Author's Note: So since I'm on break I wanted to update with Chapter 2 as soon as possible. Feedback is always appreciated after all I want to know what areas of the story I can improve on and if people are enjoying it. Thanks!

Chapter 2: Let's keep it a secret for now

"So, what exactly is your plan for helping me learn how to play an instrument and understand music?" Maka asked after she and Hiro shook hands.

"Well, what's your schedule like during the week? We need to find a time when both of us are available for this to work." Hiro replied back.

'I know now that Soul's a death scythe he has to have training with Kid on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I have field practice and lessons Mondays and Thursdays. It seems like only Fridays and the weekend would be the best options, but then again…" Maka scrunched her face up with worry as she mused over her thoughts. There really wasn't anytime during the week that she wasn't busy working on something. How was she going to fit in music lessons as well?

Hiro on the other hand didn't seem too worried once Maka told him her schedule.

"Its fine Maka, we should meet after class on Tuesdays or Wednesdays then from what you are saying. That's when Soul has death scythe lessons and training right?" Hiro concluded.

"Yeah, but why does that matter?" Maka questioned, gaining a perplexed expression.

"The answer is obvious." Hiro stated, a smirk coming back onto his face. "Do you really want Soul or hell really any one of your friends finding out you're getting music lessons from me?"

Maka slightly groaned under her breathe. Why did it seem like Hiro was right about so many things involving her life lately. "I suppose if the lessons are after class on Wednesdays nobody would really know. Soul doesn't usually get back from his lessons until 5 or 5:30pm and I get out of class at about 2 pm so that's at least three hours I could get in." Maka considered tiredly. It seemed like she was just only making trouble for herself by making the decision to keep this all hidden, but if it all worked out, the possibilities could be endless.

"Okay I think we should just go with Wednesdays after class for right now and see where we can go from there." Maka stated, ready to be done with the conversation.

"Alright sounds good with me! Meet me back at this music shop next Wednesday after class around say 2:30 pm so we can get started as soon as possible." Hiro finished with a smile and with that he left out of the store leaving Maka alone with her thoughts.

Maka sighed. 'What am I getting myself into?'

~X~

"So where the heck have you been this whole time?" Soul sneered out as Maka walked back into the apartment. It was about 8:30 pm now and Blair had already left out for work leaving Maka alone to face Soul.

'Great, the first thing I come home to is Soul pressuring me for answers.' Maka thought sarcastically.

"Sorry I'm late. I was just um… looking at this new store that opened up and I lost track of time." Maka stated gently, trying to keep the anxiety out of her voice. It wasn't like that was lie after all; she really had been at new store.

Soul glared at her for a few more seconds; making Maka even more nervous he was going to question her further when he facial features began to relax.

"Well, you could have at least called me or texted. I thought something bad had happened to you after you just ran off earlier." Soul grumbled looking away from Maka, his cheeks getting slightly red.

'Oh, he was just worried about me and here I am getting angry and annoyed at him." Maka thought, feeling her own cheeks get slightly hot.

An awkward moment of silence fell between the two of them until Maka thought of a way to break it, heading over to the kitchen to set down the groceries.

"I'll make it up to for making you worry like that! Since dinner is so late today, I'll make anything you want just name it." Maka said cheerily trying to brighten up the situation.

"Oh really"? Soul stated with a grin moving up close to Maka to help her put away the rest of the items into the fridge or cabinets.

"Yeah... um really. "What's with Soul suddenly getting all close to me all of a sudden? He's just trying to mess me right?" Maka thought, her cheeks already beginning to flush again.

"Guess what though?" Soul whispered in her ear.

"What?" Maka whispered back in anticipation.

"I already bought take-out since you took too long to come home!" Soul shouted into ear completely destroying the mood and reigniting Maka's anger.

Maka turned back towards Soul and grabbed the nearby cookbook. "Wait Maka calm down, you don't need to hit me." Soul explained, beginning to edge away from Maka.

"You should have thought of that before you made that comment." Maka hissed back, striking his head just before he could run off.

As Soul clutched his head and sauntered away, Maka pondered over everything that had happened throughout the day.

'It seems like everything moved so fast today. I wonder if it was a good idea to go to Hiro for help instead of just asking Soul. I mean Soul probably knows way more about music than Hiro ever would, but I don't think he would be willing to teach me even though he's more comfortable playing now for people.' Maka thought, still feeling troubled.

'But then again with the way Soul's been teasing me and joking around with me so much lately, maybe it's for the best if he doesn't know so he can't further embarrass me or worse tell Black Star who will just tell the whole world.' Maka added as an afterthought, still irritated at by his past comments.

Well there was no use really worrying about it now that it she had made her decision. It was getting late and they had school tomorrow.

~X~

'I need to focus on today's lesson. No matter how boring or typical it is, I can't let any distractions get to me.' Maka thought, fidgeting slightly in her seat.

Maybe it was because Professor Stein's usual lesson plan just consisted of dissecting rare animals, but today in particular, it was much harder for Maka to focus on what was going on.

