maka realized she needed to rest, her thoat was sore, her skin was chafing, her feet had blisters, and she couldn't go another minute without a drink. giving in to her basic needs he stopped and rested sitting down on the sandy terrain. drinking the remainder of the water and snaking on the last of the bread. 'it's been two days since i left I wonder if anyone noticed i'm gone?' she thought. her memories shifted to yesterday, being calledout of class to find out soul was missing, sitting outside in winter for hours, blair finding her and huging her until she felt things might actually work out, eating dinner at a nice resturant, and sleeping in blair's bed too hurt to go to her own room. and she remembered leaving...
when the clock struck midnight she slunk out of bed and began to gather things, a blanket, coat,change of clothes, food, water, and the little bit of money she had, the last thing she got though was in the bottom drawer of her shelves hidden under everything else. it was a tiny musical locket soul had given her,when it was opened it played the same song that he had been playing when they met. mak's eyes glaazed over lightly as she listened to the melodic sounds imges of soul passed through her mind. she closed the locket and placed it around her neck hiding it from sight, with him in her mind and heart she was convinced she knew she was doing the right thing.
maka shifted allt he things into a travel bag and grapped a map before sweeping into the kitchen to get the last meal she's have in that home for a while. standing as she finished she took one last look into soul's room. empty as it was it still held some comfort to her. she imagined each of his items lining the shelves as he laid on his bed staring lazily at comic book barely even reading it, he put it down as he saw he and gave his tradmark shark teeth grin.
maka sat on his bed for a second her hand lingering on the soul shaped indent in the matress, a constant reminder he was no longer sleeping there. laying down in his spot she found she fit perfectly, almost as if soul himself were wrapping his arms around and keeping her close to him. for the third time that day she felt the prickle of tear threatening to fall. she could take no more of this torture she had to see him even if it were his body. lifting her bag fromt he floor by the door she slung it over her shoulders and opened the door as she left the aparment looking back one last time she couldve sworn she had seen two tear filled yellow cat eyes following her every step.
maka stood back up the desert wind making her feel tired again. sluggishly she lifted her feet and kept moving in the direction she had been before. reching in her bag she pulled out her map, 'won't do me much good considering it's nothing but sand as far as the eye can see' still she checked her route to make sure she was east and sure enough the evening star was to her left putting it away she summoned her courage and all her feelings to take another step, one after another she moved foreward, his face just out of her reach.
maka tried to reach out to him as she fell to the ground her body to worn to stay up, she began to crawl slowly trying with everything in her to reach him. the sand scraped her legs and arms and blood began to leak from the scratches. finally maka gave in laying down on the sand despite the cold wind the ground below her body was warm. to tired to even care to look for shelter she curled into a ball with the last of her strength and though of him. the only person who could save her.
his kind word and reassuring smile were like the star above her, they guided her, but now he was gone and she was lost to everything. vaugely maka wondered if thepeople at shibusen were looking for her. her father would surely be crying right now and running all over the place after her. she found a bit of humor in the thought. 'it took me leaving for him to really try to be my dad' her slight grin faded as she thought of her friends
tsubaki would probly be worried sick for her and trying to console black*star who would probly be blaming himself for her dissapearance, kid would be too busy making things symetrical, so if he searched for her it wouldn't be long before he got distracted. liz probly would be worried but try to hold everyone together, and patti wuld most likely think she was playing hide and go seek with everyone, and blair would be...
once again maka thought backto the eyes that watched her leave two nights ago. 'yellow cat eyes...' she pondered only a second more. 'there were tear in them. it must have been blair' she was curious why blair didn't stop her but she pushed the thought away. right now nothing mattered to her, she was far too tired to think anymore, 'only him' she comanded herself to think of soul. with him in her heart and mind her eyes closed and she fell into a black dreamless sleep