Chapter Nine

Well sorry for the wait…as a reward for waiting (what like 2 days?) I present a slightly longer than usual chapter.

Disclaimer: AML owns nothing…except Keith…oh happiness…

(ah yes and I'm doing better…I'm saying that in hopes that anyone cared haha )

Chrno sighed. He was being very quiet and patient with the frantic Rosette yet he was starting to feel a little irritated. She had been fussing over him and the mess the glass made. He already a bandaged up arm which had more bandages than really needed.

It had taken a good twenty minutes to try and get all of the pieces of glass out of his arm without ripping off most of his flesh.

But now, Rosette was fussing and freaking out over the broken window and shattered bottle on the ground. She was bent down, sweeping up the glass. It was nearly cleaned up, done by Rosette herself, considering she wouldn't even let him get NEAR the damn mess.

He had really never seen her like this….all cleany-uppy….weird…

"Rosette."

"-pay for this? Where did that broom go?" she whirled around not paying attention.

"ROSETTE."

"What?" her attention was soon lost though.

"ROSETTE!! STOP. We.are.going.to.bed.and.going.to.school.tomorrow.as.if.nothing.happened.got it??" he said the sentence very slowly, picking it apart.

She stared back at him for a moment, silently. Then she took a deep breath.

"Ok….you're right…let's sleep…" she put down the broom, looked around the room and sat down on the bed.

"Ow…..what did I just sit on??" she started reaching for something under the covers.

Shit. The diary.

"De-OH Rosette! I forgot…um…you should use the bathroom before you sleep…" he finished lamely.

"Chrno…."

"Yes?"

"Do you think I'm going to wet your bed or something?" she started laughing nervously but he never laughed.

"Just do it."

"…." She shrugged but walked away anyway to the bathroom.

"That was close…" breathed Chrno leaning back onto the bed, laying on the diary under the covers in the process.

"OW." He sat straight up again, rubbing his back. He reached under the covers and grabbed the threatening book with the threatening letters and sighed while looking at it.

"What should I do with you?"

"Are you talking to yourself?" he heard Rosette's voice from the hallway. Footsteps were coming to the room.

Holy Shit. Holy Shit. Oh My Freeking God. Fuck. Fuck. WHAT DO I DOOO?!

As a last resort, he threw the diary behind the back of his bed, just as the clueless blonde walked into the room.

"Are you?"

"No, whattya talking about?" he questioned trying to look innocent as possible.

She stood there staring at him suspiciously. The light from the hallway shone against her figure in the doorway, making her seem like an angel. Pretty.

"U-uh Rosette…let's just SLEEP okay?" he said feeling a little flustered.

"Okay." She shrugged and flopped onto the bed next to him, almost as if she had forgotten the eventful night.

They lied there like that for awhile in the complete dark except for the hallway light. Rosette and Chrno's arms behind their heads, staring at the very boring ceiling.

"Chrno?"

"Mm?"

"Can you go turn off the hallway light?"

"….fine."

He got up, flipped the light off, and flopped back into his previous position.

"Chrno?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."

"For turning the light off?"

"No…you know the whole letting me sleep here and you know …."

"…yeah…"

"Sorry about your arm…"

"I'm okay…"

Chrno and Rosette, enveloped in silence, slowly began to drift away into dreamland.

Chrno woke up, on time for once without needing help from his alarm clock. The morning sunshine poured through the now broken window. That made Chrno wonder how he was actually going to get it fixed.

School.

He was GOING to make Rosette go today. No matter what happened the day before, he was going to take her with him

He turned to his side to look at Rosette who was comfortably curled around the pillow she had brought with her.

Chrno smiled at her, and after hearing a soft laugh from someone nearby, Rosette stirred.

"Mmmm…what time is it?" she asked sleepily.

"Time for school!" he answered with fake enthusiasm.

"Nooooo….isn't it the weekkkeeenndd?" Rosette pulled the pillow over her head.

"Nope. Come on get up. Want the shower first? Well, I at least I always shower before school."

She sat up, looking around. The blonde then turned her now cheerful blue eyes towards the amber eyed teen and smiled.

