don't wanna go back inside. Her head lolled around so she could look at the bright lights beaming out of the entrance to her current haven. It was too bright and too loud. Too many people, and much too fancy. In Maka and Soul terms, ick. Well, mostly Soul terms. Maka liked to party sometimes, when it was something important or just a couple of friends, but there were just so many freakin' people. She thought she was going to suffocate when they had first arrived. Though, she had clutched Soul's hand and he led them to the balcony she was currently occupying, by herself, alone,without her partner. Ugh, I need to stop thinking about him, damn scythe-boy. Argh, who am I kidding? I don't mean that. She groaned and slammed her forehead on her knees, flinching slightly. Self-harming, not cool. Ugh, dammit, I'm starting to talk like him too! The new train of thought made her decide to face-palm herself instead.

Even the music was against her and she cursed out the DJ in her head as classical songs continued to play, seeming dull compared to when Soul played. Alright, alright, so I miss the ass. I'm with a guy constantly for a couple of years and now I can't survive without for even half an hour. It's so annoying, my heart totally betrays my mind sometimes...

She sighed softly and turned her gaze to her knees as her legs splayed out tiredly. She felt a little like a rag doll as she felt any skin that wasn't covered go numb. She felt tears well up in her eyes at the thought of spending her night like this, she supposed she wouldn't mind too much, but it was terribly lonely and she felt cracks forming in her heart for some unknown reason. She sniffled and felt a couple of tears run down her cheeks. Ugh, I hate crying.. Stupid, annoying emotions.. stupid arms for falling asleep... stupid Soul for forgetting me..

She blinked a couple of times as a shadow moved into her line of vision.

"Maka? Jeez, you're shivering, uncool." She heard a vaguely familiar voice say as she was picked up bridal style. A scent entered her nose and she smiled while her eyes continued to water. Soul, you didn't leave me.

"Maka... Maka look at me. Are you crying?" She closed her eyes and burrowed her head in his chest as his warmth began to seep into her. Her eyes fluttered back open as a warm hand turned her head and she was suddenly looking into crimson eyes that looked to be filled with.. is that concern?

Soul suddenly averted his eyes from her face, "Why are you frowning like that?"

She furrowed her brows, ... guess I wasn't exactly 'thinking quietly'.

"You don't have to worry about me Soul, I was fine out here." Now it was her turn to look away, which included missing the blank look Soul gave her.

"Why shouldn't I worry? And you weren't exactly 'fine' Maka. For one, you're freezing. And you're still crying, which is freaking me out a little bit. Do you need me to go punch a guy or something?" She huffed and glared at him.

"Only if you're into self-harming, partner dearest." She crossed her arms over her chest and tried to pull away from him. "Now, let me down. You can feel me up later."

He raised an eyebrow, "Wow, not even a blush, the cold must be doing crazy things to your mind if you'd let me grope you and not Maka-chop me. And what'd I do? I wasn't even here!"

At that a slight blush colored her cheeks, "Argh, lemme down you ass!"

"Ohh, now you're cursing, what's up Maka? I walk away for a couple of minutes and come back to find you cold and crying..."

"COUPLE OF MINUTES? You were gone for almost an hour Soul! I was.. I was worried, I thought you left me for some chick. I mean, I wouldn't blame you but, you could've at least told me so I wouldn't have had to stay here..."

"'Some chick'? Jeez, Maka. I may be a cool guy, but I wouldn't abandon my meister 'cause I got distracted by some big tits. You should know that by now, silly girl." He smirked at her as she tried to blink away her lingering tears.

"Thanks for letting me know I'm still lacking, thanks Soul, thanks." She stuck her tongue out at him and he let go of her back to ruffle her hair.

"AHH! Soul, I'm gonna fall!" She squeaked and grabbed his black dress shirt. Huh, we match. Totally unplanned... but I find myself not minding. She found herself smiling at that thought and let go of his shirt to hug her partner around his chest.

"Oh, Maka, I'd never let you go. There, that's my cheesy limit for the night, now let's get you inside before you turn into a human icicle, m'kay?"

