(A/N) This is more of a filler chapter, if anything!
I was asked to continue this... Although I was not planning on it, I have decided to combine my swimsuit prompt with it. This is a very short chapter, but I just wanted to alert those who wanted a continuation.

I feel my writing style has changed a bit... I actually can't look at the first part without cringing, ahaha;;;;

although some things about my writing style now still disappoint me...

I will do my best! I hope you will enjoy.

If the sun that was belting out super hot rays on them didn't stop laughing within the next three minutes, Soul swore to himself that he would fly up there and beat the shit out of it.

Not exactly possible, but the heat wave was starting to kill brain cells.

Even with the air conditioning on full blast in the sturdy bus, everyone was sweating buckets. The white-haired male couldn't even sleep through it - the air was just so goddamn hot. He didn't want to move, but the sweat trickling down his chest underneath his baggy shirt was getting uncomfortable.

Soul fidgeted around in his seat, wondering if there was a way he could just ignore his discomfort. He glanced sideways at the girl next to him. She was calmly reading a book as if she wasn't affected by it.

"Are we there yet?" Black*Star complained. The blue haired ninja frustratedly kicked the seat in front of him, causing the air to be knocked out of Soul. The red-eyed male jerked forward at the contact. He growled.

"Hey! Watch it!" he shouted. The tan boy behind him stuck out his tongue. The killer heat even exhausted the self-proclaimed 'god'.

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon," the ninja's companion smiled, reaching into her bag to grab a tissue. She daintily patted her forehead with it.

"Tsubaki, are you sure it's okay to stay at your family friend's resort? We're not even paying them anything," Liz addressed the female from across the aisle. Her younger sister was busy staring out the window next to her as Kid- who had placed himself in the row behind them- managed to relax a bit and close his eyes, even if he was sweating buckets in his dark attire.

Tsubaki discarded her tissue and nodded.

"Yes, of course! They wanted to give us all a nice vacation," she replied. Liz hummed in thought as she adjusted the cowgirl hat on her head.

"It's a good thing I packed some swimsuits, the ocean looks beautiful," she commented. The blonde then gave a wicked grin. "Soul, you're planning to swim too, right?"

"Well, yeah. How else am I supposed to cool down in this heat?" he grumbled. Again, he turned to his partner. "What about you, Maka?"

"I didn't bring a swimsuit," she calmly replied, turning a page in her book. Soul raised an eyebrow. He knew she loved books, but she had acted distant all week. She wouldn't even look him in the eye.

Not that he expected her to be totally clingy after that one kiss.

He faced forward again. It could have been nice if she was.

"I knew you'd say that. I have some extras! I even brought the one we got you on our girl's night out trip!" Liz exclaimed. At this, Maka flushed red.

"What? I told you, I'm not wearing that one again!" the petite girl yelled, loudly shutting her book in the process.

"Come on, it's not that bad. It's cute on you too!" The New Yorker laughed. Maka pouted.

"No way. I don't have to swim anyway," she pointed out.

"Is it that bad?" Soul asked. He didn't want to admit it, but he wanted to go into the waters with the ash blonde girl. It was better than hanging out with Black*Star all day- especially in such irritating weather.

"She looks really cute in it, Soul. You want to see, right?" Liz teased, leaning forward in her chair. Soul shrugged. Maka continued avoiding his eyes.

Maka and Liz continued their disagreement before Kid interrupted them.

"You guys, we're here," the boy told them. Patty quickly stood up and threw her hands in the air.

"We're here, we're here!" she cheered. Black*Star seemed to have revived as he stood up as well.

"Finally! Come on, Tsubaki, let's go greet your parents! I bet they have a feast awaiting for this god!"

"Yes, yes... They told me they made sure to order your favorites," Tsubaki smiled at the blue-haired teen. "They are excited to meet the rest of you as well," she told the others as she followed Black*Star.

"Your parents are here?" Kid asked, as the rest of the group just gave her a slightly surprised look.

"Yes. They'll be dining with us today. They are somewhat excited to meet the son of Lord Shinigami and the extraordinary meister-and-scythe duo," she smiled. "Rather, since they heard it was our break, they told the family friend who is letting us stay here. And the owners believe it would be good publicity..."

"I guess being from Shibusen has it's perks," Liz laughed.

When the group finally made it to the resort's large hotel, the owners came out to greet them. Tsubaki's parents followed behind them, exchanging bows and reaching out to hug their daughter.

"Please come in! We will lead you to your rooms."

Although the setting they were in was obviously Japanese, the resort's hotel looked like a high class Western hotel. Diamonds seemed to shine from everywhere, and the marble floor was polished so nicely, it sparkled. It was pretty flamboyant.

Several bellhops and assistants took their bags and led them to their rooms. The kids split up by their own meister-weapon pairing and were given about an hour to situate themselves before dinner.

Soul flopped face down onto the plush bed, the silk sheets almost exuding luxury. He groaned, "Finally... Great air conditioning..."

Maka still was quiet and placed her bag down by her bed, crawling on top and continued reading her book.

Soul glanced at her. He slightly scowled at the lack of attention she was giving him and turned over on his own bed.

Might as well take a nap before confronting her.

(A/N) Thank you for reading!

Somehow this ended up straying from what I was going for;;;; but it's fine! It'll be easy to get back on track soon.

I hope this won't end up too overly cheesy, ahaha;;;

I hope to write up the next chapter for this part of Heat soon! However, I will not have my computer with me starting next week and will be gone until the 15th. And when I get back, I have a lot of IBDP prep work to do (ahh! summer homework!) so it might take a while. I'm very sorry.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please leave a review of feedback or criticism, if you can. I hope you can anticipate the chapter!