This one-shot: we skip WAY ahead in the timeline from before Three Platypi and an Evil Organization to one week AFTER Rotten to the Core xD xD xD
I RECOMMEND READING ROTTEN TO THE CORE BEFORE THIS. ALL OF IT WOULD BE BEST, BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO READ UP THROUGH IS CHAPTER 14.
There's a lot of adorable KikixPeter fluff in this… :D :D And you also get to see another side of Chrysalis :D :D :D
I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE IS PROBABLY MINE
(Emily's POV)
I grinned. Everything was turning out okay.
It had been about a week since Dennis had gone back to prison, and Courtney, Daisy, and Leo were doing pretty well on the good side now. No one trusted them- and I couldn't blame them- so all three of them were staying at our house until they found a good home nearby.
Although, it looked like Courtney would be a permanent resident in the house. It had only been a week, but she and Michael seemed pretty serious.
I wondered how Mom and Dad felt about the fact that my big brother and Dennis the rogue rabbit's daughter were most likely going to become mates. They probably didn't care too much, since Courtney was now reformed, and Michael would be happy.
Upon getting lost in my thoughts, I began wandering HQ. Then I heard crying. It was quiet, but I could still hear it.
Now concerned, I followed the sound until I reached its source. I had arrived at a little cubby-like spot on the AITs side of O.W.C.A. I hesitantly peeked into it. What I saw shocked me.
It was Chrysalis. She was curled up into a tiny ball, sobbing and somehow muffling it. "What's wrong?"
Chrysalis heard me and looked over hostilely, her eyes red from crying. She quickly brushed the tears off of her face. "None of your business."
I sat down next to her and placed a paw on her shoulder. "Chrysalis."
"It's just family problems. Believe it or not, your family isn't the only one to have it rough."
"What's wrong?" I asked again.
The fox stayed silent, but I saw tears slowly dripping down her cheeks. "Chrysalis, you can tell me."
Chrysalis pulled her legs up against her chest and buried her face in them. I heard crying again. "Chrysalis, I won't judge. What is it?"
"My parents!" Chrysalis snapped. "There, happy?!"
I blinked. "What's going on?"
"They're arguing."
That didn't surprise me. Both Kiki and Peter were outspoken and independent, so arguments were very common between them.
What did surprise me was how much it was affecting Chrysalis; you'd think that since her parents argued all the time, this wouldn't bother her. "Don't worry, every couple argues."
"Not your parents," muttered Chrysalis.
"Even my parents."
"No way."
"Yes way," I grinned.
Chrysalis sighed. "Well, I don't think it's normal for couples to have week long arguments."
My smile faded. "What?!"
"My parents... T-they've been arguing for over a week now." Chrysalis burst into tears again. "And it's an argument over me."
Well, that complicated things. "How do you know that?" I asked gently.
"A-a little over a week ago, I was going to talk to Dad in his cubicle. But when I got there, Mom was yelling at him." Chrysalis' voice cracked. "Mom didn't even notice me as she left Dad's cubicle. I heard the whole argument. Mom doesn't think Dad's being a good father to me."
I hesitated. "Would you agree with her?"
"Of course not!" Chrysalis glared up at me. "He's been amazing!"
"So you're worried your parents will split up because of this huge argument," I pieced.
"Mm-hm."
"Maybe..." I hesitated again. "Maybe you and I could work together to keep your parents together?" I asked, gently rubbing the crying fox's shoulder. Times like this reminded me that Chrysalis was a whole year younger than me.
Chrysalis seemed to forget all her hostility with my offer. She brushed her tears away with the back of her left paw and looked up at me. "Really? You'd do that for me?"
"Of course."
"B-but I've been so awful to you."
I paused. "Maybe you have. But I forgave you a while ago. Can you forgive yourself?"
The black and white fox didn't reply.
(Peter's POV)
I sat on my chair in my cubicle, my head resting on the desk. Occasionally, I lifted my head up, only to bang it back down again. Why was I such an idiot?
Over the week, Kiki had been growing further and further from me. I could tell, and it killed me. I really did love Kiki, I just... I had a funny way of showing it at times.
Kiki and I had been trying not to show our argument in front of Chrysalis, but it wasn't working. I was worried how my little girl would react to her parents having such a big argument.