"Is that why you always smell so good?" she asked to his back that was heading for the bathroom.

"Do you want the shower or not, Rosette?"

No answer. He looked back to see she had disappeared.

Where did she go?

"Rosette?"

He looked over at the broken window.

Oh My God she did not…. She did.

Praying to God that she didn't, Chrno leaned his head out of the window, careful to avoid the sharp, protruding pieces of glass.

"Rosette are you-whoa!" Rosette's upside down smiling face met Chrno's, startling him.

"What…are…you doing up there…..YOU'RE GOING TO FALL!!!" Chrno panicked thinking how he would get blamed if his neighbor died falling off his roof.

"Awww stop worrying so much." She said, slightly losing her balance for a minute which didn't make her statement sound convincing to Chrno.

"Get….down….back….into…the room…please…" he begged.

She sighed.

"FINE. BE a spoilsport." She huffed reaching for his outstretched hand from above.

This time she did lose her balance completely.

And she found herself hanging from Chrno's window holding onto his one hand.

"Holy fuck. Holy fuck. Holy fuck. Chrno. PLEASE HELP." Rosette panicked, looking down at the ground below her….which was very far away.

He grunted struggling to get her up with his one good arm. But at the rate she was slipping, he would have to use his injured arm.

"J-just hold on…." Clenching his teeth, Chrno reached his other arm through the window. His arms leaned onto the sharp protruding shards of the broken window, causing them to break the skin.

"Ow…jeez…a-all I wanted to do was go.to…s-ah!...school." Slowly but surely, his efforts started to take effect and Rosette felt herself being pulled up by two pained, yet strong arms.

The last pull through the dangerous window cut Rosette's stomach, but she really could've cared less.

"Oh my God I'm alive!" she danced around giddy. (A/N I mean wouldn't you if you almost fell off the roof of an apartment building?)

Chrno groaned, not really feeling enthusiasm but at least glad that he wouldn't be sued. He grabbed his injured arm from the night before that now had new cuts around it which would mean more bandaging.

"Ahh…" Rosette said, examining her cut stomach and slightly torn pajama top. "At least I'll live though."

The blonde looked over at her short savior (AGAIN!) and saw him frowning at his wounds.

"Wow, Chrno you must be so sick of me…having to protect me and all from all of this crap…" she looked at the floor a little ashamed.

He looked up at her from his spot on the floor.

"Well, what other shorty is gonna look after you and your problems?" he smirked, getting up to finally take that shower.

"Awww shuddup. Go shower. I'll be ready when you come out." He nodded and went in the bathroom.

"Soooo are there any hot guys at your school??" Rosette playfully inquired as they started to walk to school.

"Rosette…..first of all, didn't you JUST give on on Keith?...and how would I know if there are ….any….hot guys….I'M A GUY!!" Chrno huffed.

Rosette laughed.

"Aww there's nothing wrong with looking…" she looked over at him.

"Are you positive you don't have a girlfriend of sorts? I mean….look at yourself!" she exclaimed, hoping to get a rise outta him.

"Please….Rosette….don't do this to me…" Chrno's voice sounded a bit annoyed.

"But it's so fuuuuun." She teased back, stepping around a mother taking her baby for a walk.

The morning had gotten hotter and hotter as Chrno had predicted. Even though it was in the middle of January, the days were sweltering hot causing suspicions to arise. Of course now…the weather was the least of his worries.

After meeting Rosette, Chrno knew that she needed stern protecting. It seemed like she took care of herself most of her life but now as an attractive, young, fiery girl…someone had to look out for her.

And Chrno had designated himself for the job.

And on the top of his list of worries was Rosette getting date raped.

Jesus where did that some from?

Chrno had been so burrowed into his thoughts that he hadn't realized that they were back on the school steps…someplace where they were a couple days ago.

This time though they were a little early and other students that had come early as well, lounged around the school courtyard or sat on the steps.

Chrno walked over to the steps and sat down, watching Rosette look around for someone interesting.

"Uh…good morning Chrno…." A shy voice penetrated interrupted Chrno's watching.

