I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm literally a month late in updating. Ahh! I forgot about it for a month! But I'm here with another chapter! I promise the next chapter wont take that long to update! I fell like a terrible person. *goes cries in a corner* Enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 7 ~ Lost

Maka didn't like what has been happening to her these past few days. Soul became her friend. His friends became her friend. He broke down a wall. Maka has never had this many things happen to her at once. She felt lost and confused. She didn't know what was going on. But she need some time to herself.

Maka was sitting under a tree drawing the scenery. It was quiet, or she thinks it is. She can't hear or speak at the moment. It was after school and Maka avoided Soul so she wouldn't have to talk to him. The more she talked, the more her throat hurt. Maka was so caught up into her drawing that she didn't see, or really hear the person in front of her.

Soul has been standing in front of her for a while. He was wondering what is going on, but he realized two things. One, she probably lost her hearing for a while or two, she is ignoring him. Soul went with the first option. He got out a notebook and wrote something down. He ripped up sheet of paper out of the notebook and places it on top of her drawing. She jumped and looked up to see Soul smiling at her. She looked back at the note.

"I'm guessing your hearing is off." It said. She looked up to see Soul sit next to her. He gave her another note. "You like to draw?" it said. She nodded. "You okay?" he wrote.

"Why wouldn't I be?" she wrote back.

"You seem distant towards me." he wrote.

"What if I want to be alone?" she wrote back.

"You know you have me if you anything."

"Thanks I'll hold on to that offer." She wrote back. She then continued to draw. Soul watched her draw. She was really good in his opinion. It was the whole scenery in front of them and it looked like she had taken a picture.

"This is really good." He whispered. She nodded. His eyes widen but then smirked. "You can hear me."

"Now I can. I told you it's random." She wrote. He smiled.

"Hey my friends and I are going to meet at a café. Want to come?" he asked and immediately she shook her head no. "Why not?"

"I have to go home and study." She wrote.

"You can do that later. Come on, they want to hang out with you." he said.

"Why?" she wrote.

"They want to be your friend." He said. This time she wrote nothing back. He smiled and stood up. He then lent her his hand. "Coming?" she looked at him and sighed. She nodded. 'I hope nothing bad will happen…'

They went to the café and meet up with Soul's friends. They went in and everyone was happy that Maka was there. Maka still choose not to talk but she would fake smile. She really didn't know if she could truly smile and be herself. She sat down next to Soul and everyone was talking away just like at lunch.

"Oh my gosh Maka! I can't believe you came! I'm so happy!" "Maka is here! Maka is here!" Liz said with Patty cheered. Maka nodded and smiled.

"Well of coarse she would be here. She wouldn't miss a chance to hang out with her god!" Black Star said. Soul rolled his eyes.

"You will never be a god Black Star." Soul said.

"WANT TO SAY THAT TO MY FACE!" Black Star yelled. Maka covered her ears and Soul notice.

"Okay whatever just shut up already. No one likes your yelling." Soul looked over to see Maka look away.

"Well we are glad that you here Maka. Sorry about what happen at lunch." Kid said. Maka shook her head no.

"Why aren't you talking?" Black Star said. Maka shuddered she couldn't say anything. She was praying inside that Soul wouldn't say anything about the condition.

"Just leave her alone Black Star." Soul said. Maka sighed in relief.

"I was just curious." He muttered. Maka looked away ashamed. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Tsubaki.

"It's okay. We understand if you don't really want to talk to us. We hope one day you can talk to us again." She said. Maka looked at everyone and they gave her warm smiles and nodded. Maka felt lost. She didn't know what to do. "I know let's play a game." She said.

"What kind of game?" Liz asked.

"Yes or No. We asked Maka a question and she taps the table once for yes, two for no, and three for if she doesn't know." Tsubaki said. Maka looked at Soul who smiled at her. Everyone seemed into to so it was decided.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Patty asked. Maka taped twice.

"Do you like reading?" Kid asked. Maka taped once. "I know great books you should read. I'll show you them one day." He said. Maka nodded.

"Do you like doing anything else be side reading?" Liz asked. Maka taped once. "What else do you do?" Maka was about to get a notebook out when Soul beat her to it.

"She is awesome at drawing." He said. Maka blushed.

"Can we see?" Liz and Tsubaki said together. Maka tapped the table once and got her art book. She handed it to them and they all were flipping through it.

"These are really good!" Liz said. Maka blushed again and turned away.

"She is also good at writing if I remember." Kid said. "We have the same English class and whenever there is a creative writing assignment she gets the highest grade."

"You have to show us next time." Tsubaki said. Maka nodded. They continued the game. Everyone was having fun getting to know Maka. Maka looked at the time. It was already late but she didn't care. For once in her life she was having fun, a little bit. It was then Black Star's turn to ask a question.

"Do you like Soul?" he asked. Maka blushed and tapped the table once.

"You love him!" Patty said. Maka quickly tapped the table twice.

"You like him as a friend." Black star asked. Maka nodded. He then laughed. "Soul is always talking about you I thought you guys were going out." Maka blushed even more. She looked over to Soul who also a bit of red on his cheeks. He shrugged and they moved on.

Soul was happy. She was at least talking to them. She was at least smiling. He was glad his friends accepted her. They may not know her condition, but he knew they would still want to be her friend. He was grateful for that. He was grateful that she was comfortable.

They all said their goodbyes and Maka and Soul walked home together. They were silent. Not one of them dared to say anything. They both had what Patty and Black Star say in their heads.

'Does he like me? I thought we were just friends. I didn't know he had a crush on me. Maybe he doesn't. Maybe they were just kidding around. Man I'm so confused on all this. This is crazy!' she thought. She looked over Soul. He was in his own world.

'Stupid Black Star! Why would he say that? She doesn't like me, at least like that. I just want to be friends with her. I don't want something like that to ruin that. But…' his thoughts were cut off when he looked over to Maka who was looking at him.

They both looked away. Soul looked back at Maka. She was still blushing. Soul smiled and grabbed her hand. She flinched and let go. She didn't like it when someone touches her like that. Especially her father…

"You okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine." She whispered.

"You know I won't hurt you right." He said. Maka looked at his hand. She slowly put her hand into his.

"I know but..." She whispered.

"You know you can trust me too." He said. He tightened his grip on her hand a bit. She nodded. When they got closer to her, like a block away, Maka let go of his hand.

"Thank you. I can take it from here." She said. She didn't want him near her father if he were home. He could be drunk or something. She didn't want him there.

"Okay," he said. Maka was about to turn away when she heard Soul. "Let me see your phone." She nodded and handed it to him. He did something on it and handed it back. She looked down to see his name in her contact list. She then heard his phone ring and he smiled. "If you ever need me, call me okay. I don't care if it's stupid even. If you need my help, I'll be there for you." She nodded and ran to her house.

When she got in it was empty. That meant two things to her. Her father could be drinking still or he was in his room with one of his stupid girlfriends. She listened and sighed. He was out drinking. She ran into her room. She changed into her pajamas and went to bed. She looked at her phone. She was staring at Soul's name.

She was confused on what had happened today. She was confused why it happened. She looked next to her to see the box where she hid her blade. She looked at her arm, then her phone. 'Not tonight…' she thought turned over. She was confused. She was more than confused. She was lost…


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