"Listen up everyone, my father will be home soon. So I suggest you find something to do to make yourselves look busy." Minerva watched as everyone hurriedly scrambled around the guild hall. Some looked for jobs. Olga was dragging Rufus out the door leaving for one. Others busied themselves with cleaning around the guild. A few scurried away to hide from sight.
As she watched everyone moving, there was one particular person that caught her attention, purely because they didn't catch her attention. 'Where the hell is she?' she thought, peering around at all of the faces in the main hall to make sure she didn't miss her. She rolled her eyes. 'Probably sleeping in her room still. That girl…'
She saw Rogue walking in the back. 'Yet another odd absence.' Frosch, Sting and Lector were nowhere to be seen. She called out to him. He stopped and looked over at her. "Where's your partner in crime and two little cheerleaders?" she asked smirk.
He shrugged. "Lector took Frosch into town for some shopping and Sting disappeared as soon as we got back from our job."
"Well, make sure that you let him know the master will be back soon the next time you see him."
"Will do." He resumed walking in the direction of the dorms.
"Oh and since you're heading that way, will you knock on Mikaela's door and wake her up?" Minerva called out to him. "Our father won't be happy to hear that she's still in bed at this hour."
Rogue just waved his hand back to her in acknowledgment and continued on his way to Mikie's room even though he knew that she wasn't there. Sting didn't disappear when they returned. He ran off ahead of him to pick her up and take her out to dinner. They'd been keeping it a secret for a few months now that they were dating. And while he was one of the strongest members of the guild and Sabertooth won the Grand Magic Games last year thanks in no small part to him, as one of the strongest members of the guild and Sabertooth wothey were still pretty sure they'd be less than thrilled to find out that they were dating. Mikie was the youngest member of the Orland family and while Master Jiemma could barely acknowledge that she was his blood, Minerva was fiercely protective of her little sister.
He reached her door and lazily knocked on the door just to keep up the appearance of him fulfilling Minerva's request. "Mikie," he called, placing his hand on the doorknob, turning it and stepping inside. "Minerva said to tell you that your f-."
Rogue froze, his fingers still on the f-."e. "b, turning it and step inappearances. "barely acknowledge that she was his blood, Minhandle. He'd been so wrong about Sting taking her out to dinner, but Minerva sure was right about her still being in bed, though he was positive this isn't what she'd had in mind. He stared ahead of him at s isn'his best friend on top of his girlfriend, one arm holding him up by her head and the other extended down, his hand in her shorts, or rather his boxers that she was wearing. Their lips moving in sync together as her hands roamed across his arms.
Sting and Mikie looked up at him at the door. Mikie's expression looked shocked as she panted under Sting, who smirked back at him unfazed by his friend's presence. "Hey buddy," he said. "Care to join?"
He did something to Mikie and she arched her back and closed her eyes, letting out a light moan. Sting shushed her and bent down and kissed her lips, his eyes still trained on Rogue mischievously. "You don't want us to get caught, do you?" She shook her head and Sting chuckled. "Well then Rogue should probably shut the door then, huh?"
She smiled and looked at the shadow dragon slayer, still frozen in place. "There's plenty of room, Rogue," she told him.
Rogue blushed and looked down. "I-I, uh-."
"Come on, man."
He shook himself out of it and stepped back. "Master Jiemma will be home soon. And Minerva is looking for you."
"Well then, we should hurry," Sting said, giving her a quick kiss before scooting down the bed. "Tell her I went out for a bite to eat." He pulled his boxers past her thighs and then replaced them with his mouth.
"And tell her I'll be there in five minutes," she said. She gasped and her hand flew to the blonde head of hair below her. "Maybe less!"
Rogue only nodded and rushed out, quickly closing the door. He slowly paced down the hall heading to his own room, still processing everything he just saw and heard. He knew they were together, but he'd never… seen them together. 'And what was with that offer? They just…'
"Rogue!" He looked up to see Yukino staring at him in concern. "Are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost." Then she smiled with almost a knowing look. "Is it because Master Jiemma is coming back today?"
He gave her an awkward smile back. "Yeah. Sure."
She looked around him and furrowed her eyebrows. "Where's Sting?"
Rogue paled again. "I don't know!" he blurted out immediately.
Her eyes widened. "Um, ok. Well, better find something to do before he gets here."
"I just got back from a job. I've earned a break." He wandered off to his room down the hall. And after the last two minutes of his life, he definitely needed it. His mind was still running through everything. 'I mean… were they serious?' He entered his room and plopped onto his bed. 'They couldn't have been…'
Mikie muffled a small moan as Sting removed his fingers from her, giving her another sweet lick before peeking up from her thighs. "How was that?" he asked, rubbing his hands along her skin. She hummed back at him, her eyes still shut. He lightly kissed inside her thigh a few times before crawling up above her again. "Sorry it was so brief."
