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Longest Job
Sado walked along behind the man in silence, his eyebrow twitching. The short, fat, rich alcoholic in front of him was the client, and as such, Sado wasn't allowed to hit him, yell at him, or otherwise act as he wanted to. So far, the first four days Sado had been there, he had been dragged to three different bars, two different strip clubs, and one whore house in the back of a casino by the man. As of yet, the man had not gone anywhere without spending a couple thousand jewel to get a woman to open her legs for him. Finally, the man stopped at his next destination, a small wooden cube of a building with a large neon sign of two lesbians scissoring while each sucking a neon guy off. Sado grit his teeth as hard as he could, hands shoved into his pants pockets as he followed the man inside.
A few minutes, one bag of gold coins, and a line of a suspicious white powder later, the client had five moderately attractive and completely nude women around him, all pretending to like him and two of them groping each other while they counted out the coins they had been handed. Sado turned to the man as he heard a second money pouch jingle, the man holding it out to him.
"What now?" Sado growled.
"I want that one with silver hair over there," the man said, pointing.
Sado turned and instantly felt his entire body lock up as he stared across the room at Mirajane, who was currently fuming silently, standing several feet away from a large circular bed where the other customer, the man's bride to be, a woman slightly taller than her future husband and slightly fatter with as many rings as fingers and way too much lipstick, was lying on her back, one woman's nude backside sticking out of her dress, another woman touching herself beside the woman, and two muscular nude males having sex with both of the prostitutes.
"The one with silver hair isn't for sale," Sado snarled.
"Nonsense," the man said. "Any woman will fuck you as long as you flash enough gold."
"Not that one," Sado snarled, actively restraining his flames now, Mira flashing him a worried look from across the room, seeing his expression but he shook his head.
"What, you think this isn't enough?" the man asked. "Fuck it. Here, take this one too, just in case." He held out a second bag.
"That's not a prostitute," Sado snarled. "That's my partner, the other wizard from Fairy Tail that you hired."
"Oh, I see," the man said, holding out two more bags, four in total. "Here, this should get her attention. And this way, you two are making some extra money on the side. Not a bad deal, eh?"
"Listen to my words," Sado snarled, turning to the man, flames flickering around his hands, though the man was too out of it to notice. "She's. Not. For. Sale. Keep your fucking money. She's off limits!"
The women around the man were giving him approving looks, but he ignored them completely, glaring daggers at the man.
"I hired you," the man snarled. "I can have the two of you do whatever I want. If I wanted to fuck her and dump inside of her, if I wanted to make that silver-haired whore have my brat, and if I wanted to make you watch the whole thing, I could. Until the job's done, I own-"
He was cut off by Sado grabbed him by the throat, lifting him up the wall a foot and a half so that he was dangling, all three hundred fifty pounds of fat. His eyes bugged out of his head in fear, the women all moving out of Sado's way, also grabbing the four bags of money that the man had offered to pay Mira.
"If you open your mouth about her one more time, I'll rip your tongue out of your skull and shove it up your urethra," Sado snarled, his free hand shooting flames three feet into the air. "You may have hired us, but you don't own us. We can walk away at any point in time. And you know what, I think we actually might. Good luck having a wedding with no best man or maid of honor. Not like your wedding's actually worth jack shit. You're over here paying prostitutes to pretend to like you, and your future wife is over there paying women to pleasure her, a task that I'm actually very impressed they can even stomach to do, while she pays men to fuck the prostitutes. You two are, without a doubt, the worst people I've ever met, and I've met some pretty horrible people."
"Please!" the man choked out. "I'm sorry! I need your help! I'm sorry! Please don't quit!"
"If you say one more word about my partner, one word, I'll make you regret the day you were born," Sado warned, the man nodding vigorously, starting to turn purple.
Sado dropped him, turning and walking away from him, storming out through the back door, Mira following. Once he was outside, he stopped, leaning against a wall, resting his fist against it then beginning to push, struggling to keep from punching it.
"Are you alright?" Mira asked.
"He's still breathing," Sado said.
"I don't give a damn about him," Mira said. "I asked if you were alright."
Sado sighed, turning to her and leaning back against the wall, sliding to the ground and letting out a hollow laugh. "Not really. I'm amazed I didn't just crush his windpipe."
"What'd he want?" Mira asked.
"You," Sado said.
Mira sighed, nodding. "I thought as much. Mine tried to pay me to...well, she tried to hire me, anyway."
"Some pair, these two," Sado sighed.
