Last chapter got a wee bit on the real side X'D So for you reading entertainment, I offer you cuteness.

Song Suggestion: Give U Up by CALVIN

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Emma looked over the paperwork on her desk, more contracts for book signings. She gave a tired sigh, but checked the clock. 4 pm. It was the first day of the month and a Thursday. She'd be getting her first paycheck in her account by the morning. It was a relief that she'd have money for rent in time. Emma got up and stretches before heading over to her boss's office and knocking on the door frame, causing the man to look up from his work.

"Hey Mr. Abner. Sorry, is now a bad time?" Emma asked.

"Now's fine, and please, call me Maurice," he said with a smile.

Emma nodded. "Right, Maurice. I just wanted to check in before the end of the day. Is it still okay for me to take the fifth off? I know we discussed it ahead of my starting but—" Emma bobbed her head. It was always better to check when you just started working at a company two weeks ago.

"Sure, not a problem," he replied. "Ah, while you're up, do you mind being a doll and grabbing a coffee for me from the break room?"

"Oh, um sure," Emma replied, surprised by the request. She wasn't exactly heading in that direction but, hey, he must be pretty busy.

"Thanks," he replied before going back to his reading.

Emma headed over to the break room. Naturally, the pot was empty at this time of day. This was intern work but it couldn't hurt to be nice when she was taking a day off so soon. With a fresh pot brewed she poured two paper cups of coffee. Might as well get some for herself while it was fresh. It took of balancing, but she made it back to Mr. Abner's office, and placed both cups on the desk so she could put down two packs of sugar and two creamer cups before picking up her own coffee again.

"There you go, I'll be heading back to my desk," Emma said with a smile. "Anything else?"

"Cream and sugar too? You're a saint," he said, mixing in the ingredients himself. "Hmm I have some files that need to get put into storage if you have the time." Maurice held up a stack of off-white folders.

Oh lord, that was a rhetorical question. Okay. "Sure, I'll get those filed away," Emma agreed as she accepted the files before heading out. She had just started here, so she shouldn't be surprised she was getting the grunt work. Probably wrote down the file names to check them after she left to make sure she put them away right.

She put the files away before heading back to her desk. 4:56 pm. Might as well clock out, she thought as she packed up her bag and left. That was actually rather nice. She hadn't been able to leave an office on time so stress-free since... gracious, it had been years. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. Emma smiled as she stopped in the grocery store before heading home. 6:03 pm. Emma had just enough time. She had been talking to Claire about this and had been bouncing ideas back and forth since February.

Chris walked up the stairs around seven-thirty as usual before heading to Emma's door and walking in. Huh, something smelled good, was she baking again? "Hey, I'm home when you're ready," Chris said and Emma gave a lazy wave from the island counter.

"Thanks," she said with a pout in her tone, which caused him to pause.

"Rough day?" he asked as he walked over.

"Nah work was fine, just disappointed. I think I messed up the recipe I was trying." Emma got up from her leaning to pick up a small disposable round tin.

"It does look a little deflated," Chris agreed as he looked at what, based on the smell, was an attempt at a banana creme pie. "It probably still tastes fine."

"I dunno it smelled off to me. I think it was too much vanilla that did it in," Emma said, making a face and holding the tin away from her, which confused him. He didn't smell anything bad. He leaned forward only for his vision to go dark.

"April fools," Emma said with a little shit-eating grin at her harmless prank as she put down the tin that had only been filled with whipped cream on the counter in favor of getting a hand towel as a peace offering. Chris wiped the whipped cream away from his face and stared at Emma.

"Get over here," he said as he picks up the abandoned, still mostly filled tin, walking towards her.

"Oh no, no, no, no," Emma said through laughter as she moved to make sure she was on the opposite side of the island at all times. Chris joined in her laughter as this quickly turned into a game, Emma occasionally flicking the hand towel at Chris in an attempt to keep him at bay. Duke joined in the rotation to occasionally lick up dropped cream, but the agent eventually got the bright idea of placing his free hand on the island and vaulting the narrower section of the counter.

"Oh shi—" Emma started as she turned to try and book it for her room, only to be caught by Chris. He smiled as he plopped the tin against her face and smeared that around for good measure before placing it upside down on top of her head.

"Thought you were going to get away with it didn't you?" Chris said while still holding her before giving her a peck on the cheek.

Emma attempted at a villainous laugh. "I kind of did."

"Little shit," Chris said, amused, as he leaned slightly to rub the side of his face against her hair to clean face off. This caused Emma to laugh and gently swat at his arm before shifting to give him a kiss instead to get him to stop.

"Worth it," Emma said, still content despite the tin's worth of whipped cream dripping down her hair.

"Where's that towel?" Chris asked as he used his free hand to wipe more cream from his eyes.

"Here," Emma said as she handed over the fluffy cloth. "I'll be over in I need to wash this out of my hair." She chuckled as she took the pie tin off her head.

"All right, see you then," Chris replied and headed over to the kitchen sink to wash off his own face as well. Ugh, it got up his nose. He made a slight face with that realization but he eventually was back to being dairy-free, and with that, he headed over to his own place and set up for training.

"Knock knock," Emma said as she walked in and closes the door behind her. Chris looked over to find she had changed into a tank top and leggings, and now had her freshly washed hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"Hey," he said with a smile as he adjusted the lightly padded gloves on his hand. "Ready?" Chris walked onto the mostly flat mattress.

