Chapter 4
Evans and Albarn Residence, 1:47 pm.
Maka hadn't moved since she'd passed out before Soul could tell her anything. He would've been worried that she was dead if he couldn't hear her quiet breathing. He hadn't eaten anything. He realized that Blair had been gone for a while—since he and Maka had started fighting the night before.
Soul immediately felt guilty for shouting at Maka. He couldn't even remember what the fight was about. It didn't seem to matter anymore, of course.
Evans and Albarn Residence, 2:21 pm.
Maka woke up. The room was so pretty. She didn't want to ever leave. Soul was sitting next to the bed. He hadn't seemed to notice that she was awake. Soul was pretty, too. Such pretty white hair…
Soul was staring off into space, up until the point when he felt cold fingers touch his scalp. The fingers laced through his hair, gently pulling their way through it. Maka was awake, apparently.
Soul was about to ask if she was okay, but then the fingers became harsher, gripping his hair and pulling his head back, so that it rested on the bed, and he saw an upside—down Maka. She was leaning over him, until her face was only several inches away from his.
"You're so pretty," she breathed.
Soul choked a little bit, and tried to move his head, but his hair was caught firmly in Maka's cold fingers.
Maka leaned closer, closer—for a second, Soul thought she was going to kiss him. But then, her eyelids drooped, and she passed out again, her forehead resting on his. Soul was trapped.
He tried to move without Maka crashing to the floor, but her fingers were still clutching handfuls of his hair. He delicately placed his hands on Maka's, and gently pried her fingers apart. Her hands were cold, he realized.
Sighing, he deftly maneuvered out from under Maka's head, while holding her up. He slowly laid her back down on his bed.
She was cute when she was sleeping.
Wait. No, no, she was sick. Maybe he was sick, too, which was why he was feeling like crap.
At nine thirty that night, Maka still hadn't woken up, and Soul finally went to sleep.