A/N: Well just in case you didn't read the description (grrr) basically I put my iPod on shuffle and write a one-shot soul eater based on whatever the song makes me come up with. I write a story for each song and I can't skip any songs.

Warning: I guarantee nearly all of these with be SoMa, though if I get the right song, I'll do a Tsustar. All the stories will have nothing to do with each other though, they're just random stories. This is based of the anime too, since I haven't really read much of the manga... (awkward)

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Song One: That's What You Get by Paramore

Basically, Soul is acting all off because he feels like a useless weapon. Of course, Maka doesn't know this, so she's hurt that he's not talking to her and their argument gets kind of... bad...

Maka POV-

"STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!" I shrieked at my partner. "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS!?"

Soul looked at me with those condesending red eyes. Judging me, making me feel like I was over-reacting. But I wasn't. I wasn't! He was being a jerk and he wouldn't tell me what his problem was. It wasn't fair for him to go off on me like that if I didn't know what the hell was wrong.

"Maka." Soul said in that steady level voice. "Just leave it. It doesn't matter."

How could he be so damn calm? It just isn't fair! "Do you know what, Soul? It does matter. It matters to me. We're supposed to be partners and you keep shutting me out. What's wrong, Soul?"

He'd been avoiding me for a week now. Whenever he was around, he just seemed even more on edge. Why now? Why did he have to do this when we were still recovering after the kishin's death, when we were supposed to be resting and happy that we'd saved the world? Why couldn't it be ok?

"Maybe if I knew you were gonna be so nosy, then I might not have wanted to be partners in the first place." Soul spat out, clearly irritated.

Do you know that feeling when you realize that nothing's holding you up anymore? That split second of panic before you collapse to the floor? That's what I felt right now.

I sucked in a breath, my eyes stinging. I'd been told to focus on something when I was about to cry, because it helped hold back my tears. I looked over Soul's shoulder at the picture that hung on the wall in the living room of our apartment. I focused so hard my eyes hurt from the stain, but it did nothing. I had to get out of there before I started crying.

Except one little thing slipped out. "Why does it have to be you, Soul? I could have dealt with it from anyone, but you..."

I clamped my mouth shut and refused to look Soul in the eye. Before he could say anything, I whirled around and ran out of the apartment, only letting the tears flow when I knew he wasn't following.

Soul POV-

Damn it!

I fell back on the couch and laid my head in my hands. Perfect, just freaking perfect. You're a damn liar, Soul Evans, I tolf myself. It wasn't nothing and it did matter. I knew it did. But I couldn't tell Maka that. How could I tell her how useless I am? Yeah I screw up a lot, but I wasn't dumb enough to tell her she was better off without me. I was too selfish to say that. And what she'd said before she'd left, what did she mean by that!?

It was all that kishin. It's hard to explain how horrifying it is, to just watch your meister get the crap beaten out her, while you just lie there uselessly. She even had to take a shot for me, standing in front of me and taking the hit that Asura had sent my way. I was supposed to be her weapon and yet she'd had to fight on her own. She was so amazing too; I was lucky to be her partner and yet I didn't deserve her.

I was broken out of my little self pity session by the shrill ringing of my phone, buzzing on the couch next to me. Was it Maka? Oh man, I'd just let her run off. I was an idiot.

It wasn't Maka though. It was Liz? I sighed and answered grudgingly. "What!?"

"Do you have something to with the crying girl that ran past me without speaking five minutes ago?" Liz's voice asked demandingly.

"Crying? Maka!?" I said, getting up out of my seat and starting to pace.

"Yes, idiot. So you did have something to do with it! You screwed up royally, whatever you did. She raced past me, without even hearing me call after her! What did you do!?" Liz sounded angry. With her, it's 'Girl Power' all the way.

I sighed. "We had an argument. She said I wasn't talking to her properly."

"Again!?" Liz growled.

"Yeah, I- Wait, what do you mean 'again'?" I questioned, suddenly catching her tone.

"Well, Soul, you're not exactly the easiest person to get along with." She said exasperatedly. "Do you know how many times I've seen Maka stressed out over you? And you know what she says when I ask her why she puts up with it!?"

Oh. Crap. "What does she say?" I asked, my voice hoarse.

"She always says the same thing. 'Yeah, it's hard. But Soul's the only partner I want and the only one I trust. It will work out, it has to.'. She never gives up on you, even though you don't seem to be as dedicated to this partnership as she is!" Liz ranted down the phone.

That. Was. It. "Are you freaking kidding me!? I would die for Maka, in fact I almost have several times and I have never, ever regreted it! She's my closest friend and she matters more to me than anyone else!" I yelled down the phone.

"Then why don't you tell her that!" Liz retorted angrily. "Because I think it would help a whole lot if she knew she mattered that much to you and it wasn't just the whole meister/weapon relationship!"

I went silent for a minute. When I finally spoke, my voice was filled with barely contained anger. "Where was she headed to?"

Liz paused for a second in thought. "It looked like she was heading to the woods. But Soul, you-" I hung up, not wanting to speak to her anymore. She'd already gave me enough to think about.

