Hey, sorry guys, i didn't mean to keep ya waiting for soooo long, i've been super busy lately, but anyways i hope you like it =)
(Wes' POV)
I had been getting ready for a diner party when Liz called me.
I'd given her my number at the last party I saw her at, so it didn't really surprise me that she called. Of course, I was a little surprised that she asked me to meet her and some friends at the fair in Death City; she said it had something to do with Soul and that she would explain later. It sounded kind of important so I said okay, and drove over to the club she had been at.
When I pulled up she jumped in and told me where the fair was being held this year. As I pulled out of the clubs drive way, Liz explained the situation.
"So, can you help us out?" she asked anxiously.
"Why not?" I shrugged. "Really?" she asked happily, leaning back in the passenger seat.
"Yeah," I said, "but I have one question."
"What?" "Why are you so concerned about it, it's not your problem?" I inquired.
"I don't know," she said twirling a strand of hair that had been in her face, "I guess it's just because, they're my best friends and Patty's my lil sis, I just want them to be happy and right now none of them are…" she was watching the floor, obviously concerned about her sister, and from what she told me the last time I saw her, I knew music would cheer her up.
"Hey, you wanna listen to the radio?" she perked up a little, but just looked up at me.
"I'll take that as a yes," I smiled turning the radio on and letting her pick a station.
That's how I got here.
After being introduced to Soul's other friends and reacquainted with Maka, Liz sent me a text telling me to go talk with Maka and find out what to do next. I cleared my throat to get Maka's attention and motioned to one of the Tables they had set out to the side, probably for the people that got funnel cake and stuff.
"I hear, you've got yourself in a hole," I laughed as we reached the table and I took a seat.
"Well, he started it; he shouldn't have turned it into some stupid competition." she said defensively.
"I'm not being rude, but wouldn't it be easier to just tell him?" I inquired, "I mean, you started this to find out how they felt, now you know how they feel and…" I trailed off, not needing to finish my sentence. "But I don't want him to think he won…" she sighed stubbornly.
"You know, if you think about it, your both going to win in the end anyways," I retorted.
"Huh?" she looked up at me quickly.
"I said, in a way your both gonna win," I repeated with a slight laugh, "you are going to be getting Soul and he's going to get you, so what does it matter who says it first?"
"Yeah, I guess, you're right," she nodded.
"Hey, I'm going to go do something, kay?" I turned as she watched me curiously.
"Okay," I heard her say as I walked off.
(Liz's POV)
"Hey Kid can I talk to you for a second?" I asked when Wes led Maka off and Patty was whispering to Soul about whatever. "Of course, Liz," Kid replied with a smile following me into the funhouse.
Directly after walking into the funhouse Kid fell in love… with his reflections. It's not like it sounds.
"Liz," he exclaimed with pure joy, "Look at this! It's absolute perfection!"
I looked around and realized immediately what he was talking about. The room was filled with an equal number of mirrors in a symmetrical arrangement making the same amount of Kids on each side, but it was pretty hard to find out which was the reflections and which was the actual why out, but when I was sure which way to go I drug Kid along behind me and we talked while walking.
"So, how did your date with the doctor go?" Kid asked as he walked beside me.
"It was fine I just don't think he liked me that much, but whatever he wasn't much funny anyways." I replied trying to laugh it off. I was kind of disappointed about the doctor guy though, I just hoped Kid didn't notice. "Oh," he said looking over at me.
"Well, I wouldn't worry about it too much," he assured me.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, I'm sure one day you'll find the right person for you," Kid smiled, but he wasn't looking at me, he was watching the ground in his own little world. I knew who he was thinking of. Patty.
It wasn't very often that Patty and I got to see him smile like that, but we knew it was real when we saw it. A soft smile grew on my face as I leaned towards him.
"When Patty's yours, treat her good, okay?" I whispered in his ear, making a blush spread over his face, but he kept the, rarely seen, smile on his face and gave a quick nod.
"Good, now let's go," I announced cheerfully, "we've still got a funhouse to find our way out of."
(Patty's POV)
I couldn't believe that Liz would do this to me.
I told her about everything, my crush on Kid, Soul's plan, and now she's whispers with Kid and leading him off. Why would she do this to me?
I'd followed them through part of the funhouse; I told Soul I was going to follow them and made sure they didn't see me. But I made myself leave, after seeing Liz whisper to Kid after he told her that she'd meet the person she was supposed to be with, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I could just imagine what she might've said 'I already have,' I hope that's not what she said, but then again… who wouldn't want Kid? He was a total gentleman, sweet and caring and smart…
I left the funhouse and went back to where Soul would be, he leaning up against the metal fence that surrounded the fair. He looked like he was thinking.
"Soul," I said nudging his shoulder to get his attention. "Oh, hey," he looked up at me, "what happened?"
