Screwed Up (Stein x Maka Soul Eater Fanfiction)(COMPLETED)

Fighting is awful, but it is necessary.

//Some swearing in this chapter.

 Tonight, it's hard to sleep. I keep tossing and turning on the couch, wanting so badly to be next to Stein. It's 2 A.M., and everyone's fast asleep. Well, I'm not sure if Stein is or not.

 We're watching Marie and Azusa's house for them. By "we", I mean Liz, Patty, Kid, Black*Star, Soul, Tsubaki, Stein, and me.

 I look over at Stein. He's still, but he doesn't look asleep. Maybe he'll let me come lay next to him. After all, we swam together earlier.

 I creep over to the mattress he's sleeping on. Sure enough, his eyes are open. I turn a deep red, embarrassed to be caught.

 "Sir, I'm having issues sleeping, could I-"

 "-spend the night next to me? Of course." I don't mind him interrupting at all. I'm glad that he wanted me to be here as much as I wanted to be next to him.

 He moves over a little bit, leaving room for me to slide in. I fit perfectly next to his chest, right next to where his heartbeat is. If this were a year ago, it would have been some stupid schoolgirl fantasy. But it's real, it's very real.

 I can feel everything from where I am. His muscles. His skin. His warmth. It's perfect. I never want to leave.

 He seems to be enjoying it as well. His heart is beating fast next to my head, and his skin is heated and flushed. I can tell that he's as embarrassed as I am, yet at the same time, it could never be more perfect.

 It doesn't take long for me to drift off to sleep in his protective arms. I think he secretly loves having someone to hold. Whenever he hugs me or puts his arm around me, it's as if he'll kill anyone who hurts me. While that's kind of scary, at the same time, it's charming. I'm kind of a weird girl, if you haven't noticed.

 In the morning, I wake up to Black*Star yelling. He's furious at Stein for touching me. I hide under the blanket, trying to block it out.

 It doesn't work. "Stein, you pervert! What are you doing to my girlfriend?" he yells.

 "I'm keeping her warm, dumbass! She had trouble sleeping last night!"

 "She should have come to me! I don't get what she sees in you!"

 Stein is taken aback. "Take that up with her, then! Leave me out! I'm just trying to keep her comfortable, like a teacher should!"

 "You're being a little too touchy for a teacher!" Black*Star snarls. "You're always holding her or hugging her or something! Back off!"

 I hold tighter to Stein, silently begging for him not to let go. He holds me tighter as well, giving me a sense of security in this rage war.

 "Just.... Just stop!" I yell, finding my voice. I sit up. "Sometimes, I need someone older to hold me! That doesn't mean I make out with him!"

 Black*Star is angry still. "Why don't you ever let me hold you? You always go to someone else!"

 "I don't want to bother you!" I'm trying, desperately, to latch onto a solid excuse.

 "You know very well that hugging me every once in a while won't bother than me!"

 I think for a moment, still trying to get something, anything. He turns away.

 "We're over, Maka. I can't be with you if you're in love with someone else."

 What? No! It's Black*Star that I love! Stein is just a little crush, right? This can't be real. I love Black*Star! He's kind, gentle, wonderful, everything I need! Why is he saying I love someone else?