A Soul Eater FanFic: Your Eyes
Chapter 3: 'Jansette'

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Romi had never seen such a gigantic house in her life.

She passed through the doors and gazed in wonder at the place. There were paintings all over the walls, tables with lighted candles were placed in front of a few of them. The whole house, everything about it, was magnificent.

Kid noticed her wide eyes and smiled, "Nice, huh?"

She nodded. She felt a slight tug on her wrist and looked up to see Patti pointing to a hallway. "This way! This is where the room is!"

She allowed the energetic blonde to lead her through the hallway, telling her which room was which. "This is my room, Liz's room, Kid's room..." She then spun around and held the knob of the door that was right across from Kid's."And this is your room!" Patti swung open the door to reveal the sight inside.

The room was simple. The walls were bare, but painted with black and white stripes-two on each wall- to make up for it. (Eight stripes in total, Romi counted.) There was a desk in the corner of the room, also bare. Next to it was a medium-sized closet, which looked completely new and un-used, as did everything else in the room. Even the bed, which was in full view from the doorway, seemed like it was untouched. Romi strode over to the bed and ran her hand over the blanket. So soft.. She thought to herself, unconsciously hopping onto the bed (gently, of course.) and snuggling her head against the pillow and hugging it. This is so comfy..

"Do you like it?"

The girl jumped at the sound of Kid's voice. She messily sat up, still gripping the silky black pillow, and blushed in embarrassment while she nodded.

Kid chuckled. "That's good. It's a bit plain, but I'm sure Liz and Patti will be happy to help you add a few things."

Romi looked to the two sisters at his side and they both gave her a thumbs up. She smiled back at them, wishing so much that she had a voice so she could say 'thank you' a million times. Wait a minute, she thought, how will I communicate with them without being able to speak? She paused for a moment and bit a small section of her lower lip, a habit she got from her sister, and briefly stared at the three at the door.

Patti bounced (That's right, bounced.) over to her new friend's side. "What is it, Ro-Ro?" She asked curiously. (On the way to the house, she had insisted on giving Romi a nickname. And that was what came out, unfortunately.)

The lavender-haired girl hesitated, wondering how the heck she could portray her question. She mouthed it slowly, 'How will I be able to talk to you?'

The bright blonde tilted her head toward the pair at the door and spoke, "She's asking how she'll be able to talk to us."

Thank goodness, she understood. Romi thought, sighing in relief.

She watched as Kid pondered to himself. He snapped his fingers, "Right, I have an idea. Wait here." He left the room and entered his own. Within minutes he was back with a black pen and a moderately thick notebook in the shape of Shinigami-sama's mask. He handed it to Romi, "You can use this until your voice comes back."

She nodded and gazed at the notebook. She flipped to the first page and wrote, 'Can I go get my stuff from home?'. The girl held up the page to her new house-mates.

The sisters read it and glanced at Kid, who nodded, "Sure, but you don't have to go there yourself. I could always send Liz and Patty to go there for you..."

Romi understood, he was worried that she might get traumatized more than she already was, but shook her head. 'It's okay', she wrote, 'I'm going to have to go back there someday anyway.'

The golden-eyed boy looked at her doubtfully for a moment, but then said, "Alright, well we're going to leave you to your room. Let any of us know if you're hungry. We can go get your things, say..." He paused to think, "...Tomorrow afternoon?"

She nodded for what was probably the hundredth time that day and yawned sleepily. Wait a minute. She thought, I'm tired? She pushed the thought out of her mind, putting it off as nothing.

"Alright then," Kid waved, "Goodnight."

The girl wordlessly waved back a goodbye and watched as the twin pistols followed their meister out the door. As soon as the door creaked shut, she let out a long sigh and hugged her new pillow tightly. It's okay, everything's going to be okay. She reassured herself, I can do this, I can! She silently laid down on the bed and stared intently at the plain white ceiling. She rolled onto her side and let her eyelid's shut. Letting herself to go into a deep slumber.

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Kid was in the Death Room, alone, with his father. (He'd sent Liz and Patty home to get some rest.) He stood straight, almost as if he were a soldier, facing Shinigami-sama. "Father," He started, "I have something to request of you."

"Oh? That's rare." Shinigami-sama's head tilted to the side. "What is that request, Kid?"

"Well, yesterday I found a girl that was being attacked by a pre-kishin. I saved her, but now she has nowhere to go." He said, "She is to attend Shibusen, as it was the will of both her mother and sister. But the problem is, she has no partner to share a normal apartment with. And I was wondering if she could stay with Liz, Patty and I until she finds one."

"Sure!" Interrupted Shinigami-sama, waving one of his hands in the air. "She can stay. It's no problem, no problem at all!"

Kid's blank face lit up a little, "Really?"

"Absolutely!" His fathers voice remained cheerful as always. "What is her name?"

"Romi. And I'm not sure, but I saw her file on Ms. Medusa's desk and it looked like it said her full name was Romi Rain Jansette."

"Romi Rain Jansette..." Shinigami paused for what seemed like a long time, but finally said. "What a pretty name! Alright son, you may go now."

He nodded and bowed a little, "Thank you, father." The young shinigami then turned to leave.

"Oh, Kid!" His father called. "Just a minute."

Kid looked back at him. "Yes father?"

"Could you bring her here sometime? Romi, I mean." Shinigami questioned casually. "I'd like to meet her. When she's recovered, of course."

"Okay." He consented, "Is there anything else you need, father?"

"No, that's fine. Go home and get some rest." Death waved at his son. "Bye now."

"Goodnight, father." With that, Kid left the Death Room.

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Once Shinigami-sama was alone, he scratched his head with one of his abnormally large fingers. "Jansette, Jansette...Now where have I heard that name before?" He turned to Spirit, who was sitting on a small stool, sleeping soundly. "Spirit!"

The death scythe merely shifted his position and continued to sleep.

The Death God strode over to him and peered over his shoulder. "Spirit?" He poked the red-haired man, "Spirit, wake up!"

Spirit's eyes blinked themselves open and gazed up at him. "What? What is it Shinigami-sama?" He asked sleepily, yawning after his sentence.

"Can you recall someone with the name Jansette?" Shinigami took a seat on the stool opposite from him.

"Jansette, eh?" The man rubbed his eyes and straightened his back. "Mm, no. I don't remember knowing anyone with that name. But it does sound vaguely familiar." He glanced at the God in front of him. "Why do you ask?"

"Kid found a girl, and her name is Romi Rain Jansette. She's living in the Death Mansion until she finds a meister."

"Found her?" Inquired Spirit.

"Yes, being attacked by an evil human. He saved her." Shinigami replied in his child-like voice. "Now, Spirit. If you ever, at any time, think there is something suspicious about this girl, I want you to investigate."

"Alright, I will." Spirit yawned again, folding his arms on the table. "Right after my nap.."

Shinigami twitched, and raised his hand in the air. "Shinigami chop!" His hand came down on the death scythe's head, making a dent on his empty red head.

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Ahh Sorry I took so long with this! I came back from the Philippines a few weeks ago and I've been doing my best to settle in with school and Student Leadership council. Hopefully the next chapter will come quicker! Reviews will help with that I'm sure. :) Thank you for reading!

~Railyne