Summary: Rogue goes to a support group for the trauma he has suffered…
Pairings: Sting/Rogue/Yukino friendship (and sort of implied triangle), implied Ichiya/Rogue, Ichiya/Erza, Ichiya/OCs, brief implication of Gajeel/Levy, mentions of hero worship Rogue/Gajeel (and a little brotherly), briefest mention of Gajeel/Rogue/Juvia friendship, sort of implied Natsu/Rogue (if you really want to look at it that way), and, of course, Rogue/Frosch friendship.
Author's Note: To the guest reviewer who keeps requesting Peter Pan. Look. It will happen when it happens. Can you please stop pestering me? It's not going to happen any quicker and it's beginning to annoy me to find a review virtually every day simply saying 'Peter Pan'. I would personally reply to these requests in a more private manner but you never sign in so I have been forced to write this. If you really want a Peter Pan fic then you should write it yourself, I'm sure it would be an enjoyable read, otherwise just please be patient because I have a lot of ideas and the list is never-ending.
Rogue arrived to the top secret location that Erza sent him without any hassle. Surprisingly enough it appeared to be in the bathroom of Fairy Hill's dormitory, which was really weird as he was rather certain that apart from Erza (who looked terrifyingly domineering) none of these girls were Fairy Tail members, to make things even weirder, he was the only boy.
The only boy. In a girl's bathroom. In a girl's dormitory. Surrounded by girls.
Why did he get a feeling that this was something a normal boy might enjoy?
"I don't understand," he mumbled shyly, "why am I here?"
"Sting wrote to me," Erza shrugged, "he said you had been suffering nightmares since your encounter with Ichiya."
Rogue shuddered at the horrific memories, the disgusting smell of sweaty man, the additional rank of male body parts, and the horrific feeling of a certain, floppy and fat, body part in a black spandex rubbing against his face…..urgh.
"There, there, dear," a random woman with big hoop earrings patted his shoulder, "we've all been there. That's why we're here."
He blinked. "Huh?"
"This is a support group," Erza explained, "for all the girls that have been molested by that despicable, disgusting, oaf of a man."
"Oh I see," Rogue said, and then a thought occurred to him, "Is it all right for me to be here, especially in this room," Rogue wild gesturally to the fact that Levy (Gajeel's girlfriend if Rogue remembered correctly) had wandered into the room wearing nothing but a towel and promptly started a bath. "After all, I am a boy."
All the women spat out their tea or choked on their cake (he still didn't understand why they were having a tea party in a bathroom of all things). "YOU'RE A BOY?!" Most of the girls screamed, including, much to his horror, Levy.
"Wait," Erza blinked stupefied, "You're not a girl?"
"NO!" Rogue blurted out horrified. "What the hell made you think I was a girl?!"
"Well….." Erza shifted uncomfortably. "That fine bone structure for a start."
"And those thick ebony locks…." A woman with curly hair added.
"And those lovely thick eyelashes surrounding your eyes," a punk-ish pink haired girl continued.
"And your brother Gajeel showed pictures of you as a child," Levy finished from the bath tub. "You were very beautiful in a dress."
"GAJEEL-KUN AND JUVIA-CHAN MADE ME WEAR THAT!" Rogue bellowed, his cheeks had gone bright red, and his hands curled up into fists. It was one of the many humiliations Gajeel-kun and his friends put him through to see if he was worthy of being a member of Phantom Lord and he can't believe that Gajeel showed Erza and Levy the photos – wait a minute! He blinked. "Wait….why do you mean brother? Gajeel isn't my brother!"
"Oh….but you both have black hair and red eyes."
"That doesn't mean we're related!" Rogue snapped impatiently. "Plenty of people have that combination of looks!"
"Not that many."
"Back to the point," the large hoop earring girl said, "If you're not a girl, why did Ichiya molest you? He only goes for women who smell beautiful."
Rogue felt his soul leave his body. People thought he was a girl. People thought he was Gajeel's little sister. Fuck, why did Gajeel even still have those photos? What's worse it appears Ichiya thought him a beautiful woman and that was why he shoved his crotch into Rogue's face….
Rogue felt at peace as his soul left his body….
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"Damnit!" Sting yelled as he once again waved a hand in Rogue's face. Rogue had been frozen stiff since Natsu carried him (like some sort of damsel in distress and he was the prince) back home, and nothing, nothing, had been able to snap him out of it. "That support group seemed to have only made him even more traumatised! Now what do we do?"
"Oh dear," Yukino gasped as she clutched her chest in worry. "Poor Rogue-sama, I really thought Erza-sama would help him."
"Well obviously she didn't," Sting grumbled. He had only asked Fairy Tail for their help because Yukino suggested it. Yukino had never been wrong before (apart from when she bet her life….and when she thought Sabertooth under Minerva and her father's rule would be the best guild to join….and when she goes through those spells of depression and thinks she's unlucky….okay, maybe she's been wrong a few times but she isn't usually wrong when it comes to the big stuff like this). "And now Rogue is broken!" Sting shook Rogue wildly. "WAKE UP, DAMNIT!"
"Huh?" Rogue blinked. "Oh," he blinked again, "I am home….how did I get here?"
"Lucy-sama and Natsu-sama brought you home," Yukino explained gently as she stroked Rogue's hair soothingly. "Apparently you passed out and Erza-sama couldn't take you because she had to go on a job. She sincerely apologises and says you can punch her another day."
Rogue sweat-dropped at that (as did Sting, Lector, Yukino, and anyone else that could hear them….apart from Frosch, he was too busy snuggling into Rogue's lap to pay attention). "Erm…" he murmured.
"Rogue-sama," Yukino took his hand and he couldn't help but blush a little. "What happened? Was discussing your trauma too much for you?"
Rogue blushed and before he could bite his tongue and come up with some sort of lie. Or even agree with Yukino, he stupidly blurted out the truth. "They think I look like a girl!" he shouted furiously.
Yukino and Sting blinked in unison.
"What?!" Sting and Lector cried out, half amused, half disturbed. "Ha!" Sting added as amusement took over. He scratched the back of his head and laughed some more. "I suppose you look rather feminine."
"I think," Yukino said sternly as she shot a disapproving look at Sting (his heartless comment had sent Rogue back into a fit of depression. "Rogue-sama looks very dashing."
"What?" Sting snapped irritably. "With that long hair tied up like a girl? He looks pretty. Pretty as a princess. I have to agree. Besides I've seen the pictures."
What the hell? Did Gajeel just go around showing everyone? But before Rogue could argue or yell or do anything to defend his masculinity, the final nail of his coffin had been hammered.
"Fro thinks so too Sama!"
"Oh no!" Yukino gasped as Rogue passed out and his soul started to leave his body again. "Rogue-sama! Don't leave us!"
"What the hell?!" Sting shouted as he tried to grab hold of Rogue's soul and hove it back into his body. "What sort of trauma support group traumatises its members even more?!"