Maka's point of View

"Maka?" Soul opened the door, immediately grinning at me. "Is Ox still here?" I asked as I went inside.

"It's time to go Satan, Maka is here." He called. Ox waved at me, getting up from the couch. "Nice place you have-" He said as Soul slammed the door shut. "How was it?" I asked, amused. "Ox is definitely not cool, to say the least. I was just praying for you to come home already and give me an excuse to cut it."

I shook my head. Trying to refrain from staring at him. I had this habit of just randomly gawking at Soul from time to time, no reason at all. Maybe it was the sight of his eyes, so creepy- then again, so hypnotizing. I never knew eyes could have this color, but he? he was just born special. Lucky Soul.

"Well then you cook today, since I've pretty much saved your life." I reasoned. "I've already showered, so whatever. How was it at Kid's?" I entered the bathroom, ready to undress. "Pretty interesting. I'll tell you later." He hummed as I shut the door.

"I don't know how to help him." Soul looked at me, obviously bored. "So, you were in a mansion, with a guy, alone, and all you do is talk about perspective?" I blushed as I caught up to his mind. "Maka... Chop!" the book was slammed on to the top of his head in a flush. "Ouch! Stop doing that!" Soul looked miserable, causing me to think maybe I was too rough. "For death's sake, Soul, its KID. Stay on track" I took a couple of deep breaths, calming down. "For death's sake, as in, your secret lover's?" I struggled to hold my books in place as my Maka chop sense tingled.

"Why is your hair not in pigtails?" Soul threw the question in the air, sitting down on the couch next to me. "Why do you care?" I asked as I grabbed Soul's spatial brush and passed it through his silky silver hair. We knew each other for so long now, brushing was nothing unusual, but the physical interaction still sent shivers down my spine. Usually he would do it himself, but sometimes he didn't, and I had to take care of him. After all, living with Soul was like owning a husky, or a Persian cat; if it wasn't brushed, it would probably shed, white silky hair, all over the apartment...

"I'm just... it's not like you. You're the girl to always pull her hair aside 'cas it bothers her, not caring about beauty standards or anythin'." It took me a moment to snap back to reality. "Are you calling me ugly?" I sent him a serious look, making him quickly pull the books away from me. "Noo no Maka you've got it all wrong, I'm just sayin' I'm surprised you decided to change your hair, yanno 'cas it resembles you and all. You never give a shit what others think." My hart was touched by the small compliment; Soul was not too much of the flattering type, unlike my father. I like that about him- even if he did care about his image too much, he stayed true to himself and never kissed peoples arses just to make them like him. At least not unless a certain meister got angry, but today that wasn't the case, I think.

"They were asymmetrical." I grinned as Soul stared at me, quickly returning a grin that revealed his shark sharp teeth. "Kid has a real problem, ha? Maybe that's why his father assigned us this shitty task." I turned on the TV, releasing some of the stress that I gathered during the day. "Obviously, the task is supposed to form a stronger bond between EAT students. Besides, it's not THAT bad. Is Ox so terrible to partner with?" He stared at me for a good moment before releasing a small sigh and moving so his head sat on my lap. "All he talks about is how unlucky he is to get stuck with a messed up guy like me, pointing my flaws out and denying the fact that he isn't perfect either. I just need to get him off his cloud." I hummed in agreement. "Is that his problem?" He froze, thinking about it before nodding. "Everybody knows Ox is a snob, I just don't see how I can help that." I stretched my hands and closed my eyes. "Maka, I'm, kinda... happy, I mean, when you're, talking, doing stuff, like, with me. So uncool." He whispered uncomfortably. "I like spending time with you too." A smile spread across my face as I got up and into my room, leaving Soul to lie on the couch.


Black*Star never felt so insecure.

"Hey, Tsubaki? Am I annoying? Do you feel distressed around me?" The weapon suddenly stopped, looking at its meister with care. "Of course not! You do make a mess a lot, but its ok, I don't mind It." he stared at his shoes as they continued walking, on their way to Kids mansion.

"Hello Tsubaki, Black*Star, come in." Liz opened the door, allowing the teens inside. "We were just making popcorn. Soul is already here, and he said Maka is trying to get Crona over." Black*Star's face turned gloomier at the name. It was then that Tsubaki caught a glimpse of the reason behind the sudden drop of his mood. Yet, due to the lack of things to say, she settled on grabbing on to his hand, squeezing it to signal her support. In return he sent her a quick smile, pleased by the small sign of affection.

"He-ey! Kiddddd its Maka and Cronaaa!" Patty shouted as she answered the door. The sound of Soul's feet echoed in the big mansion, quickly over taken by Maka's loud reaction to being tossed in the air playfully. She giggled, running through to the kitchen, where kid stared at the burnt popcorn. "Oh my god kid, I told you eight minutes were too much!" Liz shook her head at him. "Speaking of which, your 'psychologist' is here." Kid turned around, his lips forming a pleased smile. Maka looked him over, faking disappointment, but her eyes betrayed her- revealing just how amused she was. She was starting to like those little ticks he had, seeing as they were kind of funny and mostly harmless to anyone else.

