Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. If I did, it would have been a harem anime with Romeo as the main character.

A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates for this story. Been busy with my others. If you have the chance, check out my other stories, Fiery Hurricane of Love and Rebirth of the Wild Master. I could use some feedback on them. Also, I like to point out that not everyone at Fairy Tail is going to be okay with a deepening relationship between Romeo and Cana. It will be people you probably weren't expecting to.

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Talking It Out

Lucy and Levy sat there flabbergasted at what they just heard from Cana. The two friends were opening and closing their mouths at different intervals as though they were goldfish swimming about. Lucy raises her hand and makes an attempt to speak, only to stop herself before the first syllable even came out. Levy then try to give it a shot but alas, she failed as well. Regardless, both of them were doing much better then Mira was, who only sat there in wide-eyed surprise.

Their minds have simply failed to comprehend what they just heard.

Eventually, Lucy was able to form complete sentences and gave it a go…

"Let me get this straight", as she points at Cana, "Romeo, Macao's son, the boy who was six years old the day I joined Fairy Tail, told you last night that he used to have a crush on you, am I right?"

Cana lets out a breath in annoyance as she shakes her hair in frustration, "Yes."

"The same boy who this morning who you had a dream about cooking in your kitchen in nothing more than a naked apron and a smile while telling you that the two of you had been married for at least four months", Levy, who finally came to, added.

"Let's emphasize the dream part, please?", Cana almost begged, "Romeo in a naked apron cooking breakfast in my kitchen happen in a dream."

"And the reason you pass out was that you were reminded of how many rounds you two did the nasty in your dream while he just so happens to be next to you", Lucy concluded while sparing a glance at a still surprised Mira, "She hasn't said a word this whole time?"

Cana shoots Lucy an incredulous look, "Wow, did the nasty? That's the best you could come up with, Lucy? I mean, how many times has someone caught you and Natsu in the storeroom going at it like-"

"THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT YOU!", Lucy blasts back while her face glows bright red to which Cana chuckles.

"Okay, okay, back to me it is then", she said as she held her hands up defeat.

"So let's get to the root of this; when exactly did Romeo say he had a thing for you? Maybe it could point to what exactly he sees in you", Levy ask only to receive a blank stare back from Cana, "You didn't ask him?"

"Not exactly a question that usually comes up in normal conversation, now is it?", Cana answers.

"Having sexual dreams about a boy who you have known since he was in diapers isn't exactly normal either, now is it?", Mira suddenly spoke up causing everyone to snap their neck toward her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?", Mira asks as she scratches the back of her head, "Silly me. Oh, I think I hear Kinana calling for me, I best go give her a hand at the tavern", as she excuses herself leaving three baffled S-class mages in her wake. It was a good minute of eerie silence after Mira close the door to the infirmary that Cana finally spoke up...

"Okay, what the hell just happen just now?"

Romeo and Wendy

Wendy has experienced many things since she came to Fairy Tail all those years ago. Anger, pride, sorrow, and even annoyance (sometimes because of Natsu, loved him like a brother she did, but mostly just certain members of the guild in general), but the feeling in her gut right now was something she has never felt before in her life and she couldn't understand why.

"Cana was wearing nothing more than her panties and one of your vest?", she asks a few moments after Romeo explain what happen this morning.

"Just a reminder: in a dream. Cana was only wearing panties and one of my vests in a dream", Romeo stated.

"I got the dream part down, but I'm still trying to get over the fact that you willing admitted to Cana that you use to have a crush on her", Wendy began, "I mean, what brought that about?"

"Well, she assumed that you were my first crush", Romeo shrugged as Wendy covers her mouth in a fail attempt to stifle a laugh.

"Wow, anyone who was paying attention back then could have seen that you only thought of me as an older sister", Wendy pointed out as she sat down on the medical bed next to Romeo.

"Too bad not a lot of people were paying attention to me back then", Romeo admitted as he stood up, "So that was the reason I passed out this morning."

"Wakaba's comment made you think about the nine rounds of vigorous, sensual, and mind-blowing sex you guys apparently had in your dream", Wendy nonchalantly stated only to receive a wide-eyed expression from a slack jaw Romeo, "What?"

"I-It's just so weird to hear you talk like that", Romeo says. This causes Wendy to let out a low growl which in turn causes Romeo to jump away from her.

"Don't you go acting like that too", she grunts and Romeo notices her hand grip around the metal bed frame next to her and actually crush it, "I may still be a maiden, but I'm not naive! I don't know why people fail to realize that. For Mavis' sake, I'm the third strongest female mage here behind Mira and Erza raw strength wise and the second best female mage in hand-to-to hand after Mira! For Mavis' sake, Romeo, you were there that day the event-that-we-will-never- fully-remembered-or-speak-of-again-or-else-we-will-be-scarred-for-life happen!"

