Author's note: Good news!. I have found a beta reader for this story, Sunlit-Dreamer! So now you guys don't have to worry so much on my mistakes, she's going to help me out big time. Thanks again girl!.
Now for those of you who read "the darkness isn't silent." and "seal your fate." I'm sorry about taking awhile, but don't worry I'm just waiting on my beta reader to send the next chapters back to me. As soon as I get them I'll post them. So enjoy this while you wait.
Oh and for those of you who don't like how soul's oc, there is a reason for it. I never write oc with out a reason and it's not just a broken heart. So with that let's go!
Crona looks down at the tea he's holding in his hands, his face pale. He dare not look up.
"So.."
He tenses and his gaze shifts at her speaking.
"Y-Yes?" He squeaks looking down at his tea again nervously.
"Someone didn't call me last night." She states bluntly making Crona more nervous.
"I-I must have f-forgotten.." He finally takes his eyes off his tea to look over at his adopted mother who is sitting on the couch opposite of him. She looks at him with a black face, and a frown on her lips.
Crona tenses..uh oh..
"Hm you forgot?" Her lips go in a tight line. "Crona I want you to tell me right now.." She leans closer, her one eye glaring at him.
The boy almost yelps at her tone, his gaze struggling to look her in the eye.
"...What you two cuties did!" She suddenly squeals her eye lighting up, and sparkling "Tell me everything! Oh Crona your such a jerk not calling me and telling me about it last night! You don't know how excited I was to hear from you!" She gets up and in a second is sitting next to Crona, She punches him lightly in the arm, excitement lighting up her expression. "So tell me, tell me! How did the movie go? Did you cuddle?" Her mouth turns to a big O as if in shock. "Did you kiss? Huh? Did ya?"
She pokes her adopted son's already red cheek causing his blush to get even darker.
He should have known Marie would ask about this right when he got home..He didn't even get a chance to put his stuff away from Maka's before Marie had grabbed him and sat him down, handing him a tea.
"N-No we didn't cuddle..o-or kiss.." His gaze shifts all over the place, he's so embarrassed right now. He feels his blush has reached his neck.
"He's lying." Ragnarok grunts as he comes out of his back, Crona tenses. "They didn't kiss on the lips but they definably had some cheek action."
"Ragnarok!" Crona wines..
Now he was going to hear it.
"You kissed her on the cheek?!" Marie squeals, the boy wanting to cover his ears. She grabs his arm excitedly.
"I-I-
"Yup he did, and Maka kissed his."
Crona sends his weapon a glare that Ragnarok just smirks at.
"No way..." She suddenly glares and hits her son's arm again. "How dare you not call me when all this cuteness happened! Are you two dating now?"
Crona almost chokes on the tea he decided to take a sip of at that.
"N-No! W-We're not.."
He wishes they were.
"I-it's not like it's a big d-deal it's just a kiss on the cheek.." While he's saying this his smile gives him away, and the glossed over look in his eyes.
It is a big deal. It's a very big deal to him.
Maka Albarn, his first and only crush kissed his cheek..Her lips touched him and he had kissed her's..His lips have touched the skin of an angel.
This is a very big deal.
"Pssh! She totally likes you! I knew it!" Marie smiles, gripping her fist triumphantly. "Tell me right now everything! I want every single detail, and I swear if you leave any out I'll get Ragnarok to tell me from his point of view."
Crona shutters at that, he doesn't want to hear Ragnarok's comments about yesterday. Most likely he would have to punch his weapon in the jaw.
He takes a deep breath, and with a blush frozen on his face he tells Marie about everything.
He tells her about the race they had, and how he had won..His blush darkens when he tells her what it was he won from winning the race which gets Marie to squeal. He tells her about the movie, how he had put his arm around her and how Maka got closer.
This gets him a thumbs up from Marie and Ragnarok rolls his eyes.
He skips the part about the nightmare. He feels he shouldn't talk about it with her for some reason..He tells her lastly of the incident in Maka's room...
"Oh my god! She wants to tell you something when she comes back?" Marie is practically gushing over Crona.
Most of her words have consisted of 'awwww!' or 'cute!' and of course her squealing so Crona's surprised when she actually talks normal again.
"Yeah tell him she's going to rape him." Ragnarok chuckles.
Both Marie and Crona glare at him.
The Demon Sword grumbles. "What? You should have seen her! She pushed him against the wall and got up in his face and everything! I'm just looking out for you man."
"S-Shut the hell up Ragnarok." Crona rolls his eyes at his weapon. Really?
"She pushed you against the wall?!" Marie grabs him.
The Swordsman groans in his head. Did you really have to say that?!
"Yes" Ragnarok chuckles in his head.
"..Do you know what this mean's Crona?"
The sudden change of tone surprises Crona and he looks at her with wide eyes.
"W-What?"
"It means...she thinks your sexy!" She squeals and hugs Crona tightly. "She thinks you're a handsome young man, and I bet what she has to tell you when she comes back is 'I want to be with you'" She grips him tighter. "She's going to ask you out Crona!"
His breath catches, his eyes are so wide, his mouth wide open..Maka thinking he's sexy?! He's handsome?! There's no way!...Maka asking him out?..No.. That can't be..There's no way..
Crona despite this feels excited..His heart is beating so hard against his ribs at just the thought..At just the thought of Maka even considering him..Just the thought of Maka thinking he is attractive..
He grips his stomach and he's left breathless..
If he's this bad thinking about it..what will happen if she does ask him out?...He'll probably faint on the spot..or die from over whelming happiness...
"M-Miss Marie I don't think-
" You'll see Crona." Marie pulls away with a warm smile on her face. "I know these things.. Maka has a thing for you, just like you have a thing for her and when she comes back..." Her smile grows. "You two will be together! I just know it!"
