Chapter one: Snow
"Hey, Soul why do you think black stars over their trying to catch a million snowflakes in his mouth?" Honestly, I love the kid but…and he's just…". She says this turned to Soul occasionally glancing back over to the scene of Black Star hoping on the walls of school, his mouth wide open.
"Yeah, but do you see Liz stuffing her face in the snow, ha, now that's a Kodak moment." Soul said with a grin
Since it's Christmas time in Death city, Makka thought it would be a great idea to go extreme decorating mode, and decorate her and soul's apartment in nothing but lights that give off colors of green, blue, and red. There's a giant Christmas tree which Soul and black star assembled while kid gave direction on placement of where the tree should be located in the apartment, its angle and how the decorations must to be symmetrical on both side of the tree. He opt to hang the star on top because it was exhausting giving commands to Soul and Black Star and he didn't want them to miss place his favorite part of assembling the Christmas tree. Liz and Patty rolled out a red rug while Makka and Tsubaki hanged up some more Christmas decorations around the apartment.
The gang left the apartment agreed that they would come over Soul and Makka's place to eat Christmas dinner. They went to get groceries; Tsubaki wanted to make a Sushi, Makka wants to make a giant turkey, Kid wanted to prepare the lasagna (mostly with that fact that every layer must be perfection).
There at the town's market and it recently stopped snowing. Soul, Black Star, and Patty are throwing snow balls at each other and one almost most hit Makka's face and missed by her quick reflexes. If Soul wasn't far behind Black Star pretending to be nonchalant like he didn't throw that snow ball, Makka would have given him a chop. Even with great distance between them, she would have leaped into the air, made a quick spin and targeted her book at a precise angle that would have slapped Soul and knocked him over.
Makka is a little indecisive of which turkey she should get that would feed everyone and Black Star's never ending endless pit. Seriously, that boy's pretty fit considering how much he eats. Soul was looking at Makka and admired her concentration. He always had when she would be working on her school work or when they would battle their opponents. It was adorable, but that feeling he had quickly changed into fear. He worried about Makka's Christmas present. He had been saving up to buy Makka earrings- a small red rectangle gem with a round diamond in the shape of a tear drop at the end. Now is that a statement or what! Super expensive but he wanted to do this right. Soul loved his meister. He spent so much time and fought great battles with her; he knew he loved her dedication to anything she put her mind to. The way her hair was always in pigtails, and how she always wore a skirt- Makka had bad-ass legs.
He hoped that when he finally confessed his feelings to her (because being by her side and feeling this ache and distance was not cool) maybe she can return his. He wants to be close to her and sometimes he picks up vibes that she may share the same feelings as him. He stare at her a lot but adverts his eyes whenever she looks his way and he constantly thinks about what she's thinking and how beautiful she is. Now looking at her in the market, he fears the soul crushing rejection, but not trying and walking away is not Soul. He just needs his perfect moment.