Chapter 1 – February 13th – Hug Day

Summary: A series of one shots dedicated to Valentine's Week going from the 7th to the 14th. Various series and pairings. Fair warning, for the purpose of this fic, Chrona's going to be a girl.

Pairing: Maka/Chrona

Disclaimer: Don't own anything; I'm really just playing in someone else's sandbox for a little while.

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After a long day of showing Chrona around Shibusen and introducing her, and occasionally Ragnarok when he felt like appearing, to various teachers and classmates, Maka lead her towards a rarely used corridor. "Follow me, Chrona." Maka said, "I've saved the best part for last."

Impulsively, Maka reached out and took Chrona's hand and began to gently tug her along the corridor and up a slightly dusty staircase. Chrona blushed slightly and mumbled, "I don't know how to deal with this…"

Either not hearing her, or ignoring her, Maka pushed open the door at the top of the staircase and led her through it, revealing that they were on a slightly hidden balcony on the roof of Shibusen. "We're just in time, Chrona." Maka said softly, leading her over to the white stone balustrade and leaning her forearms on it. "This has the best view of Death City and especially of the sunset in the whole of Shibusen. We're just in time to watch the sunset."

Carefully, Chrona copied Maka's pose and directed her attention to the approaching sunset and the vista of the city sprawling out below them. Chrona started speaking sadly. "Medusa-sama never let me watch a sunset like this." She looked worried, "I don't know if I can deal with everyone and going to classes. I've never had any friends before. I don't know how to deal with making friends. Or having friends. Are we friends Maka?"

Maka smiled at her. "Of course we're friends Chrona! And Marie-sensei likes you too. You'll make friends soon enough, all you have to do is talk to them and you'll start to make friends!"

Chrona smiled unsurely back, before asking nervously, "M-Maka? Do friends hug? C-can I hug you?"

"Really close friends hug each other sometimes." Maka answered, turning to her and opening her arms in the universal gesture for a hug. "So, of course you can hug me!"

She leaned forward and enveloped Chrona in a warm, but relatively loose hug, in case she freaked out and wanted to back away. Chrona shook slightly, before bringing skinny arms up and around her. The two girls stood in the embrace watching the sun set over Death City.

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As the last of the sun started to slip below the horizon, Ragnarok suddenly burst from within Chrona and demanded, "What, don't I get to have a hug too? You're mean!"

Laughing, Maka reached up with one hand and patted him on the head, saying, "Sorry Ragnarok, you can join in the hug too, if you want."

Ragnarok snorted, before wrapping his little arms around both girls' necks in a brief hug before disappearing again beneath Chrona's skin.

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AN Probably a little out of character, and more friendshippy than romantic, but I'm relatively happy with this. I'm really not used to writing the soul eater characters. But ah well.