A/N: Chapter number 9
Rosette and Chrono had found a bench to sit on. Chrono had closed his eyes, enjoying the sounds of the leafs brushing against each other in the wind.
His relaxed state was interrupted by Rosette's telephone though. He opened his eyes and saw the blonde hurrily pull out the little device from her pocket "Hello?" she said and waited "Aion, it's you…" Chrono turned his head to look at her
"What? Really…?" there was a pause "Oh it makes me so happy hun" she said and smiled "No I'm not home now; I'm taking a walk with a new friend of mine…" another pause.
Chrono listened carefully, what had made her so happy?
"Well… we could meet in the bar just across from the restaurant you were in last Friday" Rosette proposed and waited for Aion to answer "It's a nice place… no it's not a bar like all the others"
Chrono closed his eyes again, waiting for her to hang up.
"Okay Aion, I'll see you there… I have a surprise for you" she giggled "Bye hun, love you" she then said and pressed the little red button to hang up. She put the phone back into her pockets and got up from the bench "We have to go now Chrono" she said smiling "Aion is coming home earlier and he is going to meet me at our bar"
Chrono got up as well "So? Is his colleague coming too?"
Rosette shook her head "No, he's coming alone so he could spend some time with me; I'm going to show him that I'm singing there too"
"Then we better be going, when is he going to be there?" Chrono asked, even though he didn't actually cared about that "He will be at the bar in about an hour… I'm so happy" she smiled "He even comes home earlier just for me"
Chrono didn't want to ruin her good mood, so he cracked a smile of his own "I'm so happy for you, seems he loves you after all"
"Yes and I want him to meet you too Chrono" she told him and grabbed his arm, pulling him out of the park "I have to call the others then, we need a band if we have to sing" Then he was pulled down the street and back to the bar.
"Should we have changed clothes do you think?" Rosette asked and looked down herself, the black dress seemed pretty enough "No, its okay" Chrono replied and walked into the bar. The brown haired man saw them and came over to them "Well hello there, you're a bit early aren't you?" he asked and looked at the clock "It's only four now"
"Could you maybe call the other band members Fred? Rosette's boyfriend comes visiting us and we need to show him what a wonderful singing bird his girlfriend is" Chrono explained and made Rosette blush.
"Sure I can" Fred answered and smiled at Rosette "I will do it right away" then he disappeared into a small room behind the counter. Chrono headed towards the stage and took his guitar "We still need to hear your solo remember?" he noted with a grin "Good opportunity to show it now"
Rosette's eyes widened "You mean, today?" Rosette asked unbelieving "You want me to ruin the show today?"
"You're not going to ruin it, believe me… uhrg" suddenly Chrono crumbled and had to lean on a chair the second guitar player sometimes used "Chrono…" Rosette hurried over to him and laid a hand on his shoulder "What's wrong? Are you feeling ill again?"
"N-No, I'm okay…" he replied and got back up "Just a little spell" he smiled at her "Why does it always come as fast as it disappears?" he asked himself mentally and soon felt good again "Strange, I should be able to control it by now"
"Are you sure Chrono?" she asked concerned and looked him in his eyes "Tell me the truth"
He smiled and grabbed her shoulders with his hands "Believe me, I really feel better" she nodded "But tell me as soon as you feel worse again okay?"
"Sure" he grinned "Now hurry, your boyfriend can be here anytime soon" she nodded and dropped his spell for a while, though she still kept an eye on him.
Soon the other members of the little band came as well, they looked happy "We're ready, where is the special guest Rosette?" asked the drummer "He'll be here soon" she replied and looked excitedly towards the door.
People were slowly filling the bar, and until Rosette was ready, the radio played. Chrono stood beside her and waited, she had said she wanted him to meet Aion.
A half an hour went pass and still no sign of Aion. Rosette had sat down, her excitement slowly fading away with every minute. Surely he was just being late because of the traffic. She sighed and looked at the watch; it was 17:30 now "Where is he?" she whispered, her eyes not leaving the door.
Chrono didn't say anything, he was worried about something else, his teeth hurt and that only meant one thing "Gosh, why is this happening right now dammit" he thought irritated, but then the pain all disappeared "I hate it" was the only thing he thought after the pain had ceased.
Suddenly a big car stopped in front of the bar and a man came out. The man had long white hair, his eyes were almost violet and he wore a pair of glasses.
He looked at the sign above the entrance, just to check if it was really here.
Rosette started to smile and ran towards the door when the man entered "Aion" she called happily, the man opening his arms so she could run into a big hug "Hello darling" he purred and gave the blonde a passionate kiss.
Chrono almost grit his teeth, but didn't say anything, he instead stayed in the background.
"I missed you so much" Rosette whispered, while Aion laid his hands on her hips "I missed you too darling" he replied and then let his eyes travel over the room "What kind of place is this?" he asked, not actually sounding happy that he had to stay here.
"My friend invited me here two days ago and then I started liking it" Rosette explained "And later I have a surprise for you"
Aion smiled and leaned down towards her "What could that surprise be?" he asked and nuzzled her neck "I'm not telling you yet" she answered "But I want you to meet my friend"
Aion looked up "Who is it?" Rosette smiled and took his hand "Come with me" she said and pulled him towards Chrono "Here, this is Chrono Sinner" she introduced when they came over to the red eyed man.
Aion looked him over once, then reached his hand out towards him "Nice to meet you Chrono" he said with a slight smile. Chrono took the hand and shook it "Hello Aion" he answered, though a growl was almost inaudible in his voice.
"Come on Aion, you have to find a seat" Rosette said and showed Aion a table, near the stage. From there he could see everything that happened on the stage.
Chrono walked up and prepared his guitar. He saw Aion once again pull Rosette into a deep kiss and he hurrily turned his face away from them "How can she trust him?" he thought "After all he has done, he made her cry three times in two days for pineapple's sake"
Rosette pulled away from Aion "Stay here, I'll be right back" she said "Okay, don't stay away too long darling" he purred and let her go. She hurried onto the stage and over to Chrono, she saw his sullen face "Chrono?" she asked carefully and laid a hand on his shoulder "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing Rosette" Chrono replied and turned to face her "Really" he gave her a smile, just to show her he wasn't lying "Okay, if you say so… but if you start to feel ill again-"
"I'm okay Rosette, don't worry" he interrupted and gave her the micro "Just concentrate about the show and not me okay?"
She sighed "Very well…" then she heard Fred introduce Chrono once again and they stepped out onto the stage.
Rosette saw Aion's surprised face when he saw her and waved to him "Hello again people" Chrono called "I'm happy to see so many people here tonight, I hope you will enjoy the show"
Rosette smiled brightly "Tonight we are going to sing a song called "Life is a highway" and it's sung by a guy called Rascal Flatts, please enjoy" Chrono ended his introduction and started playing.
Chrono started singing…
"Whooo umm yeah...
Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
To break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long" then he made the sign for Rosette to sing.
"Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
Knock me down get back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors"
This time both started singing, Rosette smiled and so tried Chrono, though he felt Aion's eyes linger on him almost all the time, as if to keep an eye on him.
"Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
There was a distance between you and I (between you and I)
A misunderstanding once
But now we look it in the eye
Ooooo...Yeah!
There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah"
People started applauding and cheering as soon as the song ended. Aion clapped too. Chrono and Rosette made a bow and then stepped back and off stage "Next song will be played after a few minutes, our players need a little pause" said Fred and turned on the radio.
Rosette hurried, she wanted to know if Aion had liked it or not.
A/N: I hope you liked it until next chapter.