DEATH THE KID × READER

Realization and Shadowed Truth

Soul's POV

I carry Maka bridal-style and jump through the portal. I land on my feet right in front of the school. Going into the school in the middle of the night, so uncool. Everyone else soon comes through the portal too. Kid comes through with the little box, sucks the portal back up, and puts the tiny box back in his pocket. "Let's go." he says as he 'walks' towards the school. Don't have to tell me twice. I take the lead in there and kick the door open. The lights are still on so it's not all dark and creepy in there; not like cool guys like me gets scared. Through the maze of hallways, we finally get to the Death Room.

Lord Death pops up in the mirror all peppy, "Yo! Hey, hi, how ya doin'!" he cocks his head to the side. Kid adjusts himself on his crutches, "Father, we have a problem." Lord Death straightens his head and looks at us all. He finds Maka in my arms. He hesitates, "Take her to the infirmary, I'll call in Stein." I'm already under the guillitenes by the time he's finnished. I'm not losing Maka.

We're all in the infirmary waiting for Stein. Maka lays on the bed, Kid sits on a bench with his foot up, Black*Star and Tsubaki are sat in chairs, Black*Star plays with a silent and patient Tsubaki's hair, Liz is watching a playful Patty and puts back everything she grabs from the shelves, (Y/N) sits on the floor reading, Royale plays with a pencil and ends up getting it stuck in the wall, and I pace around the room in anticipation. Stein comes from the hallway with a briefcase in his hands. He lays it on the counter and forces us out. It all happened in seconds. I turn to protest but he already slam the door in my face. I instead smash my fist in the door and lean my forehead on it. I turn and push my back on the door and slowly slide down it. I'm now sitting on the floor, I tilt my head back and stare at the lights on the ceiling.

Kid moves his crutches to one side of him and lowers himself next to me. "I can wait a while." he smiles. (I know you are all imagining a DTK smile right now and melting on the inside) Liz and Patty sit down too. "He has the key to the house so we're staying." Liz sighs. "Yaayyyy!" Patty cheers, probably not knowing what's going on. "I guess a BIG STAR like me can rearange something on his busy schedule!" Black*Star and Tsubaki sit on a bench across the hall. (Y/N) sprawls out in the middle of the hallway and Royale leans against the wall. "We'll wait too." (Y/N) turns her head to face me and smiles. I smile too. "Thanks, guys."

*Timeskip brought to you by Kid's little magic box*

It's been a few hours and everyone's still here. Kid grabs the handle of his crutches and pulls himself up. "We have to go. Sorry. Lets go, girls." Liz wakes up Patty- who fell asleep in two minutes- and they follow Kid down the empty hall. Black*Star stands up and streaches out. "Yeah, I should get going too. A star needs his sleep, ya know?" he groggliy walks down the hall. Tsubaki stands up to walk with him but stops and turns to me. "Hey, Soul. Can you tell Maka I said 'get well' for me?" she asks. "Yeah. No problem." she smiles at me. "Thank you, Soul." she scurries off to catch up with her meister.

(Y/N) is asleep in the middle of the hall. Royale goes and picks her off the floor. She flings her over her shoulder and turns to face me. "See ya 'round." she gives a two-finger salute and walks off with (Y/N) on her back. I wave as they turn the corner, out of my sight. I lean back on the door and sigh. How long will this take? Click. The door opens and I fall backwards. Looking up I see Stein. He looks down at me with a face that says, 'What the hell are you doing? Get off the floor.' I stand up, taking a hint from his glare, and look at him properly. "Maka?" I ask bluntly. He nods and leaves the infirmary. I go in and look at her.

She's pale as hell but she's breathing. I sit in one of the chairs and let out a sigh of relief. Looking at her makes me thinks of how much I care about her, and how much she cares about me in return. I move my chair closer to her. She's so peaceful. So kind. So innocent. So brave. So... Beautiful. 'Soul! No! You're in a relationship! Stop!' My thoughts tell me. "I know..." I answer out loud. I lean closer. 'Don't do this, Soul. Maka wouldn't like this!' My mind pesters me. "But she would like this." I say as I kiss her on the forehead. I hear the door creak. I look over but nothings there. Oh well, at least I finally got to do something I've always wanted to do.

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