Kiss and Told
Maka's POV
I was cold . . . freezing actually . . . but suddenly I felt something warm against my lips. It was warm and sweet. Was someone kissing me? No way . . . I must be dreaming . . . Wait a minute . . . Am I sleeping!? Suddenly I opened my eyes and I felt a blanket around me again I was lying on someone's arm. I turned and saw it was Soul and I jolted up. I was sleeping next to him again! I quickly and quietly got up and headed downstairs to my room and closed the entrance. I laid on top of my bed and placed a hand on my lips . . . What a weird dream . . .
. . . . .
"Soul you're up hurry up!" Stein shouted.
Soul came walking toward me and gave me a high five and winked at me before going on stage. I watched as the crowd went wild as he waved to the fans.
"Are you guys ready for tonight!?" Soul shouted and everyone cheered and screamed.
"Alright, this song I have prepared for you is called "Whisper in the Dark"!" Soul shouted.
(Whisper in the Dark by Skillet)
Soul grabbed the mic with both his hands as the song began to play.
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
I watched as Soul head bangs his head to the drums. Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
The girls in the front row squeal as Soul winks to them as he sings with all his might.
I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
Soul now starts to rock out and point to the people in the crowd as they scream his name.
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Suddenly he glances toward my direction and sings this verse. I watched as his crimson eyes seem to be staring into my eyes. Was he trying to give me a message?
You feel so lonely and ragged
You lay here broken and naked
My love is
Just waiting
To clothe you in crimson roses
My eyes widen to this next part as he still sang toward me. I realized that he was actually singing this song to me. My eyes widen as he grinned and then faced back to the crowd.
I will be the one that's gonna find you
I will be the one that's gonna guide you
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
Girls continued to squeal as I still stood awe struck . . . Was he singing this song for me?
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Soul continued to rock out and glance to the rest of the band as he smiles at them and they smile back. He turns to the crowd and starts singing his heart out and really getting into the music.
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
Once the song ended the crowd went crazy. I mean there were people trying to get through the bodyguards that blocked the stage. Soul then came off the stage with the rest of the band.
"That was great you guys! You really rocked out there!" I exclaimed and they looked at me with a shocked expression.
"What?" I questioned.
"You're outfit . . . You just look hot Maka!" Patti shouted.
I looked at myself and thought this outfit was perfect for the song. I wore another black tube top, black leather jacket with golden spikes, long black leather pants with a black belt with golden spikes on them as well, black leather gloves with golden spikes on them, and black high heel boots. My make-up was normal and my hair had straight mess look to it. The girls gave me complement as the guys just drooled and I rolled my eyes.
"Dressing up for me are we?" Soul teased.
"Ah . . . no . . ." I replied smiling.
"Anyways, it's your turn now . . . Oh and . . . actually try to look cool." Soul teased and I stuck my tongue out as he walked away.
I ran on stage waving to the crowd and listen to them scream my name. I waved, blew kisses, and even winked at some people. I grabbed the mic from the stand and smiled.
"Are you guys ready for another song!?" I yelled and the crowd screamed yes and cheered as I gave a laugh.
"Alright this next song is called "Who Owns My Heart"!" I shouted and they screamed.
(Who Owns My Heart by Miley Cyrus)
The lights went out and I quickly got into position behind the curtain and held the mic in my hand close to my lips as the song began.
R-O-C-K
Mafia
The lights started to flash on and off only showing my shadow and my movements as I began to sing.
Creation shows me what to do
I'm dancing on the floor with you
And when you touch my hand
I go crazy
Yeah
The lights continued to flash as I placed my hands on my head and shook it.
The music tells me what to feel
I like you now, but is it real?
By the time we say goodnight
I'll know if this is right
The lights fully go on as I walked from behind the curtains and to the microphone stand and I could hear everyone shouting my name.
And I feel you
Comin through my veins
Am I into you?
Or is the music to blame?
