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After one hour of teaching BlackStar the basic, I repeat, the BASIC operations of algebra, he finally got it and was able to solve one question correctly (which is 11). Maka sighed in relief as BlackStar laughed in triumph. Then someone knocked on the door. The door slightly opened and it was Soul's mom.

"Excuse me, but I'm going out to buy some groceries..." she said.

"You kids stay where you are and don't leave the house... And if Maka will already go home, be sure to be with her... That's all, bye!" she closed the door.

"Bye! Mom!" Soul shouted so that she can hear him. BlackStar continued to laugh.

"BlackStar, don't laugh, we still have four more questions that you need to solve..." Maka looked at him.

"Four more? Can't we call it a day?" BlackStar asked. "What?"

"I'm already tired" BlackStar said. "Tired? All you did was listen, eat and solve one question this day!" Maka exclaimed as he stood up and went to his bed. He buried his face on the pillow.

"BlackStar!" Maka was about to throw a book at him when Soul stopped her.

"I think you should go home now, there's no use in changing his mind now..." Soul looked at him as he snored.

"Once he's in bed, you'll never be able to drag him out of it... And besides, it's almost 6... The sun is setting" Soul stood up and looked at his window. He shoved his hands in his pockets and began to lead Maka outside of their room. They went down stairs. Maka then thought of something.

"Hey, Soul, it's a perfect time you know..." Maka smiled at him.

"For what?"

"To play the piano!" Maka said. "BlackStar's asleep and your mom's out grocery shopping... we're all alone" she added. Soul face palmed himself.

"Right... I did say that, didn't I?" Soul looked at her as she pulled out a goofy smile.

"Fine..." Soul approached his piano and sat in front of it. Maka stood beside him as she watched him lift the cover of the keys.

"I haven't played this in a long time so I might get some keys wrong..." Soul looked at her.

"It's okay!" Maka said as she stared at him. "Ok, here goes..." Soul then moved his fingers to the keys. A sound came from it and then it was succeeded with another one. Soon it became a melody. The melody was so beautiful that Maka's jaw slightly dropped in awe. He was amazing. She wondered why many didn't like it and only criticized it. The way he moved his hands was so graceful. After 2 minutes, he was done. Maka looked at him as he bowed his head.

"I'm sorry, it wasn't that good as you expect it would be..." he frowned. Maka made a face.

"You're right... it wasn't good..." Maka looked at him as he bit his lip.

"It was perfect! I love it!" Maka jumped. "Huh?" Soul looked at her in confusion.

"you know... I don't understand on why people kept on saying you weren't good at it... It was great! The way you moved your fingers on the keys was just... graceful! It's been a long time since I've heard someone play like that!" Maka bursted out. Soul looked at the keys of the piano and laughed. Maka tilted her head sideways.

"What's so funny?" Maka eyed him.

"You know, all the people that said to me where experienced audiences and critics..." Soul looked at her smiling.

"Well, all I could say is that I'm a better audience and critic than them... deal with it!" Maka put her hands on her hips. Soul laughed some more in her statement.

"Maka..." Soul whispered her name out but Maka was still able to hear it.

"Hmm?"

"Thank you... Thanks... a lot... You where the first one to appreciate my playing after a long time... You really made my day" Soul smiled at her.

"Well, you made my day with your music... Imagine the hard time I had with BlackStar earlier and you just made my stress go away with it" Maka smiled at him gently. Soul grinned and covered the piano again. He stood up and led Maka to the door.

"He's so gentle this time... he looks sweet..." Maka thought

"Bye" Maka walked out of their house and on to the path.

"Bye, princess. Don't let the bed bugs bite when you sleep" he leaned to the side of their door and slouched as he burried his hands in his pockets. He smirked as he followed her with his eyes.

"Aaaand he's back to his normal self..." Maka thought as she walked up to their house. There was no solid boundary between their houses. The only boundary was a path to their own backyards. That's why she can easily travel back and forth. Maka yawned as she closed the door.

"How was it?" Kami asked as she placed the feather duster to her side.

"It was ok, I guess..." Maka smiled as she got upstairs. Maka went to her closet to change her clothes. She unzipped the hoodie she was wearing and looked at her clothes. Her eyes then turned to the bottom of her folded clothes. It was the boxes she never got to arrange when they arrived. She never got to realize that it was messy in there. She scratched her head. She was unable to leave it that way. It hurt her eyes very much. She got changed and decided to arrange it. She opened them one by one and sorted what was trash and what she still needed. Someone knocked at the door.

"Maka! Are you still going to have dinner?" Kami's voice echoed from the other side of the door.

"Uh! No! Thank you! I'm actually doing something here!" Maka answered back. Kami opened the door and saw the boxes scattered around the bedroom.

"Do you need hel - Oh, my goodness!" Kami was startled with the messy room.

"Uh, I'm just cleaning and arranging my stuff..." Maka smiled nervously. "I don't need any help but thanks, mom!"

"U-uh, s-sure..." Kami weakly smiled as she left the room. Maka sighed and continued to search inside the box. She got 15 small papers. She looked at it and saw that it was the kind of receipts that the detention room lady gave to her.

"15, huh? I didn't even count on how many times I've been sent to detention..." Maka shuffled it.

