If two souls are meant to be together, they will always find their way back to each other.
It doesn't matter the distance whether physical or emotional. It doesn't matter the risks or the danger. If two souls wish to be intertwined, they will.
They will always be under one another's halo.
His hand brought the book to a close, and Kid let out a sigh only to smile at the end. "So is this why we could never seem to stay away from each other?"
He looked over to the bed. Her breaths came out almost silently as she slept. Kid smiled. He stood up from his desk and awarded a kiss to Maka's forehead, and that feeling hit him again.
That same tug that he had always felt since their first meeting. Something that told him he wouldn't be able to trail away from her, even if he wanted to.
And he knew it was true. For the time he spent cast away into the hands of the enemy and then locked inside the damned book of Eibon, Kid longed for this beautiful brave-hearted girl. That tug in his soul begged for her company. It was almost agonizing. Mainly because Kid began to wonder if she felt this same tug. There had been many times that he almost hit a near death experience when he'd go off and fight alone. He always did everything alone without the help of anyone but his weapon partners. If Maka felt this same tug, he could only imagine all the worry he had ever brought her.
He shook away the thought and gazed upon her sleeping form. It was actually the first time that the two had been able to get a full night's sleep all week. The world wasn't in such a great condition at the moment. That only worried Kid more. His father's life long enemy was hidden somewhere, wreaking madness on all the world.
But it didn't matter right now. Right now was peace and relaxation time. And hopefully not the last time he'd get it.
Kid crawled under the covers. He rested his head onto hers and Maka responded by cuddling up to him.
She mumbled his name but Kid guessed she was still asleep as she said nothing else. "My angel." He whispered into her ear.
Maka exhaled a warm breath into his neck and Kid felt the fluttering of her eyelashes tickle him.
"Good morning."
Maka lifted her head and met her tired eyes to his. "Hey." She rubbed her eyes. "What time is it?"
"About twelve." The reaper smirked.
"What?! You're lying! We have a Spartoi meeting in thirty-,"
"Maka relax, it was a joke."
Her response was a light shove to his shoulder. "I hate when you do that."
"I know." He smirked and pressed his lips against hers. "Did you rest well?"
"I'm surprised to say yes. It hasn't been easy dealing with all the commotion." She faced Kid and ran a hand through his hair. "What about you?"
"For the most part. I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. So I read some things."
"Things?" Maka rose an eyebrow.
"Your book. The one you always keep on the empty bookshelf."
"The Dark Side of the Moon..." Her face suddenly flushed. "You read my favorite book?!"
Kid blinked. "Is that a problem?"
"N-No." She felt a blush reach her face.
"Are you shy because its a romance novel?"
"It is not! It just has romancy moments..."
Kid snickered and kissed her again. "You mean like us?"
"The symmetry crazed son of Lord Death and the girl who doesn't know how to settle down. We make a great story." Maka giggled.
"That we do. I think it was fated to happen."
"You think so?" She gazed into his eyes. "I actually felt like we were always trying to find each other since we met. Not find as in we were lost but..."
"Find as in finding a way to each other's soul?"
Her expression calmed. "Yeah."
Kid smoothed her hair back and met his forehead to hers. "Like two fated souls desperately trying to catch each other. The soul of a death god and the soul of an angel."
"The death angel and his angel, the main characters of The Dark Side of the Moon... That's why its always been my favorite book. But I think I like our book better."
"What shall we call it? Symmetry and Bravery?"
Maka gave him an enthusiastic face. "And the opening line, When she saw a golden eyed mystery beating up her friends, she knew she was in love."
Kid followed with a laugh. "And the teeth-clenching question, will the symmetry of her pigtails hook him?"
"Will his absurd way of holding pistols draw her away?"
"Will her inability to turn down a fight inspire him?"
The two broke down into laughter, hugging each other like a bunch of dorks.
Kid settled down his laughter and kissed her cheek. "But I think my favorite thing will be the ending chapter title."
Maka switched to a solemn face. "But how could you know the ending already?"
"Because no matter what happens, we'll always be okay. No matter what goes down, I know that I'll always have my angel with me. I'll always be under her halo."
Maka didn't reply right away. Instead she cupped his face in her hands and resisted the urge to let her eyes tear up.
She had no idea what to expect for the next week. The end of the world could've came up right this second. She already lost Kid once, she wouldn't bear it again.
She buried her face into the crook of his neck and tried to stay calm. She felt as his arms pulled her in closer and she noted that his breathing wasn't so even either.
"I love you."
"I love you too." He replied. "And I promise you Maka, I promise that everything is going to pull through. Its my job to make sure this world is perfect. And I won't stop until madness is cleansed."
"I don't want to lose you Kid. Promise me you won't leave. Promise!"
Kid inhaled a shaky breath. "Maka just allow me to say that I have grown so much stronger because of you. Your bravery to do the things you do, it's given me a whole new premise on my own power. Maka I promise I'm not going anywhere. I won't lose. So long as you're by my side."
"I'll be there. Always."
Kid smiled and calmed her tension by rubbing her back. "I promise everything is going to be fine. We still have to pay a visit to Rome on our future honeymoon." He smirked and felt a bit evil knowing that she was now blushing, ruining any chance of her lifting her head from its hiding spot.
"You're not dying are you?"
"I hate you right now." She mumbled.
Kid bursted into teasing laughter and picked Maka up from the bed.
"Kid?!"
He stepped off the bed and spun Maka around. "Do you hate me now?"
"I-No! You jerk let me go! I'm still half asleep!"
Kid stamped her face in tiny kisses before she grabbed him and forced him into a violently passionate kiss.
She caused the reaper to walk backwards into the bed and fall back into the mattress.
Maka pulled away and moved the hair out of his eyes. "I swear I can't live without, THIS every day."
"I told you Maka, no matter what happens, we'll find our way back to each other. Even in death. But that won't happen anytime soon."
"I believe you."
"No matter what happens, I'll always be fine. Because I'll always be," He met his hands to her own and kissed her one more time.
"Under your halo."
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I loved the way this one turned out! Maybe this'll be an excerpt to a future story of mine but for now, I hope you guys enjoy this one-shot!
Also the whole, Dark Side of the Moon concept in this, its mentioned by Maka (in the manga of course) that its her favorite book. And so I took the courtesy of giving my own take on what the book could be about. I'm sure the title is a reference like many things within Soul Eater. Ohkubo has a thing for that.