Remembering Sunday
Soul indeed finished the last bits of his breakfast before heading for work. He grinned weirdly because he already knows how to see her. It felt weird for him because he feels like he's in high school all over again. While walking to work, people who pass through him looked at him weirdly.
Telling him by their eyes that a police officer like him shouldn't smile because all police officers frown. But he didn't care, he just went to work.
Maka walked into the reception of the company, laughing nervously for being late. But she didn't blamed having breakfast with the police officer, she actually enjoyed her time with him. And she hoped to see him as much as he wants to see her.
"Maka, you're late... Grim's looking for you. Pretty evil and all, you need to go up as in right now" even though she was supposed to be scared for being late, she couldn't wipe off the goofy grin spread across her lips. Not until she walked into the elevator and her co-worker / friend joined in.
"Oohh, what's up with your good mood today?" her friend mimicked her grin and playfully punched her arm. She tried her best to remain neutral because her friend will notice like what she always have. Her friend has this ability to read people's faces, like if you're feeling diarrhea.
"Nothing, okay? I just... Feel like it today" her friend elbowed her slightly but it did hurt her stomach. Maka cocked an eye brow because she keeps on teasing her about meeting someone before work. She couldn't deny though, because it is true. All she could do was to tell her friend to stop.
"Liz, really... Don't you get tired of waiting for the time of me having a boyfriend or getting babies or whatever?" Liz rolled her eyes.
"If it's Maka, heck no. I enjoy waiting" the elevator made a small 'ting' sound before the doors opened. Both office workers exited and walked side by side to go to their destinations.
"I'm betting you a Grande-size vanilla frap that you met a hot guy before work" Maka indeed tried to remain idle but her lips slowly curled into a tiny smile. Finally, her friend squealed in delight because Maka always turned down the idea of meeting anyone.
"Really?! How hot is he? Rate him from... Uh, Johnny Depp to Ian Somerhalder" Maka narrowed her eyes, picturing of how to compare officer Soul.
She chuckled first before answering. "Why would you put Johhny Depp as the lowest, even if he's old he can pull your underwear"
"It's work day. I can't think of ranking hot guys during work, I do it at home. What? How hot is he?"
"Well... Ian Somerhalder hot" Liz's eyes bulged open, from wordless shock to giggling weirdly. Maka couldn't help but join her...
"Jesus Christ... That hot?! What is he? A model? Actor?" then suddenly Maka's face fell flat. Because to admit it, being a police officer is not a turn on hot.
"Um... No. He's a police offcer" Liz soon idly slapped her friend hard. Really hard that the sound echoed through the hallway.
"OW! What was that for?!"
"Maka, dating a police officer is nothing close to Johnny Depp. Police officers eat doughnuts all day with their radio overs. How dare you compare Ian to a police officer!" Maka giggled and slapped her friend back.
"That's the point... I thought the same but he's different. Shit, if you saw him. He is Ian hot. But they have differences... Like Ian has blue eyes and his are red. But Ian sort of thing" Liz rolled her eyes in disbelief because she can't think of anything else less hotter than a police officer.
"Whatever, Maka. I don't enjoy waiting anymore. Ciao..." Liz reached her office. But as for Maka, she had to proceed to Grim's office.
Everything inside the office were the same except for their boss yelling at Maka for being late during a rush hour. As a punishment, Grim gave her extra work which stressed Maka a whole lot but good thing Liz was there to give her coffee and make her laugh at times.
"Aren't you going to go home? It's already 10 PM" Liz reminded while looking at her wrist watch. Maka looked tired and apparently her happy mood earlier shifted to stress and tired.
"I can't. Apparently, our devil of a boss gave me extra work for being late" Maka said to Liz before turning back to the computer screen. Liz sat on one of the chairs in front of Maka's desk, like a friend should, she waited for Maka.
"Well, I guess it was your fault you were late"
"It really hurts coming from you, Liz. I can't turn down the guy, he looked like someone I could... Enjoy company with" suddenly, the thought of him crossed her mind. Not just him, but them laughing together sitted on a table.
Just like earlier...
"Aw, you've got the love aura..."
"Shut up, Liz. I'm trying to work" Maka tried her best to focus herself to work but the more Liz teased her, the more she thought of him.
"If you really think he's hot, I want to meet him... In his police officer uniform with his walkie talkie"
"Baby cheeses, Liz. That's embarrassing. Inviting him all of a sudden? We just met earlier you know" Maka said while typing something. Liz in the other hand propped on her seat, with her feet on the other seat.
All of the lights of the rooms were turned off except for Maka's office since she has to experience hell while Liz joins in and make her work more miserable.
"Oh wow, Liz Thompson didn't speak for three seconds! That's a new record, everybody!" she announced sarcastically without taking her eyes off the screen. Liz didn't reacted to what she said, not until a finger knocks on her open door catches her attention.
