After I bought a coffee from Deathbucks to keep me awake, I walked to school. As soon as I walked in I could see Kid talking to Cumo. I walked over to them and said hi.
"Hey Crona, how are you today?" Kid asked.
"I'm fine, and you?"
"Good, just talking to Cumo about some of the rules here at Shibusen."
"Sounds good. How are you Cumo?" She looked at me slightly startled.
"I'm g-good." She answered.
"That's good." I gave her a small smile. She smiled back. I might as well get used to her.
"Oh by the way, Stein is looking for you." Kid said to me.
"Great." I said sarcastically. I waved goodbye to them and walked to class. I could feel my nerves start to jolt at the thought of his way to "keep me asleep". I walked in and Stein's back was towards me, but somehow he could tell it was me.
"Oh Crona, come on in." He said as he turned in his chair, "did you sleep well?" I wanted to lie to him.
"N-no." His gaze met mine and studied my face for a moment.
"I see, well I guess we'll have to figure something out then."
"Didn't you s-say something about 'keeping me asleep' y-yesterday?" I asked him.
"I lied, that was just to make sure you actually took the pill." Oh, that's great.
"Oh, I would've t-taken it anyway."
"That's good to know. Hmm, what can I give you to make you sleep?" He said searching through his desk, "I can't find anything. I can't give you sleeping pills, Marie would whack me to death..." I giggled a little.
"C-could you just give me something to k-keep me awake?" I asked. He stopped searching and looked at me.
"Marie would kill me, so probably not." Darn. He got up out of his chair and started to walk towards the door.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"I'm going to the infirmary to see if I can find something there. I'll be back before class starts, don't worry."
"Bye." I said as I watched him leave. I'm already in class, so I guess I could hang around until the bell rings. I sat down in my normal seat and set my stuff out onto my desk. I only carry a book and a pencil box. I went through my pencil box to make sure that there was a pencil, a eraser, a pen, and a highlighter. I had everything. What could I do until class starts? Hmm, I guess I could draw a picture or read my book. I chose to read my book. I was just starting to get into a really good part of my book when the bell rang. I looked around me, I guess I didn't realize when everyone came in. Stein was only about 2 minutes late. As usual, he came in the classroom on a spinny chair and hit the ground when he smashed into the elevated part of the floor. The whole class giggled as he sat himself upright on his chair and began class. He started to go into a lecture about how the DWMA was created, also talking about the DWMA appreciation day. Oh crap, I forgot about that. I really don't want to attend. The last DWMA appreciation day I totally screwed up. Medusa, Erika, Free, and I set the Kishin free that day. That was also the day Maka became my friend and I learned what happiness was like. I could feel the tears start to well up in my eyes and tried to think of other things so I wouldn't cry. The rest of the day was normal, I took Cumo to her classes and helped her out. Lunch was funny (Black Star is still trying to get Cumo to like him). And as usual now, Kid is still flirting with Cumo. After biology class (with Stein as our teacher of course) Stein called my name. I walked over to him.
"Y-yes?" I answered.
"I couldn't find anything, but i'd like for you to stay at my house with Marie and I so I can get a better perspective of your problem. It would be easier for me to find a solution. And, if you have a nightmare, Marie is always there for your comfort."
"O-okay." How can I say no to someone who throws scalpels?
"Good, pack about a month's worth of clothes and come over tonight."
"A month?"
"Yes. It takes a while to gather info and I need to test some things."
"I'm not gonna be a g-ginuea pig am I?" I'm afraid of what he's gonna do to me.
"No, i'm not going to dissect you or test acids and such on you." I hope not.
"Okay, t-thank you."
"Your welcome. You can leave now, I'll see you tonight."
"Bye." I waved goodbye and walked out of his classroom. I don't think I was paying very much attention to where I was going because I accidentally ran into Kid and fell on my butt.
"Woah, are you okay?" He said offering a hand out to me. I grabbed it and he pulled me up onto my feet.
"Yeah, just a little distracted." I said.
"You look like you've seen a ghost, your really pale."
"Oh, I wish it was a ghost." I said cupping my face with my hands.
