"Maka, hurry up, we're going to be late!" Soul said to Maka as she stuffed her mouth with the last of her eggs.
"Shuf uf!' she growled through her mouth full of eggs a glare in her eyes but Soul just laughed.
"Maka, it's rude to talk with your mouth full." Soul said chuckling.
Maka rolled her eyes and swallowed her eggs. "Better?" she asked coughing.
"I said not to talk with your mouth full, not force me to do the hymlick maneuver on you." Soul said chuckling as he pushed his glass of water in her direction.
Once she took a good gulp of it, her cough died down and she childishly stuck her tongue out at him.
Soul let out a small chuckle. "Ready to go now?" he asked her.
She nodded and got up walking to the door with Soul close behind her.
Getting on the motorcycle they drove to the DWMA in a nice silence.
As soon as Soul turned off the engine Maka jumped off and ran to the steps of the school. "See ya there slow poke!" she yelled out not turning back.
Soul rolled his eyes as he walked up the stairs. When he got to the mission board he saw Maka frowning up at it.
"What are you frowning about?" he asked her shoving his hands into his pockets.
"They're all taken." She grumbled kicking at the ground in disappointment and then hanging her head.
Soul rolled his eyes. "They can't all be ta- oh never mind." He mumbled, disappointment filling him as he saw all of the missions with red tags. "Sorry Maka." He whispered but then his eyes landed on a mission on the far corner. "Maka, you're blind." Soul said chuckling as he pointed to it.
"I'm not blind, I saw it." She growled.
"Sure you did." He said.
"No, I really did, but that mission is dangerous." She mumbled as she turned to leave.
Soul took a good look at the mission, his eyes widening. "Maka… Let's take it." He said.
"Soul, no." she insisted.
"No, you don't get it Maka… this is about my brother." Soul said, his head shaking.
Maka froze and turned back. "What?"
"The guy the mission is talking about… that's my brother." He whispered.
"You have a brother?" she asked.
"Yeah… sadly." He mumbled.
"Are you sure you want to take that mission?" Maka asked him walking over to him, putting her hand on his shoulder.
Soul looked down at her. "Maka… the power of the Evans is incredible… Only an Evan could take down an Evan… that's why we have to take this mission." Soul murmured reaching up to grab the mission and walk towards the death room.
"Soul… what is it that I don't know about your family?" she asked him following him.
Soul looked down at her sadly. "A lot of things that I wish you would never find out Maka." He whispered and looked down at his feet.
"Soul…" Maka began but she was interrupted by a glare from Soul.
"I don't want to talk about it right now Maka." He said through clenched teeth.
"Soul why are you pushing me away? You've been distant for a while! I'm worried about you!" Maka exclaimed making Soul flinch.
"Maka, you have secrets of your own too, who are you to talk?" he growled.
She frowned at him. "How would you know that I have secrets? We're partners Soul, we're not supposed to have secrets." She said and he glared down at her.
"Yeah, that's what I used to think too." He mumbled as he entered the Death room.
Maka sighed, how on earth did this day go wrong?
Grumbling under her breath she followed Soul and gave a small bow to Lord Death.
"Yo! What brought you guys here?" Lord Death asked as he turned his attention away from his mirror and turning to them.
"We want to take on this mission." Soul muttered handing him the mission.
Lord Death looked at it. "You know Soul, I put this mission up after I realized that it had your name written all over it… literally. This is about Wes Evans, your brother." Lord Death muttered shaking his head.
Maka sighed, what the hell was going on? "When do we take this mission?" Soul asked sharply trying to avoid talking about his brother in front of Maka.
"Tomorrow. Pack your bags, you guys are going on a field trip." Lord Death said.