'' are thought

Bolds are received test

"This means you're texting someone"

You look at the text for a few moments before texting back:

"Ok, sounds like fun."

Once the message sends; you went to Meredy's message and replied:

Alright! That sounds like a plan!

Not long after you got another text.

YAAAAAAAAAAAY! (((o(*ﾟﾟ*)o))) We're gonna have so much fun! ^U^

You didn't bother to reply to the text and saved the two numbers to your cell phone. You finished off your food and placed the bowl on the floor and continued to gaze out the window. The streets were still wet from yesterday's rain storm and even now the air was still misty. The street light making the ground and dead leaves shine. You started to day dream about your favorite things, shows, music, even about that feud between your school and the courage Academy. But without notice you stated to fall into a deep sleep.

You woke up from your sleep and stretched your aching back and looked around you. Within half a second a cold thought passed through your head. 'What time is it?' You grabbed your phone and checked the time. 6:39 'Shit' it was almost 10 minutes after you usually left. You ran out of the secret room and grabbed the brush on your desk; brushed your hair as you ran down the stairs, almost tripping while doing so. Your mom looked at you from the kitchen questioningly. "Are you just getting up?" She asked. You handed her the brush, "Yeah, I've got to go." You hear your dad from the kitchen. "You're not going to eat breakfast hun-bun?" "No, I don't have time!" You were slipping your shoes on by this time. As you were slipping on your (color) coat your dad yelled from the kitchen "Hold up!" He hurries out of the kitchen and handed you a lunch and a… a quartz. Size baggy with sunny side up eggs, bacon and two slices of toast… You looked at bag before stating "Okay then." You take both meals and school bag and ran out the door.

You ran all the way to the train station. Once you where there you decided to sit down and eat your breakfast in a bag. You got some glances by some adults but the looks where more of humor then pity or uncomfortable confusion. When you made I contact again the lady in the suit says friendly "Don't worry, we've been there too." The man starts talking to the woman. "At least she's not doing that one toast thing." And then they started a conversation about kids now a days and school based TV. You listened to them talk as you ate your bacon and messy eggs.

Only two minutes past before your train showed. You walked aboard the train and sat down on the train. No one you knew was on the train today, which made you feel a little disappointed. You looked at your phone hoping for a text from someone. Sadly there were no messages. Though it was strange Erza never texted you, seeing as Cobra seemed to set her on high defense mod. Then the memory of Cobra's words made you blush. 'Such a pervert.' Then remembering what Racer said made you blush more. It was the first since like… 1st or 2nd grade since someone, more so a boy, said you were beautiful or complimented you. 'Is it a date?' This thought burned in your head. You were too nervous to text him and ask. Damn, now you wish you had Cobra or Midnight's number. But maybe...? Noooo… but she's in his class. But if so, how should you do it without it being obvious… You go to your contacts and go to Meredy and text:

Hey Meredy, can you see what Racer is doing tonight? Don't tell him I asked.

You knew that sounded way too suspicious, but you didn't want him to know you were asking. And it would be kind of weird for the girl you asked to the movies had someone ask you what you were doing that night. You hear a bing:

Oooooooo I wonder why (Name) wants to know what Racer's doing. Is she looking for some "company" o (ω;)

Well time to be abit blunt.

"I heard a rumor that he was dating a mystery girl and I wanted to know if it was true."

You waited patiently as you approached your stop. Once there you stepped out and walked to school. Seeing your school building and your fellow and very friendly and not jealous psycho hostel students cheerfully march into the school. After yesterday you were almost reluctant when you were at your shoe locker to take your shoes off. But seeing your indoor shoes made you feel less resistant. You switched shoes and made your way to classroom. Walking down the hall you look at your phone to see if Meredy had text you back yet. Nothing, then you hear your name being shouting and see three faces in yours. You jump with a squeak 'Man they are fast' Erza got closer asking if you were okay and if anyone talked to you yesterday, there were something else but Lucy interrupted, trying to calm Erza. "Why did you miss school yesterday (Name)-san?" Wendy asked politely. "O-oh, I ah… was sick… stomach bug you know…" You answered. It seemed believable right? Lucy patted Erza's back trying to calm her and that everything was fine. "Have you talked to any boys lately!?" Erza spewed out. You gave an ignorant look even though you knew exactly what she meant. Then your phone binged at perfect timing. "I got to go guys; this might be an important message." And you walked off before they could even answer. You looked at the text from Meredy:

OMG LOL! I ASKED RACER ABOUT THE DATE AND HE WENT BEAT RED AND STORMED OUT OF THE ROOM YELLING "COBRA!" AND IT WAS HALARIOUS! (*)ﾉｼ)) WOOPS ON OUR PART!

