Not a lot happening in this chapter.
I might change the name of the story since I mostly changed the angle I originally thought I would take it all.
"For the last freaking time, Natsu: no we are not doing a s-class mission together. Last thing I need is to babysit a short-tempered dragon slayer while handling some of the strongest foes Fiore has to offer. Go bother Erza or something."
It had been a month and a half now since the Phantom Lord war. Despite my best effort, the guild hall still took too much damage from the shades' assault, resulting in its destruction. I didn't bring anyone morale down however. The reconstruction of the guild went pretty smoothly. Laki helped us with the wooden frame and everyone now worked tirelessly to give the best result possible. I assisted of course. It had taken another month but all the injuries marring my body were a worry of the past now. During my recovery, I went to my hairdresser. I'd decided to let my hair grow a little so we just changed the colour like we usually do. With the dark hair now a thing of the past, I instead opted for a darker shade of pink. I wasn't too satisfied of the result though so chances are I would alter it as soon as I saw her again.
Lucy had also perfectly recovered. Apparently I had greatly underestimated the strength of her resolve.
Being back on my feet also meant I could go on missions again. Gramps had put up a temporary job board for most magicians of the guild. In the master's makeshift office, there were two or three s-class missions to take.
Currently, Natsu had caught wind of that fact and desperately attempted to convince me to take one of these jobs with him.
"I can hold my own in battle." he said dripping with confidence. "I did save your ass from Phantom Lord after all."
"You did not save my ass, Natsu." I groaned. "You were going to save the love of your life, not me."
Natsu cocked his head, clueless.
"Who?"
I rubbed my temples slowly.
"Look, it doesn't matter. The fact remains I won't take you on a mission even if you beg me for the next three days non-stop."
The fire dragon slayer put his index on his chin, pensive.
"That wasn't a challenge, Natsu."
"Fine, how about this then?" he lighted his fists on fire, taking a determined expression. "Fight me! When I win then we're going on a s-class mission whether you like it or not."
"And what if you lose, tough guy, you thought of that?"
"In that case, you'll take me on a s-class mission to toughen me up."
"What point is there in fighting you then?" I asked with a hint of sardonism in my voice. "Besides, I stopped accepting your requests to fight me a while ago Natsu. The answer is still no."
Natsu fumed. He always searched for excuses to fight me or go on high level jobs. I'm sure the guy would do anything for a chance at either of those.
A terrible idea crossed my mind at that moment.
"Tell you what, Natsu: let's make a deal."
The fire dragon slayer was all ears although a little uncertain.
"What kind of deal?"
"I want you to follow me around for the rest of the day. I have some errands to run and i'd like your help. When we're done, we'll fight. How does that sound?"
Natsu's smile shun brightly.
"Awesome! Let's go right now! "
I halted him before he could go any further.
"However, I don't want you to destroy , jeopardise or desecrate anything. If you do then I'll be forced to ask you to leave and we won't have that fight. Don't worry, it'll be easy. Just don't use magic for the day and you'll be fine."
Natsu strongly considered whether this was worth it or not. It would be the first time in five years he would have the opportunity to fight me but in exchange he'd have to stay calm for a day. Staying calm was akin to mental torture for him. I would enjoy seeing him slowly break down.
"Fine." he said, dousing his flames. "I won't destroy anything today and you're gonna owe me a super awesome battle after that!"
I smirked.
"Of course I will."
I'd never have to fight him. There was no way he'd stay calm with my planned schedule for the day.
The first stop went well. I had to go to Fairy Hill's owner's place to pay my rent for the month. Natsu tagged along, shooting a smile and a greeting to her. Happy hadn't followed us today. The blue cat was probably just chilling at the guild. He definitely should've come to see Natsu out of his mind trying to attack me. It would come, I wouldn't have to retaliate, his threats will stay put for a few days and I'll have a helper today. Everything would go exactly as planned this time.
The second stop for the day had us shopping at the Magnolia market for some food. I got a variety of fruits and vegetables with Natsu in the background, growing progressively more annoyed as this went on though, by the end, he see med a little pensive.
"There'd something that's been bothering for a little while, Kiera..." he started.
"What is it?" I asked, checking out the different types of grapes the store had to offer. I liked grapes much like a lot of people.
"What do you eat exactly?"
I raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.
"Fruits and veggies, Natsu, surprisingly I eat fruits and veggies when I'm hungry."
