Expectation (Soul Eater Fanfiction)

Chapter Sixteen-Confrontation

"Adira," Sun walks into the room.

"Yes?" I say, refusing to look at him. 

"I can explain," He says. I turn quickly.

"I'd love to hear your explanation," I say. He reaches up and scratches the back of his head.

"I.. Uh, was expecting you to run out again," He admits.

"I'm not running," I say. I wait for his explanation.

"Lord Death, uh, he asked me to find the people responsible for your death, and in order to um, do that, I would, uh, need a weapon, so Death paired me with Ayla, because of her adaptable soul wavelength," He paces slightly.

"That's it," I say. I roll my eyes in disbelief. "My God, Sun! How long did it take you to get over me?" I say.

"I wasn't-" He starts.

"Less than twenty-four hours," I finish.

"Adira, I want to make-"

"Peace? You want to make peace, Sun? That's what you always say,"

"Adira, I'm sorry," his voice cracks.

I shove past him. "I want to be more than a tool to you, Sun," I choke.

I run to Tsubaki's.

"Can I use your restroom?" I ask as soon as she opens the door.

"Uh, yeah, go ahead," she says. I push past her and lock myself there.

When me and Sun were small, we found a battle going on. I insisted we watched. We watched as they beat each other until one fell to the ground. We watched silently as the triumphant man smashed the skull with his foot.

He didn't get over that stranger for three years. He had nightmares every night, and I watched them with them. I never told him I see dreams as well as everything else happening.

When his mother died, he cried weeks straight in his room. When his father died he went silent for almost a month. Don't I deserve any sort of recognition.

Stop it, Adira, I think to myself, that's selfish.

I take a shaky breath. I wash the red from my eyes. Wipe the tears from my face.

Adira come home, Sun's voice says in my head.

I ignore him. I forgot about that, dammit.

I walk out the door. "Can I... uh, stay here tonight?" I ask. Tsubaki tilts her head in question.

"Why? I mean, Sure, but why?"

"Uhum, Sun and I, Uh, had a spat," I sigh.

"I.. I'm sorry," She whispers.

"Nah, It'll be fine," I lie.

"Yeah, we have an extra room," she leads me down the hall.

**Sun's Pov**

I fall onto the couch and lay my head back. Yup, shoulda told her.

I never liked Ayla. She clang to me too much, relied on me more than Adira ever had.

"I wish I was more than a tool to you, Sun," she had said. She is more than a tool. She knows that, right?

I shuffle into my room. After Maka and Soul get home. They ask me if I'm okay and I shrug numbly.

"Well, goodnight then," Maka says. I wave behind me.

I pull out the notebook I was drawing in the other day. Adira's face is scribbled on many pages. I read the small letters I wrote to her after she 'died'.

Adira,
They look at me with pity. I know how much you hate it when people do. They started calling me a failure. It's my fault you dead. Come back home.
I had written. Tears stain the page.

I didn't mourn for her. The others needs someone to be strong. Kid pretended to be strong, but I know he was hurt drastically.

Kid. He and the girls have been on a mission since Adira came back. They have no idea.

Then, for the second time that day, I hear the door knock on cue as Kid walks in.

"Where's Sun?" He asks. His footsteps get louder.

"I saw the witch," he says, opening the door and slamming it behind him.

"Hey, Kid, uh, actually," I start. I explain all of the recent events.

"I'm gone three days, and everything happens," he complains. "Thank god she's okay, though," I can see he is more relieved than he's letting on.

"Look I gotta get some rest," I say, shoving him out my bedroom door.

I pull the covers over my head and drift to sleep.

**Adira's Pov**

I sit in the old chair in the room Tsubaki gave me for the evening, thinking everything over.

Stein must've been hinting Sun moved on. Should I really start looking for a new Meister.

No. Sun is my Meister and my Meister alone. This Ayla can find her own.

I think about going home before I suddenly feel exhausted. I decide to turn in for the night.

Adira, could you meet me at the top of our apartment building? Sun wakes me up.

Why?

Just please, he whispers.

Fine, be there soon. I think back.

I roll out of bed and readjust myself. I didn't change into pajamas last night.

"What is this all about," I grunt as I finish walking up the seemingly endless stair case. I look up and see multiple pieces of paper torn from a notebook. I picked one up.

Adira,
I don't know if your watching me, but I miss you, we all do. I wish you were here. I hate myself for letting you die.
The first one reads. I place it back down. I move to the next one.

Adira,
Lord Death called me to his room today. He told me I needed to move on. I can't. I love you Adira. I've loved you since before I knew what love was. I need you here.

Tears sprung to my eyes as I silently read every single note.

"I did grieve," Sun said from behind me.

I simply nod, taken aback by the emotion in these letters.

"I love you too," I mutter.

"Like a brother?" He says. I've said it like that before.

"Like so much more than that," I turn suddenly and throw my arms around him.

He places his hands on my waist. "I'll never let anything like that happen to you," he whispers. "Ever again,"