Skylar never really had any friends before, which is why she agreed to be on Nashi's, Storm's and Strawberry's team. It was completely out of impulse, afraid that if she rejected their offer, she would be left friendless.
From what Skylar could tell, teams go on missions from the request board together, which is why Skylar was a bit iffy about taking them up on their offer —— Skylar is a blithering coward that can't even handle a spider.
But it's not like they're going on a mission now, right? They're ten, eleven, and twelve respectively. For the moment, Skylar was safe of her new friends finding out how pathetic she is.
That guy's staring at me again, Skylar thought, shifting her feet, glancing over at the man in his late twenties, just sitting farther away from where Skylar and the others currently sat. I wonder if he's a pedophile.
That thought unsettled Skylar. "Um, who's that guy over there?" Skylar got the courage to ask. When Nashi, Storm, and Reiki all turned around in sinc, the man quickly looked the other way.
"Oh, him?" Nashi questioned. "That's Romeo Conbolt, a fire mage. He doesn't really come to the guild very often. And he's always so depressed and silky and angry, too, sometimes."
"Why do you wanna know, BlackBerry?" Reiki said, a smirk forming on his lips. "Do you have a wittle crush on him?"
Skylar wrinkled her nose in true disgust. "He's old enough to be my dad! Ew!" she exclaimed.
All three of them snorted, causing Skylar to huff and cross her arms, unaware that Romeo, once again, gave her his full attention without her even having to try.
—-
Lucy has given Nashi and her friends jewels to get drinks. Unfortunately for Skylar, she was elected to go get them. At the bar. Where that strange man, Romeo, sat.
Skylar avoided eye contact with Romeo who she could tell was still staring at her, even without her having to look. "Hey, Mirajane, four cokes, please," Skylar said timidly, not at all afraid of the white haired beauty, but intimated at the man nearby.
Mirajane smiled at Skylar. "Sure thing, sweetie!" she said, sliding four cokes over to the younger girl.
"Do you need help?" Romeo suddenly spoke up, just as Skylar was about to pick up one of the beverages.
Skylar tilted her head to the side to see Romeo speaking to her. She bit her lip, staring back at Mirajane, but she simply went to doing dishes, unconcerned with Romeo's offer.
"I'm okay..." Skylar muttered.
"Here, allow me, we'll both carry two," Romeo said, his eyes lowered down at the short ten year old. Before Skylar could protest, Tomeo leaned over and grabbed two of the cokes.
"Oh, um, okay..." Skylar said, grabbing the other two drinks.
Skylar walked behind Romeo, wondering what his intentions were. The guild doors opened, causing Skylar to glance over, to see a man walk in. She almost bumped into Romeo, but she managed to stop herself.
"For these kids?" Romeo asked, upon stopping by Nashi, Reiki and BlackBerry, as if he didn't know.
"Yeah," Skylar muttered, and since Romeo handed Nashi and Storm their drinks, Skylar handed one to Reiki. "Thank you," Skylar told Romeo a little nervously.
"No problem," Romeo said. "So... how are you kids doing?"
"Amazingly!" Nashi answered with a toothy grin to rival her father's.
"Could be better," Reiki glared at Skylar with crossed arms, though she pretended not to notice.
"How long do you plan on staying this time, Romeo?" Storm questioned.
Romeo shrugged. "I dunno yet. I might stay a little longer than usual, though," he said. "Anyway, um, bye kids."
Skylar glanced down at her coke when he walked away, many questions left in her mind.
