Later that day
Maka p.o.v.
I sit in the front seat of my dads car as he drives me to the school. When school ended earlier, I had to go home and pick up my stuff so I can move into my new home. My dad offered to drive me again so that I didn't have to carry everything. I have four suitcases in the trunk and my heart races as we near the school. I've never been away from home for very long, the longest I've been away was for a week when I decided to visit my mom (who is always traveling). We get to the school and my dad drives me to the dorm area.
"Remeber Maka, no kissing any boys, especially that Soul guy. I feel bad for however has to room with him. Oh by the way, who is you're room mate?" He asks. I turn to him and slightly smile.
"Soul" I almost whisper. He looks at me in shock.
"What?!" He yells as he parks the vehicle.
"Calm down, its not that big of a deal. Soul is actually a very nice guy if you get to know him" I say as I open the car door. He sighs.
"Fine. Just be careful, ok?"
"Ok Papa. Bye" I say before going to the back of the car and opening the trunk. I take all my suitcases out and my dad drives off. I try to pick up the suitcases but just end up having them fall on top of me.
"Need some help?" A voice asks. I push a bag off my face and see Soul standing in front of me.
"Yes please" I say. He laughs slightly and grabs my hand and pulls me up.
"Where is your stuff?" I ask him.
"I came here earlier so I already brought my stuff inside. Here," He says before picking up a few of my suitcases. I smile and pick up the rest. We walk up to the door and Soul opens it with his key. We walk inside and he puts my bags down.
"So this is our new home" I say.
"Yup. I didn't choose a room yet because I thought you should have first pick" He says.
"Aw, you're so sweet. I'll take the room on the left." I reply
"Alright" He says before picking up my bags again and carries them inside the room to the left.
"Thanks" I say.
"Sure. Why do you need so many bags anyways? The school supplies us with blankets, sheets, pillows, utilities, and money for other important stuff"
"Well this bag is full of books, these two bags are clothes, and this bag is some stuff from my old room so I can make my new room feel more homey."
"Whatever" He says before walking into the kitchen. He then opens the empty fridge.
"Have you had dinner yet?" He asks me.
"No, you?" I reply.
"No. We should go get some food"
"I can go to the grocery store" I offer.
"Ok sure." He says before sitting on the couch. I grab my purse and leave. The dorms are connected to the school so I have to walk around the entire school to head to town and get groceries. Suddenly, I feel someone grab my arm and put a bag over my head.
"Hey!" I yell. I feel someone punch my stomach and I curl forward in pain. I then feel hands grab my arms and pull me up the stairs, into the school. I get pulled around the halls until they throw me into a wall somewhere. I remove the bag from my head and see Hannah standing before me with all her friends. We all stand in the girls bathroom.
"What the hell?!" I yell. Hannah kicks me in the stomach and I fall in pain.
"You are nothing but a weak loser, everyone in the school knows that. Soul should've been MY partner, not yours" Hannah says in anger.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but Soul chose me, not you. Just let it go" I say, standing up. Hannah lunges forward to punch me but I quickly dodge her attack, only to be punched by one of her friends. Another one kicks my gut as another one knees me in the face. Then, they all start to beat me up. One of the girls turns into a knife and Hannah holds her in her hand.
"Why would Soul want to be with a flat chested freak like you? Oh wait, you got two tiny little lumps where your boobs should be"
She pulls up my shirt and holds the knife bellow my bra.
"Lets cut off these small lumps, shall we?" She says before digging the knife into my skin. Pain travels through my entire body as I fight to stand up, but after one hard punch in the face, I'm out cold.
...
I try to open my eyes but my right eye stings like hell. Heck, my whole body is in pain.
"She's awake!" Someone yells. I hear footsteps run towards me and Soul leans over me.
"Maka! Holy shit, are you ok?" He asks.
"Yeah" I say weakly. "What happened? Where am I?"
"You're in the schools hospital room. Hannah and her friends were beating the shit out of you in the bathroom. They almost killed you if a teacher didn't see what was happening and stopped them." Soul answers. He sounds so worried. I like it. Suddenly, Soul gets pushed to the ground by my father.
"Maka my baby! Are you ok?! What happended!? What did YOU do to her!?" He yells at Soul.
"Nothing!" Soul yells in defense. "It wasn't me!"
