A/N: I'm really sorry for the late update. I'm quite busy with my paper in my university right now, and finding time to make update was nearly impossible. I can't promise you that this won't happen again, but I'll try to update as soon as I could.

First I apologized for grammar mistake, misspelling, and character OOC. I'm trying to prevent all that, so if you could find some mistake and telling me (review if possible because I'm sometime forgot to check my PM) I'll be grateful.

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater, it belong to it's rightful owner.

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Chapter 2 : News 2

"Kid-kun?"

Gold eyes staring at the skull

"Kid-kun!"

"Yes, father?"

"You just stood there for hours, I bet nobody even realized you were there this whole time, even Maka. Don't you want to say a word about this?" Kid looked around. Maka and Spirit had just left, and it seems that nobody around in the room, a good chance to talked alone with his father.

"I just don't understand why you got me in an arrange marriage."

Lord Death just sweatdrop. "Kid, I just explained it a while ago. Its because I made you with a huma-"

"I know about that part. But I can't help but noticed that there are still something you need to explained." Kid said.

Lord Death sighed. "You really are my son, even though I noticed that Maka also noticed it." He continued, "you do deserve to know, because no matter what, this is about you."

"Well, just say it, father. I'm ready."

"Patient, my son." Lord Death sighed. "It's as you know, you are made with a fragment of my soul, and to not make the same mistake with Asura, I made you with a human nature. One of them is love. But this human nature has it's own problem that will become dangerous because of your reaper nature."

Kid held his breath, nervous with what will the man in front of him said. "Then, what is that nature, father?"

The older reaper looked deep in his son's eye. "Jealousy."

Kid blinked both his eyes symmetrically. "If it that feeling, I often seen it in my friends. No offense, it did looked unpleasant, but I'm sure it's not that dangerous."

Lord death shook his head. "You don't understand, my son, because you haven't feel it yourself. That evil feeling where you feel that you need to monopolized something you want, you will tend to do everything to get whatever you want. I want to prevent it because your reaper side are making it very dangerous."

Kid thought for a while. His father's word are making sense if you looked at his plans. But there're still something weird in it. "Then why did you choose Maka, father? What you said about Maka did make sense, but I can't help but think that there's still something you hide."

Hearing the question, Lord Death just smiled knowingly. "Really, Kid? You really need to ask that? Don't you know already the reason? Of course you know that I choose Maka not because of status and other, but for your happiness."

Kid could only blushing hard. "I..I don't understand, father."

Still a smile in his face, Lord Death said. "My advice as a father, if you like someone at least try to hide it. I think nearly everyone know that you like Maka, except maybe she herself."

"I..I still don't understand."

"Your smile looked more radiant every time you talked to her, and you often staring at her from far, and other little things. Really, Kid. Your effort concealing your crush really suck."

Maybe if you heard it from your friend, it's kinda fine. But heard it from your father was really different. Kid blushing hard, face as red as tomato. He really loss for words. With a quick excuse me he went out of the place, Lord Death just smiled contently

Really, what will his partner said when they heard of this?

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"Kid, you just got home? We're already waiting for dinner this whole time."

Kid just stared at the eldest Thompson calling her sister to came to the dining room.

"Don't you have a date with Kilik tonight?"

Liz facing Kid, her hand in the back of her neck. "The date was canceled because he had a sudden mission with the twins. But beside that-" She then twined her hand behind the young reaper's shoulder and pulled him. "-I can't wait to hear what the Lord Death said to make you came home this late at night while eating dinner."

Kid could only sighed while followed his partner's pull. The dinner was calm enough for the Thompson sibling's standard. But when he told about today evening's story, the sisters immediately squealing and start to asked for more detail.

"So it already decided that you will get married to Maka? It's already decided, right? Nobody can't opposed to it, right?"

"Then, Maka-chan will stay at our house? I can talked with her as long as I want?"

"Kyaa! I'm so excited! I can't wait for it! Then after you guys get married we can hold a sleepover every night we want. We can shopping together, and do more things together!"

"Did you heard it, giraffe-san? You have to listen to Maka when she move to our home!"

