A/N:Well here it is guys! Sorry for the wait everyone, it was kind of a long few days. But I sat down anxious to write this, and had so many ideas wrestling it out in my brain that I had to change my story from what I had planned in a few places to calm my mind, xD. This is also like a steroid infused chapter to make up for the time in which I made you wait.
Hope everyone likes it!
DISCLAIMER!: I do not own Soul Eater or any of their characters, I simply manipulate them to my will and at times completely take them out of character *cries*.
Chapter 4: Prom
Finally, it was the big day. And no one had any idea what a crazy day it would be.
The girls were all at Liz and Patty's house and the boys had been shooed away to Maka and Soul's house so that the boys would not complain about the time it took for them to get ready. As Maka was putting on her make up in the bathroom with everyone else, she felt this knot in the bottom of her stomach. What happened if she couldn't return his feelings? What if it was all just a cruel prank? Tsubaki must have seen her stress because she walked over and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "No matter what,Maka, all of us will be right by your side to protect you." The others looked up at her with a smile, once again they chased away her doubts.
"You're all right! I have you guys to back me up, I just couldn't stand him up." Maka gave a little smile.
The girls spent a good couple of hours getting ready, all if them making sure that they looked perfect for their own reasons. Liz, so she could steal the eyes of everyone there. Tsubaki, so she could maybe get Black Star's attention (no one really being sure why). Patty, just because she liked to look cute. And then Maka, who wanted to make sure that she didn't disappoint. Once they were all positive that they looked their best, they grabbed everything they would need that night, including Maka's corsage, and headed off to the dance.
The dance began at six o'clock, giving Maka two hours to unwind and relax before her meeting on the balcony. They met up with the guys outside and then made their way inside. Once inside, they saw that mostly everyone had already made it there and were already dancing. Unable to resist, Liz grabbed both Tsubaki's and Maka's hand dragging them onto the dance floor, Patty laughing while running after them.
The guys, well at least Kid and Soul, sat and watched the girls, along with Black Star, dance. Black Star couldn't be beaten, of course, and had to join them to show them what real dancing was. He probably just wanted to rub up on some girls and potentially get away with it (though it wouldn't happen often, he is Black Star after all).
Soul had worn a suit that was exactly like the one he wears inside his soul: deep black suit with white pin stripes, a red shirt under it, and a jet black tie. Kid had worn a simple black suit with a white undershirt, keeping it simple. Black Star decided, with lots of help from Tsubaki, on a black suit, nice and simple, but instead of white underneath, he wore a shirt that was the same shade of blue as his hair.
Like Liz had hoped, she got a lot of the guys in the room to look her way, most of them getting angry with their dates and would either hit them or storm off, sometimes even both. A couple of the girls tried to start fights with her, she would just reply, "It's not my fault I was given the goods that you weren't."
Maka was having a blast, but when she went to gr a drink and saw that it was already seven thirty she began to get nervous. She soon ran into the bathroom to gather herself.
As she stood in front of the mirror she began to once again feel insecure about her looks. Even dressed up, she just felt so plain. She wasn't like Liz, with her amazing curves, or Patty with her large chest. She stayed there trying to once again work up the courage to go through with this. Finally, she got enough courage to walk through the bathroom doors, lost in thought. While wondering she noticed she was getting rather close to the balcony, there was no turning back now. She needed to take care of this face to face.
Once she was staring down the door, hand on the handle, she froze. 'Maka, you can do this,' she reassured herself as she pushed down the handle and opened the door. What was behind the door took her breath away. There were roses everywhere! The blood red roses and brilliant white ones sat along the entire length of the rail that surrounded balcony and sat on a few tables that were covered in blood red tablecloths and the roses were encircled with small candles. As she took more of the scene in she saw a path of pink rose petals and tall candle holders leading through the tables. At the end of this path she found something she never would have expected. It was her weapon, Soul. "Soul?" she called out as she walked forward. He was looking straight at her with that devilish grin of his, but somehow it was much sweeter. Maka didn't understand what was happening, but she did know that in this light and in that suit, Soul looked damn good.
"Hello Maka, I'm glad you decided to accept my invitation," he said taking slow steps towards her, closing the distance between them.
"Wait, you were the one who did all of this?" She couldn't believe it. "Was it really you?"
"Yes Maka, it was all me, this whole time."
She didn't know how to respond. There was no way she would have expected it to be him, her weapon, her partner. How long has he felt like this? How did she feel about him? Everything was so confusing. She wanted answers, "S-soul?" she started shyly, "Why would you do all of this?"
He gave a light chuckle, "After all I've done you still don't understand, you can be pretty stupid for being so smart, can't you?" Maka tried to speak up in her defense, but Soul held up a hand to quiet her, "But you know, that's one of the things I like about you, Maka." Her eyes grew wide. "You are so smart, yet at times like these all of your knowledge just flies out the window. I'll keep this simple Maka, I like you."
"W-what?" she forced out. "But we are partners, and I have so many flaws and I am not beautiful like the other girls," she looked away.
