Soul Eater's Past

The Letter

Soul is just waking up and Maka is in the kitchen with Blair and Crona with breakfast on the table.

"Hi, Soul." Maka greets, as does Blair and Crona.

"Hey." He replies and begins to devour his food of which Maka had placed on the table for him. Blair leans over and shows him a letter completely pushing herself in front of him.

"I found this in the mail today, tough guy. Who's 'Wes Evans'?" Blair asked looking at the letter. At that same moment Soul begins choking on his eggs.

"Give me that!" Soul croaked reaching for the letter. Blair laughs and pulls it out of reach.

"Who's this 'Wes' guy? Huh, Soul?" She asks sticking out her tongue. She began to open the letter. Soul got to his feet and charged her. Blair laughed and tossed the letter to Crona who, immediately after seeing Soul turn on him, gave it to Maka who pulled out her book and gave him a 'MAKA CHOP'! He stopped dead in his tracks and held his head.

"That's my mail, give it back, Maka!" Soul growled reaching for the letter. Maka pulled it out of his reach much like Blair did.

"What's so important about this letter, Soul?" Maka asked making sure Blair couldn't get to it either.

"It's none of your buisness!" Soul clenched his teeth and waited patiently for Maka to give the letter back. Maka sighed.

"I'm your partner, Soul. We shouldn't be keeping things from each other. 'It leads to distrust between meister and weapon'." Maka quoted from Professor Stein.

"Maka, that letter is mine and I need my privacy just like you." Soul grabbed the letter out of Maka's hands and retreated to his seat. When he did open it Blair, Crona, and Maka all crowded behind Soul to figure out who 'Wes Evans' was. They couldn't read the writing and Soul made sure they couldn't. He folded the letter and put it in his pocket.

"Come on. We'll be late for school." Soul muttered as he went to his room to get ready. Half his breakfast still on his plate. Maka automatically felt guilty and went to apologize, but stopped herself. He should apologize for hiding stuff from her!

She nodded to herself and went to clean the dishes. She kept pushing the bad feeling she had down ignoring the warning completely.

Soul on the other hand got dressed and ready for the day and then he re-read the letter from his older brother.

"Dear Soul,

I know you're happy where you are at. . . considering you haven't come home. I finally found your address, as you can see. Hilary misses you and won't leave. But we have more pressing matters. It's Granny. She's gotten sick. She has requested you come back, in case she doesn't make it through this. I know you're mad at us right now, but please, for her sake come home.

You still have mother, father, and I. You have Hilary, but I can arrange it to where she won't be here at your arrival. You still have your room here and the piano. You don't need to stay away. Please forgive us.

Your Brother

Wes Evans"

Go figure, Soul thought, I have to go home.

Sorry if it's short, I'll do my best to make the chapters longer and update daily! Comments are always welcome :D