Author's Note: I can't believe we've finally reached the epilogue! I have mixed emotions truly ending this story, but I'm glad so many of you enjoyed reading it! Thanks again for the favorites (100+!) follows, and reading!
Spkieeb2- At the moment I don't have any plans to write a sequel to this story, but it is possible in the future that I could if more ideas came to me!
Epilogue, Chapter 26: Summer Memories
"Where did I put my flash drive? I'm sure this was the last place I saw it…" Maka grumbled to herself, as she took out all the contents from her backpack once again to look for it.
"What are you looking for Maka? You didn't forget to bring your textbook again, did you?" Harvar asked from beside her.
Maka gritted her teeth at the smug undertone in Harvar's voice. Even though she and Harvar rarely talked to each other outside of their shared biology class, she had to admit that he was one of the few relatively smarter people she had met since beginning her freshman year at Columbia.
'I'm sure Harvar would probably get along well with Ox now that I think about it.' Maka mused before she realized she still hadn't answered his question.
"I only forgot to bring my book that one time when I was running late. I'm actually just looking for my flash drive." Maka said.
Harvar shrugged his shoulders over Maka's predicament as he turned to face their professor once more. "Oh, that sounds like a personal problem to me."
Maka sighed and focused back on the lecture as well and waited until class got out restart her search for her tiny device.
'Ugh, this is bad; I have my final draft for my English essay on there and my group assignments!' Maka thought, in a mix of panic and frustration.
Maka groaned as she gazed down at her grey tennis shoes and tried to think back to the last time she had used the gadget. She might have taken it out a few days ago when she and Crona had both been working on their essays in the library, but in that case she would have noticed it was missing before now.
Maka continued to ponder over more places she had gone to before an idea suddenly clicked in her head. 'Oh wait, maybe I left it at Soul's place yesterday! It's probably underneath all the junk he keeps on his bed. I just hope he didn't end up accidently throwing it away…'
Maka quickly pulled out her phone and called Soul's number and waited a few seconds as it started to ring.
"Hello?" A sleepy baritone voice finally answered.
Maka furrowed her brows at how tired Soul sounded. "Soul, it's almost noon now and you're still sleeping?"
Soul yawned into the receiver before speaking up. "Correction, I was sleeping until your call just now woke me up and what's your point? You know I don't have any classes today so I can sleep all day if I really wanted to."
Maka snorted at that before clutching her scarf closer when a cold wind blew by. "Anyways, is it okay if I come over? I think I left my flash drive somewhere in your apartment."
Soul said nothing back for a moment as he scratched his head. "Yeah I guess so; I didn't clean up the place though just to let you know. Did you at least check your own dorm room first?"
"Of course I checked my dorm room idiot! I actually need to go back to my room to drop off some papers and then I'll be heading your way." Maka explained.
"What time should I be expecting you then?" Soul asked.
Maka glanced down at her watch and saw it was about 11:55 am. "Your apartment is only like a 10 to 15 minute drive away with traffic so I'll be there before 12:30."
Once Maka got all her stuff together, she made the short trip to Soul's place by car and parked in the usual visitors' area.
'It's still difficult for me to adjust to these colder temperatures; I don't think it ever got this cold in Death City in late September or early October.' Maka thought with a shiver, as she trudged up to Soul's door and knocked on it.
Maka stepped back slightly as she heard the door click from be unlocked and was greeted with Soul's disheveled appearance.
Maka blinked as she gazed over Soul's plain red long sleeved shirt and black athletic shorts. "You don't feel even a little bit cold in that?"
Soul glanced over his attire with indifference before he started to glance over her own clothes. "You don't feel too warm wearing a sweater, scarf, and long jeans?"
Maka rolled her eyes, but smiled slightly at Soul's smirk as he moved aside to let in. Maka headed straight for Soul's couch to set down her backpack down before heading over to his room.
