Chapter Seven

Just then, Maka murmured in her sleep, shifted her weight, and to my horror, turned her head to look up at my crimson face, into my wide, crimson eyes. My lips, hands, and voice trembled as I tried to explain what happened. I stuttered about how this somehow happened in my sleep, and I'm sorry, and how ill let go right now. All she said was "I know." ' oh my god she did wake up in the middle of the night like this! DAMMIT!' My burning red face would not cool down, as I tried to scoot my right arm out from under her. The happy fluttering in my chest disappeared as soon as I did. Maka just looked at me, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Now, strangely, there was an emptiness in my arms where Maka used to be. I longed to go back and hold her close again, but thought better of it. She'll definitely catch me if I do... I felt the heat leaving my face and my heart beat went down. Now that I could think straight, I just felt... Sad... The look on maka's face when I let her go looked... Sad... But why? Maybe she was warm, but now she's cold. Yeah, that's it. Last night she complained of being cold.

I got up off the ground once I completely calmed down, and stretched. Maka was right. I didn't have any nightmares last night. It might of had something to do with Maka being there with me... I guess I feel safer with her... Anyway, I walked over to a stream I heard back a little in the trees, drank a little, then splashed some on my face to try and stop thinking about the little... Incident... I decided to take a bath, just to get my mind off things. Maka was sleeping, so she shouldn't mind. I got undressed, then quickly hopped into the water. The cool current was refreshing against my overheated body, so I could finally relax.