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"Fantasia?" Wendy asked, sitting at a table behind Lucy..
"Ah! That's right Wendy, you weren't here for any of them." Levy pointed her finger up in the air. "Fantasia is an annual parade hosted by Fairy Tail. But before the parade, we always do a festival."
"When is it?" Lucy asked.
"Two days from now." She remarked.
"Festival..." Natsu muttered. He seemed to be deep in thought.
"Two days?!" The blonde mage cried. "We made it back just in time!"
Levy nodded. "Erza too."
"It sounds fun!" Wendy said excitedly.
"It is!" Mirajane said from behind the bar. "Almost everyone performs." She put her hand on her chin thoughtfully. "Now that I think about it... you'll be performing as well, Wendy."
"What?! Me?!" The young girl cupped her face with her hands and lowered her head. "In front of the whole town? I can't!"
"Oh, of course you can silly! You're magic will make quite the act." Mirajane closed her eyes, with a hand on her face. "You should've seen Gray's and Juvia's magic at Fantasia last time.. It was simply stunning!"
"Wish I could say the same for yours, Mira." Lucy said teasingly.
Looking at the confused Wendy, Lucy told her "She transformed into a humongous salamander for the town to see. It was cute, but definitely not what people were expecting." She added the last part, remembering the love-struck men at the front waiting for something more... feminine.
"Ah, I was feeling rather spontaneous that night."
"Hey, I know!" Natsu cried out suddenly. He turned to his partner. "Lucy, wanna go to the festival with me? I'll make sure you have fun." He grinned at her, waiting for her response.
The girls went silent and looked at Lucy, their eyes shining and smiling deviously.
"Oh, um... sure." Lucy muttered from behind her hand, trying to hide her heated face.
There were some squeals behind her, quickly toned down by some shushing.
"Cool! I'll drop by your house later." He jumped off his chair and walked out of the guild, waving his hand over his shoulder.
Lucy stared after him, her eyes wide and her cheeks scarlet.
Finally, the girls couldn't hold it in any longer, and started squealing almost maniacally.
"Oh my gosh Lucy, Natsu just asked you out to the festival! You know how big a deal that it is?" Mira leaned in, and said "In all the time I've been here, he's never asked any girl out anywhere."
"B-but, I thought him and Lisanna used to go out and take care of the Happy egg!"
Mira waved her hand dismissively. "They were only kids. Besides, Lisanna's lost all feelings for Natsu. And I wouldn't be surprised if he did as well."
"You got a date Lu-chaaaan." Levy purred.
"I-it's not a date! Friends! We're going there as friends!" She protested.
Levy snorted. "If he wanted to go there as friends, he would've just showed up at your door at the last minute and dragged you there."
The others nodded in agreement.
"You too Wendy?!" Lucy put her head on the bar, her arms outstretched. "You're all so meannn."
"It might have been my imagination but... as Natsu-san was asking you, his heartbeat sounded slightly faster than normal..."
"HA! See! And she has super-hearing!" The girls were squealing all over again.
The young Dragon Slayer quickly put her hands in the air and waved them vigorously. "I-I could be wrong!.." But no one was listening.
Mirajane put her elbows an the bar, resting her chin on her hands. "And the funniest part is, Natsu probably didn't even realize he just asked her out." She stood up and clasped her hands near her face. "It's all so romantic~!"
"Yeah, that's definitely funny." Levy agreed. But no one was actually laughing. In fact, they were all quite serious. They all looked at Lucy, who shied away under their stares.
"W-what...?"
"...We have to get you new clothes."
"Ooh! Levy! You should do her hair!" Mirajane leaned in next to Wendy and whispered "She may not look like it, but Levy's an absolute genius at styling hair. Last time, there was a whole line of people waiting by her room at the dorm."
"Wow, really?" The young girl was amazed. She never knew that side of Levy existed.
"Well, that was the case 7 years ago..." Mira said wistfully. "But I'm sure that some people heard that she's back."