Of course I had loved Kiki when we first became mates, but it was when she gave birth to Chrysalis that I realized just how much I loved her. Both of them. Kiki's pregnancy had been extremely painful for her, and her birth even more so. In fact, had Kiki not given birth in Katrina's office, she would have died, and Chrysalis along with her. Kiki practically died giving birth anyway.
I banged my head again as I thought about our huge argument. Only a couple seconds later, I heard, "Dad?"
Now I lifted my head up again and smiled weakly at Chrysalis. "Hey, sweetheart. You okay?"
My daughter's face was tear-stained, which worried me. "How are you and Mom doing?"
I winced. So she DID know. However, I didn't want to worry her. "We're fine, Chrysalis," I lied.
"No, you're not. Dad, I know exactly what's going on! There's no point in trying to keep me from worry because I am. Okay?" Chrysalis began to cry. "I know exactly what's going on," she repeated.
"Oh, sweetheart..." I got up and wrapped my arms around my daughter.
"Y-y-y-you are going to stay mates, r-r-right?"
"Of course I want to, but there's nothing I can do to keep your mother from deciding to split up with me."
"Yeah, there is," piped up another female voice.
My head shot up to look out the cubicle, and my eyes narrowed when I saw Emily the platypus standing outside of it. "Why are you here?"
"Dad," Chrysalis said firmly, "she's here to help."
I shot my daughter an incredulous glance. "You told her what's going on privately in our family?!"
"Because I don't want you and Mom to split apart! Is it a crime?"
Now I bent back down onto my knees to look her in the eye. "But why her?" I pressed quietly. "You have friends. Why would you tell her?"
"SHE can help," persisted Chrysalis.
I scoffed a bit. "Her parents hardly ever argue, and she's only nine. How exactly can she possibly have any idea what to do?"
"Well, I talk with my parents," Emily spoke up. "It's a HUGE help."
"Of course it is." I rolled my eyes.
"Dad, please," Chrysalis whispered, a pleading look in her eyes. "Please, just...try."
I hesitated. Listening to a nine year-old's advice on my own personal love-life was the last thing I wanted to do, but my daughter really wanted me to. So, to please Chrysalis, I decided to go with it.
"Fine," I muttered, standing up and turning to Emily, my arms crossed. "What, exactly, is your advice?"
Emily stepped into the cubicle all the way- just like her parents. Thinking she was welcome anywhere.
"All arguments are formed by at least one of two things," she began. "Pride or lack of communication.
"Pride is stuff like, 'Well, I do care about the other person's opinion, but I care more about my own opinion. I can hear what the other person is saying, but I refuse to see it from their point of view.' And not apologizing."
Emily stared into my eyes, making me a bit uncomfortable. "You and Kiki have been arguing for a little over a week now. Have you apologized to her yet?"
I didn't answer. I wasn't about to say, "No", to a nine year-old and have her lecture me on what's wrong with that.
"Well, that's your problem." Emily's voice was exasperated. "It's no wonder you and Kiki are having problems."
Now I raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"Bottom line: apologize to your mate or lose her."
"I don't have to listen to you," I retorted.
"You're right; you don't," Emily agreed. "But you should."
With that, Emily turned on her heel and walked out the cubicle. Chrysalis shot me one final begging look before following.
(Chrysalis' POV)
"Is that it?" I asked, running to catch up to Emily. "Is that all we're doing?"
"Well, we can't make Peter's decision for himself," replied Emily. "But there is one more thing we can do."
"What?"
Emily grinned. "Get your parents to talk to each other."
I blinked. "Right now?"
"Yep. If Peter talks with Kiki while he still has what I told him running through his mind, it'll be harder for him to ignore my advice, and he'll be more likely to follow it."
"I hope you're right."
When Emily and I reached Mom's cubicle, I inhaled deeply. "I'll stay out here," Emily said, smiling sympathetically
"Okay." I took another breath in before stepping into Mom's cubicle.
(Kiki's POV)
I heard footsteps, looked up from my desk where I was silently crying, and smiled at my daughter. "Hi, sweetheart!" I quickly pushed my tear-stained papers to the side of my desk and wiped my tears off my face.
"Hi, Mom." Chrysalis gave a small smile before looking at the ground.
"What is it?"
Chrysalis wouldn't meet my eyes. "D-Dad wants to see you."
I inhaled sharply. Oh. "Okay. Thank you, 'Lis." It was my special nickname for my special girl.
"N-n-no problem, Mom." I stood up and gave Chrysalis a quick kiss on the cheek before walking to Peter's cubicle.
