Soul X Maka Mini-Story

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Note: Hi! Sorry for the long update! I am actually adding chapters alternately with the story 'Two is Better Than One'. So, like... After an update on that story, this one follows. Please stay tune! Read and Review! Thanks!

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The next day followed, as the bell rang once again. Finishing a whole day of classes. Maka wasn't feeling any greater this day, it was horrid for her. Why? Not the fact that Kid keeps on asking her out over and over again, hoping for a chance with in her approval.

"Maka, hey! Do you wanna get some coffee?" She knitted her eye brows together, she wasn't in the mood for anything to do. All she was thinking was one thing, remembering what had happened yesterday that Lord Death told her, she was feeling the guilt. Guilty that she acted like a whining bitch to someone who's so worried about a family business. And constantly, the annoying feeling was talking with this guy.

"Kid, I have better plans"

"Oh... Okay, I'll ask you if you're free then" With that successful attempt of escape plan, she heaved out a long sigh before she could reach the school's library. 'I need to apologize' She thought to herself, hoping that a certain albino is wandering to and fro in the library. Looking around every sections and lines of book shelves, she finally caught sight of someone slumped on the ground with the headphones hanging over his head and the grey hood of silver white.

The feeling grew more immense than before, trying to look casual, she picked up a random book a bit closer to him. Keeping an eye on the closed-eyed albino she decided to sit beside him. "Listen, Soul-"

"Maka, save it. No need to apologize for anything if that's what you're thinking" Biting her lower lip, she wasn't convinced. She's still feeling the guilt and it was killing her.

"Soul, I'm just so sorry for being a total bitch yesterday. I didn't know that-"

"Maka... Like I said, there's no need to apologize for something. It was nothing" Finally giving in with the attention, Soul placed his head phones around his neck while scratching his head, he wasn't sure how to handle worried women. "Maka, seriously... You don't need to apologize"

"But Soul... I didn't know that your family was expecting too much" Soul suddenly placed both of his hands on her shoulders, shaking her softly with a sly smile on his face. "Seriously, again. No need to. It was just seldom for them to visit me and I am in a rush to finish my music piece"

"Here" Soul handed her his headphones which gave Maka a puzzled look. What was he doing? Cringing her eye brows in wonder, Soul placed the head phones on her head adjusting something on his ipod.

"Soul! Is this you?!" She was stunned for a moment. Not stunned, fascinated. She was listening to a record of his voice with her jaw slightly slacking open. Soul watched how she reacted every to and fro on the music.

"Again, first warning!" Ms. Marie yelled out from the counter. Both chuckled while Maka continued listening on his his voice. Until to the point that the song ended with a piano piece, she handed the head phones back to the owner without replacing the surprised look on her face.

"Soul, you-you, composed that?" More of a whisper than a yell, Soul nodded with a grin. "Yeah, the library is somewhere I can relax and compose my music" Maka was astonished, it wasn't in his looks that he was into music. He looks a rebel jockey but listening to his music. She was in awe for it.

"Yeah, they're gonna come here this Friday. I'm gonna perform it in the music lounge, they're the special guests since they donated a huge amount of money for the music instruments" Having second thoughts, she might feel such an outcast if she's gonna join them. She's gonna be surrounded with talented musicians and more like ten more Souls.

"You wanna hear more? The offer is free for everyone to come... If you want to"

"I... I don't know"

"Hmm, okay. The offer still stands"

"Soul?" Catching his attention, he cracked an eye open. Gazing on the curious girl beside him. "What?"

"Why are you exerting too much effort for everything?" He forced a bitter chuckle at first. Debating in his mind whether to tell stuff like this to someone whom he argued with.

"Why should I tell you? We're just schoolmates and we just share the same library. You're not my girlfriend" Tying the pleasure of making her angry it indeed work because of chop that he got.

"Cut that out... I might lose all of what I practiced. And take a hint, I don't want to talk about it" Crossing his arms for disapproval. Maka was curious even more.

"Why not?"

"It's none of your business" Clearly not in the verge of giving up, Maka decided to take out a sheet of paper with a red ink, she scribbled some notes and tore it to pieces. "Okay, it is also none of my business but what are you doing?"

"Here... Grab a paper" Confused of what it'll be, he just insisted and grabbed a piece of paper. "Now open it" Following her instructions, it was written. 'How many girlfriends?' Soul laughed until his guts popped out, tinting her cheeks pink from the embarrassment. She did felt embarrassed, she could have hid that idea herself. It wasn't in his style to a play a confession game. It was for fifteen years old teenagers.

"Well... You were supposed to answer the questions" Crossing her arms and feels like an embarrassed five years old but instead, a musician laughing on her face, Soul counted somewhere on his fingers.

"Fine, I'll answer your questions but you have to answer back yours" Maka nodded as Soul started counting and naming some girl's name with his fingers. More of Blair, Tsubaki and Liz or whatever.

"Really? You've dated those three? They're the most popular girls here right?! Well, what happened then?"

"Easy, the question says how many and not why" Maka turned away with a huff and with Soul remembering the details of the agreement. He wiggled a finger in front of her. "Speaking of it, how about you? How many boyfriends?"

Pinking her cheeks, Soul knew where this was going. "Alright, this game is over, I need to go" Grabbing her wrist to pull her, she even felt embarrassed than before. "How many?"

"Uh... Fine. Just one, his name is Hiro. There, he was my first boyfriend and my first serious relationship" Soul laughing at her for a moment, he began to take interest of answering the questions written over the torn up papers just to know her answer. Finding more about herself, he was stunned for what he found out. About her family, relationship and even their neighbor. It was fun for him yet embarrassing for her.