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WARNING: A little violence
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.
"What's that?" Tsubaki asked. Black Star took a deep breath before he could speak.
"When Maka left our old school, the rumors about her died and somehow she is proven innocent from all the false rumors…" he looked at his friends' expression.
"Medusa was expelled because of all the complaints of the parents' she bullied… And Carlos…"
"What about him?" Liz asked, pretty eager to find out. "Rumors about him started to spread… And apparently those rumors are true…"
"What kind of rumors?" Soul asked. "Rumors about his medical history…" Black Star said.
"What do you mean? Does he have like… Cancer or something?" Patty asked. Black Star shook his head.
"He has a split personality and is quite violent when he doesn't get what he wants… Like a spoiled brat… He is self-centered and doesn't think of anything but himself…" Black Star said. Everyone gasped and suddenly felt worried of what he can do.
"But, I'm sure he isn't that violent to do anything that bad, right?" Tsubaki asked unsurely. Black Star shook his head again.
"When he asked a girl he liked last time, the girl rejected him… First time ever to reject a popular guy's request… So it made him quite angry… This showed his other side that people don't see…" Black Star closed his eyes and crossed his arms.
"What did he do?" Patty asked.
"He would go far enough to kidnap that girl and point a blade on her throat…" everybody's eyes widened. "Luckily, the girl escaped and was able to tell her parents what happened… Carlos was expelled as well and received home schooling instead…"
"After that, everybody was smart enough to stay away from him…"
Soul's fists tightened. "Screw what Maka said… I'm going after her…" Soul began to walk away.
"I'm coming with you… Just in case Carlos wants another good beating" Black Star followed him. He then faced at the other girls.
"Stay here…" he ordered. They nodded.
"Carlos must've thought that Maka was the only one that liked him ever since… That must've been why he came here to find her…"
"Why are we here?" Maka looked around. They were in the back lot of DWMA. It was dark and had a few woods on the ground.
"I just wanted to tell you that you're name is cleared in our old school… Medusa is expelled… And that you should go back there…" Carlos turned to face her. Maka sighed.
"I-I don't want to go back there… That place affected me a lot… Especially my life… Here, I have a new life with all of my friends… And I wouldn't want more of this…" Maka swallowed hard.
"Now if you'll let me go now, I woul-!" Maka tried to turn away but Carlos held her hand and turned her back.
"H-hey! What are you doing?" Maka's eyes widened when she saw him pin her to the wall.
"Maybe you don't understand… You should go back with me… You do like me right?" Carlos' eyes were dark.
"NO! I don't! After what you did? After that incident where you didn't even defend me? Proved me that you're just another typical guy hungry for power!" Maka didn't know what she said but she felt relieved for some reason. This is what she wanted to tell him a long time ago. Carlos tightened his grip making Maka unable to escape.
"Let me go!" Maka pleaded.
"Shh… You shouldn't scream like that in front of a guy like me…" Carlos began to lean his face closer to his. Maka couldn't believe it. This wasn't what he was like when she first met him. Maka continued to struggle but the grip was too tight. She could only squeeze her eyes shut and pull her face away as far as she could. She felt she was hopeless as a tear dropped from her eyes when she heard a voice.
"Maka!" Maka's eyes opened wide when she heard this. She then suddenly felt Carlos' grip loosen and a while gone. She saw a flash of white come in front of her. Carlos was on the ground with his stomach.
"Maka! Are you ok?" Soul's soothing voice asked her. Maka looked up as Soul grabbed her shoulders gently.
"Soul!" Maka hugged him. Soul caressed her back and head as he tried to calm her. Then they heard someone laugh. A deranged laugh. It came from Carlos. He slowly sat up and looked at the two.
"Who are you?" he asked Soul who glared at him in return.
"You should know that if you approach my girlfriend like that again, you'll end up in the hospital!" Soul threatened. He laughed again and stood up. Soul made Maka move on his back when Carlos did this. Carlos then began to run to Soul starting a fight but then someone punched him again.
Kid walked around with both of his hands in his pockets. He looked up and saw the three girls pacing back and forth worriedly. He approached them and asked what happened.
"Are you girls fine? What happened?" he asked. Liz approached him with wrinkled eyebrows.
"Kid, we're waiting for Soul, Black Star and Maka to come back… but they still aren't here!" Liz worriedly said.
"What? Where did they go?" Kid asked again.
"They went to confront this new guy, Carlos…" Tsubaki replied. Kid's eyes widened.
"Carlos? Are you serious? Where are they?" Kid asked, somehow panicked.
"Why? Do you know him?" Patty asked. Kid shook his head.
"By means of personal interaction, no. But we have discussed about him in our meeting earlier. The council said we better watch him carefully because of the records he had in his previous school…" Kid said.
"Then we better hurry! C'mon! This way!" Liz grabbed his arm and showed him the way. Patty and Tsubaki followed.
Carlos was now pinned to the ground with his head facing it. Black Star looked at him in disgust.
"You really don't know how to take a threat, huh? Didn't I tell you before?" Black Star pushed him on the ground more.
