Chapter 12: Reunion And Jealousy?
The next morning Kai awoke to the smell of bacon, real bacon, not the candy bacon that Angela throws in his face and calls breakfast. Kai dragged himself out of bed and put on his outfit and slung his katana over his shoulder. He walked out and saw Bella standing at the stove.
"Good morning sleepy head." Bella laughed as she saw Kai trying to rub the sleep out of his eyes.
"Morning..." Kai responded still half asleep. This was the first time he had ever stayed up past twelve due to excitement.
"Would you like some breakfast?" Bella asked, as she plopped down two eggs and three strips of bacon. Kai started eating it without hesitation, this is the first real breakfast he's had except for when he went to Maka's in the morning.
Kai gobbled down the food in complete haste, Bella swore she saw him just swallow an entire piece of bacon with out chewing. She sat down with her breakfast and began to eat it taking her time, allowing herself to enjoy the meal she worked hard to prepare. After Kai wasdown acting like a shameful glutton and Bella was done but with only one egg eaten and one and a half pieces of bacon eaten Kai rushed him and her out of the door.
"Whoa, slow down!" Bella demanded. Kai stopped pushing her and she turned around to look at him.
"What's the rush Kai?" Bella asked.
"Well this is the first time I've hung out with my friends in awhile, I'm really excited to see them." Kai explained.
"So this has nothing to do with you wanting to see Maka?" Bella teased, she gave Kai a wink to imply something which made his face turn a bit red.
"Would you stop talking and let's go already!" Kai demanded impatiently. Bella simply crossed her arms and refused to move.
"I'm not moving an inch with you acting like that." She stated. Was she treating Kai as if he was a kid.
"Fine I'm sorry, I just want to get there..." Kai said apologetically.
"Ok then apology accepted." Bella smiled at her eager weapon partner. "But we're going to walk, your not gonna run, or push me all the way to the apartment." Bella stated, with no joking tone in her voice.
Kai reluctantly agreed to walk. The walk felt like it was taking forever to get to their destination, Bella had to stop and take a look at every major land mark they passed. Getting used to this partner thing was going to be a bit more difficult than Kai thought. After about two hours of walking and stopping they had finally arrived at Maka and Soul's apartment.
"Finally we're here." Kai said both annoyed and relieved. He looked back at Bella who didn't pay any mind to what he said.
"So this is the place, huh?" Bella asked Kai who was already reaching for the door handle.
"Yes it is , it's a nice apartment." Kai responded, he turned the door handle and through it open.
Everyone turned to see what the commotion at the door was. Kid, Liz, Patty, Black*Star, Tsubaki, and Soul all turned their heads and smiled at Kai's arrival. They all got up and walked over to Kai to greet him.
"Kai, it's been awhile." Soul grinned as he and Kai fist bumped.
"Yea it has been awhile since I've been here with everyone." Kai joked.
"Kai, it's been awhile." Kid said looking at Kai with no expression in his face. Kai was worried that Kid was still upset with what had happened. "It's good to have you back." Kid smiled at Kai and gave him another fist bump.
"Glad to hear it, sorry about...well you know..." Kai said his face instantly turned into one with apparent sadness.
"Don't be like that Kai, it wasn't your fault." Liz chimed in, "Yea besides you saved us after all." Patty added in.
"Thanks guys." Kai said as he wrapped all three into a hug, happy that his friends had truly forgiven him. Black*Star jumped on to the hug rambling something about not needing to worry anyway because he was there. The group all crashed to the ground under Black*Star's weight suddenly hitting him.
"Hello, who are you?" Tsubaki asked, noticing the girl standing in the door who arrived with Kai.
"Hey I'm Bella Tulish, Kai's new meister and room mate." Bella answered as she smiled at the friendliness from Tsubaki.
"Meister? Kai I didn't know you needed one of those." Black*Star joked, nudging Kai as if he was mocking him.
"Well Kai doesn't really need a meister, he's perfectly capable by himself, he just needs to be kept in check and it would be a good way for him to strengthen his wavelength. Plus I'm a really good sword meister." Bella responded to Black*Star poking fun at Kai.
"So your basically Kai's babysitter!" Black*Star yelled laughing at his own joke.
"You do realize that Tsubaki babysits you all the time right." Kid joked, this got everyone laughing as Black*Star's jaw dropped at the realization that Kid might partially be right.
Everyone turned to the door of a bedroom when they heard someone walking behind it. Kai stood up as fast as he could ready to meet the person whom he knew was on the other side. The door slowly opened and everyone went silent as Maka stepped out from behind the door.
"Kai? You came!" She yelled excitedly.
"Maka!" Kai yelled, the joy in his voice apparent for everyone in the room, they ran to each other from across the room.
"Awwwww how cute!" Patty exclaimed as Kai scooped Maka up into a hug and spun her around. She giggled with laughter over the fact that he had come to hang out with everybody again. Kai put Maka down, only to be dragged into a kiss by her. Their faces turning red from having just kissed in front of everybody, again.
"I've missed coming here." Kai stated in a happy voice as he gazed into Maka's eyes.
"I've missed you being here." Maka returned as she looked into his eyes as well. Their moment was quickly cut short by Black*Star.
"Bleck, Could you to get a room or something!" Black*Star yelled in disgust and began to fake gag.
Everyone laughed. It has been a long time since they've all laughed like this. After a moment of laughter Maka spotted Bella across the room.
"Hi I'm Maka, What's your name?" Maka asked politely.
"Hi , I'm Bella, Kai's meister and room mate." Bella answered as she smiled at Maka
"Well it's nice to meet you Bella, I'm sure that you'll get along with us just fine." Maka smiled back.