Woops indeed… WAIT! So it is a date!? Steam stared to arise from your head at this thought. 'What were you going to do?'

The rest of the school day went without a hitch, well except some back pains from sleeping on the window sill. Then lunch came and you sat with the girls as Lucy shared her lunch with everyone. You didn't take part since you had your own lunch. Erza seemed a lot more relaxed now that she knew that you were safe and not with Erik. Late into lunch your phone binged again. You really should have this on silent. The text came from an unknown number.

Why did you ask Meredy if Racer was going on a date if you knew about it AND you're the 'mystery girl'? I got a kick to the head because of that.

P.S. Don't trust Meredy with a secret.

-Cobra

You saved Cobra's number and replied.

"I didn't know if it was a date or not."

Bing

How did you not know? He asked you right?

"He asked me if I wanted to see a movie. Nothing clearly said 'date'"

Why didn't you just ask him?

"I was nervous and a bit embarrassed."

You wimp.

"Shut it."

You made a humph noise at your phone as you put it down. "Who are you texting, (Name)-chan?" Mira Jane asked. "Just a friend of mine." You plainly said as you bit slightly aggressively into your rice ball. "Oh, so (Name) does have friends beyond us." Cana said approaching from behind. That's when you got an idea. "Hey Cana, can you read my cards?" Cana was surprised by your question. But she shrugs it off and sits beside you and presents you her cards. It was a bit confusing but you trusted Cana and her cards. "Okay, so your first card…" She gave a smirk. "I see some romance in (Name)'s future." This made your heart skip a beat and turned your face red. Cana laughed and held up your second card; her smile dimmed. "Looks like you're going to be presented some challenges... actually judging by what I'm reading, it's going to be a lot. But I'm sure you can handle them." She smiles at you with a wink. You were a little concerned about it. When Cana picked up the final card she looked at it with focus; her eyes then widened and her face lost color, her face giving an expression of disbelief. "Cana?" You speak up to break the tense silence. She broke from her stare and smiled saying "Well this doesn't make sense; looks like you accidently picked up a false card." "A false card, is that even a real word?" You questioned. "It's basically when you accidently take the card next to the card that tells your fortune." She gets up and walks over to the other girls. Before you could question Cana's ludicrous statement you're phone beeps. It was a text from Meredy.

OMG! I can't believe you where the mystery girl! XDDDDD why did you have me ask Racer if you two were going on a date? Was this a prank or did you want a confession? ;D

You decided not to text back since you were too embarrassed and you didn't know what to say. Then the bell rang and you went off to finish the rest school. No one texted you in class, which was good. And the rest of class when by in descendible time. You walked home from school with some trouble because of the shots of pain in your back. But all in all it was so much better then yesterday and you hoped you never have to deal with anything like that again. You finally reached home; as you walked in and changed shoes you were sure you heard your mom upstairs. You walked down to the bathroom to get something for your back when something in your living room caught your attention. There was a blonde spiky haired man on your coach watching TV. You knew one blonde spiky haired man and you were sure it wasn't Laxus. You walk up to the man who had his back to you and tried to get a side view of him. He was a boy around your age wearing a green and yellow uniform you didn't recognize; from what you could see he had brown eyes and what looked like an x like scar from the top of his head to his eye brow. He senses you watching him and turns to see you and jumps from surprise, you jump as well. He is standing in a tense pose "Jesus, what are you trying to do give me a heart attack!?" "Who are you and why are you in my house?" He suddenly relaxes then smiles at you. "You're (Name) right? Hi I'm Sting Eucliffe." "Why are you in my house!?" "Your mom invited me and my mom." He said still smiling. Just then your mom walked in to the living with a woman with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes. "(Name) your home and you already met Sting too. This is his mother, Yuki." Yuki waves "Hello (Name) it's nice to finally meet you." Her voice is smooth and gentle. That was when it dawned on you. Last night your mom was talking about Yuki and how you and her son, son being Sting behind you, should meet. Over all… 'She set me up on a play date?' "Play date?" You muttered as your brow twitched. Sting leaned to the side to look at you when he heard to say something. "Hm?" Why don't you two go upstairs while the adults talk in here?" Mainly she was politely kicking you and Sting out of the living room.

