And now for the sounded-way-better-in-my-head entry into Stinerva Week. Don't believe me? Read on and see.
I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, Hiro Mashima does.
Minerva was head over heels for Sting.
It was plain as day to Yukino. The Lady of Sabertooth, once feared throughout their guild, was carrying a flame Natsu Dragneel would be proud of for their idiot Master. She supposed that was what happens when someone saves you from a guild full of demons. Demons specifically created to kill Zeref, no less.
But Yukino noticed that Minerva had never acted on her feelings, preferring to hide behind her abrasive personality whenever confronted with the issue. That or whatever whim Sting had on a given day. She would have to do something about that at some point.
"I mean, could it be any more obvious?" Lector was telling her, Rogue, and Frosch. "Our Lady looks at Sting-kun like I've never seen her look at anyone before!" Yukino could only ever agree with that statement.
"Fro noticed too!" said Frosch. "Lady loves Sting! Lady loves Sting! Lady loves-"
"Quiet!" Rogue hissed. For at that moment, Minerva Orland herself (Is it Orland or Orlando? I can never decide.) was approaching them.
"Oh, Minerva-sama!" said Yukino. "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"Thank you, Yukino, but no," said Minerva. "I was simply looking for Sting, so as to report my mission to him."
"Sting-sama's at the back table with Orga-sama," said Yukino. "They seem to be having a singing contest."
"Thank you, Yukino, I was trying to tune that out," said an annoyed Rogue.
True to Yukino's words and Rogue's exasperation, Sting and Orga were singing loudly to each other. The guild members near them seemed to find it obnoxious, especially Rufus, who had somehow been roped into judging their little competition.
Minerva grimaced. "Why has no one bothered to stop them?" she asked.
"Are you nuts?! We all want to keep our hearing, yeah?!" said Lector.
"Fro likes Sting and Orga's singing!" said Frosch.
Minerva sighed. She then started moving her arms in a circle. "Niel Wieg Mion, Derse Elcantaeus, Yagdo Rigora!" she chanted.
A Sting-sized statue appeared, which detonated and caused an explosion large enough to blow up the table the boys were sitting at, plus everyone half a dozen feet away.
"...Call it a draw?" asked Sting.
"Mhm," grunted Orga. Clearly he wanted to anger Minerva as much as Sting.
Suddenly, an impulse ran through Yukino's brain. "I'm going to try something stupid," she whispered to Rogue. Without another word, she hurried over to where Minerva's spell had blown Sting.
Putting on the most sickeningly sweet voice she could muster, she said, "Oh no! Sting-sama! Aww, did mean old Minerva-sama not like your sexy voice?"
"It was Orga's voice she didn't... you think my voice is sexy?" replied a confused Sting.
"Oh, yes, Sting-sama!" Yukino simpered. "It's so strong and manly, women everywhere fall for it!"
Sneaking a glance at Minerva, Yukino saw mild annoyance on her face. "Good," she thought. "Minerva-sama is reacting exactly like I expected. I just hope she sees fit to let me live after this."
"Women everywhere, huh?" said Sting. "I quite like the sound of that."
"Oh, and that's not the only thing women love about you, Master," said Yukino, emphasizing Sting's title. "There are your muscles. So lean... so firm... so... dominating."
By now, the whole guild was staring at Yukino. They had never before heard their cute Celestial Mage act so provocatively before. In fact, the attention was starting to get to Yukino herself, and not in a way that she liked. But she could live with the embarrassment if it meant her plan was working. And judging by Minerva's restrained growls, it was working perfectly.
"And then there's your perfect abdomen," Yukino continued. "Mmm, one good look at this tight six-pack gets women drooling, staring into space, dreaming of running their wet tongues straight up your chest."
Minerva's growls turned into full-fledged snarls, and Yukino was starting to have serious second thoughts about her spur-of-the-moment plan. Clearly, Sting's impulsive nature had rubbed off on her.
"But we can't forget the sexiest part of any Dragon Slayer, now can we?" asked Yukino. "His scent." She leaned into Sting's neck, took a big sniff, and gave an exaggerated sigh. "Mmmm, Sting-sama's sexy scent drives me crazy! So yummy... so good!"
Thankfully, that was the last straw for Minerva, as she gave an inhuman screech and made to strike Yukino. Thankfully, Libra had summoned herself to increase her gravity to a point where she could barely move.
"Lady?! Yukino?! What the hell is going on?!" said Sting, having been shocked out of his stroked ego by Minerva's rage.
"She dared... She tried..." Minerva was struggling to speak coherently. "...Mine!"
Yukino looked at Minerva warily. Deciding she was out of immediate danger, she signaled Libra to restore her normal gravity. No sooner than she could move freely did the Territory mage place a hungry kiss on Sting's lips. The entire guild oohed and ahhed at this sight. Some clapped, some whistled, all approved.
When Minerva pulled away, she cast a defiant glare all across the room. "Anyone else?" she asked threateningly. No one dared to reply.
With her goal accomplished, there was no further need to act, and Yukino reverted to her apologetic state. "I'm sorry, Minerva-sama! And Sting-sama!" she said. "I only wanted... I saw my excuse... and..."
Minerva's sharp gaze turned to Yukino. "Explain," she commanded.
"When your explosion blew Sting-sama away, I took the opportunity to act overly friendly with him," said Yukino. "I was hoping to get enough of a reaction out of you that you would admit your feelings for Sting-sama."
"Not gonna lie, that was kind of a dick move, Yukino," said Sting.
"I acted impulsively," Yukino confessed. "I will accept any punishment."
"I'll leave that for our Lady to decide," said Sting. "Right now, she and I need to meet privately to discuss the matter." With that, Sting walked over to his office, still confused by all that had occurred.
Walking back to Rogue and the Exceeds, Yukino gave a low groan. "Well, Sting should be clearly aware of Minerva's feelings by now," said Rogue.
"Yes," said Yukino. "But now I've gone and made an enemy of Minerva-sama!"
"The Lady will forgive you," said Lector. "Right after she's done watching you suffer."
"...That's hardly any comfort, Lector-sama," said Yukino.
Suddenly, Rufus groaned in pain. Apparently, he had been knocked out from the impact of slamming against a table. Everyone stopped what they were doing to focus on the Memory mage.
"Ugh... Even when holding back, the Lady Minerva's magic is still quite fearsome," he said. "So what have I missed?"
Everyone pointed at Yukino, and all the humiliation she had felt from her flirting came flooding back with a crushing weight.
Yeah, so, the idea was that Yukino was trying to get Minerva jealous enough to stop her from "stealing" Sting, but halfway through, I realized, "This is way out of character for Yukino! Like, completely!" So that led to Yukino thinking about how embarrassing the whole situation was, and slightly panicking because Minerva would likely kill her for this, and a near-complete breakdown when all was said and done. Also, don't ask where Yukino learned to be so amorous. It's funnier that way.
So with this travesty of a prompt fulfillment, good night from Nightlingbolt!