A/N: Hey, thanks for checking out this story it's just a little one-shot I thought of after somebody asked me if I shaved. I know I have another story going on but I just needed a little break so I could think of new ideas. Anyways, Enjoy!

--Manly Men & "Girl" Friends--

Blearily her eyes opened. She put a hand up to massage her head and closed her eyes as she glanced around the room—the light from the windows wasn't helping her headache any, she thought. She was in a foreign bed in a room she did not remember coming into last night. She'd definitely had way too much to drink, and it was all because of—suddenly the door to the room was opened.

"Rosette?" a voice asked attentively from behind the barely opened door. She glanced over. "Chrono…?" the blonde croaked out. God, the headache was killing her! She pushed harder on her temples.

"How…did I get here?" she asked as Chrono entered the room. His long hair was ruffled a little, as if he'd just woken up, too. He probably had, she thought as she watched his fisted hand wipe at his eyes.

"Uh…" he looked around, "You called me last night from a bar and asked me to pick you up. You don't remember?" As she shook her head she stopped mid-shake, an angry expression coming over her features.

"Did I tell you what that bastard did?!" she yelled as she got off the bed. There had been more than one occasion that she had woken up here. His face fell, she didn't see though.

"Um…Billy, right?" he asked uncertainly as he turned away.

She shook her head. "No, no—he was three months ago!—I'm talking about John! The dumbass! I don't know why I always go for those stupid macho types—they're all testosterone and crap! I swear, I'm never gonna go for bastards like him again…" she muttered to herself.

Chrono, on the other hand, knew otherwise and turned to look at her skeptically.

"I'm not! Never again! They think I'm a freakin' whore or something and when I don't wanna go that far they piss off! For Christ' sake! That wasn't even our second date yet!" She yelled as she got up.

She looked around again, then down at herself. She was dressed in the same clothes she'd had on yesterday—and they reeked of alcohol. She blanched as she smelled herself and then looked over at Chrono helplessly. He let out a tired sigh, like he'd done this multiple times before and was getting very tired of this routine—which he was, ever since they'd been friends he'd always done this.

"Grab some clothes from my drawer—I think there might be some boxers and a t-shirt that might fit you—and go take a shower. I'm going to brush my teeth and stuff, then I'll get breakfast started, okay?" He asked unenthusiastically.

She grinned up at him and he couldn't help but smile back. Rosette had always had that affect about her. He walked out and closed the door behind him.

Rosette watched as Chrono closed the bedroom door and looked around the room once more. This was Chrono's room that she was in. Why hadn't he just dumped her on the coach? The idiot probably slept on the coach last night because she had been sleeping in here… She sighed and started towards the dresser drawer on the far side of the room. This room was familiar to her. She'd been here enough times before. Chrono had always been a good girlfriend.

She looked through the top drawer and randomly pulled out a pair of boxers and a t-shirt. She started for the door.

As she came up to the bathroom door that was cracked open she decided that Chrono must have already finished up and gone to the kitchen part of his apartment. She was wrong. As she opened the door she saw that Chrono had not yet finished and was standing in front of the big mirror shaving himself. He glanced over at her shocked form.

"Oh, hey, Rosette. I'll be done in just a sec, 'kay?" he said, offhandedly as he turned back towards his reflection.

Rosette was still in amazed shock as she looked at him. Chrono? Shaving? She'd never thought he shaved! He was so…girlish. When they'd first met she'd actually thought he was a girl because he'd had his long dark hair down, was wearing a skirt, and was being dragged around by an older looking boy.

She shook her head. "Uh, yeah, yeah. Take your time." she mumbled as she studied him. He glanced a few times at her with raised eyebrows as he finished up. Chrono couldn't really understand the expression on Rosette's face.

"I already got you a towel." He said as an afterthought as he left the bathroom.

"Thanks." He heard her muffled reply through the door and started towards the kitchen. Time to start breakfast.

Rosette looked at the towel hanging on the rack just beside the shower and stripped her clothes. Laying the borrowed boxers and t-shirt on the toilet cover, she turned on the water and got in.