"You're not kidding," Mira chuckled dryly. "It's only a few days. We just have to make it through a few days, then the wedding, the reception, and then we can go home. And we can leave the reception just after our speeches."
Sado sighed, nodding and tilting his head back, groaning. "And here I thought this might be a nice easy job."
"When have either of us ever been that lucky?" Mira asked, smiling.
"I suppose you're right," Sado sighed. "Well, better get back to it before our clients drink themselves to death. What a shame that would be."
Mira nodded, pulling him up and hugging him before they walked inside, returning to their respective client. The man eyed Sado warily for a bit, ignoring the woman and not noticing that they were ignoring him as well and talking about what they'd be spending their money on rather than doing what they were payed to do. Finally, the man stood.
"I'm done here," the man said, the women all disappearing almost as fast as if they had teleported. "Take me home. Please."
Sado stared at the man distastefully for a minute before nodding, walking out of the building, the man following. They returned to the man's mansion and the man went inside, slamming the door behind himself. Sado waited by the door and within a few minutes, Mira and the woman returned, the woman spitting on the ground in front of Sado before walking inside, Sado stepping over her spit and over to Mira, sighing and rubbing his eyes.
"I swear I might kill this man," Sado said.
"Come on," Mira said. "It's time for your dancing lesson."
Sado smiled, nodding. That was about the only good thing about the mission. Aside from the prospect of seeing what dress Mira would be wearing, which she had kept a surprise, promising him it was one he hadn't seen. Not exactly a hard thing to accomplish, given the number she had.
After a few minutes, they reached the hotel room they were staying in and Sado kicked his shoes off, pulling his dress shoes on as Mira walked over to a communications lacrima and called Lucy, who looked over at her from her desk.
"Hey Mira," Lucy greeted. "You're a little late, aren't you?"
"We had a bit of an...issue with the clients today," Mira smiled. "Is it alright for us to borrow Lyra now? Or should we call back later?"
"No, no, now's fine," Lucy said, summoning Lyra.
"Hello again Miss Mirajane!" Lyra greeted happily.
"Hello Lyra," Mira smiled.
"Time for dance practice?" Lyra asked.
"If it's not too much trouble," Mira smiled.
"Not at all," Lyra smiled, beginning to play her harp.
Mira turned to Sado who held out a hand. Mira smiled, resting her own in his and he pulled her to him gently, left arm holding her right out to the side as his right hand rested on the back of her waist, her own free hand resting on his shoulder as they began to sway and spin to the music. Sado smiled, closing his eyes and allowing Lyra's music to wash over him as he enjoyed the dance. He could almost feel Mirajane doing the same. After a few minutes, the song slowed a bit and Mira slipped her hand out of his, wrapping both around his neck as his own both came to rest on her hips, Mira standing close enough now that she was actually pressed up against him, not that he minded in any way. He rested his forehead against her, smiling as he allowed himself to be lost in her presence.
Finally, after a few minutes, Lyra began to pick up the pace again and Mira and Sado transitioned to a quicker dance. Then, finally, Lyra let the music end and Sado sighed, smiling as he stepped back, holding Mira's hand in one of his own and bowing. Mira smiled, taking her hand back and curtsying. Then, she turned to the lacrima, smiling.
"Thank you, Lyra," Mira smiled, Lyra nodding.
"See you tomorrow!" Lyra smiled, disappearing, the image in the lacrima fading.
Sado sighed, slipping his shoes off and sitting on the one bed in the room. "I am so not looking forward to tomorrow."
"Just think," Mira said. "Starting tomorrow, all they're allowed to do is set up for the wedding."
"I'm sure they've got other people payed to do it so that they can go to whore houses," Sado said. "Besides, even if they don't, I have no doubt they'll find a way to make it torture."
Mira put her hands on her hips, bending forward at the waist and puffing her cheeks out disapprovingly. "You really shouldn't be so negative. It's bad for your health."
"And you shouldn't make that face if you want me to be able to control myself around you," Sado said, then blushed. He couldn't believe that had actually come out of his mouth.
Mira blushed as well but smiled. "Is that so?"
She sat on the bed beside him and took his hand, Sado lacing their fingers together, trying to stamp out the hope trying to come to life in his chest.
"Personally, I'm really excited for tomorrow," Mira continued. "We'll be one day closer to finally not having to deal with these two anymore, I'll get to see you wearing a tux again, and I'll get to dance with you again."
Sado chuckled to himself, smiling at Mira, the small flicker of hope nearly under control again. "You're correct on all of those points."
Mira smiled, staring at their hands, sadness slipping into her features. Sado frowned, squeezing her hand slightly, Mira looking up at him.