'Geez, Soul wasn't kidding when he said he didn't clean up after I left. Why are all these crumpled up pieces of paper scattered everywhere?' Maka pondered, as she brushed aside some clothes from Soul's dresser and bed.
"I'm pretty sure you're not going to find it in here." Soul said from behind her, as he watched Maka open and close his dressers and then search around his desk.
Maka scowled at Soul's amused attitude and turned to glare at him. "It would help if you didn't have all this trash lying around! Why do you have so much balled up paper anyways?"
Soul only shrugged and observed as Maka went back to continuing to search through different piles of trash until she suddenly stopped and picked something up.
"Hey, when was this photo taken?" Maka asked softly. It was a picture of her and Soul underneath a bridge.
Soul arched an eyebrow and moved closer to Maka to get a better look at the frame. "Oh, it was when we split into groups in Tarragona, remember? I think it was Stein who took this picture when he drove us to the Devil Bridge."
Maka nodded her head slowly before smiling fondly as the memory came back. "I didn't think you would go and develop this picture out of all the ones we took! Why didn't you get one for me?"
Soul frowned and looked away from Maka's teasing grin before she noticed his cheeks reddening. "Err; I wasn't really thinking about developing more than one; Tsubaki created an album online anyways."
"Don't worry about it; I still wear the necklace you got me as a memory of the trip." Maka stated, moving her light green scarf aside to show that she had it on.
Soul grinned at Maka's protective grasp on the charm. "I'm glad you still wear it considering I had to haggle to actually get it."
"Well, I wasn't planning to forget all about it once you gave it to me. Now back to my main issue, where did you put my flash drive?" Maka questioned.
Soul rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he leaned back against his bed. "I told you, I don't remember what you're talking about. You probably misplaced it somewhere in your room and are blaming me."
Maka narrowed her eyes at Soul's avoidance of her question. "Yes you do Soul; I know you saw me with it. You're wasting my time."
Soul chuckled at Maka's annoyance before sitting up when noticed Maka had started to un-crumple some of his balled up papers and read them.
'I'm pretty sure Maka still doesn't understand the musical lyrics on those papers unless she's been doing research in her spare time.' Soul considered.
Maka stared at the music notes with a puzzled expression before looking back up at Soul. "Was one of your assignments to create a song?
"Yeah kind of, though I find it to be stupid how heavily he's making creating a song be a part of our final grade. The course was mainly about music history and education." Soul grumbled.
Maka picked up a few more pieces of paper and gazed over all of them. It seemed like they were all similar in composition for the most part, but apparently Soul would stop midway through creating a song and cross a section out.
"It seems like you've been having trouble working on this. Since I know you usually like to wait until the last minute to work on things and turn them in, how can I help you?" Maka inquired.
Soul scoffed as he grabbed the papers from her hands. "Why would I go to you for help when you still basically know next to nothing about music?" Soul's scowl deepened even further when he narrowly dodged the book Maka tossed straight at him.
"At least let me give you ideas on a topic to use! That seems like the main problem you're having." Maka huffed out.
Soul shook his head as he set the papers down on his bed. "I already know what the song's about." He muttered.
Maka's jade green eyes flickered with curiosity. "Oh, what's it about then?"
"I would feel better telling you if it was actually finished." Soul grouched out.
Maka only shrugged as she met his crimson eyes directly. "It's not like there's anybody I'm going to go running off telling it to."
Soul sighed as he realized Maka wasn't planning to change the topic until she found out what she wanted. 'Though I guess that is one of the traits about her that I admire…'
"The song is supposed to be about you, happy now?" Soul complained.
Maka opened her mouth to reply back, but paused as she took in Soul's words. "You're…you're making the song about me?"
Soul nodded his head uncomfortably. "We've been through a lot together over this past summer and now autumn. The only difficult part is putting all of it into song form."
Maka smiled gently and looked down bashfully. "Um, when you're done with it could I at least hear you play it once before you turned it in?"
