Lovelocked: Chapter 2
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SOUL EATER EVANS
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"Yo Kid..."
Kid blushes madly as he walks in my direction.
"Hello, Maka, Soul." He blushes deeper, and keeps walking.
I will myself not to blush, to be cool, but then it happens. Kid walks right past me and over to Crona, who also begins blushing.
'Naw, naw, self, it could be anything Kid wants with Crona. It's not like they're gonna dance together or anything...'
"Crona, do you- would... Would you like to dance with me?" I hear Kid explode out loudly. My heart sinks.
'Turn him down, turn him down, turn him down!' A nasty little voice chants in my head.
"O-okay. Oh, um, I m-mean, I'd... I'd love t-to d-dance with you, K-Kid."
No.
I turn away, unable to look.
I don't hate Crona, but watching him dance with the love of my life might make me.
"Maka, I'm going home," I try to tell my partner.
I receive no response from her, as she's busy staring at something. I automatically follow her gaze, but it was a mistake. I look just in time to watch Crona accidentally knock himself over, taking Kid down with him.
This scene is a cliche. One will land on top, lose balance, and **oops**, "accidental" kiss.
It's time for me to leave now.
I run away from the scene unfolding before me.
I run all the way home, not stopping until I reach my room.
"Ugh. Dammit dammit dammit!" I groan in frustration as I bang my head against the wall.
"Dammit."
Now I have stinging in my eyes and my head. I choose to ignore the tears. Cool guys don't cry.
'Okay, self, it's not like Kid and Crona are gonna start going out. You still have a chance. You've got to tell Kid how you feel. If he doesn't know, then you don't really have a chance,' I think to myself.
With my mind firmly made up, I crawl into my bed and pass out.
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"Ughhhhh." I wake up to the smell of coffee, eggs and bacon.
When I leave my room, Maka is at the stove, and Blair is lounging around on the couch.
"Hey Soul, you feeling better?" Maka asks as soon as she sees me.
"Whaddaya mean? It's not like I was sick or anything," I say, confused by her question.
"Well, you left the party at Kid's house really early, and when I got back home, I checked on you and you were already fast asleep."
"...I was just tired, that's all. It's cool. Thanks for being worried about me, I guess."
I sit at the table, and Maka sets a plate of food in front of me. I eat it as quickly as possible, and get up to leave.
"Hey Soul, where are you going in such a hurry?" Maka says.
"I'm just- I just have something that I need to do."
I don't stay long enough for her to ask me any more questions.
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I run through Death City as fast as I can, determined to get to Kid's house.
When I finally get there, I am out of breath, and my heartbeat is going a mile a minute.
I let myself in, and the place is silent.
I stop walking and look around. I've been in Kid's house before, because he has parties here all the time, but I've never really taken the time to just sit and admire it. I am staring at the beautiful crystal chandelier dangling from the ceiling, when a voice startles me.
"Oh, hey Soul! What're ya doing here?"
It's Patty. I wonder if she would know where Kid is.
"Hi, Patty. I'm looking for Kid, do you know where he is?"
"Kyaha, yeah. That silly guy is upstairs in his room. I think he's still asleep. Which is weird! He almost always wakes up at eight on the dot!"
"Thanks."
I head in the direction she indicated until I find the stairs. I climb them and set about looking for Kid's room.
I start panicking a little once I realize that all the doors look the same.
At the end of the hall, I find one that is slightly ajar. I push it open slowly, and take a peek inside.
It's Kid's room, alright. Perfectly symmetrical, perfectly tidy, and sparkling clean.
The huge bed is in the middle of the room. I walk over to it, as if I'm in a trance. Kid is sleeping peacefully on his side, his head facing away from me.
My heartbeat is extremely rapid, and I'm pretty sure it's not because I just ran across a city and up a huge staircase.
With my heart pounding in my throat, I reach out and shake Kid's shoulder gently.
He stirs a little bit, rolling over.
"Ungh, who is it... I'm a little bit busy... wait by the phone... I'll call you back. Leave a message after the bleeeeeep..." He mumbles.
My cheeks instantly light up. I can't help it, he's so cute.
I try again.
"Kid, wake up. It's me, Soul," I say, shaking his shoulders again, a bit more firmly this time.
Finally, his beautiful golden eyes open, and he yawns cutely.
"Good morning, Soul. Why are you in my bedroom?" Kid rubs his eyes blearily.
"I had something really important I needed to tell you..."
He sits up, and pats the bed beside him.
"In that case, come sit."
I sit down beside him. He can probably hear my heartbeat from here.
"I just need to tell you..." I didn't realize that I'd be so nervous.
I'd imagined the scene in my head playing out multiple times. Every time, I was always so cool and calm and collected.
But now, on the inside, I'm totally freaking out.
"What is it, Soul? Are you alright?"
"I just, I needed to... um- well..." I'm seriously having trouble forming words.
Kid looks at me, confused, and I do the only thing I can think of to do.
I lean over and press my lips against against his, gentle and firm at the same time.
He freezes, startled, but doesn't pull away. In fact, I'm the first one to break the kiss.
"Th-there, Kid. That's what I needed you to know," I say softly.
Kid is still practically frozen in shock. "How- how long? How long have you-"
"A long time- you have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." I say breathlessly.
I get up and exit, leaving Kid to process the information on his own.
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"Welcome back, Soul! Where did you go?" Maka smiles cheerfully at me, putting down her book.
"Kid's house."
"Oh. Okay, then."
With mechanical movements, I enter my room and sit on my own bed.
I try to slow down my racing heart.
"I finally did it, finally. I kissed him," I say out loud to myself. "I kissed Death the Kid. I really did it."
I flop backwards onto my bed, grinning happily.
'I did it! I guess that I would feel kind of bad taking him away from Crona, though... But it's not like it will morph into some crazy-go-nuts drama worthy of its own soap opera. It'll all be cool. He didn't reject me right away, so maybe... just maybe...'
I close my eyes.
'It will be alright.'
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Blair: Hehe, that was chapter 2! Of Lovelocked, of course.
Maka: Yeah, and what do you all think?
Blair: Soul was acting really strange today, wasn't he?
Maka: You think so?
Blair: Definitely... I'm surprised you didn't notice.
Maka: He always acts weird, so how was I supposed to?
Blair: Hehe, well, for one thing, he was blushing bright red and grinning like a madman when he walked in.
Maka: I was reading! I wonder what had him so excited.
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Maka: Next time, on Lovelocked...
Blair: Poor Kid is caught in a bit of a pickle!
Maka: Choices, choices...
Blair: Which one will he pick?
Maka: Who knows? But you can find out by keeping track of Lovelocked!
Blair: Yep! Read it, or we'll take your soul! Nya~!
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Hey there readers, this is teh author speaking (writing?). I just wanted to thank you guys for reading it, and especially to thank the two wonderful people who left those reviews! They were positive and nice and it's stuff like nice reviews that keeps me from rage-quitting. So again, thanks for the support and shtuff! Okeey, Ryuuko out!
