Chapter 14.
It was early in the morning. Adam's eyes opened and looked around the unfamiliar room. His eyes landed on his mama who was still asleep. On the other side of her, he found another boy.
Adam tilted his head and crept out from underneath his mama's arms.
Rosette let out a sigh and pulled the covers further over her, then went back into deep sleep. Adam wasn't tired anymore though. He crept over Rosette to take a closer look at the boy. He looked just like Birdie, just younger.
A little giggle escaped the young child "Birdie hide." He said and crawled over to sit right on top of Chrno's stomach. The Demon let out a grunt of surprise and opened his eyes, then gave him an annoyed look.
"Birdie." Adam squealed and pointed a little finger at him just before putting it into his mouth.
Chrno rolled his eyes "Why have you chosen that name for me?" he asked, making Adam giggle again though. He then tried to sit up further to peer into the child's eyes "You're a little ugly one aren't you?"
Adam looked back "Ugly." He repeated, pointing a chubby finger back at the Demon. Chrno let out a little annoyed grumble "Oh go away." He mumbled and put Adam down onto the ground "Go look what Ingrid is doing."
Adam stood watching him for a few moments, before turning and heading for the door. Before he exited it though, he turned a grin at Chrno "Bye bye Birdie."
Chrno pouted "Me, a powerful Demon called Birdie? Grrrr."
Outside he heard Ingrid start talking with Adam. She sounded happy. Chrno closed his eyes again and went back into a light slumber. He smirked as he remembered the blonde woman by his side. He would teach her some manners; he just needed a little time for it.
When he the next time felt movement, it was Rosette slowly waking up. He leaned up to rest on his elbow and watched her with a smirk. She had turned around in her sleep and was now facing him.
"Good morning my Angel," He whispered softly as she opened her eyes "I knew you would turn to me in the end."
The next thing he knew was that a hand had shot out from underneath the covers and punched him directly in his face. The impact made him lose balance and drop down off the bed.
Rosette glared satisfied at the groaning heap on the floor. A smirk forming on her lips as he cursed her for the hit. The smirk soon turned into a smile, and soon, the smile turned into laughter. A laughter Chrno definitely didn't appreciate.
He stood up and let his burning gaze rest on her laughing form. He grit his teeth, when he jumped and landed right over the blonde, pinning her hands on either side of her head. She gasped and struggled, but even if the Demon had the looks of a young boy, he was still as strong as a man.
"So you think this is funny do you?" he grumbled, tightening his grip on her wrists. She didn't answer and stared wide eyed at him.
He let out a little impatient growl and let his face descend slowly to her neck "Has anyone ever told you how good you smell? And that you can be a real pain in the arse?"
Rosette snapped back out of it, when she once again felt the strange warm and moist feeling on her skin. She narrowed her eyes and glared at the top of his head. So he really thought she was overpowered did he? Well she would show him. She readied her leg and shot her knee upwards.
Chrno lost balance once more and fell off the bed. Rosette sat up and smirked down at his wincing form "Now what has become of the big bad Demon huh?"
"You witch!" Chrno cursed in a high pitched voice. The pain in his most sensitive part unfortunately not disappearing right away.
Rosette narrowed her eyes into thin slits "I told you to stay away from me." She growled. She stood, grabbed her clothes and then marched into the tiny bathroom to change. When she had dressed though, she noticed that these clothes were not her own torn ones. It was a brown sleeveless dress with a white button up blouse underneath. On the front of the dress were a few embroidered shapes. One of them a bird it seemed.
Ingrid must have placed them there for her. She smiled "She's a very nice lady."
She walked out of the bathroom and passed Chrno who was sitting on the bed. Chrno grabbed her wrist and yanked her over so she faced him "Listen love," he growled "I am a Demon, a creature more powerful than a human could ever dream of, and I am not going to let you get away with treating me like that."
He slowly changed into his adult form to lean in over her. He was now bigger and Rosette wasn't so brave anymore. He glared down at her "Do you understand?"
The blonde woman was scared, though she would not let that beast defeat her. She gave him an angry glare back "Then you should be treating me better as well." She snapped and yanked her wrist out of his grip. She spun around and stomped out of the room.
Adam was sitting on the couch, playing with a little wooden horse. Ingrid was in the kitchen and Rosette soon joined her.
"Good morning." She greeted the older woman with a smile. Ingrid smiled back "Good morning, I hope you've slept well." She asked back in reply. Rosette nodded "It was very comfy." She lied.
Rosette helped Ingrid throughout the day with cleaning and washing. It was the only thing she could give in thanks for letting her and Adam stay. She kept a close eye on the Demon though, who innocently helped Ingrid with the dishes.
