The guild was silent, staring towards the young Kiyo in worry. Ever since he entered the guild, surprisingly without Lucy or Ven, he has seemed rather depressed.
After entering the guild, Kiyo instantly went to the bar, collapsing on a chair and lurching forward. A small cloud of despair hovered over his head, showing that something had happened to upset the boy.
"What's up with Kiyo?" Gray questioned, propping his elbow on the table and leaning against his hand.
"I don't know." Wendy blinked. "Maybe he got in a fight with Lucy?"
"I'm sure she wasn't too happy with Natsu and Kiyo fighting yesterday." Levy nodded in agreement. Deciding to find out why, Levy called to the water dragon slayer, "Kiyo! Are you okay?"
Slowly looking over his shoulder, Kiyo whimpered in despair. "I've been kicked out."
"Eh?" the group questioned, running to hear Kiyo's words better.
"Lucy… she kicked me out for the next week." Kiyo sobbed in silence.
"Good morning world!" Kiyo cheered, jumping up onto the table and stretching his arms.
"Well you're lively… and get off my table!" Lucy scolded.
"Kiyo-niisan, how are you feeling?" Ven frowned, worried his brother might still be in pain.
"Great Ven. Man, I haven't slept this good in ages. What's your bed made out of Lucy? Cotton? Clouds?" the young water dragon slayer grinned.
"A bed can't be made out of clouds." Lucy rolled her eyes, staring down at the breakfast she was making.
"I think it's plausible." Kiyo argued, jumping down from the table and into his seat.
Chuckling, Ven said, "I'm glad you're better Kiyo-niisan. Lucy-neechan and me were worried."
Smiling at his younger brother, Kiyo patted his head. "So, what's for breakfast?"
Lucy silently walked back to the table, two plates of food in her hands. She placed one in front of Ven and the other in front of herself.
Kiyo blinked when he didn't get any food. "Lucy-"
"Oh, were you hungry?" Lucy interrupted, her voice sounding as smooth as silk. There was something about her tone that Kiyo didn't like.
"Y…Yeah." He nodded slowly.
Ven, realizing just where Lucy was going with this because she had told him earlier, chewed his food in silence. "Sorry, Kiyo-niisan." He thought sadly.
"Kiyo." Lucy's voice was suddenly stern.
"Y-Yes?" Kiyo squeaked, straightening his back.
"Yesterday, I allowed you to have your little with Natsu." Lucy folded her arms, her voice even. Seeing Kiyo nod, she continued, "However, you were injured as well as Natsu, and could have killed each other."
"W-We wouldn't have…. Killed each other." Kiyo grumbled slowly, rubbing the back of his neck. He really didn't like where this was going.
"That aside, I can't let this happen again. So, I want you to pack your stuff and move back to the guild."
Blinking, Kiyo wasn't sure he heard right. "W-What?" he stammered softly.
"You are not allowed in this apartment for the next week. You have to stay at the guild till I say you can come back." Lucy proclaimed.
Growing pale, Kiyo could feel his jaw drop. "N….No way!" he sobbed.
-End of flashback-
"A-And that's what happened." Kiyo hiccupped. In honestly, he felt horrible right now. Like a lost child trying to find his way home. To know he wouldn't be able to sleep in that warm apartment with Ven and Lucy near by, it made him feel lonely.
"It's just for one week." Gray frowned, folding his arms.
"Yeah, don't worry Kiyo. The time will go by fast." Levy assured him, giving him a friendly pat on the back.
Kiyo nodded slowly, put instantly perked up when the front doors opened. Hoping to see Lucy and his brother, Kiyo scowled at the sight of a certain pink haired Fire mage.
"Pinky." He muttered.
Natsu glared at him as he passed. "Where is Lucy?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." Kiyo grumbled.
Annoyed by his attitude, Natsu folded his arms. "You wanna fight?"
"Like that will end well." Levy sighed.