"Great." Ragnarok grunts and disappears back into his meister, Crona being able to feel his irritation but he doesn't care.
Crona's face is so red and he feels faint..
When she comes back they..they will...
He takes a deep breath and shakes his head..
No..There is no way..No way at all.
She is so beautiful..a creature of the light and he is ugly, a creature of the night. It's not meant to be..He doesn't deserve her..even though he Desperately wants her. Desperately needs her.
Suddenly Maka's eyes full of fear flash threw this head when she clung to him, shaking after waking up from that dream.
His blush disappears and his brows furrow.
"M-Marie.." Crona looks around the room before his eyes fall back on the woman sitting next to him. "W-Where's Stein?"
"Oh.." The light in her eyes dulls a little and she looks away from him, a pout on her face as she messes with her shirt. "In his lab..working on who knows what." She huffs and stands up, Crona watching her with a frown. "He's been down there all day..I've only seen him when I brought him something to eat This morning. He's so engrossed in his work that he's forgotten he has a family to be with." She crosses her arms and bows her head, she sounds angry but..
"Maybe I should be some dead animal, I'd get more attention from him then I do now." She rants.
"I-I'll talk to him." Crona stands up and she turns to face him, opening her mouth probably to disagree with this. " I need to ask him something."
"O-Oh well.." She picks up a cup of tea from the table, looking down at it a moment before handing it to Crona. "Take this to him, he probably could use something to drink."
Crona nods, knowing very well that his adopted mother is concerned about Stein.
"I-I will." He turns on his heel and starts to walk down the stairs, the one's next to the stairs that leads to his room.
He walks slowly down the concrete stairs, holding the tea close to his chest. As he descends it gets darker and darker, the only light coming from a couple lights hanging on the ceiling.
He doesn't like coming down here much and he usually doesn't.
If Stein's down here he's into some kind of experiment..and really who would want to disturb him? but he had to this time.
Crona comes to a stop at the steel door at the bottom of the steps. He takes a deep breath before he grabs the handle, it's a heavy door so he has to use his shoulder to open it up all the way. The door creaks loudly as it opens.
Stein stands over a operating table, his lab coat and his hands stained red with the blood of whatever poor creature was on the table.
Crona's nose wrinkles at the smell, but he walks inside any way, the door closing behind him.
"So your back Crona." Stein states not looking back at him as he makes a incision on what looks to be the animal's lungs, it's blood leaking over his already bloody hands. "I suppose you want something. You usually don't come down here."
"S-Stein...Y-You knew Maka was having nightmares all along." Crona takes a step forward, watching the scientist for any reaction.
There is none. He keeps cuting at the animal's lungs..moving his scalpel skillfully.
"I-I'm not upset you didn't tell me..I-I understand it's not my b-business but.." He grips his fist and takes a deep breath. "D-Did you really just tell her what y-you thought the dreams w-were and then let her deal with them herself? You didn't try to help?"
"What are dreams Crona?" He speaks bluntly, as he finally puts down his scalpel.
"I-I..I don't know but that doesn't really matter-
"Dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep." Stein walks over to the sink in the room and starts to wash his hands, his face blank and his glasses glaring. "That being said, how do you help someone when they have a bad dream? It's the mind that controls it, Nothing else. So how do we stop it?"
Stein turns off the water, he stares at his reflection in the mirror. "I guess I could have cut her skull open and seen what's wrong with her brain. Maybe I could have seen what the problem was and fixed it. A poke here, a jab there, I could rid her of this dream..."
"S-Stein." Crona looks at him wryly not liking how he's talking.
He's speaking madness, cutting open Maka? No, not on his life.
"Y-You know you can't do that..." He watches as Stein just looks at himself in the mirror. Crona clears his throat. "D-Do you really think the dreams are from stress?"
He decides to change the subject, if he keeps talking about Maka like he is..Crona will see him as a threat.
"What else could it be?" Stein turns to look at him, his green eyes wide, a odd look on his face. "Madness? Do you want me to say it's madness?"
"N-No I don't..." Crona looks down thinking about what she had said..remembering the part about the three eyes. "..D-Do you think it could be?"
"No I don't." Stein turns the bolt on his head till it clicks, that odd expression leaving his face making him look like the normal Stein.
Crona almost sighs in relief.
"She is clean. I checked her blood, there is no trace of black blood, and her soul is solid. The dreams are odd no doubt but she's been dealing with a lot right now. It's her brain trying to do something with all the negative energy."
"B-Blair said.." He takes a deep breath. "S-She said that the dreams happen before this whole thing with S-Soul.." He looks him in the eyes.. "I-I don't think this is S-Soul's doing."
As much as he doesn't like him he knows this much is true.
"Hm.." Stein turns the bolt in his head. "I'm guessing she had the nightmare while you were there yes?"
Crona looks down and nods
. "Tell me about it. Were you able to wake her up? Did she attack you?"
"I-I woke her up and..s-she hit me but that's it.." His gaze shifts thinking about it. "S-She seemed so..scared...she thought I wasn't going to come back when I tried to leave to get her water...S-She clung to me so d-desperately.." He mumbles..remembering how at seeing that fear in her eyes made his heart sink.
"Same dream with the hallway correct?"
Crona nods and Stein's bolt clicks.
"Hm..The condition is the same then." He walks over to the operating table again and picks up his scalpel. "Nothing's changed.."
"..Y-You know miss M-Maire is worried about you.." He studies his adopted father with a frown. "Y-You should come back up soon..s-spend some time with her.."
Stein doesn't respond to him so he takes this as a hint to leave.
"This is for you.." He mumbles as he places the tea on a stand next the operating table. Crona turns and opens the large door again only to pause.
He looks back at Stein. "Y-You know that animal's dead, it's not going anywhere...b-but miss M-Maire's alive and she's waiting for you.." He looks at his adopted father for a reaction but there is none.
