-A Chrono and Rosette Story-

Disclaimer: I do not own 'Chrono Crusade' characters, places or anything. Just this story.

Authors Note: Konichi-waaa!!! I am terribly sorry this took so loooong! Please…please don't kill me…. I really did try to get this out sooner but I had a block! I spelled 'Satella' wrong in the previous chapter….my apologies…

-As Lovers Go-

Act Four: Secrets and Sudden Encounters of the Mouth

Point of View: 3rd

Rosette, now a one woman team. Fighting and exorcising demons all by her lonesome. Her companion has now been gone for a week and it was starting to get to her. She groaned as she pulled herself out of bed on a late Friday morning, she had been waking up late every day since he had left, which would make Sister Kate angry, she had stuff to do and she had been sleeping through her time slots. She couldn't help it… Chrono was her alarm clock.
She wondered her way down to the main hall and sat down at a table with no one at it; she sighed and set her head down on it. Unknown to her, Sister Kate and Father Remington were standing in the doorway watching her.
"Sister Kate…must it be a month?" he asked her frowning slightly.
"It must, I know it seems rough, but she must overcome it and become stronger from it." She said looking away.

Remington entered the halls, collecting glances from every young girl there. He waved politely and sat next to Rosette and patted her head.
"Cheer up Rosette…"
"I am." She said bluntly.
"You are not...I can see it in your eyes."
She sighed heavily. "You're right. I'm down right bored without him."
Remington glanced around and leaned closer. "Do you want to see him?"
Rosette looked up at him quickly, eyes wide. "Yes…"
"He is staying with Stella. "
"SATELLA!?" Rosette yelled loudly, almost falling out of her chair. Many girls craned their heads to look. "HOW COULD HE DO SUCH A THING!?"
"Shush!" Remington said, trying not to laugh. "She lives five blocks from here. Besides…where else could he have gone?"
"He could have found something better then that." Rosette spat out, crossing her arms.
"What would you have done if you were in his shoes Rosette…"
Rosette looked away with narrowed eyes, she huffed slightly and her shoulders fell. She jumped up and ran out to her car, buckling herself in. She started the car and tore out of the Convent quickly. A few minutes passed and she jumped out of her car. She stopped dead and stared at the grounds, they were coved in a thick blanket of snow. She smiled to herself, always had loved the winter. Stopping out side the door she hesitated. Why had she come here? Did she really want to see him that badly? She hugged herself and shivered slightly and knocked on the door.
Steiner answered and jumped when he saw her. He ushered her in quickly and brushed off her shoulders.

"Oh Miss Rosette, what brings you here?" He laughed.
"Where is…" Rosette said rubbing her arms.
"…Chrono?" Stella had appeared on the top of her stair case. Hand on hip and a big smirk.
"Stella…I don't want to mess around." Rosette spat.
"Relax, he is in his room." Stella said, huffing a bit. "He barely comes out, so shy he is…even though there are only three people in this house."

"Please…follow me. " Steiner led her up into the long hall way with pictures and pointed her to his room. She walked up to it and knocked lightly. No one answered for a few seconds, finally, a muffled 'Come in.' Rosette opened the door slowly and poked her head in.
"Chrono?" She said quietly, spotting him sprawled out on his bed; he had just his red shorts on with his black tight pants and white socks. He had his simple white button up shirt on with his black long sleeve underneath it. Hearing his name, his head slammed up and whipped to her direction. His face was shocked at first but he perked up with in seconds.
"Rosette!" he yelled happily, jumping off the bed. She laughed as she looked at his hair, messy from sleep, before he threw his arms around her neck and hugged her; she wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him as well. "I missed you Rosette!"
"I'm bored with out you there Chrono." Rosette said in a matter of fact tone.
"I know, it's the same here." Chrono paused. "I just can't act normal around Stella… she's still kinda….eehh… around me."
"Azmaria misses you too." Rosette said plopping herself down on his bed. "Wow…this is comfy…."

"Yeah, this place isn't so bad. It's big and has a lot of privacy." Chrono said walking over to the bay window and looking out it. "Oh, it's snowing!"

"Yep!" Rosette said sitting up. "We need to go skating and sledding when there's enough."
"Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun." Chrono said looking back at her. "You look well rested. Been sleeping in?"
"No…well. Yes, your not there to wake me up so….I don't try." She laughed.
There was a long pause between the two.
"You're going to get in trouble if Sister Kate finds out you're here." Chrono said slowly.
Rosette looked at him. "I know, Father Remington was actually the one who told me where you were. He doesn't like that Sister Kate did this to us."
Chrono remained silent.

"Well, we have four more weeks." He said.
"Yeah…really long weeks."

Rosette stood up and glanced out the window with him. He watched her for a moment and returned to gazing at the snow as it fell silently.