I gradually started to sing louder at this part and through my hand in the air.
Who owns my heart?
Is it love?
Or is it art?
Cause the way you got your body movin's
Got me confused
I can't tell if it's the beat or sparks
(Oh)
I threw my hand down to the ground and then started to act more sexy and moved my body like a wave making some guys drool.
Who owns my heart?
Is it love? Or is it art?
Y-Y-Y-You know I wanna believe
That we're a masterpiece
But sometimes it's hard to tell in the dark
Who owns my heart
I looked back to the band and then saw Soul dressed and ready for our next performance. He stared at me grinning and I just winked at him and turned to the crowd.
The room is full but all I see is
The way your eyes just blaze through me
Like fire in the dark
We're like living art
I looked to the crowd seductively and wrapped my leg around the music stand. I swear the crowd got ten times louder and I grinned to all of them.
And it hits me
Like a tidal wave
Are you feelin me?
Or is the music to blame?
I pull the mic closer and point to the crowd as I sing louder.
Who owns my heart?
Is it love?
Or is it art?
Cause the way you got your body movin's
Got me confused
I can't tell if it's the beat or sparks
(Oh)
Who owns my heart?
Is it love? Or is it art?
Y-Y-Y-You know I wanna believe
That we're a masterpiece
But sometimes it's hard to tell in the dark
Who owns my heart
I start to move with the music once more and I could feel the energy of the song as I sing.
So come on baby
Keep provokin' me
Keep on ropin' me
Like a rodeo
Baby pull me close
Come on here we go
Here we go
Here we go
I start swinging my body and using my finger and gesturing for the guys in the front to come closer and I swear they almost jumped over the bodyguard, but were quickly stopped.
And it hits me
Like a tidal wave
Are you feelin me?
Or is the music to blame?
Who owns my heart?
Who owns my heart?
Heart, heart, heart, heart...
Once the song ended the crowd roared. I thanked them and told them we had one more song for them. The band and I walked off stage and I saw a grinning Soul slowly clapping at us.
"Nice performance . . . can I get a private so later?" Soul grinned and I just punched him on the shoulder and went to the dressing room.
Liz helped me get ready. Once I was finished, I looked like a doll. I was wearing a black strapless puffy dress with red underneath, black stockings, and black high heels. My make-up was the same, but my hair was straight with a pony tail to the right side.
"I've noticed lately that you and Soul have been pretty close . . . Wanna tell us anything?" Liz said and Tsubaki and Patti leaned closer to me.
"There's nothing to tell . . . We're just good friends, that's all . . ." I said.
"Just good friends. . . Yeah right . . . That's the first time in a long while that I ever Soul smile the way he does when he's around you . . . I think he actually might like you . . ."
"What!? No way . . ."
Suddenly Black Star came in telling us it was time to go. I thought about what Liz said, but there was just no way Soul would like me. . . Right? Besides even if he did I wouldn't feel the same way . . . right? Suddenly my heart pounded when I noticed now that Soul's outfit matches mine. He was wearing a black suit with a red shirt in the inside with a black tie. He turned to me and grinned and I felt myself blush.
"Don't you just look cute?" Soul mocked and I laughed.
"Don't you look so handsome?" I replied and he laughed.
We quickly walked on stage with the rest of the band and got into our positions.
"Alright we got one more song for you guys, before we close tonight's performance!" Soul shouted and nodded to me.
"We're gonna sing a song we like to call "Popular Song"!" I yelled and they cheered.
(Popular Song by MIKA ft. Ariana Grande: Bold-Soul, Italic- Maka, Bold Italic-Soul and Maka, Bold Italic Underline- Soul, Maka, Liz, and Patti)
I grabbed the microphone from the stand and the music began to play.
La la, la la
You were the popular one, the popular chick
It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish
I pointed to the crowd while I sang and then shrugged for this verse.
