A/N: I'm happy today so I decided to give you guys the present of uploading twice! X)
Song's I listened to while writing:
#1: Again-Flyleaf
#2: For You- Stained
#3: Life Is Beautiful- Sixx A.M.
#4: Gone Forever- Three Days Grace
#5: Stay Alive- Trapt
#6: Sally's Song- Amy Lee
#7: Cry Me A River- Justin Timberlake
#8: Thanks For The Memories- Fall Out Boy
Maka woke up to the sound of people arguing.
"Soul, leave, it's time to close up for the night." She heard Naigus say.
"I'm not leaving her alone." She heard Soul growl… wait Soul? Shouldn't he be at that apartment by now?
Maka blinked her eyes open and looked over to see Soul seated in a chair next to her bed, holding onto her hand.
"Naigus? What's going on?" she asked. "Why am I here?"
Naigus looked between her and Soul and decided that it would be best to leave them alone. She quickly exited the room and closed the door behind her.
"You don't remember?" Soul asked a bit of pain in his eyes… she didn't remember that she had saved him… was this a good thing?
She gave him a confused look but then shook it off. "Soul I need to talk to you." She mumbled sitting up but winced when she felt pain shoot up her arm.
Looking down she saw that it was bandaged up. "What happened to my arm?" she asked.
"I'll explain that later. What do you have to tell me?" Soul asked, eyes filled with hope as he leaned in towards her, his hand gripping her good one tightly.
Maka looked at him curiously… what was up with him? "Soul… I'm moving out." She said as she looked into his eyes.
His smile turned into a frown as he let go of her hand. "Oh…" was all he said. "I know." He mumbled.
"What do you mean you know? Did Kilik tell you?" Maka asked confused.
"You really don't remember." He whispered, his hand going to his pockets where he had kept the note.
"Soul? What happened?" she asked as she looked around the room. Her eyes landed on the table at the corner of the room. There were a few 'Get Better' balloons floating there, tied to a fruit basket, and a few other things.
Soul sighed, getting up and grabbing a hand mirror and giving it to her. "You saved me from a book shelf." He grumbled sitting back down once she grabbed the mirror.
Maka stared at him and let out a small laugh. "You're kidding right?" she asked and then frowned when he didn't look up. "My god, you're serious." She said. "I never thought that books would try to take me out one day." Maka said trying to make Soul smile but failed.
"Look at what it caused." He whispered looking up at her.
"Soul it can't be that bad." Maka said, but froze when she held up the mirror with her good hand. "I… I look hideous…" she whispered. She let the mirror drop in her lap and her hand went up to feel the scar… "This has got to be some cruel joke. Black*Star? Where are you?" Maka called out angrily searching the room.
"Maka, this isn't a joke." Soul whispered taking her hand and massaging it lightly, trying to calm her down.
She looked him in the eye and frowned when she saw that he was serious.
"God… Soul Tell me this is going to go away…" she murmured but Soul stayed quiet. "Soul! Tell me it's going to go away!" she yelled at him yanking her hand away from his grasp.
"You want me to lie to you then?" Soul asked, his voice sounding harsher than he meant it to sound.
Maka flinched and took in deep calming breaths before she allowed herself to calm down. "Soul… I want to be left alone." Maka said causing him to flinch and look down at his hands that were on his lap. "I need time to think." She whispered her hand going up to her scar again.
Soul sighed. "I'll be back tomorrow to bring you breakfast… don't do anything stupid Maka, I mean it." Soul said as he patted her head and got up, grabbing his jacket and leaving the room.
Maka sighed and leaned against the bed. "I love you." She whispered at the closed door, but she knew that he didn't hear her.
"Oh do you now?" she heard someone ask.
"Who's there?" she called out looking around for any sort of weapon that she could use to defend herself… but came up short.
A purple kitten jumped onto the bed, a glare in its eyes.
"Oh, it's just you Blair. What are you doing here?" Maka asked relaxing back into her bed, letting her head fall back as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Soul's mine." Blair growled her claws sinking into Maka's injured leg.
Maka jumped and hissed in pain. "What the hell Blair? Get off!" she yelled as she used her good leg to kick Blair off.
Maka looked down at her leg to see that it had three cuts caused by Blair's claws and it was bleeding badly. She glared down at Blair.
"He's mine Maka. He'll never be yours." Blair hissed her back arching as she hissed at Maka.
"I never said that I was going to take him away from you." Maka growled as she reached to touch her injury with her good hand and flinched at the pain.
"Maka, if you know what's good for him, you'll leave us alone. You'll leave Death city and never come back." Blair hissed at her.
"Are you threatening Soul?" Maka growled, anger lit a fire deep inside her.
"I'm threatening you. I know how important Soul is to you… but he's mine." Blair hissed. "you'll see what I mean tomorrow." Blair hissed and started to prance towards a chair at the far end.
"Where do you think you're going Blair?" Maka growled, her good hand clenching into a fist as she sat up straighter. "Don't you dare hurt Soul."
"I'm sorry Maka but I can't stay any longer. Soul will be waiting for me at home." Blair said snickering as she jumped out the open window.
