Okay so the *********** thing didn't work so now, I'll just say FLASH BACK! before a memory

sorry about that :P

Happy reading :D

"Tsubaki! We're back!" Black Star called as they entered the apartment.

"Soul!" She waddled out of the kitchen with her hands supporting her back.

"Tsubaki!" he dropped his bag and hugged his pregnant friend. "Wow! I knew you were far along but I didn't think you'd be this b-"

"Soul, I'm very hormonal right now and I'm in charge of your food, do you really want to comment on my size?"

"Beautiful! I was going to say beautiful!" he recovered.

"Isn't she just" Black Star sneaked up behind her and kissed her cheek. He wrapped his hands around her enlarged abdomen. "Her birthday's meant to be a few days before you go back, Soul"

"Her birthday?" he questioned.

Tsubaki sighed "I didn't want to know the sex of the baby, but Mr God here couldn't wait"

"Hey, Mrs God; if I'm the one doing up the nursery, I wanna know if I have to get blue paint or pink paint"

"So you're having a little girl" Soul smiled.

"Yup" Black Star smiled proudly.

The fire alarm sounded. "The Dinner!" Tsubaki shouted as she pushed Black Star off of her and waddled as quickly as she could back to the kitchen.

"Shit!" Black Star began to assault the alarm "SILENCE! I COMMAND YOU!" After a few moments of shouting at it, Black Star put his fist through it. "Finally!" he exclaimed "It was no match for a god!"

"Black Star! You can't keep putting fists through our appliances!" She shouted from the kitchen

"You two haven't changed at all" Soul chuckled to himself.

"I'm afraid dinner's a little bit on the burnt side" she sighed.

"I'm sure it'll be delicious" Black Star stated as he rubbed his fist. He turned to his white haired friend "Sit down on the couch, I'll bring it in on a tray"

Soul did as he was told and sat on the sofa as Black Star disappeared into the kitchen. A moment or two later he reappeared with a tray "Here you go" he handed the tray to his friend.

"Thanks" he said as he saw the meal; Steak, onions and fries "Oh wow! Tsubaki, this looks great!"

"I hope it's not too burned!" he hear her shout.

Black Star picked up Souls suitcase "I'll drop this in the spare room for you"

Tsubaki came into the living room with two plates; she placed one of them on the coffee table and sat on the couch next to Soul with the other on her lap "Sorry we don't have a dining table at the moment"

"Oh, don't worry about it" Soul smiled "This is delicious, Tsubaki"

She smiled in gratitude.

Black Star stormed back in and plonked himself on the other side of Tsubaki. "My favourite!" he licked his lips before diving into his steak.

"I hope she doesn't have her father's table-manners" Tsubaki laughed.

"Hm?" Black Star looked at her with his mouth stuffed. He swallowed, "So, Soul, you talked to Maka at all?"

Soul could feel his body tensing up as her name "No"

FLASH BACK!

"WHAT!?"

"You heard me, Soul"

"Yeah, but I don't believe it!"

"What's hard to believe about me getting married!?"

"First off, you never even tell me you're seeing someone, THEN I don't hear from you for the best part of a year AND NOW you want me to go to your wedding in three weeks!"

She was silent.

"Talk to me, Maka!"

"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY, ALRIGHT!" She was crying "I should have told you ages ago! I'm an idiot for not telling you! And I'm an even bigger idiot for thinking you'd want to come to the wedding!"

He sighed "You're not an idiot, Maka"

She was sobbing

"I'm sorry for making you cry, Maka"

"You don't know what it's been like here for me! Tristan has been there for me!"

"All you had to do was say the word and I would have come running!"

"You left, Soul! You left ME!"

Those words cut through him like a Demon Sword "I'm sorry, Maka" he could feel tears streaming down his face. He sniffed "I'll come. I'll come to your wedding, okay?"

She was still sobbing and then the line went dead.

"I'll go to the wedding. I'll smile and shake the guys hand, I'll thank him for looking after her, BECAUSE I OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T!" He threw his phone against the wall and it smashed into several pieces.

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"What's this Tristan guy like, anyway?" he came out of his thoughts.

"She never told you?" Tsubaki asked.

"Tsubaki, I only found out last week that she was getting married, she never told me anything about it" he admitted

Tsubaki began "He's-"

"TERRIBLE!" Black Star interrupted.

"Black Star!" Tsubaki hit him before turning back to Soul, "He is not terrible! He's… he's-"

"A PUSSY!"

"BLACK STAR!" She chopped him on the head, leaving him bleeding on the floor.

"He's… safe, a safe human" she finished

"Safe?" Soul questioned

"He's a bit of a goody-two-shoes, really; has a good job, does his taxes on time, law abiding citizen, he has really nice hair, works out regularly-"

"HA! I tried to train with him once, he said I was crazy! AHAHA I told him he was crazy for not pushing himself! Pfft, he didn't even try get into the cage with that lion!"

"Black Star, I swear to Death, if you don't stop interrupting me I won't cook for you until this child is 30 years old!"

"Okay! I'm sorry! I'll shut up!"

She turned back to Soul "He's squeaky clean, he's stable"

"Stable" Soul repeated.

"As stable as rice" she added "… You can speak now, Black Star"

"He's useless for her! As much as I hate to admit it, Maka's a pretty powerful woman; she's one of the greatest teachers the DWMA has to offer! And she's with HIM!? Nah, If I was her I would have kicked him to the curb l long time ago"

Soul took a deep breath "If it's alright with you two, I think I'll head to bed. Jet-lag and all that. Thanks for the amazing food, Tsubaki" he stood up and began to walk towards the spare room.

"Soul?" her voice was soft and filled with concern. He stopped but he didn't turn around.

"Are you sure you're alright?" she asked.

"Right as rain" he replied and continued on his way to the bedroom.