Last chapter got a wee bit on the real side X'D So for you reading entertainment, I offer you cuteness.
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Emma looks over the paperwork on her desk, more contracts for book signings. she gave a tired sigh but checked the clock 4 pm. It was the first day of the month and a Thursday. She'd be getting her first paycheck in her account by the morning. It was a relief that she'd have money for rent in time. Emma gets up and stretches a bit before heading over to her boss's office and knocks on the doorway causing the man to look up from his work.
"Hey Mr. Abner, sorry is now a bad time?" Emma asks curiously.
"Now's fine, and please call me Maurice," he says with a smile, and Emma nods.
"Right, Maurice. I just wanted to check in before the end of the day. Is it still okay for me to take the 5th off? I know we discussed it ahead of my starting but" Emma bobs her head. it's always better to check when you only just started working at a company 2 weeks ago.
"Sure, not a problem." He replies "Ah, while you're up do you mind being a doll and grabbing a coffee for me from the break room?" the man additionally requests.
"Oh, um sure," Emma replies a bit surprised by the request. She wasn't exactly heading in that direction but, hey he must be pretty busy.
"Thanks," he replies before going back to his reading.
Emma heads over to the break room. Naturally, the pot was empty at this time of day. This was Intern work but it couldn't hurt to be nice when she was taking a day off so soon. With a fresh pot brewed she poured two paper cups of coffee. might as well get something for herself while it was fresh. It took a bit of balancing but she made it back to Mr. Abner's office and placed both cups down so she could put down two packs of sugar and two creamer cups before picking up her own coffee again.
"There you go, I'll be heading by to my desk," Emma says with a smile "Anything else?"
"Cream and sugar too? you're a saint," he says before mixing in the ingredients himself. "hmm I have some files that need to get put into storage if you have the time." Maurice says as he holds up a stack of off-white folders.
Oh lord, that was a rhetorical question. Okay. "Sure, I'll get those filed away." Emma agrees as she accepts the files before heading out. She just started here she shouldn't be surprised she was getting the grunt work. Probably wrote down the file names to check it after she left to make sure she put them away right.
All the same, she puts the files away before heading back to her desk 4:56 PM. might as well clock out. she thought as she packed up her bag and left. That, was actually rather nice she hadn't been able to leave an office on time so stress-free since... gracious it's been years. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. Emma smiles a bit as she heads to the grocery store real quick before heading home. 6:03 PM Emma smiles a bit at that she had just enough time. She had been talking to Claire about this and bounced ideas back and forth since February.
Chris walks up the stairs around 7:30 as usual before heading to Emma's door and walking in. huh, something smelled good, was she baking again? "Hey, I'm home when you're ready," Chris says and Emma gives a lazy wave from the Island counter.
"Thanks," she says with a bit of a pout in her tone which causes him to pause.
"Rough day?" He asks as he walks over.
"Nah work was fine, just a bit disappointed. I think I messed up the recipe I was trying," Emma admits as she gets up from her leaning to pick up a small disposable round tin.
"It does look a little deflated." he agrees as he looks at what, based on the smell, was an attempt at a banana creme pie. "It probably still tastes fine."
"I dunno it smelled a bit off to me. I think it was too much vanilla that did it in," Emma says while leaning back from the tin a bit while making a face and holding it away from her, which confuses him. he didn't smell anything he leans forward a bit only for his vision to go dark.
"April fools," Emma says with a little shit-eating grin at her harmless prank as she put down the tin that had only been filled with whipped cream on the counter in favor of getting a hand towel as a peace offering. Chris wipes the whipped cream away from his face and stares at Emma.
"Get over here," he says as he picks up the abandoned, still mostly filled tin starts walking towards her.
"Oh nononono," Emma says through laughter as she moves to make sure she is on the opposite side of the Island at all times. Chris joins in her laughter as this quickly turned into a game. Emma occasionally flicking the hand towel at Chris in an attempt to keep him at bay. Duke joined in the rotation to occasionally lick up dropped cream but the agent eventually gets the bright idea of placing his free hand on the island and vaulting the thinner direction of the counter.
"Oh shi-" Emma starts as she turns to try and book it for her room only to be caught by the agent. Chris smiles as he plops the tin against her face and smears that around a bit for good measure before placing it upside down on top of her head.
"Thought you were going to get away with it didn't you," Chris says while still holding her before giving her a peck on the cheek.
Emma gives an attempt at a villainous laugh "I kinda did."
"Little shit," Chris says amused as he leans slightly to rub the side of his face against her hair to clean a bit of his face off which causes her to laugh and gently swat at his arm before shifting to give him a peck instead to get him to stop.
"worth it," Emma says still content despite the tin worth of whipped cream dripping down her hair.
"Were's that towel," Chris asks as he moves to use his now free hand to moves a bit more cream away from his eyes.
"Here," Emma says as she hands over the fluffy cloth. "I'll be over in a bit I need to wash this out of my hair." She says with a chuckle as she takes the pie tin off her head.
"Alright, see you in a bit" Chris replies as he lets her go so she can do that and heads over to the kitchen sink to wash off his own face as well. Ugh, it got up his nose. He made a slight face with that realization but he eventually was back to being dairy-free and with that, he left to head over to his own place and set up for training.
"Knock Knock," Emma says as she walks in and closes the door behind her. Chris looks over to find she changed into a tank top and legging and now hand her freshly washed hair pulled back in a ponytail.
"Hey," he says with a smile as he adjusts the lightly padded gloves on his hand "Ready?" Chris asks as he walks onto the basically flat mattress.
