Here's chapter four of SOul Devourer! Thank you to everyone who has read my story, and thank you especially for the reviews!
Four
I take a deep breath and pull the door open.
Soul barrels past me and flings the door to the smaller bedroom on the right open, before rushing into the room.
I start to close the door when Black Star barrels past me yelling.
"Soul! Soul! I win! Yahoo!" Black Star runs into the bedroom on the left. I blink, staring after them before looking back into the hallway.
Kid is standing at the doorstep, looking into my new apartment.
"May I enter?" he asks calmly.
I nod slowly and step out of the way, opening the door for him to enter.
Kid storms past me and starts yelling furiously.
"Black Star! Get back here! We are not done discussing this!"
Liz and Patty walk in after Kid and head straight towards the mini living room to the right of the door. Liz plops down on the couch against the bedroom wall and Patty sits next to her on the arm of the couch, stuck in a fit of uncontrollable giggles.
I glance out into the hall once more and upon seeing no one, begin to close the door.
"Wait," a voice squeaks.
I pull the door open and Maka steps into my field of vision from her hiding place to the side of the door.
"Can I come in?" She asks, staring at her feet.
I nod, swallowing the lump of relief in my throat. It hadn't been the authorities at the door, come to drag me back to solitary confinement. I would've let anyone in, except for them.
Maka walks past me and sits on the couch opposite Liz and Patty just as Soul walks out of the bedroom.
"Ahh… Much better," he sighs.
I pull the door shut as Black Star comes out of the other bedroom.
"I win Soul! I am the best!" Black Star laughs.
Soul frowns. "Oh yeah? I challenge you to a rematch!"
"Ha ha! You're on!" Black Star laughs loudly.
They both run across the room and stop at the sink. Black Star yanks on the faucet, causing the water to gush out with more force than necessary. The two then take turns chugging water from the faucet.
"Black Star you stop that! We have to discuss your complete disregard of symmetry!" Kid cries, stomping over to Black Star.
"Yeah yeah," Black Star says, wiping water from his chin, ignoring the fact that the rest of his upper body is completely drenched.
Soul moves his head from under the faucet, gasping for air.
"Your turn," he coughs, forcing out a grin.
Black Star immediately thrusts his head under the faucet and starts gulping down water.
"Hey! Black Star! I'm talking to you!" Kid yells.
I turn away from the comedic scene in the kitchen and look at Liz, who seems to be the only normal one for the time being, as Patty was cracking up laughing, and Maka only stared at her shoes.
"What's going on?" I ask.
Liz shrugs. "We found Kid in the hallway, trying to get Black Star to put the other coat rack back in the entryway. Of course, Black Star was completely ignoring him. Then Soul and Maka showed up, and Black Star challenged Soul to some sort of contest. Apparently they're testing their manliness by seeing who can drink the most water without using the bathroom," Liz says casually while examining her nails.
I glance to the group in the kitchen. "Why did they come here?"
"Tsubaki kicked us out because they were making a mess in her kitchen. She even locked Black Star out, saying something about hiding her coffee from him in the future," Maka mutters.
"So they came in here because…" I inquire.
Patty laughs. "They'd already drunk a bunch of water, and when they were sitting in the hall waiting for Tsubaki to unlock the door, the water caught up to them, and BAM! They had to go to the bathroom REALLY bad," Patty giggles.
"So here we are," Liz mutters, holding her hand out to inspect her nails from further away.
Kid stomps over and sits on the couch next to Liz angrily.
"He is beyond any reason," Kid growls. "When Tsubaki unlocks the apartment I will simply have to fix it myself."
"Why not just move the coat rack from the hallway into here?" I ask.
Kid's mouth falls open before he scrambles to his feet and runs out into the hall yelling.
"I can't believe I didn't think of that before!" Kid grunts, dragging the coat rack with him back into my apartment. He pushes the door shut behind himself and carefully positions the coat hanger on the right side of the door, directly next to an almost empty bookshelf.
"Perfect!" Kid grins before sinking back onto the couch next to Liz. I sigh and plop onto the loveseat, utterly exhausted.
"Rae, I'm…" Maka mumbles before clearing her throat. "I'm sorry."
I shrug. "It's not a big deal."
"But I tried to kill you!" she protests, leaping to her feet.
"That's nothing new," I mutter, climbing to my feet. I stick out my hand, offering it to Maka. "Think we can start over?"
Maka blinks at me, stunned, before she grins and nods, placing her hand in mine and shaking it vigorously. "Of course."
"Ha ha ha ha!" Black Star laughs loudly from the kitchen. "I'm going to win again Soul!"
The faucet turns off and Soul groans, "Oh no you don't!"
I turn around to see Soul shove Black Star out of the way and turn the faucet back on at full blast and start chugging more water from it.
Black Star continues to laugh.
