By the time you got back to the guild, you had sighed more than you thought possible in an hour time period.

"Our brave Master returns." Orga snickered sarcastically and opened the door to let you in. Your eyes widened. The Sabertooth guild really was full of splendour. Recruiting strong members had obviously meant that they'd spent lots of money on the place. The kind of money that Fairy Tail would never be able to get away with - after all, the guild hall seemed to get destroyed or at least wrecked internally on a daily basis.

"This place is incredible." You breathed.

"Ehehe, the fairy girl's impressed." Orga grinned. You rolled your eyes and went to join Yukino, who had rushed over to support a queasy Rogue.

"What happened to them, _-sama?" She asked.

"No need for the -sama, Yukino-chan." You smiled. "It's the result of a two hour train journey and a half hour bus ride."

"Ew." Someone from the guild cringed.

"Where's the infirmary?" You asked.

"This way." A quiet but calm voice said. You looked left to see Rufus rise from his chair, his hat evidently retrieved from Gray after the Games. He led you and Yukino to a side room where you lay the two dragon slayers in bed whilst they moaned and groaned.

"Drama queens." Orga laughed heartily. "Always shooting off their mouths about being strong but a single train journey cripples 'em."

You couldn't help but smile fondly down at the two of them. "They've always been like this then?"

"You bet." He said.

"Sting-kun is still the strongest!" Lector puffed up his chest from the end of Sting's bed. Sting responded by groaning and rolling over.

"Real strong." Orga snickered and walked out with a casual wave. "Nice meetin' you properly, fairy girl!"

You sat next to Sting's bed. You could see Rogue watching you from hooded eyes from his own bed, Frosch sat by his cheek. You sent a small smile his way before taking a hold of Sting's hand and caressing it gently.

"Home is behind...the world ahead..." You sang softly to him.

"And there are many paths to tread...
Through shadow...to the edge of night..." You ran a gentle hand over the scar on his head and he began to relax slightly.

"Until the stars are all alight...Mist and shadow...Cloud and shade...All shall fade...All shall...fade." You finished, kissing the top of his forehead, earning you a small weak smile from the dragon slayer.

"What is that song, _-chan?" Yukino asked.

"It's from a story called 'The Lord of the Rings'." You said with a smile. "My mum used to sing this to me when I was little, whenever I was ill."

"Can I hear another story?" Frosch said enthusiastically.

"You want me to continue the story from the train?"

"Yes!"

Yukino beamed at you. "I'll leave you to it."

"Yukino..." You called after her. "I really hope we can become friends."

"I'd like that." She said with a shy smile.

You beamed and turned back to Frosch. "Now where were we?"

"Trolls!" He said, bouncing up and down.

"Ah, yes. The troll in the dungeon."

"Trolls?" Sting asked weakly.

"Of course. Listen!" You grinned and continued to tell Frosch the story, pausing only so Sting and Rogue could laugh at your description of Ron Weasley knocking out the troll, before promptly having to swallow back more vomit.

Once the two were recovered, Sting immediately decided to gather and address the guild.

"Attention, everyone!" He shouted. "I have a few announcements. Firstly, there are going to be some changes now that I'm the guild master. We're going to still be the strongest guild, but we're also going to be a guild that treasures its members!" A cheer went up around the guild. "Secondly, there has been no word from either Jiemma or Lady Minerva. We are assuming that our old Master does not wish to come back to the guild. Our lady, however, is missing. We can hope that she will return to us. Thirdly, we're going to have a bit of construction happening. As it's the summer, I figured it was time Sabertooth got a pool!" An even louder cheer went around the room. Yukino laughed next to you. "Lastly," Sting continued. "We'd like to welcome back Yukino and introduce _ to our guild." You blushed nervously as a few wolf whistles echoed around the guild. Sting sent the perpetrators a glare.

"It's good to be back." Yukino said shyly. You waved next to her.

"Excuse me..." One of the members suddenly shouted to you. "Are you that girl that blew up our guild quarters in the capital with Natsu-san?"

"Er..." You sweat dropped. "I was technically there to stop him."

"So you're that girl!" The guy replied with a much happier tone than you expected. "You're super strong!"

"I...thank you." You flushed.

"Right," Sting interrupted. "That's it for notices. We need people to work on the designs for the pool. Yukino has volunteered to organise it with me, so see her if you have ideas. Dismissed!"

The guild soon went back to chattering and looking at their request boards. A few people began talking to Yukino and you stood there awkwardly for a few moments.