"Ready," Emma agrees as she joins him on the mat. Punch, kick, two punches, high kick.
"How was work," Emma asks as they go through their process.
"It was work," Chris replies with a shrug "I got confirmation that the other half of the squad will be officially stateside and done running around Europe in, 6 months. it's a bit longer than they initially estimated but." Punch, punch, kick, punch.
"Aw that's awesome, let them know I miss them next time you see them," Emma says with a bit of a smile. It wasn't much but it made her happy when he actually shared a bit about his day.
"We'll have to plan something so you can tell them yourself," Chris offers, he knew he wouldn't hear the end of it if he did pass on that message. High kick, kick, punch, kick.
"Sounds good, it's been a while since we last got to play cards" Emma offers in return as a suggestion.
"That could work" He agrees. Punch, punch, kick, high kick. "How was your day?"
"Not bad, still a bit boring and I'm doing intern work but, can't really be avoided at this point," Emma says with a slight frown.
"You'll get there," He replies with a nod. Punch, kick, kick, punch.
"Yeah, at least I have a long weekend coming up," Emma admits as Chris grabs onto her arm to put her into a hold.
"Long weekend?" he asks curiously. he didn't think there was a holiday coming up.
"Taking Monday off," She replies as she breaks the pin.
"Already?" Chris asks in return as he pulls her into a different hold.
"Yeah, I ran it by them when I was getting the paperwork taken care of to start the job," Emma replies with a nod, this one took an extra try but she managed to get out.
"Fair enough," He agrees before grabbing her again and hooking her leg to lower her into a pin. "Any big plans?"
"Just going over my renewal paperwork for the lease and visiting a friend," Emma says as she works on adjusting her position to a more favorable one to get out of the pin.
"right you renew yearly," Chris remembers as he rolls back over to put her in a different pin.
"Yeah, wait you don't?" Emma asks a bit surprised since this wasn't a topic they usually talked about. if they had then she'd forgotten.
"Nah I got set up with 5-year stints shortly after I started working with the BSAA. It made it easier with how often I travel since I can't guarantee I'll be around for that frequent of paperwork," Chris replies with a shrug.
"Ah, makes sense," Emma says as she goes back to focusing and gets out of the pin.
"So what are you and Chelsea up to?" Chris asks as he assumed who she'd be visiting.
"Actually, That's not who I'm visiting," Emma replies as she finally breaks free again and waits for the next exercise.
"oh?" Chris asks in return as he goes for a more difficult pin. wasn't It was a bit late in the season to go to the rink. maybe the arcade then.
"Yeah, I know it's probably kinda dumb but." Emma pauses which causes Chris to loosen his grip. "I was going to visit tanner for a bit. Pay some respect. I did that last year and it was kinda nice."
"Oh..." Chris says with a slight frown, he wasn't really sure how to respond to that. The guy was dead and even if she visited the grave was empty they both knew that now thanks to the receipts that Emma found last year. Emma went back to trying to get out of the pin so his grip returned. a few exercises later he finally spoke again.
"Do you mind if I go with?" He asks with gentle curiosity. He honestly wouldn't blame her if she said she'd prefer he didn't.
"You want to?" Emma asks a bit surprised as she gets out of the pin.
Chris holds off on further training and sits back so she can sit up. "I wouldn't mind it."
Emma smiles a bit at this. "Sure, I'd like that."
Before long Monday rolled around. Similar to the year prior, Emma went through her usual morning routine and once she had finished she started packing up a backpack with a table cloth a clipboard worth of paperwork, and this time food and snacks for two. Once the bag was packed she put on her jacket and put the bag over her shoulder before heading out to find Chris waiting for her as he leaned against the empty wall between their doors.
"Ready?" Chris asks as he gets up and Emma nods. Emma drives the two to the grocery store near the graveyard where they pick up a nice bundle of flowers before heading out again and making their way to the parking lot of the cemetery. once parked Chris shoulders the backpack and Emma gets the bundle of flowers before getting out of the car and making their way to the grave marker.
Emma took a few minutes to clean up around it before placing the flowers while Chris set out the table cloth for the two to sit on. They talked about the year that passed and everything that happened, the good and the bad, and reminisces as they enjoyed their snacks. Chris would occasionally poke at his phone while Emma was quiet and working on her the office work she brought with her. before long she got to her last piece of work. her Renewal form for her lease. Chris watched quietly as she fulled it out and requested another year for her unit.
When was his lease expiring anyways? he thought back on that while the two were silent let's see. mid-2003, 4,5,6 the 5 years. another 5 and yet another after that. he did the math. 2021? that was coming around Wasnt it.
"And there we go, that should about do it," Emma says with a smile as she signed the paper and packed it all up on the clipboard before putting it back in the backpack. "Ready to head out?" Emma asks as she starts cleaning up the various wrappers and bags from their picnic.
"Sure," Chris replies with a nod before shifting to help her pack up so the two could head back home.
Emma felt content as she looked to the grave marker once more before they left. He wasn't there, she knew that but she hoped all the same if there was a way for him to know that he was able to tell she visited all the same and that she was happy.
Hopefully this was as fun for you to read as it was for me to write X'D I've been wanting to do an April fools chapter for a while but I was having trouble thinking of something cute and harmless since, let's be honest, the holiday has a habit of going too far.
Review Responses:
Tayna - I'm so glad you're enjoying the story ^v^
Guest1995 - All the cute antics~ hehe. yeah that wasn't going to be a long term misunderstanding Lol they're not great with communicating but after nearly 3 years they're making a bit of progress in that regard x'D