Losing a Bet and Winning Love

Boze was in a secluded corner of the newly reformed Phantom Lord guild, watching the latest WWE PPV, WWE Battleground, on the PPV channel. Gajeel (who was visiting his old guild) decided to walk over and see the match. "Is that Chris Jericho?" Gajeel asked with a sudden interest as the Element 3 (Totomaru, Sol, and Aria) decided to see what was going on. "Yeah, he's fighting the leader of the Wyatt family, Bray Wyatt," Boze explained.

"Betcha that Jericho is going to win," Gajeel just seemed to randomly blurted out. "I agree," Totomaru said agreeing with what Gajeel was predicting. "Bray's already lost to Cena on more than one occasion on PPV. If Cena can do it, so can Jericho," Totomaru stated matter of factly. "No way man. Jericho never wins at PPVs when he comes back," Boze argued. "It's so sad," Aria started to cry," But Jericho is losing his touch." Sol just left after he got bored with what they were talking about.

Sue was sitting at the bar drinking when Sol approached her. "Hello, Sue," Sol said while he literally slithered into a chair across from Sue. "Eh, just bored," Sue admitted as she continued to drink. "What are they doing?" Sue asked while pointing at Boze, Gajeel, and the other to wizards in the Element 3. "They're betting on some stupid wrestling match," Sol said. "What are they betting?" Sue asked. Sol just shrugged his shoulders and ordered a drink.

Meanwhile...

Bray had just hit his running senton on Jericho and was crawling around in that creepy way he does. Aria and Totomaru had been sent on a mission and left Boze and Gajeel alone. "See, I told you he was going to win," Boze gloated to Gajeel. "Just watch Jericho, he's gonna win," Gajeel said, still as confident as ever. "Hey, you wanna make a bet?" Gajeel asked Boze. "Sure, what are the stakes?" Boze asked, suddenly more interested in what Gajeel was gonna say. "If Bray wins, I'll be your personal servant for the rest of the year," Gajeel said leaning back in his chair. "Alright," Boze said, agreeing to the terms, "But what if you win?" "Well, If Jericho wins, which he definitely will, you have to ask your little crush, Sue, on a date," Gajeel said as his smirk grew bigger.

Boze's entire face exploded into a blush. He turned around to see his crush talking to Sol. He didn't want to think of or use Sue like a cheap toy for a stupid bet. But, his confidence got the better of him. "Deal," Boze said as he forcefully shook Gajeel's hand. Back to the match, Bray had set Jericho up for the Sister Abigail, his finishing maneuver. "Ha! I told you he was gonna win," Boze cheered as he started thinking of all the things he was going to make Gajeel do as his servant. "You think so, huh?" Gajeel said as he pointed back to the TV with his signature smirk. Boze looked and to his horror, he saw Jericho counter the Sister Abigail, get rid of Wyatt's stable mates, Eric Rowan and Luke Harper, hit his own finishing move, the Codebreaker, and pin Wyatt for the pinfall in one fell swoop.

Then the announcer said those words that right now that sealed Boze's fate; "Here is your winner, Chris Jericho." Gajeel then faced Boze and patted him on the back. "Well, a deals a deal". "Wait man, I...I don't think I can," Boze said, with his head facing the floor. "Whaddya mean?" "Look, what if she rejects me? Our friendship will be ruined, I'll lose my one true love..." Boze was about to ramble on more, but Gajeel lifted him up by his collar. "Look, ya made a bet, and ya lost. Now, if you don't go over there and ask her out on a date, I'll just read her that crappy poem ya made for her a couple of weeks ago," Gajeel threatened as he threw Boze on the hard, wooden floor.

Boze's eyes widened. "H...h...how do y...you know about that? I threw it away!" Boze started loudly telling him. "I fished it out. Never hurts to have a piece of blackmail," Gajeel said as he fished the piece of paper out of his pockets and waved it in front of his face. "Give it back!" Boze yelled as he pounced to try and take his awful poem away from Gajeel. Gajeel moved out of the way and ht the wood floor face first, and when he got up, he saw Sue looking down on him. "Boze, are you OK?" Sue asked with worry in her voice. Unbeknownst to Boze, Sue also has a crush on him, and also like him, feared rejection.

"Y...yeah, I...I'm fine, Sue," Boze barley managed to stutter out. Boze then looked over at Gajeel. Gajeel mouthed 'Ask her already'. Boze just sighed and looked Sue straight in the eye. "Sue, will you...go...on a date...with me?" Boze asked, with nervousness oozing out of him. When Boze said the word 'date', Sue put on a big smile and hugged him. Boze blushed at the contact and his little number started to react to this. He was lucky Sue,s face was buried in his chest, or she probably would've slapped him and called him a pervert.

"I would love to go on a date with you, Boze!" Sue yelled in excitement, causing the whole guild to whistle and cheer for Boze. Boze's spirits then suddenly went through the roof. "Really?" Boze asked as she nodded happily and quickly. "Alright, I'll come by your apartment and pick you up at 7:00." "OK, sounds great," Sue said as she leaned in to give him a kiss on the cheek. "See you tonight," Sue said as she happily rushed out of the guild to prepare for her date. Boze, however, put his hand on where Sue kissed him, dreamily smiled, and muttered to himself "Yeah, tonight".

Whaddya think? This was supposed to be a one-shot, but it quickly evolved into a multi chapter fic. Oh well. I was also surprised that Jericho beat Wyatt, just by the way.