"NO! Absolutely not!" The Script Mage crossed her arms in front of her. "You know how tired I was?! And the owner nearly killed me over the electric bill!" She put her hand on her hip. "This year, I'm strictly limiting it to close friends and people inside the guild." She gave a stern look to the bartender. "Even with you helping me, it took nearly 3 hours to deal with everyone."
"Indeed." Mirajane remarked.
"That's crazy. That's absolutely crazy." Lucy shook her head. She then gave a small smile. "But if that's the case this year, I'll ask Cancer to give you a hand."
Levy grasped her friend's hands, tears of gratitude streaming from her eyes. "Thank you so much, Lu-chan~!" The Script Mage sobbed. She then shot a look at Mirajane. "You better help too."
Mirajane chuckled. "I wouldn't think otherwise."
The three teenagers laughed, and continued discussing more plans for Fantasia, chattering excitedly.
Wow, this all sounds like so much fun~! Wendy thought, smiling to herself.
I can't wait!
Natsu was utterly confused. All he did was ask his teammate to go to the festival with him but... Why was it so hot? Why did his heart rate seem faster than normal? He tugged at his scarf, feeling drenched with sweat. Was he sick?
"Oi, Natsu." Gray waved to him, and offered his fist.
Natsu hesitantly bumped it with his own in response. The Ice Mage greeting him in this manner was pretty unusual. Did he want something?
"Heard you asked Lucy out to the festival." He smirked at the Dragon Slayer.
"And?"
"And? Dude, you like her or something?"
"Yes?" Gray raised an eyebrow. "No."
"I dunno, maybe." He tugged at his scarf again. He was doing a lot of that lately.
Gray sighed. His old rival can be pretty dense. "Ah, all right." He walked into the guild, waving over his shoulder. "See you later."
"Hey, Gray." Natsu said.
"What?
"Put your clothes back on first."
The boy glanced down, and upon seeing his bare chest, he shouted "Crap!"
"Hey, Romeo, you gonna ask Wendy to the festival?" Macao asked his son. After gulping down some of the alcohol, he slammed it down onto the table.
Romeo glanced at the girl, who was still sitting by herself. She noticed him, and smiled and waved. Romeo did the same, and turned back to his father. "I dunno." He had been thinking about it for quite sometime, but... "Wouldn't it be weird? Technically, she's 6 years older than me." When Wendy had went to Tenrou Island, she was 12, and he was 6. After the 7 years she slept, however, Wendy still seemed to be 12, while he was 13.
The slightly drunk Conbolt guffawed with laughter, and whispered to Romeo "Look kid, you don't age unless you live, and that girl has only lived 12. Sleeping don't count." He took another drink. "So don't worry about it! Age is just a number anyhow." He slapped Romeo in the back, effectively making him choke.
The boy got up to leave. He could see that if he stayed much longer, things could get ugly. Before he could actually go, however, his father quickly jerked him back by the arm and whispered in his ear "Look boy, you do it the Conbolt way. You ask her out, you give her a good time, and when it's all over you get her in a dark alley and-"
Romeo quickly pulled out of his grasp, and yelled "You crazy, old man?! I'm 13! I'm not gonna go around banging some girl I just-" He quickly stopped however, as he saw Wendy staring at him, her eyes wide. He had held her gaze for only a second, when she dashed out the door, blue pigtails flying. Romeo quickly got up and ran after her, knocking over the flimsy wooden table in the process.
As he saw his son fly out the door, Macao chuckled "young love" to himself, and took another drink.
Oh, dear god. Why did she have to hear that?
Stupid Dragon Slayer senses. Wendy thought to herself. It was causing her a lot of trouble today. Her shoes pounded on the pavement. She didn't get very far, however, before she felt a hand on her wrist. Her heart stopped.
She didn't think. She didn't look. Pure instinct overtook her, as she wildly let loose her magic.
"ROAR OF THE SKY DRAGON!"
"GAH!" Romeo quickly ducked to the side, narrowly escaping the spinning, blast of air. It shot past him, and went harmlessly into the clouds.
Wendy covered her mouth with her hands, horrified, and squeaked "I'm sorry Romeo-san!"
