Ring! Ring! Ri-

"Gah, fucking alarm," I mumbled as I hit the snooze.

I laid in my bed, wondering if I should ask the other about the lunch myself. Ugh, school. I groaned even at the thought of going to school, knowing I could ditch class with Black Star and have a party or go to a bar of something. Maka shifted next to me, she looke so calm ad peaceful when she slept.

"Soul...Kun," she whispered.

"Eh?" I said, confused. She never calls me Soul-Kun, nit even when she's una really good mood.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ri-

"Shut up you stupid fucking alarm clock!" I yelled, waking up Maka by accedent. Shit.

"Soul?" she asked groggily.

"Hey, Maka. Yeah, uhh, sorry. But, now that you're up, let's get ready for school," I said.

She smilled at me, her emerald eyes sparkling in the morning light. I returnedthe smile, showing my sharp teeth. Her smile was contagious, even to those who were a bit pissed off at the world. It added color and always radiated good energy. Before I got up I kissed her forehead, causing her to blush tomato red. She made a race of utter confusion at what I did before she got up and went to her room to get ready for school.

"Hey Taubaki! Hey Kid!" Maka yelled, as we walked up to the DWMA's over sized doors.

"Oh, hi Maka!" replied the ever so calm Tsubaki.

"Hello Maka," replied Kid, his eyes looking up and down Maka.

I wasn't stupid enough to not notice how much Kid liked Maka, but she's my meister and only I can look at her like that. I mean, cool guys like me do that all the time to girls they find attractive, right?

"YAHOO!" yelled Black Star as I gave him a high five.

I looked over at Maka, who was talking to Tsubaki. Liz and Patty were walking up behind Maka. They are the Thompson Sister and twin pistols. Kid has them as his weapons because of his obession with symmetry.

"Hey, so since we're all here," said Maka, "would you guys like to go to lunch with Soul and I?"

"Sorry Maka," said Tsubaki, as she slapped her hand over Black Stars mouth, "but Star and I have lot of training to do after school."

"That's fine, Tsubaki," said Maka, as she tried to hide the fact that she was a bit let down.

"Of course we'll go," said Kid, "but I only require that the time we go out be-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, 'perfectly symetrical,' we know," I interupted.

He threw a death glare at me that caused me to cringe. He thought he ran the school when he first arrived because of his father being Shinigami Sama, the academy's founder. Black Stat and I made the mistake of picking a fight with him on his first day. We had out asses handed to us, but it was worth it.

"Sweet!" chimed in Maka, " how does 11:11 at Death Café sound?"

"Perfect, the number 1111 is-" said Kid.

"Okay," I interrupted, "we'll see you guys then."