"That's not what I meant. I eat fire and Gajeel ate iron. You're a dragon slayer as well. You must have something special you eat."
I bought the grapes while thinking how to answer. The fire dragon slayer continued.
"You're the death dragon slayer so do you have to chomp on something dead like a chicken or something?"
"If only it was that easy." I muttered mostly to myself. Of course, Natsu caught wind of it. " Tell me, if you eat something heated up with fire, would you have your magic recover?"
"Nope, it has to be the flame itself."
"Well mine works the same way . Just because the chicken is dead, he's not literal death. That would be what I have to eat to recover my magic. Good luck finding that, let alone in a physical form for me to eat in the first place. Besides, I'm not a fan of meat so I'll do without."
"So you never ate your element?"
"Fortunately, I have never encountered pure death essence out there." I scoffed. "You're pretty lucky, you know. At least you have pretty common element."
"I guess..." he noticed I paid and smirked malevolently. "Perfect! Your shopping is done. Now it's time to fight!"
"Who said my errands were done?"
"I just did! C'mon, fight me now!"
"That wasn't the deal , Natsu. Hold these bags, would you? I have some other places to go now."
The fire dragon slayer groaned loudly but obeyed nonetheless.
The third stop ended up being at a clothes store. As soon as Natsu noticed,he froze.
"C'mon, now. Or is a clothes store too much to ask of you?"
"Not at all!" he rebuked, trying to sound confident.
I chuckled. As tomboyish as I might be, I still had clothes shopping to remind everyone I was indeed a woman. This could easily take two or more hours so I heavily doubted Natsu would survive the entire thing. Some incentive might be for the best though.
The next three hours were a combination of both loud groans and little questions. What do you think of this attire? I don't think these colors match, do you? Does this make me look fat? Do I look desirable in this attire? What kind of accessory would go well with this? Having Natsu along was surprisingly more helpful than I would've thought . He did have some sense of fashion. He quickly grew exhausted of this however and i'm pretty sure I saw his magic flare at a moment. I wouldn't need much more than that now.
"You've paid your rent, did your groceries and bought yourself new clothes which by the way is hardly an errand at all. Can we fight now?"
"That sounds lovely Natsu. We'll do that as soon as I bought a new table for my room."
"Why do you even need that?"
"Because Erza broke it yesterday when she practised her sword play ."
"Why was she doing that in your house in the first place?"
"She lives on the floor beneath me and swung pretty hard. Now that I think about, I also have to find someone willing to repair my floor, thanks for reminding me, Natsu."
We were in the home stretch. Now all we had to do was these two things and Natsu would get his fight. I had underestimated how well he could keep his cool. Maybe he did deserve this battle after all.
At least that's what I thought for another hour.
While I searched for a replacement table, I started noticing odd little twitches coming from Natsu. Each of those were accompanied by either a spark or a clenching of his fists. It took a while but now the dragon slayer was on the brink of dementia. If he didn't punch something real soon, all of Magnolia might burn. I should probably be concerned but that prospect made me laugh more than anything.
Thirty minutes later, I found the best table for my house. I was about to ask if I could buy it when a blur of fire passed in front of me, demolishing the table and catching everyone's attention. I clicked my tongue in discontent.
"I can't take it anymore!" Natsu bellowed with a childish yet somewhat serious expression, baring his teeth. His body was coated in a thick layer of flames, heating the entire room and forcing people into fleeing. At this rate the building would burn down . By now, I should take the hint and stop taunting him so much.
Sadly, I can be equally dense when I put my mind to it.
"You destroyed my new table." I said in the most monotonous way imaginable.
"I don't care! You've had me run everywhere around town like a dog. Now it's payback time!"
"Is it now, Natsu? As far as I remember, I said I would only fight you if you stayed calm for the whole day and considering I'm currently staring at the ashes of a beautiful new table for my house, something tells me you might have failed to fulfill this little prerequisite. We'll fight another day, m'kay?"
I held my smile as best I could. Natsu twitched once more before yelling in frustration. His flames intensified the more he yelled and soon enough, all my will to tease had melted away. He was serious, very serious and nothing I would say or do now would allow me to dodge the battle.
Unless...
Natsu dashed forward, yelling 'Iron fist of the fire dragon' I expertly dodged to the side, trying to keep my groceries and clothes from burning. The imposing inferno surrounding Natsu forced me into jumping rather than sidestepping. I had to discard my errands or else this whole day would've been for nothing. For now, I had to leave the building, it would catch fire anytime now. It was already a miracle it hadn't so far.
