bringing back the past
Chapter six
Maka waited outside of the surgery room. She waited for Soul to get out of surgery so she could talk to him. There were some really important things she needs to talk to him about. He'd saved her from the Kishin egg and she needs to thank him for that. The young woman had a lot on her mind. All that'd happened in the past and that's just happened got her to think. He obviously still had feelings toward her or he wouldn't have saved her life by taking the blade for her. This questioned the past when he said the promise was just empty words. She knew she didn't love Soul. All her hatred toward Soul didn't just simply vanish, she still despises Soul but it isn't as strong as it once was.
Maka had a lot to think about before she faces Soul. She knows he's waiting for a real answer about her feelings toward him and now with the Kishin egg out of the way, he'd move out of her apartment and everything would go back to normal. Would she want to give their friendship a fresh new start or would she let the ghosts of her past drive him away? She had not yet the answer for that.
Maka groaned in annoyance while she supported her face in the palms of her hands. The situation is too confusing for her to handle.
"I'm surprised seeing you here." Maka uncovered her face and looked up toward the one who spoke to him. She was met with blue eyes of Black*Star. "But I know Soul will be really happy seeing you here."
Maka snorted and looked away from him. "I'm not here because I care about him. I'm here to get some answers. Then he'll move out form my apartment and everything will go back to normal." She said it but the words felt very bitter.
Black*Star took a seat beside Maka while his eyes never left her face. "Even though, he'll be overjoyed for you to be there."
"He shouldn't be. One of his whores makes a better company."
Black*Star smirked wide. "Actually no. That man is too stubborn for his own good. He's never slept with anyone. He's still a virgin."
Maka's eyes snapped wide open in shock and turned toward Black*Star. "What?!"
He smirked and nodded. "It's true. He's never been with anyone thanks to you. When we got to know each other more Soul spilled everything."
"Everything?"
He nodded. "Everything. He told me the reason he was an asshole toward you and how much he loved you and treasured you. He was so determined to get you back. I've never seen a guy like him. It was kind of annoying how he never took one of the girls he dated seriously." He shrugged his shoulders. "But in his mind he'd to do it since I kind of forced them on him. The only thing he really did with those girls was giving them a kiss goodbye."
Now Maka'd even more on her mind. With this new piece of information she'd a new aspect to analyze and then make a decision.
"He begged me to not do anything toward you and to never tell anyone of what he told me. I kept the promise to this day." He then burst out laughing. "Of course a god always holds his friend's secrets!"
Maka rolled her eyes and then the red surgery sign turned off and a doctor came out of the room. Maka and Black*Star stood up from their chairs waited for what the doctor had to say.
"He'll be okay. I stitched him up and he should be okay if he rested for a couple of days." Maka sighed in relief which Black*Star noticed. She'd lied to him when she said she didn't care about him, of course he noticed it earlier. "He's taken to his current room. You can visit him but let him sleep until he wakes up."
"You can go first. You said you needed answers from him." Black*Star said and Maka nodded. The doctor led her toward the room. Maka took a deep breath before she walked inside of the room. The door creaked and then shut behind her. She saw Soul lying on his bed with a blanket pulled to his waist.
Maka walked up to his bed and grabbed the chair next to the bed. She took a seat. Her eyes wandered to his peaceful face. His face wasn't tense as he usually was. He was relaxed and his white hair was messy as always. Maka liked his relaxed face much more than his cocky jerk face. She liked the face he always made when they were younger. The relaxed dreamy look with a smile on his face.
A small smile spread on her lips but it dropped when she laid her eyes on his bandages covered chest. Her stomach dropped in guilt toward him to be hurt like this because of her. Unconsciously Maka laid her hand on his chest. Her fingers caressed the bandage on his chest. Her hand stopped just above his heart. She pressed her hand against his chest and she could feel Soul's heart beat strongly.
She wanted to be this close to Soul years ago. She wanted to be beside of him like this when he fell down from the tree. She wanted to know how he was feeling but Mrs. Evans rejected her to then Soul rejecting her concern and then to crush their friendship.
"You know people usually ask permission to touch people." Maka almost jumped out of her skin. She immediately looked at his face and his eyes were half-lidded. She immediately retrieved her hand from his chest and blushed madly. She's embarrassed for getting caught touching his bandage covered chest. "But since it's you, you don't need permission to touch me. I'm all yours."
Maka rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. "Quit with the cool guy act. It doesn't work on me."
"Then why are you blushing?"
"I'm only here to get answers. So give me them and I've be on my way."
"As tempting as it is to not answer any of your questions and have you being with me forever, I'll have to answer them I guess.
"Good." Maka said. "Tell me, if you're telling me the truth of your love for me, why was you so mean toward me years ago? Why did you shatter our friendship?"
Soul sighed. "It was my mother. After I woke up from falling down the tree, I got the biggest scolding ever. She said I had to break things off with you or I wouldn't be allowed to go to school and be with any friends at all. I would be homeschooled and imprisoned in my own home. After a few days, I figured out it was better for me to at least see you every day than never seeing you." He sighed and looked down toward his lap. "That was the hardest day in my life. I hated myself for making you cry. I promised to protect you but it was me who brought tears to your eyes."
Maka nodded. She mentally face palmed herself. Of course it'd be his mother. She threatened him to break things of with me or else his life would be miserable.
"Then why are you telling me you love me now? You'll only get into trouble being around me."
Soul nodded. "Yes. My mother won't like me for reconnecting with you again but I'm eighteen. She doesn't control me now. I want to be with you and I want to fix things between us. I love you and I'm not going anywhere."
Maka looked away from him. "You know the Kishin egg is dead. That means you won't be living with me anymore. You're out of my apartment and everything will go back to normal. Just forget everything that happened."
"No!" Soul grabbed Maka's hand. "This has been the best thing every happening to be since I hurt you so badly. You're my best friend and the one I love, I want another chance for the mistake I did. I want you to find it in your heart to forgive me and start over with me."
Maka stared into Soul's red eyes. She tried to find a lie in his eyes but there was none. All she could see was sincerity.
"I've moved on. I do not like you. I do not need a friendship with you; in fact, a friendship with you would only make my life worse."
His face got twisted with agony. His hand squeezed Maka's. "Say Maka, did you never miss me?"
Maka immediately nodded. "Of course I did. I missed you a lot after the tree incident. After your confrontation, I missed you even then, but then I realized I would never get you back and I moved on. I still despise you for breaking what we had and hurt me so." Maka's eyes widen when she realized she's just screwed up.
"You can get me back Maka. I know you're a stubborn woman and I know when we were kids you felt something toward me. I know now we'd a mutual connection back then and I want it back. I want you back in my life. Do one stupid reckless thing in your life and take me back. I promise you I won't ever hurt you."
Maka retrieved her hand looked away from him. "Yes. I liked you back then but we haven't hung out in a very long time. You don't know if my feelings have been killed forever."
Soul grabbed Maka's chin and made her look into his eyes. "Then I'll wait for you forever because I believe in us. I don't think your feelings are killed. Only shattered and buried and I'm going to be the one to dig them up." A smile spread on his lips. "That is if you accept giving us a try."
Maka sighed. "Okay. I'm in."
Soul cheered in happiness but Maka still felt a little bit unsure. She wasn't sure about Soul and she wasn't sure about her decision. She hopes she didn't do a horrible mistake. But then again, if it was an awful decision then she wouldn't be asking herself what if. She needs this to ease her mind.