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"To be honest, I've never thought that I would end up in this situation." Soul lightly said, breaking the silence. "You know, walking in the wilderness, looking for food with nothing but the clothes on our backs."
Maka looked relieved, "Yeah. I never thought have to jump out of a plane, either!"
Soul gave her a toothy grin, nodding in agreement. "That should be the first step in skydiving, having the guts to jump out onto a fifty foot tree with no equipment!"
They started to talk about random things, stuff like how much they hated their last math teachers, what their favorite food is… just random things.
The two weren't really paying attention as to where they were going until Maka spotted a small blueberry bush a little ways away from the creek, ten minutes later.
"Hey, we finally found something!" Maka exclaimed. She rushed over to the bush with a slight limp. It was evident that she was suppressing pain.
"Oh, great..." Soul muttered. He walked over to Maka.
"Yup, these are blueberries. I guess we can head back now." Maka said, "You know, I never really was a big fan of blueberries, they were always too tart for me."
Soul shrugged, "It's weird what hunger can do to people." They used their shirts as baskets and collected the blueberries.
Hurry up Evans; you're losing your chance…
"Hey Maka, I-!" Soul stopped mid sentence when they heard a considerably loud crunching sound that was coming from behind them.
They both looked over their shoulders in question. "Is that…?" Maka trailed off.
"Yep, it's a bear." Soul sighed in apprehension. He quickly took Maka's hand and dragged her behind the bush, crouching down. They were closer than friends normally would be, but that went unnoticed.
Or they noticed it, but chose to ignore it. Either way their attention was on the bear.
The bear was nosing around in another bush, probably eating some berries that were on that bush.
"I'm debating on whether or not to name it. We've been seeing it a lot lately…" Maka mumbled.
"You're acting very nonchalantly about this." Soul said coolly.
Maka ignored him, "Blacky, I'll name it Blacky."
"Oh, that's very original, Maka." Soul sardonically said while rolling his eyes.
"Shut up, Soul! It is the best I can do on short notice! Besides, I am trying to lighting the mood!" Maka snapped.
The bear's ear twitched.
"Well, try to lighten the mood somewhere else!" Soul, very carefully, rose up and started to walk in the opposite direction off the bear. Maka followed in suit.
As the two were walking, Maka's bandage got caught on a loose branch, ripping it off in the process.
She hissed with pain.
"Maka! Are you-?" Soul looked at her with concern.
"I'm fine. Let's just get out of here." Maka said through gritted teeth.
They must have been louder than they thought because the bear turned around in question.
Soul and Maka froze. They were in an open clearing, so the bear could easily see them.
They had two choices. One was to stay there and hope the bear would go away, or they could make a run for it.
In most circumstances, it would be very unwise for someone to run away from a bear. But, in this case, it was a very desirable option.
"Should we make a run for it?" Soul questioned.
"No! It would provoke the bear into attacking us!" Maka quickly said.
"Then what do we do!"
Maka shrugged, "Walk way slowly." When the bear took a step towards them, Maka added, "Or we can fast walk…"
As a reply, Soul gently pushed Maka and they began to walk slowly away from the bear.
Interested as to why the funny looking humans were walking like that, the bear pursued them.
"Don't look now, but it's following us." Soul warned, glancing over his shoulder.
Maka scanned their surroundings. She hurriedly turned in the opposite direction of the creek and led Soul into the forest, away from the bear.
They wove their way through the forest, trying to lose the bear. The strange thing was that the bear wasn't really doing anything aggressive. It was just following them out of curiosity.
This was kind of unsettling to Maka and Soul.
"I think that bear was tamed in the circus or something…" Soul muttered.
Maka's eyes then widened with realization, "Soul, we still have the blueberries with us."
Soul gave her a questioning look.
Maka looked exasperated, "One of the foods that black bears eat are blueberries." The two immediately dropped the berries and quickly began walking again.
The bear looked at them inquisitively and began to snack on the berries.
The two continued to twist their way through the forest until they were sure that the bear wasn't following them. They both looked around and then sighed with relief when they didn't see the bear.
"I truly do think that bear was tamed." Soul said, sitting down.
"Blacky was a pretty nice bear…" Maka sat down next to him, breathing heavily.
"Hey Maka, you okay?" Soul asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little dizzy." Maka replied.
Soul gave her a skeptical look.
Maka noticed this and decided to change the subject, "Do you happen to know the way back?"
Soul turned to look at her with an incredulous look, "I should be the one asking you that."
Maka sighed, "Great, then we're lost."
Soul inwardly smirked. There was a blessing in every bad situation, after all.
"Hey, it's nothing to worry about! We'll just listen for the creek and make our way back!" Soul said, trying to lift Maka's spirits, "We have the whole day ahead of us, anyways."
"Yeah, you're right…" Maka trailed off. "What were you about to tell me before the bear came?"
Soul closed his eyes, "I dunno. Forgot, I guess." Maka shrugged in response. Soul sighed with relief, glad that Maka dropped the subject.
Come on, Soul! If you don't tell her now, you'll never get the guts to do it!
After a moment of conflicted silence, Soul asked, "Why didn't we just go back the way we came?"