"What are you going on about?" he placed his hand in her hair and Maka could feel her heart skip a beat and then begin to race, "Who cares if we are partners? We depend on each other so much, and that's why we've become this close. I think I also just told you that your flaws are what make you you and that's why I like you. And anyone who tells you that you are not beautiful is crazy or stupid." He tilted her head back, forcing her to look up at him.
She tried to avert her eyes, as her mind became confused for the first time in a long time. Why was her heart racing so much? Why did his hand feel so good as it played with her hair? Why did she want the space between them to disappear? Did she feel the same about him? "I-I don't know what I am feeling right now, everything is so confusing. My heart keeps bounding in my chest and my brain stopped working." She felt like some romance novel character.
"Well let's find out together what you're feeling," he said as he closed the space between them and gently placed his warm lips on hers. At first she was shocked and winced at the feeling, but soon it became a wonderful feeling that she didn't want to stop. She began to kiss back rather timidly, not knowing what she was doing. Soul pulled back then, Maka's face following his as she tried to continue the kiss. "Did you enjoy that?" he said with a sly smile. The blond covered her lips with her fingers as she felt her face grow warm with blood. She nodded. He leaned again, gently moving her hand away and gave her a small peck. "Maka? What would you say to being my girlfriend?" he tilted her head up so he could look into her eyes. Maka's eyes grew wide. She didn't know what to say, what the right answer was, how to say it, so she simply nodded, the nest answer she could give him. His arms slithered around her at her reply and he hugged her tight.
"Yay!" came a call from behind them causing Maka to jump, Soul just sighed. Once Maka turned around she saw Patty with Liz and Tsubaki holding onto her trying to keep her still. Behind them stood Kid and Black Star, had they all been watching?
"Thanks for ruining the moment guys," Soul scratched his head.
"Just be glad we helped you out,"Liz said.
"Wait," Maka said looking at all of them, "you all knew?"
"Well of course we knew, he knew that he'd need our help if he wanted to make sure he had the time to get away from you and prepare all of this." Liz replied.
Maka was all red at this point, and it didn't help any when Soul slid his hand into hers and began to walk away from the balcony. "Come on, we have a dance to get back to." The rest followed behind, all of them very excited. But for a moment Maka thought that Kid was checking out Liz, but she put it back in her mind. He was probably freaking out in his mind about the asymmetry of that dress.
Soul leaned down and whispered into his new girlfriend's ear, "Now you get to see them surprised." Maka turned to him and was about to ask what he was talking about when she saw him press his his finger to his lips signaling her to be quiet. They soon returned to the large room and the dance was still in full swing. Liz and Patty were excited to get back to dancing, Maka not so much. She instead decided to follow Soul back to the table and took up the chair next to his. "You don't want to dance?" she replied by shaking her head, "Well you'll have front row seats for the action anyway."
The new couple sat and talked for a while, slowly moving their bodies closer to each other unconsciously. Their hands had woven themselves together and it just felt right. They watched their friends dancing around, especially Black Star who was dancing all crazy. They both enjoyed making fun of his dancing "skills". Soon she noticed Black Star closing in on Tsubaki, mostly dancing around her. She soon saw Black Star lean in and take Tsubaki's lips, startling her, but she didn't pull away. Maka knew that Tsubaki liked Black Star, but the other way around was true too? "Did Black Star just kiss her?" Maka asked Soul.
He laughed, "You have eyes, you saw that. Pay attention to Liz now, it's her turn now." Maka looked over and saw that Liz was dancing all over Kid. Not to mention Kid was very much enjoying the view of Liz's body moving, with her breasts showing just enough to get him intrigued about what was inside. As her body moved with the music she smoothly slid her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss that made Maka even blush. Once she released him you could even see the red all over his face. "There we go," Soul laughed again. "We all decided that now was our chance to let our feelings be known," he squeezed her hand a bit tighter, "We all know Tsubaki wouldn't have said anything, and Liz likes to be spontaneous so this worked to our advantage. You were a bit trickier though."
Maka looked up at him eyes showing a bit of anger behind them, "What is that supposed to mean?"
He put his hand on the top of her head, "Well if I would have run up and kissed you like they did you would have Maka Chopped me so hard I'd have permanent brain damage." That statement made Maka feel very embarrassed, she really did hit him too much. But would she have hit him for that? "Plus, cool guys always romance the girl first."
Boy was she glad he had she leaned over and kissed his cheek, "I am glad it was you on the other end of that letter and not some creep," she laughed.
They sat watching the other two couples dance slightly more awkwardly as their faces were stuck in an endless kiss. "Oh, and I also told them if we all succeeded that there would be a party at our house." Now he did get a Maka Chop, but it was a gentler one.
The party soon died down and they all began to head back to Maka and Soul's house for the after party!
To Be Continued.
A/N: The next chapter is the last one. As always I hope everyone likes my story thus far, and if you're not into Lemon, your ride ends here. I just felt like I should put one in, got to figure out just how that will work though. xD.
Anywhoos...review and all that jazz :)
