A/N: Yahoo! I'm done writing this chapter! It was actually kind of hard to get the creative juices flowing today, for this chapter anyway... Anyway, onto answering my reviews!
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They were on their second month of summer vacation and the guys – Viede, Genai, Sebastian and Chrono – had decided to have a "guy's night out" and go see a movie, which had just ended fifteen minutes ago.
"Damn, that was an awesome movie!" Genai said for the umpteenth time that night.
"We know, Genai, we know!" The other three said in tandem.
He scowled at them.
Sebastian sighed. Sensing something up ahead he looked over and saw some teens about their own age – seventeen to eighteen – walking in the opposite direct as them. The group noticed him staring. He casually looked away. They bumped shoulders as they passed.
"Hey, watch where you're going stop sign!" One of them said to Sebastian, who clenched his teeth and ground out an apology, trying not to deck the guy for the comment about his hair color.
"I don't think you meant-" The guy started again, grabbing Sebastian by the front of his shirt.
Chrono cut him off with a fist to the side of his face as he grabbed the guy's arm and squeezed. Bone cracked and splintered, muscle gave way under extreme pressure, skin split and all that was left of where Chrono had had his grip was a ruined mess. His victim screamed. The others ran away in terror.
"Holy crap..." Genai said quietly.
Sebastian sighed, "I think that was a bit extreme, don't you?"
"Yeah." Was Chrono's almost inaudible answer.
The purple haired twin tended to over react when his brother was in trouble. He never actually really wanted to hurt anyone. But it always worked out that way. All because he couldn't control himself properly.
"We should phone an ambulance." Viede pointed out.
Chrono and Sebastian stepped in the door quietly and took off their shoes, trying not to be heard.
"Guys?"
No such luck. They pretended not to have heard her and went upstairs. Rosette puffed out her cheeks in annoyance and stomped after them, knowing instinctively that something had happened. They were in their rooms by the time she got to the top of the stairs. Frowning, she decided to talk to Chrono first, sensing that he was the one most upset out of the two. She knocked on his door. No answer. Scowling, the blond teen opened the door. And froze. And blushed.
Apparently Chrono had been in the middle of changing.
The purple haired teen was the first to snap out of his shock.
"YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH-Get out!"
"Well, answer next time someone knocks!"
"OOOOUUUUT!"
"Oh, for crying out loud! You're still wearing your underwear!"
"Get, out!"
She leaned on the door frame, an idea suddenly coming to her.
"Not until you promise to tell me whats bothering you – once you're dressed."
"WHAT?" He squawked and spluttered, "Thats none of your business!"
She gave him a neutral look and continued to lean on the door frame.
"Fine! Now get OUT!"
She left, closing the door behind her, throwing a smirk over her shoulder at him.
In the room across the hall Sebastian was trying very hard to smother his laughter in his pillow.
He came down the stairs warily, wondering where Rosette was.
"I'm in the living room." She called.
How did she...? He wondered, then sighed, Never mind.
He walked into the living room. When he just stood at the entranceway she gave an exasperated sigh and told him to sit down, patting the cushion next to her. Hesitantly, he came over and sat down next to her.
"What happened?" She asked.
He sighed, but answered, "On our way home... My brother got a bit harassed... And I over reacted."
She watched him stand up, about to walk away. Rosette reached out and gently grabbed his hand. Something was really wrong, she could feel it. Her light grip on his hand was enough to stop him. Her light grip on his hand was enough to show her what had happened. She hadn't meant to see it, but it was a power she had no control over. A power that had emerged only after meeting Chrono. A power she could use only on Chrono. It was a power that had shown her a lot of things she knew she had no right to see.
"What did you do?" She asked him quietly, gently.
She hadn't told him about her power for fear of his reaction, so she asked instead of telling him that she had seen it all.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me."
He shrugged and answered, "I crushed his lower arm." Then pulled away and headed to the kitchen. She stood there trying to process all the feelings that had been so suddenly downloaded into her when he had told her the consequences of his temper for several minutes until the sound of the cutlery drawer opening and pots and pans being grabbed out of the cupboard and put on the stove snapped her out of her daze. She went to the kitchen and stopped in the entrance way to watch him as he did the prep work for dinner.
So many emotions tumbling over each other... Is he ever still within his own heart?
She hadn't realized that she had moved until her chest was pressed to his back and her arms were wrapped around his waist. She found that it wasn't an unpleasant position to be in...
"What are you doing?" He asked, his voice as rigid as his body.
"I just thought you could use a hug..."
She sensed an odd sort of calm settle over him – though his emotions had not stilled or lessoned in their intensity. He turned his head to look at her over his shoulder, his expression calm, a smile on his face and in his garnet eyes.
"Thanks... But you're making it difficult to cook..."
"Oh...!"
She let go of him hastily, blushing a shade to match his eyes.
"You want to help me make dinner?" He asked after a moment.
"Uh, sure..."
An hour later and they were all sitting around the table eating and talking about their days. Chrono and Sebastian didn't bring up the incident with the thugs so neither did Rosette.
Joshua made a comment about the food tasting burnt. Chrono told him that it was probably because Rosette had helped him cook – which got him smacked by said girl. The others laughed and so the evening went by ringing in their lighthearted laughter.
A/N: Well, Rosette was completely out of character today, wasn't she? Well, as always, please tell me what you think!
