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CH 2: DAY ONE KRATOS AND RAINE
The next morning, they all woke up and had breakfast down stairs. The hotel waiter went up to the nine of them and told them some disturbing news.
"Excuse me everyone, but I have some important news to tell you. A flash blizzard has hit us and no one is allowed to leave the city. The hotel will not charge you for any extra days spent here due to the storm. I am sorry for the inconvenience."
"Stuck in the city, huh? Well I guess we'll just have to stay here until the storm dies down." Lloyd was somewhat excited because Isealia usually never gets snow. The nine heroes split up talking with each other and doing various activities to pass the time. Colllette and Zelos were inseparable. Genis and Presea went out to play in the snow. Lloyd, Regal, and Sheena were playing poker, betting with cookies. Raine and Kratos went out for a walk together.
"Kratos, I need to ask you something."
"Yes Raine."
"Are you going to move on after Anna?" Kratos' head dropped. "I'm sorry. It was... to much." The two turned toward each other.
"No don't be sorry. You're right. I have actually been thinking about this for some time and I have decided that Anna wouldn't want me to live my life alone. Lloyd even told me that he doesn't want me to live like this. In fact, I am in love with another." Raine's head lowered and she became saddened. She soon felt Kratos' hand cupped around her cheek. She turned towards him and as soon as they made eye contact, Kratos pulled her into a deep kiss that told them exactly how they felt about each other. When they released, three words escaped their mouths. "I love you." they said in unision and went into another deep kiss. When they finished the two walked back into the inn but were too embarrased to tell the others. The day went pretty slowly after that. Lloyd won thirty cookies but shared them with Sheena, Regal didn't want any. Presea hammered Genis with so many snowballs that eventually she made a Genis snowman. He had to cast fireball on himself in order to not catch a cold. Collette tortured Zelos by taking him shopping the entire day. They went to bed and Kratos asked Genis to switch roomates. He didn't tell him why, but their room mates were ok with the switch.