I charged towards the door and tossed all my errands in the hands of the first passerby along with the purse holding my money.
"Get these things to Fairy Tail and help yourself to a thousand jewels. There's an emergency."
"What are you..."
"No time to explain." Natsu barged through the front door of the store, reducing it to smoldering bits of charred wood. I breathed in before shouting. "Salamander on the loose. Everyone run away from here!"
Panic didn't spread in the people as they hastened their pace away from here. Just how often did Natsu terrorise these people for them to care so little about the current situation?
The fire dragon slayer spotted me within the dissipating crowd. I hadn't been in a fight for a while now. Dodging Natsu's relentless onslaught would be quite the welcome back.
He dashed towards me, heating the air around us, turning the street into a practical oven. There was definitely a way out of this fight. I just had to find Gray somewhere.
I dodged the flame strikes haphazardly, attempting to steer clear of the populace. Gray had told me he'd be at the guild relaxing today so I thankfully had a destination in mind to avoid firing up Natsu even more... for now. The ice mage would do wonders in rekindling the fire dragon slayer's passionate battle rage.
"Why do you never fight me!" Natsu bellowed angrily. "I'll show you just how powerful I've become since the last time we fought!" I hoped he would end it at that but he simply had to back up his claim with an action. "Roar of the fire dragon!"
A swirling breath of fire engulfed the street, burning the cloth stands around to a crisp. From wooden frames to cabbages, nothing was safe from the attack. People had evacuated the vicinity but I still refrained myself from sending the attack back to him with my own magic. Altering the course would make it increasingly likely for it to ravage more of Magnolia than needed and the collateral damage was already nothing to scoff at.
After a while, the guild came in sight. To get Natsu off of me for a little while, I lured him into attacking me head on, taunting him mockingly. He instantly took the bait, ramming towards me faster than a speeding bullet. Predicting the strike, Natsu's usually tactical mind having seemingly been poisoned by his anger at me, I managed to turn on my heel. The relentless fire dragon slayer haphazardly tumbled next to me, soaking my body and clothing in his monstrous flames. It would have gnawed at my skin where it not for my magic. Cloaking me with a protective barrier, I fought through my fellow dragon slayer's rage, getting in position for my first strike, one that meant to debilitate rather than harm. While he was still unbalanced from his reckless strike, I gripped the back of his head which had lunged further than the rest of his body. Natsu turned to face me in surprise, tufts of pink hair sliding across my fingers.
I shot him an innocent smile before savagely ramming his head into the ground.
Chunks of rocks rose from the strike. A mist of dust clouded our vision. There, that should stun him for a little while.
Emphasis on 'little'.
I rushed towards the guild's construction site, looking desperately to find Gray. Thankfully, the ice mage was helping Elfman with the outside wall, making him quite easy to spot.
"Gray!" I shouted to get his attention.
The wizard, who had currently been in a conversation with the Strauss siblings turned to me, curiously. His curiosity quickly morphed to sho ck when he saw the speeding fire dragon slayer slowly catching up to me. I halted my run practically inches from Gray's face.
"Why is Natsu chasing after you?" He started. He looked at my body for a second, backing away upon noticing a little something. "You do realise your clothes are on fire right?"
I gripped his wrist with my left hand. Some people around us wooed but I didn't pay them any mind.
"I promise to buy you a drink later." I said.
"What's that supposed..." As each of his words were spoken out, we heard the distinctive sound of a shouting Natsu become ever closer . Not willing to waste anything, I cut Gray short in his sentence. I switched sides to face Natsu, my grip firm on the ice magician's wrist. He was dragged along until I was satisfied with his position. Natsu had readied a punch at me but now I had a new meat shield to take it for me.
Throughout my years of knowing Natsu, I came across an interesting little fact: when he wants to fight, no one may interfere. In the case that someone does, however, Natsu instantly loses interest in his original quarry, preying on the interloper instead. This is what I always used to get out of a fight with him. The reaction of the entire guild could be gauged on which interloper it was. Another s-class mage meant they would silently watch from the sideline. Practically anyone else meant they would join the brawl happily.
Gray was another exception to the rule.
The ice-make wizard just so happened to be the most convenient interloper since he's the one who reacted the least kindly to Natsu.
Hence redirecting the fire dragon slayer to him.
