I hope it's a cool morning. That's how cool days always start out. And a cool guy like me deserves the coolest morning possible.
-Soul Eater Evans
"What are you looking at Soul?" Maka asks Soul, who is sitting at the kitchen table on his laptop while Maka makes breakfast of omelets. "Oh, just looking up stuff on that new singer, Ava Lynn," he replies nonchalantly. "Starlet caught at beach in bikini…." Maka reads over his shoulder. "Sigh, go see if Mai needs help." The white haired boy sheepishly closes his laptop and gets up.
"Hey, do you need any help unpacking?" Soul asks. I look up from the box of clothes that I'm sorting through. The smell of breakfast saturates the air in my room. Maka sure does like to cook. "I'm actually almost done, I didn't really have much to begin with, thanks though," I smile at him. The room was already furnished with a bed, desk and dresser, so I didn't really bring much.
"That's cool looking, did you paint that?" Soul gestures towards an ink painting of a willow tree. "Yeah, I did, took forever to get it right. I went through at least three canvases. Its twin is right over here," I show him another willow tree painting that looks almost identical, except for the fact that it's flipped. This way, when I hang them on either side of my bed, both sides are perfectly even. The color scheme of my room is black, green, gray, and brown.
"Meeeeooooww, sure smells good in here!"
Wondering who that could be, I poked my head out of my door frame. I see a purple haired lady dressed like a witch. That had to be Blair, fits the description I heard perfectly. Maka didn't want Blair around her dad during our dinner, so she sent her off for the night to stay with Tsubaki.
"Sigh… I was enjoying the quiet," Soul half-heartedly sulked.
As we all sat down to eat, Blair turns to me. She looks me up and down, evaluating and calculating everything she sees. "You look a lot like Maka, except the coloring. Very pretty," She purrs, "Maka must be upset that you're at least a high B cup, right?"
Brow raised, I laugh. "Nice to meet you too, Blair." It was pretty obvious that Blair was just joking around. I've been told about how personal she gets.
Maka looks a bit peeved, but tries to pay the comment no mind. "Today we are going to go to a café with some of the others. Do you want to go meet our friends with us, Mai?" "Yeah, that sounds fun; I'm pretty much done packing." I really wanted to look around town and see what all has changed. Guess I'll play my online game later. I'm pretty into the MMO called LimitedMidnight. My character is an archer name Faol. That's my screen name for everything.
"Who's all going'?" Soul asks, adjusting his headband. "It will be Tsubaki, Liz, and Kid. I figured we'd save Black*Star for way later, and Patty isn't feeling well," Maka explains. I've heard a few things about the loud Black*Star, and I'm secretly a little glad that he won't be there.
I help Soul clean the dishes and then go get ready to leave. I put on some black and green sandals, Bermuda shorts, and a gray tank top. Standing in front of the mirror, I don my usual lightly tinted lip gloss. I don't really wear a lot of makeup, and the most I do with my hair is part it down the middle. It has the same thinness and texture as Maka's hair.
As we are walking down the street, towards the center of town, Maka and I talk about one of our favorite artists, Ava Lynn. "I really like her positive messages," Maka says, "Soul likes her too. Undoubtedly for dubious reasons," she teases his way. "Hey, that's not true, she's actually a really good pianist, and it doesn't take a genius to appreciate someone who's talented," He says defending himself. "I didn't know wearing a bikini counted as a talent," I grin knowingly.
As we arrive at a quaint little café, I see who must be the three we are here to meet at a table outside. "Hey Maka! Soul! Good to see you guys!" The blonde who must be Liz waves. "Hey! Guys this is my cousin Mai, Mai this is Liz, Tsubaki, and Kid."
I waved and smiled then moved to sit down between Maka and Liz. "She'll be in our class," Soul says to the group. Kid slightly smiles and opens to say something, but a waitress interrupts to take our orders. I get a black tea latte. "What were you going to say, Kid?" Liz questioned after our drinks arrived. "I was merely going to compliment Mai on her hair. Parting it down the middle gives it perfect symmetry."
"So Mai, are you looking forward to class?" Tsubaki politely asks. "Yeah, I am. I still don't have a weapon, but I've been doing alright so far." "Don't worry, there are plenty of people to pick through here," Liz says, "I'd recommend some of the cuter boys, hahaha!" We all laugh at her comment and chat about the upcoming school year.
"Mai has always been really athletic, I saw some videos of fights from her high school, and even with a not perfectly matched weapon, she did pretty well," Maka explained. "Oh, so you are the Mai from the far North branch. I've seen some footage of you in my father's office," Kid says knowingly, "I'll just warn you a bit, Black*Star will probably ask you to duel him. Right now you won't be able to win, but try to be careful. He can be reckless at times." "Please forgive him though," Tsubaki begs, "he does this to everyone when he meets them for the first time." "Thanks for the warning, and don't worry Tsubaki, I don't take offense."
While the inner voice in your head is a more than a little pissed at Kid being able to tell you so bluntly that you are not strong enough to defeat someone, you realize that most Miesters aren't strong enough to win without a well matched weapon and it was actually kind of him to warn you.
After hanging out at the café, Maka decided to take me on a tour of the town. Soul decided that he was going to go off to see Black*Star to get a game. As we were saying our goodbyes, Liz pulls out her cellphone. "We should exchange numbers, Mai." "I think that's a good idea as well," Tsubaki smiled. "I agree," Kid calmly stated as he turned to me.
I happily walked off after collecting their phone numbers. It's pretty cool that I'm going to a new school and I already have friends. I was worried about being awkward. "And this is the park," Maka pulls me along excitedly. It's a lot bigger than I remember. "This is where that concert is going to be, right?" I ask. All the girls decided to meet up later on in the week for the Ava Lynn concert that was going to be held in town. "Yeah, it is! Don't worry though, we get really good VIP seats for being in the top student class."
"Think you'll tell Soul you have a crush on him at the concert? You could end up on a Kiss-Cam," I tease. "Oh stop it, as soon as you have a crush on someone, I'll tease you right back," She said sticking her tongue out at me. "Well, if all the guys here are as cute as Kid, maybe this ice queen will melt," I say dramatically. "You have way too bad of a temper to be an ice queen, Mai," Maka playfully insults me. The truth of that defeats me.
As we walk through the park, my eye catches movement at the edge of my vision. I turn quickly to see a black…. Fox? Or something? That doesn't make sense. It dashes under the brush and I shake it off and walk on.
Notes:
I decided to update early. I have a story board of stuff written anyway and just got in the mood.
I made up the artist. She'll become somewhat involved in the plot.
Kiss-Cams are usually for sporting events, but in this, there's one song the artist does that involves it. Don't worry though, it won't be used at the concert because *spoilers :P*
Imak1299: I do want to have pairings for Liz, Patty and Crona. I have the one for Liz figured out, but I'm debating on Patty and Crona.
I made up the MMO for a plot that comes up later in the story.
