I know this kinda sucks, but I had sudden inspiration and I just had to write it. Hope ya like it! :D
Romeo was on a mission. What mission, you may ask?
To kill the idiots who messed with his Dragon Slayer.
He stalked down the streets of Magnolia with such a look of fury that people gave him a lot of space for fear he'd hit them or something. But he wasn't looking for strangers. No, he was looking for his so-called school friends.
Why was he so mad? Because…
"Romeo!"
Romeo turned at the sound of her voice, already smiling…until he saw the tears. He was on his feet instantly and she jumped into his arms, burying her face in his shirt. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Natsu and Gajeel, her "brothers", already getting to their feet, but he gave them a look that said, "I'll handle this." Then he asked in a concerned voice, "What's wrong, Wen?"
"Th-They took it!" she cried.
"Who took what?" He pulled her back and put his thumb under her chin so she would look at him. "Wendy, who took what?"
She looked up at him with teary brown eyes and sniffled, "D-Daichi and Hisoka…cornered me on my w-way back from my job a-and started asking me w-why I would go out with you and not them. I-I told them I really liked you and they took my necklace…told me they'd give it back if I'd be one of theirs girl…."
By this point Romeo felt he could blow something up. He knew Daichi and Hisoka. They'd gone to school together since first grade. They'd also been the ones who made fun of Fairy Tail wizards when he was small…they'd always had it out for him when he'd told them his father took out nineteen vulcans and that all their dads could do was count money. But Wendy…she was off-limits in their spats. He'd make that clear to them.
Romeo led the still-sniffling Wendy over to Lucy, saying he'd be back in a bit. She had said, "Romeo, please don't do anything stupid…" But he'd just forced a smile and walked as calmly as he could out of the guild hall.
But once he hit the street, where Wendy couldn't see him, he was a raving mess. Demanding from strangers if they knew where his "friends" were, if they knew where they lived, where they might be. But no one seemed to know. So he was wandering now, and had been for the past hour, still furious.
Finally he found them. They were standing in some back alley on the outskirts of Magnolia, laughing at something. In one hand, Hisoka held a silver chain.
Wendy's necklace.
"Hey." His voice was surprisingly calm, giving off that eerie I'm-so-gonna-kill-you-but-in-my-own-time sorta vibe.
Hisoka and Daichi jumped at his voice and whirled towards him. Instantly Daichi started sneering, "Well, speak of the devil…it's the Salamander wannabe."
Romeo didn't even move. "Give me the necklace, Hisoka."
Hisoka grinned at him and shrugged, holding up the chain and dangling it between his forefinger and his thumb. "This thing? Can't. It belongs to a pretty little girl who'll soon be mine…"
Romeo's eyes flashed. "Give me the necklace or I'll take it."
"Oh, will you now? And how are you gonna-"
Smack! Thud.
Daichi fell onto the ground, his nose bleeding profusely. Romeo turned towards Hisoka, one fist still clenched, the other held out expectantly. "Give me the necklace," he repeated for the third time, this time through clenched teeth.
Hisoka's eyes were wide, but his fist tightened over the chain. "She'll be mine, wannabe, I swear. She'll just leave you in the dust."
"You don't know her," Romeo snarled. "Stop actin' like you do. You just treat her like a prize, something to win to get at me. But she's way more than that."
Hisoka sneered at him. "God, you are a sap. She's just a gir-"
Smack! Thud.
He joined Daichi on the ground. Romeo glared at them for a second, then shook his head disgustedly. "Weak jerks," he muttered, before kneeling and prying the silver chain from Hisoka's hand. He held it up, inspecting it for damage. Then his eyes widened at the little pendant swinging from it.
A sapphire-eyed dragon.
This was the necklace he'd given Wendy when he'd first asked her out.
For a second, he just stared at it, remembering how upset she'd been at the guild. She'd been a wreck over losing this thing. And it really was just a cheap thing, with fake sapphires, because that was all he could afford at the time. Then he just started smiling. It got wider and wider until he thought his face would crack.
Man, he seriously loved that girl.
And, maybe, she loved him, too, considering how badly off she was when she lost the necklace. They'd never actually said they loved each other before. But, Romeo figured, actions were louder than words.
So, still grinning, he walked away from the unconscious bullies, cradling the necklace in the palms of his hands all the way back to the guild.
When he got back, Wendy had stopped crying. But when she saw him walk through the doors, proudly holding up the necklace, she burst into tears all over again. She leapt from her seat and flew across the room, throwing her arms around his neck and crushing her lips against his. He savored the kiss for a moment before she pulled back, all too soon.
Wendy stared in teary awe at the necklace. "You actually went and got it," she said softly, in almost a whisper.
"Of course." Romeo smiled. "No one messes with my Wendy and gets away with it." And he put the necklace back on her.
She beamed up at him. "Thank you, Romeo." And she kissed him again.
