Title: Blushing homework of destruction?

Rating: K+

Anime: Soul Eater

Pairing: Kid x Chrona

Disclaimer: I don't own the anime/ manga Soul Eater. All rights go to the creator, Atsushi Okubo.

A/N: This is the installment to the soon to be series called, 'Learning to Deal'. Its just a series of one-shots centered around Chrona. (With some KidxChrona sprinkled in)

See what happens when Stein assigns a group project.

Dedicated to: HappyGirl282!! ¡Féliz Cumpleaños! =D

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"And so everyone, remember that your group projects are due tomorrow." Dr. Stein reminded the class. This earned him a mixture of moans and stressed protests from the students. As if on cue, the bell rang signaling the end of class. The students then packed their things and slowly filed out of the classroom. A fraction of them being followed by a cloud of depression.

"Nyahahaha! I can't wait to present our project tomorrow!!" Black Star yelled as soon as the group had entered the hallway.

"Really?" Maka asked surprised, "That's not really like you Black Star, I thought you hated homework."

"Hmph. You see little one, I, the great Black Star, have surpassed all with my amazing work!! Do not worry, you too shall soon behold my awesomeness tomorrow for yourself when you witness the unveiling of my amazing genius!" Maka glanced over at Tsubaki, who had her usual apologetic smile on. The blonde technician sighed to herself, feeling sorry for Tsubaki, who most likely did most of the work on their project. Everyone just kind of ignored him as they continued walking down the hall.

"What about you, Chrona?" Maka questioned, turning her attention to her friend, "Were you and Kid able to work well together?" Chrona blushed slightly before replying.

"Ah, y-yes. I-I think so, anyway." She stopped for a second; "T-tonight he's going to b-bring it over from his house…so that it'll be easier to bring it t-to class tomorrow." Maka glanced over her shoulder at Kid, who was having some sort of debate with his two weapons, then back at Chrona. The scythe technician couldn't help but smile at the realization of what her friend was going through. She watched Chrona for a moment longer, who seemed to be smiling to herself, the blush still evident on her cheeks, before they were both interrupted from their thoughts.

"See you all later guys." Soul said coolly before signaling his technician to come along too.

"Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow, Chrona. Bye everyone!" the scythe meister waved as she ran to catch up with her weapon.

"Well, we'll see you all tomorrow then." Tsubaki replied politely as she looked down at Black Star.

"Oh! And don't forget to look forward to my amazing performance tomorrow in class!!" the ninja assassin boasted as he and his weapon departed.

"I guess this means we're leaving too then, huh?" Liz more stated then asked while glancing down at both Kid and Patty.

"You both go on ahead, I'll be right there. I have some business to attend to first." His weapons gave him a curious look, but asked no questions, obediently walking off along with the rest of the group. This left Kid and Chrona to see them all off.

"So, shall we go?" Kid asked with a smile, turning to Chrona once the others were all well out of sight.

"B-but…where are we going?"

"Well, I know we agreed to work on it later tonight, but I brought our project here this morning. I wanted to have some time to check it over to make sure it's perfect."

At this, Chrona began to sweat slightly remembering the countless times Kid had already checked over their project after its completion. Over the days of their partnership, she had become more than aware of Kid's obsessive compulsiveness. At first, she had no earthly idea how to deal with him, but as they got to know each other, she quickly got used to it. In a way, she thought it was rather sweet of him. It just meant that he cared. Though she was probably the only one who thought so…

He led her all the way to one of the many large balconies of Shibusen before stopping. Now, if it were anyone else who had stepped onto that particular balcony, they probably would have been wondering why there were two Shibusens. And why one was so strangely smaller than the other.

For their assignment, the duo had decided to make a replica Shibusen. Of course, it wasn't nearly as large as the original, but it was big enough to fill up the entire balcony and fit several inside. Kind of like an odd clubhouse.

Through experience Chrona had learned to stand clear and let Kid have rein whenever he went into one of his 'symmetry fits', as she had nicknamed it. So she stood aside as the dreaded cycle began to repeat itself. A newfound respect for Liz and Patty had blossomed in her for their ability to snap their technician back into normality when he got like this, an ability that she herself was still carefully cultivating. …It was a very tiresome task.

As the pinkette watched her friend measure every detail of the chibi Shibusen that the two of them had constructed, she couldn't help but think that perhaps there was a silver lining in this situation. After all, there was no way that they could fail, what with him going so ridiculously above and beyond like this. But…that wasn't what she really wanted to come of this partnership.

The day when the project was assigned, students immediately scrambled to find and claim their partners. Then through all the chaos, right when she thought that no one would ever be wanting of her, he gently held out his hand, actually asking if shewouldn't mind being his partner. At the time, she was so happy, relieved, nervous, excited, and utterly shocked that she thought she must have been dreaming.

But even though they had spent so much time together, he didn't pay much attention to her, solely focusing on the project. Though it was to be expected, really. They were working after all; it'd be irresponsible of them not to be focused on their work. Kid wasn't the kind of person to take anything lightly, he's a serious, hard-worker. She was just naïve for getting her hopes up…

"Oh…!" Kid bit his tongue from swearing in front of Chrona. The girl was pulled from her thoughts and cautiously walked toward the source of the sound. Internally hoping that whatever it was could be easily fixed, otherwise she would have to face his 'imperfection depression'.

"W-What's wrong, Shinigami-kun?" she asked upon entering the large dome. From what she could tell, it was flawless. It looked exactly like the school she attended daily, from top to bottom. All except for the fact that they couldn't build all the school's interior rooms if they wanted people to be able to enter it, so they made the inside of it one big classroom.

