Maka blinks staring at Kid with wide eyes..
Her mouth opens..just to close.
Shit..
She can't play dumb..He has the proof in his hands..
Her treasure has been found out..He now knows what she knows about Crona..
And that upsets her deeply.
Crona was her mystery..He was her puzzle to find out but now..
kid knows.
He knows everything.
The boy stares at her expectantly..Those eyes holding some expression she doesn't understand.
"..A pateint at the asylum." She speaks in defeat averting her gaze.
"..You have been seeing this boy?..You have.." His eyes flicker with hurt as he puts down the note book. "..Is this who you are getting me to drive to see?..This Crona boy?"
"Yes." She walks over and snatches the note book from off the table, holding it to her chest.
There's no need to lie now.
He knows.
"..Why?" He speaks breathlessly still looking at her with that hurt in his eyes.
"Because he's my friend."
"No..What I read wasn't a friend." His voice changes sightly. "..What are you thinking Maka? You don't even know this boy! How can you be doing such things with him? or even be seeing him for that matter! He could hurt you!"
"He wouldn't hurt me!" She growls sending him a glare. "Crona's not like that, you don't know him!"
"How are you so sure that you do?" His voice is becoming more sharp as he stands up. " You just met this boy about two weeks ago! How can you say that you know him? That he won't hurt you?"
"I just know!" She snaps, gripping her fist. "Back off Kid!"
"No!" He growls, causing Maka's eyes to widen a little as he takes a step forward, his eyes flaring. "I will not back off! This is serious Maka! You can't just do this with a boy you don't even know! He's in the asylum for a reason..and i'm not going to sit back and watch you get hurt. You have been through to much damn it, why would you want to go to that awful place any more then you have to?"
"Because Crona's there!" She shakes her head sending him a glare. "You haven't been around him Kid..You don't know what I do, you haven't seen what I have."
"Actually thanks to reading that note book of yours I do know what you know.." His eyes flicker with something as he looks away from her. "..Why him? Why do you see him? Why do you.." He trails off, gripping his fist.
"He fascinates me." She states bluntly, looking at Kid, not really truly understanding why he's freaking out so much. " He's like no body i've ever met..He's innocent and sweet..There's so much I don't know.. He's like my own little mystery..My own puzzle."
"But he's a person Maka." He glares at her. "He is an insane boy and you are playing with his heart!"
"What are you talking about?" Maka raises an eye brow. "I'm not-
"Yes you are!..He is a pateint at the asylum..you two could never truly be together. You are filling him with hope for something that he can't have!"
"It's enough that I see him." She crosses her arms. "It's not about being with him..I don't think about that.." She looks him in the eyes. "It's about how he makes me feel."
"..You two aren't dating?" He looks at her..that hurt look still stuck in them. "And you don't want to you just.." He averts his gaze "..How does he make you feel Maka.." His voice is low.. "Tell me."
"When I'm with him I feel..happy." She smiles to herself remembering the small boy. "He makes me forget all that's wrong in my life..When i'm with him it's like a get away..It's just me and him and I love it."
"..." He looks at her a long moment..The more she speaks the more the boy frowns before he just looks away. "..You know there's healthier ways of handling this Maka.."
"What are you talking about?"
"..From what I read from that book..It seems to me your using Crona as a way to deal with what has been happening with your mother." He looks back at Maka. "..Why do you lean on someone who is unstable?..I stand here before you, and I always have my arms open for you but you never except my help..You never lean on me...I can help you too Maka..and I can be there for you all the time. You don't have to wait to visit me."
"Crona is the only one I want to lean on." She locks eyes with him when his breath hitches. "..If I were to lean on you it wouldn't be the same..it would be meaningless because it wouldn't make me feel better but..when i'm around Crona..when I talk to Crona..He makes it all better.." She grips her fist and looks away. "Maybe I am using him so I don't go insane myself but..it's not just about that. I love just being around him..He is what I look forward too..you just don't understand..that's why I didn't want to tell you about him in the first place! Because I knew you would act like everyone else! You judge him when you don't know him!"
"..Leaning on me is meaningless?.." He mumbles putting a hand to his heart. He silent for a long moment, his eyes glossed over. "..Crona makes you happy Maka?"
"Yes..He is the only reason I have made it threw my mom going in a coma.." She looks back at him. "If not for him..I don't know what I would have done."
"I-I see.." Kid takes a deep breath..Him looking off into space with a far away look. "..Then what right do I have to judge?.."
"Kid..?" Maka's eyes widen a little.
"If he makes you happy..and you say he isn't dangerous..then I beleive you." He bows his head..He looks like saying these words are hurting him. "If he is helping you so much what right do I have to say it is wrong?..Just promise me..Maka." He looks at her..his golden orbs shake slightly. "That you will be careful."
"I will.." She looks at him a moment before walking over and giving him a hug. "Thank you Kid..I know it's strange what i'm doing but..at least your trying to understand."
"I said I am a true friend." He wraps his arms around her, pulling her close to him..a sad smile on his face. "..No matter what."
"Well i'll say." She pulls away with a smile on her face.
