I hope Stein doesn't give us extra lessons for this, I don't know what we'll do with her." Maka fretted as she and Soul walked briskly down the hall to class.

"Relax Maka, he's just going to have to understand. We'll deal with whatever happens together okay?" Soul gave her a smile. Soul always had a way of making Maka feel better. He knew her too well. They entered their classroom to find that the teacher had not yet arrived and let out a sigh of relief as they quickly took their seats. The infant lay asleep in her sister's arms.

The last few days had been difficult for both Maka and Soul as they slipped into the routine of caring for the child. They were both tired but adjusting to their situation. Instead of both waking up during the night to feed her, the miester weapon team took turns, though it was mainly Soul who got up, he would allow Maka to sleep most of the time. The young weapon was slowly getting used to her.

"Hey Soul, will you take her for a minute, she needs a bottle and I have to get it ready." Soul took the child who was now awake and staring up into his eyes silently, he pulled her close to him to hold her securely.

"Hey little one, you'll see Maka again when she's done."

"She's so cute Maka!" Tsubaki said with a smile ."I've heard somewhere that when babies stare at you like she's doing with Soul, they really like you."

"Then she must really, really like him, she does that a lot. She does it with me too, I think Soul's her favorite."

"I doubt it. You're her sister." Soul said still looking at the child.

"Yeah but you're really good with her. I can see why she likes you so much." Maka put the bottle down to take her sister back. Maka adjusted the baby in her arms and began to feed her. She glanced over at her partner only slightly aware that Stein had entered.

Maka loved the way Soul took care of both her and now the baby, she loved the gentle look in his eyes when her sister was with him. To see the two together melted her heart. She sighed contentedly. She was grateful to him for his support and could hardly believe how luck she was. After all, It's not every teenage boy that would sit down with a girl who was caring for an infant and work out a plan so they could both care for the child together.

Maka couldn't focus on her lesson that day, between her sister and being unable to rid herself of the butterflies currently fluttering in her stomach, there was just no way she could concentrate. She didn't mind, she kind of liked the butterflies, she wondered for a moment if Soul ever felt them.

By the end of the day, Maka and Soul had received countless comments from their classmates on how beautiful the baby was, and much complaining by Black Star who wasn't thrilled that he wasn't getting the attention.

"Get over yourself, It's not always about you." Soul finally snapped as he rocked the child in his arms.

"I'm Black Star damn it, I'm the star not that dumb baby."

"You want dumb you should listen to yourself." Soul shot back as he and Maka continued on their way back to the apartment.

The pair walked in silence for a while, with Soul still carrying the baby. Maka adjusted the diaper bag strap on her shoulder.

"Hey Maka?" Tsubaki called rushing over to her.

"Hey Tsubaki."

"Do you have a second to talk?" Maka looked over at Soul who smiled.

"It's cool Maka.I'll take her home."

"Are you sure you can handle it alone?"

"Yeah, she's a pretty calm kid. We'll be okay." Maka hander him the diaper bag.

"Thanks Soul, I'll be home soon." She said a quick goodbye to her sister and turned back to her friend.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"I saw you today, and I figured you'd like to know about the test coming up at the end of this week."

"A test?"

"I knew it, you were thinking about Soul weren't you?" Tsubaki grinned. Maka's face began to turn red.

"What, no. I was busy taking care of my sister."

"You hardly looked at your sister. Your eyes were on Soul, I know It's not my business Maka, but you really like him don't you?"

"Of course, you can't be partners and-"

"You know exactly what I mean. You were looking at him and you didn't stop smiling. You like him."

"I- maybe, I've never liked anyone that way before." Maka confessed.

"Well, how do you feel about him?"

"He's a good friend, he has really nice eyes, and he can be real understanding, he's supportive and always there for me. He's a great weapon and he really cares, he's good with my sister too. Sometimes he's kind of a jerk though. But most of the time I really-" Tsubaki chuckled.

"Really what?"

"Don't tell anyone."

"I promise."

"Yeah, I think I do like him a little more than just a weapon and a friend."

"Maybe you should tell him." Maka shook her head.

"I couldn't, if I did that and he didn't feel that way for me or we just didn't work out, I could lose him. I don't know what I'd do without Soul."

"I understand, but you'll never know if you keep it to yourself, just think about it okay?"

"I guess so, I'll think about it. Thanks."

"See you tomorrow Maka." Tsubaki turned and began her own journey home.

Maka sighed. Was Tsubaki right, could Soul love her too, if not would he ever talk to her again for bringing it up? She didn't want to lose him but at the same time, she could lose her chance.

"I don't know what to." She thought out loud as she finally reached her apartment and turned the doorknob and walked inside. She found Soul putting the baby in her crib gently.

"Hey Maka, can you take over for a few minutes?"

"Yeah, go do what you need to." She watched as Soul walked out of the room.

"You're so awesome Soul." She said.

"Did you say something?" He asked reappearing briefly surprising his miester.

"No, I was just thinking out loud it doesn't matter."

"Okay, I'm going to have a little break in my room if you need anything."

"Okay. I'll make something to eat, do you want anything specific?"

"Whatever you're making is fine."

'I love you Soul' she thought as she made her way to the kitchen to get started.