Aielmi
In answer to your review (I would simply reply to your review but your PM is disabled) I put Soul and Tsubaki together in this story deliberately because I wanted to have the pairings be the unusual ones. This unusual coupling slots in nicely to the social dynamics I'll using in this story. When you examine the existing weapon-meister relationships there seems to be an 'opposites attract' kind of archetype. I think that what people don't already have appeals to them, so I've paired them with characters that are, not the same (that's boring), but more similar to themselves. I think Soul, with his relaxed vibe, would be good for Tsubaki, allowing her to blossom and have more room for her own personality. She is very compromising as a person. It would be easy for her to become smothered in a relationship. I also think that Soul is the only person Blackstar would be happy with as a romantic interest for Tsubaki. I don't condemn Tsubaki-Blackstar (in fact I like that pairing, it gives me warm fuzzies). I just think it would require a lot of character development to function in the long term (which is the ultimate goal for a couple ) and I'm too lazy for all that writing. I'm an indecisive shipper... I like pairings based on the characters that I like and Soul Eater has some great ones...like Kid and Maka (I love Soul-Maka, I have a SoMa concept brewing actually).
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Maka's apartment...
"How long has it been since we last got together like this?" Liz asked. Tsubaki and the Thompson sisters had arrived rather suddenly at my apartment with a stack of DVDs.
"The last time we had a girl's night was before I got together with Soul," Tsubaki answered. "So that makes it...over nine months ago." She chose a movie randomly from the stack and passed it to Patti.
"Wow." Patti giggled. "That's such a long time." She put the disc into my DVD player.
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Kid's house...
"It's good to finally have a night with just the guys. I cannot neglect to share my godliness with such small men. How else will Soul learn to better please Tsubaki than from my example?"
"Hey! I please Tsubaki just fine."
"Fine is not good enough. You must treat her with the reverence that My Goddess Patti receives."
I watched my old friends bicker as they always had, teasingly and over stupid things, like a married couple. Of course the bickering threatened to turn into a brawl and I had to question the wisdom of allowing these lunatics to enter my home.
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Back at Maka's apartment...
Almost the same instant the movie started playing Liz started ignoring it.
"So Maka," Liz rounded on me. "You got yourself a boyfriend yet?"
"Shut up Liz," I spat back at her. She knew full well that I hadn't had a boyfriend in some time.
"You really should get back in the dating game Maka. You're so sweet. You deserve someone to make you happy," Tsubaki said kindly.
"Yeah, Tsubaki's right Maka. You need some long term stress relief," Liz offered suggestively, waggling her perfectly groomed eyebrows. "You always over think everything. Some hot, wild sex should fix that right up."
"Liz!" I blushed madly.
"Come on, you know I'm right. Okay, who here thinks Maka just needs to get her brains fucked out?"
Liz raised her manicured hand into the air. Patti giggled and threw her arm up. Even Tsubaki timidly raised her hand.
"Really? All of you?" I huffed. "You're all horrible."
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Soul and Blackstar were looking at me. It was kind of weird.
"What?"
"Nothing, you just seem really uptight. Like, even more than usual." Soul answered.
"I'm not uptight."
"Yeah you are. It seems Mr Straight-laced needs to get laid." Blackstar slapped me on the back.
I choked on thin air.
"I do NOT."
"Yes you DO," Soul countered. "It's been, what, nearly a year since you last had a girlfriend and unless there have been some one night stands we haven't been hearing about you haven't been getting any in all that time."
I was silent for a few moments.
"I thoroughly despise you both."
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"So how was the boy's night?" Maka asked me.
"Abhorrent. All they could talk about was my non-existent sex life."
"You're kidding, you too?"
"Kid might be my name but I tend to avoid using it as a verb." My foul mood had brought out my more sarcastic side...
"Those bastards, Soul and Blackstar are soooo getting Maka-Chops when I catch up with them." She curled her hands into fists.
"Wait, go back. You said 'you too'. Have those two been bugging you? Cause I'll gladly kick their asses."
"Oh no, it wasn't them, at the girl's night everyone was ganging up on me too."
"About what?"
"About how I think too much and that some 'hot, wild sex should fix that right up'. That's a direct quote from Liz."
"Eugh. That girl..." How could my weapon say something like that to Maka?
"And there was a unanimous agreement that I needed to have my 'brains fucked out'. Even Tsubaki agreed."
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that the girls were crasser than Blackstar...all he said was that 'Mr Straight-laced needs to get laid'."
"Mr Straight-laced huh?" A devious expression appeared on Maka's face.
"You're going to start calling me that aren't you?"
"As if I could pass it up, Mr Straight-laced."