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Again, I'm sorry for any tense changes that might be present! I really need to work on that...
Okay! Here's chapter 3!
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Kid's PoV:
Dejected, I walk to my home. I push the doors open and trudge to my room. My bed greets me and I collapse, face-down, onto it. Sighing heavily, I roll onto my back and stare at the ceiling. I hear a knock at my door.
"Kid?"
"What is it, Liz?" I ask, hoping my voice won't show any of the hurt I'm hiding.
"Are you okay?" I don't answer. "Can I come in?"
"Yes." the door opens slightly and she steps in.
"So what's up? You seem depressed," she says as I sit up. I still don't answer. She sits next to me and places a hand on my shoulder. "It's Chrona." she states.
How does she know?
"Something about her just drives me insane." I start talking.
"Good or bad insane?"
"... Good..." I admit.
"What kind of good insane?"
"I-I don't know."
"Do you like her?"
"As a friend, yes."
"Maybe you like her as more than a friend? I'm just saying. Well, I'll leave you alone now. I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"Okay..."
"Hey, Kid?"
"Yeah?"
"Try to get some sleep tonight, okay?"
"Yeah, okay." I really haven't been sleeping, have I?
Liz's words sound in my mind.
"Maybe you like her as more than a friend?"
I'd never really thought of anyone like that. Especially not Chrona. She was just so innocent. I couldn't think of her like that. And yet, I found myself wanting to.
Chrona's PoV:
When I woke up, I saw that I was still crouched down in my corner.
Standing, I groaned at the feeling of my stiff muscles. The clock one the dresser read 2 a.m., so I laid in my bed and tried to go back to sleep. After half an hour, I gave up and let my thoughts run free.
Faces cross my mind. Maka smiling, Soul grinning and showing his sharp teeth, Tsubaki laughing, Black*Star declaring his 'godliness' to our small group of friends, and Liz and Patty trying to find me new clothes.
Finally, my thoughts rested on the last face. Death the Kid. His eyes, the only eyes I've ever seen that have two colors, are soft and are lit with amusement. I remember when he looked at me like that. It was my first day at the academy and he was showing me around while Maka was busy. I had been apologizing for hiding. He smiled and told me that it was okay and I didn't have to be shy.
"Kid." I sighed as I fell asleep.
Small Time Skip!
When I woke again it was morning. That was the first peaceful, for the most part, nights sleep I'd had in months. My dreams had been filled with the faces of my friends but it mostly centered around Kid. The memories of him came rushing back to me and I sat up quickly, gasping. His face brought happiness and something else I can't quite name. I get out of bed and get ready for school.
Kid's PoV:
Maybe I do like her as more that a friend...
I admit to myself that I think she's cute and I started to see her differently.
That day, at school, I noticed the way the light would fall on her face, the way her hips would sway when she walked, and the way she would giggle softly if she caught me staring.
When she looked at me, my heart would skip a beat and then pick up and race. When the day was over, I found myself standing next to her. It was windy and I surprised myself by gasping when the wing caught her hair and pulled it off her face. Of course, she noticed and a light blush set on her face.
I take her by the hand and hold on as tightly as I can. She doesn't tense or pull away but surprises me when she steps closer and grips my hand back. Does she not mean what she said yesterday?
"C'mon." she whispers in my ear.
"Where are we going?" I ask as I watch Maka, Soul, Black*Star, and Tsubaki walk away.
"Back to my room. I need to talk to you."
I shiver as her breath tickles my neck.
"Alright."
Still holding my hand, she leads me back to her room, motions for me to close the door, and leads me to her bed, pulling more to sit with her. I notice how tightly she's holding onto my hand.
"Is everything okay?" I ask, the memory of yesterday creeping into my mind.
"I don't think I can fight it much anymore, Kid."
"What do you mean?"
Chrona's PoV:
I wasn't sure why I was doing this. I didn't know what I hoped to gain from telling him but I had to tell someone.
He just happened to be the first person to come to mind.
"I mean, I think I need some help."
"Would you like me to tell Lord Death?" he asked immediately and to my surprise. I suppose I was expecting a pause of some kind.
"Whatever you think the best method would be." he thought over what I had said.
"Well, I'm not leaving you alone."
"What?"
"Get your things. All of them."
"Okay."
He helps me with the few things that I have accumulated over the past few months. A music player that Maka had given me, a few paperback books, and some clothes that Liz and Patty got me, and I follow him to the Death Room.