Kiyo, not in the mood for Natsu, almost agreed. Then the horrifying thought of Lucy extending his 'banishment' reached his brain.
The reason he was kicked out was because he fought Natsu in the first place. If he did it again, who knew what his punishment would be!
Turning pale, he could feel a cold sweat cover his forehead. "Um… not really." He choked out.
Taken aback, Natsu blinked. "No? What are you, chicken?"
"No." he snapped. "I just…"
"Don't want to get Lucy even more mad at you." Gray guessed.
"Exactly." Kiyo sighed, slouching onto the counter.
"What? Lucy's mad at you?" Natsu blinked, though he sounded a little pleased by this.
"She kicked him out for a whole week since you two fought yesterday." Levy nodded.
"Ha! Serves ya right!" Natsu laughed, pointing mockingly at his rival.
Growling at him, Kiyo tried to keep his temper in check. Though as he thought back to the fight that occurred yesterday, he realized he was still a little soar. He wouldn't admit that out loud just in case Natsu wasn't feeling any pain.
He would seem weaker then that pink haired moron.
"I guess Ven's got Lucy all to himself." Gray mumbled, rubbing his chin.
"What does that mean?" Kiyo and Natsu snapped at the smirking ice mage.
"Nothing really, I'm just saying. Ven is one of those kid like boys, right?" Natsu and Kiyo nodded, staring at Gray confused.
"That's right." Levy gasped. "Lu-Chan always adores those cute and sweet guys. Ven matches that perfectly. Though I'm not sure how she feels about younger guys." She giggled.
Both of the dragon slayers froze.
"V-Ven wouldn't do that. He's my bro after all. He doesn't like Lucy in 'that' way. Right? Right!" Kiyo thought frantically, running his fingers through his hair.
Natsu, though it took him a few moments to understand, grew angry. "That little brat wouldn't dare to try and lay the moves on Lucy. She's not into him that way anyway! … right?" Natsu thought grimly.
As if on cue, the Fairy Tail doors swung open, revealing the guilds young Celestial and Gravity mage.
"Lucy, Ven!" Mirajane welcomed them with a smile.
"Good morning everyone!" Lucy grinned.
Gray held back an amused chuckle while Kiyo and Natsu on the other hand stared in horror.
Lucy and Ven were holding hands as they walked into the guild.
Granted, Kiyo had seen Lucy and Ven hold hands a lot and it never meant anything, but after hearing Gray's words he realized…. It might mean something!
Maybe he was just over reacting? This could just be that "sibling' love holding hand thing. Just because they were holding hands doesn't instantly mean they were a couple or anything.
…right?
Biting his lower lip, Kiyo watched as they approached. Natsu's hands rolled into fists and he growled softly.
"Hey Luce." He greeted with a nod, giving her a grin.
"Hey Natsu." Lucy paused to look at Kiyo. "Hmph." She said, turning to look the other way.
Kiyo's depression rose immensily as his jaw hung open. Natsu snickered.
"How are you feeling Natsu?" Lucy tilted her head, worry growing in her eyes.
For some reason, Natsu felt very happy that she was concerned. "Great. Nothing can keep me down!" he chuckled, pumping his fist in the air.
"That's good. Don't push yourself, okay?" Lucy smiled warmly at him. Feelings his cheeks heat up, Natsu nodded feebly.
"Right."
Kiyo narrowed his eyes, feeling something painful in his chest. "She didn't tell me to take it easy." He mentally whined.
"So Lu-chan, what are you doing today?" Levy asked.
Smiling at her blue haired friend, Lucy brought Ven into a one sided hug. 'Ven and me are going to go around town a bit."
"Lucy-neechan said I could help her shop and then show me that new store at the end of town." Ven added, smiling up at her.
Levy blinked, nodding.
Kiyo and Natsu held back gasps. "Those two…. Alone… together!" the mentally screamed. Both wanting to step in and argue realized that Lucy would probably yell at them.