Gray took the punch that was aimed at me with surprising ease. I let the man go and he immediately adorned an angry scowl.
"What the hell is your problem? I didn't do anything this time!" Gray butted heads with Natsu.
"You got in the way. Not to mention your very existence."
"Better dead than having to live another second with you."
"You take that back"
"Only stating my mind here."
"You wanna fight?"
" 'course."
The two of them engaged in a fearsome brawl, our others friends passively glancing in their direction every now and then before resuming their work. Erza didn't seem to be here today so this fight wouldn't end anytime soon.
I heard a light giggle next to me . Mirajane found the all too familiar scenario quite entertaining apparently. The brawl spurred the guild into stopping their work for a little while. Quickly, our original group of Mirajane, Elfman and myself found new companionship in Lucy, Cana, Wakabe and Macao, who had recovered just fine from her injuries as well. The younger Strauss sibling tried to join the fray but I refrained him from doing so, not wanting a general brawl that could potentially destroy all the work we had done to repair the guild.
"You've all been hard at work while I was away shopping. I can already see some distinct differences compared to yesterday." I stated quite contently.
"Well Fairy Tail is our home. Of course we'd work hard to restore it."
"Home or not, you shouldn't exhaust yourselves. What good is a new guild hall if no one is there to celebrate it 'cause they're all sleeping. I think everyone deserves a little break, maybe go at a tavern to relax a little."
Cana's arm rested upon my shoulder. With a goofy grin and liquor bottles in head, she chuckled. Her cheeks were alarmingly red.
"I like the way you think, girl. What are we waiting for then."
"Oh, by the way, Kiera, here's your stuff. Some guy dropped it here a while ago." Lucy stated.
I took the bags in her hands gratefully, nothing had been robbed. Pleased with myself for trusting this guy in particular, I patted myself in the back.
We dropped my stuff back at Fairy Hills and we headed to an inn that also held a tavern. Upon getting there, the group separated. I went to sit at a table with Lucy and Mira while the rest of the gang opted to stay right next to where the beer was at.
The girls and I chatted amiably, getting interrupted every so often by a brave soul who attempted to woo us, yielding to fruitless results every time. The deeper the sun sank into the horizon, the more the thin line between bravery and drunkenness hinged closer to the latter until there were practically only drunkards trying to get us in their beds.
This all seemed to entertain Mirajane as well. After a while, it even got her deeply thinking about something. A comfortable silence had settled between myself and Lucy. She had taken out a book while I watched the antics of the other group until they finally got kicked out of the place.
"Don't you girls think that the guild is riddled with unfinished romances?" Mirajane suddenly declared.
I raised a quizzical brow. Lucy had also diverted her attention towards the eldest Strauss sibling.
"For example," She started. "I think Laki has a thing for Max."
And this is where Mira officially lost me. The girl had the nasty tendency to see romances where there was absolutely nothing. In her mind two people couldn't be good friends while being of the opposite genders and have no romantic interest. Pointless speculations and baseless gossiping ensued usually. If I was alone with her, I could always dismiss the subject and move on to other more pressing matters like getting absolutely wasted to forget I ever had such a conversation.
But...
"You really think so?"
We had Lucy with us today...
Now the main problem I had was that they would just sit there and talk about moronic romantic opinions regarding the people close to them... I can understand in a fictional media but when these people are your friends and family... let's just say I don't find myself particularly caring too much. Now I really wanted a beer but I wasn't dumb enough to do that. I already run my mouth too much when I'm sober. I fear I might say something I whole-heartedly regret later down the line.
"Yeah, there's something odd about the way they look at each other. Remember that time they were talking about Laki's magic and Max blushed super hard at some of the spell names she came up with? Maybe he thought those resembled his feelings."
For now I was stuck with this.
"It's true! Now that you mention it, they seem to get along pretty well."
It's at this point in time I realized that suitors would be fantastic. I'd never go with them but they were the most likely to sway the conversation in another direction.
As if an angel up there heard my cry for help, one man rose from his table, cheeks red and lips curled in a goofy smile. He came in our direction, dripping with drunken confidence. The voices of my friends slowly died down, all the attention now on the guy that was heading for us. Upon reaching the table, he leaning onto it in what I assumed he saw as a suave position. Completely overlooking Lucy and I, he had all his attention on Mira like most other guys. Some did try their luck with me every now and then but most by now understood it was pointless.
"Hey, babe, do you have bones?" He slurred.
"Of course, why?" Mira answered innocently.