"I saw Liz whispering to Kid about something," I reported trying to smile. I'm not used to all this stress; no wonder my big sis acts so serious sometimes.
"This is getting too complicated and complicated isn't cool." He sighed.
"So, what do we do now?" I asked, "And don't say anything about the competition, because look where that got us, and I will back hand you, mister!"
"I wasn't going to," he chuckled flinching as I brought my hand into the air. "Good," I retorted letting my hand drop back down to my side.
"I think we should tell them," he said.
Finally! I couldn't wait to tell him, I wanted to tell him so much it hurt!
"Yes! Finally!" I started to run off, but stopped when Soul didn't follow me. "What's the matter?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm just thinking of what to say to Maka," he explained keeping his eyes on the ground in thought.
"Why don't you just tell her you love her?" I cocked my head to the side.
"Because I just know I'm gonna strew up, say something wrong, end up insulting her in some way, and get a concussion dew to her new book," he chuckled.
"Oh, so what are you going to tell her?" I perked up slightly curious. "I have no idea—yet," he said quickly, "I'm working on it."
"Oh," I laughed, "Well, thanks anyways!" I started to turn but stopped to look back at Soul. "Eh?" he looked up at me in confusion. "For playing pretend with me," I giggled, knowing that he would understand I was thanking him for helping me with Kid. "You too," he laughed when he heard my reply. I took that time to take off again. "Good luck!" he called after me. "You too!" I yelled back happily.
(Maka's POV)
Shortly after Wes ran off, I saw Kid and Liz come out of the funhouse, Kid was crying about something and Liz was patting his back and trying to calm him down.
"It's okay Kid, it's all over…" she went on, rolling her eyes.
"It was horrible," he was mumbling, "I've never been so sick in my life."
"What happened?" I asked walking up to them. Liz sighed and looked up at me, leaving Kid to sit in the fettle position.
"Kid and I were walking out of the funhouse when Kid looked up, saw a picture of a clown on the door and freaked out because it had a star painted on the left side of its face and a heart on the right," She sighed in frustration, rolling her eyes once again.
"Oh," I smiled and nodded understandably.
"Where's Wes?" Liz asked kneeling back down to Kid.
"Oh, he said he had to talk to Soul," I explained, "and I have to talk to you, Kid."
"What about?" he asked, recovering from his asymmetrical attack with a sniffle and standing.
"I'm going to tell Soul," I announced a smile covering up my insecurity.
"Are you sure?" he asked nervously shifting to the side. "Well, which would you rather do? Make Patty jealous or kiss her?" I asked sarcastically. Already knowing what his answer would be. Kid blushed in reply, "Well… I um… kiss her." He muttered.
"Exactly, so we'll tell them," I said. "I suppose you're right…" he half smiled.
(Soul's POV)
Patty ran off to catch up with Kid. While I thought of how I was going to tell Maka.
This is so not cool…
I had no idea on how to tell Maka that I like her—maybe even love her. How could I tell her?
It has to be a cool way, it can't be some stupid blurt out or impulsive confession.
No, it had to be special…
"Are you going to pace back and forth all night?" Wes' voice cut through my thoughts. I stopped mid-step, I hadn't even realized I was pacing.
I slowly turned to face him, "I dunno," I shrugged nonchalantly, keeping my worries to myself.
Worries? This is definitely not cool, cool guys weren't supposed to have worries.
"What's the matter?" he asked as usual seeing what I was trying to cover up. "Nothing…" I retorted defensively.
"Soul," he smiled shaking his head slowly, "does this have anything to do with Maka?"
"..."
"So, it does," He sighed, "look, Soul, you need to tell her how you feel about her."
"How do you even know about how I feel about her?" I countered angrily, looking at him expectantly.
"Liz called me and told me about what was going on," Wes explained, "and I wanted to help out, I knew you wouldn't give in and tell her until someone pushed you to."
"And you couldn't have just told me I should tell her?" I interrogated him.
"Soul, since when do you listen to me?" he smiled knowingly. He had a point, ever since I was old enough to think for myself I wanted to do things my own way. So I'd made it a point to ignore Wes' advice. "Well, I guess you're right about that," I laughed.
"Yep, now go talk to her, she needs to know," he assured me.
"Thanks, Wes." I smirked. "Anytime," he waved me off with a chuckle.
(Kid's POV)
Maka and I decided we would tell Soul and Patty, when suddenly Patty came running up to us cheerfully.
"Hey," she smiled when she came to a stop.
"Hey," Maka and Liz said. "Hello, Patty," I smiled.
"Um, Kid, can I talk to you for a sec?" Patty asked sweetly.
