Disclaimer: If I owned it, Rosette and Chrno would have never died and had many demon/angel offspring….oh yeah and Azmaria would be less innocent. (hides list of past sins) :) Oh yeah and the lyrics below written by my friend, some lyrics borrowed from different songs. So I don't own those collected lyrics nor does my friend. :)

Riiiiiiiing!

Chrno groaned, not wanting to wake up for stupid school.

Riiiiiiing!

Turning over, he stared at the alarm clock with distaste.

Riiiiiing!

He pressed the off button and stared at the torturous invention.

"I hate you." He was now resorting to talking to his alarm clock…fantastic.

Chrno threw himself out of bed, eyes only half open. He trudged to the bathroom, and started the water for a quick shower.

Stripping himself of the only thing he was wearing, his boxers, he stepped into the hot water, thinking about the day ahead.

I never did my homework. Oh well. I've got a unit review in American Studies. An essay due in English in two days. A math test tomorrow. Oh yeah, and now I have to lead Miss Rosette around the school. Dammit, that landlady is such an annoying hag.

Finally, his shower done, Chrno went into his room to get dressed. He wore the usual, T-shirt and jeans and his hair in a really weird braid.

Grabbing two bagels, he left his room and knocked on Rosette's door.

Knock. Knock.

"Rosette!" he called. He checked his watch. He really didn't want to be late.

Knock. Knock.

"ROSETTE! I'm coming in!" he hollered hoping to get her attention.

He reached for the knob and turned it to see the terrible state her living place was in. Boxes thrown everywhere, clothes hanging randomly on pieces of furniture, sheets of music littering the floor, and Rosette, in the middle of it all, snoring her face off.

He moaned, realizing they WOULD be late for school. Tiptoeing through the unimaginable mess, he snuck of to the blonde beauty and yelled in her ear:

"RISE AND SHIIIIINE!" The effect was immediate. Chrno never had time to react when her head jerked up with so much speed that she head butted him in the nose.

"HOLY CRAP! Who is it!" Rosette looked around for the rapist, molester, whatever it was only to see Chrno. On the floor. Clutching his face.

"Ahhhhhhh Rosette….my nose is bleeding. Damn you….that hurt…." He took his hand away from his nose to show that he was in fact bleeding. Quite a lot.

"Oh my god! I'm sorry!" she said showing a bit of concern for the first time since they met.

Tripping over all of her crap along the way, she rushed to her "kitchen" which was actually a mess of still packed up groceries. She looked through the mess for a pack of tissues, and eventually found one.

She came back several minutes after the actual ordeal happened to find Chrno leaning his head back and reading one of her rough draft lyrics.

A blush suddenly found its way to her face, well because, those were her personal lyrics. Her thoughts.

"U-uh….here's some tissues…" she said hastily.

Chrno looked up at her, still in her pjs. He grabbed a tissue, squeezed his nose and continued to read.

"Go get dressed. We're already late." He gestured towards her indecent look.

"Uh, oh right. OK." She scurried from the room a little embarrassed.

Chrno watched her hastily exit the room and wondered what had gotten into her. He put the sheet of lyrics above his head and read more.

I've come to realize
you're the only thing I want now,
My tears don't seem to fall,
But somehow, I'm drowning.
With this last breath,
I'm choking.
Would you hear me,
If I called your name?

Chorus
Untold is my pain
You'll never understand.
How could you, really?
I think I need to see you again,
I know you won't notice me, though.
What is this feeling exactly?
Is this love?
Or is it just lust?

Whoa, whoa, whoa

He's never coming home.
It's like a dream 'outta reach.
I never thought it'd be this way,
Just me and you, here but never alone.
Why can't I tell you what I've been thinking?

Chorus
Untold is my pain
You'll never understand.
How could you, really?
When you don't even know I exist.

(There were many crossouts on the page, and the lyrics were mixed around so it was a little difficult for Chrno to read)

Eventually, Rosette appeared, dressed and ready.

Chrno looked up from the paper, checked his watch to see they were 20 minutes late and decided to take their time on the way.

He looked at her, dressed.

"I don't mean to sound all fancy shmancy, but you look absolutely stunning." Of course he wasn't exactly in the position to say that, his nose bleeding all over the place and all.

"Damn…you have a really hard head!" he complained after the bleeding subsided.

"Aw shut it. It's your fault for coming inside my room and scaring the shit outta me." she retorted, back to her normal self. If that's what you would call a girl normal.

He sighed. Rosette walked over to the other side of the room to get her backpack and they left the building.

"So are you ready to get going?" he asked, gesturing down the road. She gaped.