The boy scratched the back of his head, and said apologetically "It's alright. It's my fault for scaring you like that. And don't call me 'san,' we're practically the same age." He paused and added "Technically."
Wendy smiled and said shyly "Okay... Romeo... kun?" She had a slight blush that looked extremely cute, or at least to Romeo.
"Yep." He grinned, then started blushing himself. "Um... Can I call you Wendy-chan?" He immediately started waving his hands in the air, stuttering "I-I mean, if you want to-"
"Sure! I don't mind!" She blurted.
Both of them stood there, red-faced and not looking each other in the eyes.
Suddenly, a rather drunk wailing wafted onto the road from inside the guild. "Yooooooouuung... loooooooooovvve~"
Romeo's face was now twice as red, as he shouted "SHUT UP, DAD!" The boy covered his face with one hand, partially hiding his flushed cheeks. He caught Wendy's stare, and smiled sheepishly from behind his hand.
Wendy started laughing, doubled over and clutching her stomach. She half stood up, and gasped "I'm sorry, Romeo-kun! It's just..." she laughed "Your dad is so funny!"
Romeo looked at the girl, and, seeing her all bent up like that, started laughing as well. Another of chorus of 'young loves' started again, and soon enough, the two children were rolling around the ground in hysterics.
When the laughter subsided, Romeo looked Wendy in the eyes and asked "Wendy, will you let me take you to the festival?"
The young girl paused for just a moment, then smiled. "Okay." She grinned.
The two of them quickly turned red, and turned away from each other.
Still lying in the road, they eventually looked up, and watched the sun set in the sky.
Levy stacked up all the papers that Lu-chan had given her, and started heading home. Even if she couldn't decipher them at the moment, she wanted to keep them safe. The Script Mage could tell Lucy had put a lot of work into copying them down.
Arggh... I can't see! Curse her lack of height.
"Need any help?" Asked a rough, frightening voice from beside her.
Not even waiting for her response, the Iron Dragon Slayer took nearly the whole pile from her and started walking to the dorm. Levy quickly rushed after him.
He glanced at the papers. "What the heck is all this?"
"They're a copy of some carvings Lucy and Natsu found while they were on their mission."
"Oh." Gajeel looked more closely at them. "Looks kinda familiar."
"Oh, really?" She looked thoughtful. "That's kind of interesting."
The two of them walked to the dorm in silence. When she got to her's, she opened the door and let Gajeel in. The second he walked in, however, he twitched his nose. "This place is full of you."
"Eh?" Asked Levy, not quite comprehending.
"Your smell." He said bluntly.
The girl rolled her eyes. "Well, I do live here." She directed him her room, and had him put the papers on her desk' and thanked him, his only response being something like 'only because you insisted...'. Levy had fully expected Gajeel to leave right after he helped her, but instead he stared at her, seemingly glaring. But Levy knew him enough to know that the Dragon Slayer's face was always like that.
"W-what?..." She wanted to shrink away from his gaze, but forced herself not to.
"Well, if you insist." He said, then walked out of the room.
"Wait, what?"
He stopped to look at her, and said "The festival. I'm only taking you because you insisted on it."
Levy was quite positive she hadn't said a word to him about the festival, but just to humor him, she replied "Of course."
Satisfied, Gajeel left her dorm, and shut the door behind him.
Levy turned around and reorganized the papers, which got heavily jumbled in its transition. "Stupid..." She muttered to herself. "Why can't the fool just ask a girl out normally?"
But despite the fact that she was annoyed, she was looking forward to it. A day with the man who had both tried to killed and save her.
Levy smiled. Fantasia will be quite interesting this year. That she was sure of.
I think I can safely say that you will be expecting long chapters from me from now on ^.^ OH MY GOSH, WendyxRomeo... So cute!
I was cracking up when I was writing about Macao's part. I mean seriously, Macao, waving around his beer while singing 'young love' over and over... What's not to laugh at? xD
I know Natsu's part wasn't all that long, but alas, he is a dense fool who doesn't even know what Lucy is doing to him xD
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! As always, reviews are much appreciated :)
I'll be back before you know it. Good bye! :D