The Tale of Friends and Family
Chapter Two: Moving On
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Soul Eater, Soul Eater NOT!, etc.
Pairings: KidLiz, StarTsu, SoMa, mentions of other couples.
Again, plans for children in the future, and since I'm re-writing this and editing it up, name ideas for any pairing of both genders would be appreciated.
Moving from LiveJournal, not stolen. There was a mistype in the previous chapter; I did not mean to make that Chrona, that was supposed to be Kim, I was distracted since I was editing Forgotten in the Shadows...
I know I never really explained Chrona's place in this story other than Maka keeping an eye on him -NO FIGHTING ABOUT GENDER OR I SWEAR... I SWITCH BETWEEN, GET OVER IT PLEASE - but for Chrona I'd like to think that he didn't go as crazy as the manga, but he was brought back to Shibusen... So there is a diverge from the manga, but not as badly as the anime.
Also, thank you CapitalCheerios for the review, I'll try and do better!
Um, did get a comment on the LJ saying how short these were before, so I wanted to mention here that these are actually supposed to be little tidbits... Ya know, not drabbles because they're not 'exactly 100 words' but... kind of like that.
"Do you guys always have to hang out here?" Maka tried to call out to the group, most of them unable to hear them over the running vacuum in the kitchen. "Seriously, Kid's house is bigger!"
"You should be happy everyone loves you so much." Soul snickered from his spot on the couch, sighing as Patti started flipping through channels again, quickly. "Please, Patti, pick one."
Down time was getting slimmer between the three groups; so when the chance came it was quickly grabbed. For now, Maka and Soul had the day off for a very special occasion. The blonde Meister hurried into the living room, practically grabbing the drink from Black Stars hand as he was about to take a sip.
"You're through with this, right?"
"Yeah, you know, the swallowing slowed me down." He scoffed, crossing his arms as he looked at his white haired friend. "Man, what is going on with her?"
"Who's trash is this?" Soul didn't get a chance to answer as the blonde woman started gathering up some crinkled paper.
"Oh uh... That's mine. I wrote a note to myself to clean up the kitchen for you... But then you started doing it, so I didn't need it and crumpled it up and..." He winched under the emerald glare. "And now I wish I was dead."
The infamous Maka Chop was quick as Soul found himself curled up on the floor, doing his best to ignore the laughter from his blue haired friend. Amber eyes peeked open to see the Meister quickly starting on fluffing the couch cushions and shooting a look to their other Weapon friend when Tsubaki tried to calm her and reassure her that she'd already cleaned the couch.
"Look, I'm sorry guys, but I don't want my mom to think that I'm living like a slob." Maka shook her head, shooing Black Star off the couch so she could keep working on it.
"Maka, you're scaring me." Black Star shook his head, moving to help Soul up. "Didn't you say she wouldn't even be here for a week?"
"She could easily come earlier!" The blonde Meister froze up when the knock at the door sounded. "Everyone freeze! Nobody move!" Quickly she moved to open the door, smile wide until she was moved aside; the smile breaking to see Liz rushing through her finally tidy home instead of Kami.
"Hey, um, have you guys seen the engagement ring?" Already she was moving to look under the couch. Maka's fists clenched for a moment but decided that it wasn't worth getting into a fight for. "Tomorrow's going to be bad enough having to give it back to him... 'Hi Akane, remember me, the girl in the dress who stomped on your heart in front of your entire family'? Now I can't even find the damn thing...!"
"Don't worry Liz, we'll find it." Maka moved to help start looking. The apartment was finally spotless, that should make it easier after all.
"You're not ever going to turn into that, are you?" Black Star leaned over to the Death Scythe.
"... Nah, I think if I were to ever run away from the wedding, I'd let the girl keep the engagement ring." He snickered. "As for turning into Maka... I doubt my parents would bother. I think they preferred my imaginary friend over me when I was a kid so..."
"Would you like help?" Liz snapped up when she heard Kid's voice, the broom in her hand falling to the ground.
"Whoa, hey. The sign on the door says closed. How did you get in here Kid?"
"You didn't exactly lock it yet." The shinigami shook his head, picking the broom up. "So? Help?"
"Um... sure." The brunette smiled, plopping down into a seat as he started sweeping. She laughed lightly at the roll of his eyes.
"So I heard you found the ring. How did it go, with Akane? Were you nervous?"
"Well... A lot. I mean, you just got dumped, right? You get it."
The Meister sighed, shaking his head as he looked up at her. "I didn't get dumped. We had a disagreement... Chances are he's still upset, so try not to look too terrific if you run into him again. I know that's going to be hard for you..."
"Yeah right. He went on the honeymoon anyway with that Harudori girl." The long haired Weapon stood, taking the broom handle from his hands. "When did this all get so complicated? I mean, weren't you ever just really young? Ever thought that it would be easy to just fall in love and get saved from all the insanity?"
"Well... to be honest, not really." Kid offered a small smile. "I am glad you're back though."
"Yeah... It's good to be back."
"Thanks for having us over Liz." Maka smiled lightly, relaxing on the couch as the movie started.
"Yah well; Kid was dragged out by the guys - thank you by the way. You don't have to teach tomorrow and I don't have to deal with the insanity stunt I tried to pull anymore. Seemed like a reason to celebrate." The brunette smiled, propped with pillows from her room against the couch.
"And Tsubaki didn't have a mission~!" Patti chimed in. "So she came to the Slumber Party too!"
"Pattie, we're a little old to have 'slumber parties.' Board games, make-overs, talking about boys... That's all real childish." Liz shook her head, watching her sister already start making a dent in the bowl of popcorn. "Damn it Patti, you horndog; you couldn't find a movie that didn't start with a sex scene?!"
"I think it's a great movie!" She threw an un-popped kernel at her sister, laughing as Tsubaki practically hid her face in the pillow she was holding.
"She does not seem to be enjoying that." Liz muttered under her breath, tuning out lightly. "He's being too aggressive."
"... Do you ever think about what the guys are like?" Maka didn't seem to realize she'd said that out loud until three pairs of blue eyes were on her. "... W-What?!"
"Our guys?" Liz scoffed, shaking her head.
"I don't know, I feel funny talking about that..." Tsubaki muttered.
"As if, Tsubaki. You've had to have thought about it." When the other Weapon didn't respond, Liz took over. "I bet Black Star's like a child's ride; like the ones in the little parks? You just have to get on, and he just goes."
"I think he might surprise you. One time he was helping me put on my coat after I'd sprained my wrist; he was really gentle." The chain scythe flushed when it was her turn to be stared at before laughter caught on.
"Okay, Soul's a lot harder to read. He's like one of the suppressed guys you'd have to seduce." Liz started again.
"I think that's all just an act. He's probably a lot more sophisticated than he seems." Maka shook her head, sitting up. "Maybe not as sophisticated as Kid..."
"Maka, don't." Liz shook her head, trying to tune back into the movie.
"Oh come on Liz. He can be really smooth." Tsubaki joined in with a smile. "You could easily picture him in bed-"
"I really don't want to. You two didn't have to see him have tantrums for years; I can't imagine how that would work out in bed. Kid seeing any woman naked could be a bad idea. Like, what if there's an asymmetric mole or birthmark, or tattoo, huh?"
"... Do you have a tattoo sis?" Patti peeked up from her spot behind the couch - when she had gotten there no one really was sure.
"Not the point! Look, the guy's crazy; Death have mercy on whoever he does end up with!"