"..Can I ask why it is that you..kiss him.." He averts his gaze. "..Do you like him?.. If it was possible would you want to be in a Romanic relationship with him?"
"I kiss him because I like the feeling." She states looking him in the eyes. "I do like him, he's my friend but..." She averts her gaze. "Relationships are overrated..I'm just concerned about how I feel..about the feeling and nothing more."
"It's just the feeling?" He bites his lip something seemly crossing his mind. "..What about him?..What if he wants more then you do Maka..Have you even considered that?"
"No." Maka doesn't lie. " But what I do know is that I make him feel good too..and really thats all that matters. We help each other..it's a mutual thing."
"..." He looks at her before looking to the ground..That hurt look on his face before he takes a deep breath. "I see.."
"..Are you still going to take me to the asylum?" Maka speaks nervously..Not really sure if he's going to now.
"Yes." He looks at her but that one word seemed almost painful to say. "You have been threw so much..and if I can't help you but he can..Then I don't want to stop you."
"Thanks Kid.." She smiles only for it to fall a little. "..You can let go of me now."
"S-Sorry." He unwraps his arms from her..but he seemed hesitate as he looks away, the faintest pink in his cheeks.
"It's fine, I know i'm just irresistible." She chuckles giving him a light punch in the arm.
"..You are." He gives her a smile, that adoration shinning threw the hurt.
"If you say so." She shrugs. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yes.." He speaks softly again.. His eyes becoming glossed over.
"Ok lets go!" Maka almost cheers, she's going to see Crona.
Kid just looks at her with that sad look..but he nods and when she looks at him..
He forces a smile.
"..Are you sure about going in that place alone Maka?" Kid looks over at Maka once he parked the car in front of Dark Side asylum. He frowns slightly studying the large building.
"I'm find Kid, i've been here plenty alone." She opens her car door and gets out. She turns and gives him a smile..a real smile. She is so grateful for this. "Thank you for taking me here Kid..I owe you one man."
"Ah..It's no problem Maka." He smiles at her..but it doesn't reach his eyes. " I'm happy just to help you."
"Your strange." She grunts but she's smiles teasingly..
Kid doesn't smile back.
"..Well i'll see you later Kid..Bye." She closes the door and turns to walk into the asylum.
"Wait Maka."
She pauses and turns around at hearing the car door open.
Kid walks up to her and stops right in front of her..His eyes glossy for a moment before he pulls Maka into a hug.
Her eyes widen a little surprised as he puts a hand behind her head, holding it against his chest.
"..Be safe alright Maka? I could never forgive myself if anything were to happen to you.."
"I'll be find Kid..You have nothing to worry about." Maka mumbles agaisnt his jacket..
Kid is surprisingly soft and he smells like fresh sheets..He smells so clean and comfortable.
"Just promise me Maka.." He takes a deep breath, gripping her closer to him. "..That you won't do anything you will regret."
"Ok father." She grunts pulling away to look up at him, but he still holds her. " Me and Crona don't do anything bad, we just kiss. You don't even have to worry about that because the nurses are going to be babysitting us..which sucks."
"Oh.." He seems happy about this, his eyes light up a little in relief.
"Yeah.." Maka studies him a moment. "..Why are you so concerned about me and Crona kissing any way? It's not like it's bad..it's just kissing."
"It's not the kissing that i'm concerned about." He averts his gaze. "..It's who you are kissing.."
"..Are we going to do this again?"
"No, I said I will not judge but.." His eyes lock unto her's..a new fire in them. "..I can not just trust someone I do not know with you..but I will be supportive of you..Just know I think it's fine seeing this boy..but kissing him..I do not approve."
"Okay father, i'll be sure to remember that." She rolls her eyes. "I don't really care if you approve..but I guess I understand where your coming from...but I like it to much."
"We like a lot of things..but we must also be smart." His eyes still haven't left hers. "..Ii understand nothing I say will change your mind but.."
He takes a deep breath.
"..I just want you to be safe..if you ever need me, if anything happens today, call me and i'll be here as soon as I can. If you feel threatened call me, I will be here to protect you." He tightens his grip around her, he is speaking to the top of her head. "...I will always be here for you, for you to lean on when you need it. I know you only want to lean on Crona..Just know he isn't the only one."
"Alright jeez Kid your like a protective father." She grunts. "..But if I do need you for some reason i'll call you..Does that make you feel better?"
"Yes." He pulls away to look her in the eyes..They flicker and he just holds her, staring into her.
Maka sees a lot of things go threw those eyes of his..So she just lets him hold her for a moment longer.
Kid suddenly smiles..That adoration shinning threw as he stares at her..but there's a sad smile on his lips.
"..I can't let you go Maka."
"Well im sorry to say this but your going to have to." She tilts her head a little. "..If you don't how am I going to see Crona?"
"..Right.." He chuckles sadly before he leans his head agaisnt hers, his bangs covering his eyes. "I know I must..but..It's hard."
"..Are you ok Kid?" Maka looks up at him slightly concerned..She means this is weird behavior for Kid..He's acting strange. Why does he seem so..sad? Why is he so..clingy?