So you let him follow you to your room. You dropped your bag on your desk and sat on your bed as Sting sat at the desk chair. "So what school do you go to? I've never seen your uniform." Sting eyes gazed around your room, taking in all the details. "Saber tooth Academy, I stated there Monday." "Is it nice there?" You asked. "Yeah, I made new friends." He pulled out his phone and did something before getting up and sitting next to you with the phone presented to you. "This is Rogue." It was a picture of Sting smiling with a black haired man with one eye covered as the other eye almost glares at the camera. He then flicks the screen and a girl with short white hair and a blue flower in it sitting at a desk smiling innocently with her hands in her lap. He showed some other pictures of students he met. He then started taking about his cool teacher who was appeared to be a cat name Sensei Lector. You mentioned your Sensei Happy and Carla and he brought up another cat working at his school named Frosh. Frosh was the nurse but he couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl and they wear a pink frog suit under their uniform. It was a bit weird and hard to believe but you had a gym teacher who wore a horse head. Speaking of which Sting said he has this crazy gym teacher obsessed with being strong and his daughter was head of the class on that. You two kept talking about school and friends but after awhile you got a bit bored talking. You glance around your room and came up with a devilish idea.

"Let's play a game!" You said jumping up from your bed. "A game?" Sting asked curiously. You pulled Sting off the bed and stood him in front of your bedroom door. "Turn around and count to fifteen, and see if you can find me. But I doubt you could ever find me." He looks at you oddly "Are we seriously going to play hide and seek?" "It's more or a magic trick, now turn around and count." You demanded. He rolls his eyes and turned. When he started counting you scurried to your bookshelf and swung both doors open and quickly but carefully pulled the door closed in time. "Alright, now where to find you?" You heard Sting on the other side of the wall as you closed the second door. You listened eagerly as Sting walked around the room. You were holding your hands to your mouth trying not to laugh. For some reason this was a lot funnier to you then it should have been. After a bit you heard Sting say "Where'd she go?" And at perfect timing your phone binged and Sting heard it through the thin walls. "I heard that! You're somewhere over here." You heard his walk somewhere near your bed. Since the gig was about up and it would be funnier you knocked on the wall closest to him three times. There was a long moment of silence before you hear something hit the wall. "Are you behind the wall!?" At that you finally burst into a laughing fit. Even in your fit of laughter you could hear Sting making his way across the wall trying to figure out how to get through. The sound of moving books was able to help you get a grip on your giggle fit and catch some breath. Still giggling you hear Sting start ranting before you hear a loud thud. "Seriously!? I could have just pulled it open!?" He burst through the second door and looks over the room in awe. When his eyes lay on you on the ground with a beat red face, he crosses his arms and gives you a look. "Nice magic trick… What is this room exactly?" Returning to a curious and awestruck gaze. "It's my secret room; I never really come up with a fancy name for it. My dad had a lot of them made all over the house." He looked at you with wide eyes. "There are more rooms?" "Yes…" He smiled like a kid at an amusement park. Just then your dad walked in. "I heard a loud bang; are you alright?" You immediately get up and walk up to him. "Dad, um hey dad, Sting said he would like to see all the secret rooms in the house. Why don't you show him and tell him all those funny jokes you did. Remember?" Your father smiles brightly and turns to Sting. "Sure I'd love to. I'll tell you about the time I tricked my coworkers with the secret stairs." He walked out of the room with his arm casually around Sting, dragging him out of the room.

You sigh peacefully looking out at the darkening window. You noticed this when you were gazing around your room earlier. You picked up your phone off the floor and read the text you received.

The movie is going to be at the Magnolia movie theater at 7:15. Do you want to meet at the theater or would you like me to come get you?

"I know where it is. I'll meet you there."

You looked at the time, 5:13 'Shit, I don't have a lot of time.' You walked out straight to your dresser to decide on what you were going to wear. 'It shouldn't be anything fancy; it's cold out so I'm going to have to be wearing a coat and the theater will be dark for the movie… but I don't want to be too casual…' Within the span of a few minutes you were able to decide that you would wear jeans with a dressy (color) top and a (color) tank top underneath. You picked up your clothing and peeked out the door listening to where the guys might be. You heard your father downstairs; you moved quickly to the bathroom and locked the door. You placed your clothes on the toilet cover and quickly stripped down. You waited for the shower to heat up before entering. You take a 15 minute shower; stepping out of the shower you quickly dried off, freshened up, and get dressed. You look in the fairly foggy mirror and decided that make up wasn't needed and pull up your hair neatly. You placed your dirty clothes and towel into the hamper. You left the bathroom and got your phone and handbag from your room and walk downstairs. You walk down the hall and peek into the kitchen and see everyone settling down. Sting notices you and gives you a look that says 'What's with the get up?' Your mother noticed you and gives a confused and slightly disappointed face. "Where are you going (Name)?" "I'm going to see a new movie with friends." You half lied. "O-oh okay, love you." "Love you too mom." You switched shoes and walked out the door.