Natsu had learned his lesson before when he got upset about Lucy joining Ven and Kiyo's team, and knew he would just anger her if he said no.
And Kiyo was already on Lucy's anger list at the moment, so angering her even more might mean permanent 'banishment'.
"Shall we go?" Lucy asked, linking arms with her younger companion.
"Yup!" Ven cheered, and thus the two went running off, arm in arm.
Feeling the wood peel of under his finger tips, Kiyo held back the urge to murder his younger brother. When it was all three of them Kiyo never felt this, so how come when it's Ven and Lucy alone he gets so… so… he couldn't even describe what this feeling was, but he knew he didn't like it.
Natsu wasn't any better. This feeling in his chest was the exact same feeling whenever he saw Kiyo alone with Lucy. Something about Lucy looking and smiling at any other guy then him just made his blood boil.
There was a word for this, wasn't there? Lucy said it a few times in her story. Something that started with a J. Jello? Jumbo? Jeal. Jealous? …Jealous? He wasn't jealous, was he?
Natsu rubbed his chin in thought.
"Natsu!" Happy called to him after attempting to give a fish to Charle. "Lets go do a job!" the young exceed grinned.
"Um… not right now Happy." Natsu muttered.
"Eh? Why?' Happy whined.
"I have… something to do. Don't follow me!" He commanded, pointing at his best friend before fleeing out the door.
"Yeah, I have to go to." Kiyo rubbed the back of his head, rising to his feet and bolting out the door.
When both dragon slayers left, Mirajane chuckled. Placing a hand on her cheek, she looked towards the group, "We all know where they are headed, right?" she cooed.
"Lucy." Everyone nodded.
"Lucy? Why?" Happy tilted his head.
"Well Happy, say Charle went somewhere alone with… uh… Lily." Levy paused to point at the black exceed, who heard his name and looked at them. "Wouldn't you want to follow after them?"
"Of course!" Happy nodded, glaring at his 'rival'.
Lily frowned, not quite sure why the young exceed was angry with him.
"So wait…" Happy's anger left him. "Natsu and Kiyo went after Lucy… cause she is alone with Ven?"
"Yup." Mira nodded.
"So they're jealous? So that means…." The group sighed, knowing where he was taking this. "They liiiiiike her."
"Lucy-neechan this is embarrassing!' Ven whined trudging out from behind the curtain, once again wearing an outfit Lucy picked out for him.
"You look so cute though Ven." Lucy grinned.
"P-People are staring." Ven stammered softly, flushing a bright red.
Realizing that the young boy had enough embarrassment for the day she agreed to let him change back into his cloths.
Ven thanked her and bolted back to the dressing room.
"How cute." Lucy chuckled, turning back to look at the other cloths. Little to her knowing, two dragon slayers were currently crouched down and watching her from outside the window.
"What the hell are you doing here Pinky?' Kiyo growled, never taking his sight off of Lucy.
"I came to check out this store?" Natsu said back, staring at Lucy as well.
"Check out the store my butt. You came to watch Lucy, didn't you? Little creeper." Kiyo hissed.
"Oh so now I'm the creeper. What are doing here then?"
Visible flinching, Kiyo glanced at him. "I'm… checking up on my little brother."
"Right sure, so then why have you only been watching Lucy this whole time?" Natsu questioned.
"I could ask you the same thing." Both boys glared at each other intently. Realizing their main objective for coming there, the boys snapped their attention back to the store. Both flinched when Lucy was no longer where they last saw her. Ven was out of the dressing room and was once again by Lucy on the other side of the store, currently looking at hair clips.
From what the boys could tell, Lucy was asking Ven which one looked best on her. Ven every once and a while opened his mouth, giving Lucy an answer to her questions and smiling at her.
As Lucy tried on several different clips, the boys couldn't help but think, "That one looks pretty cute on her. Nah, not that one. That one goes with her eyes."