"Yes i'm fine..Sorry about that." He pulls away from her completely, giving her that smile again. "..Call me when you are ready for me to pick you up.."
Kid walks over to the other side of the car to get in the the driver's side.
"..I'll be waiting till your done with Crona." His voice sounds odd as he gets into the car.
...What is up with him?..Could this whole thing with Crona really upset him that much?
She isn't going to get hurt..He shouldn't even worry about that.
She has told him countless times she can take care of herself..
Maka watches as Kid drives away..and she can't help the feeling of someone watching her..
You know..that feeling where you can practically feel the eyes on you..where you know your not alone.
Maka turns around and she searches the many windows of the asylum..trying to find what is causing this feeling.
The asylum has many windows for every room has one..Of course they have bars on them so a patient couldn't jump out to there death's and the window isn't made of glass it's made of some sort of rubber material..So there safe for the patients to just look out of..To just watch the free world that they are no longer a part of.
Most windows are covered by a curtain..Not many patients like to look out side.
Maka can't blame them.
Why would you want to look at what you can't have?..Freedom that is so close yet so far?
As Maka's eyes search the upper windows..Her eyes catch someone pulling the cover over the window quickly..Her only being able to see a flash of pink before nothing..
Maka frowns.
Was that..Crona? Was he the one watching her?
She shrugs it off as she walks into the asylum.
"Here, alright I got the book done for you, don't talk to me, just sign the book and go. I have a major head ache." The woman at the front groans, rubbing her temples.
Maka is silent as she walks up to her, takes the book, and signs.
She didn't have a problem with not talking.
The brown haired lady holds her head in her hands a moment before ringing the bell.
"Oh look who it is.." Giriko comes out of the back with a smirk on his face. "You-
"Shut up and take her to the patient's room." The woman growls not looking at the man behind her.
Oh my.
Giriko gives her a deadly look, his brown eyes glinting and his teeth showing.
He looks so pissed off and Maka can't help but to laugh.
"What are you laughing at you little-
"I said shut up! Do your job or i'll alert doctor Stein again of you bothering me."
Giriko grinds his teeth, and his face gets red.
He looks constipated.
Maka laughs again cauing the vien on the man's head to get bigger.
"Oh i'm sorry, i'll get to this right away." He speaks sweetly to the lady..The man doing a complete 360..He now looks calm. "Come on kid.." He gives her a forced grin.
Maka just follows him to the elevator, and they both get in.
Only when the doors close does Giriko turn to look at her.
"What was that you little bitch!" That vein returns and he glares at her.
"Oh i'm sorry but I couldn't help to laugh." She smirks at him. "When you get angry, you look like your trying to take a shit."
"Your face looks like shit!" His eye twiches a little.
"Oh ow, that hurt so much." She puts a hand to her heart. "..You really broke me Giriko."
"Oh what the fuck ever." He crosses his arms looking away. "..I'll admit it's not my best come back but what do you expect? I'm sober damn it!"
"That explains the bad temper." She pauese before giving him a blank look. "Oh wait no it doesn't. Your just always like this."
"Fuck you." He gives her the middle finger.
"And fuck you too." She just returns it.
They turn away from each other waiting for them to get to the floor.
"So you don't like that lady either huh?" Maka comments.
"No, she's a bitch."
"Agreed."
The doors open and they both walk out.
"Oh what the hell kid." Girko growls suddenly at seeing the bag she's holding..more precisely the pencil that's stuck to her sketch book.
"..Did it really take you all this time to realize i've been holding this?"
"...I'm sober man! I'm out of it alright? I'm not at my fucking best!"
"..Isn't it suppose to be the other way around?"
"No." He grunts as he snatches the bag from her looking threw it.
"I made sure all the crayons were dull." She watches as Girko looks threw them, he seems to nod agreeing with her before he puts them back.
"..Really kid?" He pulls out the Winnie The Pooh coloring book looking at her like she's stupid. "Winnie The fucking Pooh? What are you five?"
"Fuck you, Winnie The Pooh is amazing." She grunts snatching it from him. "He's like the best fucking stuff, alive teddy bear there is."
"Just what the fuck?" Girko chuckles. "Are you sure you didn't take a swing of my water bottle? That's so weird man."
"You know what else is weird?" Maka grins at him. "..That a grown man like your self is wearing bright purple scrubs."
"..It's the nurse's color here damn it!." His face pales a little, looking frustrated.
"And I must say, that is definably your color girlfriend. " She does a flick of her wrist, speaking high pitch.
"Bitch, I look better then you."
"I suppose you do, purple really brings out your orange skin."
"Fuck! Where is a drink when I need one? I suck at insulting you when i'm sober." He groans before looking down at her bag again. His vein grows as he pulls out the sketch book. "What did I tell you? Now i'm going to have to take it."
"Well I was actually thinking about you holding on to it for me." She looks at him. "After I visit Crona I wanted to draw your eyes."
"..Oh.." His expression falls a little for a moment before he gives her a sharp grin. "Fine, i'd like to see what you can do."
"Fine, now take me to Crona." She grunts as he hands her the bag back but he keeps the sketch book.
