Disclaimer: I do not own the lyrics to 'Part II' by Paramore.
I'll be lost until...
Maka sat on the dirt while she leaned on a tree, waiting for Soul to come back. She's been sitting for 30 minutes, and impatience was beginning to take over.
At least it's night—Maka thought as she stood up. She wandered around the forest to pass time, then unexpectedly brought herself to the escape pod.
There's no way I'll be able to use this to get back home; it's broken.
Suddenly, rustling occurred and Maka froze. The noise approached closer toward her, causing the girl to become ice-cold. Knowing that to escape the current situation, she needed to move, she began to step in the direction of Soul's house. This time, the mysterious noise stopped, but then it picked up its pace to where Maka was.
Her heart jumped. Maka quickened her pace as well and ran. Pretty soon, the thing was chasing her. Maka ran on the backyard grass then fell because she lost balance. The figure approached her and shined a flashlight to see her. She immediately retracted herself and crawled backward.
"Hey! I'm not going to hurt you!" The voice of a teenager stated.
"Then turn off the light!" Maka told him. She knew it wasn't Soul; this person's voice was more...mature. The light turned off and Maka looked at the boy.
This definitely isn't Soul...
"Who are you?" She asked. Before he could answer, he was tackled to the ground by someone else.
"Soul!" Maka cried as she saw him take the other boy down. Soul grabbed the guy's both wrists and held them with one of his hands.
"Let me go!"
Soul's eyes widened then he let go of him and got up. "Kid, what the hell are you doing in my backyard?"
"I was following this strange girl." Kid answered as he dusted himself off.
Soul eyed Maka, making her raise a brow.
"What?"
"What were you doing while I was gone?"
"Nothing, honestly." She responded with a sigh. "Until he chased me all of a sudden and I freaked out."
"Kid, why did you do that?" Soul questioned.
"I heard noise so I decided to see what it was."
"What were you doing in the woods?"
"I saw something from the sky crash around there a few nights ago, so I went to investigate it today. But since I haven't found anything, I'll be on my way."
"Okay - "
"By the way, who is she?"
"...A friend." Soul simply answered. He knew it was too risky to tell Kid who she was.
"Why was she in the woods?"
"Because I was waiting for him to get something." Maka answered quickly. "Anything else?" She urged in an annoyed tone.
Kid furrowed his eyebrows. "No. Well, goodnight."
After Kid left, Soul turned to Maka.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just fell, is all."
"You know, Kid would've kept prying if you hadn't made him shut up like that." He smirked.
"He goes to your school right? I heard you and Liz say that he's strict and that he does what he wants. He's also the son of the principal."
"That's all true. Anyways, we should go back. I'm tired."
The next day, when the house emptied out, Maka ran out of her hiding spot, switched off the lights, and closed every curtain.
"Finally, I'm not enclosed in that room." Maka said, relieved. "I'm hungry, too." She looked into the refrigerator.
"People are so fed up with themselves; they don't even pay attention to me!"
"BlackStar, you can be annoying sometimes, so that could be a reason." Soul commented.
Maka was about to eat a fruit, but when she heard Soul's companion, she dropped it and ran to the bathroom.
He's back already?!
"Soul," BlackStar started. "Where's your food?"
"Try looking in the kitchen." Soul bluntly answered.
When BlackStar arrived there, he saw a strawberry on the floor. He stepped over it and opened the cabinets. Once he found himself something satisfying, he walked back to the living room.
"Why is it so dark in here?"
"I honestly don't know." Then it came to him. "Be right back." Soul peeked in every room as he looked for Maka; he knew she wasn't in the hiding spot because the lights were off.
When he couldn't open the bathroom door she was in, he knocked on it and sighed.
"Maka, what are you doing in there?"
"Waiting for your friend to leave." She straightforwardly said.
"That'll be a while. He leaves when he wants to, I can't really control him."
"Ok, fine. Can you bring me some food?"
"Get it yourself."
"He'll see me, you idiot."
"Jeez. It's dark, so I doubt that."
With that, Maka unlocked the door and stepped out.
"You alright?" Soul asked.
"Yeah. Why do you keep asking me that?"
"I'm just making sure you're safe."
"Well, I'm fine, so you can stop asking."
"If I don't look out for you, you'll probably end up in a worse situation."
"No way!"
"Who else are you going to rely on if you leave?"
Maka held herself back from spouting out nonsense, then left to get a snack.
"When you're done eating, I'm going to turn the lights back on." Soul said.
"No! I can't survive with light!"
"Okay, calm down...wait, what did you just say?"
"Since I'm an alien of my planet, we live in the darkness. If we're exposed to light, we'll dissolve. So if light shines on me, I'm dead."
"Oh ok, so I'll leave the light off, then."
"Thank you."
"How many friends are you going to invite over?" Maka asked Soul as they sat on the couch. BlackStar left, so they were alone. "I don't want to keep hiding during the day."
