Safe from the cold (Soma)

Waking up warmer

"I hope they wake up soon." He sighed as he sat down in his chair again.

An hour later, the two men heard a thud making them jump to their feet and run in to find Soul on the ground trying to get up. Stein knelt down and Soul looked up confused. "Where... where's Maka? Is she.... Is she okay?" He asked worried.

"She's fine." Stein told him as he helped him stand up and sit back on the bed. "She was laying right beside you when you decided to take a walk." Spirit pulled the blankets that had been on Soul, up to wrap them around the young man again. "You both have hypothermia. She's not as bad as you though. Seems you saved her a lot by giving her your jacket."

"She... she was cold...." Soul looked up at Spirit before his eyes drooped.

"Lie down and get some more sleep. You're going to need all the rest you can get to fight back the cold." Spirit told him as Soul lay down and both he and Stein left, stopping at the door. "Hey." Soul looked at him. "Thanks for taking care of my Maka." Soul nodded as he fell back to sleep.

The next morning Spirit woke to the sound of glasses clinking. He sat up from his place on the floor, rubbing his head and standing up before he saw Maka in the kitchen with a blanket wrapped around her as she made hot chocolate. He walked over as she turned and saw him. She gave a small smile. "Maka, you're okay." He said relieved as he wrapped her in a hug. He was stunned when she wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug before going back to what she was doing. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm freezing." She said as she poured two cups of hot chocolate. "I'm hoping this will warm me up. I figured it might help Soul too."

"Why don't you just go lay back under all your blankets?"

"I put them on Soul. He was shivering when I woke up, I only really need one. I'm going to take this in to him to help him warm up too."

"Maka, you have to keep yourself warm too, or you're going to get worse." Spirit said as he followed her to the bedroom where he could see Soul shake every so often.

"I'll be warm, Papa. I just think Soul deserves to be taken care of first. He took care of my wounds on my side and got them to stop bleeding and he made sure I was warm."

"Yeah I saw that you had his jacket on."

"What?" She asked before she looked at Soul with a glare. "That idiot. He probably did that after I passed out." She sighed as her gaze softened and she looked back at her father holding the second cup of hot chocolate. Reaching out to take it, she felt a twinge in her stiff side making her wince.

Spirit reached out but she shook her head. "Maka, what's wrong?"

"It's just my side. My muscles are stiff and I'm a little tender where the stitches are."

"Stitches?" Spirit asked concerned. He had not been told of any wounds needing stitches.

Maka rolled her eyes. "There were a couple of kids that I pushed out of the way of an attack and I got hit a little. It's not too bad." She explained before looking back at Soul as he tossed a bit and looked around. She walked over and crawled onto the bed with a smile, ignoring her father was still in the room. "Here. Drink this. It will help." He held out the cup as he sat up and took it.

Spirit watched silently wondering if there was, any truth to what Stein had said the night before. Soul took a sip before looking at Maka. "You going to drink that? You have to start warming up too." He said as he put his now empty cup on the side table and wrapped several more blankets around her.

"Soul you need them more. Especially since you put your jacket on me when I passed out." She narrowed her eyes as he gave a small smile.

"You were cold. I told you I wasn't going to let anything happen." He gently pushed her bangs back as she gave a smile and blushed a bit.

"So you took care of my Maka." Spirit said becoming uncomfortable with how he was looking at his little girl. Soul quickly dropped his hand as he noticed Spirit. "Don't think you'll get off the hook for how you were holding her."

"And don't think I won't Maka chop you." Maka warned with a dark glare. Spirit held up his hands in defense as he took a step back while Soul started to laugh. "And don't think you won't get it either just cause you've got hypothermia." Soul grinned before he readjusted the blankets with a yawn. "Back to sleep." Soul looked at her about to protest but she shook her head. "We both need more sleep." With a sigh, he laid back down on his side facing her. Spirit smirked before he left while Maka readjusted the blankets, putting hers over the ones Soul had and climbing under all of them with a blush.

"You're getting pretty bold Maka." Soul said making her blush even more, her face went red as he moved closer, wrapping his arm around her waist but she repaid it by making him blush as she turned in his arms and cuddled into his chest.

Spirit walked back over to look in and was about to flip out when he saw how they were laying but Maka's voice stopped him. "Thank you for taking care of me Soul." She shifted under the blankets to get closer to her partner.

"Anything for you. I love you Maka." Soul said softly as he kissed the top of her head.

"I love you too, Soul." Maka said sleepily as Soul tightened his hold on her and the two dozed back off. Spirit was torn. He wanted to keep his daughter away from boys, and keep her as his little girl forever, but he knew she was growing up, knew that he had ruined many things for her. Most of all her trust in men and if she actually trusted Soul, then he decided he would try to have faith in the young man. He did prove that he would protect and take care of her even at the cost of his own life several times now. but that still didn't mean he had to like it.

THE END