Summary: It's known that wizards have a harder time settling down with someone outside of their guild- much less someone without any magic capabilities whatsoever. I know this, but I can't help my feelings for a certain black haired ice mage who makes frequent appearances in my pastry store. [Lighthearted Romance] / Friendship
Chapter Two
.:Former Friends:.
"Sophie-chan… Why do I feel like you're taking advantage of me?"
Romeo struggled to stand next to me, numerous bags balanced in his hands as a slight pout covered his childish appearance. I grinned, enjoying the feeling of warm sun beating down on my head as I hummed to myself, ignoring the boys complaints. The sky was a beautiful shade of orange as the sun beat down on the buildings of Magnolia, slowly falling to the horizon.
"What're you talking about, Romeo-kun? You said you needed training."
"Hai.. But how is me helping you with your groceries training?"
I casted him a sharp glare causing him to straighten his posture, snapping his mouth shut. I smiled once again, my arms swinging at my sides as we continued to walk through the streets of Magnolia.
"You worry about the small details of things, Romeo-kun," I said playfully. He huffed, adjusting the bags in his hands in annoyance. I scowled, tired of his complaining.
"If you don't like helping me out then stop coming to my shop and bugging me!"
Romeo looked away sheepishly, realizing that he had gotten me angry. "Ne, ne, I like helping you out. The guild is just so boring without Natsu and the others around."
We reached the door to my store, and I unlocked it allowing Romeo to enter first. I shut the door gently behind me as I followed him in, taking the bags from his hands and placing them on the counter.
"Natsu?" He says the name as if I'm supposed to know who that is.
"Natsu's the man who saved my dad, remember?" Romeo said cheerfully as he took a seat in his signature white chair. I pounded my fist in my palm as I remembered, "Oh yeah huh?"
"I want chocolate cake this time!" The child chanted as I walked into the kitchen, pulling out a bag of cookies the stock. I returned, tossing him the bag.
"You get cookies. There isn't anymore cake left, try again tomorrow."
Romeo scowled, opening the bag and fishing out a chocolate chip cookie to munch on. "Natsu's always on missions with Lucy now, and to make it worst Gray and Erza always tag along. The guild is boring without their crazy schemes."
My ears perked at the familiar name, although I didn't voice my thoughts. Instead, I grabbed a cookie from Romeo's bag, "You sure do love that Natsu person huh?"
"Yup!" Romeo smiled innocently, "Natsu, Gray and Erza are Fairy Tail's strongest team! I hope to be as strong as them!"
"Is Gray strong?" I asked with a grin, unable to believe that smoker could be as strong as Romeo built him up to be. Regardless, Romeo nodded his head as he began to tell me stories of Fairy Tail's strongest teams adventures, which included the team freeing a black magic guild from a curse they casted on themselves by accident, defeating a demon who's strength equaled the same as Zeref's demon Deliora, and recently curing a cursed island and destroying the moon.
"Wow!" I said laughing through teary eyes, "I can never believe any of that!"
"But it's true!" Romeo said desperately, and I nodded my head.
"Yes, yes I'm sure it's true. But all of that sounds so crazy, they sure know how to cause a riot huh!" Romeo smiled once again, nodding his head in agreement. I glanced at the clock, "Romeo-kun it's nearly 10P.M., won't your parents be worried about you?"
Romeo stood from his seat, stretching and then let out a yawn. "Nope. Dad's probably drunk at the guild, and mom divorced dad after I was born. Something about him being too focused on his work."
My heart skipped a beat as Romeo rubbed the back of his head, trying his hardest to appear nonchalant. Sucking in an air of breath, I grabbed onto my white jacket and grabbed onto his hand, leading him out the store.
"W-what're you doing Sophie?!" He asked, his cheeks burning. I grinded my teeth, feeling as tears burned my eyes.
"I got the sudden urge to walk you home."
The sun had set by now, and only a few people roamed the streets. I slid my arms through the holes of my jacket, zipping it over my red shirt as I grabbed hold of his wrist. "I was just going to head to the guild, it's alright.." Romeo tried to dismiss me, his small hands clawing at my larger one as I began to drag him.
