With each one I write the shorter they get omfg

I KINDA tried a more angsty thing when I first started but then I gave up and went along with it.

R&R!

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Kid leaned back in his chair, gently massaging his hands.

"Finally, finished homework," he muttered quietly. Professor Stein was a pretty good teacher (besides the odd dissections), except he practically murdered his students with homework and reports. The only person he could think of that could handle the assignments without too much trouble was Maka. She was a straight A student, got perfect scores, smart, funny, beautiful-

"Waaiiiiit a minute," he said, clapping himself on the face, ridding of the tint of pink that was on his cheeks. He had always harbored a crush for fellow meister, and he would totally ask her out... But the thing standing between him and Maka was none other than Soul.

Soul was already Maka's boyfriend, him being the one who asked her out. Sparks flew, love sprouted, so on so forth. It inwardly upset Kid, but he kept a smile and congratulated Maka and Soul for their newfound love for eachother. He told himself that Maka's hapiness would be his happiness, and that's all that matters.

He took a quick glance at the clock.

8:38 PM

Well... At least he finished around 8.

"Why isn't there an 8:88 PM or 8:88 AM and-"

As he began muttering to himself, silently contemplating why there wasn't such a thing as 8:88 when suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Kid snapped out of his thoughts and started downstairs of the Gallows mansion, wondering who could it be.

"It can't be father, he would've just taken the mirrors, also, he said he would be working late tonight, discussing things with Stein about the NOT class and EAT class. Liz and Patty are at Tsubaki's and Black*Star's place for a sleepover... Then who could it be?" He asked himself, reaching for the doorknob and opening it, tensing up slightly at the possibility that it may be an intruder of the sort.

But it wasn't an intruder, pre-kishin soul, or anything bad.

It was Maka. A crying Maka.

She tried to say something but hiccups were pushing her voice back, and without a second thought Kid wrapped his hands around her, letting her tears run freely from her eyes and onto his shoulder.

"Whoever did this to her will fucking die," Kid thought angrily while making small "shh" noises in attempt to calm her down.

Kid guided her into the mansion and seated her on a couch once her sobs had died down into soft hiccups. Offering a cup of hot cocoa, he gently asked, "Maka, what happened?" With a concerned look on his face. The two had the mutual feeling to go to eachother when they were upset or wanted to rant about something. One would be upset, the other would comfort them/hear them out. It happened pretty often. Usually it was Maka grieving over a missed question on a test or Kid becoming upset with symmetry/OCD issues. But this was the first time Maka had come to Kid with such a heart-breaking appearance before.

Maka slowed her uneven breathing sniffled a bit, then with a shaky voice, she told Kid what had happened not even an hour ago.

**FLASHBACK**

"Where's Soul?" Maka wondered aloud. He sometimes came home pretty late, (which strangely became more and more frequent, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried from time to time. She elected to dial his phone and punched in the numbers.

"He-Hello?"

It was Soul's voice. By the sound of it, it seemed like he was... drunk?

"Soul did you go to a bar or something? Why didn't you tell me-"

She was cut off by another female voice in the background. Maka focused her listening and made out what the other female voice said. She tensed up and a wave of realization crashed down on her as she heard what was on the other end.

"Soul-kun, who are you talking to? Your slut of a meister?"

"It's no one important babe."

No one important..? Maka suddenly felt tears pricking at the corner of her eyes.

"Hurry back sweetie-poo, I'll be waiting with another shot~"

"I'll be right there, Maka gotta go."

The line disconnected, and Maka could only stare at the screen of her phone in disblief, anger, and sadness all combined into one. But if one thing was certain, she was leaving the apartment.

She ran outside, not even bothering to get any of her belongings (she would get them later anyways), and finally decided to head toward Kid's mansion to stay for the night.

**END OF FLASHBACK**

"I swear I'm gonna murder Soul the next time I see that bastard..." Kid muttered angrily. Maka became more and more distressed by the minute, so Kid tried his best to comfort the fellow meister by straying away from the topic at hand.

"Ah, Maka, is the hot cocoa to your liking?" He asked hesitantly.

"What are you talking about? It's amazing, better than anything I could pull off," she replied incredulously, then finishing her beverage until not a drop remained.

Kid beamed. Holy shit she was already starting to look better.

The two continued talking, exchanging remarks, events that happened (other than the incident just a few hours ago) and soon, so forth. Before Maka knew it, she was laughing again, a bright smile illuminating her face, enchanting Kid with her grin.

Eventually, time wore on into 11:00 PM without the two realizing it.

"Ah! It's 11! I really need to get home," Maka finally said, noticing the time on the clock.

"You're fre to stay for the night if you want," Kid said. He actually couldn't help but feel a little hopeful that she would stay.

"I'd love to, but I can't...," Maka started with a sheepish smile. Inside, Kid did feel slightly disappointed but brushed it away.

"Because I need to grab all my stuff and then break up with Soul the second he gets back. And believe me I'll give him quite the earful," Maka then finished with what could be considered as a sadistic look on her face.

Kid nearly burst out laughing. Holy death he could already imagine what was going to happen when that happened.

"Man I wish I could see that happen," Kid chuckled.

"I should see if I have some sort of recording device besides my phone to record the moment with," Maka said, holding a hand to her chin.

After a few more fits of laughter, Kid escorted Maka back to the door.

As Kid opened the door for her, Maka said "But I'll take up on your offer sometime," with a smile, making Kid's heart flutter with upmost excitement.

"So, since you're breaking up with Soul, are you planning on finding anyone else?" He asked, not being able to restrain the thought.

Maka simply answered by standing on the tips of her toes and giving Kid a quick kiss on right cheek, stunning him, then proceeded to say "I don't have any plans, because I think I already found a new special someone," with a childish grin. With that, she yelled a good bye and jogged in the direction of her apartment.

Kid, who was still standing there, both shocked and overflowing with happiness at the same time, managed to raise a hand to where Maka had pecked him on the cheek.

Normally, he would've been stuck on the fact that she didn't also kiss him on the left to preserve symmetry, but honestly he didn't give a damn about it right now.

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Man I have a master's degree in making characters OOC /slow claps/

Once again R&R!