A/N: My apologies for this one, I wrote it while half asleep. It doesn't help that I've been watching Free! as well. All those abs….
Enjoy~!
Pairings: MidKino, Steredy, hinted CoLu, vaguely hinted Gajeel X Mira.
Summary: She hadn't expected her crush on him to be revealed in such a way. But when you visit Fairy Tail, almost anything can happen. Including sugary drinks turning white shirts purple and lots and lots of blushing.
When Crime Sorcerie, Sabertooth, and Fairy Tail all got together to party, most smart people knew it was time to take a little vacation from Magnolia. Heaven knew what they were celebrating this time. Another monster defeat? Getting out of debt? Fairy Tail's second win in the Grand Magic Games…eight months ago? It was never really made clear to the townspeople. Whatever it was, it clearly required booze, loud music, and lots of fighting.
They could deal with Fairy Tail. The guild had been part of the town's life for so long, the seven years they were gone threw most people way off. Who would've guessed that chaos was something you could get acclimated to?
Fairy Tail and Crime Sorcerie together, well, that was time to pull out the earplugs. When Sabertooth joined the mix…
Yeah, it was time to go on a nice, long vacation and come back in a couple weeks. Or months. Or never.
There were varying factors that played into the madness quotient. How drunk everyone was, what time of day, how many members were around, who those members of the guilds were, and which genius had decided it would be 'funny' to give Meredy a cup of pure sugar water disguised as purple lemonade.
Whoever it was deserved to be hanged. Or hugged, depending on who you asked later.
In Yukino's slightly perverted mind (it was just a tiny, tiny part of her! Nothing too serious!), a hug was the road to go.
Because that was the day she, Yukino Agira, got to see her secret crush, Midnight of Crime Sorcerie, shirtless.
For the whole day.
Granted, she had been forced to sacrifice her favorite white blouse for that high honor, and half the semi drunk guilds had seen her green bra, but oh, was it worth it. So worth it.
Under his many layers, Midnight was cut. Like, rock hard six pack abs 'STARS! look at those abs' cut. It was a discovery Yukino was more than happy to make.
It started when Sabertooth and Crime Sorcerie were invited to one of Fairy Tail's infamous parties. Granted, they had a standing invitation to stop by anytime they got the fancy, but when parties were thrown, the invitation got a little bit louder and more insistent. Lucy actually threatened to kidnap Yukino and keep her for good if Sabertooth didn't come to their parties.
Sting could never resist a party invitation, threatened kidnappings aside. Much to Rogue and Yukino's exasperation and usual embarrassment. Honestly, would it kill the Dragon Slayer to remember that he was the head of one of the most famous and important guilds in Fiore? He should be more dignified and act more mature. Asuka was more mature than him and she was six!
Also, whoever had decided to introduce Sting and Meredy had obviously been dropped on their head as a child. The two had hit off almost immediately, trying to outdo the other in over the top pranks, and had fallen in love in the process. They were about equal on the sugar high madness level. Which was why it wasn't surprising how much trouble Meredy got into while high on sugar. Yukino was used Sting's antics but Meredy… It was a miracle the members of Crime Sorcerie were as sane as they were.
(Wait a second…)
And what happened afterward… It was either Fate or someone's very clever plan succeeding.
Yukino wasn't one to drool over exposed chests or other muscles. Sting walked around with half his stomach hanging out on a regular basis. She'd (completely accidentally, heehee) seen Rogue and Rufus without shirts on one memorable occasion. In Fairy Tail, Natsu was similar to Sting (or was it the other way around?) and Gray…well, the less said about Gray's…attire, the better. By this time she should be pretty immune to half naked men.
Apparently not.
She stood dripping purple liquid all over the floor. Her white blouse was no longer white, having been dyed the same color of purple as Meredy's drink. The pinkette herself was blubbering out apologies no one could understand, trying to cling to Yukino's arm and crying as she slipped off onto the ground in her sugared haze. Yukino was frozen in place, her mouth hanging open. Some of the other members of the three guilds had noticed what happened, the Iron Dragon Slayer and demon barmaid mostly (gossips, both of them, shameless ones), and there were a couple wolf whistles that were quickly hushed when they remembered just who Yukino's sister was…
Yukino's eyes felt as if they were about to fall out of her head as she stared open-mouthed at the Mage in front of her. It took three tries for Midnight to get her eyes up to his face and off his stomach. "Here," he said, holding out his maroon shirt to her with a sleepy, expectant look. Yukino was still frozen in place. Midnight sighed and shoved the shirt into her hands. "Take it, you need it more than I do." He sent a pointed look toward her abdomen. Yukino's white face flushed a scarlet shade, so deep it nearly rivaled the Titania's hair.
"Uhhh…Thank you, Midnight," she stuttered out as she tugged at the buttons on her now purple blouse. Midnight stepped casually in front of her, his back toward her, and kept her from being exposed. Of course, it didn't much help that he was now the exposed, bare-chested one.
Across the room, Cobra began snickering into his drink. Lucy, slightly inebriated herself, sent him a curious look. "What's so funny?"
"Your friend is a perv," he informed her, gesturing toward Yukino. Lucy stiffened. She would tolerate no insult toward one of the sweetest girls she knew. Erik had better watch out or he would move to the top of her To Kill list. In her slightly drunken haze, murderous plots began to formulate and brew in the depths of her brain. Images of acid, rusty kitchen knives, and copious amounts of salt and lemon juice made Cobra check his laughter and shift slightly away from his blonde friend. "Wait, you have a To Kill list? Who's at the top right now?" And why wasn't I aware of the existence of that list in the first place?
"Natsu," Lucy grumbled. "He broke my couch, bathtub, and burned part of my kitchen. He and Happy aren't allowed anywhere near my apartment for at least a month." Cobra stayed silent, knowing the sweet yet scary blonde wouldn't be able to keep the two apartment crashers out even if she tried. She loved them too much despite the property damage and rent loss they usually caused her.
Distracted from Lucy's not so subtle murder plots, Cobra outright barked a laugh. "Oh geez, I think she's broken. The only thing I'm hearing from your friend is, ahhhhhh…and awe at his muscle structure. Who knew Macbeth could break someone like that?"
"Well, Kino's been crushing on him for awhile now." Lucy shrugged and picked up her drink. "Maybe something will finally come of this. It's about time, too. Do you know how many times I've been called at weird hours so Kino could rant at me about him?" Lucy's inebriated tongue was a little looser than her sober one was and Cobra suffered for it. He served as her snark partner when Gray wasn't around to help her make commentary on guild happenings. She also whined at him and grumbled about her friends. Her bellyaching drove him crazy at times but she was his Lucy. Even if he did hate her crazy guild. And yet…
Watching a blushing Yukino stuttering out a thank you to an awkward looking Midnight, he decided that if Fairy Tail could bring together two completely different people, maybe the Fairies weren't so bad after all.
