Hi there! Shadowmistx98 here!
Like I said in the earlier chapter, things are going to soften up a bit. Anyways, on to chapter… 18?
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.
xXxA Long Time Skip To The DancexXx
Maka went down the stairs with the dress her mother bought for her. Her hair was worn down. She wore a green, strapless dress up to her knees. She wore bracelets and a necklace. And she wore Kid's gift too. Kami went down as well and smiled at her father.
"Uuum…" Maka blushed as looked away from the sparkling eyes of her father.
"Now, isn't our daughter cute, Spirit?" Kami smiled at him.
"Cute? She's gorgeous! Just like her mother!" Spirit smiled at Kami romantically.
"Oh, stop it you!" Kami held her cheeks. Maka rolled her eyes.
"I texted Alex. They said they already left. Let's go before your dance starts!" Kami, Maka and Spirit left their house and went into their car. Spirit drove. Maka kept blushing and pulled her skirt down.
"I'll never get used to this…" she thought as she bowed down her head.
"My partner's Soul tonight….." she took a deep breath as she turned redder. She didn't know why she felt like that. It's like the first time she and Kid dated…. But way different with the way it feels right now.
They stopped and there they are now. They went in the school and Maka went outside of the car.
"Goodbye dear! Have fun!" Kami and Spirit waved goodbye at her. She smiled in response and got to her school. She sighed as she climbed the stairway with some of the students. When she got to the façade of Shibusen, someone called her.
"Oi!" she faced the guy and saw that it was Soul and BlackStar waving at her. She approached them and crossed her arms.
"Well, you look good tonight.." she smiled.
"Well, you look better" Soul smiled back.
"And I look the best!" BlackStar shouted. Maka face palmed herself. She saw BlackStar wasn't wearing the attire appropriately.
"Just ignore him, let's go inside before it gets chilly here…" Soul reached a hand for Maka and Maka took it as they went inside.
"Wow… Everyone is busy here…." Maka looked at all the people dancing. Then she saw Tsubaki, Kim, Ox, Jackie and Harvar waving at her at the buffet table. The three approached them.
"Hey, Tsubaki! You look beautiful tonight!" Maka said.
"You too!" Tsubaki smiled. Maka turned her head to Kim and Jackie.
"And look who's joining the party…" Maka said to the two. They smiled. Soon after a few chats, Kid came.
"Hello, Maka… nice to see you… Soul and BlackStar too…" he smiled as he sipped water from his glass.
"Hey, Kim, would you like to dance?" before Kim could answer, Ox had already pulled her off to the dance floor. Harvar looked at Jackie who reached a hand for her. Jackie took it and blushed in the cutest way possible and headed off to the dance floor. Maka chuckled to see Jackie that way.
"I'm going to eat some food!" BlackStar went off to get a plate. Then Soul reached a hand for Maka.
"What? O-oh no! I don't dance! I don't even know h-how to d-dance!" Maka stuttered as she waved her hands.
"C'mon, no worries… It's not like you're going to die if you tried" Soul grabbed her hand and pulled Maka gently to the dance floor. Tsubaki smiled at them. Kid stared at them and looked at Tsubaki.
"Tsubaki… About that Soul guy…." Kid started.
"What about him?" Tsubaki looked at him.
"What is he to Maka?" he asked and glanced as the two again.
"Hmmm. Let me think… According to Maka, she said that Soul had been able to bail her out of her problems when she got in this city…. She said he's like her best friend, like my male counterpart when I wasn't around…" Tsubaki chuckled at the last thing she said.
"Really…?" Kid asked again.
"U-huh! The two are close… You can tell by looking at their actions…." Tsubaki closed her eyes and opened them again. "You can even mistake them for a couple!"
"Oh, I see…" Kid unenthusiastically said. Tsubaki's eyes widened as she realized that Kid was Maka's ex.
"O-oh! I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean to-! She was cut off by Kid.
"It's ok…" Kid smiled at her. Together they watched them dance.
"Ouch!" Soul groaned in pain as Maka stepped on his foot. Maka sighed as she was about to leave the dance floor.
"I told you, I can't do this" Soul grabbed Maka's arm and pulled her back to their previous position.
"C'mon, just try…" he smiled as he placed his hand on her waist. Maka blushed. "Fine" she mumbled. Maka closed her eyes as they were about to move. This was the same move that made her foot step onto Soul's.
"Relax…" Soul said. Maka opened her eyes and saw that she was moving well.
"I-I'm dancing…" she said.
"See? Nothing happened" Soul smiled at her. Maka smiled gently and blushed lightly.
