New Discoveries
It was quiet in the forest this night as the only sounds were coming from the crickets chirping about. Soler was laying in a tree with his eyes closed as he was letting the forest calm him. Well, he tried to let it calm him for three days now but it wasn't working. He sighed and sat up to rub his temples in the act of doing so a brief wind blew by letting him get a whiff of his stench.
"Man I really have been out here for a few days," he commented to himself. But his smell aside his mind and heart were heavy with conflict. After the kiss, he had with Erza things got super awkward between them. The gravity of him kissing her while still with someone else only took effect afterward and now he had the unglorified job of telling his girlfriend he kissed her best friend. He left before them thinking he could tell her but when he got back to the guild he chickened out horribly. The moment he saw her his chest felt like someone was strangling him immensely. So he told her there was something they had to talk about but it would have to wait since he had to 'report' to the council.
Of course, that was a lie and now he had been bumming in the forest for the past few days missing Mira, Erza, the guild but especially Alice. Cana told him that she had a surprise for him but she wasn't at the guild at the time he came back so he really wanted to know what the surprise was. Then again at the guild was both Mira and Erza who he was still trying to avoid but he knew he couldn't keep this up forever. Another passing wind gave him another smell of his odor and now a shower was filling his thoughts.
Welp might as well head home, shower and face the music tomorrow. He jumped off the branch he was laying on and headed back home. Even though he was a good ways away from the town he quickly made it back home and was ready to shower and sleep. He walked into his house and surprisingly he heard the sounds of voices and saw his kitchen light on. He knew that it wasn't thieves since nothing looked stole and there was no forced entry. So whoever it was must have been someone he knew. Maybe it was Alice up for a late night snack. Soler walked cautiously to see and he froze in place at the site of both Mira and Erza wearing some PJs talking and drinking his tea. By the smell, it was his camomile meaning he was low or out but that didn't matter as now both women locked eyes with him.
There was an awkward silence as they all just looked at each other. But then Mira was the first to break,
"Glad to see you're finally back," she said with a smile. That strangling feeling came back to him. He didn't deserve that smile,
"Uh yeah, I guess I am. What uh are you two doing here?" he asked. The two girls looked him up and down and could see the dirt on him. It was even in his hair.
"Well, we need to talk about something. But you should probably clean up first," Erza said. He didn't even need to question her as he left to shower. One shower and change of clothes later he came back to them in a tee with shorts and sat down at the table. Mira giggled and ran her hand through his still damp hair,
"That's a lot better. Now I can kiss you again," she then quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek. That feeling came back in full at that,
"So uh before we get started with these talks I have to apologize to you, Mira. I uh-"
"Oh I know," the shocked expression he gave was well deserved.
"Wait how do-"
"Erza told me," he looked over to Erza who blushed with embarrassment,
"What? I don't know why you think I wouldn't have told her. Besides the fact, you hadn't is disgraceful," she responded. Soler sighed wither way and turned his attention back to Mira,
"Look I'm really sorry Mira. It kinda just happened and I know I shouldn't have done it. So I'm sorry," he said bowing his head down slightly. Mira's smile soften some as she stroked his head,
"It's ok Soler. I can definitely tell you mean it and I'm guessing your excuse about the council was to figure out how to tell me right?" he nodded. Mira gently moved his head back up so he was looking at her,
"So what is happening now?" he asked. That's when Mira looked over to Erza who gave her nod back,
"Well while you were away Erza and I have had time to talk about things. We cleared the air and we've come to an arrangement that you might like," the way she said that made him nervous,
"And what was the arrangement?" he questioned. He watched as both Erza and Mira moved on him and he closed his eyes expecting the worse. But when he felt two pairs of lips on his face he opened them back in surprise. Both girls had kissed him and now we're looking at him with smiles and blushes. Soler's brain was going haywire at his point not knowing how to comprehend things,
"Wha...I don't...what?" he mumbled. Both girls laughed from his confusion which didn't help it lessen,
"It's ok to be confused. We didn't expect you just react normally. Unless of course, you were expecting this," Erza teased. Soler shook his head,
"I didn't know what to expect. But this was definitely the furthest from it. What exactly is this?" he asked.
"As I said Erza and I talked about things and we both came to the conclusion that neither of us wanted to lose you. So instead of having you choose one of us we decided we'd share you," Mira said in a chipper tone. Soler's brain was slowly coming back to him and he was putting the pieces together,
"Wait so your sharing me? And you're both okay with this?" he asked looking mainly to Erza. The red blushed slightly and looked down at her,
"Yes, we are. But only until you decide to marry or when we reach our thirties. By then you have to choose one of us," she explained. Mira nodded,
"Yep but until then you are all ours. And we already set it out so that we rotate weeks," she said that and brought out a paper. He looked at a crude drawing that had a schedule on it,
"See Erza and I rock-paper-scissors to see who gets the first week so we could then rotate afterward. Whoever week is it have free reign over what they do with you that week and so one. The only exception being birthdays and holidays. We'll spend those together," she explained. Soler was listening but he couldn't help trying to suppress his giggles,
"Mira you drew this didn't you?" he asked her showing the crude drawing. She instantly blushed and snatched the paper away in a huff that got the laughter out of him as a reeling of normalcy was coming back.
