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Lost Keys

Chapter 1

Running through the rain, Soul Eater cursed at his unlucky day. It was his turn to buy the groceries, and with the weather being so damn cold, it was also his day to get wet from the rain. He held the grocery bags under his arms as drops of water hit his clothes and white hair. He ran passed a tree and turned back to take shelter under it.

He panted, water dripped from the tips of his hair. "Damn you weather reporter…" he cursed. Man, this was so not his day. First, he gets chopped by his partner in the morning for being hugged by a perverted cat, then when he opened his locker he got berried under a lot of letters, and now he had to endure the clouds spitting on him. What a day...

"Dad?"

At the corner of his eyes was a blurry figure. Soul turned and saw a little boy standing inches away from him with his clothes soaked. The boy had a deep frown on his face.

"Oh, Sorry. You're not Dad..." he seemed disappointed and looked down at his feet. Minutes passed by and the boy still stood there, getting himself wet from the rain.

"Kid, you're going to get sick if you keep standing over there." Soul called, but the boy stood there silently. Was the boy afraid of him? It wasn't the first time Soul scared off little kids. Sharp teeth and red eyes weren't common to be born with.

"Kid, come over here, I'm not going to eat you." Soul breathed out, hoping the boy would respond. The boy took a few steps closer to Soul under the tree to avoid the rain. He was still looking down. The boy was now close enough for Soul to identify. He had brown messed up hair and green eyes. He was wearing a yellow shirt that had a shark picture on it, with sports shoes and dark brown trousers.

"So…?" Soul tried to break the silence, "got a name?" he asked.

The boy finally looked up at him, but didn't say a word. Soul noticed that the boy had a nasty scar over and under his left eye.

"Well?" he tried again. Still nothing from the boy… Soul was never good with kids, unlike his partner who acts like a friendly teddy bear around children.

"Aren't you a little too young to be out here by yourself? Do you know where your parents are?" He tried one more time. The boy's eyes stared at him but quickly hid his face away from Soul. "I... I don't know..." the child said nervously.

Soul raised an eyebrow, "You... don't know where your parents are?"

The child shook his head.

Soul finally understood the kid's problem, "You... Are you lost?"

The child didn't answer.

Great, he has to deal with a lost brat. What was he supposed to do now? Soul didn't know shit about a problem like this. He heard his phone ring and pulled it out of his pocket.

"Soul, is everything all right? You're a little late." Maka asked through the phone.

"Yeah, just waiting for the rain to settle down, that's all." Soul took another glimpse at the boy who was staring at him.

"Maka, can you get some towels ready before I get home?"

"Sure. You must be really soaked out there."

"Thanks, I'll be home in a few minutes." With that, Soul put his phone back in his pocket. He felt a weak tug at his pants and looked down to find the boy staring at him with his green eyes. His eyes were so familiar it reminded him of Maka's eyes.

"Don't leave me." The boy begged. Soul was taken by surprise. He didn't know what to do or say to the kid. Begging for help and shivering from the cold the young child looked so desperate.

'Shit,' Soul thought, 'what do I do know? Not cool. Think Soul, Think. Maybe Maka can handle this? It's a kid, she won't say no to that.'

"Kid, want some help finding your parents?"

The boy's eyes widened. He seemed to be interested by Soul's offer.

"Okay, once the rain stops I'll take you home with me, I'm sure Maka will know what to do."

Maka finished preparing the towels that Soul asked for. When she heard the door open and close she knew Soul was finally home.

"Soul, you're home. You should go take a shower before I start dinner – "

She stopped and stared at the boy next to Soul.

"Hello there," she kneeled down to the boy's level and asked with a smile, trying to hide a surprised look from her face. He looked back down at his feet.

"Soul, who is this?" She asked Soul who grabbed a towel and stared to dry his hair.

"No idea. Found him standing like a stone out there. He's lost so I thought you might know what to do about him."

"He's lost?" Maka gasped. The kid's green eyes shined as he tried to force his tears to stop from falling out.

"Oh, don't cry. It's okay!" She petted his head. Her hand brushed his brown hair and she found dirt between her fingers. His hair was covered in dirt it probably covered his real hair color.

"What's your name?" She asked with a sweet voice. She always had a soft spot for kids and always knew how to deal with them.

"Max…" when the kid finally spoke, Maka and Soul noticed something that wasn't too common to come across… sharp teeth. It was pretty rare to meet a person with teeth like that.

'Max is his name, huh? How did Maka do that? He didn't want to tell me his name when I asked him! I don't get it...' Soul thought as he slipped the towel around the back of his neck and over his shoulders.

"Okay, Max, we'll go find your mom and dad tomorrow so be a good boy and be patient, okay?" she gave him a smile.

"Okay... thank you…"

Maka didn't know if the boy was shy or scared at that moment, but she knew he was polite. She gave him a wide smile and hugged him tightly. Soul raised an eyebrow at the view. The child blushed deeply but remained silent. 'What's so special about kids?' Soul couldn't understand anything about them. 'How does Maka always know what to do? And why is she hugging that kid? She doesn't hug me whenever I'm upset! ' He posed for a while. Why was he thinking like that all of a sudden? Maka? Hugging him? Wait, why was his heart pounding so fast?

Soul slapped himself across the face. 'Stay cool Soul. Stay cool. Don't think shit like that, you'll only make even more obvious in front of her.'

"Soul, is it okay if Max takes a shower first?" Maka asked. Oh great, now she cares for that kid more than him.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever you want." Soul shrugged. He sank into the couch and turned on the TV.

"Thanks. Oh, and do you still have your clothes that shrank in the dryer? Maybe they're small enough for Max."

Ah, yes, laundry how Soul hated it... Remembering the time where he had to separate clothes by color and ended up with pink underwear.

And the time when he poured too much soap and flooded the place in bubbles.

And, of course, when he shrank his clothes in the dryer. Yap, good times are so memorable, aren't they?

"Yeah, I have' m."

"Good, thanks Soul." She turned to the child, "Come on, let's go get you cleaned up."

Max grabbed Maka's hand by his small one. His hand was so small it only managed to grasp three of Maka's fingers as she led him to the bathroom. Soul got bored and turned off the TV. The boy had only been here for five minutes and he already had Maka's full attention. 'Get a grip Soul, he's just a brat. He'll be gone tomorrow. It's not like he'll ruin your life. But... won't Maka's ignore me whenever he is around? Wait, No. He'll vanish in 24 hours. No need to panic Soul. Besides, Maka's probably drooling over you right now. Nobody has sexy hot looks like you do. Okay, maybe that kid has sharp teeth, so what?'

"Soul, look!" Maka called as she led Max out of the bathroom with a towel covering him. Something's different about this kid now. Wait, is that - ?

"His hair is so white! I thought his hair color was brown at first but when he cleaned up his real hair color showed. Oh, he looks so cute!" She hugged Max and brushed his white hair with her fingers.

His hair is white like Soul's?

'Shit.'

To Be Continued...

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I don't own Soul Eater.

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