Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater! I only own my OC's, Jamie Elliot, Mark Jennifer (I've always owned him, I just forgot to claim him.) and Raissa Bel Garnaeu-Olive.

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SURPRISE UPDATE CHAPTER ONE! :D

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16. Bonding

The day didn't go fast enough for Raissa, as she was being consumed by her own random and alarming eagerness. She just didn't understand why. She hated the piano, and Soul scared her beyond all relief. That excitement though was still there, still filling her with flight.

When the bell rang for the end of school, Raissa bolted out the door at top speed, barreling into Black Star on the way out. "Woah!" he called with a massive grin, "Nice body slam there Raissa, but you are gonna have to try a little harder to. . ." But Raissa wasn't there anymore, she was still running as hard as her legs could take her.

"Uh, Raissa!"

Raissa skidded on her heels and landed on her butt, her yellow sundress floating slightly after the disturbance. Hiro was panting, doubled over, his hands on his knees. He lifted his green eyes to Raissa's blue ones and asked, "What on Earth are you in such a hurry?" Raissa felt no need to explain her reasoning, Hiro would laugh. She wanted time to speed up so she could start piano lessons with Soul.

"No reason Hiro, well, other than a lot of homework!" Raissa began to giggle nervously, but it died out as Hiro continued to stare at her. She braced herself for a yell but his face just broke into a giant grin, "I thought we could play Call of Duty instead, or maybe Halo?"

Raissa smiled, "Yeah! Halo Reach though. Its my favorite Halo so far." Hiro nodded and helped the French fry up, sauntering forward the weapon-meister-duo headed home.

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