Series: Fairy Tail

Pairing: Romeo Conbolt/Wendy Marvell

Rating: E for Everyone

Prompt: Date

Word Count: 3632

AN: My first RoWen fic. It's rather lengthy, but I hope you enjoy it. Contains match making Mira and mentions of other pairings.

The rambunctious atmosphere of Fairy Tail was ever present as Wendy Marvell stepped into the guild; her closest friend, Carla, perched on her shoulder. Wendy gave a small smile as she admired her guild mates' constant energy. She was far more than used to it, Wendy had now become so accustomed to the shouts and roars of her guild, that silence was something she barely enjoyed any more.

Wendy was so beside herself in enjoying the atmosphere; she forgot that the guild's energy could also be very dangerous sometimes.

"Wendy! Look out!" She heard a young male's voice shout from behind her. Before she could look to see who it was, she felt a yank at her wrist, and fell back into a small pair of arms, right before a wooden table flew past her.
Wendy watched with wide eyes as the table continued to hurdle through the air, before hitting the opposite wall and smashing into piece.

"Natsu! I hope you plan on paying for that!" Wendy heard Mirajane jeer from the bar.

"But it was that stupid Ice Princess's fault! He provoked me!" The fire dragon complained from the side of the room that the table had emerged from. With an aggravated snort, Carla took off flying from Wendy's side to give the dragon slayer a piece of her mind.

"Are you okay, Wendy?" The same voice from earlier said, and Wendy began to realize she was resting against the chest of another.

Wendy shook her head lightly, her twin ponytails waving with her, and brought herself to her senses. She turned her chin up to see her savior was only a little taller than her. The young Romeo Conbolt, who had his hands on her pale shoulders, looked curiously down at the little lady.

Wendy smiled softly, before bringing herself to her own balance. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you Romeo, you saved me."

She watched the young lad's cheeks burn a warm red color, before he scratched the back of his neck and replied, "Aw, it was nothing. You probably could have managed your way out in the last minute. You are a dragon slayer after all."

Wendy continued to smile, in thanks for the praise. "Still, thank you very much, Romeo. I appreciate you worrying about me."

Romeo smiled brightly, then his eyes looked to the left, and then the right. "Hey, um, Wend—" He began before another voice cut him off.

"Wendy! Over here!" Lucy's voice shouted from across the guild. Wendy spun around; looking in the direction the blonde's voice had come from. She saw Lucy sitting at the front of the bar, with Mirajane and Levy at each of her side.

"Quick! Get over here!" Lucy shouted again.

Wendy looked back to Romeo, confused as to what her blonde teammate could need, but also curious about what Romeo was starting to say.
"Ah, it was nothing." Romeo said, avoiding eye contact completely, though Wendy could see how red his cheeks were. "Go ahead and join them. I'll see you later."

"Oh, alright." Wendy smiled, and bowed politely to him, before turning on her heel and skipping towards the group of young women at the bar.

As Wendy neared the ladies, she could hear them giggling amongst themselves. She slowed her pace, seeing Mirajane's grin. The young barmaid was well known for her mischief, and Wendy wasn't sure if she wanted part of it, but she was already nearly at their sides, so she decided it was too late to turn around, and took the last couple steps to join them.

"What is it, Lucy?" The young sky dragon asked curiously.

Levy cut in from the left. "We saw little Romeo save you just now."

Lucy nodded. "He's such a good kid, isn't he?"

Wendy gave the other girls a puzzled look. What were they getting at?

"I think he liiikes you." Mirajane sang with a smile.

Wendy's cheeks turned pink. Oh. That's what.

Before the younger girl could respond, her exceed friend came flying back and perched on the top of her head. Carla sighed irritably, and looked right at Lucy. "That dragon slayer of yours is nothing but trouble!" She spat at the blonde.

Lucy's face glowed slightly red from Natsu being called "hers" but she did little to deny it.

"You hear that, Lucy?" Mirajane said with a sly smile, "Even the cat knows you and Natsu are an item."

"So it really is true." Levy said, with a dreamy sparkle in her eye.

"Would you two shut it?" Lucy griped with a red face, "I thought we came here to talk about Wendy."

Carla looked around to the three women, and then back down to Wendy, whose face was in an embarrassed pout, her cheeks puffed up slightly and tinged with blush. She looked back up, "Wendy? What about Wendy?"

Levy glanced at the white exceed, "Well, what does Carla think?" She asked, as if Carla had been in on the conversation the whole time.

