Mira woke to the sunlight which flooded her room. She saw her young, beloved sister Lisanna smile at her as she sat on the window sill. She smiled back and got out of bed.
"Morning, Mira-nee!" She beamed, hugging her older sister as she clambered out of bed.
"Morning," she mumbled and then hugged back.
"So.." Lisanna sat beside her sister on the single bed and put her fingers to her lips. "Bixlow said you have a thing for Laxus, is this true?" Her cerulean orbs stared right into hers as the former S-class mage ferverently blushed.
"N-no! Of course not, you see, we're umm.." She tried to explain the situation, but Lisanna only burst into a fit of giggles. Mira got embarassed and begged her not to tell anyone, to which Lisanna agreed with pleasure and left the room for her to get ready. Mira took a long bath and dried herself, she then took her usual clothes out the drawer and brushed her soft, wavy hair. She then left for the guild, preparing for the worst. She knew how Bixlow was when he got hold of 'fake' information like this.
"Ayayayayaya...Nice woman ya got, Laxy!"
"Who would've thought you'd be with Mirajane?"
"I..um, well I guess I approve?"
The Raijinshuu bugged him about the small moment he shared with Mira last night, of which he denied it all with bright red cheeks.
"I-It's nothing, really." He said, trying remain calm. He tried his hardest to hide the wide blush on his face, but to no prevail. 'Could this get any worse?' He thought, knowing Bixlow, he knew this would get out of hand very quickly. He was really loud and soon enough, the entire guild was questioning him. A few moments later, Mira came in, trying to avoid the crowd circling the dragonslayer.
"NEE-CHAN!" Elfman bellowed, she cursed under her breath. Out of everyone, it had to be him notice her presence. In a near instant, everyone was questioning her too.
"You guys make a cute couple!"
"When's the wedding?"
"Guessin' no drinks for the day, eh Mira? Ayayayayayah!"
"This is a big suprise!"
"Enough!" She wailed as her fellow nakama went on about it. A sudden crash was heard as a flash of yellow lightning blackened a small spot of the wooden floor. Everyone froze and turned to look at Laxus.
"We're not dating," he started, "we were just, um, messing about. That's all." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly. Everyone knew how frightening Laxus was when irritated.
Everything was back to normal in a few hours. Mira thanked the dragonslayer and went to her usual post to continue business.
"Hey Laxus, how 'bout a match!?" Natsu called, followed by Gajeel.
"Yeah, we haven't finished since last time."
"Ahah, you mean when you ran away like a coward?"
"Shut up, Salamander!" The pair started to fight infront of him, and he sweatdropped at their stupidity. Maybe he should go for a round, he needed to get his mind off a certain 'something' or rather-someone.
"Fine, let's go." He rose from his comfortable position and strolled leisurely outside, with the two other dragonslayers bounding along after him. An excited murmur rose, and within seconds Natsu was on the floor and Gajeel had ran away once again. Laxus averted his stern look and glared at the joyful little blue cat before returning to his place between the Raijinshuu. In all honesty Laxus wanted to spar with Gajeel, testing his abilities wasn't a bad idea. He was just as strong as the pinkette and as just tenacious, maybe next time though. A few minutes later, Wendy came up to the Laxus, looking quite pale.
"What's the matter, Wendy?" He asked, a slight hint of concern on his face.
"L-Laxus-san, I have a confession," She entwined her left fingers with her right, looking down.
"I might've, err well..will you shout at me?" The little girl was trembling, trying to hide her face. Laxus shook his head. "Well, you see..I might've been the one who, um, told Bixlow-san about you and Mira." Her voice gradually got quiter, and she stared at the floor. Laxus frowned, but couldn't get angry with the sky maiden. He hated making women cry-but making a little girl cry, well, that's an entirely different thing. It's worse-not only do they cry more and louder, but everyone around you seems to give you a terrible stare.
"It's fine," He said in a quiet voice, and she looked up, her entire face seemed to have lit up.
"Just don't do it again, or there'll be trouble." Wendy thanked him, and ran off to sit with Romeo, Levy and Carla.
"Carla! Carla! He forgave me!" She squealed while running to her beloved white exceed. Carla only looked at Laxus and smiled, while starting a conversation with her owner. Soon enough, Gajeel came over with Pantherlily and started teasing Levy about how small she was, as usual. Wendy laughed with Romeo, which kept her in a good mood for a while.
Finally, after many hours the guild hall was empty, all except Laxus and Mirajane had went home. He kept a close eye on her as she cleaned up the mess the guild makes every day and glanced at Laxus when she was facing in his direction. He wasn't that visible, sitting in a dark corner blanketed in shadows.
"Mira," He called, lowering his head slightly.
"Yes Laxus?"
"C'm here." He ordered, she did what he said and stood infront of him, arms behind her back. He felt heat rushing to his cheeks as he got out the next few words:
"Y-you're very..nice." He sounded hesitant, and he looked away as Mira's cheeks also went a deep red.
"Uhm, thanks." She replied, staring at the floor. There was a silence between them, a silence that seemed to last forever. Finally, Laxus made his move and pulled Mira onto his lap. He entwined his fingers with hers and gave her cheek a light peck before nuzzling her neck. She giggled and wrapped her arms around his waist, the welcoming warmth of Laxus' body heating her own. They stayed like this for a while, until Laxus had to go. He would've liked to have stayed in that position, but he couldn't. He had important matters to attend to.
"Good night, Laxus." She said softly.
"G'night."
