Snowed In
Day Two
Aeris woke to find herself in a quite comfortable position. She was snuggled into Leo's chest, straddling him tightly. Finding it warm underneath the covers, she buried her face into the chest of her feline companion. The groan that vibrated through the chest of the being below her drew her attention upward. Leo was lazily staring at her with one eye. "Enjoying ourselves, are we?" A small smirk crossed his lips as he sat up with a mighty yawn. Aeris now felt she was ever so slightly out of place. She released her hold on Leo's chest and tumbled back onto the soft bed, laughing quietly. "That didn't work out quite as planned." He gave an acknowledging yawn before turning his head to look at the digital clock on the nightstand. Suddenly His eyes widened, and he slowly turned back to Aeris.
"Aeris, do you know what day it is?"
"No, why?"
"Because it's Monday."
"Oh Shit!"
Quickly jumping off the bed, Aeris ran to the shower with lightning speed.
Leo gave a light chuckle at his roommates rash actions before getting out of bed and heading to his closet. "blue shirt, tan pants, blue shirt, tan pants, blue shirt and tan pants! Let's mix it up a little!" He laughed excitedly at his own joke, and then slipped into his regular attire before securing his collar and bell to his neck. Grabbing his D.S., he began a game of scribblenauts. After a while, the water stopped and Aeris came out in her usual garb, plus a thick scarf. "alright, let's go Leo. Scott's expecting us soon." "alright." Opening the door, Leo was quickly buried under a small mountain of white powder. Leo poked his head up. "Yeah, about that…" "We're snowed in!" Leo gave a nervous nod, preparing himself for an angry blow. When none came, Leo reluctantly opened his eyes only to find Aeris Standing there, dumbstruck. "Well, Shit." Aeris sighed and rubbed her temples. "Leo, get that snow out of here before it soaks into the carpet." Leo quickly did as he was told before taking a seat next to her on their couch. "Well, only one thing to do now." Leo picked up the remote and turned on the T.V., switching it to a weather channel. Almost immediately a hyperactive cat appeared on-screen. "This week Toronto's facing one of the worst snowstorms we've seen in over a decade! There are reports of houses being buried in snow all over the city!" Snapping his baton to several places on the maps behind him, he added, "These places are the ones being affected the most. Now, studies show that…" The man on the T.V. droned on, filling their heads with useless information about the ongoing snowstorm. "Aeris, those areas he pointed to… we live in one of those districts, don't we?" Aeris only gave a nod of grim acknowledgement. Leo set a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "I'm gonna go ration our food, okay?" She set her own hand atop his, gazing into his eyes understandingly as he went to complete his task. Leo set to the kitchen with clipboard in hand.
While Leo was in the kitchen, carefully cataloguing their food supply, Aeris sat idly on the couch, flicking through the T.V. channels, Finally settling for a show on G-4. She smiled and laughed at Daniel Tosh's usual rants. "Well," Leo finally said, "Accounting for 2,000 calories a day, plus running water, we have enough to last us about a month." She smiled weakly at him, silently thanking him for the good news. He gave her a kiss on the cheek before sitting next to her and pulling a blanket over the both of them. Both situating themselves comfortably, Leo picked up the remote and turned the television down a couple notches. Aeris laid her head on Leo's lap, Silently enjoying the television show. When Leo began stroking her ears, she pushed her head into his ministrations, mewling quietly. Leo smirked when she slowly drifted off to sleep in his lap. Grabbing a goose-down pillow, he carefully placed it under her head and made his way to what used to be Aeris' room. Slowly walking into her room, his fingers easily found the light switch by her door; he had come here so many times that it was ingrained into his memory.
Her room held quite a different look now, almost foreboding. Tall boxes almost filled the room, filled to the brim with videogames and consoles of days past. Making his way carefully through the rubble, he found a small square of empty space. Inhaling deeply, he could still recognize the scent of Aeris behind the musk of the unused items. Moving aside a Final Fantasy 7 cutout, he came to the area he was looking for. A practical mountain of swords. He had moved his stash of videogame replica swords to her room when she had forsaken it, and they had begun to share a room. 'It was a waste of space,' she said. 'And besides, we've been living together practically our whole lives, so what difference would it make if we shared close quarters with one another?'. She had a point, and he didn't complain. Shifting aside the massive form of Ichigo's Zanpakuto, he came across a brown package. Unwrapping the brown paper from the oddly shaped package, he smiled. The Red Queen, in all of her wrathful glory. Leo was happy that this had come in the mail just before the snow in, or he would have been S.O.L. for a Christmas present. Grabbing an engraving tool, he set to work on the blade with his finest writing. Satisfied with his work, he gently set the blade into the satin red box, he carefully set the lid before tying a silken pink ribbon around it.