A/N: So I am happy to report that this chapter will be a good one!
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater and its characters, or Cinderella (Umbrella remix) - by Rihanna ft Chris Brown.
Notes: BOLD and UnderlineBlack*Star rap
BOLD = Maka singing
BOLD and Italics = Soul singing
( parentheses ) = Both singing
Ch.4 Business or Pleasure
Soul's POV-
I woke up and looked at my phone. I had a text from Maka.
Maka: ) My address is 564 Grigori Ave. If Star doesn't answer the door then walk around to the back and the gate will be unlocked. There is a shed in the backyard hidden between the trees and that is most likely where I will be. See you later J
I put her address in my phone's GPS and noticed she wasn't that far from my apartment. She lived about 5 blocks away so that saved me a lot on gas.
I yawned and went to my home screen and noticed the time. 11:45.
"Oh Shit! I'm supposed to be there in 15 minutes and I still need to take a shower, and get ready. Damn!" I shouted at myself while hurrying to the shower.
After washing my hair and body. I turned off the water and grabbed a comb and started on my hair while looking for an outfit to wear. I pulled on some boxers and a pair on khaki cargo shorts. I walked to my dresser and pulled out a dark green tank and put it on. Going into my closet I found my custom made white T-shirt with black Japanese writing that said Soul Eater. I turned around and grabbed a black blazer jacket with blue plaid design on the inside.
I pulled out some extra clothes and put them in my book bag. I was supposed to be staying at Stein's house tonight since I have to get up early tomorrow for a meeting with Death, also because he needs help with putting his new place together.
I walked back to the bathroom fully dressed and towel drying my hair. I threw my towel on the hook and brushed my teeth.
I threw on my dark green chucks and walked out of the door and locked. I turned on the GPS and noticed that it was 12:10.
Shit I was late.
My bike roared to life, I put on my helmet and shifting into drive, I drove to Maka's place.
I hopped of the bike and walked up to the front door and knocked,
I hoped she wasn't going to be mad. She looked like she didn't deal with tardiness. I wonder what we are going to be working on today and I hope she isn't going to wear anything tempting, or else nothing will get done.
The door opens as I'm thinking about her.
"What do you want and how did you find our house Eater?"
I looked and met teal eyes and a slight frown.
"Maka asked me to come over so we could work on a song." I looked at him with confusion. Didn't he know that I was coming over.
"Why should I believe you? You probably just want to get in my little sisters pants and how old are you anyway? 21?" He seemed really annoyed and I could tell he was in big brother mode with me.
"I'm 18 dude I'll be 19 in November. Also here." I showed him the text Maka had sent me and he finally let me in.
"She's in the backyard I think follow me." He said begrudgingly.
The house was nice and clean. The living room was spacious and open, with the color theme being a really deep red and a dark grey. We walked past a set of stairs and into the kitchen it was clean and astounding. Mahogany cabinets and modern silver appliances with pale yellow tiles on the walls between the cabinets and granite countertops.
I noticed at the last second he stopped in front of me. I bumped into him and he turned around giving me a glare.
"Don't touch my sister or even think of her in any wrong way, or else man." He set out the rules and I didn't want to break them, well not right now anyways.
"It's cool man were co-workers now, so I'm not here for pleasure, it's just business." I told him coolly even though I wanted a little pleasure from this trip.
"Fine then." He turned around and opened some patio doors.
We walked outside and I looked around the yard not noticing anyone at all. Her brother jumped over the side of the patio and walked to the pool.
"Yo, Tiny that Eater guy is here!" He yelled looking down at the pool water.
Why the hell is he yelling at the pool calling it tiny? He grabbed a penny out of his pocket and dropped it into the pool then smirked at the water. It was then I noticed what he was doing.
Someone was in the pool. I looked a little harder and noticed a woman swimming underwater to the stairs on the other side. Her long pale blonde hair looked like silk in the water. She emerged out of the water and flipped her hair over her shoulder to ring it out. The lime green halter top covered her back and stomach, but was sticking to her skin and so were her bikini bottoms. The swimsuit showed off her body perfectly, accenting her hourglass figure, perky breasts, flat stomach, firm little ass, and mile long legs. She reminded me of a Goddess.
