249The ending is finally here! The epilogue is sure to come soon and it will happen! But for now this is the end! I will give an official thank you and temporary good bye in the next chapter okay? :D I hope you guys enjoy!
Meeting each other like this never crossed their mind. He thought he was going to wait for her to call him or confront him. She thought she would never had the guts to meet him face-to-face and talk to him. They each woke up this morning with plans set and neither of them had planned to see each other. But here they were, one pinning the other to a brick wall while the other was being pinned and a bit startled.
"What are you doing?" Maka asked him as she tried to process how all this happened.
"I'm not stupid Maka. I saw you duck behind the stairs and hide behind the gate. I have been waiting for a damn week to finally talk to you, but you never call or show up." Soul said, never once breaking eye contact. "I didn't want to confront you first because I knew all you were going to do is not give me a chance, and possibly run away from me! I wasn't going to have that! I told you that I wasn't going to give up on you until you told me face-to-face that you don't love me!" Soul yelled at her. Maka stared at him and gritted her teeth. She pushed him off her and he took a step back.
"What do you expect?! Did you think that I would want to see you again after you told me that all this was a lie?!"
"Maka-"
"All those words, all those exchange of 'I love you' were a lie! Do you have any idea how that made me feel?! You know I don't trust men! Yet I trusted you!"
"Maka please!"
"No Soul! I'm tired of everything! You broke my heart and I don't think I could never love you again!" Maka yelled at him. Soul felt hurt hit him like a ton of bricks and he stared at her. He gritted his teeth and took her face in his hands, ignoring her struggles to get away.
"You listen to me Maka Albarn!" he practically yelled at her. She stood still and looked at him. A couple tears falling from her eyes as she looked at him. "I admit it, yes in the beginning I was only in it for the business and I'll admit that I only wanted to distract you from the work my brother and I were doing but that was in the beginning! I began to realize that I fell in love with you and I never wanted to leave your side. Maka, I love you too much too let you go. I can't wake up in the mornings without having a heart break because you're not laying next to me like how you were the first night we spent together. I need you in my life to live and if you don't want to be with me, I'll leave you alone and never be in your life again, I promise." Soul said. Maka stared at him and closed her eyes. she shook her head and he fell to his knees, grabbing her hands and holding them tightly in his. "Just tell me. Tell me you don't want me in your life and I'll leave right now." Maka began crying and he let himself go. The tears he had been holding back had escaped and he silently watched as she cried. Soul held on to her hands tightly in his and watched as she slowly shook her head.
"I can't love you anymore..." she whispered. Soul looked down and clenched his eyes closed, and letting the tears fall more freely. He gently kissed the back of her hands and got up. Maka leaned back into the building and tightened her grip on his hands. He pulled them away and grabbed her face in his hands again.
"I understand. But I will always love you." he whispered and kissed her. She felt as though electricity flowed through her and she grabbed on to the sides of his shirt, holding tightly, never wanting to let go. Soul puled back and forced himself not to ask for more. She opened her eyes and looked at him. They gazed at each other before she finally took a good look at him. He had ark circles under his eyes and the usual bright red in his eyes was now a faded burgundy color. His white tussled hair was even more wild and crazier than usual and he looked skinnier.
"What happened to you?" she asked softly. Soul looked at the ground and shrugged.
"I can't sleep. I close my eyes and I see you there. I'm never hungry and I don't have energy for anything anymore." he answered softly. "Baby, I see you everywhere. How am I supposed to live like this?" he asked her. Maka closed her eyes and pressed the back of her head to the brick wall.
"That's the same question I always ask myself." she said. Soul looked at her and leaned closer to her.
"And the answer is...?" he asked, waiting for her to respond. She shrugged and leaned closer to him.
"I will always love you Soul. But I'm afraid you'll hurt me again." Soul grabbed her waist and brought her closer to him.
"Give me one more chance Maka, just one more chance. I promise that I will never make you cry again. If I ever make you mad you can hit me all you want. Hell, you can beat me with your books all day if you want and I won't stop you! Just please, don't leave me. Give me a second chance, that's all I'm asking for." he begged her. Maka looked at him and thought. She just told him that she loves him still and can't live without him. How can she go back on her word? She decided then that she wasn't going to do what her brain thought was right.
She grabbed handfuls of his hair and stood on he tiptoes, kissing him. Soul stood stunned before he wrapped his arms tightly around her and held her close. She pressed herself closer and accepted him back in her life.
"I love you Maka, I really, really love you. Don't ever doubt or forget that." Soul said as he pulled back and hugged her tightly. Maka kissed his cheek and hugged him with as much force as she could.
"I know I love you too! It was a pain not being with you for a long time and I missed you so much! Every time I would talk to someone, I would hope they brought you up just to see if you were fine or something but they never did! It hurt so much." she said. Soul chuckled and pulled back.
"I told them not to mention me. I told them that they couldn't tell me anything about you and they couldn't tell you anything about me." Maka pulled back and hit his shoulder.
"You're an ass! I was hoping they could bring you up because I was worried about you!" she somewhat screamed. Soul smiled down at her and gently kissed her lips.
"I was worried about you too baby." he whispered and she closed the tiny gap.
"Good. You worried about me and I worried about you. Case closed." she said. Soul chuckled and kissed her cheek.
"Should I walk you to Tsubaki's house?" he asked. Maka looked over to it and sighed.
"Do I have to leave you?" she asked. Soul grinned and shook his head. He bent down grabbing the few bags Maka had and they both walked over to Tsubaki's' house. They climbed the small steps and Soul rang the doorbell. Tsubaki answered and saw Soul smiling at Maka who was laughing at the sudden discovery she made about forgetting the carrots.
"Soul...? Maka?" she asked. Maka looked up at her and smiled.
"Hey Tsubaki. Mind if I steal Maka from you? I kinda have plan for us and I wanted to see if it's fine with you." Tsubaki stared at both of them and she slowly smiled.
"Yeah, yeah it's okay! Don't worry about me! Black Star was coming over anyway! Have fun!" Maka smiled at her and Soul gave her the bags and walked down the steps with Maka holding his hand. Once down, he wrapped his arm around her waist while she hugged his torso and they walked toward their home. He looked down at her and she looked at the ground.
"So... What plans do you have?" Maka asked Soul as she looked up at him. Soul grinned at her and lowered his head to her ear.
"Something that we haven't done since you left." he whispered. Maka blushed a bright red and smiled at him. They walked to Soul's apartment and walked in. He locked the front door behind them and went over to his room. Soul pulled Maka gently to his bed by her hand and sat down with her standing in front of him. He pulled back the blankets and took off his shoes, and shirt. He climbed in and patted the empty side next to him. Maka smiled and took off her shoes, lying next to him. He wrapped his arm around her and held her close to him.
"I love you." Maka whispered.
"I love you too." he whispered. Maka snuggled closer to him and rested her forehead against his chest. She looked up when she heard light snores and smiled up at him. Being in love has it's ups and downs. But they would get by. They knew that as long as he has her by his side and she has him, they both could overcome plenty of obstacles, it's the fact of facing them that's the problem. Maka let herself become sucked into sleep as she thought of one last thing.
'I really need to thank Mr. Evans for making this possible.'
Well, that's it! The end of I Love You Not. But don't worry! The epilogue is sure to come! I'm sure you guys will get a kick out of it! :D Good night/morning/evening and have a cool day! I love you guys!