"Who killed the party?" I ask when I walk in the front door after spending forever in the school's little clinic.
"Welcome back Soul, I guess I wasn't completely wrong." Angel says smiling. "Who is he?" mumbles a new voice.
"Chris, this is Soul, the boy I told you of." Angel says "Soul, this is my little brother, Christopher Nicolas Nex."
I smile cheekily the best I can at the short looking kid.
He does look a lot like Angel, only his eyes seem partially darker, that and his hair is not blond with rainbow tips, it's actually a dark brown, almost black. His hair is ear length and straight, his bangs are slung loosely over his right eye and his bangs also have white stripes.
"Soul, Angel has asked us to look after Chris for a while, he'll be going to the DWMA in a few days so Angel thought we could teach him a few things and show him around a little before he's enrolled." Maka says putting her hands on Chris' shoulders.
"Sure, I'm cool with it." I say and I walk to Maka's side.
"I'm glad you're ok, Soul." She says and smiles, when she smiles, my heartbeat jumps.
"Th-thanks, Maka." I stutter.
"Well, we should get going now; Chris will be back in a few with his crap." East says, taking hold of his partner's pale hand and pulls her out of the house with Chris fallowing, laughing.
"Are you OK, Soul?" Maka asks "you look a little pale." She moves closer to me and looks me with thoughts covering her sweet smile.
"Y-yah, I'm cool." I lie, my heartbeat thumping so loud I am sure she can hear it.
She smiles and tilts her head a bit down and moves in closer and closer, slowly till her light breath is first blowing my bangs away gently then until it gently tickles my lips. As she leans closer I close my eyes and I can feel myself flush a brilliant rosy red. I hold my breath and thoughts swell my mind in an instant.
What is she doing? Why is she so close? She smells like cherries… what am I thinking? Oh god- she wouldn't try to ki-
My thoughts are interrupted when Maka's forehead is gently resting on my own forehead.
"You're a bit warm, maybe you need some sleep." She says to me withdrawing her head. I nod, trying to head my red face as we walk to my bed.
Only one thing is on my mind now, Maka's beautiful face, smiling at me with her eyes twinkling.
"I guess I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight…" She says as I climb on top of my bed, still a little red. "Oh, that's right, Chris will be here tonight and it wouldn't be cool if he didn't use the guest room, aka your room." I say to myself. "I'll sleep on the couch tonight." "No, you're still sick." She says shaking her head. "we… we could share this bed… tonight…" I put one hand on her shoulder and use the other to pull her chin my way gently.
The long paused almost makes me think she's going to do something when she smiles I redden again.
"Nah, I'll sleep at Tsubaki's tonight," Her smile seems a bit sad, almost hallow as she stand and walks to the door way. "after I take a quick shower." She walks off and in a few minutes I hear the clash of running water hitting the ground.