"I know you called me Tiny when I was little, but why do you insist on calling me that? I'm not tiny anymore obliviously Star? What time is it anyways I need to get ready?" Maka asked him.
"It's 12:25, Tiny and I don't care if you've grown up and filled out but you are always going to be tiny compared to your Almighty BIG brother. HAHAHA!" He flexed his arms and laughed really hard.
"UGH! It's almost 12:30, Oh Shit! Black*Star I told you to come get me out of there at 11:35 damn it. I hope he's not here yet." She stated as she turned around and walked over to a poolside lounge chair.
She grabbed her towel and started to dry herself off while walking my way. She looked at my shoes and then followed up to my face.
That was the first and only time I ever saw embarrassment and surprise on Maka's face. Her cheeks blushed a light pink, but then she gained her composure.
"Well you're here. Can you give me a minute to change, maybe a shower too? You can come hangout in my room or something while you wait." She asked me with face I really couldn't read.
"HELL NO! HE'S NOT ALLOWED IN YOUR ROOM MAKA! WHO KNOWS WHAT THINGS HE WILL TRY TO DO TO YOU UP THERE!" Black*Star yelled at her while giving me a stare from hell.
"It's alright Star I can handle myself and I know he won't do anything plus if there is a problem you're right downstairs, right?" She gave him puppy eyes that were so cute I don't think he could have resisted even if he wanted to.
"Fine, Maka." He said with a sigh and slight smile.
He gave her a hug and ruffled her hair. He looked at me and frowned.
"Yeah, I guess you'll be fine we overcame a lot from our childhood and it made you tough hearted, plus I know you'll Maka-Chop him to death if he tries anything." He laughed and walked into the house, leaving me behind confused and a little scared.
Maka POV-
I turned to face Soul and he looked confused. He quickly changed his face and just simply raised an eyebrow at me.
"So you didn't grow up with this lifestyle I'm guessing?" Soul asked me.
My face paled a little bit and I turned for the house. I didn't want him to see my face and I sure wasn't going to explain what I went through to him. Hell I barely even know him, so why would I tell him stuff like that. It still hurts to even think about. Star thinks I got over it, but I still haven't. I don't think he would understand and neither would Soul about my past and issues.
"No we didn't grow up like this." I paused when I was in front of the door. "If you want to sit out here you can, but if you want to come inside, so we can discuss the song and other things, then follow me.
I heard footsteps behind me and smiled a little. We made it up to my room and he stopped in the doorway looking like he was in awe.
"Do you like what you see?" I asked him.
He turned his head to me and smirked. "I most definitely like what I am seeing. Your room is cool, too though."
I blushed and told him to make himself comfortable while I got in the shower and changed. I walked to my closet and got a comfortable outfit.
I took a quick shower, dried off, and got dressed. I pulled on my baby blue tank top with my black yoga pants and baby blue toms. I walked out of the bathroom while putting my hair in a high ponytail, I stopped and looked at the my room. Something was wrong.
Oh Shit! Soul was missing, and where was my guitar! I ran into my closet and looked in there first.
"Nope not in here." I ran to the top of the stairs and called down to Star.
"Heyy Star has Soul come down there?"
"Nope he hasn't come down at all." He called back to me, but I could tell that he was too far into his game to notice if someone did walked past him.
"Alright then." I yelled back to him, rolling my eyes, and started to check everywhere upstairs.
Bathroom, nope.
Guestroom, nothing.
Other guestroom, nada.
Black*Star's room, empty.
Hall closet, zilch.
I walked back into my room and sat on my bed. I grabbed my phone off of the nightstand and I was about to call him when I felt a breeze hit my back and the faint sound of drums coming from outside.
I made my way over to my balcony and noticed that my shed doors were open and that was where the sound was coming from.
I sighed and smiled well I did tell him where I could have been at earlier, and I did take a long shower.
I ran downstairs and out into the backyard. Jogging the rest of the way to the shed, and walking in I found Soul playing on the drums and my guitar on the couch. He was too far into them to notice that I was here. It was cute to say the least, his hair was wild, and you could tell he was putting his heart into it.
