Yea so….sorry about the almost year absence…? I don't know how to apologize to be honest. Let's see…school is a valid reason, uh maybe a little bit of laziness thrown in the mix. I don't know I wasn't in a creative mood so I didn't write for almost a year. If you looked at my life and my life choices you would say…fix it. I'm a lazy bum sometimes *shrug* what can ya do?

Enough about my school and life issues! I'm back for a limited time only! Well until I get tossed a boat load of homework I'll never finish. :D My life is so blissful! Well I got an idea on A Soul/Maka story and I'm gonna run with it. I might get back to my other one but I'm not so sure. Any who, I wrote this somewhat based on my own college life. The rest is up to Soul's snarky attitude and Maka's uptight stubbornness. I feel that the college theme will be easier for me to write about. Maybe vent…Cause I am a day away from an explosion from the amount of stress that's piling up inside me right now. Well let's see if I get this story right...

I do not own Soul Eater. If you think so then you might wanna check what's wrong with your brain. The only thing mine is the storyline. Oh yeah that rhymed! Okay I'm done now!

Stupid Books

Soul

My life sucks…just pointing that out. The professor wants the class to have three books we'll never read. Have you heard of the Scarlet Letter? Cause I know I haven't. I'm no nerd, or bookworm! I don't read, it's not cool. Good thing I don't have to buy these books. I already gave my life savings to be put in this school, and have a place to live. Living with BlackStar isn't a horrible choice. Just early mornings hearing him yell "Wake up for your God!" and hysterical laughter isn't ideal. I can't afford a better place. I just have to deal with my best friend's god complex for now. Where the hell is this library?! Getting lost isn't cool! Ugh…oh! Here it is.

Soul walks through the entrance of the library and instantly regrets it. There are tons of shelves that he has no idea of what they contain. This may be my first time inside a library this big. Soul wandered around until he found a girl with pig-tails putting away several books. She looks like she knows this place. Maybe she works here. He shrugged to himself and walked the five feet to get to her. When she turned to him he instantly caught the bright green of her eyes. That color is kinda familiar... Soul shook himself out of his thoughts and spoke to the slim, ash blond girl "Uh hey…" What was that? So uncool. He mentally face palmed himself. "Can you help me find these three books?" He shows her his list of books.

When she looked at him she paused, accessing his appearance. He could tell she noticed his teeth from the way her eyes lingered at his mouth. She also looked somewhat disturbed by him in general. Maybe it's the eyes and teeth again. Whatever. "…Hold on I think it's on the east side of the library." She responds to him but mostly to herself. "Follow me." I guess she doesn't care. He shrugs and waits for her to lead the way.

He follows after her, but is confused on how uneasily she navigated through the library. She kept looking left to right as if she didn't know exactly where to go. How do you not know where these books are? It's your job description. Before he could stop himself he says "Do you know where you're going? You look pretty lost." He raises an eyebrow when she turns to him with a glare.

She growled at him. "Do you want my help or not? I'm not wandering around aimlessly, wasting time. I know which direction I'm going." She snaps back at him.

"Whoa there pig-tails, I was only asking a question. No need for the attitude. Just makin' sure you're not going in circles." He tries and fails to placate her anger.

"Why did you even ask for help if you're going to be an ass about it? You know what? Screw you! Find your own damn books!" She raises her voice slightly. Her eyes pierced right through him.

He was left stunned for a moment until she turned. He grabbed her wrist so she couldn't walk away. He sighed to himself and softened his voice. "Wait a second. I was only joking. Can you just help my find these books and I'll be out of your life forever. This campus is big enough for us to never see each other again. Okay?" He raises his eyebrows and looks directly into her viridian eyes. Beautiful eyes… "Okay?" She never responded only stared at him.

"Sure, whatever you say." She sarcastically replied. "This way, I just remembered exactly where all those books are." She rolls her eyes and turns in the direction of a tall shelf to the right of where they stood.

I don't understand why she was so upset. It was a joke get over it! At least I can get out of this place before I die of boredom.

She pulled out all three of his required books with expert timing by the time he stood next to her. He was glad she did it quick. He couldn't wait to step out of this place for good. "So how long can I keep these books?" He asks nonchalantly, uncaring of the situation.

She stares at him funny for a moment. After a pause she answers his question. "Well, you have to go to the checkout desk to find out…" She trailed off, unsure if he knew what she was talking about. He wasn't entirely sure where that was, and stood there for a second, waiting on her to show him the way. She hesitantly steps around him and heads towards the direction of the checkout desk. After walking past a few shelves she points to a large desk and behind the desk is a woman who is standing next to a computer. "It's the big desk that says checkout over it if you get lost." Her reply was snarky and sarcastic. She turns away and heads back to where she originally stood when he walked in.