Standing on the field with your pretty pompoms
Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn
I could have been a mess but I never went wrong
'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song
Soul walked behind me as he sang and stared at me and teased me, but then looked back at the crowd.
Ahhh, I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song
We both looked at each other and then turned at the same time to the crowd.
My problem, I never was a model,
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing all the songs I don't know
Now you're in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
We walked up to each other shrugging and then faced back to back and stared at the crowd while they cheered.
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do is be true to you
That's all you ever need to know
We faced each other again and pointed to each other and then to the crowd and started to move to the music. The crowd cheered louder at this point.
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
Always on the lookout for someone to hate,
Picking on me like a dinner plate
As I sang my line I playful glared at Soul, who then joined me in the next part and playfully teased me.
You hid during classes, and in between them
Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them
I tried so hard not to laugh as Soul hid behind me playfully while we both sang, but the crowd began to laugh.
You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do
It ain't so funny when the joke's on you
Soul then looked to me and shrugged while he sang and then waved his finger in front of me.
Ooh, the joke's on you
Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking,
"How come you look so cool?"
'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy (uh huh)
I said, that's the only thing I've learned at school
We slowly walked away from each other and started doing what the verses said and everyone began to laugh and cheer for us as we performed.
My problem, I never was a model,
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing all the songs I don't know
Now you're in the front row
'Cause my song is popular
We walked toward each other again and shrugged once more and went back to back as we turned to the crowd singing and having fun.
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do is be true to you
That's all you ever need to know
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
It's all you ever need to know
You're only ever who you were
It's all you ever need to know
You're only ever who you were
(It's all you ever need to know)
It's all you ever need to know
We started to sing our hearts out to the crowd and started to feel the music and start moving with it more. I felt like such a character on stage and it was fun.
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do is be true to you.
That's all you ever need to know...
(That's all you ever need to know...)
For this last verse we walked toward each other again and sang directly at each other and staring into each other's eyes, until the end of the song. We both smiled at each other and turned to the crowd.
"Thanks for coming you guys!" I shouted into the mic.
"We are Soul Eater and good-night!" Soul shouted into the mic.
We all headed off stage and we greeted by some unwelcome guests with surprisingly flowers. Soul stood next to me and we nodded our heads.
"Great little performance you did out there . . . These are you two . . . Sorry we didn't get the rest of the band any flowers, but they probably wither by their touch . . ." Claire smirked while Seth and Claire both handed us a vase of roses.
Soul stared at them and quickly threw them to the ground and watched as the glass shattered and I just handed the vase to Tsubaki to hold for me. Claire just smiled and began to speak again.
"Have you decided whether or not you'll do the Battle of the Bands with us?" Seth grinned looking at me and I turned to my band member who just nodded.
"We're in," I replied and he extended his hand toward me.
However, Soul took his hand and shook it and I felt relieved. Seth just gave a small laugh. I noticed Claire was staring at me, now and gave a small grin. She moved closer to Soul and whispered something in his ear as she continued look at me. Soul turn to us and said he wouldn't be long and left with Claire. I couldn't help, but wonder what that was all about. The rest of us went to get changed and I was the first to get down, so I decided to go get some water. Right when I turned the corner I saw Soul and Claire and for some reason I hid behind the corner and could hear them talking.
"I'm surprised you found a lead girl vocalist in the band . . . I thought for sure, you wouldn't make that same mistake again . . ." Claire said.
"She's different . . ." Soul replied.
"So was I . . ."
I watched as she got closer to Soul and placing a hand on his chest and I felt a little annoyed by it as she smiled seductively at him. He quickly took her hand off him and began to walk away.
"You like her don't you!" Claire shouted and he stopped, much to my surprise.
"I see the way you look at her Soul . . . The way you used to look at me . . . Tell me have you kissed her?" Claire grinned and Soul turned to face her.
"Once . . . While she was sleeping . . ." Soul said and my eyes widen and I covered my mouth.