"Hey I thought you were going to be waiting for me when I got out?" I asked him, and he stopped playing, looking at me like a deer caught in headlights.
"Sorry I got bored because you were taking so long, so I remembered you said something about this shed and I wanted to check it out. You have a nice little studio in here and all these instruments are cool." He told me with awe filled eyes.
"Thanks, and since we are co-workers and will be working together a lot you are welcome to come over and use my studio. Oh and you haven't even seen the best instrument in here." I told him.
I walked over to the corner of the room and turned on the light, and his jaw dropped.
Soul's POV-
She had a Steinway and Sons grand piano, and what made it better was that she had it custom made so it was unique. I was falling in love with this girl I swear.
"This has to be the coolest instrument in this whole room. I had wanted one exactly like this when I was younger, but my parents wouldn't let me get my piano custom designed. They said that it was tacky and made fun of the instrument's beauty." I told her, while slowing walking around the piano examining it.
"So you know how to play the piano?" She asked me. Her stare making me want to show off.
I smirked at her and sat down on the bench. I lifted the fall bored and ran my hands lightly over the keys. It was like I was at home again, but not when my strict parents were home. It was like when I and my older brother Wes were younger and I would play the piano for him.
I started to play the same melody that would make my brother applaud me, but have my parents make me practice harder.
It was eerie but sweet, it almost sounded sad but that was how I felt when I was younger. I got into the music and it got slightly darker, and a little faster. I put all my past feelings into the song and it got a more dark and spooky but still had a hint of sweetness into it. Then I got to the point where it sounds broken hearted and sad completely. Then it went back to how it was at the beginning and I had stopped abruptly ending the song.
"That was amazing. I never heard anything like that before." She was standing at the end of the piano. Her face looked like she had cried a little but she was really in awe of the song.
"I wrote that song when I was 7. My family are world famous musicians and they had me practicing the piano since I was about 4. My parents were very strict and hard on me. They always said that I was a waste of talent because I wouldn't play songs the correct and appropriate way, so I was never allowed to go on tours with them. My brother Wes was the only one who said that I was the best musician he ever heard because I played from the heart." I smirked remembering the day he told me that. "So I ended up practicing singing and raping. A couple years later I made a CD, left my family, and came here."
"So how did you get your manager?" She asked me out of curiosity.
"Oh Stein? I've known him for years he was aunt's manager but she retired early after an accident happened. He ended up coming over one day and I began talking to him about becoming an famous artist. I showed him what I could do and we've been working together since." I smirked again and she smiled at me.
"Well at least you made it here. Now should we start thinking of topics for our song?" She asked me.
"I have two questions first. Are you the only one who can sing or did you get it from somewhere? Also your brother Black*Star what exactly does he do?" I was truly confused.
"I got my voice I think from my mother because she used to sing to me and Star when we were younger to put us to sleep. Black*Star raps and plays the drums and guitar for me. We have a contract with Shibusen Records, but it's more for me than him. He is considered an artist but he chooses not to be in the light that much. He really just makes singles every so often, or is featured in my albums." Maka said nonchalantly.
"Ok we should do a love song because I haven't made any yet." I paused for a minute still thinking, then I got the best idea. "How about we do a sort of mash up but it comes into one song in the end?" I asked.
She gave me a confused look and that told me to further explain it.
"Like two stories put into one to make the perfect story. We would have the same beat but its like one song honestly." I tried to make it as simple as possible and I think She finally got it.
"So we would have the same topic but somewhat different lyrics?" She asked one final question.
"Yea exactly." I told her.
"That sounds fun! We could have Black*Star rap on it in the beginning or you could." She said excitedly.
"Yea we could do that but we should write the song first." I replied back to her.
She walked over and grabbed her phone off of the coffee table and started to dial a number.
"Well we could use Black*Stars help right now because he can do the drums to give us an idea for our lyrics." She told me then she walked into the recording part of the room and talked to Black*Star.
That guy really didn't like me. I'll just have to get used to him and maybe he'll come around. I was deep in my thoughts when she came back into the room.
