~A few days after the ball~
Kid still hasn't talked to me about what happened that night at the ball. I feel bad because he went through all that work to make that night romantic and then his sister had to go and screw it up for him...
"Maka, breakfast is ready!" Kid calls out from in the kitchen. Ever since that night he has been trying so hard to keep me happy. I think he feels he is going to lose me, like she has been on my mind since the kiss. The sad part is, she has been on my mind. I don't know why, but there's just something about her, something I can't ignore. "Maka are you coming down?" Kids voice interrupts my train of thought and I head down stairs.
"I'm right here Kid. Sorry I was getting dressed." I wrap myself up in a robe and head down stairs. The sweet smell of cinnamon and brown sugar pulls me into the kitchen and Kid stands there humming to some song on the radio. He's adorable when he's happy but knowing what this is all about ruins the mood.
He sets a plate down on the dining room table and helps me to my chair. As I sit down my phone buzzes but Kid is too into the music to notice. The screen lights up with a message from an unknown number, "We need to talk, meet me at the park tonight. Come alone, you wont regret it ;)" but nothing else. I have a feeling I know who it's from but if I go Kid will be devastated.
"Maka, I have this meeting with my dad tonight that'll last a few hours and I might have to stay there for the night but I'll be home as soon as possible. It's about my mother and some other things that I can't really talk about until it's taken care of. Is there anything I can get for you tonight? Maybe get the girls to come over?" he asks as he sits down in front of me to eat.
I smile and shake my head, "No, that's ok. Actually I have something I have to do anyways so it all works out."
We finish breakfast and Kid gets ready for his meeting and after he leaves I get ready for mine. The day drags on and it drives me crazy. By the end of the night I just have to see her, I have to talk to her, to know why? Why would she target her own brother and why can't I stop thinking about that kiss?
As the sun sets I set out for the park and when I get there it is completely empty. I sit on the swing and wait. Thirty minutes pass by and I'm still alone. All of a sudden a deep fog surrounds me and something rustles in a bush behind me. I hop off the swing and someone walks up to me slowly. "Hello?" I call out with no response but a small chuckle from the person. When they finally come into sight I can tell right away it's her. Phenix stands in all glory and the satisfaction that I had found a way to be here.
"Well look what the wind blew in. And here I thought I'd be spending my night all alone. Miss me?" Her confidence glows around her. Her eyes are more captivating than ever and in the small moment I have been around her I feel this magnetic pull between us. She walks up to me and crests my cheek slowly. I can feel every nerve in my body race sending messages to my brain that gives me a rush. Her lips graze mine and I snap out of her blinding cloud and quickly pull away.
"What the hell are you doing?! Kid is your brother! How could you hurt him like this?" My voice is shaky and I can hardly keep my stand.
She chuckles and shakes her head, "Have you ever asked him what he did to me? If you knew then you wouldn't ever question my methods of pain for him ever again." She slides her hand down my arm to hold my hand, "Maka he made my life hell. So that's what I will do to him until I feel I have been avenged!" I pull my hand away and she smiles at me, " Don't worry love, I won't hurt you. You're the first decision he's made that I do agree with."
"Wow, You really hate him don't you? What could he do that would be so bad?" we sit on the swing and her bright yellow eyes watch every move I make.
" No, no, no, that is another story for another day. Tonight we talk about what has been on your mind since the ball. I know you miss me. Have you told Kid yet?"
I look at the ground and don't say a thing. She tilts my head up with her pointer finger and stares into my eyes. She kisses me and this time I let her. The kiss is slow and gentle. Her lips are sweet and addicting. The taste of her lips lingers on mine even after she pulls away.
"I don't understand." I whisper softly and she plays with my hair.
"It's ok. You don't have to understand. You just have to feel and embrace it."
For a second I forget everything and time stops. She is the only thing I can think of until I get dizzy and the night fades to nothing. The last thing I remember is Phenix whispering, "Shhh soon you'll understand everything but for now just rest."
