Author's Note: (Warning: Underage Drinking. Not explicitly, buuut if you're not a fan then you've been warned.)
With the help of Tsubaki, Liz, and Patty the apartment was cleaned to Maka's satisfaction, and Liz, who had the best understanding of Kid's OCD tendencies, had arranged the room in a way that would keep Kid sane.
"If you'd like I can arrange your room too, Maka." Liz said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. "You know in case either of you actually decide to make a move." Liz ducked quickly before Maka could hit her with one of the last remaining books in the room.
"Ha ha very funny." Maka stuck her tongue out as she collected the book she had thrown at Liz along with the remaining books in the room before she stomped off to her room at the end of the hallway.
"Liz, why do you antagonize her?" Tsu said from the small bathroom off the living room as she finished adjusting her hair. "How does this look? I thought I'd try something new." Tsu gestured at her hair which was pulled into a graceful ballerina bun on top of her head, which accented the sharp angles of her face and somehow made her appear even more willowy, even with her large bust.
"Because it's fun." Liz said from the doorway of the bathroom as she assessed Tsubaki's look. "And I love it Tsu, you should try things like this more often. You look smoking hot. Oh, I know what would be perfect! I'll be right back!" With this exclamation Liz turned from the door, vaulted over the couch, and skidded out the door, running quickly to her apartment.
Maka emerged still looking slightly peeved before Patty taking one look at Maka's hair tutted at her and whisked her back into her room among Maka's loud protests she was fine. Tsubaki shook her head slightly at the antics of her friends before going into the small kitchenette and pulling out some of the miscellaneous snack foods that she had splurged on earlier that week. Never go grocery shopping when you're hungry.
As she finished placing the last of the junk food on the small counter, Liz arrived slightly winded with a beautiful sheer mint top. "This - This will look absolutely gorgeous on you." Liz panted, "Plus, it'll almost match Black Star's hair." She grinned before handing the top to Tsu. "Now I need to steal that adorable Harry Potter crop top of yours, and I need to create a wicked cat eye. So, you'll need to change in your room." Liz said as she sidled into the bathroom.
"Liz, I can't take this! It's much too pretty for a night of drinking."
"Please Tsu." Liz snorted. "I'll never wear it and we both know it's nice to surprise Black Star every once in awhile. His shocked face cracks me up." Liz's hands were steady as she carefully applied her cat eye to her right and then her left eye. "Now, go grab that crop top and leave me be! My hair's an absolute mess." Liz pulled a face at her reflection on the mirror as she waved Tsubaki away, eyeliner pen still in hand.
"Patty you are a goddess." Maka exclaimed from her room.
"I know." The smirk in Patty's voice was evident as she and Maka emerged from the bedroom. Maka's hair had been styled to look slightly tousled with waves falling at just the right angles. Patty had stolen Maka's headband from high school consumer sciences, with it's heavy stitching and patches it looked like it had been made by a third grader. Maka was still embarrassed by the inexpertise of the headband, but Patty had done such an awesome job with her hair she couldn't refuse when she had asked to wear it.
Patty had also convinced Maka to wear her pleated skirt with her tights and an adorable black lace shirt. Patty had stolen one of Maka's cuter sweaters, which was tight on her bust and Patty, though not much taller than Maka, was only wearing shorts under the sweater, so it appeared Patty was not wearing much at all.
Liz emerged from the bathroom with her hair plaited into a braid looking suspiciously like Katniss Everdeen's, if Katniss were a blonde, took one look at Patty and immediately frogmarched her back to their apartment. The pair came back shortly with Patty wearing tight black skinny jeans under Maka's sweater, and Liz was wearing a pair of low riding blue jeans that flared just right accentuating her hips and waist.
"Maka you look bangin'." Liz winked at Maka before continuing, "Kid better find his balls and at least kiss you tonight." Liz left Maka and Patty on the couch before heading back to Tsubaki's room. Tsubaki had taken Liz's place in the bathroom and Liz called out to her as she passed by, "I'm going to borrow that shirt now. The guys should be here any minute."
"You think Kid will like this?" Maka gestured somewhat self-consciously at her outfit and fiddled with her hair.
"Maka. Stop being ridiculous." Tsubaki called from the bathroom.
"Maka, you look fine." Patty said flipping through channels nonchalantly sprawled out on the couch. "Now the more important question is, when is the pizza going to get here?"
"I set it for a little bit after the guys get here." Tsubaki said apologetically as she sat down next to Patty on the couch. "But you can help yourself to the stuff in the kitchen."