"That's fine," I said curtly. Romeo casted his gaze back to the ground as we walked through the night in silence.
"I got picked on again today," He finally spoke, kicking a rock as he continued to match my pace. I glanced down to him, quietly to continue. "They said Fairy Tail Wizards are jokes. And then one of them shoved me."
"Little brats," I growled. "Who knew children could be so vicious?"
"They weren't children," Romeo shrugged. "It was the knights."
My jaw dropped, "T-T-The Knights?! Rune Knights?!"
Romeo looked startled at my confusion, raising an eyebrow as he replied slowly, "Yes.."
"How dare they pick on an innoncent child! That makes me so angry, when I see them I can just wring their neck!" I exploded, not caring how late into the night it was. "Give me names Romeo! Can you remember any of their faces?! I will—"
My threats were cut short by Romeo releasing his wrist from my fingers, balling his hands into a fist as he looked at me with a broad grin.
"I can take them on Sophie, did you forget that I'm the son of a wizard?"
Romeo looked so proud, I could see sparkles floating away from him in his fantasy dellusion. He was right, he was the son of a wizard, which is probably a side of Romeo I would never be able to truly understand.
Is this the cost of being a wizard? To be harassed and bullied by higher ups? I couldn't understand what it was that Romeo loved about that life.
He began walking again, striding ahead of me pridefully as I followed silently behind. Romeo's mother left her family simply because his father paid more attention to his work? The thought alone made a knot form in my throat as I realized how ironically close our past histories were related.
"You're father must really love you," I said slowly as we came to a stop in front of the red double doors of his guild. The inside was loud and noisy, filled with chatter and cheering. Romeo glanced at me from behind his back with an innocent smile, and I fell to my knee's to engulf him in a tight hug.
"For your mother to leave you and your father because he loved his work too much is unforgivable," I said through a sob. Romeo tensed at the sudden gesture, but I tightened my grip around him regardless. "But your father stayed and raised you to be a strong young boy through his love for this guild," I sniffed. "That's the best wizard there can ever be!"
Romeo pulled away, looking at me with teary eyes as snot began to drip from his nose. He sniffed, nodding his head as tears fell from his eyes, "That's right!"
I grinned through my tears, rubbing his head in a familiar fashion. Standing back up, I straightened out my back before looking up at the sky, numerous bright stars smiling down back at me.
"Well, make sure you give your dad the rest of those cookies Romeo-kun," I said pointing to the bag I had given him. Romeo nodded his head eageredly, "Yes of course nee-chan!"
"Give him my regards, yeah?" I said as I turned my back to him, making my way back to my shop. Even with my back turned to him, I could feel the grin that radiated from Romeo's face as he watched me depart.
Omniscient Point of View
"What was that about?"
"G-Gray!" Romeo turned around startled, snapping from his daze as he watched Sophie retreat, only to be greeted with a the topless man who balanced a cigarette between his fingers.
Gray was leaned against the tan walls of the guild, the coolness of the wood feeling good against his bare back. The mage flicked his unlit cigg in the ground, stomping on it regardless. "I came out here for a smoke and was greeted with an interesting scene."
"H-how much of that did you see?!" Romeo spoke through a blush. Gray grinned at the little boys embarrassment, "Enough to see you crying in that womans arms like a baby."
"S-shut up!" Romeo said defensively, "Her names Sophie! And I wasn't crying okay!" He puffed his cheeks out as Gray laughed, placing a hand on the boys back to guide him inside of the guild.
"Right right.. Come on, lets go inside."
Sophie
I always feel better after a good cry. And the way the cool wind blew through my hair only helped my mood brighten as I walked alone through the paved streets of Magnolia. Walking alone at night wasn't as dangerous as you may think, with the Rune Knights constantly patrolling the premises. Just the thought of the Knights made my cheeks puff in irritation. "Argo.. Those Rune Knights really make me angry."
