Chapter 3: Red String of Fate
Crona will be referred to as the gender pronoun of the character who's point of view it is at the time believes Crona to be. Other wise Crona will be referred to as she because visually Crona appears to be mostly female. In real life people who are born as hermaphrodites often refer to them selves using the pronoun which is they're more dominant gender or visually dominate gender.
Disclaimer: nothing is mine
So here we are again with a little more fluff...BUT! this fluff has a point! yes! randomly adorable romantic ^ ^
Crona and Maka were sitting together on one of Shibesen's balconies. They were spending some time together and talking about nothing in particular. There was a long silence after Crona had told Maka a story from her childhood. Feeling awkward Maka decided to break the silence.
"So I've been reading a new book" Maka said smiling. Crona listened, excited to hear were Maka was going with this.
"Really? What's it about?"
"Its a romance and its really well written. Its based on the Japanese myth of the red string of fate" Crona looked confused at Maka's statement.
"Whats the myth of the red string of fate?"
Maka Smiled and kicked her feet as she retold it.
"Its about how ever person in the world has an invisible string tied to they're ring finger, called the red string of fate. This string is tied to your ring finger and the other end is tied to the ring finger of your soul mate." Maka blushed a little bit at the romance of the story. Crona blinked a few times looking just as lost as before.
"Is your soul mate something like your weapon partner?" Crona asked shyly and Maka's mouth fell open in disbelief.
"You don't know what a soul mate is?" She asked, making Crona feel a little awkward.
"Um...should i?"
"Yeah kinda"
"Oh sorry..."
"No don't be sorry its not your fault...a soul mate is the one and only person in all the world that your suppose to spend the rest of your life with. Like marry them you know?" Maka almost giggled at how girly she sounded talking about such things. Crona blushed at the thought.
"Does every one have a soul mate?" Crona asked intrigued. Maka nodded happily.
"Yup! the trick is you've got to find them."Maka held up her ring figure and smiled.
"Too bad the strings invisible or we could just fallow it to the one meant just for us"
Crona looked a little depressed all of a sudden and Maka grew concerned. Crona looked down at her own hand.
"The whole world...but its such a big place..." A gentle breeze blew by the two as Crona stared down at her hand and Maka stared at her. There was a brief moment when the the light of the sun, the breeze and the expression on Crona's face were all just so perfect that for just a second Maka wanted to kiss the shy meister. The blond blinked and shook her head a little bit, as if to bring herself out of a daze. 'What was that just now?'. Crona looked over confused.
"Is something wrong Maka?" She said in a soft timid voice. Maka blushed and didn't know why.
"No its nothing...any way who said your soul mate is half way across the globe? Your soul mate could be anywhere even in this school!" Maka changed the subject back and Crona brightened up almost right away.
"You mean my soul mate might end up being right next to me?" Crona had meant that figuratively but instantly realized how it sounded and blushed. Waving her arms in front of her in panic.
"I-i-i-i-i...d-d-d-d-d-d-d-didn't mmmmeeean-"
"Its OK Crona I know what you meant" Maka giggled. Both were blushing now although Maka's was much less visible then Crona's. 'Damn now things are really awkward'. Maka perked up remembering something. She picked up a little backpack she had with her and set it on her lap.
"I almost forgot." She said getting Crona's attention as she went through the bag. Crona tried to peek in closer to see what Maka was looking for. Then she suddenly looked up and at Crona.
"Found...it" Both meisters faces were extremely close and Crona backed up as quickly as possible, falling off the edge of the balcony, backwards and hitting the back of her head against the cobble stone. Maka threw the bag down to the very same cobble stone and jumped off the ledge, rushing to Crona's aid.
"Oh my gosh Crona I'm so sorry! Are you all right?" Maka helped Crona up and the timid meister held the back of her head dizzy and disoriented. Maka grabbed the bag and slowly helped Crona up.
"Here lean on me and we'll go to the nurse's office." Maka said worried. Crona was far to discombobulated to disapprove.
When the two arrived nurse Naigas toke a look at Crona. After making sure it was only a bump on the head Naigas bandaged a cold pack to Crona's head so that she wouldn't have to hold it there.
"There you go. Now I've got a mission with Sid so I'll be leave you two alone now." She left heading toward the place she was to meet Sid. Crona looked up at Maka and Maka played with the bottom of her skirt a bit.
"It's not your fault Maka." Crona said timidly. Maka looked up from her feet and then to her bag.
"Oh yeah..." She picked it up and fished out a small paper bag with a note on it and handed it to Crona.
"This is for you. Its' from my Papa."
Crona toke the bag from her and read the note out loud.
"Because your such a good and dear friend of Maka's I've decided you need this a little more then I do. Now I made her myself so take good care of her." They both looked up at each other in confusion.
"Her...?" Crona looked back down at the bag and opened it to find a small plushy Maka inside. Crona held it up close to get a better look at it.
"Oh my god! He made a plushy of me?" Maka was so embarrassed but when she noticed Crona slowly starting to blush she felt a little better. She always thought Crona was cute.
"I love it!" Crona finally said and Maka was taken aback.
"You love it? But don't you think it's weird that My papa made a doll of me?" Maka said trying to figure out Crona's train of thought. Crona looked a little lost.
"Am I suppose to? I thought that when some one loves you they want to be around you or things that remind them of you all the time. Is that wrong?" Crona asked so innocently Maka blushed and was at a loss for words for a bit. When she found her voice again she gave Crona her answer.
"No its not wrong...your right"
It grew quiet and uncomfortable in the nurse's office until Crona untied the bandages on her hand and toke the cold pack off.
"Are you sure your OK to take that off now?" Maka asked as Crona felt the back of her head.
"Yeah it's just a small bump now." Crona mumbled as Maka stood up and held out her hand
"Come on lets go." Maka smiled and Crona toke her hand. Maka helped the shy meister up and they both left the nurses office.
"Your hairs really pretty today Maka..." Crona said timidly. Maka turned and smiled.
"Thanks"
OMG! CUUUTTEE! that's sad, fan girling over my own fan fic...i need a life! Well what did u think! there all a little short tho eh? well I'll try and write some long ones soon! R&R!...
