Summary: Sting and Rogue are very put out about Yukino dealing with the Celestial Spirit problem without them….

Pairings: Sort of Sting/Yukino/Rogue, if you look at it that way, and lots and lots of Sabertooth friendship feels.

YouTube Prompt: Juvia/Gray video to 'Bleedin Love' by Leona Lewis.

Exhausted, exhilarated, and a little dehydrated having escaped Fairy Tail after Cana poured half a bottle of wine down her throat, Yukino was more than happy to be home again.

It was late, and the lights were off, which led her to believe everyone had gone to bed. Despite that, it didn't stop her from calling out softly; "I'm home."

That was when the lights suddenly turned on, Orga stood in the back with his arms crossed like a disapproving parent, Rufus had his hands on his hips, Lector looked sleepy, Frosch was crying, and both Sting and Rogue leaped across the room and grabbed hold of Yukino.

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!" they both bellowed in her face as they shook her. Her eyes widened at the terrifying puce colour their faces seemed to have turned to. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED WE'VE BEEN?!"

"Sting-sama!" Yukino cried out. "Rogue-sama! You're making me dizzy!"

"You said you were going to get milk!" Sting said accusingly. "Five days ago!"

"We are entitled to be worried, Yukino-san," Rogue said a little more gently, "we searched all over town for you and couldn't find a thing."

"We thought you got kidnapped!" Sting yelled. "Or badly injured. Or murdered. Or worse, poached by another guild."

Everyone sweat-dropped at that.

"Ah, Sting-kun," Lector said tentatively, "you might want to sort out your priorities…."

"Where have you been, Yukino?" Rufus prompted. "Did you go to the next town for milk?"

"No…" Yukino looked down to the floor with great shame. "I….you see…..I couldn't summon Libra and Pisces! So I went to see Lucy-sama for help, and we then encountered with the Princess, and then ended up inside of Orpheus with half of Fairy Tail, and then we went to the Celestial World, and now everything is all right, so please, do not worry!"

She gasped for breath while everyone stared at her. Rufus, Orga, and the Exceeds looked confused (well, okay, Frosch was playing with a cup and seemed oblivious to the drama going on), Rogue looked a little betrayed, and Sting looked beyond furious.

"Yukino-san," Rogue said miserably, "are we such terrible friends that you didn't come to us with your problem?"

"It's not that!" Yukino burst out. "It's…..well…..the last time I was weak in front of you…..it was shameful." Rogue ducked his head down, his cheeks a bright pink as he obviously remembered Yukino having to strip in front of the guild in order for their previous Master to strip her off of her guild mark. Yukino instinctively clutched her stomach at the memory. "And, I thought Lucy-sama might be suffering the same problem, which she was, and we worked on it together because it was a Celestial problem. It's not that you're a bard friend, honestly, Rogue-sama! You guys are the best, it's just-"

"I don't believe it!" Sting interrupted. "Are you telling me that you and Fairy Tail went on an adventure without me?!"

Rufus, Rogue, and Lector definitely face palmed at that. Orga seemed to have fallen asleep, and Frosch….had moved on to play with a spoon instead.

"Priorities, Sting-kun!"

"That's so unfair!" Sting whined, ignoring everyone, "We could have so helped! I bet we would have made things better faster if we were there!"

Yukino decided to reframe from mentioning that actually she fixed the problem three days ago, and she had been busy being pulled back in by one member or the other into a never-ending party.

(Seriously, she thinks they will still be at it for a whole week the rate they were going…)

Something tells her Sting won't take very kindly to that at all.

"I mean we're good fighters! The best actually, Rogue and I could beat anyone!"

"Apart from Natsu-san," Rufus pointed out, "I recall vividly how Natsu-san pushed Gajeel-kun out of the fight and single-handedly defeated both you and-"

"SHUT UP, RUFUS!"

It was then when Sting decided to punch Rufus, who skilfully took a step aside, and allowed the Dragon Slayer to crash into a table.

Before Yukino knew it, Orga, Sting, and Rufus were suddenly wrestling.

For some reason she was having flashbacks to Fairy Tail…

"I'd go to bed if I were you," Rogue whispered, "before they suddenly drag you into it as well."

"Hmm," Yukino nodded in agreement. "Good night Rogue-sama."

"Good night Yukino-san….and do remember, next time you have problem. Come to us first. We're your friends."

Yukino fell asleep with the biggest smile ever.

Friends. She had friends, and lots of them.