"My drawing aside don't you want to know who's going first?" he shook his head,
"I already know it's you. Erza sucks at rock-paper-scissors," he said. Erza stood up at that looking at him flustered,
"I don't suck at that game!" she responded back. Soler rolled his eyes,
"Yeah, you are which is why whenever we argue and try to decide it with a game I usually pick that one. You always pick scissors are too prideful to not accept the challenge," he told her. She only grew more flustered at that,
"Scissors is the only way to go! It would be cowardly for a knight to pick anything else,"
"And that's why you suck at that game. Natsu even better than you and that's only because he usually picks rock," Erza just huffed and sat back down not willing to admit her defeat.
"That aside you two do know this is kinda weird even for my non-standard," he said. Both girls looked at him with smiles and each took a hand,
"We know and we don't care. We both love you and couldn't care less what others think," Mira said with Erza nodding in agreement. Soler looked between the two and just sighed and smirked,
"Alright then. I can't really argue with those faces. If you two are game then I guess I'm game," that only brightened the smiles on their faces. It was a very tender moment for the three that was until Soler let out a rather large yawn.
"Sorry being awake for over a day. But I'm glad we had this talks and are now all a couple? Either way, you two are welcomed to the other two guest rooms for the night," he said as she stood to leave. The giggles he got back were confusing,
"What's so funny?" he asked. The two eased their giggling to stand and walk over to him,
"We have a better idea on where to sleep," Erza told him which only kept him confused.
Soler laid still in the darkness of his room staring directly at his ceiling.
I'm definitely not getting much sleep tonight. He thought as Erza and Mira laid snoozing soundly to his sides each snuggling with an arm. To any other man, this would have been a dream come true to have Mirajane and Erza sleeping in the same bed with them. To Soler, this was by far the tensest situation he had been in. He could move because of his being trapped and he was too afraid to wake either up to complain. Well, it also didn't help that there gather well-developed chest was squished to his sides not helping his manhood from keeping those thoughts out of his head. So he laid there in the silence taking the knight to accept that this was his life now.
At some point, Soler must have fallen asleep since when he opened his eyes it was daylight and Mira was gone while Erza was still snoozing away though she had let go of his arm. He was wondering if he was dreaming that he Mira and Erza were a thing but the well-written note left on the side of the bed said otherwise. He picked it up and it did have the scent of Mirajane also with her handwriting, "Morning love! I could see last night took a lot out of you so I decided to let you two sleep in. I have to open the guild so you know where I'll be. XOXO Mira." Soler placed the note back down and laid back on the bed letting out a long tired sigh in his pillow. He really was feeling tired and he figured it wasn't just physical fatigue.
Between all the drama stuff between him and Erza then, the demon fight, and the bombshell of last night, and on top of all that he hadn't had much time in between to process he was exhausted. He didn't want to move and just wanted to spend today sleeping. He looked over to his side to see Erza snoozing away. She always did look beautiful but seeing her with such an at peace expression made her look adorable. He smiled and moved to her planting a kiss on her forehead wrapped his arms around her bringing her closer and adding to the comforting warmth. A small smile spread on her face as she snuggled in closer to him.
Even though the relationship between the three might be something to get used to this, this right here was something that he was more than willing to get used to. With a content smiled he closed his eyes completely prepared to drift back into sleep. Well, he was if his door opening didn't wake him up. He looked to see Alice standing there with a wide smile on her face,
"You're back!" she said jumping on to him. The little girl poncing on him fully awoke Erza as she slowly got up to see the commotion. She smiled at seeing it was just Alice hugging Soler,
"Someone is glad to see you," she joked. Soler gladly hugged Alice back then let her go so she was sitting on the bed,
"Good to see ya, Alice. Sorry I was gone for so long. I hope it wasn't too boring," he said. Alice shook her head,
"Not at all. Well at first it was but when Erza came with Wendy things got way less boring," she said. Soler looked expectantly at Erza,
"To make a long story short Wendy has joined the guild. I can go into detail later about what happened after you left later," she answered with a yawn. He nodded then looked back to Alice with a soft smile,
"Well, I'm glad you two hit it off so well. Actually, I kind of called it when I met her saying you to would make some good friends," he admitted.
