Sorry that this chapter is a little rushed. But it has 4K words so y'all should be okay.
Eferhilda 'punishment queen' Wyvern walked in the guild with a grin. She walked over to the S-Class table when she saw Sting's head down.
"Sting." She said, getting his attention.
He lifted up his head were Hild saw his face, half of his face was black-purple color. His left eye was a little red.
"Ooo, it's worse than I thought." She said, feeling guilty.
Sting didn't say anything, but stared at her we a face that said 'don't you think I know that?'.
"I'm so sorry." She walked closer to him and kissed his bruised cheek. Sting couldn't help but blush to the sudden action. "I'll give you a potion for that." She turned her head saw Orga giving her a questioning look. "What?" She asked out of curiosity.
"I'm starting to think you like kissing people when hey least expect it." He said.
"I do so that. Don't I?"
Orga guessed it was one of the questions that don't need an answer, so he didn't say anything.
"Well, I see you're in a good mood." Rogue said.
"Yeah, so far I have." She said with a smile.
"Good morning Eferhilda."
Her smile went away and turned into a frown. "And now it's gone." The masked wizard walked over to Hild, as she crossed her arm. "Yes?"
"Do you know what today is?"
"Friday."
"Yes, but no."
"Good Friday?" Rufus shook his head. Hild made a sigh and closed her eyes. "The day I have to deal with my side of losing the bet."
"Well, no."
Hild opened her eyes with surprise. "Huh?"
"I'll give you four days for that day since it's your time of the week. I'm not gonna torture you."
The storm dragon slayer blinked to his reply. She had to admit, he was nice to do that.
"Well, I guess that means I can go on a mission." Hild raised up her hand then made a quick snap. She teleported to the request board.
Rufus smiled and turn to his left. His smile went away when he saw Sting's face.
"She did you good." He said. Sting scowled and raised up his middle finger at him. "Is something wrong with you voice?"
"He's just still mad about coming out in public with his face like that and refuses to talk." Rogue answered for him.
"Ah."
Sting stuck up his middle finger again before setting his head back down.
-o-
Hild just recently came back from her mission. It was getting late, so she decided to go to Sabertooth before they lock the doors to notify Minerva that she came back. She walked through the large guild door and walked in. She took a few steps before she was stopped by someone calling her name. She cursed under her breath, knowing who it was.
"Yes Rufus?" She said tiredly.
"I see you made it back from your request."
"Yeah, I think people could see that." Hild said.
"Anyway, about the deal." Hild groaned. Rufus ignored it. "Come by my place tomorrow around nine thirty to start the deal."
"Fine. But where do you live?"
"It's not that far away from the guild. Instead of turning a left towards the guild from your house you take a left. Down the street then take a right. After that, my apartment is just the fifth one on the left side of street. Do you understand?"
"Yeah." Hild said simply.
"Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow, bestiola." He said smoothly, walking away.
Eferhilda sighed. 'Tomorrow is gonna be my worst day this year.'
-o-
Eferhilda stood by the door, reluctant to knock on it. But it's better to get this day over with it then make excuses. She made four loud knocks and waited.
It didn't take long at all for Rufus to open the door.
"I'm here." She said with no expression.
"Yeah, I think people could see that."
Hild squinted her eyes, knowing it's the same thing she said to him yesterday.
"Anyhow, come in." He moved out the way so she could walk in.
Hild walked in and looked around. "Nice place."
"Thank you." He said, closing the door.
"So, what do you want me to do?" She asked with a slight frown.
Rufus made a smile, showing the top part of his teeth. "Well, first things first. You have to put on your uniform."
"Uniform?!"
(Screen immediately changes)
Rufus was leaning on the wall beside the bathroom. He was waiting for Hild to come back out with the uniform he got for her.
Eferhilda had came out, and the first thing Rufus noticed was how short it was on her, revealing a lot of legs. The hem of the maid dress stopped at her wrists (when her arms were on the side of her legs). And it was bit tight on her as well. She started growling at him, as Rufus just kept staring at her legs.
