-prepares for the onslaught of sharp objects waiting to be thrown-

I'm so sorry! This is way waaaaaay later then it should be! I know! I don't know what happened! -coughHetaliaCollegeandTumblr-

..soooo...here you go!

Soul Eater (c) Atsushi Okubo
Nana Macne (c) MI7 Japan

I Love You

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Soul repeatedly banged his head into the desk. He had absolutely no idea what he was doing!

How was he going to tell Maka that he loved her! He had to do it right, Shinigami forbid he screw this up! He was a Death Scythe damn it! He had faced many things both terrifying and life altering! (The chapter called Lust, need he say more?) He could handle telling Maka!

"Soul? Are you okay?" Maka called through the door.

"Y-Yeah... I'm fine! Stuff just fell over! Go back to sleep!" Soul called, head hitting the desk again.

Who was he kidding? He didn't even know where to begin.

"Tsk Tsk. Pathetic, Soul Eater. Truly pathetic."

Great. The peanut gallery.

"What do you want?"

"Believe it or not, to help. I'm growing weary of you banging your head into solid objects."

"Just shut up and leave me alone. What help could you give?"

"You fool. You banging your skull around is messing up my room, and I rather like it tidy. But that is neither here nor there. The answer to your problem is so simple."

"I'm not following."

"Clearly your brain cells have suffered some from the abuse. I seem to recall a little get together your friends planned. To the amusement park."

Soul's eyes widened. That's right! Kid wanted to show Nana around some more, so they had all planned a trip to the amusement park. So all he had to do was wait.

For a whole week.

-One Week Later-

Had to hand it to Shinigami-sama, he had the best of everything.

Including his own amusement park. Because really, nothing says 'fucking awesome time' like a skull themed amusement park.

"Yeeeeeeeah!" Black Star howled, running through the gate. Tsubaki ran behind him, worried he would run into something again. Patti squealed in delight, arms looped with her sisters. Liz was smiling too, even though Patti was practically dragging her around. Kid and Nana walked in, hand in hand. Nana looked excited, and Kid looked proud. Maka and Soul brought up the rear. Maka could hardly contain her excitement.

And then there was Soul's expression of anticipation. Sure, he was smiling on the outside, but inside, he was a wreck. Maybe he should have waited. The scythe wasn't sure he could do this in front of Kid and the others. That and Maka was easily distracted every time they came here.

Soul took a deep breath. He just needed to wait and see how the night played out. That's all.

"So Nana..." Kid asked. "What do you think of my father's amusement park?"

"It's so lively! I've never been to an amusement park at night." Nana said. "But, I guess that's how amusement parks are supposed to be, right? Bright and whatnot?"

"You mean you've never been to one?"

"Well, I went to Tokyo DisneySea when I still lived in Japan last year, and Rusutsu Resort a few times when I was little, but other than that I've never really gone to one before." Nana tapped her chin. "There were a bunch of abandoned amusement parks I lived by that I used to walk through, though."

"Abandoned?" Patti asked.

"Yeah. Japan had a big boom in tourism some twenty-odd years ago, so a lot of parks were built for more attraction. But as tourism dwindled, the parks were left alone and eventually went into ruin." The green haired girl smiled. "It was cool walking around them though. It's so quiet, you can't help but feel ghosts might be around."

"...G-Ghosts?" Liz asked.

"Yeah! The parks are like little ghost towns, it's so cool! And you find such weird stuff in them! I found a brain in a jar once in an abandoned mine attraction and-"

"No need to hear about that, Nana!" Liz clamped her hand on the younger girl's mouth quickly. "T-That was then, and this is now, so you just enjoy yourself here now, okay!"

Nana blinked, but nodded nonetheless.

"Liz, Shinigami-sama designed this place, not Stein. Relax." Soul said, snickering slightly at the older girl's look of terror.

"Come on guys!" Black Star cried. "Are we gonna talk all night or are we going to have some fun!"

With cries of delight, they ran into the mechanical playground.

-Later-

"Tonight was so much fun~" Maka sighed happily, leaning against the seat of the Ferris wheel. "I love coming here."

"Yeah..." Soul agreed. It had been a pretty interesting night. From Black Star and Patti having sort of a spinning contest in the teacups (poor Liz wasn't able to eat the rest of the night) to watching Kid win Nana a big fuzzy green apple with a ':D' face (and being rewarded with a rather affectionate hug) the night was surely one they would not forget.

