Soul woke up before her and blushed hard when he saw them cuddling. She yawned and opened her eyes, seeing his blushing face. "H-Hey Maka… Sleep well?"
"Yeah I did," she smiled, tail swishing. "How about you?"
He tail wagged fast "I slept well."
"Well that's good!" she smiled before trying to maneuver her way out of the bed.
Soul helped her get out of bed then got out himself. "What can we eat Maka?"
She pondered this for a moment. "Let's eat chips!" she exclaimed, knowing that they would be in easy access for the two. He smiled and nodded as they went to the kitchen and got the chips. Maka had to jump slightly to reach them, but she was able to grab the chips off the shelf and they skittered into the living room to watch TV and snack. He smiled as he snuggled next to Maka while they watched. It was weird for Maka to think of being a fox, but she was enjoying this time getting to relax and laze around with Soul. Soul hugged Maka tightly and smiled. She blushed bright red from the hug. When Soul was human, he was never this touchy feely with her. It was a strange, yet good, feeling.
Soul blushed as well but laughed a bit. "My cute Maka." Her blush became more prominent at his admittance of her being cute. He blushed as well as he continued to eat chips and watch TV with her. She kept stealing glances at him, cheeks still red as she thought of how cute he was. Soul soon fell asleep while watching. She giggled and curled up with him, lying her head on his shoulder as the sounds of the TV combined with his breathing lulled her to sleep.
Soon Blair covered them with a blanket and kissed their foreheads. "Nya. So cute," she said as she walked away. Maka just cuddled closer to Soul, loving the heat that he was giving off. He cuddled closer as well and mumbled in his sleep. She twitched in her sleep, a pleasant dream about chasing him around a park flitting through her mind. He did the same but his dream was about protecting Maka and eating meat.
She was startled awake by a growl from Soul and blushed hard when she realized that she was on top of him. Soul was still asleep and, in his dream, was eating a piece of meat happily. She tried to maneuver her way off of him, but in doing so, accidentally nudged him too hard and woke him up.
He woke up groaning a bit. "Something wrong Maka?"
"Not at all," she squeaked, still trying to get off of him. He blushed a bit when he realized how close they were sleeping. She avoided his gaze, not sure how he felt about their closeness. Soul just turned and tried to hide his blushing face in the couch.
"Are you okay?" she asked, cocking her head to the side in confusion. He nodded slowly. "Okay," she shrugged, jumping off the couch and stretching.
Soon he did the same. "What now Maka?"
She cocked her head, her expression thoughtful. "I'm not sure," she sighed. "What would you like to do?"
"I wanna go to the park!" he said happily as his tail wagged.
Her ears perked up and her tail began to swish quickly. "Okay!" she cheered. "Race you to the door!" He smiled and giggled as he raced her to the door and then to the park. Her cheeks puffed out as she chased after him, slamming the door shut behind her. She would not let him win this race! He looked behind his and smiled as he saw her still a little far away from him. She dropped down on all fours, gaining up on him. He saw that she did that and did the same. She pushed herself, trying to not let him gain an edge on her. Soon Maka passed him but Soul sped up so he would be at the same speed at her. She was panting as she ran but refused to slow down. He was panting hard as well as he caught up to her but he wasn't able to pass her. She reached the picnic table and pranced around in happiness. She was able to beat him! He jumped up onto the picnic table and panted hard.
"I beat you!" she cheered, running around him in circles.
"I know, you don't have to rub it in Maka…" he said as he crossed his arms.
"Aww, don't be upset!" she cried, throwing herself at him. He smiled and hugged her tightly. She cuddled him close, rubbing her face against his. Soul giggled and blushed hard.
She cocked her head to the side as she looked at him. "Why are you blushing?" she asked.
"N-no reason..." He turned away so she wouldn't see him blush harder.
She pouted. "Don't give me that Soul! What is it?"
"It's nothing Maka."
She pouted more. "Doesn't look like nothing to me."
"Race you up the tree!" he yelled as he took off so he wouldn't have to explain. She pouted more but took off after him. Once they were up in the tree he smiled and looked out over the park. She scooted close to him, her shoulder touching his. He blushed a bit and smiled at her.
"Will you tell me why you are blushing now?" she whined, clinging to him.
"No."
"Please Soul?" she begged with a pout.
"I-it's j-just that... M-Maka is s-so c-cute." She blushed bright red and hid her face in his shoulder, her heart racing. He quickly kissed her forehead and turned around so she wouldn't see him blush. Her face was on fire, especially after he kissed her. Soul thought she was cute! "S-Sorry Maka."
"Why are you apologizing Soul?" she asked, looking at him.
"B-Because I kissed you..."
"I-I liked it, s-so you don't need to apologize," she blushed.
"Y-You d-did?" Her blush became more prominent as she nodded quickly. Soul gently kissed her cheeks and blushed more. She giggled lightly and grabbed his cheeks, pulling him to her face to smash against hers in an awkward first kiss. He blushed hard until his whole face was red as he kissed back. She pulled away to breathe, a smile on her face. He smiled back at her but his face was still red.
"Should we head back home?" she asked shyly. He nodded shyly and went home with her. As they were walking, she reached out and grabbed his hand. He held her hand tightly as they walked. She smiled widely as they held hands. This made her so happy that she could finally be affectionate with him, and that he shared some of the same feelings she had for him.