"Alright, jeez some one's eager to violate that boy agian."
"Fuck you."
"Fuck you too."
Theres' a pause as the two walk down the hallway.
"..Are you two dating?" Giriko turns to look at her. "I know it's not my business and if you are i'm not going to rat you out..as long as you don't say anything about my water bottles."
"We aren't dating." She speaks bluntly.
"..So what is he like your boy toy or something?" He grunts. "You have a weird place to pick them up i'll tell you that."
"No he isn't." She doesn't want them to but her cheeks tint a little. "It's not like that at all..We just like kissing each other."
"Huh.." He hums in throught as they come to a stop in front of Crona's door. Girko stares at it a moment before looking over at her. "..Can I ask you something?"
"Your going to anyway." She sighs.
"..Has your father been home at all?"
"You mean since Monday? Not really. He's stop by for a couple mintues every once and a while." She shrugs. "Why?"
"..Well every time I go to the bar I see him..It's like he doesn't leave and I heard from the bar tender he's got a room there." His eyes flicker with something. "..He's left you alone? What the fuck man?"
"It's not a big deal."
"What do you mean it's not a big deal? He's fucking leaving you alone to drink..Your mother is in a fucking coma right now and he's not even there for you." Girko looks away his fist gripped. "That piece of shit.."
"I'd rather him not be around me." Maka mumbles looking at the door when Giriko looks back at her. "..If he were to be around me we would just fight, he would just yell at me about Crona..or just yell at me for dumb shit. I'm glad he's staying at the bar, I don't want to deal with him."
"..Hey kid?" Girko looks at her seriously. "..If your old man ever lays his hands on you..Just let me know and I will fuck him up. He has been drinking..a shit load and getting into fights at the bar. If he comes home and he lays his hands on you, just let me know. He will regret it."
"I can handle myself." She looks over at him. "Why do you even care? So what if he does hurt me..I'm not your problem or concern."
"..Your right your not, and I shouldn't care but.." He sighs looking frustrated. "..I guess you just remind me of me when I was younger.."
"How?" She raises an eye brow.
"Well hell I hated my father.." He chuckles. "He was the bastrad that no one liked, everyone had dreams of murdering him. Hell that's all I dreamed about." He gets this far away look. "..You just remind me of a younger version of myself..The way you talk and present your self. You don't like opening up just like I don't, you would rather beat the shit out of a someone before care for them. you don't give a shit what anyone thinks..you want to deal with everything yourself. You don't want any help."
He crosses his arms still not looking at her.
"We both hate are fathers..Well I did, now he's dead. I never had a mother, she left us a little while after I was born but I don't blame her, considering who she had a kid with i'd be like fuck that too." He looks over at her. "..My father was an alcoholic and spent all his time in the bars..and when he would come home he would spend the rest of his energy with beating the shit out of me. Some times I would black out before he would.."
He takes a in take of breath.
"I guess I see you as myself..and I see Spirit as my father." He looks at her seriously. "..I don't want you to have to go threw what i had, it messes a fucking kid up. Just look at me, it's not pretty...I just don't want you to end up as fucked up as me." He looks away looking frustrated again. "..Just know I got your back kid."
"...He doesn't hurt me." She looks at him still surprised..That was really unexpected from such a crude man. "He only yells at me, and rarely he grabs a hold of me...I wouldn't stand for him beating me."
"I didn't stand for it either but he still knocked the shit out of me." He looks at her a long monet. "Just be careful, you can't trust a man like your father when he's under the influence."
"Hell I don't even trust him when he isn't." Maka grunts.
"..Smart girl." He gives her a grin but it's small..his teeth not showing as much. "..I'll be here to walk you out later."
He takes out his keys and unlocks the door.
"Hey Giriko..' Maka opens the door a crack just to look back at him. "..Thank you."
"Hell don't mention it." He turns his back on her before he walks away. "Just don't expect me to be nice all the damn time, it's not my style."
Maka watches him leave before she takes a deep breath.
Finally she will see Crona.
She opens the door with a smile on her face only for it to fall.
This is different.
Crona stands in front of the window in his room, his back to her as he just stares at the red curtain covering it.
He's so still..so tense.
All the nurses look afraid..one looks like there trembling.
"..Hey Crona what are you looking at?" Maka raises an eye brow as she walks closer to the boy.
"Maka.." He turns around to look at her, a odd expression in his blue eyes but when they fall on her..it goes away but his frown stays.
"What's wrong Crona?" Maka frowns slighly.
"..W-Who was that boy..?" Crona mumbles, gripping his arm rather tightly.
Maka blinks trying to think of what he is talking about..
Then she remembers the feeling of being watched and the flash of pink..
So Crona was watching her..
"That was Kid, he's a freind of mine." Maka raises an eye brow when the boy's breath hitches.
"..A-A friend..?" His gaze shifts around, his grip tighting on his arm. "..A-Are you two friends like..w-we are?"
"Yeah your both my friends." She blinks.
"N-No..I-I mean..d-do you two.." He pouts when his eyes fall on the nurses that are watching them..He huffs a little in frustration and Maka can't help to find it adorable. "..D-Do you two..d-do that thing..w-we do?"
