"Yeah, breakfast would be amazing, thanks" he sniffed his tshirt "I better change first though, maybe take a shower" he walked back towards the spare room where the door was slightly ajar. He went to knock on the door but before his knuckles had a chance to rap on the wood he overheard Maka on the phone
"Don't worry! I stayed at Tsubaki's last night… I told you there was a chance I wouldn't be home….. Yeah, he's here, I think he got in two days ago….. What do you mean by that!?... Listen, I just called to tell you I'm fine and that I'll see you later, I have a few things to do first and I don't know how long I'll be…. Bye, bye,b-bye"
"Maka?" he knocked on the door
"Yeah?"
"Can I come in?" he asked gingerly
"Sure"
He stepped in, she had gotten back into her work clothes.
"Do you want to go for coffee or something after breakfast?"
"Yeah, that'd be great. Would it be okay if I stopped off at home and got changed first?"
"That's cool with me, I'm just going for a shower"
After his shower Soul went back into the kitchen to join everyone for breakfast.
"Morning Soul" Black Star sauntered in "Morning Mrs God" he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek before swaying from side to side. Tsubaki giggled.
"Hey little girly, hurry up, Daddy wants to meet you" he rubbed her stomach. He kissed his baby-mama and let go of her. He was still half asleep "Morning, Maka" he woke up "MAKA!? What the hell are you doing here!?"
She turned a deep shade of pink "Um, I was really twisted last night so Soul took me back here to sleep"
"Huh?" Tsubaki quickly handed him a plate stacked with bacon and eggs before he had a chance to ask any more questions "YAHOO!" he plonked his back-side on the sofa and devoured the whole plate.
"Maka, Soul" she said as she held out two plates
"Thanks Tsubaki" Soul smiled
"This is amazing, Tsubaki, thanks" Maka's face went back to its normal colour "how do you do it?"
"Do what?" the weapon smiled as she got a plate for herself.
"Be super pregnant and super amazing and never complaining-"
Black Star and Soul started to snigger
"Never complaining?" Black Star questioned before he began to mock her "Black Star, my ankles hurt. Black Star, I want ice-cream. Black Star, I hate it when you leave the toilet seat up-"
"Tsubaki chop!"
He was on the ground.
"Well, Maka, as you can see that chop you thought me has really come in handy" she smiled innocently.
Maka laughed nervously "Yeah"
For the remainder of the breakfast they all sat in content if not slightly awkward silence.
Maka cleared her plate and rinsed it off in the sink "Thanks again, Tsubaki"
"No problem" she smiled
"Soul, you ready to go?" she looked at her old partner
"As ready as I'll ever be" he took a deep breath
"Where are you two going?" Tsubaki cocked an eyebrow
"To talk" Maka said nervously
"okay" she replied sceptically.
The two of them walked down the street in awkward silence.
She giggled "We leave to talk but we don't say a word to each other, haha-"
"I didn't replace you as my meister, Maka" his hands were in his pockets as she stared down at the stone he was kicking.
"Huh?"
"Last night, you said that you heard I got a new meister, I didn't"
"I thought you did?"
"Nope. When I first got to Ocianica, I met this kid, he had nowhere to go, no one looking out for him, he had nothing. He told me how he always wanted to go to the DWMA and train to be a great meister. You know how quiet Ocianica is, so I kinda took it on myself to teach him, at first it was just to pass the time but after a while he showed some real potential. He's more like a little brother to me than a meister"
"So you just found this kid?"
"Well, he found me, really"
"No family?"
"Nope, never mentions them"
"Did you ever ask?"
"No. It's none of my business"
She looked at him "What's his name?"
"Phil. He's holding down the fort for me while I'm here… You will always be my Meister, Maka"
"You'll always be my weapon" she smiled as they approached her apartment.
He looked up "Wow, you never moved out?" it was their old apartment
"Nope. Too many memories"
They went up the stairs and the door opened.
"Ha! Death, this place hasn't changed one little bit" he exclaimed as he entered.
"Home sweet home, eh?" she laughed.
He looked around at all the pictures. There were lots of himself and Maka and their friends from the DWMA. He came across one that was taken on their graduation night "Wow! Four years ago" he smiled "How old were we then… eighteen?"
"Yup" she smiled "You know where everything is. I'm just going to take a shower"
"Sure" he studied the picture from left to right. Kidd with his arms around his weapons looking like they had one to many drinks. Black Star mid-obnoxious laughter next to a timid and embarrassed Tsubaki. Then onto himself, he was the only one looking at the camera displaying his shark teeth in a cool grin with his arm over Maka's shoulder. Maka was looking at her weapon and smiling proudly. "I was just made into a Death Scythe not long before then" he smiled to himself. He was beginning to wish he could go back to those days, things were so much simpler. He put the photo back on the mantle.
He spotted another photo that had fallen over. He picked it up and smiled. "When we first became partners!" He laughed in astonishment. Soul's younger-self was dressed in his head band, black and yellow jacket and red pants. He had his hands in his pockets and was attempting to smile for the camera. Maka was wearing her black coat, yellow sweater-vest, green tie, white shirt, plaid skirt and white gloves along with a huge determined smile on her young face. "Nearly ten years ago and she hasn't changed a bit" he smiled.
She stepped out of the bathroom in a towel. She saw him smiling like an idiot at the old photo "That one's my favourite" she was leaning against the wall in the hallway .
He looked up from the photo "Hard to believe that's seven years ago"
"Time flies" She smiled "Anyway, I'm just going to get dressed"