Hey Dark Gothic Lolita here!
So as I said, I'll bring the second chapter out straight away because the first one was like really short and I apologize for that. I don't think there will be another chapter that short again.
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Chapter two
Juvia's POV
I woke up feeling like shit and I thought that that was because I was laying on the ground, but when I looked around me, I found that I was on the bed. Looking out of the window, I didn't fail to notice that it was still night time. So how was I now on the bed?
Flashback (3rd POV)
"There's only one bed, and I called it." Juvia looked up at the blonde in slight shock. It was such a comfortable looking bed as well! Well there was no way she would have been sharing a bed with him anyway. She sighed and nodded as she took out all her stuff that she needed for a shower, her towel and a fresh set of clothes. Then she threw her bag in the corner of the room before she went to lock herself in the bathroom and have a shower
She stripped off her clothes and clambered into the shower and waited for the warm beads of water drop down her. "Even outside of the guild I'm an unknown loser. What is wrong with me? Why am I this way? If only Phantom was still together...I miss Sue and I miss how I was feared. What am I saying?! Fairy Tail have shown me love, not power!" Her anger and her tears all suddenly gathered into her fist as she punched the wall in anger and it created a hole in the wall.
She watched as her blood mixed in with the water before she slid down and cried her eyes out silently so that Sting wouldn't hear a thing. "Why is everything going wrong for me?" She finally dried out her body before slipping into her nightgown and brushing her teeth before she left the bathroom.
Sting was already on the bed with his eyes closed and she watched as his foot twitched occasionally. He seemed to have a sound pod on. Juvia's eyes slid away from him and she reached into her bag. She didn't bring enough blankets as the hotel room would have been able to provide her with any, but now that she was sharing with Sting, there was no way he would have given her one.
Sting's eyes suddenly snapped open and he was immediately looking at Juvia. Luckily she still had her back towards him, but she could feel his heated gaze on her back as though he was trying his best to make her evaporate on the spot. "You're done, finally." He took of his sound pod and jumped off the bed before sauntering casually into the bathroom. Juvia bit her lip again. It was pretty hard sharing a room with a guy who was known to be hot and she had raging hormones. But she was so not and he had made that clear by basically saying he would have liked to get it up with Lucy or something.
Juvia sighed with tiredness. Sometimes she wondered why she hadn't committed suicide yet. She pulled out a lone blanket and made her own little corner on the carpet floor. She bundled up the clothes that she had worn for the day and made them as a makeshift pillow. She draped the pink blanket over her. It must have been the only thing she owned that wasn't actually blue.
She heard the shower go off and she screwed her eyes shut tight as if to pretend that she was asleep so that she wouldn't have to speak to him or she wouldn't have to hear anymore harsh words that made her feel like a piece of shit. After waiting for almost an eternity, Sting finally came out smelling so fresh and as Juvia peeped, she could see that all he was wearing were a huge pair of shorts and that was it. Nothing on top and it made Juvia blush lightly as she closed her eyes again. Hopefully he wouldn't have to see her blushing in her sleep. He didn't.
"So much as snore tonight and you're a dead creeper girl, got it?" Juvia nodded through her closed eyes and turned over with salty water dripping down her face like a frozen river from her eyes. She didn't even know him and he was a heartless bitch to her. The room was getting colder already and with Sting's attitude, she was feeling even colder. She didn't know why he was acting so harsh with her. What had she done to him?
She blocked everything out of her world, but that didn't mean that she didn't silently cry herself to sleep.
End of flashback (Juvia's POV again)
That didn't really explain as to why I was in the bed though. I didn't even want Sting to so much as catch me in the bed with him. What if I had been sleep walking and got into the bed with him by accident? Not only would I never live it down, but Sting would hate me even more than he already does. I peeled back the warm duvet ready to swing my legs out of the bed and clamber back to my place on the floor before I got a dragon roar to the face in the morning.
