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I know I do these at the end but, I'm doing it at the beginning this time! So, the titles kind of a dead giveaway, huh? Well, enjoy anyway! Oh, I just wanna advertise an amazing Soul Eater fanfic. Usually, I wouldn't because I hate competish (AKA competition), but this one is too amazing! It's called Divided by Yoru no Seishin Productions. God, I really hope I spelled that right… Anyway, the writer is amazing, and they lemme make on OC for it! Well, read on!

Since today was the day of my party, I decided to pamper myself.

I went out to eat a nice breakfast and when I came home, I took a long and relaxing bubble bath. I figured it wouldn't hurt to do something nice for myself. Afterwards, I dressed and made myself some lunch and invited Silara over.

"Happy birthday, Angel." Silara said when she walked through the door.

"Thanks. I made lunch, you hungry?"

"Yeah, thanks."

I lead her to the kitchen and handed her a sandwich. We sat down at the table and ate our lunch.

"So, you ready for your party?" Silara asked.

"Barely. But, it'll be… fun, maybe."

"Maybe? Come on! It's a birthday party at Kid's mansion and it's just for you."

"I'm not a huge fan of parties." I shrugged my shoulders.

"Oh, whatever. You'll have fun."

"Possibly."

"Shut up, you'll have fun. Maybe you'll get to dance with someone."

The first person that popped into my head was Soul for some reason. I blushed at the thought and batted it away.

"Maybe you'll get to dance with Kid." I said.

It was Silara's turn to blush. "I think he's gonna hang mistletoe in a lot of the doorways. I'll try to catch him under one."

"Thanks for the info. I'll be steering clear of doorways with the boys."

"That's smart."

We shared a laugh and went upstairs to change into our outfits for the party. Silara wore a beautiful teal dress that was long sleeved and hung off her shoulders. The end of the sleeves formed a triangle and connected to her middle fingers. It went to her knees in the front and to her ankles in the back. I did her hair in a long braid and weaved lime-green ribbon in it for her. Thin gold hoops hung from her ears and her shoes were simple black heels.

I wore a red strapless dress that puffed out a little at my hips and went just above my knees. I pulled my hair back into a neat ponytail and curled it at the bottom then ended up jamming two red chopsticks in my ponytail. Silara told me they looked like a red X. Added to my outfit was a pair of black fishnet gloves to hide my scar a little bit. My only good shoes were a pair of black flats and the boots I borrowed from Maka a few weeks ago. I went with the black flats. At last minute, I put some red studs in my ears and automatically felt that my outfit was complete.

"Ready?" Silara asked me.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I told her. She smiled at me and I smiled back.

"Here we go." I said, and we walked out the door on our way to my party.

At the Party

"Finally, I thought you girls would never show!" Kid told us as he greeted us at the door.

"Why wouldn't we? Angel's the guest of honor." Silara said, walking in.

"True." Kid agreed. They walked away from me to the middle of the room to hang out.

"Thanks for ditching me." I said to them, even though I knew only I could hear me.

I went to the food table and saw so many different foods. I helped myself to some chips and pretzels. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Silara and Kid next to the staircase. Kid looked up shyly and so did Silara. She pointed upward and he smiled at her. I looked at where she pointed. Mistletoe hung above them. I smirked as Kid kissed her and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I knew that was gonna happen." Maka's voice came.

"Oh, I did too." I replied.

She smiled at me. She was wearing a nice pink dress and her hair had two small pigtails with the rest down.

"So, how ya liking your party so far?" she asked.

"Well, the foods pretty good." I said, popping another pretzel in my mouth.

"Soul thinks so too!" Maka told me, gesturing to the food table.

I saw Soul devouring a bunch of strawberries. I giggled.

"Where's Crona?" I asked her.

She suddenly blushed.

"What?" I asked her again.

"Um, I dunno… the last time I saw him was underneath another mistletoe…" Maka told me slowly.

A smile crept onto my face. "You kissed him?"

"Well, yeah."

"Aw, that's sweet. I always thought you two liked each other."

"Yeah…"

"I'll go find him. I wanna say thanks. You know, for coming and all."

"Okay. See ya later."

I walked off in the other direction.

"Hey Black Star. Tsubaki." I said when I saw the pair.

Black Star's suit was a little too big, but not that bad. Tsubaki wore a nice green dress and her hair was up in a partial bun.

"Hi Angel. Happy birthday." Tsubaki said.

"Thanks."

"Sorry, Angel. But I'm the life of the party tonight!" Black Star told me.

"How nice for you. Have you guys seen Crona?"

"Yeah. He's over there in the corner." Tsubaki answered and pointed her finger to a pink haired boy.

"Thanks." I said.

I weaved my way through the crowd that wasn't supposed to be there because it Kid told me it was supposed to be a small party, to Crona.

"Hey Crona." I said.

He smiled at me. "Hi Angel."

"So… Maka told me she kissed you."

"Oh, um yes she, uh, did. It's kinda hard for me to deal with."

"It shouldn't be. I know you like her too."

"Yeah. A little."

"Good. Go dance with her or something."

"O-okay."

Crona wandered off in the other direction to Maka. I smiled to myself.

I saw Soul out on a balcony by himself. He was leaning against the railing and looking out at the sky. I walked out to the balcony next to him.

"Hey." I said, gently touching his arm.

"Oh, hi Red." Soul replied.

"Why are you out here by yourself?"

"Parties aren't really my scene."

"Yeah, same here."

Soul smiled at me.

"What?" I asked.

"I got you a present." he said, reaching into his pocket.

"Oh. You really didn't have to."

"I know I didn't."

In his hand was a black box

"Soul…" I started. I didn't know what to say as I opened the box.

Inside was the Maynelia bird necklace. I took it out of the box and turned it over in my hand.

Happy birthday Red. Love, Soul was still engraved in the back.

"I-I love it." I told him.

"I'm glad." Soul replied as he place it around my neck.

He gave me his sharp-toothed grin. We just stared at each other for the longest time.

"Dance with me." I finally spoke.

"I dunno. Dancing isn't really my thing."

"Soul, you will freaking dance with me if it's the last thing we both do." I demanded.

He shook his head and smiled again.

"Okay. But we're dancing out here. Just you and me." Soul agreed.

"Deal."

He took my left hand in his and placed the other on my hip as I grasped his shoulder. We moved with the tempo of the slow song playing in the other room. Soul may not have liked dancing, but he wasn't bad. And I wasn't doing too terribly either.

Soul spun me under his arm and pulled me back in.

"Not bad, Soul." I said with a smile.

"Thanks." he replied.

He spun me outward and then dipped me back.

"You're almost as good a dancer as you are a singer, Red." Soul told me.

"Singer? When have you ever heard me sing?"

"I hear you when you're in your little recording studio."

I blushed a little. "You know about that?"

"Yeah. You're pretty good. 'I will fight and I'll sleep when I die. I live my life. I'm alive.' My favorite line." he said, speaking the lyrics as proof to hearing me sing before.

"Thanks…"

"No problem, Red."

I smiled at him when the music ended. It was silent out on the balcony. Then something small and green caught my eye. I looked up, and saw mistletoe hanging above mine and Soul's heads. He saw it too and looked at me with kind eyes.

I brushed back a couple of loose strands of hair behind my ears, suddenly feeling shy. Without warning, Soul grabbed my wrists loosely and I tasted strawberries on my lips. I took me a moment to realize he was actually kissing me. I clutched his collar tightly and kissed him back. His hands were warm on my shoulders and it felt as if we were the only people in Death City, maybe even in all of Nevada.