"However . . . I felt nothing . . . no spark . . . nothing . . . Besides the way I act around her, I'm just messing around . . . There's no way I could like a girl like her . . ." Soul said.
Right when he said those words, for some reason my heart ached a little inside. I felt like I was stabbed about a thousand times. A girl like me huh . . . Is there something wrong with me . . .? I quickly started to walk away and decided to get some fresh air.
Soul's POV
"If you say so . . . I look forward to tomorrow Soul . . . Oh and dream of me . . ." Claire said walking away.
"Yeah only in my nightmares." I said to myself and walked away.
I needed a drink . . . I went back to see if the guys wanted to grab a drink before we left . . . We headed to a nearby bar and I started to drink all my anger away . . .
Maka's POV
I sat on the couch upstairs where Soul said I could come up whenever I wanted. I had my guitar in my hands trying to think of some ideas for some songs for our next concert. There's not much I can do about tomorrow with the whole Battle of the Bands thing since I won't know the songs until tomorrow, but somehow I feel confident I'll know the songs. Looked around the room and it felt some empty without Soul here. Usually we get the songs done faster, but without him I'm kind of lost.
Still I wasn't exactly in the mood to see him after what he said about me . . . I mean it's not like I like Soul or anything, but . . . Suddenly I heard someone coming up . . . I noticed it was Soul, but he looked . . .
"Oh god my head hurts . . ." Soul said face plating into the couch.
He totally was wasted. I quickly got up from the couch and decided to go ahead and stop here for the night and leave him alone. However, once I got up he grabbed my hand and I flinched a little. I saw his crimson eyes gaze into mine.
"Where are you going?" He questioned.
"Back to my room, I thought maybe you could use some space." I replied.
"No . . . Stay with me please . . ." Soul said and I felt myself blushing.
I sat back down on the couch and he still held on to my hand. We sat there in silence for a while, but then he began to speak.
"You know . . . it's funny . . . Seeing my ex-girlfriend again made me feel angry, disheartened, and hate . . . but I didn't feel lonely anymore . . . When she dumped me and left with some of my songs to go to Midnight Rush, I felt lonely . . . I mean I already had lost my parents due to a car accident and my brother Wes just committed suicide out of depression . . . Wes blamed me for everything, saying their death was my fault . . . Anyways when Stein adopted me I formed a band everyone and for the first time, I was actually just happy . . . But when Claire did that to me . . . I never wanted to trust anyone again, but my band and Stein . . . I was cold hearted, cool, and a jack ass to everyone . . . But I think . . . I changed . . . because of you . . ." Soul said and I was a little shocked to hear this all from him.
"Because of me?" I questioned and he turned to me with one of his rare smiles.
"I don't know what it is . . . but, you've changed me a little . . . I mean before I never gave a rat's ass about you, but now . . . You're different and I feel . . . not lonely anymore . . . Can you promise me something . . .?"
"Sure,"
"Stay by my side . . . don't ever leave me . . ."
I was shocked by his words. I felt myself becoming red . . . I slowly nodded to him and he smiled. He sat up straight and then looked directly at me. I saw him leaning closer to me and I tried to lean back, but I ended up lying on the couch. I noticed he was above me now looking down at me. He was on top of me and he began to lean closer to me. I felt scared, nervous, and . . . excited? I felt his lips crash into mine and I felt his hands wrap around me. It was so warm and sweet his kiss. It was hot! I started to kiss back, but I didn't understand why . . . Suddenly I felt his lips off me and I noticed he had pasted out.
I was blushing so much and breathing heavily. I quickly got him off me and grabbed a blanket and threw it on him. I was so confused . . . My heart was racing and my pulse was rising. He doesn't like me, he made that very clear . . . I looked to him and placed my hand on my heart . . . No . . . I can't be . . . I just can't be . . . I quickly went back to my room and closed the entrance. I laid on my bed and had my arm covering my eyes . . . I can't fall in love with him . . .
