5th: Storm

Summary: To dance in the storm was funnier if it was with the right person, Wendy decided.

Gift!fic for HeirToTheShadows. Thank you for writing Love Songs for me. It really saved my day and therefore my week … after having two situations which might have end far worse for me, it made my Friday and I usually measure my week by my Friday and so yes, you saved my week.

It was funny how Wendy acted when a storm was coming closer. She usually got exited and walked around in the guild hall, always staring at one of the windows because this was where the storm would appear soon enough. Pantherlily usually went into hiding when Wendy went into the Storm-mode as Gajeel called it while Laxus grinned widely and wrapped his arm a little closer around Cana and Elfman would search for Lily to tell him that 'as a man, he should scare the storm instead of being afraid of it' while Evergreen would roll her eyes at her boyfriend's antics before she would drag him back to their bench. Juvia was excited a swell even though she could hide it behind her usual stalking of a certain ice mage. Natsu and Lucy said close to the fire as they talked with Erza who had just returned from a long S-class job (even though Romeo suspected that her sudden wish to go to the eastern regions of Fiore might be connected with the fact that Jellal and the other members of his independent guild were supposedly there). Gildarts and Mira were planning the next S-class exam with Fried's help. The dark écriture master had passed the first one after the Tenrou-fiasco along with Cana and so he was allowed to be involved in the planning of the next exam. Romeo was pretty sure that Natsu would finally pass the exam after Juvia had wiped the floor with him the last time and Gray had beaten both Lucy and Elfman which had made them another duo to join the ranks of the S-class mages. Fairy Tail had quite a few S-class mages since Makarov had promoted Gajeel after the iron dragon slayer had successfully beaten the ridiculous dark guild Sabertooth's master Minerva had hired to stir up trouble for Fairy Tail. Seeing that Gajeel had beaten three S-class mages and Minerva herself, Makarov hadn't had much of a choice but to promote the gruff man. (Rumour had it, however, that Gajeel hadn't taken Minerva's challenge until she had made the mistake of insulting Levy.)

Romeo watched the young sky dragon slayer as she paced around in front of the windows, impatiently waiting for the storm to begin. Sometimes, Laxus would show the same antics but the lightening dragon slayer sat in the back of the room, one arm wrapped around Cana as he talked with his grandfather. Levy found Lily somewhere under a table and picked him up before she sat back down with Gajeel again and continued their conversation while she comforted the exceed.

"Wendy-chan, it will start soon," Mira smiled at the younger member of the guild. "If you want to, you can go outside now … but don't forget your coat, alright?"

"Thanks, Mira-san!" Wendy grinned as she grabbed her coat from a bench. "I see you later."

Romeo slipped away from his father who was discussing something with Wakaba and followed the blue-haired girl. He wouldn't admit it but he had developed quite a crush on her since the age difference was nearly gone. He found her on the lawn in front of the guild building where she stared at the dark clouds as she waited for the thunderstorm to begin.

"Hey, Wendy-chan," he said as he looked at his feet. "Mind if I stay?"

"You can stay," she smiled as she looked over her shoulder. "Just be careful that you don't catch a cold because I am not sure if I can heal this, Romeo-kun."

"Thanks, Wendy-chan," he grinned sheepishly as he stared at the black sky. "That's really impressive if you ask me…"

"Today's thunderstorm will be especially strong," she agreed. "Charle told me."

"What are you doing out here anyway? I gathered that dragon slayers can't get a cold but…"

"First: at least iron dragon slayers can catch colds or did you forget how terribly Gajeel looked after the mission a month ago when he and Levy-san got into a rainstorm and he lent her his coat? And secondly … it sounds strange but I dance in the rain … because that's what Grandine and I used to do when it rained and stormed like today."

"But today, there's no music in the guild…"

"Even if I can't hear the music and even if there isn't an audience, I will dance here on my own," she said. "I think that the sound of the rain will be a wonderful melody."

"You know … I can dance," he said with a moment of hesitation. "I could dance with you…"

She looked at him with wide eyes. "That would be kind of you, Romeo-kun," she stated softly.

"Alright then," he said as he held out a hand. "So … may I have this dance, Wendy-hime?"

"Of course, Sir Conbolt," she chuckled as she accepted his hand with a bright smile. "I didn't know that you dance, Romeo-kun. I knew from Elfman that he's quite a master of tango because Evergreen bragged with the competition they won last month but I didn't know that you…"

"Well, according to Cana-nee, it's expected from a young gentleman to know how to dance," he shrugged. "And seeing that Cana is usually right about things like this, I took a few lessons and like you said: Elfman is quite the dancer even though he would probably say that it's not manly."

"Well, he probably learned to dance to prevent Evergreen from getting mad at him," she smiled as the first raindrops fell onto her hair. "C'mon, we shouldn't talk about them now."

He nodded in agreement as he remembered his dance lessons and carefully placed his hand on her waist. "Um … I hope that you're not uncomfortable," he said as he bit his lip. Many men of the guild had taught him that he had to be a perfect gentleman when he wanted to have a girlfriend. (He still wondered how Gajeel got Levy to be his girlfriend but the iron dragon slayer was perhaps kinder when she was the only one around.)

"It … it's fine for me," she said and nearly stuttered because she really, really liked Romeo and so it was hard for her to speak properly with him because she always blushed and stuttered when he was around. It was aggravating and Evergreen's blunt advice 'Grab the guy and kiss him' to figure out if the flame mage liked her as well seemed a little bit too daring to Wendy.

"Alright, then," Romeo grinned as he twirled her around as lightening bolts illuminated the strangely spooky scene every few seconds. "But why did you and Grandine do this all the time?"

"This is about accepting the flow of nature and going with this flow," she explained. "To go with the flow of nature means going with the flow of magic … it makes you stronger if you accept nature as what it is: one of the biggest powers known to humankind – and to the dragons as well."

"So Lily doesn't go with the flow?"

She laughed. "He goes with the flow as well," she replied. "Just because you are scared of thunder doesn't mean that you are ignoring the flow of nature. Juvia is really in harmony with nature because she doesn't only use water, she truly is water. That makes her so strong."

"I don't get it but it sounds reasonable," Romeo grinned as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Wendy had been dancing under thunderstorms for as long as she could remember but she couldn't remember when she had felt this comfortable while doing it. Of course, it relaxed her greatly and helped her to remember her dragon a little bit better than usually. But today, she felt like not only her body but also her soul was dancing. Maybe there was a difference between dancing alone and dancing with someone who you really, really liked.

"Grandine could explain it far better than I can," she shrugged as she smiled at her partner.

"I would like to meet her one day," he said as he stared at the ground where puddles started to appear. "I mean … I know her counterpart and I would like to know her as well."

"I will take you to her once we figure out where the dragons are hiding," Wendy promised.

"Really?" he asked. "That will be awesome!"

"Well, she always said that she would like to meet my friends later on…"

"I would like to meet her, you know?"

"Like I said: you can go with me when I go to meet her after I figured out where she is hiding," the blue-haired girl grinned.

"Like a friend or like a boyfriend?" he asked before his brain could stop his mouth.

"Like a boyfriend, if you want to," she replied.

"I would love to."

For those who read the newest manga chapter ... do you think that Fairy Tail is cheating?

And next up:

6th: Star crossed, AquaScorpio

Summary: They had been meant to be and if necessary, she would fight the king to be with the man she loved. They were in love and – screw the rules – they would be together.