MAKA
Soul's words ring through my ears. He has gone though so much also, we're both broken, but trying to mend ourselves. Why can't we do it together?
Maybe we don't have to jump into things like dating so fast he said, any way you'll have me. That really doesn't sound like he's bored with me already or that he's trying to move on from me. He wants to try with me! I just need to give him the green light.
"Uhhhh..." Smooth Maka, very smooth.
"Uhhh?" Soul repeats back to me with a questioning look on his face.
"Look Maka I'm sorry I wasn't trying to put you on the spot like that, my bad. I just wanted you to know that I'm always here for you no matter what, and that you can always count on me and that..."
Soul looks like there's more he wants to say but instead he bites his inner cheek and pouts. What an adorable face he's making, WAIT! Maka focus! You need to get your shit together!
I internally scream at myself for being so distracted and clear my throat.
"Soul you didn't make me feel awkward, we kind of, but not in a bad way. Like I don't want you to leave, but yeah I'm not ready for another relationship. I thought I wanted to get back with you right away, but is talking like this has really put some pieces in place for me."
Soul tilts his head like Blair does when I'm being weird and continues biting his cheek.
"I'm not saying for us to get back together either Maka! I promise that wasn't my intention when coming over here, but I've missed you and you look so good like wow and I thought it would be good to air it all out before things started to progress and maybe I should shut up and go?"
Soul stands up quickly and turns to the door ready to sprint out of my apartment. His cheeks are flushed from his little outburst and he looks like he can't wait to get out of here.
"Soul wait!" I say while Soul puts his hand on the doorknob.
*KNOCK*KNOCK*
We both freeze, eyes locked on the other neither blinking. It seems like an eternity until we hear the knocking on the other side of the door again.
"I forgot about the pizza." Souls says under his breath.
My stomach lets out a loud growl begging for sustenance and I can't help the crazed giggle that escapes my mouth.
Soul smiles and starts to laugh too while shaking his head and pulling out his wallet.
"I'll get the pizza you get the drinks that I brought with me."
He opens the door and I turn to walk into the kitchen still giggling like a lunatic.
What the hell just happened? Are we both crazy? Maybe with the way these last couple of years have been it's just finally catching up to us.
I return to the living room with the drinks and see Soul opening the pizza boxes with a smile.
"I'm sorry about the weirdness...can we start over?"
He looks at me expectantly and I nod my head with a smile and hand him his drink.
"Sure, I would really like to pretend all that didn't happen let's just get to know each other again and see where life takes us. Sound good?"
Soul flashes his snarky grin at me and grabs a smile of pizza before saying,
"Cool, sounds perfect to me."