Ouch

          Maka punched Soul in the face; the impact sent him sailing away, all the way across the room. Black star, Patty, and Liz burst into laughter, while Kidd just fidgeted with a painting mumbling "It needs to be symmetrical!"  Soul rose, clutching his throbbing cheek. "You stupid pervert! I can't believe you and Black star went through my room!" Maka angered voice exploded in the apartment; she turned and kicked Black Star in the crotch; that shut him up quickly. "Now get out of my ROOM!" Soul and Black Star's wounded bodies were sent flying out of the bedroom window (which was still shut). "And stay OUT!" Maka screamed as she closed the curtains on the gaping hole she'd created. Soul rubbed his neck and looked up at the hole in the wall.

          "She's got one heck of an arm, huh." Soul mumbled, turning to Black Star who was curled into a ball and was whimpering pitifully. "Her arm nothing! It's her kick that hurts!" Black Star curled into a tighter ball and tried not to cry. Soul stood up and offered a hand to his friend, but Black Star just looked at him as if he were handing him an explosive device. "Fine if you want to just lay there, be my guest." Soul grumbled; he limped back up the four flights of stairs to the apartment of doom, then he wearily opened the door, being careful to stay quiet.

          Maka was sitting on the couch in the living room, glaring down at the book in her hands. "Uh… hey, w-where did everyone go?" Soul questioned nervously, Maka's eyes were locked on the page, as if she was going to set it on fire just by staring at it. "They left." She growled lowly, stiffening on the couch, like she was ready to pounce. Soul inched towards a window and glanced out, noticing that Tsubaki and Black Star were just leaving the alley, but Black Star was still limping and flinching. "Heh, you got him good…" Soul stated quietly, Maka's eyes slithered from the book to him by the window; he shivered when he felt her stare bore into his back. "Go. To. Bed." Maka snarled and Soul gulped; he backed into his room quickly and shut the door behind him.

          Soul shuffled over to his bed and fell onto it, making a soft thump when he landed. He stayed there for a while, but his wandering mind eventually drifted to what he and Black star had done earlier that night.
                           
                         *What Soul remembered *

          "Let's go Soul!" Black star yelled loudly dragging him down the hall of Maka and Soul's apartment "Hurry before she and Tsubaki finish making dinner!" Soul sent Black star a confused look. Black star led his confused friend into Maka's room; it was as spotless as the rest of the apartment (minus Soul's room). Soul stood in the door way, as Black star fluttered through the room; he picked up books, went through drawers, and dug through the closet. "Darn it!" Black star mumbled angrily "I thought she would at least have a diary or something like that!" He went back over to her dresser and placed his hands on the one drawer he dared not to open. "Well this is the last place to check!" He tore the drawer open and socks, panties, and bras dropped to the floor.

          Soul's face exploded with a bright red blush, as Black star picked up a bra and gave a quizzical look "Who would've thought she even wears these!" Soul just started cleaning the rest of the room "We better clean this up before she comes back." Black star just nodded and followed his lead, but he still kept mumbling about how lame Maka was for not having anything interesting in her room. Soon the room was almost completely clean except for the contents of the top drawer. Neither of them wanted to get caught with them, so they decided to leave it like that, but just as they were leaving Maka was suddenly in the door way staring wide-eyed at her room.

         Soul stopped the memory there, the pain of the punch was still fresh in his mind and he didn't want to relive it.

         Soul heard Maka in the living room, she was leaving for bed. Once he was sure she'd left, he snuck out and went into the kitchen to look for something to eat, since he missed dinner. When he got to the counter he saw that there was a plate full of food on it already waiting for him, beside it was a note that read "I didn't like that you were in my room, but I do appreciate that you cleaned it up for me! Love Maka." Soul smiled down at the note and food "You are really predictable." came a voice from behind him.

         Soul turned to see Maka dressed in night clothes, with a tired grin on her face. "Well enjoy dinner and good night." Maka turned to go, but was stopped with a hand on her wrist, she looked behind her and saw a pair of red eyes watching her. She opened her mouth to speak, but was pulled into an embrace before she could say anything. Soul gave a sharp-toothed grin, while Maka wriggled in his arms. She escaped and landed a MAKA-CHOP on Soul's fluffy, white head.

        Soul crouched on the kitchen floor and clutched his bleeding head. He looked up in time to see Maka swish to her door and blow a kiss to him; Soul smiled, all the pain was worth it in the end.