Well Mr. A, here is my second attempt at your story X) I hope this is better than the other one, I made sure that there was less 'humor' and more mushy gushy. X) Enjoy.
Maka stretched as she walked down the hallway, not really knowing where she was going, just letting her feet lead the way.
She knew that it was a bit late to be at the academy but she needed help studying for a big test and she just finished it.
"I should probably head home before Soul gets too worried about me." She said to herself feeling a bit guilty for leaving him alone.
"A bit too late if you ask me, the moons already smiling down at us." She heard Soul say from the balcony as she passed.
She stopped and went to stand next to him. "Sorry." She whispered. "You know how I am with studying."
"Yeah, I know." Soul said with a small smile as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder to pull her closer and looked back up at the moon.
Maka snuggled into Soul. "So, how come you didn't study while I was gone?" Maka asked him.
"How do you know that I wasn't studying?" he asked, smiling down next to her. "You were too busy reading."
"Soul, I've been living with you for years now." Maka said jabbing a finger at his ribs. "I know you more than you know yourself."
"Then you should know why I didn't study." Soul said smirking down at her.
Maka looked into his eyes, her own narrowing. "The game was on, wasn't it?" she asked chuckling.
"Okay, so maybe you do know me." Soul said laying his cheek against her head.
"That's what I'm telling ya." She said with a chuckle.
"Maka… there's something I've been meaning to tell you." Soul said mustering up the courage to finally tell her.
Maka backed out of his embrace too look into his eyes, hoping that he would finally say those three little words.
"Yes Soul?" she asked clasping her hands together behind her back as she looked up into his eyes, the light of the moon making it seem as if she was glowing, making Soul a bit more nervous than usual.
"Um…" he said scratching the back of his neck. What happened? He had practiced this over and over again just a few minutes before so that this would go as smoothly as possible, but… uh! What was wrong with him? Why did she have to have this sort of effect on him… but that was a good thing.
Soul closed his eyes and shoved his hands in his pockets letting out a long breath. He opened his eyes to see that Maka was patiently waiting to hear what he had to say.
Soul smiled down at her and held out his hand to her.
Maka looked at it confused, but she trusted him, so she placed her hand on his.
"Maka, may I have the pleasure of having this dance?" Soul asked with a smirk as he watched Maka's confusion turn into concern.
"Soul? Are you hearing things? There isn't any music playing." She said snapping her fingers next to his ear to make sure.
"Maka, you're ruining the moment." He said as he pulled out his IPod and put a headphone in her left ear and one in his so that there was a soft piano playing. "Better?" he asked as his arm slipped around her waist and his other hand grabbed hers, interlacing their fingers.
Maka smiled up at him as she put her free hand on her shoulders. "I'll try not to step on you this time." She said with a chuckle as they started to sway to the music. "So you were saying?" she asked him as they started to twirl around on the balcony.
Soul smiled and leaned in so that their foreheads were touching. "Maka… I…" why couldn't he say it? The mood was perfect… there was something missing, he felt it, he just didn't know what.
"Yes Soul?" she asked again, growing impatient.
"I…" he said looking into her eyes and right then he realized that the mood of the moment didn't matter, the thing that was missing, whatever it was, that didn't matter either. All that mattered was the fact that she was here with him, in his arms, safe from any danger.
He stopped dancing and looked at her in the eyes as he let go of her hand but not her waist, if anything he pulled her closer. Looking down at her, he lifted her head so that she wouldn't look away like he knew she would. "Maka… I love you." He whispered.
Blinking in shock, Maka lifted her hand to cup his cheek. "Took you a while." She whispered as her hand went to the back of his neck and pulled him down to kiss him full on the lips, her eyes fluttering closed as she enjoyed the feel of his lips on hers.
Soul smirked against Maka's lips, this girl never failed to surprise him. His grip around her waist tightened as he kissed her back. The moon smiled down at them wickedly; sending a special light in their direction.
When they separated Maka rested her head against Soul's chest. "Soul… I love you too." She murmured, and smirked. "But why do I get the feeling that you knew that already?" she asked as she looked up at him.
Soul glanced down at her again, grabbing her hand and interlacing their fingers again and began to dance to the music again. "I don't know… but it took you a while to confess." He said with a small smirk.