"Yeah." Lucy agreed with Levy's train of thought, "Do you think he likes her?"

Carla stared back at the blonde confused, and rather unamused. "What are you girls talking about?"

"Romeo!" Mirajane nearly shouted, "I want to put Wendy and Romeo on a date! There! I said it! Let's make it happen!" The white haired vixen had suddenly became very excited about the idea, and grabbed Carla by the paws, pulling her up into the air. Carla gasped, and brought out her wings to keep herself at Mirajane's eye level without having to dangle.

"Say you'll let us, Carla! It'll be no good if you're fighting us the whole time!" Lucy cheered in.

Carla grimaced, and pulled her paws away from the take-over mage's grasp. "Why are you asking me? Wendy doesn't even have interest in such a thing anyway." Carla floated back down and landed on Wendy's shoulder. "Right, Wendy?" The exceed glimpsed at the young mage, "…Wendy?

The young lady in question was avoiding eye contact with her partner. She twiddled her fingers together in front of her and scratched one foot against the floor with the toe of her shoe. "Well, I…" She started.

Levy's eyes lit up and she hugged onto Wendy. "Wendy's in love!" She cheered. The other two woman leapt to feet excitedly, their fists clenched as their minds leapt onto the ideas for the future couple's date.

"I-I never said—I just—ooooo…" Wendy covered her face as it glowed red. She was too polite to tell them no. It wasn't as if she was not interested in Romeo, her reaction made it clear that she was. She just didn't feel prepared.

She heard Carla sigh. "Fine. But I will be chaperoning them." The feline stated her requirements.

The three scheming women jumped up in the air and slapped a high five together shouting, "Wendy's date is a 'Go!'"

Wendy continued to hope no one else could hear them.

Later in the day, when the sun had set and the night of Magnolia Town had begun to prosper, Wendy found herself standing outside, next to a well-dressed Levy McGarden. Wendy was rather well dressed herself. She wore a powder blue gown, and had matching Mary Janes on her feet, with ribbons right in the middle of the shoes. On her shoulders was a lacy white shawl, and her long, dark blue hair, was tied up in a single ponytail on the back of her head, with a lacy ribbon that matched her shawl perfectly.

The little lady looked up curiously to the young woman at her side. Levy caught her stare out of the corner of her eye, and smiled down cheerfully at Wendy. "Are you excited?" She asked.

Wendy blushed and shuffled around where she was standing. "I'm mostly nervous." She said honestly.

Levy laughed softly. "It'll be alright." She reassured Wendy, "I was nervous on my first date with Gajeel too."

Wendy peered up at the young lady with wondering eyes. Levy barely talked about her time with Gajeel; though she always imagined that was more to appease the Dragon Slayer—he couldn't let anyone know he had a soft side.

Levy placed a hand on her cheek and stared off into the distance as she thought about the date in question. "He's always so gruff on the outside, but…" She blushed and seemed to remember where she was and whom she was talking about. Levy shook her head, escaping her train of thought. "Well, it worked out." She smiled softly.

"Well, I hope this works out soon. The kid is already late." Carla griped, fluttering into Wendy's view and landing on the ground next to the sky dragon slayer.

Wendy sighed at her impatient friend with an apologetic smile. "I'm sure there's a good rea—"

Before Wendy could finish her statement, a coach came trotting up in front of them, and after some thumping around in the carriage, the man of the hour came tumbling out and barely caught himself from hitting the pavement.

"I don't see why I have to be dressed up like this!" He shouted behind him. Lucy and Mira were sitting in the coach giggling.

Romeo stood himself up, grumbling under his breath about constraining clothing—he had yet to examine his surroundings. The young man was wearing a gray sweater vest over a white dress shirt with dark blue pin stripes. He had a pair of black slacks on his legs and shiny new pair of black shoes. He tugged at the collar of his shirt with a scowl, and then looked up to see who he had joined outside. His face instantly turned pale, and then began to glow pink.

"W-Wendy! What are you doing here?" He stammered, suddenly feeling like an idiot for practically falling out of the coach.

Wendy laughed softly, "They really didn't tell you anything, did they?" She asked, stepping closer to the boy.

Romeo's eyes trailed up Wendy's outfit and he stared at her, both embarrassment and confusion in his eyes. "Tell me what?" He asked.

"Oh, you really are hopeless." Carla groaned from behind Wendy.

Romeo stared back at the white exceed, but still remained lost in the situation.

