The Twin Dragons stared at the girls plate of food as it was set in front of her. Not only did she have a good size steak but she also had a side of fries, mashed potato, rice medley, and mixed vegetables to go. At first she had tired to keep the cost down and order some fish but Frosch had to pipe up and state that she had been staring at a steak dish on the menu.
Frosch thought she might like the steak better then the fish since she had stared at the steak longer. The price between the two dishes wasn't that bad but she had tried to insist that she was fine with the fish which only came with one side. Sting spoke up telling her to go ahead and get what she wanted and stop worrying over the price.
This had caused her to growl at him her eyes narrowed. Sting simply growled back at her neither one giving in and it was rather bizarre to hear growling coming from one who wasn't a dragon slayer but considering she still had her ears and tail out it wasn't so bad. After the two kept up their growling match Rouge took the liberty of ordering the steak for her having Frosch point out which one.
It was only after the waitress had asked for sides and how she wanted her steak cooked that she gave in and gave her order to the waitress who moved off to get their drinks and put in their order. Now with their food sitting in front of them they began to wonder how on earth she was going to eat all of that.
"My body burns through twice to three times as many calories as a normal persons to keep up with my powers and abilities so I have to take in that much more calories a day in order to keep from passing out." She says in way of explaining cutting into her medium rare steak making a noise of satisfaction at the juicy hot pink center that bled slightly.
"Your as bad as Natsu."Sting comments shoveling his own food into his mouth while Rouge ate at a slower more sedate pace. Jen was polite while eating and didn't behave like Sting eating her food at a steady pace without acting like a pig in the mean time. They were just about done with their food when the waitress passed by their table with a dessert that looked beyond intriguing.
Looking at it made Rouge's mouth water. He had a bit of a sweet tooth that no one but Sting knew about and that's only because he had caught him eating straight out of the tub of ice cream once in the middle of the night. He would love to try that dessert himself but he hated showing his sweet tooth in public and the dessert was far to big to eat alone though judging from the way the others were eyeing it they might not mind sharing one.
"Fro wants that." The little cat announces pointing to the heavenly looking dessert. "Want to split one with me?" Jen asks the two cats wickedly getting cheers and nods from both of them. Rouge sighed she was going to share with the exceeds which meant he would have to do with out as there was no way he could eat it alone.
"We'll take two of those desserts that just passed by."Sting says as he snagged the waitresses attention as she passed by. "Sure no problem." Rouge looked at him confused. Two? Jen was going to share one with the exceeds but what about the other? "One for them and one for us." Sting proclaims happily pointing to first the other side of the table and then to their side making Rouge realize Sting was offering to share with him.
Rouge was trying to figure out something to say to Sting to thank him for offering to share when he suddenly became aware of the fact that Frosch was being rather intrusive of their guest's privacy asking her all kinds of questions. Such as did she have someone she liked?No. Did she have any family?Yes three brothers one older two younger. How old was she? 19 but she would appear to be different ages on various visits due to the time flow between her world and this being erratic basically she could visit one day at the age of 19 and show up later on at the age of 16 so far she hadn't shown up being any older then 19.
Frosch found that confusing and stated so earning a laugh from her. The questions continued before he could stop his companion. Did she only eat meat? Yes and no while her wolf self was technically a carnivore it could eat certain kinds of fruit and she wasn't full wolf but part human or rather mostly human so she ate other things too.
Were her senses sharper like dragon slayers? Yes. Hearing, site, smell were all heightened like her wolf part. Why did she have two sets of ears? (She for some strange reason kept her human ears even when she had her wolf ears out). Her human ears processed human sounds hearing things at a higher level then a normal persons but could process and help her understand such things like speech while her wolf ears took in sounds and noises often alerting her to danger something her human ears would pick up but her animal side would understand it better .
The last question was were Rouge finally drew the line and told Frosch to leave her alone apologizing to her for his cat being so invasive with his questions. "Oh no it's fine I don't mind. And yes Frosch you can touch my ears just be careful and don't tug on them. " She laughs. That's how the waitress found them when she came back with their dessert and the bill. Frosch climbing on one side of the female with Lector on the other inspecting her ears giggling when she twitched them rotating them in different directions.