Peter looked up as I entered his cubicle. His face brightened immediately, and he stood up. "Kiki!"
"Chrysalis said you wanted to see me?" I leaned against the wall of Peter's cubicle, my arms crossed.
My mate- possibly "ex" very soon- raised an eyebrow in confusion. "No... I-I mean, of course I wanted to see you, but I didn't ask Chrysalis to come get you..."
"Oh." I shook my head, only the wisps of a smile on my face. "Chrysalis."
"Would you have come over if our daughter hadn't gotten you?" Peter asked quietly.
"I-" My voice cracked, and I quickly shook my head. "I just don't know, Pete."
The hurt expression on his face hurt ME. "I-it's just... I still can't believe you really told Chrysalis to treat Emily so horribly." Tears were beginning to come into my eyes.
(Chrysalis' POV)
I leaned against the wall separating Pixie's cubicle and Dad's cubicle and listened in on my parents with Emily. Pixie had been perfectly fine with staying out of her cubicle and letting us listen to my parents. After all, the way she put it, I had "every right to know how my parents were going to turn out together".
My fingers crossed, I turned to Emily. "Will it work?"
Emily shrugged. "Depends how stubborn your parents will both be right now."
"You're right," I sighed, anxiously turning back to listening to Mom and Dad.
"But don't worry, I don't think you need to worry about your parents separating."
I turned back to Emily, a quizzical look on my face. "I remember when Mom and Dad first argued in front of me," she continued. "I was probably about four months old. I was so scared because I had never seen them argue before. When I realized my parents had realized I was watching, I ran and hid. Then I cried.
"Eventually, Mom found me. I admitted I was scared they'd separate, and Mom pulled me up against her. She said I didn't need to worry about that ever happening, no matter how much she and Dad argued."
"Why not?" I inquired curiously.
Emily grinned. "Mom explained to me that love's not an emotion. It starts out as one, maybe, but, if we always did everything based on our emotions, the world would be a bigger mess than it already is. Love is a promise that needs to be fulfilled, no matter what negative emotions you may be experiencing with the other person.
"So, if your parents truly love each other- and I'm fairly certain they do," Emily added, "then you don't need to worry about your family breaking apart because your parents have a promise to keep."
(Peter's POV)
I inhaled. I truly loved Kiki, I really did. The last thing I wanted was to lose her, even if it meant I'd have to break my pride. "K-K-Kiki..." I hesitated. "I'm sorry."
Kiki blinked and looked up at me, tears running down her cheeks. "W-what?"
"I'm sorry," I repeated, gently brushing her tears away. "I'm sorry for trying to mess up Perry's family. I'm sorry for being a horrible mate." I glanced at the ground. "I'm sorry for being such a rotten father."
"P-P-Peter, I..." Kiki paused and stared at the ground for a couple minutes. I anxiously waited until a smile began to form on her face. She looked up at me again, grinning. "I forgive you."
Immediately, she pulled me into a kiss. When we broke apart, I stared at her incredulously. "You... You forgive me? Just like that?"
"Pete, I've wanted to forgive you for practically a whole week. I just couldn't because I didn't know if you regretted anything." Kiki pressed herself into my fur. "But now I do know."
I grinned and let out a small chuckle as I held my mate up against me. "I don't deserve a mate like you," I murmured into her ear, softly stroking her.
Kiki simply nuzzled her nose into the fur by my neck. I gently kissed the top of her head. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
(Chrysalis' POV)
I beamed like the sun as I heard my parents make up and turned to Emily. She grinned. "Your family no longer has a fracture in it."
"Thank you," I said sincerely.
Emily shrugged. "I didn't really do all that much."
I saw my parents walk by and quickly ran up to them. Mom beamed and scooped me up into a hug. "Thank you, sweetheart," she murmured.
When she set me down, I said, "Emily helped a lot."
Mom glanced behind me to Emily and mouthed a, "Thank you".
I glanced back at Emily, who smiled and gave Mom a short salute before walking off. I hugged both of my parents. My family was back to normal, thanks to Emily.
SO MUCH KIKIxPETER! xD xD And I think I'll be including at least one more KikixPeter fluffiness one-shot in this collection, so I hope you like them together xD xD I love them together so much… In fact, if I ever get a random urge to kill one of them off, you don't need to worry about how heartbroken the other would be 'cause I'd kill them at the same time xD xD xD xD
What do you think of this new Chrysalis?