He turned around and saw a girl smaller than him that had almost white hair and soft skin.

"Hey Azmaria…how are you today?" he asked cautiously. Azmaria, a year younger, but in his grade because of her smart-ness, she always seemed breakable but was a good friend to Chrno. Her quiet personality mixed well with Chrno's also quiet, observing personality.

"I-I'm okay Chrno…thanks for asking…that girl over there, she's very pretty…I saw you walk here with her…is she your girlfrie-"

"No." he answered simply before she could finish her question.

The shy girl looks down as if embarrassed for thinking such a thing. Chrno didn't really blame her. Half of the school probably thought so too after seeing him, a rather attractive guy (he knew this) and her, a very attractive girl walk together to school.

"Is your arm okay?" she asked just noticing his bandaged arm.

"I'm okay…..sorry Azmaria, I'm just a little stressed…lots of things happened last night."

The girl looked up with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry for-"

"Who's this??" a rather excited blonde asked, butting in.

Rosette.

"This is Azmaria, Rosette." Chrno said, shifting in his seat on the step. Rosette and Azmaria joined him on either side.

"Aww…I was hoping it was your girlfriend or something…." Rosette pouted.

"WHAT is with your obsession about my lovelife??" Chrno asked annoyed.

Azmaria giggled quietly, observing the two interact. Rosette looked over at the source of the shy sound and the girl immediately flinched. She noticed the violent reaction.

"Heyy loosen up…I'm not gonna bite your head off, or anthing….I'm just getting good look at you is all…aww…she's so pretty Chrno…" Rosette gave a toothy grin. She then shifted closer, leaning across Chrno, suffocating the extremely irritated teen in the process.

"Soo….Chrno wouldn't tell me anything…are there any hot guys here? Except Chrno of course??" The funny thing was that Rosette asked the question with a very straight face.

At that moment, (to Chrno's relief) the bell for school to start rang and the crowd of noisy students began to descend up the stairs inside.

Rosette sighed.

"School, huh?"

Pleasurable moans escaped Rosette's mouth as Chrno caressed the inside of her mouth with his tongue. Her hands wandered, along Chrno's arms and neck, beckoning him to do more. Biting her bottom lip softly, Chrno grinned against his darling's mouth and explored her body with his own hands as a reply. Rosette's hairties had come undone, causing her hair to fall around her face and shoulders, making her seem all the more appealing. Slipping his tongue back into her mouth, their tongues memorized each other's movement and texture and explored deeper into each others-

"MR.CHRNO!" a voice called to the sleeping teen.

Startling him out of his dream, the teacher threw her chalk at the boy's head angrily, hoping he would feel her wrath with the blow.

"Mr. Chrno," she repeated. "would you rather sleep and salivate all over the desk, or would you like to be left alone without punishment and listen to my teachings?" the angry teacher threatened.

Embarrassed but still groggy, the red-eyed boy grinned sheepishly and looked to the board, hoping desperately for a clue as to what they were doing.

"THANK YOU." The biology teacher turned back around and continued writing notes.

Half of the class sniggered at the flustered teen and the other half blushed, feeling embarrassed for him.

Luckily Rosette was not in that class.

But Azmaria was.

What the hell was with that dream? Oh. My. Frickin. God. I REALLY hope I didn't SAY anything or make any…inappropriate sounds….oh shit….maybe I should ask Azmaria…of course that would be EXTREMELY embarrassing…what if word get to Rosette…she seems to be pretty popular among the students already…what if I said her name in my dream??...ohshitohshitohshitohshit…WHY did my dream have to turn out like that…it wasn't even that graphic…aw man…

As these worries ran through Chrno's head, Azmaria watched from her seat next to him as his face changed in expression every other second.

She suddenly blushed, remembering the sounds that had come from him during the teacher's lectures. You know, the pleased sounds, and moans of "Rosette."

No doubt about it.

This would definitely reach Rosette before lunch.

Chrno is so screwed.

So whatdya guys think? I rewrote this about three times….I know it could've been less boring but tell me what you thought about this chapter!

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