Love at first sight.
Love at first sight can be a fickle thing; it can be a spur of the moment brought on by one's hormones that quickly disappears, Or it can be a powerful driving force, the likes of which the affected has never had before, growing into something far more sturdy and lasting. Love at first sight can be a fling, or the beginning of something that spans the course of one's lifetime.
Love at first sight was the first thing that hit Wendy when a boy her age walked through the doors to Fairy Tail, stopping all chatter in the guild as everyone turned to the new arrival. For Wendy, the world had stopped turning, her train of thought she'd developed while having a rather embarrassing conversation with Cana on what guys in the guild were hot and who wasn't completely derailing as she took in the new arrival standing before her.
Two things stood out to Wendy. The first was his muscular chest laid bare for her to see, her eyes traveling down towards the chiseled 6-pack as she realized he wasn't wearing anything on his upper body, which prompted Wendy to wonder if he had a stripping habit like Gray, or if he just didn't wear that many clothes. Whatever the reason, he looked so... strong, Wendy noting with great pleasure a thought of what it'd be like to have those powerful arms wrapped around her. Almost immediately, Wendy's attention drew itself skyward, above the arrival's chiseled face, where she saw a tuft of electric blonde hair accented by the eyes of the same shade. One thought crossed her mind as her eyes slowly drifted downward towards his waistband: he was undoubtedly the single hottest person she'd ever had the honor of laying eyes on.
All in all, it took Wendy about three seconds for this to flash through her mind before she realized, with no small amount of horror, that she'd been openly ogling the new arrival. Cana's leering told Wendy all she needed to know about how Cana was going to tease her to no end later. Half a second later, Wendy's face went from perfectly normal to redder than Natsu's flames, as she buried her head in the palms of her hands and turned away from both the very fit teen at the door and Cana. The 3 words that the boy said after she turned shattered any illusions that anyone in the guild had, and Wendy was left gaping at him, as though he'd sprouted a second head while trying, and failing, to ignore her rapidly beating heart.
"I'm back, Gramps."
Those 3 words left everyone in the guild gaping at the boy with no small amount of shock, and turning to the Master, Wendy was even more surprised to see that Makarov had been rendered speechless as well. Was the boy lying to make an entrance, or was he actually telling the truth. As his electric-yellow eyes swept the room, he noted the number of new members, before he turned his head back to focus on the Master. Makarov spoke first. "It's been 3 years, Ryuku, and you're finally back?" As he spoke, Makarov had jumped off the bar, and now stood in front of this "Ryuku", gawking at him in disbelief. "Yeah, I'm finally back." Wendy's face once again turned red as she noted how he'd rubbed the back of his neck, a sheepish grin breaking the chiseled look he'd had when he entered, and her blush only worsened when she realized he was absolutely adorable when he acted shy. Quickly, she turned away before Cana could realize what Wendy was going through, burying her face in her palms to hide her blush from the guild. Not surprisingly, it was Natsu who recovered from the shock first and called out to Ryuku, the not-so-new new arrival.
"Ryuku, man! It's been a while, hasn't it?" Natsu had thrown his arm around Ryuku when he asked this, and as they conversed, Wendy took the opportunity to truly look at him now that her initial spellbound moment had been shattered. The moment was short-lived, however; Wendy's hopeless romantic side kicked back on into high gear and Wendy found herself staring once again at Ryuku's muscled physique. Now that she had the time, Wendy found she hadn't been wrong earlier: Ryuku practically radiated strength, and Wendy had to appreciate the way his powerful back muscles shifted as he walked, the way they settled into place as he stood, Natsu now introducing him to members that had joined after he left, and fell into a state of daydreaming as various scenarios went through her mind, before that same boy's voice shattered them.
"Like what you see, huh?" Wendy looked up in abject horror as she realized that she'd been caught staring at Ryuku for close to five minutes, and his smirk let her know that he knew exactly what was going on in Wendy's head. She placed her head in her palms for the third time in five minutes and turned away from everybody, trying to get the blush that now covered her entire body to go away while at the same time wishing a hole would open in the ground and swallow her whole, that she wouldn't have to deal with the embarrassment of facing Ryuku after being caught. She could hear Ryuku, Cana, and Lisanna, who'd been listening to Cana's earlier talk with Wendy laughing around her with gusto, albeit at her expense. Slowly, her blush went down until it was just a pink tinge on her cheeks, then she removed her hands and turned to face Ryuku, the teen who'd somehow managed to enrapture her by simply showing up at Fairy Tail, and noted how his hand hovered over his abdomen as he tried to recover. With a start, Wendy realized that Ryuku was now checking her out, that same smirk on his face as his eyes passed over her. She realized that she wasn't grossed out by this as Lucy often was when subject to the gazes of men with less... innocent intentions, but rather felt some satisfaction that Ryuku was now looking at her. An idea formed in her head, and she let the same grin Ryuku had on form as Ryuku tilted his head, puzzled.
"Like what you see, huh?" Wendy barely made it through throwing Ryuku's question back at him before both of them broke down laughing, Wendy's ending before Ryuku's as she realized he had a lilting laugh, one that seemed to permeate the air around them and chase away any bad in it. She knew know that she'd somehow developed feelings for this young man in less than 10 minutes, and made a mental note to talk to Mira later about them when the thought that Ryuku was absolutely adorable when he laughed hit her, and she had to fight her body to stop the blush from returning in full force. Ryuku finally got over his laughing, and decided it was high time he introduced himself. "I didn't think you'd throw my own question back at me." Wendy couldn't help but giggle at this, noting with satisfaction the smile he wore when she did so. "Two things. First off, yes I liked what I saw very much." Welp, there went her attempts to stop the blush from reclaiming her body, and it took all her willpower to not shy away from him again, Ryuku chuckling to himself as she reacted to his statement. "Second, my name's Ryuku Sakiri. I'm the adopted grandson of Makarov, the Guild Master." He held out his hand to her, and she placed her hand in his, he brought it up to his face and planted a kiss upon the back of her hand as a gentleman would, Wendy's heart fluttering at the sight. "I'm Wendy Marvell. It's nice to meet you." Wendy could barely keep the stuttering from being so embarrassed earlier out of her voice. "You didn't answer my earlier question." "I'm sorry?" Wendy noticed now that the entire guild had stopped to watch the interactions between the two, as he was the only person in the guild Wendy's age. "Did you like what you saw?" He had that leering look that Cana had given her earlier on his face, and Cana did as well as Wendy rapidly went through darkening shades of red until once could've seriously asked if she had the genes of a tomato in her. "I-I.. umm..." Wendy was trying, and failing, to look anywhere except Ryuku, his and Cana's leering only growing. There was no doubt about it; Wendy would never hear the end of today. "Umm..." She hid her face behind her palms again, discreetly parting four of her fingers so she could watch his reaction. "I did... probably more than I should have..." Ryuku's expression changed from Cana's to a genuine smile, as Wendy slowly brought her hands away from her still red face. "Well then," Ryuku started sauntering away, putting extra sway into his hips so that Wendy would watch him all the way to the steps, though Wendy wasn't going to tell him that he didn't need to do that anytime soon, "it was a pleasure, Wendy." Wendy sighed and collapsed back onto the table, emotionally exhausted after her relatively peaceful day had been utterly upended by Ryuku's arrival. As soon as Cana appeared over her, however, Wendy questioned why she'd even thought she would get to rest today. "So, Wendy," Cana started with a leer, and Wendy felt the need to hide from her before she finished talking, "when are you gonna invite him to bed?"