Just as I was about to do so, Sting turned over from his position and grabbed me. I froze in major panic not knowing what to do. He seemed to sigh deeply and that gave me the impression that he was still asleep. I gingerly threw the covers back over me and waited for Sting to let go, then I would get out of the bed.
I could feel his hand against my hips and one hand was under my breast which made me feel even more uncomfortable. My nightgown was pretty revealing and I didn't want him to see that. I was so embarrassed already and he wasn't even awake! Sting pulled himself closer towards me and almost as though he was sleep talking, he whispered, "Don't leave, I need you." Before falling silent again and his breathing was that of a person sleeping.
I was shocked and surprised. My heart was beating so fast it was ready to fly out of my chest. He was most definitely sleep talking because there is no way he would need me. But it was still late and he would destroy me if he woke up now and I tried to explain myself.
I had tried shifting his hands away from my body many times, but they always found their way back to me. The arm on my hip tightened and his hand under breast ended up actually on it. "Damn, he's a heavy sleeper!" I had the biggest blush ever and ended up not even trying anymore. I was so tired from the tears that I had cried earlier that night and I just needed to sleep now. It was clear Sting wasn't going to let me go.
~x~
I had fallen asleep and by 7am I was awake again. This time, Sting's body was actually pressed up against mine and his head was buried in the crook of my neck. His body heat was radiating me and I had never felt so warm before. As much as I would have loved it, I didn't get too comfortable. I knew that as soon as he woke up, he would be hammering me with insults.
I used my elbow and gave him a sharp dig into his hard defined abs where he groaned softly and held onto me even tighter. I didn't even think that was possible seeing as his grip was already holding me so secure. The red tinge that was on my cheeks already, intensified from the actions so i dug into him even harder, earning a rather husky yelp of pain. His arms recoiled from me as he glared at me sleepily.
"Is that how you greet a person a good fucking morning?" His voice was deep and low as though he was still really tired. It was husky and so sexy that I could almost feel a pool around a certain area. I quickly pulled myself out of my thoughts and jumped up from the bed while trying to cover myself. My sleepwear was a little revealing and I had only worn it because I wasn't expecting to be in the bed with him!
"Why was Juvia in Sting's bed? Juvia was asleep on the floor." I held my hands shyly over my chest. I wasn't bigger than Lucy and Erza and I wasn't near as pretty as them. Why would he want to look at me? I was looking down, but I looked up and caught his gaze when his eyes were on me. It was almost as though he had never seen a women before. His gaze was transfixed on my figure and I could see that his eyes went from my face all the way to my legs, taking his time on my chest and legs.
"Sting! Why was Juvia in your bed?" The blond then snapped out of his gaze and glared at me.
"I am a nice person you know! I saw you freezing your arse off on the fucking floor so I decided not to be a dick and let you sleep on the bed." I blinked in mild shock. Who knew that Sting was like this? I gave him my softest smile ever.
"Thank you Sting." He waved his arm at me as he closed his eyes and placed his arms behind his head. I moved over to my bag and brought out the clothes I was going to wear for the day and also everything that will help me freshen up in the mornings. As I bent down, I could feel Sting's gaze again on me. He must have been staring at my ass and my legs, so I quickly stood up and legged it into the bathroom. Then again, it must have been wishful thinking.
I was trying to catch my breath as I slammed the door shut and slid down it. Why was I getting my hopes up like that? There's no way that he would even try to check me out. Maybe he was trying to find more faults just to insult me with? Whatever it was, I knew that he wouldn't like a girl like me. A shy, socially awkward girl who brings misery wherever she walks. He could never like me, no matter how much I might end up liking him.
"So you two are the mages that are going to be bodyguards for Lady Hikari?" We both nodded our heads and the soldiers parted ways for both of us to walk through them.
"Her room is there, knock 3 times and wait 5 seconds then you can enter." Sting raised an eyebrow questioningly and they all shrugged. "It's a personal rule of hers."
