Disclaimer Bitches, I don't own Fairy Tail
BTW THIS IS A CAT-HUMAN AU WHERE THERE'S NO MAGIC, DRAGONS ARE HUMAN, AND TECHNOLOGY IS REAL
Eighteen year-old Sting Eucliffe shamelessly places his feet on top of a large dining table. Before heading to work, Sting had decided to head to the Agria Pizzeria, which is owned by Sting's good friend, Yukino Agria's, family. Though he was now definitely going to be late, Yukino makes the best pizza..so it was worth it. She always jokes that one day Sting's going to come to the restaurant closed for good since he ate the place out clean. Minerva, the two's friend and another worker there, always scolds Sting because of his gluttony. What? He could make adult decisions now! The most important one he makes is when and how he eats; and real adults eat pizza.
"Yo, Yukino, or Minerva! Get me a large pepperoni and sausage!" He jokingly demands, giving Yukino a wink.
Minerva grows humorously large with annoyance snaps her head back to glare at him. "One. Get your filthy boots off the table. Two. If you ever use that tone-"
"Alright!" Sting puts his arms up in defense. "Yeeeesh, I was just messin' around."
Yukino giggles, and walks up to the cash register. "For here, or to-go Sting?"
"To go, please... I gotta go to work." Sting replies
Yukino goes to the same school as Sting and Minerva and their clique goes: Sabertooth High. Yukino, unlike Minerva, is a very gentle and sweet person. She has short white hair and big, innocent looking brown eyes. Minerva, is a very strict young woman who's guaranteed to be a president (or dictator) one day. She has dark slanted eyes, and even darker glossy black hair. Don't get him wrong, Sting knows that deep down, Minerva is kind and very beautiful... But sometimes all of that is hard to see below all of her bitchy-ness.
"Soooo, did you hear about Gajeel Redfox from Fairy Tail High?" Minerva suddenly asks, already finishing cooking up Sting's pizza.
Sting shakes his head "Gajeel? Nah, what's up with him?"
"We heard~" Yukino sings, smiling teasingly. Yukino was always a sucker for gossip. "That he's dating an alley cat!"
Sting's eyes widen in shock. "An alley cat!? No way!"
Alley cats are a rare, very... interesting breed of human. Alley cats are a human beings with cat ears, and a tail. Not just for show, the ears and tail are physical parts of their body. Alley cats are known to have either psychological problems, physical problems, mental problems, bad social mannerisms, bad attitudes, anxiety, or hyper sexuality. In some cases, the alley cat could have all of the above said-conditions; and those one's are the absolute worst.
At first, alley cats weren't allowed to be around average humans. The law demanded they live on the other side of town, hide, or just run away from them whenever they got the chance. However, alley cats became agitated with the treatment they received, and after all the protests and movement, it finally became a law that alley cats were to be allowed any privilege regular humans have. Of course, that never and might not ever stop the humans from being unhappy around alley cats, and it certainly didn't make the alley cats change. Nowadays, some alley cats just hide their ears and tail trying to adapt and deny they're alley cats, and the others just go back to a town where there are very few average humans. Nobody cares, though. Everyone just knows that regular humans are... better.
"It's true." Minerva says, passing Sting a large warm pizza box. "I heard it from Erza Scarlet."
Yukino clasps her hands together. "Her name's is Linda or Lizzy, or something like that! I heard Lucy met her once before they all found out she was an alley cat. Lucy even said she was really cute and smart, too!"
"Wow." Sting mumbles, standing up from his chair. "Damn shame the girl's an alley cat. Now Gajeel has to start the school year of with everyone knowin' about it."
Minerva nods. "Gajeel might be an ass sometimes, but he still deserves better."
Sting sighs, tossing Minerva enough cash to cover the pizza. Walking out of the pizzeria, he looks at his phone to see just how late he'll make it to work. Actually, he has twenty minutes left to get there on time... The only way he could get there on time is if he ran. Honestly though...Sting just wants to go back to his home and chill-out.
"Ehhhh, fuck it, I'm skippin' work today."
He turns around and starts walking back to the direction of his house. Making sure not to drop his baby-I mean, making sure not to drop his pizza, Sting whips his phone out his pocket to text his friend, Natsu Dragneel.
Sting: Hey
DRAGON NATSU: [Yo! Shouldn't ya be at work]
Sting The Awesome: I decided to skip. Yoooo, is what I heard about Gajeel true?
FIRE DRAGON NATSU: [ABOUT THAT BASTARD SAYING HE COULD BEAT ME IN A FIGHT!? YEAH, ITS TRUE HE SAID THAT SHIT]
Sting: That ain't what I mean lmao Is he really dating an alley cat?