"What's wrong?" Sado asked. "If it's the clients, we can just leave. I'll put the tux on for you just because and we can still dance."
Mira laughed, shaking her head. "It's not that. It's just…" her smile faded entirely. "Have you really…loved me all this time?"
"Yes," Sado nodded. "Ever since we were children."
Mira nodded, staring at their hands again. "I was so afraid I'd lost you. When you didn't come back from Akane. And then, when you came back in that condition…You almost died a few times, too. Porlyusica almost couldn't keep you alive while she was trying to heal you. She said she didn't know what was keeping you alive. She said you should have died long before getting to her, but something was holding you back.
"It was you," Sado said, Mira staring at him. "You kept me alive. I couldn't die without seeing you one last time. I couldn't die without at least being able to say goodbye."
Mira smiled, eyes once again falling to their hands. "I've never been fair to you. I always thought I understood you better than anyone, but I was the only person who never knew. And…I was even so stupid as to ask you to give me away to someone else."
"It's alright," Sado said.
"No, it's not alright!" Mira snapped, tears leaking from her eyes. "I hurt you more than I can ever apologize for, over and over again all these years!"
"It's no less than I deserve," Sado said, Mira staring at him. "Don't look confused, Mira. I killed Lisanna. I almost killed Elfman. I attacked you. I tried to hurt the love of my life. I don't even deserve to have you as a friend. I deserve to die. I deserve to rot in hell."
"No!" Mira cried, slipping her hand out of his and hugging him. "Please! Don't say that. Not anymore. I can't bear it. You didn't kill Lisanna! You're not to blame! You never have been!"
Sado sighed, hugging her, but after a few moments, she pulled back, sniffing.
"I love you, Sado," Mira said.
"I know," Sado smiled sadly.
"No," Mira said shaking her head as Sado's brow furrowed. "I mean I love you. Really."
Sado's eyes slowly widened and his mouth opened like he wanted to say something, only for all words to fail him. Mira giggled, nodding.
"I love you," Mira said. "I'm sorry it took me so long."
"You…You mean it?" Sado asked, his own eyes watering.
Mira nodded and Sado smiled, his tears spilling over, however he seemed to hesitate.
"Uh…can I…"
Mira smiled and leaned forward, capturing his lips in a gentle kiss. Sado let out a shaky breath, his arms wrapping around her as he returned the kiss, though hesitantly. After a few minutes, his tongue hesitantly trailed across her lower lip, and she pulled back.
"I'm sorry!" he said hurriedly. "I don't know what I'm doing, and I wasn't thinking! I'm so sorry! I won't-"
She covered his mouth, smiling and shaking her head. "It's alright. You didn't do anything wrong." She lowered her hand and slipped her hands into his. "You're really good at kissing.
"Uh…thanks," Sado said, blushing. "Um…I don't really…know what to do. I've never…"
Mira's eyes widened slightly before her face fell slightly. Of course, he didn't. He had always been in love with her, so of course he had no experience kissing. She smiled and nodded.
"That's alright," Mira smiled. "As good as you already are, a little practice and no one would ever be able to tell."
"So, I did mess up," Sado said miserably.
"No!" Mira said. "No, you didn't mess up. I just…" she sighed, taking his hands and staring down at them. "To be honest, I was getting too excited. I don't want to risk making any mistakes. After as long as you've been waiting, I don't want something bad to happen because I made a mistake and ruined it."
"No matter what you ever do, I will never stop waiting for you," Sado said.
"I don't want you to have to wait for me anymore," Mira said. "I want us to be together. But that doesn't mean there aren't mistakes we could make, if we're not careful, that would drive us apart."
Sado nodded. "I'm sorry."
Mira sighed, pulling him into a kiss again, this time slipping her tongue past his lips into his mouth. He gasped in surprise, instinct instantly taking over, his tongue sliding against hers. She let out a small whimper, her hands pulling on his neck, holding him tight for several seconds before she tore herself away from him, both breathing heavily.
"You did nothing wrong," Mira said. "Please don't be so hard on yourself. I'll tell you if you ever do something wrong."
Sado nodded, smiling. "Alright."
Mira smiled as well and gently stroked her thumb over his cheek for a few seconds before sighing and kissing him again. He kissed her back and she gently guided him to lay down, Sado's pulse instantly racing.
"I'm not ready for that," Mira warned him before he could get the wrong idea. "But I wouldn't mind spending some time letting you get some practice."
Sado smiled widely and nodded. Mira smiled and kissed him again, and they continued late into the night and into early morning before they finally both fell asleep.
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