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"So, you and the two are going out?" Kami asked through the phone.
"Uh yeah... sorta like a leisure thing..." Maka looked at the two leaning at the entrance of Shibusen.
"Where?"
"Um, the mall... we're going to watch a movie..."
"Ok, just don't go home late, and call us if you're all done.." Kami held her phone as she cooked the food.
"Yeah, sure mom, bye!"
"Love you, honey!"
"Love you too..." Maka smiled as she out her cellphone on her pocket. She approached the two waiting.
"Ok, all done... how about your parents Soul?" Maka asked.
"I already told them yesterday..." Soul stood up straight.
"C'mon, let's go! I can't wait to see Maka's face when we get there!" BlackStar shouted at Maka's face.
"Whatever, I won't lose to Soul's bet..." Maka pushed his face away. They walked to the mall and bought the tickets. When they went to the cinema, Maka sat between Soul and BlackStar.
"So, a zombie film?" Maka asked Soul.
"Yup!" Soul ate some popcorn.
"Hey! Don't eat! The movie isn't starting yet and our food supply might be dead at the beginning of the movie!" Maka snatched it away from him.
"C'mon, I only ate a little..." Soul looked at her.
"Yeah, but eventually you'll have some more..." Maka narrowed her eyes. Maka then looked at BlackStar who was staring at space.
"Hey, BlackStar..." Maka shook his shoulder. Soul looked at him.
"BlackStar...?" he then looked at her. "Are you ok?" Maka worriedly asked.
"Y-yeah! Of course I am! After all I am the great BlackStar!" he said then laughed. He laughed nervously at the last part of it.
"Are you sure? You've been quiet since we entered the mall..." Maka asked.
"Y-yeah! Don't worry about me!" BlackStar said. Maka groaned in disbelief.
"Don't worry about him, he's going to be fine..." Soul smiled at her. After that the movie started. The theater darkened and it was cold as ice in there. The movie was fine. It was gory with all the zombies in there and some parts where shocking and surprising but Maka was able to bear with it. The movie ended after 2 hours and they got to the food court.
"So, how was the movie?" Soul smiled at Maka.
"Fine! And I didn't even spook out! How about you?" Maka eyed him. Soul smirked in return. Maka then looked at BlackStar who was unusually quiet the whole time.
"Hey, how about you? You've been quiet... I bet you're savoring every bit of the movie back there, how was it?" Maka looked at him. BlackStar stopped and covered his mouth.
"BlackStar?" Maka looked at him.
"I think I'm going to be sick..." he then ran to the nearest restroom.
"What the...?" Maka looked at him as he ran. Soul shook his head and prepared to follow him.
"Maka, I'll be going to see if BlackStar is doing fine... here" Soul handed out some money.
"Buy us some food while I go see BlackSTar..." he ran to him inside the restroom.
"Really? BlackStar..." Maka chuckled as she lined up for a counter. She got three plates of omelettes and drinks. She sat at a circular table. Soon enough, Soul joined her.
"So, how's BlackStar?" Maka asked.
"He's fine now, but I gotta admit he was puking his heart out tonight..." Soul laughed. Maka chuckled.
"So, he puked because of the movie?" Soul nodded to answer Maka's question.
"No wonder he was so quiet the whole time..." Maka looked up. "I never pictured him being low tolerant about these kind of movies... after all, he's the one always ranting on how 'great' he is" she quoted with her fingers. She then looked at Soul.
"Guess no one won the bet..." Maka smiled at him.
"Yeah, I guess so..." Soul paused. "I should've had bet on BlackStar if I knew this would happen" Soul continued. They saw him exit the comfort room and approached them. He sat.
"Look who's back from the dead..." Maka said to him.
"Don't mention it... and this is going to be our secret!" BlackStar pointed at the two. They nodded as BlackStar ate his omelette.
"Want some ketchup?" Maka teased him as she got a small bottle. BlackStar looked at her in disgust.
"You know I'm only teasing BlackStar..." Maka chuckled.
"Oh, yeah... which reminds me... earlier, you got a perfect score on math..." BlackStar started.
"So?" Maka looked up from her food.
"I was hoping you could um... teach me and Soul some of that algebra?" BlackStar looked at Soul then Soul nodded.
"No way, I'm not gonna do that..." Maka looked away.
"Oh, c'mon! I never knew you were this selfish!" BlackStar whined.
"Trust me I am..." Maka looked at him. Soul chuckled.
"And how am I supposed to know you would take it serious?" she added.
