That night I lay in the hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling with Soul fast asleep in the chair he pulled up. The erie quiet of the room left me on edge as the minutes dragged by. All I could see was jaged outlines of the medical supplies that were hooked up to me as they dripped an IV into my veins to ease the pain.

"Maka...I love you..." groaned Soul.

"I love you too, Soul," I smiled.

He was so cute when he slept and looked so vulnerable. A small line of drool slid down his chin, making me quietly laugh. My hand was resting on top of his from when I was just waking up from the sleep agent I had been given at Kid's. The pain in my side was faint, but enough to make me not want to move to wake up Soul and tell him to go home. I sighed as I let my eyes close and let sleep take over my body.

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"Mmmm~," I yawned as I woke up. "Another day in the hospital."

"Good morning sleeping beauty," said Soul.

"Good morning to you too. Any news on the cure for, well, this crap?"

He fell silent. And then, "Your father said that the way your mother got rid of it was by being put on medications exclusively for this kind of thing for a few months, but he said it might not have the same effect on you."

"I don't care, I just want to get rid of it soon."

He sighed, clearly knowing he wasn't going to win this round. I looked around the room and found quite a few bouquets placed on counters and at the foot of the bed. 'Well, if I'm not the talk of the town?' I told myself. It was odd, see things from people I more than likely didn't know or only ran into once or twice and never spoke to again. But at the same time, I felt like I was more than just a violent bookworm that kicked ass on the missions I signed up for. Even Kid has started to realize that I'm not all that much of an innocent little girl who hates violence.

"Ms. Albarn?" came a voice from outside my room.

"Yes?" I replied.

"Ah, good you're awake. I just came by to check on you and see if there was anything that you need."

"Umm, I'm feeling a little better. The pain has dulled, but I can still feel it in my side. And I was wondering if I could get the medications needed to get rid of this."

"Well, I'd have to speak with your father about the medications before I can write you a prescription or them."

"I spoke with her father and he said that she can go ahead and get the needed medications for it," said Soul.

The doctor gave him a doubtful look before taking out pen and the needed papers to prescribe me the medications. When he turned to leave, I gave Soul a look of gratitude and a smile he hadn't seen in a very long time.

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A few days later I was released from the hospital after they made sure that the meds worked how they were supposed to. I was given a small bottle of the pills and told to take them once a day everyday for 4 months and that I should schedule a follow up when I had about a months supply left. Soul was beaming as I was wheeled to his car to go home. I could tell his stress levels had gone down significantly when I had been released.

"Soul?" I asked as I felt my eyelids become heavy with sleep.

"Hmm?" he replied.

"When we get home, can you take me to our bedroom so I can sleep? Because sleeping in a hospital just doesn't go over too well when you have your significant other beside you wanting to cuddle."

"Anything for my girl." he smiled. "And you are one hell of a fighter."

I happily hummed as I finally let sleep consume my body for the ride home.

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The sun beamed on my face as I tried to avoid it's blinding rays. I hated having a window facing the direction the sun rose every morning. Really the only good thing about it was that it didn't let me sleep away all hours of the day.

I rubbed my eyes as I realized it was no use trying to block out the sun, after all it was causing my body to loosen up and become energized. I stretched out on the bed and slowly sat up making sure my side didn't hurt. To my relief, it didn't and I could move like a normal human being without doubling over in pain. My glass of water was next to me on the night stand along with my bottle of pills that was half used. Soul says that it's a miracle that I was able to make it through the pain without going completely insane from it.

"Yuck, those things are gross," I grumbled as I walked into the living room and flopped down on the couch.

"Good morning baby doll. Sleep well last night?" asked Soul.

"Best sleep I've ever had. But those pills just have a horrendous taste to them."

The silence that followed was welcomed by both of us as we both basked in the knowledge of knowing I was feeling better everyday that went by.

"Hey, Maka, I was thinking that since we've been together for a while now that it was time we did something totally crazy," said Soul, breaking the silence as he say down next to me.

"And what would this 'crazy' thing be that you'd love to do?" I asked, snuggling into him.

"Well I have two ideas. One, we go out on a cruse and have fun for days on end while seeing new things. Or two, we could go to Disneyland in California just to let out our inner 6 year old selves."

"Hmmm, I like both ideas but I think I'd much rather go on a cruse with you and not have our friends bothering us almost all the time."

"Cool. I'll go buy the tickets and then we can relax and enjoy day number 90 of you being pain free."