Alice: Here's Chapter two of "Wonderful Nightmare." And how wonderful it is indeed haha!

Chapter 2: Partner in Crime

"Eater? Soul…"

"No no, it's Soul Eater Maka."

"Soul Eating?"

"It's Soul Eater," The guy grinned.

Maka stood in place and just stared at Soul Eater's deep red eyes as Marie sat down across from them on the red leather lounge chairs.

"Come Maka, sit sit." Marie grinned excitedly as she smiled like a loyal fan at Soul Eater.

Maka bit her lip and shuffled over to the chair next to Marie, sitting down with a pluff sound.

"So where's the President?" Marie looked around expecting the President to pop out of nowhere.

"He's not coming." Soul Eater shrugged.

"Why?" Marie leaned in towards Soul Eater's chair.

"He's way too busy to deal with small fry like you," Black star had spoken up and his phrase was obviously directed at Maka.

Maka flinched, "Even when the great Black Star is here he didn't even come, so that means you're just a low ranking small fry like me," Maka huffed at him, remembering his boasting from the night before, and using it to her advantage.

Black Star exclaimed back, "I have great in front of my name!"

"So what? You're great but not the best." Maka laughed.

Black Star's jaw dropped and his went pale white thinking that she was exactly right.

Maka couldn't contain her laughter and busted out, it was too funny for her to handle.

"Your defeated face is hilarious!" Maka laughed out loud.

"Maka!" Marie scolded her and Maka's laughter was immediately put down.

"Ah…Sorry," Maka smiled rubbed the back of her head apologetically, "I haven't laughed in such a long time so…"

Black Star returned to his great self and exclaimed, "Alright then! I accept you as my rival and one of the same rank as the great me!" Black Star ran over to Maka's chair and held up his arm.

Maka stared at his hand for a moment, before admitting defeat, smiling widely and hi-fiving his hand.

"Yahoo!" Black Star bounced back to his seat, giddy.

"So that's your type?" Maka's smile ceased as she turned towards the voice.

"Type?" Maka raised her eyebrow.

Soul stared at Maka for a few moments before answering, "You don't even know your type? Definitely not cool." Soul huffed.

"I really don't care if you think I'm cool or not," Maka scowled.

Marie sighed after snapping out of celebrity love love mode and explained, "What he means is that in our wonderful Shibusen Talent Agency, there are a great many people, and with them come a great many different appeals. Each one of our talents has a certain aspect about them that draws the pubic in and when nurtured correctly by the agency, becomes what defines their 'type.' Think of it as the thing that is your selling point, like with Soul, it's his overall coolness. He's defined as the 'bad boy' type."

Maka looked over at Soul Eater, her eyes traced up and down his body, "I see what you mean," Maka replied, still staring at Soul Eater, "but to me it's more of the 'Arrogant Bastard' type."

Soul Eater growled at his new 'type' name given to him by Maka but shrugged it off in the end.

Marie decided to ignore Maka's little comment and continued on, "Black Star is the 'Fresh' type, just being around him give people the feeling of living in the moment, like the very first breath you took when you were first born, a type of freshness that can't be compared to anything." Marie grinned widely.

Black Star simply nodded as she had spoken, affirming just how great he was.

"So what's my type?" Maka stared expectantly.

"Well that's something you have to figure out for yourself Maka," Marie resisted Maka's puppy eyes.

Maka pouted before shrugging and saying out loud, "Then I'll just have to wait and find out then, looking forward to working with you in the future Marie." Maka grinned.

"Same here." All of a sudden a hand was outstretched towards Maka, open palm.

"Eh?" Maka traced the hand back to its owner with her eyes.

"Just call me Soul; it's not cool to just keep on calling me by my full name all the time, ruins my image." Soul continued to hold out his hand.

Maka stared at it before finally reaching out but before she could grab it.

"To slow," Soul retracted his hand quickly, leaving Maka hanging. Soul smirked at her dumbfounded look.

"What is he? Five?" Maka mumbled to herself angrily.

"Soul," Marie interjected before Maka was about to grab the nearest item to deliver some punishment, "You must watch over Maka for me. Make sure that no one comes by at night and causes scandals and such, after all, even if they were our talents, a woman and a man in the same room alone together at night will definitely be severely punished by the President of Shibusen."

Maka thought for a moment before thinking up a most interesting thought, she grinned very wide now, and held her hand out to Soul, requesting another try for a handshake. Soul chuckled and didn't lift even one of his fingers.