I rolled my eyes and straight away thought of the words 'spoilt brat'. "Water woman, you can knock. Don't think I wanna deal with her." I nodded my head. At least I wasn't the only one who thought her to be completely stupid. I knocked 3 times, counted 5 slow seconds before walking in quietly. Sting followed closely behind me and I could feel his breath on the back of my neck. I had styled my hair in a way with a huge plait going down the right side of my head. I moved quickly so that I could no longer feel him giving me shivers.
A purple headed girl, probably our age turned around to face us. Her red eyes bore into ours. I saw her smile at me, and as soon as she saw Sting, she stood up a little straighter and her eyes suddenly filled with a lot of light, like her name states. In all honesty, it looked like she was planning something cunning in her head. She was beautiful, her equally lilac dress spiralling out behind her. Her figure was perfect, everything was perfect around her. She opened up her mouth to speak and I knew her voice was going to be perfect too.
"So you two are going to be my bodyguards?" We both nodded and I didn't even want to look up at Sting. He was most probably drooling at the sight of her right now. My eyes slide down to the floor as she walked up to us. I didn't feel like seeing her beauty up close either. "Good. Well I need you, the blondie to be my bodyguard, and you sky, to be my sort of maid in waiting thingie. Is that good enough?"
I almost wet myself laughing when I heard her call me sky and Sting blondie. Sting stepped forward. "I'm guessing your name is Hikari, my name is Sting and Sky over here" he said pointing at me "is my acquaintance Juvia." Hikari laughed a little.
"Well then Sting and Juvia, I would love to be working with you for this whole month. Let me explain in detail. Oh, and sorry for calling you sky and blondie, I just love nicknames." Just like Gajeel does.
She gestured for us to sit down and we did. She sat opposite us. "You may not be aware of this, but every 10 years there is something called a Luna Princess as well as a Shadow Prince. It has been my dream to become the Princess and coincidentally, the Shadow Prince is my lover. They have already done the Shadow Prince ceremony which always takes place before the Luna Princess one. It would be so nice if I was able to win. But, many girls will do anything to win that title, to kill to steal and destroy. The power of the Luna is strong and mighty and is only granted to the purest of all girls. I know I'm not the purest, but I try my best to be."
I nodded. Somehow, I liked Hikari. Sting was looking bored that I had to dig him in his ribs and he sat up straight and glared at me. Hikari laughed. "Well Sting could you go and talk with the head soldier please? He'll give you your uniform and fill you in and give you a tour of the place. Juvia you stay here." As soon as she turned her back, Sting punched me for digging him in the ribs and walked out of the room as though he were an older brother trying to get back his sister while his mother's back had been turned.
"So what does a maid in waiting do then?" She turned around to face me with a smile.
"You're just even closer to me and in all honesty, I just want a friend. I've never really had one before. I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I kinda like you even though I barely know you! Okay well now I have to get you some clothes to wear!" I watched her stand up and try to scurry around the room for some clothes.
"By the way Sky, what guild are you both from? And are you dating Sting?" I stood up and followed her, knowing that my bodyguard job had obviously started.
"Ah, Sting is from Sabertooth and Juvia is from Fairy Tail and no, Juvia is not dating Sting." She whirled around so fast that she almost hit me in the face with a few dresses in her arms.
"You're both from different guilds? Rival guilds no less? Not a surprise as to why you're not dating, buuuuut i know you like him, he's too hot to miss haha. Anyway, I can see you two getting together, thirty days is a long time you know?"
She put up a blue dress in front of me, scrunched up her face and threw it on a sofa behind her. "Blue is not your colour, though I do like your eyes and your hair!" She put a peach coloured dress up against me and almost puked. "No way." Then she put the lilac and white up against me.
"Oooh! I like this one. I was trying to move away from the standard white and black so I'm using these colours. Lilac is nice." Then she moving me into a little room. "Here get changed!" I stared at the clothes helplessly and soon decided to put the clothes on. "Are you done yet?"
I opened the door blushing slightly. I was dressed like Virgo from Lucy's keys. Such a typical maid outfit. Hikari clapped her hands. "I know this might be really downgrading for women to wear this, but all of the maid-in-waitings have to wear the standard maid outfit. I just wanted to be really different because and made you wear lilac and white instead of black and white."
