Chapter 5: Results

The day after the exam the students were back in their all too familiar classroom waiting to see the scores they earned. Tsubaki was anxiously fidgeting in her seat just as all the other students were. She wasn't worried too much about her own score; she was more worried about Black Star's. She really wanted him to get a passing grade this year. Black Star was actually on time this morning too, which surprised Tsubaki and the others. He was hardly ever on time to class. He was still making a scene like he normally does but he was still on time. Stein-sensei came in the same way he did the day previously, exams in hand over his shoulder and telling the students to take their seats. He stood in front of his desk and announced that he was going to return the exams at that time. He began walking around the classroom handing the tests back individually so hat no one would be embarrassed about their scores even though the students share their grades anyway. Around the room you could here the moans of failures and the excitement of passers. When Tsubaki got her test back she gave a small smile at the sight of her grade. She earned a ninety-one out of one hundred. Black Star had to wait a little longer than Tsubaki since his test was towards the bottom of the pile. Maka and Soul got their scores back before he did.

"As it should be," Maka said proudly at the sight of her own paper.

"What did you get, Maka-chan?" Tsubaki asked cheerfully.

"One hundred percent!" she replied proudly.

"You never cease to amaze me, Maka-chan. You're so smart! How about you Soul-kun? What did you get?"

"Seventy-three," was all he replied. He seemed content with his grade. It was passing after all. That's all that he needed.

"That's wonderful, Soul-kun." Tsubaki smiled.

Stein-sensei walked over to Black Star next. Tsubaki got a sudden case of the butterflies as she saw him approach Black Star. He handed him his paper without a word and walked off to the next student. Tsubaki attempted to lean over to see his score but before she could see anything, Black Star gave his signature gloating laugh as he jumped up. He put one foot on top of the desk and waived his test in the air above his head. Black Star also had a fist on his hip.

"I told you that I would master this test!" he shouted.

"What?" Tsubaki, Maka and Soul all exclaimed simultaneously in shock. All three of them turned heads to him if they weren't looking at him already. Tsubaki immediately stood up and grabbed his wrist so she could take a look at his paper.

"Oh my goodness!" she gasped, "Congratulations, Black Star! I'm so proud of you!" Tsubaki hugged him in pure delight. Black Star had a slight blush on his cheeks when she did so.

"What did he get?" Maka asked.

"Take a look for yourself!" Black Star replied proudly and shoved the test in Maka's face.

Maka pulled it away from herself so she could take a look at it, "An eighty-two? How did you manage that?" she exclaimed and looked up at him with her mouth agape. "You had to have cheated. There's no way you could've gotten this high of a score without cheating."

"I did not!" he defended, "I am the amazing Black Star, why wouldn't I be able to pass this simple test?" he stated more than asked with his signature grin.

Tsubaki stepped back from Black Star all smiles. "I am so very proud of you Black Star! I knew you could do it!" she told him. Black Star's face was beaming with all kinds of happy emotions.

"Who would've thought…" Soul said with a slight smirk as he turned back to the front of the classroom with his hands behind his head. He started leaning back in his chair again as class resumed.

For the rest of the class time, Black Star didn't focus at all. He was too happy about his test score and kept saying how he was the best and he's God and so on and so forth. During class, Black Star had been sent out of class twice for being disruptive, which actually wasn't all that bad for him. Usually, he'd be sent out at least four or five times for disrupting the class. When class finally did end, the four friends met up as as they normally do now, this time it was in front of Shibusen, where three other friends of theirs were walking up.

Of course, at the sight of them Black Star couldn't keep his mouth shut. "Hey guys! Where have you been? You've been missing my awesomeness!" he yelled.

The small group immediately took notice. Two of them sighed before they met up with the faction. They were two sisters and their meister.

"Hey Kid-kun," Maka smiled, "Did you just get back from an assignment?"

The shorter girl on the right replied first. "Haha! Yep! And Kid-kun was being funny again!" she laughed in that happy-go-lucky way of hers. She was patting Death the Kid's back as she normally does when he goes into his rage/depression. He somehow always ends up blaming himself for being unsymmetrical, mainly because of his striped hair on the right side of his head.

"Heh yeah. The monsters we had to fight weren't exactly the most symmetrical creatures we've seen," said the older sister with one hand behind her head and the other on her hip. It was kind of an embarrassed position for her since she explained Kid's situations a lot of the time.