After sometime you made it to the Magnolia Theater place. You looked at your phone for the time. There was 20 minutes before the movie; as the cold nippy air gently blew and you decided to buy your ticket and wait inside. You waited patiently until your phone binged. A text from Meredy.

Have fun on your date! (｡ ‿ ｡) (3)（￣ε)

"It's not a date!"

It's not!? (_;)

"…I don't think so…"

Did you ask? (´−) ﾝｰ

"No…"

Why not ask him?

"I'm embarrassed."

You stared at your phone waiting when a shadow cast over you. You jumped when you saw a person in front of you. When you realized it was Racer you felt a bit embarrassed and guilty. "Oh hey, when did you get here?" You asked to break the awkward moment. "Just a few minutes ago." "Oh… well do you want to get snacks and find somewhere to sit?" He nodded and you both decide to just share a large popcorn and get separate drinks. You fussed a bit about wanting to pay for your part of the food but Racer ignored you and paid fully. You were able to find some good seats and waited for the movie to start. You almost forgot to turn off your phone off; which would have been bad especially since Meredy is so curious about this "date". The movie starts and you tried to relax and enjoy. The first half of the movie was good and you were enjoying yourself. Then you felt a slight weight on your shoulders. Racer had laid his arm over your shoulders. Your heart started to beat faster and you felt nervous. You tried to focus on the movie but it was not that simple. 'Ohmygod his arm is on me! Calm down, watch the movie! Wait, what's going on? Where are they now? Who's the douche? Wow, he feels so warm-NO! Stop it!' Dating wasn't something you were used to so it was no surprise you would be nervous, but this was ridiculous. Your head felt like a broken clock for the rest of the movie. You barely remembered the ending. When you both were walking out you excused yourself to the bathroom.

You glared at yourself in the mirror after splashing your face and slapping yourself some to bring you back to your senses. You got some strange looks by the other girls. 'Okay! Calm down (Name)! There's nothing for you to freak out over!' You sigh and fixed yourself up. You walked out to Racer and you both left the theater place. He offered to walk you home and you said okay to it. As he walked you home, you had a hundred questions in your head. Mostly, what will happen you get home? Will he kiss you? Would he want to come in? Does he prefer it on the first date? You felt Racer's hand brush against yours, you jump a bit but you relaxed yourself. His hand now pressed against yours before moving his hand to hold yours. You didn't know what you looked like on the outside but on the inside you felt like you were going insane. You mentally slapped and scolded yourself about being a baby and to get your act together. Over the minutes you actually started to calm down and it actually felt nice. Eventually you made it home and that made you nervous again. You both stood at the door facing each other. You were looking at the ground too afraid to look at Racer. You build up your courage to glance up and saw Racer looking off to the side rubbing his neck. You subconsciously straighten up, relaxing your shoulders. You couldn't see his eyes since he was wearing shades… at night; actually he wears his shades all the time… what the hell? He straightens out and opened his mouth to say something but a voice interrupted him. "Are you two going to kiss or not?" You both looked up to see a bored Sting with one hand hanging out the window and the other supporting his head."Sting, why are you still in my house!?" You felt a vein pop on your head. "Your parents and my mom decided to have a party." You were about to do something when Racer's voice brought your attention back to him. "Well, I guess I should let you take care of your… problem so… goodbye." He walked away and you waved goodbye feeling a bit disappointed. Not long after you glared up at Sting who hid from your sight.

