Tangent: Shark Attract!
Over the next couple of days Love and Candi were crafting a plan on how to fill Maka in about what happened between them.
The two of them kicked around a couple of ideas until they agreed to the plan of one of them inviting Maka to hang out in their dorm and then to just tell her about it.
It was decided that Love was the one who was going to do this.
While Jack’s class was being let out for the day Candi gives Love a pat on the shoulder before making her way back to her dorm. Love then walks alongside Maka.
“...Hey…” Love breaks the ice.
“Sup?” Maka responds dryly.
“...Do you…have any plans later?” Love says as she rubs the back of her neck.
“Nah, not really.” Maka says with a shrug.
“...Would you like to…hang out then?”
After thinking over this offer for a moment Maka responds with “Sure, why not.”
“...Cool…” Love says as she snaps and points finger guns towards Maka.
Maka stifles a laugh.
After realizing how awkward she must’ve looked, Love begins to blush and look towards the floor.
“Any reason for your sudden interest in the floor?” Maka asks with a smirk.
“...Just…making sure I don’t step on any cracks…” Love says and follows with an obviously fake laugh.
Maka puts her arm around Love’s shoulders.
“Look at you! Cracking jokes!” Maka says with her sharp toothy grin.
“...Yeah…” Love responds with a sheepish grin.
The conversation continued all the way to Love’s dorm room.
Love walks over to her bed and instinctually grabs her shark plush.
“...So…” Maka says as she plops herself down on the foot of Love’s bed. “Anything that you wanted to do in particular?”
Love is silent for an awkward amount of time before she finally gives her answer.
“...I…actually…wanted to talk to you about something…”
“...Oh…alright…” Maka says as she turns towards Love with an intrigued look on her face.
“...Do…do you remember…that conversation that we had…with Candi?”
“...You do realize that we talk a lot right…” Maka says with a chuckle. “You are gonna have to narrow it down a bit for me.”
Love starts to blush again and hugs her plush closer to her chest.
“...The one about…her and us…”
Maka finally remembers and starts to blush a bit herself.
“...Oh yeah…that conversation…”
“...So…I was talking to Candi a few days ago…and it actually began in a very similar way to this one we’re having now…and one thing led to another…”
Maka leans towards Love and immediately becomes incredibly invested in what she was going to say next.
“...And…me and Candi…kissed…” Love said as she buried her face in her plush.
“...Oh…” Maka says in a near whisper and a scowl on her face before she puts on a nice face with a fake smile “...I mean…that’s…great…good for the both of you…”
Love notices the uncomfortable look on Maka’s face and attempts to course correct the conversation.
“...Maka…if you remember the conversation from before…then you might also remember that…Candi said that she was open to a…polyamorous relationship…”
“...Oh yeah…” Maka says with a blush as she looks away and rubs the back of her neck.
“...So…have you…thought about her offer?” Love asks.
“...Yeah...I thought about it…”
“...And?”
“...And…I don’t know…it’s an interesting idea…but that kind of seems like a lot…”
“...Oh…” Love says in a disappointed tone.
Maka quickly realizes the implication that Love took from what she said and tries to fix things.
“I didn’t mean that I thought that you were a lot, Love!”
“...Do you…think Candi is a lot?”
“No! That’s not what I meant either! I love my friendship with Candi!”
“...Then…what did you mean?”
Maka takes a deep breath.
“...It just…seems like a lot to keep track of…” Maka tries to explain. “...Having one partner already seems like a lot of work, but having two sounds…overwhelming I guess…”
“...Have you ever had a partner before?”
“...I…actually did…I was dating her a while back…but I don’t really want to talk about that right now…”
Love almost lets her curiosity get the better of her in an attempt to get some more information out of Maka, but decides that she shouldn’t pry.
“...It’s not that I’m…opposed to dating either of you though…” Maka says as she falls backwards onto Love’s bed and stares at the ceiling.
For the next few minutes neither of them say anything.
“...So…” Love breaks the silence. “...I want to let you know that me and Candi might start dating soon…”
“...Yeah…” Maka says as a scowl starts to form on her face.
“...We…just thought that you should know…”
Maka sighs before glaring at Love.
“Why isn’t Candi here?”
“...We thought that…both of us being here for this conversation would be a bit overwhelming…”
“...I guess that makes sense…” Maka says as she lies back on the bed. “...Still, that’s a strange thing to hear from you specifically…”
“...What do you mean?” Love says with a puzzled expression.
“...I didn’t mean anything bad by it…but you are one of the most easily overwhelmed people that I have ever met…”
Love thinks about it for a moment, but just ends up nodding in agreement. She then follows Maka’s lead and lies back on the bed.
Maka turns her head to look towards Love.
“...You are also one of the most kind and considerate people I have ever met…”
Love blushes in response to this and looks away from Maka.
“...You…you really think so?”
“I don’t just think so, I know so!” Maka gives a big sharp toothy grin.
“...Th…thank you!” Love rolls over to give Maka her full attention. “...I genuinely appreciate that!”
Maka gives a small chuckle
“It’s not that big of a deal!”
Since Maka complimented her, Love thought that it was now only fair that she gives one in return.
“...Well…I th…think that you are one of the most brave people I have ever met…you don’t take shit from anyone…you’re strong…and funny…and…cute…” Love trails off and gets quiet near the end of this.
“...Well…” Maka tries to process her feelings while she fails to suppress a blush. “...I’d like to think that I am more hot than cute!”
“...You…can be both things…” Love says as she puts her pointer fingers together.
“...I s’pose…” Maka turns her whole body towards Love “...Also, thanks for saying all that other stuff too…”
“...I meant every word of it…”
Maka is now blushing more intensely than she has ever before in her entire life.
“...You know what Miss Love Hart?” Maka says as she looks Love straight in the eyes. “...I think I might consider that offer…”
“...Really?” Love is genuinely surprised at this response.
“...Yeah, but that’s not a yes…at least not yet…”
Love nods in response to this.
“...So…now that we got all that mushy stuff out of the way do you wanna play some games or something?” Maka suggests.
“...I would love that…”
The two girls spend the rest of the day playing games, having fun, and enjoying each other’s company.