He sighs and with that Crona leaves the room, the door closing behind him.
He hopes his words have gotten to him in some sort of way.
"He doesn't give a fuck. He may have gotten married but I bet he doesn't even know what love is." Ragnarok grunts as Crona makes his way up the stairs. "He's like me."
Crona ignores his weapon as he makes it back up the stairs, he walks silently over to look into the living room.
Miss Maire is sitting on the couch looking down at her hands, a frown on her face. Her golden eye is glossed over in thought...She looks so lonely, so sad.
He wants to comfort her..but he feels he should leave her alone. He didn't know anything when it came to love..He didn't know how to deal with married people so he just turns on his heel and heads up the stairs to his room.
Once he's in his room he lays down on his bed weakly, burying his face into his pillow.
"So what are we going to do today?" Ragnarok pops out of Crona's back, causing him to groan. "We finally have a day when the cow's not here so lets do something awesome."
He cheers, not noticing his meister is sinking deeper into his pillow.
"Lets go to the park and kick sand in little brat's faces! Then we can go to all the restaurants in this dump of a city, and stuff are faces till we fucking puke..or I'll stuff my face and you can just watch..Yeah that sounds better.."
The Demon Sword beams proud of himself but when he looks down at his meister...He reads his thoughts and he growls.. "Or..I'm going to be stuck here with you while you think about the cow all damn day."
Crona tenses at this, a blush coming to his face. "I-I'm sorry Ragnarok I can't help it..I-I'm worried about M-Maka.."
"What's to be worried about? She's gone on plenty of missions before, it's not like this is anything new." He grunts. "and if your worried about Soul, don't be. If he doesn't hurt her, everything is good and if he does hurt her you get to beat the shit out of him."
"I-I don't care about hurting him..I just care about her..I don't want her to get hurt at all." Crona grips the pillow.
"Well that's a part of life. She's going to get fucking hurt." Ragnarok rolls his eyes but Crona just keeps sinking deeper into his pillow.
"I-I miss her." He mumbles against it.
"Oh fucking hell." Ragnarok throws his arms in the air. "We just got back from her house and you miss her?! What the hell Crona?"
"M-Maka's just so amazing.." He smiles agaisnt his pillow thinking about the scythe meister.
"Ugh, I don't want to hear this shit any more...I'm tired of how fast you pump me threw your veins when you think of her." He puts a small hand to his head. "It makes me fucking dizzy."
"C-Can you believe she kissed me Ragnarok?" His blush darkens and his smile grows. "T-Twice."
"No." He grunts. "There you happy? Can you stop thinking about her now, lets go out and kick sand in kid's faces!"
"..." Crona just keeps smiling into his pillow ignoring his weapon.
".. Ah hell." Ragnarok groans. "I wish I was Soul right now, he's probably stuffing his face in some fucking amazing lasagna while I'm stuck here with you, being gay over here."
"..." Crona frowns at the mention of Soul and Ragnarok can feel he's worried again.
"Look if your so concerned about her why don't you call her?" Ragnarok rolls his eyes. "That way you can see she's find and me and you can go kick sand in a bunch of brat's faces."
"C-Call?" Crona slowly sits up and his eyes fall on the small mirror resting on his desk..
He could call couldn't he..? Would she mind?..
Crona slowly gets up and walks over to his desk, grabbing the mirror
He wonders if she's ok..
"Only one way to find out."
Crona nods.
Ragnarok's right.
He breaths on the small mirror before writing on Maka's number, he hopes she took her mirror with her.
His mirror lights up and makes a ringing sound. He wait's patiently, a panic rising.
What if she's fighting a kishen egg and he calls her and she gets hurt? or what if she's to busy and he's bugging her? What if-
"Oh hello Crona." Maka's face suddenly appears on the small mirror, she looks confused for a moment before she smiles warmly. "What's up is something wrong?"
"N-No I-I just w-wanted to check on how the m-mission was going.." He averts his gaze feeling nervous. "I-I'm sorry if I'm interrupting you! I didn't want to do that I just-
"No your not." Maka giggles and He stops going off. "We kinda just got here, right now were at a restaurant...you know how Soul's a fat ass and couldn't wait to eat."
"O-Oh." Crona blushes slightly in embarrassment..of course, they just left for Italy. He probably seems clingy now for calling so early
"Yeah, I got some information from the owners here and I think we have a trail." Maka grins. "The kishen egg isn't getting to far away from us!"
"G-Good." Crona smiles at this.
Of course, they just got there and Maka's already on the right track.
She's amazing.
"Hey who you talking to?" He hears Soul on the other side even though he can't see him, his smile falls.
"I'm talking to Crona, he called to check up on us."
"Oh tell him he has nothing to worry about. With a cool weapon like me, nothing could go wrong."
Crona can hear the smirk in his voice.
"Shut the hell up Soul." Maka grunts but..she's smiling.
Crona;'s stomach turns a little..and not in the good way. They sound like there back to normal..
"Is he acting better?...I-is every thing good with him now?" He has to ask, he can feel no tension as he usually feels around the both of them..He doesn't feel the hostile air he felt this morning.
"Yes, we actually worked everything out on the way here. I think he finally understands, or he seemed to when we talked. He apologized for trying to control me and he hasn't brought up are relationship at all." She smiles and he can see the relief in her eyes. "I'm so happy it's over...I'm pretty sure we're staying a pair and it's safe to say he's still my best friend..I'm so glad Soul stopped being a dick."
"I heard that."
"Oh well."
"I-I'm glad Maka." He forces a smile.
He should be happy..Maka's safe but..
His stomach turns more in that bad feeling when Maka laughs at something Soul said.
"We should be able to find this kishen egg pretty fast so we will probably be home tomorrow morning." She smiles warmly at him. "I hope your excited for what I have to tell you..because I am.."