"Yeah Wendy is fun to hang out with and I'm glad we got someone else my age in the guild. Being around you adults all the time was starting to get boring," her eyes lit up as she remembered something,
"Oh, oh Soler I wanted to show you something! Check this out!" she opened her hands and Soler and Erza watched as a frosty mist from her hands. He looked surprised but ecstatic at the same time,
"You're magic. You're an ice wizard!" he said. The prideful smile on Alice's face spoke exactly how he felt,
"Yeah Master helped me figure it out while you were away. This is about as much as I can do but I've been working hard to get better," she told him. Soler sopped up the girl and brought her into another hug his pride and joy for her were at their,
"That's great Alice! I mean I know that isn't much but now if you'd like I could train ya to help you get stronger," he told her a fire being lit within him. Alice nodded in return,
"Of course I'd want you to train me. It'll be fun!" she exclaimed. Erza watched with a content smile at the two as she could help but see a father and his daughter. She knew they weren't but it how they act down to the same color hair it couldn't be helped. It brought a warmth to her heart,
"I'm glad you found you're magic Alice. You know I was the one to train Soler when was figuring out his powers," she told her. All of Alice's attention switched right to Erza as she excitedly scooted closer to her,
"You trained Soler? Really?" she asked. Erza nodded,
"Yes, I did. He wasn't the best starting out but with me training him he's gotten as good as he is," she boasted. The gleam in the girl's eyes only grew brighter,
"If you trained him too think you could train me as well?" she asked quickly. Soler's eye twitched at how quickly he was being forgotten. Erza smiled and nodded,
"Of course I'll help train you. Everyone in the guild will be willing to you that's what it means to be a part of Fairy Tail. Because here in Fairy Tail we all want to see the best out of each other,"
"She's right, that's what it means to be apart of a family," Soler chimed in. Alice looked between the two and a newfound coziness swelled within her,
"To be apart of a family," she said quietly to herself loving that she had a family to call her own. Soler enjoyed watching Alice as she came to enjoy the guild and its people but since it seems like he wasn't going to get to laze around all day he best get up and get the day started. However much of it was left. He stretched and got up from the bed,
"Welp we best a move on today. Seems like sleeping for a day just won't come easy for me," he joked. Erza nodded and got up too,
"Yes sleep all day would be nice but we do have to be productive today," she said and then quickly went into his restroom to get cleaned up. Soler looked to the closed door tiredly,
"Yeah it's cool if you get to use my personal bathroom first before I do," the sound of the shower only made him sigh.
"Ah well me and Erza are going to get ready. Why don't you head over to the guild I'm sure Wendy will be there and we won't be too far behind," he told Alice. The girls nodded and were readying to leave until Soler shouted out to her,
"Alice also we're going to be going out shopping again. If you're going to be a mage I don't think that dress will be best suited for ya. Especially with training," he told her. Alice took a moment to look at her dress,
"I guess you're right. Alright then let's go later. I'll see ya at the guild!" with that she was out of the house. Soler got ready rather quickly since he showered last night, so he was now sitting on the couch waiting for Erza. He was watching some show on the lacrima vision but it was some drama he couldn't fully follow. Well, he could follow he just didn't care enough to follow since it was such a basic plot. The show was just getting to the part where the big reveal that the couple were cheating on each other when Erza finally made her entrance. Surprisingly she wasn't wearing her armor yet and was earing just her normal blouse skirt.
"Glad to see you finally showed up. And just when the couple was going to get each other caught too," he teased. Erza didn't respond but instead, she walked over to him and straddled him. He was taken completely off guard but didn't have to question as soon her lips were on his. She kissed him passionately and Soler wasn't one to back down to he kissed back with just as much vigor. Instincts were taking over as Erza quickly had her hands in hair and him on her waist. He could feel her tongue begging for entrance into his mouth and welcomed it by letting it explore. Soon their tongues danced with each other as small muffled moans left either's mouths. The heated moment only ended when the two broke for air from the intense kissing. They were catching their breaths as Erza rested her head on his chest,
"Well I don't know where that came from but it was not unwelcome," he joked. Erza giggled at that then sat up looking at him with love in her eyes. She gently cupped his face brung him with a softer but just as passion filled set of kisses. She pulled back and stroked his cheek tenderly,
"It's because I won't be able to do that for a week. I am a woman of my word and this is Miras week, not mine. So think of this as a parting gift from me since for a week since all we'll be able to do is hold hands," she said with a hint of sadness. He chuckled at that,
"Sounds like its going to be a rough week for you. Especially if we go out jobs," he said though in the back of his mind going out a job was the furthest thing on his mind. After he said that a seductive smile formed on her face,
"True but when we're out on jobs Mira isn't around, and what she doesn't know won't hurt her," she said. Soler faked a shocked expression,
"What the Erza Scarlet doing something naughty behind someone else back? My, I wonder what brought this about," he joked. Erza shrugged,
"Who knows maybe its the moment or maybe its just you," her face was close and he was getting a full whiff of her intoxicating scent and it looked like around two of kissing was coming up but then she pecked him on the cheek got up and re-quipped back into her normal armor,
"But it will have to wait. Right now we best get going to the guild. I'm sure Mira is suspecting things as we speak," she said walking to the door. Soler let out a sigh,
"So close yet so far," he said to himself before getting up and following her out. The two walked hand in hand to the guild and it was then that Erza noticed Soler's hair. She giggled which made too at her curiously,
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"I think I ruffled your hair up too much," she responded. Soler shrugged then with his other hand just ruffled it up even more which surprisingly put it back to its normal shape. Erza was surprised on how easily he got it back in place,
"How did you do that?"
