Oh wow, nevermind what I said earlier about the days and stuff. Chapter 273 is beautiful, they should make a new anime and name it Sabertooth, I would watch that. I'm freaking in love with all of them I swear haha
I was halfway down the long freaking staircase when I caught a glimpse of a curled strand of reddish blond hair bellowing out from the stands.
They were announcing the rules for Hidden now, each player being displayed on the Lacrima Vision. I should've been with Sting and Rogue by then, but instead I chose to stand there and gawk like the idiot I was- I didn't even try to blend into the crowd as I looked upwards at the small crowd that was my old guild party.
"Woo! Ken was chosen!" cried Cecilia- Cece as she shook the arm of Ace eagerly with a bright smile on her face. She didn't change a bit since the last time I've seen her- she was still wearing her lightly patterned dresses and her skin was still the same tan shade and everything. I watched nervously as I watched the older blond boy whisper something about how he was glad it wasn't Emily before realizing that Cece was clinging to him and proceeded to shake her off. A loud array of cusses filling the air around them. The scene made me smile slightly.
My ears twitched as I watched with glazed eyes, I miss being in L'Arc Sibyl, I really did. But I knew deep down, that they'll never accept the new me. They could try but I knew it wouldn't be the same- they were all literally a close knit family, we grew up with one another and I knew that change was a disastrous thing to them. Every little thing set them off, they liked slow development- steps that were reminiscent to childhood and never just change.
I was like a runaway kid to them...
My breath hitched as a dark red head blocked my view of them, Alex had jumped up from his seat and I just knew from his surprised expression that he had sensed my familiar magic signature. My eyes widened in horror as I quickly continued my endeavor down once again
They were like my protective siblings- especially Alexander, but this time I would've liked to be the one protecting them.
I was panting lightly when I finally met up with Sting and Rogue who were leaning against the wall with their arms folded. On the screen, Buttcheeks (his real name sounded just as stupid, trust me) had appeared out of nowhere and attacked the two Fairy Tail mages who were participating in Hidden. Rogue was shaking his head lightly while Sting was staring disinterested when he noticed my presence in the doorway, "hey"
I nodded as I tried to catch my breath and stay within the shadows of the hallway. The rules changed every year and this year I think it was forbidden for members who weren't participating in the games to be up on the balcony. I really wasn't sure but I wasn't going to take any chances.
Sting ushered me further into the hallway, eyeing Rogue who eyed the judges and followed when the coast was clear. We were all crowded away from the balcony door when the shadow dragon slayer decided to speak, "we have a problem,"
I played with a strand of hair nervously as I watched the two in the dark, and muttered a sarcastic "do tell."
My bunny ears had gone back to normal now, which I was glad for because I really didn't want to hear the sound of Ken hacking into the system and beating the points out of everyone at the moment. Sting shifted beside me, "Raven Tail isn't playing by the rules."
"Your point?" I frowned, glad that it was too dim for me to realize just how close I was to the white dragon slayer, "Raven Tail never plays by the rules."
"Don't backtalk me, missy." Sting scolded childishly in hushed breaths, I swooned despite myself, "point is, Fairy Tail A isn't in the game."
Fairy Tail A? Wh- oh right... there were two Fairy Tail teams that made it to the preliminaries or finals or whatever this year.
"What do you want me to do then?" I asked as I felt the shadows around the three of us shift. I stared at Rogue uncomfortably as he continued to move the shadows until it materialized into a small glass bottle in his hands.
I hated when he did that, it was sort of scary.
"If the woman was right, then their other teammate is currently deprived of magic," Rogue started as he held out the glass bottle, "we want you to give this to her."
He dropped it into my hands and I stared at it in wonder, swishing the contents around until it gave off a light blue glow. I knew immediately what it was.
Sting snorted beside me, muttering something about how I looked like I was expecting a pony to come flying out of the bottle as we heard the crowd beginning to rouse in excitement.
"I bet they're thinking you two are having a quickie or something," I joked quietly as I slipped the bottle into my pocket and tried to calm my heart down.
"Whatever you'd like sweet heart," he retorted back and took a few steps to stare out into the arena where Rufus was using his Memory Make magic. He didn't realize that I had turned into a tomato beside him when he turned back to me- us, "you know what to do."
I nodded nervously as I watched Rogue slowly make his way back out. It looked like he was thinking about something- like something was bothering him, but I wasn't going to make assumptions as I turned back to Sting who also looked like he was contemplating something.
What is with these boys and thinking?
Then again, I shouldn't be saying that... haha
"Sting?" I asked nonetheless, my voice light with a hint of concern. He snapped out of his gaze and smirked at me, placing a hand in his pockets and taking out the same chewed up journal from forever long ago.
"Can you keep this for me?" He asked, "it's... umm..."
"Your diary?" I offered, smiling at him and taking the journal from his hands. I knew what it was of course, and the expression on his face made my fluttering heart drop, "its in good hands."
"I knew I could trust you," he said and messed up my hair with a smirk. I squirmed in protest as I tried to get away from him, giggling like mad.
Sting was crazy, I swear, crazily talented in a dumb way. He had this ability to disappoint me then make me laugh in a span of five seconds. It was maddening and before I knew it, he began tickling me, tackling me to the ground with a mischievous smirk and wouldn't stop until I was begging for mercy with tears in my eyes. We were both laughing like crazy when we realized the position we were in.
His head was hovering over mine, his hand on my hips when someone coughed awkwardly, causing the both of us to look up with heated faces, "Mr. Eucliffe, I think it would be wise if you returned to the viewing area before something unfortunate befalls Sabertooth in this year's games."
We stared at the man in the pumpkin suit before quickly getting up apologizing and going separate ways.
My face was still red when I broke into a mad sprint into the infirmary, shutting the door behind me and cradling my head in my hands. That did not just happened; I kept telling myself as I tried to calm my racing heart once again. My bunny ears popped out and I let out a small squeal.
Who am I to kid?
I was embarrassed, I'm pretty sure Sting was too.
After all, we both got caught in the most promiscuous position ever...
But it wasn't like it was going to change anything between us, I thought sadly.
He still liked the Fairy Tail girl and I was still like a sister to him.
Whatever embarrassing act we get caught in, the guild would probably shake off as a brother-sister brawl.
I'll never reach up to Sting's level of affections.
I let out another noise when I snapped out of my lovesick daze and looked up to see a pair of honey brown eyes staring at me in shock.
Oh shoot, I forgot...