I hope you find this as cute as I did. :D


"Romeo, is the blindfold really necessary?"

Romeo smiled at his blue-haired girlfriend, even though she couldn't see it past the cloth he'd tied around her eyes. "Yes, Wen. Don't you trust me?"

"I trust you. I don't trust the guild members not to run into me during a fight," she replied. "Are we going to the guild?"

"They won't hurt you," Romeo said, not really answering her.

"Not on purpose."

There was nothing he could say to that truth. So instead of replying, he took her hand and began to lead her down the busy streets of Magnolia, walking backwards so he could watch the adorably confused expression on her face. Glancing frequently over his shoulder to make sure he didn't run into someone, he led her up the hill to where the new guild was, guiding her past potholes and various other obstacles (mostly unconscious guild members).

"Romeo, where are you taking me?" she asked as he led her up the pathway to the front doors.

"You'll see. Now, I'm going to let go of your hand…don't you dare take off the blindfold."

Wendy sighed and started twirling her hair between her fingers, a cute habit of hers that just made him smile. So, grinning, he turned and knocked three times exactly on the door. Wendy heard him and asked, "Why are you knocking on a door? Where are we?"

"Be patient!" The door opened and Mirajane poked her head out. When she saw Wendy with the blindfold on and Romeo grinning, she started grinning, too. She opened the door wider and waved them inside. Romeo took Wendy's hand again and led her into the guild, where it was oddly quiet. Quiet enough that their footsteps echoed on the floor. It was sort of creepy.

"Are we there yet?" Wendy asked when Romeo stopped her again.

Romeo looked around at all the guild members crouched under tables and chairs, all excited, smothering gleeful giggles with their hands. "Yeah, Wendy. You can take the blindfold off now."

"Thank God." She reached up and untied the cloth from her eyes. As soon as it fell from her face, the entire guild burst out from their hiding places, some even overturning tables in their hurry to get up.

"Surprise!" the guild yelled in unison. "Happy fifteenth birthday, Wendy!"


Still holding the cloth, Wendy gaped at the guild members throwing confetti and wearing silly, cone-shaped party hats, some with little bits of cake icing already smeared on their cheeks. A feeling of happiness surged through her, and her eyes got a bit wet. She looked around at the people, a smile spreading across her face. Her eyes stopped on her boyfriend, who smiled just as widely as her.

"Happy birthday, Wen," he said.

"You…you all remembered," she whispered in almost disbelief.

"How could we forget?" Gajeel grumbled from somewhere in the back, shooting pointed glares at Mirajane and Romeo.

"How would we forget," Levy corrected, adjusting his pink party hat. He swatted her hands away irritably.

"Let's eat cake!" shouted Natsu.

"It looks like you already have, flame-brain," commented Gray, looking at the white icing on the salmon-haired teen's face.

"Wanna go, ice-boy?" Natsu roared.

"Don't fight on Wendy's birthday!" snapped Lucy.

Wendy started laughing. This was her home, her crazy family. People she wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Especially…

"Here, Wendy."

Wendy looked back to Romeo. He now held a small white box in his hands, a clumsily tied blue ribbon on the top. She smiled at him as she took the box from him. "Thanks, Romeo."

"Open it," he said.

Wendy untied the ribbon and lifted the lid from the box. At once she felt tears rise in her eyes again.

A little charm bracelet of the same silvery plastic as her necklace. Except hanging from the little loops was one single charm- a real silver charm of flames in the shape of a heart.

"I-I thought…so you could have, if you wanted, um, me and Grandeeny with you…" Romeo was stammering as she stared at the little charm. When she looked up and he saw the tears, the look on his face made it clear he was beginning to panic, because she wasn't supposed to cry on her birthday. She almost laughed.

"A-Are you okay?" he stuttered anxiously. "Why are you cry-"

She quieted his stammering with a quick kiss. When she pulled back, he was grinning again. She smiled at him. "This is the best gift ever," she whispered.

His grin widened.

"Get a room!" someone in the crowd shouted.

Wendy flushed bright red and Romeo started laughing. Before long, she was laughing, too. Then, she took his hand and dragged him into the crowd, fastening the bracelet on as she went in search of the cake so she could have a bit before the others ate it all.

But, with her hand in Romeo's, the guild roaring around her, and the bracelet on her wrist, she was certain that this was already the best birthday she'd ever had.