A/N: Back home from Colorado, which means back into school. *sigh* So less time for writing again, but I'm hoping the teachers will go easy for a bit before worrying about exams.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Soul Eater or its characters.


Six o'clock rolled around and Maka was finishing up in the kitchen when there was a knock on the door. She went over and opened it to see Liz, Patti, and Kid.

"Hey guys," Maka greeted them happily, "Come in."

Liz walked in, wearing sweat pants and a fitted shirt, carrying a large bag. Patti was also in sweats but holding a stuffed giraffe. Kid sulked in behind the girls, dressed in casual jeans and a black button up shirt.

"It's six, isn't it?" Kid mumbled, looking at the clock on the wall.

Maka was suspiciously eyeing the bag Liz had, "Um yeah. That's what time you were supposed to be here."

"You lied to me, Liz," Kid slumped against the wall and slid to the floor, "I can never trust you again," he breathed, laying his head in between his knees.

Maka looked down at him, one eyebrow raised and blinking.
Liz sighed and continued into the room, setting her bag beside the couch and leaning over the back to watch the boys still playing zombies.

Patti laughed, "Sis changed all the clocks in the house two hours ahead so he would think it was eight instead of six!"

Kid groaned, mumbling under his breath.

"Oh," Maka mouthed, "Well then," she walked into the kitchen, ignoring Kid, and took some dishes out of the cabinet, "Since everyone's here; let's eat."

BlackStar jumped off the couch and ran to the table, Soul followed at a slower pace while Tsubaki came in from Maka's room and helped serve the food.

Liz and Patti sat on the couch with their plates, Kid slouched beside them, still upset at his weapon.
Maka joined the group on the couch and began chatting with Liz and Patti. Tsubaki stayed at the table with BlackStar and Soul, silently following along with their conversation.

"How did your mission go yesterday?" Maka leaned against the couch, talking with Liz.

"It went well...I guess," she glared at Kid, "Someone wouldn't fight because it was too symmetrical. Ihad to shoot it's arm to throw off the symmetry," she rolled her eyes.

"And you ruined it's beauty," Kid muttered.

"Don't forget about the ghost we found!" Patti added excitedly, smirking at her sister.

Liz paled, "Don't remind me. That damn Kishin egg was hiding in a haunted cave. And it was surrounded by a graveyard..."

Maka suppressed a laugh, "I'm sorry about that. But you killed it I'm guessing?"

"Mhm," Liz nodded, taking a quick bite of rice, "There was actually two of them. One in the cave and one was up the mountain a little ways."

"Did you go on a mission this week?" Kid tilted his head to glance past Patti and look at Maka.

She shook her head, twirling pigtails in her face, "Nope. Soul wasn't up for fighting this week. And it left more time for studying, so I'm not complaining."

Liz rolled her eyes, "Come on, Soul," she called into the kitchen, "Maka's gonna start growing mushrooms out of her head if you don't get her out of the house!"

He grinned, "I know. I make sure to feed her and take her outside at least twice a day."Maka turned and gave him a look, to which he replied by sticking out his tongue, a smirk on his face.

"Okay, ya'll! Game time!" Liz stood up and brought her empty plate to the sink.

"What'd you bring?" Maka washed the pile of dishes in the sink and set them on the rack to dry.

Liz sat on the floor beside her bag, the others piling around in the living room. She pulled an empty glass bottle from her bag and smirked, holding it up for everyone to see.

Maka groaned, "You would bring that wouldn't you."

Kid raised an eyebrow, a look of dread on his face, "Really Liz? Spin the bottle?"

"Well, Spin the Bottle: Truth or Dare version but yeah," she smiled happily, joined by Patti on the floor, where she was setting out a wooden board to spin the bottle on, "What else are a bunch of teens supposed to play? We should strive to fit our stereotypes," she laughed jokingly. "But really though," she became serious, "who's up for it?" She challenged.

"Me!" Patti cried, raising her hand.

"Come on, ya'll. Everyone should play," Liz looked around, "Unless you're too wimpy." She grinned at BlackStar.

He puffed up, "The great BlackStar will play and beat you all!"

"You can't win Truth or Dare, BlackStar," Maka mumbled, unhappily sitting down across from him.
Soul eventually wound up beside her, with Tsubaki on his right. Kid sat on the left of Maka then Liz, Patti, and BlackStar.

"I know everyone knows how to play, so who wants to go first?"

"I will!" BlackStar couldn't resist being in the spotlight, even for a stupid game of truth or dare. He forcefully spun the bottle on the wood.

It finally stopped, aimed at Liz, "Ha! My first victim!" BlackStar grinned.