"The popcorn, Kid? really?" She proceeded to reach the ball of ashes, estimating the damage. "I ordered pizza, so it isn't that much of a problem." Kid defended himself. Maka made a pleased voice as she opened the freezer, pulling out a huge bucket of pistachio ice cream. Liz stared at her with shock, ready to lecture her about just who's house and ice cream it was, but a small glimpse of Kid's face stopped her. He looked.. pleased.

"I'm bored. Let's do something else." The movie they picked was a horror film, decided by Maka and Black*Star, for the simple fact that they both watched it together when they were younger. Coming up with the nostalgic story of sneaking at night and watching it, the movie turned out to be as lame as a skunk fart. Well, they did watch it as kids, so it might have been scary then. "I'm in. let's do something else, one more of these zombies and I might just have a meltdown." Soul rolled his eyes as Maka laughed. "What is it, their flesh? You know they cant help it rotting asymmetrically" Usually Kid would get pissed, yet all he did is sent her a smile. "I blame you" He said in a teasing tone. "Well, this IS pretty disappointing. Why not?" Tsubaki nodded in agreement. Liz was about to shut down the TV when Crona stopped her. "No! I wanna watch." The boys stared at him, while the girls moved to form a circle. "Why? Don't you wanna join?" Kid asked eventually. "I don't really know how to deal with games." Crona whispered quietly. "Oh, and dealing with zombies is just fine." Black*Star couldn't help a comment. "Don't be rude. Come on Crona, we'll help." Kid stood up, offering his hand, and Maka couldn't help but think how hard it is for him. After all, from all the people, Crona is remarkably asymmetrical. She covered her mouth to hide a smirk at the thought.

"I'm used to Sid, so zombies are okay..." Crona's voice carried quietly, speaking to Black*Star. Kid put his hand down in embarrassment. "Wow, so you CAN deal with something, surprise surprise!" the mean words flew from his mouth without a second thought. "Black*Star, you're bullying them. Stop it." Tsubaki ordered in a soft yet demanding voice. "Why? they never did anything to stop me." Maka's smile was long gone when she saw Crona looking so miserable. She was about to stand up when Crona continued. "Why do you always have to shout? I can't deal with you when you're so mean! Your making me feel bad, even Tsubaki is distressed." Black*Star looked as if he was going to explode. "You-" Tsubaki stood up, leading him away and out to a different room, where from the group could still hear Black*Star's pissed off voice along with smaller sobbing noises, probably Tsubaki's. "Are you calm now?" Kid asked eventually. Crona stared up at him. "If they wanna watch the stupid movie I say let them." Soul spoke up, ignoring the all five people focusing their attention on him. "they've done enough." Maka bit her lip. "Immatures" Liz said all of a sudden. "Come on Crona, I'll take you home." they nodded in hesitation and stepped outside.

"I think the pizza is here." Patty said in somewhat of a panic. Now that her sister was gone, the tension had been too much for her. "Soul, that was really mean." Maka said quietly as Patty ran out of the room. "And what they said to Black*Star was all nice and friendly, I suppose." He looked annoyed by the critic in her voice. "It is their mission to overcome and fix each other. You should not have taken a side." Kid walked around in the room, clearly uncomfortable with the two of them fighting. "Look who's talking, I saw you there about to chop Black*Star's head off. Isn't he your friend since birth? Because you didn't seem to care 'bout him." Maka bit her lip again, causing a drop of blood to form. "Stop talking, okay? I don't wanna speak with you right now." as her mood took a turn for the worse, she couldn't figure what else to say. "Is that so? Then you wouldn't mind sleeping outside will you? Better, why not stay here? You seem pretty comfortable with lover boy!" Kid turned his head to Soul in a flash. "Come again?" he asked calmly. "No problem, jerk!" She yelled as Soul kicked his way out of the mansion. "Whoa, Soul-""Shut up Liz!" he yelled at her as she stepped inside, losing her balance for a second. "What's his problem?" She gasped as they heard his motorcycle drive away. "Is it okay if I sleep over?" Maka asked Liz with a broken voice. "Of course" Kid cut her answer and what could she say? It was his house.

Black*Star and Tsubaki left soon after. "I'm still bored." Patty stated, taking another bite of the mushroom covered pizza. "Are you serious?" Kid asked, turning his face away from her as the bites were not symmetrical. "Cwome ownnn, leit's play! Don't be so bowing." seeing as she knew her sister, Liz sat on the symmetrical carpet. "Just... Let her have the stupid game." Maka nodded and sat next to Patty. "Well..." Kid hesitated. "I'm going to regret this."