She walked to class the next day slowly, trying to hide the bruise that had blossomed on her cheek from last night's encounter with her father. Normally he avoided her face even in his drunken state he knew bruises made people suspicious. And when people are suspicious they ask questions and he could not have anyone asking questions. She finally made it to her classroom and sat next to Soul. His eyes looking at the badly covered bruise before shifting back down to his own work.
The day went on with little to no incident. No one questioned the bruise except Blackstar. To which she answered that she ran into her door, that she had not known was closed. And that she had been too busy with the book in her hand to look up and check if the door in fact was closed. Blacked responded with a laugh and called her a bookworm. Just like a normal kid.
The last bell rang and Maka could not bring herself to go home just yet. She wasn't ready to test her luck today, and she sure wasn't ready for the beating that surely awaited her. Her bruise from last night hurt as a reminder of what was to come. So instead Maka walked behind the school in an attempt to get to her hidden oasis that she had found not so long ago but one she turned the corner something or rather someone else had met her gaze.
Soul sat there smoking a blunt the smell invading her lungs. She looked back to the woods before deciding to sit down next to him. He looked up at her "what are you doing, aren't you afraid to get caught with the monster." He said glaring daggers "no, I do not think you are a monster. I think you have something else going on with your life. And I think you should tell someone he's hitting you." Maka said glaring back. "no one is hitting me, why would you even think that, maybe before you try and analyze someone else's life you should get to know them more than by just sitting next to them in classes." Soul hissed before getting up and storming away.
Maka then decided it was time for her to meet her fate. She walked in the door to her house and it was quiet to quiet. Maka walked father into the house "p-Papa?" she called but was answered with silence. Carefully she walked into the living room. Her father was knocked out on the couch. Bottle in his hand. Relieve washed over Maka as she quietly put her school things down in her room and grabbed a blanket for her father. Once her father was covered she made him dinner for when he woke up in hopes that he would be in a good mood.
Once spirit woke up he was in a good mood to say the least a good enough mood to bring a lady home. Maka stayed in her bed trying to drown out the noised coming from the room next to hers. It didn't take long for Maka to decide that she needed to leave. So she got up and got dressed for school the next morning and snuck out her window. It was 2 a.m and the city was dark with everyone sleeping. Maka walked to the park that was 2 blocks from her house and was shocked to see someone else on the bench at the park. Quietly moving closer to the mysterious person Maka soon recognized the black hoody and white hair. "Do you come her often too?" Maka asked startling the boy. He snapped his head over to her. "what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in bed you have school in like 5 hours." Soul said voice strained. "I um couldn't sleep." It was a lie and they both knew it.
Maka study Souls face for a second noticing something dripping down his chin. "God Soul you bleeding come here follow me." Maka said grabbing his hand and dragging him to the woods. "Maka I am fine it's just a bloody noise it will stop bleeding soon. Don't worry." Soul said trying to get his hand back but it was no use. Maka walked through the woods gracefully never once tripping on a branch, the same could not be said for Soul who was being dragged against his will and tripping over blades of grass.
The two reached and abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods Maka had found it weeks ago when she first moved to the city and was kicked out of her house. No one ever seemed to be there and Maka snuck off to it a few times. Soul looked at the cabin "where the hell are we?" Soul whispered "Its empty, looks like it was used for storage of some sort. I have been her a lot don't worry I have a first aid kit inside, let's go." Maka said tugging Soul.
Once inside the cabin Maka lit a few candles to give the small place some light Soul looked around while Maka grabbed the kit. Books and Blankets littered the floor as well as un opened food and water. A Fire place was in the wall also Maka caught Soul looking at the small fire place. "I didn't want to light it because I don't want people to know I'm here and I was afraid the smoke would alert people." Maka said sheepishly. Soul only shrugged and sat down on the nest of blankets while Maka sat in front of him and cleaned the blood from his face.
"you know you are a hypocrite right?" Soul asked while Maka cleaned up the bloody rags "why is that." Maka responded "you told me to go get help, but you are afraid to seek help yourself. You hide it better than I do I'll give you that but I can still see it. And this" Soul gestured to the space around them "confirms it, no one has a place to hide unless they need it." Soul said "how?" Maka asked soul pointed to his own cheek "looks a hell of a lot like the end of a beer bottle. Could have fooled me the first day, and you were limping first few periods." Soul said shrugging.