"I swear, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, Maka…" he said.
"W-what?" Maka looked at him red. "That's not true…" she looked away.
"It is…" Soul smiled. "For me" he added. Maka stayed silent at first but decided to say something.
"T-thanks…" she glanced at him then looked away again. After one song they finished dancing.
"That was amazing Maka!" Tsubaki put her palms together.
"Thanks!" Maka let out a goofy grin. Kid then reached a hand for Maka. Maka looked at it.
"Can I have this dance?" Kid asked. "S-sure!" Maka replied to him with a smile. Maka grabbed his hand and went to the dance floor with him. Soul looked at them as they went. Tsubaki looked at Soul. A slow music played as Kid and Maka danced. Maka avoided eye contact from Kid.
"This is the first time we danced, huh?" Kid smiled. "Y-yeah, I guess…" Maka replied.
"You know even though I offered you to teach you dancing, you never agreed to it…" Kid said.
"That's because I was still shy back then" Maka said. "I guess so…" Kid lead Maka's body closer to his.
"Uh.." Maka blushed a little as Kid smiled at her. Kid then looked at Soul who was watching them with his arms crossed.
"What are you looking at?" Maka asked. "Oh! N-nothing!" after one song, they finished and went to Tsubaki and Soul's side.
"Oh, and one more thing…." Kid called out to Maka.
"Maka may I talk with you outside?" Kid asked as he smiled. Soul looked at him. Glared.
"Sure" Maka and Kid went outside, completely annoying Soul.
"Don't worry Soul, Kid won't harm Maka…" Tsubaki said. Soul nodded but groaned in disbelief. Kid and Maka sat at the edge of the fountain.
"Sooo… what's up?" Maka asked.
"Nothing really, I just wanted to be with you alone for a little longer…" Kid smiled at her.
"Where are Liz and the others? I don't see them around here… Including Professor Justin…" Maka looked around.
"Well, just to let you know… Me and Liz are finished…" Kid sighed.
"Why?" Maka's eyes widened in shock.
"You see the story is… she got suspended from school along with the others for a long time…" Kid said.
"But why?"
"Well, it was the best thing my father, the principal of our school, did. They should thank him they weren't expelled from the school… The offense they did was a great one… They broke one of the rules…" Kid leaned just a little back.
"I don't think Liz and the others could do anything like that…. I mean, she has a perfect life… perfect family, she has perfect friends, she has perfect grades, she has perfect looks! She has…. You" Maka's voice trailed off at the last words.
"She broke my trust…. Remember the times she would get perfect scores in the exams?"
"Yeah?"
"She cheated... She shared the test answer with her sister and her other friends…"
"Really? She would do that?"
"Yes… I can't believe it at first… She would get it in Professor Justin's office… They didn't know that father had already placed a surveillance camera in there…" Kid licked his lips.
"All these years of some students accusing her and me defending her to my father… I hate to discover it that everything she told me was a lie…." He sighed.
"I'm sorry to hear that…" Maka closed the space between them and patted his back. Kid smiled at her and Maka smiled at him in response. Then Kid looked at the boy who was approaching them. Maka looked at him.
"Soul?" Maka asked as Soul shoved his hands inside his pocket.
"Everyone's looking for you..." Soul sighed.
"Oh! I guess we better go in now then, huh?" Maka looked at Kid.
"You go ahead.." Kid replied. "Huh?"
"This time may I talk to Soul?" Kid looked at Soul's confused face.
"Uh, s-sure..." Soul sat next to him. "Ok..." Maka went back in the venue.
"So, what's up?" Soul looked away.
"You know I just broke with my girlfriend…"
"Pfft… Who cares?" Soul growled.
"What do you like about Maka?" Soul looked at him. "You do like her, right?"
Soul thought about it at first. "She's kind, caring, tough…. Everything about her is lovable… Yes…. I like her…." Soul eyed him as Kid stared at him. "Why? You got a problem with that?"
"Why would I?" Kid chuckled a little.
"You're her ex…." He looked away completely annoyed with his smile.
"Oh, she even told you that huh?" Kid looked at the ground.
"You know, sometimes you'll never know how precious and important the thing you have until it disappears…." Kid paused for a little breath and continued again. "You'll end up blaming yourself and treat that as your biggest mistake in your life…. Letting go of that precious thing…."
"Your point is?" Soul narrowed his eyes slightly to Kid.
"My point is… The greatest mistake that I have done is letting go of Maka… If I could only turn back time…." Kid's voice softened.
"Then why did you leave her?" Soul's voice was husky.