"No." Soul said jokingly just as Maka punched him sharply in the arm and stood up.
"Damn it, you still don't know when I'm messing with you, do you?!" Soul questioned with a growl.
Maka chose to ignore him as she gave one final sweep of Soul's room before sighing. "Well, I guess my flash drive really isn't here or you're just hiding it from me."
Soul glanced at his wall clock and saw it was approaching about 1:15 pm. "Wait, you're not thinking of leaving already are you? You're afternoon class doesn't even start until 3:00."
"I haven't eaten lunch yet and besides, I need to meet with history group to go over our project before our presentation next week." Maka reasoned.
Soul snorted and reached out to grab Maka's hand before she left the room. "You've complained to me time and again how you dislike working with your classmates on that because their lazy and barely do their work on solo assignments. In terms of food, you can eat the takeout I bought the other day."
Maka blinked at Soul's firm grip on her before giggling. "Soul, you rarely ever share your food with me. You just really want me to stay here, don't you?"
Soul only smirked as he moved to bring Maka closer to himself. "Well, is it working?" He asked lowly against her lips.
"Maybe." Maka whispered back, moving to meet him halfway as he pulled her back towards his bed.
'This wasn't what I intended to happen by going to Soul's place. I completely messed up my schedule for the day… 'Maka thought with a blush, as she reluctantly moved out of Soul's arms to check the time on her phone and nearly yelped when she saw it was 3:30.
"Crap, you made me late for class!" Maka snapped, shaking Soul awake with a hard nudge. Soul eventually opened his eyes to stare at her blankly before the past few hours came back to him and he grinned.
"Congratulations, you finally skipped your first class! I think it was worth it, don't you?" He asked suggestively.
Maka felt her face flush as she gave Soul a dirty look for a second before moving to grab her scattered clothes.
"Oh wait Maka, one more thing before you really go." Soul said with a snicker.
Maka turned to face him and nearly jumped back when Soul fished out her flash drive from his pocket and tossed it to her.
"I figured you would want that before you left!" He mused with a laugh, not even caring about the consequences he would face when Maka left the room and came back in with her biology textbook tightly gripped in her hand.
~X~
"Angela, are you already done with your homework so soon?" Tsubaki questioned when she came back in from her grocery shopping and saw Angela watching TV with Black Star on the couch.
Angela nodded her head brightly as she looked away from the screen. "Black Star checked over all my answers to make sure they were right!"
Tsubaki arched an eyebrow at that as she went to set the groceries down in the kitchen. "Really now? I'll have to double check to make sure he actually looked over them properly."
"Hey, you don't think I understand basic 1st grade math and reading?!" Black Star questioned, strolling over to kitchen to help her put away some items.
Tsubaki laughed cheerily at Black Star's scowl. "Well, sometimes you do act first before thinking things through."
"If I didn't act first, I might not have gotten you to ever notice me." Black Star mused, grinning smugly when he saw Tsubaki's cheeks redden.
Angela tugged on Black Star's jeans to get their attention. "Did Tsubaki bring back any candy from the store?"
Black Star bent down to Angela's eye level and poked her cheek affectionately. "I just gave you a piece of a chocolate for finishing your homework. You're going to be hyper if we give you any more."
Angela pouted at Black Star's answer and turned towards Tsubaki to show off her best innocent look, but Tsubaki shook her head firmly.
Tsubaki sighed as she finished putting away all the food into the cabinets and fridge and moved away from the counter. 'The weekend went by so fast; I can't believe it's already time to take Angela back.'
"Angela, Black Star and I should probably get ready to take you back to the agency now. It would look bad if we didn't get you back there before 5." Tsubaki stated.
Angela looked gloomy for a moment before she nodded her head and went to grab her coloring book and folders from the living room. "You'll pick me up again on Friday afternoon as usual, right?"
"Don't we always?" Black Star answered with a chuckle as Angela smiled in agreement.