"What will we do now Maka?"
"What do you mean?" she asked, looking at him.
"Just wondering what we will do when we get home."
"I'm not sure," she said after pondering this for a few minutes. "Maybe we should talk to Blair about how to turn us back into humans."
He nodded. "Okay."
They continued walking in a peaceful silence. They reached the apartment, and with a struggle, they were able to open the door. "Blair!" Maka called out, trying to find the magic cat.
"Nya?" She answered from her room.
"Come here," she commanded. Not too long after she said that was the cat padding into the living room, somewhat afraid of Maka yelling at her again.
"Yes?" she asked with her head cocked to the side, not failing to notice that the pair were holding hands.
"Have you figured out any way to change us back yet?"
"Nya~ Bu-Tan is working on it but it's hard. Bu-tan is working her hardest I swear!"
"What have you tried so far?" she asked through gritted teeth. She was worried about being stuck like this forever.
"Everything except doing the spell again."
Maka threw her hands up in exasperation. "There has got to be something we can do!" she cried and Soul rubbed her hand soothingly.
"Don't worry Maka it'll be okay," Soul said worriedly.
She nodded and looked at Blair again. "When you cast the original spell, what was running through your mind? Maybe that will help some," she suggested, desperate for anything.
"Bu-Tan just wanted to have fun with soul and Maka. That's all."
"What type of fun?" she asked, irritated.
"Nya? Just normal fun."
"So you weren't going to try and pounce Soul and make him try to love on you?" she asked, seething.
"No. Not this time." She pondered this, deflating a bit. If it were a love spell gone wrong, she may have an idea on how to fix it. "Want Bu-Tan to try casting the spell again?"
"Do you think that's a good idea?" She nodded eagerly. "Okay," she sighed hesitantly. "What do you need us to do?" As she said that she casted the spell. An orange light surrounded the two and Maka gulped and shut her eyes, worried about the outcome. When she opened them after the light died down, she looked over at Soul. At first she was happy when it looked like he was back to normal. Upon further inspection, however, she realized that while yes he was back to his old body, he still had the features of a dog. She groaned when she realized that the same had happened to her.
Soul sighed a bit. "Well at least we're not tiny anymore Maka."
"That's true," she sighed, defeated. "Now we just need to figure out how to change this."
He shrugged. "We can ask Stein I guess." His tail wagged a bit.
"You're right," she nodded before yawning. Their time at the park really exhausted her. A nap sounded really good right now.
He yawned as well. "Well I'm going to go to sleep Maka." He went to his room and fell asleep.
"Maka?" Blair asked timidly.
"Yes Blair?" she sighed. She just wanted to go sleep.
"I'm sorry about what happened. I will figure out a way to fix it though!" she shouted enthusiastically.
"Thanks Blair," she smiled as she walked towards her room, stopping outside of Soul's for a moment. Should she go lie with him? She had been enjoying the cuddles that they had been having recently. Inside of Soul's room she could hear loud snores as Soul slept peacefully. She bit her lip thoughtfully before deciding that she didn't want to be away from him. She pushed the door open and padded over to his bed, crawling in it and snuggling with him. He quickly snuggled her back unconsciously as his tail wagged. She giggled lightly and pulled him close. She wondered what was going to happen between the two of them, especially after what happened at the park.
He snored peacefully until morning. When morning came he saw that they were cuddling blushed hard but smiled a bit. She felt a stirring and yawned, waking up to find herself in Soul's arms. "Good morning," she whispered, blushing faintly.
"Good morning," he blushed a bit harder. "Ummm how did we get like this?"
"I got lonely since we had been cuddling recently so I decided to join you," she whispered, looking down in embarrassment.
"W-We have?" he asked shyly as his face turned red. 'Blushing like this is so not cool.'
She felt her heart drop into her stomach from him saying that. "Y-yeah. When you first got turned into a puppy you cuddled me. Then when I was turned into a fox, we fell asleep cuddling one another on the couch. I didn't want to that to end," she admitted, heart racing. He couldn't have forgotten about all of that, could he? And what if he forgot about the time in the park?
"Oh right... Heh I like cuddling you." He smiled as his tail wagged quickly.
She let out a sigh of relief. He remembered. "I like cuddling you too," she smiled shyly.
"So ummm... what else did we do?" Her heart started racing from his innocent expression. Should she tell him? Before her mouth even began to form words, her hands worked for her, pulling him close to her and giving him a sweet kiss. He blushed harder until his whole face was red and kissed back shyly. "W-What was that for?"
"Y-you asked what else we did. I figured I'd show you rather than explain," she whispered with a blush.
"Heh... What does this make us Maka?"
"W-what do you want us to be?" she asked in trepidation. What if he didn't want her the way she wanted him?
"... More than what we are now."
"D-does this mean you want to d-date me?" she asked nodded shyly.
A wide grin broke across her face. "I would like that too!" she giggled, kissing him again. He smiled and kissed back. She couldn't believe that this was happening. She and Soul were finally dating! It's what she's dreamed about forever. He kissed her one more time and they could hear the sound of Soul's tail hitting the bed as it wagged quickly. She giggled cutely and gave him a huge hug, squishing him to her. "I love you," she whispered quietly. She then froze. Shit! She told him she loved him! She looked at him, worried about how he would respond.
A/N: Haha suspense! Read and Review my Lovelies!