The man grinned.
"Great, then we already have over 200 things in common, can I buy you a drink to my soul sister?"
I blinked a few times before bursting out, laughing like a maniac. Ok, I'll give it to him. That was the best I heard all night. I went ignored by the newcomer.
"Quite a coincidence, I admit." Our usual bartender commented. "It's a shame though. I think the longer we talk, the fewer things we'll have in common. I'm not interested, sorry."
The man backed away, understanding the thinly-veiled underlying message in Mira's statement. Not delving any deeper in dangerous territory, he left us. I eventually calmed down, hoping that this was enough to have them think of something else.
"I wonder when Alsack and Bisca will finally get together."
"I know right! These two keep pretending to be nothing more than friends. When are they going to notice their mutual affection?"
"They'd probably get married and a few a few kids too, it'd be incredible!"
And back to square one.
I sunk a little deeper in my chair, trying to disappear from the table. Perhapd I could sneak away while they busy themselves with this. I really had nothing better to do.
An idea struck me. I closed my eyes, letting the dark envelop my vision.
"Joshua, please tell me you're there ."
I waited a little longer.
No response.
Dandy, just dandy. The guy had completely vanished after all the talking we had last month. Like he had stopped watching over me now.
"What about Erza? You think someone is into her?"
I glanced around the tavern. Nothing to be seen. Just a bunch of people drinking and chatting. There didn't seem to be other wizards from the guild . Perhaps they all went to their house. Maybe the shenanigans of the other group we came with also encouraged the tavern owners to avoid other people of our guild. All around, probably the wisest possible decision. I was just rambling on by now, I fully understood it.
"If not Erza then what about Mystogan? Wouldn't it be weird if he had a secret lover?"
Anything to make me forget I was listening to this. By now, however, I'd need a miracle to get out of this like another guild attack or an Ichiya apocalypse. Anything would have been fine. Romance had never been my cup of tea. I had been in this world for almost 21 years now and still I had the struggle of finding anyone I deeply cared for in a romantic light.
"What about you, Mira ? Is there anyone you have your eye on?"
There it was, the dreaded question.
It might not seem like much at first glance but asking this inevitably meant Lucy would be asked the exact same question... and then they'd turn to me. I immediately regretted having decided to share a table with the two of them. Why didn't I stick close to my drinking buddies? I might have ended up passed out in an alleyway dressed like a penguin and smelling of urine but I'd still keep more of my dignity than I'll do when they're done with my case.
"And you Lucy, anyone on your mind?"
At this moment in time I decided I would indeed go if someone came to give us their "best" pick-up line. Inconspicuously leaving the table would mean these girls would bother me for days on end, trying to figure out what I hid from them. It's not that they had bad intentions , it's just that the worlds we lived in were so far apart, I would find myself like a helpless mutt being stared down by a gun. I glanced round the tavern again. Realizing most people had already taken their chances. The only table left had two guys and two girls talking, couples from the looks of it.
"What about you, Kiera?"
I nearly jumped when I heard my name. The two of them were looking right at me. Like a prisoner on death row, I attempted to look confident and proud. I ended up looking like a school girl that had just taken to her crush: blushing madly and lowering my head.
"You haven't been talking much. Were you trying to hide something from us?"
A heart attack would be convenient right now. I could also live with passing out for no reason, really. I had my fair share of secrets but I'd bring anything related to love to my grave.
"You don't have to be shy. We're your friends! "
At this moment, some commotion came from one the tables. I gladly looked on the direction of the noise to see that someone from what I thought was the couples' table was heading towards us right now.
Except it wasn't a guy.
It was a lady and far from a terrible looking one as well. The woman who got up strode like a model, staring me down with barely suppressed desire. I remembered that promise I made myself to just go with the next suitor that visited our table, perhaps I wouldn't keep that promise anymore.
With a salacious smile, the woman leaned onto the table, between Mira and Lucy, resting both of her shoulders on it and exposing a little too much cleavage for her own good. Stiff as a rod , I gripped my side the table harshly, trying to recollect my cool that had long gone in shambles.
"I couldn't help but notice your cry for help." The woman stated in a low, sensual voice. She didn't seem too drunk too. "I can help if you want. Come with me, my friends are dying to meet you."
I remained mute. Unable to figure out what to do.
"No thanks, we don't swing that way." Mira answered easily.
"Maybe you don't but your friend here might have something to say about it. Hell, she's been staring at my tits ever since I came to your table."
