Someone Wake Me Up

Chapter One

Maka rushed down the hallway, bent over, her hands clutching her heart. She didn't think she could bear to look at anyone. She didn't have the courage to see anyone watching her in this state. Hadn't she suffered enough humiliation recently?

She was able to hold her head high for one second: just long enough to indifferently brush past the white-haired boy who'd caused her all this pain.

She swore she felt something else inside of her break in two when he just stood there as she passed. But she knew that was impossible. There wasn't anything she hadn't given to him… nothing left to break.

However, this emptiness inside of her just left room for all the pain that came flooding in. She thought of all the things he'd never said to her. All the things he'd been too cool to say to her. Or, at least, she'd thought that had been the reason behind all those unspoken words.

Her heart pounding, she pushed open the door to the Death Room without bothering to knock. Had her heart still been in working condition, it would have fallen a little when she saw that Lord Death was not alone for this unfortunate meeting. Her father was in the room. But she ignored him, relieved to find that she still had enough dignity left to resist the urge to run into her father's arms and sob into his suit like she hadn't done in so long.

"Maka," said Lord Death in his light cheery voice, "what a pleasant surprise."

"Lord Death," she said in as steady a voice as she could manage, "I'd like to request a partner reassignment."

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I don't own Soul Eater. And I really need to update my other SE fic…

Yes, this was short. It was meant to be. This was a spur of the moment idea and it should only be a few chapters long…