"I was a fool to not think about it…. I only thought of myself…" Kid said.
"So now, what are you planning? You break up with your girlfriend… and try to have Maka back is that it?" Soul eyed him and his expression turned a little dark.
"Once you let go of something very precious, someone much better than the previous will have it…" Kid sighed. "I know I can't have Maka back especially her previous feeling towards me…. As much as I want to, I can't just tell her what to do…."
"So, why are you telling me this anyway?" Soul asked.
"It was the first time I saw her smile like that ever since… Whenever she's with you, she always manages to smile like that… And I know she has feelings for you…." Soul's eyes widened with what he said.
"I hate to admit it, but I think you're much better for Maka…." Kid stood up and shoved his hands in his pockets. "You better take good care of her… You better not ditch her" Kid looked at Soul as he stood up. Soul slouched and eyed him.
"Like the way you ditched her?" Soul laughed. Kid sighed and nodded. You could still see him smiling.
"Don't worry, I'll never do that…. Ever. Maka means a lot to me" Soul said.
"If you do that, I'll take her back" Kid chuckled as Soul approached him.
"So, uum… I guess you could stop glaring at me whenever we meet?" Kid asked. "Sure…" they shook their hands together.
"And about the sleepover the other time... Sorry when I fought with you about that dare" Kid said. "Yeah, sure..." they both went back in.
"Soul, Kid! Where have you two been?" Maka asked worriedly.
"We just talked…." Kid smiled at her and left. Maka's eyes followed him as he went near Tsubaki and BlackStar.
"About what?" Maka tilted her head.
"Uumm…" Soul thought about it. Maka pointed at him and opened her mouth.
"Boy stuff" they both said in unison. "Y-yeah, boy stuff" Soul pointed back at her. Maka laughed.
"What?" Soul asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that-"Maka was interrupted by BlackStar. BlackStar wrapped his arms around her neck and pulled her to the dance floor.
"C'mon, Maka! LET'S DANCE!" BlackStar shouted.
"H-hey! Wait a second!" Maka was unable to be free from BlackStar. Maka unenthusiastically went with him.
"Hey, BlackStar!" Soul called to him but it was already late. Soul sighed.
"Oooh, looks like your partner went with another one!" Kim joked at him as she passed by with a plate on her hands. Soul was pissed off.
"Oh! Looks like your partner's entertaining other girls!" Soul pointed at Ox who was talking to another girl. Kim looked at him.
"Haha! You think that could piss me off like the way I pissed you off?" Kim laughed.
"Oh, yeah! I forgot to mention…. Your eeeeeeeeeeex!" Soul said it in her face. It worked on Kim.
"Well, I-!" Kim didn't know what to say. Soul raised an eyebrow.
"I'm off!" Kim turned around and left. Soul smiled smoothly and tightened his necktie.
"Note: Don't ever, mess with Soul Evans" he grinned.
After the dance they changed into their spare clothes. Civilian clothes. They went to their homes.
"Thanks Soul, I had a good time! And thanks too, BlackStar!" Maka looked at him as he massaged his head.
"Geez, woman! What kind of chop was that you gave me?" BlackStar opened one eye and the other remained closed in pain.
"A Maka Chop!" Maka smiled as she positioned her hand into one.
"I had a really good time tonight too" Soul smiled at her gently. Maka felt her cheeks hot again and gulped.
"Y-yeah…. Goodnight you two!" Maka went in her house. It was dark. She went upstairs and opened her parent's room. They were already asleep. She closed the door gently and smiled. She went to her room and changed into her pajamas.
"Nya?" her cat looked at her as she dressed.
"Oh, hey Blair…." Maka switched off the light and lied down.
"What a night….." Maka whispered to herself.
"That's not fair, Soul! You're using cheat codes!" BlackStar's oh so amazing and godly voice shook Maka's eardrums followed by Soul's.
"You're one to talk! You're using cheat codes too!" Maka sat up and pulled her curtains aside. She saw the two playing video games.
"Seriously? Playing video games at night?" Maka smiled as she closed the curtains back. She took a deep breath.
"Soul…." She closed her eyes. Her eyes shot back open and covered her mouth.
"The hell? Why am I whispering his name?" Maka sweated.
"I…. Could I really be…." Maka thought about it nervously.
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"falling in love again?"
Ehem... Again, for Liz... There's a reason to why she did that. Read on to find out. And in this chapter, Kid had let go of Maka and broke up with Liz. And this chapter, Maka realizes something. This story is at a near end.
I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! :)
~Shadow