"Hey, hey, hey! Wassup kiddies?" the whimsical of Lord Death greets us as we enter the Death Room.
"Hello, Father." Kid replies.
"What brings the two of you here?" he asks as I bow slightly.
"Chrona, would you like to explain?"
I nod and start my story. I stutter through the first few minutes and Kid takes my hand in his in, what I supposed, an act to comfort me. His touch didn't mess up my train of thought but it sent tingles up and down my spine. I glance between him and the floor, still telling the story.
"Well, well." Lord Death said when I had finished. Kid had stepped closer and new had his arm wrapped around my waist.
"Do you know how to keep it at bay?"
"I think you're doing a pretty good job with that, Kid."
"What do you mean?"
"Chrona," my head snaps up at my name, "How did your last two episodes end?"
"Kid's hand on my arm."
"Do you understand now, Kid?"
"No, not really."
"Even though the two of you, a shinigami and a makenshi, are natural-born enemies, Kid's shinigami blood and naturally relaxed soul help to calm the black blood madness and your somewhat unstable soul, Chrona." my eyes widen.
"So I have a... calming... effect on her?"
"Exactly. I've noticed that with your touch," he motions to Kid's arm, still around my waist, "her soul wavelength is much calmer. As is Ragnarok's, though he won't admit it."
"I have felt much better when Kid I'd with me. I'm much calmer."
"Yes, even your presence calms her dramatically," it was then that he noticed that I had my belongings, "So, Kid, I'm assuming that you want her to come live us?"
"Yes." I blushed slightly as his ability to matter-of-fact.
"Chrona, would you like to live at Gallows Manor?"
"Yes." I whisper weakly.
Kid's PoV:
For some reason, her immediate answer surprises me and my grip on her tightens slightly. As we leave the Death Room, I take my hand away from her waist. I smile a little to myself when I feel her fingers find mine. Holding on tightly, Chrona walks alongside me as we make our way to Gallows Manor.
"This will only be your second time here, won't it?" I ask, remembering the party she came to a while ago.
"Yes." she whispers.
"Well, I 'd get used to it." I said with a smile.
"I'll try." it seemed as though her voice had gained a bit of confidence.
The rest of the ten minute walk was spent in silence. I noticed that she never loosened her grip on my hand and I smiled for the hundredth time that day. As we stepped up to the door, Liz and Patty came out of the house. They saw Chrona and me and started to giggle back and forth, grinning like idiots.
"And what might be so funny?" I inquired.
"Nothing!" they chorused as they danced past us.
"Don't spend every cent on useless things!" I yelled as they ran away, knowing that they weren't listening.
"Kid-kun?"
"Yes, Chrona?" I asked, turning to face her.
"Why do you want me here?"
"Well, I want you to be safe." I answered, honestly.
"Then why not just have me live with Maka? She'd keep me safe."
"You'll be better protected by a shinigami." I answered, walking her inside.
"You want to protect me?" she hid her eyes behind her lavender-pink hair.
"Yes. Now, why don't I give you a tour of the house and show you the room that you'll be staying in?"
After I showed her around the house, I made sure she knew where everything was.
"I hope I don't get lost in here!" she said with a small laugh.
"It's pretty easy to find your way to the front if you do." I told her.
"Maybe I should..." she kept talking but her voice had faded to where I could no longer hear her.
"What was that?"
"O-Oh! Nothing! D-Don't worry about it."
"If you say so."
Her face contorted in pain as her black blood burst from her back, forming a shape.
"Dammit, Chrona!" Ragnarok shouted as he landed his little fist on her cheeks, "I'm hungry! Ge- Hey! Where are we?!"
"We're at Kid's house."
"Why?" I watched in disgust and the black-blooded creature hit Chrona.
"We're going to live here now." he finally stopped hitting her.
"Is it because of the madness episodes?" unless I was hallucinating, Ragnarok's voice became softer as he said that. He actually sounded concerned for his meister. That was odd.
"Yes."
"Whatever." he said as the blood liquefied and he returned to his hiding spot.
Hmm... I wonder what all that was about... Does Ragnarok... Know something about the madness? I guess that's something I'll have to find out...
A/N: Whew! Chapter 3! I had no idea that people would actually read and like this story! So this chapter was mostly little details... Kinda important to the story but not by much. Oh, and if anyone has a pet-peeve of a character not finishing a sentence, Chrona says: "Maybe I should stay close to you, then." I just didn't want Kid to hear that... XD
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