"If I get a line of 9 in a quiz in math, I'll treat you for one week!" BlackStar said.
"I guess that's a good reward. And if you don't?" Maka asked.
"Soul gets to be your slave for one week!" BlackStar followed. Soul's eyes twitched.
"Hey! How come not you? And why haven't I got a say in this?" Soul looked evilly at BlackStar.
"Seems fair enough. Deal!" Maka said. Soul looked at her and blushed.
"Yahoo!" BlackStar shook her hand.
"Just tell me when and where"
"Tomorrow at my house, 4:00"
"4:00? Why not morning?"
"Uh... I always get up late, hehe" BlackStar scratched his head.
"Ok, fine.. tomorrow" Maka stood up.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm just going to go to the comfort room..." she left the two.
"WHat the hell, BlackStar!" Soul spoke.
"What? It was a good opportunity..." BlackStar ate.
"To what? You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"
"You do like her, right?" BlackStar smiled at him naughtily. Soul stared at him and got what he was trying to do.
"OH, you better not screw up your grade BlackStar!" Soul tried to punch him.
"Haha! You can never hide your true feelings to the great BlackStar!" he evaded his punch.
"Ehem..." Maka stared at them. They got back to their seats and looked away from eachother.
"Are you two done eating... It's almost 7 and I promised mom I would go home early..." Maka said.
"Oh, yeah! Sure" BlackStar got up and so did Soul. Together they walked back home with a smile on their faces. Maka and Soul teased BlackStar on how he puked because of the movie. They finally reached their houses.
"Soul, thanks so much for inviting me. I had a lot of fun! And it also made me forget the problems I had..." Maka smiled at him. Soul smiled back. He faced at BlackStar who was looking at him weirdly raising his eyebows repeatedly. He was smiling... smiling with the end of his lips pointing upward. Soul pushed his face away before Maka sees BlackStar's expression.
"So, see you guys tomorrow!" Maka went in her house and so did the two.
BlackStar lied down on his bed, stretching his arms.
"Man! That was tiring..." BlackStar mumbled. Soul sighed as he changed his clothes and went to bed.
~~~Tomorrow Morning~~~
Maka walked up to Soul and BlackStar's house. She brought the books needed and knocked at their door. Alex opened it.
"Oh, Maka! We've been expecting you!" she greeted. Maka smiled at her as Alex motioned her to come in. As she got in she saw that their house was beautiful. Her jaw slightly dropped as she gazed at the ceilings of the house.
"SOUL! BLACKSTAR! MAKA'S HERE ALREADY! COME DOWN!" Maka's ears shook as Soul's mother called them. She looked at her.
"Sorry about that, it's actually the best way to call them..." Alex approached her. Maka smiled at her nervously.
"Please, make yourself at home..." Alex pointed out the sofa near her. Maka sat.
"Uum... You got a nice place here, Mrs. Evans..." Maka looked around.
"Well, it needs to be kept clean... after all, there are three boys living here in this house" Alex smiled at her as she washed a couple of dishes. Maka continued to look around when she saw a piano. She stood up and approached it. She circled around it. She held out her hand to touch it but stopped when she heard Alex's voice. She instantly placed her hands on her back and faced her.
"Maka? What are you doing?" Alex peeked from the kitchen as she dried her hands with her apron.
"Oh, n-nothing, I was just looking at this piano... do you play it?" Maka smiled at her.
"Oh, no. That's not mine. It's Soul's" Maka looked at her.
"Really? Soul can play the piano?" Maka asked completely in awe. Alex removed her apron and went to the living room. Maka touched the piano and looked at it again.
"Yes... His playing was beautiful... But, he stopped playing it after the incident..." Alex looked away. Maka stopped at the moment. She knew that incident was with his girlfriend.
"Oh..." that was all she could say. She removed her hand from it.
"I'm sure you know that already..." she looked at Maka as she nodded.
"Hey! What are you guys doing there?" BlackStar and Soul looked down from the staircase.
"Oh! Maka, I guess you better be upstairs now. Good luck!" Alex handed out the books she brought. Maka went up the staircase.
"What does she mean by 'good luck'?" Maka's eyes twitched.
Soul and BlackStar led her to their bedroom. It was surprisingly... neat.
"You got a nice, neat bedroom here..." Maka looked around again.
"What? You expect it to be dirty?" BlackStar shot at her.
"If a boy like you lives here... yes..." Maka looked away from him.
"Oh, so Soul doesn't count?" Soul looked at BlackStar.
"I guess so..."