Eager as she was, Maka leaned forward, her hand still out reached towards him.

"Soul Hurry~ The bubbles are popping and I'm getting impatient." Maka whispered in his direction, just enough for him to hear.

Soul's eyes immediately widened.

Maka turned towards Marie and asked, "So Marie, suppose I happened to see exactly what you just described. What punishment would they receive?"

Marie retorted almost immediately, "Of course the President would be so mad that the romance was kept under wraps that he would deal out his worst punishment!"

"Funny, because I saw that exact thing just-"

Before Maka could even finish her sentence, Soul's hand was in hers, shaking it widely.

Maka grinned in triumph.

The drinks had already been served, and the party of four had all moved to the table for four next to the lounge area.

Across from Maka sat Soul, next to Soul sat Black star, and across from Black Star sat Marie.

Marie took a sip of her drink, "It's like the thing that soothes a broken soul."

"Wine?! I want a taste!" Black Star urged her.

"No no, you're too young for this Black Star. I would be in trouble if they found out that I gave you alcohol. Especially if you happened to get drunk off of it." Marie shook her head no furiously.

"Like that's not happened already." Soul laughed.

Marie immediately stood up from her chair and looked towards Black Star, "You've gotten drunk before?! What am I going to tell your manager?!"

"Huh? She already knows. Besides, as long as Soul helps me out again like he did last night, it'll be fine." Black Star grinned towards the confused Soul.

Soul raised his eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

"You know!" Black Star nudged Soul, "For the first time ever, you actually helped me back to my room. I was so touched! Usually you just kick me out and tell me that you're tired and to leave you alone! But this time, you actually helped me! I knew you were a true friend!" Black Star's grin grew wider as happy tears started to form in his eyes.

Soul stared at him, with that one eyebrow still raised in confusion, "I'm telling you man, I didn't even see you last night like usual."

"What? I would recognize that sweet strawberry colon anywhere!" Black Star sniffed the air, "Yep it's you!"

Soul grew frustrated, "I'm telling you it wasn't. And what kind of cool guy wears sweet strawberry colon? That's more like how a girl would smell."

Maka, who was until now trying to stay out of the conversation, flinched a bit as she tried to take a sip of her drink.

"No no no!" Black Star yelled, "I'm telling you! You smelled sweet, and you had soft shoulders, a small build. Just like this!" Black Star got up and subjected Soul to his embrace. Black Star was grinning for awhile, but then it started to fade, and he blinked a few times before stepping back from Soul and thinking, "What happened to you soft hair and slim shoulders Soul? And what's that weird colon smell?"

Maka turned away from the scene.

"I already said, it wasn't me last night. You must have climbed down to someone else's room." Soul sighed but then Maka's fidgeting caught his eye. "Hey, Black Star, you smelled strawberries right?"

"Yeah! I even smell it now! But that's weird." Black Star sat back down.

"And you said I had soft hair and slim shoulders…Was my chest weirdly soft and comfortable as well?" S

Marie almost spit out her drink at Soul's words mid-drink, "Wh-What?"

"Hmm, come to think of it…Yeah! It was!" Black Star replied.

Maka flinched and looked down at her drink on the table, trying hard just to slip away from existence.

"So really, that's a girl's features right? Isn't it way beyond the rules to sneak down to a girl's room at night?" Soul smirked, staring at Maka now.

"Don't say that Soul! Black Star would be punished for that! And so would the girl!" Marie spouted.

"Even if it was an accident?" Black Star pouted.

"Of course!" Mari yelled.

Maka was sweating a bit now and the one who noticed it all was the last person who she would've liked to have noticed at all.

Maka flinched at the feeling of something rubbing her leg, she looked up and noticed the obviously leaned in, smirking Soul.

"Nice to meet you, Partner in crime." Soul's red eyes flickered with excitement.

Maka huffed back, "I have no clue what you're talking about."

Marie was confused but was still able to put out a statement that could tense the situation even more, "You guys take care of each other alright?"

"Of course!" Black Star yelled.

"Of-" Before Soul could answer, a high heel hit him in the knee. And he stifled the pain.

"Of course," Maka grinned without look at the obviously furious Soul.

The waiter came with a plate of food. "Your meals are served."

Alice: Reviews are always welcome! Thanks for reading chapter two of "Wonderful Nightmare."