TUK TUK TUK TUK TUK TUK! Fast fists were knocking on the other side of Kid's door.

"Hey Kid, open up!" Soul's voice drifted from the other side. Kid and Liz broke out of the heated spell, when Kid flicked back on the kitchen light, he looked directly at Lizzy's flushed face and swollen lips from his kisses. His gaze momentarily glance down and- 'Damn Damn Damn Damn!' Kid frowned at the open blouse and her partially revealed breasts. He didn't mean for things to get as hasty as it did, had Soul not interrupted, he knew he would've taken her right there.

Liz flushed some more and with shaky hands, buttoned up her blouse and turned away from Kid out of embarrassment.

"Kid com'on!" Soul persisted.

"I'll be in the other room" she whispered, not wanting to be seen with the way she looked right now.

Kid nodded and waited till she closed the door behind her before he let Soul in.

"What is it?" he asked nonchalantly,

Soul's face narrowed when he observed Kid's clothing and his somewhat odd breathing.

"Did I interrupt something?" he asked moodily.

"You interrupted nothing important, Liz and I were just going to have some tea and play a game of cards" he replied boringly, Soul wasn't convinced but he wasn't one to pry because that wouldn't be cool.

"Is she still here?" he asked below normal speaking.

Kid looked at him confusedly but nodded. "I indicated as much" he said.

"Well damn" Soul swept an impatient hand through his hair. "I needed some advice about something but I'd rather not ask with ermm… you know" he looked at the door that he correctly guessed for Liz to be in.

"A step outside?" Kid suggested, taking in on Soul's defensive stance.

"This shouldn't take long" he promised and they both left the room. Lizzy peeked out of the other room and walked to the door that the boys exited through. She planned on telling Kid that she was leaving for the night but Soul's words stopped her on her tracks.

"I almost did it!" Soul said in a rasping voice.

Kid wasn't sure about what Soul was trying to say. Nonetheless, he stood in stone silence for his friend to continue explaining.

"She was… and if the creep hadn't called when he did… I could've… we…." Soul paced in front of him, trying to just let everything out but having troubles with finishing a normal sentence.

"What did you almost do?" he finally asked when Soul just rambled on.

"IT!" he exasperated, "I've almost committed the deed and- well… we"

Kid now understood, his hand lifted to hold Soul on his shoulder "well it's a good thing you didn't, you've nearly made the biggest mistake of your life," he said, and Liz who was listening was offended by his words.

"That's the problem! I wanted to make that mistake!" Soul sulked.

"Well don't, everything is a case of mind over matter. Use your willpower to go through it until the time is right"

"Half an hour ago, my willpower flew out the window! I need a damn drink now so I can stop thinking about it!"

"Didn't you promise Maka that you quit"

"Give me a break, she's the one that's making it difficult for me to leave that bottle alone! I feel stressed when I'm with her" Soul didn't mean it the way it came out. He'd just realized how deep his feelings are for her and on top of that, how attracted he became of her. Earlier when they were in his room, his awareness of her increased. Her every movement was like an enticement, her voice like music nothing like the ones his piano skills can produce. Her kind and passionate soul was especially the most appealing. He wants her in every way possible, but his control to keep a reasonable distance is close to a breaking point.

However that's not how Maka took it as she stood several yards behind him. Earlier she was with him, they were laughing until her dad called *again* and she stepped out to talk to him. She and her dad aren't close yet but their relationship are starting to improve. Having to finally hang up the phone, she planned to come back to Soul and when she spotted him with Kid at the hall, she caught what he said and stood in disbelief at his painful words.

Kid became aware of her presence and tried to shut Soul from saying anymore but he kept rambling on and on.

"I mean, what am I supposed to do?!" Soul continued, "I can't help it when she-"

"She's behind you" Kid hissed furiously at him. Soul's face became pale as he wiped his head around and see for himself that Maka was indeed behind him. From where he stood, he could just about make out her body trembling with hurt. Within seconds, she ran through an exit door and down the stairs.

"Maka!" he cried out and ran after her "Damn it, wait!"

Kid stood there alone, feeling really awkward and uncertain until the door to his room opened and Liz stepped out. She seemed just as grief stricken as Maka was.

"Is everything alright?" he inquired while reaching out a hand to her. She looked at his extended hand and brushed it away.

"Everything's great" she replied coldly and storms off to the girl's room.

"Hey, Lizzy what's wrong?" Kid kept closely behind her.

"Nothing's wrong" she said in mock polite, "just glad to know that you didn't make the worst mistake of your life"

Kid felt a chill down his back as he thought about what she'd just said. 'did I say that?' he tried to replay the whole conversation in his mind but could only draw out blurs.

Liz waited for him to deny it, when he didn't her eyes tears up as she jerks open the door and slams it shut once inside. Kid wince at the sound and hesitated to knock.

"Both of you are idiots" BlackStar said from his room, which is a door over, behind him. When Kid looked at him, BlackStar stood with the door half open while he leaned on the frame. "Maka and Liz heard everything because you both talked out in the open and didn't bother to whisper a single word" he actually scolded him, "If I was either of them, I'd have none of you. Also, the blame for not having control has nothing to do with the girl. So, to say that he nearly made the worst mistake of his life is hilarious, because quite frankly it wouldn't be his mistake. No, it would've been Maka's"

Kid felt the sting for Soul, whom at this moment just sneezed in the middle of chasing.