"Its pillar number two," they needed to add pillars to the design for support, "its tauntingly unsymmetrical to pillar number one!" the boy stated angrily as he began to feverishly pull and yank on it in an attempt to realign it.

"W-Wait! Shinigami-kun…!" the demon sword wielder tried to warn him, but it was too late. The structure that they had both worked so hard on was crumbling above them. Instinctually, Chrona turned to face the exit in order to escape, but it had been sealed off by chunks of the continually falling ceiling. Both teenagers scanned for an exit, but found none. When Kid suddenly saw a huge piece of material coming for Chrona at a rapid pace. Before thought could even be processed, Kid had run and pushed her to the ground, barely avoiding the falling danger.

Chrona managed to open her eyes once all the rumbling around her had stopped, only to find a certain young Shinigami on top of her. Her eyes grew wide as her face heated up more than it ever had in her entire life.

How…? Why…?

She…she didn't know how to deal with this!!!!

"A-Are you alright?" Kid's grunt finally broke her from her inner turmoil. He sounded like he was in pain. Upon further examination, Chrona found that the place they were was extremely dark and narrow, with only thin streaks of sunlight illuminating his handsome face. She gasped when she realized just why he was above her like this. Their project was falling apart and they couldn't escape. He had protected her from the falling debrief. He was still protecting her, holding up all the wait of their replica Shibusen on his back.

"Y-Yes…" she finally managed to whisper in reply. She felt horrible. He must be in so much pain, and it was all her fault. Was there anything she could do? He obviously couldn't, any movement on his part would result in the rubble collapsing on the both of them. But with him over her on his hands and knees, she couldn't very well move either. Suddenly, she was really regretting that they had used such heavy, hard material to build this, even if it was to get it to be 'more realistic'.

Her eyes glanced up to meet his, but only for a moment as both teenagers' eyes shot away in embarrassment, their blushes growing ever darker. Lucky for them, the darkness masked any signs of either of their extremely red faces.

"Well…how do you suppose we get out of this predicament?" Kid tried to distract them both from the awkwardness of their current state.

"U-ummm…" the girl began, still not making eye contact, "I really d-don't know…maybe I could try…" The pinkette wiggled uncomfortably under him, but this only worsened the situation. The boy unconsciously grunted in what Chrona had interpreted as disapproval, when it as really quite the opposite.

"O-oh! I-I'm sorry, Shinigami-kun." She hastily apologized as she stilled herself.

'That was a close one…' the nearly crazed boy thought when the girl underneath him seized her squirming. It was after hours, so the school was completely empty. They were alone in such a dark, confined space…in a position like this. Kid felt dirty just for being in a situation like this. How did things end up like this?

Kid's arms begin to tremble from the pressure as time passed. Chrona noticed this and looked up at him, her eyes filled with worry. His head is drooped and she can hear that his breathing is becoming labored. The guilt tightens her chest. Wasn't there something she could do?

"S-Shinigami-kun…" she calls his name as she turns her head to the side. Kid opens his eyes and raises his head to face her. Getting a full view of her body and the torn patches of her dress on his way.

"Y-Yes?" he panted, felling the combination of both their body heat in that small space.

"It… Its okay…" she breathed, "Y-you must be tired, so…it's okay. Y…you can lay down." She said as she closed her eyes, most likely too embarrassed to even look at him. Kid felt a spike run through him, for some reason, this really turned him on.

'No, no! Stop it!' he yelled at himself with a vigorous shake of his head. He looked down at her once again, watching the rise and fall of her chest with every breath she took. He gulped gathering up all his nerve as he slowly lowered himself down to her. Chrona could feel him coming and braced herself, feeling every muscle in her body tighten.

When he finally reached her, Kid suddenly felt the tremendous weight begin to disperse from on top of him as the rubble fell from his back. Both adolescents' eyes shot open at the sound of rocks tumbling to the ground. A few moments later, all the pressure was relieved from his shoulders and Kid was able to let out a sigh of relief. Only for that same sigh to be sucked back into his lungs as a gasp when he felt Chrona's racing heart beat against his chest, reminding him of their current position. He quickly leapt to his feet and almost flew away from her, only to hastily return to help her to her feet.

He chuckled nervously as he asked again if she was alright. She replied murmuring something about being fine. She was about to ask him if he was alright as well, and as if on cue, Kid could feel his knees begin to buckle before completely giving way beneath him. Chrona gasped panic-stricken, and quickly bent down to help him. She picked up one of his arms and put it over her shoulders for support as she lifted him to his feet. Kid thanked her for the assistance, but couldn't help feeling some of his manly pride being striped away. He only felt worse as he glanced back at the demolished rubble that was once such symmetrical perfection.

"Are…are you sure you're okay?" Chrona mumbled once again, her voice laced with concern. Kid couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, I'm fine." He tried to reassure her, but could tell that it wasn't helping to lighten her spirits. He then noticed that she was taking them to the nurse's office.

"Really, there's no need for you to worry." He attempted, but received no reaction.

"I…" the girl beside him began, "I'm really sorry." He looked over at her in surprise.

"What do you have to be sorry for, Chrona?" he questioned in a gentle voice.

"Well…I, you…" she muttered, unable to find the right words, "Y-You got so hurt, for me…It's all my fault. …I-I'm sorry."

"Chrona," he said, stopping their walking for a moment, "There is no reason for you to apologize." She looked up at him, "The reason I'm like this is because I chose to be. I wanted to protect you. I have absolutely no regrets for what just happened."

At this Chrona blushed furiously as an unknown smile curled her lips. This didn't go unnoticed to the young boy though, as he too smiled. Both teenagers thinking that maybe things didn't quite turn out so bad after all.

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A/N: ¡Happy Birthday again, mi amiga!