"Maka!" Soul quickly leaned over and picked her up in his arms. "Maka, wake up!" Soul moves one of his hands to Maka's forehead. "You're burning up!"

Soul did his best to drive Maka to Stein's with one hand on the handle and the other hugging Maka tightly. Finally, he arrived at Stein's house.

"Stein! Stein! Help!" Soul banged on the giant, wooden doors.

Stein opened the big doors and rubbed his glasses. "Soul, calm down, what's the trouble?" Stein caught sight of Maka.

"Please help her!"

"Alright, bring her inside!" Soul nodded and ran inside. "Set her down on the table!" Stein demanded. Soul did as he was told and laid her down on the table.

"Now what?" Stein looked at Soul with unwavering eyes, then pushed him out of the room. "Stein what're you-" Before he could finish his sentence Stein slammed the door and locked it. "Stein!" Soul pounded his fists on the door. "Let me in!"

"It's 9:00 A.M, what's he doing in there?" Soul asked himself, as he trembled on Stein's stitched up couch. The next moment Stein walked through the doors he had earlier locked. "Maka-"

"Is fine," Stein said.

"Thank god." Soul took a breath of relief and scratched his head. "Is anything else, okay?"

"She told you?"

"In a way." Soul scratched his head again. "After I ate the kishin egg she told me I had to get her to you. So, I asked why. Then, we argued for awhile, and then she finally blurted out, 'I'm pregnant!' That's when she started walking away."

Stein nodded. "I see," Stein paused, "The baby's okay, but it was a close call."

Soul nodded. "I'll protect her."

"You want to see her?" Stein paused and adjusted his glasses, "I'm assuming." Soul abruptly nodded. Stein's face curved and twisted until it finally made a smile across his face. "This way."

Soul followed Stein down the hallway and into one of the extra rooms Stein had for his 'experiments'.

"Thanks Stein." Soul smiled at him, then walked into the room, closing the door behind him. "Maka," Soul whispered.

Maka was lying on her side so Soul could not see her. "What?" Maka cried. "Don't you have Death Scythe work to do?" Maka asked continuing to cry.

"I don't care, I rather be with you."

"Why? I'm pregnant, I thought guys usually left after they found out about this kind of stuff." Maka couldn't stop crying. Even if Stein didn't tell me I would know I didn't have a miscarriage. These emotions and hormones would have gone away, right? Maka thought to herself.

"Maka, I'm not like other guys; I'm obviously cooler. But, if you honestly think that maybe I should just go." Maka stayed silent. Soul opened the door. "Bye, Maka." He slammed the door.

All the pain she had been holding in came pouring out. Maka couldn't stop no matter how hard she wanted to. She grabbed the pillow and held it in a tight squeeze as she cried her eyes out. As she was crying Maka felt the bed sink under her. What? She thought. She turned her tear covered face to see what was causing the bed to sink down.

"Soul?"

"I couldn't leave you alone."

"But-"

"I'm behind you in all of this, Maka. I won't leave you because of something like this."

"It was all my fault."

"If it's anyone's fault it's mine, Maka. I was the one who hurt you."

"You didn't hurt me."

"Yes I did."

"No, you didn't, no one hurt me. I was just scared of what you would do."

Soul smiled, but Maka couldn't hold back any of her tears now. He wrapped his arms around Maka's waist and pressed his hands over her stomach.

Maka looked up at his face with curiosity and fear clear on her face.

"Maka, I'm here. Just let me in."

Maka's eyes didn't waver. She slowly loosened her grip on the pillow she was holding and moved her arms around Soul. She buried her face in his chest before tightening her grip on Soul to an almost suffocating way. Soul removed one of his hands from her stomach and placed it behind her head. Maka realized that she didn't have to hold back her tears anymore. She pressed her head even harder into Soul's chest; she cried.