AN: Ohkubo didn't want to dwell too much on Soul's past or his brother so I gotta do it myself gosh dangit!

Considering said neglect of the main character's past, this fanfic will mostly be headcanon-based more than anything. I tried to make it as canon-compliant as I could though, but in the end it may not be because as far as I know, it's unknown if Soul was ever in contact with the Evans family after he joined the DWMA. Despite this, I love the doting older brother trope and decided to just give this type of personality to Wes Evans. If you don't agree with my interpretation that's okay, I don't care. This is written purely for my own amusement.

This was also supposed to be a oneshot, however, with so much I wanted to put into this fanfic I figured it'd be easier to divide each part into it's own chapter so it's better organized. This won't be a very long fanfic, so don't worry about whether it'll stay forever incomplete or not. The fanfic itself is almost halfway done anyway as of this author's note.

With that said, I hope you enjoy!

Timeline: 2 years before the events of the series proper (1 year before Not!)

Disclaimer: Don't own

"Are you settling in okay?"

Soul rolled his eyes as he continued to unpack his boxes in his and Maka's new apartment. His brother could sound like such a mother hen sometimes. So not cool…

"Yes Wes, I'm fine, I promise."

He could hear Wes chuckling on the other side of the line, "I know, I know. It's just strange for you to be there and not here at home. And you're on your own too…"

"M'not alone," Soul muttered, "I got Maka."

"Oh, right, the meister girl you told me about. That's another thing that's strange to me; that this school would allow a couple of 12 year olds to live freely together. Are you sure that's okay?"

Soul shrugged though he knew his brother wouldn't be able to see it. "Death City's kind of a league of its own. They're very liberal here. It's pretty cool, and Maka seems to be good at the whole budgeting thing, so we're not gonna go broke or anything."

At least, he hoped they wouldn't go broke…

"Well if you need any help financially you still have your savings account."

"Yeah, yeah." Soul said, not wanting to say too much lest someone happen to overhear this conversation (despite the fact he was alone in the apartment) and put two and two together that Soul Eater was, in fact, an Evans and therefore loaded.

"And since you're living with a girl, I better hope you treat her with respect like the gentleman I know you are."

Soul rolled his eyes, "Please, Maka's barely a girl. She brains me with books on a daily basis."

"Right… I'll remember this conversation when puberty hits and you're calling asking me how to woo a girl."

Soul squeaked as his cheeks turned red, "Wes you piece of shit it's not like that at all! She's just my partner. It-It's strictly professional! Besides, she's as flat as a board! Who'd want someone with so little sex appeal?!"

He couldn't see him but Soul knew Wes was giving him that smug smirk of his. How Soul wished they were in person so he could punch that smirk off his brother's face!

"Fine, fine, you and your meister are not—nor will you ever be—'like that'. I won't say anything else on the matter—"

"Good!"

"For now at least," aaand there's that smirk Soul swore his brother was wearing. Ugh!

"Are we done here? I gotta finish unpacking and setting my room up."

"Okay, I'll let you go now." Wes said, though a bit reluctantly. "I would like you to promise me something though."

Soul raised an eyebrow, a little unsure about what exactly his brother wanted of him, "What is it?"

"Can you promise me you'll call and check in every now and then? I know you're gonna be busy learning about being a weapon and fighting monsters and all that supernatural stuff, but if you could find time to call me I would really appreciate it."

Soul blinked at the request and frowned. It wasn't an impossible request, quite reasonable actually. But something held him back. The reason he joined the DWMA was so he could break off ties to his family name. If he kept up with Wes…was that, in a way, hanging onto his past?

He didn't like the idea of abandoning his brother like that but still…he didn't want to be reminded of his constant failures and inadequacies.

"Soul? You still there?"

Soul blinked out of his reverie and hastily said, "Yeah, sure, okay, I'll try my best. I gotta go now, bye."

He was about to press the button to end the call before he heard Wes's last words.

"Bye Soul, I'll talk to you later! Love you!"

He cringed as he slammed his finger down on the red button. His brother was so uncool sometimes! He was pretty sure he did it on purpose too!

"I'm back!" he heard Maka calling from the front door. After some shuffling around she popped her head into Soul's room. "Oh, you're still unpacking? Do you need any help?"

Soul shook his head, "Nah, I got it. I just got distracted for a bit."

Seeing as his phone was still in his hand she raised an eyebrow at it, "Oh? Were you on the phone with someone? Anything important?"

Soul stared at her. He'd only known Maka for a few days. He wasn't comfortable sharing with her about his life before Death City just yet.

It's debatable if he'll ever be comfortable enough to tell her…

For now he put his phone away and continued to unpack as he said to her, "Nah, it's nothing…"

Trivia:

1. Since I got into SE in '08-09, I'm stuck forever thinking the series actually takes place in 2009. This doesn't effect the fanfic in any way except I imagine Soul and Wes are still using flip phones to talk to each other. I make the phones ambiguous enough to where people reading this can imagine they're using iPhones though.

2. A little clarification on the timeline:

Soul Eater's timeline is a little hard for me to grasp, but I tried working with what information I had. According to the Wiki, Soul Eater Not! takes place about a year before the main series. Ohkubo made a tweet saying that Soul's age throughout the series (most likely including Not!) is 13-15. So for reference's sake, Soul is 13 in Not!, 14 at the beginning of SE, and 15 at the end of SE. In Not! he and Maka appear to have a good amount of experience under their belt, so I'm presuming they've been partners for about a year, making Soul roughly 12 years old when he joined the DWMA. (Maka is supposed to be 13 during SE, meaning she's a few months younger than Soul at best. I referred to her as a 12 year old in this chapter just because it's easier and I bet Soul wouldn't have bothered correcting his brother on his partner's younger age).

At the beginning of future chapters I will put when each chapter is supposed to take place in SE's timeline. You guys can figure up ages from there.

Anyways, hope you liked this. Please review if you did!