"_." A voice said behind you, making you jump. Sting was grinning at you. "Did I do okay?" He asked, addressing you and Lector, who had just joined you.

"You were awesome, Sting-kun!"

"Not bad." You chuckled. "Um...I kinda need to put my stuff somewhere." You mentioned, gesturing to your suitcase and guitar propped against your legs.

"Oh, yeah. Follow me." Sting said, before leading you up a spiral staircase and along a corridor. He stood in front of a room with a door that stuck out like a sore thumb. It had black paint covering one side, and white paint the other side. Sting opened it to show a large bedroom complete with two double beds on either side of the room. Your eyes immediately went to the wardrobe, where there was a loud rustling.

"Hello?" You called. Rogue and Frosch stuck their heads out from behind the wardrobe door.

"What are you doing?" Sting cried out.

"Moving rooms." He stated simply.

"Why?!" Sting retorted.

"If you two are going to be going at it like rabbits at night, I'm not sharing a room with you, Sting. It'd be gross."

"Fro thinks so too."

You were sure a small amount of blood was coming out of Sting's nose and you could feel the intense heat on your cheeks.

"T-That's...I..." You stuttered. "Sting, where's my room?"

"Just here." He said, gesturing to an empty room two doors down. It was larger than the one you had at Fairy Tail, and would be ideal. It had a nice double bed, a wardrobe, and a desk.

"Tell Rogue there is no need to move." You said eventually as you took in the room. "You can come here."

"I...I can?" Sting whispered in shock.

"N-Not for that!" You blurted. "N-Not yet at least." Your already hot cheeks were probably the heat of Natsu's flames at this point. "I'm gonna unpack. Can you give me a hand?"

"S-Sure." He gathered himself and brought your suitcase into the room.

"It'll be kinda bare until Mira brings all my stuff over." You commented shyly.

"Hey, _, um...I've been meaning to ask you...er..." Sting said, a slight pink tinge to his face. "If you wanted to maybe go somewhere soon? Just the two of us?" He blurted quickly.

"I'd like that a lot." You said with a smile. "Plan something nice."

Sting nodded and sighed with relief. Something told you that that conversation he'd had with Mira before leaving Crocus had been an instructional one. You laughed lightly and pulled him forwards for a gentle kiss. He put a hand up to your face and deepened it. That, you didn't think you could ever get tired of it. You smirked against his lips slightly.

"Don't push it, mister." You grinned. "You spent most of the day using me as a pillow. I need some payback."

"Hm..." He smirked back, a slight glint in his eye. "That can work too." He suddenly picked you up and pushed you against the wall near the door. You wrapped your legs around his waist as he kissed up your neck, sucking on it slightly.

"Sting..." You said breathlessly.

"_..." He muttered, a hand delicately trailing up your leg as he brought your lips back to his.

"My eyes! My sweet, sweet eyes!" Orga shouted dramatically from the doorway. You yelped and broke apart from Sting, nearly falling over doing so. An unamused Sting chucked a ball of white light at him mercilessly and he went flying back into the wall.

"Sting!" You scolded.

"He was interrupting."

"Weren't we supposed to be unpacking, anyway?" You reminded him. Unpacking would help you forget briefly that every time you seemed to get alone time with Sting, someone would interrupt you. It was bothersome and did nothing to help your hormones.

"Yeah, I guess."

You giggled and slipped off your leather jacket, placing it on the hook on the door. "When do you reckon we'll have the pool completed by?"

"A week, perhaps?" Sting replied. "Say, _, I am doing this right, aren't I?"

"Which part of 'this'?" You gestured to everything. He could mean many things. Your unpacking, your relationship, the guild pool planning.

"The guild. I'm trying so hard to make it better for everyone."

"You're doing a great job." You assured him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Fro thinks so too!" A little voice from the door said. Rogue was standing moodily in the doorway.

"Hey, Rogue." You greeted. "I was about to come find you."

"There's no need." He said. "I'm not moving rooms. But if there is anything happening, keep it to her room, Sting!"

Sting went to clobber him but you got there first, using your transformation magic to turn Rogue's face into a terrifying reconstruction of Frosch's.

"Why?!"

"Frosch is nicer to me." You grinned and gave Frosch a tiny fist bump, before walking off down the corridor with the Exceed without a care in the world.

"Sting..." Rogue muttered.

"Uh-huh?"

"Good luck."