After that Rosette and Adam took a bath. She had kicked Chrno out as he moved to join them. She ignored his grumbles of curses and had sunk down into the warm water in the tub with her son.
Adam really enjoyed the bath and giggled as he blew at the bubbles in his hand, making them fly into the air and land on top of his head.
Rosette smiled when the boy scooped up some white foam and gently placed it on her head. He started giggling again at the funny look she had got "Adam you little silly one."
"Silly." He repeated "Mama silly."
"So you have reached the phase where you repeat things have you?"
"Repeat fings." He repeated with another giggle.
"You're a little parrot aren't you Adam?"
"Parrot Adam?" he laughed and splashed water everywhere with his small hands.
Rosette covered her face with her arm "I think we have been soaking enough, we better get out before you flood the whole room." She lift Adam out of the tub and sat him on the floor, then she got out herself and grabbed the towels hanging next to the door.
She wrapped one of them around the little boy and the other one around herself, then started to rub Adam dry. She noticed that they both still had foam on top of their heads and quickly washed it out before continuing.
Chrno sat in the couch looking rather annoyed and sour. Rosette was the only one except himself who knew why and she didn't feel any pity for him at all.
Adam giggled as he ran over to him and reached for him. Chrno ignored the toddler and looked away. His crimson gaze landed on Rosette instead and there they remained.
Rosette glared back, silently telling him she hated him.
Ingrid entered the room with a smile "Did you enjoy your bath dear?" she asked. Rosette nodded and smiled back "Yes, it was very nice." She replied "And I think it's time for us to continue our journey. Thank you so much for letting us stay."
"Oh already? But I guess I can't force you to stay."
"It's better we get on fast. We really enjoyed it here though."
"I'm happy that I could help you, I wish you great luck on your-" all of a sudden, the woman stopped talking and her eyes glazed over. She looked to be in deep thoughts.
Chrno straightened and watched her. Rosette on the other hand got worried "Uhm... Ingrid? Is everything alright?"
Ingrid didn't react and lift a hand into the air "He will come..." she hissed, staring at nothing but the air "He will kill the Demon of Sins..."
Chrno got up and glared at her "Who will come?"
With a movement, too fast for an old lady, Ingrid stared at him "He wants you Demon... prepare for your end." She snarled "He is awakening and he is thirsty for your blood."
Chrno let out a low growl. After Ingrid had finished her sentence, her eyes closed and she collapsed lifeless to the ground. No one noticed the little spider crawling from her neck and through a little gap in the wall.
Rosette rushed over to her, calling her name. She patted Ingrid's cheeks and got a weak groan in response "She's unconscious..." she said and glared at Chrno "Who in God's name was she talking about? And don't tell me you don't know what she was talking about."
He glared back at her "It is nothing of your interest," he snapped "It's none of your business."
She could tell the words had an effect on him, but he refused to fill her in. She let out an annoyed "Hmpf!" and turned back to Ingrid. She was slowly waking up and looked at the blonde confused "Oh my, what happened? Did I faint?"
Rosette smiled reassuringly "Don't worry; it's probably just because you've been working so hard today. You should rest. Do you want anything?"
Ingrid got back to her feet and chuckled "Oh don't you worry about me," she said "You should get on your way. I was planning to visit my sons anyway, so no worries."
Rosette wasn't so sure they should leave the woman alone, but Ingrid assured her she would be alright.
The blonde nodded and picked Adam up from the floor. He had the little toy horse in his hands "Horsie." He said, showing her the little wooden thing. She smiled "That's nice Adam, now give it back to Ingrid."
Adam shook his head "Horsie mine." He told her.
"No Adam, give it back."
Ingrid chuckled "Oh let him keep it, it's my youngest son's once. I'm sure he won't mind if little Adam gets it."
Adam giggled and hugged the toy to his chest "Horsie."
Rosette let out a sigh "Thank you Ingrid, you've been so nice to us."
"I hope we'll see each other again. I pray that you'll find the right way. Good luck to you."
"Bye bye auntie." Adam called, waving a little hand at her when Rosette turned towards the door. Chrno said bye too and followed the young woman. Before they were out of sight though Ingrid yelled that they should go towards the setting sun "You'll find a small town in that direction."
Rosette yelled back a thank you and headed for said direction. Chrno followed. He didn't say so much though. The words from earlier were really bugging him.
"Who did that old crone mean?" he asked himself, thinking about a lot of people who probably wanted to see his blood flowing. It could be every one of them actually. He obviously just had to wait for the moment, where that one would reveal itself to him.
He had to keep all of his senses open. Who knows when that enemy might attack?
AN: Another chapter of PG has appeared... I wanted to write for another story but... I got most of my ideas for this one...
Oh well ^^ another story is next.
Until next chapter!