"He's on his way out here. He thought that was an awesome idea for a song."
About two minutes later Black*Star burst into the room and yelled. "Your God has arrived to help you with your peasant song."
"Shut up and start to play a beat on the drums." Maka told him in the most boring way she could.
"Fine!"
He ran to the drums and began on a catchy beat. I started to bob my head to the beat he was making it was cool. Maka walked over to the Mixing Board.
"Soul turn on the mic next to the drums so I can record his beat. Then be absolutely silent." She told me while still messing with some knobs.
I did as she told and we recorded Black*Star's beat. She began to play with the board some more, for about 30 minutes with some headphones on. Black*Star and I began to talk while she was doing her thing. We were on the topic of best video games ever made when Maka sighed and looked over at us.
"I did it!" She yelled as she hit play and we listened to it.
"Wow this is a great beat." I told her.
Just as she was about to answer me a roll of thunder came in through the cracked window and the sound of rain coming down shook me out of my thoughts.
"Oh shit my bike and bag are going to get soaked!" I said frantically while grabbing my jacket and making my way to the door. "I have to get to Stein's house anyways he needs me to help him with something over night and I need to get there before my motorcycle gets soaked and I can't ride it."
"You can just stay here for the night, call your manager, and tell him you got caught in the rain. We can put your motorcycle in the garage." She said with a hint of hopefulness in her voice.
"Alright fine, but we have to hurry before it gets soaked." I told her.
I wasn't expecting her to let me stay over. I was really anticipating her to let me leave and making go to Stein's. I looked back at her and she waved her hand at Black*Star who made his way over to help me.
"Come back in here when you guys are done." She yelled as we ran out into the rain.
"The garage is on the right side of the house I'll go open the doors for you dude." Black*Star said to me.
I nodded and made my way to the front of the house. My bike was being rained on, but it was only slightly wet because it wasn't raining hard. I hopped on, started the bike up, and rode into the garage to see Black*Star.
He closed the door and I grabbed my bag out of the compartment under my seat.
I looked around the garage and my jaw dropped. In the far corner of the Garage was a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1. It was all black with a red strip on the bottom of the side of the car. It had a shine that told you it was recently cleaned. Right next to it was an all blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS. I was in awe. I couldn't believe the condition these cars were in.
"Man all your cars are awesome, but I have to say I am in love with that Mustang." I told him with a smirk dreaming about giving the muscle car a test drive.
"Haha neither of these cars aren't mine. The Camaro is mine, but the Mustang isn't. I didn't even rebuild them." He told me while laughing.
"Then whose Mustang is that and who did?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Maka, it's her car and she rebuilt both of them." He laughed even more.
"Seriously tiny little Maka built the inside of these cars? How and where did she learn this from?" I asked flabbergasted.
"You have to ask her that." He said while walking out of the door. "Come on, lets hurry up and get back before we walk in and she throws a fit."
I caught up to him and we talked some more while we walked.
"Why do you seem to hate me?" I asked after a minute.
"I don't really hate you. It's just, I'm very protective of Maka and I don't want her to be hurt like she was when we were kids. I swore to protect her from that type of pain when we were younger." He stopped and sighed. "She's been hurt by plenty of guys and I won't let it happen. She is strong, but she is still a girl. I guess you're cool and I can trust you around my little sister, but I will not let you hurt her. She seems to be taking a liking to you, I can tell you are a good guy and like her too, but I don't know if she will let you in."
"Is it really that obvious that I like her?" I looked at Black*Star and he rolled his eyes. "I do like your sister ok. This is so uncool, but I want to date her." I paused and thought about what he said. "What do you mean that she won't let me in?"
"I don't really want to explain it to you because it's not my place to tell the story. All I can tell you is that Maka hasn't always had a guy she could truly relay on besides me, Kidd, and Crona. She doesn't even truly believe in love anymore. Her past is more horrible than most people could handle. She just doesn't trust guys." He looked at the ground clearly upset about the topic now.
