I read the author's note after finishing your fic because I wanted to avoid spoilers :( don't regret the reading though. It's 1AM, tomorrow's monday, woo!

the whole first chapter I was just thinking "The writing is excellent, the characterizations are perfect, there is all the feelz..please don't let their problem simply be A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING!" and then, dang, the big misunderstanding it was. I love those characters and I didn't want to see them be so utterly stupid and stubborn (Maka reaches, like, olympic amounts of stubborness). And I still don't get how she could not ask him once the reason why he proposed to her. GOSH! That makes the whole drama of the story so less appealing when you know it can be solved by saying:
[Maka] "Don't you understand! I love you!"
[Soul ]"Well, I love you, too!"
[Maka]"...Oh. Shit."
I would have wished for a more substantial backbone of a story that is otherwise so perfect :( I get that miscommunication is an important and realistic issue, but still, did it have to be such a stupid big misunderstanding?...

I really really loved Tsubaki in this fic btw. And I'm gonna read everything you ever published of course 3 (and hope for it to be a bit less frustrating)

*inhales* bOI

tbh i love how you've hidden the reason why did they got so angry and broken for so long, thanks to that i didn't just scream "TALK TO EACH OTHER YA DINGUSES". it had kind of mystery feel to it, left me wondering if perhaps it's really unsalvagable.

but boi, soul... buddy... pal.,,,, you dont propose on first date my dude,,,,,

OH MY FREAKING SHINIGAMI AND HOLY EXCALIBUR WHAT WAS THAT.

I swear, if you took a look at my heart right now, it would look like Stein because you tore it apart and then stitched it back together by stabbing me with a needle repeatedly.

After I finished the second chapter, I actually had to go read a little page I'd bookmarked as 'just no' because it was so depressing. Reason I had to read that was to cheer me up. No joke, I read a depressing and terrifying article just to cheer me up after reading this ... this THING that you call a story that rips apart souls and hearts and does mental damage and causes scarring. Like, NO. But damn it all if I could actually say truthfully that I hate this story. As it is, I can't say that without my fingers crossed.

I seriously loved this story so much. I was reading whilst avoiding studying for finals *whoops* and couldn't stop thinking about it when I did actually try to study so I had to return and tell you how much I love (love love) this story! I do enjoy a good angst, and (obvi) romance is the best, so this story was just everything and more. It read so well, and some of my favorite bits were the descriptors of the turmoil going on within each of them. I just can't rave enough, by far one of my favorites! Thank you so much for sharing :)

This story was absolutely fantastic! All of the characters involved were IC, the hurt and pain was palpable, the writing itself was darn neat flawless. Honey, this is a gem among SE fics! I'm glad to have read it and that conclusion was absolutely awesome! Fluffy enough to be cute, but the touch of realism-noting that this hurt would take more time to fix yah just that alone-really made this just shine! And I have to say that Black*Star's involvement and place in the whole story was just fantastic! He was still Black*Star, but pushed to the edge and serious in a way that was still himself! I quite literally have nothing but praise for this amazing story!

And I know it's been long since written, but what happened to them next? They fixed their issues, went to Oceania, took missions, and went back to being the amazing duo we all know and love?

In any event...thanks for this pearl of writing! It really made my morning!

It was really nice to end on a rain shower; it felt very appropriate. I like that both of them had the same other about the other in terms of caring for one another despite everything. It was a great parallel. Black*Star's kidnapping was definitely the right move, both for the characters and for the narrative. I also loved the line exchange of "do you know how hard this has been" "of course!" It was a great demonstration that they both have been a little caught up in their own hurt as opposed to the other's, and that's something they'll need to work through. Great job overall!

Another great chapter! It did occur to me to wonder that if Maka and Tsugumi were to actually partner up, /would/ her form get those wings she gets in the anime? Maybe only if she too were a Death Scythe, I don't know. Still, it made me think!

I really liked the inclusion of Soul's and Tsubaki's friendship. It played very naturally. I also really liked Kid's mixture of business and concerned friend when he was discussing with Black*Star how to handle everything. Black*Star himself also shined in this chapter with his concern for Soul and pointedly (and loudly) allowing him to make his escape. Blair's entire scene was well done, and I was pleased at how she both was sympathetic but also didn't allow Maka to wallow. The last line was particularly powerful. Great work!

Making me way through reviewing all the Resbangs, both past and present! I think this was a great first chapter. I loved the line about walking in with an anvil in her chest; very evocative. The heat acting as a tranquilizer to the students was another fantastic image. It's clear this is a very slow build, and I am enjoying that. The line about Spirit looking much more annoyed than a man who had broken someone's door had any right to be made me laugh. There were a few very minor grammar/typo errors but nothing that hindered comprehension. I'm actually really intrigued by what seems like telling the story in chunks moving forward. At first I thought we were going to learn what happened in the first chapter, and I'm thrilled we didn't. I like that there's still a lot to learn! Great job, I'm off to the next!

This absolutely amazing and fantastic. I was starting to tear up reading this, and that rarely happens to me (I think I only cried or at least had tears fall once for reading a fic), but other than that, I normally don't have my emotions shown outside although I do get my heart broken from reading these angsty fics. You did such an astounding job on this, and I wanna thank you so much for your time and effort put into your wonderful fics. I admire writers like you and wish to be more like that. You are terrific! Thanks again. :)

Gosh this is so heart wrenching. I love Blair; she's so sweet!

This is painfully beautiful. Oh goodness, I can feel the angst.

The whole spider thing had me flipping out it was just so darn cute and stupidly adorable -wow out of context that whole sentence I just wrote makes me cringe because spiders and adorable should never be in a sentence together unless there's a negative in between- and this whole angsty god-damnit-just-talk-please-somebody-lock-them-in-a-closet-until-they-talk story was really well written! I actually had already read your one-shot on if maka had accepted soul's offer at the infirmary so I was really confused at first. But anyway thank you for writing this, I really enjoyed it :)

oh god
you dam near made me cry with this fic you horrible bastard
i need that happy cuddles to recover from the pain this fic caused
i always saw a fuck ton of myself in soul and that made this even worse
the worst part is... i still see me in there
the him you write in all your fics that is
especially in this one
and that makes this hurt so much more
yet i loved it dont ask me why but i did
thank you for writing it now off to read the thing that caused me to experience this

If I was a sap, I would have been bawling my eyes out. So many feels, and so heartbreakingly well written...
It's just so sad to see how miscommunication (or mistakes in general) can break people even if they're on the same page, and how hard it is to piece things back together
Like if they had somehow managed to talk it out after say, a few days, things probably could have fallen into step so much more easily. But like they went through so much emotional pain and absolute bullshit for months, which is a long time to get the notion stuck in their head that their partner meant to hurt them that way and is so hard to just forget or get over, which shows why healing those wounds will take so much longer. And the sad part is, is that things usually don't sort themselves out in a couple of days in real life, and sometimes there are no meddling friends to put things in perspective, and people can go years, or their entire lives never have being able to work it out because of miscommunication.
And I love/(hate cause its was heart breaking) the way the miscommunication is shown because it's so realistic, even after the big fight, like the scene in the infirmary. Maka is just rambling and Soul takes her statements soo out of context. And just saying 'oh that's not what I meant' doesn't just fix everything because it's so hard to forget the pain felt even if they take it the wrong way.
Again, feels were too real, but the entire thing is just so heartbreaking to read because even though
they will work things out, its just sad to see how easily things can fall apart, and just how hard it is to put them back together.
You are an amazing writer.