Not So Innocent

Author's Note: I'm on a role with these Soul Eater fics! I might have to try my hand at Soul/Maka sometime soon. Anyway, this came to me randomly (nearly 3am) and I just wanted to write it and get it out of the way.

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater, but this ficcy is mines!

She had always been an adaptable person. She was agreeable, understanding, friendly, pleasant, and trustworthy. Many aspects of her personality left those that she came in contact with believing she was the most approachable and innocent of the group of friends she hung out with. After all, there were the interesting rumors that all circled around her interesting group friends, that much Tsubaki knew. Death the Kid was accused of more than likely having weakly orgies with his partners, Liz and Patty while there were assumptions that Soul and Maka were into some form of whips and chains games on weekends. There apparently was no logical reason as to why Soul Eater Evans would remain such a loyal partner to a woman that beat him over the head with a dictionary. As for Black Star… well he apparently too oblivious to the world, according to popular demand, to be a part of any sexy scandals. Not to mention, he'd be too willing to share his escapades.

While all of these rumors were completely off the charts, Tsubaki was grateful that at least that not only were none of them were true, but that at least she had been spared. Yet another benefit to having Black Star as a partner she had mused.

Then that day had come.

The day that she, along with her meister and friends, had entered that damn book… and her deepest, darkest secret (well at least one) had been revealed.

It was embarrassing and infuriating, especially after catching the curious look Kilik had been sending her and Black Star after the discovery since Black Star evidently had revealed they shared a room. She was Tsubaki, the patient and caring weapon partner to the ever loud and obnoxious Black Star, and now everyone knew that she had lustful thoughts and was, as the others so "affectionately" put it, a pervert.

The shadow weapon had been lucky that the secret was kept within their group, though she had to deal with some teasing from Liz and Patty and curious looks from the boys every so often, but nothing braced her for what was to come much, much later.

Relaxing on the couch with a book, dinner dishes already completed and bellies full, Tsubaki was enjoying the temporary silence of the apartment while Black Star showered. While he wasn't nearly as loud at home as he was at school, he still had a tendency to work for all of her attention if bored enough. She was thankful she had at least bought him the newest issue of his favorite manga, which she had placed on the coffee table meaningfully, wanting to finish her romance novel in peace. Even if he came in on a mission to disrupt her moment, once his eyes would fall on the colorful novel, he would no doubt snatch it up in exuberant excitement and drop into his favorite spot to read. Smiling contently at her own genius, the dark haired weapon became absorbed in her story.

It was a cheesy and trashy novel, but she couldn't bring herself to stop reading. The novel was about a woman having quite the scandalous affair with a younger man. It was pretty cliché really. The protagonist was wealthy and not getting all of the attention she desired from her husband, only to fall for the strapping young man that tended to the family lawn… and now more personal affairs. The currently chapter she was reading had her with her nose practically touching the page, eyes wide with curiosity and cheeks flushed as she read about the well built hunk of a younger man taking the main character into his arms and carrying her to the bed. The lover would stare deeply into the woman's eyes, telling her how gorgeous she was and how he loved her more than his self and would risk anything and everything for her. He would then place her on the bed, placing gentle kisses on her face and neck while slowly…

"Tsubaki?" Letting out a shocked squeak, she turned swiftly, heart racing and face red while her meister stared back at her, eyebrow raised. He stood in saggy blue sweatpants and topless, a towel resting over his shoulders. She hated to admit that aside from the fact her partner had not only matured behaviorally, but his looks were becoming more adult and she had to work not to stare at him.

"B-Black Star! I didn't hear you!" she chocked out, trying to calm her nerves and feeling like a fool for not noticing his ever present soul wavelength. She wondered how long he had been standing behind her. Letting out a snort, the teen hopped over the back of the couch to drop next to her, his eyes falling curiously on the book in her lap.

"You're really into that book. What's it about? Weapon Ancestory?" he asked curiously, leaning to get a look at the cover. Tsubaki cleared her throat some, trying to block his view.

"No, nothing like that… Um, I got you your favorite manga today!" she informed brightly, but Black Star continued to eye the half hidden book in her lap.

"Well what're you reading if it's nothing for school? You borrow it from Maka?" He pressed on, reaching for the book once again. Tsubaki frowned slightly. He would pick now of all days to take interest in something she was doing.

"No, I borrowed it from Liz." This must have peaked his curiosity and had unfortunately brought back memories from a year ago. A mischievous smirk crossed his face.

"Eh, Tsubaki, are you reading a naughty book?"

"NO!" The female weapon answered back, trying to appear outraged, but her cheeks reddening and voice becoming higher than usual. He hadn't teased her in a while on being a closet pervert and she wasn't in much of a mood for his games. She wanted to finish her chapter! Especially since Liz wanted to know what she thought about it. Black Star's grin widened.

