Aw yeah, second chapter. It's short, but oh well. The next one is freaktastically long, so that'll make up for it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater, because if I did, Maka would most likely be killed off. And that would make the fans sad.
Rikita knocked on the door to her weapon's dorm early the next morning. She'd been tossing and turning all night, thinking of all the ways that this could go wrong, and was thus very tired. There was no noise from behind the door. Knocking again and waiting for Aless to answer the damn door, Riki pulled her compact out of her purse. Hmph. Just as I suspected. I couldn't sleep, and now I have bags under my eyes. So this is how it feels to look like Aless.
There was still no response. If that bitch is still asleep… Rikita pounded on the door. Finally she heard footsteps, and the door opened to Aless, standing in her nightclothes and rubbing her eyes.
"Whassup?" she slurred.
"You told me to be here early. Therefore, I am here early. I take it that the other two aren't here yet?"
Aless suddenly remembered what was happening that day.
"Aw, shit," she mumbled. "I overslept. Come in while I get ready." Riki stepped in and Aless grabbed some clothes and disappeared into her bathroom.
Shaking her head, the meister sat down on the bed. She twirled a strand of hair between her fingers. It had been dyed fire-engine red, but after that faded to orange, she'd had no choice but to change it back to her natural mousy brown. She tried to relax and contain her anger at Aless. First she finds me a dud of a date, and now this? I don't even know why we're partners. She sighed. Of course she knew why they were partners. They were partners because, secretly, she admired Alessei's ability to let go and just have fun, without worrying about appearance. And Aless needed someone to keep her in line, so Riki's commanding nature made her the perfect meister.
There was a knock on the door. Since her weapon was still in the bathroom, working some makeup magic to make herself presentable, Rikita answered it. She smiled when she saw Crona standing there. The demon swordmaster was wearing a loose blue blouse and a matching skirt, so she assumed that this was one of the days that he felt like a girl. While Rikita couldn't completely wrap her head around it, she really wasn't one to discriminate against that type of stuff, so she didn't mention it.
"Hey. Come on in. Aless overslept, so she's getting ready in the bathroom."
They stood in awkward silence. What am I supposed to talk about? Rikita wondered. How the hell does Aless have a conversation with this kid? He – no, she today, Riki reminded herself – was so quiet. Thankfully, Aless appeared from the bathroom at that moment and saved them from themselves.
"Hey, cutie." She stood on tiptoe to kiss Crona, who blushed and smiled. "Riki, I take it your date isn't here yet?"
"No, Aless, he's hiding in your closet," she deadpanned. "Of course he isn't here yet."
Aless growled.
"I told him to be here at six. If he stands you up, I'm gonna be pissed."
Just then someone knocked on the door. Aless opened it with a flourish, revealing Rikita's date: Death the Kid. I think I just died a little inside…
"Hey hey!" Aless said. "C'mon in, Kid. We're all getting ready here."
"Hello, Aless. Rikita. Crona." He nodded to each of them in turn. "Thank you for inviting me. I'm sure this will be nice."
"You betcha it will!" cried Aless, hoisting her bag onto her shoulder. "If everyone's ready, I guess we can leave." They all nodded and started off.
"So how are we getting to this place, anyway?" Riki grumbled.
"My father said that we could use the teleportation device we have to send teams to far-off locations," said Kid. "Normally, it's only used when it'd be too conspicuous to travel normally, but since I'm his son, he made an exception for us."
"Wow. Thanks, Kid." Riki gave him a lopsided smile ad they started walking in the direction of Shibusen, to the Death Room. Kid started talking to Crona, which left Riki with an opportunity to complain to Aless.
"Why the hell did you pick him?" she said in a furious whisper. "Aless, you know I don't like guys. Why couldn't you pick a pretty girl for me to go with?"
"Hey, hey," Aless said. "One, you told me that you were bi and that you strongly preferred chicks. Not that you were entirely opposed to guys."
"Well, that changed!"
"Then you should have told me, you idiot! Two, in case you haven't noticed, there seems to be a shortage of lesbians at Shibusen. And three, you're not out, and everyone thinks you're straight."
"You could've invited someone as a friend. Tsubaki. Kim. Hell, even Patti would be better than… this!" She waved at the oblivious shinigami in front of them. "Besides, you know he likes Crona. Even if I liked Kid, he'll be gawking at your… girlfriend all day."
"Nah, I trust Kid. After the prom incident (A/N: if you don't know what they're talking about, read my story DWMA Prom.), he doesn't dare try to make a move. Because he knows he'll screw it up."
"Okay, you have a point there. But for the record, I'm still pissed."
A/N: And yes, I put a teleporter in there. Because it'd be a drag if they had to walk over the river and through the woods just to get to a freaking carnival.