Lunch had come and gone and the end of school dawned on the students. BlackSTAR, who had been annoyed all up till this point, had growled his complaints to his best friend. This was one of the few classes Soul and BlackSTAR had a chance to sit next to each other and conversant. Even though both boys should be paying attention to what Sid was explaining on the board, it was most likely something they had gone over a hundred times. Sid's lessons were as dead as he was…
"I don't know why this is bugging you so badly. It wouldn't kill you to, I don't know, get a C or something in Stein's classes." said Soul as he scribbled some notes down on a piece of paper. As much as the wanna-be God didn't want to admit, his best friend had a point. But he was far too proud (or rather stubborn) to admit so. In response, the STAR boy grunted, looking away as he lay back casually in his seat. Soul sighed, looking to him.
"How many times do I have to tell people this simple fact: Grades don't mean shit on the battle field. What's it gonna help me if I know some shit about souls if I can't dodge an attack. I can't lose no matter what." The blue haired boy explained simply. Soul chuckled and said: "Well for someone who can't or rather won't lose you sure let tests kick your ass." This comment made BlackSTAR's left eye twitch in annoyance with a light scowl on his face. Why did that make so much sense?! BlackSTAR shook it off with ease. "That's not the only thing that's bugging me.." muttered the STAR. Soul hummed in a questioning tone, wanting him to continue. So, he did.
"She wouldn't even be doing this if Stein hadn't threaten her oh so precious grades." BlackSTARs cheeks puffed up as he explained in annoyed tone.
This caused Soul's face to form a light frown as he looked back to Sid. "It's not that." the sharped tooth boy began to explain as he wrote. "I'm sure she still would have if Stein had just asked. But he's just put this layer of pressure over her so she'd stay to it. No offense but you are stubborn and thickheaded. And Maka's a little easily flustered as well. He probably knew that after a few sessions Maka would literately throw the book at you and ask Stein to re-assign you to someone else. This way, she'll be more willing to put up with you."
BlackSTAR sighed annoyed.
"Dude, look, Maka's not doing this just for herself, I know that about her for sure. It might seem like it but the girls not selfish. At all. Once she calms down she'll apologize and explain herself like always. Maka's always upfront with things like that… Now, do me a favor and try give this a chance?"Souls tone was almost pleading, yet in such a cool way.
BlackSTAR was silent for the rest of class, never giving his best friend a definite answer. But Soul didn't press. When class ended, BlackSTAR stayed in his seat, not even acknowledging Souls goodbye or his leaving. After a few moments of stewing in his thoughts, BlackSTAR got up and made his way out of the classroom. Tsubaki, of course, was wating for him.
"Hello." she said with a smile that soon faded. "Is something wrong?" she asked, her eyebrows raised. Standing in front of her, he was silent, eyes looking toward her feet. "No." he finally said. She blinked, her expression unchanged. That was then her gaze shifted as BlackSTAR began to walk. Tsubaki of course followed.
"Hey Tsubaki."
"Yes?"
"I'm gonna head over to Soul's at six…I'll try to be back before ten, okay?"
For a moment, Tsubaki stared with a frown. But then she smiled and gave a nod.
"Okay. I'll save some dinner for you."