"You've been wearing your hair down a lot lately, Maka."

The blonde in question looked up over her cup of tea. "Oh?"

"Yeah. It seems like you have over the past few weeks."

The Meister smiled. "I hadn't really noticed, Tsubaki."

The ninja weapon leaned close enough to whisper in her ear, "You know, you missed one."

"Eh?"

Tsubaki pointed at the girl's neck. "You missed a mark."

Olive eyes widened, before quickly snapping back into focus. "Wh-What are you talking about!? I'm sure my hair covered all of them!" She hastily whispered, tugging at her collar and tilting her neck to peer down.

The kusarigama grinned. "I was kidding, Maka. You totally just fell into my trap though." She leaned back to her original position, pulling the blonde's chair closer so she wouldn't have to lean anymore. "How long?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. How long have you and Soul... You know... been an item?"

"Um..." The Meister blushed. "Four months now..."

"I knew it... Soul seemed more tired than usual during some of the morning briefings, and," She gave the scythe master a sideways glance, "you've been a bit sluggish lately, too."

"It's not like that! I swear!"

The dark haired girl winked. "Riiiight, because that's totally how feelings work."

Maka pouted. "Tsubaki..."

"Relax, I won't say anything. You have my word."

Their talk was inturrupted by Black*Star leaping up from the couch and slamming his fist down on the coffee table, nearly smashing it in half. "You cheating bastard!"

Crimson eyes rolled nonchalantly. "What the hell are you talking about? Don't start bitching just because I kicked your sorry ass in a video game."

"Rematch! No holding back! Your God will gladly unchain his awesome might and whoop your ass this time!"

"Fine. Just sit down and shut the fuck up." He lolled his head back to look at the upside down girls sitting at the kitchen table. "Honestly Tsubaki, how the hell did you deal with this dumbass

for so long?"

The fellow weapon smiled back, "Oh, he's not too bad. He knows how to be a good boy, right Star?"

"Damn right! Your God will reward you later for praising such awesomeness."

Maka stared at the ninja. 'My god, what an ass. How does he wear that grin constantly? It's idiotic... How does she even put up with that egotistical moron?' She flicked her eyes to the woman in question. 'And what the hell did he mean by 'reward'? I mean, all she did was rub his ego the right wa- oh. Oooh. That's what he meant by reward. She must know what buttons to push. Well, it's not like I don't...'

The blonde took a sip of her tea, locking eyes with the upside down face hanging over the back of the couch. "Hey, Soul."

"Hn?"

A devilish grin flashed across his Meister's face. "Show him no mercy, and I'll give you a reward."

Pointy teeth flashed back, equal in devilishness. "With pleasure, my Meister."

The boys began playing again, profanities flying throughout the air of the apartment while the girls resumed their talk.

"It seems like you have Black*Star all figured out."

Tsubaki took a long sip of tea, pursing her lips afterward. "Not really," She flashed a grin, "I just know how to get what I want."

Olive eyes sparkled with laughter, "I never knew you were so devious."

"Not devious." Her black ponytail fell off of her shoulder as she tilted her head in thought, "It's just that I hide things well."

"Exactly. You're devious, sneaky."

The kunoichi threw her a sideways glance, "What about you then, Miss Innocent?"

Maka chuckled, her eyes shifting to half lids, her mouth contorting to a grin. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Tsubaki."

"Please, don't give me that look. I know exactly what's going on behind those eyes of yours."

"What ever do you mean?"

Tsubaki nudged her lightly using her elbow. "You don't need to jump Soul once we leave.

Actually, I know you will because Star is losing."

"He is?" She placed her hand on the dark haired girl's shoulder. "Him 'praising' you might just lead into you 'consoling' him."

The ninja flicked her eyes up, a dangerous, uncharacteristic glint in her eye. "I still get what I want."

Reeling back at this new side of the weapon, she smirked. "Well, this is a side I've never seen."

"Well, now that you've had a taste of the dark side, maybe several tastes, you can learn more."

The blonde raised a puzzled brow, scoffing in the process. "What? You, teach me? Ha. I'm sure the guys would get a kick out of that."

The weapon rolled her eyes, "Not me literally teaching you, I don't think you could handle me. Try Blair."

Green eyes pressed shut as she blanched. "I'll pass. Besides, the that stupid cat would probably tell my... Father." She visibly paled at the word and continued, her color still drained. "That damn cat... She..." Maka shook her head and placed her forehead on the table. "She almost walked in on us a few times..."