Tsubaki stared at the scene between the two happily. 'Black Star has really transitioned well into his role in being Angela's guardian. I'm not sure why I was even worried about it in the first place.'
"And don't forget if anyone tries to take your lunch again, you show them that punching move I taught you, okay?" Black Star said proudly.
Tsubaki frowned at Black Star's gleeful proclamation as she set Angela's backpack onto her shoulders. "What punching move? Please tell me you're not trying to get her to start acting like you!"
Black Star opened the door to Tsubaki's apartment and allowed her and Angela to walk out first before closing and locking the door behind him. "What's wrong with that? I'm teaching her how to defend herself!"
Tsubaki only shook her head with a small smile. Even though adjusting to college life had taken some time for both her and Black Star, Ms. Johnson had at least been able to pull a few strings at the agency to allow them to take care of Angela on the weekends. Angela's staying over seemed to improve her behavior and grades at school with Fridays being a day everyone could look forward to.
After saying goodbye to Angela, Black Star and Tsubaki headed down the street quietly until Tsubaki abruptly stopped.
Black Star arched an eyebrow once he realized Tsubaki was no longer beside him. "What's wrong Tsubaki; did you forget to give something to Angela?"
Tsubaki shook her head as she pointed towards a flower shop. "It's been awhile since we've last visited him, don't you think?"
Black Star appeared puzzled over who this 'him' was before he nodded his head in realization as he peered up towards the sky. "Ah, so it has."
Tsubaki admired the colorful arrangements set up around the flower shop before sulking a little. 'I don't even remember what flowers we bought here last time and it hasn't even been that long. How is it I could forget something so important?'
"Do you need some help picking out some flowers?" An employee asked, starting Tsubaki out of her thoughts.
"Ah, well I'm just trying to remember what we bought the last time we came here." Tsubaki mumbled with a sigh.
"Actually, I think all we need is a few pink carnations and zinnia mixed flowers, preferably in red and yellow." Black Star said from behind her.
The employee nodded his head to go retrieve the flowers as Tsubaki gave Black Star a surprised look.
"You remember what we bought the last time we came here?" Tsubaki asked softly.
Black Star only shrugged before nodding his head with a slight smile. "Yeah, it was a few days after we came home from summer vacation. It's hard for me to forget how pissed the shopkeepers got when I accidently pushed a flower pot over and she told me all about the language of flowers and its importance."
'That's right. Pink carnations represent I'll Never Forget You and a mixed Zinnia is in memory of a friend. Am I dishonoring Mifune by already forgetting small things like this?' Tsubaki pondered.
"Tsubaki, snap out of it! We should get going now." Black Star stated, as he lightly shook her shoulders and guided her out of the store.
Tsubaki managed to nod her head woozily as the two walked over towards the cemetery. It was already relatively late into the afternoon and not many people were around except for an elderly couple a few sections down.
"I'm sorry we haven't visited you in a while Mifune, I've lost track of time with all the new changes that happened in my life over this past summer." Tsubaki whispered at his grave.
Black Star took the carnations and zinnia out from there pots and quietly arranged them neatly around his tomb. "Heh, it looks a lot better now, doesn't it?"
Tsubaki beamed at Black Star's work as he bent down next to her. "You remember Black Star, don't you? I know he's not the type of guy you would think I would go out with since I've only known him since this summer, but there really is more to him than meets the eye."
Black Star chuckled as he patted the soft ground beneath them. "Tsubaki's told me a lot about you and your sword skills; I'm sure you would have been a worthy opponent to face. Oh and I truly get what you mean by how much of handful Angela can be, but I don't actually find it that hard to take care of her at least with Tsubaki's help."
Tsubaki smiled gently as a cool wind passed by. "Is there anything else we forgot to mention?"
Black Star stood back up to properly stretch out his arms and legs. "I don't think so. Tsubaki and I are both working hard in our majors. It won't be easy, but that's what makes the challenge worth it."
