"I promise, when I come back...I will marry you."Lyon smiles"Just wait for me."
"Here you go."Mirajane places to drinks down for a few Guild members who thank her flirtatiously, which she just ignored but smiled at them none the less. Someone else calls for something."Alright."she turns around merrily as she goes to get what they asked for. Just as she reached the counter, where two of Fairy Tails Guilds memebers where. Cana Alberona, a tall slim young woman with ample bust, and tan skin. She had long mid-back thick wavy brown hair with brown eyes, dressed with her upper body largely exposed, wearing a light blue bikini top with camouflage patterns, a pair of capri pants, with a pair of high heeled sandals. Knowing in the Guild for being a compulsive drinker, yet she never really gets drunk. Holding a drink in her hand, she greets Mirajane.
Who in return greets her back, Mirajane then turns to Kinana the use to newest member to the Guild. An average height woman with long shoulder length violet hair, with green eyes. Dressed in lime green colored blouse with a green neckline and trim, which is compliment by a long, white skirt and green boots.
"We have another order."Mirajane tells her.
"Alright, I have this one."Kinana gets the order ready. While Mirajane started to clean some of the mugs, Cana looks around at everyone when she noticed someone was missing.
"Who are you looking for Cana?"Mirajane notices her searching. Cana takes a huge gulp of her drink.
Just as she was about to say something, they hear apporching running footsteps. Looking towards the double doors, you come running in almost out of breath. Making your way to the bar, where the three woman where."..."you hold up a hand to regain your breath.
"You ok Amora?"Cana asks placing a hand on you, which you come back up with a smile standing up straight, you look at Mirajane.
"I'm sorry for being late."you tell her. You then bow to her and Kinana.
"It's completely fine."Mirajane tells you with a smile."Glad to see you made it this morning."
You nod your head, as you look around but do not see what you who you where looking for. Your eyes drop, they woman noticed this. But you perk back up. Hearing someone yell for something else. Placing your bag down, you hurry behind the counter and get it ready, carrying the tray with their order. Cana, Mirajane and Kinana couldn't help but smile as you went to do you job.
"Hard to believe that four months have passed."Cana tells them.
"I know, look at her now."Mirajane watches you interact with the others, laughing and smiling. As another called you over. Every since Lyon left with Ultear, that day was so hard for you, everyone in the Guild knew how torn up you where inside, you didn't talk nor eat for days. But some how you pulled yourself together. You came into the Guild, that has now become your home, and asked to get better. In other words find a way to preoccupy yourself. Taking a job here as one of the waitress, which Mirajane did not mind. During the time, you had changed your appearance just a bit, you now wore white palazzo pants with off the coral blue tight off the shoulder long sleeve mid-drift shirt that flared at the end, it was a scoop neck in the front, you kept your hair up in a mess pony tail with fringes framing your face, with a dark purple floral pattern fabric scarf, and black one inch flats, with the ring Lyon gave you that hung around your neck. You where also given a Fairy Tail tattoo, which was magenta placed like Lucy though on the opposite hand that she had her's on.
Besides your attire that had changed your personality had a bit as well though you still keep your normal self in tact, you had a slight hipesterness to you, that was cute. You also became a little bit more open just a bit. You fit in well in the Guild, training also with your magic. With the help of Ezra as well others. Mirajane also became somewhat of a teacher to you. Everyone had seen you had grown since Lyon's departure.
Everyone knew you missed him greatly, but you did your best to not think about it, with the help of everyone here and your closest friends to pull you through. Not to mention with the help of a certain Ice Mage, who everyone could tell was thrilled to have you here. Gray. He did everything in his power to make you feel at home, and took it seriously. Other could also see with your presence here, seem to make him much more happier, never had seen him smile so much before. Everyone could see he cared for you deeply, infact they knew it was love than just a friend.
