The days passed, and Maka settled back into a schedule. College classes, school work, everything was becoming normal again, expect for that wallet. She dared not mess with it, though she did carry it everywhere, afraid that someone would find it in her apartment. What would they say? A boy's ID with a chunk of cash in it that just wasn't average. Epically her father, he would faint, and while she would enjoy watching him suffer she didn't want to deal with the aftermath. Today was sunny at Maka looked down at her wrist, checking the time, a good hour before her next college class. Maybe she would stop by a cafe and drink a coffee, study for a test, not that she wasn't already prepared enough. Her teacher, Dr. Stein, told her she should just take the end of school exam and graduate, she already knew enough to graduate. But she insisted on finishing, it wasn't too much longer anyways, she was twenty, one more year.

"Hey Tiny-tits" Soul shouted and Mai jumped back as his motorcycle stopped his inches from her feet. The young woman glared and with defiance kicked the wheel of his bike.

"Do we always have to meet with you almost hitting me, and it's Maka!"

"I did that on purpose" Soul grinned and Maka glared, slowly grabbing her book out of her bag pack.

"Maka chop!"

"The hell, I didn't even do anything!"

"You bothered me" The young woman huffed then pulled on her bag pack, walking away from the man. He followed after her slowly on his bike, obviously not done with the conversation.

"Hey, where you going?"

"I have college"

"Skip"

"No way!" Maka growled but turned around to see Soul watching her from the motorcycle, peering at her with persistence. She stared back, unable to think of what to say. He wasn't going to leave until she agreed and his appearance was defiantly creating a disturbance, already some people were staring, including other college students. She grimaced, before walking up to him, and stared at the motorcycle. "How do I get on?"

"Are you that much of a spoiled child?" The white haired boy said smugly though quickly covered his head when he saw her reach for her bag pack. "Quit! Sheeh, just grab my hand and put one foot on that, then your foot on the other side"

"Easier said than done" She retorted, looking down at the machine.

"Well if you'd just grab my hand at least" Soul answered in annoyance, holding his hand out to the small woman. She looked down at it, his hands were huge in comparison to her own and rough. Perhaps he worked on his own bike. Glancing around a moment longer she tightened her bag pack and took his hand, gripping it tightly as he pulled her onto her bike. Before she could settle down the white haired boy zoomed off the sidewalk and down the street, the young woman screaming into his shirt. The ride continued on before Soul finally stopped the bike and the pulled keys out of the emission, and turned to Maka. "You ok back there?" He said with a smirk, only to come face to face with a very pale Maka.

"I'm car sick" She moaned and Soul looked at her startled before jumping off the bike.

"Shit, don't vomit on my bike, Tiny-tits!"

"If you had listened and slowed down this wouldn't be happening Soul!" Maka growled as he pulled her off the bike, arms under her armpits like a child. "And don't hold me like that!"

"If you vomit I want to be able to throw you as far as possible!"

"Maka chop!" The young woman screamed and looked around at where they had stopped As Soul crouched down on the ground holding his head. It was the side of town she never wandered into, the poor side. While the city was known for its wealth it, like all cities in the world, had its sleazy side. Maka glanced around; it did have shops like on the other side at least, though the windows were all boarded up. This proved how much this side had gone downhill.

"Come on, there is a café this way" Soul said, parking his bike on the side of the street. The young woman looked around a bit longer before chasing after him, afraid to be walking by herself. At least during the day it was rather quiet here.

"You know, we never introduced ourselves" Maka said, looking up at the hanging clothes as the two walked through an alley.

"But somehow we both know each other's names" He said, silence following.

"I suppose" The pigtailed girl mumbled, following soul into a building. They walked up a flight of stairs before he opened a door. It was indeed a restaurant, and the young woman looked around before sitting in a window seat with Soul.

"You stole my wallet didn't you?"

"You left it!"

"But how did you get it?" He asked with a suspicious look.

"Well you were dying on my couch so Tsubaki gave it to me; we had to have an idea of who to call if you bite the bullet"

"I see" The white haired man airily, Maka felt like he didn't believe her. He glanced around before waving his hand and a waitress came out. She had short blonde hair, and huge eyes, but the thing that caught Maka off guard so much was how giggly she was.

"Oh, you made a friend Soul! Hehehe, you better watch out he's so grumpy all the time!" She laughed and Maka glanced over at Soul who was squinting at the blonde with almost an expression of exhaustion.

"Just two coffees Patty"

"Hehe, ok, you want me to tell Kid you're here?"

"Nah, too much of a headache" Soul blanched before the young woman skipped away, and the two looked at each other before Maka couldn't help but grin.

"She's pretty cute"

"She isn't as bad at the owner" He said, scratching his head, and Maka took the cue to take his wallet out of his purse.

"Here, you probably want this" She said handing it over and he looked in it, as if expecting for her to have taken everything. "Why you are looking at me like I stole something?" Maka asked, annoyed with him.

"Did you just look at my ID?"

"Of course, I'm not nosy" The young lied, thanking Patty for her coffee before stirring in sugar to make it a light caramel color. So, he knew that the money he had in his wallet was strange after all. "What? Do you have a body hidden in there or something?" She asked teasingly and she saw he grew more at ease. Perhaps she had learned too much about lying from her father, it was too easy. The young woman sipped her coffee, creating small talk with Soul. He told her that he had finished college two years ago and was a piano tuner. What was someone with an income like that doing here? Well, no reason to ask anymore, she knew he was up to something anyways. She wasn't going to get an honest answer from him. He was liar, just like all the other men in the world.

"What do your parents do for a living?" Soul asked suddenly and Maka looked up at him startled.

"My father works for the government"

"And your mom?"

"Who knows where she is" Maka mumbled, staring down at her cup. The white haired boy seemed like he was considering whether to continue to press before she looked up at him, a stern expression. "She left because of my father, he is a cheater."

"I guess you probably hate him now"

"I suppose" She said before setting down her cup and stood up. "I should get going, if I leave now I'll make it to my class"

"Didn't I tell you just to skip?" Soul said almost playfully and she peered down at him, put down a few dollars to pay for her coffee and started for the stairs. She was not going to miss class, or mess around with this idiot any longer, that was for sure. "See you later tiny-tits"

"I hope not!" Maka shouted, and ran down the stairs, then out of the buildings. Pausing for a moment she looked down at her watch, if she ran, she could make it. The young woman grinned and ran down the street.

I am so happy I got a good response on this story! It makes me super happy! I also got added to RetroMonkey's list of best SoMa fanfiction, I'm so embarassed by how happy I am. Hehe, but really, thank you, 11 folowers already! I'm so excited!

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