Hi! Here is the next chapter. I had a lot of fun writing this, so I hope you enjoy!
'The Celebration at the Palace After the Fight Against the Dragons'
Sting was starting to get frustrated. Those first two lines had seemed great. The book said that they would never fail. Well, guess that book had never met Rogue Cheney, shadow dragon slayer who was oblivious to obvious attempts of gaining his affections.
Sting sighed. He needed something that would work.
Sting looked up and saw Natsu.
Natsu. His idol. He had everything going for him. He had a great guild, great friends, and a great girlfriend. Wait, he had a girlfriend! Mabye Natsu could give him some pointers!
Sting walked over to Natsu.
"Hey, Natsu, can I speak to you for a minute?"
"Huh, oh, sure."
They walked over to a secluded corner of the room.
"What is it?"
"Well, you see, there is someone I like, and I want to tell them."
"Really? Good for you! Who is it?"
"Well... it's... it's Rogue."
"Thought so. So, why are you telling me this?"
"Well, I have tried to him how I feel, but he misunderstands and everything gets messed up. So I was wondering if mabye you could give me some pointers on what to say."
After hearing this, Natsu grinned.
"Oh, have I got the perfect thing for you. This is how I asked Lucy to be my girlfriend."
'Back at the party'
Rogue was talking with Gajeel and Wendy, when he heard the sound of breaking glass.
He turned around to see Sting staring at him, and his glass laying shattered on the ground.
"Sting what happened? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, but you owe me a drink."
"Huh, why?"
"Because when I saw you I dropped mine."
Sting grinned to himself. That had to work. Natsu said it was full proof, and there was no way Natsu could be wrong.
"You're blaming this on me? It isn't my fault that you are clumsy! Get your own drink."
Or mabye he could be wrong. How!? How could Rogue misunderstand that? Everyone in earshot of their exchange had figured it out, which meant that they also knew about his feelings, but Rogue thought he was being used as a scapegoat.
"Rogue, that isn't what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
"I... never mind. Want me to get you a drink?"
"No thanks, but I would like something to eat. Care to join me?"
"Sure."
So Sting's third attempt was once again a failure.
Oh well, mabye next time, Sting thought. Natsu is definitely going to hear from me about this.
'Time Skip'
'In the middle of the episode where Frosch is lost in Magnolia'
"Frosch! Frosch!! FROSCH!!!!!"
"Rogue, yelling like a maniac in the middle of the street will not help us find him any quicker."
"Shut up, Sting. I have to find him. If anything happens to him-"
"Nothing will happen to him, we will find him and he will be just fine."
Sting was worried that Rogue was going to hurt someone at this point. He had already threatened about 15 people, one being that poor girl from Fairy Tail. He really needed to calm down.
While Rogue continued calling out frantically for Frosch, Sting was devising a plan to get Rogue to calm down. Mabye he should confess to him. Kill two birds with one stone.
The second it popped into his head he thought it was a great idea and ran with it. If only he had given it a little more thought.
"Rogue, was your father an alien? Because there's nothing else like you on Earth."
Rogue stopped and turned around.
"Can you say that one more time, I don't think I heard you right."
"I said, Was your father an alien? Because there's nothing else like you on Earth."
Rogue stared at Sting for a minute.
"Sting."
"Yeah?"
"Did you just insult not only me, but Skiadrum!?"
"What!? No I-"
"I know I am a little strange, but I am worried about Frosch! You would do the same thing if it was Lector! I can't-"
"Rogue, stop that isn't what I meant."
"You've been saying that a lot here lately. What do you mean?"
"I just meant... you know what, never mind. I'm sorry. Let's just go find Frosch, okay?"
"Okay."
Sting sighed. Well, they say fifth times the charm right? Mabye not, but still. Hopefully next time it would work.
Well, that was chapter two. I hope you enjoyed. I know that in the anime Lector and Yukino were with Sting and Rogue as they looked for Frosch, but I decided the story would work better if they weren't there. So just pretend that they split up. Well, the last chapter will come out on Friday, April 5th, 2019. If you like this story, please like and comment. Gives me a little more confidence. Well, see you next time! Bye!