You walked into the house and instantly headed loud laughter and shouting. You headed to the source of noise which was coming from your living room and saw something kind of strange. The woman who appeared as a sweet and gentle person with a soft voice was now screeching like a punk rocker standing on the couch with messed up hair. You mother was just sitting there with a blissful look on her flustered face holding a sake cup and your dad was having a laughing fit. You shake your head and headed upstairs. You dropped your handbag on you dresser and slouched into your desk chair. Your bookshelf was wide open but the second door was closed, no doubt Sting was hiding in there but you didn't care enough. You turn the chair to your desk and decided to do the homework you owed. Sensei Happy's homework was never hard since it was about fish. You didn't count the time that passed nor did you even check what time it was when you got home. It was probably just a few minutes because you heard the door creak open. But you didn't bother to turn. You could hear Sting walk cautiously up to you, but you still ignored him and did you fish math. A few moments of silence passed. "(Name)…?" "Hm?" You didn't bother to look up. "Are you mad?" You placed your pencil on the desk and leaned back, not bothering to turn your head. "I'm conflicted really?" Sting moved closer, you could see his from the corner of your eye. "Conflicted?" You give a sigh before speaking. "At first I was scared out of my wits. Then after I was able to pull myself together nearing the end of the date and I started to like it… It was fun. But then when we were at the door… I don't know… I was scared again and… excited? I don't know! I'm not used to dating s-so I can't tell if I like him or not." You looked at Sting who had a sorry look on his face. You sighed and looked back at you desk; picking your pencil up and hovered over your fish math. "I should finish this and go to bed, I'm so exhausted." You turned to Sting again. "The guestroom is the last door on the left. Sorry if I'm a bit of a downer right now." You turn back to your papers. "No, it's okay… Thank you." He leaves the room and you finish your homework within an hour and a half. You changed into your (color) pajamas, set your alarm, and instantly fell asleep.

You woke up in the morning in a better mood then you did last night. You got out of bed and changed into a clean uniform. You packed your homework from last night into your bag and headed downstairs to make a big breakfast for everyone. You made eggs, pancakes, bacon, and toast. Sting was the first to show up. His hair was mess and so was his uniform. He looked like he was still asleep as he sat at the table and started to eat. "Thank you for the meal." Sting said sluggishly. You sat with Sting and enjoyed some breakfast. Not long after three hang over parents looking pretty miserable dragged them into the kitchen; two sat down while one went for coffee. "Oh god, I don't think I've been this hang over since that concert in the marsh in college." Sting's mother groaned. No one really responded to her statement, when you finished breakfast you got up from the table and placed your plate in your sink. "I'm going to head to school now." Sting's head shot up and stared at you. "Mmm! Wait…" He muffled with food stuffed in his mouth. 'He eats like Natsu.' He swallowed and spoke clearly. "Wait for me okay? I need to use the train to get to school." "Okay but make it fast." Sting horded down the last of his big breakfast and ran upstairs to get the rest of his uniform. A few minutes later he came down the stairs straightening his maroon tie. "Okay let's go." Switching shoes he picked up a bag you didn't notice sitting with the shoe. Making your way to the train station with Sting following close you remembered that your phone was still off. You took it out of your phone and hit the on button. Not long after your phone had a furry of bings… '16 messages holy shit!' Thirteen messages from Meledy. Asking about the date, then ranting theories of what you both were doing, some being very provocative. You blushed a bit. Three texts from Cobra asking about what happened. 'Did Racer seem disappointed?' You texted Cobra back.

"What did Racer say?"

