Me and Maka had a serious conversation about how important it is that we have faith in our friends, and know that they would never judge us for anything. I'm still really nervous though, Maka tried to tell me that everything will be alright. But, it seems that my legs won't stop shaking. We were on our way to the park for the picnic. I tried to convince myself that this is better than them finding out on there own and getting mad at us, but either way I just end up gripping my right bicep with my left hand even tighter. (I always walk around with my left hand on my right bicep all the time, its comforting). Once we arrived at the park we set down the blanket and waited for our friends. Tsubaki like always, offered to bring food. So we waited until I could see Tsubaki and Black Star arriving.
"Hey Crona!" Black Star grabbed me and gave me a noogie.
"Hey Black Star!" Maka yelled holding a book. I wonder where she gets these books from.
"Wha- OW!" Black Star flew to the ground with a book shape molded into his skull. Atleast he let go of me.
"Don't touch Crona!"
"Well, I see that the fun has already started," Kid said as he, Patty, and Liz walked towards us.
"Oh hey Kid," Tsubaki said pulling Black Star off the ground and sitting him down at the blanket.
"Wow Tsubaki, the food smells good like always," Liz said as she sat down at the blanket.
"Thank you Liz, we can all dig in."
"What about Soul," asked Patty.
"I invited and talked to him. He said maybe," Maka said.
"Well, I guess he's missing out. The god gets more food!" Blackstar said as he started drooling.
"What am I missing?" Soul asked with his hands in his pockets walking towards us.
"Darn, I almost got extra food."
"You know i'm not going to miss a chance of eating Tsubaki's food."
"Aw, thanks Soul. Glad you like my food," Tsubaki said blushing slightly.
"Well, anyway. Let's dig in," Maka said starting to grab some rice balls. We all agreed and started to grab food. When we were all stuffed, we talked for a little while. The conversations were nice and made me feel like I was surrounded by family. But, I knew that it would be ruined soon, by Maka and I's news. After a while, someone noticed my face had gone from happy to dissapointed.
"What's wrong Crona," Tsubaki asked.
"Hm? Uh, n-nothing." I looked at Maka and she winked at me. I gave her a slight smile which quickly turned back into a frown. Maka grabbed my hand as my face went kinda pink.
"Me and Crona have something to tell you all," Maka said still looking at me. Everyone stopped talking and set their attention towards us. I could feel my body start to shake, I was really nervous. Maka stood up and helped me up, i'm guessing so that I don't curl into a ball and chicken out. I stood behind her slightly as I fiddled with my fingers.
"So, um, Crona and I-"
"Kissed?" Black Star blurted. Then squealed in pain as Tsubaki grabbed his ear and told him to shut up. My face went from pink to crimson red. Why can't Black Star be quiet for once?
"Ahem, anyway. Me and Crona are... together." My face had gone a darker shade of crimson and my face felt really hot. Everyone is staring at us. I hid behind Maka even more.
"Well, thats wonderful!" Tsubaki yelled excitedly.
"Aw, how cute." Liz said trying to keep Patty down from tackling me and Maka with hugs and squeals.
"How adorable! You guys are so cute!" Patty squealed.
"Well that makes sense. No wonder you've been gone so often," Soul said as he stood up.
"Wow Crona! I guess I was close wasn't I," Black Star said as he pulled me away from Maka and gave me another noogie, which was soon ending by a flying book.
"What did I say about touching Crona," Maka said as she walked over to Black Star ready to give him another round of Maka Chops. Then the slight pain in my back told me Ragnorak wanted a say in this. Ugh.
"Ha! Yeah stay off Crona you fat hog! Crona is my bitch!"
"Ragnorak! Don't say that! Black Star isn't a hog!"
"Shut up prissy princess!"
"No! Your always mean to my friends!"
"Oh wow I didn't realize," he said sarcastically.
"Ragnorak stop!"
"You wish. I'm the one who gets tortured everytime you and the fat cow make out! I can feel everything you feel you know! It gets annoying as hell!" I made a small squeak sound and curled up into a ball next to a tree.
"Ragnorak shut up! I don't care! And we don't make out!" I could feel everyone's eyes against me and Ragnorak. Ragnorak was laughing as hard as he could and pulling on my hair. Then I could feel Ragnorak get slammed into the tree behing me.
"Hey Ragnorak, did you forget about me?" Maka said her eyes flaming in anger.
"Ow! Of course I didn't, who can forget you fat cow!" I could feel him get hit again.
"Yeah? Well, you better shut your trap!"
"Ow! Where do you get these books from! Fine whatever you stupid cow!" Ragnorak dissolved back into me.
"Crona, are you okay?" Maka said offering a hand out to me. I grabbed it and she pulled me up.
"Y-yeah. I-i'm sorry about Ragnorak."
"I'm used to it. He just doesn't learn." She smiled at me and grabbed my hand so she could bring me to everyone who were staring at us wide eyed. I still stood behind Maka slightly, I was still super nervous. I was trembling now because of the scene that Black Star and Ragnorak caused. Then Soul looked at Kid.
"Okay then. By the way, Kid. You didn't seem shocked at all at Crona and Maka's news."
"Why would I be shocked?"
"Probably because, everyone else was and its not that obvious."
"Oh, well. I already knew."
"Wait, what? What do you mean you already knew!"