Liz plopped down in one of the armchairs her feet dangling over the armrest and her head over the other showing off her stomach in what was admittedly a very cute Harry Potter crop top, and Liz definitely had the self confidence and body to pull it off.
"This is boring." Liz huffed. "I say let's pregame. I have a bottle of vodka in my freezer, and I need to grab my connector for my phone so we can have some decent music." With this Liz hopped up, opened the door, and nearly ran over Kid, Black Star, and Soul.
"Hey! Be right back guys, just about to start drinking with some shots!" Liz darted past the boys leaving the door open for them.
"Yahoo! Everybody does a shot when you get back!" Black Star called after Liz, who simply gave him the finger as she opened her own apartment.
"Hey guys come on in." Maka said she had kept one book out and had her head down buried in the book with her legs tucked beneath her as she said this.
"I need some adoration, Tsubaki. I haven't seen you in-"
"Less than three hours." Maka said dryly cutting Black Star off and looking up from her book. "God, you two are too much some-" Maka trailed off as she noticed a familiar slouched figure following Kid through the doorway.
"What the hell is he doing here?" She whispered heatedly to Tsubaki, who shrugged in slight apology.
"Sorry, Maka. Black Star had already invited him. And I guess he's pretty cool according to Black Star and Kid. Plus he can sneak in alcohol." She patted her friend's hand in consolation, "Hey don't worry about it. You look awesome and I bet Kid finally makes his move tonight." Tsubaki's eyes twinkled as she noted the slight blush on Maka's cheeks.
"Oh, go kiss your boyfriend, you sap." Maka waved her friend away, dog eared the page she was on, untucked her feet and stood slowly, and then tucked the book away behind the entertainment center.
"Reading for pleasure or studying again?" Kid teased as he walked over to where Maka stood stretching slightly.
Maka's cheeks grew warm and she looked down at her boots. "Pleasure actually. Tsubaki and Liz are so caught up in this Harry Potter thing I thought I'd see what it's about."
"Oh?" Kid's face registered a slight surprise as he began to adjust some of the decorations in front of the tv. "And what do you think?"
Before Maka could begin, Liz was back. She dropped off the bottle of vodka into Black Star's eager hands, then quickly changed direction toward the tv and sound system.
"Sorry." she mouthed to Maka before she started to scold Kid for rearranging the trinkets.
"Kid, leave those be and go do a shot. I'm going to get some music going so this is an actual party!"
Kid obediently left for the small kitchen, but not after first turning to Maka and saying, "I want to tell you before I get too drunk and it means less, but you look really pretty tonight." He smiled before quickly arranging the last piece on the entertainment stand and turning to the kitchen. "Alright, Black Star! Pour me a shot! C'mon Soul stop standing at the counter like a scared freshman and do a shot with me."
"Sorry, Maka." Liz's tone begged Maka to forgive her for interrupting the private conversation.
"That's no problem. I was getting too nervous anyway. I tend to forget what I want to say when Kid's here."
"Well, shots always help you." Liz said before she started a playlist of songs specifically tailored to the group's preferences. "Let's go get some vodka before Black Star does something stupid and drops the bottle."
"Or chugs it." Maka laughed as she headed into the kitchen with Liz.
Luckily, Tsubaki had commandeered the bottle and somehow directed the boys into a line. "Before we start, the pizza should be here by now. Does someone want to go to the door and get it?"
"I don't mind." Maka said, at the same time that Soul said "No problem."
"Why don't you both go?" Liz said. Her mouth quirking to the side as she tried to hide her smile.
"It might be better if you both go since the elevator is broken, Maka." Tsubaki said.
"Oh, who cares!" Black Star shouted. "Maka and Soul volunteered so let them go. They're the ones who decided to miss the first round! So, go on!" Black Star shooed them out as the buzzer sounded.
Irritated Maka, spoke quickly into the mouthpiece. "Be right down." She grabbed the pizza money from behind the cookie jar and huffily made her way into the hall. Black Star pushed Soul after her. "Don't drop the pizza, Maka!" he shouted before slamming the door.
"So, Pigtails."
"Don't call me that. My name is Maka."
Soul snorted at the venom her voice contained in the two short sentences thrown haphazardly in his direction. "So, Maka." He said, easily keeping pace with her shorter stride. "You and my roommate, huh?"
Maka stopped suddenly, and Soul nearly ran her over.
"What are you talking about?" Maka's voice now held ice instead of venom.
Moving gracefully around her and opening the door to the stairwell, Soul shrugged. "Nothing I guess."
"Humph."
