~We Aren't Romeo and Juliet~
Chapter 1
Romeo woke up in a room he didn't know with a weight on his hand. Propping himself up with his elbows, he looked to his right and blushed. Sleeping with a cheek pressed against his hand, was none other than Wendy Marvell. The boy tried to raise his other hand to brush her bangs from her eyes, but stopped when he caught sight of the thick bandages wrapped around it. Staring at it curiously, Romeo became aware of a pressure around his torso and various places on his body.
Slowly, memories about what landed him bruised and bandaged came to him. Romeo was sitting next to Wendy in a back corner of Fairy Tail, chatting about something, with Charlie sipping tea quietly in between them when a message concerning something about a delay in getting Charlie her tea came. The Exceed hissed and stomped out, Wendy following behind with an apologetic smile. He followed them, figuring that they might need some help which came with the bonus of spending more time with the only girl dragon slayer. Words stumbled out of his mouths when he caught up them up half way from the exit, forever thankful for the loud drunken laughter and generally chaos of the rest of the guild members, before Charlie told him to "be quiet and don't fall too behind".
A smile threatened to spilt his face in two as the boy walked right next to a smiling Wendy with the fuming Charlie in front of them. The trip there was easy and quick. A shiver ran down Romeo's back as he remembered Charlie's anger at the delivery men, because apparently they were messing around in the truck and broke the axis over a large bump that they didn't see. For someone small, Charlie certainly had a sharp tongue. Eventually they received the crate, free of charge, and headed home. Then, as they were almost in town, did those men (and Romeo was being generous to refer to them as that) attacked them.
Romeo may be still a kid who couldn't keep a decent flame lit for a minute, but he was still part of Fairy Tail. So he gave the attackers hell the best he could, especially when he saw Wendy and Charlie fall. The little boy swore to the little girl, who he has grown to really like, that he would protect her. And protect her, he did. At least for a little while, before one of them knocked him over and a small group of them started to kick him. Through the haze of swinging legs and loud voices, Romeo watched Charlie be harshly thrown to the side and Wendy thrown over a man's shoulders. A smirk crossed the injured boy's face as he remember the kicks, scratches, screams, and harsh looking bites that his crush gave to the cowardly men.
Wendy, just like any of the other dragon slayers, was stubborn and Romeo knew in his pained mind that she wouldn't go down with taking someone down with her. But anger still filled him, not just at the men, but at himself for not protecting Wendy better by being stronger. He couldn't lie down and do nothing- his pride as a Fairy Tail member and a potential boyfriend for Wendy wouldn't let him. So, ignoring his body's yells to lay back down because everything hurts, Romeo forced himself to stand and wobbled over to a groaning Charlie. Gingerly picking her up and holding her to his chest, the young mage walked with broken bones back to guild. The doors opened and he walked in with shaking legs, Romeo's body suddenly started to feel heavy. As the floor started to come close and his eyes started to close, he remembers seeing his dad and the rest of the guild rushing towards him, worry hanging heavy on their faces.
A gentle stirring brought Romeo out of his memories. He looked over and watched Wendy blink, her eyelashes brushing against her cheeks and her mouth forming a little 'o' as she yawned, her fangs peeking out. She stared at him with slightly sleepy eyes before reality seemed to hit her in the face. Romeo suddenly found himself pressed against Wendy, her arms wrapped tight around his shoulders and her face buried in his shoulder. Her slight shaking didn't escape his notice and he returned the hug, squeezing the girl's waist gently. Speaking for the first time since he passed out from exhaustion and pain, Romeo quietly and gently said, "I'm ok, Wendy. Everything will be ok." A gentle smile appeared on his face as he felt Wendy nodded.