next chapterr .. wah heeey ! :D
Maka was silent all through class. She ignored the class's chatter, and the drone of Sid's voice as he explained the differences between a witch's soul and a human soul. Soul occasionally glanced at her worriedly, but didn't dare ask if she was okay. He knew the answer. And the question would only patronise her.
When class was over, Maka excused herself to go to the bathroom. Soul, BlackStar, Kid and the others settled into a table near the centre of the cafeteria and started to eat.
"Is Maka okay?" Tsubaki asked eventually, "she seemed distant in class."
"She just had a bad dream last night," Soul replied, appearing calm and unfazed, "she was pretty shaken up."
"Excuse me, I have business to attend to," Kid stood up and walked away.
Maka, perched on the wall at the edge of the roof, stared glumly up at the laughing sun. It seemed to taunt her with its laughter.
"Ha ha ha," it jeered, "I can laugh. And you can't."
Maka scowled.
"You think I'm incapable of laughter?" She growled, "I'll laugh when I feel like laughing."
"Then laugh," the sun seemed to persist. So, Maka opened her mouth and let loose a wild, maniacal laughter.
"What's so funny?" Kid asked from the doorway that lead back into the school. Maka glanced over her shoulder and grinned wider when she saw him.
"Nothing, I was just sharing a joke with the sun," she grinned wider still, like a cheshire cat.
"Careful, if I didn't know better, I'd accuse you of madness," Kid replied calmly, keeping up his poker face. Her smile drooped and faded, and she turned away to glare at the sun some more.
Kid walked over and perched himself on the wall beside her. She turned her head and looked at him for a moment.
"I had a weird dream last night," she said eventually.
"Yes, Soul told us at lunch," he replied.
"Damnit, it's my business, not his," Maka turned back to the sun, forever laughing. Kid nodded awkwardly. He opened his mouth to say something, but decided against it. Maka was too fragile right now to hear about that.
When Maka got home the others had arrived long before her. She'd returned to afternoon class, but after that she'd gone off to explore the city. She shut the door lightly behind her and tiptoed towards the door that hid the stairs. It was late and she didn't want to wake the others. She crept up the stairs and froze when she heard a lightswitch flick on.
Blair stood yawning in her bedroom doorway, frowning slightly at Maka. The light coming from her bedroom cast a long shadow that contrasted with the darkness of the hall.
"You're back late," she muttered.
Maka nodded slightly and continued on her journey to her room. She shut the door behind her, not as bothered about noise level now that she was in her "sanctuary".
Asura was sat on the edge of her bed, smiling pleasantly at her. She pressed her back against the door and froze.
"I'm not a dinosaur," he smirked, "if you freeze I can still see you."
He stood up and walked over to her. His grin returned and set Maka on edge. She stared up at him with wide eyes and swallowed.
"Wondering what I'm going here?" He entwined his finger through her hair and fiddled absently with it. "It's simple really. You're joining me, that's all."
Maka shook her head slowly.
"I'll never join you," she hissed, shaking his hand loose from her head. His grip on her hair tightened until it was painful. He yanked her heand to one side.
"Soon, when you're too mad to control even yourself," he replied.
This time Maka didn't scream. She screwed her eyes shut.
"It's a dream. It's a dream," she murmured hurriedly, the edges of her eyelids wettened slightly and salty liquid ran down her cheeks.
She opened one eye gingerly. Asura was gone.
She undressed and got into her pyjamas. And then she went to bed and cried herself to sleep. Her sleep was light and inconsistent. Every now and then she turned and squeaked, shrieked even, but never screamed.
"You were back late," Soul said over breakfast.
"Where were you, Maka?" Crona asked quietly, bracing himself for a snappy comment.
"I was out," Maka said shortly.
Soul rolled his eyes and went back to focusing on his Cheerios. Crona stared into his half empty bowl, it was more milk than cereal now.
"Patti, it's time to go," Lis frowned down at Patti, who was lying on her belly on the living room floor colouring furiously.
"Just a second," she finished the section she'd been working on and jumped up. She showed Lis the finished picture of two origami style giraffes, one was yellow and one was pink. They were both eating from a tree in between them.
"Wow, Patti, it's really good," Lis said surprised, Patti didn't normally take that much time with her drawings, but the effort in this one was really visible.
They left the house and met Kid outside in the front garden. They set off immediately.
"So, Patti, what's with the drawing?" Lis asked innocently. Patti clutched the piece of paper protectively. She'd even bought good quality paper for it, instead of stealing paper from Kid's printer. Lis blew a strand of hair out of her face and turned her attention back to walking. But something seemed to be on Kid's mind too.
"What's eating you?" She wondered.
He ignored her, his thoughts obviously preoccupied.
The three of them met up with Maka, Soul and Crona just outside the school.
"Hey, Crona," Patti said brightly and bounded up to Crona's side. She'd taken a liking to him since they defeated Asura and now treated him like her bestfriend.
"H-hey, Patti," he said pathetically, squeaking as she gave him a back breaking hug.
"Hey, you guys," Lis said smiling at the Maka and Soul.
"'Sup?" Soul greeted them.
BlackStar and Tsubaki were early for school, and already in class when the others arrived. They took their seats and waited for their teacher to arrive.
"Crona, I made this for you," Patti said holding the drawing out to him. He took it and examined it, blushing.
"It's really nice," he murmured, girls never noticed him, how was he supposed to deal with this? Patti turned pink and marched back to her seat, plopping down triumphantly next to her sister.
"Hello, everyone," Marie entered the room and took her place behind the front desk.
"Miss Marie!" Most of the class cried.
"I decided to take up my teaching job again," Marie said smiling.
Maka scribbled furiously one the edge of her workbook, hardly paying attention to Marie. The scribble had a big white gap in the centre. Maka scrawled in a thick circle in the centre. It looked like a big black eye.
end of chapter, i'm liking how this went .. any constructive criticism, dont hesitate, i'm not one of those people who send a bunch of hate back for "flaming", plus i like to know how i can improve my work .. anyways .. next chapter is all about patti, kay? :3