She laughed happily, "Alright, alright, I admit I missed you, you dope. Now, seriously, let me down! Soul? Soul! ARGH, PEOPLE CAN SEE UNDER MY DRESS! YOU PERV!" She squealed as he carried her fireman-style through the balcony door, his hand holding down the end of her dress, which just happened to stop near her ass.

"Hmm, Black Star, Black Star, oh, there he is," Soul mumbled. Maka found herself hugging his back as her blood refused to move away from her face. "Soul, why do we need to see Black Star? ... Oh shit, you better not walk through the whole party with me like this! Soul! You're damn lucky I don't have a book!"

He smirked as he walked down a stairway that was near the buffet area. "Ay! Black Star! We're leaving early so don't get piss drunk without me!" "Soul! Me, the all mighty Black Star, doesn't listen to lower life forms' commands! But, I shall consider yours! Have some quality Weapon-Meister time with Maka, you horn dog!" Soul grinned, bearing his teeth, "See ya buddy!"

Maka pounded her fists on Soul's back. "Just let me down! Save me one shred of dignity! Come onnnnn, Soul, pleaseee?" "Nope, you're still cold, I can't let a lady, let alone my meister, freeze to death, that'd be extremely uncool of me." "Ugh just make up your mind about me being a little girl or a woman already, you're giving me whiplash." Maka finally whined.

"Weeell, the way you said that makes you sound like a little girl. Buuut, when I touch this," Maka squawked as he put his hand on her ass, " I'd say you're a little more on the womanly side."

"Souullll..." "Hey, before you bite my head off, you asked." "Argh." She grumbled under her breath and let her head rest against his back. "Are we out of the party yet? I don't want the world to see it's me yet. And can you take your hand off my butt already?" "Hmm, it seems as though my hand has fallen asleep, too bad." Maka smacked her forehead on his back. "Ow, okay, okay, hands off the merchandise, I get it." She smiled lightly before it turned into a smirk.

"Hmm...," Maka murmured as she let her hands trail down his back, "I guess if you get to touch mine," at this point she ran her fingers along the waistband of his matching, black dress pants, "I get to touch yours!" She cackled as she pinched his ass, making him jump.

"Ah, motherfucker! Jeez, Maka, do you want me to drop you? That hurt.." "You mean it hurt your pride?" Soul growled before responding, "No, it hurt my ass. You better not be smiling back there, Maka." At that Maka just giggled and went back to hugging his back so she didn't fell like she was going to fall.

Soul grumbled before picking the conversation back up, "Hey Maka?" "Yes weapon o' mine?" " ... Will you rub my ass, it really hurts.." "Hmm.. Will you get turned on?" " Eh, I can't promise any sexual outburts but I'll try to refrain from raping you.. even though it's not rape if you like it~" She snorted before swatting his butt, "You're so lucky to have me as a partner." "Whatever you say, Shortstack." "Yup, I take it back, you're not lucky, I just happen to be a miracle that decided to put up with you." "Makaaaa, my ass still hurts..." "Nope, not happenin'~" "Fine..." Maka squealed as Soul took one of the hands that was holding her up to rub his butt. "Whaatt? I told you it hurt.." "If you drop me, I swear, I will hurt you in an even worse place." "My head? You already gave me the brain damage that allows me to tolerate your never-ending Maka-chops." "Worse, Soul, worse." "Ugh, fine." She sighed gratefully as he went back to using both hands to carry her. She saw that they were on the road close to their apartment and wondered how long they had been bickering. The party had been held in a back-up, well, mansion, as Kidd's was being renovated and the school was being disinfected after a science experiment gone wrong. It was in walking distance, but it was still a ways to walk. "Hey Soul, how long have we, well you, been walking?" "I 'unno, maybe 15 minutes? You're the one with the watch." "Meh. True. I don't feel like getting a headache from reading it upside-down though." "Well, then I guess you'll just have to not know." Maka sighed before responding, "Kay, wake me up when we get to the apartment." Maka took his silence as an affirmative and dozed off with her cheek on his back and her hands on his waist.