"That's favoritism Maka! You should pay more attention to my greatness!" BlackStar pointed at her as she sat on the floor and placed the books. Soul placed his hand on his shoulder.
"C'mon BlackStar, you can't win this one.." Soul smiled at him.
"Doesn't that count as favoritism too?" Maka asked BlackStar. Maka knocked her head.
"Urgh... and what the hell... We're not here to talk about that... We're here to study..." Maka eyed him. BlackStar and Soul sat and BlackStar sighed in defeat.
"Alright! Fine! I'll let this slip, since you are still innocent and completely doesn't know how great I am!" BlackStar shouted.
"Oh, you are so mature BlackStar..." Soul laughed at Maka's sarcastic statement.
"Let's just get on with this!" BlackStar was out of lines to throw at Maka. And so they opened their books.
~~~30 minutes later~~~
"So if the equation is x + 18 = 2x + 7... and you need to find x... you'll have to transpose 2x to the left side and 18 to the right..." Maka looked at him as he nodded and looked at the book.
"So if you transpose 2x to the left side it'll become -2x and if you transpose 18 to the other it'll be -18..." BlackStar nodded as he narrowed his eyes. Soul was getting it.
"If you transpose, you'll have to change it's sign... so it becomes negative..." BlackStar nodded as Maka continued.
"Therefore, the new equation is x - 2x = -18 + 7... now you can find x..." Maka looked at BlackStar again hoping he would solve it. Maka waited for BlackStar's reply. Soul notice the silence between them. Maka sighed.
"You still aren't getting it, are you?" Maka looked at him. BlackStar nodded. Maka smacked his head. "Ow!" BlackStar stood up.
"Don't worry Maka, I think we just need a few refreshments for this to all work out... I'll go get some food downstairs" he left the room. Maka placed her hands on her forehead and groaned.
"This is annoying... If I knew he was this slow, I wouldn't have agreed to this..." Maka closed her eyes. Soul smiled as he looked at her.
"Don't worry, he'll get it after some time..." Soul assured her. Mak looked at him.
"You do get the math problem right, Soul?" Maka asked as he flipped the pages of his book.
"Yeah... I can understand..." Soul replied.
"Good, at least I don't have to deal much time with you..." Maka took a deep breath. Soul looked at her as she stretched her arms.
"Hey, how are you with that Kid guy?" Soul asked as he raised an eyebrow. Maka looked at him and then upwards.
"Hhmmm... Come to think of it, I still haven't replied to his mail yet..." Maka said.
"That's good..." Soul mumbled.
"Excuse me?" Maka heard something come out of his mouth. Soul forgot. She had a sharp sense of hearing.
"I-I meant... That's good... You don't get too nervous and depressed when you talk about him..." he looked away. "That's a sign that you're moving on..." he added and looked at Maka's expression. She looked like she believed him.
"I haven't even thought about him these days... I guess you guys helped" Maka smiled at him sweetly that made him blush.
"Hey, Soul..." Maka started. "What is it?"
"When I was still there with your mom, I saw..." Maka stopped. Soul continued to look at her.
"Never mind..." Maka opened another book. Soul knew what she was going to say. He saw them beside the piano earlier.
"You're asking about the piano, aren't you?" Soul looked at her face. Maka nodded.
"I played it ever since when I was little... I used to play at parties and stuff but... critics where always there to knock me out..." Soul rested his chin on his arms and rested his arms on his knees.
"The only ones who thought I was really good at it was my family..." he continued. "My friends would only criticize me like the others... even Erika..." he looked at Maka who was really into his story.
"I don't play it these days..." Soul said.
"Can I hear it?" Maka asked. Soul raised his eyebrow. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I mean, I haven't heard anyone play it before me, so this should be good" Maka smiled. Soul couldn't deny her but he thought of a condition.
"Ok, but only if..." Maka frowned when he said 'if'. "We're all alone... I don't want others to hear it..." Soul continued. Maka sighed as she agreed to it. BlackStar suddenly opened the door with many food in his hands. Maka's jaw dropped.
"Hey! That's too many!" Maka exclaimed.
"With BlackStar, you shouldn't worry about the food..." Soul said as BlackStar sat and placed the chips and drinks on the floor.
"Ok! Let's start!" BlackStar grabbed his book and opened the chips.
Cliffhanger! XD How was it?
I hope you like this chapter! Algebra is evil! It confuses your mind! XD But you'll get used to it after some time...
I have a new story that I posted. It's title is 'The Music of the Soul'. Check it out if you're interested. :)
~Shadow