BlackLynx17: I... love... garlic bread.
Edolas.
Chapter 7.
"Doranbolt! Doranbolt! Doranbolt?" I called peeking my head inside of the bathroom.
There I finally found him out of the shower, a towel wrapped around his waist as he was brushing his teeth. His lack of clothes didn't have the affect on me like it first did in the beginning when we first started dating him; after so many missions of healing him and so many times of swimming together with him in his swim trunks the sight of him shirtless wasn't anything new. That being said, it didn't mean that he wasn't a sight to look at.
Doranbolt hummed, his mouth filled with toothpaste as he brushed his teeth. He looked over at me and I smiled lightly at him.
"I'm going out now." I told him.
Doranbolt spat into the sink and started washing his mouth out, "hold on," he said after, "I'm going to the guild too today."
"Oh, I'm not going to the guild. I'm going to be hanging out with Mystogun today." I told him walking in; handing him a towel.
He took it and wiped his mouth off, his eyebrows raised slightly.
"You're going to hang out with Mystogun today?" He repeated.
"Yeah, ever since he's came here I haven't really had a chance to talk with him in private and yesterday at the pool he asked me if I wanted to go out today. Don't worry, we're not going on a mission or anything. I'm sure we're going to stay in Magnolia."
"Um... okay."
Why did he sound like that?
"Are you alright with that Doranbolt?" I asked, walking closer to him.
"I'm a little at difference with it, but I trust you and I know how much Mystogun means to you so have fun today Wendy."
"Thanks Doranbolt, I love you you know." I grinned at him.
Doranbolt grinned back as he leaned down and kissed my forehead, "I love you too Wendy."
I giggled and turned around, heading back for the door while saying, "you honestly have nothing to worry about. I see Mystogun as my big brother, he sort of is like my bring brother, and I have no problem calling him Mystogun nii-chan if that'll make you feel any better."
I heard his chuckles as I left the bathroom, but didn't hear his response. It made me happy that Doranbolt was getting a little jealous over me, but I knew how that feeling felt with him and my other self so I didn't want him feeling like that. Maybe Mystogun and I could hang out at the guild? In front of Doranbolt so he really had nothing to worry about? But then again I trusted Doranbolt, so he should trust me right back and trust in me that I won't do anything that would hurt him.
"Well then I'm off! Make sure to lock the door behind you and feel free to let yourself in if you're coming back tonight! Warn Charlie though at the guild if you are so she'll know to stay over Natsu's house again tonight!" I called out making my way to the door.
"Wendy!"
I turned around and saw Doranbolt, now wearing pants, walking over to me. He bent down and captured my lips with his, and though I was super surprised and shocked, I smiled and enjoyed our small kiss.
"Be safe." He said pulling away.
"I love you," I sighed dreamily.
He chuckled and kissed me again, "I love you too Wendy."
"What did I do?"
"Huh?" I hummed lightly, tilting my head as I smiled.
"What did I do?" Mystogun repeated.
"What do you mean?"
"You're smiling at me, you've been smiling at me for a long time now. Why?"
I smiled even wider, "I'm just happy to see you Mystogun."
Mystogun blinked, and I couldn't tell his facial expression because his face was covered up, but his eyes suddenly softened so I had a feeling he was smiling making me smile even more wider than before.
"You don't know how much I've missed you Mystogun and how I always felt bad because I was never able to fully thank you for how you saved me and you just have no idea what you mean to me. I was just a little girl on my own with no direction and you saved me, if it wasn't for you I would have been dead so thank you, thank you so much," I started crying as the memories appeared in my head.
The table shook as Mystogun stood up and waved his hands around, handing me a napkin.
"Please don't cry Wendy." He said.
"I can't help it, you saved my life. You were my first real friend, I can't help but get all emotional now that I'm finally able to see you again Mystogun." I told him.
"Thank you Wendy, thanks... for thinking so highly of me." He mumbled sitting back down.
"Well I should Mr. Crowned Prince, or does that make you a King now? Mr. High and Mighty King, I'm surprised you have time to hang around peasants like me." I teased him.