"I don't know. They just invite themselves, I guess." Soul answered. "Does it bother you that much?"
"Kind of, I just don't want to feel like I'm locked up."
"...I have an idea. Why don't you come outside with me?"
"Right now?"
"No, when I go out. This is how it'll work: I'll get you some clothes and shoes that will protect you from the sun. You'll wear long-sleeved shirts, jeans, and a cap everyday."
"That sounds good, but what about your parents? Won't they notice me when I leave this house?"
"Well, I'll just say what I usually say; you're a friend."
"They'll see me everyday, so won't that be suspicious?"
"In what way? It's not like we're dating or anything; unless you want to." Soul joked as he smirked.
Maka threw a pillow at him. "No, I don't! Stop kidding around."
"Then what?" Soul set the pillow aside.
"Ok," Maka sighed. "Let's go along with your plan."
"Cool."
"Does this look ok?" Maka asked Soul as she wore the clothes he bought her. She wore light-colored clothing so the sun rays would reflect instead of absorb.
"I bought those clothes, so unless you think I purposely bought something ugly for you to wear, you're fine."
Maka stopped examining herself and shrugged. "Where are we going?"
"To buy food. My parents said we have guests coming over."
Maka nodded then jumped outside and ran to the driveway, pulling down her cap. Soul followed her after he shut the door. He got on his motorcycle and waited for her to do the same thing. Once she did, she held her hat to keep it from flying with the wind.
When they arrived at the grocery store, Maka froze and couldn't process the place she was in. Soul stood next to her and chuckled.
"First time seeing something like this? C'mon, you'll get used to it." He grabbed her hand and pulled her along. Her eyes focused on the variety of foods around her as she walked around with Soul. She soon snapped out of her trance when she tripped on a cord.
Luckily, since she was holding Soul's hand, he felt her grip on tighter and he reacted quick enough to catch her. He brought her up and made sure she stood up right.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, sorry about that." She looked down and refused to met his eyes. She knew she was being clumsy and it embarassed her.
"It's cool." He stared at her cap, waiting for her to lift her head.
"Just hug her!" Someone shouted out.
Soul glanced at the person who yelled that and saw that it was a young girl. She stared intently at the two, waiting for Soul to make his move.
"What are you talking about?" He called back.
"Your girlfriend is sad, you're clearly holding hands with her, and you look sympathetic! Hug her!"
His eye twitched. "It's not what you think. It's none of your business, anyways."
"So you're breaking up with her?!"
"N-No! Whatever." He continued walking and took Maka with him. Maka finally looked at him and saw that he was frustrated.
"Just ignore what happened." She said.
"I know. Let's just get the food and leave."
"Also, you can let go of my hand, now."
"You might zone out again, so no."
"People might get the wrong idea."
"Let them think what they want. I don't care."
Maka gave off a look of uncertainty at his words, but then sighed and continued following him.
The doorbell rang once before Soul's mother answered.
"Welcome! Please, come in!"
Soul slowly walked downstairs to see who the guests were, and his eyes immediately turned away when he saw Kid along with other random people.
Maka crawled out of the fireplace and ran to where Soul was.
"Who are they?"
"I only know Kid, but I don't know why he's here."
"Kid's the one who chased me!"
"Yeah. I don't want him to know I'm here, so I'm going back to my room."
"Since he was in your backyard last night, don't you think he would know that you live here?"
"True, but I don't want to see him. Bye." He began walking upstairs.
"Wait! Can I come with you?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it's my room, not yours."
"That's selfish."
Soul ignored her and entered his room. Regardless of what he told her, Maka came in, too. Soul didn't care much, so he closed the door after she came in and sat on his bed. Maka inspected what was around her, and found that there was nothing that could keep herself busy. Soul opened his laptop and began typing something. Maka was curious, but she couldn't see due to the brightness of the screen.
"Soul, do you have any books?" She asked, instead of prying about his computer.
"No."
"Do you have anything I can read?"
"No."
"You're lazy."
"You don't say."
"Are you even listening to me?"
"No."
"Pay attention!"
Soul closed his laptop and looked at her.
"What do you want?"
"Just...for you to pay attention." Her voice faded.
"What am I supposed to do, though? If you don't tell me what you want, then I can't help your boredom."
"...Can we talk?"
"Sure."
Maka made her way to his bed and sat next to him.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Not really. I'm just annoyed that Kid is here. He's a prick, you know that? He's going to ask my mom for unnecessary information and tell her about me in school. It's stupid."
"I see. Well, not much you can do."
"Yeah."
Awkward silence passed between them.
"Can you tell me where the upstairs bathroom is? I don't want to use the one downstairs."
"I'll show you."
Maka got up and put herself on the wall while she waited for Soul to stand up. He walked up to her but accidentally tripped on his shoes, making him put his hands around the wall Maka was in. Their faces were extremely close, both lightly blushing.
"And this is Soul's room." His mother said as she opened the door to show the guests, revealing Soul and Maka at the worst time.