Maka's green eyes widened as police officer Soul Evans stood in front of her office. In his officer uniform with his walkie talkie attached to his belt and his cap held on his other hand. Maka doesn't know how to react, whether to be happy or embarrassed but as she eyed her friend, Liz had the same reaction.
"Officer Soul... What are you doing here?" she asked without taking her eyes off him. He beamed a smile which in return gave her the idea to smile back.
"Maka... You may have mentioned earlier where you work and this is my best entrance yet" they both stare at each other, probably enjoying the eye conversation they were having.
In the other hand, Liz snapped out of he trance and turned to face her friend. Leaning close to her desk, she whispered.
"When you told me he was Ian hot, I didn't believed you... But God, you're right. I want to hear every end about it... And ask him if he has a cousin... Or a brother. Or whatever. I'm thinking of finding a police officer from now on" Maka couldn't help but giggle, Liz lost her confidence when Soul walked over to sit in front of her desk.
"Oh, right! Maka, I remembered! I have letters to do at home! I have to go... Officer, take care of her. Bye!" Liz saluted and walked away. Maka cursed mentally towards Liz for leaving her with him because he'll just be a distraction from her work.
"When I said I have a gut feeling of meeting, I didn't mean you'll go here, Officer" she said with a grin.
"Officers have their ways, Madam. I can take you home but not at my home. I mean your house" Soul nervously laugh with a twist of words and she couldn't help but chuckle at him.
"I thought officers should be tough and sturdy but when I look at you... You look like you can't hurt a fly"
"It looks like you're telling me I'm gay, Maka... I assure you, if I'm gay I wouldn't go here just to see you" She mentally reminded herself to avoid looking at him.
But she reminded herself too late... His eyes and attention were directed to her. She could feel the warmth of her cheeks rising up.
"Officer Soul, I think when you told me you don't know anything about flirting and women... I doubted you three seconds ago" he grinned and she continued typing something.
"Come on, every guy experienced flirting during college you know. That's not anything hard to think of. Do you want me to drive you home, it's really late" She shrugged her head because she's not even halfway finished.
"I can't. I have so many things to do. Why don't you go on ahead..."
"Nah, as an officer I can't leave a lady alone when she goes home. That would be a sin to all policemanship" She cackled a laugh before flipping the screen of the laptop.
"Is that even a word?"
"No... You know, your name... 'Maka', sounds like food. It's like 'waiter, can I order a platter of Maka with a side dish of tuna salad?' that sort of thing" She couldn't help but laugh once again. She tried to finish her work faster by filling up papers two times faster than before.
"You never fail to make me laugh, officer Soul"
"Maka will you drop it with the officer already? Because trust me when you add 'officer' to my name, it makes me kind of older than fifty"
"Well, I can't. I remain my professionalism during work hours as a matter of fact"
"Would you like it if I called you sensei, then?" he smirked, tauntingly. Maka couldn't help but stare at him because he looked deadly hot looking at her like that.
"Soul, stop it. I have to do my work" she snapped seriously while writing on papers. He stood up and went towards her, leaning forward to see what she's doing. His hand settled on her seat and the other on the desk, when she tried to look at him his face was just mere inches from hers.
"What are you doing, anyway? Maybe I could help..." he offered while looking at her hand writing, she immediately felt embarrassed and accidentally stared at his face, his nose touching hers.
"Alright alright... You can help by arranging the forms alphabetically by their names" she doesn't know where to look except for his lips. He nodded before walking back to his seat and doing what was told. Maka could tell that Soul was oblivious about how close they were earlier but not for her. Never for her...
They were both silent for a while. Doing their tasks with full attention, both forgetting about talking. But the silence in the room was good, not an awkward silence where both have to think of something to talk about. They both enjoyed silence...
"Maka..." he said her name like it was meant to be a whisper. The sound of her name was new to her ears like he created a new way of getting her attention but he wasn't joking around, he looked serious.
"Yes?"
"I'm hungry" right on cue, his stomach growled as a reminder of hunger. Maka cackled a laughter before reaching a muffin from her drawer.
"Here... That's the best I could give you. Liz made it"
"Who's Liz?"
"You know, the gal with me earlier"
"Oh... Her. She's a pretty energetic chic if you ask me"
"Trust me... She's way more energetic than the word energetic itself" Soul opened the plastic of the muffin and soon took a bite. He immediately removed the bit from his tongue with a tissue roll. Her stomach started to hurt from too much laughter...
"Oh my god, this is the worst muffin I've ever tasted. This muffin tastes like piss"
"You... Shit... Hahahahaha! You should have seen your face! One thing to know about Liz, she sucks at baking" she said in between laughs. He puts the cupcake on the edge of her desk and sat up properly.
