A/N: Sorry everyone for my long departure! I am so happy people still continue to read and review my story. I always knew that I would finish this story, regardless if it took me 2 more years to do so. So thank you to all my followers and thank you for returning to read this after so long!
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When Maka arrived at the pool house, shortly after the others, she was in awe at the beautiful sight before her. She really should have expected the pool house to be just as extravagant as the main house, but she still could not help staring. All the walls were made of large panes of glass to let the sun shine in. Inside she could see a pool table, air hockey table, and a bunch of video games spread all over the large room.
In a wide space on the floor, the others had sat down comfortably while leaving space for the two teens that had yet to arrive. Maka was pulled out of her stupor when Soul popped up next to her, "You going in, or what?" he asked with a small laugh.
Maka jumped slightly at the sudden noise behind her, a wild hunger seemed to light up in his eyes that made a shiver down her spine. "Uh yeah, let's go," she said trying to calm her nerves. She had played truth or dare a few times before, but back when she was really young. She had heard of some of the dares people would make other people do sometimes. After taking another steadying breath, Maka walked up the steps to join her friends.
"Took you guys long enough, what were you guys doing?" Liz asked eyeing Maka and Soul suspiciously making a blush creep over Maka's face.
"Sorry, I don't really know my way around this place," Maka said as she sat down next to Tsubaki with Soul coming to sit on her right. Going clockwise around the circle, Maka was first, then Tsubaki, Black Star, Liz, Kid, Patty and then Soul.
"Riiight," Liz rolled her eyes, "So, this is how this is going to go. We will go clockwise around the circle. This little toy will randomly select a truth or a dare for you, depending on which you pick. You do not get to refuse the dare or truth to pick a new one. You refuse then you chicken out. But in order to see who will go first," she placed a bottle in the center, "we will spin this bottle." She flicked her wrist and sent it flying, "Oh, and if you chicken out you get to take a shot for courage."
Everyone watched as the bottle began to slow down and eventually came to a stop, pointing at Black Star. "Of course I would be first! I am the mighty Black Star after all!"
"Alright Black Star, truth or dare?" Soul asked.
"Dare of course. There is nothing the mighty Black Star can't handle!" he said as he pressed the dare button and waited eagerly for his dare. "It says to do a handstand until your next turn." Black Star's signature booming laughter carried across the room, "That's such an easy dare for a god like me!" He exclaimed as he flipped himself onto his hands.
"Okay I'm next! Hm, I think I'll go with truth," she said as she pressed the button. "How many one night stands have you had?" she read off the screen. Liz seemed to be taken back by the sudden prodding into her private life, but she knew she had to answer. She wouldn't let herself be the first to chicken out. "2, they were both when I was a spunky young teenager in high school trying to rebel. Anyway, your turn Kid."
"Dare, I think would be appropriate," he replied calm as ever. He read off the screen, "Eat a raw egg." Kid's calm and collect exposure disappeared in that instant, "Excuse me? I will do no such thing, that is disgusting" Kid snapped his fingers and a finely dressed man, who Maka assumed was a butler, came into the room with a tray full of shot glasses and 3 different bottles of different colored liquors. "Give me the rum and bring me a coke," he said and the man quickly filled one of the shot glasses and handed it to him before going to get the coke.
Kid got a sour look on his face as the liquor went down his throat and warmed his body. "Coke please," he asked and the butler quickly handed him an opened can of coke and he took a generous swig of the soda.
"Now it's your turn Patty," Kid handed her the game.
"Dare!" she cheered happily as she pressed the button. "Swim two laps in the pool topless!" She shouted.
"We can skip that one-" Liz was cut off by Patty's laughter as she tossed her bikini top to her sister and ran back to the pool and jumped in. With crazy agility that Maka had never seen, she began to swim across the pool. Before she knew it, Patty climbed out of the pool with her large breast cupped in her hands to cover as much as she could. A butler brought her a towel and her sister gave her top back. Patty turned and put her top back on and had Liz retie it for her.
"That was fun! I was like a dolphin!" she giggled.
"Soul, you're up." Liz said handing him the game.
"Heh, I think I'll go with dare," he said pressing the button, "Drink a mystery shot made by another player. Aw man, this is gonna be awful isn't it?" he said slightly cringing. "So who gets to make my shot?"