Well that made enough sense to me. Before I could even say thank you, I heard something crack through the air from our open window. They must already be attacking then. I pushed Hikari onto her sofa. The arrow went spiraling through my head the same time that Sting had come in running with his new uniform too. "Juvia!" I could hear them both screaming but then their eyes widened when the arrow went through my head and I was perfectly fine.
"EHHHHHH?!" I smiled at Hikari.
"It's part of Juvia's magic. Juvia can turn into water whenever she wants to so the arrow didn't harm her." Hikari flopped back down on the sofa as she sighed with relief and Sting's face had clouded over with what looked like rage. He walked up to me, placed his hands on my shoulders and looked me dead in the eyes.
"Are you sure you're okay though?" I nodded with a puzzled look.
"Yes Juvia is fine. Don't worry about it, Juvia isn't weak, she can handle it." That seemed to make his anger disappear even though I'm not sure what he was angry about. He picked up the arrow, sniffed it and made his way to the window.
He turned around to us quickly and smirked. "I'll be back soon and Juvia, try not to miss me too much, kay?" I rolled my eyes at him and he winked while jumping out of the window. Hikari seemed surprised that he did.
"What is sniffing the arrow going to do?" She wasn't aware of his magic obviously.
"Sting is a dragon slayer, so he has sharpened hearing and smell, maybe even sight. If you see him eat anything weird, then don't worry about it, it fuels his magic." To be honest, I didn't exactly know of the magic he possessed. Was it supposed to be light? So what, does he light bulbs or what? At least with Gajeel, I know that he just goes around eating
Hikari's eyes widened as she sat up from the sofa. "That is so cool! I mean after all, I heard about Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel, but they were the only ones I knew of!"
Those names caused my face to fall and I set my lips in a straight thin line. I might not hate them, but I sure as hell didn't enjoy speaking of them. "Hmmm," was what I simply hummed. Of course everyone knows of them. Gajeel that joined Fairy Tail after me was more known than I am. She tilted her head almost as though she was studying me before she got up from the sofa and beckoned me to follow her.
"You can tell me Fairy Tail has done to you AFTER we go and eat. I'm starving! And just because you're my lady bodyguard, doesn't mean you need to go all paranoid on me and tell me not to eat this or not to eat that." I laughed a little as I walked behind her.
"You seem to know how this works OR, you watch a too many films about these sort of things. But Hikari-san doesn't need to worry, Juvia will do no such thing." Hikari seemed to sigh as they kept on twisting and turning that it almost made me feel dizzy. I smirked. "Besides, Juvia can always get Sting-san to sniff your food if need be." Hikari threw a dirty look over her shoulder at me.
I gave her back an innocent look. "Juvia was only trying make sure that Hikari didn't feel as though her life was a little too cliched for her life. Juvia was only thinking about Hikari-san." I mock curtseyed which made Hikari whack my arm playfully as she rolled her eyes with me laughing as we walked into the dining room.
I had already felt as though she was apart of something. Too bad this was only a job and she would never be remembered. I almost felt sad at that thought but pushed it out of my mind when I watched as Hikari sat down. There were guards around the room too and I stood behind her chair. The Lady looked up at me weirdly.
"Why are you standing up for?" She said it as though she was a little disgusted.
"W-well I- err Erm hehe what?" Hikari smiled brightly as she patted the chair next to her. "Sit down! Guards you can all sit down too!" They mumbled between themselves almost as though they were shocked that she would ask them for such a thing.
The servants walked through and served all the food on the table. The whole room was full of life and Hikari was having the time of her life. It was almost as though she had never seen this side of life before. I smiled for her before I remembered about Sting. The last I had seen him was 10 minutes ago and that was him jumping out a high window! Although I had put on a brave face in front of Hikari, I was more than scared out of my mind when he jumped. I thought he was mad!
