Two Days Later
"Maka, it's time for school." Soul shook Maka awake.
Maka, who was snuggling the blankets on Soul's bed, opened her eyes. She smiled at Soul standing above her. He was dressed in a long sleeved shirt with orange jeans and a blue sweatband.
"What time is it?" She sat up and yawned.
"It's 7:15. But don't worry, I made breakfast so just get dressed." Soul told her.
"Hmm...you're in an unusually good mood today." Maka smirked.
Maka had been sleeping in Soul's bed every night of that weekend.
"I'm always in a good mood." Soul rolled his eyes and headed towards the kitchen.
He sat at the table and began to eat his breakfast. Eggs and toast with strawberry jam.
Not bad.
"Better hurry Maka! I'm eating without you!" Soul took a sip of his orange juice.
A few moments later Maka entered the kitchen and Soul nearly spit out his orange juice.
Maka wore a short black skirt, black knee socks, a red tee shirt, a black velvet choker and Soul's black leather jacket with her usual black and white boots. Her hair was done in her normal two pigtails.
She looked hot! Yet still like the Maka he knew with those cute little pigtails.
"I'm gonna borrow this, okay?" Maka asked, tucking her hands into the pockets of his jacket.
SO CUTE!
"Uh yeah...sure." Soul starred down at his plate of food.
Maka sat at the table.
"Thanks or getting up to cook."
"Yup, no problem." Soul continued to stare at his toast.
"Is there something wrong?" Maka noticed his stare.
"What no! I just am thinking about this jelly! Yeah, it's so good!" Soul laughed awkwardly and then bit into the toast.
"Oh, well if you like it so much we can stop by the market on the way home from school." Maka cocked her head and smiled brightly.
CUUUUUTE!
"Yeah! Hey what time is it? 7:30?" Soul looked at the clock. "YUP! Time to go, I guess you'll have to eat on the bike!"
Soul stood up. "Let's go!"
A Few Hours Later
Soul did a pretty good job distracting himself from staring at Maka during the morning classes. All he had to do was stare straight ahead at the chalk board. That way, as long as he didn't turn his head to the right, he would be fine.
However, every other Monday he had P.E. class with Maka in the afternoon. This Monday just so happened to be one of those Mondays, and Soul had totally forgotten.
He was walking with the usual group (Maka, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Black Star, and Kid) when the girls suddenly stopped at the entrance way to the girl's locker room.
"Alright, we'll see you boys in a bit." Liz groaned.
"What? Why, aren't you going to study hall?" Soul questioned.
"Soul, it's a P.E. Monday." Maka reminded him.
"YES, MY FAVORITE KIND OF MONDAY!" Black Star cheered. "The only Mondays that are worth showing up for!"
Shit. Not cool!
Soul had to handle Maka looking hot all morning and now on top of that he would have to handle...THE GYM SHORTS. (And he hadn't had time to prepare)
"Is there something wrong Soul?" Maka asked him.
"Oh no! HA HA...I just forgot it was gym day." Soul laughed nervously.
"Well...Okay. We'll see you in a few." Maka and the other girls disappeared into the girl's locker room.
Black Star, Soul, and Kid entered the boys locker room down the hall.
"Yo Soul, Maka looks hot today. What's up with that?" Black Star took his shirt off.
"Not sure what you mean." Soul bit his lower lip.
"Knee socks are a good look for her." Kid nodded in agreement with Black Star.
"...I guess so..." Soul undressed.
"You guess so? Bro, you mean to tell me you haven't noticed? Wow, I didn't actually think you weren't interested in her. I always thought you were faking it because you were embarrassed or whatever..." Black Star pulled on his gym clothes. "But if you really aren't interested in her, than how would you feel about me asking her out?"
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Soul practically shouted.
Crap. If he told Black Star how he actually felt about Maka, he'd probably shout it in Maka's face or something...
"Huh?" Black Star looked confused. "You think she'll say no?"
"Oh...yeah of course...of course she'll say no." Soul nodded.
That was a close one. Soul was secretly sighing in relief. It was a good thing Black Star was a narcissist.
"WELL I ALWAYS LIKE A GOOD CHALLENGE!" Black Star slammed his locker door closed. "HA HA HA. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE!" Black Star headed for the exit of the locker room.
Soul slammed his head against his locker.
"DAMNNIT! I should have known that would have only made him ask her out even quicker!"
"So you are interested in Maka?" Kid asked Soul in a serious voice.
"Uh...I mean..." Soul blushed.
"Look, I know." Kid told him.
"Oh...is it that obvious?" Soul's voice was filled with worry.
"For those who are observant." Kid shrugged. "Listen, if you don't want Black Star to take Maka out than why don't you just tell her how you feel? I'm absolutely certain that Maka would prefer to go on a date with you than with Black Star."
"You think so? ...Wait a minute... it's not that easy!" Soul shook his head.
"Well, why isn't it?" Kid asked.
Soul had never thought of it that way before. Why wasn't it easy? He and Maka were already so close...so why was it so hard to tell her how he felt?
"...Thanks Kid." Soul headed for the exit of the locker room.
"This should be interesting..." Ox walked up to Kid laughing.
"Yes." Kid chuckled. "It shall be."