This chapter might be a little boring, there isn't any Cobra/Kinana interaction. But don't worry, the next chapter will have some!

Is their ship name Kinabra or Cobkina? Because I've seen it both ways

*I don't own Fairy Tail


Cobra sighed and angrily punched the wall of the building he was standing next to, inadvertently knocking a few bricks loose.

Did I do something wrong? Kinana's thoughts resounded in his head.

No. No, you didn't.

Cobra kept walking until he reached the outskirts of the city. When he arrived at a grassy hillside, he laid down and stared up at the sky.

He hadn't intended to hurt Kinana back at the train station, but that was exactly what he did. He just needed some space from her, for a little while. Lately, being around her confused him.

The strange warmth that he felt in his chest whenever he was with her only got worse with that damn kiss.

Why did he even do that? He was always the one to tease her, flirt with her, hell he had even kissed her. But he never meant anything by it.

In fact, the only reason he kissed her in the first place was because he had made her sad and he wanted to cheer her up. Yeah, that was it.

Cobra growled in frustration. His mind was a jumbled mess. And Kinana's actions weren't helping.

It was painfully obvious that she had feelings for him. Even if he didn't have the magic to hear thoughts, her behavior towards him made it clear.

But Cobra didn't feel the same way.

He cared for her of course. She was his childhood friend. His best friend, pretty much his only friend. And he loved everything about her.

From her hair to her eyes, to the way she said his name, to that smile that always drove him crazy.

Wait, what? Cobra shook his head to chase away those thoughts.

He didn't feel that way about Kinana. He couldn't.

She had been his pet snake. It'd be weird.

And yet…

Cobra threw his arm across his eyes.

What the hell is the matter with me? he thought.


Kinana tried to swallow the lump in her throat, but her throat was as dry as a desert.

Did Mira just s-say…?

Kinana was frozen to the spot. She couldn't move at all, couldn't tear her eyes away from Mirajane's.

Mira wasn't about to be the first to look away either. She waited patiently for her answer.

It seemed an eternity passed before Kinana could move again. She shifted her gaze downwards and started trembling.

What is Mira going to do? She can't…I couldn't…please-

"I'll take your silence as a yes then." Mirajane interrupted Kinana's incoherent thoughts.

Kinana looked at Mira, shocked. Her eyes widened. Trying her best to keep her voice from quivering, she managed to say, "Are you crazy? That's…that's…n-no."

Mirajane gave her an apologetic smile. She reached for Kinana's hand. "Don't worry. I won't turn him in." she whispered.

This surprised her even more. Kinana was speechless. She could only mutter, "How?"

Mirajane seemed to understand what she was asking. "It wasn't that hard to figure out. I knew that you used to be a snake. And when I asked Erza what the two of you talked about, she said that you had told her that you used to be Cobra's snake. And Master confirmed that as well." She waited to see if Kinana would have a reaction.

Erza told her? Why did I even tell Erza about that? I just wanted to know about my past. If only I had waited a few days, I could've remembered everything myself! Kinana mentally kicked herself.

Mira continued, "And of course there was that whole thing with Natsu. I asked him what he smelled on you and…"

Kinana's heart sank. So Natsu knew too?

"But don't worry about him, Kina! I swore him to secrecy. He will not another soul." Mira's eyes flashed, if Kinana wasn't mistaken, evilly.

Kinana shuddered imagining what the demon Mirajane could do to Natsu to make him obey her.

"But…I have to ask. Why didn't you ever tell me? You promised me several times that you would. Is it that you don't trust me?" Mirajane asked, pouting.

"Oh! N-no please don't think that. H-he just didn't want anyone to know." Kinana said meekly. Her heart was still racing wildly, and she was unsure of what to do.

Mirajane sighed. "Ok, but are you all right, Kina? He didn't get you into some kind of trouble, did he?"

Kinana finally cracked a smile. "No, he wouldn't do anything that would hurt me. He's the sweetest person in the world."

Mirajane looked at her in disbelief. "I think Erza and Natsu would beg to differ. But that's beside the point," Mira leaned forward resting her chin on her hands and continued, "Now what makes you say that he's so sweet?" She gave Kinana a sly look.

Kinana blushed, catching on to Mira's implication. "I just meant that…he's really nice is all. At least to me."

"Uh-huh." Mirajane said, unconvinced. She opened her mouth to tease her further when Kinana interrupted.

"I can use Take-Over magic now." Kinana blurted out, desperate to change the subject.

Mira blinked in surprise. "You can do what?"

"I can use the same kind of magic that you and your siblings can." Kinana clarified, relieved that the subject changed.

Mirajane tilted her head in confusion. "Since when have you been able to do that?"

"Very, uh, recently. On the mission, I learned I could do it."

"Hmm, what's your Take-Over form?"

"I can turn into my old snake form. It's called Cubellios."

Mirajane eyes widened. "You can turn back into a snake? How did you figure out that you could do this?"

"Well, when I remembered my past it kinda just came to-"

"You remember your past?!" Mira exclaimed.

Kinana giggled and nodded. Mirajane smiled and shook her head. But then her face looked serious.

She didn't say anything for a long time. Kinana noted that Mira's expression continued changing from fear, to worry, to sadness. When Mira finally looked at her, Kinana saw that her eyes were full of concern.

Mira started talking about Cobra again, "If I figured it out this easily," Kinana cringed when she said easily, "then others will too. Natsu already knows and Erza and Master were suspicious. I think…you'll have to be more careful if you don't want…" Mira's voice trailed off.

Kinana looked down, dejected. "Yeah." she agreed.

Mira frowned, but then her face brightened. "Cobra is quite handsome, isn't he?"

Kinana's head snapped up. "What?"

Mirajane giggled. "I hear he's really mean. But if he's only nice to you, then he must really love you."

"H-how did you come to that conclusion?!" Kinana exclaimed. She was blushing and her head was spinning. Erik…loved her?

Mirajane, eager to play matchmaker, said, "His prayer was to hear your voice right? And during that Infinity Clock business, didn't he keep calling out to you, asking to hear it? And…did he break out of jail to go see you?"

"Well…technically…he evaded arrest."

"Oh how romantic!" Mirajane said holding her hands together. "He did all of that for you. Of course he loves you!"

Escaping the magic council was romantic? Kinana shook her head, but her smile only grew bigger.


Oh Cobra, stop being such a tsundere and admit you love Kinana already! Even Mira can tell!

Thank you guys so much for the kind reviews!

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Blue Wolf Miko: Aw, thank you! I have read a couple other Cobkina fanfics, some were uh…yeah and some were really good, but those were just one-shots. And I wanted to read a longer story about them, which is what kind of led me to writing this

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