Partners

Summer

It didn't matter if summer time meant that their classes were put on hold, Maka and her scythe partner were always taking on Extra-Curricular Assignments and taking down Kishin eggs to keep themselves in good shape. A lot of teams did the same thing so they weren't alone. Black*Star and Tsubaki were normally heading out alongside the two of them, and every once in a while Kid and the Thompson Sisters came along too. It all depended on the mission.

The only issue with missions during the boiling hot days of summer was just that. It was always so hot in the desert; it was unbearable. The only person out of their group that wasn't entirely affected by the radiating heat from the laughing sun was Death the Kid and it was only because he was a Shinigami. The envy was solid and obvious amongst the other Shibusen students whenever they tread through the endless valley of misery that surrounded Death City.

That was the moral of the story: Death City was a terrible place to live during the summer time.

That's why Maka was both relieved and stressed beyond compare the day they all finally took a break from their assignments to do something normal teenagers did during the summer. They traveled to the beaches of California and took a well needed vacation. The only issue here was that Maka couldn't bring along her books unless she kept them in the hotel, and she had to participate in their activities no matter what. She had been worried about her and Soul's training, and she let those pressured feelings get the better of her and prevent her from actually letting loose and having fun.

Soul Eater on the other hand was quite happy to finally get his break and relax under an umbrella for a little while.

"You're too tense. Get in the water or somethin'."

"But we're so close to getting our eightieth soul! We could be getting it right now!"

Soul reached over and pushed against the back of his Partner's knees since he was too lazy to stand and shove her toward the water. "Go." He received an angry scowl in response from her and he gestured over to Liz and Patty as they covered their Shinigami partner with sand. "They'll need help making the mound more symmetrical."

"But Soul—"

"It's called summer break for a reason!" Soul groaned as he finally pushed himself back up. "It's so hot out here; don't you want to go for a swim? Come on, I know I do. Sounds cool and refreshing huh?" He set his hands on her shoulders, feeling just how hot the sun had made her skin, and he began to push her toward the shore line. "Yay ocean." As she squealed in protest, the scythe shoved her once they got to the damp sand and she lunged forward to fall nearly face first into the closing in wave.

"Soul, I'm going to kill you!"

With his hands on his hips, Soul found himself grinning back at her threat. "Yeah okay sure. Promise me you'll do that when we get back to the hotel though." A sea shell being thrown into his face at high speeds was her response to that and he reached up to rub his nose. "Geez, Maka, learn to have a little fun."

She stubbornly crossed her arms as the next wave crashed against her and spilled over her legs. "I know how to have fun." She then muttered; only then to notice him shake his head at her. She bit down on the inside of her cheek and gathered a clump of wet sand in her hands as he turned his attention to Black*Star. The ninja had made his way over to let his best friend know that he was going to go jump off the cliff on the end of the beach. He was most likely going to announce this to the rest of the group when he got there but it would be impossible to hear him from all the way over there.

"Sounds cool. I'll be watching." Soul grinned and clapped his hand against Black*Star's before the latter turned to run off with a worried shadow weapon hot on his heels. Then, just before he turned his attention back to his Meister, something wet and grainy was thrown into his chest and splat all over him. He staggered back a few steps, finding wet sand on his chest, legs, arms, and was it on his forehead too? "W-What the hell?" He immediately turned to his Meister. "Maka!"

"I told you I can have a little fun."

Soul never found it in him to stay angry at Maka forever. He could easily hold a grudge, but forgiving his Meister was almost too easy. Now that she seemed like she'd forgotten about their assignments and duties as students from the DWMA, he felt his own shoulders relax and he was able to chase her into deeper waters and tackle her down to mess around a little. While they were on vacation, they didn't have to be serious because of their business as partners. Here, he could treat her like a friend and he could tease her without getting yelled at about not being professional enough. Here, she could laugh and shove his head into the water and he would pull her down to join him. If this had been a mission, they both would have been killed because of their carelessness.

They were too engrossed in each other's company to realize that Black*Star had already called out to the beach goers and taken his fall. They were too busy laughing and shooting haughty or coy smiles at each other to realize that the ninja had hurt himself and Tsubaki was going to take him back to the hotel. The two of them had become too lost in each other's eyes to realize that Kid had almost drowned when the waves rolled in. They simply went to a whole different world when Soul succeeded to relieve the pressure holding down his Partner's shoulders. They could worry about everything else later when they returned to the hotel from their day of laughing and flirtatious gestures.

Then it was back to work and getting on with that eightieth soul they were meant to capture before summer finally came to a close.

ooh kill em

i know this was totally expected for a summer prompt

how predictable

but hey

Its cute so deal with it