Maka shrugged, "Everyone probably wouldn't be too happy when they found out we led a bear back to where we're staying." Soul nodded in understanding.
Soul then eyed the large wound on Maka's leg and proceeded to take off his shirt.
"H-hey, what are you doing?" Maka questioned with wide, surprised eyes.
"I'm going to use my shirt as a bandage for your leg. You really can't afford to lose any more blood." Soul responded.
She shook her head defiantly, "No Soul, I can't let you do-!"
"This isn't up for discussion, Maka." He said in a dead serious tone.
Maka opened her mouth to argue, but the look in Soul's eyes clearly said that he was not going to budge.
She groaned, "Alright, but when you get the sunburn that is bound to happen, you are not aloud to complain about it."
Soul smirked and commenced in wrapping up Maka's leg with the makeshift bandage. His smirk disappeared when realized just how bad Maka's leg really is.
The skin around the gash was inflamed and puss was now emerging from the wound. Blood was also slowly flowing out of the gash, for it had not yet closed up.
And by the look of Maka's clenched fists and jaw, it was painful to the touch as well.
It was more than likely infected.
"You sure you're okay?" He asked in concern.
Maka waved him off, "Of course I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because I'm barely touching your leg and you look like it was the worst thing you've ever experienced."
Maka chose not to reply to that comment.
"Man, I wish I had some water with me! We really don't want you to be dehydrated right now." Soul looked mildly frustrated.
"I'm fine Soul, really!" Maka said, trying to sound reassuring.
Soul sighed and helped her up. They began to walk in a random direction, perceptive of the fact that they had no way of knowing where to go.
As they walked along, they started to talk.
"So… what was the most awkward moment you had to go through?" Maka curiously asked.
"Oh man, um… It would have to be the time when I was five and I was about to get a haircut. The cashier wanted to know if I wanted to get the senior's special…" Soul shook his head at the memory.
"Seriously? That just… wow." Maka said while laughing.
"No, it gets even better! I was so embarrassed that people thought I was old because of my hair, I tried to dye it black." Soul chuckled, "But instead of black, it turned gray…"
Maka was giggling even more now, "Soul, didn't you know that white hair tends to make everything lighter if it's dyed?"
"Shut up, I was five! Now you tell me something embarrassing, Albarn!"
"Okay, okay! Remember that field trip we went on in fifth grade? That restaurant we went to?"
"That seafood one?" Soul said, wanting to clarify.
"Yeah, that one. Well, I went to the bathroom to wash my hands, and these two old guys walk in-!"
"Was that what happened? I remember you were so horrified, you wouldn't talk to us the rest of the trip!" Soul interrupted."
"Yes, that's what happened, now don't interrupt me!"
Soul rolled his crimson eyes in response.
"Anyways, when they walked in, they kept on saying I was in the wrong bathroom. It soon became very clear that they were drunk, so I rushed out." She shivered at the memory, "I was in the right bathroom though…"
It was now Soul's turn to laugh, "Well, they were probably just trying to puke their guts out, and they just thought that was the men's room."
Maka sighed, "It was a single stalled bathroom, Soul. There was barely enough room for me to fit in as an eleven year old."
Soul ceased laughing, "Oh..."
"Yeah…"
Soul smiled to himself.
Eh, this is fine for right now.
The two continued to talk that for the rest of the day.
They learned things about each other that they would never have known otherwise.
Soul learned that the reason that Maka doesn't like raw fish wasn't because of the taste, but because of a traumatic experience she had as a young child that involved a very gruesome documentary and some raw sushi.
But don't get her wrong, it still tasted gross.
And Maka learned that Soul had an uncanny fear for dentists that he never showed anyone because he didn't want to risk his coolness. This fear wasn't all that unusual, considering he had very… unique teeth.
And who liked to go to the dentist, anyways?
Maka and Soul decided to stop after they realized the sun was setting. They didn't want to walk in the dark, for fear of getting even more lost than they already were. And who knew what they could encounter in the dark!
The two had their backs to a tree. They were starving for not finding any food, and they were absolutely parched. They were desperately hoping that they will find something tomorrow…
"I wonder what everyone is thinking right now…" Maka questioned out loud.
"They probably know we're lost. They'll most likely start to really freak out tomorrow morning." Soul absently said.
"…What do you think my dad is doing right now?" Maka asked in a quiet voice.
"You don't have to worry about that, Maka. You know he won't rest until he finds you." Soul placed a comforting hand in her shoulder.
"I know. I'm just… worried, I guess." Maka said. Soul nodded as a response.
He didn't really dwell on it too much because he knew his brother would do something when his parents wouldn't. It also helped that Spirit Albarn was a very overprotective parent.
The setting sun gave everything a golden hue. Just like the first night they were out here, the light enhanced Maka's features and her ashy blond hair was glowing gold.
And her eyes, oh Lord, her eyes! The normally piercing green orbs were now a brilliant emerald with little flecks of gold around the pupil, a reflection from the sun.
He was caught in her beautiful eyes. He just couldn't look away.
It was like a gravitational pull was drawing him to her at this moment. And it wasn't like she was rejecting him, since she was leaning in as well…
Well, it's now or never.
Hehehe, you don't know how much I wanted to do something like that! I feel so EVIL right now! ;)
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