CroMa A CronaXMaka Story

by CronaTheDarkOne

Awww, Crona and Maka discover that they have feelings for eachother. Even though they're still very young, they can already tell that they're going to have wonderful lives with eachother. Every relationship has its little issues, but these two can't ever be separated! Crona also learns how to deal with the loving care of a new family! Crona is a boy btw. I don't own any Soul Eater.

29. The DWMA Party Surprise

Okay, so I deeply apologize for not updating for like ever. I'm sure you're all like "Wtf, really?" and you have every right to be annoyed and angry at me for being so late with my chapters. I had some MAJOR internet issues and I literally could not upload any chapters. It was so irritating. So, for my apology, i'll upload all of the chapters I finished to make up for the lost time. I'm sorry again guys!

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Saturday, December 20th. Today is the DWMA party. I woke up in a bright room and I turned over. I half opened my eyes and saw a peacefully sleeping Maka. She looked so dreamy. Her hair flowed over her face and a little bit of drool escaped her lips. I smiled. Home at last.

"Mmm..." Maka murmured as she shifted in the sheets. She rubbed her eyes and gazed at me.

"Hello handsome." she smiled. I felt a little blush rush to my face.

"Hello beautiful." I returned. Her smile grew and she threw a pillow over my face. She giggled and got out of the bed. I removed the pillow and threw it at her as she exited the room. I heard her laugh as she arrived at the kitchen. I got up and put the pillows back in place. I hurriedly put on a grey long sleeve shirt and some jeans, then went to the kitchen after Maka.

"What sounds good? Eggs and bacon, pancakes and toast, cinnamon rolls?" Maka suggested.

"Hm... How about I make breakfast and surprise you." I said.

"I don't know..." she said picking up a spatula, "Can you handle it?" she teased.

"I think I can. I'm not sure, what do spatulas do again?" I replied. She giggled at me. She handed me the spatula.

"Don't burn anything." she gave me a kiss on my cheek and walked to the couch. She layed down and made herself comfortable. She turned on the T.V. and started to watch 'Sherlock Holmes'. I rummaged in the fridge. I found the ingredients I needed and began to cook. I turned on the stove and set the pan down on the hot burner. I stirred an egg mix and poured it into the pan. I loved the sound of it sizzle and the smell of the eggs cooking. I pulled apart little pieces of ham and added them as the eggs hardened. I quickly cut up some celery, red bell pepper and added them along with some spices to the eggs.

"Smelling good!" Maka said. I smiled and started to mix the batter of strawberry pancakes. I added some cinnamon to spice it up. Once her omelet I created was done, I set it on her plate and waited for the pancake to finish. Once done, I added it along with a fresh strawberry and some whip cream. I set it on the table and went to fetch a glass of orange juice.

"Bon appetit!" I said as I set the glass down next to her plate. She got up from her spot and sat at the table.

"Wow Crona. Thank you." She took a bite of her pancake. "Of course you'd make my favorite pancakes."

"You're welcome. I wanted to make today special." I said.

"Why?" she asked between bites.

"Well, I feel like I need to make up for the time that we missed out on. Plus today is the DWMA party, it's special and I wanted you to be happy."

"Aw Crona. It is special but nothing is more special to me than spending time with you." She got up from her food and gave me a hug.

"Thank you." I said.

"Always." Maka replied. She let go and gave me a big smile before sitting back down to eat her food. She took a big bite and motioned for me to sit and eat too. I finished cooking my food and sat across from her.

"Is it any good?" I asked her. Her mouth was full so she just gave me a big nod. Then she stopped, waited a second, then quickly walked to the bathroom. She shut the door before I heard gagging sounds. I got up from my seat in an instant and tried to enter the bathroom. When the knob didn't turn I realized that she locked it.

"Maka? Are you okay?" I asked through the door. My response was more gagging. I knocked and waited for a response. I'm pretty sure I cooked the eggs all the way. I wonder why she is sick. Does this mean she can't go to the DWMA party? "M-maka?" I was about to knock again but she opened the door with a towel to her mouth.

"I'm fine." she sighed. She threw the towel into our dirty pile and walked back to the table and began eating again. She just threw up... and she's eating again?

"A-are you sure?" I asked as I sat.

"Yeah." Then she shoved a piece of omelet in her mouth. Okay... If she says she's okay, then she's okay.

"I'm finished. Thank you Crona, I really appreciate it." She got up and put her dishes in the sink.

"You're welcome, anything for you." I responded. She set her hand on my shoulder and gave me a smile. She's perfectly fine... I don't understand.

"We need to talk." She said sighing. I could still feel that she was happy but she seemed like she has had this pressing urge to tell me something. I can guess what it is.

"Okay." I said. I picked up my empty plate and set it in the sink. Maka turned off the T.V. so she could tell me without any distractions.

"I've been wanting to tell you for a while. For two months, to be exact-" she started, "There has been so many distractions. So, I haven't been able to. Now we are alone and you aren't in the infirmary. So, while we're both in good moods i'll come out and say it."

"O-okay." I said. I tried to prepare myself. I didn't seem very ready though.

"Crona, i'm p-" Knock, Knock, Knock. Both of our heads whipped to the door. "Again!?" She let her head drop to the table.

"They can wait, finish what you were going to say."

"No, go get the door." I felt dissapointed. I got up and opened the door.

"Hi Crona!" Patty screamed as she grabbed me into a crushing hug.

"Geez Patty, he needs to breathe." Liz said. Patty let go of me and I dropped to the ground.

"Oops, sorry!" she giggled.

"Ahem, anyway..." Death The Kid said, "How are you?"

"I-i'm fine." I answered. I got up from the floor and Maka walked up behind me.

"Why don't you guys come in." Maka said.

"Thank you." Kid said. They entered and sat on the couch.

"It's clean. I like it." Liz said.

"I don't like to live in a mess." Maka said, "Neither does he." Maka pointed to me.

"I clean a lot when i'm home." I said. Kid nodded, he knew exactly how that was. Kid would clean everything if he saw a speck of dust fall. I'm glad i'm not such a clean freak.

"What are you guys up to?" Maka asked.

"We thought it would be fun if we took you dress shopping." Liz said.

"Oh, I already have a dress." Maka saw Liz and Patty's dissapointed faces, "But, you can do my makeup and hair." They cheered up instantly and were excited.

"Thank you Maka!" Patty said. She started to bounce a little where she was sitting.

"Yeah, thanks Maka. We really appreciate it." Liz added.

"I thought I could take Crona out shopping as well." Kid said.

"The party doesn't start until six though." I said.

"It's nice to have an outfit way before the party starts. I thought we could pick up a couple of other things too."

"Okay. What will Maka do in the meantime?"

"It's fine. I'm inviting Theresa over so we can go and pick out her dress. Since they can't pick out mine, I thought it would be nice if we also went to Tsubaki's and picked out something for her." Maka said.

"Yay! Makeovers!" Patty giggled.

"Thanks Maka, again. It'll be fun, we promise." Liz said.

"Alright then, we'll leave you girls alone. We can go now, Kid." I said getting ready to leave.

"Okay, see you later." Kid said as he waved at his weapon partners and left with me. We walked out of the building and down the sidewalk towards the middle of town. I followed Kid, I had no idea where we were going.

"What are we doing first?" I asked him.

"Well, we're going to find you a suit. That normal white one of yours is kind of old, isn't it?"

"Y-yeah. I guess so."

"See, good reasoning for a new suit. I'm buying so don't worry about prices."

"Thanks."

"Of course. Well, let's see." We had arrived at some of the local 'fancy' attire clothing stores. He was trying to figure out which one we would go to.

"Aren't they all the same?" I asked.

"Of course not! We have to go to the store with the perfect seams and symmetrical fashions." He ranted. I sighed, theres Kid for ya.

"How about we go to one you usually visit?"

"Good idea." He started to walk and I went after him. He was walking pretty fast. I wonder why he was in such a hurry. We walked into a REALLY fancy story. That was literally what the store was called too. The name of the store is "Really Men Fashion".

"Ah, here we are." Kid lead me to the suit part of the store. There were a bunch of suits that looked identical to me. They were all different prices and had 'special attachments' but they looked the same.

"What one do I try on first?" I asked Kid.

"Hm..." Kid picked up a suit. He examined it for a moment then placed it back, picked up another one and put it back. He did this for about an hour with tons of different suits.

"Why don't you ask someone for the specific suit you're looking for?" I suggested to Kid.

"Good idea." He walked over to one of the store's employees. "Excuse me sir, do you happen to have a suit that would match this man?" Kid's hands motioned over to me. The guy looked me up and down and stood there with a strange look. It made me nervous.

"I think I do. Follow me." We followed the man to far back in the store and he picked up a specific suit. Kid took the suit and began to examine it as well.

"Yes, it's perfectly symmetrical. Go try it on Crona."

"O-okay." I answered as he shoved it into my hands. Kid lead me to the dressing rooms and pushed me into one. I started to dress into it, hanging my other clothes on the convenient hooks. The suit was a dark grey and it was long enought, luckily, to fit my long legs. There was a pocket on the left side of my chest with a little napkin in it. Geez, this is a reeeaaalllyyy fancy store. The collar fit perfectly with my long neck. It was comfortable but looked awkward with my normal shoes. I walked out to show Kid.

"Ah, yes. It's perfect. I'd like to buy this, by the way are there any shoes that would match it?

"Of course." The employee turned around and picked up a pair of shoes he had already gotten for me. He set them down in front of me. I exchanged my old, dirty shoes for the brand new, fancy shoes. They fit perfectly and complimented my outfit.

"Very nice. Go change and give me the suit. I'll pay for it." Kid said shoving me back into the dressing room. I undressed from it and flipped it over the stall door so Kid could go pay for it. I did the same with the shoes. I changed back into my normal clothes and exited the stall. I looked around but I couldn't find Kid.