Tsubaki nodded her head as she moved to stand also. 'I still miss you Mifune though I'm glad that you're at peace here...'
"Are you ready to go Tsubaki or do you want to stick around a bit longer?" Black Star asked lightly.
Tsubaki turned to give one final look over Mifune's grave and smiled at how much nicer it looked in appearance after they had polished his stone marker and placed new flowers around it.
"No, that's okay. I'm sure Mifune wouldn't want us dwelling here all depressed." Tsubaki mused.
"True, I don't like feel all mopey like this either." Black Star considered with a frown.
Tsubaki moved to grab Black Star's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I'm sure getting started on studying for your algebra exam on Thursday will provide for a good distraction then!"
Black Star's frown deepened, but he squeezed her hand in return. "That's not what I meant, but okay."
~X~
Maka grinned as she closed back her history book and let out a sigh of relief. After missing her group meeting the other day due to Soul, she had had to work out arranging a new time to meet up with all of them and make sure everyone's parts were done along with keeping up with her own personal notes.
'And to think pretty soon after midterms this week, it will already be time to start studying for finals. College seems to go by way faster than high school ever did.' Maka considered, as she crossed out another day on her calendar and looked over the rest of events she had planned out for the month of October.
"Hmm, now that I think about it, I haven't really talked to Tsubaki or Black Star in a long time. I wonder how they're doing." Maka mumbled to herself.
"Anyways, it's already early night back at home so they're probably just relaxing right now. I'll have to see if I can reach them on the weekend possibly." Maka considered.
Maka walked over to her bed and tossed off the covers to relax and probably read a book until she got sleepy when suddenly a faint tapping at her window made her straighten up in alarm.
'What the? Who the hell would be bugging me at this time of day?!' Maka thought angrily, as she focused her eyes towards her window and realized it was Soul.
Maka scowled and opened her window about half-way. "What's going on; why are you at my dorm room in the middle of the night?"
Soul arched an eyebrow at Maka's tone and put his hands up in defense. "Whoa there, it's only like 9 o clock so cool it. I came by because you left out of my room so fast the other day that you forgot this English folder and I'm pretty sure you have that class tomorrow, right?"
Maka blinked in puzzlement before grudgingly taking her folder back with a sigh. "Thanks, I'm surprised you didn't just decide to keep it like you did my flash drive."
Soul only grinned toothily. "I'm not that cruel."
Maka rolled her eyes at that statement and turned away to set her folder on her desk before gaining an shocked expression when she saw Soul was no longer standing outside her window and was now gazing around her room in amusement.
"You've added quite a bit of stuff since the last I've been here. Was that Columbia University pennant always hanging up?" Soul questioned.
"Soul, don't just barge into my room; you know this is an all-girls dormitory!" Maka hissed out, annoyed when Soul chose to ignore her and instead glanced over some photos on her desk of family and friends.
Soul shrugged as he sat down on Maka's bed comfortably with a smirk. "That's hasn't stopped me in the past from coming here. It's a good thing you live on the first floor though."
"Stupid, what if my resident manager does a room check all of a sudden?!" Maka snapped back.
"I know for a fact that she only does those like once a month and she already did it for October." Soul replied back easily.
'How exactly does Soul know that?' Maka thought in confusion before shaking the thought away.
"I see you still favor those same old striped pajamas you wore over the summer." Soul mused with a snicker.
Maka blushed over Soul's scrutinizing stare of her as she covered her arms over herself. "Yeah, so what? You still wear that same old black leather jacket!"
"This isn't just some 'old jacket' it's vintage." Soul stated in a scolding manner.
"If you say so." Maka replied back, making sure to give him a look of disinterest.
A comfortable silence filled the air as Maka eventually moved to close the window slightly when a couple of leaves blew in.