Rufus finally looked up and saw the face. "I swear, I didn't know it would look that short on you."
In reality, Rufus really didn't think it would be that short on her. He ordered it to reach about six inches inches above her knees. Rather the people sent him the wrong one or he guessed her size wrong. Either way, short or not, he was still a pervert for ordering the maid outfit in the first place.
Hild couldn't help but ask, "How long have you had this?"
"…I don't think you want to know."
"What do you want me to do?" She said, without moving her teeth.
Rufus grabbed her hand and put some kind if bracelet on her.
"What's this?"
"It keeps you from using your magic. I don't want you to strike me with lightning when you get angry."
Well damn. The last part of the sentence told Hild that she was gonna get angry at him for the stuff he planned for her to do.
"Follow me."
The couple walked a door down from the bathroom to Rufus's room.
Hild's slanted eyes widened. "I KNOW your room really isn't this messy."
"You're right. I just spread them around today for you to pick up." He smiled.
"So much for thinking you're not a pervert compared to Sting."
Rufus shrugged. "While Sting is more blunt with it in public. I tend to hide it more unless in private."
Hild thought about the fact that they're in private, his neighbors didn't live so close to him, and she was wearing magic proof cuffs. "…I never thought I would say this but… you're really scaring me now."
"Don't worry. I won't make you do something that you're not really comfortable with."
"Like this?"
"You'll survive this." He said patting her on the back. "I meant more… sexual things like kissing."
'Why do I have to be with a perv?' She thought.
"Well…"
The greenette raised her eyebrow. "Well what?"
"Aren't you gonna start?"
Eferhilda grumbled before started cleaning up the place. When she had to pick some stuff up she squatted down to avoid actually bending over. When she turned around to move to the other side of the room she noticed Rufus, who was leaning outside the door, with a intimate stare.
"Stop looking you perv."
"Look on the bright side Eferhilda," Rufus started, "at least you're not Sting's slave for the day."
Hild thought about it more. Rufus was right about that. Sting would probably make her wear a maid dress that stopped just right under her butt and she could only imagine how messy his place is. She cringed at the thought.
-o-
The next few hours passed. Rufus would ask for something every once in a while. Hild was currently whipping off the counter and sink.
"Eferhilda?" The blond called out.
Scratch that. She was currently walking to the living room.
"Yes Rufus?"
"Why don't you take a break and watch a movie with me?"
Hild sighed. She looked up to the grandfather clock to read the time. Twelve thirty-five. She strolled over and sat down on the couch.
"Not there."
"What? Where can I sit at then?" Rufus made a large grin as he patted his lap twice. "No way. I'm not doing that."
(Screen changes)
'Not this again.' She bitterly thought, sitting on the blonds lap. "I thought you wasn't gonna doing anything sexual."
Rufus tore his eyes away from the television and looked over to the girl sitting on his lap. "Just because you're sitting on lap, doesn't make it sexual."
"How it doesn't?"
"I've seen girls doing it to each other, and their not in a relationship. If I was gonna make this intimate I would be rubbing your leg."
"Okay, now I'm getting uncomfortable."
"I apologize."
They sat in quietness, watching the movie.
"Hild, can you get up?"
The woman figured his legs were starting to hurt, so she got off him. The memory mage got up and walked out the living room, entering the kitchen. It took him a minute for him to come back out. He had his hand behind his back, which made Hild wonder what was behind him.
He revealed a bucket of French vanilla ice cream. He gave it to her, along with a spoon.
Hild gasped. "You really do love me."
"Oh course I do." He sat back down and pulled Eferhilda down back on his lap.
Hild's wasn't angry, but she was a bit annoyed. It quickly diminished when she took a spoon full of ice cream.
"Mmmm you got the good kind." Hild smiled which made Rufus smile.
The movie ended a hour later. Hild was holding the empty tub of ice cream that she finished in ten minutes. She got up and stretched a little. Rufus got up from the recliner, and without saying anything, left out. The nature wizard heard the door closed, so she figured he went to the bathroom.