"Kid!?" I called. No answer. I was in the back of the store and Kid went to go pay for it. Maybe he's at the front desk... I walked until I got there but no sign of him there. But the employee that was helping us was.

"Um, sir?" I tried to inform him.

"Yes?" The man replied almost annoyingly.

"Did you see where the person I came here with went? I can't find him."

"Oh, the kid with the white stripes? Yeah, he's over there." The man pointed to a rack of suits.

"O-okay, thank you." I couldn't see Kid but I imagined he was somehwere near here. I looked around and caught movement in the corner of my eye. The bottom of one of the suits were moving. I pulled back the suits to find Kid sitting in the middle gazing so happily at a price tag.

"K-kid!? What are you doing?" I asked.

"Have you seen this! It's so beautiful, so symmetrical." He lifted the tag up for me to see, "It's $888! Such a marvelous amount of eights. Two at the sides and one in the middle, plus 8 itself is beautifully symmetrical. It's brilliant!" He started to cuddle the price tag.

"Are you okay Kid?" I asked him.

"Of course I am! This is the most beautifully symmetrical thing i've ever seen! I must marvel over it, it would be a shame to let this be ignored." I sweat dropped. I'm never going to get out of here... The suit Kid bought for me was next to him wrapped in perfect plastic.

"Uh... Can we go? I'm sure there are other symmetrical things you can find."

"No! I must have this." Kid got up and looked at the suit that the price tag belonged to. His face became very disgusted. "Why? The price is beautiful but why to such an unsymmetrical item like this? It's depreciating."

"Sir, we'll have to ask you to leave. You've caused a lot of disrupting and you are bothering other customers." Said one of the employees that approached us.

"Why!? Everyone should know what a disgrace this wonderful tag is attached to." Kid stated.

"Sir? Are you mentally challened?" The man asked rudely.

"Mentally challened!? How dare you mock my ingenious sense of balance. What a shame."

"Can we just get a price tag that says $888? I'm sure he'll stop afterwards." The man looked at me like I was stupid and went back to find a blank price tag. After a few moments he came back with a newly printed price tag that said $888. I attached it to my suit, which Kid had thought was symmetrical.

"Hey Kid, look! A symmetrical price tag with a symmetrical suit." I said showing it to him.

"My goodness! How did I not notice!?" He got up instantly and began to cuddle my coat. I wonder if Kid's always been this symmetrical obbsessed or if the madness wavelengths just agravate it. I dragged him out of the store.

"Where are we going now?" I asked him.

"Follow me." He started to walk the pace he did before. How long have we been in town?

"What time is it?" Kid looked around for a clock, "It's... 9:30."

"So we've been in that store for an hour and a half?"

"Apparently so. Aha! Here we go." He turned into a store and I followed. The place smelled very strong like perfume. It was filled with purses and jewelery. I glanced at a few price tags as we walked by. Geez Kid has some expensive taste.

"I took it upon myself to plan this day for you. I wanted to help you find something very special for Maka. I ordered a corsage according to how Maka described her dress to me." He asked one of the employees about his order. The person came back with a little clear box that held the corsage for Maka.

"Thank you Kid."

"You're welcome. I can't be with Cumo today and it makes me sad to think that could've been you and Maka. I want you both to have a wonderful night. Especially since this will be your first DWMA anniversary party." Kid handed me the corsage. It was beautiful. A beautiful red flower with little green gems surrounding it. A small strap was at the bottom so it would attach to Maka's wrist, it looked a lot like a vine.

"It's very pretty. Thank you again. How do I repay you?"

"You don't. It's something I want to do for you. You deserve it." Kid said. I gave him a light smile. "Alright, let's go find you some cologne." We stayed in the same store but went to a section for men's bags and scents. Kid looked at many different colognes but rejected most. He finally sniffed at one and tried to spray me with it. I wasn't expecting it so it made me squeak when he sprayed me with the cold liquid.

"I like it- a... achoo!" I sneezed at the mist of scents. I recovered from my sneeze and Kid was examining the cologne bottle.

"You aren't allergic to anything, are you?" He asked.

"No. Ragnarok makes me immune to everything. Why do you think I never get sick?"

"True. Alright, let's go find that other thing.." Kid payed for the cologne and carried it in a small bag that had the store's logo. We left the current store and headed towards some other stores.

"What other thing?" I asked as I caught up to Kid.

"You'll see." Then all of the sudden he turned and I had to come to a stop before I tripped over a little kid.

"S-sorry!" I said as I turned into the store. The store we walked into was Deathbucks.

"I'll have a caramel latte and Crona here will have his usual." The man tipped his head as if he had a hat and began making our drinks.

"Why are we here?" I asked him.

"Well, we've been walking for a while and i've been dragging you everywhere. So I thought we needed something to boost our energy." Kid payed for our drinks and handed me mine.

"Thanks." I said as I sipped at my warm coffee.

"Well, i've gotten all the things I wanted to get you. Is there anything you want to get?" Kid asked me.

"I noticed that the flowers I gave Maka earlier this week have already died. We can go get some new ones."

"Good idea." Kid said. He began walking in a direction. I ran after him.

"How do you walk so fast?" I asked him.

"I only wish to be able to get where we want to be. I'm not fast or slow, just simply going at my own pace."

"That makes sense." I said. Kid nodded his head in satisfaction and we continued towards the flower store of Kid's choice. We walked into the warm air which felt nice. The flowers were very pretty.

"I haven't been here before." I stated.

"You haven't? It's expensive, but the flowers here last much longer and the scents are really extravagant."

"Is that so?" I said gazing at a group of roses. They were a really bright red. They were beautiful.

"Indeed. Pick whatever flowers. I'll pay."

"You don't have to pay this time. I can do it."

"Nonsense, my treat." Kid waved his hands toward the flowers. He went around smelling a few while I picked out some to take home. I found some tiger lilys that Maka had really liked. I picked out a couple and ordered them to be placed in special wrapping. Kid happily payed for them and we practically skipped out of the shop.

"It's a nice day. Anything else you want to grab before we go back?" Kid asked.

"Can we go find some cards?" I asked.

"Cards?" Kid asked, starting to walk a direction.

"Yeah, some like you would give for a birthday, or easter or something like that. Something that says 'we still love you'."

"For who?"

"Cumo." I answered. Kid stopped. His head lowered a little but he straightened out.

"I haven't seen her for a while. They moved her to a cell that specially hides her soul wavelength. My father has put up guards so I can't see her."

"Oh, i'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring it up. I thought it would be nice to buy it for her and leave it in her room for when she get's back."

"No, no. It's thoughtful and nice. I agree, let's go find Cumo a card." He said. He began walking again. I glanced at one of the clocks that were randomly placed about the city. It's eleven o'clock. I wonder if we should head back soon.

"Here we go. This store's cards are amazing. You could even grab one for Maka if you want." Kid said. I nodded and headed inside with him. The place was filled with magazines and books but had a isle or two full of cards. I found one easily for Maka. It said, 'although we may be in a tough situation, the love between us can never burn away.' I thought it was cute and true, so I picked it up. One for Cumo was a little hard. After a while of searching, I finally found one that would do. 'A family member is a cherished and loved brick that holds us up and i'm glad to have you a part of my family structure.' They were a bit cheesy and long but it works. It gets the point across which is what I need. I used one of the pens at the desk and left a little note from myself in each card and placed them in their own individual envelope. I convinced Kid to let me pay for these. Holy crap can Kid negotiate. I never thought i'd get through the conversation but Kid realized how nervous I was from trying to convince him to just let me play for once. He caved in and let me pay.

"Anything else?" Kid asked.

"Not that I know of. Unless you want to get something."

"No, no. I believe we are finished. Let's head back and see what we can do for lunch." I nodded in agreement. We started to head back to my apartment. Surprisingly for a Saturday, not very many people were out today. Kid decided to stop at the park for a moment.

"Let's rest for a moment. We've been walking for quite a while." Kid said. Which I thought was odd. Neither of us were tired but Kid wanted to rest.

"Is there something wrong Kid?" I asked. I noticed that when he sat on one of the benches he let out a long sigh.

"I'm okay." He looked up at me with a half smile but let it drop when he noticed I wasn't buying his 'i'm okay' act. "Fine. I'm worried about Cumo. No one will tell me what's wrong but everytime I bring her up Stein and Maka give me a sad look. It's the same look she gives you."

"She gives me? I haven't noticed any look." Well, maybe I have. She gives me a sad smile every once in a while.

"Well, I know why she gives you that look. It makes me worried that they're giving me that look because we're in the same position."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I'm not allowed to speak more about this subject. But, i'm pretty sure you'll find out tonight. Then you'll understand."

"You've made me so confused." I admitted.

"Sorry. We will have to talk about this later. It's noon now, so we should be heading back."

"O-okay." This time we did go to my apartment. I'm still confused to what Kid was talking about. Is it about the thing Maka tried telling me this morning? Either way i'm sooooo confused. I walked inside the apartment to be greeted by the smell of makeup products.

"What is this, a beauty shop?" Kid asked as he walked in. All the girls are covered in makeup and had products everywhere.

"We were just trying out different makeup concepts. You know, for the party tonight. We all want to look perfect." Liz explained. Theresa turned around and mouthed, 'help me.' Maka stiffled her giggle behind her hand. Theresa's cheeks were covered in blush to the point that you couldn't tell that she even had cheeks.

"Theresa looks like Patty now." Maka said. Theresa's real blush was very noticeable behind her makeup.

"Sh-shut up!"

"Yay! Theresa looks like me!" Patty giggled. She wrapped Theresa in a big hug giving her the lost breath feeling she gave me everytime she hugged me.

"Cute." Maka whispered. No one else heard it but me. I raised a eyebrow at her. She put a finger up to her lips, telling me to not say a word about it. My hearing, physical ability, etc. have all been enhanced enormously since my black blood has been duplicating. It's very annoying most of the time. Liz tried to separate Patty from Theresa. It took a while, considering that Patty's grip is like a alligator's. Theresa was practically dead after we finally got them apart.

