Chapter 5: A Place to Stay. Eternal Kindness of the One they Call Death?

"So basically you two were trying the whole boyfriend and girlfriend thing?"

Maka and Liz were sitting alone in Maka's apartment. Liz was explaining the whole scenario,

"Yeah. We had a date set up and everything. It didn't work out the way we hoped. He ended up standing me up."

"Why would he do that? I thought of all people he would be someone who would commit to what he plans on doing."

"That would have been the case, but he had to do something else."

"Like what?"

"I'm not at liberty to just tell you. It is a personal matter for him. Maybe one day he will tell you. Even after everything, I still have these feelings for him that I thought were dead. I don't even think he remembers how he felt about me."

"Well don't just give up. If you want him go and get him. As far as I know, he has nothing else going on at the moment. You have to remember that he is new to the city, and a cute, polite boy like him might not last long on the single market."

"Okay. I would feel weird if I just randomly asked him out. I don't know what he likes anymore."

"Well he does like you. That is all that matters right now."

A light knocking came from the door. Maka knew she sent Soul away, so she didn't know anyone else who might be here. A boy's voice came from the door,

"Hey it's Logan. Is this Maka's place? Hello?"

Maka jumped up and opened the door. He smiled and Maka welcomed him in. He gazed around at everything that Soul and Maka had. She finally asked,

"What are you doing here? I never told you where I lived."

"Yeah. Death told me. I am going to be your neighbor after all. Of course Ethan will be joining me."

"Why are you moving in here?"

"Well it is free housing courtesy of Lord Death."

Ethan was dragging a huge pile of stuff through the hallway holding a note up,

'This sucks'

Logan giggled and fixed his gaze back to the girls who were in the living space. Maka blushed and Liz's face went even brighter than hers. He said,

"Well I better go help Ethan before he hurts himself. I'll see you guys tomorrow. We don't have school after all. I'd like to see the sights. Speaking of which; Liz would you come with me after we get our stuff in our apartment?"

Liz nodded and he turned away. For the next several hours, they made a ruckus trying to arrange their things. He returned with his hair disheveled. After he fixed it slightly he said,

"Come on Liz, I want to take you somewhere."

"Okay. Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise. I think you might like it."

They left and Maka closed the door and slid to the floor. She had a concerned look in her eyes. She slammed her fist into the wall and said,

"Damn it."

Logan led Liz to a place that she wasn't really familiar with. He led her to an open spot that was outside of the city. There were bottles lining a fence that was at least eighty yards away. As Liz was looking around she tripped and started to fall. Logan grabbed her as she fell. He pulled her close and said,

"Care for some target practice? I'd like to see how you fit in my hands."

"You know you make that sound really creepy right? I'm going to change even though."

"That would be mighty fine Ms. Thompson. Thanks."

She transformed and landed in his hand. He tightly gripped the handle and matched his wavelength to hers. He ran his thumb down the handle and Liz yelled back at him,

"Hey, don't get fresh with me. Don't just think you can touch anything. That's my ass you're fondling."

"Hey don't blame me. I don't know where your ass is when you are in this form. Plus my brother and Rose never complained about it."

"That is because Revolvers don't have their ass right there."

"Ohhh. Okay. But if I might say, it is very nice. I'm sorry that I made you feel uncomfortable."

"Logan, don't worry about it. I don't mind really."

"Okay. If you say so. "

They spent the rest of the afternoon shooting random objects. Liz gazed upon Logan's smiling face after it was all done. She laughed and said,

"You're aim still sucks."

"Still a hell of a lot better than yours."

She let her gaze shift to the ground. He gave her a tender little hug. He whispered in her ear,

"I'm so glad I could finally have a date with you."