Love Me Through it All (KidxCrona AU)

Chapter 8 - Crona

I smiled as Kid left the room to make breakfast for the two of us. I continued searching for a decent outfit for the day with the smile spread across my face.

Gosh...it's been what?...six years since I have smiled genuinely like this. His kindness...his passion...his presence in general...how does he do it...how does he make me feel so...safe...his eyes so...hypnotizing...I want to say that I like him in the same way he likes me...but no one has ever truly loved me...people have said they did...but it was all lies...I just hope Kid isn't a liar...I want someone to love me...I want to love someone...

I hopped of the bed all dressed in ready. All I need to do is eat and brush my teeth. I continued to smile myself as I walked to the kitchen where I found Kid stirring two bowls of oatmeal.

"I hope you like oatmeal, Crona." He smiled. I nodded and sat down in the kitchen chair I sat in when Kid served the spaghetti we never ate. He added a little more milk to the oatmeal, stirred it around a bit more before setting it in front of me along with a spoon.

"T-thank you, K-kiddo..." I smiled looking down at the breakfast in front of me. It looked so good. I haven't eaten breakfast in ages. I dug in as Kid sat down across from me giggling.

"You're really hungry aren't you?" I nodded.

"I h-haven't eaten breakfast f-for y-years, this is so g-good!" He chuckled at my enthusiasm about breakfast.

"Your so cute, Crona..." He mumbled to himself as he began to eat his own oatmeal. I blushed and pretended I didn't hear him. It would probably be the best for the both of us.

We both ate in silence for the rest of the meal. It wasn't really an awkward silence, it was more of an I'm stuffing my face and am to busy to talk sort of silence.

Kid was the first to stand up and take care of his plate. On his way back he stopped in front of me and smiled.

"You have oatmeal all over your face."

"I-I do?!" I dropped my spoon and quickly covered my face with my hands. He bent down in front of me.

"May I clean it up for you?"

"Uh...s-sure..." He smiled and removed my hands from my face. He leaned in and kissed me softly on the lips, before pulling away and kissing my nose and both of my cheeks. He pulled away and looked at me with a smile of satisfaction.

"All cleaned up." I blushed terribly and covered my face.

I can't believe he just did that...I can't believe I didn't pull away...I can't believe I liked it!

He blushed himself as well and stood up. "I'm sorry, that was uncalled for..."

"N-no it's o-okay..."

It is?!

"You h-have a little bit of oatmeal on y-your f-face too..."

He does?!

I stood up, my legs shaking like a chiwawa.

What are you doing?!

I stood on my tippy toes...

Crona control yourself!

...and leaned forward an inch.

You don't know if he honestly likes you or not!

I grabbed his collar to keep from falling.

Shut up Crona, I like him...

I crashed my lips against his and kissed him sweetly.

...and that's what matters.

"A-all c-cleaned up..." I smiled slightly. He chuckled.

"I love you Crona."

"D-do you r-really? Y-your not j-just toying w-with m-m-me?"

"Of course not."

"Y-your not lying t-to me?"

"I could never." I smiled.

"T-then I l-l-love you too." He smiled widely.

After Kid finished getting dressed himself, we both packed up our backpacks and headed to school. I've always hated the walk to school. I always felt so scared. All the tall sky scraping buildings towering over me, the busy streets filled with people I don't know how to deal with. The city of New York is way too much for me to handle, but I can't afford to go anywhere else.

As soon as we left the apartment complex I grabbed Kids arm and clung to it. I've said it before, I'll say it again. He makes me feel safe.

He didn't mind. He just gave me a smile and kissed the top of my head.

We walked to school together. Saying few things here and there, but we were mostly just enjoying each other's company, exchanging smiles.

"Well, well, I never thought I'd live to see the day where stripes here would get a girlfriend, boyfriend? Ahh well just call it an it. Hey everyone! Stripes here is dating an it!"

Oh crap...we arrived to hell...

"Her name is Crona, Wes. Now back off and get a life!" I heard Kid shout at Wes.

"Get a life? Ha! I have a great life. You're the one who doesn't have a life. Seriously stripes, you're dating an it."

"Go to hell." He retorted back at Wes as he tried to pull us through the swarming crowd and into the school.

"Where do you think you're going ya freaks?!" He shouted at us and grabbed my free hand and pulled me towards him causing Kid and I to both fall back. Kid caught me right before my entire body fell against the ground. He pulled me back to my feet but not even a second after I was stable Wes grabbed my wrist and slammed me against the school's outer wall.

"It's don't deserve good lives." He said to me before he drew his fist back to give me a good punch in the face. But before his fist could make contact with me Kid grabbed him by his hood and pulled him away from me.

"You little brat!" Wes shouted before throwing a punch at Kid.

"Jerk!" Kid returned the punch.

"Bitch!" Another punch exchanged.

"Asshole!" Yet another punch.

Their fight eventual turned into a five against one war. Wes' friends joined in to be fight against Kid.

"Stop!!!" I shouted. "Stop fighting!!!" This was all too much. Wes didn't stop. Wes' friends didn't stop. Kid didn't stop.

"KID STOP!!!" I screamed. "I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT!!!" He didn't listen to me.

I got up and ran towards the school while everyone was distracted. I ran. I cried. I eventually made it inside, tears streaming down my face.

Why didn't he just listens to me. We could've made it inside with limited injuries. But no. He had to fight. He had to be violent. He had to stick up for little, worthless me.