Hellooo y'all! I'm back ^w^

First things first: This is the 10th chapter! ^w^ I'm SO happy hehehh

ANd I think I won't be able to update for at least two weeks...
Since it's my autumn break next week I'm going to visit my exchange partner in Germany, who has pretty much become family. And after that I'll be busy planning things for my Halloween-party! YAY

Anyway, don't worry about it! I'll still be updating after that, so yeah...

BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THIS CHAPTER

Enjoy it, fanficties!

Gray groaned in protest when his alarm clock rang. With a smack, he silenced the object.
Rolling over to his other side, so he could look out of the window, he savoured the momentary state of blankness in his mind. Soon he was overwhelmed by the sense of rejection.
Lucy hadn't felt the same for him.
That's it then. He couldn't just get back there on the team and pretend like nothing happened. Right? Maybe Lucy was capable of doing that, but Gray... Gray wasn't sure if he could hide all of it, from everyone. Sure, he felt like crap but he didn't want the guild to worry about him. It was just something he wasn't used to feeling, period.
"Shit." Gray mumbled and got out of bed. Struggling to get his tired bones moving. He finally managed to get under the shower and let out a satisfied moan (a/n: Sorry I don't normally do this but seriously imagine it. Gray. Shower. Moan. *faints*)
He quickly dried off and put on his clothes. After checking the time, he decided it was early enough for a quick run to the café for a morning coffee.

*POV change*

Lucy stirred in her sleep which made the blonde Dragon Slayer, who had already been awake for a couple of hours, look down at the sleeping mage. She was curled in a ball against his side, one arm clutched to herself and the other swung loosely over his chest. With every breath she took, he could feel it tickle his skin. It made him shiver with anticipation.
Sting slowly traced a finger from her forehead to her jaw-line, making the Celestial Mage frown in her sleep.
"St..ing?" Lucy murmured sleepily. Her eyes clouded with tiredness when she looked up to meet Sting's gaze.
"Morning" Sting said and averted his gaze. He stared out the window and looked at the morning sky. The oranges and pinks overlapping with blues and purples.
"Hey.. What's wrong?" Lucy nudged him. Sting sighed and closed his eyes.
"I lost points yesterday." He stated and opened his eyes to look at the Celestial Mage.
"The guild Master wants to... talk to me."

Lucy's eyes widened at the silent implication. What does he mean? "wants to talk"
He couldn't mean...
"D-does your Master punish those who loose points during the Games?" Lucy asked cautiously and at the sight of Sting's defeated face she stiffened.
"Sting!" she hissed.
"Why didn't you tell me?! You can't go... He-he..." Lucy fell silent when the Dragon Slayer's eyes cast down in surrender.
"Please.. Lucy, don't." He looked away.
"Maybe.. maybe I can help..." Lucy whispered.
"No." Sting said abruptly.
"I-I want to keep you out of this.. Jiemma, I mean Master wouldn't hesitate to use you as a motivation for me to not fail again."
"But –" Lucy tried, but was cut off by a low growl.
"Lucy." Sting grabbed her chin to get her attention. He crashed his lips down on hers and they soon enveloped in a deep kiss.
Sting lifted himself atop Lucy and traced his tongue over her lower lip, a silent request which Lucy granted with a moan as her hands raved over his naked torso.
Their tongues were dancing until one took the lead. Sting's hands found their way under the Celestial Mage's shirt and his soft scarred hands traced every inch of the bare skin underneath. Only stopping to cup the sides of her breasts roughly, to which Lucy let out a pleased gasp. She hooked her legs around his hips, savouring the feeling in her abdomen, losing all knowledge of place and time.

"Sting? Have you got any idea what..." The door to Sting's hotelroom opened and Rogue stepped inside.
"..time it is?!" Rogue looked up to see Sting and Lucy in a tangle of limbs and it took him several awkward moments before he blushed furiously.
"Wha.. Uhm.. I-I didn't..." he stuttered and abruptly snapped his mouth shut. He reopened the door and made a run for it.
Sting looked up to where Rogue had stood just a second ago. Frowning he looked back at Lucy, who had burst out laughing.
"Guess we scared him off, huh?" She cocked her head and untangled herself from Sting who went and grabbed her face, making her look at him.
"Promise me.." his voice was low and urgent, making shivers run down Lucy's back.
"Promise me that you won't do anything impulsive." Lucy looked at Sting wide-eyed. He was looking so intently at her that her throat caught. She nodded and kissed him. When she pulled back he looked relieved and she smiled mentally at his antics.