Maka watches as the boy shifts under her gaze, a pout frozen on his face as he glances at her to the ground.
Oh..now it makes sense.
That look in his eyes..it's envy.
Maka can't help but to giggle a little..
They say jealously is a ugly thing but..
Crona makes it so cute.
He's jealous of Kid.
"M-Maka.." Crona's frown deepens at her laughing. "..I-It's not funny..I-I don't like the feeling that gave me.." His gaze shifts.
"I'm sorry Crona, your just to cute."
His face gets red but he keeps that pout on his face.
"No, me and Kid don't do that." She smiles as she walks closer to the boy, she pulls him into a embrace, with her hugging him as he keeps his hands to his sides. "I only do that with you."
"R-Really?" He lets out a sigh of relief and she can feel the boy melt in her arms.
"Yes, so you have nothing to be jealous over." She pulls away to look at the boy.
His face is so red now as he looks away from her.
"I-I wasn't really j-jealous..i j-just.." He trails off messing with his fingers.
"It's ok." She pokes his nose, giggling when he squeaked. "I'd be jealous if I thought you were messing with another person too."
Maka gets an idea.
"..You aren't are you?" She gives him a suspicious look, her eyes narrowing.
"O-Oh g-god no!" He squeaks putting his hands up in defense, his face paleing a little. " I-I would never!..I-I only want to b-be that close with you Maka.."
"Good." She pulls him close to her, he trembles a little but Maka can see in his eyes it's from excitement. " Because I want you all to myself."
"..I-I'm all yours Maka." He looks up at her so seriously that she can't help but to chuckle..
He's to cute, she can feel her face heat up..
The nurses are talking among them selfs..probably a bit surprised with the physical contact..
She wishes they weren't here.
She wants to feel his lips agaisnt her own again.
"And i'm all yours Crona." She speaks all seriously like him..but she doesn't think he knows she's teaseing him.
"A-All mine?" His eyes shake with excitement, his cheeks tinting..His lips slightly part and Maka finds she can't stop glancing at them.
"Yes." she smiles and pitches his cheek lightly.
"All..m-mine.." He repeats in a breathless voice..A wobbly smile finds his lips and his eyes are so bright..
"All yours." She giggles a little before she finds her self rubbing her nose against his, a eskimo kiss. She doesn't know where that came from but..it was kinda fun to do. She got a pretty amusing reaction from Crona too.
The boys face turns a bright red, he looking at her with wide eyes and when she pulls away from him he..
Wiggles his nose..It's the smallest movement but she saw it.
Maka almost squeals..that is to much! He looked like a cute hamster..
"Aw Crona! You can wiggle your nose!" She gigles looking at the boy with awe.
"Y-Yeah..c-can't you?" He frowns and touches his nose. "..I-Is it weird I can do that? Is it not suppose to?.." His eyes get wide with panic. I-Is my nose goinge to fall off?!"
"No Crona." She shakes her head and leans in giving him a small peck on the nose to calm him down. "It's not weird at all, it's adorable. I wish I could do that.."
"..W-Why don't you try..?" He averts his gaze his face getting darker. "I-It's easy..just focus on the tip of your n-nose and think of moving it."
"Alright, i'll try." She smiles when he looks back at her. Maka crosses her eyes to see her nose..then she concentrates really hard on the tip..wanting to move it so bad but it's not fucking listening.
Then she hears Crona giggle.
She stops what she's doing to look at Crona..The boy hasn't stopped laughing, his eyes are closed..and it's such a cute laugh that her face gets red.
"What's so funny?" She can't help to smile amused.
"I-I'm sorry.." He catches his breath looking at her. "Y-You just made such a f-funny face..I-I couldn't help it."
"Well thanks for laughing at my face crona." she smirks, joking with the boy.
"N-No! j-just..j-just that one face..i-im sorry!" His face gets pale, fear in his eyes.
"I'm just playing." She chuckles as she grabs his hand.
"Excuse me, but don't touch the patient so much." One nurse finally speaks up looking at there enjoined hands with a glare.
Crona tenses and Maka wants to give her the middle finger but instead..
She lets go of his hand.
"..Lets color." Maka smiles over at the boy, as she shakes the bag she brought. "I got all the crayon's we need and some awesome coloring books."
"O-Oh ok..l-lets sit over in mr. corner." Crona smiles a little as he grabs a pillow from off his bed and starts to walk over to the corner she sees him in all the time.
"Mr. Corner?" She raises an eye brow as she walks with him. "You named it?"
"W-Well yes.." He averts his gaze his cheeks tinting in embarrassment. "..I-I'm sorry that's weird isn't it?"
"Not really." She shrugs. "People name things all the time..I named a pocket knife once, I named it 'fuck off'..The name says it all."
Crona puts the pillow down before he takes his seat in the corner, gripping his knees to his chest while Maka sits on the black pillow.
"So you ready for this?" She grins as she starts taking everything out. "..Since I like you so much.." She looks at the Winnie The pooh color book sadly before handing it to Crona. "..You can have Winnie The Pooh.."
"Winnie The Pooh?" Crona blinks looking at the cover in confusion.
