Understand Me

Chapter 9: Better Or Worse

Soul's POV:

The bell rings marking the end of the day. I walk out of the classroom and head to the hospital room. I open the the door and see that Maka still looks the same. It does not look as if she is doing better or doing worse. All of a sudden Stein rolls in spinning a few times before falling on his face.

"Hows she doing?" I ask as stein gets back up onto his chair.

"She's doing better healing wise but her soul is in a strange condition." Stein explains.

"What do you mean by something going on?" I ask confused, if anyone should have a problem with their soul it should be me. I deserve to be punished for not being able to protect her.

"She seems to be punishing herself for something." Stein answers. "Much like what you're doing."

"What! Why should she be punishing herself? It's not her fault." I yell as my eyes weal with tears. Why her? "Is there any way I can help her!?" I ask looking down at her as the first tears fall from my eyes.

"I'm afraid its not up to you to help her she has to solve it herself. If she doesn't...... She dies."

Maka's POV:

I hear muffled noises around me. Its hard to make out what they are saying but I know that one of them is Soul.

I wish I could speak to you again. I wish that I wasn't so weak. Im sorry, it's all my fault.

I can hear Soul get louder and now its easier to understand what he is saying.

Soul if only I could tell you that it is my fault. I'm the one pushing you behind you should just leave me.

All I can do is blame myself and stay in this condition but every time I do this I feel worse and worse. All I want to do is go back to my normal life but when I do I feel like it will be worse.

Soul's

"No." I say collapsing on the ground. I am now bawling. "She's not going to die!" I plead looking up at Maka's hospital bed.

"That's something something we can't control." Stein says looking down at me. "You should probably go now."

"No! Please let me stay with Maka."I plead again. "I love her." Stein looks back up to the ceiling and sighs.

"You should rest, okay? You can come back later today." Stein says grabbing my arm and pulling me up.
My breath is quivering and my tears fall uncontrollably. Stein leads me out of the room and back into the school hallway. I walk down the halls alone. Finally I make it outside and head back to my house.

"I will come back later."