Chapter 24.
Rosette had been right; she had a bad hangover the next day. She groaned and turned her face away from the window from where the sun was shining in. Chrono slowly woke when he felt her movements "Hangover?" he whispered.
She groaned in reply and placed her arm over her eyes "It's horrible"
He chuckled "That should teach you" he said and got up "I'll get you some aspirin"
"Thanks" she mumbled and crept under the covers "I swear that was the last time"
"Hopefully" Chrono replied, then he came back and sat down on the edge of the bed "Here love" he reached her the pills and the glass of water. She sat up and swallowed them "Thanks" she mumbled "I'm happy it's only Sunday"
"Tomorrow you have to work again?" Chrono asked and lay back down next to her, making her rest her head against his shoulder. She nodded "Yea, the kids need me"
He smiled "Yea, especially the little Joshua" He stretched and leaned down to kiss her forehead "Sleep a little longer love, the headache will soon be gone"
"Thank you Chrono" she snuggled back under the covers and deep into the pillow. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes.
Chrono smiled "Sweet dreams" he whispered and stepped out of the room, closing the door after him.
When she later woke up, her headache had subsided a little. She got up and stepped into the living room. She called Chrono's name, but it seemed he wasn't at home right now. Rosette yawned and walked into the kitchen to get some coffee. On the kitchen table lay a little note which said "Out shopping groceries, Chrono"
She smiled at the note. It actually had been her turn to buy groceries "Thanks" she whispered. She found that there was still coffee left for her and took some, then she sat onto the couch and snuggled under the blanket. She took a look out the window. It was a grey day, with only a few small sun rays shining through the thick clouds.
"Looks like it could start to rain any time soon..." she mumbled and took a sip of the coffee.
She sat there for about an hour, the drumming on the windows from the big water drops hitting it had already begun. She was watching a movie, when the front door opened and an exhausted and wet Chrono walked inside, big bags in his hands. He fought his way into the kitchen, where he plopped the bags onto the table. He sighed and rubbed water off of his face with a tissue.
Rosette watched him for a few seconds, before stepping over and helping him empty the bags.
He smiled at her "How are you feeling?" he asked, giving her a quick peck on her forehead.
"I'm better" she replied "But you really didn't have to go shopping... I could have done it tomorrow after work"
"Is that really all the thank I get for helping you?" Chrono pouted "I am disappointed"
Rosette rolled her eyes "Of course I am thankful" she grumbled "What did you all buy by the way?"
"A lot?"
"I can see that genius"
Chrono grinned "I bought different important stuff"
The blonde shrugged and walked back into the living room. She stood in front of the window, watching the rain fall. She sighed "Damn weather..." she grumbled.
She felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist. She glared at him "Couldn't you have dried yourself before doing that?" Chrono smiled "Nope" he replied and nuzzled her neck "I met one of your old friends from the café by the way" he added. Rosette looked at him over her shoulder "Who? Anna?"
"Nope, I said "old" friend"
She looked thoughtful "Oh you mean-"
"Yep, I mean just him"
"You didn't invite him or anything did you?" she grumbled.
"No, Elder won't be coming... he was missing you very much though" Chrono told her "He told me that Anna wasn't as funny as you"
"How long did you talk with that perv?" she asked. She hated it when Elder was talking with Chrono. She never knew what exactly they were talking about.
"About twenty minutes?" he grinned "But don't worry, he didn't show me any tricks of any kind"
"that's a relief" the blonde grumbled and broke out of his arms "You better change into dry clothes before you catch a cold"
He nodded and walked off towards the bedroom. A few seconds after he left, the doorbell rang. Rosette walked out and opened the door. She was met by a smiling Aion "Hello Rose" he greeted "I see you are feeling all well" he gave her a hug and walked by her into the apartment.
"Yea I'm feeling fine" she smiled "I got some aspirin earlier"
"Where's my brother?"
"Changing, he was shopping when it started to rain" she told him and sat down in the couch next to him. Aion was amazed "He really went shopping? Without you telling him to first? I'm impressed"
"He isn't that bad Aion" Rosette laughed.
"Yes he is... or at least was... what have you done to him? Before he was a lazy and only did what he wanted"
Suddenly a pair of arms snaked around Rosette's shoulders "Don't listen to him, I have always been very helpful" Chrono whispered and kissed her cheek "Hello bro"
"Lying to your own girlfriend now are you?" Aion smirked, but greeted him anyway. Chrono sat down in a chair opposite to them "What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to see how Rosette is, nothing important really" Aion replied with a smile and turned his eyes to the blonde "You look very tired" he commented "Didn't you have a good night's rest?"
Rosette smiled "I did" she answered "I'm okay... but you look pretty tired as well"
"I guess Satella is a little uhm... restless lately" he said with a shrug "She doesn't seem to be so interested in me anymore..." a small sigh escaped the white haired man's lips. Rosette leaned a little closer "How can you tell?"
Aion smiled at her "She just seems to be thinking of someone else sometimes..." he told them "As if I'm just some kind of replacement... even yesterday"
Rosette felt kind of sorry for him "Oh Aion... I'm sure it has nothing to do with you" she said and placed a hand on his arm soothingly. He sighed "Yea... perhaps your right Rosette..." he said, a smile still on his lips.
Chrono had a slight sad look on his face "It's just a phase bro, don't worry about it"
"Maybe you're right... oh well"
Aion stayed all day and for dinner and then took home a little after that. When they couple was alone again, Rosette walked up to Chrono and said "He is unhappy... you must see that now as well"
"But what are we supposed to do about it?" he asked back "There's nothing we can do"
The blonde sighed, sitting down on the couch "Satella is only wearing him out" she mumbled "Did you see the bags he had under his eyes?"
Chrono let his hand comb through his hair "I saw it, but right now we should do nothing okay?"
"Fine"
He smiled "That's good... now... are you tired? We could go to bed earlier"
"A little... Hey you know what?"
"What?"
Rosette had sparkling stars in her eyes "We could move the Television into the bedroom and then make us a nice evening with popcorn and sweets"
Chrono sweat dropped "You mean it?" he pulled her closer "I have all the sweetness here though"
"You know what I mean doofus" she grumbled and kissed his chin "Now start moving the TV"
"Oh alright" he mumbled and did as he was told. Then they snuggled under the covers and had a nice evening with a good movie, sweets and each other.
AN: To be honest... I had no idea of what to write in this one... -.-
Next chapter will probably be for MRUF ^^ or maybe KO -.- I don't know yet ^_^
Anyway... until next chapter.
