"Dad, no! I'm not wearing that! It's just a one week job. No date no nothing. we're just nakama!"
"At the moment" defended Macao, who was holding a very old tux. "Just wear it! girls like class! Plus, first impressions are very important!"
"Never in my whole life will I wear that sorry excuse for a tux! LOOK AT IT! It looks like it's brown and rotten!"
Macao got impatient and was about to force Romeo into it but Romeo snatched his bag and just ran away as fast as he could to the was going to run after him but he tripped over the tux in his hand.
"ROMEO!"
At the guild...
Romeo was panting in front of the guild doors. His dad was crazy. No doubt about it. When his breathing returned to normal, he entered the guild and Wendy was no where in sight.
"Mira-nee, you don't happen to know where Wendy is do you?"
" Ah, Romeo, you're here! Wendy is in the infirmary healing Gajeel."Mira answered patting his shoulder.
"Thanks, Mira-nee"
"no problem!"
As Romeo ran to the infirmary Mira turned to Lucy who was sitting around the corner of the bar and they both grinned devilishly. You see, as Mira patted Romeo's shoulder she put a lacrima which would enable you to see everything from a separate viewing lacrima. To you and me, this would count as spying. To Lucy and Mira, this was simply a chance to finally see what young love is like. But they were not selfish. No they told every female in the guild, and as soon as Wendy and Romeo is on the train, Mira will set up a tent and let all the girls watch two of the youngest mages start to become more than just friends. The rest of the 'men' in the guild did not know anything. The only men in the guild who knew were Macao and Master. Master was allowed to see the whole thing unfold with the girls, but Macao had no such privileges.
Poor Romeo and Wendy. Privacy in the guild was pretty rare.
At the infirmary
Romeo opened the door only to see Gajeel asleep as Wendy had a very serious but calm face as her hand glowed blue and stopped the blood flow of a gash on Gajeel's left lower arm. She wrapped a bandage around it. Gajeel's other arm and leg left leg were already bandaged up.
But Gajeel's wounds were not what Romeo was staring at. it was Wendy. She looked so beautiful with the soft morning sun shining from the window behind her and her hair tied up in a high ponytail.
Wendy smiled, pleased with her work and took out her ponytail which took Romeo's breath away. Her smile was so cute and mature. as she took out her hair he saw every strand fall perfectly down her shoulder. He noticed that it has grown a lot since the last time her hair was out. She had it tied up for so long he didn't even notice.
Wendy noticed someone at the door as she tied up her hair. She was about to greet whoever it was, until she noticed that it was Romeo. A faint blush started to dust her cheeks.
" Ah, Romeo, Good morning, er, sorry, I had to heal Gajeel, er we should get going to the train station. It's nine-thirty, we have to be there by eleven and it's an hour's trip.
" Ah s-sure" Romeo walked out feeling a little light headed and Wendy followed.
on the train...
It was an awkward five minute silence on the train. Romeo couldn't stand it anymore and tried to make small talk.
" Wendy, I realise that Carla hasn't been with you lately. What happened?"
"She had the flu but she's fine now."
Romeo thought for a moment.
"Isn't she always with you, why wasn't at the guild?"
" Eto..."
FLASH BACK …
"I'm home~"
"Wendy, finally, took you long enough. You should me more careful. You shouldn't stay at the guild without me for so long. They are such a bad influence on you."
Wendy simply laughed at Carla's bluntness.
"u-um, Carla, I"
"Oh I'm better now so I'll go to the guild with you tomorrow."
"Carla I"
"Wendy have you eaten, you left your purse at home. You wouldn't of been able to buy yourself a meal."
"CARLA LISTEN TO ME!"
At this Carla stopped nagging and was surprised at Wendy who looked slightly annoyed.
Wendy took at steady breath and calmed down.
"Carla, I'm taking a job with Romeo will last about a week. Mira won't let me bring you."
"WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING? A JOB WITH THAT SORRY EXCUSE FOR A GENTLEMAN? AGREEING TO DO THE JOB WITHOUT ME ARE YOU CRAZY?"
"Carla, calm down!"
"Humph. I'm going with you. I don't trust that boy."
"Good luck with that" muttered Wendy.
The next morning at the guild, Wendy and Carla and walked to a smiling Mirajane.
"Mira-san, Carla will be coming with me."
At this Mira frowned " Absolutely not"
If Carla comes, everything will be ruined! thought a very stern Mira.
"Mira I demand that I join this job!"
This time Lucy overheard and she walked up to Carla." Carla let Wendy go without you this time."
"No"
and Lucy lost it. She tied Carla in a chair. " You're not leaving here!"
"Lucy-san..."
"such extremities to keep me from my Wendy! I thought Fairy Tail is about nakama! Untie this instant"
"Fairy Tail is about nakama! think about Wendy's point of view. She could be so much more social if you didn't keep nagging her and dragging her down!"
"Lucy-san... you really don't have to-"
"no Wendy you have to do this. FOR YOUR FUTURE!"
"my, my Lucy you are so passionate about this!" Mira commented.
"wait-wait-wait what future? Wendy are you hiding something from me?"
" well, er you see, uh, I may have a slight crush on R-romeo..._
And then it was Carla's turn to explode. "YOU ARE NOT LEAVING MY SIGHT WITH THAT BOY!"
Lucy held her back . "now, now Carla, think about it, she deserves to have a little bit more risks in her life..."
Then Mira whispered enough so Wendy couldn't hear. But loud enough that Carla could hear.
"Watch with us. I know you want to. There is no hiding it from me. Remember who you are up against."
Carla shivered. But Mira was right. Carla really would of liked to see Wendy that happy. But such leniency will never be shown. At least not to Wendy.
"Fine, you can go. But watch you're back at all times."
"Carla it's not as if Romeo is a murderous boy. He is only thirteen!" Wendy said with a smile.
It was then that Gajeel came in his clothes ripped and a huge stab wound that dripped with blood.
"OI WENDY, LITLLE HELP HERE!?"
Everyone who was there gasped at the sight.
Wendy ran up to him and tied up her hair from two cute low pigtails to a mature looking ponytail in the process.
She helped Gajeel up the stairs and started her work.
end of flash back...
"w-well, you see uh, Carla had the flu so uh yeah."
"oh okay."
there was a complete awkward silence. Wendy tried to look for something that would distract them both. Luckily, the house was in sight.
"Romeo-kun look! Its such a big house! They even have their own private station!"
Wendy tried her best to look at the house in awe.
Romeo looked and was pretty impressed.
They got off the station and walked through a small forest, which was supposedly their front yard. It took about twenty minutes to get to the clearing. five minutes to get to the door. As they looked at their surroundings they saw a beautiful sight. The trees were beginning to orange. small flowers adorned the house and garden beds. Topiary statues were scattered throughout the area and a huge fountain seemed to be the main focal point as water streamed off each plate (think chocolate fountain, but much bigger and water instead :]).
"That's one lucky kid" was all Romeo was able to say.
They rang the doorbell which was the usual 'ding-dong'. Only difference was that the sound was much deeper and seemed to bounce off and echo throughout the whole house.
The door opened to a sharp looking butler .
"Lady Jade awaits." he said as he directed his arms to a large living room. They entered the house which seemed to be made out of entirely marble. The lounge seats were white and as they sat on it, it was of the soft and was upholstered from only the finest cotton. Sitting on a chair was a woman with a baby in her arms. The baby was absolutely adorable and his mother looked kind and loving as she watched the two sit. Her dress was simple, casual yet elegant. She wore little make-up and jewelry.
"Thank you for coming to babysit my son. His name is Jason. I'm Jane. Nice to meet you."
