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"Wow! It's so beautiful up here!" Lucy's eyes twinkled and a wide grin was placed on her lips.

"It is. From here, the whole town can be seen." Sting boasted as he stood next to Lucy. They went to a hill overlooking the town.

Since they (Sting) don't have anything to do they (Sting) wanted to tour Lucy around the town. Of course, the Celestial Spirit Mage became so excited so they left early in the morning, they walked around town showing her the most beautiful spots there. With an unwilling Rogue lagging behind them.

"Why did I even come here?" Rogue thought as he sighed. Though his irritation and boredom can be felt, the two paid no attention to his complaints.

"I'm sure Wendy and the others would love to see this!"

"Say, you really care for them, huh?" It wasn't a question. It's more of a statement from Sting.

"I do. They're my friends, my family." As she turned to face Sting, a fond smile adorning her face and her beautiful brown orbs twinkled.

Sting was caught off guard. He wasn't shocked from her aswer, but her face completely made his heart skip a beat. His face became flushed.

Rogue, however, looked at her only to turn his gaze away from Lucy again. He just doesn't want to look at her face any longer. Why? He doesn't know himself.

Sting faked a cough as he stood up and brushed off the dust.

"A-anyway, let's go. I'll treat you somewhere." The blond Dragon slayer said without looking at her.

"Yes, food! I'm starvin'!" The red exceed said as he ran towards Sting.

"Fro is hungry now." The exceed said as he tugged Rogue's pants catching the attention of the said Dragon slayer.

"Let's go." Rogue remained expressionless as he walked to where Sting is headed.

Lucy wasted no time, she stood up and ran, catching up with them.


"C'mon! Why do we have to hide?! Let's go already!"

"Won't you just shut up, flame brain?! We're gonna get caught!"

"Watch it, ice princess!"

"Who you callin' ice princess, flame breath?!"

Just as the Fire Dragon Slayer was about to retort to a certain Ice-Make mage, a Requip mage smacked their heads causing the two to shut up.

"Fighting again, aren't we?" If looks could kill, Natsu and Gray would definitely be 6 feet underground.

Unbeknownst to the blonde haired Celestial Mage, Team Natsu is spying over them. They can't simply stay at the guild without feeling uneasy, Lucy is away from them! If she's in trouble they wouldn't be able to save her. They can't simply trust Sabertooth much less the two dragon slayer.


"Hey, Rogue?" Sting called out to him without letting Lucy hear what they're talking about.

"What is it?"

The two walked ahead of Lucy because she's still appreciating the scenery and everything she could look at at the town.

"Something smells...familiar."

"Could it be Natsu and the others?"

"Yeah. I feel like we're being watched since we left the guild."

"I wouldn't care if they are."

"C'moooon! It would be fun to fight them again!"

"I'm not in the mood."

"You're always not in the mood!"

They began to talk loudly that Lucy became curious about what they're talking about. The inner gossiper of her was unleashing and silently listening to what they're saying.

"Oof. Why'd you stop?" Lucy rubbed her forehead, she bumped accidentally at the back of Rogue. She wasn't paying attention to were she was going, her attention is focused on what the two dragon slayers in front of her was talking about.

"We're here." Rogue said emotionless.

"A...pastry shop?" Lucy thought as she wordlessly followed them inside.

"I wanted to treat you guys here. Though I know Rogue isn't fond of sweets, they have really good food." Sting said as Lucy, Rogue and the exceeds stared at the menu.

"Fro wants some strawberry shortcake." The green exceed said followed by the red one ordering a chocolate cake.

"What's yours, Luce?" Sting asked without looking at her.

"Um.. I guess I'll also have the strawberry shortcake."

"Vanilla cake." Short and simple. That's how Rogue has been talking since the day Lucy arrived at the guild. He never talks to her or if he did it would only be short and straight to the point. She feels like he don't want to do anything with her.

Rogue, Lucy and the exceeds looked for a table while Sting waited for their orders.

Lucy bit her tongue to keep herself from talking, though she's itching to speak to him already, she's hesitant because he might get mad at her. But she was filled with determination. Lucy tried to form sentences in her jumbled mind right now but she can't seem to think of any possible topic.

"Umm.." Lucy tried, starting the conversation.

Rogue only looked at her then back at the window he kept on looking at since they sat at that spot.

"I-I didn't get to thank you for the breakfast back then.. Uh.. Thank you." Lucy tried again to talk to him but he merely nodded.

Just as she was about to think of another topic, since the exceeds began to chat on their own. Noticing how awkward Rogue and Lucy's atmosphere is.

"Uhh.."

"Don't misunderstand." Rogue started without looking at her, keeping his gaze at the window beside him.

"I didn't do that because I wanted to. Sting forced me."

"A-Ah yes, you made that clear on the note. I-I still want to thank you though."

"Do as you please." That's just what Rogue said before completely ignoring her again.