20 minutes later, Wendy bowed goodbye to Levy, Lucy and Mirajane, as the three women rode off in their carriage, and left the younger couple—and their supervising cat—behind, in front of a restaurant named "Starry Night."

Wendy glanced at the young lad standing to her left. Romeo's face was still red, and she could see him barely shivering, though she was sure it was nerves, and not the temperature that had him shaking. She smiled, feeling better just knowing that he was as nervous as she had been, and reached for his hand.

Romeo jumped as Wendy took his hand in hers. He looked at the young lady timidly, before he took a big gulp, swallowing his nerves, and replaced his cautious expression with a grin. Wendy beamed in reply, and the two took a step in through the restaurant door, with Carla following close behind.

The restaurant's walls were a dark blue, and each table was a glossy white, which glowed a soft yellow under the hanging lights above each one. In between each table was a hanging plant, all of which looked well cared for, and had star shaped flowers blooming in each and every direction.

As they entered the lobby, an astute gentleman dressed in a black vest suit greeted them. "Hello there. Do you children have a reservation here?" He asked. Though he was smiling, Wendy could tell he was skeptical about a couple their age dining in such a place.

She peered over at Romeo, who was obviously put off to being referred to as 'children' in such a way, but she was glad he kept his aggravation to himself.

"Yes sir, it should be under Marvell and Conbolt. A table for two." She said politely. Carla had earlier insisted she did not need her own seat. She was there to watch over them, not enjoy herself.

The host flipped through his guest book until their names caught his eye and he put on his best smile. "Ah, yes. Here you are." He said, "Miss Wendy and Mister Romeo. Right this way." The host turned on his heel and led the duo down an aisle of booths, until he reached a round table, in the corner of the restaurant, with a lamp hanging above it that was just a tad more orange in light than the others.

"Your friends insisted this be the seat for you two, and would not have it any other way." The host told them, as he laid their menus on the table. "I hope you enjoy yourselves. Your waiter will be with you in a moment." With that, he turned and left.

Wendy examined the table, it was not only lit differently, but also taller than most of the other tables in the restaurant. The seats were round and backless, and also rather tall, especially for a person of her height. Wendy did not want to falter in front of her date though, and put one hand on the table, and one foot on a lower bar on the chair's legs, on the far side of the chair. With a bit of lift from her arm, she spun herself gracefully and placed her rear perfectly on the chair without much trouble.

Wendy smiled upon her own accomplishment and then looked across to Romeo, who was not having it so easy. The young man was behind the seat, with his feet on the bar that Wendy had started on, but both his hands were on the table as he wobbled back and forth, trying to jump up onto the seat from there—and then he did try.

Romeo gave a light leap and landed with his butt on the chair with a proud gleam, but the chair was not stable under him and began to fall back as the boy almost screeched. Carla dove down towards the boy, but before she caught him from behind, Wendy had reached across the table and grabbed Romeo's wrists. She kept a grasp on him until he rocked himself into place and steadied the chair under him. Carla sighed in relief, and took a perch in a hanging plant above them.

Romeo exhaled, already feeling exhausted, and looked up at Wendy as she began to giggle behind her fingers which were tying to hide her smirk. The young man blushed, "Sorry about that." He mumbled.

"Oh no. Don't be." Wendy said, placing her hands in her lap, "That's what I like about you, Romeo, you're not afraid of the consequences. You just jump right into action. You're really brave."

Romeo blushed at the compliments, but shook off the shy reaction for a smirk and a wink. "Well, you know. I'm gonna be a hero one day. I have to be brave."

Wendy laughed again, and nodded at him.

Carla stared down at the two, and sighed. "How is that a good quality?" She mumbled to herself.

Soon, the waiter arrived to take their orders. Wendy ordered for the both of them, since Romeo didn't seem to have any idea what the words on his menu were saying. Wendy promised she'd order them something good, and he gladly obliged. The waiter eventually returned with two plates grilled chicken, topped with Parmesan cheese and a side of spaghetti. Their plates were placed in front of them, along with refills of their drinks, and a pitcher of water, and then the waiter bowed and left them to their meal.

Romeo excitedly dug right into his spaghetti, though he caught a glare from Carla, and carefully wrapped some noodles around his fork instead of just shoveling the food into his mouth as he had planned. Wendy giggled again as she examined him, before slowly beginning to eat her meal herself.

Wendy was a good way through her meal, when she remembered the happenings from early in the morning. She held her fork still in front of her mouth, with a chuck of chicken and cheese on it, before placing it down entirely.