It was only Monday, so that meant there were still two more days of waiting until she met up with Hiro again to first pick out an instrument she could begin to master.

As much as Maka was still wary of Hiro being an actually good teacher, she still felt excited about the prospect of someone actually willing to help her to learn.

'I wonder what type of instrument I should pick. It should be something light enough I could carry around and at least be able to hide in my room away from both Blair and Soul's nosy eyes, but I also want it to be something that I actually like and isn't too complicated to learn.' Maka thought, she needed to start researching instruments online soon.

Maka glanced at her watch; there was still an hour left of class left. "Wednesday couldn't get here any slower." Maka grumbled under her breathe.

Finally after two hectic days of going through schoolwork and training, it was at last the day Maka had been anticipating: Wednesday.

'All I need to do now is just get my textbooks from my locker and then I can head to music store to meet up with Hiro.' Maka reflected gleefully, briskly walking through the halls towards her locker.

As soon as Maka opened her locker door though, an envelope suddenly fell out, startling her from her thoughts.

"What's this?" Maka questioned aloud. 'It's usually Soul who's the one who gets fan-girl letters so perhaps one of them mistook my locker for his again.'

The envelope looked simple enough. It was a plain white envelope with nothing special on it except for her name written on it in bold black ink.

"I guess this is for me then, I wonder who it's from." Maka pondered, as she began to open the envelope and read the letter.

Maka's eyes began to widen as she scanned over letter's contents.

In bold black letters the same as the one on the envelope the letter simply said:

If you are reading this Maka Albarn then you should already know now that Soul is a death scythe and that you have no business hanging around him so much. You two may still live together, but you have that's where all the similarities between you two stop. Don't think we won't take action.

Sincerely,

Anonymous

Maka couldn't help but roll her eyes and crumble up the letter and throw it away. Shortly after Soul had become a death scythe, she had been receiving anonymous letters from people who could only be Soul's fan-girls just hiding their identity. Even though most of the letters consisted of the same similar message of telling her to quit being Soul's friend (without any real logic towards why she should stop.), others were much harsher and criticized her on how good she was as a meister and as a person in general.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Maka had tried to track who was sending the letters, she still had no idea who was doing it and as much as she didn't want to let their words get to her, sometimes she couldn't help but feel they had a point. She couldn't tell Soul or anyone about these letters; no that was just going to make her look weak and dependable exactly what whoever "anonymous" seemed to think.

Maka let out a groan of frustration and quickly grabbed her books and headed straight for the music store. There went her good mood.

"I'm not going to let their words get to me no matter what; I'm definitely going to learn to master music at the least." Maka concluded to herself and she walked as fast as she could to the store and out of DWMA's halls.

~X~

"What took you so long? I was beginning to think you were going to bail on me." Hiro inquired, as he watched Maka walk up to him out of breathe.

"Yeah sorry, I had to stop by my locker and I kind of got distracted." Maka gruffly said, still a bit out of breathe from trying to make it on time and avoid thinking about the letter. "It's only 2:38 pm so it's not like I'm running that late." Maka added on.

"True, you're here now so let's head in." Hiro said as he headed back into Music Mania with Maka trailing behind him.

"Oh, I remember seeing you two just yesterday in here. Do you still need more time to look around or have you decided on something you want to buy?" A friendly voice asked.

Both Hiro and Maka turned towards the voice and were greeted by a kind elderly woman who looked to be in about her mid-60s. She had bright blue eyes and long wavy grey hair neatly pulled back in a ponytail.

"Well, were you two planning to buy something or just stare at me all day?" The elderly lady asked, a wry smile forming on her face.

"Actually she's the one looking for an instrument." Hiro stated, pointing towards Maka with his thumb.

"You should have said something earlier!" The woman said with a grin. "Is this going to be your first instrument? Oh, I love helping a beginner… and with even help from your boyfriend too I presume." The woman began to prattle on about random topics beginning to annoy both Maka and Hiro until another voice interrupted her.

"Honey calm down, you're asking them too many questions at once and you are going to scare them off!" This time the speaker's voice belonged to an elderly old man who could only be assumed to be the woman's husband.

"Sorry about that. We just opened up this store as you know and my wife can get little too excited when she sees a customer" the man explained apologetically.

"It's okay." Maka replied back. 'Though I would be happier if she hadn't assumed Hiro was my boyfriend, that's gross.' "To answer your wife's question though, yes I am looking for an instrument."

The man smiled warmly, "from the look on your face, I think you already have one in mind. Am I right?" he asked.

"You are." Maka stated with a grin, looking around the store for the instrument she had researched. Over the past couple of days she had looked online and read in the library over good beginners' instruments to play, paying special attention to how each instrument sounded and how much each one would cost.

Finally, Maka found the instrument she was looking and held it out for everyone to see.

"I'm ready to purchase this instrument sir." Maka said, holding it close with a smile.

A/N: Well that's Chapter 2 I hope people are enjoying this story I have so many ideas for it is just hard expand on them. Read & Review to let me know what you think!