I turn back around and face Maka, who was shaking her head in disbelief.
"How long it that going to go on?" I ask, jerking my thumb over my shoulder towards the two idiots in my kitchen.
Maka shrugs, "Depends."
I sigh and walk around the loveseat towards the kitchen. I reach over Black Star, who had just stuck his head under the faucet, and turn the water off.
"Hey!" Black Star cries.
"Hey yourself," I retort. I gesture around to the water all over the floor. "Look at the mess you've made."
"We're busy," Black Star says, trying to reach around me to turn the water back on.
"Think about it Black Star. It's more fun to wait, and watch each other squirm, seeing who can stand it longest," I say, weaving back and forth to block Black Star. "Besides, you'll make yourselves sick if you just keep drinking water."
Black Star stops trying to reach turn the faucet back on and stares at me.
"Please clean this up. Then you can both wait it out, and watch the other squirm while you prove your manliness by refusing to use the bathroom first," I say, opening the pantry to the right of the sink. I pull out a mop, which I shove into Soul's hand, while grabbing a dishtowel and forcing it upon Black Star.
"Have fun," I trill, walking back to the loveseat and sitting down.
"We don't have to clean!" Black Star shouts. "I am the great Black Star! The best! The greatest! I don't' clean!"
Soul chuckles, "Too scared then?"
"Never!" Black Star cries. I glance over my shoulder to see both of them cleaning furiously.
Maka laughs. "That was pure genius."
I shrug my shoulders, "It was nothing really…"
"Yeah right! I can barely get Soul to pick up after himself at our apartment! And I know any room Black Star goes through looks like a tornado went through it."
I smile, "I didn't really do much."
Kid leaps to his feet and runs to the bookshelf where he begins furiously reorganizing the few books on it.
Patty falls off the arm of the couch, caught in another hysterical fit of giggles.
"Mind if we turn the television on?" Maka asks, reaching for the remote on the coffee table.
I shrug and sink back into the couch, "Whatever."
Maka grabs the remote and turns the television on. I stand and walk back into the kitchen, which was now spotless. Black Star and Soul were now sitting across from each other at the table, staring at one another with wide, unblinking eyes.
I open the refrigerator, only to find it empty. The freezer offers nothing, nor the cabinets. I groan as my stomach rumbles angrily.
I hear a tapping at the front door and go open the door.
Tsubaki stands in the doorway holding a stack of flat boxes.
"Hi," she smiles. "I thought you might be hungry, and I remembered that they don't put food in the cabinets or refrigerator, so I brought pizza. Sort of a 'Welcome to the DWMA' gift and an apology
"Thank you!" I sigh, stepping aside to let Tsubaki in. "You just saved my evening!"
"Tsubaki!" Maka grins upon spotting Tsubaki. "You brought pizza?"
Tsubaki nods and catches sight of Black Star and Soul, who by now both have tears running down their cheeks from refusing to blink, and shakes her head.
"Those two are still at it?" she sighs, dropping the pizza boxes onto the countertop. She opens one of the boxes and grabs a slice of pizza from the box. "Dig in everyone."
"HA! I win!" Black Star yells triumphantly.
I glance over and see Soul rubbing his eyes vigorously as Black Star leaps to his feet and runs to the bathroom.
"I won Black Star!" Soul yells, jumping to his feet and running into the other bathroom.
Tsubaki giggles and sits on the couch that Maka had vacated.
We all grab pizza, and sit in or previous places before Black Star and Soul re-emerge.
"I won the staring contest! You blinked!" Black Star laughs.
"We weren't having a staring contest," Soul laughs, grabbing a slice of pizza. "I won."
Black Star frowns and grabs a slice of pizza as well, and the two walk over to sit with the rest of us. Soul sits on couch with Tsubaki and Maka, and Black Star sits on the arm of the loveseat that I'm on, while Liz and Patty are sitting on either side of Kid on the other couch.
With Soul and Black Star bickering, Kid occasionally flipping out and rushing to make something symmetrical, which then causes Patty to burst into a fit of giggles, I realize something. I had friends. True, we all got off to a rough start, but they were here, in my house, laughing and eating with me. Perhaps I wouldn't be drug back to that awful prison and locked back into solitary confinement. It was possible that I could make a life here, and live with my new friends.
We lose track of time, and soon it is late, and everyone has to leave. Everyone wishes me a good night, and tells me that we'll all see each other in school the next day. I clean up and collapse on the bed in the larger bedroom on the left, hopeful that a future might exist for me after all.
I never could have guessed what fate held in store for me the next day.
So there wasn't really anything super important that happened in this chapter, it was kind of a transition period. The next chapter will be more exciting hopefully! And the game that Black Star and Soul play does exist, though I can't remember what it's called. I've never played that game, and I can't remember where I heard of it... But it does exist! Thank you for reading! As always, reviews are greatly appreciated!