The rest of the walk was silent. You and Sting made it to the train station before departing because Sting's train went in the opposite direction of yours. You two waited on opposite sides of the track. Sting waved to you smiling and you waved back. Just then you felt something warp around you and you catch the scent of wine and something like cocoanuts. "(Na-me)-chaaaaan, who's your cute boyfriend over theeeeeere?" Cana asked teasingly. "W-what? N-n-n-no he's just my mom's friend's son that's all!" Cana looks over to Sting with a flirty face. "Oh, so he's single huh? Can you get me his number?" Cana waves to Sting. "I'll… see what I can do." You mumbled. "(Name)-chan, good morning." You look over to see Lucy and Erza. "Good morning." You replied sweetly. Just then as Erza began to address Cana you noticed a maroon haired man waving to you. 'Oh god' He gestured for you to come over. You gesture to Erza with your eyes. He shrugs and starts to walk over. You spazzed your legs a bit and were about to raise hand but stopped and pulled it close to your chest and looked at your friends… who were staring at you. You had to improvise. "Ah! My leg…" You gripped your leg "Cramp owowowowow!" "What happened?" Cobra asked. He leaned down as Erza glared at him. He took your leg into his hands and rubbed your calf. "I wanted to ask how last went." Cobra bluntly asked. "Last night?" Erza questioned. "What happened last night?" Lucy asked. "I-I… M-my mom's old friend came over and I got to meet her son Sting. Look he's over there right now! HI STING!" You pointed and waves. He waves back and shouts back. "Hey (Name)!" Cobra only looked and scuffed. "Hey (Name)-kun." A familiar voice said and an almost eerie way. You wished you did look up. It was that girl from Erik's class; she had too girls standing behind her like in those cliché girl is bullied by a group of other girls in animes. Now that you got a good look at her she was a red head with brown eyes. She was wearing oval glassed that rested on her nose and was wearing pink lipstick. She looked at your friends and gave an excited look. "Oh my gosh aren't you Lucy Heartfilia!?" She asked the real Lucy. "Y-yeah." Lucy said cautiously. Wait… so they know you're not the real Lucy and they know what your real name is too? You felt a chill down your spine and extremely dizzy. This was a lot for you to take in. "Hey, are you okay (Name)? You're really pale." Cobra asked. His cool hand touched your face. You close your eyes and ran your hand through (color) hair, gripping your head in hopes of getting your focus back. Suddenly you felt yourself being lifted from the bench. "She's really warm. I'll bring her home." Erza tried to intervene but Erik cut her off. "Don't worry I know where she lives. I'll get her there quick." He turns and runs off holding you tightly to his chest. After a few blocks he slows down to a stop. "Are you okay?" He asks plainly. "Yeah… I'm better now." "Hey, if Ayaka gives you any trouble… you tell me okay? I know she can be hostile and a real bitch." You smile at him. "Don't worry about me." He gives a genuine smile. "So… where do you live again?" You directed him to your house and he carried you there. You tried to tell him that you could walk but he refused to listen. You opened the door for him and he finally put you down once inside. You switched shoes and carefully investigated your home. You checked every room in your house. Your parents weren't home. 'Did they leave for the convention already? This is a bit early; how far is the drive?' You checked your cell phone and noticed you had a text from… Sting TheSexyGodofLight? Really? 'Wait when did he get his hands on my phone!?'

Hey are you okay!? I saw some guy pick you up and run off. Your friends looked worried and stuff.

Hello?

Are you there?

You texted back.

"I'm fine. I just wasn't feeling well so Cobra took me home."

…

…

…

…Ba-bing

What the hell kind of name is Cobra? What is he a fricken agent?

You jumped when two strong arms warped around you. "We're all alone (Name)…" Cobra's head rested in the crook of you next. You looked at him but could only see his spiked up hair. A blush creped across your face. He lifted his head. "Let's go to bed, I'm exhausted." He had a silly grin similar to one Natsu would make. You sweat dropped with a sigh. You trudged upstairs and pointed Cobra to the guest room. You crawled into your bed and curled up into a nice comfy ball. You started to drift into sleep when you felt movement behind you; your back and waist engulfed in familiar warmth. "Erik?" "Yeah?" He groaned. "Why are you in my bed?" "It's better when you sleep with someone." He squeezed you closer. You were going to protest but you were tried and decide to fuck it and let him stay. You close your eyes and fell asleep.

After a few good hours of sleeping you woke up to a phone ringing. You stretched your arms and legs. You turned over and Cobra was lying next to you with one arm covering his eyes and a hand holding his phone to his ear. You didn't know who it was but it was defiantly a male voice. "So… well come here then…. If he didn't do the attendance this morning he's not going to do it now… alright… we'll meet you there then… bye." He looked over to you and smile. "Come on, we're going to the park!" He jumped out of the bed. "Why?" You asked bringing your skirt down from your waist back to your hips. He turns to you in the door way. "Midnight's waiting for us there."