"Jane-san, it is a pleasure, I'm Wendy" she said holding out her hand as Jane shook it.
"I'm Romeo, it's nice to meet you"
"The pleasure is all mine" Jane said with a smile. But soon her smile faltered as she looked to her son with worry. " I guess it would be best to explain my situation. You see when my husband passed only a month ago, strange men have appeared at my front door demanding that I must soon arrange a marriage for my son. But of course I must refuse. I believe in true love and my son was just recently born! When I rejected each time, the security alarms kept going off at night. My first instinct was to run to Jason, to make sure he was safe, but I would always catch a man about to climb through our window. I've never seen him before but when I did see him , I did everything my magic could to keep Jason safe."
"wait, you use magic?" asked a surprised Romeo.
The woman nodded.
"excuse me Jane-san, but what kind of magic do you use?" asked a timid Wendy.
"Well, I use creation magic, though I have my limits. I can only create small objects and I cannot create money, living creatures or emotions. " She answered.
"Amazing!" exclaimed Romeo.
"well, you two go and get familiar with the house. Your rooms are near mine and Jason's room. This way, when I'm gone, and something happens, you two will be close by."
"Um, why are you leaving? wouldn't you have wanted to stay for your son?" asked Romeo.
"Well, my lawyer recently just retired. I need to look for a new one. Our house is very faraway from any town so bringing Jason with me is out of the question." she then sighed and looked at her son with sad eyes. " I may be gone for more than a week , which isn't in the job description so if I'm gone for more than one week, every day that I am gone I will add another 500J to your pay."
"I'm sorry to ask but, how much is the Job for just the week?" asked Wendy.
"50, 000J, I hope that's enough."
Wendy and Romeo both paled. They were only thirteen! They barely even have pocket money! The most they ever had was about 10, 000J in a job. Sure Wendy had to pay Rent but she saves it up from all the big missions she tags into with other guild members.
"Um, t-th-that's p-plenty!" stuttered Wendy.
Romeo on the other hand, was frozen. So much money for young kids.
"that's not true, you know what I think I'll make it 100,000J, still not enough but you two are only kids so I wouldn't want you to be that spoiled!" she laughed.
Just how rich is this woman! they both thought.
"Thank y-y-you b-b-but, 50,000J I-I-is e-enough" stammered Wendy.
"nonsense that's too small a reward. Now you two go and walk around the house" Jane told them as she smiled. She then stood up and walked up the stairs, disappearing into her room.
Wendy soon gained control and look to Romeo who was still shaken by the amount of money.
"um Romeo, we should start getting familiar with the house. We could probably figure out some strategies if anything would happen" Wendy said, which snapped Romeo out of his shock.
But to Romeo's embarrassment, he noticed he was sitting right next to Wendy and as he turned to face her their faces were just a tad bit close.
at Fairy Tail, outside the guild, in the viewing tent...
" My Romeo and Wendy have grown so much." Master commented.
"KYAA" squealed Mira who, not surprisingly fainted.
Carla was screaming, still tied up in her chair "GET ME OUT! WENDY NEEDS ME!"
"can maybe you all can talk a little lower, Juvia can't-"
"SHUT UP WOULDJYA!" Cana screeched.
"what is that noise outside?" asked Erza as she was slightly blushing. But what she saw outside the tent, angered her to a very large extent.
"You stupid men were spying we're spying on us? you DARE Spy on US!"
"E-E-Erza p-please have mercy!"
Erza took a deep breath in and "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
And just like that the front of the guild was clear again and all that was left was dust.
Inside the guild ever man was panting. Poor Macao had to 'play along' and he just witnessed the tip of the ice-berg if ever he was to say what they were doing.
In the tent Cana and Lucy were talking as the girls continued watching.
"Cana, Mira told me that not many people should know. Is it okay that every girl is watching?"
