Disclaimer: I don't own Chrono Crusade, but in some parallel universe. . . I probably still don't.

Author's Note: See chapter one.

(Warnings: A bit of Rosette OOCness, here. Or, at least, Rosette finally snapping. I can sort of see her doing this, actually. . . (;)

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SEVEN

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Sin Five: Avaritia

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Sometimes she liked to watch him. Simply. . . watch him. Nothing more.

Usually while he slept, so he wouldn't feel her probing stares. Feel the want behind her gaze as her blue pools traveled down his childish form; from his glossy locks to his delicate ears, his pale throat to his smooth chest. . .

The locks and ears and throat and chest that had all been touched up by Magdalene. . . by Satella. . . by her fellow sisters. . .

Fists clenched.

Something was growing within her. And she wasn't quite sure what.

Biting her tongue as she shifted on her side, Rosette tried to find a more comfortable position on the park bench; staring forever at the boy snoozing lightly beside her. The early summer sun beat down upon them- warm and cheerful. Children giggled and screamed in the background, playing silly games on the overgrown sod.

But her attention was a gift given to Chrono and Chrono alone.

Yes, sometimes she liked to watch him. Simply. . . watch him. Nothing more.

Other times, it wasn't enough.

Other times, she felt that she needed to re-stake her territory.

Reaching out a hand, the girl began to toy with the ends of his draping braid, keeping her eyes on his innocent smile. 'Mine. . . mine. . . mine. . .' She began her usual mental mantra, allowing her fingers to slide up one notch of the plait with each claim. 'Mine. . . . all mine. . .'

Smirking slightly as her palm brushed the nape of his neck, Rosette leaned foreword; crossing her ankles beneath her rear and licking her lips- tracing the outline of his face with the very tip of her nail. A blush had long since formed on her cheeks, but she ignored it- hiding her flashing orbs behind her golden bangs.

"Mine," she hissed selfishly into his elf-like appendage, nipping the lobe. The pocket watch shifted on her breasts. "And no one elses. Not Magdalene's or Satella's or Claire's or Anna's or Mary's. . ." She may have been a nun, but there was one thing she would never share: Chrono.

He was hers and hers alone. . .

Even if he didn't like it.

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Sin Five: Greed


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