Unlike Ven, the boys would kill to tell Lucy these things. She would probably blush if they did, wouldn't she? Then she would give them that warm smile of hers, and laugh that sweet laugh, and….wait, what sort of things were they thinking?
Subconsciously they shook their heads from side to side, trying to shack out those weird thoughts they were having.
"So how long do you plan on staying, creeper boy?" Kiyo finally snickered at Natsu.
"Knowing you'll be here watching Lucy's every move, I'll leave when you leave." Natsu answered darkly.
"Well that's too bad, cause I wont leave till you leave." Kiyo countered.
"Then this whole thing is pretty redundant." Natsu folded his arms.
"You probably don't even know what redundant means." Kiyo folded his arms as well, smirking.
"I do know what it means. Lucy taught me it. She said it means when something is no longer needed or useful." Natsu proclaimed, feeling a lot of pride for his new learned knowledge.
Scowling, Kiyo shrugged. "So? Lucy taught me how to make soup and chicken, without burning her whole kitchen."
"That was a one time thing!" Natsu hissed lowly.
"Sure it was." Kiyo rolled his eyes.
Pausing, the boys looked back at Lucy and Ven, checking to see what was going on, then back to each other. They both froze, realizing what they just saw. Snapping back to the store, they saw Lucy extremely close to Ven.
"What is she doing?" they hissed in a panic, leaning closer to the glass.
Speaking of Lucy, she was busy putting a hair clip in Ven's unwilling hair.
"Lucy-neechan." He whined, blushing furiously.
"Come on Ven, just one." Lucy smiled, finishing her job. Stepping back, she examined her work. Ven stiffened when her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
"W-What?" he stuttered nervously?
"Ah, Ven!" Lucy cooed, jumping forward and bringing him into a hug. This did not calm the two dragon slayers jealous nerves. "You look so cute."
"Lucy-neechan!" Ven laughed, trying to escape Lucy's tight grip.
"Excuse me." Both paused to look to their left, where an elderly women who worked in the store was standing. "Are you two possible related? You must be siblings." The women smiled. "You see, there is a special family discount today. Bring your family and you get 10% off any purchase."
Slowly lowering her hands, Lucy looked towards Ven, who was a little shocked. "Siblings." She mumbled, grinning. She liked the sound of that. Having been an only child, it would be nice to have siblings.
As for Ven, he had always thought of Lucy as a sibling. So for others to think so too, it made him happy for some reason.
"Wait, did you say 10% off?" Lucy blinked.
"Yes." The women nodded.
Lucy and Ven slowly looked at each other. After a short pause they smiled at each other. Wrapping his arms around Ven's shoulders, Lucy brought him into a one sided hug. "Little brother, huh?" she smiled.
Liking the sound of that, Ven grinned up at her. "Older sister, huh?" he mimicked her.
"Oh so you are, how sweet." The women chuckled, walking back to the counter to lets other customers know of the family discount. After that they left the store, Kiyo and Natsu following the two across town. Lucy showed Ven several of her favorite stores and bakeries. She even showed him where a small group of musicians met to play music for Magnolia.
The Dragon slayers had never felt more jealous when Lucy and Ven began to laugh and dance.
Maybe they were being too jealous though.
"Hey, I think we should leave." Natsu said slowly, leaning against his hand.
Kiyo wanted to disagree, but knew Natsu was right. "Fine." He sighed. "…You leave first."
"Again with this." Natsu hissed, glaring at him. "You leave first."
"You."
"You!"
"Together then! You go left, I'll go right." Kiyo growled.
"Fine by me squinty eyes." With that, the two went their separate ways, unwillingly leave Lucy with the young Ven. In all honesty, they felt like fools for following the two. Lucy had no feelings for Ven that involved what they were thinking, and Ven was took young, mentally, to understand what a relationship was anyway.
So everything was fine.
They still had time.
So sorry for the long update! I apologize! I had finals and stuff, but now I'm done! :D Summer break! WAHOO!