THIS IS WHY I PREFER READING TO WATCHING! As if that scene wasn't emotional enough on its own, this makes it even more so. I've said it before about other fics, but I am a sucker for angst with a happy ending. The pov changes flowed just fine, and personally, I think you really enhanced the story. LOVE IT.

i love that makas faith in aoul is reinforced but she has planted doubt in him. shes snuggling up and sleeping sound and hes wide awake hurt that she didnt have more faith in him. i like the dual perspectives of the same event. very nice

i'm supposed to be reading school stuff or probs catching up with resbang but then i started feeling those soma feels and ended up here \_(ツ)_/
i think about this episode a lot. i've probably watched it way too many times. you did a fantastic job capturing their thoughts during this. it's so in character. i love how you write them. they are such a good team. thank you for giving me soma-ny feels. 3

awwwww
i see this so dam much it hurts
i can totally see soul being tourtured by the idea that she fell for it even as he had to hope she would for it to work
and i can also see maka smiling herself to sleep (if she did not break down crying in his arms on their couch before hand) (oh that would make a touching story too) as she realizes not only how dependent on him she is but just how loyal he is and the other hint to her in his words at the end of that battle
she seems to have missed the third hint though
and i love how insulted he feels at the idea that any magic or potion could pervert distort destroy or transfer his feelings for her

This is a fantastic little short-why it doesn't have more attention is beyond me. I love the characterization and this scene was so ripe for exploration. Nicely done.

Okay. So, I watched the anime before I read the manga, and this scene hurt me. Not sure how, since it was only episode 1, but it did. I hated Soul in that moment, because I saw how much pain Maka was in, because she trusted him! And then, after getting further into the series and falling in love with the idea of them winding up together, thinking back on this scene hurts me even more! But you wrote it so well, and if the anime/manga had included more of both of their thoughts during this fight, I think that it would have gone a lot like your story did. Sorry for all of my rambling, and great job! I enjoyed it.