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Maka POV

It was a quiet walk home. The sun was setting and the entire sky was a blend of beautiful shades of purple, pink, orange, blue...It was so vivid that it seemed like the air held a golden glitter once it hit the cold stones of the buildings and the ground. Normally...I'd be smiling seeing something like this. But all it did was remind me of when I sat with Chrona on one the balconies of the Academy and watched the sun set with her. She said she never watched the sun go down before...

She looked nervous as she watched it..."I don't know how to deal with seeing the sun disappear..." But then she turned and smiled at me.. "But if your here with me, I think I can,"

Chrona...

What is this thing I feel for you so suddenly? Or...maybe it's not sudden. Maybe I've felt it all along and I'm just now realizing it because now there's also pain with it...Pain from seeing you with someone else...

But...why do I want you so badly?

By the time I got home, Soul was already in his room playing guitar with his door closed and Blair was gone...probably at work.

I quietly strode down the hall to my room, not really feeling all that hungry despite the late hour.

Setting my books down, I noticed my cell phone. That's right...I'm always forgetting to carry that thing with me...Flipping it open I answered a couple texts from Liz and Tsubaki. Just when I was going to set it down though, I stopped. I stood there, feeling almost suspended in time before I went back to the contact menu and pressed on one name I never pressed before: Papa.

I numbly plopped down on the side of the bed, hardly believing that I was hearing the dial tone echoing in my ear. I didn't have to wait long for Papa to pick up.

"Maka! You called! How are you? *gasp* Wait! You aren't in trouble are you?! Just tell me where you are and I'll-"

"I'm fine, Papa," I reassured, surprised that my voice sounded..sad...and dull..

I think it caught him off gaurd, too. "Maka? What's wrong, honey? You don't sound like yourself,"

"I..." I paused, biting my lip before taking a deep breath and continuing. "I...wanted to ask you something,"

"Of course. Anything,"

"What...um..." How do I phrase this? "Papa...when you met Mama...before you started dating or anything...how did you know you loved her?"

"...Hmmm..." I waited patiently as he gathered his thoughts. I was in no hurry...It was a weird question, after all. "Love is...a very complex thing. To be honest, it took a long time before I realized I loved her. At first...I thought it was admiration. She was my second Meister, after all,"

"So...how did you know it wasn't admiration?"

"Well...During a mission things got a little dicey. We were being pushed to our limit. Your mother...she's always been so strong so I didn't know how to handle seeing her pushed so hard. I felt...helpless. Like I had to do something to protect her but at the time there was nothing I could do but stay in Weapon form. Even though all I wanted to do was hold her,"

My breath nearly stopped. It sounded like...when Chrona got hurt fighting Medusa...I wanted to save her...

But I said nothing and Papa continued. "Afterwards, I had tried to carry her back to Death City but...she wouldn't let me. That's just the type of person she was. She spent a couple days in the infirmary from her injuries and...I couldn't find it in me to leave her side. When she was healed, I dotted on her like a puppy with a new master. I felt like I had to make it up to her. Stein teased me so much for acting so stupidly and blurted out that "love was a stupid emotion"...and that was when it hit me. All those times I wanted to save her from pain, from sadness, from...everything...that was me loving her,"

It was quiet for a moment. I couldn't respond to him. I felt tears rolling down my face and I realized that this was it. What my father was describing...it was how I felt for Chrona.

"Maka?"

Hurriedly I cleared my throat. "I'm here...Sorry, I was just wondering...Thank you, Papa,"

"Anytime, kiddo,"

I hung up without another word and fell back against the bed, staring at my ceiling, trying to absorb that I was in love with a girl.

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