"Why, what happened?"
"Apparently I have to stay at Stein's place for a whole month." I saw his face go a little pale.
"Oh, i'm sorry. Good luck with that. I will watch and make sure you don't have any missing limbs or a screw in your head when you come back."
"Thank you, I hope he doesn't do anything. Especially where Marie is living with him."
"True, that makes it easier for you to be safe."
"Yeah, I trust him... slightly..." I said.
"Yes, well I must go now. After I bring Cumo down to her room, my father wishes to speak with me. Good luck Crona, I wish you farewell." He put his hand on my shoulder for a moment and then walked away with Cumo following him. Why did he have to say it like I was going to die? I don't feel much better. I went to work and finished at the usual 8 o' clock. I walked home and started to weigh the possibilities of him dissecting me with Marie on watch. As far as I know, he won't do anything. But, I can't be too sure about it. I arrived at my apartment and dug around for the suitcase that Maka bought me. (Sigh) Maka buys me everything. I started to pack, glad that I had a big suitcase to fit all my stuff in. I packed all the clothes I had (a couple of my normal robes, 2 pairs of shorts, 4 pairs of pants, 5 long sleeved shirts and 2 t-shirts plus some underwear and socks). I didn't have much. I also packed my journal and a picture of Maka. I walked to Steins house, which was 3 miles away (ugh). It was pretty dark out and I stared at their front door wondering if I should even be here this late at night. I was just about to raise my hand and knock on the door when Marie slammed the door open and hugged me.
"Oh there you are! I was wondering when you were going to be here!" I could hardly breathe.
"I... had... to... work..." I said inbetween gasping breaths.
"Oh, oops! I got too excited, sorry." She let go of me and let me breathe. She gave me a sweet smile and pushed me into the house carrying my suitcase behind her.
"Sit down, i'll go make some tea and we can talk." She said setting my bag down by the door. I nodded and sat down on the couch. Ragnarok decided to pop out.
"Tell her to get me some tea too!" he said.
"I'm sure she'll bring some for you anyway." I said.
"Whatever, why did you agree to stay at this nut house?" He said pounding on my head.
"Because, I need help with my nightmares."
"You pussy! You don't need help! Just go cry in your corner and you'll be fine." He said pulling on my hair.
"Ow Ragnarok that hurts! I do need help! You can't do anything about it." I said trying to push him away.
"Oh whatever you pussy! And don't you dare talk to me that way! You bitch!" He said pulling on my hair harder. Marie walked in at that moment and sat the tea cups and the pot of tea on the table. She pulled Ragnarok off of me.
"Watch your language! Quit bullying sweet Crona, and here is your tea. Just the way you like it." I blushed.
"Finally! I got bored of bullying him." Ragnarok said picking up the frothing tea cup with his tongue. He gulped it down in an instant and turned back into my blood.
"He only leaves if he's satisfied doesn't he?" Marie said.
"Yeah, or if he's bored and wants to mess with me. Or if he has to complain about something." I responded.
"Well now that he's gone, lets talk!" She said sitting down onto the other couch.
"O-okay, what would you l-like to talk about?"
"Well, I'm the one who asked Stein if you could stay here. I wanted to help you. Plus, it's easier for Stein to find an antidote for your nightmares." Marie said with a bright smile.
"Oh, well t-thank you. How did you know I w-was having n-nightmares?"
"Why do you think I teach Soul Mechanics? I can sense souls and what their feeling. I can't identify the kind of person that they show like Stein can, but I may eventually. I can sense in your soul that something was troubling you and I could tell by the dark circles under your eyes that your not sleeping right. I added things up and I predicted that your having nightmares."
"Wow, I n-never knew that." I said amazed.
"But anyway, I hope it's alright that you stay here."
"It's fine."
"Good, plus Stein need practice."
"What do you mean?" I'm confused.
"Well, I felt Stein needed to have practice taking care of a child. Your not a child, but your a teenager and that's close enough. Stein likes to have you around anyway." She giggled.
"Huh?" I'm totally lost.
