|| "Daddy?" Soul Eater ||

Chapter 1

Maka and Soul sat in Maka's room together quietly playing a board game as Blair the cat sat snoring on Souls leg. The room was quiet but not awkwardly so. They both sat in peace, enjoying the presence of one another.

"Hey Maka, how about we call it a draw, we've been going at it for like an hour already and it's almost time for you to retake your medication."

Maka frowned slightly but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared. She nodded in agreement, and beamed at Soul. Her hair which was normally in pigtails, was braided down the middle of her head. Some loose pieces cascaded down her porcelain skin.

"Cmon Sunshine, lets go pop some pills."

Maka threw a pillow at his face, Soul laughed playfully and just extended his hand. She let him pull her closer, knowing she weighed nothing compared to him. His muscular frame towered over her own. Maka was strong, yes, but Soul was stronger. She giggled and beamed a smile up at him. He just smiled back and began to attack her petite frame. Landing hits on her ticklish spots, and making her squeal in delight. After a minute or two of this, he himself began to laugh and just hugged her tight. She was his best friend, his meister, she was his. He offered her a hand and she took it, pulled herself up, and sped into the kitchen, sliding on the tile with her socks, Soul ran right after her.

"Maka, slow down babes!"

By the time Soul does in, Maka was already sitting at the table swinging her feet, and jamming out to the music on the radio that played from the boombox on the kitchen counter. Soul just playfully scoffed and headed to the medicine cabinet. Inside, there was an abundance of prescription drugs. From antidepressants, to vitamins, she took them all throughout the day.

"Do you want the strawberry flavored vitagummy-" he held up a small container with his left hand "-or the grape flavored vitagummy?" Then he help up another small container with his right hand. She looked them both over, and pointed to the ones on the right. Soul shuddered.

"Grape is the worst."

She simply giggled and nodded in agreement. She played with her hair slightly, pushing it out of her eyes and things like that.

"Do you want me to put it up for you? I can braid it if you'd like. I've been practicing on Blackstars, so I promise I've gotten better."

She just grinned and nodded as she chewed two of her vitamins. He got up, pushed in his chair, and entangled his fingers in her hair. As he played with it he noticed how easily it fell. It worried him. He knew how much stress she was under and he tried his best to help her, but she wasn't always the type to ask for help, but then again, neither was he.

"So, how's therapy with Stein going?"

She shrugged. Her hands did a flurry of movements in which he recognized. Since she began to speak less and less, her Asl (American Sign Language) had gotten significantly better. She used her hands to explain how Stein asked for Soul to come with her to her next appointment, and how he had apparently dug up with a new, healthier way of coping, which he wanted Maka to try out. Soul just nodded and signed back.

"Anything I can do to help, ya noodle."

Maka smiled and just enjoyed the feeling of souls hands in her hair, she smiled contently and he finished up. Her long, wavy hair was now tied into two descending braids.

"How's it look?"

Maka looked into the window, and smiled widely. She signed 'love' and jumped around as her braided pigtails bounced. Her head bobbed as she liked how it felt when they hit her shoulders. She looked at him, and did a few hand gestures. Soul smiled as he read them.
'Dance party'. She was asking him to dance around with her. He obliged and cranked up the radio, he smiled as a pop song came on and like the cool guy he was, he began dancing. Maka followed along. Soon they were both hoping around and dancing, not caring about a thing, just living in the moment. Loving life, the feeling of each other's presence, and the sweet music that flowed to nonchalantly in the air. Even Blair the cat had joined the duo, they all just had fun.

It was a lovely, but of course, nothing gold can stay.
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