Hild went into the kitchen to throw away the tub then made her way back in the living room. As soon as she walked in, she heard a knock on the door. She got up and walked over to the white painted door.
When she opened the door, she saw Sting and Rogue. The two guys weren't prepared to see at what they were looking at. Both of the guys looked down and stared at her legs.
"STOP LOOKING AT MY LEGS!" She shouted. This brought the guys out the trans. "Why are y'all here?"
"Minerva wanted us to give him this." Sting help up a file.
"Just give it to me and I'll give it to him."
"What? We can't come in?"
She took the file from his hand. "No." She said before closing the door on them, but Sting stopped it.
"Isn't a maid supposed to be greeting and non hostile?"
"Not this maid." Hild answered.
She was about to push Sting away from the door, but was disrupted by Rufus.
"Hello Sting and Rogue. Is there something you two needed? I don't remember asking for y'all to come over."
"They just wanted to give you this file." Hild held up the light brown folder. "They was just about leave."
"No we weren't." Sting said.
"Oh, so you wanted to come in."
"It's okay if you don't want us in." Rogue finally said something.
"He doesn't." Hild tried closing the door again but was stopped when Rufus kept it open.
"You guys can come in." He offered.
"Damn it." Hild muttered, stepping away from the door. She was starting to assume he wanted to tantalize her.
The blond pervert and the raven walked into their comrade's house.
"Do you two want anything to drink?" Rufus offered.
"I'm good." Sting said.
"I'll just have some water." Rogue said.
"Hild." Rufus said, glancing over to his 'maid'.
Hild sighed with annoyance as she walked in the kitchen she achieve the drink.
"Heh, so you really got her to wear a maid dress. I'm starting to see your true colors Rufus." Sting ginned at him. "I mean, that's a very short dress."
"It wasn't supposed to be that size. It was suppose to stop half way to her thighs. I think they gave the wrong one."
"Sure they did." Sting said with a perverted smile.
Eferhilda came back out with a glass of water and hand it over to Rogue.
"Thank you."
"Mhmm." She hummed. Her eyes gazed back over to Rufus. "Anything else?"
Rufus smirked. "I'm fine right now."
"Good." Hild turned back around to sit back on the couch, but was interrupted.
"Uh, Hild…"
"What Rogue?"
"Your, um…" He wasn't sure how to say it out loud. "Your…" Seriously, it's like it wouldn't come out his mouth.
Hild was starting to get inpatient. "What?!"
"What my partner is trying to say is," Sting started to answer for Rogue. "Your dress is up and we could see your panties and ass."
Hild face turned bloodshot red and hurriedly pull down the dress. Sting laughed to her face expression.
"Shut up." She growled at him. She quickly left out the room so she couldn't get further embarrassed.
"See ya Rufus." Sting turned his direction to Hild. "Bye bouncy butt."
Hild scowled and pointed at him. "If you don't get out." Sting only laughed at her behavior as he shut the door. "Is someone else coming today?" She asked Rufus.
"There shouldn't be."
"Good." She look back up to the clock. It was now one ten in the afternoon.
"Eferhilda?"
"What is it now?"
"Can you fix me some Alfredo?"
Hild gave him a confusing stare. "What's Alfredo?"
"It's similar to spaghetti, but you don't usually add ground beef and it has Parmesan cheese and white sauce." He paused. "I can show you how to make it, if you want?"
"I think I can handle it. Move aside." She ordered.
Rufus moved out of her way and Hild walked passed him, heading to the kitchen.
-o- (forty-five minutes later)
Rufus quietly sat at the brown wood table, waiting for Hild to come by with his food. By the time she came back, she put the plate in front him. She still stood up and crossed her arms.
"Is there something wrong with it?" She asked, as he was not eating it.
"Not at all. It smells delicious. I was just waiting for you to feed it to me."
"Feed it to you?! Is there something wrong with your hands?"
Rufus didn't say anything. He only sat there, waiting patiently.
Hild groaned and sat down.