"Oh, you don't know. My bad, we're having an addition to our family." She said pressing her hands to her slightly bulged stomach. I understood what she meant.
"Your having a b-baby?" I knew the answer but I asked anyway.
"M-hm. He'll be here around next February."
"He? You already know it's a boy?" I asked nicely.
"Yep, I can tell by his soul." She giggled.
"Oh." I smiled. They got married a while ago, so I shouldn't be surprised that they're having a baby. They got married about a month after the Kishin was vanquished. It was a private wedding, so there wasn't a big celebration. Stein then walked into the room and sat onto the couch next to Marie. He gave Marie a small smile and grabbed himself a tea cup and started to drink the tea.
"What're you guys talking about?" he asked.
"Oh nothing. Just about some future stuff." Marie answered.
"Eh? Sounds fun, continue if you'd like."
"Actually, it's almost 10 we should get to bed." Marie said as she picked up the tea cups and the pot.
"Okay. Crona, follow me i'll show you where you're going to be staying." Stein said.
"Alright." I got my suitcase and followed Stein up the stairs to a small bedroom. It was clean and nice, it smelt like cinnamon. I put my suitcase over by the bed and identified where the cinnamon smell was coming from. There was a wax pot on top of the dresser with a cinnamon block in it. I wonder if they put that in here for me...
"Okay, is this good?" he asked.
"It's perfect." I said.
"So, here's the deal. I'm going to monitor you with this 'radio'," he sighed as he put a baby monitor on the dresser, "and i'll be in here as soon as you wake up. I'll have some stuff for you to write down once you wake up." I nodded and he left. I walked over to the baby monitor. I picked it up and giggled. The "radio" was just a baby monitor which was probably Marie's idea. I set it back down and dressed into shorts and a t-shirt as pajamas instead of my normal attire. It would be a little awkward if I woke up from a nightmare, have Stein and Marie burst into the room and i'm in nothing but underwear. I'd rather not have that embarresment, so I put on clothes. I layed down in the bed and attempted to fall asleep. I was overly exhausted so it wasn't hard to pass out. Like usual, I woke up yelling and crying. And, since I didn't take the pills that were supposed to "get rid of the bad stuff in my head" I remembered everything about my nightmare. Marie and Stein were in the room in almost an instant. Marie pulled me into a tight hug and started whispering sweet words to me. Stein was writing something on his clipboard.
"He wasn't even asleep for an hour." Stein stated.
"Do you care to tell Stein about your nightmare?" Marie asked me. I shook my head and started to describe my nightmare. I also told him about my previous ones. I've noticed that they just get worse everytime and they get even longer inside my head, but on the outside world I don't sleep more than an hour. Marie made some tea for me and gave me a couple cups full. I knew I wasn't going to sleep for the rest of the night and they knew that too. They weren't going to force me to sleep.
"I'm going to put this into my computer." Stein said walking out of the room.
"I'm sorry that we're doing this to you Crona." Marie said.
"I-it's better than what it w-would've been if you hadn't said s-something." I said.
"I know, but still. It pains me to see you like this. I wouldn't let Stein give you sleeping pills because instead of waking up and crying you would've probably slept through the entire nightmare and possibly gone into a coma."
"I u-understand." I'd rather not go into a coma, or experience more than I already do.
"Okay, do you want more tea?"
"N-no."
"It's only midnight, so there is books downstairs if you'd like to read and you could watch T.V.." Marie said.
"O-okay." She gave me a sweet smile.
"Are you going to be okay for the rest of the night?"
"Uh-huh." I said as I nodded. She smiled and kissed my forehead before she left the room. I blushed slightly. Is this the love of a mom? Is this what Medusa never gave me? A peaceful home, a little love and care? I could feel my eyes start to well up with tears. All Medusa gave me was hatred, abuse, and shame. I slept on a floor and got a small portion of a meal everytime I murdered an innocent soul. Here, Marie gives me love and care. She's a motherly figure. She'll be having a baby soon as well. She will be a perfect mom, and even though Stein is a little crazy, he will be a good father. He is a good fatherly figure. One that I never had. I never knew my father, I just assumed that Medusa killed him after she got what she wanted. I could feel the tears start to fall like a stream down my face.