Tsubaki in her long gown sat with her legs tugged under her on the king-sized bed, watching worriedly at the back of BlackStar. The entire time that they sat there listening to what Soul confessed and Kid's replies, BlackStar clenched his fists and jumped up, swung open the door and that's when they saw Soul run past their room to go after Maka, then moments later Liz was walking away from Kid.

"BlackStar" Tsubaki's soft voice called to him, he stared angrily at Kid a moment longer then closed the door.

Kid walked back to his room, his minds full of thoughts.


The next morning, Maka and Liz sat across from each other. They seemed to have formed an alliance because when Soul and Kid took the seat next to them, they both stood in unison and moved to a different table across the dining area. The boys sulked, Tsubaki looked worriedly between the pairs, and BlackStar proceeded to eat his breakfast, choosing to be oblivious of the scene.

"Sissy!" Patty tackled her older sister, "how come you guys are eating here?"

"We are having a private talk" Liz half lied,

"Ohh…" Patty looked at the empty chair next to her sister, then at the empty chair beside Crona whom was at the other table, looking at her with high hopes.

Liz noticed the exchange and took pity on her sister. "Why don't you join the others Patty? We'll be there shortly after our talk"

Patty perked up and ran the other way, making her sister a bit jealous for being abandon.

"They seem really close" Maka watched as Crona beamed up at Patty when she flops down at the seat beside him, "Even BlackStar and Tsubaki are managing each other's company pretty well."

"Tsubaki has an accepting soul, which accompanies well with BlackStar annoying traits," Liz shrugged, "as for Crona and my sister, one who's socially awkward and then a social butterfly. Dark and Bright. Well, they sort of complete each other."

"It must be nice, to honestly enjoy one another. Not like Soul and I. I mean, we always fight, and sometimes he gets on my nerves. Last year, he said I wasn't his type because I had a really flat chest" Maka confided through her tears, remembering well the many times she had been insulted for lacking so much.

"That's despicable!" Liz truly hadn't realized the kind of person Soul was. Now she won't be able to stand the sight of him.

Meanwhile, Kid and Soul are trying to think of ways to apologize and somehow explain the horrible misunderstanding.

"Hey ladies" two handsome tourists approached Maka and Liz. "Now why is it that these two pretty doves are not smiling Jon?" the blonde haired one asked his dark haired friend. They both had golden tans and lean build, clearly active in sports.

"No clue, we should fix this, aye?" the one called Jon boldly wiped away the tears on Maka's face and winked at her. When her face colored with blushes, Soul snapped his metal fork in halves.

"My names Francis" the golden haired one took Lizzy's hand into his and kissed her inner wrist. "What could yours be, my heart?"

Kid's reaper powers circulated the room, making the other guests shiver with fright because of how dark and overwhelming it felt. Especially the one named Francis for he felt a deathly chill slithering down his spine, and when his gaze accidently locked eye contacts with Kid, he knew that he was staring at death himself.

"Ummm, say why don't we… go cursing around the beach" Jon asked through clatter teeth, trying to pass it off as a smile.

Maka considered this, ignoring Soul and Kid's glare from the other table. She smiled, "You know, we've never been on a date before" she confided to the boys.

They beamed in victor as each pulled out the girl's chairs and walked out with a partner latched to their sides.

Soul and Kid charged after the group while BlackStar continued to enjoy his food, talking about himself and how great the food was. "This is practically food for the gods!" he praised and went on saying about how it suits him well.

"BlackStar…. Uhh" Tsubaki glanced worriedly at Maka and Liz, then Soul and Kid. Trouble is bound to happen and she just wanted everyone to stop fighting and get back to the way things were,

"You know, we can't do much for them" BlackStar said, looking at her seriously, "let them figure this out" Tsubaki's shoulders dropped and he gave a reassuring smile because she seemed doubtful and frustrated.

"I wish sis could just tell me what happened" Patty sighed, Crona's spirits perked up some more as Patty as becoming more and more comfortable in letting out her true thoughts. That was until she noticed a flier about a dolphin show going on at the zoo later in the afternoon. "Ohhhhh! Let's go to it!"

Crona placed his elbow on the table and held out his hand in Patty's direction, patiently waiting to be dragged out. Patty on cue, grab ahold of his hand and quickly ran out with Crona happily tagging along.

Tsubaki giggled at the sight and BlackStar grinned. Neither had actually realized how far Patty and Crona were advancing towards being close friends until this morning when they walked by Crona at the hallways, asking him why he was standing there alone. He explained that the girls were changing but he was actually waiting on Patty so they could walk down together.

Tsubaki noticed that Crona was talking without shaking too much, and that he was starting to wear normal clothes like jeans and shirts although they were still black.

*back to present*

"Wanna go watch the show?" BlackStar asked Tsubaki.

"Eh? I thought you wanted to visit the local dojo?"

"Well I changed my mind, even someone as godly as I would takes breaks every now and then, and besides" he lifted her hand as he stood, "that's why we're on this vacation, right?" he gave his usual cocky grin and she sighed with pleasure.

"I'd like to see the dolphins and the other animals" she got off of her seat, still holding hands with him as they seek out Crona and Patty to join them.