I walked outside of the hotel, and saw Maka waiting for me. She had her hair down, was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, and smiling.

"Hey Maka." I smiled, walking up to her. I gave her a one-handed hug, and she tried hugging me and bumped into my arm that was in a sling. I gasped, and she frowned.

"Sorry." Maka said.

"It's okay." I said. "How're you doing?"

"Me? You're the one that has a broken bone." Maka said.

I shrugged as much as I could without moving too much. "I'm used to being in a hospital. You're probably not used to picking out my clothes, though."

"Hey, you're the one that bought them." Maka said.

"Not necessarily." I said. "Why do I get hurt so much?"

"You're extremely caring. You can't help but save others." Stein said, walking up to us slowly.

"Were you listening?" I asked.

"Yes." Stein said, pushing his glasses up. He tossed a bottle of pills at me, which I caught with my good hand.

"What are these for?" I asked.

"Take one before sleeping. They will slowly rid you of the black-blood. Or, should." Stein said. "I'm not sure."

"Great." I sighed. "Hey Maka, d'ya' want to go out and get something to eat?"

"Why do you ask me to a date each time you leave the hospital?" Maka asked.

"'Cause I figure you're going to go after me. That, and getting injured helps put my priorities in order." I said, which was true. Every time I left the hospital I usually hated that I didn't ask Maka to a date more often, or that I didn't talk to Ma more often. So, after I went on a date with Maka, I called Ma, or whatever else I regretted not doing. But there was a small part of me that said 'what happens when you don't get to make up what you regret? You can't keep getting injured like this.' But I usually forced that voice down.

"And I'm high on your priorities?" Maka asked.

"Yeah. Top o' the list." I smiled, and leaned in to kiss Maka. No matter how many times I kissed Maka, or how many times I hugged her, or talked to her, it still blew my mind. I didn't really think about it at the time, but I was in love with Maka. Not 'high-school' love; I was in 'I-want-to-get-married' love. Maka and I were making out when I heard Soul's motorcycle coming down the street. Both Maka and I stopped, to not gross out Kylie, but I still put my head on Maka's, smiling. "So, dinner and a movie, then?"

"Yeah." Maka said, then randomly said "Remember when you talked to papa?"

"Don't remind me." I chuckled.

A few weeks after I woke up.

I rolled over to Maka's dad, and said "Spirit?"

Spirit looked at me, and immediately knew who I was. "You're the kid who's dating my Maka!"

"Err...yeah." I said.

"If you hurt her, I'll kill you!"

"If I hurt Maka, I'd want to kill me too."

"If you get her pregnant you'll marry her."

'Hey, I might marry her without getting her pregnant.' The voice in the back of my head that knew I loved Maka thought.

"Okay." I said.

"If you aren't good to her I'll kill you!"

"Why are you shouting death-threats?" I asked.

"I love my Maka." Spirit said.

"I understand." I said. "She's a special girl."

"Yeah. I have to admit, I figured that she'd end up going out with Soul." Spirit said.

"Soul's going out with my little sister." I said.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I acted pretty much the same way you did just now." I said.

"Why? That's how you act if you daughter's going out with somebody, not your sister going out with somebody." Spirit said.

"Truth be told, I act like Kylie's father almost as much as her brother." I admitted.

"Really? You'd better tell me your story." Spirit said.

And for the next hour, I did. And that's how I got a date with Maka without getting killed by her father.

Kylie

I walked over to Rye, hugging him (careful not to bump into his arm.) Soul walked over and high-fived his good hand.

"How are you feeling?" I asked.

"Good." Rye said, imitating a shrug. "A lot better than not being able to move my lower-half. That sucked. 'Course, then I didn't have to go to school, and I got to watch anime all day."

I have to admit, that was fun for me too. Rye bought a whole bunch of anime DVD's, like Code Geass, Full Metal Alchemist and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I hardly got any sleep I was so busy watching them.

"You also learned, remember?" Maka said.

"I do." I said. "I ended up being the official Maka-Riley Truth Machine. I got asked so many rumors about you guys...It was really embarrassing."

"I would honestly like to know what rumors they were saying." Rye said, with a devious smile. "I mean, the lower half of my body didn't work."

Maka playfully slapped him, her face red.