DRAGON NATSU: [oh.]
DRAGON NATSU: [Yah. Her name's Levy. she's cool.]
Disappointed, Sting puts his phone back into his pocket. Is everyone really just going to sit back and watch Gajeel date this girl? Truth be told, Sting was never particularly close with Gajeel. He always found him... Scary, in a way. But to hear he's dating someone like that? It sucks. Sting feels his phone vibrate, and checks it again.
DRAGON NATSU: [I know everyone at Sabertooth High is like you, but seriously dude, you need to stop being so judgy and learn how to accept others, even if ya think you are superior.]
"Ooooh, look at therapist Natsu up in here" Sting rolls his eyes, and leaves Natsu on read.
What Natsu said holds a bit of truth, though. Even though Sabertooth High is known for having amazingly smart students, great sports teams, etc; They were also notorious for their disrespectful pranks against other schools, especially school's with many known alley cat students. Tales of the troublemakers of Sabertooth spread so far-and-wide, that the number of alley cat students who even thought of going to Sabertooth is a grand total of zero. And everyone at Sabertooth intends to keep it that way.
"Sabertooth is only for the best of the best!" Sting thinks aloud, grinning to himself.
Not too long after Natsu's text, Sting feels his phone vibrate again. He looks at it and see's a text from his co-worker, and friend, Orga.
Orga: [Did u seriously skip out today? U are an asshole. You left me with Rufus... RUFUS IS BORINGGGGG]
Sting pictures Orga hiding in a bathroom stall in order to be able to text. Phones weren't allowed out by the workers during their hours, and Rufus was kind of a stickler for rules and a brown-nose. Sting throws his head back, laughing hysterically at Orga's expense. Just as he is about to reply-
"WATCH YOUR-"
Sting suddenly trips over a bag, which had irritatingly been placed in the middle of the sidewalk. Deciding he cares more about the pizza than himself, Sting tosses the box across from him and falls onto something.
Or, not something.
Someone.
Looking down, he see's a boy his age right below him. The boy is wearing a large black beanie, but Sting can perfectly see that the boy has long black hair, with one side slightly covering his right eye. He is also wearing a dark jacket, and black jeans. Everything about the boy's appearance is very dark.
And, Sting isn't going to lie: He think's he's kinda hot? Not usually his type but, hey? A little variety never hurts.
"Ow" The boy groans, glaring at Sting
Sting's eyes widen, and he quickly stands up. "Ah crap, my bad dude!"
"It's fine.."
Silence quickly drapes over the two, and Sting takes time to quickly look at the boy. Okay, Sting reeeeeaaally won't lie, he finds him super attractive. And he has a nice voice, quiet yet strong... But, why does the guy look so… nervous? And he keeps fidgeting with his pants and beanie, which kind of makes him look sketchy. Oh well.
"Welp!" Sting exclaims, grinning from ear-to-ear. "I'm Sting Eucliffe!"
They boys stares at Sting for a moment. "Um...I'm Rogue. Rogue Cheney."
Sting holds his hand out and, oddly enough, Rogue hesitantly shook his hand with absolutely no grip. Not a loose grip, not a quick squeeze, but only his completetly limp hand placed into Sting's. 'What's the matter with this guy?' Sting thinks to himself, twitching an eyebrow in confusion.
"So, hey, how come I've never seen you around, like, ever?" Sting asks, picking up his (thankfully) safe pizza and the boys bag.
"I just enrolled in Sabertooth High. I used to live..." Rogue pauses, then crosses his arms. "With my parents."
"But you don't anymore? What happened?" Sting pries, eyes wide. "Do you have a place to stay?"
Rogue shifts uncomfortably, looking at the sky. Taking the hint (or at least, the hint Sting understood), Sting clears his throat and grins at the other boy. "Well, you can definitely come stay with me and my dad for awhile!" He exclaims, causing Rogue's eyes to expand to the size of plates.
"Pardon?"
"Yeah, c'mon man! My old man won't care, and you don't seem to be an ax murderer!" Sting assures, thinking that Rogue is worried about distrust in the house. Rogue hysterically shakes his head, then fixes his beanie.
"I'm not worried about that, moron! I-"
"Blah blah blah! You are enrolled in Sabertooth, right?"
Rogue cocks his head to the side. "Yes...Why...?"
"That's my school," Sting grabs Rogues hand. "So we'll worry about all that technical bullshit some other day! Let's just go!"
