May contain spoilers. Thoughts in italics.

Disclaimer: Soul Eater is the property of Atsushi Okubo. I do not own the series nor its characters and am not making any sort of profit off of this fanfiction.

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There. A knock at the door.

Liz swallowed, her fingers hovering just above the doorknob, a sinking feeling creeping into her mind. She of course had been waiting for this, albeit with a heavy heart. The door creaked open at her wavering touch, revealing two men in dark suits with matching folders in their hands.

"Good morning. Is this the home of Miss Elizabeth and Patricia Thompson? We're here from Shibusen's legal department," said the man closest to her in the doorway.

Liz nodded in affirmation. She knew this department well, after arriving here with her sister and being placed under probation in the past. It seemed like a lifetime ago now.

"Very good. We ask that you look over these documents, some of which require your signature immediately. Also included are your wills. This is time-sensitive, so you need to have everything completed by 5pm this evening. We will come back to collect from you then. Any questions?"

Liz glanced down at the folders being passed to her shaking hands, a strange, almost giddy feeling washing over her. "No questions," she murmured.

"Good," replied the man in front of her. "Then I will see you at 5 o'clock."

Liz gave a half-hearted smile before shutting the door with a click behind her. Her hands tightened around the folders she held, mentally preparing herself to face her younger sister.

Her baby sister Patty, whom she'd watched over from the moment she was born… Lately her laughter has died down, her smile faded, her heart guarded. Patty wasn't oblivious, she knew that the two of them would be facing the seemingly unstoppable Kishin in under a day's time. She knew what that meant. That it could mean the end of their lives. As Liz rounded the corner into the sitting room, Patty was already there waiting, her palm outstretched towards Liz, expecting the folder's appearance. She's braver than I am. There's no doubt in her heart like there is in mine.

Patty… Liz thought sadly to herself, looking down at her once carefree baby sister as she flipped through the folder's contents. Even Patty's eternal sunshine seemed overcast today. Your big sister is so sorry… Sorry she couldn't give you the long, happy life you deserved.

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"I'm back," Kid called from the entranceway. He shuffled into the room adjacent to the entrance to see his weapons bent over in their seats, pouring over documents sprawled out across the grand table. Neither met his gaze when he entered the room.

"Are those…?" Kid started, breaking the silence.

"Waiver and liability forms. And… our wills," Liz answered, still not meeting her meister's eyes.

"I-I see… So you've decided to accept the mission?"

"Of course," this time Patty answered, being the first to make eye contact with Kid. "We can't let you out of our sight again, you'll just go crazy without us, like last time!"

Kid winced at Patty's indiscriminate remark on his previous battle against madness within the Book of Eibon. "Y-yeah… Thank you guys. But you don't have to do this…"

At this, Liz finally looked up as well, quelling the fear and doubt in her heart. "We've already made up our minds, Kid. Don't worry so much, will you?" She gave her classic smirk, feeling herself settling down at her own resolution. "Maybe we made a mistake, partnering with a Shinigami. Trouble follows you everywhere. I was stupid to think we could live simple, carefree lives after you brought us here." Her tone was one of jest, but the guilt Kid felt couldn't get any worse.

Kid took a deep breath. "If I had known that partnering with you might cost you your lives down the road, I would have let you go free back then. I'm sorry. I-"

"Will you shut up?! We agreed to being your partners just as much as you agreed to be ours. No one could have ever guessed that the Kishin would be revived this way! We're in this together. After all, a weapon's gotta protect her meister, right?" Liz said sternly.

Patty nodded enthusiastically beside her, her short blonde locks bouncing with the movement. "We're with you, Kid-kun!"

Kid smiled down upon his two weapons, though guilt still gnawed away at him. "No crying, Liz?" he asked softly.

"Heh, bastard. Who do you think I am?" Liz replied sardonically. Kid grinned at her.

"You've gotten stronger."

"Maybe I have… It's kind of a requirement when I'm a weapon to a Shinigami, isn't it?"

"I'm proud of you." His golden eyes glittered with warmth.

Liz sputtered at this, trying to calm the redness in her cheeks at his compliment. Patty laughed gleefully beside her, slapping her elder sister across the back.

"Sis, you're all red, hahaha!"

"Patty, hush!"

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It was 5 o'clock and the papers had been signed and collected. The future would not wait for them, it was now or never. A calmness enveloped Gallows Mansion as the trio accepted their tasks and fate, whatever it might be.

"Liz, Patty. Get some rest, we'll have a long day tomorrow," Kid chided.

"Alright~" Patty chirped, already up two of the stairs leading to the bedroom chambers. Liz turned to follow her.

"By the way, Liz," Kid began. "Your wills, what did you write down?"

"You're a nosy guy, you know that?" She put a hand on her hip, turning back towards him as Patty continued bounding up the stairs. "It took me awhile to figure out what to write… I don't exactly have family to entrust anything to… I don't even have that many of my own belongings to begin with!"

"So what did you decide?"

"Well… with all the clothes I've accumulated over the years, I figured it wouldn't be bad to have them donated to homeless kids… After all, that's what Patty and I were. It just feels right."

Kid smiled earnestly. "That's a beautiful thing to do. Now go rest, okay?"

"You're bossy too," Liz muttered under her breath, though she could feel her cheeks beginning to flush. She turned back towards the stairwell, waving her hand over her shoulder. "Good night, Kid. See you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow, Liz."

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A/N: As I was typing this out, "meister" auto-corrected itself to "keister" and the line "A weapon's gotta protect her meister" just took on a whole different meaning. *snickers* (Keister = butt)

Back to being serious! I've been a Soul Eater fan for about 5 years now, but I think this is the first time I've written fanfiction for the series, hurrah! I found that years ago when I first watched the anime, I identified with the likes of Maka and Black Star, the somewhat more "childish" members of the meister trio… but upon my recent watching now that I've gotten older, I identify better with the more mature Death The Kid and adult characters. Interesting how you can grow up with a series and its characters~

I've also finally been spurred back into writing fanfiction because I just finished reading the manga, which I had never read before. Yes it's safe to say, Death The Kid is surely something else~ Definitely has become my favorite character, I was wholly impressed by him! But besides him, I wrote this particular drabble because of the Thompson sisters. The scene where they're writing their wills really broke my heart. Two young girls who had come off the streets with hopes for a new start, now having to write their wills to join their meister in a battle that may be to the death…. And to top it all off, the next scene with Spirit basically saying goodbye to Maka…. *SOBS* And Shinigami-sama saying that he may never see his son's smile again….. *SO MANY TEARS*

This author's note is going to become longer than the drabble itself, so it's time to wrap up! I may be adding to this as a drabble series (with focus being on Kid and the Thompson sisters), but probably not on any sort of schedule. I write only when inspiration hits, and that's been rare these days. But I'll be back again!