He sneers at her before she's too far and replies "Thanks a bunch, bookworm." She stops short but doesn't turn to look at him. He smirks to himself and chuckles. He was already walking away by the time she turned to give a retort. He heard her growl and huff, and smirked to himself in victory.

The image of the pig-tailed girl's face when he called her bookworm still made him smile as he walked out the entrance of the library. His smile fades, however, when he realizes where he remembers her from. His eyes widen and he quickly turns around searching for her. He realizes he won't find her when she disappeared from her spot. He shrugs and turns to continue walking out the building. I'm not goin back in there. Oh well, probably never see her again anyways.

His thoughts on the girl continue even after exiting the library. Bright green eyes, ash blonde hair. It's that same girl from high school. I don't think I'll ever forget when I first saw her. She looked so uptight and angry. I always wondered what her problem was. She never acknowledged my presence, but I always saw her. She walked down the halls as if no one was there. She looked straight ahead, keeping her back straight and never getting distracted by the madness in the hallway. I talked to her once. Liz introduced us. She didn't even give me a second glance. It sorta pissed me off that she could just ignore me like that. But her quick retorts and witty remarks were surprising. You don't expect that from a doe-eyed pig-tailed girl. She looked so innocent, but when you spoke to her, she was feisty and determined. I liked that about her. Looks like she hasn't changed…He tried shrugging off his thoughts of the girl before they got out of hand. Why do I even care? The bookworm wasn't cool then, she isn't cool now. End of story! Now which way is out of this place.

On his way to his apartment, he bumped into this weird pale skinned boy. He had extremely dark black hair with three odd white stripes on the one side of his head. His eyes were an off-putting shade of gold, and he was wearing a black tux. Why is he wearing a tux? Who wears a tux during random parts of the day? Soul ignored his thoughts and spat "Watch it!"

"Excuse me." He replied. That's weird. No comeback? Huh, weird kid. "You should pay more attention." The kid responded calmly. And there it is! Wonderin' what was wrong with this kid. Let's have some fun.

"Look Stripes, I don't have time for snobby rich kids. Get out of the way!" He was still standing in front of the direction Soul was headed.

The kid raised a brow. But the most unexpected happened. He dropped to the floor with a nosebleed. What the hell? He sat mumbling to himself in a fetal position. Footsteps were running in their direction and the ash blonde girl was suddenly kneeling next to the striped boy.

"What did you do?!" She yelled at Soul.

"I didn't do anything! He just dropped to the floor! Don't blame this shit on me!" Soul yelled back with confusion. What the hell is goin on?!

"Ugh…Just go away." She turned away and looked to the fetal positioned boy. She kept whispering something in his ear. I'm not leavin until I know what's goin on. This shit is crazy.

"You're okay now, Kidd?" Did she say 'kid'? What about his name? Does she even know him?

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, Maka." The boy stood and looked directly to Soul. "You shouldn't talk about wealth as if it is foreign to you, Evans. Being a hypocrite doesn't suit you." The kid turned and walked away leaving Soul stunned.

The fuck?! How did he know my name?! Who is he?! Soul growled and ran up to the boy and forcefully turned him around. "Who the hell are you?! How do you know my name?!" He gave the boy a death glare. But he didn't seem affected at all by Soul's intimidating look.

"You know me, Evans." He spoke evenly. "Must not remember, hmm." He mumbled to himself. He straightened his suit and cleared his throat before he spoke. "Let me reintroduce myself. I am Death the Kidd, son of Mayor Death. I've lived in the same area as your family since the day I was born. We moved away shortly after I finished high school. You must not remember because we were only introduced once. You weren't paying much attention I see. It was…nice seeing you again, Evans. Have a good day." Kidd continued on his way and left Soul to stand there in his thoughts.

Maka was stunned still as well from the two boys' conversation. She hadn't moved from where she helped Kidd stand. She turned to look at Soul, and found him still frozen from the encounter. "Uh, are you okay?" She asked hesitantly.

His head snapped up, startling her, and turned in her direction. He stared for a long moment and finally responded with a mumbled yeah. She didn't walk away immediately. He stared at her a little longer before he turned and walked back in the direction his apartment. Maka didn't move from her spot until he was out of sight.

When he reached his apartment all he could do was stare at the wall ahead of him. I thought I got away from it all… I thought I was on my own. No trace of family following me. I even changed my name! It didn't even make a difference… He gave a defeated sigh and put his head in his hands.