Tsubaki stifled a giggle.

"If... If she caught us, I wonder what she would do..."

"I don't think she would tell Spirit. I mean, she's not that stupid." It was her turn to pale. "No one wants to deal with that nuclear meltdown..."

"She was so close to catching us one time, I swear, if I didn't have a closet..."

"Heh, I know what you mean... Kid almost saw us one day... Star ended up shielding me in a corner by the teachers office..."

"You did it in school!? How did you not get caught?!"

The kunoichi shrugged. "Luck, I guess."

"Wait... You guys were doing it while we were students?!"

Tsubaki raised a single brow. "How did you think I had him under control for the graduation ceremony?" She winked. "I can be very influential."

Maka shuddered. 'I'd hate to see how she is in bed... Black*Star is probably whipped...' She grinned, "It's always the quiet ones..."

"Hm? What, Maka?"

"I should've remembered that you were the last to change back in Eibon."

Tsubaki grinned. "Don't forget about Liz."

Maka's eyes shifted up. "Yeah, but you were last. Dead last, Tsubaki."

The demon weapon's grin grew wider. "I hide things very well, Maka. Very w-"

Blair crashed through the appartment door before she could repeat her thought, all four heads looking at her.

"Helllloooo~ Nyaaa~"

"Damn... I was hoping she would be working til morning..."

"Aw, what's the matter Maka? Did you want to get in Soul's pants tonight?" The ninja teased.

The blonde scowled. "Ha. Ha. Ha. You try living with a cat that doesn't know the meaning of personal space or privacy..."

The witch opened her eyes, setting her colorful shopping bags down in the process, "Nyaaa~ Black*Star! I didn't know you were here, cutie!" She leaped over the table and hugged him, her breasts suffocating him.

He fought, "Gah! I can't breathe! I only like when Tsu does that!"

"Nyah?"

He broke his face free for a second, "Tsubakiiii! Heeelllllp!"

"Help yourself, your nose is bleeding." She answered dryly.

"Bemumse she's mrushinf inmph!" Came the muffled reply.

"She's not crushing your nose, Star. You can break free if you want."

"Buh I donf wagnna himpf a wofan!"

Maka sighed, "Could you let him go Blair?"

The cat agreed, unlatching her arms from their place behind his head. The ninja took in a deep

breath, "Goddamn, Blair! I need air ya know! You practically broke my nose! Plus," He sucked the blood back up with a loud sniff, grinning wide. "I only like when Tsu's boobs are in my face."

Red flushed the kunoichi's face. "Star!"

"What?" The blue haired male shrugged and defended his statement. "I like yours."

Soul snickered. "At least the man can defend his answer."

Black*Star pointed at the scythe. "Who's are better? Blair's or Tsu's?"

"What kind of dumbass would ask another guy if he likes his girlfriend's tits?"

"Answer! Your God commands it!"

"I only like Ma-" He clamped his mouth shut as soon as he realized what he was about to say, locking eyes with the petrified blonde.

"Ma?" The cat cocked her head to the side, "What's 'Ma'?"

Maka paled as Black*Star's mouth contorted into a huge smirk. 'Shit... Maybe he isn't as stupid as I thought... This could be bad, very bad.'

"What was that Soul? What where you starting to say? Eh?" He leaned closer to the silver haired man, tilting his head with each syllable. "Ma-Ka?"

Soul took the opportunity to punch him in the face. "Let's go with 'fuck you'."

The man holding his nose grinned. "I knew it. You totally wanna bang Maka."

"Black*Star!" Screeched the girl in question, "That was uncalled for!"

He shrugged, poking at the side of his nose. "Not really, I mean, he looks at you all the time. It's like he's mentally stripping you or something."

The blonde glared at her weapon, who was grinning sheepishly. "Sorry."

Pointy blue hair tilted to the side as it's owner declared his nose alright. "Geez, just fuck already."

Maka seethed, grabbing the closest book by her, a thick Italian cook book. "Black*Star, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you slowly, and I'm going to enjoy it."

"See, now if you'd just fuck Soul, that tension would be gone."

The only other male yelled. "Black*Star!"

"What? I'm trying to help you out. Don't get your panties in a wad, princess."

"I don't need your help! Maka and I have everything under control!"

The purple haired witch just watched all the words travel, swishing her exposed tail back and forth under her skirt in amusement and grinning at the information she already knew.

"Oh, so you already fucked."