"I'm not allowed to say details, but lets just say I had 'suspected' and they came out to me."
"What? How long have you guys been dating," Tsubaki asked.
"Um," Maka tried to respond.
"Three months," I squeaked. Everyone stared for a moment without speaking.
"Wow, that long. Well, i'm glad we know now," Tsubaki said with a sweet and understanding smile.
"It promises a long lasting relationship," Patty said giggling.
"I can't believe that your news brought such mayhem to the park," Liz said glancing at the hole Black Star was laying in. We all kind of laughed and agreed. We got over the issue of our news and we talked until the sun was setting. I was glad that my friends understood. I'm still really nervous, I don't know why... Oh. Thats why. I'll have to talk to Maka about it when we go back to my apartment. I don't want to have this talk.
"Oh wow, its already 8. Good thing that lunch was big," Soul said glancing at his watch.
"Yeah, we gotta go," Kid said putting his hands on the top of Liz's and Patty's heads. They nodded.
"Well, thanks Maka for planning this. It was fun!" Tsubaki said with a bright smile.
"Yeah! The god is pleased! Keep going Crona!" He gave me a thumbs up and started walking away with Tsubaki. We folded the blanket, said goodbye to Kid, Patty, and Liz, then started walking towards our apartments. We were all very quiet on our way to our apartments. No one said anything until the turn that seperates the apartments.
"So, i'm guessing your going to Crona's apartment," Soul said.
"Yeah, I have to talk to him."
"Okay, are you staying there tonight?"
"Maybe."
"I just want to know whether I should lock the door tonight or not, thats all."
"I'll call you."
"Fine, whatever. Good luck guys, I guess. Bye." He turned and headed towards his apartment.
"Don't worry about him, let's go," she said grabbing my hand. We walked to my apartment and got comfy on the couch before we said anything.
"How do think today went," Maka asked.
"Uh, better than I thought, but yet still horrifying." She giggled a little.
"Don't worry, now it's off our shoulders."
"No its not."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"What about Spirit? How do you think he'll respond?"
"Oh crap, guess I haven't thought about that. Hm well, lets just let him figure it out."
"Okay, that won't be too hard. Right?"
"No, it won't be," she smiled at me and entertwined her fingers with mine, "we won't have to hide anymore."
"Yeah." I smiled back and squeezed her hand a little. Then I thought about how next week would go.
"Crona? Whats wrong?"
"Nothing, just thinking about how the weeks gonna go."
"I asked you not to worry about that. I'll talk to you about it Friday, before you meet her."
"O-okay." I gave her a small fake reassuring smile, but she didn't fall for it.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be fine." She kissed me on the cheek as she got up. She picked up the phone and called someone. I could hear a deep voice on the other line.
"Go ahead and lock the door, I'll see you tomorrow." She hung up the phone and sat down next to me.
"Soul?"
"Yeah, I hung up before he could say anything."
"Okay, so your staying the night?"
"Yep, I brought extra clothes over a long time ago."
"Oh, okay. So, what do you want to do?"
"Hm... Well, its only 8:30 so we could watch a movie then go to bed afterwards."
"That would be fine."
"Great! I brought a movie over." She got up and rummaged through a small bag that was next to the door. I guess she did bring stuff over, I wonder when though. I never even noticed the bag till' now.
"Here it is! It's not a girly movie, don't worry. It's a scary movie, but not one like Patty's."
"I hope it's not like Patty's."
"I garantee you, it's nothing like Patty's," she smiled as she put the movie in. We watched the movie till' the end and by that time it was almost 10. So we put our pajamas on and got into our beds. We were both pretty tired, so it didn't take long for us to fall asleep. The next morning, I could hear the alarm going off and I pressed the off button to shut it off. After my eyes adjusted to the soft light coming in through the window, I went to go check on Maka. It looks like she was just starting to wake up
"Good morning Crona," she said as she stretched.
"Good morning," I said as I walked into the living room.
"What time is it?"
"It's, 6."
"Okay." She got up off the couch and yawned. She grabbed her bag and grabbed some clothes. I hurried and dressed, then went to the bathroom and started brushing my teeth. She walked into here with me and started to put her hair up in her usual ponytails. When I was done brushing my teeth, I made sure my hair wasn't being weird and then went to the living room to check the time. It was only 6:15, so we had about 15 minutes of extra time. Maka walked out from the bathroom and hugged me.
"How are you this morning," Maka asked.
"I'm fine how are you?"
"I'm good, I slept well."
"That's good, um, are you hungry?"
"Yeah, a little bit."
"Do you wanna go down to Death Bucks, get some coffee and a muffin or two?"
"Yeah, but first lets talk." She sat on the couch and patted where she wanted me to sit.
"Okay." I sat down next to her. I wonder what she wants to talk about.
"So um, this week, i'm going to tell you little bits of pieces about what Friday is about. But, you have to stay calm and don't worry too much. Your also going to have to ask your boss for Friday off."
"O-okay, am I going to be okay Friday?"
"You'll be fine, I just want to make sure."
"Okay, i'll try my hardest not to worry." Which wasn't working, I was already getting nervous.
"Kay'." She cupped my cheek with her hand and kissed me. I smiled as our lips parted, which made her smile too. I'm already worried, I don't know how i'm gonna get through the week. I don't know how to deal with this.
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