I do not own Soul Eater or Borrowed Time. They belong to their respective owners.
Ps: I have no idea what they're dissecting in Stein's class… I would love to find out though…
Everyone could tell Desmond was worse off than she was the day before. Not jus the people that took the trip with her, but everyone that knew her.
"And after the pancreas, you remove what? Desmond?" Stein asked calling on her.
Desmond's head popped off her hand as she realized that she was still in class. "Umm… the liver?" she questioned herself. She was focusing on her own toughts, so she didn't hear the lecture Stein was giving them. She looked at the jar he picked up. "No Desmond, this is the liver. It was taken out first because if it is oxidized for too long it will explode. Next to be removed is the small intestine. Now this you want to..."
Desmond didn't listen to the rest of the class.
'I'm still here. Love you Demi.' Could it really be him? Or is it just some asshole from out block that knew how he talked to me and wants to mess with me? Desmond thought.
Class ended and she walked out by herself again, still lost in her train of thought. As she walked through the halls, she bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry," she muttered. She looked up to see a pair of crimson eyes looking down on her.
"Follow me," Soul said, emotionless and walked away. Desmond followed as told to. Suddenly he walked into a room with only a piano. She felt drawn to the black instrument and so she walked in behind Soul. "What are we doing here?" she asked innocently.
"I'm keeping up my side of our bargain," Soul told her simply as he sat down on the piano bench and patted the seat next to him. Desmond sat down and watched as he dragged his hand across they keys, without actually playing any of them. Then he looked at her, "Pick a song."
"Fur Elise," she responded quickly.
Soul looked at her silently. "So not cool," e finally said.
Desmond shrugged, "Oh well."
Soul stood up and walked behind Desmond, taking her ands and placing them on the piano's ivory keys, pressing her fingers down on keys and saying the note names while they played.
After they got through the first part he sat back down and told her to play what he just taught her. "I'll play the octave down," he told her.
Desmond nodded and began taping keys again, playing what she had just learned and saying the note names, every once in a while, flubbing up the notes but recovering from her mistake.
Outside, unknown to the two, Maka and Rain stood, smiling. "I'm glad they're getting along," Rain said quietly.
Maka giggled. "They're not just getting along. He's accepted her. Almost as much as he's accepted me," Maka said smiling, the she walked away. After a moment of standing by himself, smiling silently, Rain walked away as well in the other direction.
The two played the song a few more times before soul stopped and placed his elbows on his knees. "So what's the real you?" he asked catching her off guard.
"What?" she asked baffled.
"You know. Are you normally the loud girl you were when I first met you? The angsty person you've become recently, or-"
"I'm me. That's all that there is to it. Anything else?" she said cutting him off. After a moment of silence she continued. "In all honesty, I'm not sure who I really am. I know who I was with Maka, my dad, Spirit, and Kami. I know who I am around Rain. I know who I have to be around Catherine and my elders, but I don' know who I want to be," she said slightly confused at the words coming out of her mouth.
Soul was quiet, and then spoke, "If I had a different childhood and had a different family, I'd think you were crazy," he smirked and Desmond smiled. He actually understands that? I don't even understand it, Desmond thought. Then it dawned on her. "What was your childhood like?" she asked.
Soul chuckled, showing off his sharp, white teeth, and then he stood up and placed a hand on Desmond's shoulder. "One step at a time," he said before walking away, leaving Desmond pissed, yet slightly relieved that someone understood her other than Rain for once. While in the room by herself, Desmond tapped the keys again, saying the note names as she played just like when Soul taught her. When she got bored with that she closed the piano quietly and walked away form the black instrument.
Desmond walked through the halls of Shibusen quietly until se found Kid, Liz, Patty, and Crona. She walked over happily. "Hey, how's it going?" she asked.
"Oh, hey Desmond. You seem in a better mood," Liz said looking up.
Desmond smiled. "I am," she lied slightly. She was in a better mood after Soul taught her the song, but that didn't change the fact that she was still trying to figure out what was going on. Liz smiled, "Well that's good."
Kid saw through the forced smile the meister was giving the four however.
"We're going to Death Bucks! Wanna come?" Patty asked.
"Sure."
The five sat down at a table with their drinks and snacks. They sat in silence for a bit until Liz broke it. "So what happened?" she asked Desmond.
"Hm?"
"You know, on your little field trip?" Liz continued.
Desmond giggled lightly. "Don't worry about it," she said smiling. She was obviously still hurt on the inside, but none of them decided to say anything else about it. All of a sudden, Patty spoke up. "We should have a party!"
Liz nodded her head in agreement. "Sounds like a good idea," Kid added.
"I liked the last party you guys had," Crona spoke up.
"Only if there's food there!" Ragnarok made an appearance. Then he turned to Desmond, "Can you cook, Blacky?"
She furrowed her eyebrows and paused before asking, "Blacky?"
Ragnarok nodded.
"Have you looked in a mirror? You're whole body is black!"
