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Thank you to Jazzy Uchiha, OtherCat1, Misogirl, and Tsukiria for reviewing! I'm sorry I didn't update last week, I've been very ill with a virus/infection in my chest. Please forgive me! And until I get better I'll only be able to update once every two weeks. I'm sorry to those who came here every week; I hope the following chapter makes up for it.

Enjoy!

F-Flowers

Daylight broke in the early morning but a gathering of dark clouds quickly covered the sun and brought darkness. Along with the darkness, the clouds brought snow that they dropped onto the Earth. The Order stood right in the middle of the snowstorm and was getting buried in snow. The Nuns of the Order stayed indoors while the children stood near the window in awe. They wanted so badly to go outside and play in the snow but the Nuns kept the children inside out of common sense. It seemed like an ordinary day but to one girl, Rosette, it was a day she'd been dreading.

Her thirteen birthday.

Rosette woke up that morning and ran downstairs to eat breakfast. She got into a fight with another person and was sent up to her room for punishment. Going to her room was something Rosette didn't consider a punishment but it was much better then cleaning the dinning hall late at night.

She flopped down on her bed with her arms wide open. Her eyes stared up at the ceiling with boredom and frustration behind them. In her heart of hearts Rosette was upset that her birthday was going unnoticed but there was something else that stabbed at her heart, something she could do nothing about. Her birthday going unnoticed was a problem she could solve within a few minutes, but this problem she couldn't solve.

She missed Joshua. Rosette was upset that she couldn't be with Joshua for her birthday; they had shared birthdays ever since she could remember but now she was all alone. This, even though it had only been a few hours, was one of the worst birthdays she had ever had.

A knock came to the door.

"Come in!" Rosette answered.

Elizabeth came into the room with a bundle of Apple Blossoms in her hand. She closed the door behind her, and walked over to the right side of Rosette's bed in the room they both shared.

"These," Elizabeth handed them to Rosette, "are from Chrno."

Rosette blinked. "Chrno?" she asked.

Elizabeth nodded. "He came to the front of the Order and asked me to give them to you."

"Thank you." Rosette took the flowers and found a small note within the middle of the bunch.

Rosette pulled the white note out of the Apple Blossoms and turned it over to see Chrno's handwriting. As her eyes read over the note, Elizabeth began walking to the door.

"I hate breaking the rules for you," she said in a teasing tone not facing the blonde. "Happy birthday Rosette."

With that, Elizabeth opened the door and stepped out of the room. A smile crossed Rosette's face as she reread the small white note.

I picked these before the weather got bad. Rosette, happy thirteenth birthday. I'm sorry I can't see you right now.

-Chrno

A small blush crossed Rosette's face. This was the first time she had ever received flowers. She hadn't been this happy in a while.

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