"Are you alright?" Stein asked as he stood at the doorway. Startled I stood up and faced him.
"I-i'm fine. Just a little emotional." I said wiping tears from my face.
"Are you sure? I can stay up a little longer." He said.
"N-no, i'm fine." I said sitting back down on my bed. He stood in my doorway for a little longer as if he was pondering whether he should come comfort me or to go to bed.
"Okay, goodnight."
"Goodnight." I watched him walk away and turn off the hall light. I continued to cry the moment I knew that he and Marie were asleep. I seen that the time was about 2 o' clock in the morning before I got up and went down stairs. I went through the bookshelf and found a book that seemed a little interesting. It was called Incantation. I read it for a little while and was getting well into it. Then, I was interrupted by a hand on my shoulder that startled me and made me squeak a weird sound. I blushed.
"Whoops, sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. Good morning Crona." Stein said.
"G-good morning." I responded. I watched Marie slowly come down the stairs yawning.
"Good morning, boys. How are you Crona?" Marie asked me.
"I'm alright." I said. Stein walked into the kitchen and started to make coffee. Marie was pulling out stuff for breakfast. I looked around looking for something to do. When it hit me. Maka. She probably called me last night. I wasn't home, I was here being hugged to death by Marie. I must of had a weird face because Marie looked at me questioningly.
"What's wrong Crona?" she asked.
"N-nothing, I have to go my apartment soon." I said.
"Alright, well we all have to go to the DWMA early so we can stop by on our way there."
"O-okay." I looked over at the clock, it's 4:30 in the morning. Jeez, they get up early. Marie made eggs and bacon for us while we sipped on coffee. We all ate breakfast and relaxed for a while before Stein and Marie got ready to go. They had a car, it wasn't a brand new car, but it still got you places. It was a really old chevy, stitched like the stitches on Stein's lab or his chair, or even himself. Seemed like everything that Stein owned had stitches on it. They dropped me off at my apartment and drove themselves the rest of the way to the DWMA. I waved goodbye as I saw them leave. I bolted into my apartment and dialed Maka's number into the phone. It rang for a while and I thought she wasn't going to answer. Then, I heard a ruffling sound and Maka's voice.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hello, did you call last night?"
"Yeah, how come you didn't answer? I was worried."
"I'm sorry, I ended up staying the night at Stein's. I will be for a whole month."
"Oh, how come? Is there something wrong?"
"No no, nothing wrong. Marie just invited me to stay for the month."
"Awww, how sweet of her. Are you sure there's nothing wrong?"
"Yes, i'm sure. Don't worry. I'm am perfectly fine." I said in a cheery voice. Although I know i'm not fine.
"Okay, as long as your okay. So, how are you?"
"I'm good, and you? How is the hunt going?"
"I'm alright, the hunt is a little hard but we're starting to get close to catching him."
"That's good! When do you think you'll be home?" I asked.
"It's hard to say, but maybe around next month or sooner."
"I hope sooner."
"Me too. I miss you a lot Crona." I blushed.
"I m-miss you t-too." I stuttered. She giggled a little.
"Did I make you blush? You only stutter if your blushing when you talk to me."
"M-maybe." She can't even see me and she knows i'm blushing. That's why I love Maka. I blushed even more at my thoughts and tried to stop my stuttering. I failed, but atleast tried. We talked for about an hour before I looked at the clock. School starts at 8 and it was 6:30.
"Oh crap, sorry I have to go." I said.
"Aww, okay. I'll start calling Stein's place at 9, okay?"
"Okay, talk to you then. Bye."
"Bye." We hung up. I hurried and left the apartment running towards the DWMA. As soon as I ran through the doorway of the school I heard the five minute bell ring. Good, I still have five minutes. Those DWMA entrance stairs are hard to run up. Panting, I walked over to Kid and Cumo as they were chatting away.
"Oh my goodness! Crona, did you know me and Cumo have a lot in common?" Kid said to me.
"No." I said.