The blonde looked like a wild banshee. "Soul! Stop him before I fucking kill him!"

"Oho, Maka said 'fuck'. I must've hit the nail on the head."

Tsubaki spoke up. "Star, I'm not going to save you if you piss them off. They're not open like us, you can't prod them like that. Of course they'd be angry if you brought up their love life."

"Stop talking about Soul and I sleeping together!"

Soul tried to calm his raging girlfriend. "Maka, it's not our fault he figured us out."

"No Soul, he figured it out on your little slip up!"

"Maka, chill."

"No! Do you have any idea what this menpffhmm-!"

The scythe covered his Meister's mouth with his own, releasing her once he felt her sink into the kiss. "Chill."

"But-"

"Maka, I know it's not cool that I slipped up, but we would have to tell everyone eventually."

"I didn't want to be found out like this..." The Meister pouted.

"It'll be fine. I know you and Tsubaki were talking about us earlier, and she won't say anything. Black*Star's a dumbass, so no one will believe him. Our only worry is," He glanced at the grinning cat by the door, "You."

"Nya, little old me?" The witch continued, a purr like sound in her voice, "I knew a few weeks ago. This isn't new information."

The Meister and her scythe answered in unison. "...What."

"Hehe." She purred loudly. "I may have heard something... If I recall, it was someone using naughty words." She paused in thought, her tail curling, "Maybe some moaning and creaking." The cat's eye's flashed. "Then there was the time when I went to ask Maka a question, and heard another door close before she answered hers, all red faced and irritated..."

Black*Star whistled. "Nice job man," He grinned. "Maka must like it."

"Black*Star!" Maka yelled, her face turning a deep crimson.

"Oh, lighten up Maka. It's not like your dad knows."

Somewhere Spirit sneezed.

"Blair! How could you listen for that long! Our sex life isn't something you should repeat so easily!"

"Nya~ please, you could cut the sexual tension between you two with a knife before. I'm glad you're finally getting rid of it. Now you can finally use that gift I gave you!"

Soul looked at Maka, his eyebrow quirking up, waiting for a response from the blonde.

Her face grew red, "N-No way! I told you I didn't want it in the first place!"

Blair mock pouted. "But I took the trouble to give it to you... And it's even a book!"

"Book?" The pianist glanced at his partner again, "You refused a book, of all things?"

"It... It wasn't a normal book, Soul."

"It was from my purrrsonal collection."

"So, it was porn?" Soul blankly stated, his head lolling to the side lazily.

"N-No... P-" She blushed, remembering the contents of the little black book. "It wasn't porn... It was positions..."

The blue haired ninja grinned. "Hey, I'll take it if you don't want it."

Tsubaki rolled her eyes. "Like you'd be in control long enough to choose..."

He pouted in response. "You're mean, Tsu."

She smiled back. "No, Star." The smile turned dangerous. "You're just mine."

The grin he wore grew larger. "Ohoho. You want your reward, Tsu?"

She placed her tea cup in the sink before turning on her heel. "Maybe, but, you did lose to Soul in the video game." She sauntered over to him, standing on her toes to whisper in his ear, "You should be the one being rewarded, you took it easy on a mortal, O Great Star."

He wrapped his arm around her waist, leading her to the apartment door. "Heh, I shall take my prize then. See ya, Maka, Douchebag, Blair."

"Douchebag?! Whatever, beat it, prick."

Blair giggled. "I can see how you all are such great friends."

"I hate that asshole."

"You don't mean that, Soul. Despise, yes, hate, no." Maka chided. "You guys are like brothers."

"Yeah, but he pisses me off to no end," He ran a hand through his silver locks. "When are we gonna tell your dad?"

The blonde sighed. "I really don't even want to tell him..." She glanced at the witch. "Please don't tell him, Blair."

"Oh, don't worry. He's on a mission. Anyways," She paused, looking at the bags she deposited after she crashed through the door. "I stayed too long... I originally just came here from work to drop those off... I wonder how badly I'm gonna get yelled at, nya~"

Purple hair vanished back out of the doorway exiting the apartment, leaving the two remaining occupants standing there awkwardly.

Breaking the silence, Soul cracked his neck.

"You shouldn't do that so harshly, you'll hurt yourself."

"I know what I'm doing. More importantly," He slowly backed her against the wall, staring into her eyes. "What were you and Tsubaki discussing while I was kickin BS' ass?"

She flinched as she touched the wall, quickly ducking under his arms and putting her back towards her bedroom door. "N-Nothing in particular."

