A/N: How are all you lovely people today? I hope you are in the mood for some Kim and Jacqueline fluff! This one shot is very, very early in Kim and Jackie's developing relationship. So early in fact that they aren't even a couple! Imagine that! I hope you find this to your liking. I wrote it in hopes that it would make you smile ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater or Soul Eater Not. (Me: *Starts crying* T.T)
A gentle breeze blew. White clouds drifted to and fro in the sky. The sun stared down at Death City with a wide, toothy grin. Heat radiated off of roads and sidewalks, causing all living creatures to seek shelter in any shade that they could find.
All was peaceful, except . . . On the roof of the Shibusen stood a girl. That girl stared out at the city below her. She may have looked at ease but if you took a closer look you would see the slight frown on her delicate lips, the crease in her brow as she looked into the far distance, the way her hands shook slightly as she read the note she held.
"Why is this so hard?!" The girl exclaimed, exasperated. Her voice echoed around her. The girl stared at the piece of paper she had just written on.
Dear Kim.
I've wanted to tell you something for a long time now. I love you.
Yours Truly, Jacqueline
Jacqueline hung her head and lifted up one hand, holding the paper in it. A hot stream of fire engulfed the paper until there was nothing left of it.
Jackie had been standing there for hours, writing her confessions on notes and incinerating them just like the one before.
She had a crush on a certain pink haired witch for the longest time and she was trying to gather enough courage to confess. Unfortunately courage was one thing she seemed to lack. Yes, she could face multitudes of soul devouring monsters without breaking a sweat. But when it came to love... She was about as helpless as a newborn lamb.
Jackie pulled out another slip of paper and wrote on that one as well. Her brown eyes studied the paper for a moment before a wistful sigh left her lips; she burnt that letter to nothingness as well.
"Dear Kim, Marry me," she said after a few moments of silence. "What?!" She exclaimed after realizing what she had just voiced. "No! No! No! Where did that even come from?!" She placed her hands on either side of her face and shook her head side-to-side as she scolded herself.
Her and Kim had been partners for a while now but even after all this time of being together Kim was still oblivious to her feelings. A few days ago she would have been elated that her true feelings remained a secret, until...
She squeezed her eyes shut as she remembered what had triggered this whole 'confessing' thing.
"Hey Kim." Ox tugged on Kim's sleeve, trying to get her attention.
"Yeah?" Kim wondered looking at him a bit confused. Jackie hid behind a corner and watched them, curious as to what was going to happen
"Um... You see... I-I've had this crush on you for the longest time." Ox began. His fists clenching at his sides and his head turning to the side as to avoid eye contact. "W-Would you go out with me!" He suddenly exclaimed. Jacqueline felt her heart break. She gasped and backed away from the spot she had been hiding, sprinting down the halls.
She skidded into an empty classroom and collapsed onto one of the desks, beginning to cry. She didn't even know why she was crying, it wasn't as if Kim had said yes or anything. Jackie pounded one fist onto the wooden table, wincing as pain lanced through her hand. Maybe it was because Ox had beaten her to it, he'd had the courage to confess to Kim and she hadn't.
"I'll do it." The lantern growled, standing upright and drying her tears. "I'm going to confess to her, tomorrow." The lantern made her way to their dorm, determination taking the place of sadness.
Jacqueline sighed and ran a hand through her hair, letting her pen drop to the floor. She had thought it would come easy. Oh how wrong she had been. Soon Kim and her would be going to a mall for a bit of 'partner bonding time' as Kim had called it earlier.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
Jacqueline spun around, instinctively prepared to fight.
Kim stood in front of her, inches away from the knife hand strike she had been about to deliver. Kim's eyes were wide as she stared down at the hand that was pointed at her neck.
"J-Jackie?" The witch gulped, and backed away a bit. "I thought weapons were supposed to protect their meisters, not kill them." She gave a nervous smile and the lantern retracted her hand.
"I'm so sorry Kim!" Jacqueline apologized profusely and wrung her hands in front of her. Kim gave her a wide grin and she waved her hand dismissively.
"No, no, it's not your fault . . . I must've knocked on the door too hard or something." The lantern rolled her eyes and smiled as well.
"I was really focused on writing letters-" Jacqueline clapped her hands over her mouth to stop herself from saying anything else.
"Writing letters? To who?" Kim leaned forwards and gave her the typical 'curious tanuki' look that Jacqueline couldn't seem to resist no matter how hard she tried. The lantern blushed furiously and broke eye contact with the meister.
"T-To nobody," she stuttered. Kim raised an eyebrow and looked at the lantern with a look that said: 'I don't believe you.' Jacqueline walked briskly past the witch and glanced over her shoulder at her meister. "Well? Are you coming or what?" She inquired.
"Yeah." Kim hurried on to catch up with the weapon and they walked together. As the girls walked towards the mall Jackie thought about how she was going to confess. How about… Hey Kim, guess what? I love you so let's be girlfriends.
"Kyaa! I can't say that!" Jackie shouted, startling her meister.
"Say what?! What can't you say?" Kim asked, giving her a concerned look.