"I think I should go.. " Lucy started after a while and suddenly clasped a hand in front of her mouth.
"Erza! She is so going to kill me! I haven't even told her where I was! And I can't tell her that I spent the night here! Oooohh Mavis!" Lucy got out of bed quickly and began searching the room frantically for her stuff, while Sting just sat back on the bed to watch his Celestial Mage stress out. He chuckled at her typical behaviour.
Wait. What? 'My Celestial Mage' again?! Geez...

*Time Skip: At the Grand Magic Games.*

"Sorry Erza! I promise I won't do it again!" Lie. Such an outright lie, but Lucy told it anyway, hoping that the Titania would let her go.
"Hmm." Erza said as she crossed her arms, eyeing Lucy up and down, which caused the blonde mage to fidget nervously.
"Alright. But you will not get away with this !" Erza narrowed her eyes and Lucy gulped.
"Aye, sir!" she managed to say.
"Anyway, after you left yesterday the one-on-one matches began. Would you like to catch up?" Erza asked and continued without giving Lucy and actual choice.
"First: Kurohebi vs. Toby. There was some ranting about a sock but Kurohebi was the winner."
"A sock?" Lucy asked incredulous, but got no answer from the redhead.
"Second: Bacchus vs. Elfman. They –" Erza got cut off by Elfman.
"He is not manly!" he bellowed and huffed, sending a glare across the Arena towards the alcoholic.
" Indeed, he is not. He was betting on winning." Lucy frowned.
"At what cost?" she asked, glancing at Elfman anxiously.
"If Bacchus won he'd get one night with the Strauss sisters and otherwise his guild would be called 'Quatro Puppy' instead of 'Quatro Cerberus'" Erza nodded towards the score board and when Lucy looked she couldn't resist a giggle from escaping her lips. Right there, under Lamia Scale was Quatro Puppy.

"Okay.. so Elfman won that one. Way to go, Elfman!" Lucy cheered.
"I'm a man!" he said in response.
"Yes. Well, third: A magnificent 'battle' really; The girls from all guilds were showing off in their bikinis!" Macoa and Wakaba stared off dreamily as Erza explained in exact detail how it happened.
"Aw.. I would've actually liked to participate in that one..." Lucy mumbled under her breath but motioned for Erza to continue.
"There weren't only bikinis but also wedding dresses..." the redheaded requip mage clasped her hands in front of her chest and sighed.
"That was truly amazing! Everyone wore a wedding dress as did their temporary partners!" Titania squealed and sighed again.
"After that came the fourth match: Kagura vs. Yukino." Lucy's eyes widened and wrung her hands impatiently. Yukino, she thought. Yeah she's the Celestial Mage from Sabertooth.
"The winner was Kagura! It was amazing how she could fight without even once drawing her katana!" Erza said excitedly.
"W-what about the Celestial Mage?" Lucy asked carefully, dreading the anxious feeling in her stomach. Had another Sabertooth member failed?
"Hmm.. How do you know she's a Celestial Mage?" Erza inquired and Lucy shrugged.
"I did my research, that's all." The redhead nodded and continued.
"Well, she was strong. Definitely. She has possession of the 13th key of the Zodiac belt. And–" Lucy cut her off.
"WHAT?! The.. the-the-the-the thirteenth key of the Zodiac belt? I thought that was just another story but omygosh!" the blonde Celestial Mage shrieked.
"Yes, I did too. Now calm down. It seems it's not just another tale anymore." Erza said and rambled on.

Lucy thought about this for a second. So Yukino, another Sabertooth mage had lost a one-on-one match and Sting had failed to overcome his motion sickness during the Chariot event.
As things added up, Lucy thought that the worst outcome for Sting would be punishment since he couldn't really do anything about his motion sickness. But Lucy feared the worst for her fellow Celestial Mage, after having heard that she and Kagura had betted on their lives. And seen as Kagura was the winner... it puts Yukino's life in her hands.
Lucy cringed as she realised just what that meant. Sabertooth's Master probably would not agree to this and the worst case scenario would be her leaving Sabertooth, or being kicked out for that matter.
Lucy sighed. Right now, I've gotta focus.
Just then Gray barged onto the balcony, shirtless as always and a coffee in his hand. He grinned at the group but his smile faded as his eyes met Lucy's.
Lucy sighed inwardly. Great.

Okay! That's it! I hope to do a quick update at the end of this week before I leave to Germany!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Rogue really enters a scene at the weirdest moments :/ Well he's still cute sooo... :3

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