And just like that his mood is instantly restored. Crona perks up
"I-I am...I-I can't wait.." His lips tug in a smile at the possibilities.
"Hey Maka the pizza's here." Soul grunts.
"Alright, I'm sorry Crona I have to go."
"T-Thats ok, enjoy your pizza."
"I will! see you tomorrow." She gives a wave before her face disappears from off the mirror, it going back blank.
"S-See you tomorrow.." Crona mumbles as he puts the mirror back on his desk.
"See? A fucking happy ending. Soul and Maka aren't going to be at each other's throats. She's not going to get hurt. Your not going to kick his ass and she's going to come home tomorrow and tell you she's going to rape you then do it." Ragnarok rolls his eyes at how hot his meister's face gets. "Come on lets go do something now! Like I don't know...kicking sand in kid's faces and stealing there candy!"
Crona yawns..and lays back in bed.
Ragnarok looks down at him in disbelief. "You got to be fucking kidding me!"
"I-im tired.." He mumbles as he digs his head into his pillow and closes his eyes.
"Crona get your ass up now!" Ragnarok starts pulling on his hair, lifting Crona's head off the pillow.
"Ow stop that hurts!" Crona struggles against his weapon but he keeps a firm grip.
"I'm going to make it hurt worse if you don't get your ass up and to the park so we can kick sand in those kid's faces!"
"L-Look if you let me take a nap..I-I'll take you to the G-Golden Coral." Crona speaks desperately as his weapon shakes him by his hair.
"The all you can eat place?!" Ragnarok drops his meister's head that falls right back into the pillow. "Why the hell didn't you say so. Take as long as you want!" He cheers, drool starting to drip out of his mouth before he disappears back into Crona's body.
He sighs of relief and digs his head back into the pillow his eyes closing,
Soul and Maka are good now...but could Soul really be that understanding? He didn't seem to want to except her not liking him this morning...he punched him because of it..he didn't seem like he would just give up.
Crona frowns remembering that cute giggle she did on the phone..The cute giggle that was caused by Soul.
He grips his pillow tighter.
Why does that bother him?..Her laughter always lifts his heart so why did that one make him feel so funny? He doesn't know and he doesn't like the feeling he gets when he thinks about how right now soul is eating with Maka alone..getting to hear her heavenly laugh and see her beautiful face while he's stuck here, far away from her.
He shakes his head, he needs to think of something else.
Crona's head sinks into the pillow as his last thought of Maka kissing his cheek so gently fills his head, healing the funny feeling in his heart with one he's familiar with.
He falls asleep with a small smile on his face.
"Y-you know that animal's dead it's not going anywhere...but m-miss Marie is alive and she's waiting for you." Stein listens as Crona shuts the door behind him with his comment lingering in the air.
The scientist tries to turn his attention back on the cut up piece of flesh on his operation table but as he tries to bring the scalpel down on the animal's heart, the last organ, he finds he can't do it.
Stein sighs and puts his scalpel down..He can't do this anymore for today.
He walks over to the sink, he takes off his bloody lab coat and puts it in the hamper next to the sink. He goes to work cleaning himself up, he had to be completely clean for Marie. He didn't want her seeing him like this.
Stein walks past the table and pauses, he glances over at the glass of tea for a moment before he goes over and picks it up.
The scientist makes his way out of his lab and up the stairs. He walks into the living room and he can feel the tension.
He's not good with expressing emotion but he can see it well in others. Marie, his wife, sits on the couch looking sadly down at her hands. She's been worrying about him again.. With out comment he walks over and takes a seat next to her, Marie doesn't move even though Stein is sure she knows he's here by now.
He doesn't say anything he just sits there and waits.
Something was bound to happen, and he could deal with it then but right now he's just enjoying the calm before the storm.
"Stein.." Marie takes a deep breath breaking the silence he was enjoying. He looks over at her. "Why is it that you spend all your time in that lab? You know I wouldn't mind it if it was in moderation but you spend all day in there.." She grips her fist. "You don't even tell me what your spending all your time on.."
"I don't think it's something you would be interesting in, that's why I do not tell you." He states bluntly, why would he want to tell her about how he cuts up animal's she thought were cute in his spare time? It would just upset her..but he can't stop. It's who he is. He must take apart, he must keep learning. That's what he is, a scientist. "I lose track of my time Marie."
She looks at him a moment before looking away, crossing her arms.
He sighs, he's not getting out that easily.
"..Do you care about your experiments more then you do us?" It's barely a whisper but he hears her. Marie looks down, her eye glossed over. "You have been spending a lot of time in your lab lately Stein. We both work at the DWMA for a living, we have the same hours there so i'd like to be able to come home with you and just spend time together but.." She sighs. "You always go straight into that lab.. not even giving me and Crona a glance on most days."
"That's not true Marie, every day I give Crona lessons." He frowns slightly. "iIcount that as spending time with the boy, and it's more then a glance."
"Ok..Well what about me?" She suddenly stands up, her back turned to him. "I love your giving crona theses lessons, iIlove that your spending time with him but what about me Stein?" She grips her fist. "You...That's the only time you come out, is for Crona's lessons and sometimes you take a 10 mintue break but I don't want just 10 mintues a day with you." She puts a hand on her forehead. "It's like were not even a family, we never do anything all together. Crona has time with me, and then he has time with you but were never all together." She trembles, her teeth grinding "..I didn't marry you to be second best to your experiments Stein I-
She turns around, bumping right into the scientist's chest.
She tenses as he wraps his arms around her, looking down at her with a blank look on his face.
Marie tries to pull away but he just holds her there, his lips turning into a slight frown.
"You have a very intresting way of thinking Marie." He lets go to turn the bolt in his head. He still holds her with one arm.
She doesn't try to pull away from him anymore as she looks up at him..
