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Soul starred at the thing that seemed to glare back at him.

But that would be impossible.

Because pianos don't glare at people.

"Welcome back, Soul!"

Maka's cheery voice caused the scythe weapon to turn his narrowed crimson eyes from the large instrument to his partner who was looking as innocent as ever while taking off her apron, obviously having been cooking before he'd come in.

"What's this?" He asked as he pointed an accusing finger at the black grand piano that took up quite a bit of space in their small living room. He noticed that she had to move both the table and the couch just so the thing could fit. He briefly wondered how she'd gotten the thing up the stairs, even if she had had help, much less through the door.

"Just what it looks like. A piano." She continued to chirp happily while she hung up her apron on a small hook.

"No." His face fell more, "What is it doing HERE." He reiterated with a snarl in his voice. Although he was mostly irritated, he couldn't keep down that slight spark of amusement at what Maka had done. He'd never seen her do something so spontaneous in the four years of knowing her as randomly as this.

To say it simply, the silver haired teen was intrigued.

"Well...ya see..." Maka started before breaking off with a strained breath of laughter as she rubbed the back of her neck. She easily walked closer towards the piano as her short skirt swished.

"By all means, please continue." Soul cooly spoke as he loosely crossed his arms over his chest, sarcasm practically dripping from every word.

"Jeez, don't get your boxers in a jumble." Maka snapped right back and continued before Soul could interject, "I was walking around downtown with Tsubaki earlier today to shop and I saw this beauty in a window," She paused as she ran a few fingers over the keys, allowing the rich notes to vibrate through the air, "And I thought I'd get it for you."

"How much was it?" Soul was quick to ask as he went over to her just as Maka sat down on the leather seat.

"Don't worry about that, it was on sale since the shop was closing down and they were pretty desperate to sell this old thing. And anyway, I've already paid the rent in full for the next three months if that's what was on your mind." Maka smiled as she looked up at him.

"So...you want me to play, right?" He asked the obvious while he sat down next to her, shoulders and legs brushing against each other in the small of the seat.

"Maybe." She said after a pregnant pause in an oddly sheepish voice.

Suddenly, the air around the pair was filled with Soul's spontanious laughter before it died down in the next second.

"So...will you?" She asked hopefully as she looked at the white and black keys beneith her long fingers. She held down a gasp as his hand suddenly fell over hers, making Maka bit her bottom lip to hold down a blush.

"Maybe."

A/N: Oh my god...I just got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and I'm strung out on medicine, so I hope this doesn't sound weird in any way XD Please review?