The first thing she heard when she woke up was: "Nya~! Soul-kun~!" And then she was thrown to the ground as her partner was attacked by the purple-haired cat-woman that decided to visit their apartment every once in awhile. "Fuck! Ow, ow, ow, my fucking head, ow, that shit hurts." Oh no, here come the tears. Maka felt tears well up in her eyes from the pain of falling on her back and hitting her head on the floor, so she did the only thing her still half-asleep body could do, cover her face with her hands and whimper pathetically. She heard a thud and looked over to see Soul passed out momentarily and Blair looking at her curiously. "Nya, Maka-chan? Why was Soul-kun carrying you?" "I was sleeping, Blair, I don't know. When'd you get here anyways? It's been months since we last saw you." "Well, Bu-tan has to work tonight but she had some time off today so she thought she'd come see her precious Soul-kun~!" "Well, whatever. It was semi-nice to see you. Now, I'm gonna get some Tylenol, and I may or may not change before passing out in my bed. 'Nite." Maka managed to stand up on her wobbly, pin-and-needle filled legs. She then proceeded to the bathroom to get some pain meds and wipe the annoying make-up that was forced on her face.

Meanwhile: "Ugh, Blair, what the fuck? Get off of me! Oww, my head..." "Huh, Maka-chan was complaining about her head too~!" "Maka? Oh shit! I was carrying her when I walked in! What happened?" Soul paled as he thought about the Maka-chop he was going to get, then turned even whiter when he realized he'd probably dropped his meister before he had passed out from.. whatever happened. "Oh! Well, Bu-tan had some time off so she came to see her Soul-kun~! And when Soul-kun came in Bu-tan hugged Soul-kun, like Bu-tan always does, but Soul-kun was carrying Maka-chan, and Soul-kun dropped her and then passed out~!" "Oi, she's going to severely injure me..." "Nya~! If the blush on her face said anything, she wants to do everything but hurt you~!" "Eh, Blair? What the hell're you implying?" "Bu-tan is saying that Maka-chan likes Soul romantically~!"

And, of course, like any cheesy, romance novel moment, Maka choose that moment to walk out of the bathroom. In a towel. Wet. Wet and in a towel. "Nyaaa~! Soul-kun is drooling~! Why doesn't Soul-kun do that when Bu-tan walks around in towels~?" Soul blushed lightly before wiping his mouth on his sleeve. "God dammit Blair! OUT!" And with that, Blair quickly transformed into a cat as she was pushed out the closest window. Said window was quickly slammed shut and latched, almost as if this had happened before...

"Eh? Did Blair leave already? I thought she would rape you in your sleep a couple of times first." Soul turned around to stare at Maka blankly and noticed that she had changed into different clothes. Not her regular pajamas, just a tank top and short shorts.. really short short shorts.. so blissfully short.. "Souuulll? Hey, Soulll~? Where'd ya go?" Maka frowned and waved her hand in front of his face. Weird, he usually doesn't zone out like that... Wait, is his nose bleeding again?

Maka tilted her head as she watched a bright drip of scarlet drip down from his nose. What could he possibly be looking at? Maka followed his gaze, which was directed towards her legs. Jeez, it's not like he hasn't seen my legs before.. I'm just wearing shorts, nothing special.

She poked his cheek. "Ayy, Soul?" Soul blinked a couple of times before responding. "Whaa?" "You're bleeding..." "What? Where!" Maka rolled her eyes, "From your nose, dumbass. Why'd you zone out?" "Oh, uh.. I dunno.." Soul rubbed at his nose with a sheepish look in his eyes. "I kinda forget..what? Why the eyebrow raise?" Maka stared at him blankly, "You were staring at my legs and got a nosebleed, need I say it? W. T.F.?" Soul flinched before looking longingly towards his bedroom. "Uhhh, g'nite Maka!"

Maka blinked a couple of times as she watched Soul speed-walk towards his room. She shook her head as he disappeared from her line of sight. She fell back on the couch with a sigh before letting a smile spread across her face. "G'nite Soul..."


"Ah-ah-obvious when you come close to me~"