"Hmmm... should I... throw it away?" Maka asked herself. Then after a few seconds, she placed them at the box of the things she still needed.

"Nah! I'll keep them for remembrance. I'll bury it to the detention lady's face when I graduate with flying colors..." (Maka is the top one in all 3rd year levels, completely surpassing Ox. I forgot to mention it in the earlier chapters. Sorry) Maka grinned. She then came across a scrap book given to her by Tsubaki. She smiled and placed it at the things she still needed. That box was already empty... or so she thought. She got a picture with an obvious crease foldings. It was always in her wallet back in the days. Maka looked at the picture and saw Kid and her together. Kid's arm was wrapped around her waist and her arm where around his neck. Maka looked at the box where she placed the trash and looked at the box where she placed the things still necessary next. She took a deep breath and placed it at her side and continued to search inside another box. After one hour she finally managed to clean it. She went downstairs with the all the things she considered as trash. Maka saw that Spirit was watching basketball on the television and Kami looking for something inside the cupboard.

"Um, mom, where can I put these?" Maka looked at her.

"What is it, dea - Ah!" Kami was shocked at all the garbage. Spirit stood up and looked at Kami.

"Where's the fire? Where is it? I promise, I will kill it with water!" Spirit heroically posed. Maka stared at him completely unamused.

"Dad's probably watching too much TV..." Maka thought.

"U-uh.. You can place it outside... The garbage truck will be here tomorrow to pick it up..." Kami smiled at Maka nervously as she pointed outside their house. Kami opened the door for her and Maka got outside.

"And as usual... mom always panics when she sees mess around the house..." Maka thought and sighed. She placed her things beside the mailbox and went back in.

"Sorry for bothering you guys..." Maka went up to her bedroom again. She opened her window curtains and saw the bright full moon outside the black starry night. She sat at the frame of her window. The framed was thick so it was fine for her to wiggle one leg outside. She looked at Soul's bedroom and saw that the lights where already stared at the picture she got from earlier. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"That's weird... I usually burst out in tears when I see this... but now..." Maka opened her eyes.

"It's different... I don't feel that stuff anymore..." she looked at the sky but her eyes then focused to Soul who was staring at her from his window with his chin resting on his palm.

"Ah!" Maka almost fell off her window.

"Did I scare you?" Soul chuckled.

"Scare me? Dude, that was creepy! You almost gave me a heart attack! I thought you already went to sleep?" Maka touched her chest as she felt her heart thumping from the surprise.

"I couldn't sleep well, sorry about that..." Soul smiled at her. Maka groaned and pouted.

"So, how about you? Still not tired?" Soul asked.

"I'm tired in more ways than one... physically, mentally, emotionally... and all that because of teaching BlackStar the wonders of algebra..." she rolled her eyes.

"Is he asleep...?" Maka asked. Soul checked and BlackStar. He was drooling and snoring like a pig.

"Yep! Out cold!" Soul raised a thumb up.

"Gosh, he's even more tired than I am... and all he did was sit, listen and eat..." Maka rolled her eyes again that made Soul smile. He thought it was cute. Soul then noticed the picture she was holding and can't help but ask.

"What's that?" Soul pointed at it.

"Oh, this? It's just a picture of me and Kid while we were still together..." Maka replied. Soul's expression turned a little dark.

"What are you doing with that?" Soul eyed her.

"I just found it while I was arranging my stuff earlier..." Maka looked at it again.

"Can I see?" Soul looked at her face. "S-sure..." Maka held out the picture. She wasn't able to hand it out because their windows where too far away but Soul was still able to see it.

"So this is Kid..." Soul looked at the guy beside Maka. He then smiled.

"I'm probably more handsome and cool than him..." he smirked. Maka pulled it back.

"I guess you are..." Maka whispered but Soul could still hear it. He stared at her with widened eyes and blushed.

"U-uh... s-so, what are you going to do with that...?" Soul stuttered as he tried to regain his cool.

"I was just thinking... when I broke up with him... I almost cried every time I saw this... I would rip my room apart..." Maka smiled that made Soul's jaw drop lightly as he listened to her.

"Now... my feelings are just... neutral..." Maka bit her lips.

"I guess... I finally moved on from him..." Maka gently smiled as Soul continued to stare at her. Maka then ripped the picture into several pieces and threw it away. The wind carried the pieces out to the road. Soul and Maka looked at it as it landed.

"You know, the street sweepers aren't going to be very happy with what you did..." Soul chuckled. Maka laughed at his statement.

"It's all thanks to you guys... everyone..." Maka looked at him and smiled goofily.

"Including BlackStar?" Soul eyed her. Maka let out a small laugh. "Yes... including BlackStar..." Maka added.

"Well... I think I better go to sleep now..." Maka slid out of the window.

"Yeah, you better go get your beauty sleep right now..." Soul said.

"Good night..." Maka smiled as she closed the curtains. Soul bowed his head still smiling.

"Yeah... good night..." he closed his window and went to sleep.

Hope you like this chapter! :)

Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! That really made my day. So I decided to post this chapter and another chapter to the other story I've been working on. K! Byie! The others are soon to appear! XD

~Shadow