"Well... I was hoping we could go and find something for lunch." Kid announced.

"Sounds great." Theresa said still dazed from the monstrous hug.

"We might want to go wash our faces though." Maka said.

"Take your time." Kid replied. The four girls got up and each found themselves a wet towel to clean the makeup from their faces. Maka smeared her lipstick which made me giggle.

"What!?" She said. She started to rub her face with the towel to try to find what I was laughing at. She only made her lipstick smear worse and I giggled harder.

"Here." I stole the towel from her grasp and started to wipe it away. It came off pretty easily.

"Thanks." she responded. She kissed my cheek and threw her towel into the bathroom.

"I think we're ready to go." Liz said.

"Food! Food! Food!" Patty ranted.

"I was wanting to go where we went last time. Hopefully we don't get a bad experience this time."

"Oh! You guys could get a discount if you went." Theresa said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I work there. Didn't I tell you guys?" I had a blank face. I was trying to remember if she had told me or not. I don't think so, but then again i'm not very sane, so it wouldn't be surprising if I forgot.

"No, I don't believe so." Kid said.

"She told me." Maka admitted, "We talked about it the first time we went. You don't remember that?" Kid thought for a moment.

"Now that you mention it, I do remember."

"Can we go now? I'm starving!" Patty pleaded.

"Are you okay with going there Crona?" Maka asked me.

"I don't see why not." I answered. She gave me a smile and we all headed out. Just like last time, we only took 8 minutes to walk there. Kid was very happy.

"Magnificent! We've done it again, could this be a sign of symmetry?" He dreamed. Patty was laughing at Kid.

"Are you going to be like this the entire time?" Theresa said poking at the diamonds surrounding Kid.

"You should of seen him earlier." I sighed.

"I bet he was really bad." Maka said. I nodded my head.

"I'll pay." Kid offered.

"Oh no you don't! It's on me." Theresa said entering the shop first. Sandwich Heaven is the restaurant's name. We walked in after Theresa and we were amazed by the improvements the shop had. It was very clean and everything was beautiful. It was decorated nice and had a good atmosphere.

"Where should we sit?" Maka asked. We scanned around and the place was filled. We could only see one free booth, which is where Theresa was sitting. We joined her and sat at the table.

"This place is really cool." Liz said.

"Thanks. I gave the boss an idea of a theme and she loved it. I didn't even mean to." Theresa commented.

"Wow, that's great Theresa."

"Yeah. Well, here's the menus." Theresa handed each of us a tiny book full of food options. I found a couple that sounded good. I waited until Maka decided what she was going to get first.

"Oh! Hot grilled chicken topped with spicy sauce!" Patty announced.

"Are you sure Patty?" Liz asked her little sister, "That sounds really... hot."

"That's what makes it good!" She licked her lips.

"Okay, but don't whine when you have a stomach ache and your mouth burns." Liz said. All of us gave Theresa our orders. She commented on a couple saying, "Oh that's amazing." or "Definitely yummy." I ordered a simple pulled pork sandwich. Surprisingly Maka ordered the same as me.

"I'll be back." Theresa said. She went towards the front counter to tell them what we wanted.

"So, we haven't talked to you for a while." Maka said to Kid.

"Hm? Oh, yeah. I've been... busy." Kid replied.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Yeah, Kid. Is there?" Liz joined in.

"No, I'm fine. Am I giving off the impression that i'm sad?" Kid asked.

"Kind of." Maka replied.

"Oh, sorry. I don't mean to."

"Don't be sorry. I think some of us have special reasons to be sad, so it's okay."

"Thank you, Maka." Theresa came back and sat at our table.

"It'll be about five or ten minut- What did I miss?" She asked.

"Nothing important." Liz answered. Theresa looked back and forth between a few of us and began to speak again.

"I ordered some desserts for afterward, so don't get too full."

"Thank you Theresa." Maka said.

"Of course! I want this lunch to be perfect."

"Why does everything have to be perfect today?" I asked.

"Well, tonight is a special night," Theresa slightly glanced at Maka, "So I don't want anything during the day to ruin that."

"Good call." Liz said.

"Thank you." Theresa replied. It got quiet for a minute. No one spoke, they just looked around nervously.

"Break the awkward silence!" Patty shouts. Then she bursts into laughter after listening to my high pitch squeak. My face instantly turns a bright red and I couldn't help myself from hiding behind Maka. Maka giggled a little.

"It's alright Crona. She scared all of us." She told me.

"I'm the o-only o-one who s-squeaked." She giggled again.

"That's your thing though. It's cute." My face turned a darker shade of red. I pushed myself closer to her and she set her hand on my back. I could feel her rub soothing circles to try and calm me down. Theresa giggled a little then began a new conversation.

"Well, anyway... is everyone excited for the dance tonight?" Everyone either nodded or replied with a simple, "yep."

"So whose going as dates?" Maka asked.

"There's only you and Crona; Soul and Amanda. Sadly, Kid has to go stag. Plus Patty and I don't have dates either. Liz who are you going with?" Theresa asked.

"Huh?" Liz said, "Oh uh, no one. I'm hoping there'll be a cute guy to flirt with though."

"Liz can't get dates." Patty giggled.

"I can too! Boys just can't handle my beauty." she retorted.

"Or your attitude." Kid added.

"Kid!" Liz said surprised.

"I'm just kidding!" He defended. The waitress came by and set down each of our plates of food. I slowly poked my head out from behind Maka and scooted my plate towards me. The food was definitely fresh. You could see how bright the vegetables were and the bread was really soft. I took a bite and was delighted with great flavors. Almost everyone mmm'd after their first bite. I surely did. After everyone finished I watched Theresa wave. I turned around and saw that she waved to a girl dressed in the restaurant's work uniform who was currently wiping a counter.

"I hope you guys didn't get too full. I warned that I bought dessert too." Theresa said.

"Yay, dessert!" Patty cheered. Theresa's smile grew.

"I thought you'd like some."

"Dessert is awesome!" Patty replied. Theresa looked over at Maka and I glimpsed Maka's eyes flicker to Patty. Then she made a nodding motion towards her. Theresa's face blushed and she shrunk a little.

"Ahem, so does anyone have anything to say?" Maka said, pointing her voice to Theresa.

"Uh, yeah... I do." Theresa said nervously. "B-but i'd like to do it outside, after dessert." Kid raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Okay... So, what time does the party end at, Kid?" Liz asked.

"Well, it starts at 6. I believe it'll end about midnight." Kid looked for a clock, "At the moment it's one forty-five, so we still have around two hours before we should start getting ready and four hours before the party starts."

"Phew! I'm getting real nervous." Maka said.

"Why is that?" Kid replied.

"Well, it'll be Theresa's, Amanda's and Crona's first time there. I know Crona has a hard time with crowds and basically people. Plus his madness issue, I hope it won't drag him down from having fun." She looked over at me.

"I-i'll try." I responded. She smiled.

"That's all we need." She grabbed my hand and gave it a light squeeze. One of the waitresses came over with a platter of desserts and handed each of us a plate. We all thanked her and started to eat our dessert. Patty devoured it in two seconds. I counted. Then she sat back and patted her belly to show that she was full. Theresa giggled at her and ate her own dessert. There was very little conversation during the sweet meal. I patted my mouth with my napkin after I was finished. Theresa may of picked the messiest dessert there was. A chocolate fudge pie drizzled with a warm chocolate syrup and powdered sugar.

"Thank you Theresa, that was delicious." Liz said.

"You're welcome. It's my favorite and I knew everyone else liked chocolate, so that was the first thing I picked."

"You definitely picked right!" Patty said patting her stomach again. Theresa's face turned a slight pink.

"I t-thought so." She stuttered.

"So anyway, now that we're done with lunch, who wants to go on a walk?" Maka asked.

"Definitely, I want to shed the calories I just ate immediatly." Liz said getting up. Everyone else agreed and we headed out of the restaurant.

"Thank you Theresa. It was much better this time." I told her.

"Of course. Let's pretend that never happened, okay?"

"Okay." I smiled. She gave me a wink and walked with Maka. Kid caught up with me.

"Did you tell Maka anything I told you?" Kid asked me politely.

"What? No, i've been with you this entire time. I wouldn't say anything either, I told you I wouldn't."

"I know. I apologize." Kid gloomed.

"Don't worry Kid. It'll be better soon."

"I hope so."

"Hey Kid! Why are you bein a slow poke?" Patty yelled at him from the front of the group. He regained his monotone like posture and sped up a little.

"Just a little conversation is all. I think you're hyper from all that chocolate."

"What? No way, I don't get hyper!" She said jumping in place.

"Yeah, you don't get hyper." Liz said sarcastically. She grabbed her sister's hand and pulled her along as Patty continued to jump.

"Hey Maka why don't we sit at these benches?" I heard Theresa say.

"That's a good idea." Maka replied. We all stopped at the benches. I brushed the snow off of one with my sleeves and let Maka sit down. I didn't want to have the snow melt and make her cold.

"Thank you Crona." She said as she sat.

"You're welcome." I sat next to her.

"Kid, time?" Theresa asked. He looked around for the park's clocks that were randomly placed around. His head stopped moving as he spotted one.

"Hm, it's almost two-thirty. So I believe we still have an hour and a half to kill." He reported.

"Thank you. Um, Patty?" Patty hadn't sat down, instead she stood by a bench but was still jumping in place.

"Yes?" She responded.

"Could I talk to you?" Theresa asked.

"Yippe!" Theresa took that as a yes and lead Patty a little away.

"What's going on?" Liz looked extremely confused.

"You'll see." Maka murmured. I heard it perfectly, seeming how all of my senses are inhanced. Only Kid heard it too. I looked over to see Theresa fiddling with her fingers with a wild blush on her face.

