Chapter 3: Sweetness makes me happy!
2 and a half hours 'til noun.
'Shouldn't we go to some kind of candy shop or something?' asked Romeo, looking at the sky dragon slayer.
'You are right we should. Do you know any good one?' she replied, staring at the clouds for answers, not literally, but you get what I mean.
Romeo smiled brightly, 'Yes!' Wendy looked back at him, and saw how his eyes shone, 'Don't you remember that one-?' his smile dropped suddenly. 'That's right. It was five years ago...' he blinked forcefully and shook his head slightly, and his smile returned, though not exactly the same, he let out a soft laugh that did not sound real. 'It is awesome, I've been talking to Asuka about it since she was born, but never got the chance to take her. The place is amazing, and when it was opened for the first time, I mean, WOW, there were even fireworks, and there weren't words for it' he sighed. 'You guys would've loved it'
Wendy looked at Romeo with a sad smile. 'I'm sure we would have' she said. Sometimes she forgot they have been frozen for seven years. It was obvious, everyone and everything was so different, but sometimes her mind tricked her, and told her she had always been there, and that she had grown with Romeo by her side. Almost like fake memories were created inside her mind by someone else.
'Come on, I bet you never even got close. I want to see your face while eating one of those great candies. Plus, Asuka might be there too'.
They walked, because Wendy was too tired to keep running, and Romeo didn't seem to be in the humour to cheer her to.
'Erhm, Romeo, where is it?'
He looked up, looking lost. He managed a smile and said, 'Sorry, uhm, that one over there should be the one' he pointed at a big candy shop.
And when I say big, I mean huge ((A/N: Not that size matters *laughs*))
It was around three stories high, it's outside was decorated with fake tall lollipops and big fat wrapped candies. Amazed by the building, Wendy looked up with big widen eyes.
'Oh, my' Wendy said, not having any words to describe it.
It seemed to be glowing, which maybe it actually was, and it practically begged her to come in, (Was it magic, again?) the blue-haired could feel Romeo's stare, and she turned at him, a big grin on her face. "Let's go in!"
He nodded silently and went behind the excited dragon-slayer.
When they walked in, they found themselves in what looked like another universe.
It looked so... marvellous.
Surrounded by every kind of candy she could find in any part of Earthland, there were containers for each type, some of the sweets flying above her back to their places after being misplaced by someone, the containers seemed to make a maze, all the paths leading to the cashier. In some corners there were big columns, made out of glass, inside of them there were, again, more candies. There was a man Lucy's age teaching a girl a few years older than Asuka how to grab them. The man passed his hand through a symbol she couldn't quite see and a tap would appear, and he handed her a bag, while she happily filled it with the column's candies.
It was full with children, laughter and smiles were heard all over the place. At the back there were four doors, each one different. The first one to the right was a dark brown one, shaped like a bar of chocolate. The second one white, same shape. The third one looked like crystal and had not actual shape. And the last one, was shaped like the lollipops outside the building, it was the same door in which Wendy saw how a small child opened it, and she catched a glimpse of what was inside, it was like another world, made only of lollipops.
It was almost unbelievable, even though they lived in a world of magic, Wendy would always find herself being amazed all over again, just like a child.
"Wow..." she muttered.
People walked in simply, like it was something so usual it wasn't worth their attention. Well, it was five years old.
It was bright, colorful, and the sight made her happy, for no reason. She turned at Romeo, and saw him with the same lost expression he had before. When he realized she was staring, he smiled, and kept moving, leaving her behind.
"Let's see if we can find Asuka here. I'll ask the customers, you ask the employees" he told her, not even glancing to see if she was paying attention, which she was, yet, it was kind of rude.
"Okay" she replied softly.
He nodded without looking back and started asking child after child after adult after teenager after child again.
She actually didn't need to look for someone, as the same guy who had been talking to the little girl was suddenly next to him. He had the typical smile a person who worked with children would give you. "May I help you with something?" Tre...Vor said, yes, Trevor, or at least that's what it said on his golden plaque ((A/N: Not sure about this word, please correct me if I'm wrong, I mean that usually metal thing in which name's are engraved in. So forgive me, because I don't know and I used the unreliable Google Translate, haha)) .
"Oh, yes, I'm looking for someone, actually, a girl around this height..." she said, repeating the same dialogue she had all day long.
"Hm..." he said. He had what seem to be glowing emerald eyes which looked at the ceiling with a thoughtful look, trying to remember. He suddenly snapped his fingers and looked back at her. "Yes! Her name is Asuka right?"
Wendy nodded excitedly, finally a clue! Maybe they would be able to find her in the end!
"She bought white chocolate, let me think, white cho- The Garden, it was... She bought a rose, obviously white," he chuckled slightly, "a lily and two orchids, yes"
"I'm sorry, but is she here right now?"
