When Black*Star came into the Strip club the last thing he expect was to hear Maka Albarn singing. But there's more that draws him to her. and she may be just what his band needs. But there's strings attached and a lot going on in her life. and she just might need someone just like Black*Star. Soul Eater AU. MaStar Paring. You don't like it, You've been warned.
I remember the first time I saw Maka Albarn. My best friend Soul and I had went out to this random strip club. I didn’t really want to go but he’s my best friend so of course I let him drag me out. It was actually a pretty cool place and as I sipped my beer I turned my eyes towards the stage, to the performer that was coming out on stage. I had never put much faith in places like these, it was the last place that I would expect to find someone of talent. But once again this was before I had met Maka Albarn.
Now I’ll admit it. I have a guilty pleasure. I like musicals. It’s not that surprising given that I’m a lead singer in Soul and I’s band, along with a few of our other friends. So when I heard the music start up I could barely believe my ears. It certainly hadn’t expect the intro to Out Tonight from Rent, my favorite musical, start. Now I expected some cheesy dance to the song. I mean this was a strip club, that’s what happened right? But as I heard the angelic voice began to sing I was instantly wrong and bewitched.
“What's the time?
Well it's gotta be close to midnight
My body's talking to me
It says, Time for danger.”
She walked around, working the stage. And I had to admit to myself that she had piqued my curiosity. It wasn’t just anyone that took on Rosario Dawson’s amazing pipes and this song wasn’t easy by any means. But she was flirty, commanding the attention of every patron in the bar. I even saw some of the servers and bartenders watching her.
“It says, I wanna commit a crime
Wanna be the cause of a fight
I wanna put on a tight skirt
And flirt with a stranger.”
She came towards me, flinging her robe off, her tight red top and boy-cut shorts clinging tightly to her form as flaxen hair flung all around her. My eyes connected with hers and I swear I’ve never seen a green that emerald before.
“I've had a knack from way back
At breaking the rules once I learn the games
Get up! Life's too quick, I know someplace sick
Where this chick'll dance in the flames.”
I couldn’t help but notice that her eyes were closed as she focused on the tight dance moves. Spinning herself around the pole and all of the other things that came with her routine, it appeared she had taken herself somewhere else.
“Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna play? Let's run away
We won't be back before it's New Year's Day
Take me out tonight, meow.”
It was about that point in the song that could make or break a singer. I knew this from experience and was quite interested in what I had seen so far. It was no secret that I was in search of a female counterpart for quite a few of the songs I had written and I wonder if that was why Soul brought me here today.
“When I get a wink from the doorman
Do you know how lucky you'll be?
That you're on line with the feline
Of Avenue B
Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna prowl, be my night owl?
Well take my hand we're gonna howl
Out tonight.”
The way her voice just soared over the high notes, caressed them and made them her own, it was amazing. I was completely enraptured as if I hadn’t been before. There was one thing in that moment that I knew for sure. That Maka Albarn, She’s fearless.
“In the evening I've got to roam
Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome
Feels too damn much like home
When the Spanish babies cry
So let's find a bar
So dark we forget who we are
Where all the scars
From the nevers and maybes die.”
I had apparently caught her attention as well, because she had made her way over to me. She twirled her head, and her hair fell over her like a curtain of gold. She was beautiful that much was true.
“Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You're sweet, wanna hit the street?
Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat?
Just take me out tonight
Please take me out tonight
Don't forsake me, out tonight
I'll let you make me out tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight.”
She crawled on her hands and knees towards me and ended just in front of me as the music ended. So much so I was able to tuck a piece of those flaxen locks behind her ear, it was soft; impossibly so. But she went away quickly and I took another drink of my beer. I looked at Soul out of the corner of my eye and there was just this little smirk on his face. The little shit. I thought, because now I knew, I knew he did this entirely on purpose. It was fair enough though, I probably deserved it for all of the times I had messed with him in the years that we had been friends.
“So who is She?” I asked and watched my friend show his shark-like teeth as he laughed heartily.
“Her name’s Maka Albarn. She used to sing for the Fire Pixie’s and now she does this.”
“Does she sing every night?” I asked out of curiosity. I wasn’t interested. Most definitely not.
“Every night.” Soul said casually as he took a drink of his beer.
“Hn.”
Written for 42souls table 1
Prompt: Fearless
Paring: Maka x Black*Star
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