As the water ran over her body she thought about the first time she had met Chrono…

"I don't want to go over there!" She heard a voice whine as she walked towards the store door. She was heading towards a lingerie store to buy new panties and the voice had caught her attention. She looked over to see that a younger looking girl in a knee-length pleated skirt with long dark purple hair was also being dragged there by a guy who looked a little older than them with long white hair. That must be the girl's boyfriend or something, she thought.

She watched as the girl continued to whine. "C'mon, let's get out of here. Please."

The guy with white hair shook his head as he continued to drag the younger looking girl towards the lingerie store. He grinned as he spotted her watching them and leaned over to whisper to the girl. The girl looked up and blushed as she caught her eyes. The girl, Rosette noted, had dark maroon colored eyes.

The blonde briskly headed towards them, an angry-protective expression on her face. "Hey, you," she said as she pointed a finger up to the chest of the man with long white hair, "The girl just said she doesn't want to go over there so stop already, okay." Her voice was raised above normal—which was pretty loud, considering that her normal voice was already loud. Rosette glance towards the girl and grabbed her wrist, dragging her out of the store and towards the food court. The girl turned to look back once, then followed her helplessly. If Rosette had just looked back she would've seen the guy with white hair wink at the girl she was dragging after her.

"So, what's your name; that your boyfriend back there?" she asked, nonchalantly, as she slurped her milkshake.

The girl blushed. "Uh-um…no." Rosette blinked over at her.

"He's not? Then why was he dragging you around. Was he, like, your boyfriends' brother or something and just wanted your advice on lingerie?" she joked. Well, that had happened before to her though. Her (ex)boyfriend's brother had taken her to a lingerie store and asked her what he should buy for his girlfriend for their anniversary.

She could see the girl across from her turn redder and leaned in, in interest. "So…?" she asked.

The girl gave a short cough as she said, "That…was my brother. My stupid, idiotic brother…" she heard the girl mutter the last part as if to herself.

"And…?" Rosette encouraged the girl to go on.

"And, uh," the girl was very flushed now for some reason Rosette didn't get, "A-and I'm Chrono. I-I'm a boy." The girl-now-turned-boy muttered.

Nah-uh. Rosette reached across the table and felt the girl-boy-whatever's chest. It was flat.

She leaned back down into her seat. "No kidding." She muttered as her face flushed.

That must have been one of the most interesting ways to meet someone—ever. Chrono had explained to her that it was on a dare that he'd had to wear a skirt out in public and be dragged around by none other than his brother, Aion. She'd had a good laugh at that. It was just too funny—and the weird part was: he actually looked pretty good in a skirt. She let out a little laugh in the shower as she pictured that day. After that they'd become friends. She's always seen him like her other girlfriends, probably because of how they'd met.

Well, whatever. She smiled happily as she got out of the shower. She felt nice and clean now—and didn't reek of the alcohol. And her headache didn't seem so bad anymore.

After she'd dry herself off she reached for Chrono's clothes. As she pulled his boxers up and put the t-shirt on she noted that she had made a big miscalculation. The boxers were just barely clinging to her waist and the grey t-shirt was hanging loosely off her left shoulder.

Funny. She'd always thought that she and Chrono wore the same size. She headed towards the sink to dry and fix her hair. Chrono should have a hair dryer around here somewhere shouldn't he? He had really long hair, after all.

She pulled the hair dryer out from its hiding place and started blow drying her hair. When she was finished she stuffed the dryer back under the sink. As she was getting back up she noticed something. A box of condoms.

Oh-oh-oh, she thought with a mischievous smile as she reached a hand to search inside the box.

Her face fell as she felt the box, empty but for two that were left in there still unused. So he had been using these then, huh? She'd never thought he'd actually get laid before. She didn't know why she didn't like that thought.

She put the box back in place as she hurried out of the bathroom.

She stopped at the door and watched Chrono's back as he worked. She didn't notice how broad his back had been before. But, then again, she'd never thought to look.

He turned around. "Oh, Rosette, breakfast will be ready in a minute, okay? Why don't you sit down." he motioned towards the little table next to the window. She headed towards a chair and sat, continuing to watch him as her thoughts whirled in her head.

