Video games were never really something that interested Maka. When she was a child she was too preoccupied with reading and training to focus on such a ridiculous pastime and when she hit puberty the fact didn't change. Besides, what was the point? Pretending to be some random person who just went around breaking random things? Where's the entertainment in that? But when the enigma that is Soul Eater entered her life she suddenly found herself having a change in opinion.

"What are you doing?" She asked, dumbfounded at the sudden loudness in her usually quiet partner.

Up until that point things had been awkward. Soul had just moved in and neither of them were exactly sure how to handle their newfound partnership. All their conversations were clipped and to-the-point and awkward to say the least. But when he played video games his yells of triumph and defeat rang throughout the small apartment. His swears were surprisingly long and well thought out and Maka had a hard time believing that this was the same person who responded to her questions with one-word answers.

Soul having been caught mid-yell and mid-celebratory dance nervously tried to think of ways in which he could save his cool image. But seconds ticked on and Soul's brain was still offering no assistance so in a last ditch effort he tried speaking.

"Playing a video game?" It came out as a question.

Shit. It shouldn't have come out as a question. He had to think fast. This was his meister, the last person he wanted to think of him as a dweeb. He had been trying so hard up until then to make sure that Maka didn't see him as anything that might make her question her choice in partnering with him. A chick as badass as Maka who, already, is top of her class and trains everyday wouldn't want to stay his partner if she thought he wasn't serious. Despite the stupidity in that logic Soul was still somewhat worried that she would choose another, more capable, weapon and he would be right back at square one, alone and rejected.

While he was having a mini-crisis in his mind he failed to notice that he was still in his celebratory dance position with his knee to his chest and one arm in the air. Maka did notice and before she could stop herself she started giggling. Her giggling quickly erupted into laughter and before she knew it she was snorting and clutching the threshold to keep herself from falling over. Soul, turned red and mourning the loss of his image, was surprised to see that he rather liked it when she laughed. She had a cute laugh and look adorable when her face was red from it.

"Can you teach me?" she asked

"Huh" was his brilliant response.

"You know. Teach me to play the game. I never had one of these when I was younger and um it looks like fun but I wouldn't know what to do and umm…" she trailed off and it took Soul a moment to realize that she was nervous about asking. After having a little epiphany moment that Maka Albarn, smartest and most amazing person he knew, was asking him to teach her something, Soul suddenly sat down and patted the spot next to him on the floor.

"Come one tiny tits let me show you how a pro does it."

Twenty minutes later and Maka was still barely grasping the concept of pressing a number of buttons in a certain sequence to unlock a certain move

"No, you have to jump, kick, run, kick! Not jump, kick, run, jump!"

"Which one was the kick again?"

"Press X. No not A that's jump. Jump Maka! he's coming towards you."

"I thought you said X! AHH SOUL! He's right in front of me! What do I do?!"

"No don't duck! Press A! Press A! Run Maka!"

"I don't know HOW to run"

"Goddamit tiny tits! Press B and don't let go!"

"Don't call me tiny tits!"

"Okay then SUPER tiny tits use the att-AAACK OW WHAT THE HELL MAKA?! How can you hit me with a book at a time like this?! Both hands on the controller man!"

"I told you don't call me tiny tits!"

"Eyes on the screen, eyes on the screen"

"OH SCREW THIS"

Maka proceed to attack the controller furiously with her thumbs, pressing the buttons in a random sequence with anger usually saved for Black*Star.

"What are yo—"

"WINNER! You have eliminated this level's boss how would you like to proceed?" said the game voice

"H-How did you? How did you even?"

"…It's a secret."

"You lying bookworm you have no idea what the hell you just did do you?"

"Shut up, Soul!"