"Is it really that far?"

"Yeah, I walk that distance everyday."

"Ohhhh are you bragging? Let's see if you have a six-pack!" Rosette teased, starting to lift his shirt but he pulled out of her grasp, annoyed.

"Rosette! Stop. We've got to get going." He turned around and started walking.

"Geez, Chroooo-noooo stop. I'll just call Keith." She pulled out her cell phone, and started dialing a number. She idly kicked around in a nearby puddle.

Keith? A brother? Friend?

"Hey, Keith?"

Silence.

"Yeah, I'm kinda late for school….can you give us a ride?"

Silence.

"Oh, my new neighbor, Chrno."

Silence.

"Aw don't be like that, we're just standing here. He's just my neighbor and we happen to be going to the same school."

Silence.

"Oh thanks so much! Okay….see you in a few minutes…love ya."

Click.

Rosette turned around, beaming. Chrno stood, waiting.

"Good news. Keith can come pick us up! So we'll just be waiting a few minutes. He's on break from one of his morning recordings."

What a sudden change in mood. Chrno thought.

"So…who's…Keith?" he asked.

She ended the conversation with 'love ya.' A boyfriend maybe? …Well, it's not like I expected her not to have one…she's really pretty…and-WHOA…hold on a minute. I didn't think that….I've only known her for 2 days!

"Oh he's my bandmate…remember I told you? Our band? ….He's also…my boyfriend." She blushed at the last part, a bit flustered.

The blonde waited for a response, but saw that Chrno had fallen deep into thought. She waved a hand in front of his face.

"Hellooo? Did you even hear me?" He looked up.

"Huh? Oh yeah….your boyfriend…So when is he going to get here?" he received his answer when a small car, a little beat up and dented, pulled up.

The window rolled down, revealing….a man. Different from the teenager he had in mind, Chrno gaped. Boyfriend? This guy had to be a little over thirty!

The man looked Chrno up and down, making Chrno feel a little invaded. The man had short blonde hair, and blue eyes, similar to Rosette. He chewed gum in a very "cow-like" fashion, and had a sneer plastered onto his face, a lot more vicious than the one that Rosette usually sported. However, the hardness was replaced with a soft smile when he looked over and saw Rosette.

"Hey honey. Come over here and give me a kiss." She smiled nervously and walked over, obeying.

Chrno looked away, disgusted. She was seventeen. What was she doing with this guy? When he saw that it was appropriate enough for a seventeen-year-old virgin like him to look, he walked towards the car, trying to seem not so…shaken up.

"Keith's" frown returned.

"So, I hear you were going to take my Rosette to school with you." He asked accusingly.

"H-yes. I was actually. Our landlady instructed me to help her out for awhile." Chrno laughed nervously.

The man gave Chrno a long hard look until Rosette gave him a little nudge.

"Get in the car you two." They did and he started to drive. Every few minutes, the man would look right at Chrno in the rearview mirror as he stared back.

Rosette, the whole ride, looked down at her feet, looking a bit ashamed for some reason.

They finally arrived at Magdalene High of New York City a very large labyrinth of a school. As Keith drove away, and Rosette waved, Chrno started walking up the stairs to face whatever punishment he was going to receive.

"Chrnoooo! Wait up!" he heard a call behind him. He turned around, impatient.

"Hurry up Rosette!" she finally caught up to him, pouting a little. His mood had suddenly gotten sour after the ride and Rosette was a little annoyed. She didn't want to follow a ticked-off shortie all day.

She stopped him in his tracks. "Hey! What's WRONG?" she demanded.

He glared at her.

"Nothing."

"You're lying."

"Sorry to hear that."

"Come on you little purple-haired weirdo…what's up?"

"Nothing, big breasted hag." She gasped and he walked around her, still traveling up the high stairs of the school entrance.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?"

He turned around, smiling a big mischievous smile.

"You heard me. Come on. Let's just get to second period." He had won that round. As he walked into the school, leaving behind a fuming Rosette, a frown returned to his face, as Keith's sneering face popped into his mind.

"Hmph. What is she doing with that old fart? Just because they're bandmates…"

"MR. CHRNO!"

Chrno jumped and looked around to see the science teacher looking very mad.

"You are LATE. Now, get ready for the day, and get to class! And when you see me sixth period, I would like a word with you. Now, go!"

He apologized and ran off to his locker, wondering if Rosette had even followed him into the building.

I realize this chapter was a little boring, but it'll get better! (I say that at the end of every chapter…when will I live up to my word?)

R&R! (no flaaames :)