"Come on Chrono…." She said deviously, pulling him out of the room.
"Ro-Rosette?!" Chrono stuttered as she yanked him down the hall. "But…but we aren't supposed to be together!"
"Aww, cram it Chrono! Live a little!" She threw him out into the snow and slammed the door shut.
He landed face first into the snow, with his butt sticking up. Struggling to pull his head out, he suddenly felt a snowball hit him dead center on the butt. He jerked his head up to see Rosette running away from him, laughing insanely down Stella's long driveway. He sat for a second, letting it register, jumping up he started a snow ball of his own. Glancing, just about to throw it, Rosette's feet slipped out from under her and her back made contact with the ground in the blink of an eye, letting out a yelp as she hit. Chrono couldn't hold it in, he began laughing hard, almost doubling over as she rolled on to her stomach and glared at him, covered in snow.

"Grr…Shut up!" she yelled at him, getting to her knees. "You'll pay for that!"
Chrono still giggled as he spoke. "But I didn't do anything!"
Rosette was on her feet now, darting toward Chrono, who abruptly stopped laughing and took off, running through the heavy snow with a smile. "You can't catch me Rosette!"
"Watch me!!" she yelled back at him.
She closed in and jumped on his legs, bringing him to the ground with a soft thump.
Satella stood in her doorway with Steiner, her arms where crossed and her face was expression less. Grabbing a coat, Steiner put it over her shoulders and turned back to Chrono and Rosette, now snow wrestling and shoving snow in each others faces.
"How childish," Stella began, blowing a piece of hair from her face. "How could that possibly be fun?"
"I don't know Madame Satella; it looks like a grand time to me." He chuckled a bit.
"Rosette is such a demanding girl; she is so forceful toward Chrono." She huffed and whipped her back to them. "Playing in snow is for children, she needs to grow up."

Steiner chose to say nothing as he smiled toward the two rough-housing, still throwing each other in the snow.
Satella began walking back inside,

Thwap.

Satella froze as the snow melted and trickled down her neck. Whipping around, Chrono and Rosette were doubled over laughing, Rosette fell to the ground and Chrono waved to Stella.
"Come join us!" he yelled to her.
"…Never, this is Childs play!" she yelled back, brushing snow from the back of her head.
"Aw come o—" Chrono was interrupted as he was shoved back my Rosette, she reared back and hurled a snowball straight for Satella's face. Smacking her dead on the nose and eyes.
"Yeah!" Rosette squealed in delight and turned to Chrono. "That was awesome!...What are you gaping at Chrono?"
Satella was so angry; the snow was melting from her face. "Ro…Ro…Rosette!!!" she yelled, echoing through her gated yard. She tore after Rosette and Chrono, noticing, Rosette began running toward a large tree, she jumped on to a lower branch and climbed her way to the middle.
"Get down here and face me!" Satella screamed, punching the tree. Rosette clung to the branch and stuck her tongue out.
"Ha!" She laughed aloud.
Chrono wandered his way to Steiner, who was now holding snow caps, scarf's and gloves.
"Here you are Master Chrono." He smiled. "Have fun."
"Thanks!" Chrono said, putting on a black hat with a fluffy red ball on the top, and matching black gloves with red tips. He threw on a white scarf and ran to the tree holding the clothing for Rosette.
Satella's blood boiled, she sighed angrily and whipped around, stomping back into her house. Dragging Steiner back inside.
Chrono watched her walk away, the looked back up at Rosette. "Come on down, I think it's safe." He joked.
"Naw…I like it up…here…" she gulped.
"What is it?" he said hanging her hat, gloves and scarf on the branch she jumped on to get up. "Stuck?"
She nodded slowly. "You know me…I've never been one for climbing trees…." She said with a sweat drop.
"How would you get down before?"
She paused.
"Fall…"
"…"
They stared at each other. "Oh shut up." Rosette said.
"Come on, I'll help you." He said getting ready to jump on a branch.
"No!" she yelled. "I can do it myself!"
She stood up and teetered a bit. "Look away Chrono! I'm in a dress!" she said glaring at his head, which had looked away.
She made her way down to a lower branch and lost her footing, sliding down the base of the trunk and landing on Chrono, sending him to the ground.
She sat up on his back and groaned lightly. "See, I told you I can get out of them myself."
Chrono mumbled his face in the snow. He lifted it up. "Well….this is familiar." He said, thinking of a time when they were younger, she was getting fruit and fell on him.
She glanced at him and chuckled. "Yeah….only I'm not embarrassed this time around."
She got up and helped him. "You were embarrassed?" he asked her.
"I was 13!" she said. "I fell on a cute boy, of course I was embarrassed."
Chrono paused, grabbing her hat and gloves, he handed them to her. "You though I was cute?"
"You're the first boy who didn't taunt me. You were kind and sweet. Something that was foreign to me." She said in a grumbled tone.
"Thank you Rosette." Chrono said.
She glanced at him, he was smiling at her.
"I think this is one of the rarities in our relationship." Chrono said, laughing a bit. "You being nice to me."
Her eye twitched. "Bah…Enough with the mushy stuff." She put a hand on Chrono's chest.
"But I want a huuuug!" Chrono mock-whined, trying to pull her into a hug.
"Chrono!" she said.
He paused. "Relax, I'm only kidding."

He noticed she was blushing slightly but chose to ignore it, he grinned at her and pulled her inside.

……….

"…You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion, but I swear that you've got me all wrong…"

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Authors Note: I know! I know! It's short! But I have other stories too ya know! I'm sorry sorry sorry….. The next will longer, I promise!
-LaneJoe