"There." He said as he set the dishes onto the table in front of her. She watched as he put three pancakes onto a plate and put butter on it as he poured maple syrup over it. He put a spoonful of eggs and two slices of bacon beside it and slid the dish towards her as he poured a cup of milk from the carton. She picked absentmindedly at the food as her eyes slid back and forth from the plate to Chrono who was also eating his own plate of food across from her.

"What's the matter, Rosette?" Chrono asked worriedly as he watched her pick at her food. "Does it taste alright? The food, I mean." He said as he continued to look at her with worry.

Well, now that she looked at him, he could probably easily get laid with anyone he wanted, she thought as she picked absently at her food. She looked at him again, for some reason he looked worried. His features were still the same but the babyish fat that had clung to his frame was gone—his features were still fine but…her thoughts trailed as she looked 

at him, then back to her food. He had grown and really changed from when they'd first met. And she'd never noticed that until now, she realized.

"Rosette!" she heard her name shouted. She shook herself out of her dazed thoughts and looked across the table at Chrono. "What." She muttered as she tilted her blushing face downwards. She could never admit she'd just thought that way of Chrono. Chrono… the girlish boy. Chrono…her best friend. And Chrono…her girlfriend. She could not believe she had just thought of him that way. Damn! She shook her head again.

In a stronger voice than necessary she repeated irately, "What?!"

Chrono was looking at her as if she'd grown another head. She pulled at the hair on her scalp and blew out a puff air.

"Are you okay?" he asked again.

Instead of answering, Rosette stated, "You shave."

Chrono looked at her, bewildered. "Yeah…?"

"And your clothes," she continued, stating the obvious, "They're too big."

"Do you want me to find you something else then?" he asked.

"Your face is…."she continued without answering him, "your face is…not…girly anymore…"

"Okaaay…" he agreed uncertainly.

"And," she said, now counting on her finger, "You have a box of condoms in your bathroom that are all used up."

She glanced at his blushing face as she stated, "You're different."

Chrono could not help but blush when she'd said that last thing with such a straight face. He looked up at her as she continued.

"You're different and I haven't even noticed…"

"Rosette," he sighed as his blush faded away, "There are a lot of things you don't notice. Did you even know I had a girlfriend until…" he paused wondering if he should tell her the truth, "Until a few weeks ago?" he lied. It had really been yesterday that they had broken up. His (ex)girlfriend had been…angry at him when he'd come home—with Rosette in tow.

Her head shot up as she looked at him. "You did?" she asked.

Tiredly, with his head resting on his palm, he nodded. "I did."

"Well, dummy, tell me." she insisted. "Tell me who it was, c'mon."

"Oh, it was just a girl…" he answered.

"No, it was guy." Rosette replied sarcastically. "Well, whatever then. She must have been really pretty anyways—why'd you break up?" she asked.

Chrono looked at Rosette, then down to the milk he was swirling around in the glass. "Because…" he paused, stopping the swirling motion of the milk as he glanced down at the still cup, "She wasn't really the one I wanted. The one I'd wanted doesn't even know I like her." He answered vaguely. "She's so dense." He mumbled as he looked at Rosette, 

then turned his gaze towards the window. He really wasn't looking outside; he was looking at her reflection. She seemed puzzled…and a little sad.

"Huh? Really?" a fake smile made its way onto her face, he always knew when she was faking like right now, "Well, tell me who it is, the one you really like. C'mon!" she begged as she pulled his sleeve insistently, that grin still plastered to her face.

And he couldn't help but chuckle. Really, she could be so dense.

"Should I spell it out for you?" he asked.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever; just tell me already, Chrono! You're so mean!" she punched the side of his arm lightly as she raised her fist, daring him to not tell her. He raised his hands up as he laughed. "Okay, okay! Don't hurt me, I surrender! I'll tell you!" He smiled as she pulled back and sat down in her seat.

"I should spell it out for you then?" he asked again. She nodded.

He looked her straight in the eyes as he sobered. He was really nervous. Really, really nervous. But he managed to keep his voice from stuttering as he said:

"Y-O-U."

--END--

A/N: Hope you liked it! XD Oh, and please REVIEW! tell me what you thought of it!