Just as these thoughts were rushing through my head, I heard a soft whisper in my left ear. "I knew you would miss me. Didn't I tell you not to miss me too much?" I closed my eyes as I felt the wave of pleasure run right through me. I turned my head and opened my eyes only to stare back at a pair of electric blue sharp eyes and his face held a cocky grin.
"Don't even try to deny that you were thinking about me babe." I knew a blush was coming up and it was coming up hard. Luckily, there was so much noise and laughter that no one could hear us talking, not even Hikari that sat next to me. I used my magic to hide my blush by letting water rise to the surface of my skin and not the pounding and rushing blood.
"Don't call Juvia babe, and no, Juvia wasn't thinking about Sting." He sat down in the empty chair next to me and smirked.
"I know you love it, but don't even worry I would never go for a loser like you." There was something that I had learnt about Sting in the past day. Although he was blunt and most definitely horrible in every way, he had a caring side and when he did, he was the most caring guy on Earthland. Those moments were rare and I had only seen it once. He was the type for more fun and games.
"And Juvia would never go for a guy who dresses so gay like you." I was referring to his shirt that was usually halfway up his chest. His smirk grew even more as soon as she had said that.
"Ahh, but the girls who are hotter than you on your hottest day seem to like the sight." I knew something like that was going to tumble out of his conceited and bigheaded mouth.
"Ah but so do some of the guys as well. I'm pretty sure that Rogue has eyes for you, pretty sure that you're both gay together." That made Sting frown and he turned his head in anger. He started wolfing down his food as he ignored any laughter that I was trying to stop from spilling out. I too started eating when I noticed that if I didn't hurry up, I would be the last one at the table.
~x~
"And this here shall be your room." I was basically back in Hikari's huge and decorated room, but there was another door right before the changing room and that also led right to another room. It was so beautiful. The walls were just like my apartment in Fairy Hills and there was a bed with so many pillows just like Hikari's ones herself. I let out a squeal as I jumped onto the bed and Hikari watched me, shaking her head at the same time with a smile on her face.
"I did the same thing when I first moved in here hahaha. Well Sleep well! Try hard not to dream about Sting so much." I blushed so deeply that I hid my face in the pillows.
"How did Hikari-san know?" My voice was muffled that I wondered if she could understand a word that I was saying.
"You are quite obvious you know. You both thought I couldn't hear you at dinner didn't you?"
That made me blush even more, for her to have heard us talking. "Those insults are the first sign of love you know, it happened between me and my Shadow Prince..."I waited for her to continue but she didn't. I raised my head only to have her staring out of my window that had a balcony. I gave her a look that read 'explain yourself' when she shook her her head sighed.
"Maybe...Maybe another time, ne? Goodnight Juvia."
"Goodnight Hikari-san!" She stopped as she walked.
"Hikari is good enough for me." She giggled and I knew that she was back to her normal self. I knew what was wrong. She was so desperate to become the Luna Princess just so that she could be with her Shadow Prince. I had a feeling that Shadow Prince's and Luna Princesses basically had arranged marriages. It would have been lucky for her if she became the Luna Princess.
I quietly got changed for bed and just as I had settled down to close my eyes, I heard a tap outside. I turned my head sharply only to catch a dull head of hair at my window. I sighed angrily and stomped my way to the balcony door. "And just WHAT are you doing here at this time of the night? Don't you know that this is a GIRL'S room?" I hissed at him. Then another thought dawned on me. Oh God, he hadn't seen me changing had he?
He sighed almost as though he was depressed about something and that made me stop dead. I looked at his face, the way he was scratching the back of his head sheepishly and looking down almost irritated at the ground. "I can't sleep." It was just that simple. I blinked at him and shrugged not knowing what it had to do with me.
"And?"
He walked away from me. "Forget it, I knew that you be like this so just-" I stopped him from talking when I grabbed his hand to stop him from jumping off again. He turned to look at me in the eyes. It was almost as though he was a different person at night.