"Oh sure. A bad boy like you, sharing a dorm with a sweet little girl, it was only a matter of time before-"
"Sir" Says Doctor Stein, putting a hand on my dads shoulder "I saw what happended and it wasn't Soul, it was a group of girls who were beating her in the washroom. I know because I was there and had to stop it"
My father turns to Stein but then almost falls over in fear.
"Stein?!" He yells.
"Ah, Spirit. Long time no see, huh" Says Stein.
"You two know each other?" Soul asks.
"He was my first partner, before I met Maka's mother. He would do experiments on me while I was sleeping!" My father yells in fear.
"Ah yes. You looked so graceful while you slept. Such an easy lab rat to use" Stein says cheerfully. I always thought there was something off about him, but I didn't think that he did experiments on live humans.
The nurse walks towards the guys.
"Maka needs to rest. She has a giant cut on her chest and all this excitement can make her stitches come out. You should all discuss your problems in the hall" She says. My dad and Stein leave.
"Can I stay a little longer?" Soul asks her.
"Five minutes" She says before walking back into her office. Soul grabs a chair and sits next to my bed.
"How are you feeling?" He asks.
"I've been better" I reply. He sighs.
"I'm sorry. I'm the one who should've gotten the groceries" He says.
"It's ok. Don't feel bad" I reply with a smile. He smiles at me.
"Where's Hannah?" I ask him.
"She got expelled. She did almost murder you so I think its fair." He replies.
"Yeah." I say before coughing. He grabs my hand. I turn my head to look at him and he quickly pulls away.
"Sorry" He says in embarrassment. I laugh slightly and reach out my hand, wanting him to take it again. He does. I smile at him and shut my eyes.
"Thank you" I say.
"For what?" He asks.
"For being with me" I reply before falling asleep.
...
I wake up and see I'm still in the hospital bed. I'm about to stretch out my arms but my right hand is stuck on something. I look at my hand and see that Soul is still holding on it as he sleeps in the chair. Was he here all night? I smile at his sleeping body. He looks so peaceful. I feel my face with my left hand and my left eye is swollen. I attempt to sit up but feel a horrible stinging pain in my side. I hope that they Hannah and her friends didn't break any of my ribs.
"Maka?" Soul mumbles as he wakes up.
"Hey Soul" I say with a smile. "Thanks for staying with me all night"
"Yeah sure. I thought you were going to be a bit weirded out that I stayed"
"Nope. I think its sweet" I say.
Suddenly, I get a really bad stinging pain on my chest and curl into a ball.
"Maka!" Soul yells, releasing my hand. The pain gets worse and I yell out in pain. Tears trickle down my face.
"I'll get the nurse" Soul says, running off. The pain worsens and I scream. I put my hand to my chest and when I take my hand off, its covered in blood. My chest is bleeding, hard. I remember the nurse saying that I have a giant cut on my chest and I guess the stitches must've fallen out. The cut is just barely bellow my breasts.
Soul runs back to me.
"The nurse isn't here" He says. He looks at me and sees my hospital gown covered in blood and gasps.
"Holy fuck!" He yells.
"You panicking isn't making me feel any better- AGH!" I clutch my chest again.
"What do I do?" Soul says.
"Get a bandage!" I almost yell. Soul quickly runs to the medical kit and pulls out a long bandage. He then runs back to me.
"Ok, so, uh, I need you to, uh-" He says awkwardly. I know what he's trying to say, I have to remove my dress so he can put on the bandage. I'm about to reach my hands behind myself and untie the dress but the moment I raise my arms, they sting like hell.
"Soul, you have to untie the gown put the bandage on me. I can't do it" I say.
"Can you sit up?" He asks. I try to but my side, where the girls were rapidly kicking me, sends a shooting pain through my body. I grab my side in pain.
"This is going to hurt, but I'm going to help you sit up" Soul says. He puts his hand under my armpits and pulls me into a sitting position. I scream in pain.
"Ok, you have to hold yourself up for this part. Can you handle it?" He asks softly. I nod. He walks behind me then unties my dress and pulls it off my shoulders. Blood streams down my body.
"Hurry" I say in pain.
"I need you to face me" He says. I shift my body and bite my tongue to stop myself from screaming. Once I face him he starts to wipe the blood off of my stomach and hips with a cloth. He looks at the cut.
"A bandage isn't going to do shit" He says. "I'm going to have to sew it up"
He grabs the medical kit and pulls out a needle and thread. My injury continues to bleed and the room starts to go white. Soul goes blurry as he nears me.
"Maka" He says before everything goes white and I collapse.