"Is this what I think it is?" I asked Maka. She put a finger up to her lip as in, 'shh.' I nodded and watched as Theresa said something. Patty stopped jumping, which made me really worried for a second. Then the biggest smile I could ever see showed up on her face and she practically tackled Theresa screaming, 'yes!'

"So it is!" Kid stood up.

"What?" Liz asked still looking very confused.

"Theresa had a crush on Patty!" He announced.

"T-ther... P-patt... What!? I'm so confused!" Liz nearly screamed.

"Liz. Theresa just asked Patty out to the dance as her date." Maka explained very slowly. Liz's jaw dropped.

"My little sister has a date!? With a girl!?" Liz covered her face with her hands. "How did I never notice?"

"Notice what?" I asked.

"That my sister was into women." She said quietly.

"Is there something wrong with that?" Kid asked out of curiousity.

"No, definitely not. But, I just never would of guessed! And she's my sister!" Liz rubbed her forehead, "I'm going to need some major aspirin to figure this out." Maka giggled.

"You know, they're really cute. Even if they are opposites." Maka said watching Theresa hug a really hyper Patty. They walked back hand in hand. Well, Theresa walked but Patty was jumping higher than before.

"I'm dating Theresa!" Patty screamed in excitement.

"I can tell." Liz said putting on a smile for her little sister.

"Thank you Maka." Theresa said.

"For what?" Maka asked.

"For helping me get the confidence."

"I didn't do anything. You did all of this on your own, I was just here as a support. I'm proud of ya." Maka said. Theresa gave her a big smile.

"Now I just get to figure out how to tell my sister." Theresa said pushing hair out of her face.

"Huh?" Maka said confused.

"Amanda is against LGBT. It's one of the biggest reasons why she doesn't like me." Theresa said, "But i'm happy the way I am. I finally got to ask out the girl I love."

"I can see that you're glowing already." Maka said with a big smile. I smiled too.

"Thank you. Hey, Patty... Want to walk with me back to my apartment really quick? I have something to give you." Theresa asked Patty.

"You already have a present for me? You shouldn't have!" Patty squealed.

"I bought it so we could celebrate our new relationship. You deserve it." Theresa said walking with Patty. They had left, leaving Me, Maka, Kid, and Liz.

"I still don't understand." Liz said.

"That Patty and Theresa are lesbian?" Kid asked.

"No."

"Then what?"

"How has everyone got a date but me!? Am I really that ugly!?" Liz shouted.

"Liz you're not ugly, like at all... I was jealous of your looks when I first saw you." Maka said, "The right guy just hasn't shown up yet."

"The right guy I want is in a relationship." Liz said, then quickly covered her mouth. "I didn't want to say that."

"Liz, have you got a crush on someone?" Kid asked her.

"No. I don't have a 'crush'. I've liked him for a long time, i've just ignored my feelings. He doesn't like me anyway, hardly pays attention to me."

"That's what Theresa said. Look where she is now." Maka pointed out, "You just have to try. How about starting to get to know him?"

"Quick question..." Kid said.

"Hm?"

"Is he in our group?"

"What are you, ?" Maka accused him.

"I got the last one right!" He retorted.

"Yes, he's in our group. Happy?" Liz said.

"Thank you." Kid said. Then he put a finger up to his chin in thought.

"Ahem, anyway... I won't ask who this man is, but if he doesn't notice you, just start to get to know him. Maybe he'll realize how cool you are too." Maka said.

"Yeah. I already know a bit about him, I doubt he knows anything about me other than i'm Death The Kid's weapon and i'm Patty's big sister," Liz sighs, "I guess i'll take your advice Maka. Thank you."

"So what are we going to do now?" I asked them.

"It is getting to be a bit cold just sitting around. It's almost three by now, so we should probably head home. In an hour i'll come over to help do your and Theresa's makeup. Without Patty's help..." Liz said. Maka giggled. I laughed a little too from the memory of Theresa's red made up face.

"Aha, I know who it is!" Kid announced.

"Don't say it or i'll unsymmetrically shoot you." Liz told him.

"Please anything but the lack of symmetry!" Kid pleaded.

"Then don't say anything."

"I'm not! I promise!" She sighed.

"Anyway, we should go. I'm going to grab me and Patty's dresses and we'll be over. As for you Crona," she caught my attention, "You should grab your tux and needed party items and come over to the mansion with Kid. Black*Star and Soul will be there too."

"O-okay." I answered. We all got up. We waved to Kid and Liz as they walked in the opposite direction of us.

"Wow." Maka said.

"What?" I asked.

"Everyone has started to fall in love. It all started with you and me." She gave me a big smile.

"Y-yeah. Black*Star and Tsubaki don't have anyone." I stated.

"They have eachother. Tsubaki has loved Black*Star ever since she met him. Sure he's crazy and a little innapropriate at times, but that's what she loves about him."

"I didn't know that you knew that."

"Well, I obviously don't talk to Black*Star about it, but they have a inner bond that's more than soul resonance. I see it all the time."

"Soul perception?" I questioned. She nodded.

"Marie's classes have been helping. I've been visiting her often as well, she loves to teach me new things. Just like Stein, i've begun to see personalities inside of everyone's soul. I don't have to reach out to them very often to do it though, which is great."

"How come you've been visiting Marie?" I asked. She usually didn't like to leave the apartment unless she was with someone. Usually I would go with her, but with the madness and me being in the infirmary, I can't be there. Her face bloomed a little red on her cheeks but she answered without hesitation.

"I've had some important stuff to meet her about. I'll tell you the biggest reason tonight. I hope you're prepared." She says.

"I'll try to be." I try to give her a smile. We arrived at our apartment. Like Liz asked, I grabbed my tux and a few other things to take to Kid's mansion. Maka was in the kitchen preparing a few snacks and some tea for the girls before they came over. While she did that, I layed out her dress, her bracelet, her perfume, and a little note next to it all. I exited the bedroom with my things and closed the door.

"Are you all ready?" She asked me.

"As i'll ever be." I replied.

"Nervous?"

"I'm more than nervous.." I admitted. This party was giving me so much anxiety.

"Don't worry Crona. You'll fit right in. You'll have a good time, I promise." She said. I gave her a real smile.

"Thank you Maka."

"You're welcome." I walked up to her and gave her a light smile. She closed her eyes and gave me a big smile to express her excitement. I tried to do something brave of me, and made a move before I left. I leaned down into her smile and gave her a kiss. I could feel her surprise, but she relaxed after a moment. When we broke the kiss, she was smiling even wider than before.

"I love you." She tells me.

"I love you too." I say. A deep blush had taken over my face but I smiled nonetheless. She began to push me out the door.

"You don't want to be late. Liz would hurt you and me if you didn't show up when she planned you to."

"O-okay. See you at the party." I say.

"See you there!" She closed the door. I sit there staring at the door she just shut in my face. I nervously sighed and began to walk to Kid's mansion. On the way, I tried my hardest not to get my tux or shoes or anything with me dirty. I don't think Liz cared when I showed up, as long as I had enough time to get ready. I wonder why Maka was in such a rush. Maybe her excitement? Not sure... I arrived at the steps of the mansion and didn't even need to knock. Kid opened it immediatly and pulled me inside.

"Welcome. Now save me from those morons." Kid said. He was sweaty and panting. I'm guessing that the 'morons' were messing with Kid's symmetry or something. I walked into the living room completely confused. Then I saw Soul just standing there. He didn't have any of his clothes with him and he was wearing pajamas...

"What are you wearing?" I asked him.

"What does it look like? They're pajamas." He answered.

"Well, why? Where is your stuff?"

"Wait, where's Black*Star!?" Kid shouted. Soul shrugged. Kid went wide eyed and ran out of the room. Soul and I stared after him in confusion.

"I don't have my stuff because Kid busted into my apartment when Amanda and I were taking a nap. He just grabbed my hand and basically kidnapped me. I don't know what in the hell he was thinking. I don't need two hours to get ready, it takes literally five minutes." Soul explained.

"Oh, well... Can you get back to your apartment in time to grab it and get back here before an hour?"

"Yeah, as long as you keep the symmetry freak calm." I nodded and snuck Soul out of the house. I set all of the stuff I was still carrying down on one of Kid's kitchen chairs. I put the ring and necklace boxes on the table so I didn't lose them in the mess of my party stuff. I went into the bathroom and changed into my suit that Kid had bought for me. When I walked out, Kid was standing there panting. He noticed me and pulled me into the kitchen.

"Where's Black*Star?" I asked him.

"Dead." He answered. I went silent trying to understand what he meant. He sat me into one of the kitchen chairs and leaned himself against a counter. I was still silent, confused and a little worried.

"So, does the suit fit nicely?" Kid asked. We both already knew it did, I have no idea what he was trying to do now.

"Y-yeah... Where's Black*Star?" I asked again. Kid didn't say anything. He only pointed in a direction. I followed his finger out into the hall where Black*Star was laying on the ground next to a frying pan.

"Did you hit him with the frying pan!?" I nearly screamed.

"I had to."

"Why!?"

"He was running around pushing the pictures about and had a pair of my underpants in his hand singing and running about the mansion. I couldn't just let him live." I examined the hallway. I noticed that all of the pictures had been moved back into place and Black*Star was on the floor with his own underpants on his head. I knew it was Black*Star's by the very distinct #1 on it.

"Well what do you expect to do with him? He has to be ready in less than two hours." I asked.

"He should wake up in about thirty minutes, give or take. We all know how Black*Star is, no matter how hard the blow to his skull. By the way, where is Soul?"

"You pulled him out of his apartment so fast that he didn't get to grab his stuff. So I sent him to grab it quickly. By now, there shouldn't be anything to slow him down because Amanda is at my apartment getting herself ready."

"He has to be here!"

"He has to have his stuff!" I countered.

"Fine, shall I help you get ready?" I gave him a very confused face.

"What do you mean?"

"Your hair. You simply cannot go like that."

"My hair is fine. It's always like this."

"Then you should change it up a little. Try something different."