"Racist!" he yelled for the whole coffee shop to hear. Desmond stuttered, not knowing how to respond, then stopped. "I can cook, but now you'll never have anything I've made because of that," she said simply.
Ragnarok lowered himself. Desmond had won again. She smiled, "Learn for you past mistakes." Then she looked at Patty, "So like a legit dance party?"
Patty took a moment to figure out what 'legit' meant while Kid spoke. "More like a social gathering."
Desmond stared at him silently. "What?" Kid asked.
" 'A social gathering'? Wrong! We're having a dance party with Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Taio Cruz, the whole nine yards!" Desmond said pumped.
Liz's face lit up. "We could make our own teen club in Kid's basement or something!"
"Why don't we just go to a real teen club?" Desmond asked.
The group was silent for a moment. "This isn't New York," Liz said.
"… There are no teen clubs here?"
Liz shook her head.
"Then Club Kiddo it is!" Desmond cheered then giggled.
The party (if you could even call it that) was uneventful. Minimal dancing, mostly talking and eating in Kid's basement. The only funny part was when Soul and Maka walked into the room that Desmond and Rain were in. Desmond looked at Soul and asked him, "Does your hair always look like you just rolled out of bed?" Then Soul looked at her and asked, "Is your hair always that short?" Desmond paused. "F**K YOU!" she yelled back, surprising everyone that had never heard her curse before (basically everyone except Rain).
After the "party" the whole group slept over Kid's house. They set up in the living room and sat in a circle in their pajamas and talked. Suddenly Black Star stood up. "Hey guys! Do you remember when we were sitting here during a storm creating sexual innuendos with food?" he asked. (It's a joke using another fic of mine Food Fight)
"No," Kid simply said.
"Black Star, I think you dreamt that," Tsubaki said apologetically.
"Oh my God can we though?" Desmond asked excitedly.
"No," Soul said quickly and sharply. Desmond pouted in defeat and stayed silent for a few seconds. "Can we tell ghost stories?" she then asked.
"No!" Liz practically screamed out of fear. Desmond rolled her eyes. The group wound up watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Kid never liked the movie and Desmond had seen it multiple times and she didn't have any interest in watching it again. During the beginning credits while everyone was trying to figure out what the "subtitles" meant at the bottom, Kid tapped her shoulder and asked her to go with him to where they had the party. Desmond sat down on one of the chairs in the room and relaxed as Kid sat down as well. "What happened? Do you want to talk about it?" Kid asked.
"Hm? Talk about what?" she asked.
"You seemed down for a while. What happened other than your hair cut?"
"Don't worry about it."
"You worry about it."
"I over exaggerate," she said. Desmond smacked herself mentally for that one.
"Lies," Kid said simply. Desmond rested her chin on her hand and looked at the floor. Then she looked up, sighed and shrugged before looking away again.
"Desmond, maybe…" Kid said trying to get her to talk to him about it.
She shook her head. The two were silent momentarily until Desmond looked back at Kid. "Kid, what would you do if," she paused. I can't believe I'm even considering this, she thought. "If one day I… I wasn't… One day I wasn't around anymore?" she asked.
Kid's eyes widened in fear, then he looked at her, determination replacing the fear. "I'd come and get you," he said.
Desmond and Kid sat in the basement for a while in silence, until they both got bored and decided to deal with the movie they were watching upstairs. They went up as Liz and Patty were getting drinks for everyone. Liz had even gotten Desmond and Kid drinks. As Desmond sat down next to Maka and took a sip of her drink, the Knights who say Ni were giving Author his test.
"Then you must cut the oldest tree down…"
"With a Herring!" Soul yelled with the TV in a weird high-pitched voice much like the man speaking.
Desmond's drink came out her nose.
By the time she had regained herself she noticed that everyone around her was hysterically laughing. Liz even had tears in her eyes. "When did Soul memorize Monty Python?" Desmond asked, trying to suppress her laughter.
"I don't know," Maka said laughing.
"Who cares?" Black Star howled out of pure joy. "That was priceless!"
After about fifteen minutes, they all had agreed that the funny parts were gone and they changed the movie. The group let Desmond pick this time because they didn't want her and Kid to disappear again because they didn't want to watch the movie. She picked Aladdin much to Rain's amusement. The movie started and the Arabian Nights was playing. The group was quiet until, "Combination hookah and coffee maker! Also makes julienne fries! Will not break! Will not- it broke."
Everyone except Rain turned to look at Desmond. He knew what was going on, seeing as how every time they watched this movie she said almost every line with it… with whatever accent (if applicable) and matched the voices amazingly. "Yeah, well just wait until Iago," Rain said without looking at them. The rest of the movie turned into a contest to see who knew more lines and songs. Even though she was laughing with the rest of them and having a good time, Desmond knew it was only a matter of time…
The end is near
I feel it dear
But I am not afraid
Step, step right over the line
And on to borrowed time…
I started to make my Patty Costume for NYAF! I hope it turns out well... I also hope I can find my wig...