With Gray with you, it did make things much easier for you as well, you where able to become much more comfortable with him, he even helped you with your memory of him. That you slowly and still where getting back. Everyone in the Guild marveled at you and Gray except on person this crazy strange female water mage name Juvia. Who seem to dislike you, for reasons you didn't know nor understand. So you let it alone. Staying with the Guild you had gotten use to how their eccentrics where, with random fights that happen. Which help you to develop fast reflexes than you thought you could have. Whenever a fight did start, and if Gray was around, he would be the first one to get you out of harms way, if he was not present. It was either Mirajane, Cana or another who would save you. Also just like Mirajane you though oblivious to you, had become the affection of others, mainly to Romeo Concolt a thirteen year old boy. Whom you treated kindly like a child, much to his carnage, he had a habit of trying to impress you. Which you just found adorable. He had also seem to call you by a nickname you though was just what he did, he called you Goddess or Lovely Goddess. Which you learn to responded to.
Making your way back to the bar, you go behind the counter as you help Mirajane clean. Humming to yourself, as you look around again. But do not see who it was you where looking for.
"Don't worry, Amora. I'm sure they'll be back soon."Mirajane reassures you, you look at her, she smiles at you sweetly.
"I know..."you smile back a little. She knew you where wondering when Team Natsu as it had been called would be back from their mission, they left a week ago and it was now going to be two weeks. You hope it wouldn't take so long, but guess it did. You wanted to actually go on the mission with them, but since the others still held the knowledge of you, they would always come up with some reason to why you would have to stay at the Guild. It wasn't like you needed the money since Lyon had left you to tied to his account allowing you to be well taken care of from his money. Setting you up pretty well, you wanted to go, because you felt the need too. To at least help out the others, and make sure they came back safely.
As you cleaned a glass, the door opens, and you look along with Mirajane your heart became light. Like always either if Lyon was coming back with Ultear or the group was back. But when you saw who it was, you couldn't help but smile at them. The two faces look around when their eyes landed on you. It was Yuka and Toby from Lyon's guild Lamia scale. When they see you, Toby waves to you happily. They make their way over to you.
Yuka was a short slim young man with distinguished brushy squared black eyebrows that where sharper looking, with blue hair that was arranged in number of spikes pointing upwards. Dressed in Eastern look, while Toby was a lean built, mildly muscular young mane of average height, with animal features. He never wore a shirt but wore a sock around his neck like a necklace. Dressed in blue jeans.
"Toby, Yuka. It's good to see you both again."you smile at them both, which they return it.
"Hi, Amora. It's good to see you too."Toby smiles at you cheekily. Which earned him a small scuffle laugh from you.
"We have something for you."Yuka tells you, you look down at him you knew what he meant. He digs into his sleeve and takes out two things one was a letter and another was a small package. You knew already who it was from. Placing the glass down, you look at the letter. Those around you saw how your felt, since Lyon and Ultear left, they would always send you something, though it would be delivered to Lamia Guild then come to be delivered to you by Toby and Yuka, it use to also be Sherry and her cousin as well Sherry. But Sherry had stopped coming when she found who you where, Sherry though would come every now an then. Though you enjoyed their company coming to visit you and deliver this to you, it still hurt, because even though you could see Lyon and Ultear, they never told you when they would be coming back.
Mirajane looks at Kanina who looks at her sadly for you. Picking up the letter you normally would open it infront of everyone, but you choose not too this time. You felt it would be too painful, Toby and Yuka look at eachother exchanging their sadden expression. No matter how much they tried to be as optimistic about the who situation, you grip the letter tighter. When you felt a hand on you, looking you find Mirajane. She smiles at you tenderly.
"We'll do it together."she tells you."You never know...unless you open it."she tells you softly. Swallowing you nod your head, as press the seal in the middle to the magic letter, a hologram of Lyon and Ultear come up. A small smile comes your face as you listen to what they had to say.