"I-I don't like different."

"Come on. I won't cut it. I'll promise." I thought for a moment. Maybe I could do something a bit different... Something not permanent and will take forever to fix.

"Promise?" I said making up my mind.

"Promise."

"Okay..." I hadn't had a second to process when Kid pulled me down into another kitchen chair. He ran to the bathroom for hair supplies. I was very nervous. He came back with a spray bottle, a brush, and a comb. I felt a very cold mist against my neck which made me jump.

"Relax, it's just water." I shivered at how cold it was, but sat still for Kid to do my hair. I then felt the brush go through my hair, which went through smoothly.

"Hm... Your hair is very healthy. It still needs to be cut though." Kid commented.

"N-no scissors!" I said. I heard Kid sigh.

"I promised no scissors. I'm only going to make it straight so that the strands don't poke out."

"O-okay." This time, something smoother went through my hair. I assumed that it was the comb. He brushed through it with the comb a few times before he sprayed more water into my hair and combed it again. After about five minutes of combing it endlessly, my hair dried straight and Kid was finished.

"Done. See, it's different." Kid handed me a small mirror. I looked in it and slightly gasped. I had never seen what my hair would look like if it was straightened. The ends still curved a little outward but the rest was completely straight. It wasn't dumb looking, but it wasn't comforting to see my hair different than it was everyday.

"Okay, I have my suit and hair done... What do I do now?" I asked.

"Oh, you're not done with your suit. You need a either a straight or a bow tie."

"O-okay." I followed Kid upstairs and into his room. He pulled me into one of his closets. He had like four of them completely filled with clothing. I thought that Maka had a lot of clothes... I can't imagine what Liz and Patty's closets look like. He pulled out a few ties for me to try on. None of them matched my outfit so he began to put bow ties on me. One fit perfectly. It wasn't the same color of my outfit, but it was a nice color and it made my suit stand out.

"Bow ties are cool." Kid whispered.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing." He pulled on it one last time and it was put in place. Of course he fiddled with it for a bit longer, trying to make it symmetrical.

"Good?" I asked.

"Go look in the mirror." Kid told me. I nodded and went to the bathroom to look. Kid picked out a really cool bow tie. I enjoyed the way I looked. Even if my hair made me a little uncomfortable. I exited and went to go find Kid. He wasn't back in his room, so I went downstairs to the kitchen. When I walked in, he was examing one of the boxes I had set on the table.

"This is a beautiful ring." Kid said. My face became a very bright red.

"I-it is."

"I can only imagine who it's for and what it is for."

"Y-you can?"

"Of course. It's obviously for Maka. What are your intentions?" Kid asked as he set the ring down.

"Well, I... I um... I wanted to um... M-marry... her..." I stuttered terribly. This was the most I had stuttered in a very long time.

"Oh, I see. I had expected. Question though Crona." He said as he sat in a chair, "Do you want to make this commitment?"

"Yes. I do... I don't love anyone else but her and I know that we haven't even dated a full year yet, but I can't imagine myself with anyone else." I said.

"Usually nobody can. You and Maka share a very strong bond, one I haven't seen in a long time. So I can say that you two will be good together truthfully. Is there any reason that influenced you into this?"

"W-what? No. I love Maka. There isn't anything or anyone who influenced me into this, I love Maka. I couldn't be with anyone else that isn't her. I couldn't love anyone else." I explained. Kid sat there in thought for a moment. For a second I thought that was a wrong answer but he shrugged.

"Okay. I was just wondering. Sorry to worry you with that question."

"A-alright..." Then Soul walked in with his suit and shoes in hand.

"I'm ba-... Wow, Crona... Your hair..." He commented.

"Is that a good or bad comment?" Kid asked.

"I'm not sure exactly. I'm not used to seeing it... straight..."

"It's something different. Don't judge it." Kid said.

"Okay, whatever. Where's Black*Star?"

"Dead." Kid and I said at the same time. Soul raised an eyebrow in questioning but ignored us.

"I'm going to put my suit on and fix my hair, i'll be back." Soul left to go change. I looked down to the ring and necklace. I picked them up and placed them underneath my regular clothes.

"Again, sorry to bother with the question. I was only curious." Kid apologized.

"It's alright." I said. I looked at the time. It was 4:37. We still had an hour and a half to be ready. I was done, Soul was nearly done, and Black*Star... He could wait.

"Are you going to get ready, Kid?" I asked.

"Oh, yeah. With the Black*Star business I forgot..." Kid started towards the stairs, "I'll be back." I looked around Kid's kitchen. Everything was so big... I wonder if me and Maka could move into a house. That is if she says yes... I heard a groan out in the hall.

"What the hell?" I heard him say. "Why are my underpants on my head?" He walked into the kitchen with them stretched out into his hands.

"How's your head?" I asked.

"What about it?"

"N-nevermind..." I guess that hit with the frying pan didn't effect him. Other than he was unconscious for about half an hour. I went into the hall and picked up the frying pan. I set it on top of the stove, not sure where Kid put his pans. Soul then walked in all dressed up.

"Wow Soul, looking fancy." Black*Star commented.

"Sure. Where's your suit?" Black*Star went blank faced.

"Uh... I was supposed to bring my suit?" Soul and I facepalmed.

"You were going to go to the party in that?" Soul said pointing to Black*Star's clothes.

"Why not?"

"It's a party not a basketball tournament." I saw Soul look up at the clock, "You live too far away to leave and come back in time. When Kid comes back we'll have to see if he has a suit for you to borrow."

"What's the big problem? It's not like anyone will care if I go in shorts."

"Many people would. What would Tsubaki think?"

"I'm halarious."

"She'd slap you. Tsubaki isn't violent, so that proves the point." Soul stated.

"Who isn't violent?" Kid asked entering the room.

"Tsubaki. Do you have a suit for mister forgetful?" Soul asked pointing to Black*Star.

"I doubt it. He's too short to fit them and his shoulders are broader than mine."

"I guess we're going last minute suit shopping then."

"At this time?" Kid said.

"Well what else do you expect us to do? The one he owns doesn't fit him and yours would practically kill him. Let's go find him a suit."

"You can leave your stuff here, we'll be coming back here anyway." Kid said. "Come on, if we're going shopping we better get going. We have to have enough time to go back to Crona's apartment and pick up all of the girls." I began to follow them and almost forgot the ring and necklace. I grabbed them and put them in my pockets. I carried the corsage I got for Maka around with me. We walked to the nearest suit store we could find. I was greeted with many smells which slightly disgusted me as we walked in. There were tons of booths of different brands of men's cologne. That's probably why the mixed smells were so overpowering. We asked the man at the desk about a exact size for Black*Star. He had to pull out a clipboard and search through it for a few moments before he shook his head.

"I'm guessing that it's hard to find a suit size for Black*Star." I stated as we left the store.

"Most built people are taller. So it's definitely difficult to find a specific one." Kid explained.

"Enough with the short comments, I could kick all of your asses." Black*Star said.

"Says the person who could get his ass whipped by his own weapon." Soul snickered.

"Shut up! I told you not to say anything about that!" Black*Star punched Soul in the arm making him stagger a little.

"What's he talking about?" Kid asked. Soul started to laugh.

"Black*Star made a... comment about something. Tsubaki kicked his ass and he couldn't sit for a whole week." Soul continued to laugh.

"Shut up! That's not true!" Black*Star punched his friend again.

"Quit punching me!" Soul punched back. They started a punching war between the two of them.

"Knock it off! If you tear a hole in Soul's suit i'll have to punish you for creating an asymmetrical mess!" Kid said pushing them apart. Black*Star and Soul looked at eachother for a moment before laughing. I laughed at their idiocy. We ended up going to three different stores before finally finding one that had Black*Star's size. Black*Star tried it on along with some matching shoes and sure enough, it fit. We left and realized that we had spent an hour scrambling for a suit for Black*Star. We started to walk towards my apartment to pick up the girls. We were about ten minutes early, so we sat in the hallway just talking to eachother.

"Sorry Kid." Soul said.

"What for?" He asked.

"Everyone here has a date except for you."

"And Liz." Black*Star pointed out.

"That's not the point though. Kid has a date, he just can't bring her. Liz didn't even try to get a date this year."

"Yes she did. He just ignored her and dated someone else." Kid said. Soul raised an eyebrow.

"Who?" He asked.

"I can't say." It got silent for a moment and we all jumped when my apartment door opened and Maka stuck her head out.

"Oh, you guys are early." She stated.

"Just a little." I said.

"We'll be just a minute. We're cleaning up our makeup mess then we'll be out." She went back inside. I noticed that she was wearing a light tint of blush on her cheeks and some eyeshadow, her lips were also glossy and a bit of a reddish-brown color. I liked it, but I enjoyed her beautiful face without the makeup.

"They made themselves up more than last year." Soul stated.

"This is important to them, especially after what happened last year. Plus there's also the fact that almost all of them have a boyfriend now." Kid said.

"That makes sense." Black*Star said, "But I still don't get why girls use makeup to make themselves 'prettier'. To be honest, they look better without it."

"Don't say that to their face unless they're your girlfriend. You'll get bitch slapped harder than a horse on racing day." Soul said.

"I've learned my lesson." Black*Star said apparently referring to the earlier conversation. Maka popped her head out of the door again.

"Okay, we're ready. We'll go one as one though because some of us are fixing our dresses really quick." Maka looked inside, "Amanda, he's ready." Amanda walked out in a black tank top with a long black skirt that flowed around her feet. Her hair was up in a bun and her makeup only had lipstick.

"Come on loverboy, we get to dance tonight." She said looping her arm into Soul's.

"You don't mind if we leave ahead of you guys, do you?" He asked Maka. I saw that Amanda gave me a face. I didn't know what it meant, it kind of scared me.

"No, go ahead." She answered. "Theresa, are you ready to go?" Soul and Amanda left. I felt like I did something wrong, but I wasn't sure...