Rogue tries to wriggle his hand out of the strange boys grip, but with no prevail. There are many things in this world that Rogue doesn't understand; Why do people call him 'emo'? What does 'emo' even mean? Why would people think he's straight? Why doesn't everyone get over the fact that not all alley cats are bad? Why do people not like pineapple on pizza? But, in just mere minutes, Rogue just discovered the biggest mystery of all:
Who in the fuck is this blonde guy?
Why is he so trusting?
And, why is he just willing to let a stranger live with him?
Rogue would bet his whole left lung that if this Sting guy really knew what Rogue is, then he wouldn't even have touched Rogue. However, Rogue knows that this Sting, while strange and carrying a large box of pizza, is… nice? And Rogue shouldn't pass up an offer like this. A place to live is a place to live regardless of the strange circumstances, so he definitely should take this guy up on his offer for a place to briefly stay.
What could go wrong?
"Here we are!" Sting says, turning around to face Rogue. "My place is right there!"
Rogue stares at the house, inspecting it. The house is large, and very bright. The outside color of the house is white, with a good well-managed lawn. It seems clean, doesn't seem like unfriendly people would even dream of being near it, so the home has definitely passed his first inspection. Offering Sting the smallest smile he could manage, Rogue lets Sting lead him up to the front porch. Stings fumbles around in his pocket, before sighing.
"What's wrong?" Rogue asks.
Sting scratches the back of his neck. "I kindaaaaa don't know where my key is."
Rogue gives Sting an annoyed expression "That's…kindaaaaa not good." he deadpans, mocking Sting's voice. Sting feigns hurt and places a hand on his heart for a brief moment.
"Oh well!" Sting exclaims, pounding on the front door. "DAAAAAAAAD!"
Nothing.
Stings pounds even harder. "DAAAAAD, IT'S STING!"
"STIIIIIIIIING!" A voice shouts, loud footprints following after the shout.
Rogue gulps, taking a step back.
….
The front door swings open, revealing a tall grown man behind the door. The man is very strong looking and has pale blonde, almost white, hair. He was wearing nice, round glasses and his hair is surprisingly thick hair for a grown man. It's clear to Rogue that this man is Sting's father, the resemblance is nearly uncanny. The only difference is unlike the lovely blue-
The blue eyes Sting has, the man has golden brown eyes, that are currently squinting at the two teenagers.
"Sting, did you lose your key again?" The man asks. Sting nods, looking proud.
"Yep! But it's whatever, right?"
The man sighs, then looks at Rogue. "And, who are you young man?"
Rogue looks down at his feet, and feels a sudden arm around his shoulders. He looks at Sting, who is draping himself over him in a friendly manner. "This is Rogue, my exchange student! So he's gonna be living with us for a bit, okay?" Sting says.
Rogue's eyes widen in shock. He knew this boy is odd, but is he just that confident where he just announces to his (somewhat frightening) father that a total stranger will be living in his house? Rogue doesn't know how the people in this area are raised, but he knows he was surely never raised to behave like this. Sting's father examines Rogue for a moment, sharing a thought with Rogue:
'Sting is such a bad liar' Both sharing the same perplexed expression. Sting's father ignores his son, stepping aside.
"I shall be the judge of him before he lives in this house." He says.
Sting groans. "Dad, I already know him, his name is Rogue."
"You should probably know more about a person before letting them live in your home." Rogue cuts in, shooting a look at Sting.
Sting's father smiles and waves the two boys in. "Pay absolutely no attention to Sting. Come on in!"
Carefully, Rogue steps into the house. If there were any more extremely odd and kind-of stupid sons living here, then he wants nothing to do with this house. Thankfully, Rogue see's no more loud blondes in the home. All he spots is a red-brown cat, who's fast asleep of the floor. Sting's father sits down at their kitchen table, once again examining Rogue. Sting sits across from him and stares back. Rogue takes the hint and sits next to Sting. The grown Eucliffe clears his throat.
"So, Rogue, what's your full name?" He asks, placing his chin in his hand.
"Rogue Cheney."
"What's your fathers name?"
"Skiadrum Cheney."
"Any brothers? Sisters?"
"No."
"What's your best friend's name?"
"I don't have a best friend."
Mr Eucliffe chuckles awkwardly, "Do you have any friends?"
Rogue looks over to the side, "L-Levy McGarden... I guess."
"Levy?!" Sting suddenly questions. Sting takes a breath to calm down his sudden shock. It could just be a couincidence, but Sting pouts at the name anyways. He's never met too many chicks named 'Levy' and it is a small world, as they say.
Rogue looks at him in confusion "Yes, Levy."
