Author's Note: Hello, wonderful people of planet Earth! This chapter is both short and fluffy, two things I enjoy in many a-fanfics. (Don't worry, there will be actually plot development soon. Probably next chapter but seeing as I'm kinda spontaneous and flow-going, who knows?) And yes, I did have to sneak that Beatles' reference in there. It was completely and 100% necessary.
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"Hey! Hey, are you okay?"
"What just happened?" she asked.
"That's what I want to know," Soul replied. "Maybe they figured no one else was in the building and shut the power,"
"But…" she trailed off. "W-what do we do now?"
"Well," he said, sighing. "We better try to find some other people,"
"O-okay," she said, shakily.
"Come on," he said, turning in the direction towards the door. "I'm Soul, by the way,"
"M-maka," she said. Damn, the girl's scared. He thought.
"Well, Maka, usually I would shake your hand, but that's a bit difficult seeing as it's pitch black right now," He joked, trying to ease the tension.
He felt something slide into his palm. It was nice. Warm and soft.
"There," Maka said.
When Soul realized it was her hand, he felt his cheeks grow hot. Good thing the lights are out.He thought.
He curled his fingers around Maka's tiny hand and pumped it up and down. "Nice to meet you, Maka,"
She let out a small giggle and Soul smiled. "Nice to meet you too, Soul,"
"Now, we better get going," Soul said.
"Yeah," Maka agreed.
The two walked hand in hand down the hall towards the doors.
"Hey, Soul?" Maka asked.
"Yeah?"
"Any particular reason you're still holding my hand?"
Soul hadn't realized it until she mentioned it. He immediately let go.
"N-no. I wasn't thinking about it, really. It was just 'cause before-"
"You know, I never said it was a bad thing,"
Soul felt his cheeks heating up even more than before. He could feel his heartbeat in his ears as he muttered. "What's that supposed to me-"
"I mean, I don't think we're going to get separated just walking down the hallway, but you know, maybe it's not a bad idea. Just in case..." Maka trailed off.
"Oh," Soul said, feeling his stomach drop a little. Did I want her to mean something else? He rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess you're right,"
"Come on," Maka said. She grabbed his hand and started walking.
Soul trailed a couple steps behind, bewildered, before grinning and taking a few extra strides to catch up with her.