"N-Nothing!" Jacqueline realized how weird she must have looked right then. "Sorry, I guess I'm kinda out of it today." she made her excuse hoping to throw Kim off her tail.
"Whatever." Kim scoffed, obviously not believing her. "Normal people don't randomly shout things without a reason."
"Seriously, there's nothing wrong!" Jacqueline turned her back on her crush and kept walking towards the mall, desperately trying to rid her face of the furious blush. It warmed her heart that Kim was showing concern, when they had first become partners the witch always pushed her away and tried to hide her emotions. Now Kim was open about how she felt and she almost never pushed the lantern away.
As they walked Jacqueline desperately thought about how she was going to do this difficult task. I don't think it should be this hard... She sighed and closed her eyes, rubbing her temple. "Baka." She muttered.
"Excuse me?" Kim said sounding a bit offended. Jacqueline had been so caught up in her own thoughts she hadn't even realized Kim had been talking to her.
"Sorry!" The lantern yelped, kicking herself mentally at her stupidity.
"I don't know what's so stupid about ice cream but if you'd rather go somewhere else that's fine." Kim looked straight ahead and Jacqueline followed her gaze to the new ice cream store.
"No! I-I mean, I would love to get ice cream with you!"
**Kim's POV**
Kim glanced at her weapon, feeling a bit concerned for her health. "If you say so." She began to lead the way towards the store, holding open the door for her crush. She's acting so weird... I know! I must have done something weird while I was sleeping! Maybe she saw me trying on her clothes that one time! Kim panicked.
"Um... What would you like?" The meister asked as they looked at the menu.
"I'd like... A caramel cone." Jacqueline looked at her meister. "And you? What would you like?" She paused before talking again. "I'm paying."
Kim glanced at her weapon from over the top of the menu she was holding. "Obviously." Kim muttered as she looked at all the delicious frozen treats to choose from.
"May I help you?" A waiter asked. He held a pad of paper and pen.
"I'll have the deluxe triple chocolaty fudge sundae with peanuts and sprinkles and toffee and extra sauce! ...That's about it." Kim had listed the things off on her fingers. The waiter scribbled her order on his notepad.
"Thank you ladies. Your food will come shortly." He left to the kitchen to give their order to the chef.
"Kim!" Jacqueline groaned. "That's like thirty dollars!"
Kim grinned and winked at her. "I made it expensive on purpose."
"Idiot." The lantern held her head in her hands and pulled out a brown envelope with her money. "You're lucky I made mine cheap otherwise I wouldn't be able to pay for you."
Kim smiled teasingly and then began to look out the window. Watching as pedestrians walked by. She looked around the restaurant and wondered why it was so... Fancy?
Little conversation passed between the girls as they waited for their order. Kim could feel Jackie's eyes on her practically the whole time, and she picked up a little distress through her soul. Kim frowned slightly and tried to ignore it. She knew her weapon would just deny it completely if she asked about it. Silly girl... Kim thought. The witch picked up a paper napkin and folded it into a paper crane, pulling on the head and tail to make the wings flap. She glanced up at Jackie and held it up with a grin.
"See? I can be sophisticated too!" She joked.
Jackie rolled her eyes in good humor and took the crane from her meister, burning it in her hand. "Just because you can do origami doesn't make you sophisticated." the older girl smiled. Kim fell back into her chair and pouted, crossing her arms in front of her.
"Geez! It was hard work learning to fold that!" She huffed. Jackie laughed behind her hand. The conversation ended and silence took place once more.
**Jackie's POV**
Jackie fiddled with the tablecloth and bit her bottom lip. Her mind hard at work trying to figure out how to make her confession go smoothly. She looked up, determination portraying on her face.
"Kim I-"
Her sentence was cut off as the waiter came with their orders. Kim jumped up shouting "finally!" Really loud and snatching her order from his gloved hands. Jackie shut her mouth and clenched her teeth for a second before taking her order and licking the ice cream that had begun to drip down the waffle cone. Her meister on the other hand attacked her sundae with the spoon, gulping the ice cream down in delight.
"This is just so good! It took them long enough to get it to us though!" She said excitedly. Jackie reached forwards with her handkerchief and wiped some of the chocolate sauce off the tanuki's cheek.
"Kim, you're going to make a huge mess of yourself, not to mention you'll get a brainfreeze." The lantern scolded. Kim stopped eating and set her sundae onto the table.
"Oh! Pardon me! I do beg your pardon Miss Dupre!" Kim said jokingly, sitting straight as a board and picking up a spoon. She scooped a small morsel of ice cream and brought it to her mouth daintily. "I really am quite embarrassed by my previous conduct Miss Dupre! I am so ashamed! How can you EVER forgive me?" Kim said sarcastically.
Jackie glared at her from across the table. Honestly sometimes she just wanted to strangle her meister. "Just... Just shut up," she muttered, turning her attention back to her ice cream.
They finished their ice cream and began to walk towards the mall. Jackie walked a few steps behind Kim, staring at the back of her meister's head and wringing her hands in front of her. Kim turned around and pointed at the large mall before them.
