A/N: I know I know its been awhile and I'm sorry. Major writer's block is easily cured with good books! Hope you weren't waiting too long O_o I've been super busy this summer and finally we got a rainy day!

Maka sat there in her little room. It was completely dark except for the bluish green glow of her computer screen. It illuminated her face, making the dark circles under her eyes much more noticeable. Her eyes scanned the screen top to bottom. Her fingers tapped the keyboard furiously fast. She was on a mission.

Outside, she could hear the tv going. It sounded like a cop show of some sort, the kind Soul loved so much. But it wasn't Soul out there. He was already asleep, seeing as it was 1:32 AM on a school night. Well, morning.

Instead, it was…her.

Teri had made herself quite comfortable on the couch. Although Soul offered her his own bed and he take the couch (to which Maka fumed venomously), she refused; saying something along the lines of "The couch'll give Terumi a killer backache!"

Although they were apart of the same person, Teri had an immense dislike for Terumi. A heated internal conflict between two completely opposite forces, crammed into one tiny body. It must have been hell for Terumi. She was such a peace loving creature; to have Teri in her head all the time…it must be hard.

Maka didn't understand it, but she was determined to. Which is why she was on the internet at such an un-Godly hour.

Being the organized person she was, she made a list of all the major points she needed to cover:

1) what is a multiple personality?

2) is it common?

3) how does it affect the body?

4) is the real personality the dominant one?

5) are people with multiple personalities dangerous?

The last question was hard for her to write down. It felt as though she was betraying Terumi in some way, but she had to know. If this person, no matter how perfect, was a threat to her, and Soul, then she'd have to leave.

There was no other way.

Pulled from her thoughts, Maka heard her door creak open. She used to be afraid of sleeping alone, but then she realized she'd always hear the robber coming.

She didn't turn around. If it was Teri, she'd probably just look in to see what Maka was doing, make some rude comment, then walk away. Maka continued with her research.

"If you wanted to know bout her condition, ya coulda just asked me, stupid."

It wasn't Teri.

Maka's eyes stayed fixed on the screen as she sensed him move to her bed and take a seat. Nothing was said for a few minutes; all that was heard was her fingers tapping the keys. He broke the silence.

"So, what do you wanna know?"

She sighed and stopped typing but she still didn't turn around. There was so much she wanted to ask him, but now that he was actually here, it was hard to form the words.

"Maka…," he called.

Finally she turned in her chair to face him. She kept her eyes on her feet though and played with her fingernails.

She heard him sigh. She didn't move as he reached around her to grab her list of questions. Everything she felt inside, the heat from his arm, the giddy bubbles in her stomach, were easily hidden on the surface.

He leaned back on the bed and read, sighing every now and then.

After a few agonizingly quiet minutes, he dropped the notepad next to him on her sheets. "She's not dangerous," he said. "Well….Teri might be, but Terumi likes you. A lot."

He paused to let her get a word in, maybe even ask a question, but she gave him nothing. Another awkward silence as they both tried tot think of something to say. Maka desperately wanted to vent to him of how her had ignored her, but when she lifted her eyes to look at him, she couldn't muster up the words. He looked so tired.

"Anything else?," he asked. She shook her head. Soul heavily shoved off the bed and walked slowly to the door, pausing a little when he opened the door, like he wanted to say more, then walked away. The door clicked behind him.

The computer off, notepad thrown in the trash, questions swimming gin her head, she buried herself under the warm covers of her bed, the heat wasted on her. Her hands shook with the amount of effort it took to keep the tears at bay.

oh god that's a really small chapter O_o ...it was longer on paper...

Sorry again that I'm so neglectful to you people_ but it's summer! With this stupid heat wave, I have to be outside or else I'll overheat. And the heat isn't good to my laptop.

I'm workin' on making a Maka vest for one of my friends who is going to a convention soon, so might be awhile for another chapter. SORRY MY CHURROS!