Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
A/N: This story is not dead. I was working on Rainbow Flames, Spirit of the Flames, and Romeo Rising when I realize that this scene would make a good chapter for Rainbow Flames. Once again story not dead. Also I decided to make this chapter the first one.
Chapter One
The Joint Mission (Prologue)
"Why am I carrying all the gear?", an eighteen year old Romeo complained as he lugged an oversize backpack along with three smaller backpacks while his companions walks slowly down the dirt road in front of him.
"Because you're a gentleman and volunteer to carry it for us", Chelia replied as Wendy and Beth shared a laugh.
"I didn't volunteer anything! You guys literally dropped all this crap on me!", Romeo yelled.
"Ah shucks Romeo, quit your bellyaching. Carrying heavy stuff builds character", Beth Vanderwood laughed.
"I don't need character building, I need a hand here! Wendy, help me out here", Romeo said as he looked toward his girlfriend for aid, but she merely shrugged and smiled.
"Quit whining", Chelia said as they came into a clearing, "We're camping here for the night. We'll meet our client in the morning."
"Oh thank the gods", Romeo moans as he unceremoniously drops all the bags on the ground.
"Hey, my make-up in there!", Chelia yelled out, "Be more careful!"
"All the make-up in the world couldn't help you", Romeo grumbled though only Wendy could hear it and gave him a slight slap across the shoulder.
"Ouch"
"Be nice", Wendy ordered, "We're on a joint mission together."
"Doesn't mean I have to like it", Romeo said.
Beth was standing at the top of a nearby hill surveying the area around them when suddenly her eyes go wide.
"Sweet tarnation! I think there's a lake over yonder!", she holler out causing both Chelia and Wendy to come up to the hill to see for themselves.
"Wow, you're right", Wendy squealed, "It's so big and clear!"
"All in favor of going for a dip before it gets dark, say aye!", Chelia said.
"Aye!"
"Aye!"
"Nay!", a voice calls out as the three girls turn to see a disgruntled Romeo standing at the bottom of the hill.
"What your problem?", Chelia asked in an annoyed tone.
"In case you forgot, we still have to unpack, set up camp, start a fire along with a number of other things we have to do before anyone can even think about going for a swim!", Romeo pointed out.
"Well thank you for once again volunteering yourself", Chelia smiles, "Got to go!"
And thus the Sky God Slayer along with Beth take off toward the lake leaving Wendy alone at the top of the hill.
"Wendy?", Romeo almost begs with a pleading face.
Wendy looks to him and toward her two friends already stripping down to jump in the lake, then back to her boyfriend.
"Sorry Romeo, I'll make it up to you, okay?", as she starts walking toward the water.
Romeo hangs his head in defeat and sluggishly walks back to the campsite to begin his tasks.
Hours Later
The sun was halfway thru setting when Chelia and Beth started to walk back to the campsite. Wendy stay behind for a little while longer to enjoy the scenery. Both Sky Slayers opted to use their wind magic to dry their clothes off instead of waiting for them to dry overnight.
"Well that was fun!", Chelia said, "Much better than a pool!"
"Haven't had a dip like that since I was a kid back at my family's farm." Beth added.
"Hope Romeo got the fire started, it's starting to get chilli", Chelia said as she was the first one to reach the top of the hill and look down to see that Romeo already had almost the entire campsite set up, with dinner cooking over the fire while he was finishing setting up the last tent.
"Well what do you know? He almost-", Chelia started to say before voice suddenly got caught in her throat.
"Hey, you okay there Chelia?", Beth asked as she came up behind her and saw that the girl eyes were wide and that she was drooling slightly. The vegetable mage then follows the girl line of sight and soon she mimicking her expression.
"Sweet tarnation", she whispers.
Romeo was taking a break from hammering the last spike in for his tent. At some point he must have gotten hot for he had taken his vest and was now working shirtless. As he started to drive the spike into the ground neither girl could take their eyes off of his muscles that sculpted his body as the repeated movement of them started to become too much for the girls.
"Romeo has grown over the years", Chelia states in a husky voice while Beth simply knocked.
"I wonder if he be up for a roll in the hay?"
"Beth!", Chelia says while putting a hand to her mouth, "Romeo is in a serious, loving, mutual relationship with our good friend, Wendy! I'm surprise at you!"
Beth lowers her head in shame at Chelia's words.
"We have to convince her to have an open relationship with him first, of course", Chelia smirks.
"But do you think Wendy will do it?", Beth asked
"Will I do what?", a voice from behind startles the two conspiring girls as they turn to see Wendy standing there with a curious look on her face.
"Wendy! Didn't hear you come up!", Chelia laughs nervously as Beth follows suit.
"What are you two-", Wendy said until a strange smell caught her attention. She has smell this before, usually at the guild when Lucy or Levy are staring at their respective Dragon-Slayers lovers. Usually neither one of the two or the Iron and Fire Dragon-Slayer are seen the next day or week depending on their mood.
Wendy wasn't a innocent little girl anymore either. She lost the Sky Maiden title about two month ago when she spend the night at Romeo's house while his father was out of town on business and Carla was visiting her mother, so she knew what she was smelling.
"But what causing them to-" as she looked down the hill between the two girls to see her boyfriend working without a shirt on and her eyes instantly turned into a glare.
"Wendy, we're friends, right? And friends share everything, right?", Chelia started to say before Wendy suddenly shoved in between them and started stomping down the hill, "Come on, Wendy! Ever since Lyon got married to Meredy-"
Wendy ignore her best friend rant and didn't even begin to listen to Beth's.
Her feet made small dents in the ground as she march up to Romeo who for some reason hasn't notice her present and tap him on the shoulder.
He turns around and comes face to face with a piss off looking Sky Dragon-Slayer with her hands on her hips.
"Hi...Wendy?"
"Put your shirt back on", she demanded.
"Excuse me?"
" Put. Your. Shirt. Back. On.", she said again this time with more force.
"Why? It's hot as balls out-"
"NOW!", She roared as Romeo felted himself almost get blown back.
"Okay! Okay! I'm putting it back on", as he reach down for it and slide it back on, "Happy?".
"No", Wendy says as she pull the vest as tight as she could and tied his belt around it, covering up most of his bare chest, "When we get home, you're getting another shirt, a long-sleeve one and some long legged pants."
"Are you okay?", Romeo asks wondering where his girlfriend went.
"I'm fine, now lets go to sleep", Wendy said.
"But the sun hasn't even set yet", he said before he suddenly yanked by the scarf around his neck and brought down to her eye level, "You. Me. Bed. Now."
"You're the boss", Romeo complied not wanting to piss off his much stronger girlfriend as he follow her into their tent.
Wendy pokes her head out a second later and sends a deathly glare at the girls who were still on the hill and mouth the word: "Mine."
Beth and Chelia could only stand agape at the sight they just witness.
"Well...I'm going to take that as a no", Beth concluded while Chelia only shook her head.
Wendy didn't get a winked of sleep that night. She was too busy being a guard-dog sticking her head out of her and Romeo tent and sniffing the air to make sure Beth and Chelia were still in theirs.
The next morning everyone was walking on eggshells around her.
"I need to talk to Gajeel about what's wrong with me", Wendy thought right before she snapped at Romeo for talking to Beth.
A/N: Yeah that just happen. This chapter basically explains the moment Wendy started getting jealous about other girls being too close with Romeo.