"Ready," Emma agreed as she joined him on the mat. Punch, kick, two punches, high kick.

"How was work," Emma asked as they went through their process.

"It was work," Chris replied with a shrug. "I got confirmation that the other half of the squad will be officially stateside and done running around Europe in six months. It's longer than they initially estimated but—" Punch, punch, kick, punch.

"Aw that's awesome, let them know I miss them next time you see them," Emma said with a smile. It wasn't much, but it made her happy when he actually shared about his day.

"We'll have to plan something so you can tell them yourself," Chris offered. He knew he wouldn't hear the end of it if he passed on that message. High kick, kick, punch, kick.

"Sounds good, it's been a while since we last got to play cards," Emma offered as a suggestion.

"That could work," he agreed. Punch, punch, kick, high kick. "How was your day?"

"Not bad, still boring and I'm doing intern work, but can't really be avoided at this point," Emma said with a slight frown.

"You'll get there," Chris replied with a nod. Punch, kick, kick, punch.

"Yeah, at least I have a long weekend coming up," Emma admitted as Chris grabs onto her arm to put her into a hold.

"Long weekend?" he asked curiously. He didn't think there was a holiday coming up.

"Taking Monday off," she replied as she broke the pin.

"Already?" Chris asked in return as he pulled her into a different hold.

"Yeah, I ran it by them when I was getting the paperwork taken care of to start the job," Emma told him. This one took an extra try but she managed to get out.

"Fair enough." Chris grabbed her again, hooking her leg to lower her into a pin. "Any big plans?"

"Just going over my renewal paperwork for the lease and visiting a friend," Emma said as she worked on adjusting her position to a more favorable one to get out of the pin.

"Right, you renew yearly," Chris remembered as he rolled back over to put her in a different pin.

"Yeah, wait you don't?" Emma asked, surprised since this wasn't a topic they usually talked about. If they had, then she'd forgotten.

"Nah I got set up with five-year stints shortly after I started working with the BSAA. It made it easier with how often I travel since I can't guarantee I'll be around for that frequent of paperwork," Chris replied with a shrug.

"Ah, makes sense," Emma said, going back to focusing on getting out of the pin.

"So, what are you and Chelsea up to?" Chris asked as he assumed that was who she'd be visiting.

"Actually, that's not who I'm visiting," Emma replied as she finally broke free again and waited for the next exercise.

"Oh?" Chris asked in return as he went for a more difficult pin. Wasn't it late in the season to go to the ice rink? Maybe the arcade then?

"Yeah, I know it's probably kind of dumb, but—" Emma paused, which caused Chris to loosen his grip. "I was going to visit Tanner for a bit. Pay my respects. I did that last year and it was kind of nice."

"Oh..." Chris said with a slight frown. He wasn't really sure how to respond to that. The guy was dead and even if she visited, the grave was empty. They both knew that now thanks to the receipts that Emma had found last year.

Emma went back to trying to get out of the pin so his grip tightened. A few exercises later, he finally spoke again. "Do you mind if I go with you?" he asked gently. He honestly wouldn't blame her if she said she'd prefer he didn't.

"You want to?" Emma asked, surprised, as she got out of the pin.

Chris held off on further training and sat back so she could sit up. "I wouldn't mind it."

Emma smiled at this. "Sure, I'd like that."

Before long Monday rolled around. Similar to the year prior, Emma went through her usual morning routine. Once she had finished, she started packing up a backpack with a tablecloth, a clipboard worth of paperwork, and this time food and snacks for two. Once the bag was packed, she put on her jacket and put the bag over her shoulder before heading out to find Chris waiting for her, leaning against the empty wall between their doors.

"Ready?" Chris asked as he got up.

Emma nodded and the two of them went out to her car. Emma drove to the grocery store near the graveyard where they picked up a nice bundle of flowers before heading out again and making their way to the parking lot of the cemetery. Once parked, Chris shouldered the backpack and Emma got the bundle of flowers before making their way to the grave marker.

Emma took a few minutes to clean up around it before placing the flowers while Chris set out the tablecloth for the two to sit on. They talked about the year that passed and everything that happened, reminiscing about the good and the bad as they enjoyed their snacks. Chris would occasionally poke at his phone while Emma was quiet and worked on the office work she brought with her. Before long, she got to her last piece of work. her renewal form for her lease. Chris watched quietly as she filled it out and requested another year for her unit.

When was his lease expiring anyway? He thought back on that while the two were silent. Let's see. mid-2003, four, five, and six. Another, and yet another after that. He did the math; 2021? That was coming around, wasn't it.

"And there we go, that should about do it," Emma said with a smile as she signed the paper and packed it all up on the clipboard before putting it back in the backpack. "Ready to head out?" Emma started cleaning up the various wrappers and bags from their picnic.

"Sure," Chris replied with a nod before shifting to help her pack up so the two could head back home.

Emma felt content as she looked at the grave marker once more before they left. He wasn't there; she knew that, but she hoped all the same there was a way for him to know she visited him all the same and that she was happy.


Hopefully this was as fun for you to read as it was for me to write X'D I've been wanting to do an April fools chapter for a while but I was having trouble thinking of something cute and harmless since, let's be honest, the holiday has a habit of going too far.

Review Responses:

Tayna - I'm so glad you're enjoying the story ^v^

Guest1995 - All the cute antics~ hehe. yeah that wasn't going to be a long term misunderstanding Lol they're not great with communicating but after nearly 3 years they're making a bit of progress in that regard x'D