"You are! Lemme see it!" He lunged at her, but Tsubaki immediately kicked out a foot, pressing it to his well defined chest and pushing him back, holding the book out of his reach while he grabbed. She was starting to hate that dreaded growth spurt he had. Once upon a time it was endearing to finally have to look up at him when talking, but now, as he easily reached for the book, she wished he was still a pipsqueak.

"Black Star, knock it off!" She yelled, shooting the troublesome assassin her best threatening look. While it was very seldom that they got into arguments or when she would scold his behavior, Tsubaki managed to develop a strict look that was saved for moments such as these. Black Star faltered for a moment, moving back a bit and causing Tsubaki's leg to fall limp on the couch only for him to lung forward again. "BLACK STAR!" She screeched as he pinned her down with his legs on either side of her and snatched the book from her hand.

"Time for me to see what my hornball partner likes to read!" A triumphant smile split across his face as he held the book high and began reading over the page she had once been absorbed in. Scowling, Tsubaki tried to wiggle from under the blue haired assassin as his smile dropped from a curious and then critical look. "What is this garbage?"

"It's literature!"

"It's bullshit. No one does this." He scoffed, flipping to the next page and cocking his head to the side, disapproval written on his face. "Tsubaki, this is practically soft core written porn!" Despite herself, Tsubaki's cheeks reddened.

"You're exaggerating! It's nothing like that!" she defended, only to receive a skeptical book in return. Still seated on top of his now agitated partner, Black Star, turned his attention back to the book. He cocked a brow.

"Cal stared deeply into my eyes, making my knees go weak and heart to flutter. My body was calling out to him. I couldn't wait for him to plunge deep into me, taking over me, body and soul… What're they about to do? Have sex or resonate souls? Bleh! Tsubaki, really? This is complete rubbish. People don't do or think these things before they have sex." He informed, tossing her novel unceremoniously over the back of the couch, despite the outraged look on his partner's face. He was pushing all of the wrong buttons and fast earning a harsh glare.

"How would you know? You're a virgin!" As soon as the words left her mouth, Tsubaki wished they hadn't. Black Star stared at her in disbelief for a moment and a frown crossed his face. This wasn't going to end well if he had taken that statement as a challenge.

"So what? You are too…. Aren't you?" He was watching her carefully, as if waiting for hesitation or any sign of panic. They could read each other far too well.

"Well… yeah but-"

"Fine, then you don't know either." The finality in his tone was nerve racking. "Geez, I didn't think virgins were allowed to be such hornballs… I mean I highly doubt Liz is a virgin but-"

"Black Star!"

"Well she isn't! Do you go to get sex tips from her? You two sure do hang out an awful lot lately." She put her hands over her face, trying to hide the fiery blush that she knew was taking over when he shot her an accusing look. She had been spending a lot more time with Liz lately and from time to time they didn't have the most innocent of discussions, but it wasn't as if she would ever tell Black Star that. He had always simply assumed she would meet up with Liz and later Patty and Maka to talk about makeup and shopping. "Tsubaki, answer me!"

"It's not like that!" she yelled back, pulling her hands from her face and looking back at him with pleading eyes. "I… we… we just talk about things is all. It's not like we're exchanging tips. Liz sometimes just starts talking and some of the things she says are so… interesting." She felt like a freak just saying those words as Black Star continued to stare at her. The blank expression on his face wasn't exactly helping. Letting out a miserable moan, she threw her hands over her face wishing she could just vanish into the couch.

"Girls are so strange," She heard him mumble. Slowly moving her hands from her face, she fought back the blush that threatened when she saw the warm smile that had crossed her meister's face. "When I was younger Sid-sensei told me you learn best through experience… Wanna test that theory out?" Instantly, Tsubaki felt her breath catch and her heart skip a few beats as her eyes widened in disbelief.

"W-wait… what're you talking about?" His weight adjusted as he leaned forward. Tsubaki instinctively sank back into the couch cushions.

"Well apparently you're curious enough since you're spending time with the number two hornball and reading garbage for entertainment. I'm going to help you out." He answered, hands now on either side of her head as he hovered over her. It was getting hot and Tsubaki wanted to look anywhere but at her partner's face, but staring at his well defined chest certainly wasn't going to make things any better. Their current position sure wasn't.

"You don't know what you're saying…You're acting like I have a problem, Black Star." She finally managed. He grinned down at her.

"You do! You need to release some sexual tension and I, the GREAT Black Star, will help you!" If they were to be suddenly sucked into the book of Eibon, Tsubaki was now certain that her egotistical partner might have gone through the entire book and never transform back. She pursed her lips stubbornly.

"No." The assassin's face fell.

"Why not?" he whined.