"We're here!" Kim exclaimed, grabbing the lantern's hand and pulling towards the mall. Jackie giggled softly and tried to keep pace.
Even if I may not be able to confess... I'll still enjoy having you around... You're so perfect... The lantern thought to herself.
**Kim's POV*
Kim stopped in front of the mall and lead the way through the door. Her weapon and her began to look at all the stores. Since clothing stores were abundant they decided to go into a few. Kim pointed towards one of her favorite stores.
"Hey, this is my favorite! Let's go inside!" Kim exclaimed. Jackie followed her gaze and nodded her head.
"Sounds good to me."
Kim looked her weapon up and down. "Yeah, I'm gonna buy you some new clothes, your old ones look so drab and... Straight-laced."
Jackie glared and was about to say something to defend her style of clothes but she didn't have a chance to reply before Kim pulled her by the hand into the store.
They began to look through all the colorful clothes, admiring a frilly skirts, hot pink tank tops, rainbow socks, and light blue blouses. There was so much to see! Kim glanced at Jackie who had been looking wistfully at a bubblegum pink tank top. "Haha, it's not your style silly!" Kim laughed, pulling her weapon away from the shirt.
"O-Oh well... " The weapon began but Kim didn't give her a chance to finish.
"Here! Look at this!" Kim grabbed some tight jeans off of the shelf along and a cerulean tank top with a low back. "This will suit you much better than that other one!" Kim shoved the clothes into her arms and pulled her towards the change rooms.
"A change room for two!" She called to the staff. The woman unlocked a room for them and let them in.
"My name is Nicole. If you have any trouble at all just let me know!" Nicole said cheerily as she shut the door behind them and went back to her desk.
"Okay Jackie! Now get dressed in this!" Kim gestured to the tank and jeans in her weapon's arms. She turned around in courtesy and waited patiently for the lantern to finish dressing.
**Jackie's POV**
Jackie gulped and began to dress. She felt her heartbeat quicken because of her crush who was standing so close as she dressed. Jackie put the outfit on and then tugged on Kim's shirt sleeve to get her attention.
"I-I'm done . . . What do you think?" Jacqueline's cheeks turned red as Kim's eyes looked her up and down.
"Wow . . . You look great!" Kim grabbed her shoulders and turned her weapon to face the mirror. Jackie gulped and looked at her reflection.
"I-It does seem to suit me well, doesn't it?" This is my chance! I can do this! I can confess right now! I will confess right now! Jacqueline turned around to face her meister. She took a few deep breaths and began. "Kim, I-I . . ." She trailed off and she couldn't find her words anymore. Kim stared curiously at her.
"Yes Jackie? What is it?"
"N-Nevermind!" The lantern flushed down to her toes and then turned around, quickly stripping and putting her own clothes back on. Her heart was pounding and she was short of breath, never before had she been that close to confessing! That was so close!
"Ah! We're finally back!" Kim sighed kicking their dorm door open and dropping her shopping bags to the ground. Jackie walked inside and went to her bed, placing her bag onto her bed. She dumped the contents out and smiled. The outfit at the store she'd tried on now belonged to her. Kim had insisted on buying it. Jackie sighed and held up the cerulean tank top, feeling so happy.
As she admired her new clothes she didn't notice a certain pink haired witch slip into the bedroom.
She felt arms embrace her from behind and a chin rest on her shoulder. "Well, are you going to say it?" Kim's voice asked.
"S-Say what?" Jackie was aware of their close proximity and she began to heat up, her heart beating quickly.
"Say: 'Kim, I love you'"
Jacqueline gasped. "H-How did you . . ."
Kim chuckled softly and nuzzled the side of Jacqueline's neck. "You were so obvious, I just never clued in this whole time . . . Jackie, you were trying to confess this whole time . . . weren't you?"
Jacqueline turned around in their embrace and stared into Kim's green eyes. "How did you know?" She repeated.
"I just connected the dots. You were always blushing, stammering, staring, and saying things without reason. So, are you going to say it or not?" Kim breathed.
The lantern gulped and tried to sooth her nerves. "K-Kim . . . I-I love you." Jacqueline almost choked on her words, but once they were out they felt so right. She repeated them again. "I love you, be my girlfriend . . . Please? I mean, I know Ox confessed before me and-"
Kim placed a finger on the lantern's lips to silence her. "Jackie, I would love to be your girlfriend."
Jackie gasped and tears came to her eyes. "R-Really?" She wondered.
Kim nodded and hugged her new girlfriend tighter.
"Really. I've been waiting for you to utter those words for forever . . . Thank you so much, Jackie"
The End
A/N: Okay! So this might not be so great an ending but I really tried x'D please don't hate me for being lame! Okay, so I actually realized a while ago that in every one shot (okay: ALMOST every oneshot) I write they ALWAYS kiss! Not that kissing is bad! But I wanted to write one where there was no kissing. I saw this as the perfect opportunity! Please read and review! I want to know your opinion on this! And, if you want to read something tell me! I love suggestions~!