BlackStar walked in a few minutes after Soul and immediately noticed the tension in the air. From the look on Soul's face he wanted to be left alone. BlackStar left him be and went into his room. Soul didn't acknowledge, or even notice his best friend's presence until he heard the soft click of his bedroom door.

I should take a nap. Get my mind off my fucked up life for a few hours. He headed to his room and changed into some sweatpants and a tank top. He was still struggling with his thoughts once he sprawled on his bed. Why did Maka stick around? To hear the entire story I bet. Of course she's already in my business when I just meet her today. We haven't even told each other our names but she already knows my family history! I bet she's asking Kidd all kinds of questions. And who does he think he is telling me that I'm snobbish!? I'm not the one flaunting my expensive tuxedos on a daily basis! Asshole! Now I can't sleep! Dammit! Soul punched his pillow and stuffed his face into the mattress.

BlackStar decided it was time for his friend to get over whatever unimportant issue he was going through. "Yo Soul, get up. I asked this girl to dinner and I want you to come with me. She's bringing a friend so you might get lucky." BlackStar smirked. Soul didn't move until BlackStar started hitting over the head with a pillow. "Get up loser! Stand! Your God commands it!"

"Alright, alright geez Star, I'm comin'" Soul had a sleepy slur to his voice. I was almost asleep, asshole. He put the clothes he wore earlier back on. Once he was ready, they headed out to the cafeteria. "Who is this chick you picked up this time Star?" BlackStar had a habit of picking up all types of girls. They were never the right type. Oh how much he wished they were the right type. Most of them were perfect sluts. I don't understand his interest in someone who barely wears any clothes. Soul stopped hanging around girls that Star seemed to still be interested in. They always led to trouble, and only the worst comes out of it. Star almost got herpes because he wasn't paying attention. Soul has to watch out for his friend, even though he always screws up regardless.

"She's worthy to be my follower! Isn't that enough." After a long pause of Soul staring directly into BlackStar's eyes. BlackStar relented and told the truth. "Alright. She's beautiful. Her name is Tsubaki, and she thinks I'm funny and sweet. For some reason she makes me happy. I don't know what it is but she's...perfect. I don't think she knows, but I really like her. I even told er some of my life story!" Soul raised his brows at this. BlackStar tells no one his life story. NO ONE. "I'm gonna ask her out. And I need you to be there. Meet her and her friend or whatever. I want to be on her good side. She has to say yes!"

Soul has never seen BlackStar this excited about one girl. He went as far as telling her his life story. That's huge. Bigger than huge. "Wow, Star. I didn't know you were this serious. Uh well, I'll help anyway I can."

They enter the cafeteria and choose a table straight across from the door. BlackStar sat staring at the entrance while Soul sat across from him. There was this oddly placed wall behind him, and it was obscuring his view. Oh well, I'll be able to tell when they're here when I hear Star's voice. He knew they were here when he heard Star scream. What he didn't expect was for Maka to appear to his left. What? The bookworm is Tsubaki's friend? No way.

"I guess this campus isn't as big as I thought pig-tails." Soul smirked at the red tinting her cheeks. Already riled up? This is too easy.

She stared at him for a long moment and Tsubaki rushed over to her and took her to the restroom. "Uh..okay." Soul was confused, as was BlackStar. "You know what's goin on Star? I thought she would answer back. Hmm."

"NO! AND A GOD DOES NOT LIKE TO BE OUT OF THE LOOP!" He started screaming louder, wanting to know what was going on.

"Calm down! I met her earlier. She probably is still mad since I called her bookworm." He smirked and chuckled at the memory.

"Oh.. Well that's boring." BlackStar sighed and put his head in his hands,waiting for Tsubaki to return.

"Yeah well, this is fun for me. Her feisty attitude is entertaining. She gets annoyed so easily it's getting harder not to laugh." Their conversation was cut short by them returning to the table. He smirked at their timing. Kidd called her Maka...hmm she's fun to play with.

So there ya go! My, that was long. At least for me. My previous story had two chapters that had this many words. Well, I'm gonna try and keep this up. Probably gonna be a weekend thing since my schedule is weird. I'm actually doing this story in a gap between my schedule. I had an 8:30am-9:50am class and my next is at 2pm-3:40pm. It's almost 1:00pm now. I gots time son! Well I hope you liked my spontaneous story. It may be all over the place and I'm about to read it over now. Hopefully I can fix whatever problems or issues I have. Please leave reviews. I'm still new at this so don't try to rip my life to shreds, Thank you!

I fixed the mistake I made! Continuity check! Sorry about that guys! At least I didn't let you simmer in your confusion!

Tori Keyz