After a few minutes the two heard a growl. It only took a second for Rufus to figure it out.
"Are you hungry?"
"No." A second later the growl happened again.
"Your mouth says no but your stomach says yes." Rufus took the fork from her hand and made a spiral motion in the food. He picked it back up in from of her face. "Say ahhhh." Hild didn't open her mouth, instead, she just had a frown on her face. "Come on my Scottish princess. Open up." He cooed some more.
"What the hell? We're not a couple!"
"We are today." He replied smartly.
Hild growled, "I hate you."
"I love you too baby."
After a minute of full silence, Hild finally opened her mouth. Rufus smile grew bigger and put the food in her mouth. She chewed pretty slowly but opened her mouth up again. This went on for a few minutes, till the food was all gone.
"What are you smiling about?"
"You have some sauce on your face. Let me get off." Rufus used his thumb to wipe of the white sauce off her face. Hild blushed and the blond easily noticed. "Hm, you're real cute when you blush."
"I'm not blushing." Hild grumbled.
"Then why is your face so red?" Rufus pointed out.
"It's anger."
"No it's not." He said, matter of fact. "Can I tell you something?"
"Go ahead."
"To tell you the truth, I find you sexy when you're angry."
If Hild wasn't blushing earlier, she was defiantly right now. Why is it when Rufus tell her these kind of things she feels hotter? And it's difficult for her to feel herself getting hotter, as she could adjust to any type of temperature, thanks to be a nature mage.
"Shut up." She growled, showing her sharp canids.
Rufus didn't flinch. He only smiled, proving his point. Eferhilda frowned, but it quickly disappeared. The memory-make wizard was somewhat surprised by this. They sat there, looking in each other's eyes.
"Have I ever mentioned that your eyes really suit you?"
"Shut up!" She got up and walked off to the bathroom.
Hild slid down the door with her back against it. She inhaled a large breath then exhaled it. She closed her eyes as she sat on the floor. Minutes later she heard a knock in the door.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine!"
"Alright, but come out soon. I know you're not using the bathroom."
"Whatever." She whispered.
"I heard that." He said through the door.
Two minutes had passed when Hild walked back out. She headed towards the living room and saw the blond sitting on the recliner.
"What do you want me to do now?"
"Nothing."
"Huh?"
"I want to do something that I know you'll enjoy. So, what interests you?"
"Hmm, do you have any books?" The blond Mage smirked to her question. "Stupid question?"
"Follow me."
They walked to the end of the hall, to the last door. Rufus opened the door, and as always, let Hild walk in first.
"I didn't know your apartment was this big to have a room like this." She look back to him.
"What kind of book you're looking for?" He walked over to one of the book shelves.
"Depends. What kind of books do you have?"
"I have varieties."
Hild wanted to ask him if he had a certain kind, but was relunctlant to say it.
Rufus, of course, noticed this. "What is your question?"
"Do you have adult romance?" Rufus chuckled to this quietly. "Don't laugh."
"It's just funny how you read romance stories when it seems like you're not interested in being in a relationship."
"Just because I'm not interested in being in a relationship doesn't mean I'm interested in romance."
"So, when you say adult romance, you mean with sex in it."
"I'm not pervert like you or Sting." Hild looked over to the book and found something she loved. "You have Fifty Shades of Gray?"
"Yeah. You know about it?"
"Yeah, I read it a couple of times."
"Oh yeah. You're not a pervert like me and Sting." Rufus said, mildly grinning.
"Don't give me that look. I only read it cause my younger sister kept pushing me to read it."
"You have a younger sister? I did not know that."
"Yeah. I hate that bitch."
"Oh. It's that type of sister bond."
"Uh huh."
Rufus turned his attention back to the bookshelf. "Have you read this?" He pulled the book and handed it over to her.
"I don't think so." She turned the book over and read the summary. "Hm, it has opera in it?"
"Do you like opera?"
"Yeah, I haven't been to a show in a good eleven years or so."
"I heard there was gonna be one in a week. I could take you to it if you want."
"I'd like that." She said, with a small smile.
