Chapter 3

Reflections

By: Yoru-101

When they got outside, it was night. The sleeping moon shone lazily in the sky, sending out his cool moonlight to envelop the rooftops of Death City. Toki shook her head of cobwebs, and tried to focus herself on the task at hand. Liz noticed this, and slowed down a little to reach her stride.

"We can do it in the morning, if you're tired."

Toki nodded gratefully, and yawed silently. She put her head on Liz's shoulder. Liz smiled and nudged Kid, who (unbeknownst to Toki) had been watching.

"Can she stay with us tonight?" Liz asked quietly, not wanting to disturb Toki, "Maka and Soul only have an apartment, and we have tons of rooms!"

Kid thought about it for a moment and nodded and continued walking, having her in the house would help him figure out why she seem so familiar.

Liz looked back and noticed Patty dosing off as well. She had made a good decision.

Maka then took this peaceful time to study their new addition. The moonlight highlighted her pale skin, and her sleepy golden eyes kept drifting in and out of view. She was tall, Maka realized. Almost, if not the same height as Liz. Her outline was slightly dirty, and dark, a well worn long jacket fell from her elbows, and nearly traipsing across the ground. She wore a simple Japanese dress (Maka wracked her studious mind to find the word kimono) in a matching black belt that Maka thought appropriate.

"She looks really good in black." Maka thought. "But it looks as though she's mourning for something"

Toki's hair was long and black, and in an unfamiliar hairstyle. Her long bangs fell over her eyes to shape her face, letting them gather just below her shoulders. Her hairstyle was strange, yet it for some reason Maka thought it suited her. A loose bun wrapped half of the back of her head (though a bit loose from the day's events) and the rest was left to hang, straight down her back. She was a pretty girl, and the moonlight seemed to highlight her features. She looked a little older now, under the moonlight, than she did earlier that day, but Maka chalked it up to fatigue. There was a lot to do tomorrow, and Maka was looking forward to it.

Toki let her thoughts drift from her. She was too tired to think. Her brain was shutting down, and she was hungry. But, her body concluded that her fatigue was stronger than her hunger, and she proceeded to doze off on Liz's shoulder, still walking.

As the group split into two, Maka and Soul headed towards their apartment and Kid, Liz, Patty and Toki to the Death Manor. Kid was trying to figure out the tiny twinge of familiarity he felt when he was with Toki. He couldn't shake the feeling from him.

The moment they entered the manor, Toki slipped off of Liz, and onto a nearby couch, not even bothering to look at her surroundings. The older Thompson smiled as she and Patty left for their respective rooms, and Kid doing the same.

Toki lay in bed, slowly drifting off to sleep, and her last thought was of anticipation of the upcoming new day.

Kid awoke the next morning with bags under his eyes. The reason he couldn't sleep last night was because of Toki! All night he had wracked his brain, searching for clues. Yet one thing stood out more then anything and that one thing forbade his slumber. Without even bothering to change out of his pajamas, Kid rushed down to the couch where Toki was sleeping to wake her up. As he was speeding down the stairs, he found Toki spinning and smiling in front of a full length mirror that was used to contact his father when he was at home. Kid stopped dead in his tracks as Toki posed and laughed at her reflection. Then she turned and noticed him.

"I didn't notice you there." She smiled at him and turned back to her mirror.

Kid just stood there, but was soon shaken from his stupor.

"YOU'RE NOT SYMMETRICAL!" he screamed at her.

Toki stopped and looked at him.

"Excuse me?" she asked.

Kid breathed, trying to regain his composure which he just couldn't find.

"Your hair, your clothes, everything isn't symmetrical about you!"

Toki was silent, but then she smiled.

"Come here." She ordered quietly. He did so.

She brought him to the mirror and made him look at his reflection.

"See how there are two of you?" she said gently, "Now, no matter what you're wearing," She twirled, "You're symmetrical!"

Kid eyes widened. Why hadn't he thought of this? His eyes glittered with new knowledge and appreciation. Tears streamed down his face, "That's…..that's so beautiful" he said through sobs. "I've never thought of it that way." He choked.

Kid twirled and posed in front of the mirror. Toki did the same. They both smiled at each other. Kid's newfound appreciation for her blossomed. It was the beginning of a very beautiful, symmetrical relationship.

/Author's Note/

Hah. It had to be done.

Seriously. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?

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