"Have you finished that song yet?" Maka asked softly, admiring the crescent moon partially obscured by some passing clouds before gazing back at him.
Soul shook his head as he moved his hands into his pockets. "It's about a quarter of the way done. You don't need to rush me on it."
"Ah, I'm not trying to rush you! Take your time on it." Maka stated, as she moved to sit next to him on her bed.
Maka frowned when she noticed Soul still seemed troubled by something. "Nothing else has come up since I've last seen you, has it?"
Soul said nothing back as he rubbed his forehead in attempt to release some tension. "Actually, Wes did call me yesterday concerning when I would be off for winter break."
'Hmm, Soul at least has a better relationship with his brother than his parents though I'm sure this might not be pleasant news since he hasn't had much contact with him since college started.' Maka reasoned.
"So, what was he asking about? Does he want to meet up with you?" Maka questioned.
"I guess, he said he had heard from our parents that they were planning another one of their usual end of the year holiday parties and he wanted to warn me about the details of it ahead of time." Soul explained.
Maka grimaced at the memory of the uncomfortable dinner she had spent with Soul's parents before smiling. "Well, that was nice of him to let you know what they had planned. Have you even talked to your parents since moving out?"
Soul immediately shook his head with a scowl. "The day before I left, they called to still question me on why I picked another school over Julliard, but other than that, there hasn't really to talk to them about or that they need to know about."
Maka nodded her head in understanding as she leaned her head against his shoulder. "That reminds me, we need to try and get on Skype with Tsubaki and Black Star maybe this weekend."
"Yeah, we haven't seen either of them since leaving at the airport and Black Star did text me the other day to ask if anything interesting has happened in my life lately."
"So what did you tell him?" Maka asked curiously with a laugh.
Soul shrugged as he stood up from her bed. "I told him nothing important has happened even though he didn't believe me."
Maka glanced towards her desk at a group photo they had all taken at the beach back in Spain. "One weekend when we're not so busy we should really take Wes up on that offer to visit him. We could just take a bus straight into the heart of New York or Manhattan and check out the sites while we head in the direction of his place."
"Have you forgotten how busy downtown is 24-7? New York isn't exactly cheap either and we can't just go adventuring off anywhere like we did back in Spain." Soul scoffed out.
Maka pouted as she hit him over the head lightly with one of her pillows. "Why do you always have to be so negative to the suggestions I make?"
Soul only grinned crookedly as he gave her a light peck on the forehead before he headed over to the window to leave again. "Because behind all that criticizing I know you enjoy my sarcastic attitude."
Maka shook her head as she watched Soul head over to his motorcycle he had parked nearby. "Be careful on the way back!"
Soul gave her a slight wave of a hand in agreement. "I'll text you when I get back to my place."
~X~
"Black Star, come on! I promised Maka that we would be able to Skype at 7!" Tsubaki called out to him from her bedroom.
A few minutes later, Black Star walked into her room and frowned. "It's only 4 o clock though."
Tsubaki shook her head as she pointed at her laptop's clock. "Don't forget that Maka and Soul are in Eastern Time Zone, so they're 3 hours ahead of us."
"Oh, yeah it keeps slipping in my mind that there actually pretty far away." Black Star said, as he pulled up a chair to get into view of the camera.
"Alright, I just texted Maka that I logged in so we should see them come up any second now." Tsubaki stated, as she placed her phone back down.
"Hey Tsubaki and Black Star, it's been a long time." Soul mused.
Tsubaki arched an eyebrow as she looked around Soul for Maka. "Where's Maka at?"
"I'm right here! I'm just trying to let in some light from the window so we don't look so dark on the camera!" Maka called out off screen before she came and sat down next to Soul on the carpet.
Black Star peered towards the background and noticed a shelf stacked to the top with books and some décor that was light blue and white. "Well, I'm going to go off a hunch that you guys are in Maka's room, right?"
Maka arched an eyebrow before nodding her head. "Did my school colors give it away?"