Liz crossed her arms over her chest, "Okay then. I choose 'dare'."

"Um," he looked around, "Hm." His eyes lit up, "You have to watch The Shining later tonight!"

Her eyes widened slightly, then she shrugged, "I didn't bring that over, so good luck with that."

Soul smirked, "Uh, I own it. So you're watching it."

Her resolve faltered, "But that's like the scariest movie out there!"

BlackStar laughed, "Exactly!"

Liz looked down and sighed, "Fine."

It was her turn to spin, and it landed on Tsubaki.

"Truth," the black-haired weapon said calmly.

"Have you ever kissed a guy?" Liz leaned forward.

Tsubaki blushed bright red. She bit her lip, eyes flickering to her partner for a split second, "Um, yes."

"Oo! Who was it?" Patti chimed in.

"She already answered her one question," Maka saved her friend from further embarrassment, "You can ask if she gets chosen again."

"You're such a party pooper, Maka," Liz leaned over and punched her playfully in the arm.

Tsubaki met eyes with Maka and smiled her thanks, before spinning the bottle.
It stopped on herself so she spun again, this time choosing Patti.

"Truth!" Patti sat cross-legged with the stuffed giraffe in her lap.

"Why do you like giraffes so much?" Tsubaki questioned, asking what everyone was secretly wondering.

She cocked her head, hugging the giraffe to her chest, "Because they are tall like sis and can kick lions in the face!"

Kid smiled, shaking his head slightly; Liz blushed at the compliment.

"Also they chew leaves like this!" She made a face, exaggerating the movement of her jaw as she pretended to be eating something with a bored expression.

Everyone laughed, lightening up the mood a bit,"Okay then," Tsubaki smiled, "That's good."
Patti spun and it pointed to Soul.

"Truth," he said after a moments pause.

"Why don't you tell Maka if you're sick?" She narrowed her eyes at him.

He paled, "I'm not."

"Yes you are, you said you have some virus but you keep trying to hide it from everyone."

Maka motioned for Patti to stop pushing the issue, "You don't need to drag personal problems into this, Patti. But thanks for worrying."

Patti shook her head, "No. You should fix this now. He has to answer truthfully during the game."

Maka kept quiet.

Soul glanced sheepishly at his partner, avoiding all the looks from everyone else in the room, "Maka, I have a mild case of anemia. I wasn't trying to make it a big deal because it's not. I just didn't want you worrying about it since I'm already taking care of it. Nygus has given me some medication and I'm doing everything to get better. I should've told you from the start and avoided all this drama. I'm sorry."

"But you're going to be okay?" She asked, relived he had finally told her why he was being so weird.

He grimaced, but quickly turned it into a smile, "Yeah. I promise."

"See? Now it's all better!" Patti grinned, "Your turn, Soul!"

He took the bottle and spun it on the wooden board, picking Kid.

"Dare," he looked Soul straight in the eye, silently challenging him.

Soul smirked, his eyes twinkling evilly, "I dare you to cut the right side of your hair shorter than the left."

Kid's eyes widened and his jaw dropped, "You wouldn't. Pick something else! Anything!"

"Nope."

Everyone was looking at Kid now, refusing to let him out of the dare.

Soul jumped to his feet and ran into the kitchen, he returned with a pair of red scissors, snipping them in the air.

"No..." Kid squirmed against Liz's grip on his arm.

"If you back out of this dare, I'm going to make YOU move all the paintings an inch to the right everyday for a month," she growled.

"Now, sit still," Soul knelt beside him, "Or I'm going to cut more than your hair."

Kid kept struggling and trying to run away while Liz was clutching his arm to hinder his escape. Patti crawled over and sat in front of Kid with her arms crossed angrily over her chest, "Stay still and take the damn dare or I will kick your ass unconscious and do it for you."

The room went quiet, the group staring at Kid's mortified expression. He stopped moving and accepted his fate, tightly squeezing his eyes shut. Kid winced at every snip of the scissors across his beautiful, evenly cut hair. His hands clenching and unclenching; muscles tensed.

Soul stepped back and admired his handiwork. Kid cautiously opened one golden eye to glance at his new hair style.

The entire right side of his hair was about an inch shorter than the left and it had jagged ends.

Kid swallowed, mustering up the courage to deal with this new arrangement. But his OCD got the better if him and he fell back with a whine, "Why do you have to be so cruel? It was perfect! Now look at me, I'm a disgrace. I shouldn't even be alive..." he trailed off in a rant of mumblings.

"Oh you'll live," Liz rolled her eyes. "Good one, Soul," she fist bumped him.

BlackStar was laughing his head off, "Your hair is so uneven! That's hilarious!"