Lucy realized their conversation wouldn't get anywhere so she remained sited and quiet at her seat. After a while, Sting arrived with the orders at a tray. The exceeds began to stuff their mouths with the cakes. As for Sting, he and Lector told Lucy their adventures before they joined Sabertooth. Rogue would occasionally talk if Sting asked him or Sting bugged him.

"Then you know what happened?!"

"Oh! Oh! You guys got banned?!"

"No! We were asked to clean the mess!" Sting said with a 'duh' tone.

"Aw, I thought you were banned." Lucy said with a hint of disappointment in her tone to annoy Sting.

"You wish!" Then Lector stuck out his tongue at her.

"Hairball." Lucy scoffed.

Lector, then acted offended and told Sting that Lucy's 'bullying' him. Sting just laughed him off.

"Lucy." After some moment of silence, Sting called to Lucy and as she look up at him he spread some cake frosting on her nose.

"Hey!" Lucy pouted.

Sting only laughed at Lucy while smiling innocently.

Rogue just looked at them for a short while before looking outside again.

"Thank you." Lucy smiled sweetly at them, showing an eye smile.

A hint of blush can be seen clearly on Sting's cheeks, his eyes widened and was dumbfounded. Even though Rogue isn't looking at her he was confused and the curse of blush didn't spare him, though his were not noticeable unlike Sting's.

"W-what are you thanking about?" The blond dragon slayer averted his gaze away from her, like he found Lector's tail interesting. But the blush can still be seen on his cheeks.

"Thank you, for welcoming me at Sabertooth. Thank you for treating me kindly. Thank you for this treat." She answered with ease.

"T-that's nothing."

Lucy just smiled at them sweetly, even to Rogue while eating her cake.


"S-strawberry... cake..." The red headed mage said as her eyes twinkled at the sight of the strawberry cake that Lucy is eating.

"E-E-Erza?"

"Hey! Come on now! Let's go alreadyyyy!"

"They're being sweet to her!"

"You liiiiike her~" The blue cat said in a sing-song voice.

"I do not!" The ice-make mage said as he stomped his feet.

"LET'S GET SOME STRAWBERRY CAKE." It's more of an order than a suggestion.

"Lucy's gonna know that we're stalking her!"

"Well, who's idea was it to stalk her like this instead of showing directly at her?!"

"It was you flame brain!"

"The hell did you say stripper?!"

"Enough!"

"They're fighting over her~"

"We are not!"

The four mages continued to argue, not noticing that Lucy and the others had already left the shop.

Erza, then, dragged the three inside the shop and bought herself some strawberry cake, completely forgetting their main objective.


Lucy, Sting, Rogue and the exceeds have long been gone from the pastry shop, they're now exploring the plaza which most festivals takes place.

The plaza was lively, something which made her feel homesick. The place was buzzing from all the dancing, singing and chatting of the townspeople. Sting led the group to the center of the plaza wherein a group of musicians play some songs for the bystanders or the people who wants to listen and dance to their heart's content.

Fro began to tug on Lucy's leg.

"Fro thinks it's so much fun here."

"Yeah, it is." She said as she smiled at the group of musicians.

"Hey, I'm just gonna get us some drinks. I'm too thirsty, any specific drink you want?" Sting said at his companions.

"Any will do!" Lucy said as Rogue just shrugged.

"I'll go with you, Sting!"

"Fro's coming too." The exceeds followed behind Sting as he walked away from the two to get them something to drink.

A couple of minutes, the two mages stood there awkwardly, or as for Lucy. Rogue wasn't paying any attention to her, keeping his focus on the musicians.

"My, my. What a handsome young man you are. What are you doing standing here with your girlfriend?" An old woman suddenly appeared on front of them.

"H-huh? N-no, we aren't anything-" Lucy tried to clear the misunderstanding but the old woman paid no attention to her and continued talking."

"Come on, now. Dance! Enjoy the music!" The old lady pushed them gently to the center of the dancing.

Rogue tried to explain that they weren't anything like a couple but the old lady just hushed him. Seeing that everyone who was dancing stopped and looked at them. Lucy would love to dance but he minded that the dragon slayer beside him have no interest in dancing.

The people began to dance again, Lucy danced along with them, ignoring Rogue's glares.

Just then, the black haired dragon slayer walked away from her and the crowd. Muttering something about "I don't dance" and "Stupid blonde."

He went to a far less crowded part of the plaza. Sting and the exceeds approached him when they noticed the black haired mage.

"Where's Lucy?" Sting asked as he gave Rogue a can of soda.

"Dancing." Rogue said looking for the blonde girl dancing at the center of the plaza.

Then something caught their attention. A boy with messy brownish blond hair approached Lucy. The two started dancing. They recognized him as part of the guild Blue Pegasus. Something boiled inside Sting and he knew it was that. Rogue also felt it but he didn't acknowledge it or maybe he's just too dense to know what it is.

