I actually posted a chapter on time! Yay! Ha, anyways, the format for most of this chapter is different from the rest.

Italics are Romeo's memories.

The non-italic words between each italicized part are what Romeo is seeing/feeling while he is unconscious.

I do not own Fairy Tail or the song "Egao no Mahou." All characters and songs belong to their rightful owners. I only own the plot.


"Ai mo yume mo kimi to naraba

Majikaru ni kawaru

Saa egao no mahou wo kakeyou," [1]

Akira Conbolt sang to her son Romeo who was barely a year old.

The young boy smiled a toothless grin at his mother.

Akira smiled softly and planted a kiss on his forehead. Macao walked in, wrapping his arms around Akira's waist. He kissed her temple gently. He leaned down and kissed Romeo softly. Slowly, the one year old's eyes shut. Akira and Macao smiled, before walking out the room and shutting off the lights.

Bright lights.

Lots of noise.

A soft bed.

"Wake up Romeo!"

"Fight it!"

"You're gonna be okay!"

"Please, Romeo-kun."

Wetness on his face.

The smell of raspberries.

Darkness.

Akira and Macao sat in the guild on the couch. Romeo was sitting in Akira's lap, playing with the dark blue necklace Macao bought her. The young boy looked up at his parents. Macao's arm was draped around his wife's shoulder. Akira's head was propped under his. Both were smiling contently.

Akira looked and Macao, who was looking in another direction. She followed his eyes. A bunch of girls in their early twenties were in his point of view. He smiled lewdly when one of them bent over to pick something up.

"You perv!" she exclaimed shrilly.

"I wasn't looking at them Akira I sw-"

"Then what were you looking at? Gray? Elfman?"

"Mavis, Akira, I think you're overreacting just a little bit."

"Well sor-ry for being upset when my husband is right next to me ogling a bunch of g-"

Akira was cut off by the sound of Romeo's voice.

"Wuuuuu," he said.

"He's talking!" Akira cried.

"Romeo's talking!" Macao cheered.

"Kaaaa," Romeo said. A crowd gathered around them.

"That's right! C'mon, Romeo, say it!" Akira encouraged.

" 'Mom-ee'," Macao said, sounding out every syllable. " 'Dad-ee'."

"Wakaba!" little Romeo exclaimed happily. "Wakaba!"

The entire guild turned to the smoker. Wakaba chuckled nervously. "So, uh, funny how Romeo's first word was 'Wakaba', huh?"

"What the hell did you do, Wakaba?" Macao fumed.

"I may or may not have been coaching Romeo into saying my name." Wakaba scratched the back of his neck. "No harm, no foul, right, Macao?"

Two minutes later, one of the walls of the guild was in shambles. The only traces of what caused the accident were purple flames and a cloud of smoke.

Raspberries.

More wetness.

"You're gonna wear yourself out if you keep on healing him."

"He's gonna be fine."

"J-just, a lit-little bit longer."

Thump.

Warmth on his chest.

A soft snore.

Darkness yet again.

"What the hell do you mean you have a mission?" Akira fumed. "It's our anniversary!"

"I know, Akira," Macao sighed. "But this one pays good money, and someone's gotta keep food on this table."

A light rain drizzled outside.

"You and I know damn well that you're lying."

"I'm not, Akira."

"Yes you are!"

Romeo, age three, watched from his place on the couch as a glass bottle was thrown at the wall by his father's head.

"Akira, you need to calm down. Here, take a seat and I'll cancel the miss-"

"That's not what this is about anymore!"

"Then what is it? Because I have no clue why the hell you're so damn pissed!"

The rain began to pour down.

"You don't think I don't notice when you stare at the younger females at the guild?" Akira chuckled humorlessly. "How stupid do you think I am, Macao?"

"Don't try to act like such a saint! I know you've been stealing alcohol from the guild storage!"

"So? It's not like I have an addiction like your so called 'drinking buddy' Cana!"

"There's nothing going on between me and Cana! For Mavis's sake, she's only 15!"

"But that doesn't make a difference to you, does it? You sick fuck!"

"The difference between you and Cana is that Cana can control her liquor! Don't forget that one time I came home to find you passed out, Romeo crying, and the stove on fire!"

"That was one time!"

"Was it really, Akira?" Macao stared at her, waiting for an answer.

Akira averted her eyes and tried to keep up her angry, fierce façade. "Well maybe I wouldn't have to drink so much if I had a husband that was actually around and not flirting with girls half his age!"

"Don't you dare try to fucking blame this on me!"

"But it's your fault! You care more about the damn guild and beer than me!"

Macao put his hands on Akira's shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "I love you, Akira, why can't you see that?"

Akira glared at him and pushed his hands off. "No you don't! That's it!"

