Chapter 4 -Revelations

The next day (Saturday)...

" Soooouuuuul".

"..."

"Sooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul"

"..."

"SOUL!"

"W-WHAT!", Soul, who had been sleeping, jolted upright in alarm. To his dismay (or well, not really) his head collided with two large breasts.

" Soul-kun! Its time to get up 3", said Blair, who had positioned herself right on top of him.

"B-Blair!" Soul said, pushing himself away from her, already feeling a nosebleed coming on.

"Or would you rather stay in bed and have some fun with Blair?", she said, pushing her chest right on to his face again. All in flirtatious fun.

Soul, who was trying his best to remain cool and not have a nosebleed, pushed himself away from Blair again. "B-Blair! I don't want Maka walking in and having the wrong idea!" Last time this happened, she kicked me right through the window!

" Oh don't worry about that. She's not home", Blair said, straddling soul. " We have the house all to ourselves", she said with a wink.

Soul was caught off guard with that. He looked over at his clock on his bedside table. 7:37 a.m. What! Its the WEEKEND! What could she be doing this early? And more importantly-

" I'm forced to make my own breakfast now", he said with a groan. He really did not feel like cooking. Besides, Maka had more culinary skill than him.

"Oh don't worry about that!", Blair said cheerily, jumping off him and heading towards the door (who Soul was sure he had locked last night). "I'll make some tasty food for us and then we can have some fun 3", she purred as she slipped out the door.

Soul stared after her somewhat dazed and then slumped back on to his pillows. Sure, it was weird Maka had left so early (to do what?) but he wasn't so worried about her. He flipped over lazily, thinking what he could do today (a day with Blair was tempting but he didn't feel like having any nosebleeds today).

I could check up on Kid.

Yeah, that sounded like a good idea. He pushed himself up (he was already awake, and sleep had already deserted him), with the intention of going to the bathroom and then eat since he already smelled bacon from the kitchen. Now I just need to find a way to leave the house without having Blair detain me.

That wont be easy.

" So what was it you had to tell me Tsubaki?", Maka asked turning to her friend.

They both had been walking around the town and had finally ended up sitting on a bench in the park.

Tsubaki had called her yesterday night saying she had to talk to her and the earlier in the day the better. BlackStar would have wanted to tag along since he had been itching to ask Maka what had happened during that lunch period (he was still convinced she had been lost and he wanted to hear her say it) but what she had to say to Maka would be better without him knowing about it.

She knew he wouldn't be able to be discreet about the whole thing. So she sneaked out while he was still sleeping.

Tsubaki hesitated. She had been thinking the situation over in her head last night and she had come to the conclusion that maybe she had been wrong about suggesting Maka was in love. That was too strong a word...yet anyway. She agreed with Soul that she was at least attracted to their teacher and that wouldn't be a problem (it wasn't out of this world for a student to develop a small crush for their teacher after all), but Maka was being delusional and she needed someone to point the truth out to her.

She just didn't know how she would take it. She'd been acting so out of character lately.

" Well...how do you feel about Professor Stein?", she asked hesitantly, anxiously waiting for Maka's reaction.

Maka was really caught off guard. First, she couldn't help getting butterflies at Stein's name and second, why was Tsubaki asking her this? But it was a simple question so why was she freaking out over it anyway? Come on, pull yourself together.

She took a deep breath before answering.

" I think he's a great meister... and I... admire him for his skill and he's a good teacher...That's all", she said quietly, with a shrug. She had the feeling she was mostly trying to convince herself about what she had just said though. Where is Tsubaki going with this anyway? And why is she looking at me like that?

" Are you sure Maka?", she said, turning to look at Maka who was now looking pretty agitated.

" Huh? What!", Maka turned to fully face her friend. She felt her face redden and the butterflies in her stomach get worse. "he's our teacher Tsubaki! There's nothing more to it!" she said, her voice slightly getting higher.

" You always pay close attention to what he says", Tsubaki said.

" Of course! He's our teacher!", Maka said.

"Well, you always stare at him."

" N-no I don't! I just space out", Maka retorted,breaking into a cold sweat "and he just happens to be in my line of sight when I do.." she mumbled.

" You've been acting weird ever since he became our teacher"

"..." Maka had no answer to that.

"you blush constantly around him"

"..." or that.

"and that thing that happened yesterday too..." Tsubaki said thoughtfully.

"...", that too.

Maka was struggling to face the truth, Tsubaki could see that. But why was it so hard to admit it? It was just a crush.

Maka, on the other hand, was thinking hard about what her friend had just pointed out. She knew she had an attraction for the scientist but she had tried so hard to convince herself otherwise.

So denial was out the window now.

And the realization hit.

She groaned in frustration as she finally allowed herself to face the truth she had been avoiding all these weeks. She liked her much older teacher. And a lot.

Damn it.

I'm so sorry this was so short. I've been having a writer's block but I still tried to write something. I decided to at least upload what I had instead of nothing at all because I do not want to break my promise of updating every weekend. A HUGE thanks to everyone who has been reviewing, favoriting, and all that :) I really appreciate it :D it was pointed out to me by Danibat that Maka has been kinda out of character and I read the last 3 chapters and she most definitely was v_v so I tried to correct that in this chap but I think I failed. I'm not really proud of this one. I'm sorry. The next will be much better..and most definitely longer. Please review, even if to tell me this is crap (as long as you say why), I'd appreciate it lots and give me some much needed motivation. and btw some of the dialogue between Blair and Soul at the beginning, I took from Chapter one in the manga :3 teehee just a funfact X) Oh and heres something interesting: when you review let me know if you want this to be a love triangle or a love...square? haha but yeah. and don't worry whichever is picked, I wont leave Maka and Stein to the side..this is THEIR story anyway. X) oh and expect a review this Wednesday ;) thanks for reading!