Author's Note: Okay, I was working on a really long drabble for all of my readers, but since I've gotten a few more reviews (and so many more sweet compliments!) I just had to give you all a real quick one to show my appreciation!

Disclaimer: I don't own it! I wish I did, but sadly I failed to snag the deed! :p

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1. Air

For that split second before Soul transformed into his weapon form and his hand was warm in her gloved one, she felt weightless. Suspended in nothingness and at the same time anchored. She could trust this boy.

2. Apples

They could both argue on their favorite foods, and even if they never quite agreed on everything (she liked healthy foods whereas he cared little for them) they knew at least they could both be fond of a healthy fruit turned into a baked dessert.

3. Beginning

Soul didn't know where Maka started and he began. It was as if they had never been apart and knew (because he was unwilling to think of it any other way) that they always would be. His beginning had started the day she said hello.

4. Rescue

In a way, they had both rescued each other. Soul had rescued Maka from a lifetime of distrust and had proved to her that not all men were worthless. And in turn she had saved Soul from a life of loneliness, of a life with people who could never possibly understand him. It was safe to say they were each other's savior.

5. Death

He didn't think he could stomach the idea of Maka being dead. After all, he had sworn up and down that she would never, never, come into harm's way. He'd die before he let that happen, and several times he had come close. Now if only he could find a way to keep them both out of trouble he could breathe easy.

6. Dark

Maka was not afraid of a lot of things; it was one of the characteristics that Soul admired about his partner. The fears she did have, however small or childish they appeared to be, only made her that much more endearing. It didn't hurt that she clung to him when the lights went out and suddenly he was finding a new appreciation for her double fears of the dark and thunder storms.

7. Despair

When Maka thought Soul had betrayed her for Blair, she thought that what she was feeling was despair. But then, when she watched Chrona's blade slice into his chest and Soul collapsing on the ground with blood soaked clothes and gasping breaths, she knew then that this was despair.

8. Doors

They say that should one door close, another will open. Maka was wondering how long each of those doors took to open in the first place. It was painful waiting for the next chapter of her family's life to begin and the hurt and betrayal to end.

9. Chance

Soul wasn't very religious, and really how could one be in a world such as theirs? But, and this he would never admit, if there was one thing he believed in it would be Fate. It was totally uncool, but he knew there was no way around it. It was fate that he and his meister had met. He would swear every last breath on it.

10. Duty

It was their job, their duty to hunt these Kishin down. To destroy the evil that threatened their chance at true peace. Every day they knew, they simply knew that it was just a matter of time until they would see the fruit of their progress.

11. Earth

Maka joked she wasn't from Earth once. Soul had whole-heartedly agreed until he was thrown out of their shared apartment with a large book-shaped mark on the top of his head a second later. Sometimes he had to wonder when exactly he should take her seriously.

12. Arms

Physical contact was no longer a very big deal between them. After all, it was a regular occurrence to hold hands in order to be better prepared for battle. So when Tsubaki had mused aloud that Soul and Maka seemed unusually clingy that day, the two had decided they could do without holding hands and protective arm-clutching when around their friends.

13. Pinwheels

As a child she had been fascinated by fairytale lands in books and sandcastles in the playground. She could remember, back when her papa had been around and still loved his wife, that her favorite toy had been bright red and black pinwheels. Ironic now that she thought about the boy she could hear snoring just down the hall.

14. Fire

If Soul was really angry (and not just the simmering kind where she could see his sharp teeth grinding against his mouth) she could see his garnet colored eyes smolder. That's when she knew. Fire in his eyes and a quick scathing burn ready on his tongue.

15. Flexible

Soul snorted at Maka's excuse for taking, and failing at, yoga. He rolled his eyes and stared her down, smirk evident on his face while she played with the ends of a pale blonde pig tail. "Girls like you can't bend over backwards. Even if they practiced."

16. Disease

Sometimes, the black blood felt too much like a disease. Festering slowly from beneath his skin and bones and driving him further and further into madness. If there was one thing Soul was perfectly aware of however, it was that no matter how much he tried to keep it in, it could very well consume them both should he lose control.

17. Food

"Food fight!" Someone shouted (most likely Black*Star, he really wouldn't put it past the blue haired ninja) and almost immediately Soul was diving out of his chair to cover Maka from the flying food. She, of course, had been too busy with her nose in a book to notice the chaos around her.

18. Strength

She stared at the pile of postcards in her lap, the newest one held firmly in her hand, and let a true smile slip onto her lips. If there was one thing (other than the presence of her partner, because that gave her strength alone) it was her mother's words of wisdom that sometimes made no sense and then at the same time made all the difference in the world.

19. Grave

Maka vowed to never visit a graveyard again after their 'epic' battle with Sid. If there was one thing she did not handle well, it was the already dead.

20. Green

Before Maka had come along, Soul had a strong distaste for anything green. One look into velvet green eyes however, and suddenly he was hook, line and sinker. Little did he know that she was thinking the very same thing about his shock white hair.

Special Thanks! I would love to thank these Very Special reviewers for taking the time to read and review! I know what a chore that is to do! ;)

Kashii Ai – Thank you for reviewing not once, but Twice! That means So much! You're awesome lovely I can't thank you enough. I'm glad that I made you squee too. It's my life's goal to make SoMa fans squee ;) I hope this one meets your fluffy requirements!

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