"Her fav. number is 8, mine is too. She loves symmetrical things. Like me..." Kid went on for a minute or two about how much stuff they had in common. I glanced at Cumo, her face was bright red and she was giggling.
"I like how excited h-he gets over small things." Cumo giggled.
"Things we have in common aren't small things. These things we have in common are perfect! Completely symmetrical. I also love your hair and your dress. Not much about the bangs, but everything else about you is so symmetrical! I love it. You are a perfect person." Kid said to Cumo. She blushed a very dark red.
"Kid, if you haven't realized we only have one minute to get to class. Plus, I think that Cumo has had enough flattering for a while." I nodded at Cumo. She giggled a little and started to walk towards class.
"Shall we?" I asked Kid.
"I cannot be late! If i'm late my perfect attendence will be ruined!" He bolted towards class. I walked fast all the way to class, trying not to tire myself. I had to run all the way here, I think i've had enough running. I sat down in my seat just as the bell rang. I grabbed my stuff from under my chair (that I accidently left here last night) and set it onto the desk. Stein did his usual roll into the room and fall over, making the class laugh. No matter how much he does that, it's always gonna be really funny. Stein treated me like a normal student during class. In second hour, Marie wouldn't stop staring at me the entire time. We were doing a pre-test and she wouldn't stop looking at me. It was a little creepy. Third hour I had literally very little energy for fitness. We ran, a whole mile. It wasn't very fun. Lunch was halarious. Black Star tried to make a scene with Cumo today. He accidentally scared her as she was walking to the table with her food. She jumped and squealed, the next thing we know Black Star is covered in tomato soup and peas. It was so funny, even Tsubaki started laughing. Stein was again, treating me like a normal student during class. Although he did glance at me a little more than he usually does. (sigh) It's only August 4th, I wish the month was over already. I don't like the experimentation stuff, but if it gets rid of my nightmares, I won't complain too much. Next month is September. I better order Maka's birthday present soon...
Journal Entry #31
I never slept for the whole month. Stein never found a cure for my nightmares. But, I did get a new family. Marie, Stein and I got very close with eachother within that one month. They treated me like I was their son, I felt like they were my Mom and Dad. They were kinda sad that I went back to live in my apartment, but I told them that I will visit them. Plus, they needed the room for their real son, the baby that'll be here very soon. Marie wouldn't let me go, she hugged me until I nearly passed out. Stein had to talk her out of smooshing me to death with her overly tight hugs. She eventually let me go, but she gave me a really long speech about how they'll always be there for me if I needed anything. Stein said i'm welcome to come stay with them anytime i'd like to. I nodded and left. I finally got used to taking Cumo around the school. She doesn't bother me much anymore, but it seems like it's her soul wavelength that gives me nightmares. Maybe Maka can find a solution to my nightmares. But, what if she freaks out that I didn't tell her that I was having nightmares? I don't know how to deal with this... Oh, speaking of. Maka said that they finally caught the guy and that they were on their way home. I am really excited to see Maka, I miss her so much. I want to see her beautiful face, hear her beautiful voice, and feel her beautiful calming soul wave length. I love her. I really do. I just don't know how to say it to her, i'm too nervous. I don't want her to say it first though, she always does things first. It's my turn and I want to prove to her that I really love her. I also ordered her birthday present (charm bracelet) today, since it's the first of September. It'll be here on the 10th so i'll have 9 more days to decide what else I could give her. I wonder how I could hide it though, because she said that she's gonna end up staying at my place for a while. Soul is apparently being a "jerk" to her. I wonder what happened while they were gone... I just realized I have a problem, how am I going to keep Maka from knowing about my nightmares now that she's gonna be staying here with me? I wonder how she'll respond, she probably won't be happy. Crap.
Boom! 15th Chapter! I'm starting to really get into the story now =) A surprise here and there... Isn't Cumo X Kid adorable? It is to me! I love it, how do you guys like it? Yay birthdays! How you guys liking the story so far? The ideas are starting to pop into my head, so I have a feeling that I won't have writers block for a while. School is out so I have more time to type! Well talk to you guys next time! Bye Bye!