Weihnachten Fotographie

"A photograph is nothing but a memory frozen in time."

Chapter 5

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When Krad awoke again the house was pitch-black, leading him to the conclusion that night had settled on them.

Stumbling out of bed he made his way to what he hoped was the kitchen, he was rather hungry-and if he got in troubled he'd just apoligize alot or leave, whatever the situation called for.

See, He had it all planned out, what he hadn't planned on was seeing Dark and ... Emiko, right? sprawled out on the kitchen floor engaged in a rather listless game of Uno, with a flickering candle on the table as the only source of light.

"Umm...hi?", He asked, unsure if his intrusion upon what he assumed to be a family thing would be welcomed or not.

Dark glanced at him for a moment before returning his attention to his hand of well-worn cards, grumbling as he drew another. Emiko warmly smiled at hin, and he had half a mind to run for it-It was the 'Hug Lady'!...Thank god he didn't listen to that retarted part of his brain that often.

"Are you hungry?", She asked, Krad nodded dumbly in response. She smiled and rose from her place on the wood floor with a little grunt of effort. "That's good, we were waiting for you.", She said as she turned on the stove.

"I-I'm sorry.", He stuttered, wringing his hands together in a nervous fashion.

She whirled aound to face him, brandishing her soup ladle as though it were a deadly weapon instead of a harmless kitchen aparatus, "What for?"

"M-Making you wait?", He asked, voice nearly inaudible as he redirected his gaze to the floor. It was because of this action that he was so startled when Emiko put her hand on his shoulder in a friendly-yet-slightly-motherly gesture.

Emiko inwardly winced at the terror she saw in those large golden eyes, What had he had to endure in his past that made him so wary towards the people around him? She felt sorry for this boy, she really did. On impulse she dropped the ladle back into the pot with a soft 'plip' and slowly and carefully extended her arms around his waist and pulled him slightly closer to her; They stayed that way for a while until Dark broke the moment.

"Umm...Mom, I think the pot's gonna boil over, I'd touch it, but I'm not allowed."

"Oh! Shoot!", She said, releasing the dazed blonde and quickly returning her attention to the task on hand.

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Dinner was rather simple, yet very tasty in Krad's opinion-it was a homemade soup, a recipe that Emiko had thought up when they had first started getting low on money, but no one really needed to know that as it could have easily been sent to a five-star resturaunt and been sold at twenty or more dollars a bowl.

Krad was about to compliment her on it when she brought up something he'd rather she hadn't. Himself.

"So, Krad...Tell us a little bit about yourself.", She asked spontaneously; Out of the blue.

Krad swallowed hard, that was a question he didn't want to answer, but seeing as he was technically her guest he'd have to answer out of respect for his hostess.

He sighed, "Alright, But it's a long story..."

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Ck: A cliffie! Yay! I'm proud of this one!

For this Chapter I'd like to thank Neko-Nya and Kyuseisha no Hikari(I spelled it right! yay!) for their uplifting reviews that made me super-happy and able to get rid of Block. This chapter is dedicated to you guys, you rock!(And so do you Haku and Koway.)

Reviewer Replies:

Hakudoshi-chan
Glad you liked!

Koway Oceshia
I'm glad you like the humour...I had this all planned to be a nice angst and then this bucket of fluff fell on my head...maybe we'll see some angst this chapter...maybe...I doubt it...Nevermind..I lied, Angst more than definitley next chapter! I promise!

Kyuseisha no Hikari
'Marvelous writer'? You've killed me again with pride! I guess it's not that bad as I thought.. Cool! That's the first time anyeon's said that to me!I read your reveiw and was like'Kyu makes me happy! I'll write for Kyu' You're welcome, and thanks for the uplifting offer, XD Anything and everything you've writen inspires meXD.

neko-nya
Aren't we all on the edge of insanity? And yeah...it is kinda eerie, in my town if you're infront of IGA(The grocery-small little thing) for more than ten minutes they come and tell you to leave...All the dumb city people killed our nice country town with their drugs...Oh! And what'd you do to your friend? I wanna know..Please?