The flash of glassy ice in the sun quickly dissolved into water with the heat of the fire.
"Dammit."
Storm was getting tired. He had always been a strong mage, but with Nashi, it was a whole 'nother ball game. She was quick and ready and powerful.
Oh, and the fire against his ice.
"Well, you wanna quit yet, Fullbuster?" She said, sending a spiral of fire his way.
He dodged it and smirked. "Nah. This is kinda hot."
She sighed. Storm had always been her best friend but his constant crappy jokes could get a little tiring. Especially the fire ones. And the ice ones. Okay, so most of them.
"Yeah, yeah. So, get a hit in already," Nashi said, shooting out another burst of flame.
He cracked a smirk and put his hands together. "Ice make lance!"
The ice flew towards Nashi and they both hit the floor as their attacks hit one another.
"Okay, ow." Nashi mumbled, sitting up.
Storm laughed from his spot on the grass. "That was pretty good, right?"
She stood and smiled. "Yeah. Nice one."
He smiled back, standing up.
"Ready to get back to the Hall?" She asked.
He smirked. "What? Tired already? Feeling the burn?"
Nashi shook her head as they began to walk down the path to the Hall. "God... Don't you ever get tired of those puns?"
He shook his head, tugging off his shirt and tossing onto his shoulder. "Nash, don't you know me better than that?"
"Oi, keep your clothes on," Nashi said, nodding toward his bare chest.
"What? Can't handle all this?"
She snorted. "Yeah, that's it."
"It has to b-"
The sound of a bell as Storm ran headfirst into the pole of a streetlight.
He stepped back and held his face. "Ow..."
Nashi let out a soft giggle. "Oh man. Are you alright, Storm?" She put her hands on the side of his face, eyes examining his eyebrow.
He put his hands down and looked at her.
Wow, she's pretty. Wait, what?
Storm suddenly saw it. The way she'd laughed, her worrying eyes on him, the softness of her hands. It was all so obvious in that moment. He looked at her and fought a small smile.
"You okay?" She repeated.
He nodded. "Does it look bad?"
"Nah, but here," she grabbed his hand and he grew a little tense. "Make some ice and put it on your eyebrow or it's gonna bruise pretty badly."
He let a little block of ice form in his hand and held it to his head they continued to walk.
He kept glancing over at her as they walked back to the guild and he wondered why he couldn't stop thinking about how she'd looked at him.
Getting closer and closer to the eending, guys ^^ I've already got the idea all set up.
Ive pretty much decided I'm writing another story that will be sort of connected to this one, but I want to make sure some of you will want to read it so please let me know in any way you can. Thanks for reading
-J