Sting's father clears his throat again to get Rogue's attention back. "Any family in this area?"
"One cousin... His name is Gajeel Redfox."
Sting's eyes widen in surprise. Gajeel? There is no way that it's a coincidence Rogue is friends with someone named Levy, and has a cousin named Gajeel. So, does that mean that Rogue knows of Gajeel dating an alley cat? Hell, does Rogue even know the girl is an alley cat? Yukino did mention that Lucy Heartfilia met Levy 'before she knew she was an alley cat', so there is a chance that they met in this city, and she has kept it a secret from him. Unless they met in a alley cat populated city.
Wait a moment!
Unless-? Would that mean that Rogue is from an alley cat city? Why would he live there? There are some humans who live an alley cat cities, but very few stay there. You'd have to be a super poor human to have to stay there, 'cause no one wants to stay there. Just because a quiet few humans support alley cats, doesn't mean that the alley cats support humans. It's a natural and mutual hate.
But believe it or not, Sting doesn't actually hate alley cats, and he certainly wasn't raised to hate alley cats. He's never actually met any before. But once he entered Sabertooth, and learned what they're like, he's just assuming that all alley cats are like what he's heard. So how could Rogue even possibly live in an alley cat town?
Sting's dad nods, not noticing (or ignoring) Sting's internal struggle "Any criminal background?"
"No sir." Rogue answers
Sting's dad blinks a couple of times, shocked by being called sir. Respect? In his household? It seemed to good to be true. He shakes off his joy and stares at Rogue. "And... What's your sexuality?"
"SXDRCFVGBHNMNIUBYVTCR" Sting gargles as he falls back from his chair. The question interrupted his spacing-out but it also embarrassed him to near-death.
"DAD!" Sting gasps, turning pale
Rogue stares at the man blankly, he barely processed the question. Just before opening his mouth to speak, he's cut off by Sting's dad, who is rambling "Are you homophobic? Heteronormative? Or whatever? 'Cause you know! My son Sting here is bisexual, so I can't have any-"
"I'm definitely not homophobic, sir." Rogue assures, his cheeks tinted light pink, unlike Sting, who's entire face is red after his fathers speech.
"Alright, good!" Sting's dad exclaims. "Are you bisexual like my son?"
"DAD!" Sting gasps out again, plopping down onto the floor in overdramatic despair.
"No" Rogue murmurs awkwardly
Sting sits straight up to stare at Rogue "No?"
He doesn't ever try to hide his disappointment in his tone.
Rogue looks at Sting, but then immediately looks away in embarrassment. "I don't like girls."
"O-oh, that's cool." Sting says, slightly covering his once again reddening face. Sting's father stares at the two back-and-forth multiple times before suddenly standing up.
"Well Rogue, you pass! My name is Weisslogia, and you are allowed to stay in my house!" He announces with a thumbs-up
Rogue smiles at Weisslogia, then nods. "Thank you... I won't be here too long, so do not worry."
"Oh!" Weisslogia exclaims, startling Rogue. "Nonsense! You can stay for as long as you want, there's no trouble!"
"I-"
"The guest room is right next to Sting's bedroom, make yourself at home!" Weisslogia proclaims, running up into his own bedroom in excitement and closing the door. Weisslogia's now-eccentric behavior was something Rogue just had to get used to.
Silence drooped over the two left downstairs. Sting gives the very confused Rogue a large grin, before picking the boys bag up and slinging it over his shoulder. Rogue gives Sting another weird look. Sting tilts his head to the side, confused.
"What?" He asks
Rogue points to his bag. "I can carry my own stuff, thanks." He tries to snatch it, but Sting ducks under his hand. Rogue squints his eyes in annoyance, and Sting winks at him in response.
"To get your bag..." He says, getting in a runners position. "YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST." Stings races up the stairs and around the hall, running straight for the guest room. He could hear Rogue occasionally trip onto the floor, which just makes this whole experience even funnier for Sting.
Sting jumps onto the guest room bed, tossing the bag on the floor. Rogue, who had just caught up to him, shoots Sting a dirty look, before collapsing on the floor, panting. Sting laughs, and puts his hand in his hair. "Sorry, dude. Guess I'm just too fast for you!"
"You're annoying" Rogue mumbles into the floor.
Sting looks at him and grins. "Ah c'mon, no I'm not~"
"You are."
"I'm charming. I let you stay here!"
"Your father let me stay here."
"Nah it was me~ I'm totally your hero."
"I don't even know you."