Maka was smiling, holding back a burst of laughter along with Tsubaki.

"That really was mean, Soul," Maka giggled.

"I know," he grinned, "That's why I did it," he winked at her. Throwing back her comment from earlier.
She rolled her eyes, smiling as he went to return the scissors to the drawer.

"Well, it's Kid's turn," Patti poked at him laying on his back, covering his eyes in disgust, "but I'll spin for him."

It landed on Liz, but they decided to spin again and get someone new. BlackStar.

"Dare!"

"I dare you to dye your hair pink!" Patti grinned.

BlackStar squinted his eyes, "Challenge accepted! Where do I get pink dye?"

Tsubaki sighed, unsure about her meister changing his already conspicuous hair, "I can pick some up for you at the store later."

"Okay, Maka. You're the last one," Liz looked at her.

"Truth," Maka stated firmly.

"What-"

"Why is your chest so flat?" Soul cut in, elbowing her in the stomach. .

She blushed and folded her arms across her chest, "Because I can't control that!"

Liz laughed, "It's okay, sweetie. I'm sure you'll grow out sooner or later."

"So stop teasing me!," Maka shoved back, jokingly.

"But it's so fun," Soul smirked.

"I don't tease you about your appearance," she counteracted, "And that's weirder than mine."

"No, it's cooler than yours," he grinned, showing off pointed fangs and twinkling red eyes.

Liz started to stand, rolling her eyes, "Enough bullying, you too."

"So what now?" Tsubaki started packing up the game, handing Liz the bottle.

"Movie time!" BlackStar grinned at Liz.

"Dammit, I was hoping you'd forget," Liz cursed.

Soul and BlackStar raced out of the room, slamming into each other in the hall. Soul shoved past the assassin and into his room. They came back out with The Shining in Soul's hand.
"Here we are," he took the disc out of the case and placed it in the DVD player, turning on the TV.

Maka got up and flicked off the overhead light, leaving the light on in the kitchen.

"Who wants popcorn?" Patti jumped up from the floor, grabbing a bag of un-popped kernels from Liz's bag. She skipped to the microwave and stuck it inside, pressing a few buttons.

It whirred quietly while the movie started up. Kid sat at the left end of the couch with Liz scooting in close to him, tightly hugging a pillow to her chest.

Patti returned with a bowl of hot popcorn and sat beside her sister, curling her legs underneath her. BlackStar took the last open spot on the couch so Tsubaki was forced to sit on the floor in front of him. She leaned back against his knees, pulling her hair out of its ponytail and letting it fall loose around her shoulders.

Soul sat in the armchair, stealing the only other seat. Maka huffed, heading to the floor but Soul caught her shirt and dragged her back,"There's room beside me. Don't go sitting on the floor."

"Tsubaki had to sit on the floor," Maka retorted quietly, not wanting to disturb the others.

Soul rolled his eyes at her, "I think she's fine," he whispered, jerking his head in Tsubaki's direction.

She was snuggled against BlackStar's legs and he was absently playing with her long hair.

"Fine," Maka sighed, squeezing in the empty space beside her weapon. She had to lay her legs across his lap and lean her back on the armrest to get comfortable.

Finally everyone was situated and the movie started. Liz was hiding her face in her pillow half of the time and Patti had to steal it away to make her watch.

Kid was trying hard to not look at his uneven hair but he kept seeing it in his peripheral vision, causing him to squirm and mumble sadly. He wasn't paying much attention to the movie except when Liz would grab his arm painfully out of reflex, curling into his shoulder.

Patti had the bowl of popcorn in her lap and was sitting intently watching the horror film. She laughed at everyone's screams, giggling at her sister's reactions. BlackStar almost looked bored, having seen the movie multiple times. But he smirked whenever Liz screeched, enjoying her punishment.

Maka wasn't into scary movies and had pulled a book from the end table beside her. She sat flipping through the pages, reading in the dim light before Soul snatched the book away and forced her to watch.

An hour of the film passed and Maka was growing sleepy, her eyelids drooping. She leaned her head back against Soul's shoulder and closed her eyes. He shifted to get comfortable, ending up with an arm around her shoulder, twirling her pigtails around his finger. Maka fell asleep listening to the sound of screams and the soft thumping of her weapons heart, his shirt balled in her fist.

A/N: I'm sorry, I couldn't resist some SoMa. And I threw in LizKid and TsuStar or however you combine those.
Also, I've never seen The Shining, just looked up online for a ghost/ horror film.
Hope it wasn't stupid, this is just what I see them doing at a party.

And hopefully there aren't any mistakes; my brother was rushing me to finish so we could go watch Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. :P