He followed her, like a tiger stalking it's prey. "Where's the book?"

She gulped and took a step back, his predatory gaze forcing her towards her open door.

Step. "Maka."

Step back.

Step.

Step back- her calves hit her bed and he closed the door behind him with a kick.

"W-Why are you so focused on this?"

He took a step forward, enveloping her lips in a fiery kiss. Embers danced between them and she slowly felt her mind going blank, her back dipping onto her mattress of its own accord. She pushed him back to gulp in air, breathlessly saying, "Blue box... shelf... closet."

He grinned and left her side, quickly looking. After digging, he held the prize up triumphantly,

"Got it."

He set it on her night stand, turning his attention back to getting his girlfriend ready for the main event.

An out of breath Soul panted. "Maka..." He nipped at her neck. "How do you want it?"

"Ahn... Soul..." She flicked her eyes open, staring at the man above her in a haze. "I... I don't know..."

His orbs glanced at the book, "Should we look at the book?"

The blonde thought for a moment, shaking her head no. Crimson deepened the color of her flushed face as she whispered her request in his ear.

"Naughty today, aren't we? Trying to make up for what Tsubaki said?" He voiced, breathing heavily on her chest.

"I just want it that way... Problem?"

He claimed her lips, tugging at the bottom one with his teeth. "Not at all."

He reached into her night stand, plucking out a condom and putting it on before turning his attention to her neck. He trailed kisses up to her ear, gently licking the shell of it.

She quietly moaned, "I'm glad we keep those in both rooms... It was a good investment..."

Again, he traced her ear lobe with his tongue. Leaning closer he placed his mouth by it, whispering in a husky growl, "Turn over."

She replied back, her voice sultry and lust-filled. "Of course."

Rolling over onto her stomach, she raised herself on her hands and knees. Her limbs quaked in anticipation as he lined himself up, gently teasing her with the tip.

She growled, bucking her hips back. "Soul!"

He chuckled, "I'm sorry, this just amuses me... The fact that you crave me so badly, you get angry."

He grabbed her hips tightly, chuckling again as she tried backing up into him. Leaning forward over her back, he grazed his teeth along her shoulder, grinning at her twitch. Biting down, he entered her, listening to her throaty moan as he slowly slid all the way in.

After letting her adjust to him, he slowly rocked back and forth, adding a little more strength with each contact of his pelvis to her backside. Her arms lost their ability to hold her up and she crashed onto the bed, muffling a scream with her pillow.

"Don't give up yet Maka..."

Her hands fisted her sheets, gasping at the new angle her lost strength gave. "S...Soul..."

Silver bangs plastered to his forehead as he slowly drew out, only to slam back in. Her back arched in response. "F-Fuck, Maka!"

"Y-You... You have no idea... how good this f-feels..."

He stopped, leaving only a bit inside her. "Wait... I got a better idea, but you gotta work with me here..."

"O-Okay."

Maka marveled at how she was suddenly sitting on his lap, her butt fitting perfectly against his hips. He gave a little thrust upward to signal that is was okay to move. "Soul... Wait... I... I want to look at your face when you..."

"Alright, I don't want to lay down, though."

"You don't have to." She moved off of his lap, whimpering at the loss of him inside her. Turning around so she was facing him, she draped a single arm around his neck. Claiming his lips in a kiss, she used her other hand to guide him back into her, letting out a moan and deepening the kiss when he was fully in. She instinctually began grinding her hips in a circle in line with his shallow thrusts, throwing her head back and gasping as their timing became better matched. He took the opportunity to trail kisses down her jawline and neck, moaning occasionally at their connected frenzy.

Both parties released heated groans as their precipices loomed closer. In one final thrust, they both fell, their bodies collapsing onto one another.

"S...Soul... Ha... That was..."

"I know... I know, Maka..."

The blonde sprawled out across his chest after finding his t-shirt and donning it, he slipped his boxers back on. Her finger traced circles on the exposed skin of his stomach. "I love you."

He brushed aside her hair, showing her forehead and planting a kiss there. "I love you too."

She snuggled further into his chest. "When do you think we should tell my father?"

Soul scoffed. "I wouldn't be surprised if the creepy bastard came crashing through the door at some point, bawling his eyes out because he found out his precious daughter had been tainted by some uncool guy..."

Maka giggled. "That does sound like something he would do... It was my choice to fall for an uncool guy though."

"Oh, come on Maka... I'm not that bad, am I?"