"Why can't you sleep? Actually come in and I'll make you a nice hot drink, ne?" I had never realised up until now that I spoke in perfect 1st person around Sting other than the first time we had met. He nodded at me and a faint flicker of a genuine smile appeared before it was gone again.
He sat down on my bed while made some hot green tea. I looked back at him and it was as though he looked lost. I wanted to hug him so badly! "I have trouble sleeping...ever since that night." I didn't think he was going to start telling me so soon. I motioned for him to go on and he sighed.
"Ever since I was a little boy, I always cuddled up to my dragon and I always felt safe and that helped me sleep at night. Whenever he went out to go and get me something to eat and he wasn't back till late, I couldn't sleep, I just wouldn't. Then I up and killed him blah blah blah and that was when I realised I needed him more than ever.
"I had Lector and because he's a cat I can hug him while I sleep as well. But without him on this job-"
"You want to sleep in my bed." He looked at me in the eye and I looked back at him. He lowered his head and nodded almost as though he was ashamed that he needed a companion to sleep. "Well you did whisper in your sleep last night 'Don't leave me, I need you' and now it makes sense as to why."
He blushed a deep crimson red and started spluttering. "Like hell I sleep talked to YOU and said don't leave me! I think you want me more than you let on." Oh I so wanted him but it did happen. I rolled my eyes and as soon as he put his teacup down I pushed him off the bed to where he landed on the floor with a resounding 'thump'. I snuggled up into my bed and I saw his head lift up as he glared at me.
"Well do you want to share the bed with me or not?"
"Yes," he had replied without a hesitation. I smiled knowingly and patted the space beside me. I don't know why I was suddenly feeling braver. I then saw that there was a full moon and I understood almost immediately. The moon makes my magic even stronger, therefore making me feel more confident.
He smiled almost like a little boy and practically jumped into the space besides me. I turned out the light and I lay back down thinking about the blond next to me. "Sting?" He grunted in response. "What did you do to the sniper?" I felt him roll over to look at me.
"I did my job of protecting Lady Hikari and I disposed of him. Well not before telling me who he works for." I faced him as well and my eyebrow shot up, but I doubt he could see that action. It was weird. Back in Phantom, I used to kill like there was no problem with it, but coming to Fairy Tail made me change my outlook on killing. Sabertooth clearly still went by killing and I wasn't sure how I felt about that.
"And who exactly does he work for?" I could see him grinning. No matter how dark it was he was always grinning.
"Another person called Lady Maria. I hear say she's jealous that the shadow Prince is dating our Lady." Jealousy. What an ugly feeling and I knew that I was practically jealous of Lucy at all times. That's how I knew it was ugly, because I was ugly. "Personally, I would retaliate but I don't really think that will solve anything especially if we try to soil Hikari's name."
So this is how he was. He took jobs seriously and it was almost as though he knew how a spying network went I nodded at him. "We'll tell Hikari tomorrow and she can decide what to do after. Maybe they might have some history?" Sting shrugged and yawned. That was when I could feel him shuffling and then something fell on the floor.
"What was that?" He hummed feeling a little too tired.
"Oh that was just my shirt. Hey Juvia I'm really tired now, can you shut up now and sleep silently?" I scowled at him and I could imagine a tired smirk on his face.
"As long as you don't sleep talk then yes."
I suddenly felt his arms around me and his body pressed up against mine. His body heat radiated off of mine. He had me secured in his hold and I couldn't move out of it. "Sting, let me go." I tried to keep my whisper and my voice even, but I was shaking and I knew he knew. He was making me feel like I was on fire.
"Goodnight...babe." That made all the blood I owned in my body rush right up to my face.
"G-goodn-night St-s-s-Sting. He chuckled softly and tiredly as his head was buried deep into my neck again and his arms around my waist.
It took quite a while before I finally let the dark oblivion overwhelm me, I could just about hear Sting talking in his sleep again as he shifted all of his body weight to close the gap between us.
"Don't leave me..." I was too tired to even bother with it and I just finally lost all consciousness.
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