"What are you doing here?" Asked Kid in a bitter tone as he stepped between Soul and I.
"Just wanted to make sure my partner wasn't doing anything stupid or getting with some idiot I don't particularily like," spat Soul.
"Well, she's fine and you see that. And she's not with some idiot, she's with me. The one person who approached her when she was hiding in your room waiting for you to return to her and take her out of her mysery."
"Maka, is that true? What Kid just said, is that...true?"
His gaze shifted to me as he asked me that question that sounded forced and loaded with poison.
"Yes..." I shyly replied.
"God! This is exactly what I thought would happen after I left!" he yelled.
"Soul, calm down. Nothing happened to me that caused me to be seriously injured. And Kid would never hurt me, you know that."
"But...Maka, I'm in love with you. I have been for years and had always pushed it away."
I looked at him, studying his face for any sign of him lying but found nothing. Not even a slight trace in his eyes that looked at me with tenderness. I was starting to feel a little awkard as we looked at each other from oposite sides of Kid. My hands had found their way around Kid's waist, one had found its way across his chest. His breathing came in long drags as he gaurded me from Soul.
"Kid, why did you ask her out? I don't see how she could even like someone like you," growled Soul.
"Why shouldn't she like me? Is it because you want her all to yourself?" challenged Kid.
"Are you mocking me?"
"ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU!" I yelled. "There's no point in arguing over why Kid asked me or what I like about him. What's important is that I love one person and intend on keeping it that way."
They shut up after I spoke my mind. Hearing them fight over me was idiotic on both sides and pointless at best. I had had a rough time in the few days following Soul leaving me but had gotten used to him being away and Kid being by my side. Personally, I prefered Kid over Soul.
(Kid's POV)
I stood with Maka behind me, blocking her from Soul's reach. He had been the reason she was in so much pain to begin with and now he wanted her to forgive him and take him back. No, I wouldn't allow it. Not as long as there is still life in my body, I will not allow it.
"Soul, please leave us. I realize that this is in fact your home as well as Maka's, but I can't risk leaving you two alone," I flatly said.
"What am I going to do to her? Force her into something I know she doesn't like? Please, I'm not that type of person," spat Soul.
"I- I'd like to speak with you alone, Soul. I want to gather information behind the sudden feud between you and Kid," Maka quietly said.
"You want to know why there's a feud between us? I'll tell you right here, in front of Kid's face."
I heard Maka swallow hard as she waited for him to say what he had to say. But it never came. The bastard was nothing more than a liar who held a cool guy image on the outside to hide the real person on the inside.
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(Soul's POV)
Maka stared at me with her green eyes that always lit up around me before now. Now her eyes look dead around me and she never leaves Kid's side. I guess I can't blame her, after all I did leave her and Kid had essentially filled in the space I had left in both her heart and life.
She slid her arms off of Kid and took a step towards me. Kid shot his arm out protectively but she ignored it and took another step. She went like that for what felt like 5 minutes.
"Soul," she gentlely said, "how do I know I can trust you?"
"What do you mean Maka? Why shouldn't you trust me?" I asked.
"I mean, if I were to tell Kid to go to his house, would you be able to control yourself around me?"
"Yeah I could. It'd be difficult but I could do it."
I turned to Kid who looked unammused by the compromise she had made with me. He was uneasy as I lightly grabbed her wrist and lead her to my room where I closed the door, locking it behind me. It looked just as I had left it that night I left her: messy with an unmade bed.
"Maka..." I whimpered as I wrapped my arms around her.
"S-Soul...what is this about?" she asked as she reluctantly melted into my embrace.
"I just wanted to get away from him for a little bit. He kind of makes it difficult for me to do these kinds of things with him constantly watching your every move."
She sighed as she snaked her arms around my waist and slightly up my back. I had burried my face in the crook of her neck as I took in her sent that kind of caused me to go crazy. We stood like that for what seemed like a mere 4 seconds even though it had been a few minutes before we finally let go of the other.
(Maka's POV)
Knock Knock
"Maka? What are you doing in there with him?" asked Kid. "And why is the door locked?"
"We're just talking about why I should trust him if he were to stay here that's all. And the door's locked because I don't like how you hover over me when ever I do something with other guys," I replied, trying not to sound like I was smiling after hugging Soul.
"Okay darling. If that's all you two are doing then I'm going home. Love you."
"Love you too."
It fell silent for a moment before I heard him grab his keys and head out the door to go home. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding, only to sharply inhale as felt two arms wrap around my waist from behind.
"S-Soul...W-What are you d-doing?" I stuttered as his arms pulled me closer to him.
"Showing you that I'm the one you have been thirsting for this whole entire time since I left," he whispered into my ear.
"N-no. I only want Kid and that will never change."
"Oh really? Well then it's my mission to change that."
"S-stop it. Soul, stop. This isn't ri-"
I felt a pair of lips connect with mine, forbiding me to speak another word. I didn't recall being spun around to face him, unless I had done it subconciously.
'This isn't right at all. I shouldn't be enjoying this, him kissing me and holding me so closely. But, I can't stop myself from kissing him. Kid's going to kill me and Soul if he ever finds out about this,' I thought as my mind began to become clouded over as our kiss continued.