"That's really mean... That's so harsh... If I were going to rate how mean it was It'll be wifis with passwords, 9/11, Hitler and this piss-flavored cupcake" he said with hand gestures. Maka said a small sorry before going back to work.
Maka didn't noticed the silence for forty five minutes not until she looked over from her laptop screen, she saw him asleep. His head over his arms on top of her desk... He deserves sleep because they have been working for at least two hours and it's almost 3 AM.
Maka couldn't help but stare at his face. He looked so silent and innocent when he's asleep, like his uniform is just a costume and he's really a teenager. She finally finished her work and she stood up and placed all the papers towards the boss's desk.
She started poking his shoulder softly...
"Hey, Soul... Soul? Soul... My work's finished, I need to lock my office. Soul..." after a few more calls, he responded with a groan before slowly standing up.
"Oh crap, my neck hurts"
"Yeah, that's what you get for staying. I told you, you can leave... But Soul, thank you for your help" Soul couldn't smile any longer because he was still in sleep mode, he sat up properly while Maka phased back and forth to get papers, place papers, shut down laptop and clean whatever.
"Do you want me to drive you home?"
"No... I can walk. Walking's fun"
"Well, okay" after a few fixes, Maka closed the lights and locked her office which was hard because everywhere else is dark. By means of dark, pitch black dark. To exit the building, they must turn to a hallway and walk straight ahead, take the elevator, pass the reception and leave.
"I look like an idiot" she said out of nowhere.
"This is kind of fun" he said just a few feet ahead of her. They were both wailing their arms out, feeling something to touch.
"Wait, you're an officer... Do you have a flashlight or something? My phone's dead" it took Soul about five minutes to find his flashlight while Maka follows him close behind. They both exited the building and walked side by side.
"Your job sure sucks" he said while jabbing his hands in his pockets. She tried to give him a smile but she was also tired like him.
"I know. My boss actually yelled at me earlier for being late"
"Crap, that's terrible. I'm starting to believe that it's my fault..." she disagreed right away and sighed.
"No, that's not it. My boss was just having a bad mood. And I added to his mood... No worries, we both finished my work for today"
"You know... I kind of remember, this is where my ex dumped my ass, even this dark..." the crescent moon was above them. Soul doesn't get tired every time he glances at Maka, she looked more beautiful with the way the light from the moon affected her.
She looked like a goddess in his eyes...
"What happened?" she asked from curiosity. He looked around, everything was the same.
"Telling you is not a great idea"
"Why?"
"Because it feels weird talking about exes"
"What? You brought it up... Try me" he took a big breathe before telling her the story.
"Our break-up sucks, just so you know... Her name is Blair, we dated for a year and three months. She was my first serious girlfriend during college. I was going in a boys' night out with my friends and they decided to hit a famous club. Then I saw her there... Dancing with some guy... And I snapped, I punched the guy and pulled her from there. It feels like this hour, we were both shouting... About how I'm telling her she's cheating on me. And her telling me I'm sensitive... You know, that childish sort of thing fight. Then, we just broke up"
"That's terrible. But your narration skills are worse" Soul chuckled and glanced back towards her.
"What? Should I begin with what I was wearing? And describe everything? It'll take me forever you know"
"Forever is a lie, you know? You can't go on forever because forevers are just a lot of nows" 'wise girl' he thought.
"Well, you sound like a poet. How about you?"
"Believe it or not... My college years sucked"
"Oh no, I totally believe. Even your job sucks. The only thing cool that happened in your life so far is being with me" She laughed and acted shocked.
"Wow, Soul. That's really really... Not true. Because I'm going to tell you something really tragic"
"Go on"
"Okay. I was seven years old when I learned that my dad was an asshole. I was waiting for my mom to come home... It was way past bed time, like almost the end of midnight when my dad came home kissing another woman. Maybe he didn't care even if I saw because I was still young... Then after that happened, almost every day he came home with different women... My mom caught him and eventually, they divorced. Even though I wanted to be with my mom, she told me to stay with him because she has work on far different places. Until I turned fifteen my father never changed... Even until my mom died, he never felt guilty. Soon, I lived on my own without anyone except for my aunt. When I got my first job, I never heard of him. Until now... I assumed every guy's an asshole like him" Soul doesn't know how to feel of her story. It wasn't tragic but it was indeed very sadly depressing. Those two words, sad and depressing are the exact words to describe it.
"Do you think I'm an asshole?" Soul asked with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"No, that's ridiculous. I was just kidding. I only think of my dad as an asshole. Hating every guy because of my dad is like blaming Obama america happened"
"Where do you think he is now?"
"I don't know. Sometimes I miss him but sometimes I don't. But entirely, I'm feeling both and it's like on-going forever" Soul placed his arm around her shoulders and held a gaze.
"Hey... Forever is a lie, remember?"