"I thought about that too. I checked my cards and as long as none of the men enter, besides Master of course, Romeo and Wendy should be fine. Besides even if the cards said we shouldn't watch the most cutest thing the world, Mira would still go on ahead and I'm not gonna mess with that."
"you're right" agreed Lucy. It was around about this time that Romeo's and Wendy's faces were just too close.
"KYAAA!" squealed almost every girl (Cana laughed on the other hand and she rolled on to her stomach)
back at the estate...
"The house was so big!" said Wendy as she stretched out her arms in the large bath(which she was forced to go into by Jane who was just too generous...she would have been fine using the shower)
It was a bit lonely for Wendy to go on a mission without Carla. so she thought for once she could just close her eyes and relax without Carla interrupting her peace with nagging.
She though back to when her and Romeo's faces were just close enough for their noses to touch. She was red yes but it was just such a perfect moment. But that was not the time.
Flashback...
Wendy's Point of View
He was so close. The sun was setting too so the room looked soft yet it glowed beautifully. I looked into his eyes and Stop it you can't think like that...right?
I looked away and tried to lighten up the mood.
"The house is pretty big, so we should start looking around." I said, trying to act as calm as I could by smiling. He nodded silently. I had no idea if that was a good sign but I just kept going along. I tied up my hair , thinking maybe it would be best . The house was big and I don't want my hair to stick to my neck.
"Romeo-kun? Are you okay, you look a little... different" I asked, he seemed a little dazed.
He looked at me and shook his head then smiled. "I'm fine, Wendy-nee"
I was a bit surprised. "N-nee?"
"yeah, why? I just figured, you are older than me right?"
"N-no, I'm thirteen! Remember, Tenrou Island incident froze not only my complexion but the time around it as well! meaning I'm only thirteen! Not twenty!" I said, a little bit embarrassed.
"Okay, Wendy-chan then. Better?" He asked.
"Much! Now let's go before it gets dark!"
Romeo's Point of View...
Why did I say -nee. I should not have said it! It makes it worse for her to think that seven years of her life was not lived. I sighed. Years are only time. But memories fill what makes them count.
She only had a true life of a thirteen year old. But age didn't really matter.
Not now at least.
Her hair was tied up and I couldn't really concentrate much on my surroundings with her always being within ten metres of me.
Back to the Present...
Romeo's Point of View.
After a nice bath I went to my room, and slept like a baby that night. It was such a soft bed and the moon seemed to reflect it's rays so softly that it was almost completely dark. Only thing was I was interrupted from my sleep with a loud buzzing noise.
I shot out of bed and ran into Jason and Jane's room, about the same time that Wendy entered.
A man was about to climb into the window. I began to attack with my was Jane standing near Jason's crib as she created a dagger which she threw at the window. The man counterattacked with his own sword and just dodged my fire.
Wendy ran and stood next to a now crying Jason. She said some words and her hands glowed and protected the baby with a wind barrier. Just like the plan said. She then looked to the man that Jane and I were fighting.
The man was now trying to climb out of the window. She then looked very confused.
Jane and I looked at her.
"what's wrong, Wendy?" Jane asked.
"That man, is powerful. But he ran off. Why? His magic was literally leaking out of his body? He could have taken Jason that easily. Their side is up to something"
Jane looked tired." you know what, let's just go back to sleep. I'll hire extra guards and you two will be the head of them while I'm gone."
"But we are much too young" Wendy tried.
"No, no you two are definitely stronger than a hundred guards. And probably smarter when it comes to magical and physical strategy."
"if you really think we're capable then we agree!"I answered eagerly. This is my chance to actually get as strong as Natsu-nii.
"Now let's all get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow" Jane said.
The rest of the night was peaceful, but all I could think of was Wendy and her strength. She agreed to only protect the baby and that I'd do most of the fighting. But I've seen her strength. She's so powerful and yet she backs away into the shadows. I'll ask her tomorrow.
What do you think? Was it boring? sorry if it was. Have a nice day!