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He froze. I don't think he expected me to ask that, I couldn't see if Rogue still had his guild mark or not due to the fact that he always dressed in a cloak and it covered his mark. He turned to face me with a sad look in his eyes which worried me.
"Let's go eat breakfast and we will tell you about it" he turned and left the tent. My question seemed to upset him. I can't tell if it upset Rogue or not because to me it looked like he always had the same indifferent expression on. But what do I know? I barely knew these guys. On the other hand, why are they being so nice to me? To my knowledge they hated us. But then again I'm not sure.
I uncurled myself from my blanket and stumbled out of the tent. Rogue handed me a plate of food which was eggs and we all sat down. I wonder why they don't have marks.
"Rogue, do you have your guild mark?" I asked cautiously while eating my food. I did not want to pry but I was really curious and a bit worried.
"We got kicked out" Sting said quietly. I was shocked. I knew Sabertooth was strict but to my knowledge Sting and Rogue were two of the mages that made it famous in the first place. Rogue must have seen my look of shock and worry.
"Don't worry Lucy, it was bound to happen after we lost against Natsu Dragoneel" he told me.
"But I thought that you two were some of the mages that made it famous. To kick you out is just horrible" I was really very sad for them.
"Like Rogue said, don't worry about us, we'll be fine. On the other hand what are you doing here and where's your team? I thought you and Natsu-san were dating, so why isn't he here?" Sting asked me.
I groaned. Why does everyone think I'm in love with Natsu? He treats me like he treats most people. Anyway Lis-chan likes him and she is my friend. I think they'd be perfect together! Ugh! Lucy stop acting like Mira or people will think you're crazy!
"Why does everyone think that? We are not dating! My friend likes him, not me!" I sounded frustrated because I was. I was really tired of explaining this to everyone.
"You're not?" it was Rogue who said this; he sounded quite surprised and even looked it. Even him! People will never stop asking me this question. Why me?
"No" I said, plain and simple and straight to the point.
"But you two are always together" Lector stated. Really?! That's why they think that? Lots of people are always with another person and it doesn't mean they like each other!
"We're on the same team for crying out loud" I told them. They looked quite shocked. Anyway why would they care about who I'm going out with?
"Then why are you out here alone Lucy?" Frosch asked me. He was so cute and he didn't tease repetitively me like a certain blue exceed of a certain pink haired dragon slayer who also teased me constantly for a matter of fact.
"I'm out here training, I'm sick of being the only one on my team who always needs help. And I want to improve my fighting skills so when I run out of magic or don't have my keys, I won't be defenceless." I told them while picking Frosch and Lector up again to cuddle them more.
They looked surprised at my reason for being alone. I wonder what they're doing here.
"What are you guys planning to do now?" I asked them. They thought for a moment.
"We don't really know. We don't have any plans. Can we train with you? We'll help you train at the same time." Rogue asked me.
"Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother to you guys." I was surprised at their offer. I didn't expect that!
"It's no problem at all Lucy, we'd be glad to help" Sting told me with his mouth full. I wonder why some dragon slayers have better manners than others?
"Don't talk with your mouth full" me and Rogue said at the same time.
"Aww are you going to pester me about that too?" Sting whined. Apparently it was a regular occurrence with him.
"Yes and before you ask why, it's because it's really disgusting when the food flies out of your mouth and almost always hits other people" I told him sternly.
"See Sting, It's not just me" Rogue said in a matter of fact voice. Sting looked pretty put out by our observation on how he eats.
"Natsu does it too, which is also why my fridge is almost always empty" I said annoyed at the memory of all the times I had to use my rent money to pay for food that 'mysteriously' disappeared.
"Then if Natsu-san does it shouldn't you be used to it?" Sting asked me with his mouth still full.
I flicked a piece of food off my shirt and looked at him annoyed.
"Yes Sting, but that doesn't make it any less disgusting" I said pointedly.
While our little exchange was going on Frosch and Lector were laughing their heads off. I wonder if they ever try to stop him from eating like this. Probably not, Frosch probably just blatantly agreed and Lector probably went on about how great Sting was.
"So Lucy how long were you planning on staying to train?" Rogue asked me.
"Well I was thinking about that last night before I found Frosch, or rather he found me, and I was thinking maybe about 3 months. I was thinking that maybe I should take 3 months off every year to train by myself" I told him.
"That seems like plenty of time to me Blondie. As long as you don't slack off it should be enough" Sting said.
My eye twitched. What did he call me?
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