First Date
Summary: The title is self-explanatory
Disclaimer: I don't own
AN: This popped in my head and I had to get it down!
Under any other circumstances, a man hiding in a bush with a pair of binoculars spying on a young lady would be suspicious at best and downright predatory at worst; Gildarts was very aware that most would see this as overkill- but this was his baby girl and it was his responsibility to make sure she was okay!
When his little Princess mentioned that she had to plans to go out for dinner over breakfast that morning, he hadn't initially been concerned. She was always running around with the other kids and spending the nights together as a group wasn't unusual. However, when he stopped by the guild that afternoon, he found out that this was not the case. His baby was on a (he shuddered just thinking about the word) … date.
She was too young for boys- what in the name of everything holy did she think she was doing?! More importantly- who did that scrawny little punk think he was!
Was he putting his arm arou- how dare he put his arm around her!
And why was Cana letting him do it? He'd obviously been lapse in explaining the dangers of the male species, he'd rectify that later.
He'd been young once- he knew how teenage boys thought- first it was putting your arm around them, then it escalated to an 'innocent' peck, and then… it made him feel faint just thinking about it. His little princess was too innocent to understand what this punk was trying to do.
The pair had gone from dinner to a quiet walk around the park (Cana had the hip pouch he'd given her for her cards at least- little shit tried anything she'd blast him to the moon). Times like this he dearly regretted not being able to read lips- who knew what that little creep was saying to his little girl?
Wait what was-
All of a sudden, the sense of paternal pride Gildarts always felt in her swelled exponentially as she punched the little shit in the jaw and walked off leaving him lying there. That was his girl!
Now to go wait for her at home, after that she probably understood that boys weren't worth it and hopefully with a little effort the lesson would stick.
He should be the only man in her life, at least until one he approved of came along (and let's face it that was probably never going to happen).
AN: Just in case anyone is curious- the boy isn't in Fairy Tail. And I couldn't decide what she punched him over, though I was leaning toward him asking about how he could get together with Erza or Mirajane.