"Don't worry dude. I would never even think about hurting Maka. I would just want to make her smile all the time and be there when she needs someone." I told him and patted his shoulder. "Now come on before she does something horrible to us for keeping her waiting, and so we don't get anymore soaked than we are."
"Haha yeah." He looked over at me, put his hands behind his neck, stared at the sky with the rain pelting his face, and then started to walk to the shed.
He stopped before the door and looked over at me. "I like you, so no hard feelings about earlier, friends?" He held his hand out to me.
"Friends." I shook it then we walked in on Maka sitting on top of the couch, playing the guitar with some sheet music on the seat of the couch.
She looked a little sad and depressed. I wanted to run to over and hold her close to me until she felt better. Just as I was about to say something to let her know we were there, she started to hum a melody.
It went on for about four minutes and ended closing her eyes and sighing.
"HEY DON'T BE SAD-"
"AHHHHHH"
CRASH! Maka fell behind the couch as she screamed. She then peeked her head over the back of the couch and glared at Black*Star as he was doubled over laughing his head off.
"Damn you Star. You could have at least knocked or something. Ugh now my head really hurts thanks a lot." She yelled while holding the side of her head.
Suddenly Black*Star stopped laughing and looked serious. He walked over to Maka and checked her head and looked into her eyes. They seemed to have a wordless conversation with their eyes. He seemed to have changed his personality completely from being goofy and obnoxious to being serious and protective. Now I knew what he meant when he said he would protect Maka from harms way. I looked outside feeling like I was being rude for watching them.
"Hey Soul, let's get some lyrics going with this beat." She said to me, and I whirled around and closed the shed door.
"Yeah let's get going on this song because it's going to be the coolest song the world will ever hear." I said while walking over to the couch and throwing my bag on it besides me.
"Ok well I already have my part down, so you guys want to work on yours and then we'll put it all together?" She asked us.
"Yeah let's do that, but you guys know that a big star like me is going first on the track." Black*Star announced.
"Yes Star we wouldn't want it any other way." Maka deadpanned.
After about 2 hours we went over our parts and put the song together.
Black*Star went in the studio first so we could add his part to our song Later because we would need him to work the controls when we went in.
He gave us a nod and we started the beat for him.
Ahuh Ahuh (Angel, Soul Eater)
Ahuh, Ahuh (Good girl gone Bad)
Ahuh, Ahuh (Take three… Action)
Ahuh, Ahuh
No clouds in my storms
Let it rain I hydroplane in the bank
Coming down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone, We Shibusen Records
We fly higher than weather
And G5's are better, You know me
An anticipation, for precipitation. Stacked chips for the rain day
Star, the rain man is back
With little Miss Sunshine Angel where you at?
We Stopped recording after his last line. Black*Star came out and we went in.
She looked into my eyes and I looked into hers as we held the headphones against one of our ears.
"Let's make a hit." She smiled at me. "Oh and remember to have fun too, feel the music and your lyrics."
Just after she said that the beat started, and she started to sing.
You have my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in Magazines
But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because
When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Under my umbrella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Under my umbrella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Under my umbrella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
You're becoming a dream to me
A fairytale fantasy
Nothing can ever compare
An image to my memory
Girl I'm asking could you be my queen
A vision on a magazine
That's when I'll be there
It's something we both share
When the sun shines we'll shine together
You know I'll be here forever
Although it's a lot of rain outside
Girl it's getting late and you can stay the night
But you can dip out anytime whenever
I can call a car I ain't tryna stress yah
I'm looking for the one with the glass slipper
Babygirl you can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
You can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
You can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
You can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
You can run into my arms
Its ok don't be alarmed
(Come into me)
There's no distance in between our love
So go and same my name some more
I'll be all you need and MORE~ Ah…You ready?
(Because)
When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be you're friend
Took an oath imma stick it out till the end
But you can dip out anytime whenever
I can call a car I ain't tryna stress yah
I'm looking for the one with the glass slipper
Baby girl you can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Under my Umbrella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
You can be my Cinderella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Under my Umbrella ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
It's raining Rainin
Oh baby it's raining Rainin
Baby come into me Oh
Come into me
It's raining, Angel
Oh baby it's raining, Angel
You can always come into me
Come into me.
