Maka's P.O.V.
Three months since Kid and I started dating...and it's going well so far.
I'm browsing through a store, looking at outfits that I find cute. I really want to buy them but I can't afford it. Sighing, I kept on examining the type of clothes that were here. While I'm about to grab an outfit to try on for fun, I hear the bell above the door ring.
Someone must've entered.
Normal P.O.V.
Tsubaki entered the store, smiling. She adored this place. Walking along the sides of the clothing racks, she decides to browse as well. Maka and Tsubaki did not realize they were right across from each other, until they grabbed the same outfit. Maka looked through the clothes and saw her. She gasped and let go of the outfit she was grabbing onto. Tsubaki was confused by this. She walked around the aisle and approached a girl crouching down, trying to hide in the clothes.
"Maka...?" She got no response. "I know it's you. Get up," She did so slowly. Maka stared at Tsubaki's face, searching for any sign of what she was thinking. The raven-haired girl just smiled. "What a coincidence running into you!"
"Haha, yeah." Maka gave a nervous laugh.
"What's wrong?" The tall girl asked.
"We-We shouldn't be talking."
"That's silly! Why not?"
Maka lifted her face up in surprise.
She wants to talk to me?
"Well, you're friends with Liz, right? Aren't you guys against me?"
"They may be, but I'm not." She replied, putting a hand up to her chest.
"...Really?"
"Of course! You did no harm to me! There's no reason why I should be mad at you."
Tears slid down Maka's cheek.
She doesn't mind talking to me. She has nothing against me. She accepts me.
"Maka, are you okay?" Tsubaki asked worriedly.
"Yeah." She smiled. Tsubaki smiled too and soon told her there was nothing to be crying about. After Maka stopped the wet droplets from coming down her face, they decided to shop together. Maka found a really nice dress that she thought would suit her. Tsubaki offered to buy it.
"Oh no! You really shouldn't!" Maka began to protest.
"I don't mind."
Tsubaki came up to the cashier and bought it before Maka could say anything else.
"I-I-uh-"
"Your welcome!" She answered happily.
-Liz's house-
Tsubaki entered the house quietly, hoping the oldest Thompson sister wouldn't notice. Sadly, it didn't work.
"Tsubaki. Where were you?"
"You know, just, walking around."
"Let me ask you again, where were you?"
Tsubaki gathered up all of her courage and confidence in her next answer.
"It's none of your business, Liz." She said sternly.
"Oh? It's not? Why's that?"
"You don't need to know everything that goes on in my life."
"I've told you everything about mine, right? Where's your life story?"
"Inside of me."
"What's going on with you? Why are you fighting back?"
"Because you don't need to know anything about me! None of my business concerns you!" Tsubaki broke out. Liz stepped back, shocked.
"Tsu-Tsubaki..."
"What would you say if I told you I was with Maka?"
Liz's face took on an angry one. And after she spoke, it became a full-on shouting conversation.
"What?! You hung out with Maka?! I never said you could!"
"You don't need to! It's my decision! You don't control me!"
"That doesn't give you the right to hang out with her!"
"Why not?! She never did anything wrong!"
Liz froze. Her eyebrows twitched and she turned around. She stomped upstairs.
"Liz! Wait!" Tsubaki began to run after her but was stopped by Patty.
"Leave sis. You know she doesn't like Maka. Why'd you bring her up?"
"It had to be said. Like I told her, Liz doesn't control my actions, and I can do what I want. It shouldn't matter whether or not I talk about Maka."
"Well, talk to her when she's cooled off."
-Three Hours Later-
"Liz?" Tsubaki entered her room. She found her, face down on the bed, hugging a pillow. "Liz!" She ran to her. "What happened?!"
"Go away! Leave!"
"I won't! What'd you do!?"
"Nothing! It doesn't concern you!"
Tsubaki knew what was bugging Liz. She's always been jealous of Maka. She hated that she was smart, determined, pretty, all the great traits. She patted Liz's back.
I'm still with her to change her cold heart. And now, she's in a situation where she needs help.
Liz sat up and angrily stared at Tsubaki.
"I don't need your help. Leave now."
"...I've been with you for a long while. I've noticed your jealousy and hatred towards Maka, and it's beginning to get out of hand. I've tried to help you many times but you refuse my help. I don't know what to do."
"I'm not jealous! What are you talking about?"
"That's what I mean. You need to realize your feelings; and once you have, learn to fix them. Don't keep on denying what you know is true. Once you've got it all figured out...I'll be there for you. Goodbye."
Tsubaki got up and left, leaving Liz more upset than she's ever been. She screamed her head off the rest of the day. Running around the house, destroying everything in her path. Patty just stayed in her room, covering her ears with her hands and hugging her knees with her arms, on her bed.