The next morning, Nashi woke up a tapping on her window. She glanced over to find a black-haired ice mage smirking from his spot hanging on her windowsill.

She quickly got out of bed and dragged herself to the window, pulling it open.

"What're you doing here, Storm?" She asked with a yawn.

Storm looked at Nashi with her sleepy eyes and bed hair and he smiled. That was it. He was going to tell her what he thought of her.

"I came to get you. Let's go on an adventure," he said, adjusting his arms.

Nashi leaned her chin on her arms and stared at him with groggy eyes and a raised eyebrow. "Like what kind of adventure?"

He smirked. "Just you and me, training in the woods. It'll be fun. We can go on a job if you want."

She shrugged. "I'm up for training, but no way I'm working today."

He nodded. "Works for me."

He let himself fall onto the street below and looked up at her. "Well, keep up, Dragneel."

And he was off down the street.

Nashi caught up with him easily and they had walked over quickly to the woods. It was quiet this early in the morning and the sun was bright over them.

"So, what is there to do out here?" She asked him.

He shrugged, tossing a ball of ice and catching it as they walked. "Whatever you want."

She sighed, looking up at the trees. She was feeling lazy today.

"Can we just work on your magic today?" She asked.

He nodded. "Yeah, I've been wanting to try making something new. I wanna see if I can make the birds like Lyon does."

She nodded, sitting with her back against the trees. "Well, shoot 'em this way. You won't be able to hit me anyway."

He grinned. "Watch me."

They laughed on the way back. It was already very late and the streetlights lit their way through Magnolia. Nashi had a band aid on her shoulder from a hit from one of the poorly formed birds Storm had thrown out and an ice cream cone in one hand. Storm had a rosy spot on his arm from the fight that had ensued shortly after he'd actually managed to hit Nashi and only a cherry stem in his mouth let over as remnants of his ice cream.

"Don't lie, that was a good hit," he said for probably the third time, tugging his shirt off.

Nashi laughed. "It was alright."

He shrugged. "Sure, sure."

She smiled, patting his cheek lightly and sending a little spark up his spine. "Don't worry. You'll be able to keep up with me one day."

"Oh ha!" Storm said sarcastically, grabbing her hand as it touched his cheek.

Their fingers locked like that for a small amount of time as they walked back. He didn't say anything and was careful not to walk too fast so that their hands would stay together. She looked up at the stars while she walked, her other hand in her pocket. Storm knew she was running her fingers over her mother's celestial keys. She always did that she was distracted.

"Oh, crap!" She suddenly said, looking up at the town clock.

"What?" Storm said, turning to her.

She took her hand from his and gave him an apologetic smile. "It's really late. I gotta get home so my Dad doesn't freak."

Storm smiled back, nodding. "Alright."

He was going to say more, maybe tell her everything he'd been thinking lately, maybe about how they'd been holding hands, maybe about walking her home, but she was a fading figure down the street before he could say more.

"Night!" He called after her.

She raised her hand, the red emblem on the back, in the guild's usual salute. Storm smiled and sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets as he began to walk home.

"So close," he mumbled, shaking his head. "I'll... I will tell tomorrow."

The air was cold on her face as she jogged down the final alley to her house, but Nashi felt something weird in the air and stopped running. She could smell someone else was there.

When she turned, a shadowy figure stood in the alley with her and she immediately went to shoot a burst of fire towards it. It dodged, flame hitting the nearby bricks and the figure charged towards her. She raised her arm to catch the figure's jaw, but a hand caught hers and the other hand pressed gently onto her cheek.

The wave of exhaustion hit her before she could respond to the hand on her face.

"Sh.." A voice said softly. "We're just going to see an old friend, girl."

Nashi looked up to see an unfamiliar, male face with a grin full of malice. "Who..?"

He put his finger to his lips, hand shifting to sit on her forehead. "Sleep."

Her vision went in black spots and she felt herself gently drift into sleep.

There you go ^^ One more chapter and I'm putting them up much faster. I've got most of the chapters together and I'm hoping to get them up soon :D

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