bliss
blis/
noun
perfect happiness; great joy.
"she gave a sigh of bliss"
synonyms
. joy , happiness, pleasure, delight, ecstasy, elation, euphoria
It had been a long and tiring night for Katarina. She'd been celebrating with her guild after they won the Grand Magic Games. The beef with Saber Tooth had subsided and they were all learning to get to know each other. Kat had joined the guild around the same time as Lucy did, so she was just as close with everyone in Fairy Tail.
Her magic was assassin/ swordplay. She had one regular dagger that she kept at her side 24/7. She had her two twin daggers that she kept away and only used when in battle or when being threatened. Her daggers had come from the demon of Voldur which translates to power. They had been passed down through generations and eventually Kat would give them to her eldest child.
Eventually the extremely drunk mage had found herself walking to her hotel by herself.
"Hey! Katarina, wait up!" Lucy shouted from the party area, along with Sting.
What an odd pairing. She thought to herself.
"Sting wants to walk you home! So bye!" She ran off, clearly drunk as she was stumbling along.
They quickly became good friends throughout the duration of the games, despite the beef between the guilds. And although she wasn't legally participating in the games in the second half because she was with Natsu and Lucy elsewhere, she had threatened Minerva enough to force her to bring back Lector, and that was something she would never admit to him. Sting had quickly become someone that Kat made regular encounters with after each day of the games. They would meet up and talk about everything.
"I just figured you should be accompanied by someone on your way home. I'm also drunk and I haven't seen you since yesterday." He finally said, scratching his head.
Sting was walking along Kat when he stumbled and fell, bringing her down with him. She was too drunk to notice her hand on his… firm butt.
"Nice butt." She snickered, causing them both to have a fit of laughter on the cold ground.
"Man, we're too drunk for this. I'll give it to ya, Fairy Tail throws some awesome ravers. I haven't been this messed up for a long time."
"Agreed. Let's gooooo!" She over exaggerated, as all Fairy Tail wizards tend to do when they're drunk.
All night Katarina and Sting were exploring the town of Crocus, as it was their last night. They had snuck into the garden and the palace. As they snuck down the corridor of the palace, they saw two guards in front of a door. They hid behind a pillar, both intrigued as to what was behind the door.
"Sting I need to sneeze." Kat whispered. Before he could cover her nose, the small assassin sneezed so loud, it echoed through the entire corridor.
"Who's there?!" The guards shouted.
"Jump on my back." She commanded.
"What?" he cocked a brow.
"Just do it."
Doing as told, the blond jumped on the girls back and she ran as fast as her assassin powers could back to the hotel. The guards didn't get a good look at their face.
"How are you so fast? Now I feel even more sick," Sting moaned because of his motion sickness being drawn out.
Kat let him off her back, and he continued to talk "Also how can a person of your size possibly sneeze that loud?" Eventually he was just rambling to himself because Katarina was just in her own drunk world.
Finally they were back at her room in the hotel that Fairy Tail was staying at. Sitting on the couch in front of a fire, trying to sober up.
"Hey, can I tell you something?" Sting turned to Kat, with intent in his eyes. "I haven't told anyone this before, not even Rogue. But I feel like I can trust you. Even though I've only known you for a couple weeks. Also I'm drunk." She laughed to herself, as he brought up being drunk as often as he could.
"What's up?"
"I...think I like men." he paused, "and women."
"That's nothing to be ashamed of! Come here Sting!" She pulled him into a tight hug. "Does your heart belong to someone in particular?" She nudged him. "Maybe a certain… Yukino." She coughed.
Sting spat out his water. "How'd you know?"
"It's not hard to see, Sting. Everyone sees how you look at her. And how your eyes light up when someone mentions her name. Like they did just now."
"Okay, well you're definitely my best friend cause not even Rogue knows that much."
"To be fair though, guys are super oblivious. Like how Lucy looks at Natsu, it's super obvious to everyone in the guild that she likes him. What makes you think you like men?"
"Well to be honest, when I saw Natsu for the first time in 7 years my heart skipped a beat. I was anxious that I felt this way so I had to put on a front and come off as unkind. And by the end of the games I realized I still felt that way."
"That's deep man. But you know you can't have him, right? I'm gonna get him together with Lucy."
"I think my feelings for Yukino are stronger. I might be attracted to men, but I don't know if I could ever date one."
"Yeah, no I get it. Men suck."
"What's your love life like?" The blond asked.
"Uh… no one."
"No one what?" He cocked a brow.
"No one comes to mind." She shifted her eyes, obviously hiding something.
"Lies!" He shouted louder than needed and smacked her shoulder.
"Fine, since you've been honest with me," she rubbed the spot where Sting hit her, "you know Cobra from the Oracion Seis?"
He nodded quickly, seeming thrilled to know where this was going.
"We've been spending a lot of time together lately. On the first day of the games, he said he couldn't hear me when he was with Jellal. So he started visiting me more often at the hotel room every night so we could figure out why he couldn't hear me. He just looked so damn good, Sting. Every single time we met up, he got even better looking." The blond nodded his head, obviously thinking about something, but didn't respond. They both had blush on their face from the alcohol, and were still hammered.
"Only you and Lucy know, so please don't tell anyone else." She held out a pinky and he interlocked his with it.
After that, the two fell asleep on the couch on opposite ends.
Kat and Erik had tried almost everything. They tested every single theory on why he couldn't hear her coming from far away. Today was no different. It was a day off from the grand magic games.
"What took you so long, Kitten? You're half an hour late. I didn't hear you coming."
"I'm sorry, I got distracted by a food market on the way here. There's so many different kinds." She gleamed.
"How do you want to test it today?" She asked.