"You think that I prefer the animals which I cut to pieces over you? I believe I did not put a ring on any of my experiments." He lifts her hand up that has a small diamond ring on her ring finger, he lightly kisses it, and she blushes. "I believe I put a ring on you though Marie.."
"Y-Yes..you did but.." She takes her hand from his grasps and trys to get rid of her blush but it's hard. "Stien..you never spend any time with me..but your exiperments, you spend all day on." She glares.
"You know I get lost in my work Marie." He sighs. "It's always been like that."
"Well I thought maybe you would change once you got a family." She backs away from him, her glossy eyes looking away from him. "but I guess I was wrong.."
"I have changed." He pulls her back to his chest, he grabs her chin and lifts her face up to his. "You have changed me Marie. You have made me feel love..A emotion I thought I could never grasp but yet I hold it in my hands, for I hold you in my hands." His face inches closer to hers. "I will never be perfect, I can't just drop my experiments..I must dissect, I must pull apart...but i'm as perfect as I will get by being with you."
"S-Stein.." Marie blushes, lost for words at her husband saying such a thing. She looks into those Stoney eyes and she feels her's water.
"I'm sorry I have not been making time for you." Stein slowly starts to push Marie back till her back is touching the wall, the scientist body pressed up against hers. "but I can make it up to you." His breath dances across her lips, causing her eye to flutter a little.
"Your right you can." She wraps her arms around his neck, pushing her hips against his. The man smirks and leans in to kiss her-
She puts a finger to his lips, a devious smile on her face. "Not now..we will continue this later.." She can't help but to chuckle a little at the look Stein gives her. "I want to have a family day..you, me, and Crona are going to go out and do things like families do." Her eye lights up in excitement. "So get dressed into something nicer! Were going out!"
"Ok. let me just finish-
"No." She growls. "Your not finishing any thing, your going to go up stairs and change than we are going to have a family day."
"Ok.." He sighs a little but gives her a soft kiss on the forehead. "Anything for you love."
"G-Good.." She smiles, her cheeks turning a soft pink. Him calling her love..just fills her whole being with joy. Deep down she knows, she is the only thing he's ever loved and that makes her proud to wear the ring she is. The ring that binds her and him together.
She is happy to be Marie Frankenstein.
"Crona.." Maka smiles at him, her green eyes shining as she holds his face in her hands, there noses are almost touching.
He opens his mouth to respond but no words come out, no words form. She rubs his face so gently as her other hand trails down his chest to rest at his hip. This causes him to tense but she just pulls him closer, the swordsman getting lost in her warmth.
"You know I care for you.." She speaks close to his mouth, his face is so hot..really everything on him is hot right now.
"M-Maka I- He finds his words only for Maka to put a finger to his lips, a smirk on hers.
"Shh now." She reaches up and tugs at his hair, making him come even closer to her. Somehow he feels this and it slightly hurts but at the same time..He kind of likes it. Her grip on his waist tightens and he yelps, some how feeling that too.
"What's wrong?" She purrs as she tugs at his hair again, this time a little harder, bring his head all the way down.
Her eyes lock onto his and even as her grip on his hair tightens, he doesn't try to pull away or to loosen her grip on him.
"Crona..." She leans her lips closer to his, her eyes half lidded.
He blushes darkly at seeing her like this..Her lips looks so full ..The swordsman finds he's leaning in also, his lips getting closer to her's.
"Crona." She speaks his name again and closes her eyes, he does the same.
There lips are so close to touching-
"Crona!"The swordsman frowns and begins to open his eyes confused at why Maka was yelling at him now when they were about to kiss...
Crona's eyes open, him coming face to face with Ragnarok, the weopon giving him a grossed out look.
Crona's eyes widen as he realizes there..um position..
Crona is laying on his back with Ragnarok coming out of his chest, he's...hugging his weapon against his chest..His face close to Ragnarok's, Crona's lips are puckered out, close to his weapons.
"What the fuck are you doing man?!"
"AH!" Crona screams, his expression falling to horror as he pushes Ragnarok away, his mouth open in shock..
He almost kissed him! but him and Maka were..
His cheeks tint in embarrassment...
Of course it was a dream..how could that ever be reality?
"I know I'm sexy but damn can't even wake you the fuck up with out almost being raped." Ragnarok still looks at him with a grossed out look, but he doesn't retreat back into his body, he stays out from his chest.
"I-I wasn't going to rape you!" Crona groans in embarrassment, throwing the pillow over his head. "I-I didn't mean to d-do that I w-was-
"Having a dream about the cow." Ragnarok chuckles and his face gets even redder, he's glad he put the pillow over his head. " I didn't know you were into hair pulling Crona, you kinky bastard" He rips the pillow off his meister to see Crona's face a almost impossible shade of red.
When he tries to retreat under the blanket, Ragnarok grabs him my the hair and yanks him up. "Oh hell no your getting your bitch ass up and out of bed!"
"W-Why?...I s-said I was going to take you to golden coral if you let me sleep.." Crona mumbles trying to get the demon sword off of his pink locks, but it's in vain.
"That place is the shit and every thing but that Marie lady came in here, told me to wake you up." He shrugs. "I was about to tell her to fuck off but then she told me were going out to eat and I'm hungry now, so yeah your getting your ass up."
Ragnarok tugs at his hair again only to let go and to look at him blankly. "Fuck, forgot you like that shit. Don't want to get almost raped again."
"I-I don't like it when you do I-it!" Crona protests with his face a dark red.
His eyes light in realization as Ragnarok gives him a smirk.
"But you like the thought of the cow doing it." Ragnarok sighs and crosses his arms. "Of course you would be the one to like having your hair pulled like a bitch."
"L-Lets not talk about this any more." Crona trembles as he sits up, Ragnarok goes back inside his body only to reappear out of his back, he rest on top of Crona's head.
