"What the fuck did I just say? Stop staring at me!" I shouted. Nobody stopped staring at me. I stood up and headed for the door. Kid grabbed my arm.
"Don't leave. It's just; it's hard to believe a partner would that." he looked at me fondly.
"So, what? You don't believe me? That's fine, I don't care." I snapped. I turned back around to leave, but Kid pulled me back.
"No, we believe you but we're just shocked."
I turned to face everyone at the table. They looked at me sympathetically. Kid let go of my arm and I sat back down at the table. A girl with blonde pigtails stared at me. "What are you looking at, Blondie?" I asked, somewhat politely.
"Huh? Oh. You're soul. Professor Stein was right; it would be difficult to find you a partner. But not impossible. There are a few students who might match your soul's wavelength." she said cheerily. Some kid with red eyes like mine nudged her.
"Maka, don't be such a creep. You remember when Stein kept looking at your soul; you didn't like that did you?"
Maka shook her head. "Then do you think Angel does?" the kid asked.
"No, probably not. Sorry, Angel." Maka apologized and smiled. I smiled back. Maka's smile seemed genuine, like she understood somehow. Kid stood up and raised his right hand.
"Everyone, let's introduce ourselves properly to Angel." he said and smiled in my direction.
The kid with red eyes stood up. "Hey, I'm Soul. I'm a scythe and Maka is my partner." Soul sat back down. Maka stood up.
"I'm Maka and I'm a one-star meister." she straightened her skirt and sat back down, her genuine smile lingered on her face the whole time. The kid who was sitting next to me stood up on his chair and set one foot on the table. "I AM THE GREAT ASSASIN BLACKSTAR! I WILL SURPASS GOD! YAHOO!" he sat back down with a huge smile on his face. I smirked and jumped out of my chair.
"Oh my god! You mean the Black Star! Wow, I can't believe I'm sitting next to you!" I fan-girl screamed. Black Star smiled even bigger.
"So, you've heard of me?" he asked, as if he'd expected it.
"No. I thought it'd be funny to see your reaction. Not as funny as I wanted it to be. Oh well." I deadpanned. His smile melted away like goo as everyone else laughed. The girl next to him giggled and stood up, her hands crossed behind her back.
"I'm Tsubaki; it's nice to meet you Angel." Tsubaki sat back down, still giggling. Kid stood back up.
"I don't think Liz, Patty, and I need to introduce ourselves, do we?" he asked me sweetly.
"Nope. I'm gonna eat now, though. I'm starving!" I told him as I picked up my fork and started shoving mouthfuls of ham down my throat.
Two Hours Later
I sat on the couch next to Maka. Everyone else was still in the dining room, helping Kid with the dishes or just talking. "I know what happened with your family." Maka said shakily. The words shocked me. I looked at her. Her green eyes were a little sympathetic, more so than when she found out about Atami.
"What do you mean?" I asked her, unsure of what exactly was going on. Maka sighed and looked away for a moment then looked back at me.
"When, I saw your soul, there was a part of it linked to your family. I know what happened when you were seven."
My eyes went wide. I looked around the room to check if anyone else was listening. I couldn't tell, so I grabbed Maka's wrist and pulled her away from the room and into another one. "Damn soul perception… What do you know?" I asked her frantically. She searched the room with her eyes.
"Not much, all I know is that either you abandoned your family or that they abandoned you when you were seven. I know that you had a mom, dad, and a little sister named Ruhana."
"Alright, don't tell anybody else about that okay? I've worked hard to forget that part of my life. I really don't want anybody else to know about it."
"Sure. But what exactly happened?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow after school."
Maka nodded her head. "We can go to your house, then."
I shook head quickly. "No! Um, we can meet up at your house. My house is, uh, really messy. I don't want guests over at a messy house, I mean, who does? So your house?" I spoke so fast I could barely understand what I said, but Maka seemed to.
"Okay, sure! See you tomorrow then." she smiled and left the room. I sighed and left too. As I walked back into the kitchen, I checked the time on my cell phone that had not had a single contact in it. It was almost midnight. If I was going to leave, it would have to be soon. When I looked up from my phone, I realized that pretty much everyone was gone, except for Maka who was saying her goodbyes to Kid, Patty, and Liz. She waved at me and left. I sat on top the table and swung my legs back and forth like a child.
"It's pretty late, I think I'm gonna leave too." I told Kid. I went to the door, waved goodbye and walked outside. Before I closed the door, I looked out around the other buildings. I noticed some guy dressed in all black with his hood up, smoking a cigarette. He was staring at me. My heart pounded in my chest. A gentle grip grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me back inside. I closed the door and turned around to see it was Liz. "Maybe you should stay here for the night. It's not safe for you to be walking home by yourself past midnight." she said, staring out the window at the hooded man. I nodded my head, agreeing. We went back into the kitchen. Liz had told me Patty was already upstairs, settling in. Kid turned around from the last dish in the sink and saw I was still there.
"I thought you were leaving." he told me. I shook my head.
"Angel's staying here for the night." Liz explained. Kid nodded his head and told her to show me the guest room. She led me up a flight of stairs and down the hall to a small room.
"You can borrow a pair of my pajamas." Liz told me with a smile. We went back to her room and I tried on a pair of pajamas. Too small. So looks like I'm sleeping in my clothes for the night. I went back to the guest room and sat on the bed. I sighed and slipped off my thigh-highs and denim shorts and crawled under the covers. I thought about the events of the day until I fell asleep.