"Those creatures got what they deserved," Kid spat and turned his head away in a pouting sort of way. Patty Thompson continued laughing in the background since she found a lot of amusement in her meister.

The elder sister, Liz Thompson, stretched her arms above her head. "Well, we better go report to Shinigami-sama. We've been on five straight assignments and I'm totally beat. I could really go for a nice hot bath right now," she said and started heading towards the school.

"I believe Father does owe us a day off," Kid said as he followed Liz with his hands in his pockets. Apparently he as too tired to think about the unsymmetrical monsters from before. Patty happily tagged along after the two.

Before the small company got too far, Maka called after them with a smile, "Hey! We should all meet up when you guys are all rested. It's been a while since we've all been together."

Kid gave a smirk in response. Liz didn't turn around but waved her hand above her head. Patty turned around but continued walking forward and gave a big grin with a wave and a little bit of laughter. She turned back around and continued after the others. That was their version of saying yes. The three then disappeared into the school.

Maka and Soul turned back to Tsubaki and Black Star. "Well, Soul and I have to get home. I have a bad feeling that Blair did something to the house again. We'll see you later," Maka said with an irritated look on her face from the thought.

"Haha! Alright, see ya!" Black Star said with a big grin.

"Good luck you two," Tsubaki smiled. The scythe pair waved and went on their way.

Black Star and Tsubaki smiled at each other and started walking towards their own house. They didn't really talk. Black Star was just bragging about his test score again. Tsubaki was just really happy for him. She was glad to be with him even if she didn't get to say much to him. Tsubaki loved his company. He made the atmosphere happy for her. They were about halfway home when Black Star suddenly stopped and turned around to face Tsubaki.

Tsubaki was confused and slightly worried, "Is something the matter Black Star?"

"We should go on a date," he said seriously. He looked intently into Tsubaki's eyes making her face turn a bright pink immediately. She quickly brought her hands together in front of her and dropped her head between her shoulders. Tsubaki's eyes darted back and forth completely embarrassed from both the way that he was looking at her and what he said.

"Wh-what? Where did that come from?" she asked once she was able to look him in the eye again, which thankfully didn't take long.

"I was thinking that we could go on a date to celebrate my awesomeness," he smiled.

"Oh! Well, sure. That sounds like a wonderful idea," Tsubaki replied with a smile of her own as she tilted her head a little.

That little gesture made pink appear across Black Star's face. He turned his face away in embarrassment. "You know…I never would have gotten that score without your help, Tsubaki." His expression changed as he said this. It looked like a look of guilt. Tsubaki was confused again.

"Huh? What do you mean? It seemed like every chance that you got, you were sneaking off when I tried to get you to study."

"I actually was studying when I was with you. My greatness was just too much for those books though, so I had to give them a break. It's not my fault that they couldn't handle me," he said with a little huff.

Tsubaki giggled quietly to herself. "Well, I'm glad that you did study after all, Black Star," she with her cute smile.

"So what do you want to go do?" he asked happily now that he got that information off of his chest. He almost acted as if his little confession hadn't even happened.

"Umm…how about we go out to dinner since we don't do that very often," she suggested slightly unsure. She didn't know how much Black star would be up to it. They'd be in a restaurant where he wouldn't be able to run around and be loud like he normally does. That most likely wouldn't stop him though since he still does that during school even when he's not supposed to.

"That's a great idea. We'll go tomorrow after school," he replied happily and started walking towards their house once more.

Tsubaki was surprised but glad that he agreed to go. She knew that she'd have to talk to him about restaurant etiquette but she knew it would be worth it. I'm so glad that I have him in my life. He's so sweet. I just hope he behaves himself while we're there. She watched him walk ahead of her admiring him for so many reasons. She quickly snapped out of it though so she could catch up to him. Tsubaki appeared next to him. Both were really looking forward to the next day. Just as their house was in sight, and as Tsubaki was trying to think of a good restaurant to go to, something touched her hand. It made her jump slightly but when she looked, she saw that is was Black Star attempting to hold her hand. She looked up at him a little surprised but she found him to be smiling at her. There were traces of pink across his cheeks. Tsubaki smiled in response, her own cheeks turning slightly pink as she gripped his hand, reassuring that she was there for him and that she always would be. It was something that even Black Star understood. That feeling didn't need words to convey. They just knew.