Wearing a (color) skirt with (color) leggings and a long sleeve (color) shirt covered with a slightly open (color) jacket you walked with Cobra into the park. Your (color) boots crunching colorful leaves. You could see Midnight resting under a tree. "Hey." Cobra greeted when he walked up to the relaxed man. He opens one eye and looks at both Cobra and you before speaking. "Your fan club looked pretty upset today. Ida-san was throwing a tantrum in the hall." Cobra chuckled. "She's such a princess, if she wanted to date me she should have asked. That goes for her crazy clan too. It's so dumb; just ask instead of wishing from the distance." "Maybe they're afraid of being rejected." You spoke. Cobra put his hands behind his head and gave a bored look. "Psst, at least you tried instead of living in regret that you didn't. I think it's worth a try." "Well if you know they like you why don't you just ask them, especially if you know they're too afraid to do it." You glared. "Not my type." He plopped down next to Midnight. "Humph!" You sat on the opposite of Midnight. All three of you sat in a slightly tense silence for a minute or two before Midnight spoke up. "So why did you skip school anyway? I know you're not a fan bu-" "(Name) wasn't feeling well. She looked like was going to faint." Midnight looked over with a surprised and a bit concerned look. "I was just a bit overwhelmed that's all! It was a lot to take in with Ayaka knowing who I really am and Erza and the" "Ida-san knows?" You nodded. "Well, you're screwed." "Eeh!?" You whined. "Ida-san is insane. I remember she tormented this one girl in the next class over for asking Cobra to lunch. She ended up transferring schools because of it." You went completely white making an incomprehensible sound. Cobra elbowed Midnight giving him a nasty glare. "So (Name) what about Erza? You didn't seem to want her to know about your date with Racer. Also what happened anyway?" Cobra asked trying to pull you out of your state. "She went on a date with Racer?" Midnight asked clueless. "W-well she's kind of the big sister type. You've seen her yesterday. Just bringing me up set her off. And if she found out I went out with one of you she would lose her shit!" "And the date?" "It was fine; I think it went well but… when we got to my house I didn't know what he was going to do but before he could Sting kind of interrupted us." "Who's Sting?" Midnight asked. "Something about her mom's friend's kid who visited." Cobra answered for you. "So he just left after?" You nodded. Cobra chuckled. "Awe man he's hopeless." Just then Cobra's phone went off. "I need to take this." He got up and walked away leaving you and Midnight alone. You didn't know what to say to him. You remembered when you were kids he would always want to play with you and would give you flowers all the time, it was just so cute. You didn't know what type of person he was now. You never pictured him to wear make up for one; but it looked really good on him. A lock of his white hair tied with maroon beads with a nice touch. "Do you think you will go out with Racer again?" Midnight's question pulled you out your thoughts. "w-what… I-I don't know… Probably not." A few moments of silence past before he asked "Would you like to go out with me?" Well that if that isn't jumping the gun then I don't know what is. 'Where did this come from? Wait, what if Midnight like you all along? He did obsess over you when you were kids. Did he have a crush on me and with me being back bring the feelings back? And was I seriously that dense as a kid…' "You said you weren't interest in Racer, right?" "Well yeah…" "Alright then I'll pick you up tomorrow at 8:30. Wear something for dancing." 'Wait what just happened? I didn't-' "Great, absolutely great." Cobra said sarcastically. "More issues with them?" Midnight asked. 'Them?' "They've been pretty active lately." "What…?" You just asked. "Oh! It's nothing." Cobra smiled. 'He keeps a lot of secrets.' You let it go.

You spent a few hours talking with the boys. Erik found a nearby vender for lunch. And the rest of the day was spent exploring Magnolia. You learned of all the places that you never knew about. During the last few hours spent Cobra said he had to leave. He ran off before you could even ask him why. You and Midnight were left alone and it was nice. It was so easy to talk to him, it was so natural. It was dark when you both decided to depart and head home. The cool breeze tickled your nose as you zipped up your jacket. You were walking through an eerie part of Magnolia. The streets were so barren you could hear your boots echo with each step. Passing an alley you saw someone from the corner of your eye. You jumped but you were able to suppress a yelp. A man oblivious to your presents crept down the alley. 'Erik?' It was Erik, but why was he here? You cautiously followed him as he slowly opened the back door went inside. You caught the door before it could closed and continued following from a distance.