"I'm afraid you've just lost her, she looked really happy with her flowers, and was talking about going to a puppet show or something, maybe she meant the one in the main street"
"Thank you!" she bowed and ran towards Ro-
Where was Romeo?!
She turned again to Trevor who was now talking to a young boy, explaining again how the columns worked. She tapped on his shoulder.
"E-Excuse me?" she said, ashamed to be asking for help again.
"Yes?" he replied, turning with a smile.
"Ehm, you wouldn't have seen my friend, would you? He has black hair, around this height-"
"Oh, yeah, he went to the crystal room, you should go in, I think you would like it, and the puppet show begins in thirty minutes so you would be fine" he interrumpted, while showing her with his finger the way to the door.
"Thanks again!" she said, following his instructions through the candy maze.
She opened the door to the "crystal room" as Trevor had called it.
Another "Wow..." escaped her lips.
And it was a well deserved "Wow...". It was like she had entered another world all together. She closed the door behind her, and found herself in a room almost empty except for herself and a few people.
She was in front of a sugar crystal carousel. It moved at the same speed a regular one did, but it was nothing but regular. The animals on it were so... beautiful. If it wasn't for the lack of color she would have believed they were real. The path was also made of the same material, the short grass around it too. When she walked towards the carousel, it stopped moving, like asking her to step in.
"Okay..." she muttered, and did as the carousel seemed to be asking.
Seconds after doing this, it started moving again. It was simple magic, yet it was so mind-blowing.
She touched one of the bars, and it made a small crack. "Oh, no, oh, no" she said, looking around, suddenly realizing a bit of it on her hand. "Ooooh, Mavis"
She tried to stick it back, hitting it softly against it's home. But it didn't seem to like the idea of going back.
"What do I do?" she muttered, going anxious, that's when she heard a small laughter, that suddenly turned into a loud one, one she wasn't able to ignore, due to it's familiarity.
"Romeo! Don't laugh! Come help me!" the sky dragon slayer ordered, (the carousel kept moving, to her disgust) yet the fire mage ignored her and kept laughing helping to make her even more anxious. "Romeo!" she shouted, not being able to see his face until now.
He watched her angry face soften as she saw his own smile. He couldn't help but laugh at his friend despair. "Okay, okay" he said, still laughing on his insides.
The carousel stopped when he got two steps closer and he jumped the following ones. The moment he got on it started moving again. He walked towards Wendy, and grabbed the hand in which she hold the piece of crystal. Not looking as her cheeks went slightly pink, he took it.
And ate it.
"B-But! Romeo!"
"Wendy, look" he said, signaling the crystal bar. The second she looked at it, it started glowing, and the part that was missing repaired itself. "There's absolutely nothing to worry about here. Well, except the money, but yeah, I bet that is free, as it's such a small piece" he shrugged.
She shook her head, disapprovingly.
"What?"
"Nothing" she muttered, jumping down the carousel.
"What?" he repeated.
"Nothing" she did too.
"Come on!" he whined following her as she walked towards the door.
She stopped in front of the door and turned around, pouting and with her arms crossed. "You should have let me eat it!"
"Wha-? ..." he said, surprised at her childish reply.
"No, no, no, very bad, Romeo" she muttered, her arms still crossed and shaking her head repeatedly.
He started laughing, and he laughed and he laughed until she started laughing too.
They laughed until their bellies hurted.
He suddenly sighed, and she looked up, where she found herself with a huge grin from his part. "You are too sweet" he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "And sweetness makes me happy" he then continued, walking pass her, leaving a very red, turning scarlet as Erza-san's hair, Wendy.
"R-Romeo! Wa-Wait! I know where Asuka is going to be next!"
((A/N: Again, it's been forever! Haha, but I think this time was a bit earlier. I'm not usually like this, nonononono, I usually update fast. BUT IT'S SCHOOL's FAULT! *cries* (you should probably skip this) I've got test after test after test, and then I have "La Feria del Libro" that's super important for me and my family, and then I've got like two thousand books to read, both from schoool and for pleasure and then I feel tired, and then I feel awful because my heart hurts and people say it's anxiety and I don't believe it because I'm actually a really relaxed person and then my teachers tell me, "Maybe something is subsconciouslly worrying you" and I know it's true and I know what it is but if I tell people they'll think I'm overreacting and I'm just in those moments, which I'm possibly am, and asañgihvb aldv-hb. OVER HERE, PERSON WHO WAS WISE AND SKIPPED: I really hope my next update is faster, so yeahhhhh, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and... Maybe Romeo isn't as blunt as he seems? Is the story coming to an end? Will they find Asuka before noon? Why are they up so early?))