Chapter 27.
The time with Joshua was very good. He and Chrono had a lot of fun together. At one time they had been whispering about something behind the blonde's back, which made her quite suspicious. After that they had disappeared somewhere alone for a while without telling her where to. She didn't need to fear anything though. The next morning, breakfast had been made for her and the way from the bed and to the kitchen table and also the area around her plate on the table was covered by red rose petals.
Both boys had been grinning widely, waiting for a kiss on their cheeks. Rosette hadn't been able to hold back laughing, so she smiled and pecked both their cheeks, before starting eating breakfast.
Joshua told Chrono everything about the new book Rosette had bought for him. Chrono had listened carefully and smiled at the young boy.
In the evening while Rosette sat on the couch with a book, the boys had been sitting on the floor with a game. After that, they had all three watched TV. Rosette had sat in the middle, resting her head on Chrono's shoulder.
At one point Joshua nudged her arm a little. She turned her eyes curiously towards him. He grinned and pointed at his own shoulder.
Rosette laughed and switched position so her head was resting on Joshua's shoulder instead, except that she almost got a backache from leaning over too much.
The next day when they had wanted to take a walk, they had run into Satella. She had glared at the blonde, smiled at the purple head and stared at the blonde boy.
"You're not planning to adopt a child are you?" she had asked.
Rosette had snapped back that it wasn't her business and dragged both boys off. Joshua shivered and whispered to Chrono "Women can be very scary sometimes" Chrono agreed full heartedly.
When Rosette tucked Joshua in that evening, Chrono was standing in the doorway watching her. Joshua smiled at her and closed his eyes when she pecked his forehead. This was how a real family should be like.
Rosette stepped into the bedroom to where Chrono was "I think he enjoys it here" she said with a smile. Chrono nodded "Yes, and we enjoy having him here too" he pulled her into a hug. After a little moment of silence, he said "Don't plan anything for Saturday love, I want to invite you out"
"Again? But I thought we just had a nice evening together"
"This time will be different" he told her. She smiled "You've got a lot of plans don't you? But fine, then let's go out again, I just hope we have enough money left after all of this"
Chrono chuckled "Don't you worry about that love" he said and pushed her gently towards the bathroom "You go prepare for bedtime and I'll be there right away"
Rosette smiled "Uhm... ok" she grabbed her nightclothes and vanished into the bathroom. Chrono smiled until she had closed the door and then hurried into the living room to get his mobile phone. He dialled a number and waited impatiently for Aion to pick it up.
Chrono grinned as Aion picked up and answered.
"Hey bro, sleeping already?" Chrono asked, not noticing Rosette open the door of the bathroom. She wondered why he would call Aion now. She decided to just listen.
Chrono scratched the back of his head embarrassedly as he spoke "Heh... you see... uhm this funny thing happened and I-" a short silence "No... Yes I know but I-" another short silence "I got cold feet ok?" he hissed into the receiver "I know that, it's just-" ... "Of course I do" ... "I know dammit, it's just... I've never done this before" ... "Well you've never done it before either" Chrono grumbled annoyed "You have? Wait when have you-" ... "Fine... whatever... can you or can you not?" the purple haired man sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose "Great... sure... yea sure... Bye... damn you"
Chrono hung up and grumbled something to the phone. He turned slowly and Rosette hurried back into the bathroom. She waited there a few seconds before exiting. Chrono was lying in bed with a thoughtful frown on his face.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she crept over next to him "What's with the frown?"
"Oh nothing" he smiled and pulled her closer "Just missed you"
Rosette rolled her eyes and smiled as he rest his head next to hers with a sigh "I feel so tired" he yawned. Rosette laughed "Joshua is a little boy and still he manages to make you exhausted?"
"He is an ill child... I'm happy we can help him" Chrono whispered, closing his eyes and turning out the light. The blonde smiled "I hope that he once in close future will be free of any illnesses..."
Chrono pecked her forehead and smiled "I hope that too..." he said "Goodnight my love"
"Goodnight Chrono"
The night was quiet, or so it seemed. About four รณ clock Rosette could hear a soft sniffling sound and then felt how something roughly settled itself down between Chrono and her. Her eyes shot open and turned towards the reason of disturbance. It was Joshua.
Chrono had woken as well and was too looking down at the boy.
"Joshua, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly and brushed the bangs out of the boys eyes. Joshua let out another little sniffle, but didn't answer.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Chrono asked, making the little boy nod "C-Can I sleep here?" he asked quietly.
Rosette nodded "Of course you can" she pulled the covers over him and let him snuggle down between them. She smiled and waited until he closed his eyes and slowly drifted back to sleep. When he was in deep slumber she looked at Chrono who was looking back at her. He smiled "I think he'll be alright from now on" He said "Let's go back to sleep"
The blonde agreed on that and closed her eyes with a sigh. Soon the apartment was quiet once again.
The three slept through the rest of the night in peace.
Rosette was the first to wake up the next morning and so she decided to make breakfast for the two boys. She hummed quietly as she prepared the table. When she was done, there was still no sound coming from the bedroom.
She peeked inside and saw that both boys were still asleep. She decided she didn't want to wait for them to wake up and ate breakfast alone. After that she sat down on the couch and watched TV. The weather was nice today, so maybe she and the boys could go for a small walk later.
When she had just turned the TV off again and stood up, the door finally opened and Chrono came out, looking rather tired and messy. A wide yawn escaped his lips as he walked towards her and pulled her into a hug. He didn't say anything, just stood there leaning heavily on her.
They stood like that a few seconds, and when Chrono still said nothing, she decided to be the first to talk "Good morning?"
"Morning..." he mumbled sleepily, rubbing the sand from his eyes.
"Had a bad night?"
"Couldn't sleep... and when I finally fell asleep I was woken by Joshua not long after"
Rosette chuckled "Oh my poor love" she said and kissed his cheek "At least Joshua could sleep for the rest of the night without more nightmares"
Chrono nodded in agreement. He pulled her closer and wrapped both arms around her waist "Saturday... no plans" he told her again, making her chuckle "I haven't forgotten it Chrono" she assured him and pecked his cheek "I'm just wondering what you're up to"
"Surprise" he whispered and let go of her to walk into the bathroom and make ready for the day. She shook her head. She was sure he was up to something, and she was quite curious to find out what.
"Oh well... I guess I simply have to wait for Saturday then" she smiled and prepared some cereals for Joshua when he entered the living room.
AN: Finally another chapter done! I've had this lying here on my computer for a while and decided to write those last words for the chapter so I can take care of other stories.
I have soooo much to do ^^ so I'm quite busy.
Until next chapter.
