It was Monday, and I was waiting outside of Crona's door, leaning on the wall. Tsubaki said Maka had a cold, and Kylie was talking with Soul. Y'know, Kylie sure acts odd around Soul. And Soul acts a bit...less-cool around Kylie. Maybe-
I heard Crona's door open, and turned to see Crona wearing a black shirt, jeans, and Converse shoes. 'Maka is sick, and told me to walk you to class.' was what I was supposed to say. What came out was "Maka is sick-" and the rest is gibberish, because I realized how Crona looked in normal clothes: amazing. She had a great, well, everything.
"Your jaw's hanging open, Irish." Ragnarok said.
"Oh god, it's you. Couldn't you, like, go away?" 'Forever, maybe?'
"Hey, are you wearing a belt?" Ragnarok asked.
"Wha-"
Ragnarok pulled my pants down (which shouldn't be possible; I was wearing a belt) and revealed my four-leaf clover boxers to Crona*.
"I swear to God I'll kill you!" I screamed, grabbing the shadow around the neck.
A/N: *I planned that four-leaf-clover-boxers-incident since the first draft when Riley wasn't named Riley, Kylie didn't exist, and Riley was a weapon. (The series took a turn for the better in this draft, trust me.)
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I walked through the hallways when I heard someone scream 'I swear to God I'll kill you!' Fearing the worst, I ran and saw Riley, pants down, punching Ragnarok in the face. But Crona was right by Riley, and I had already tackled Riley when I noticed he wasn't attacking Crona.
Riley fell down a flight of stairs (where did they come from?) and I heard several shouts, moans, and a crack.
"Riley!" I shouted, running down the stairs, where Riley was struggling to stand. He had pulled up his pants, but he was spitting blood and had a bad cut on his head.
'Good job, Maka.' I thought. 'You tackled a boy you have a crush on!'
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Okay, what the hell just happened? I was trying to kill Ragnarok, then something hit me, I fell...Ow! There was a searing hot pain keeping me from remembering what had happened.
"Riley!" Maka shouted.
I put two and two together. "Don't Maka-Chop me!"
"Riley, you're bleeding!" Maka said. "I thought you were attacking Crona, and tackled you. You fell down some stairs, and your spitting blood!"
I wasn't spitting anything. I think. I couldn't focus. "I wasn't attacking Crona. It's just by unfortunate coincidence that little monster Ragnarok is attached to her."
"Riley, part of your front tooth is missing. The tooth's not too noticeable, but you cut your head pretty bad, too." Maka said.
"Oh. That's bad." I said. Riley grabbed my hand, blushing slightly, and pulled me up the stairs.
"Jeez, what'd you do to Irish?" Ragnarok asked. "I never did anything that bad to-"
Maka slugged Ragnarok in the jaw, causing the shadow to fly back and curse, all the while Crona just stood, a worried look on your face.
"Is Riley going to be okay?" Crona asked. "I don't know how to deal with him not being okay."
"He'll be fine if we get him to a doctor. He's bleeding really bad." Maka said, and Ms. Marie walked through a hallway, lost. "Ms. Marie, could you help us? This guy fell down some stairs. His name is Riley...what is your last name?"
"McConnell." I said.
"Well, he fell down stairs. Could you help us get him to Doctor Stein?"
"Stein? No! He'll chop me to bits and-"
"Hey, Stein's a good guy!" Ms. Marie said. "I don't know how to get out of here, anyways."
I reached into my backpack (jeez it was odd wearing that thing. I forgot how it felt wearing one) and pulled out a map, feeling like I had solved a long-running problem.
"Oh! Thanks. Alright, let's get Stein." Ms. Marie said.
"Your welcome." I said.
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I was sitting with Soul, not talking about much.
"So, you're going to get that McJacklin guy's soul, aren't you?" Soul asked.
"Yeah. We're going tonight. I'm a little worried." I said.
"Don't be. Riley looks like a good Meister. He knocked Maka out." Soul said. He had the most amazing eyes. I mean, some people were creeped out by them, but I just didn't get how you could keep yourself from looking at them.
"Hey Soul, I, uh, got something to say to you. I'm not good with boys, so, like, I'm going to say it out loud and hope you feel the same way, okay?" I said, feeling like the stupidest girl in Death City.
"Alright." Soul said.
"Ireallylikeyouandreallyreallyhopeyoufeelthesameway!"
"I do." Soul said coolly, and my heart nearly exploded. I hugged him around the neck, then, when I came back to my senses, my face burned red. Soul gave me a one-handed hug back and said "I want to clear it up with Riley first, okay?"
"Alright. You'd better take me out on a date." I said, and Soul gave a one-sided smile.
"You're pretty cute when you look like that." Soul said and, suddenly, a door slammed open and my brother was being dragged by Maka and Ms. Marie, while Crona walked behind them.
"What happened?" I asked, running up to them.
"I can walk, you know!" Riley said.
"He fell down some stairs." Maka said.
"This cow pushed him down stairs!" Ragnarok said.
"Whatever the case, we're going to see Dr. Stein. Wait here." Ms. Marie said, patting me on the head. I freakin' hate when people do that!
"Is he going to be okay?" I asked.
"Of course." Ms. Marie smiled.
A/N: I like how Riley now has a chipped tooth, just like I do (how my tooth was chipped is a long story.) On another note, I like how, if you squint, you can see a MariexStein romance.
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