But now things were winding down, and Soul knew he would have to tell her soon. That was why he suggested they ride the Ferris wheel in the first place, so they would be alone.

But holy hell this was hard! Maka's natural indifference was going to be the death of him! Every single time he managed to get even a shred of nerve to say something, she'd do something cute and he'd need to start all over again. Unfortunately for him, Maka noticed his odd behavior, and it was really beginning to worry her.

"Hey, you alright?" Maka asked.

"Y-Yeah..." Soul said, damning himself for stuttering. He took a deep breath, it was now or never. "Listen... we need to talk..."

Maka blinked. "About?"

Soul gulped. "About...us."

Maka stiffened. Panic clawed at her stomach. Soul wanted to talk about them? And why did he look so nervous? Come to think of it, he had been acting kinda weird all night. All red faced and stuttering. Like he had been wanting to tell her something. Oh no...he couldn't be...

He didn't want to leave her...did he?

"We've been together a really long time...went on plenty of trips...dealt with Black Star's bullshit..." Soul began, looking like he was ready to keel over on the spot. His face was so red. "We've gotten a lot stronger. ...You've gotten a lot stronger. Heh, we make a pretty awesome team..."

"...So why?"

Soul froze. Why didn't he like that tone? The scythe looked up to see Maka glaring at him, eyes already beginning to well up with tears. Shit, this wasn't going the way it was supposed to.

"W-What?"

"If we make such an awesome team, then why do you sound like you're going to leave!" Maka shouted. "You're leaving me for another partner aren't you!"

"Oi! Maka!" Soul cried. Damn it all, this was backfiring horribly. "Its not like that! I was just-"

"You were just what!"

Soul opened his mouth to speak, but the words got stuck. He gulped like a fish out of water for a full minute before thumping his head into the glass window, cursing himself slightly.

"Figures." Maka muttered, turning away from him. "I knew it would happen..."

Something about seeing his meister looking so hopeless and depressed made him snap. He grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to look at him. "Damn it Maka its not like that! If I was going to bail on you for a different partner I wouldn't tell you while we were alone in a Ferris wheel! That's just not cool!"

"Then what the hell were you going to tell me!" Maka screamed.

"That I love you!"

Maka blinked, almost certain she misheard. Though, judging by the horrified look on Soul's now brilliantly red face, she had heard him right. As it sunk in, it was her turn to blush.

Soul, her Death Scythe and best friend, had just confessed his love for her.

The silence grew more and more awkward as they stared at each other, faces red. Soul looked like he was trying to come up with something to say...and failing miserably at it. Finally, it appeared that he had found his voice.

"M-Maka...I...I um..." Soul stammered, panic rising in his chest. Oh Shinigami...he had screwed up. He had screwed up bad! Maka wasn't saying anything! Why wasn't she saying anything! He barely even paid any attention to the fact that the Ferris Wheel was moving again.

"Soul..."

The scythe froze in his seat. He closed his eyes and braced himself for a book to the skull.

Instead, he felt two hands grab the front of his shirt and pull him forward.

-Base of the Ferris Wheel-

"How come Soul and Maka went on the ride together?" Black Star asked through a mouthful of hot dog.

"I'm not sure..." Kid said, tapping his chin in thought. "Though now that I think about it, Soul's been acting strange all night..."

"Well, there's the car they were in..." Nana said, watching as the skull shaped car with the number 13 stopped at the ground. The door opened, and everyone peered inside.

Soul and Maka were holding each other close, so close in fact that it should have been impossible. And they were kissing!

Black Star choked on his food as the others just stared, opened mouthed. Then, they broke apart, slightly out of breath and both very red.

"So...um..." Maka said, avoiding the red gaze. Soul opened his mouth to say something, but jumped at the sudden round of applause from outside the cart. To his and Maka's horror, Kid, Patti, Liz, Tsubaki, and Nana were all applauding as Black Star hooted and hollered, screaming for the whole world to hear.

"About damn time! I thought you guys would never hook up!"

Red faced and swearing, Soul slammed the door to the ride and sunk down to the floor as the ride started up again. Maka giggled softly as she sat next to him.

"Wanna kill Black Star before we go home?" She asked, kissing his cheek.

"You have to ask?"

I honestly can't say when this will be updated again. I'm not saying its over, but it will be a while before I update again.

And on that note, thank you so much for reading and reviewing! It means a lot to me! -loves you all forever-