"Wendy, I didn't invite you here to talk about me, but you... and please drop the King stuff, please." Mystogun blushed, his whole face turning red from what I could tell.
"Well that's too bad because all I want to hear about is you, so start."
Mystogun shrugged at me, "what do you want to hear?"
"I just told you, all about you silly. How have you been Mystogun? What's been happening? What happened after we left your world? Tell me all about it Mystogun." Wendy smiled.
Mystogun gulped and nodded before he started to tell me everything. It made me so happy being able to talk to him about this. There was so much I wanted to say, wanted to hear. We talked all the way until the sun started setting and yet I could still talk to him for hours more.
"And then Charlie was telling me, hurry up the blow the fire out! And Natsu was yelling, let me eat the fire! And I was so confused that finally I just sky dragon the fire, but Natsu was trying to eat it so I sent him flying in the air!"
Mystogun started laughing loudly, I joined him and our laughter filled the entire cafe. Tears were in my eyes and I had to use my napkin to wipe them off.
"This Natsu is so much more crazier than my Natsu, I actually miss this Fairy Tail. I told you, now that there's no magic in our world the guilds have had nothing to do so I let them all work for me in the castle. Seeing them brings back memories, I'm used to their personalities now. Before I had so much trouble, I'd always be asking are you sure you're feeling alright Gray? You're wearing a lot of clothes." Mystogun joked.
I giggled a little bit, "yeah, but you never really talked to anyone here though... didn't you?"
"You're right, but I still was around and saw them. Even though we never talked, I'm sure we were all friends."
I smiled, "yes, more than that, we were all family."
I took a bite of my cake while Mystogun started drinking some more coffee. I looked at the clock and saw how late it was getting, Doranbolt might be getting worried for me now. I should be leaving shortly.
"Wendy, you've told me nearly everything except about your new boyfriend." Mystogun said placing his cup back on the table.
"Really? Oh, I don't know why! That's the most life changing thing that has happened since we met, so yeah! I'm dating Doranbolt, he's a really nice guy." I smiled.
"He seems... older." He mumbled.
I pouted, "he is, but I still love him. Age isn't anything but a number Mystogun." I told him.
"Okay, alright. Where'd you meet?"
"I told you during the S cla- oh, oh right, I was using his other name Mest. You remember Mest right?" I asked.
"You said he was pretending to be my appearance?" He asked.
"Yeah, but his name was was actually Doranbolt! He was pretending to join our guild for information; he was a spy. He turned good though and tried to save us all, tried to save me, and after our seven year parting we met up again and well," I started blushing, "he told me how sorry he was and how much he missed me. I always had a small crush on him really and when he told me all of his feelings well... well I was filled with so much joy it was unbelievable." I blushed.
"You really love him."
I blushed brighter and nodded my head several times up and down. Mystogun was quiet for a minute as he stared down at the table; he was probably embarrassed that I was blushing because of my love for Doranbolt.
"Do you trust him?"
"Yeah, I do." I said softly.
"What about me?"
"What about you Mystogun? Do I trust you? Yeah, of course I do. You saved my life after all." I said.
"And if I said I didn't like Doranbolt? Would you believe me?" Mystogun asked.
I blinked, huh?
"Don't like Doranbolt? You don't even know him though, you haven't even met him." I said.
"You're right, so how about we meet?"
"Really? Yeah, that would be awesome! How's tomorrow? You can come for breakfast? Or lunch? Or dinner? Whenever! You guys aren't leaving anytime soon, right?" I asked getting all excited.
He started chuckling, "no we aren't, not for another few weeks I believe."
"That's good, we haven't been able to hang out with each other enough and I want loads of memories with you before I never see you again." I said.
"I wouldn't say never, if Levy and Lucy get their machine running up again we'll be able to visit each other again and again."
"Really? Hooray! I know you're a King now so you don't have to visit often, but a couple of times will make me happy."
Mystogun nodded his head and got up, "come on Wendy, let me walk you home."
"You read my mind Mystogun! Hold on, let me get go get something for Doranbolt and Charlie and then we can go." I said running up to the head of the cafe.
