JustACountdown321: Hi again everyone! I hope everyone has been enjoying the fanfic so far. It will get more lemony, I promise, but I have to lead up to it with very emotional backstories and whatnot first. We'll see where this chapter goes…

WARNING: yaoi, lemons.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Soul Eater or any of its characters.

Once I left school and got outside, I ignored Maka and the others with their worried complaints about my behavior. I didn't want to talk about what happened. But Maka gave me a look that said we'd talk back home. I sighed.

I glanced around and found Black Star walking over to his weapon Tsubaki. She was asking him something I couldn't here, but her face showed concern. Black Star only shrugged and said something back, causing her to look over in my direction. I gulped.

Did he tell her? No way, he promised not to…

I paused.

Plus, I agreed to his "condition" as he called it. Not that I planned on having another panic attack…. and not that I minded him comforting me…

I felt my face heat up, remembering his soft embrace. Maka glanced at me and looked towards where I was staring. She smirked. I looked away and tried to act inconspicuous.

I was in for hell that night.

I saw Maka making her way over to Black Star and Tsubaki. Shit! What the hell is she doing?

"Hey Black Star," she said loud enough for me, and everyone else, to hear, "How about you come over to me and Soul's place for dinner? After all, you're the new kid and we'd like to get to know you. Plus, you saved Soul, somehow, and we'd like to thank you properly for it." She gave him her award winning "I'm only asking, but if you don't, you're dead" smile. I felt sorry for him.

"Uh, uh yeah, sure…" and with that, Maka grabbed him by the hand and dragged him back towards our group, Tsubaki nervously following. Black Star was swearing up a storm about how "he was the best" and "you can't do this to me" as she dragged him with enough force to demolish another classroom door.

Kidd and the others just chuckled at the poor new kid as Maka finally let him go, just to be swarmed with questions from the Thompson sisters.

"Are you really an assassin?"

"Did you style your hair like that?"

"Where'd you get the tattoo?"

"Your voice sounds funny!"

Black Star, the attention-loving sociopath, was at a loss for words. He couldn't even open his mouth before another question from Liz or personal invasion of privacy from Patty. I couldn't help but laugh a little at his discomfort. Soon everyone except Black Star was laughing, Patty mostly for no reason.

I looked up during my fit of laughter and caught sight of Black Star glaring a bit at me, his expression annoyed. I winked at him and his face softened.

Why did that make me happy?

Before I knew it, the night had passed and everyone made their way home from my apartment. The only people left behind were Black Star and Tsubaki.

Maka and Tsubaki had spent most of the night talking together with the Thompson sisters. Some sort of "girl thing" or such. Meanwhile, me, Black Star, and Kidd hung out and played some video games while we talked. It was nice to hang out with my friends, even if it was caused by my panic attack. And I really enjoyed meeting Black Star, even if he can be an asshole sometimes.

When he and Tsubaki headed for the door, I was a little sad. I liked my new friend and I wanted to hang out with him more. But I watched as they turned the corner down the street, leaving me alone with Maka, who was still inquisitive as to what had happened earlier today. I tried to sneak off to bed, but found a "Maka Chop" to the head and knew there was no avoiding the uncomfortable topic. I sighed.

"What is it Maka?" I huffed and fell onto the couch.

"What happened today Soul?"

Her voice was full of concern and I felt bad for keeping it a secret, but I didn't want anyone to know.

"Nothing. I had a nightmare, it freaked me out. What more do you want?"

She stared at me for a moment and frowned. "Why can't you trust me Soul?"

"I do trust you, but nothing happened!" I was getting irritated. She was trying to guilt-trip me, and I was not about to give in.

"Then what was so bad about that nightm-"she froze midsentence. One look at me and she froze.

My face had paled, becoming white like my hair. There was a darkness to my eyes that screamed "don't ask" and it scared her. It scared her to think that something truly frightening was held inside her weapon. I realized I was scaring her and dropped my gaze. I didn't want her to see the tears forming in my eyes when she looked at me like some monster.

She sighed, deciding to change the subject. "Fine. Don't tell me."

Her solemn expression changed to a grin.

"But would you care to explain why you were staring at Black Star earlier?"

I gulped. She saw this and giggled, knowing she hit the mark.

"N-no I will not!" I made a break for the door, but was caught by Maka's hand, her meister reflexes kicking in.

"Now, now Soul. If you don't have anything to hide, then just say so…" She grinned pulling me back to the couch. "Now… tell me."

She gave me her "I'll kill you if you don't tell me" look and I gulped again. She was frightening when she needed to be.

"I-It's b-because he w-was t-there during my p-panic attack, a-and he s-saw some things I'm n-not proud of, and y-you're making me r-really nervous now, a-and I m-m-might be h-having one a-again…"

She laughed, thinking I was joking…

But I wasn't.

The more I thought about it, the worse I felt. My chest started tightening up again. It was getting harder to breathe. Our conversation about my nightmare was getting me riled up again. I started gasping.

"M-M-Maka-a…. I-I'm s-serious… get, get h-help…" and with that I started convulsing on the floor.

Maka stopped laughing and ran out of the apartment, calling for help. I started coughing again, this time the taste of blood in my mouth. I looked at my hand in front of me and saw it was glowing red like it was earlier. I panicked even more, knowing there wasn't enough time for the academy faculty to get here and stop this. I started crying, the forced transformation burning my body. I felt like I was dying. I wish Black Star would show up and save me…

"B-B-Blac-ck S-Staaarrr….."

I felt warm arms wrap around me…

"Didn't I say, that whenever you were having another attack, to come get me?"

I looked up, joy overwhelming the pain I was feeling. He came…

I felt his embrace around me tighten, as he sat me up, my body still trembling and glowing. Black Star pulled me against his chest again and started humming while rubbing a hand through my hair. I felt myself calm down and the glowing soon faded. The tears that had been running down my face still fell, but more out of relief than fear. I felt my body relax against Black Star's as my heart settled down, the rubbing of my hair making me sleepy. Black Star shifted me into his lap and continued to stroke my hair, bringing his hands down to stroke me cheek. An overwhelming drowsiness filled my entire being. My eyes were getting heavy.

"B-Black Star… I-I'm getting sleepy…"

He didn't say anything, just shifted both of us into a position where he was still holding me in his arms, curled against his chest. He stood up with little difficulty, cradling me in his arms and walked towards my room. I whined when he had set me down on my bed, the warmth of his arms fading. He heard me and chuckled. He threw the comforters on me and stood up, making sure I was all comfy.

It wasn't long before I fell asleep, drifting off with the feeling of a warm hand stroking my forehead, and someone whispering "Sweet dreams… princess."

JustACountdown321: Yay, two panic attacks in one day. Way to go Maka! But aww, Black Star is such a sweetie-pie… makes you wish boys like him existed T-T

Anyways, thanks for the awesome reviews and I'll try to update often enough that I don't have a riot on my hands T-T'

Until next time…

BYE~