Everybody took a chair in the living room, Kai was happy to be back here with his friends. His happiness doubled when he felt Maka wrap her fingers around his hand. As usual Kai just sat there listening and whispering to Maka about the conversation. Bella had only been here for a couple minutes and was already deep into the conversation with the group.
"Honestly you couldn't tell we've just met her today." Kai whispered to Maka, earning a grin from her.
"I know she fits so well here with everybody." Maka whispered back.
The conversation ended as lunch was being served. Kid, Kai, and Soul went outside into the alley way to grill up some burgers, while Black*Star, Tsubaki, Liz , and Patty stayed in the living room, leaving Maka and Bella to set up the plates at the table.
"So Maka, you must really care about Kai." Bella started, she hadn't gotten into a conversation with her for too long yet.
"Yea, I really do, he's wonderful." Maka responded, her face turning red remembering the times they've shared together.
"Yea Mr. Vesania sure is a nice guy." Bella said. This caught Maka by surprise.
"Um...who?" Maka had to ask, never hearing the name Vesania before.
"You know, Kai Vesania, your boyfriend." Bella joked not realizing that Maka never learned Kai's last name.
"I didn't know he had a last name, he's never told me..." Maka said starting to feel a little upset that this stranger whom had only known Kai a day had learnt something from him she didn't know. She had an uneasy feeling appear in her stomach.
"Yea he told me it yesterday in the Death Room when I asked." Bella said smiling at Maka.
"Oh...is that right..." Maka said in a sound tone. Bella picked up on this and looked at the saddened scythe meister.
"Hey is something wrong?" Bella asked, worried that she had said something that had upset Maka.
"No...it's nothing don't worry about it..." Maka replied, not wanting to be talking with her anymore, "Let's just finish getting this done, the food will be ready soon." Maka finished, Bella nodded and both girls returned to setting up the table.
Kid, Kai, and Soul came back into the apartment with a plate loaded with burgers. Everyone took their places at the table. Kai sat beside Maka and saw she was upset. She turned to look at him, Kai could see her eyes were slightly watering and he didn't know what was bothering her. He leaned over to her.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Kai asked hoping that Maka would tell him and feel better.
"It's nothing, I'll tell you later..." Maka replied not wanting to get into it right now.
Kai respected her decision and decided he'd ask her when everyone was either gone or had left them alone. The lunch continued with Bella telling stories of were she had been to Soul, Kid, and Liz, while Tsubaki was trying to keep Patty and Black*Star from starting a food fight. When the meal was done everyone left to go to take a seat in the living room, leaving Maka and Kai to clean up the dishes.
"So what's wrong?" Kai asked again, "You were quiet the whole time."
"It's nothing really..." Maka tried to lie, but she knew that their was no way Kai was buying it.
"Please tell me..." Kai pleaded, he wrapped Maka iin his ams, "I hate seeing you like this." He told her.
"It's just that Bella said you told her your last name..." Maka began, Kai could see where this was going, "You've never told me your last name, Why did you give it to her?" Maka questioned fearing the answer.
"Because she asked, and she wouldn't stop asking till I answered." Kai responded, this didn't help though. Maka was still visibly upset.
"Ok but, I don't know, she seems nice, and you two are room mates..." Maka continued, "How do I know she won't try to steal you away from me..." Maka began to sob, this new girl had gotten information out of Kai she couldn't, not to mention he had heard Soul whisper to Kid about how beautiful she was.
Kai pulled Maka in closer to him and made her look at him. "Maka, I'm not interested with her, I like you, she's just my meister, the same way Soul is your weapon you have nothing to worry about, I promise." Kai finished as he pulled Maka into a kiss. He could feel the sadness leave her body when Kai told her this and felt happy that she had calmed down. He looked over to the living room and laughed.
"Besides, I think she's more interested in Soul." Kai joked, Maka turned around and laughed as well when she saw Bella and Soul were flirting with each other. Kai and Maka walked into the living room to join their friends.
"Hey guys what's up?" Maka asked as she walked into the living room looking at Bella and Soul on the couch completely oblivious to everyone else in the room.
"Oh, nothing much." Bella replied. As she grinned, they knew that nothing going on meant something was going on.
"Really, it certainly looks like something to me." Kai joked, earning a small giggle from Maka. Bella and Soul caught on to what they were implying, their jaws dropped and they both blushed at the thought.
"Um, well she was just saying how she saw Wes perform a little while ago, and that awhile before that she saw me play when I was still living at home." Soul confessed, the redness still on his face from Kai's joke.
"And he was very good, I wish he could play for me again." Bella said, she turned and winked at Soul, who in turn got even redder than before.
"Um, well...um..." Soul started to stutter. He'd never had anyone outside from the DWMA who had heard his music before, and then complimented it.
"Come one Soul, play for her." Kai grinned, Soul was trapped, he couldn't get out of it.
"Um...ok fine, at Kid's next ball I'll play for Bella..." Soul reluctantly agreed.
"Excellent, I can't wait!" Bella yelled, she gave Soul a kiss on his cheek. Now Soul was noticeably bright red.
"Alright, well Lord Death gave us a mission for tomorrow, so we better get going." Bella stated, they needed their rest, tomorrow was gonna be a big day, the first time that Kai would be used as a weapon.
"Ok then..." Kai groaned, not wanting to leave Maka.
Kai gave Maka a kiss and him and Bella left the apartment waving good bye to everybody. They hurried home so that way they could get to sleep early, they would need all of their strength for the mission Lord Death had assigned them.
"You ready for tomorrow partner?" Bella asked, smiling with excitment.
"Oh hell yes, this should be fun." Kai grinned, he couldn't wait to try this new partnership out, and he couldn't wait to see what Bella could do.