"Fairest way to pick would be to spin the bottle Soul.," Liz replied handing the bottle to him. He took it cautiously and set it on the floor before giving it a spin.
Around and around the bottle went and finally came to a stop pointing at Patty. "Oh man, this is going to be interesting," Soul said placing his hand over his face.
Patty jumped up and clapped her hands happily. She took off through a door that the butlers used. A few minutes later she came back with a shot glass swirling with different liquids of who knows what. She handed the shot glass to Soul who looked up at the butler across the room, "Bring me a soda, yea?" the man nodded and brought him a soda.
"Come on, Eater, drink up," Liz said as he hesitated.
"Well here is to nothing," he said holding the shot glass up and then bringing it to his lips and tipping it back. Gasps could be heard from everyone in the room as he took the disgusting looking shot. You could see the horror on his face as he fought to swallow and keep it down. He quickly took a big gulp of his soda to help wash the taste out of his mouth. "Well that was awful," he said with a grimace. "All yours, Maka," he said covering his mouth and passing her the game.
"Well here goes nothing," Maka said, "I'll pick truth." She pressed the button and hoped for the best. "What is the oldest and youngest age you would consider dating?" Maka looked a bit confused at first while she contemplated the question. "I never liked immature guys, and that is definitely not an age thing, but if I was forced to say an age, I would say no younger than 20. I don't need to have a guy I high school, but he couldn't be any older than 30. I don't mind a slight gap in age, as long as it's older, not younger." Maka explained. The girls in the room nodded in agreement as the males seemed to be indifferent to the question and answer. "Here ya go Tsubaki," Maka said passing it to her left.
"I think I will go with truth as well," Tsubaki said pressing the appropriate button. "When did you lose your virginity?" She stuttered out, her nerves getting the best of her. "Well…"She paused. "I was 17, there was this guy and we were dating over a year when we decided to take our relationship to the next level. Everything was fine for a while until I caught him sleeping with another girl. Not everything is meant to last." She said somewhat sadly.
"Sounds like a male to me," Maka gritted out letting her hatred for males show, "they all want the same thing."
"The hell we do!" Soul nearly shouted, clenching his fists at his sides. "We aren't all pigs who want nothing but a quick roll in the hay! I'm sorry about the experiences you might have had, but you can't hold that against every man out there."
Maka was shocked at the outburst, but she had to admit that he was right. She was letting her animosity towards her father and his actions towards the men in her life. "I'm sorry Soul, you are right. Not everyone is my father." Maka looked up at Soul feeling guilty about his rage.
"Oooookaaayyy then," Black Star said breaking the tension in the room. "My turn!" he said as he walked over to Tsubaki on his hands and grabbed the game from Tsubaki and pressed the dare button as he plopped his feet down to the ground and assumed a sitting position. "Dare of course for a god like me," Black Star said as he pressed the appropriate button. "Pour a cup of ice down your pants and leave it there until it melts"
Kid once again snapped his fingers and a butler appeared with a cup of ice. Black Star quickly grabbed the cup and dumped it into the front of his swim trunks. He let out a hiss as the ice met his warm skin. His fist balled at his side as his skin tried to adjust to the sudden change in temperature, but being Black Star he refused to let something like ice get to him.
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The game went on for another hour with each person doing their fair share of truths and dares. Everyone could feel a nice buzz coming over them from the alcohol they had to drink for "courage" after either forfeiting of failing a dare. This of course was not true for Maka who was not used to the alcohol. The one shot she had to take, for not being able to stand on one foot until her next turn, had gone straight to her head.
"I say, we get rid of this little game now and get down to our own dares!" Liz said rather excited with the others cheering their approval. "Hm, who to pick first," Liz said as her fingers came together. "Tsubaki! Truth or dare?"
"Um, I think I'll go with dare," Tsubaki replied and immediately regretted her decision when she saw the look on Liz's face.
"Well I dare you to take Black Star into the other room, in the dark, for 7 minutes in heaven."
"What Liz, are we in high school again, or what?" Soul asked, seeming rather annoyed.
"Hey, I think it sounds like fun!" Patty cheered, happy as ever.
"I've never done 7 minutes in heaven, it's worth a try,"Tsubaki said shyly as she stood and walked over to Black Star, "Would you like to join me?" Black Star simply nodded, dumbfounded and took her hand. Liz and Patty hollered after them as they walked into the other room.