Crona's face is still so hot..He feels like it's on fire as he stands up from his bed. He feels a little dizzy from the sudden motion and stumbles. He falls back on the bed, takes a deep breath before forcing himself back up.
This time he's fine.
"Whatever." Ragnarok leans down to glare at his meister. "and I swear if you ever hug me again I'll bitch slap the hell out of you for being so gay!"
"I-I didn't think I was hugging you.." Crona mumbles averting his gaze as he starts to walk out of his room.
"Yeah, you thought you were hugging Maka" Ragnarok says in annoying high pitch voice that Crona knew he was mocking him with. "You thought you were about to get some of her fat cow lips."
"R-Ragnarok." Crona glares up darkly at his weapon as he walks down the stairs not at all amused.
"Oh I'm sorry you didn't like that?" Ragnarok grins down at his meister. " Is some one grumpy he got woken up before Maka could pull on his hair like a bitch some more?"
"F-Fuck you." Crona's face is really dark, his eye twitching in annoyance as he swings a fist towards his weapon.
Ragnarok moves out of the way and he misses.
The demon sword smirks.
"Oh you missed me-
Crona hits him straight in the jaw, the weapon's head being thrown back from the force.
Ragnarok hangs backwards for a moment before something clicks inside of him, one eye squinting in irritation.
"You little bitch!" Ragnarok growls as he comes back up and starts pulling Crona's hair hard with one hand, and with the other pounding into his meister's head.
"O-Ow quit it!" Crona struggles with his weapon on the stairs.
"No you don't fucking hit me! What did I tell you about that? Being hit by someone like you feels like I just got bitched slapped by a bitch and that doesn't happen Crona! That just does not happen!"
"Y-You should have stopped- ow!"
Ragnarok digs his fist deeper into Crona's skull, The swordsman reaching his hands up trying to pry him off.
Crona takes a step forward from the struggle and before he knows it he's falling down the stairs.
Crona yelps as his back, and his sides hit the stairs, all the while he still is struggling with Ragnarok while they both tumble down. Crona lands on the floor hard on his back, but he's still wrestling with Ragnarok trying to get him off, grinding his teeth.
The fall didn't hurt to much..through Ragnarok is a jerk he could feel his black blood harden just a little bit as he fell down the steps.
He isn't injured at all when a fall like that could be fatal for some.
"Ahem!"
Both Crona and Ragnarok pause in there fighting to look over at Marie, who is standing in front of the front door looking at them with a frown on her face, and her foot tapping. Stein stands next to her, looking at the two blankly most likely use to this kind of thing with the two. Crona and Ragnarok are always fighting, if Crona remembers correctly this is probably the third time this has happen since he's moved here. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have his room upstairs.
"What have I told you two about that? You will end up getting hurt!"
"S-Sorry m-miss M-Marie.." Crona's face turns red as he lets go of Ragnarok, his weapon doing the same but he's glaring at the woman.
"He isn't going to get hurt unless I want him too!" He scoffs as Crona stands up and brushes himself off. "Don't underestimate my black blood!"
"I don't care, no fighting on the stairs you here?" Marie really is just looking at the demon sword which causes a vein to pop out on his head.
"Why the hell are you just looking at me?!"
"I-I u-understand miss M-Marie." Crona nods his head, griping his arm with the other tightly. "I-It won't happen again." He looks down feeling a little ashamed.
"Aw I know it's not your fault Crona." Marie smiles lightly as she pulls him into a hug.
Crona blushes slightly enjoying the warmth of a mother..something he's never been able to feel till now.
"I know it's all Ragnarok."
"Like hell it's all me!" Ragnarok's arms frail again as he glares at her.
Marie pulls away from Crona to just stick her tongue out at him.
"Im sure Raggy."
"Don't call me that!"
"Crona." Stein suddenly calls him causing Crona to look over at the man, he looks at him blankly like he's been staring at him for awhile.
He can't help but to raise an eye brow...Stein looks kind of different..Well not to much but still. He's not wearing his lab coat which Crona never sees him without one..and he's wearing a plain black shirt and pants. Of course the shirt and pants still have stitches on them from where he must have ripped them and then sowed them back together. Stein seems a little irritated
"I'm sorry to say we won't be getting to your lessons today. Marie wishes to have a family day instead. I hope that doesn't bother you?" He speaks the last part in a question, looking deep into Crona's eyes.
Marie turns to look at the swordsman and now she's staring at him intently.
"U-Um no it doesn't bother me.." Crona mumbles and averts his gaze when he sees Stein's expression falls. "A-A family day sounds nice.."
"Going out to eat sounds fucking nice!" Ragnarok adds punching a fist in the air.
"Watch your mouth." Marie frowns at him causing the demon sword to grumble.
"God damn it!"
"Hey!" Marie growls. "Behave or your not getting any food."
"..Whatever." Ragnarok rolls his eyes but he settles himself on top of Crona's head.
"..Well...let's do this then.." Stein forces a painfully fake smile when Marie looks over at him.
Marie doesn't notice or she doesn't care for she beams at him.
"Right!" She cheers as she grabs Crona's and Stein's hand, lifting there arms up with hers as if they just won something. "Family time!"
"Y-Yeah.." Both the scientist and the swordsman glance at one another, they both don't know how to deal with family time. What is it that you did in family time?...Crona's never had a family before..He's had..Medusa but that's it. The only time he spent with her is when he was doing her will..when he was killing the innocent for her and she would reward him with her attention and fake love...
But this won't be like that.
Crona smiles slightly at Marie as she leads them both out the door with a bright smile on her face.
He glances at Stein and finds that the scientist is staring at Marie a smile tugging on his lips...His green eyes holding something in them that he doesn't understand...but he likes it. Crona knows his adopted father is as uncertain as him when it comes to family time..and maybe just as nervous at going out into public but the man is just happy Marie is.