Rufus smiled. He actually got Hild to agree on going on a date with him.
"It's not a date." Hild said, easily reading his mind. "It's only a friendly…"
"Date?" Rufus finished.
"A… *sign* okay, it's a date."
"Just as I thought." Rufus grinned.
-o-
The next hours passed pretty calmly. Eferhilda didn't get an attitude and Rufus didn't get hit for the advances he tried on her. Well, he would get a couple of growls here and there. It was finally night time. Hild looked over to the Roman numeral grandfather clock. It read nine at night.
"Well looks like the deal is over." Hild got up from her seat.
"No it's not."
"What do you mean, no it's not?"
"You're my slave for the day. I'll say it again, a day. It's not over till twelve o'clock."
"Fine." She said, slightly grinding in his teeth.
"You shouldn't grind your teeth." Rufus said notedly.
Hild rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Anyway, I'm getting pretty tired. So can I got to bed?"
"So soon?"
"I want this day to end." She said with her eyes narrow.
Rufus frowned to her behavior. He got up from the couch and stretched his muscles. "Follow me."
The pair had walked into Rufus's room. Hild wasn't sure why he was bringing her in there. The blond took off his hat and set it on his dresser. He opened one of the drawers and pulled out a pair of pajamas.
"Turn around please." Hild did what she was told. Still wondering why he wanted her to follow him. It was only a minute when Rufus said, "You can turn back around now."
The nature Mage turned back around and saw Rufus with a pair of red and gold pajamas. He sat down on his bed and got under the covers.
"So, you're going to sleep now?"
"Mmhm." He hummed.
"Alright, and where do you expect me to sleep then?" She asked. Rufus made a smile and pat the other side of the bed. "In your bed? With you? HELL NO!"
"What? You don't trust me?"
"Let me think. *eyes looks slightly up* I'm wearing a short maid dress and a Italian man wants me to sleep in his bed with him. *eyes look back down to him* …yeah, I don't trust you at all."
"I promise I won't try anything."
"I refuse." She crossed her arms and turned her back on him.
"Why don't you give me a chance?"
The storm dragon slayer slightly moved her head over to him. "Why don't you realize I don't like you like that?"
"Why? You haven't gave me a reason why."
"Because… because…" She couldn't figure out what to say.
"You don't have reason why, don't you?"
"I'm just not interested in being in a relationship. Okay?"
"So, what if you was interested?
"Just drop the subject Rufus." Hild mumbled.
Rufus eyes closed and a small grin appeared on his lips. "Anything for you milady."
The blond wizard laid down, no longer bothering the greenette. To Hild's surprised, she heard his breathing becoming even and slow pretty quickly. She turned her body halfway looking over to the man before her eyes. Her first question was, 'he really sleeps with his mask on?'
She stood at the same spot till she started to feel a little drowsy. She glanced over to the alarm clock and it read ten fifteen. She yawned and stretched a little. She turned back over to the blond.
Her serious face expression was replaced with serene. She yawned again. 'I need some sleep.'
Even though she didn't want to do it, she crawled on the bed and laid down. She figured if she slept now the time would go by faster. The woman normally woke up in the middle of the night so she would just leave when that time comes. She closed her eyes and instantly went in to dreamworld.
-o-
Eferhilda opened her eyes from the few hours of sleep. She took a glance to the clock than now read one fifty-two a.m. She would've got up, put her clothes back on but leave, but it felt so warm in the bed. She then realized why it was so warm right now in the cool apartment room.
Hild's hands wondered over to her side. As she got closer to her stomach she felt some skin. It was, however, not her skin. She scooted her hand a little further and felt that it was Rufus's hand, wrapped around her abdomen. She let out a deep breath.
'This guy is too touchy.' She thought.
Instead of moving it off and getting up to leave she just laid there. She had to admit she felt nice right now… and loved like this.
'I'll give this guy a pass.' She then thought before re closing her eyes and falling back asleep.
And done. It took me a while to write this and I know many of you was waiting patiently. Don't forget to review.