I ordered a strawberry shortcake and a chocolate fudge cake to go and paid for it along with everything else we ate for the past few hours. Of course I would pay, I was the one who invited Mystogun. He walked up behind me as I grabbed the little to-go box with his wallet out.
"No worries, I paid. Let's go home." I told him.
"But-"
"It's fine Mystogun, let's go." I smiled tugging him outside.
Mystogun sighed out lightly and followed me out, holding my hand as we started walking down the street. It reminded me when we were younger and traveling together. He would always hold my hand like this on the long road ahead of us to the unknown, squeezing it tightly whenever I would get scared or try to wander off. I squeezed his hand tightly remembering those times and felt him squeeze right back.
"We should do a mission, for old times sake." He told me.
I looked up at him with a bright smile; he wasn't looking down at me but I had a feeling he was smiling with me.
"I would love that Mystogun."
He looked down and nodded, "it's a promise then."
"There you are Wend- Mystogun, hi. Good afternoon." Doranbolt said opening the door.
"We're home Doranbolt and we brought goodies!" I cheered.
"Welcome back." He said holding the door open for us.
"Come inside Mystogun, this is my home I share with Charlie. Did Charlie come back Doranbolt? I bought her one just in case she did." I said walking in.
I finally let go of Mystogun's hand as I walked towards the refrigerator to place our treats in. I heard footsteps walking in behind me and turned around, seeing Mystogun standing in the middle of the room with Doranbolt closing the door and walking over towards me.
"No she's staying over Natsu's again. Thanks for walking her home, knowing her she'd probably get distracted and lost." Doranbolt said ruffling my hair.
"Hey! No I wouldn't, I know my way home!" I pouted at him.
"Sure you do Kid, I left some dinner for you to warm up. I didn't know if you would have ate or if you were waiting or what." He said.
"Thanks Doranbolt, would you like to stay for dinner Mystogun? I'm sure we have enough." I offered.
"No, I'm fine. I'm going to head back, I'll see you tomorrow though Wendy."
I hummed and nodded, running over to hug him. "Right, safe trip." I smiled.
"Let me walk you out Mystogun," Doranbolt said walking over.
"Bye, bye Mystogun." I waved before turning to the kitchen again.
I looked for whatever dinner Doranbolt had left out for me and found it wrapped up on the table, a fruit salad with whip cream on the side! My favorite! I went over to get a fork and sat back down on the table, saying a quick prayer before I started digging in. I finally heard the door close and looked up, seeing Doranbolt walking over me.
"Thanks for the food." I told him.
Doranbolt blinked and looked over to me. I blinked and saw him suddenly in front of me, bedding down and kissing my lips. I was surprised because there was still food in my mouth; he kissed me anyway though and when he parted I felt breathless.
"I love you Wendy, so much." He told me.
I blushed, "you couldn't have told me that after I finished?"
"Nope." Doranbolt smirked.
I stuck my tongue out at him while he went digging in the fridge; he pulled up a chair next to me a minute later placing the chocolate cake I bought him on the table.
"Thanks, my favorite." He told me taking a bite.
"Mine too." I smiled eating a watermelon.
"So, how was it?"
"So much fun Doranbolt! I couldn't believe what Mystogun's been through since I last saw him and it felt so nice to catch up and now I was finally able to thank him for all he's done for me and just good. I can't thank him enough, but I think I came close today. He was hoping that we could go on a mission together, if you don't mind, and then tomorrow he wanted to get lunch or dinner or breakfast together. For some strange reason you didn't give off a good impression to him, but don't worry. I told him all about how much I was in love with you." I giggled.
"You two talked about me?" He asked.
I nodded, "yup, good things I promise."
"About what? What did he tell you about me?"
I tilted my head, "he didn't know anything about you, I was telling him about you."
"Oh... well lunch sounds good. Not as good as this cake is though."
I giggled again and smiled, thinking about how lucky I was. I was able to meet my savior again and was able to be with my one true love. I couldn't be happier, I couldn't believe how lucky I was.