"Eh, it's not hard. I figured out the trick when I fought this wind and fire mages and their combined attack kept messing up my hair. I kept fixing it mid-battle and eventually got the hair fix technique down pat," he said with a smile. She just nodded feeling impressed she learned something new about him today. They reached the guild and walked it was as rowdy as ever and it felt great to be there. But no sooner had he walked in,
"Soler fight me!" Natsu came blazing in with a fiery punch ready to strike. Soler barely reacted but did ready a chop. The moment Natsu got within range Soler chopped down on the back of his head knocking the dragon-slayer down and out in one blow,
"Sorry, Natsu but you'll have to wait. I got some business with Master," he told him though the slayer wasn't awake to hear it. It was then Erza slipped her hand out of his causing him to look over to her,
"If you have business with the Master I'll leave you to it. I think I'll see what's been going on around the guild. We'll take later," she gave him a quick kiss and walked off while dragging a downed Natsu. Well better find the old man and unsurprisingly he was sitting at the bar with a drink in his hand. He made his way over to him and took the empty seat next to him. The old man looked up to him with a sly smile,
"I see you and Erza are finally together eh lad?" he said with a slight chuckle,
"Uh well sorta. It's a bit more complicated than it seems," he responded getting a questioning look from him.
"So you two finally decided to get up today," both men looked to see Mira walking over to them with a smile,
"Hehe yeah well it was kinda late last night. But I guess it's a good thing you're such a morning person then," he said. Mira walked up to him and gave him a quick kiss,
"It is indeed. Though unless you and Erza got up to something while I wasn't around?" she questioned. The make-out session came to mind,
"Well, maybe a little kissing but that's all. You know Erza shes a woman of her word," he responded. Mira nodded,
"Good. Because I won't let Erza beat me there either," she gave him a wink which made him blush slightly,
"I...uh well uh…" Mira giggled at his flustered expression,
"You're too cute. Anyway I got some work to do so I'll see you later tonight," she gave him another quick kiss and went back off to her work. Once she left Soler looked back to the master who was gawking at what he saw. Soler chuckled,
"Like I said it's complicated. But my love life aside there's something important I need to talk to you about in private," he said in a hushed serious tone. Makarov shook off the shock and nodded,
"Alright let's go into my office then," The two left and went into his office to talk. Soler told him all about the demon and battle. He told him everything he could remember and with as much detail. In the end, Makarov had a troubled expression on his face,
"So Tartarus is full of demons. That's extremely troubling to be said the least. If they don't use magic then what are they using that makes them so powerful? I don't like to say this but I think it was a good thing you ran into him and not some other mage. Ethernano poisoning can be very fatal for mages," he told him. Soler nodded,
"Yeah he was definitely equipped to kill mages and I think he has in the past. I'm not going to lie to you Master fighting that guy was the most afraid I've been in a long time," he admitted. Makarov looked at the teen and could see from his slight shaking the battle was more intense than he let on. Since knowing the boy he's not one to let certain things get to him but if this fight got to him like this then those demons are a force to be reckoned with. The old man walked over to him and placed a hand his knee to calm him,
"It's alright to be afraid even at this age there are some things that scare me. But that just shows how fearsome these foes are and I'm glad you told me. If we ever have to battle them in the future then we will be one step ahead with this information it could save a lot of lives compared to fighting them blind," he told him. Soler did his best to ease himself, he knew what master said was true having this info is anything else. He gave his best smile and nodded to him,
"RIght thanks master," Makarov nodded then walked back over to the desk,
"Well now that you've told me you're free to go. I suggest you relax for a while to recharge yourself. Besides you do have two women to look after you now," he said slyly. Soler smirked and stood to leave,
"Yeah, yeah I think you're just jealous old man. Later Master," with that Soler left the office and was right back into the thick of the guild.
And done. This was a short one since I was kinda gonna start to ramble at some point. But yeah I went with the triple pairing so let's see how I make things work. Also, I'm probably breaking from canon for a bit since we're almost at the time-skip. Anywho tell me what you think and I really appreciate all the review with you're thoughts they mean a lot. This has been Solerwolf...later!