"Maybe you would like me to break your neck next, huh?" Black Star gritted his teeth. Carlos laughed causing Black Star to twitch.
"You really are crazy! I don't know how this school accepted you!" Black Star said.
"Black Star stop!" Kid's voice made them look at their back. He was with two student council members and the two girls. Black Star knowing Kid's position in school let go of Carlos and stood up. The three went to him and held his arms tightly.
"We'll take care of this… In the mean time, you should go home now…" Kid smiled at Maka to ease her a little bit then headed off with Carlos. Maka breathed out in relief but somehow she felt like that's not the end of it. Soul hugged her together with Black Star, Tsubaki, Liz and Patty.
"Everything's alright now… You don't have to worry anymore…" Soul said as Maka was still speechless from what happened earlier. They got out of that area and went home. The ride back to Maka's apartment was silent. Maka sighed as she noticed that they were going the wrong way.
"Soul? Where are we going?" Maka asked.
"I'm going to my apartment… I'm getting a few things there and we'll go back to your apartment…" Soul answered.
"Eh? Why are you going to do that?" Maka was a bit shocked.
"After what happened earlier, I can't just leave you behind like that… I'm going to spend the night in your house…" Soul said. Maka looked at him shocked.
"If you don't mind…" Soul said.
"Um, it's ok… But you don't have to do that, I'm fine really!" Maka assured him. Soul stopped and shook his head. He got off and carefully assisted Maka down.
"I insist… I'm really worried about you…" he looked at her as he held her hand. Maka couldn't counter him anymore. She smiled as she nodded. They went in Soul's house. It was surprisingly neat. Maka gawked as Soul went to his room.
"What? Surprised because my house is cleaner than Black Star's room?" Soul joked to make her feel comfortable. Maka chuckled. Soul got what he needed and went out with Maka. They then drove back to Maka's apartment. They went in.
"Um… I have a guest room. You could sleep there if you want" Maka said. Soul smiled in return.
"It's nice to be back here" he said. Maka giggled.
"Yeah, the last time you were in here because I fainted from a fever…" Maka placed her bag down and so did Soul. Then someone knocked on their door.
"Who could that be?" Maka asked as she glanced at the clock. It was 6:00 pm. Maka was about to approach the door when Soul grabbed her shoulders looking at her intensely. Maka nodded as Soul instead went to the door. He sighed and opened it. He was quite surprised with what he saw.
"Soul? What are you doing in Maka's apartment?" Liz raised an eyebrow. She was with her sister, Tsubaki and Black Star.
"I could ask you the same thing…" Soul raised his eyebrow. Maka became curious and got to the door with Soul.
"Guys? What are you doing here?" Maka looked at them.
"Maka, we were wondering if we could spend the night…?" Tsubaki asked.
"After what happened earlier, we couldn't sleep…" Patty scratched her head.
"Looks like we have the same idea…" Soul snickered. Maka smiled and nodded.
"Of course!" Maka welcomed them in. Black Star was still pissed off.
"The boys could sleep in the guest room… The girls could sleep in my room" Maka said.
"It's been a while since I've been to your house, Maka… I got to admit… It's been different" Liz looked around. Her apartment has been newly decorated not only with books but a few ornaments too.
"Why, thank you!" Maka said. "Want dinner? I can cook some" she asked.
"Oh! We brought food!" Patty jumped as she brought a box of it.
"Great! Let's have it in now!" Maka helped her place the food on the table. The others helped while Maka saw Black Star sitting on the couch. He was like lost in trance. Maka approached him and sat beside him.
"Black Star?" Maka looked at his face. He slowly looked up at her. Maka softly smiled at her.
"Hey…" he replied.
"Are you ok? It seems like you're lost in thought…" Maka asked. He sighed.
"It's just that…. From earlier, I feel like I wasn't able to do anything… I feel responsible for everything bad that happened…" Black Star said sadly.
"You know Black Star… I'm not used to seeing you like this… When I see you like this, I feel that I have something to do with it too. I feel sad… You're like my brother…" Maka slowly tried to comfort him. Black Star looked at her.
"You are the most stubborn, selfish, self-proclaimed guy I have ever met" Maka said. Black Star looked at her as he raised an eyebrow.
"Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence…" he said.
"But you're the most awesome, caring, godly guy I have ever met…" Maka said after his statement. Black Star looked at her surprisingly. Maka smiled.
"Smile for me please? Or else I won't think twice of hitting you with a book again" she said. Black Star was silent for awhile. Then after a few seconds, he smiled.
"Of course… Now let's eat before your god gets hungry!" Black Star stood up. Maka chuckled and went with him. They ate together and talked about things about their life. Things that made them forget what happened earlier. After that, they went to their beds in Maka's apartment.
This was supposed to be a short chapter (as in a very very short chapter) but I decided to throw a few things in. Hope you enjoy this chapter even though Carlos had a fit.
I was supposed to update yesterday but unfortunately I was sick. Urgh... I hate that useless feeling...
*sigh* only one more week and I have to go to school again...
~shadow