"Oh, that's right… congratulation Kid! You like her for years, right? Your love finally being requited!"

"Do you think Maka-chan like strawberry jam? I want to give her a proper breakfast every morning. But when you think about it, if she didn't like strawberry jam then does that mean I could take her portion?"

Kid could only sigh taking the assault of the sisters' word in front of him. "It's not that easy, Liz. You do know that Maka love Soul, don't you. There's only him she think about in her heart. My feeling for her is not the problem here. This is the same as forcing her to marry me, and I definitely don't want that to happened."

"Kid…" Liz could only looked at her partner pitifully. Suddenly, she held her partner's shoulder. Starring deep in his golden eyes, she said, "then make her heart full of you. Don't you see, Kid? This is your chance to make her fall in love with you, and I know you can do it, Kid."

Kid turned his face from his partner's glare. "But Maka and Soul are soulmates. Everyone know that. You think I could against fate? Beside, I'm not sure I want to destroy Maka's happiness by making her with me."

Liz held Kid's cheek, forcing him to looked at her eyes. "You don't have the right to choose who is Maka happy with. How do you know that she won't be happy with you? And do you know, Kid? Although you're talking about fate, what I see is that this arrangement was a sign that Maka is destined with you." Liz sighed. "What I want is the happiness of my own family. Screw the other's happiness. And I want you to think like that too, Kid. Screw the other and think about your own happiness. I know and you know that you love her, then chase after her until you could make her love you too, make yourself happy!"

Silence filled the room, only the sound of the clock could be heard in the room.

"Sis, Maka will become one of our family, right? I can't wait! I already making list of what we will do together. Breakfast, talking non-stop, I could do all that, right? We will get a new family member, right?"

Patty's pull on Liz's shirt are making her removing her hand from Kid's shoulder, trying to calm her sister. The mood are returning to normal. Kid could only stood there trying to digest his partner's word.

Even when Kid lying in the middle of his king size's bed he can't stop to think about the incident in dining room earlier that night. His head kept repeating the word of the person whom he considered as his own sister.

"Make yourself happy!"

Kid could only blinked his eyes, because if he turned to other side he will destroy the symmetry of the room. He is a reaper, he knew that and everyone knew that, and he knew that he had the ability to make himself happy. The question is, is he allowed to be happy? Didn't he had a job to make other happy, and he had to prioritized it as a reaper?"

"Screw the other's happiness."

Then what about Maka? He admitted that he liked her for a long time. Maybe the first time he laid eyes on her he was attracted by her symmetry, but after knowing her for a while he then realized that Maka was not only about symmetry. Her determination, her fierce, her courage, everything that made Maka Maka are making him falling deep in love with the scythe meister. Plus, with his soul perception, he could see that Maka was beautiful. Maka was the reason he could fight right now, as he told her in the middle of fighting Asura in the moon. He sure that this was not a simple crush, that this was love, and nothing could making him happy beside getting the heart of that emerald eye woman.

But she love someone else. Everybody knew that Maka and Soul love each other, they were soulmates. He often saw how lively Maka's expression was when she interacted with Soul, but the most important thing was her most beautiful smile when she talked with Soul. Oh how he wonder sometimes if someday that smile was given to him. Maka was in her happiest when she's with Soul, and vice versa.

And wasn't the point of this whole thing, thing that he wanted the most, were the happiness of someone he loved?

"You don't have the right to choose who is Maka happy with. How do you know that she won't be happy with you?"

"What I see is that this arrangement was a sign that Maka is destined with you."

Kid widened his eyes. Right. Right now he was engaged with the woman he loved for years, doesn't it mean that he was destined with her? Doesn't it mean that with this marriage he could get a chance to make Maka happy, with his own hand? It's as Liz said, Maka is the one who decide whom she will be happy with, not him, and obviously not Soul. Beside, he's a reaper, and he know he could make Maka happy, as long as he tried, and this engagement was the perfect chance to make it all happen.

He want to be happy. He want to be selfish and reached for his own happiness. And he could get it, as long as he took the first step.

Closing his eyes, he smiled, mind for the first time relieved since this arrange marriage problem occurred. Finding new resolution, Kid went to sleep with smile on his face.