"Blair!" Maka yelled out but the cat was gone. "You better not hurt Soul." Maka growled glaring at the open window.
For the rest of the night, Maka couldn't get any sleep; she just kept staring at the open window, wondering hopelessly what Blair was going to do to Soul as she tried to ignore the pain on her leg.
"Damn! I can't move…" she whispered. "I would have beaten her ass by now." She growled.
The next morning Soul stumbled in a bag of breakfast in one hand and his other arm was in a cast.
"What the hell happened to you?" Maka exclaimed.
"Nothing." Soul said quickly as he handed her the bag. "Brought you breakfast like I said I would." Soul said with a smile that reached his eyes.
Maka sighed; a yawn escaping her as she tiredly rubbed her eyes and pulled out a plate of burnt pancakes. She smirked. "Still don't know how to cook huh?" she asked him chuckling.
He frowned at her and she just smirked. "It's the thought that counts Soul. Thank you." Maka mumbled as she took a bite out of it and tried to swallow it just to get a smile on his face.
He rolled his eyes and put the plate back into the bag and threw it to the trash. "We don't want to get you sick; you're already in a terrible condition as it is Maka." Soul said chuckling.
Maka smiled but then it vanished when she saw his cast again. "Soul, tell me what happened to your arm." She muttered… but she had a feeling that it was the warning that Blair said she would give Maka.
"The brakes on my bike stopped working, okay? I don't know how it happened, there I was cruising down the road and the next thing I know, I crash into a tree." Soul growled looking down at the ground angrily.
Blair did this to him… she was serious.
Maka sat back and thought about what she was going to do… it was for Soul's sake.
"Soul… I'm going to start packing up today." She murmured looking down at her hands.
"Maka, I know that you want to move in with Kilik-" Soul started but was interrupted by Maka.
"No Soul, I'm not moving in with Kilik… I'm moving out of Death City." Maka mumbled avoiding eye contact with Soul.
Soul stared at Maka. "No." he growled.
"What do you mean no?" Maka exclaimed, looking up with a bewildered expression.
"Maka, you don't know what you're doing." He growled and then looked down to see her injured leg. "Blair was here wasn't she?" he asked when he saw the scratches that she had left on Maka.
"Don't change the subject on me Soul. Why no? I'm old enough to live on my own." She growled.
"Maka, Blair is pushing you to do something you're going to regret." He growled the scratches on Maka's leg was all the proof that he needed.
"Soul I'm moving and that's final." She growled.
"No you're not." He growled back as he toward over her.
This was for him… she was hurting him for his own good. "I don't want to be your meister anymore Soul." She snarled at him.
Soul's whole body froze up as his eyes widened. He shook his head. "You're lying." He said as he straightened up.
"Soul, just leave, don't make this any more difficult than it has to be I'll send someone to pick up my stuff at the apartment." She mumbled looking into his eyes.
Soul stumbled back… hurt flashing through his eyes as he shook his head. "I don't believe you Maka." He mumbled.
"You don't have to. Soul, I'm not your meister anymore. Move on with your life." She yelled at him sucking up her tears, she was not going to cry in front of him, she'll have time for that later.
"Maka-" Soul started but was once again interrupted by her.
"Get the fuck out of here Soul!" she yelled at him.
His eyes grew cold as he jammed his good hand into his pocket where Maka's note was… something was off. "No!" he yelled back at her.
Maka glared at him. "Get out Soul, before it's too late." She growled.
"No." he insisted.
She didn't want to do this… she didn't want to hurt him anymore than she had to… but it was for his own good… just for him… "I've always hated you Soul…" she growled, her eyes clenched tightly.
"I refuse to believe that." He said but he was starting to believe her against his own will.
"You've always been an annoying brat Soul." She managed to say.
Soul took a step forward. "You don't mean that." He said, his heart breaking… where was the Maka that risked her life for him?
"You were always so fucking selfish, it was unbearable! How I managed to survive all these years I don't know." She spat at him.
Soul took a few steps back, but he was persistent, he kept shaking his head.
"Soul, I don't ever want to see you again. Don't try to contact me, don't try to find me, don't come anywhere near me. I hate you with all my heart. I despise you so much it hurts." Maka yelled at him causing him to flinch and his breath start to labor as his heart began to speed up and his eyes start to water.
He shook his head silently at her. "Maka… I love you." He murmured.
Maka's whole body tensed up as she forced herself to shake her head and chuckle. "Do you call fucking other women love?"
When Soul didn't respond she forced herself to chuckle. Soul refused to move from the spot he was standing… the Maka that saved him was completely gone… why? "What?" she growled at him.
"I really thought you were different Maka…" he whispered.
"Apparently you were wrong." She growled, crossing her arms in front of her.
"Yeah… apparently." He whispered as he turned his back to his ex-partner and walked out the door without looking back, fully intending on skipping school that day and just sulk in his room.
When the door slowly shut itself closed Maka let herself fall back on the bed… "I had to do it Soul… I'm sorry." She whispered as she grabbed the pillow behind her head and hugged it to herself, burying her head in it. "I'm so sorry." She sobbed into the pillow.