"It'll mess things up!" she answered back in frustration. While he could probably go about his days as if nothing had happened, she already knew the emotional attachment that came from intimate contact and the already surfacing feelings she had for the young man on top of her wasn't going to help. "We're partners and close friends… We shouldn't be doing this." Black Star studied her face for a moment before leaning in further, ignoring the panicked look that crossed her face, burying his nose into her neck, despite protest. His lips were barely against her neck as he spoke.

"Don't you trust me, Tsubaki?" he whispered. After a moments hesitation she nodded mutely. "Then you should know that you're the only person I put before myself…" The words had come out in the most modest of manners. While it was well known that Black Star loved being the center of attention, he made it a point that his partner knew her place with him and that was as his equal. Even when he was shouting from some self made stage of his greatness, she could feel his soul waver for a moment until their eyes met and his undefeatable pride stabilized the doubt that had once tugged at his soul. She always had a certain level of control over Black Star, but she simply chalked that up to the amount of respect they shared for one another. Right now, however, she was starting to think that maybe the security they had felt with one another was becoming something more.

"I trust you more than anyone else Black Star…. But this isn't something small… this isn't like when I tried to teach you how to make onigiri." She felt him smile against her neck. That had been a disaster. Actually, quite a few experiments with Black Star had ended in disaster, even if he worked effortlessly to master them. His onigiri was still strangely misshaped and had the strong after taste of vinegar. She shook her head. "We can't do this." There was a moment of silence before Black Star began to shift away from her. Beginning to relax some when she felt his weight shift lift, Tsubaki allowed a sigh to escape as she pushed herself slowly onto her elbows.

"Tsubaki…" Unaware of the fact he hadn't moved any further away, she lifted her gaze curiously only to have lips collide against hers. The action was sudden and sloppy, but he seemed more than willing to instantly repair what was wrong. He slowed his action, causing the shocked female underneath him to slowly give in. She hated herself for it, but with each passing moment, she started to cave. He claimed that everything she read in the book was wrong, but why was it she felt her heart racing and knees go weak with each passing moment?

Somehow, somewhere her partner had learned the art of kissing and knew far too well what he was doing. One of his arms scooped under her back, pulling her body closer to his. Not thinking, and caught by surprise, Tsubaki let out a gasp only for Black Star to plunge in and deepen the kiss. If anything had stopped her from thinking, it was that alone. She had forgotten what she was reading, what had led to the debate, and why he was on top of her in the first place. All that she knew was that her meister, whom she had developed squishy feelings towards over the past year or so, was holding her tight and kissing her deeply. When he pulled back, Tsubaki let out a dazed sigh, despite herself only to earn a wide grin from Black Star.

"So, what do you think?" There was a hint of teasing in his voice, causing her to snap from her daze and redden.

"I… um…where- where did you learn to do that?" Black Star blinked a few times and cocked his head to the side.

"Do what? Kiss? No where!" he answered brightly. "Guess I'm just a natural." For a moment, Tsubaki's face went blank as she stared up at him. This felt like some kind of twisted dream. There was no way any of this was real. "Hey Tsubaki?" She could feel his fingers tracing circles on her lower back underneath her top. "Wanna see if I'm a natural at anything else?"

She never got a chance to decline… but then again, once their lips connected again, she didn't want to.

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"Tsubaki is never late. UGH! This is setting us back big time!" Liz grumbled irritably. Patty skipped beside her sister, humming some cheery tune while Maka tried to reason with why their close friend hadn't met up with them as planned. They had an entire girls' day planned. Breakfast, manicures, shopping, lunch, and then a sleep over at Kid's. They had all met up outside of the diner around nine, Maka raving about Blair coming onto Soul for some time, but when Tsubaki didn't show up, they took it upon themselves (after eating breakfast of course) to go hunt down the shadow weapon.

"I hope she's alright. Maybe Black Star got himself into something again." Maka offered. "That idiot always has Tsubaki bail him out of whatever he does."

"Yeah, but if Soul was home with you and Kid was home with us, there's only so much that nit wit could have gotten into." Liz countered. "I swear, if that idiot dragged her off on some training exercise this morning and I miss my nail appointment I'll break his neck!"

"Break his neck! Break his neck!" Patty cheered while Maka let out an awkward laugh. When they arrived at the assassin and shadow weapon's apartment, Liz wasted no time to pound loudly on the door, face set in a scowl.

"Tsubaki! Open up!" she called.

"What if they aren't home?" Maka asked, shooting apologetic smiles at the people passing by. It was ten in the morning on a Saturday after all. Liz eyed Maka for a moment.

"Well you should know if they're here Miss I can See Souls."

"Hey!" The scythe meister yelled as she was grabbed and pulled towards the door roughly.

"Come on, Maka! Do it!"

"Let go, Liz!"

"Just LOOK!"