I didn't stop to think, I just ran out the door and headed for my motorbike. I knew where Maka was. If you followed the path in the woods, there was a wall she liked to sit on, where she could see the whole of Death City. It was where she went when she'd been upset by something, I remembered when she'd gone there after the fight with Blackstar over the resonance link.

I raced through the streets on my bike, not caring about my speed. When I reached the path in the woods that would lead me to Maka, I rushed off, not bothering to prop up the bike so it crashed to the floor behind me. I didn't care. I just ran, knowing the longer I took, the more worked up Maka would get. She'd already managed to get here while Liz had been giving me a piece of her mind, so I'd already left her too long to think.

I saw thelight leaking through the trees ahead of me and I saw her, perched on the wall, her back to me. I paused by the edge of the trees, not sure what to do or say now I was here.

Maka was crying, like Liz said she'd been. I could tell by how she was wiping her sleeve over her eyes and the little choked noises she made, obviously trying to stop crying. I was a total jerk. It's not cool to make a girl cry and I knew this wasn't the first time I'd done this either.

I stepped forward. "Maka..."

She whirled around, looking at me with red-rimmed eyes. Her green eyes weren't as beautiful without that fire and determination she usually had. She looked so lost.

She turned her gaze away from me, looking over the view of the city. I was being ignored, it seemed. But I wasn't going to let her ignore me. We were going to talk this through, no matter how long it took. So I sat down next to her and grabbed her hand before she could snatch it away.

"We're going to talk now, Maka. What did you mean by what you said before you ran off, about why it had to be me?" I questioned, my tone pleading. I needed her to answer me, to know I hadn't screwed up too much this time.

She was silent for a while, long enough for me to start panicking, when she finally spoke quietly, her voice hoarse with all the crying. "Why should I talk about my problems when you won't speak to me about your problems?"

She hadn't pulled her hand out my grip, so I squeezed it comfortingly, but her hand was limp in mine, unresponding. "I promise I'll explain everything. Just please tell me what you meant. It's killing me over what you meant." I pleaded.

She sighed. "Soul... your the first guy I trusted since my father. He messed up and I didn't want to believe I could trust a man again, not after him. But then you walked into my life and I thought 'Maybe, just maybe...', but then things like this happen. You have no idea how much it hurts when I think I made a mistake in trusting you. Like when you tricked Blair, I thought it was going to happen again. I can't, Soul. I can't deal with it again."

Her voice sounded so sad and it killed me that it was my fault. "You didn't make a mistake, Maka. I made a mistake."

"Yeah, I know. You made a mistake in picking me as your partner." She pulled her hand out of my grip and stood up, walking away.

Liz's words came back to me then. 'Why don't you tell her that!?' I got up after her and siezed her arm, pulling her around. When she faced me, I gripped her by the upper arms firmly, so she was looking me in the eyes. She looked surprised.

"Don't say that!" I growled. "Don't ever say that! That's the best damn descion I ever made and I was so wrong to act like it wasn't earlier. I never belonged anywhere, Maka. Not with my parents, my brother and their fancy lifestyle. That wasn't me and I wasn't good enough for them. With you, you never make me feel like I have to be good enough for you, I just assumed that because I'm a idiot. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry."

She was frozen in my grip, completely surprised at my actions. I wasn't usually so forceful about making a point, but I really needed this to sink in. When it did, her expression softened, though she still looked wary. "Why were you so angry with me then?" She said softly.

"Like I said, I was an idiot. It wasn't easy watching Asura do that to you. I was angry with myself, 'cause I wasn't there for you. But you never blamed me about it, you never got angry with me. I just got all angry for nothing and I took it out too much on you." I said earnestly, looking into her eyes so she knew I was serious and sincere.

The wariness wiped off her face completely and she gave me a small smile. "You idiot. You should have just told me." A tear seeped out the corner of her eye.

I reached out and wiped it away, before pulling her into my arms with a relieved laugh and she leaned her head into my shoulder. I knew she'd forgiven me.

"Partners?" She murmered, still wrapped up in my arms.

"Always." I promised.

A/N: Argh, I think I was too damn cheesey, but ah well. About the Liz thing, Soul's a guy and needs a hint so I figured it should come from a friend. Blackstar and Kid are guys, so they would work. Tsubaki's too sweet and Patty's too... Patty. (You know what I mean!)

I think I did ok with the song/story mix. The whole 'that's what you get' when Maka thought Soul was gonna leave her after she trusted him and how Soul thought he might have screwed up his partnership with his idiotic behaviour. All the whole 'why do we lie to her so much' because soul isn't acting so honest with Maka about why he's acting like that. There's also the 'I can't decide. You have made it harder to just go on and why?" I think of as Maka cuz she has no idea what to do any more.

I think it went ok...

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Please remember this isn't just one story in Shuffle stories, I'll put up another one soon, in the 'next chapter' since this isn't just a one-shot, it's a collection of one-shots in one fanfic. :)