"Alright, who's next?" Liz asked scanning those still left in the room, "Maka truth or dare?"
Maka was taken by surprise, but the liquid courage was certainly doing its job, "Dare!" She said happily taking the challenge.
An evil glint flashed in Liz's eyes, "I dare you to kiss Soul!" she said as she began to giggle.
Both Soul and Maka looked at her with their eyes wide. Sure Soul had had a few drinks, but he was only starting to feel the buzz coming on. He knew that Maka didn't drink much and could not handle her alcohol, but the look on her face was something he had not expected. Her cheeks had become flushed, but the look in her eyes was full of determination. He sat back a little when she crawled towards him, closing the gap between them.
Maka's teeth played with her lower lip nervously as she practically placed herself in his lap. Finally, she released her lower lip and closed the last bit of distance between them. Her eyes closed as her soft lips meet his.
Soul's eyes began to close and his hands went to her hips. His thumbs gently brushing at the bare skin above the edge of her swim suit. He almost let himself delve into the kiss and take it deeper. But he quickly pulled himself away from her, taking his hands off her hips and placing them gently on hers. He almost took her lips back when he saw the look of utter rejection cross her face and guilt racked through his body. But Soul knew what he needed to do.
He cleared his throat loudly as he slowly got up, bringing Maka with him. "Maka has had enough to drink tonight. I think I'll take her home before things get out of hand," he said waving to the friends still in the room. Unfortunately for Soul, his escape strategy earned him a few whistles from Patty and Liz and a "you go get her" from Black Star in the other room.
They walked out of the pool house and back to the main house to pick up their clothes. Once inside Maka stopped walking, "I'm sorry Soul, I guess I got too caught up in the whole thing that," she tried to explain when she was cut off by his lips.
Soul pulled away slowly and looked her in the eyes, "No, do not apologize. I did not stop you because I did not want to kiss you. I stopped you because you do not need to be given choices like that when your judgment is impaired." He handed her clothes to her, "Go get changed, the suit wouldn't be wise to wear on the motorcycle." Maka was still in shock from the sudden kiss, but nodded and left to go get changed.
When she was done, she came out and found Soul already dressed. "You ready?" he asked offering his hand out to her. She quickly nodded and followed him out into the warm night air. They walked quietly to where his bike was parked. He grabbed the helmet and helped Maka slip it over her head before climbing onto the motorcycle. Timidly Maka climbed on behind him placing her hands gently on his sides. He chuckled as he grabbed her hands and pulled them around his waist before he put his hands on the handlebar and began to back out of the spot. Once he was clear he revved the bike to life and took off down the driveway, causing her hands to grip tightly around his abdomen.
Maka could feel his laughter with her hands as it rumbled through his body. The ride did not take long and before she knew it she was pulling up to her driveway. Soul parked the bike and Maka slowly climbed down. She removed the helmet and handed it back to him. Soul placed the helmet on the bike as he followed her up the stairs to her apartment. Once they reached her door she unlocked it, but before she opened the door she turned around and looked up at Soul. "Thanks for the ride home. I had a fun time today."
"You're welcome as always, Maka. I had fun today as well," Soul replied looking down at her now less flushed face.
Maka got up on her toes and pressed a light kiss to his lips, "Good night Soul," she said as she turned to go inside, but was caught off guard when his strong hand reached out and grabbed hers.
"Um, Maka?" he asked shyly, "I'd like to take you out sometime."
Maka was shocked to see the once so smooth man turn into the bundle of nerves in front of her. "I'd like that, Soul. Tomorrow I have class in the morning, but we could meet for lunch?"
"That sounds great. Text me when you're out of class."
"Alright, goodnight Soul," she said as she lifted herself up for yet another kiss, but this time Soul slipped his hand to the back of her neck and held her in place. They shared a simple kiss, nothing to heated or needy.
Soon Soul broke the kiss and watched as the redness returned to her face. "Goodnight, Maka," was his last words as he slowly slipped down the stairs and back to his back leaving Maka waiting on her doorstep wanting more.
A/N: Annnddd there it is! Sorry it's not exactly the most exciting chapter, nor is it long, but it needs to be out there. The next chapter is already started (sort of) so it won't take me years to get this next one out, promise! More SOMA goodness to come! Please review as always guys 3