Romeo heard her fork touch her plate and looked up to the little lady. "Is something wrong, Wendy? Does it taste bad?"

Carla turned in her seat above them to check on Wendy herself.

"What was it you were going to say this morning?" She asked, without answering his question. "You said it was nothing, but I'm curious."

Romeo gawked at her, his mouth still full of food. His face turned red once again and he swallowed hard. "Ah it was…" He looked around the restaurant, but no one was watching him. Even Carla had turned back around, pretending to not listen, so his nerves settled and he exhaled. "It was this."

Wendy gave him perplexed look, and waited for him to continue.

"I just, you know, I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out some time…" Romeo blushed and ruffled the hair at the back of his head bashfully. "I never expected a date, but, hey, who's complaining."

Wendy blushed and held her hands over top of each other in her lap. She shuffled timidly in her seat and gave a small smile.

"Hey, Wendy." The boy said, regaining her attention, "earlier you said what you liked about me, so I…"

Wendy looked up to the boy with hopeful eyes and his nerves set back in. Romeo coughed, trying to play off his skittishness, before he continued.

"I just… You're really brave too Wendy. Even though you're young like me, you can go on adventure with guys like Natsu and Gray." His voice became softer, as did his gaze upon her, "You're always racing to your friends' sides when they're hurt and you always try you best." He closed his eyes to shut out the rest of the world as he finished his statement, though it was nearly inaudible. "Someday, I just want be someone you can count on."

Romeo heard Wendy's plate scoot slightly across the table, but what made him open his eyes were her fingers closing around his. He looked over to Wendy to see a pout on her face. The boy stammered, trying to figure out what he'd done to make her frown.

"You already are someone I can count on, Romeo." Wendy said shyly. "You should know that, after all," She flashed him a grin, "I wouldn't go on a date with just anyone."

As Wendy started laughing again, Romeo's worries disappeared. He began laughing with her too, and the two seemed to have forgotten their meals, having gotten lost in each other's joy.

Carla rolled her eyes at the dumb founded boy now cackling below her. "Idiot." She sighed, "Well, Wendy is happy. So, I suppose it's fine."

The next day, Wendy sat at the bar at Fairy Tail, wearing a red outfit that resembled a school uniform, and her hair tied back up in twin tails, with triangle barrettes that resembled cat eats.

"So, how'd it go?" Levy squealed, sitting to the left of her.

Lucy had taken the seat on her right, and also jeered for details. "Yes, Wendy! You have to tell us. We did get you the date after all." She poked at the younger mages cheek. Wendy just puffed up her cheeks and tried to ignore her.

"It's only fair." Mirajane said, walking up behind the bar. "That's the same seat I arranged for Elfman and Ever's first date, and you know those two really hit it off."

Wendy sighed, "Okay, fine. But there's not all that much to tell." She blushed, "We just, you know, we had fun and ate. The food was good and he…" Her eyes looked lost in thought for a moment. "He's really sweet." She finished with a coy smile.

"Yeah, he's a real idiot, that kid." Carla put in her own two cents, flying down and sitting down on the bar behind Wendy.

"Carla!" Wendy whined, turning her head to the white exceed, "That's not very nice."

"But he made Wendy happy so… He's a good kid." Carla finished her previous statement, and watched as the young mage's face turned bright red, and she turned her head back around, avoiding eye contact with everyone around her. She could hear the older mages snicker at her bashfulness.

"Wendy! Are you ready?"

Wendy looked up from her embarrassment, and saw Romeo running towards her, waving his arm. She smiled and leapt down from her seat. "Yeah! Let's go." She replied, locking her arm around one of the young mage's own when he came close.

"Ready for what?" Levy asked.

"Yeah, where are you two off too?" Lucy also pried.

"Another date, of course." Romeo bragged, "Dad says you can never go on too many dates with a beautiful woman." He stuck his tongue out at the other ladies, and then ran off, dragging a red faced Wendy with him.

"I'm not sure if taking advice from Macao is the best for the boy…" Levy sighed, as the two disappeared from sight.

"You're not going with them, Carla?" Lucy asked the white exceed, who had jumped over to the other side of the bar.

"What's the point? An idiot boy like that will never learn if I'm always jumping down his throat over all his mishaps." She explained. "Besides, I have my own plans."

The Fairy Tail girls stayed quiet, but watched Carla sprout her wings, and fly off with a large fish in tow.

End