They're all happy to just be together...maybe that's what family time really is.
To just be around the ones you love.
Crona flops on his bed weakly looking up at the ceiling. now that was interesting...his lips tug up into a smile..and fun.
They first went to the park together to go and feed the ducks...Ragnarok enjoyed just throwing the bread at the ducks roughly. At one point he left a piece of bread on top of Crona's head causing a large duck to attack him. That was one of the scariest moments of his life, who knew ducks could be so viscous when it came to bread? He's glad it didn't rip any of his hair out. Ragnarok was cracking up the whole time so it didn't take much of the swordsman to add two and two together. He wanted to punch his weapon but he didn't want to ruin Marie's family time so he let it slide.
Marie was busy feeding the ducks and at the same time keeping Stein from dissecting any of them so..yeah they didn't stay to long at the park. After the park they went out to eat at Denny's...which actually went by pretty uneventful. all eyes where on them though, since the odd family never comes out together it got quite a few stares but they didn't mind to much.
Crona frowns...Today though through out the day he felt as if he was being watched..he's not talking about the regular people just looking at them in curiosity..He felt as if someone was really watching him..A dark feeling was gripping his heart the whole time though he tried to suppress it, it was hard.
Crona had fun no doubt but the whole time he was paranoid.
Threw out the day he glanced around as if trying to find the pair of eyes that were causing him so much discomfort but he didn't find them.
He felt as if any minute some thing was going to come out and snatch him away from his family..The dark feeling was so familiar yet..not. It's hard to explain but just thinking about it sends chills down his spine.
At one point the feeling was so over whelming he had to excuse himself to the bathroom, not wanting to alarm Marie, or Stein. He didn't want to ruin there fun. Stein gave him a look but Crona left any way. Once in the bathroom he wetted his face, trying to calm himself down. Ragnarok had already retreated into his body after he stuffed his face with pancakes and to Crona's surprise he didn't say any thing. When Crona looked up into the mirror he thought he saw someone behind him, a dark figure with out a face but as soon as he thought he saw it, it was gone. He didn't tell Stein or Marie...They shouldn't have to worry about it.
Crona's brows furrow..it's not his madness..he knows when it's that..he can feel the madness in side him but..he didn't feel it then..
He wishes almost that Ragnarok would come out and hit him for worrying like he usually does but...for some reason his weapon his been awfully quiet.
Crona turns on his side and closes his eyes...Maybe it's just he needs to sleep..maybe he's just tired...
The darkness comes and claims him.
Crona's running as fast as he can, his eyes wide with fear and panic.
He's running from something but he doesn't know what. Whatever it is scares him, makes his stomach turn in to a knot making him want to puke but he doesn't. He keeps running.
Something's after him..He hears there large foot steps behind him. What ever it is it's getting closer.
It's catching up.
Crona grinds his teeth and pumps his legs as fast as he can go but he still hears the foot steps and there getting closer and closer.
His panic is overflowing now and he screams desperately for Ragnarok, wills his weapon to come out and form as sword in his hand so he can feel some what protected but..
Ragnarok isn't responding.
He's all alone.
Suddenly he hits something. He hits it hard.
Crona falls back on his butt looking up at a large black wall that seemly came out of nowhere.
The wall that was blocking his way out.
"There's no escape." He feels hot breath against his neck causing all his hairs to stand up, his lower lip querying in fear.
It caught up. He has no where to go.
Crona tries to get up but before he can something wraps around his stomach tightly and lifts him up off the ground. He yelps in pain as what ever binds him tightens every time he struggles.
Crona is violently jerked around so he's facing this..thing.
There's nothing there but three vertical eyes staring at him with dark glee...Nothing but that and darkness.
They lock eyes with him..and Crona feels there must be something more then just eyes in front of him but he can't see past the darkness.
"Crona..." This thing coos in a hoarse voice, whatever that has him is tightening. Taking his breath away. "Son of Medusa..A son of madness. you were never meant to be sane, you were never meant to be here. You belong to me."
This thing chuckles and Crona is feeling weaker and weaker as something starts to wrap around his legs as if he was being wrapped into a cocoon.
"You will be born anew...Your madness will blossom and you will be mine.."
He feels his stomach has been wrapped up now..
.Now his chest..
It's at his neck now..
Almost at his face but he can't fight it.
Crona knows this must be a dream...a nightmare..He knows he fell asleep in his bed..in his house..but..he can feel the wrapping..He can actually feel it and it burns him.
Crona feels his lips twitch up into a smile as the wrapping gets to his chin..
He doesn't like his smile. He doesn't like this feeling.
The wrapping up to his nose now..and his smile just gets bigger. a derange chuckle coming from his lips beneath the wrapping.
"Your-
Suddenly a light comes into this darkness, it consumes both Crona and this demon.
The swordsman closes his eyes not being able to handle it but he feel the wrapping is unwinding..soon all the binds are off of him and he falls back to the ground.
"Ah...I see now.."
Crona opens his eyes at hearing the demon's voice and he gasps.
There, the source of the light stands..A girl..with wings.
He can't see her face, her body dark as if she's just a shadow of someone but great light is coming from her.
"So it's you?... I didn't think you would come along."
Crona eyes widen as he sees the demon reach out a hand..the only reason he's able to see it is because of the angel's light..all he sees is the eyes and the hand.. "Come to me.." He purrs.
Crona's breath hitches when the girl starts to walk closer..She's walking deeper into this darkness and he doesn't like it.
She doesn't belong here.
Crona tries to tell her to stop but no words come out. She just keeps walking closer and closer..her wings spread and her body lights up...her body no longer being dark but he still can't see her face it's so bright.
"That's it.." He can hear the smirk in the demon's voice as the girl is about to put her hand in his.
