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FIRST GRADEA new year had started at Eibon elementary and Maka Albarn was excited. This week they were going to learn the magic of reading, thus the first grade class taught by miss. Marie, was seated in circled tables in the library.
"Now class, who can tell me why books are cool." Marie asked eyeing the not so happy class as the librarian smiled at the frequent visitor Maka. Blackstar raised his hand boredly.
"Yes Blackstar." Marie smiled as she eyed the boy.
"None of us are bookworm and nerd boy, we do not like books." He said indicating Maka and Ox, both wore a look of hatred towards the blue haired class clown.
"That wasn't nice Blackstar, how about you Soul?" Marie asked as the albino blinked in confusion.
"Um, reading is cool, take a magical ride with the reading rainbow." He said as he read the posters hanging on the wall behind their teacher.
"Yes that's right Soul, see even he's happy to read." She smiled completely oblivious to the real reason behind the class's new excitement. Maka sighed pointing to the posters Soul had just read and hitting the boy with a book once the teacher had turned around.
"Pay attention Soul," she snapped as he held his head and whimpered.
"Alright class, we took your scores from last semesters reading test to average your reading levels. At the bottom of your paper will be a dot, you can read books lower or with that colored dot and no higher, understand." Marie asked as the class nodded eager to leave.
"No if you take more than one A.R test at the end of the six weeks, when report cards go home you can attend an A.R party which means you can skip class all day and eat food." The teacher finished earning a new interest from the group.
Maka smiled as she saw her score and noticed she could now read from the high school level while Soul shamely looked over to the small section he was allowed to read from. Go dog go was not something he wanted to be caught reading.
"Alright class, go venture out, and find you a book to read." Marie smiled as the students began their quest. Soul, Blackstar, Liz, Patty, and Kid remained seated each with a look of pure boredom.
"Students what's wrong?" the teacher asked concerned.
"Reading isn't very fun, I know I can read I just don't like to." Liz said as she examined her nails.
"There are no books on giraffes here that I can color." Patty pouted.
"Not to mention they have no symmetry always ending in different numbers." Kid paled.
"I'm too godly to read a book." Blackstar smiled as Soul only yawned his answer.
The next two weeks went by slowly with the excitement of A.R points gone and the rivalry between class nerds Maka and Ox heated for top A.R. reader the librarian had started. So far, Maka was in the lead by ten books.
"I'm bored," Soul pouted as he was forced to take an A.R. test by his grandfather. Maka sat beside him with a list of titles she had brought from home to test on.
"Sorry, so Soul, what are you taking a test on?" she asked as she began her test on Alice in wonderland.
"Go dogs go." He mumbled as she scrunched up her nose.
"That's only worth five points Soul," she said flying through her test expertly.
"Well how much are yours" he asked smartly.
"Thirty each," she replied finishing her first test and immediately starting the second.
"And how many test are you taking?" he asked with a gulp.
"Ten." She replied again as he gained a crestfallen look. No way would he be able to attend the party with her at his reading pace. Didn't he get a foreign five-point lead or something? Maka saw his crest fallen face and sighed.
"Not a word and type in Alice in Wonderland take that test before me and I'll help you out." She seethed eyeing for any stray teachers that could catch them cheating. Soul smiled as he left the library that day and excitedly told his grandfather about the party he would attend with Maka.
Blackstar smiled in triumph as Tsubaki finished the last of his test for the A.R requirements. Neither one was going to the party, but at least Blackstar didn't have to read.
"How dare they make a god use his brain like that." He pouted as Tsubaki agreed with a roll of her eyes.
Kid and the Thompson sisters smiled in triumph as they finished locating all the symmetrical groups in their A.R level. Disappointment ran through them though when they noticed only four books were symmetrical, an asymmetrical amount. On cue, seven-year-old Death the Kid fell to the ground in tears as his small fist hit the carpet and he began to mutter about being dirty garbage, his small black suit wrinkling in his hunched form.
As the weeks droned on Maka, continued keeping her top spot on the reading chart and taking test while Soul kept his reading points where they were and slept during class. Soon it was time for report cards to go home and the A.R students were told where to go via the intercom.
"This will be fun wont it Maka." Soul said cheerfully as they walked home, his dimples showing in one of his rare wide smiles showing all his sharp shark like teeth.
"Yeah," she agreed as they reached the backyard separating their homes. Soul examined his report card one last time before looking to Maka.
"Can I stay at your place tonight?" he asked.
"Sorry, papa is still mad at you for holing my hand last month." She replied before looking over her own report card. It had become routine for them to examine each other's report cards before letting their parents see them.
Soul was surprised when his grandfather actually smiled at his grades making him even happier when he went to sleep that night.
The next morning Soul went to the classroom reserved for the A.R students, surprised when he didn't see Maka. Taking a seat next to Jackie and Harvar, he asked where the pigtailed girl was.
"She was caught helping a student cheat on a A.R test, so all her points were taken away for this six weeks." Jackie explained as Harvar pointed out the reason for cheaters. Soul paled as he thought of how sad Maka must be sitting in class doing work while he got to play. It was he who she helped cheat, shouldn't he have been the one punished. Removing his lunchbox from his backpack, he placed the cake, chips, and drink inside and waited for the day to end. Removing the uncool party hat, he had been forced to wear he ran outside to the swings Maka hung around.
Maka was swinging alone when he arrived smiling when she caught sight of him.
"How was the part?" she asked with a smile.
"Totally uncool, here close your eyes." He ordered as she did as he told her. placing the party hat on her head he opened his lunch box and instructed her to open her eyes.
"Things are sweeter when you deserve them, I didn't earn this stuff, you did." He said as he sat down on the empty swing beside her.
"Thank you Soul," she smiled lifting the fork full of cake to her mouth. Soul cocked his head a little when she paused.
"Things are also sweeter when you share them with the one you love." She explained holding the fork to his mouth.
"Maka there's only one fork." He pointed out refusing to take her only eating utensil.
"I know, we share, it's not like I have cooties." She laughed as Soul went red and took the fork in his mouth.
"If I get a foreign bug from this, I'm blaming you pigtails." He said after swallowing. The two ate in silence finishing their meal before Maka stood up to stretch.
"I wonder who told on us anyway?" Soul said as they made their way home.
"I did, I figured this was both our punishments. You got to go to the party but the guilt made it unfun, as for me I didn't go and went through class without you." She pointed out.
"So you tattled on us?" he said pausing at the news as Maka nodded.
"That's not cool Maka, but I guess the way you did the punishment was kinda cool, better than the adult's way of doing things." He said remembering the paddling's and lines he had to do.
"I knew you would say that," she laughed not flinching when he held her hand.
"Ten bucks your old man kicks me out for a month this time when he sees us holding hands." Soul smirked.
"You're on." Maka agreed as they ran to her home hand in hand.