Black*Star stopped the track and edited his part into the song. We sent the song to Justin for him to clean up. We all sat down and just talked about nothing. While we were laughing I remembered something.
"Hey, Maka?"
She stopped laughing and looked over at me with a smile on her face.
"What's up Soul?"
"Whose cars are those in the your garage, because that Mustang is bad ass and cool." I told her with a smirk.
"Oh the Camaro is Star's and the Mustang is mine. I rebuilt the engine to modern times so both of the cars are rebuilt and upgraded." She said with confidence.
"Who taught you how to do that?" I asked her curiosity clearly in my voice.
Her smile faltered and she looked out the window. "When I was a little my papa used to take me and Black*Star with him to the garage whenever he worked on cars. Papa tried to teach Black*Star, but he was top busy trying to get stronger and learn to be a ninja." She giggled a little bit from a previous memory, then locked eyes with me. "I used to be so interested in the way my papa worked on cars that I would watch him the whole time he was out there working. He noticed that and started to teach me how to rebuild them and all the parts that went into making a car. Of course my mama didn't like it, but she let me do it anyway because it was something I enjoyed besides books."
She smiled faintly at me and then Black*Star's stomach growled loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Haha I guess that's my cue that it's time for me to make dinner. What would you like for dinner Soul?" She looked at me with a motherly face.
"Some Chili sounds cool right now." I shrugged
"Fine Chili it is then." She said as she walked to the house.
The rain had let up and was now drizzling. Maka went to work in the kitchen while Black*Star and I played Injustice.
"Dude are you going to try and make a move and my sister?" Black*Star asked while hitting me with a combo attack from Batman.
I blocked his attack with Deathstroke and hit him with a combo and shot him with a gun. "I don't know when, but I want her to warm up to me first."
"Seriously dude, don't be a pussy just do it already." He said while trying to hit me with a bomb.
I dodged and sliced him up some with my sword until his health was where I wanted it to be, then I got him with my special move and won the game.
I dropped the controller on the couch, stood up, and stretched. "Ugh I'm going to take a shower first then I'll go talk to her. Where's my bag?" I looked around and then I found my bag sitting next to the TV. I turned around when I seen Black*Star standing at the bottom of the stairs with a smirk on his face.
We had a stare off. Teal and crimson in a battle for dominance and the bathroom. (1)
"Don't you dare Black*Star."
"What are you going to do about it, Eater boy?"
"Black*Star don't even-"
He bolted up the stairs and I ran after. I grabbed his ankle as he stepped on the last stair and he fell on his face. I smirked and pulled him back as I got up and moved to the bathroom. As soon as I was almost their to the door, he grabbed me by the back of my shirt and pulled. I was instantly choked and freefalling to the floor. As I was falling he laughed and pushed my face back and I landed with a thud on the floor as the bathroom door slammed shut and the water turned on.
I sighed and made my way down the stairs and to the kitchen. Maka was standing in front of a big pot, with a spoon and bowl in her hand. I coughed and she looked over at me and smiled.
"Well you are right on time. Here's your bowl if you want more you can come and get it." She handed me the bowl as I walked over by her next to the stove and by the sink. "Oh and the cheese if you want it is on the counter next to the crackers."
I put some cheese in my bowl and scraped down the whole bowl. It was great, she was a wonderful cook. I heard the water still running upstairs and got a wicked idea.
"Hey is the sink connected to the bathroom upstairs?" I asked her.
She looked at me and laughed. "So I'm guessing Black*Star Beat you to the bathroom? Yes it does connect to the shower and I do it all the time to him when he takes too long or locks me out of my bathroom and I need a shower."
"Seriously, this is great." I turned to the sink and turned on the hot water.
We both heard a scream and then a thud. It was too funny to hold in so we laughed.
"Quit playing Eater! That isn't funny douche bag." Black*Star yelled.
I turned off the hot water and waited a minute, then turned oh the cold water.
"COLD, COLD, COLD."
We laughed until we had tears in our eyes and looked at one another. Her eyes were a shimmering emerald color that I wanted to get lost in them. I was going to tell her about them when she spoke up.