Thunder and lightning cackled outside.

She ran up to her and Macao's room. Macao, thinking she was going to just stay in there for the rest of the night, relaxed. However, he became stressed out again when Akira came back, 10 minutes later, with a suitcase.

"I'm leaving!" she snapped. She turned to Romeo and planted a kiss on his forehead. "Romeo, honey, I hope you know I love you."

She ran for the door, but Macao stopped her.

"Akira, wait!"

She pushed past him, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Fuck you! I hate you! I hope you rot in hell with Zeref!"

The door slammed shut.

The rain grew even heavier.

Romeo began to cry, but he was unsure why. He just wanted to know why Mommy was crying and why Daddy was too and why they were yelling and why Mommy had her bag that she only used when they were going somewhere and why the rain sounded sososo loud and why Mommy said she was leaving and-

"Looks like it's gonna be you and me for a while, Romeo," Macao said, pulling Romeo into his lap.

2 days later, on Macao and Akira's 5th anniversary, instead of signing a vow renewal or a love letter, Macao signed divorce papers.

Still dark.

Cold.

Warm.

Raspberries.

All he could hear was the sound of blood pumping in his ears. His vision was blurry. He couldn't think straight. All he knew what that he had to save Wendy, had to protect her, had to keep her away from whatever the hell this thing was.

He tried to get up, but couldn't. A wetness was pooling under his head.

Is it raining? he thought.

And then Wendy was hovering over him. The smell of raspberries filled his nostrils. He always did like the way she smelled. It reminded him of his mom, before she switched her shampoo and began to drink.

"Romeo-kun," she cried.

Little droplets hit his face. Briefly he wondered how the rain could be hitting his face when Wendy was on top of him. And why did she sound so sad? He was right here.

And then unmistakable whirl of cards going at impossible speeds cutting through air filled his ears. He wanted to get up, to fight with her, to protect them both. But when he heard Wendy's scream, he thought the worse.

"Wendy!" Romeo exclaimed, bolting upright in a cold sweat.

"Ohh, so you're awake, Romeo," Mira said, walking in.

"Mira-nee! Wendy-chan is hurt!" he cried. "We were walking home when we were attacked by-"

Mirajane chuckled. "I know, Romeo. Can't you see that Wendy's right here?"

Romeo's eyes took in where he was. He was in the infirmary of the guild. On the two chairs beside his bed were Macao and Natsu, both sound asleep. His eyes finally glanced down to his lap, where he saw a blue head of hair. He blushed.

"You were knocked out by a card slicing the side of your head. Wendy partially healed you before passing out from lack of magical power. Apparently whoever attacked you used a magical drainage spell previously. It's a miracle she managed to stay conscious enough to heal you, but I guess she's got some kind of defense mechanism since it's the second time its happened to her [2]. Poor girl." Mirajane paused. "But the moment she woke up back at the guild, she kept on trying to heal you." Mirajane smiled. "She fell unconscious again a few minutes after that."

"How long?"

"You've been out for around 14 hours now. Wendy's been falling in and out of consciousness, but in total, she's probably been passed out for around 10 to 11 hours."

He studied Wendy. There were bandages all over her arms and legs, nearly half of them stained crimson with blood. Her prettyprettypretty dress was now a complete mess, stained with blood and dirt and Mavis knows what else. Her curled hair was now tangled with rocks and twigs.

"She, ano, she didn't even bother to change?" Romeo asked.

Mira shook her head. "No. We tried, but she stubbornly refused to leave you. We only managed to get her bandaged up after she passed out." Mira smiled. "She must really love you, Romeo."

Romeo's blush darkened. "Ano, Wendy-chan doesn't feel that about me."

"If you say so." Mirajane smiled devilishly. "You have about two hours before you need to get ready for school. If I were you, I'd get in some more sleep."

Romeo looked down at Wendy. She stirred in her sleep and was now facing him. A soft smile graced her face.

"Romeo-kun," she whispered in her sleep.

Romeo blushed and leaned forward, careful not to wake her. His hand felt the bandage that surrounded his head, but felt no pain in doing so.

"Thank you, Wendy-chan," he said, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek.


Hopefully the flashback parts where Romeo is in and out of consciousness wasn't too hard to understand. (:

[1] Those are the lyrics to "Egao no Mahou" by Magic Party, a.k.a. the fifth (and my personal favorite) Fairy Tail opening. The English lyrics (roughly. I got these from the Fairy Tail Wikia) translate to:

"If I'm with you
Love and dreams can turn magical
C'mon, let's cast the magic of smiles".

I just wanted to have Romeo's mom sing a lullaby to him.

[2] The first time was during the Grand Magic Games Arc.

Next chapter will be up within two weeks!

-Hannah