Rouge dug into his dessert savoring the sweet richness of it and the smoothness of the chocolate. He sighed in pleasure digging his spoon in for another bite yelping in surprise when Sting leaned forward and ate the bite off his spoon instead of using his own. A quick glance at the girl showed she was far to busy fighting the exceeds for the strawberry perched on top to notice what Sting was doing.
Rouge blushed cursing Sting softly who just flashed him a grin. Rouge elbowed Sting in the side quickly going back to eating his dessert as the female won her little fight for the strawberry humming happily as she popped the berry in her mouth while Frosch decided to climb across the table and steal there strawberry since the girl ate the one on their dessert. Rouge didn't bother stopping him since it kept him from complaining about not getting the berry.
Finishing their dessert they headed towards the fanciest hotel in Onibus figuring that would be where their rooms were. Sure enough a reservation had been made at the hotel for the twin dragon slayers. "I'm sorry but there appears to be only two rooms booked not three and we're booked full for the next week" The receptionist explained nervously. Sting and Rouge look at each other before looking back at the girl who had simply followed them when they left the dinner.
"I can leave now and head to my guild or bunk down in the woods at the edge of town or at the train station for the night." She put in setting Frosch down turning to leave realizing that she had probably over stayed her welcome. A somewhat depressed look in her eyes had Rouge rushing to stop her remembering what Master Makarov had said about her. She was anti-social and a bit shy and had social anxiety around those not from her guild. She herself stated her master wanted her to hang out with them since she seemed more comfortable with the two of them.
He had stated he felt she was still too anti-social around others and she had done them a huge favor by one not saying anything bad about them and what they were doing and keeping their exceeds distracted for them. He also didn't like the idea of a pretty young lady like her camping out in the woods by herself or staying over night at the train station. She didn't even have money for the train so she would have to walk to her guild. They had fed her already the least they could do was give her a room for the night too its not like they really needed two rooms.
"No it's okay Sting and I can share we don't mind. You can take the other room with the exceeds." Rouge rushes out moving to prevent her from leaving. He truthfully wasn't sure if he fully wanted to be left with Sting alone besides their cat companions not with how things were now between them and she served as a great distraction for not only Frosch and Lector but him as well. "Yeah the Great Sting Eucliffe can't let a lovely maiden such as yourself sleep out in the cold now can he?"Lector brags taking her hand dragging her back to the group. "Fro thinks so too. You can stay with us for as long as you like you can even come back to Sabertooth with us." Fro exclaims in cheerfully grabbing her other hand.
"She has her own guild to return to Frosch. But I agree with Rouge we can share one room no biggy and you can have the other." Sting says flashing her a dazzling smile before turning back to the receptionist who handed them the key's to their room. "Top floor you can use the magic lift if you so wish or there are stairs right beside it. Both rooms are one king bed only so I'm afraid you'll have to share that as well."She explains pointing down the hall towards the shaft the moving platform was in.
Both dragon slayers paled at the sight of it opting for the stairs instead. "Fro has to sleep with Fairywolf (Frosch had somewhere along the way to the hotel decided to call her that for unknown reasons)?" Frosch asks as they climbed the stairs to the fifth floor. "A king size bed is just big enough for me and Sting to share with enough room for both of us to be comfortable but not big enough for you two to sleep with us I'm afraid." Rouge patiently says feeling guilty for keeping his partner away from his side so much lately.
"Not a big deal we get the better end of the bargain sleeping with a hot girl while you two just get each other." Lector teases playfully. Rouge ducked his head to hide his blush while Sting just laughed agreeing with his partner on that one not admitting he was more then happy to have Rouge to himself again. By the time they got to the fifth floor Frosch had ended up in his arms while Lector choose to be cradled close to the girls chest.
They found their rooms easily enough and unlocked the doors heading in. Frosch hopping down to the ground to trot over to Jen and follow her into her own room which she promptly collapsed on the bed, leaving her door wide open leaving it to Lector to push it closed. Sting had already entered their own room at that point while Rouge made sure Frosch was all settled with the Fairytail mage. Not seeing Sting immediately inside the room he figured he was in the attached bathroom as he crossed the threshold. The door slammed shut behind him and a pair of bare arms wrapped around him Sting burying his face against Rouges neck inhaling his new favorite scent. "Alone at last." He growls making Rouge gulp and rethink the wisdom in sharing the rooms like this.