"Almost." I heard her voice inside the apartment. "Wha!"

"Caught ya!" I heard Patty say.

"Theresa don't trip on your way there." Maka warned.

"I'll try not to." She said as she exited. Her hair was curled and pulled into a pony tail. She wore a long purple dress that stopped at her knees and the top cropped at her collar bone with the sleeves following to her shoulders. Her makeup mainly consisted of light purple eyeshadow and blush. Her shoes were flats and she still ended up being taller than Patty. Patty came out holding Theresa's hand. Her dress was short and pink. It stopped at her thighs and the top portion sparkled and cropped at her chest. I had no idea how she was going to dance in her bright pink five-inch heels.

"Have fun!" Patty yelled at me. She lead Theresa with her.

"Good luck." Theresa said as they left.

"Hold on Black*Star." Maka said as she went back inside the apartment. After only a few moments, the door opened again and Tsubaki stepped out. Her dress was green and went to her knees, the top attached with spaggetti straps which were covered with a sash that went along her shoulders. She wore flats almost exactly like Theresa's but a different color. Her hair was down but super curly. She didn't have any makeup on.

"Hello beautiful." Black*Star greeted her. He tried to be gentleman like.

"You found a suit that fits." She commented.

"Yeah... We'll have to thank Kid for that... and possibly pay him back." He said.

"That's alright. It makes you look handsome." She smiled. I could see a blush go across Black*Star's face which made me slightly giggle. I stifled it though as Liz came out of the apartment. Black*Star took Tsubaki and they both left. Liz was wearing eyeshadow, lipstick and eyeliner with mascara. Her dress was the same length as Patty's, it was black though. The top part wasn't cropped, it was short sleeved with a low collar. She wore shoes the same as Patty's except they were black.

"I was going to ask earlier." Kid said, "Would you be my date for tonight?" He put his arm out for her.

"Sure, that would be nice." She said. They both began to leave, which left me alone in the hall. I waited for Maka to come out.

"I'm sorry, I lost a shoe." Maka said as she shut and locked the door as she exited our home.

"Found it though?" I asked.

"Yep."

"That's good. You look very beautiful." I commented, a small blush surfacing on my face.

"Thank you. You're very handsome. Did Kid do your hair?"

"Yeah, he did." I said, instinctively running a hand through it. I pulled a strand in front of my face so I could examine it. "It was straighter before. It looks like it's started to curve again."

"That's alright." She said pecking a small kiss on my cheek, "It looks wonderful." I smiled at her kindness. I looped my arm into hers and we began to walk to the party. Her dress looked better on her than it did on the manniquin. Her dress was red and went to a little past her knees. It was spaggeti strap and the bottom was fluffed a little. Her shoes were red also and were semi-heels. I noticed she was wearing the bracelet I bought her. I couldn't wait to see her face when I presented her the necklace and my proposal. I blushed a little at the thought...

"It's a bit cold, did you bring a coat?" I asked her as we walked outside.

"Oh, I forgot it." She looked behind her. I knew I wouldn't get cold so I began to take off the coat portion of my suit.

"I know it's not that warm but I hope it'll do for the time being." I said as I wrapped it around her shoulders.

"It's warm enough. Thank you, Crona." She said.

"Of course." I gave her a smile and we walked the rest of the way to the DWMA. We walked in the cold and luckily the wind didn't pick up. Last year, if I remember correct, it hadn't snowed in Death City at all. In fact, it was still sixty degree temperature. Death City weather is strange... It took us only about ten minutes to get to the DWMA but five minutes to get up the steps with Maka in her heels and there was so much ice. She nearly slipped three times while we climbed up the stairs. I wonder how Patty and Liz got up them... We arrived at the entrance with Maka panting like she nearly died.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

"I'm fine. Just tired is all. I nearly fell a few times, it brought my heart rate up a little." She explained.

"Okay." We entered the school and she handed me my coat back. I put it on and fastened it. Before we got to the party room, I stopped Maka.

"Here." I said gently taking her hand and slipping the corsage onto her wrist. She gasped.

"Oh my, it's so beautiful! Thank you." She gave me a hug. I got a whiff of the perfume that I had set out for her.

"You're welcome." I said. We pulled away from eachother and she gave me a big smile before she started to push me towards the party room.

"Come on, everyone is waiting." She said. I took her hand in mine after she had stopped pushing me and we walked into the area, meeting up with everyone else.

"About time." Soul commented.

"Shut up. You left first." Maka said. Soul snickered.

"Anyway... My father should be making an announcement soon. Go ahead and enjoy the food." Kid said waving his hand towards the table.

"Don't mind if I do." Black*Star said, already a peice of meat in his mouth. Tsubaki only giggled at him. The rest of us slowly made our way down the table with our plates and filled them with what we wanted. I taste testing the drink I had before I started to drink it. I stared suspiciously at it.

"Lord Death closely monitors the drinks if you're worried that they might be spiked." Maka snuck up on me. I jumped a little, almost dropping my drink.

"O-okay." I nervously laughed. I took a sip of my punch and enjoyed the sugary taste instead of the expected bitter alcohol.

"They won't do that again. They learned their lesson about that." Maka stated. I knew that she had gotten revenge for getting me drunk. Soul and Black*Star didn't have brains for about a week when Maka was done with them. The music quieted and the lights dimmed as they focused on Lord Death on the stage. We were looking at him through a mirror though.

"Hiya Hiya! How's it going!?" He greeted his guests. "I'm sorry to say that I couldn't leave my mirror this year to personally converse. Due to a situation that happened last year, we can't take that chance." I saw a few people slightly glance at me. It slightly made me angry, but I ignored it. I expected a lot more reactions than this.

"Anyway. Eat, Drink! Enjoy yourselves! The party lasts until midnight so dance your heart out!" He announced, "That's all I have to say." I could easily hear Kid's sigh.

"My father means to mention a few other things." He said stepping into the middle of the stage, "He would like to greet and thank all of you for attending the founding of our precious DWMA. We've all gone through so much and it's an honor to see so many celebrating this wonderful day..." Kid continued for quite a while. Maka told me that last year Black*Star had hung on a curtain during Kid's speech and tried getting everyone's attention towards him. I looked for him and laughed a little when I spotted him leaning on Tsubaki asleep. I tapped on Maka's shoulder and pointed at them. She laughed a little and approached Tsubaki.

"It seems that he fell asleep." Maka said pointing out Black*Star.

"Oh, yes. He did... It's better for him to sleep than him getting on the stage again." Tsubaki said. Maka giggled.

"Where did everybody else go?"

"I'm not sure. They all seemed to spread out." Tsubaki said looking around her. Her tall posture gave her an advantage to look over most of the crowd. "I see Soul and Amanda by the food table. I can't find Theresa or Patty. Liz... I don't know where she went."

"Oh okay. Just wondering. I wonder where those three went..." Maka said looking around herself.

"We can go look for them, if you'd like." I offered.

"No, they might want privacy. We'll just leave them alone. If they don't show up in a hour or so, then we should look."

"Alright." I responded. We decided to stay near Tsubaki, not wanting to push ourselves through the crowd to get our spot back. Kid continued his speech for about an hour. Most of us started to sit on the floor, bored of this talk.

"Maybe it would've been better for Black*Star to interrupt." Tsubaki said looking at her sleeping meister.

"-And again, I say thank you for attending this special occasion." Kid finished. Then he bowed, "Go ahead and dance, eat and drink! Make yourselves comfortable." He gave everyone a big smile and walked off stage like a champ.

"Black*Star?" Tsubaki began to shake her meister in hopes of waking him up before Kid came over. Black*Star's eyes fluttered open and he yawned.

"Where's the bacon?" He asked as he stretched.

"The bacon? We're at the DWMA party. Fix yourself." Tsubaki told him. He looked around and rubbed his eyes.

"Oh yeah. Did Kid already do his... thing... what was he going to do again?" Right on queue, Kid made his way into our small group.

"How was my speech?" He asked.

"What speech?" Black*Star asked. Tsbuaki thumped him upside his head. "Oh, right. That was wonderful. But I could've done better." Black*Star laughed.

"Uh huh. Let's see you try. But anyway, the party is going to last for a while so do whatever you'd like. Midnight we all must head home, but i'm sure most of the guests would leave by nine or so."

"The speech was great Kid. Thank you." Tsubaki said as she led her meister somewhere else. Now that he was awake, he could easily stir up trouble.

"Well, it seems that everyone has gone off to do their own thing. I have some... business to do. I shall see you all in an hour or so." Kid said as he waved goodbye and left us in the crowd.

"W-what should we do now?" I asked Maka.

"Kid set out a few games for the guests to enjoy. Would you like to search for one?" She asked with a big smile.

"Okay." I responded. She smiled wider and looped her arm into mine. She led the way mostly. I had no idea where we were going. I wonder if she knows where to go because she's gone to a few of these parties. Kid must do this same thing every year...

"Let's see... We can play twister."

"T-twister?" I asked.

"Twister is on a mat with a bunch of different colors. Two to four players stand on each end with a person spinning the wheel. The wheel decides which color and which limb the players move. It's fun because everyone get's twisted up with eachother. It looks like they're playing it a different way though." Maka explained.

"H-how are they playing it?" I asked. This sounds like we get very close to eachother... That doesn't sound fun.

"Well, looks like they are using just their feet. You put one foot on someone else's foot and someone puts their foot on yours. You get very close to other people so the rules are that you can't say awkward, weird, strange, or any sarcastic comment about the game or your position or else you're out."

"How is that f-fun?" I asked.

"Just because of how hard it is not to say something. I always laugh. I don't think we should play that though." Maka said.

"Good idea..." I said staring at the players warily.

"We can play one of the board games." Maka suggested.

"Which one?"

"Hmm... There are ladders and chutes, candy land, monopoly, chess, scrabble, and a few others. If we played those we could finish our drinks and food."

"That sounds fun." I stated.

"Good. I'll let you pick." She pushed me towards the tables with the games.