"Alright, we finished the mission!"Natus howls as he and his teammates come back into the Guild, he kicks the door down with ease. Fired up with joy of his accomplishment. Only to get a lashing from Ezra for his reckless behavior of kicking down the door. Lucy and Wendy laugh at this along with Happy. Gray just rolls his eyes in annoyance. As he looks around the Guild for a certain someone making his wave of to the bat where Kinana was. She greets him. Which he does back as his dark eyes do not find who it was.
"Where is, Amora?"he asks her.
"...Oh...she umm..."Kinana stops, Gray could hear in her voice that something was not right. He turns to her, she looks at him. He knew something was wrong. Without a second thought he races out of the Guild, his team watches him leave. Lucy knew why as did Wendy and Carla everyone in his group knew.
"Amora!Amora!"Gray calls for you.
You where sitting standing on one of the street bridges looking at your reflection in the water, your eyes where a bit puffy, from crying, with your package that Toby and Yuka had dropped off hours before. As the sun had already set, you left the Guild a few hours before to have time to yourself. Looking at the package, you had not yet open it, afraid to. Thinking back to the letter, your eyes tear up again, as you drop head in your arms and cry.
"Amora!Amora! Amo-"Gray stops as he sees you crying at the bridge, his eyes soften greatly at you. He could see the pain you where going through, it tore him up inside at sad and upset you would get from the letters that came. He remember that one day he came back form a mission and saw you crying from the first letter, all your hopes where crushed, and since then he saw it always fading away. He would do his best to bring it back for you. Since then, he found out, you would leave the Guild and go to cry away from everyone else. So they would not see, but they soon caught on. A few times he found other Guild members trying to console you, which did not help. But when he did, you seem fine. Slowly he makes his way over to you. Just as he reaches out to you, you knew it was him, even without looking at him.
"...Their not coming back...yet..."you tell him through your tears, as you just look at at your reflection as you try to wipe your eyes, but the tears came. Gray looks at you, as you kept talking."...I thought for sure this time it would be different...I wonder all the time...what is taking them so long with this mission...why is it taking this long...I ask Lyon a few times in my letters...but never tells me."you tell him, Gray could see this was weighing heavy on. He balls up his fist, he knew why but he could not tell you no matter what. No matter how much it hurt you, that you didn't know. He didn't like lying too you. But he didn't want to loose you either if you found out the truth. You sadly chuckle with a teary smile, but it fades. Pushing yourself off the bridge. You grab hold of the package and look at it."This also came...I haven't open it yet...I don't see the reason why."you confess to him, with your eyes still on the package. A small smirk comes but fades. He saw the hope leave your eyes again.
With his hand he gently lifts up your chin to look at him. He wasn't a fan of when you carried your head so low. Your wet eyes look into his dark ones, that felt the same as you, but there was also strength in them.
He moves closer to you."Amora..."he places his hand on the box."...I'm sure it's something precious in there. I know, you're hurting right now..I know things will get better. Don't cry, I promised you that you wouldn't cry anymore...and right now. You're not making it easy for me."he jokes with you a bit, making you smile lightly. Which he returns back to you. He then brings you into a hug, which you take, he hugs you tightly, giving you a kiss on the top of your head. Which eased you. Looking up at him, with your light smile. He looks down at you smiling. You both look at the package, he saw a bit of hope restored in you again. Which made him happy.
"I guess, you're right."you start to unwrap it, he watches you. When you do, a flock of ice birds come flying out around the two of you, as they go into the air when the collide they spell out "I Love You." You knew it was from Lyon, and you couldn't help but smile at this, when you heard another sound. It was the sound of yelping you look inside and find to your surprise a puppy. A fox pup, a pure Arctic pup. With white fur and bright purple eyes, once its eyes landed on you, it smiles. Licking your nose, which made you smile. That you started to laugh, bringing a smile to Gray's face. As you laughed you, look at him warmly, then embrace him in a hug tightly which he took."Thank you, Gray."you tell him. He hugs you more, resting his chin on your head.
"...You're welcome..."he tells you.