"Do you need to take a shower?" She asked me and I nodded.
"Well the only other shower is in my room, so you can take the one in there. Oh and you are lucky because my bathroom is not connected to anything in the house so he won't be able to mess with your water." She smiled.
"Can you show me where everything is then?" I asked her with a smirk.
She looked at me and walked past me and I followed behind her with my bag over my shoulder.
She showed me where the towels were and took a bottle of shampoo and body wash from Black*Star's room. I was following her when she opened a door to a random room next to hers.
"I'm not going to let you sleep on the couch so you can sleep in the guest bedroom." She said to me as I put my bag on the bed.
"Why is it so close to your room? Do you want me to keep you company tonight?" I smirked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"No, I just thought you wouldn't want to hear Star snore and not get a goodnights sleep. Oh, you just reminded me stay away from the things in my room!" She glared at me then she left.
Maka was just a complicated person. Just when I thought that I had her figured out she threw something else in the mix to confuse me even more.
Sighing I went into her room to take a shower.
Maka POV-
I walked back down stairs and plopped on the couch. I heard my cell phone go off in the kitchen. After rolling my eyes and cursing people about bad timing and never being able to relax, I got off the couch to retrieve it.
Kidd ) Hey Maka what are you doing two weeks from now?
Maka ) Ummm IDK. I was hoping to hang out wit you guys since that's my birthday, but Death is throwing the party for me.
Kidd ) Oh right I forgot about my father's arrangements. While I guess I will have to talk to him about it.
Maka ) yea sure Kidd
Kidd ) Alright. Bye Maka
Maka ) Goodnight Kidd
That was weird normally Kidd would have waited until he seen me in person if he was going to ask me something like that. I guess he was in a rush or something.
I shrugged my shoulders, went into the study, and began to read one of my series I was stuck on. It was a story about a girl with a scarred past and a boy her age who has one to, but he has gotten over his past. He sees that the girl is holding something back and wants to help her, but she shuts him out. He tries again and again until she begins to open up to him and they eventually fall in love.
I lost track of time and needed to get in the shower. So I ran upstairs and went to my closet. I grabbed a pair of athletic short shorts with a sports bra. Then made my way to my bathroom.
I placed my clothes on the counter and walked back out of the bathroom and into my room. I put my cell phone on its charger and took my hair down from its ponytail. I walked in the bathroom and locked the door to stop any white haired, red eyed perverts from spying on me in the shower. One could never be too careful.
After I had shaved my legs, washed my hair, and body. I grabbed my towel from the rack and wrapped it around my body. I got dressed in record time, walked out of the bathroom, and was about to flop on my bed and go to sleep when I noticed Soul sitting on my bed with a major blush and some blood trickling from his nose. Just as I was about to say something a breeze hit me and I realized I had no shirt over my bra.
My mind went in 20 different directions and I zoomed to my closet and threw on the closest tank top. I looked at myself before a came out and seen that the shirt was a little see through. You could only see my bra a little bit but not as much as if I had not shirt on.
I walked back out and sat on the other side of my bed, and looked at the now gathered Soul.
"Um I was going to ask you if you had any plans in a week?" He gazed into my eyes.
I stared back into his and found nothing, but pure kindness. I swallowed and answered him.
"No I don't why ask?"
"I was wondering would you like to go to a concert with me. My brother is going to be playing here, so he gave me two free VIP tickets to watch and come backstage after the performance to catch up on life. So would you like to come with me?" He asked me with a slight blush.
"Yes I would like that, but you have to agree to 3 conditions first." I told him with a small smile.
"What are the conditions then?" He questioned with an raised eyebrow.
"First, you have to come to my birthday party Death is throwing. Second, I will be singing a few songs at a charity event that I founded and you have to come and sing some songs with me. Third, you have to teach me how to drive a motorcycle. Deal?" I asked and held out my hand.
"Deal," He smirked and I felt chills go down my spine, "But I have some conditions, too."
That is the end of Ch. 4! Sorry for the delay college things needed to be done first.
Special thanks to Lentarthurk14 for editing my grammar mistakes!
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