Sting realizes how awkward the direction of this conversation is going, and pauses. He thinks for a moment. What Rogue just said is true-they don't even know each other. And yet, Sting knows he desperately wants to hang out with this boy... But, why? It's obvious that they have nothing in common, but still. They've known each other for not even a full hour, and he already feels like he's known him forever. Rogue looks up at Sting, curiously. Suddenly, Sting grins and jumps off of the large bed.
"I know, let's both hang out then!" He exclaims.
Rogue flinches at his sudden excitement "What?"
"You heard me," Sting says jumping up, then lifting Rogue onto his feet. "C'mon, if we leave right now we might be able to catch up Yukino and Minerva before their shifts end" Sting looks at the time; it reads 7:47, so the two girls still had quite a long time before work for them ended. Rogue attempts to make up excuses, but all were shot down by Sting in a matter of seconds.
"B-But-"
"No buts!" Sting interjected, smiling at Rogue while dragging him out the door. "What are you so afraid of?"
"I'm not..the most easy to talk to..." Rogue mumbles, managing to get out Stings grip. He sits back down onto the floor, crossing his arms. He's way too angry looking for that pose, which Sting finds cute.
"Aw, that's not true," Sting says, trying to get Rogue to stand up once more. He pulls on Rogue's hands, jacket, and hair to irritate the boy enough to stand back up.
"Besides, Yukino and Minerva are really cool, I'm sure they'll-"
In his attempts to get Rogue back up again, Sting manages to rip off the other boys beanie. Sting looks down at him, and smiles apologetically. Rogue is staring up at him with wide, almost scared eyes. Why is he-? Suddenly, Sting has a double take when he notices something on the other boys head.
Ears...
Cat ears, to be exact.
"...Love you."
End of Chapter 1
A.N/ This was fun to write. I found this fanfiction written in my old seventh grade science notebook, so I decided, "Hey, why don't I re write this and type it out and then post it."
So, I was just havin' some fun
I might continue this, idk to be honest. If people like it, then I guess I will lol
Now~ Please enjoy this little bonus section of the chapter
BONUS:
"Are all of you there?" Weisslogia asks, squinting at his computer screen.
On his screen were three other grown adults, who he was currently video chatting on skype. After his little interview with Rogue Cheney, he decided he had to immediately call up some of his friends: Igneel, Grandeeny, and Metalicana. The four of them had (albeit unintentionally) made it a habit to call and gossip to each other when something happened within their separate families and children.
"We're here." Igneel announces, putting an arm around his wife, Grandeeny.
Metalicana huffs, annoyed with the call itself. Weisslogia pays no attention to his attitude and grins at the three on the screen. Proudly, he point to his chest using his thumb.
"Guess who's son found a boyfriend today!" He exclaims with pride, turning giddy just thinking about the two
Grandeeny clasps here hands together happily "Sting has a boyfriend?!" Igneel can't manage to hide his shock from the others. How is it that his own idiot son hadn't managed to get a girlfriend even before Weisslogia's idiot son?
"Wow," Metalicana says, smirking. "And so long after Gajeel got a girlfriend."
"Gajeel has a girlfriend?!" Igneel asks, shocked once again
Metalicana nods arrogantly, but Weisslogia snaps his fingers loudly before Metalicana could brag even more. "Ah that's right... Metalicana?"
"What?"
"Do you have a nephew named Rogue?" Weisslogia asks.
Metalicana raises an eyebrow in confusion "Yes I do, why?"
"He's Sting's boyfriend." Weisslogia announces, causing Metalicana to freeze up in shock.
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"I ship it." Igneel nods twice, giving Sting and Rogue approval neither of them asked for.
Grandeeny looks at him oddly. "Did you just...? Nevermind... Anyways, tell us about Gajeel's girlfriend and Sting's boyfriend!"
Metalicana shakes off his earlier shock and scratches his chin. "Her name's Levy McGarden, she's real small and soft-looking. Don't ask what a small fry like her see's in my brat, cause it beats me."
Weisslogia chuckles. "Gajeel's a good kid. Let's see here... His name is Rogue Cheney... He is a very quiet, respectful young man-"
"And he's with STING?" Igneel asks, causing Grandeeny to slap his arm.
"For once I agree with Igneel" Metalicana sighs "Why did my nephew get with your dumb-ass son?"
"I have no idea!" Weisslogia shrugs happily "Anyways, he's also an alley cat!"
"Really!?" Grandeeny gasps, bringing her hand up to cover her open mouth.
Metalicana nods, rubbing two fingers on his chin. "Yeah... And now that I think about it.. So is Levy..."
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"Neat" Igneel says, once again giving approval to the teenagers that didn't ask for it.
~BONUS END~