Oh..No.
"You don't know what Winnie The Pooh is?!" She leans over looking at him with wide eyes.
"G-Gah! N-No i don't! I'm sorry, d-don't hurt me!" Crona whimpers, dropping the coloring book to throw his hands over his head protectively.
"..I'm not going to hurt you." She touches his shoulder to calm him down and he does. "..It's ok.." She takes a breath as she picks up the book and hands it back to him. "You are you going to take this.." She picks up a yellow and red crayon, handing it to him. "And this..And you are going to color Winnie The Pooh while I tell you about it's awesomeness."
"O-Okay." Crona starts to color the bear on the page nervously.
"It's a kid's story pretty much about a boy named Christopher Robin..He has a big imagination and he imagines his stuff anmials are real..In his little imagination world all his stuff animals have personalities and have adventures." She smiles to herself. "..My mother and I use to watch it all the time when I was younger..I use to wish I had the book Winnie The Pooh was in..or my stuff animal's would come to life and be my friend."
"..W-Winnie The Pooh sounds scary M-Maka." The boy tenses a little looking at the picture he is coloring. "..S-Stuff animal's coming to life? T-That's to scarey to even think about! W-What if they try to hurt you?..And you w-wouldn't be able to hurt them because there stuff!"
"Well I guess when you put it that way it's kinda creepy." She chuckles a little. "But Winnie The Pooh is a good guy, he's just a loveable silly old bear."
"..W-Who is this?" Crona points to a small character standing next to Pooh.
"That's piglet." Maka smiles as she grabs a pink and starts coloring the small pig as Crona colors the bear. " He's Pooh's best friend."
"..W-What is he like?" Crona mumbles looking at how the character is holding his small stub for a arm with the other.
"He's very shy and scared of everything." Maka keeps coloring not looking up at him. "..But he tries to keep Pooh out of trouble, and he always stands by him. So even though he is a coward, he faces his fears for Pooh."
"..I-I think I like piglet." Crona smiles slightly looking at the small character.
Maka looks up and sees how he's looking at the picture she just finished.
She smiles..seeing what he is.
"I like piglet too." She gigles a little at the cute look Crona gives her before she looks down. "..I think we did good."
"Y-Yeah..I-I colored in the lines pretty good."
Maka can't help but to look at him and laugh..
That sounded like he was bragging.
"W-What?..I-I did.." He mumbles his face becoming red as he averts his gaze.
"I know." She chuckles as she turns the page. "..Lets do another one."
"O-Okay." He smiles as he reaches over and gets some different colors.
There silent as they both color the new picture together..this one being of Tiger and Pooh.
"..M-Maka I need to t-tell you something.." He mumbles, his hand starting to shake when she looks up at him.
"Ok..what is it?"
".I-I'm so s-sorry but.." He looks away his face such a dark red. "I-I've been bad.."
"How?" Maka frowns.
"..W-When you left Monday.." His voice is a whisper and she has to get closer to hear him. "..I-I couldn't stop thinking about..w-what we did...and I-I ended up telling Ragnarok.." He trembels. "I-I know that this was suppose to be a secret..b-but I couldn't help it..Ragnarok knew something w-was different about me because I couldn't stop being warm..P-Please don't be mad at me.."
"Oh..well it's ok Crona, that boy you saw knows too." She blinks..Her curiosity being activated by him mentioning Ragnarok.
"W-What?!" He squeaks his face getting darker, him looking at her with shaky eyes.
"Yeah..sorry, he found out by accident." She smiles sheepishly. "..Well now it's ok because we both told someone."
"..Y-Yeah..ok." Crona nods but he's still tense.
"So when did you talk to Ragnarok?" She looks down at her picture to try to act casual.
"..L-Last night." Crona shifts a little, something flickering in his eyes.
"..How did he get in your room?" Maka raises an eye brow..
Wednesday isn't a visitor day..and there not allowed at night.
"I-I don't know..h-he just did." Crona's breathing is becoming uneven.
"Did the nurses see him?"
"N-No.."
"..Why did he come so late?"
"..T-To check on me.." Crona looks down at his shaky hand as he colors. "H-He hasn't come to s-see me in awhile..i-i was a little surprised."
"What-
"H-He's mad." Crona trembles more his eyes shaking. "..H-He doesn't like what we were doing..H-he said y-you are using me a-as a sex slave or something..I-I didn't believe him and he got angry." He looks at her, his face pale. "..H-He doesn't like you M-Maka..H-He told me he doesn't want you to keep seeing me.."
"..Well he can get over it." Maka's expression falls and she glares. "I'm not going anywhere...Whether Ragnarok likes me or not..He sounds like a dick Crona."
The boy's breath suddenly hitches.
"O-O-Oh n-no." His trembling is so bad..his eyes shake so bad. The boy's grip tightens till the crayon he's holding snaps in half. "H-He's coming!"
"Who Ragnarok?" Maka sits up looking at him in concern.
"H-He...N-No..R-Ragnarok please stay away." He grips his hair bowing his head, he is panting. "S-She didn't mean it!"