Why is a Blue Pegasus in that town? They don't know. Do they want to know? No.

Sting gave his soda to Lector for him to hold but as he was about to run to Lucy, Rogue beat him to it as he heard a sound of soda dropped on the floor and a black haired mage fast approaching the duo.

"W-wha-?!" Lucy was violently yanked away from Hibiki - the Blue Pegasus mage -.

"Rogue?!" The blonde Celestial mage shot Hibiki an apologetic, the boy simply nodded his head and smiled at her, assuring her it was alright.

Once the mage is out of sight, she started to shout to Rogue her annoyance.

"What are you doing?!"

"What exactly am I doing?" Rogue thought to himself. He didn't know why he reacted like that. Usually he wouldn't care if any guy approached or flirted with her. Since the blonde set foot on Sabertooth, a lot of guys already flirted with her. She would only talk to them and kindly rejecting them without making them feel bad but something didn't feel right when Hibiki approached her or maybe it was just him.

"Rogue? Rogue!" Rogue wasn't responding anything to her. She tugged on her own arm to let herself free, already feeling some pain because the dragon slayer was tightly holding her arm.

"Damn it!" Rogue suddenly yelled as he turned around and cornered Lucy at the wall of the house they currently passed.

Lucy only stared at him in horror. Sure, he wasn't friendly and she knows he doesn't like her but she can't help but stare at him with a frightened look at her face.

"LUCEEEEEEEEY!" A voice was suddenly heard as Rogue was sent flying to the tree a few feet away from them. A pink headed dragon slayer suddenly appeared in front of her.

Rogue got up slowly and spitted out the blood from his mouth. Just as he was about attack the person who punched him, he got shocked. Natsu was staring at him with anger that can clearly be seen at his face with fire on his left hand. At his left side stood Erza, requipped in her Purgatory armor. Gray stood on Natsu's right side, with an ice make: cannon pointed directly at Rogue. The three mages stood in front of Lucy protectively.

"G-guys.."

"What the hell are you doing to Lucy?!" Natsu scowled as he ignored her.

"What?" Rogue remained expresionless as he stood straight.

Natsu, being himself and being annoyed, he launched himself for an attack to Rogue but was stopped by Lucy who suddenly stood in between him and Rogue.

"Lucy!" Gray shouted as he was shocked why the blonde would get herself between the two, possibly hurting herself. He was shocked because he didn't expect Lucy to protect Rogue.

"What are you protecting him?!"

"Because he's my friend!" Lucy shouted back.

Natsu, Erza and Gray became shocked but immediately let their guards down. Erza exquipped back to her normal clothes, Gray made his cannon disappear and Natsu relaxed from his fighting stance and extinguished the fire on his hand.

"He's not doing anything to me. It's... It's just a misunderstanding." Lucy tried to think of any good excuse for Rogue's behavior earlier.

"Fine, but if he or anyone from Sabertooth harms you don't hesitate to call us." Natsu snarled as he glared at Rogue who seems to be taken aback.

"Rogue! Lucy!" A familiar voice called out to them, it was from Sting.

He came running to them and stopped when he was close enough and catched his breath.

"Where... were you... two?" The blond dragon slayer said between breathes.

"We.. uh.." Lucy thought of any reason to tell him but something already caught Sting's attention.

"Did I... miss anything?" He said clearly confused.

Sting looked at Team Natsu then to Lucy and Rogue. After quite some time of silence, the red headed requip mage spoke.

"I apologize for our behavior earlier. But the warning I gave you during the Grand Magic Games still remain. Don't you dare lay any finger on Lucy." Erza said in a stern voice.

The three began to walk away. Hoping Lucy wouldn't question why they are there. But unluckily, the blonde is already curious.

"Guys... Why are you here in the first place?"

Natsu and the others stopped in their tracks, slowly looked back to Lucy and looked everywhere but to her.

"W-we were just...doing a mission.. yeah.. that's it.. hehe." Gray said as he scratched his cheek.

"Y-yeah! We're going now." Erza added.

"We might miss the train, bye Luce!" Natsu said as they scrambled away from Lucy.

"Aye!"

"That's strange.." Lucy said. Natsu never liked riding the train or any vehicle!

"Hey, what happened?"

"Nothing." Rogue said as he walked away from them. Lucy just shrugged at Sting and followed the black haired mage leaving a confused Sting.

"Hey! What happened?! That can't be nothing!"

"Oh shush." The blonde celestial mage only said before carrying Frosch in her arms.


A/N: I got a haircut (my first time cutting my hair this short - above the shoulder) and my friend keeps on telling me I look a lot like Rogue during the GMG arc. A female version of him. HAHA

Anyway, I would just like to thank everyone who's reading this story and for everyone who followed and added this to their favorites. Thank you!

I was about to update yesterday but I can't connect to the internet yesterday evening!