A movement caught my attention as I peered into an alley, seeing as a body laid out in the open at the end. My eyes widened as I immediately hid behind the wall, peeking slowly inside of the alleyway to see if the people responsible for the unconscious body was still around.
The streets were completely empty, and I couldn't help but have a sudden fear that the body wasn't unconscious, but instead dead..
As if hearing my accusation, a sandalled foot twitched, before a brunette girl popped from her bed of trashbags, rubbing her head in pain. "Itai.. I really let loose this time.."
I slowly emerged from my hiding spot as I recognized the female. "C-Cana?"
[ Happy: And then! ]
"Boy, I sure wouldn't of known what to do if you didn't shown up when you did!" Cana slapped my back affectionately, and my hands couldn't help but twitch at the stinging pain she had inflicted upon me. "I would be a goner by now!"
"I doubt it.." I muttered irritated as I rubbed my stinging back. "Although if that were the case, I probably would have left you."
"You're still a grouch, Sophie-chan!" Cana laughed drunkily, cracking open a bottle of booz she kept in her purse. I immediately snatched it from her hands, "No more drinking!"
Cana's eyes watered at the loss of her alcoholic beverage, but I tucked it safely in the cushion of my couch without pity. The last thing I needed was her puking and making my house reek of alcohol vomit.
"You're not staying the night," I said as I crossed my arms against my chest. "Just sober up and go away."
"Sophieeee-chan!" Cana held onto my shoulders as she drunkenly sobbed into my chest. "You're always so mean to me!"
"L-Let me go!" I said through a blush as I tried to pry the formers hands from my shoulders. Cana lifted her head slowly, reminding me of a ghost who would haunt me if I didn't obey her wishes. Ripping away from her with my heart thumping, I quickly laid in my bed and turned my back to her, shivering in fear. "Okay fine but I want you gone before I wake up!"
I felt the bed shift as Cana giggled, getting under the covers with me. I scooted farther away from her, my nose crinkling as I sniffed, smelling as if I walked into a bar.
We laid for thirty minutes, and I stared at the wall lost in thought. "Cana are you awake?"
Cana grumbled drunkily.
"When was the last time you visited the church?" I asked, turning on my back as I stared at the ceiling. Cana snorted through her drunken haze, "Are you suggesting I need to get baptized?"
"The kids need a good role model.." I said softly.
"Then why don't you go?" Cana said, no longer sounding drunk. I shifted, turning my back to her as I closed my eyes, ready for sleep.
"I'm not a good role model for them."
Cana grinned, snaking her arm against my waist as she rested her cheek on my back. "That's what we have in common, cus neither am I."
I kicked her, causing her to roll out of the bed. Huffing, I wrapped the blankets around my shoulder for sleep as my former best friend snored in a drunken haze on the floor.
A/N - Hi minna! If you aren't updated in the manga, you might not know that [SPOILER (kinda not really)] After Cana's mom died, she stayed at a Church who also accepted orphans n.n; So that's how Sophie and Cana know eachother, they must have grew up in the same orphanage.. maybe, who knows? Oh right, I do -sweatdrops;;
I promise next chapter will have more Gray, sorry if the story is boring but let me just say now that this story will have a lot more then just Gray and Sophie moments -shifty eyes- Don't you guys want a story with development?
I updated twice in one day O3O I got so many reviews, my fingers couldn't stop tapping away because they were so excited n3n Hopefully you guys liked this chapter, and if you did let me know :3
Thank you guys below!
iliketosmile - I'm glad you like Sophie and Romeo's development, I think Romeo is adorable so I had to show him some extra love n.n;
Okinawa Angel - I'm excited to write more Fairy Tail x Sophie moments! Trust me a lot of people will be somehow running into her c:
xXChiasaHimuraXx - I'm glad you still read this despite it being canonxoc! I know how you feel, Gray is clearly not into Juvia.. although I still ship them because I love Juvia :3
- Sorry there's not a lot of Gray/Sophie moments, but I'll be getting there eventually n-n
