Look who finally updated! isn't it amazing? I'm not actually dead. I hope you like this chapter. I shall once more state the obvious and point out that I don't own Soul Eater or any of it's fabulous characters.

"Come on, you have to come back to your classes someday," I coaxed for the millionth time. It had been a week since Chrona moved in. Maybe it was just wistful thinking, but I thought Chrona had started to trust me. We had settled into a daily routine, I left for my classes at precisely eight o'clock, before Chrona woke up. What they did during the day beats me, but when I came home Chrona was always sitting the corner behind the door. They just stared at me for a moment until their face broke into a miniscule smile and they greeted me with the two words: "You're home."

The most miraculous thing is that as of late Chrona has started to smile regularly. When they greet me, when they eat, when they drink, Chrona cracks that small, barely noticeable yet quite significant smile. Sure, they still have those moments when the darker world inside their head engulfs them. But at least Chrona is showing some improvement.

"Don't want to," Chrona murmured stubbornly. "I don't know how to deal with the people in those classes."

I knelt down so I could face them. They had retreated into the nearest corner as soon as I woke them up and that's where Chrona was determined to stay: Crouching in a corner, clutching tightly to their favorite pillow.

"How hard can it be?" I had to place my hand on their cheek to get them to meet my eyes. "You know how to deal with me now, so other people shouldn't be that hard."

"I- uh…" Chrona stuttered, I felt their face heat up. Pale blue eyes darted around, as if looking for a place to hide.

"What are you going to do, sit here all day?" I coaxed. "Come on, it's not as hard as it seems" Chrona still seemed adverse, so I held out my hand. Hesitant and half-heartedly, Chrona took it. They just kept staring for a moment, as if paralyzed, eyes wide with fear.

"Let's go," I told them. "Together okay?" I squeezed their hand and whole-heartedly hoped they wouldn't let go and refuse classes for another day.

"Together," Chrona murmured. Cautiously, they stood up to face me.

Chrona POV

I don't know why Kid is insisting I come with him. I'll only embarrass him. I remembered how those children had looked at me when I used to go to the bright room full of people. I couldn't forget those stares. I didn't know how to deal with those stares. I couldn't let them stare at Kid with that expression. No one but me deserved those stares.

The hallways seemed too short. I had always thought of the world outside of Kid's and my room as a labyrinth of long, dark halls that I would be lost in if I even dared to venture in. But now they seemed tame compared to what was bound to lie beyond them.

There was nowhere to hide, no way to run. The only path was forward. If I thought I could break free from Kid's had I might have tried to run for it, but his grip was too firm. I wanted to slip away into nothingness. I didn't belong here, surely Kid knew that?

"Here we are." Kid stopped so suddenly I walked right into him. Terror and humiliation shot through me.

"S-sorry-ry…" I had started to shake. This wasn't good, this wasn't good at all.

"It's no trouble." How could he keep talking with that easy smile of his! How could he pretend I wasn't any trouble, I was a huge load of trouble, even I knew that! "The door's right there, I think you should open it for yourself."

Open it for myself? When I couldn't even walk down those halls, or step outside Kid's room by myself? He had too much confidence in me. The only reason I had started, for the first time, to become comfortable in Kid's quarters was because I had started to think I belonged there. It seemed like it was okay for me to be somewhere for once. I had thought that maybe, just maybe, Kid didn't dislike me.

The doorknob looked so shiny it would burn my fingers if I touched it. My hand felt like it was made of lead. But I needed to try. Kid might not like me anymore if I didn't, in fact what if he started to hate me for failing… I slowly lifted a shaking hand towards the glistening knob. But when my hand was an inch away I couldn't continue.

Kid's eyes met mine. Those amber orbs seemed to burn into my soul, so more as an excuse to look away than anything else; I turned the knob and stepped into the classroom.

Eyes of every color gazed at me from every direction. The room was completely silent until a pigtailed girl called "Kid!" from the back of the room. Her face was friendly and she even smiled when she met my eyes. I blindly followed Kid towards the pigtailed girl.

"Chrona, this is Maka Albarn." Kid told me, nodding towards the pigtailed girl. "Maka, this is Chrona. Chrona has been under my surveillance for a time." While I didn't understand what Kid meant it was clear that Maka did. She extended her hand towards me.

"Would you like to be my friend, Chrona?" Me? Her friend? I didn't understand why she would want me of all people as her friend. She must have had loads of friend that could give her anything I might be able to. But it made me happy anyway. I reached forward and grasped her hand.

"Y-yeah…"

I looked back at Kid to see him smiling softly at me. I still didn't understand what about me made him make that face, but it was okay. Maybe going to class was an okay thing. Maybe I could learn to deal with it. Maybe Kid was right.

"Cry no more, the big star has arrived!" I jumped and cowered behind a desk. I didn't no how to deal with random shouts. Maybe everyone stared at Kid and I when we entered the room because we didn't shout something weird like that. Kid didn't tell me you have to shout when entering a class room…

I peered out at Kid. He was shaking his head at someone in the front of the room. Maka was reaching for a thick book on the corner of her desk. She seemed to be struggling with something I couldn't understand. I decided to take my chances and see what the person who had shouted looked like.

As I started to stand up I heard Maka shout something and then everything went black.

So if you didn't catch what happened at the end, Maka was going to throw/chop the book at Black*Star but Chrona got in the way. If you review I'm more likely to update. So review.