You heard loud and rowdy strangers up ahead. Cobra's back tenses at one point, he remained low to the ground. He peeked through a door before entering. You scurried to the doorway and peeked though. Cobra was peeking at something from behind some big boxes with a gun at hand. Wait a gun!? Was he intending to kill someone? You looked over and saw the men you heard earlier. Three vicious looking men laughing at a round table. The table was littered with beer, and weapons. There was a thick briefcase on the table. You felt someone grab you by the back of your jacket and lift you up into the air. "Hey, who are you!?" A deep voice commanded. The men at the table stand staring at you. The man holding you up must've not noticed Cobra because Cobra stared in shock before aiming the gun with such a hateful glare. BAM! A shoot to the head and the man fell to the ground. You fell before you could free yourself from the dead man's grip. Bam bam bam! The sounds of gun fire startled you and brought you back to focus. You looked over to Cobra and saw him ducking; bullets shooting through the boxes. You looked around for a weapon, anything for defense. You grabbed a loose pine and braced yourself. As soon as you saw a leg turn the corner you swung arm. Crack! The man topples over. You go for the gun but the hand still holds on. He pulls the trigger. BAM! The gun fires and barely misses your leg. You force his wrist down as you pull at the gun. The man refuses to let go and uses his other hand to pull at your hair and attack your face. During the struggle you got your leg on his wrist, pressuring your weight onto the arm giving you a free hand to pull the fingers off the gun. You were able to get full hold of the gun. The man struggled to free the captive arm and grab the gun from you. You used one hand to fight of the man's free hand as you pointed the gun at him. BAM! A shock waves through your arm as the recoil forces your arm back in a strange manner; the gun released from your grip and flew off into the other room, going off again. BAM! But you got the man, a shot right between the eyes. You stared at the corpse but remembered Erik. You look up to see a dead man laying against the far wall and looking over to the side a man over Cobra with a knife. It looked like a losing fight. You quickly grab the nearby pipe and ran to the fighting men and swung the pipe down on the foe with all your strength. Crack! The man goes limp as Cobra pushes him off. He pants as he tries to get up. He gets his composure before looking at you. "Are you okay?" You didn't answer because when you looked at his face you were horrified. His right eye was cut badly and swollen. From the bottom of his brow to the top of his cheek was a bleeding wound. His face had cuts and bruises. He shook the arm you shot with. You yelp grabbing it, your shoulder and upper arm hurt really badly. "Sorry, we should get it checked." He walked away towards the table. He picks up the briefcase off the table, but he picks up another one on the ground you didn't see. "Come on, I know a doctor. Maybe you can explain how you got to this place while we walk there." He left the room and you followed closely still holding your sore arm.

The walk was quiet and was short, but to you it felt like an eternity of confusion and pain. You stood in front of an old house. Cobra knocks on the door. A few moments passed before the slightly door opened before opening fully with an old woman with pink hair in the doorway. She looked between Cobra and you before moving to the side letting you both inside. You followed Cobra who seemed to know where to go. Walking all the way to the back you entered a room full of medical equipment. You stood in the middle looking at all the books and voiles lined along shelves. "Sit down child." The old woman told you coldly. You jump and did what you were told to do. She looked at Cobra first who was clearly had more injuries. You watched as she cleaned around Erik's eye. You felt a cold chill down your spine when she said he needed stitches. As horrifying it was to watch you could look away as the needle and thread pierced into the flesh. Even though he was numbed, the idea of the feeling of the thread sliding through your flesh made your skin crawl. Once she finally finished with the stitches she patched up the more minor scratches on him. Her attention was brought to you. "What happen to your arm?" She asked. "Oh well. I… I shot a gun and my arm kind of went back like this…" You tried to reenact the way your arm turned. A shot of pain went up your arm and you yelp. "Take off your shirt." She bluntly said. You did as she commanded and lifted your shirt with your good hand. You got it off with little pain. You cringed looking at your arm to see something under your skin popping up. She pressed at the bump. "You seemed to have dislocated your shoulder. We're going to have to lodge it back in." She took your hand and placed her hand in the crook of your arm, and then she pulled. It hurt; you couldn't help but cry out. Finally you heard a popping sound and the pain wasn't as bad as before. She let's go and walks over to a cabinet. She comes back with a sling and adjusts it to your arm. She lectured you both on how to take care of yourselves before kicking you both out.

"You never told me why you were at the building." Erik says looking down the street. "Well this really isn't much to say… I was walking home and I say you being all sneaky and I got curious." "Really… huh. I guess I should work on that. I mean if you noticed me and suspected something…" You remained silent, not knowing what to say. "How did it feel? Killing that man…" "I think I'll get over it…" You really didn't feel anything after what happened. The idea of killing a man didn't seem to bother you, heck you barely remembered what happened. "Would you do it again? As a team thing I mean…" Cobra asked with a smirk on his face. "W-what?" You were confused by what he meant. "Let's just say I hear everything that goes on in Magnolia; even the dark parts. I hear about someone doing some big deal with big profits and I decide to kill them off and take the cash before the cops show up. Of course there are some injuries here and there but not as much as tonight and if you have a partner… I'll split 50-50 if you want to join me… so what do you say (Name)?"

*bows* I'M SORRY I TOOK SO LONG!

Writer block freaking hit me with a crowbar threw me off a cliff, and freaking ran me over with a truck...

Also I kinda need beta-readers… The one I had is kind of busy and I also kind of posted this without a second opinion so it's ok to correct me on anything I goofed in this

Don't forget to comment what you want and what you're gonna do ^w^