An almost awkward silence descended as the two made their way down the four flights to the entryway. Maka quickly paid the delivery guy, and splitting the pizzas between the two of them the silence continued until they made it back to the apartment.
"Don't say anything. Ok?" Maka said sullenly to the floor before opening the door.
"Whatever chick. It's your business." Soul said under his breath. Though now he didn't feel half as bad as he watched her walk through the doorway. Those legs with that skirt? His roommate would be a fool not to wanna hook up with this chick.
Soul shook his head. What the fuck... The chick was a nerd and probably pretty stuck up. He'd be better of working on the blonde one with the headband.
Soul and Maka each set their pizzas down on the last of the available counter space. Maka was able to open the lid on one of her pizza boxes before Black Star shoved a shot in her hand. Soul wasn't as quick.
"Catch up to me if you can. Not many people can keep up with a God you know."
Maka snorted before throwing her shot back. Soul followed suit but gagged a little. "This is shit vodka." He said wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Excuse me?" Liz as she snatched a piece of pizza from Maka's open box.
"You heard me, Katniss. This vodka tastes like water."
Liz laughed. "Alright, well let's see how well you're doing by the end of the night Scarlet. After pizza we play Mario Kart."
Soul tried to hide his confusion. "Mario Kart?"
"Soul don't tell me you've never played Mario Kart as a drinking game?" Kid said as he grabbed a paper plate and opened the other pizza box.
"Uh…"
"Dude, where have you been?" Black Star said as he pulled out one of the unopened pizza boxes and went to sit on the couch.
"Black Star, you can't have a whole pizza." Tsubaki said as she followed after him.
Maka leaned on the counter out of the way, watching as her friends bickered slightly and ate pizza. She'd wait a little bit, the shot wasn't sitting right in her stomach.
"You ok, Maka?" Liz popped into the kitchen and grabbed another slice of pizza before joining Maka's counter space.
"Yeah, just not hungry yet."
"What? You're not hungry." Liz faked an incredulous look before saying quietly, "Really Maka, you need to relax. Everyone here knows but you two. Why not just try and have a good time?"
"Yeah." Maka smiled at her friend. I don't know if Kid is who I'm upset about though. Maka's gaze unwillingly found the white headed boy sitting next to Patty on the couch. Patty was flirting with him and found it inordinately hilarious that his name was Soul.
"Hey! This head band says "Soul" and "Eat". You should wear it! Cause you're Soul and you're eating with us at your first party!" Patty beamed at the brilliance of this suggestion before pulling the headband off and placing it on Soul's head.
"I don't know. It kinda looks a little dorky." Soul shrugged uncomfortable with Patty's advances. Definitely not going after this chick. I see the way that Katniss girl is eyeing us.
"I'm sure what he means to say is that he loves it." Liz said as she pulled Maka into the living room and onto the couch next to Kid. "Now let me kick some ass. I call Yoshi."
"What?! Then I call Mario." Black Star shouted from the armchair he and Tsubaki sat in.
"Guys we are going to have to split up unless we just want to take turns on the wii out here." Tsubaki said gesturing at the other four people. "If Black Star wouldn't mind he can grab my tv from my room." She said as she turned sweetly toward Black Star.
"I can grab my wii real quick too and I have a copy of that game somewhere. Scarlet why don't you help me?" Liz started up to the door and beckoned for Soul to follow her.
"Yeah, no problem, Katniss." Soul followed her quickly out the door.
Once Soul had closed the door behind him, Liz rounded on him. "I don't know what you think you're doing, but if Patty gets hurt I swear I will castrate you."
"Woah. What the fuck. I'm not going after your sister. We don't really have a lot in common." Soul trailed off seeing the murderous glare in Liz's eyes.
"So, what she's not good enough?" Liz asked as she angrily shoved her key in the lock and forced her apartment door open.
"No. I didn't say that. God damn. I just don't think I'm her type. She needs someone who can keep up with her energy and I'm not good at that sort of thing. It's more I'm not good enough for her."
Seemingly satisfied, Liz finished pulling out the cords to her wii. "Grab this. I think the game is around here somewhere." As she searched around the floor for the game, Soul thought of a way to ask without sounding uncool.
"So, uh, Maka. Are her and Kid…"
"No, they're both too much of a chicken to make a move. Ah hah!" Liz emerged from behind the tv with the game without its case. "Let's hope it isn't scratched." She said looking critically at the back of the disc. "And don't worry Scarlet, as long as you keep that headband, I won't say anything to Kid or Maka. Let's go get drunk."
