Chapter 4

When Liz opened her eyes, she saw something sparkling in front of her.
She didn't think much of it at first, but then her eyes shot open and she became fully awake. Liz grabbed the silver necklace that was laid perfectly down in front of her on the pillow.

"It's so pretty..." she said quietly, while examining it with great interest.
"But who...?" Liz glanced around the room. Kid wasn't there. How strange...
The blankets and pillow he must have used last night were folded neatly to the side of the room.
He probably got up already...

As Liz got up and started stretching she took in a big deep breath. "Mmm what's that smell?" She slipped on a sweater and, with the necklace still in her hand she walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Kid seemed to be cooking something but he looked rather frustrated.

"Hey...good morning Kid." Liz said greeting him. He was too preoccupied that he barely made a noise to acknowledge her presence. "Oh did you make breakfast? Than-" "DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Kid yelled before she could finish. He grabbed the plate that was in front of her and put it on the counter next to him. "It's MY breakfast, I'm sorry but you'll have to make something for yourself."

Liz knew he was still going to be mad at her. Sure they got along somewhat last night but she should have known it wouldn't last long. What was he even still mad about? Liz didn't even care anymore. "Fine. I get it. I'll stay out of your way." She walked out with heavy feet and jammed the necklace into her pocket. It wasn't fair, especially the fact that he appeared so cute trying to cook there in the kitchen. It looked like he was trying to make pancakes. He had flour dusted all over him, and his apron had splotches of batter on it, not to mention his hair was sticking up in some places. Liz sank onto the bed and groaned.

Meanwhile Kid had just finished making breakfast. He made a lot of pancakes. They were all burned. The ones Liz saw were only burned on one side, so that's why they probably looked edible to her. He sat down and sighed. Kid felt bad about lashing out at her, but he didn't want to admit that he was attempting to make breakfast for them both for 3 hours now, only to fail. Kid stared at the burned and broken pancakes on his plate. "They couldn't even turn out the slightest bit symmetrical..." He whispered to himself. "These pancakes are a failure. Just like me..."

After a good 8 minutes of trying to decide what to do, Liz got up from the bed and decided to storm back down there and demand to make things right with Kid! "But first...I should change...yeah! I should change into something REALLY NICE!" Something so cute that he'll notice me and won't be able to stay mad at me anymore!
At first she chose a sailor style dress but then remembered it was cold out, it wasn't hot like back at Death City. She then settled for a velvet material red dress that showed a little extra skin and flat shoes so she wouldn't be taller than him, like she always is when she wears her heeled boots. The finishing touch, was the necklace. But she wasn't planning on putting it on herself, Liz had a plan.

As she was walking down the stairs, she stopped herself.

Wait...what am I doing? Do I...like Kid? Or am I doing this because I want to make up and be friends again? Well it makes sense that way. But then again I only dated those guys because I thought he'd get jealous and pay more attention to me...oh god... What am I thinking?

Looking in front of her, Kid was still cutely messy and wearing his apron. He was washing the dishes, rather carefully.

Do I...like him?

Liz shook her head.

It doesn't matter! Time to put my plan into action.

Liz walked down the final steps and cleared her throat.

He didn't turn to look at her.

She did it again, and walked beside him, grabbing a cup and then pouring herself a cup of water.

"Ah, hello Liz." He finally spoke, but not looking up from the dishes.

Maybe she knows about the burned pancakes after all and came to tease me!

Liz sniffed the air, "Something smells burned...are you cooking something?"

Kid dropped one of the plates he was washing but managed to catch it quickly.

I knew it

"N-no..SAY LIZ! DO YOU WANNA GO TO THIS SHOPPING CENTER I DISCOVERED YESTER-

He cut himself off when he saw what she was wearing.

She noticed him taking her in, and resisted the urge to not smirk. She wasn't wearing anything too mature, but she knew she looked good.

He resisted the urge to drop his jaw. She DID look good. But that's why he said...

"You're not going outside dressed like that"

"I know, I'll wear a jacket."

"No, I mean...THAT!" He gestured to all of her, from head to toe.

"Who are you my mother?"

Liz was getting frustrated. All she wanted to do was impress him a little. Not get scolded.

"You know very well the answer to that."

"FINE. SINCE YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN I'LL JUST THROW IT OUT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?"

"NO, LIZ!" He grabbed her shoulder out of instinct and they both froze. He fumbled closer slightly and his head was inches away from her ear. "That's not what I meant..." Kid answered quietly.

Liz felt her cheeks get hot and she cleared her throat. Kid loosened his grip on her shoulder and then with a clanging sound, her necklace, the necklace he gave her, fell out of her pocket and onto the floor.

He picked it up. "Oh...so you saw it."

"Um...yeah" Liz couldn't look at him directly right now, she felt like her heart was going to burst.

"Would you like to put it on?"

Liz was frantic now, she wanted to say yes but she can put it on herself, but instead she just nodded and Kid undid the clasp.

She felt his hands barely touching her neck, careful to put the necklace on without getting her hair caught or hurting her in any way. It was so gentle.

Kid could tell Liz was acting strange. She's been nicer to him, even though he hasn't been to her. Hopefully this had somewhat made up his behavior to her. He clasped the necklace and took a step in back to face her.

"It looks good on you." He remarked.

"Does it?" She asked still avoiding eye contact.

He continued taking in her image when she finally lifted her head to look at him.

"Say...Kid...I...I think I might be in-"

KNOCK KNOCK!

Alas, Liz was cut off by a knock on the door.

But what was she about to say? O_o

To be continued...

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