"Okay, okay Wendy, let's take deep breaths. Let's mellow out before we cause property damage to the guild hall and piss off Laxus, a prospect neither one of us want to deal with", Romeo said in a calming though shaking voice as he attempts to defuse the situation. He was more aware than most of how sensitive a subject it was to Wendy that everyone still thought of her as the same naive little girl who came to Fairy Tail that day all those years ago.

Wendy inhales deep and blows out gently (though Romeo swore he saw the cupboards across the way from her rattle a bit), "You're right. The last thing anyone needs to do right now is to make Laxus angry. Natsu and Gajeel do that enough as it is."

"They certainly do, now if you'll excuse me, the tavern is calling me and I need a drink", Romeo says as he makes his way toward the door, "Catch you later, Wendy."

"Have a good day, Romeo", Wendy said as Romeo went through the door, closing it behind him and leaving her alone with her thoughts.

"Cana, huh? Didn't see that coming", she whispers to herself before getting up and organizing the medical supplies into their respective cupboards, "Though I wonder why Cana pass out though."

Out in the Main Hall

"You know, when you stop and think about it, he's great boyfriend material", Lucy pointed out as she, Cana, and Levy observe the Rainbow Fire Mage from across the room while he was at the bar getting serve by Kinana.

"Yeah, I guess he is", Levy added as she stroke her chin, "Strong, brave, respectful, mature, and smart. Any girl would be lucky to have him."

"And don't forget handsome", Lucy laughed, "I have to say, if it would have been the Romeo now that I met all those years ago in Haragon, I probably wouldn't have given Natsu a second thought."

"Yeah, if Romeo somehow went back in time to when we were all his age, who knows what would have happened?", Levy wondered. (A/N: Sounds like a story plot when you think about.)

Both girls giggle at the joke knowing full well that they wouldn't leave their Dragon-Slayers for the world, but the Card Mage was not amused one bit by their antics.

"I can't believe you two are having this conversation right now", Cana grumbled as she took a gulp out of her beer, "This is Romeo we're talking about here."

Lucy turns her attention to Cana, "Yeah, so?"

"Yeah, what about it?", Levy jump in.

"He's is over a decade younger than me!", Cana gripes, "He wasn't even old enough to stay up past eight while I was out getting hammer till three or four in the morning before Tenrou happen! I don't see one good reason why I should approach him!"

"He's nineteen now. He's a grown man with his own place", Lucy mentioned as she held up two fingers, "He's a strong candidate for the S-Class examination this year. He has mastered an extremely hard magic that consists of multiple fire types. He's well-known across Fiore and even beyond as the youngest person who actively fought in the Alvarez invasion, and he's a man who puts his family and friends' needs above his own."

"That's six good reasons right there", Levy said, "What you got?"

"He's twelve years my junior", Cana started up with her own fingers, "We have known each other since he was baby. He has already gone through four break-ups with four different girls. His self-esteem is probably not that great due to constantly being compared to mages who were already S-Class by the time they were his age, if not younger. It has been mention from multiple sources, some of them medical experts, that fighting in the Alvarez war at such a young age has mildly traumatized him and it has been mention that sometimes he wakes up screaming at night by a number of people who have done overnight jobs with him, including myself. And let's not forget that he more than likely knows that I used to have a thing for his old man back in the day."

"Okay, Porlyusica said before she passed away, gods rest her soul, that he was getting over his war experiences and that his nightmares will lessen over time. So you can't used that as an excuse", Lucy countered.

"Lindsay and Wendy have known him since he was a kid and that didn't stop them from at least trying to date him", Levy added.

"He has come to terms with the fact that he still has a long way to go to catch up with Natsu and them and he considers it a challenge that he will someday overcome."

"He's still on good terms with, as far as we know, at least two of his ex-girlfriends and you can't talk because you have gone through three break-ups yourself and the only one you still talk to is Laxus."

"What you had for Macao back then was nothing more than an unrequited crush and everyone knows that you have gotten over it."

"And honestly, age is just a number when you stop and think about it", Levy says, "I mean, Gajeel and Natsu are older than Lucy and I by over four centuries."

"There's no way I'm letting you get away with that logic, time travel was involved", Cana points out.

"What we are trying to say Cana is what does it matter if you're older than him, you should at least give it a chance if he's willing", Lucy explains, "You never know, Romeo might make you happy."

"And what am I suppose to do, go up to him and say "Hey Romeo, wanna fuck?", Cana blurts out.

Levy shakes her, "Alright, now you're just being pessimistic. How about you go out on a job with him? It's simple, you'll make drinking money, and it's something you two have done before together."

"You think it's that easy, huh?", Cana grumbles.

"It couldn't hurt to try. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life thinking about what could have been?", Lucy asks her friend, "Besides, it just a job we're asking you to go on with him, not a date."