"What about when we're super close together?" He walked towards her, closing in the space between them and pressed his forehead against hers, with his hand behind her head.
'Hi.'
He backed away, "I heard that. You said hi."
"But we already knew that you could hear me when we're together."
"I was just testing the boundaries," he blushed, "It's good to know the limit."
'Right. I think you just wanted to get close to me.'
"And so what if I did?" He started walking towards her again. "I can feel your heart beat increasing. You're not falling for me, are you?"
"Ugh. No way." She groaned in fake disgust, "I'm just here to help you figure out your powers. Anyone in the guild would do this too."
She suddenly woke up from her sleep due to banging on the door.
"Kat, are you in there?" Erza shouted.
She tried to talk, but her throat and mouth were too dry to be able to function. When she didn't respond, the door got kicked down, revealing a red and pink haired duo.
"What's up guys?" She finally grumbled, unphased by the door being kicked down. Sting somehow was still asleep through this ordeal.
"What's up? We were worried sick about you. No one knew where you were." Natsu shouted, completely ignoring the fact that Sting was fast asleep still.
She went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water, then responded, "I'm flattered, but Sting and I were up super late last night. Lucy knew we were going home together, she didn't tell you?"
"She was too drunk to remember anything" Erza added.
"And you guys didn't think to check my room first?"
"Alright meet us in the lobby in half an hour. We are heading back home soon." Erza said, ignoring the her question and left Natsu still standing in the doorway.
He glanced at Sting and then back at Kat and cocked an eyebrow with a smirk. Erza popped her head back in the doorway with a smirk as well.
"No, it's not what you thin-"
"Mhm." They said in unison. "See you soon." They left happily skipping.
A maid walked by and stopped in front of the door with a judgemental look. "Put it on Fairy Tail's bill." Kat sighed, putting her hand over her head in embarrassment.
I wonder if Lucy is hungover too. I keep dreaming that moment over and over again. It actually happened and he got really close.
She snapped out of her thoughts when Sting started mumbling in his sleep."Sting, hey, I have to leave soon, okay?" She shook him till his eyes flickered a bit.
"Call...later..lacrima..." He fell back asleep.
She put a blanket over top of him and left a cup of water on the table near him for when he woke up.
As she walked down to the lobby, something caught her eye. It was Erik talking to Angel with Jellal. They were waiting for the elevator.
Kat had never actually had a conversation with Erik outside of their regular visits. She was actually quite awkward in these kinds of settings, but dear old Jellal decided it was a good idea to start a conversation with her. "Hello Kat, how are you?" He smiled warmly.
Damnit Jellal.
From the side of her eye she saw Erik and Angel giggling. Could she hear her too now?
"I'm good, and you?" She replied to Jellal.
"I'm good. That was quite the game, don't you think? Your performance was phenomenal in the first half, I would have liked to see you fight Minerva or even Jura. Right, Erik and Angel?" He asked, snapping them out of their giggle fest, clearly not expecting an answer.
"I'm actually really flattered you think I can take on Jura, but I got to go, so I'll see you later, I gotta meet the rest of the guild." She abruptly left and took the stairs to the lobby with a flustered look on her face.
Down in the lobby, she spotted Erza and Natsu. Then Lucy! As she was walking to her blonde friend, the elevator doors opened and Jellal, Erik and Angel walked out, both giving Kat a small smirk.
"Lucy! How was your night? I missed you!" she hugged her blonde friend.
"I missed you too!" Lucy hugged back, "My night was uh… interesting." She glanced at Natsu who was staring right back at her.
"Something to do with…?"
"Yes. I-"
"Everyone listen up!" Erza unknowingly cut Lucy off, "The carriage that was supposed to take us home today has been delayed. They're sending another one, but it won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon. So enjoy the rest of your time here while you can."
"Perfect. Let's go for a coffee and I'll explain everything."
As they were walking out, Natsu and Happy stopped them in their tracks, "Where are you guys headed off to?"
"Girl talk. Bye." Lucy said and dragged Kat by the wrist to the nearest coffee shop. Kat glanced behind her and saw Natsu whisper something to Happy. They couldn't be up to any good.
At a small coffee shop, Lucy spilled the beans right away. "Natsu and I slept together."
Katarina's jaw dropped. "Was he your first?"
"Yes." The blonde gleamed.
"Well let me cut to the chase, was it everything you expected?"
"What do you mean?"
"Come on Lucy, you're just as oblivious as Natsu. Everyone sees how you look at him when he walks into the room. Or how your eyes shine when you talk about him. Like they are now."
The celestial mage sighed, "Yeah. It was everything to me. The thing that's upsetting me is Natsu. He's so hard to read."
From the corner of her eye, Kat saw Erik with Angel again, they were close enough to be able to hear her.
"Kat? You listening?" Lucy snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Yup. Sorry. I zoned out for a little while."
"What's up?" Lucy asked, "Is this about Sting? Cause Natsu filled me in right as he got into the lobby."
"No, I'll tell you in later when it's safer. You never know who's listening." She glanced at Erik, still looking at her. But then she saw something blue fly by.
"Lucy, I'll be right back. Hang tight."
She got up and began chasing the blue blob, which she assumed was Happy. Happy's flight was no match for Kat's assassin speed she caught him by the left ear and hauled him into an alley.
"Oh hi Kat…"
"Happy..." she sneered in a scolding tone. "What were you doing?"
"I was listening to your conversation."
"And you're going to tell Natsu?"
"Are you mad?" He lowered his ears and eyes. Happy seemed to always listen to Kat, it's like she had some sort of unspoken power over the small feline.
She sighed, "No, but I'll tell you what. If you don't tell him, I'll buy you a fish whenever I get the chance to."
His blue ears perked up, "Okay! I promise!"