He kissed her lips and she smiled and finally opened her eyes. "I should be apologizing to you," she said. Her arms came up to his shoulders and she wrapped them around his neck. "We didn't even get to you." Her leg rubbed inside his and she smirked.
Sting shook his head at her and he bit his bottom lip. "You're so bad. You know we don't have time." He kissed her again. "Besides, you'll make it up to me."
"Of course, I will." She smiled up at him before removing her arms from around him and pushing him off of her. She got out of bed and started getting dressed. "So, hey, about Rogue," she started, trailing off as she stepped into her dress.
Sting laid back onto her bed, staring at her as she got dressed. "That was funny, right?" he laughed. "Did you see the look on his face when he saw us!? Oh my God! I wanted to crack up laughing."
"Were you serious about asking him to join us?" she asked, walking over and turning around, gesturing to her zipper on the back.
He sat up and zipped it up, resting his hands on her hips when he was done. "Oh very. I think it'd be fun." He turned her around and she stood between his legs, her hands running through his hair. "What about you? You told him to join in too."
Mikie smirked. "Maybe. He's so shy though. Do you really think that it would be fun?"
His hands rubbed along her body and he kissed her stomach. "I'm sure he was just intimidated by how good I was making you feel at the moment. He just needs to be the one to kick things off." He pulled her down on his lap, his arm coiling around her back as his other hand went up to her cheek, holding it affectionately. "If you're down for a little fun, we can definitely make this happen. You'll just have to drag poor Rogue out of his comfort zone." He kissed her lips again. "And then I'll come in later."
She snickered against his lips. "Where exactly are you going to 'come in'?" she asked with a devilish grin.
He grinned back and squeezed her closer. "I'm sure you already have an idea." She giggled and after another kiss, she hopped out of his lap, cracked open the door and checked to make sure the coast was clear and then pulled him out with her.
They separated before they made it to the main guild hall and Mikie walked in, greeting Minerva with a smile who only rolled her eyes back at her. "You still have bedhead," she said, running her fingers through her sister's hair. "I can't believe how late you can sleep. You're lucky that I noticed you weren't around before father got home. If he'd found out you were still in bed…"
"Thank you for sending Rogue to wake me up," Mikie said. "So, when is he supposed to be back?"
As soon as the words left her lips, the front door of the guild slammed open and in walked Master Jiemma, their father. Everyone in the guild hall froze and greeted him simultaneously. He didn't say anything, just continued on to his chair at the head of the room. His daughters both stood beside him.
"What's been going on in my absence?" he asked them.
"The usual, Master," Minerva reported. "Sting and Rogue just got back from a job."
"I assume it went well."
"We haven't heard anything negative about it," she said.
Jiemma nodded to himself and his eyes shifted around the room. "If they finished the job, then where the hell are they?"
Mikie piped up. "Rogue went to get some rest and -."
"Hey! Welcome back, Master!" Sting called, walking into the room. "How was the meeting?"
"Where have you been?" Minerva asked, crossing her arms. "Rogue said you disappeared as soon as you got back into town."
He shrugged as he continued walking towards them. "I was hungry. I went out for a bite." He met eyes with Mikie briefly and they exchanged a flirtatious glance.
"Well I hope you filled up and that Rogue got plenty of rest, because I'm sending you both out again." Jiemma nodded his hand to his oldest. "I'm sending Minerva out on a mission for the council." She looked at him with her eyebrows raised in confusion. "And I need you two for another one that you will be taking Mikaela on." This time Mikie looked at him confused. "Her magic is subpar and she needs to get some training."
"Um, sure thing," Sting said, nodding. "I'll go grab him."
"I'll fill Mikaela in on the mission while you go wake up sleeping beauty." He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Honestly, it's the middle of the day. Who lays in bed at this time?"
Mikie and Minerva looked at each other, Mikie containing a smile as Sting ran off to the dorms. Jiemma filled the two girls in on each of their missions and Minerva left for hers immediately. Mikie went to her room to gather some things.
When she left her room, she saw Sting and Rogue heading her way. She smirked at them both and while Rogue blushed and looked away, Sting returned her smirk tenfold. "Hey guys! Excited for this job?"
"Ecstatic!" the blonde said, glancing around the building before taking her by the waist and pulling her against him for a quick kiss. He released her and then put his arm around Rogue's shoulder. "What do you guys say we head out? We've gotta find Lector and Frosch in town first."
"Well, then we should get going."