*I don't own Fairy Tail
A certain blue haired water mage took a seat at the bar in the guild.
"Kinana-chan? Are you all right? Juvia is worried."
Kinana looked up from cleaning the glasses. "Hmm? Oh Juvia, yes I'm fine. I'm sorry to worry you."
Juvia didn't look convinced. "You seem upset, please tell Juvia what is the matter."
Kinana smiled at her. "Thank you, Juvia. Um…I guess my problem is-"
"Is it a problem with love?" Juvia interrupted, "Because Juvia gives great advice about love! Ever since me and my dear Gray-sama have been together…" her voice trailed off as hearts appeared in her eyes.
Kinana laughed softly. "You and Gray are an official couple now?"
Juvia's smile faded, "Well, uh, we…not yet that is…"
Gray suddenly took a seat at the bar interrupting Juvia's sentence.
"Oh Gray-sama!" she cried, clinging to his arm.
"What the-!" Gray said as he tried to pry Juvia off of him, "Kinana, help me here!"
"Where are your clothes, Gray?"
Gray looked down. "DAMN IT!"
"Bye Mira! I'm heading home now." Kinana waved to Mirajane as she exited the guild.
Mirajane waved back and noticed Natsu hanging around the entrance to the guild. Gray was standing next to him and they both had serious expressions on their faces, as if they were going to fight someone that they didn't like.
About five minutes after Kinana had left, they too exited the guild.
Mirajane found this odd, and decided to ask them about it the next day.
Cobra waited anxiously at the meeting spot for Kinana to show up. He hadn't specified when they were going to meet up again, he had only said in about a week.
And it had been exactly a week.
Why isn't she here yet? He thought to himself.
He paced around, scanning the horizon for the familiar sight of her purple hair. He also listened for the now familiar sound of just her in general. Her breathing, her voice, her heart beat. He wanted to hear her, he wanted to see her.
Had he been harsh back at the train station? Is that why she wasn't here? Was she angry with him?
That last thought made his breathing constrict.
Wait, why do I care if she's angry with me? Why do I care if the world is angry with me? Cobra thought.
The whole world could hate him, and it wouldn't matter at all.
But if Kinana hated him…
I can't have my partner mad at me, Cobra thought. If we fight in a battle together again, the enemy may not be the one she's aiming for. I should go look for her.
Kinana sighed inwardly as she approached the outskirts of town. She was taking a long detour on the way home to her apartment.
She thought of Cobra wistfully. Why was he so confusing? One moment he was flirting with her, the next, he couldn't get wait to get away from her.
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't notice that three guys had formed a circle around her, stopping her in her tracks.
"Yo." A voice said.
Kinana looked up into the eyes of the gorgeous guy standing in front of her. "Hibiki?"
Hibiki smiled at her. There was no doubt about it. Hibiki, Ren, and Eve from Blue Pegasus were there.
Kinana looked around at them. "What are you guys doing here?"
Hibiki pretended to frown for a second before pulling out another flirtatious smile. "Are you not happy to see us?" He took a step closer, grabbing her hand and kissing it in one motion.
"I-I uh…" Kinana stuttered, blushing.
"We were on our way to Fairy Tail to ask if you guys were going to compete in the Grand Magic Games." Eve said.
"O-oh." Kinana murmured.
"But when we saw you, we had to stop and speak with you." Ren explained. "You look too damn good in that dress."
"Say Kinana, are you free tonight?" Hibiki asked.
"Can I be your little brother?" Eve asked.
Kinana looked around at the three of them, not sure what to say. She wanted to be alone, but didn't want to be rude.
She opened her mouth to speak when suddenly a huge wave of magic hit the three guys, knocking them aside. Kinana made a noise of surprise.
"Get away from her." a voice snarled.
Kinana whirled around to face the person approaching. A hooded person walked closer and closer to her.
She knew who it was the moment she heard his voice. "Erik? Why did you do that?" she rushed over to the Trimens. They were sprawled along the ground, unconscious.
"They were bothering you. You wanted them to leave you alone." Cobra replied.
Kinana looked at him curiously. "Well, yeah, but you didn't have to go this far." She walked over to him and pushed him away from the three guys, wanting to leave before they woke up.
Cobra didn't respond.
"Say…were you jealous?" Kinana asked.
"Wha…?! Like hell I was jealous!" Cobra shouted.
Kinana giggled. "Then why did you hit them?"
"Y-you shouldn't be hanging around with guys like that. They're perverted idiots. They're not…good for you."
Kinana stopped walking and looked at Cobra. She covered her mouth with her hand to hide her smile. Was he stuttering? How unlike him. And…is that a blush?
"Watch it!" Cobra growled.
"Hmm? What are you-oh you mean my thoughts?" Kinana laughed.
Cobra glared at her and turned away.
"That was sweet of you, to look out for me like that. Thank you, Erik." Kinana said, looking down, smiling to herself.
Cobra grunted in response.
Maybe…he does love me like Mira said, Kinana thought.
Cobra looked up in surprise. He said the first thing that popped into his head, which he later realized was probably the worst possible thing he could've said. "Are you out of your mind? I don't love you." As soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted them.
Kinana looked up. She tried her best to hide her emotions and turned away from him.
"O-oh." was all she said.
"Wait…I didn't mean that."
"No…no. It's fine. I'll just…" Kinana started walking away.
Why was the only thing that he was good at was making her sad? Cobra thought.
No sooner had he thought that, when Kinana marched back over to him and struck him across the face.
"Why are you messing with my head so much?" She demanded.
"What?" Cobra asked, stunned from her actions.
"If you don't have feelings for me, then why did you kiss me? Why did you flirt with me? You're confusing me to no end and I'm sick of it."
Cobra was shocked even more. What happened to the soft-spoken girl that he knew? This…was the Cubellios side of her. The fierce warrior who didn't take crap from anybody.
"Do you enjoy playing with my heart like that? Does it amuse you?" Kinana was getting angrier by the second.
"Kinana…" he said slowly. He felt like he was defusing a bomb. If he didn't calm her down soon, she would probably use her take-over magic and attack him.
"No, listen to me for once. It's what you're good at, right?" She held up a hand to silence him, "I love you. There, I said it. I'm sure you knew already though. So why mess with me like that?"
It's not that I was trying to mess with you, I just didn't know how to tell you-
"It's downright cruel even!"
For once, I wasn't trying to be cruel-
"Why do you have to hurt me like that?"
Hearing each new thing she said made Cobra feel worse and worse. He didn't want to hurt her. He would go to the ends of Earthland to make her smile.
Huh. So there it was. He did feel the same way after all. She was the only person in the world who could make him act like this.
Kinana continued rambling about how much of a jerk Cobra was, when he suddenly cupped her face with his hand and pressed his lips against hers.
He felt her shock at such an action, but she didn't pull away. When he finally broke the kiss, she looked up at him with confusion and then anger.
"W-why did you do that? Did you not hear a thing I said!"
"I love you too."
Kinana froze. "You…what?"
Cobra smirked at her. "I wasn't messing with you, I was just being an idiot."
Kinana's eyes widened in surprise.
Cobra continued, "You're…perfect, and I love you." Without waiting for her response, he kissed her again.
Kinana was stunned by everything that just happened. But, then she felt herself relax in his embrace.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and kissed him back. She felt his strong arms encircle her so tightly that she could hardly breathe.
They seemed to fit together perfectly.
A dragon and a snake. Who'd have thought?