"Knock it off!"

"Do it! Do it!"

"What the hell?" Liz stopped tugging on Maka and Patty stopped bouncing when the apartment door flew open and a clearly just awakened Black Star stood in his boxers glaring groggily at the three women. While the original objective was to find them at home and drag Tsubaki out, it still caught them off guard to see Black Star in such a state. From what they knew, he got up before ten on weekends pretty often to work out so seeing him not fully functional just added to the list of things wrong with the morning. "What the hell do you guys want? We're trying to sleep in here."

"We had plans with Tsubaki today." Maka answered. "Where is she?"

"Bed."

"Is she feeling well?"

"Yeah, she's fine."

"Then get her."

"No way. We're sleeping in to- AH!" Maka, annoyed with the back and forth, Maka Chopped the assassin swiftly and shoved past him into the apartment. Black Star moaned on the floor of the doorway, the girls walking past him.

"Tsubaki! Wakey, wakey!" Called Patty cheerfully, making her way to the bedroom and pounding on the door.

"What were you two doing last night that you had to sleep in today? Not training late again I hope." Liz stated, shooting Black Star an accusing look.

"We were practicing some things." He muttered, his eyes falling on Maka who was picking up a book from the living room floor. Liz was still eyeing Black Star suspiciously. Something wasn't clicking about this scene. Black Star should have been somewhere working his body to the point of breaking and if anything, the smell of breakfast should have filled the apartment seeing as there was no way Tsubaki would leave her meister without a home cooked meal. The fact that they both just so happened to sleep in was just too…

"Patty?" She tore her eyes away from the yawning assassin in front of her when she heard her sister cheer. Tsubaki, standing with her hair up in a sloppy bun and an oversized shirt, stared at her friends in confusion. "Liz? Maka? What're you doing here so early?"

"Tsubaki, it's nearly 10:30." Maka informed while Liz eyed her.

"You look like you had a fun night, Tsubaki!" sang Patty. Black Star had dropped on the couch with a wide yawn, mumbling loudly about annoying girls ruining a good thing. Blinking in confusion, the shadow weapon stiffened significantly.

"Geez Tsubaki, you guys must have been out late." Maka added, handing over the book she had found on the floor. The older girl looked down at the book and then back at Maka with a clearly forced smile.

"I… we stayed in last night."

"Eh, then why are you sleeping in late? Black Star said you were training last night." Maka informed. Tsubaki's face dropped for a moment and from her neck, redness began to slowly take over her face. Black Star, whom Liz had been standing near, could be seen rolling over so that his face was buried in the couch cushions. That was all she needed.

"Tsubaki, you didn't!"

"No!"

"You DID!"

"Liz!" The girl's blush had deepened.

"She did! She did!"

"Did what?" Maka, confused and annoyed that she didn't know what was going on, looked between her friends in confusion as Liz pointed an accusing finger at Tsubaki. A sly smirk crossed the older blonde's face.

"I guess that book came in handy after all." Black Star let out a scoff, which earned him not only a glare from Liz, but Tsubaki as well.

"Can we not talk about this now?" Tsubaki offered, sending Liz a wary smile. "I'll shower really quick and we can talk at the salon. You set an appointment, didn't you Liz?" The older Thompson straightened at this.

"That's right! I did! Hurry up!" Nodding, Tsubaki shuffled back into the room to get some things before shuffling quickly to the bathroom. Black Star took that moment to go back to the room, declaring he was going to finish a Godly dream. Liz had her suspicions and knew Patty noticed as well. There was no hiding the fact Tsubaki had been wearing something of Black Star's when she walked out of the room and those light marks along her neck that hadn't been there the night before. Even Maka, who was being a bit delayed that morning, had been watching the shadow weapon curiously.

When Tsubaki came out of the bathroom, Liz made sure to call over her shoulder that Black Star would have to make his own breakfast since they were supposed to be taking a day off from the boys and she didn't want to be late for their spa day. Tsubaki had shot her a quick smile before vanishing back into the bedroom that she shared with Black Star. Maka exchanged a look with Liz when the door had closed momentarily behind their friend. Tsubaki had vanished into the room a few minutes longer than expected and when she returned, fully dressed, chipper and slightly dazed, Liz made a mental note to bust her chops about the latest development.

After all, she knew that smile, and if Tsubaki had managed to finally hook up with the resident goof ball, Liz definitely wanted details.

Author's Note: My first full blown Black Star/Tsubaki fic. I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep going with this so for now it'll remain a one shot! If anything, I could make a second chapter or even just a continuation of this. I just really wanted to do one that referenced a bit of the hilarity from the GenderBender chapter of the manga. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. If you want to see more of this in any form or you just really liked it, leave a review! They make me happy =D

Super excited about the upcoming manga chapter by the way! woot woot!