"Alright, Patty, I needed to tell you something anyways." I replied as she started leading me off. I glanced back at Maka and Liz who gave me a big smile and a thumb's up. I could feel butterflies in my stomach as she led me to the big Farris wheel in the center of the fair.
"Is it okay if we go up on that to talk?" she asked a pink tint spreading over her cheeks.
I smiled and gave a nod as she led me to the Farris wheel. It was lit up with differently colored bright lights, which to my delight were in a perfectly symmetrical arrangement.
We soon got on the Farris wheel and were quiet for part of the ride up, until she broke the silence. "Kid, um… I have to tell you something…" she said avoiding my eyes, her blush reddening.
"What is it?" I inquired leaning forward a bit, wishing that she would look up at me so I could see into her blue eyes, but instead she kept her eyes on the lights of the fair and the small people on the ground. "Well, Kid… I like you," she sighed, "but I know that you like Liz and I—" she trailed off when I took her hand, gently caressing her knuckles with my thumb.
"Patty," I said, my other hand softly bringing her face up to look at me, "I don't like Liz, I like someone else," "Who?" she asked, already knowing my answer, but probably wanting to hear me say it.
"You," I confessed bringing her face up to mine and kissing her softly. Did I taste cotton candy?
Well that shouldn't surprise me; she did eat a lot of cotton candy earlier.
Meanwhile,
(Maka's POV)
After Kid walked off with Patty, Liz and I went over to a stand where they were selling funnel cakes, where Liz bought one and offered me one, but I was too nervous to eat. Then we sat at one of the tables to talk for a while.
"Well, Patty and Kid are probably confessing to each other as we speak, so what're you gonna tell Soul?" Liz asked raising an eyebrow. She finished her funnel cake and tossed it in the trash can beside us.
"I can't think of anything to tell him," I admitted. "Hmm, let me think of an example…" she smiled helpfully. She sat there humming as she thought when I heard Soul, "Maka!"
"Or maybe the problem will fix itself," i heard Liz smirk under her breath.
"Yeah?" I asked turning to him eagerly. "I need to talk to you for a sec." he said glancing at Liz, "alone, please."
"Don't worry, I'm going." Liz sighed, standing to give me a reassuring wink and leave.
When Liz was gone, Soul gently took my hand and led me back to the table, where we sat down.
"Maka," he said softly, "I, um… I like you," I froze, and a smile crept over my face, but he kept his eyes on the ground, "and I don't mean 'as a friend' I mean… Maka, I love—" I didn't need him to finish; I knew what he was saying and my body reacted before my mind could, which I actually didn't mind, right now…
I finally pulled away for air to see his confident smirk back where it belonged. I only managed to take in a deep breath before Soul's arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me closer, catching my mouth with his. I soon melted into the kiss, letting my hands find their way around his neck.
Enveloped in each other's arms, I wished it would never end.
"Dude, when did you and Kid switch girls?" Black Star asked with a chuckle. We froze briefly, before turning to see Black Star and Tsubaki. Black Star was grinning immaturely while Tsubaki smiled apologetically at us. "Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt anything," she slightly blushed.
"It's cool," Soul smirked, "you guys were going to find out anyways, right?"
"Damn right!" Black Star exclaimed, "Because the great Black Star can't be deceived!" he laughed maniacally as he shouted his 'greatness' to the heavens.
"So you knew that we were only pretending to date Patty and Kid?" I asked, a smile hiding my tiny irritation at Black Star's interruption. Black Star's eyes shot wide open for a moment, but then went back to normal as he chuckled nervously, "Well yeah, of course I did, didn't I Tsubaki?"
"Yes, of course you did, Black Star," she humored him giggling at his pleased smile.
"Well, come on guys, we have a fair to enjoy!" Patty exclaimed from behind us. Her and Kid had walked up behind us without us noticing.
Kid was standing next to Patty his fingers tangled in hers, smiling happily while Liz stood beside them chating it up with Wes.
"Yeah! Tsubaki, i saw a rollercoaster named 'trip to the stars' and what better ride for a big star like me than 'trip to the stars'!" Black Star yelled excitedly grabbing Tsubaki and pulling her after him.
"Sounds fun," Liz smiled.
"Yeah, let's go!" Patty exclaimed quickly rushing off with Kid.
"Well, you two coming?" Wes asked as he walked beside Liz, glancing back us with a smirk.
"Sounds cool, you wanna go?" Soul asked turning towards me still smirking.
"Mhm," I nodded happily as we stood and his arm stayed wrapped around my waist protectively.
The end.
As you already know, this is the last chapter. i hope you guys liked the ending :)
but i'd just like to thank the people that reviewed and followed my story, you are all amazing and your reveiws really drove me to finishing this, i got writers block there for a while and reading all of your incouraging reveiws got my ideas flowing again :) so thanks again for reading and i hope you enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it.