"Crona what's wrong?" Maka goes and grabs his hands that are gripping his hair.
"N-No!" He rips out of her gasps and stands up moving away from her. His eyes shake, his face so pale. "S-Stay away from me M-Maka! P-Please get out of here n-now! I-I don't want him to hurt you!"
"Crona..He isn't going to hurt me. He can't the nurses are watching over us..Where is he Crona?...Who is he?" Maka gets up and moves closer to him.
"S-Stay back!" He cries, sweat is starting to fall down his face. "P-Please maka..l-leave or h-he is going to hurt you!"
"Crona-
"Ahh! R-Ragnarok no! S-Stop!" He grabs his head as he starts to stumble around, his face frozen in a grimace. "S-She is my f-friend..don't!"
The boy runs into the wall, he starts to bang his head agaisnt it..hard.
Maka hears a crack.
"Stop Crona!" Maka runs over and grabs a hold of him, trying to stop him from hurting himself. She grinds her teeth as the boy struggles with her.
"D-Don't touch me!" He rips out of her grasps, putting some distance betweeen the too. He looks at her with that odd expression in his eyes..There dilated and glossy. "D-Don't you know what i-i am you silly girl?"
His voice has changed..it's low.
"D-Don't you know that i'm a demon? A monster? A freak?" He looks at her..and smiles..it's not sweet no, it's large showing his teeth. His eyes are wide and his pupils shink as they look into hers. "Huh? don't ya?! don't ya?!"
"Your not any of those things Crona." Maka speaks calmly looking into those odd looking eyes..She would not show her fear. "What are you talking about?"
"..." His smile falls and he looks at her with shaky eyes for a moment, a deep fear in them. "M-Maka I can't hold him back much longer! Y-You have to leave now! G-Get out of here!"
"I'm not leaving you!" She finds her self screaming..
She had lost her mother..
She didn't want to lose him either.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Crona screams as his back bends back at a painful looking angle, his mouth is wide open, his eyes wide with fear and pain. He keeps bending back, his hair out of his face so she can see how much he's sweating..how much in pain he looks.
"Crona what's wrong!" She looks at the nurses that are suppose to be helping him. "What the hell are you guys doing just-
Maka's breath hitches.
What..?
All the nurses just stand..staring at them.
All of them have frozen expression's..and there not blinking.
One looks like he was frozen sneezing..
There not moving..not seeing..
Suddenly crona stops screaming, his body hanging limply back in that unatural postion.
"..Crona?" Maka speaks a little scared...Something's wrong with the nurses..and something's wrong with him..
She's all alone.
The boy slowly lifts him self up, his back becomes completely straight. Crona's bangs cover his eyes so she can't see them. He is still..
"..Crona?" Maka tries again.
The boy's head suddenly jerks towards her..He stares at her a moment before he smirks..A dark chuckle escaping his throat. "Guppi.."
"Crona?.." She backs up a little.
"That's not my name bitch." Crona's voice is dark..it doesn't even sound like him..and the way the boy stands..He doesn't slouch, he doesn't shake, his eyes are still..yet still dilated.
It scares her.
None of this makes sense.
"I-
"Don't speak." Crona growls, his eyes narrowing. "Are you stupid or something? You must be, trying to get in this boys pants..The last thing he needs is a fucking rapist."
"I'm not a-
"I said don't speak!" His voice is a deep growl this time..it's so low that she shuts up. "You don't know what your getting your self into..but i'm warning you right now, stay the fuck away from Crona. He's mine, i'm the only one who can push him around. All your doing is confusing him and hell knows he doesn't need that. He barely has any brains as it is." Crona knocks on his head a little as if to prove this point.
"..Who the hell are you?" Maka narrows here eyes standing tall. "..Your not Crona."
"Hell yeah I'm not Crona, if i was this loser I would have killed myself a long time ago." He grunts crossing his arms. "The names Ragnarok and don't you forget it bitch."
"..Ragnarok?" Maka's eyes shake a little...
What the fuck is going on?
She looks around at the nurses..There still frozen..
It's like everything but the two of them are frozen in time..
Maka looks back at Crona to find he's smiling at her..it's large and his teeth show, his eyes look wild..almost haunted.
"Your all alone." He coos as he starts to walk closer.
Maka takes a step back.
"Your such a ugly ass girl..You don't even have a chest..What kind of taste does Crona have?" He keeps walking closer..slowly, his bare feet making a small sound.
"Fuck you." Maka growls..She's not growling at Crona..She knows what ever the hell this is it's not Crona..
His eyes have changed..
She doesn't see the boy anymore..
She sees something else..
And it's scary.
"You wish." He chuckles darkly before he jumps forward.
Maka can't move fast enough.
The boy pins her against the wall, holding her hands above her head.
Maka struggles agaisnt him but he just tightens his grip..he's strong.
The boy leans in with those unfamiliar eyes lightling up in dark glee.
"I haven't had a kill in such a long time." The boy licks his lips as he moves closer. His smile is huge, his wild eyes shaking. "I'm going to make you scream..and no one is going to hear you. No one can help you here..It's just me and you."