"A-are you sure? I'm positive that you'd rather pick a game. Something you would enjoy."

"No. You pick."

"I would like any game you picked... Why don't you?" I said nervously.

"I know you would. So pick." Maka giggled. I turned towards the tables.

"O-okay..." I went through the games. It looked like ladders and chutes, monopoly and scrabble had already been taken. I picked up a pink and white box.

"What did you get?" Maka asked. I showed her the box. "Candy Land? That's a fun game. Have you ever played it before?" I shook my head. "Oh, well let's play it then. Look! There's Patty and Theresa. They can play with us." Maka pointed to the two girls casually giggling with eachother.

"I can set it up at a table if you go get them." I offered.

"Okay." Maka gave me a smile before walking off in the girl's direction. I picked one of the five tables that were empty. There were twenty or so tables around this part of the room, but almost all of them were filled with people eating and chatting. I set the box down and pulled the board out. The game pieces were small and there were a bunch of cards that needed to be reshuffled. I set out everything, unsure of where to put the pieces. Maka came back with Theresa and Patty right behind her. Patty looked to be really excited to play. She was half jumping from foot to foot.

"Shall we begin?" Maka asked.

"Would you explain how to play?" Theresa asked.

"You've never played either?" Maka asked her.

"No. I've heard of it and it sounded so fun... I've never had the money to buy a board game though." Theresa explained.

"I see... Well that's okay. Crona hasn't played it so I need to explain it anyway." Maka gave her a reassuring smile. Theresa smiled back. I noticed that Patty had already picked who she would be. Maka was fine with it. She explained the game for about five minutes, repeating a few parts to make sure me and Theresa got the idea of the game. We nodded when Maka asked if we understood. After she had finished, we recited the game's rules and objectives to her. She smiled and clasped her hands together.

"Let's get to playing!" She exclaimed. Patty shouted wildly and started to bounce faster, obviously very excited to play. All of us sat, except for the hyper Patty, and began the game. I wasn't sure if I was doing it right at first. Then I watched as everyone else took their turns and I started to believe that I could play. The first game went long, Theresa and I frequently asked if we could do certain things. Maka would explain why we could or couldn't. I think we spent about half an hour on the first game. Maka won.

"Want to play again?" Maka asked. I noticed Theresa looked up at the clock before turning to us and nodding.

"I think we can play one more game." Theresa said.

"I'm gonna kick your butt!" Patty challenged.

"Come get me!" Maka giggled. I laughed at them as they battled eachother throught the second game. They yelled at eachother and laughed. I could tell that Maka really enjoyed this game. Theresa giggled at her girlfriend and played at about the same pace that I did. This game was only twenty minutes long.

"Stay away!" Maka yelled as Patty got close to the end where she stood.

"No! Move!" Patty said. She was one square away from Maka. Theresa took her turn and moved. She was about to the end but not close enough to win. Neither was I. I got closer as I took my turn, but not as close as i'd liked to be. Maka picked up a card and facepalmed.

"Noo! I don't want to go back that far!" Patty laughed evily and pushed Maka's character back before Maka could take her hand away from her face. Patty then grabbed a card and laughed loudly as she reached the end and won.

"I win!" She exclaimed.

"I claim a rematch!" Maka yelled. Theresa laughed at the two girls.

"We'd love to play another game, but I promised that i'd take Patty dancing by eight."

"Yay dancing!" Patty jumped and started to run towards the dance floor.

"That's alright," Maka smiled, "go dance and have fun. I want to take Crona dancing anyway."

"D-dancing?" I stuttered.

"See you later Maka." Theresa waved goodbye and ran after Patty.

"Yes dancing. We're at a party. I want to see what you remember from the last time we danced." Maka said pulling my hand into hers. I blushed.

"I c-can't dance."

"Yes you can. I watched you, it's good."

"N-no..." I stepped backward taking her with me.

"Yes you can silly. Come on. We only have to do one song, then we can go do something else for a minute."

"O-okay." I gave in. Maka gave me a big smile and tightened her grip on my hand. She led me towards the dance floor. Not many people were dancing at the moment, still too many for my liking though.

"Don't be nervous. Just look at me and follow my movements." Maka told me.

"I'll try." I watched her as she began to move her body to the beat of the song. I slowly began to move the same. Maka's smile lit up her face as she twirled and rocked her hips back and forth. I smiled at her confidence and I slowly got accustomed to the song's beat. I moved on my own and I started to enjoy my dancing.

"See! There you go!" Maka giggled. I caught myself giggling too. I pulled Maka's hands into mine and we danced together. It was a fairly paced song so we both could easily match the beat. I apparently didn't notice that the song ended and a new one began. The new song's tempo was completely different and fast paced, that hadn't stopped our dancing though. We easily transitioned to the new song and we laughed the entire time. After a while of continuous laughter and some up-beat songs, I could see that Maka was getting worn out. So as the song ended, I grabbed her hand and lightly led her away from the dance floor.

"Where are we going?" She breathlessly asked me.

"Um, how about we get some water?" I suggested. She nodded and we went to the refreshments table. Maka drank over three glasses of water.

"Did you get bored of dancing?" She asked me as she filled up her fourth glass of water.

"No. I was getting a bit tired and I could see that you were too."

"We don't have to stop dancing because I get tired."

"I know. I thought it was best though. I mean, you're on your fourth cup of water." I giggled as she drank it down.

"Yeah... I got a little thirsty."

"I see that." I looked around the room. Some couples were dancing, others eating, a few lingered around the room chatting. I tried to find a glimpse of any of our friends in the frenzy of people. I found Liz walking around. She seemed a bit lost.

"So, Liz didn't have a date, correct?" I asked Maka.

"She couldn't find anyone to go with her. She was a bit picky though. I would be too, if I were her."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, look at her. Tall blue-eyed blonde with big features." Maka explained.

"I still don't understand."

"She's basically a man magnet. Not that they all go to her for a relationship..."

"Are you jealous of her appearance?" I asked. It erupted out of my mouth before I could think of how Maka would react... She didn't look angry though. She looked startled, but her eyes quickly darted away from me and her face turned a rose red color.

"N-no. I'm not 'jealous'. It's just that she has something I couldn't ever have, I accept that, although I may thing back to it sometimes." I turned to her and pulled her kinda close.

"Well, whether you're jealous or not, I think you're absolutely perfect in every way. Nothing about you should ever change." She looked up to me and she smiled brightly. Her face turned a darker shade of red but she didn't let that bother her.

"Thank you Crona. That means a lot to me." I gave her a smile back and I could feel my face warm a little with a blush blossoming across my cheeks.

"U-um, done with your water?" I asked.

"Yeah. I think so." She threw away her cup and we walked around the room. "I don't think i've ever seen you laugh so much." Maka commented.

"Uh um... Yeah, I was having a lot of fun. And you were dancing with me, we both looked silly and I enjoyed it. My stomach hurts a little from laughing so much."

"I'm not surprised. You laughed quite a bit. I love your laugh, you should do it more often."

"L-laugh?" I asked.

"Yes. It's wonderful."

"I don't think I enjoy the sound of my laugh. I like the feeling though."

"Why wouldn't you like it? It's amazing. It makes me laugh and smile." Maka said. I blushed a bit more from her comment.

"T-thank you." I said. She giggled a little and I watched as she tilted her head upwards to look at a clock.

"It's almost ten now. The party ends at midnight I believe..." She said.

"I think so. Um, M-maka?" She looked up to me with a slight smile.

"Hm?"

"C-can we go to the b-balcony?" I asked her.

"Yes. I was actually going to suggest that."

"Oh." I nervously giggled, "Well, shall we head there?" I handed my hand out to her. She looked at my hand for a moment before her mouth stretched into a long, sweet smile and she put her hand into mine.

"We may." I smiled back and I led her to the closest balcony. Luckily it was the one with the perfect view of the city. I checked my pocket to see if the box was still there, and it was. It sent a hot flash of nervous anxiety through my body but I willed myself not to shake. We stopped at the edge and Maka let go of my hand to look over the concrete railing out to the city.

"It's so beautiful. The lights, the small breeze and the soft chirping of the crickets. I can hardly hear the other guests from out here." I watched as she looked below to where the entrance was, "It doesn't look like anyone is leaving either."

"It's quite the party and apparently, as i've heard, you all didn't have much of a party last time; so i'm sure they're trying to enjoy this party until the end." I said, feeling a bit guilty.

"Very true. It's very nice out here. I'm glad we came out." She leaned herself against the concrete railing. I came up beside her and leaned as well. The light breeze sent Maka's hair lightly flowing and it was a magnificent sight, I thought. She always looked so beautiful, but tonight was a bit different. It wasn't because she put makeup on and wore a fancy dress, I thought she looked way more beautiful when she was herself. Everything around us in this moment made her look so gorgeous and perfect. I couldn't tell her how beautiful she was, i'm lost of all words. I blushed a little from watching her gorgeous self enjoy the outdoor enviroment. She turned her head a gave me a big smile.

"You're blushing. What have I done now?" She asked giggling a little. My blush deepended from her realization and I stuttered trying to give her an answer.

"N-nothing..." I willed myself to tell her my thoughts of her, how beautiful she was, "Y-youre just v-very..." I stopped. She giggled.

"I'm what?" She said waiting for an answer. I gulped down my nervous tension.

"V-v-very g-g-g-gorgeous." I stuttered. I saw her face turn very pink and she giggled again. She moved herself away from the balcony, turned me towards her, and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Thank you my gentleman. You're very handsome yourself," she said as we gazed into eachother's eyes. Her eyes were so bright, filled with joy and enlightment. I could tell she was really enjoying tonight. I was too. I felt a pulling, being so close to her face already, I moved forward and met my lips to hers. When we broke apart her eyes were still closed. Her face stayed pink and her smile grew. She finally opened her eyes and I felt that this may be the best time to do what I had been planning to do.

