all awkward silences aside » croma one-shot

After Soul nearly kills both himself and his meister in a freak accident, the two are left no choice but to evacuate the premises until damages are repaired.

Maka doesn't like her options of a temporary residence -- the symmetry freak, the obnoxious egoist, her bum of a father, or an expensive hotel -- that is, until Crona mentions his new apartment provided by Miss Marie.

Who knew that such a simple offer would cost so much emotional exhaustion for both of them?

// This is a cringey one-shot I wrote in middle school, but if you really want to read it, it's also uploaded on Archive of our Own under the same username and title.