Black Star smirked before shaking his head. "No, Soul would never have that many books lying around his room."
"You make a good point there." Maka replied back with a chuckle, taking no notice to the scorn look Soul was sending her.
"Why is your hair down Maka; were you and Soul up to something before you logged in?" Tsubaki asked teasingly.
Maka flushed lightly before quickly shaking her head. "No, I just washed my hair and I haven't put it back up into pigtails yet!"
"That sounds like a made up excuse to me! By the way, does Soul just always come and go as he pleases into your room?" Black Star asked wickedly.
Soul grinned as he nodded his head. "Pretty much, Maka lives on the first floor and she doesn't have a roommate so nobody really knows I'm here."
Tsubaki's teasing grin widened even further at that news. "I guess Soul has a lot of sleepovers at your place then, huh Maka?"
"It goes both ways actually." Maka huffed out.
"Anyways, how are things with Angela? She hasn't gotten into any more trouble at school, has she?" Maka asked, wanted the topic off her and Soul.
Tsubaki shook her head happily. "She's been doing great! I don't know if I told you, but the director allowed us to at least have her at my apartment on the weekends. It really seems to have helped improve her behavior."
"Hey, so when are two coming back to Death City? We haven't done anything big since the summer and this time we could possibly take Angela with us somewhere!" Black Star questioned.
It was silent for a few seconds as Maka distractedly picked at her pink polo top while Soul just sighed.
"Black Star, we're all broke from spending money on our fall tuition." Soul stated.
"And we probably won't be coming home for another month at least until winter break." Maka added in.
"Wait, you guys won't be coming back for Thanksgiving?" Tsubaki asked, to which Soul and Maka nodded their heads quietly.
"Plane tickets get more expensive the closer it gets to the holidays so we figured it would be for the best to wait until our finals were done so we wouldn't have to make another return trip back." Maka explained sadly.
Black Star humped as he leaned back in his chair. "Well, if we won't be seeing you for another month, you better make it up to us or else I'm sending those photos I took of you two sleeping on each other over the summer out!"
Tsubaki shook her head at Black Star having revealed that while both Soul and Maka looked bewildered for a moment before laughing.
"Go ahead! We don't exactly know what photos you're talking about, but most of our friends know we're dating each other anyways!" Maka chuckled.
Black Star scowled at how calmly the two were handling the situation. "You guys aren't supposed to find it funny!"
"Well, Black Star and I still have some chores we need to take care of so we'll let you go, but you two need to get out more and really see the city! Summer went by so fast and college will be the same way!" Tsubaki said cheerily.
Maka only smiled as both she waved goodbye to them both before they both logged off. "See, even Tsubaki agrees that we should at least head out into downtown once!"
Soul shrugged as he narrowed his eyes in thought. "Aren't you curious to know what photos Black Star was talking about?"
Maka frowned at Soul's change of topic before nodding her head with a smirk. "Yeah, of course I am! He thinks we may not care, but we're hacking into his phone when we get the best opportunity to!"
Soul nodded his head in agreement as he pulled out his phone and opened up his internet browser.
"What are you looking up now so suddenly?" Maka asked curiously, as she leaned over towards him.
"Places for us to visit in the New York Manhattan area of course, but that doesn't mean we're going to do anything super fancy or expensive for the weekend." Soul clarified, when he noticed Maka's eyes start to brighten excitedly.
"You know I'll be fine with any new stuff we can do. Summer may be over, but that doesn't mean we should stop traveling!" Maka said gently with a laugh, as Soul grinned in return.
~fin~
A/N: And so, The Summer Affair truly comes to an end! On a side note, school has been causing me a bit of stress lately so I'll probably be on a writing break for a few weeks before I start anything new. In the meantime, feel free to leave me any suggestions if you want!
Hopefully though, I'll see you at my next story and thanks again for reading as always!
-Midnight Rain19