Day 6 – Worth It

In the early days of their partnership, Soul asks himself if picking Maka Albarn as his meister was really worth it.

Sometimes, Soul wonders.

He knows he chose Maka Albarn as his partner because there is something about her, something different that he really wants to see more often. She who is the only one that likes his music (Wes doesn't count because Wes is always sucking up to everyone). But most of the time he just wonders how the hell they've managed not to kill each other yet.

Because as nice as Maka is, sometimes he really can't describe her as anything else than high-strung and violent. Also, she butts into his personal space too much, because he's kind of really afraid to get close to someone else and she does it too easily, barging into his sphere of privacy like it's nothing and it gets him all clammy and defensive. For some reason he can't fathom she seems to like spending time with him, even if he knows that they won't last half an hour before they get into an argument again.

Another thing he really can't stand is how much of a study-bug Maka is. Bad enough that she prefers reading one of her books to chilling outside, but she also nags so freaking much when there's a test coming up, as if she thinks that he cares about that stuff even just half as much as her. He doesn't and it's really annoying when there's her breathing down his neck all "you know your grade affects mine" and "have you studied already?"

And don't even get him started on her menace of a father. He has to constantly live with the fear of one day finding his nuts chopped off just because he's a dude and Spirit Albarn apparently can't handle a guy living with his 'darling daughter' and crap, even if the man knows it's only for the sake of their partnership (and probably also because Maka wanted to get away from her creepy as hell dad). Death threats aren't exactly something Soul wants to hear, but he has to because he made the choice (mistake?) of partnering with Maka Albarn.

There's also the issue with her temper and with the fact that she abuses him with books when she feels like it. Who the hell does that anyway? One of these days he is going to suffer serious brain damage from her blows and it's going to be her damn fault. But if she wants a non-functioning weapon, all she has to do is continue to do exactly what she is doing now. And because he is maybe not be as bad-tempered, but equally as stubborn and as unwilling to give way as Maka is, the two of them always get into fights over the smallest things. And they always escalate until either of them leaves the apartment or they stop talking to each other altogether. They make up of course, but it takes time and he found out the hard way that he doesn't like Maka giving him the cold shoulder.

Because underneath it all, he actually likes her and finds her an interesting person, no matter how nerdy and naggy she can get sometimes. And he really doesn't want to get on her bad side. He's her partner, even if he is part of the gender that she has long since labeled 'The Enemy' and for some reason she trusts him with her life in battle. It's kind of weird to think that even though he doesn't like her (or anyone really) touching him in the simplest of ways, he trusts her too. More than anyone else.

That's probably all the reason why he's still her weapon and why she's still his meister. They've been both broken just enough that the trust they have now makes all the bickering, the nagging, the overprotective man-slut known as Spirit Albarn and the nights where he wants to apologize but can't worth it. It's what makes everything worth it and he's probably stupid for doubting it in the first place. Because even if they haven't known each other for that long, he knows that she's something rare, something he'll regret letting go of and because of that, Maka Albarn will always be worth it.

(Even if he has his doubts sometimes)