"What have you done to Crona?" Maka growls..but she's trembling a little under this boy. "..What the hell is going on?! Why are the nurses..like that?"
"Your a fat bitch you know that?" He reaches down and grabs her thigh, digging his long nails into her flesh.
"Get off!" She growls and kickes out. It doesn't get the boy off her but he pulls his hand away.
"You probably liked me touching you there you whore." He pulls back his fist to hit her but Maka moves her head at the last second so he hits the wall. "..Your squirmy." He grins before he tightens the grip on her wrists.
It feels like her wrists are stuck between two 100 pound weights..and he's slowly crushing them.
Maka grinds her teeth..She would not give him the satisfaction of her cry.
"Stubborn aren't we?" He pulls back his hand, ready to hit her across her face..She won't be able to dodge this one.. "I can't believe your the girl...What does she see in you?" The boy's fist goes forward.
Maka clsoes her eyes waiting for the hit..but it never comes.
She opens them back up to see the boy's fist inches from her face..it's trembling badly.
She looks up at the boy..and she sees his eyes flicker.
she sees Crona..
Then she sees that other person..
Then crona..
She can see the battle he is haveing in his eyes..Crona grinds his teeth as he forces his hand to come away from her.
"G-Get her out of here!" Crona screams, his eyes shaking so bad as suddenly what ever was over the nurses breaks.
They all rush into action running over to him with there needles ready, and there restraints.
"Crona!" Maka cries her eyes wide...
She doesn't know what's going on..but she doesn't want to see them hurt him...
Crona keeps screaming as he holds his head in his hands and stumbles around, a nurse goes to grab him and he lashes out, hitting them arcoss the face..
That nurse is out of the count.
Two nurses come over to Maka and pick her up, dragging her out of the room as she struggles agaisnt them.
All she can hear is Crona's screams..All she can see is the nurses trying to bring him down.
She hates this, she doesn't understand any of this.
They throw her out in the hallway before they go back into the room locking it behind them so she can't follow.
"Crona!" Maka cries as she holds her head in her heads..
She can still hear his screams..and still hear his struggle..
What the fuck was that?
"So it's finally happened."
Maka doesn't have to look up to know who it is.
"..Do you know see why he is so dangerous?...Will you finally listen now?"
"Stein.." Her breathing is uneven as she looks over at the scientist. "..What the hell is that?..What is Ragnarok?"
"..Ragnarok is Crona's alternate personality." Stein's glasses glare.
"..No.." Maka shakes her head. "..Some of the stuff I saw in there reminded me of the fucking exoticism man..That wasn't no alternate personally..Crona was fighting it..."
"Ragnarok is only in the boy's head. He wasn't fighting anything but himself." Stein looks down at her coldly. "..Now that you know this..you are going to be smart and stay away from him right? He is only going to hurt you."
"Crona won't hurt me." Maka growls but it's weak. "..That was..that was Ragnarok."
"And what is Ragnarok? Just another part of Crona." Stein takes a step close. "..Don't tell me what you saw didn't scare you, your shoulders are shaking Maka."
"..It's just..I don't understand.." She bows her head..Her shoulders won't stop now.
"..Maka you shoudn't even be getting involved with him." Stein looks at her..just studying her. "..Shouldn't you be worried about seeing your mother more then this boy?"
Maka's breath hitches..
The doctor's words are like glass..
Her mother..
She's been trying not to think about that..
To think about it would make it real..
But it is real..
Everything is falling apart.
"..I-I have no way to get to her!" Maka cries out holding her head in her hands. "..I have no way to see her ok?! I can't see her!..S-She's all alone and I can't do anything.." She trembles..and sniffles. "Spirit won't fucking take me..I haven't even seen him to ask..P-Please tell me what i'm suppose to do?"
"..I will call Saint Paul's." Stein's face is blank. "..I'll let you know by tomorrow your mother's condition."
Maka slowly looks up at him..her eyes are watery and she looks at him with wide eyes.
"..Go home Maka, get some rest. You have been threw a lot." He glances towards Crona's door..His screams can still be heard. "..If I was you I would stop seeing Crona..You now know how he can be dangerous."
Maka's eyes shake as she keeps hearing the boys screams of pain..of desperation.
She bows her head before she forces her self up, her arms hang limply down as she starts to walk away.
"Hey kid- Girkio comes down from around the corner and he catches her as she gets in the elevator, her head is bowed.
She just pushes the button down.
She doesn't want to talk to him.
She doesn't want to talk to anyone.
..Crona..the person who she adores..The person that makes everything better..Who is what is pulling her along..
went crazy..
She say that same look her mother had..but something more..
That wasn't Crona who attacked her..She knows it..
It can't be him..No she won't believe it..
Maka feels a tear fall down her face..
How much shit can she take before she breaks?..
If Crona breaks..she's breaking with him.
She needs him..but..
What happen scared her.
It scared her so much..
Ragnarok isn't a person..no..
She doesn't know what the fuck it is.
Maka holds her head in her hands..
What is she suppose to do?..
Someone..Please..
Help her.
...well damn. please review! I worked hard to get this chapter out to you guys today :) thanks so much for the motivation..till next time.