Cana regards both Lucy and Levy with a thoughtful expression before finally throwing her hands up in defeat, "A job, one job and we'll see how it goes from there. If it doesn't go smoothly, we'll put this whole thing behind us and Romeo and I go back to being nothing more than friends and fellow guild members."

"Deal", the girls agree as Cana get up and stomps her way over to the job board, everyone in her path instantly clearing out due to the negative, almost hostile, aura she was generating.

At the Tavern

The full mug of beer slowly slips out of Romeo's hand, shattering on the floor with an echoing crash, spilling its contents everywhere. He didn't hear the people next to him yell in surprise nor did he hear Kinana's foul-mouth rant that followed afterward (she has obviously been taking after Cobra). All of his senses and focus were directed at the bikini top, tight jeans, wearing Card Mage standing in front of him with her arms cross and an almost threatening scowl on her face.

"Um, I'm sorry, Cana, what did you just say?", he manages to get out.

"Do you want to go out on a job with me?", Cana asks again, "You know, a job request."

"Oh! You ask if I wanted to do a job with you!", Romeo laughed as he wipes the sweat from his brow, "You surprise me there for a moment, Cana."

Cana raises an eyebrow at this, "What did you think I said?"

"I thought you said if I wanted a-", Romeo started before stopping himself. Right before Cana came up to him, Romeo found his mind so far in the gutter that he was smelling shit. That dream last night has definitely been screwing with his train of thought and for the briefest of moments, he thought Cana was offering him a job that involved her mouth...

Or her hands…

Or her feet….

Or her hair….

Or her chest…

Or her butt…

Or her armpits…

Or her-

Look, the point is that he is a healthy young man with an extremely active imagination who happen to have stumble across his father's old dirty magazines at a young age and who happens to be part of a guild whose members aren't as secretive with their sexual adventures as they like to think they are. He has stopped counting how many times he comes across Natsu and Lucy in the storage room doing the nasty and that's just the mild stuff.

He has had the misfortune of walking in on Happy and Carla doing the horizontal tango.

Yeah, you heard right, Happy and Carla, the talking, flying, cats of Fairy Tail (who, believe it or not, just so happen to be around the same age as him); going at it in the infirmary on one of the beds. Worse of all, they were switching in and out between their Exceeds forms and their human-catlike forms the whole time.

He was helping Wendy moves some supplies there (this was after their break-up and sometime before he started dating Beth). Needless to say, both he and Wendy were instantly floor by the sight they witness and went screaming out of the guild hall, (later on, there was also an immeasurable amount of alcohol consumed along with an equal amount of throwing up involved, more on Wendy's part than Romeo). Not only did Wendy beg him, (in tears) to burn the bed afterward (she then had Natsu burn the ashes somehow), but she had to stay at Bisca and Alzack for at least two months until she had calm down enough to look Carla in the eyes.

But, of course, that was nothing compared to the time that Romeo went over to Levy and Gajeel place to borrow a book and happen upon Pantherlily having a good ole time with Queen Shagotte. It's only because he swore (at sword point) that he wouldn't tell a soul that Carla is still obvious to one of the reasons why her mother visits her so much now.

It also didn't help Romeo that he walk in on them while Lily was in his battle form with his pants down. Good gods, Romeo almost went to Mest to have the man erase it from his memory.

Anyway, back to the matter at hand.

"I thought you said something about a…paint job?", Romeo lied.

Cana only stares back at him and Romeo feels sweat starting to appear on his brow again under her gaze.

"Whatever, let's go," Cana says as she grabs him by his vest and pulls him behind her as they head for the door all the while trying to ignore the thumbs-up that Lucy and Levy were giving her from their table.

But what all parties involved fail to notice was the unreadable look that Romeo and Cana were receiving from Mira from her place on the second floor. The eldest Strauss sibling had just got done having an enlighting conversation with Wendy about Macao's son and if her gut feeling was anything to go off of, things were about to get hectic here at Fairy Tail.

Please Review, Fav, or Follow if you want. I would also like to point out that compare to the other guys at Fairy Tail, Romeo is quite mature and serious. Also, I see him fighting in the Alvarez invasion as a traumatizing event that would probably mess him up for awhile. Anyway, next chapter Romeo and Cana go out on a job and Romeo reveals the moment he developed his crush on Cana and the moment it went away.

About the event-that-we-will-never- fully-remembered-or-speak-of-again-or-else-we-will-be-scarred-for-life, it was When Wendy and Romeo walked in on Happy and Carla. It was worse for Wendy because of her relationship with Carla. It was only slightly less worse for Romeo.

Also, the idea for Romeo going back in time. I'm more than likely not going to do it, but if anyone does want to do it and needs help, I'm willing to give it.