Chapter 8.
It was a couple of days after. Rosette was out shopping and Chrono was sitting on the couch, his nose running all the while coughing so much his throat hurt.
He blew his nose for the umpteenth time that day, cursing the damn cold.
He heard the door open and saw Rosette enter "I'm home" she called and walked into the living room to go on to the kitchen.
Chrono got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen as well, whimpering pathetically.
The blonde turned around to face him "Aww, my poor love" she cooed and walked over to hug him "You haven't been that sick for a long time"
"I know… I hate it" he grumbled.
She smiled up at him "How about I make some chicken soup for you? It will do you good" she asked, making him smile "Sounds good" he replied, his voice stuffy.
Rosette leaned up to kiss his cheek "I'll make it for you then, go back into the living room and pull the blanket over you" Chrono nodded and obeyed.
After a while, the soup was ready and she brought it to him. He ate it in peace and soon felt a little better "Thanks love" he said "That was really good" Rosette smiled, she was actually quite tired. Since Chrono had become sick, she had to do everything in the household.
She had to cook, clean, wash, and so on. She let herself drop exhaustedly onto the couch beside Chrono.
He draped an arm around her and smiled "You must be tired" he whispered and made her lean her head on his shoulder "I'll try to get healthy as soon as I can"
She sighed and gladly rest her head on his shoulder "Just take your time and get well soon okay?"
"Okay" he replied and leaned his head against hers.
After about an hour he felt tired and wanted to go to bed. Rosette found it was a good idea and went too.
In the middle of the night though, he woke up with a stuffy nose. He cursed the wretched cold once again and snuck into the living room to watch TV. (I have tried that many times -.- there never is anything good on the TV at that time)
Rosette had noticed that he had left the room "Poor Chrono" she whispered and sat up. She could see the light from the TV flicker on the walls. She got up and walked into the living room. Chrono sat with half open eyes, watching some random boring stuff on the TV.
She smiled and walked over to drape her arms over his shoulders "Can't sleep again?" she whispered, making him jump slightly and turn to look at her. A smile crossed his face at her look "Yea" he replied "I hate it more and more"
"Come to bed again love" she said "You need the sleep"
He looked down "I bet I get up after about an hour again" he grumbled, but followed her nonetheless.
The next morning, he felt a little better, but only a little. He had been up about five or six times after Rosette got him back to bed, making him look really tired.
When they were eating breakfast, it suddenly knocked on their door. Rosette got up and walked out to open. Outside stood none other than Satella "Hello Satella" Rosette growled "What do you want?"
"Can't I even come for a simple visit?" Satella asked offended "I just wanted to see how Chrono is"
"He's sick and doesn't want any visitors" Rosette growled, Satella ignored her though and sidestepped around the blonde to enter the apartment. Rosette let out an annoyed "Hey" but that didn't stop the red head.
In the living room she saw Chrono on the couch, his nose still running like a waterfall. She gasped and burst "Oh my dear poor darling… you look terribly sick"
Rosette narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth "I just told you that you dumb Dora" she grumbled.
Chrono forced a smile "Yea, a cold" he said and blew his nose again.
Satella hurried over to him and placed her palm on his forehead "At least you don't have a fever" she said and fussed around him like a mother hen.
Rosette glared daggers at Satella's back, her hands twitched slightly, itching for the rich snob's throat.
Chrono gently pushed Satella away from him "You don't have to do that Satella" he coughed and blew his nose once more. He looked over at Rosette "Love, could you get me some more tissues?" he asked
Rosette stopped her glaring and nodded "Of course Chrono" she said.
"Thanks" he smiled.
Satella followed the blonde into the kitchen "How could you let him get sick?" she asked "He was so beautiful and now look at him… he almost looks like some stray cat"
"That's it… stop with your insults" Rosette snarled and turned towards her with angry eyes "I've had it with you and your snobbish behaviour"
Satella narrowed her eyes at the blonde "Did you call me snobbish?" she asked darkly
Rosette didn't reply and just turned towards the sink. She wasn't going to loose her temper in front of her.
"I warn you Blondie… don't ever call me that again" Satella hissed and turned on her heels to leave the room. Rosette heard the front door close shut hardly.
"Grrr…" Rosette growled, but soon took a few deep breaths to relax. She suddenly felt a pair of warm arms around her "Why did she leave all of a sudden?" Chrono asked "She looked mad"
"I honestly don't care…" she replied.
Chrono turned her around in his embrace and lift her chin with his finger. Her eyes locked on his "Did something happen?" he asked "You know you can tell me"
She lift her hand to his face and brushed some bangs away from his eyes "We just can never get friends Chrono…" she replied "It's the way it is… we are as opposite as can get… and to be honest, I don't care about it"
Chrono stayed silent for a while "Then I guess I shouldn't try to make you" he said "But she's our neighbour… we'll live next to each other for a while"
Rosette sighed and pulled away from him "Here are your tissues" she said and walked by him into the living room.
Chrono took them and started blowing his nose again "I think I'll blow out my brain if it continues like this" he grumbled "Curse all forms of illnesses"
Rosette laughed at that "You'll just have to be more careful" she said matter of factly "Then you won't get sick so"
"I am careful…" he pouted "The sickness just seems to always find me"
"Come here under the blanket" she said "I don't want you to freeze, remember, it isn't summer anymore"
"I know" he said and crept under the blanket to her and took the remote "Want to see anything?" he asked
"No, just look through the channels" she replied and leaned on his shoulder "Tomorrow I really need to look for a job"
"I'll help you" he smiled and continued zapping through the TV channels "Can't be that hard"
"I hope so" she whispered "We need money soon"
AN: Autumn -.- the time of the year where people tend to get sick… it's cold… it rains many times… that's the season where you dream about the warm summer… Sigh… oh well, Autumn has its beautiful sides as well :) until next chapter
