Never Taking Her For Granted

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He smiles that goofy smile he always puts on when trying to cheer up Tsubaki. The funny thing is, it works every time. She covers her mouth to stifle her giggles in the polite fashion she's known for. "Yes, and thank you for comforting me earlier, Black Star."

"AH-uh, not-eh? Mm," Black Star struggled and flailed around, then whispered something in Tsubaki's ear. Her eyes widened a bit, then she looked at Soul. Turning to the reddening ninja, her mouth turned down a bit.

"Well, why can't I?"

"" He stared at her unhappy face. When he finally gave in, he sighed and covered his face with his hands. "Oh, damn it, fine then!"

"I don't know why you're so embarrassed," she said, leaning in to see his face. Black Star cracked his fingers open so he could see, but when he saw how close their faces were, he just stood up all of a sudden.

"I'M THE GREAT BLACK STAR! EMBARASSMENT? HAH! I'M TOO BIG FOR THAT! I'm going to the bathroom" And with that, he dashed out of the room and slammed the door.

Neither weapon knew how to react, so they just stared at the door Black Star disappeared through. After a while, Tsubaki started to giggle again. "How can he be so shy about the smallest thing?"

"What- Black Star? Shy?" Soul couldn't really believe what he was hearing.

"Haha, yeah." Tsubaki smiled sweetly at Soul, recalling some memories. "Earlier, I was crying about Maka in the bathroom, but when I came out he was waiting for me. And" Tsubaki smiled a bit wider, "well, he just comforted me, but he said some nice things and stumbled all over himself saying them." She looked back at the door. "Then he just ran off back to you guys, but I followed him."

Soul started to laugh, "HAHA, the great Black Star, huh?"

Tsubaki's mood relaxed when she saw him laugh. "Haha, yeah. He really is he's a great friend."

"The best, right?"

"Yeah. The best."

The two shared a comfortable silence, Soul reaching for Maka's hand again while Tsubaki recalled the bathroom incident. Oh, hey.

Oh *sniff* Hi there, Black Star. *sniff* This is the girls' bathroom; the boys' one is down the hall.

Uh yeah, but, I-I was looking for you.

Me? Why?

Because, I figured you'd feel LOST without the great BLACK STAR!

...

Uh, well, you see since you're like, best friends with Maka, I thought you'd, you know, take it pretty hard. So I just kinda figured-

Oh, thank you for your concern, but I'm fine.

Don't smile at me like that, you're eyes are all red from crying your heart out.

Tsubaki, Maka will pull through, don't worry about it.

How can you be sure?

What?

Because I'm Awesome, Tsubaki. And one as Awesome as me knows everything.

*sigh*

And also because, you know, I just do.

Thank you for saying that, but in this sort of situation, I'm not sure if it means muchIm NEVER WRONG! And also, Tsubaki if you of all people got depressed over this, the others will think there's absolutely no hope for Maka.

Why is that?

Because you're so- you know- so happy. And nice. And you smile a lot so, if you weren't smiling, I think the others would be even more lost.