"I have something to tell you." It was echoed. She said it as well and we both laughed nervously realizing.

"You first." She told me.

"A-are you sure?" I asked. She nodded. "Y-you can go first. What I want can wait a bit." We had an entire night. And she wanted to talk to me too, so it wouldn't be any trouble.

"No, it's alright. I want you to go first." She said. I could tell she was nervous, her voice wavered a little.

"O-okay." She unwrapped her arms from my neck and we stood apart a little. She hung her hands at her sides and I put them into mine. I stared at our entwined hands for a moment before blowing out a shaky breath and beginning.

"We began dating April 29th this year. Today is December 20th. And therefore, we've been dating for a full nine months. It's flown by so fast, but I can see what's changed. We've both changed so much within that time and it's been an improvement. Ever since the day we became friends, I had a whole new life and you were the highlight. The spotlight for my future. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you Maka Albarn." I let go of one of her hands and I could see her face widen in surprise as I pulled the box out of my pocket. I stood back, one hand still in hers, and kneeled on one knee. It didn't take long for her free hand to cover her mouth and her eyes to fill with tears. "So, I ask. I ask for you, Maka Albarn, to be my wife." I let go of her other hand to open the box. The box revealed the beautiful emerald ring. I small whimper came from her and the tears flowed freely from her eyes. It seemed like a lifetime for her to finally answer.

"Yes. I say yes!" Then she squealed and jumped on top of me. The box closed in my hand, with the ring safe inside as she cried the happiest tears i've ever seen. We were both on the concrete ground and I heard clapping. Then it grew. My face turned a dark shade of red as I looked over and saw that Kid stood right in the middle of the entrance to the balcony. There was plenty of people behind him who had started clapping as well. Maka looked up and she smiled so brightly. She let go of me and I grabbed her hand. I opened the box and placed the ring onto her finger. I was so glad that the ring actually fit on her finger.

"It's so beautiful Crona. Thank you!" While still holding her hand, I pulled us both up to our feet.

"Of course. A-anything for my f-fiancee." Her face turned a darker pink and I leaned down to kiss her. I felt a little embarrassed, but very happy, when there was more clapping and loud cheering. Then I realized, as there was a bunch of flashing, that people were taking pictures. Maka and I pulled apart. She hugged me really tight for a moment and let go. I heard foot steps toward us, they sounded furious and stern. When I turned to look who it was, there was already a finger in my face. Spirit stood there with the angriest face.

"You- You- You..." He didn't finish any of what he was saying. He seemed so furious though.

"Papa-" Maka tried scolding.

"No it's okay." I told her. She looked at me a bit confused but hadn't continued her scolding. Spirit stood there, furious and with his finger still in my face.

"S-s-spirit. I-i'm sorry I hadn't come to you first."

"Hadn't come to me first!?" He yelled, "Stein knew before me!" I flinched a little from his raised voice. But I stood strong, although my knees threatened to shake and I wanted to find .

"I-I k-know... I apologize. I w-was afraid. I felt that if you said no, I couldn't love Maka." I told him honestly.

"You should've talked to me! We could've figured something out."

"Papa, you're too protective. You followed me to every one of our dates. Don't think I didn't see you." Maka stepped in.

"I was making sure he didn't touch you!" He defended.

"He's my boyfriend- er, I mean fiancee! I wouldn't let him touch me in any way I didn't want him to. Besides, we're talking about Crona. The sweetest person you could ever meet. He would never have such intentions."

"He wasn't such a sweet boy when I met him." I flinched in pain of memory. And flinched again when I heard a loud slap. When I realized it wasn't me being hit, I saw that Maka had slapped her father. Without the book.

"Don't you even dare put that against him. None of that was his fault. That was a year ago anyway. He was saved. He was treated. He is Crona. Crona is finally who he can be without being restrained and being commanded like a doll. I don't want you to ever ever bring that up again." She stepped back away from him. It was very silent for a moment.

"Alright." Spirit finally started, "I'm sorry. That wasn't okay to say." He took a deep breath and sighed. "I don't want to see my little girl be taken away from me. You're such a big girl now."

"I grew up a long time ago Papa. You just couldn't see it. I've grown more than you can understand." Maka said. She looked a bit ashamed, but not of Spirit. Of herself. I wasn't sure what to think of this moment.

" I apologize Crona. I need to have more trust of you. I realize that you wouldn't hurt my Maka in any way even if you could." Then he took an awkward step toward me. I wasn't able to realize what he was doing until he wrapped his arms around me in a hug. "I'd be happy to have you as a son."

"S-s-s-spirit!?" I heard Maka stutter. Spirit continued the hug until I put my hands around him as well. I didn't know what to say, as this was a very awkward moment.

"T-t-thank you." I finally said. And the clapping began again. Spirit let go of me and rest his hand on my shoulder.

"I don't expect any grandchildren for a while though." He said. I kind of glanced over at Maka. I still had my suspicions, and I wasn't sure, but it looked that her face drained of color a little. Spirit began to laugh then, "Now, i'll leave you two be. I need to go talk to Stein." He looked a bit weary and ran away. I was so confused as to what was happening.

"Quite a bit has happened for only fifteen minutes time." Kid said as he approached us. "I'll pull the curtains to the balcony and i'll lead everyone away. Give you two some time to celebrate alone and get some peace."

"There's no need to draw the curtains Kid." Maka said, "We'll be fine. Just as long as no one tries to confront us once again. I enjoy the lighting anyway." Kid gave her a small smile and nodded. He walked away and I watched for a minute as he shooed people away.

"Crona." Maka caught my attention.

"Hm?" I answered.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"I-i'm fine." I told her, "A bit shaken, but i'm alright."

"I'm sorry about my Papa. He get's way too carried away when it comes to me. And don't be afraid of his subtle threat."

"Subtle threat?" I questioned.

"His 'I don't expect grandchildren for a while.'" She quoted.

"I didn't notice it was a threat." I said.

"Well... It was. He's had some investigating he's done lately and he thinks he is so sneaky but he really isn't." Maka said looking a bit annoyed through the balcony entrance. I was confused to what she was talking about but tried to listen.

"I-it's okay." I told her. She looked at me, then started to gaze out towards the city. She sighed deeply and turned towards me again. She smiled, but it quickly vanished. I wondered what was wrong. I held onto her hands and pulled her towards the edge of the balcony. I watched as she stared down at our hands again. I looked down at them as well, and rubbed them, softly brushing my finger against the ring I proposed with.

"I guess it's my turn to say what I needed to tell you." She says, breaking the silence. I felt a bit nervous to hear what she had to say, but I was sure that she was way more nervous.

"Alright." I replied. She moved herself away from me and stood in the middle of the balcony. She closed her eyes and took a long, shaky breath. I could tell whatever this was, she was super nervous.

"I know you've been investigating too. It was obvious as soon as the pregnancy book fell out of your pile of books. I'm not mad that you did. I was a little hurt that you didn't come talk to me though." She explained. I felt really guilty about that. I knew I should've gone to her. But this was another scary thing to do. So now, she reveals whether my suspicions are true or not.

"But it's okay. I understand why you didn't come to me. Marie and Stein knew that you were curious too. Kid even. I'm very observant I think, when i'm self conscious about what others think of me. I've gathered a lot of information. Almost everyone has been debating the same topic about me... And I hadn't realized that it was so obvious." Maka took a deep breath again. She clasped her hands together and forced her own eyes to look into mine.

"I'm-" She paused, "I can't say it. I planned for this." She leaned down and pulled a folded up paper from her heels. She walked over and handed it to me and walked back to the middle of the balcony.

"W-what's this?" I asked.

"Read it. It's a poem and it'll tell you what i'm trying to say." She said as she fidgeted. I slowly opened the folded paper.

{I love you, I really do. I wish to spend eternity with you, I hope you do too. Nine months is a long time, but it's worth this rhyme. A hug was all it took, and both of our worlds shook. Now we stand strong, and hopefully it lasts long. Again I love you, and I hope you know. I'm pregnant. We've made a small life together, as delicate as a feather. The baby is happy, to have you as their daddy. Love you Crona.}

I finished reading. A teardrop fell onto the paper, I hadn't known I was crying. My suspicions were true and Maka finally told me. With the paper still in my hand, I quickly walked up to Maka and pulled her into the tightest embrace. I could feel as she tightened her muscles but then relaxed and I heard a muffled sob as she pressed her face into my shoulder. I squeezed tighter and held her close. Something felt... wrong. I wasn't sure what was bad though.

"I love you." I heard Maka whisper.

"And I love you." I whispered back. The feeling got worse and really fast. Something felt hot against my back. I knew immediatly what was happening. The feeling got burning hot and I pushed Maka. I watched as she stumbled backward and Kid (somehow was suddenly there) caught her as she nearly fell onto her bottom. I stepped backwards. Instantly, there was a big explosion and I no longer had a floor underneath me, just air.

"Crona!" I heard Maka scream. I could see Kid, Maka, and Stein's faces over the balcony as I was falling through midair. There was concrete all around me, broken into big and small pieces. I was afraid I may be crushed by one. I spinned to see a face in the darkness, not recognizable though. I realized just then as the witch wavelength was extreme, that I was staring into the eyes of Mayhdan. The bigger figure next to her was Matilda, her puppet kishin. I could feel something big next to me and defended my face as I hit the ground. One the bigger pieces of concrete landed on top of me. Everything was a hot flash of pain, but I wasn't unconscious although I couldn't see anything but black. This is where the battle begins...

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So I apologize again for not updating in forever. I'll be uploading a few chapters that I hope will make up for it. And I hope you enjoy these chapters. We're getting close to the end I feel. I'm so happy that you guys have stayed with me this long. It means so much to me and I love the comments and supportive feedback I get from you guys. I love everyone who comes to me and asks to review a story for them. I love those who invite me to help them build up their story. Thank you guys you are awesome. I love all of my readers and I thank you all for loving my story. Bye Bye!