Crona can't let this happen.
He forces himself up, grinding his teeth at the pain as he feels only for something to come out of the ground and wrap around him, pinning him back down. Because of the new light he can see what has a hold of him, it looks like..more darkness..but this one is alive and thick. it can hold him.
The girl takes a step towards him, he still can't see her face but..he feels like she's concerned about him.
"You can not help him that way." The demon coos and she turns her attention back on him. "Give me your hand..give me your soul.."
The girl looks back at Crona, the boy desperately trying to tell her to run, to get away from this place but no words come out. Her head bows before she turns back to the monster. She looks back at him one last time.
The girl puts her hand in his.
At there contact Crona fines his voice, he screams.
He screams his lungs out as the darkness lets go ofhim...only to wrap around the girl instead. It wraps around her tightly, destroying the bright light that had radiated from her.
"Stop!" Crona runs over to her, wanting to free her, to save her but the demon gets in his way.
He feels strong hands on his arm, stopping him from getting to her.
She's still struggling against the darkness but it's almost up to her face.
"Let go!" Crona grinds his teeth as he tries to punch what ever has a hold of him but his fist is just going threw air.
"You should be happy demon sword..."
Crona stops struggling once he sees the darkness has completely covered the girl..She disappears from his sight..silent tears fall down his cheeks as the demon lets go of him.
He falls to his knees.
"You have been set free." The demon laughs madly as it disappears, the whole place just fading away like the girl had..
He can't stop the tears.
"Noo!" Crona wakes up, sweat running down his face. His eyes wide with fear and his hand goes to his chest..His heart beats like crazy against it..
What..What was that?!...
His stomach is turned..He feels like puking..
.He knows he had a bad nightmare..That's the only reason he would feel like this..but for some reason when he tries to recall what it was about...He can't remember..He knows there was darkness..something had him..and then..he was let go..he was free..
Crona's breath hitches, dread gripping his heart as he gets out of his bed. His breathing is so bad and maybe he should get his medication but he can't.
Crona runs out of his room, his eyes wide with panic.
Something's wrong...Something is really wrong.
He doesn't know what it is..but he feels it and it's eating his heart. Like a worm in a apple this feeling is wiggling it's self in his heart making it so he can't stop sweating, making it so he could never relax..not until he finds the reason for it.
Crona almost falls down the stairs but he keeps himself steady enough to make it.
He doesn't know what time it is but he doesn't care. Something is compelling him forward, he has no control of his body. It moves with out him thinking.
Something is wrong. Something is really wrong.
He wishes he could remember the dream..maybe then he would understand this feeling better but no matter how much he tries...
He cant'.
"Crona?" Marie looks over at him from the living room, she sits on the couch a worried expression frozen on her face. "Are you alright?"
He looks over at her, and he might have scared her from how her breath hitched. He didn't know how he looked right now and he probably didn't want to know.
Crona's eyes search frantically for something, he doesn't know what, but he's looking for something. His pale blue eyes fall on where they keep there shoes, Marie likes her family to take off there shoes when their staying in. She said it made it feel more like home but his eyes fall on something that isn't' there.
Stein's shoes are missing.
This is like a red flag and his breathing speeds up but he doesn't know why.
"W-Where's S-Stein?" He speaks unsteadily, he feels his body is trembling.
"Crona you don't look so-
"Where's Stein?" He repeats. He has to know.
"Um..well he was just called by Lord Death to report to the death room." Marie looks at her son in concern. "Crona it's 1:00 in the morning are you sure your-
"The death room.." He speaks breathless for a moment before he turns on his heel, he grabs his shoes and he's out the door. "Sorry miss Marie, I'll be back."
"Crona!"
He hears her call after him but he can't stop. Crona doesn't even bother to put on his shoes. He holds them and he keeps running. The boy pants, running as fast as he can away from the stitched up laboratory towards Death city.
The moon grins down at Crona as he runs so desperately threw the streets of the city. His bangs covering his eyes, and his body trembles. Crona's feet are all cut up from stepping on some glass in one of death city's alleys but he doesn't care. He hears the spatting sound his feet make as he runs from his blood but he still doesn't care.
Crona keeps running.
The feeling of dread gripping his heart tighter as he gets closer and closer to the school.
Something's wrong. Something is really wrong.
Why does he feel this way? What was that dream? Why can't he remember it?
Crona pushes his body to it's limit, he never stops running as he runs up the long stairs to the dwma. Memories of him racing Maka flood his mind, remembering how he had forced him self to the limit to past her on the adpartment stairs...and the smile she gave him.
He grinds his teeth. He endures it.
His heart hurts..The closer he gets to the death room..the more it's griped...
It hurts him so much he has to stop when he finally gets to the door's of the death room.
Crona pants out of breath and grabs his chest.
He's afraid..he's so afraid to open the doors.
He feels as if his biggest fear hides behind them..and if he were to open them it would swallow him whole.
Crona takes one last breath.
He charges in.
He runs threw the guillotine hallway and doesn't stop till he's in the room with death's mirror.
His pale blue eyes look around the room..searching for something but..he doesn't find it.
The first thing he see's is Lord Death looking over at him, his expression hidden by his mask. Next he sees Stein standing next to him, but he isn't looking at Crona, he's looking at something else..with a grim expression on his face.
Crona follows his gaze and his breath hitches.
Soul stands off to the side, his arms crossed, his red eyes down casted. He has a conflicted look on his face..His eyes flaring.
Dread grips his heart all the more and Crona feels like he's about to die.
He doesn't see Maka.
Soul stands alone.
"Where's Maka?!" Crona matches in, his whole body trembling but Soul doesn't look up.
Stein takes his eyes off Soul to look over at his adopted son, a slight frown on his face, his glares glaring.
"Crona..Maka's missing."
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