I noticed she was right and quickly looked away, my blush from earlier deepening. I could feel all dignity I ever held leave, the pain and the awkwardness of my situation easily triumphing over it. How was it my fault in any way? She was the one that came flaunting her breasts at the table in my direction. Any curious mind would have studied it, I'm certain.
"You practically shoved them in her face. You shouldn't be too surprised she stared." Lucy became the voice of reason.
"Point taken." The woman said, with a smile and a chuckle. She took a chair and decided to join us, sitting close to me, very close. She wrapped her arm around my shoulders, the implications behind the move differing greatly from when Cana did it earlier. "Let's ask her directly then." She leaned even closer, making me panic all the more. I felt so traumatized I had froze on the spot. I could feel her warm breath tingling my ear. "Are you a lesbian?" the question came with layers of suggestive undertones.
If I hadn't been so deathly scared at the moment, perhaps I would have deigned to give an answer but under my furious blush, the girl silently soliciting me for sex and my friends' gaze s, I remained frigid. Mira went from being interested to shocked the longer the silence lingered. Apparently even she hadn't seen that coming.
"Oh my, really?"
The weight from my shoulders lifted, giving a second of joy before relocating to my lap. What the hell was wrong with this girl?
"And quite smitten too from the looks of it." Her fingers grazed my cheek. "So attracted, she doesn't even know if she can kiss me or not."
Ok, that was a lie. I was frozen from her ruthless actions not from a lack of motivation. If this woman had been half as attractive as she was, it would've been so much easier to deal with. She chuckled lowly, giving me a kiss on the cheek. I heard a few wolf whistle traverse the air. The woman rested her forehead on mine. Lucy and Mira didn't seem too interested to help me.
"You just say the word and I'll close that gap… or you can stop acting like I'm trying to murder you and do it yourself. Just take it easy. I promise I don't bite… yet."
Admittedly, I kind of wanted to do it. Like it or not, I've been an adult in a child's body for the longest time. Having no attraction to people under the age of 18, I found myself having no choice but to wait and let me tell you having an active and sometimes perverted adult mind when you're a baby is not too pleasant. Put it simply, I haven't had sex in something like 21 years now and I had a lot of pent-up sexual frustration.
That, however, also meant that I was still very much a virgin in all things love in this life. Like I said, I didn't have any romantic interest in anybody before. It didn't mean that I would never find the correct one. Wasting my first kiss on a random chick I met at a tavern failed to strike me as the greatest idea in the world. For now, I'd have to keep my libido in check. I just needed to find something that would kill the mood.
"I'm in a relationship." I stated.
Slowly, the realization hit the woman. Seemingly fuming, she got back on her feet, huffing in indignation. She slapped me on the cheek, right where she had kissed me earlier.
"Whore!"
With that little insult, she promptly left us to rejoin her friends who all sent killer glares my way. Hell, everyone in the tavern was sending killer glares my way.
"We should probably go…"
Mira and Lucy nodded somberly, their moods having gone down.
We paid the bill, getting a dirty look from the barman, and left the building. We decided to head to Lucy's house first. The silence ended up being surprisingly silent until I decided to speak up.
"I swear I meant to talk about it one day. I'm sorry if I upsetted you."
The eldest Strauss looked at me, a little surprised but chuckled a little.
"We're not angry, don't worry. Besides, I don't remember ever seeing you with someone else, are you sure you're a lesbian? Maybe you're bisexual but haven't found the right man."
I wanted to raise a counter argument but left my mouth shut. Perhaps she was right. I couldn't remember for the life of my any sort of disdain directed at my men in my love life. My first ever crush had been for a woman and I assumed from there that I was a lesbian. In fact, all my crushes had been directed at women but that was about it. I got along with several men throughout my lives, more than women in fact. Maybe it was just a matter of time. I couldn't discard the possibility just yet.
I had faith I would find love one day
Maybe…
Hopefully…
I'd like to discuss the second half of the chapter now if anyone's interested.
Since my opinions are easily swayed, I've recently pondered on whether or not a romance was a possibility for the story. For now it remains as an uncertainty however it's entirely possible I eventually decide to have Kiera end with somebody. Now I just need to find who hence the whole bisexuality deal. You can say if you want one or not, I'm fine either way really.
I know I said there would be two fillers but I might fuse the second into the next chapter since there's not a lot happening in it.
Thanks for reading.