"Haaaaaiiii!" exclaimed the always bubbly Patty.
~~~~~~~~~~~

When Maka and I arrived at Death Cafe at exactly 11:11, Kid, Liz, and Patty were no where in sight. Awkward. I checked my phone, andfound a missed call, from Kid of course. I listened to it. It explained that his father wanted them to take on a mission that was technicaly for a 3 star meister and wouldn't be back until exactly 8:00pm.

"Oi, Maka," I said.

"Yeah?" she replied.

"The others won't bea able to make it because Kid's father had them take on a mission for a 3 star meister."

"Oh. Okay," she quietly said, "I guess it's just the two of us then."

"Haha, yeah."

Wow, I'm going on out to lunch with Maka, alone. It's kinda like a date, I thought as we walked in, as a stupid smile crossed my face as I thought of it.

She walked in front of me as we followed the waitress to our table, her pig tails moving as she walked.

"Here you are," said the waitress, "and can I get you two anythig to drink?"

"Uhh, I'll take a margarita wi-" I stopped as Maka glared at me, "I'll just take a Sprite."

"Okay, and for the lady?"

"Oh, water is fine, thank you," said Maka as she released her glare.

"Okay I'll garthose out shortly."

"Thank you," replied Maka.

The drive home wad quieter than usual. Which made everything even mire awkward than it had already become. Maka had her arms wrapped arouf my waist and get head rested on my shoulder. I could tell ge was really up set because her grip was tighter than usual and I started to feel water on my back from her eyes as they began to water.

When we reached our apartment, she ran straight to her room and slammed the door shut. I heard a low thud, followed by the sound of her muffled crying. She rarely ever cried, but tonight was the acception, after all Kid had said he would be there.

I threw my keys on the counter, grabbed a drink, and went over to her room where I sat outside of her door and listened to her cry. Knowing she felt how she did made me want to protect and defend her even more than I alrady did.

I took in a deep breath, then said, "Maka?"

No answer.

"Well, wether you want to listen or not, let me say something."

I jumped when I felt her sit down next to me and wrap her arms around me. When did she open the door? I asked myself. She was hiccuping as she struggled to gain control of her breathing.

I sighed, "I don't know how you feel, but I enjoyed being able to sit down for once with you and not have Blair sit on the table and put her boobs in my face. Coil guys like me don't enjoy that happening to them when they live with the coolest girl in the academy, no, the whole world, even if they have tiny tits," I said as I tried to hold back a laugh, " so, I was thinking that maybe we could get the whole gang together later on today and have a picnic."

"Crona too?" she asked as she lifed her head to look at me.

"Yeah, Crona too," I said as I gently wiped a tear off her cheek.

Her eyes brightened and her grip around me tightened, causing me to wince at the amount of muscle my meister really had.

"Haha, sorry Soul!" she exclaimed when she realized how hard she was actually squeezing me.

"It's fine," I managed to sat, after she loosened het death grip a little.

She shot up, ruffled my hair, and ran out the door to find the oters and Crona.

"Damn she's got energy," I said, shocked by how quickly she recovered just by saying Crona could tag along.

FLASHBACK

"I am Maka, a scythe meister. And I have come to kill you," stated Maka as she stood ready to give Crona a leathal blow.

"I have black blood y'know," said Crona as he lazily swung his demon sword, Ragnarok, over his shoulder prepairing to fight.

"Eh?"

"C'mon Crona kill her already. If you don't, you won't get any sleep at night," Ragnarok harshly said.

"No please Ragnarok! Then the circles under my eyes will come bace and I don't know how to deal with that!" begged Crona.

"Let's go Sou!" yelled Maka.

"Haha, hell yeah!" I shouted enthusiastically.

"Tamashii no kyōmei!" we shouted together, as our resonance rate steadily, but rapidly, increased.

"Soul, why don't you let me take over the show? It'll be fun," said the Little Demon.

"No! I won't let you!" I growled.

"I thought you'd say that. So, I brought you something. Come on out dearie," he said as her turned a darkened hallway.

"Maka? What are you doing here?" I asked in disbelief.

"Hello, Soul," she said as she walked over to me.

"How did you-" I began to ask.

"Out resonance rate is high enough to have allowed some of the black blood in your body to come into mine," she interreupted.

"But-"

"I have to do it Soul. If you do-"

"Maka! No! I won't let you! What if you get sucked into the madness and never come back?!" I snapped.

"Don't be silly Soul. You'll pull me out once I defeat him."

"You see Soul, she has a brain," said the Little Demon.

"Shut up!" I barked at him.

"Please, Soul. It's the only way to defeat him," Maka pleaded.

"Fine. But promise me you'll come back to me."

"Of course Soul."

CLANG!

"Why are you all giggly? Stop it! I don't know how to deal with that!" yelled Crona as Maka swung at him with me in my weapon form.

SWOOSH!

"Stop! I don't know how to deal with this!"

"Oo! I have black blood too!" giggled Maka.

"I don't know how to deal with that!" whined Crona.

Slice

Thud

"Soul! Get me out of here! I can take it from here!" called Maka from within the madness that was slowly takig over her whole body.

"Im coming Maka! Stay where you are!" I called.

"Duh!"

"Maka!"

"Soul!"

"Give me your hand! I'll pull you out!"

"Gah, Maka, you're heavier than you look!" I growled as I struggled to pull her form te grip of the madness.

"Ugh! Gotcha!"

"Thanks Soul."

"Crona, you don't have to be afraid of me. I only want to help you," said Maka as she approached him.

"Ahhh!" came the scream of Crona.

"Your always been afraid of everythig because you never wanted to try something new."

"Ahhh!"

"Its okay, you do t need to be afraid anymore."

"She's got guts," I said as I sat and watched her.

"Will you be my friend?" she asked Crona as she held out her hand to him.

"I-I still don't know how to dealt with other people though!" cried Crona.

"Its okay. I won't hurt you."

END FLASHBACK

"I guess I can see why she enjoys being around Crona so much," I said as I got up off the floor to get something to eat.

"Oh my gosh! Were you okay?" came Maka's voice.

"Haha, yeah. Black Star caught me before I hit the ground," replied Tsubaki as she and the others came into the living room.

"YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME!" shouted Black Star, as he put his arms behind Maka and Tsubaki.

He was irritating, but a really cool friend.

"So where are we going Maka?" asked Crona.

"On a picnic," she replied.

"I LOVE PICNICS!" squealed a rather hyper Patty.

"Patty, calm down!" said Liz in a weak attempt to get her sister to cool her jets.

"Well, a picnic would be delightful," said Kid, who was clearly annoyed.

"Oi! Black Star move over!" I called as I walked over to where he was sitting.

He moved over closer to Tsubaki, who blushed when he let his arm fall around her shoulders. I, on the other hand, flopped down between Black Star and Maka, leaving enough room between Maka and I so that she could make herself comfortable.

"We all ready?" asked Maka.

"HELL YEAH! YOUR GOD IS ALWAYS READY!" announced Black Star.

"Hai!" yelled Patty.

"Yeah lets go," said Liz as she examined her finger nails.

"Yes, that would be wonderful. I am a bit hungry," said Kid.

"Haha, yes," giggled Tsubaki.

"Yep! I just need to grab something and I'll be right behind you," I said as I noticed Maka lying with her legs over the arm of the couch with her big green eyes looking up at me.

"You know where to go, right?" she asked as she twirled her hair around her fingers.

"Yeah, you only told me a hundred times before we even planned this thing," I said.

"Cool. Just making sure that you didn't forget."

"Psh, me? Forgetting things? Never," I sarcastically said as I kissed her forehead.

There was a simultaneous gasp before I told them, " I do it all the time. ou guys just never have noticed it until now." They all looked at me with the same look, the 'right, we know you really like her.' I looked down at Maka who was now braiding and unbraiding her pig tails.

Thank God she didn't notice, I though to myself as I let out a long sight.