Chapter 7

It is man to like the 'v'! :

They both sat down together in the darkness of the night, Elijah with his back against a large tree and Rissy in his lap, with his arms around her.

The silence was all that was needed between them as the two young mages felt as if they knew one another inside and out, Elijah absently entwined the fingers of one hand with one of hers, whilst he inhaled her sent from the place where her shoulder and neck met.

he absently trawled up the hem of her shirt, tracing the outline of where the Draco Fire insignia was, and enlightening a shiver as soon as his fingers came into contact with the sensitive skin, enjoying the reaction he got from her he smiled against her, causing her to place her free hand over his roaming one.

"You know, I enjoy the times like this" Elijah whispered, his voice sending vibrations down her neck.

She turned her head round to face him, flashing a playful smile.

"What. When you touch me?"

He gave a soft laugh and then pulled her closer to him.

"Of course I enjoy that, I meant the times when we just... sit"

She sighed softly, leaning her head against his chest.

"And once your nature kicks in, we can enjoy times like these for the rest of our lives..."

She instantly stiffened at the statement, as much as she loved Elijah as deeply as she cared for him, he would never be her mate.

They understood each other on such a deep level since the two had grown up together, however Rissy felt as if he wasn't the other half of her that was missing, he wasn't her mate and something like that just couldn't be forced. No matter how much you cared for that person.

"Elijah..." She started "You know that dragons and dragon slayer don't choose their mates"

"I know but..."

"Elijah..."

"I would kill any man who thought you where his, you are mine"

His statement caused Rissy to involuntary suffer and she honestly felt great pain for whoever her mate may have turned out to be, for Elijah would kill him.

As usual the guild was back to its usual self, once again the guild brawls ha started, forcing the un- participating members to dodge the many amount of bar stools that were being thrown around. At this time Rissy was certain that a large proportion of the guild budget was spent on bar stools alone.

"You've stared into space for some time now..." Lucy pointed out as she absently twirled the straw of her glass.

"Yeah I was just thinking" Rissy sighed as she leant over the bar slightly, she absently fidgeted with her communication lacrima a sigh leaving her lips once more, the action didn't go unnoticed by the blonde whose face suddenly sported a devious smile.

"You're waiting for a call aren't you...?"

Rissy almost dropped the lacrima on the ground, her face threatening to turn the brightest shade of red.

"Lucy!?" Rissy gasped as she tried to cover her face with her hands.

"Ooh someone has a crush" Lucy said in a sing-song voice which attracted a certain match maker's attention.

"Ooh who has a crush?" Mira asked, her sudden appearance almost knocking Rissy off of her bar stool.

"Rissy... but I'm not sure who..." Lucy said however mumbling the last part to in particular.

A smirk suddenly appeared on Mira's face as she placed her elbows on the counter and placing her head on her hands.

"So is he in the room now?" Mira asked only Rissy didn't answer, which only caused Lucy to come up with her own conclusions.

"So either he isn't in the room or it's not a he but a she!" She gasped which only caused Rissy to start blushing madly.

"N-No!" She shouted, waving her arms about frantically, causing the guild members to stop their fighting and take interest in the action at the bar.

"Why is she waving her arms like that?" Charle asked as she sat on Wendy's lap.

"Maybe she's hot" Wendy suggested

"So what's going on is that Rissy likes the 'v' now" Cana explained to Elfman whose response was to loudly proclaim

"It is man to like the 'v'!"

A bar stool was suddenly thrown at Elfman, knocking him to the floor and getting back up he dived straight into the fight between Gray and Natsu which once again started the guild brawl.

No longer the topic of conversation Rissy sighed with relief, relief which didn't last too longs since once again Mira popped out of nowhere.

"Rissy you know it would be easier if you told me who your crush is..." Mira said a sing-song voice.

Rissy sighed, lowering her head to wonder if she should really show the truth to the match maker.

"I won't tell a soul..." Mira said

Rissy sighed, gave a nod and then motioned for Mira to come closer, whispering the name in her ear, Mira's eyes widened.

Leaving the guild to finish of another one of their brawls, Rissy managed to slip away for a late evening walk. She felt bad for taking Lavender away from her first guild brawl, the small exceed was too engrossed in a brawl on the origin of the first fish, a battle that none of the exceeds were going to win.

The pair had walked for the better half of two hours, well Rissy walking and Lavender resting on her head to no destination in particular.

"Rissy-Chan, I'm tired..." Lavender yawned; she started moving around on Rissy's head, tangling her paws in Rissy's salmon hair.

"Gees cat you're turning my hair into a nest!" Rissy exclaimed as she pulled the exceed from her head and gently cradled her in her arms.

Coming to a stop the pair found themselves in a forest and from the smell of the place she wasn't in Magnolia any more. Rather than turn back towards home she continued walking until she reached the top of a large hill. She gasped at the sight of a pink sky, the colour of sunset and took a seat a foot of the tree. She felt Lavender stir slightly as she lifted her head to look at the surroundings.

"Rissy-Chan it's beautiful" Lavender gasped, Rissy nodded in agreement.

"It sure is Lavender" She whispered, before she took a seat on the ground.

They sat for what felt like hours or maybe it was only mere minutes and watched as the sky faded from a mixture of sunset orange and pink to a dark blue. Starts dotted the sky, shedding little night at the now black sky, which meant that it was late very late, and most likely her guild mates were wondering where she was at such a late hour. Lavender had long ago fallen asleep, her soft snores filling the forest.

Getting ready to get up and leave she suddenly froze at the sound of a twig snapping.

She slowly got up, clinging to one of the low branches with one hand while the other arm tightly held Lavender, she swung herself up into a large tree hoping to get a closer look at who ever was in the forest.

Whoever was there was heading slowly towards her direction, the quiet sounds of their footsteps increasing with each step. The darkness made it hard for her to see however she managed to make out a shape of a figure, judging by the build they were male and there was something on his shoulder...and it was moving.

The male froze and tilted their head up in her direction, his scent was familiar however Rissy didn't even leave a moment to register who the familiar scents belonged to and without any light and her fear distracting all senses of knowledge she lifted her hands causing the bunches to grow, and with a flick of her wrist the figure was dangling by his ankles high in the trees. Getting a closer look at the figure she gasped, the action causing her to lose her focus and send the figure to the forest floor with a loud thud.

"Oh my gosh...oh my gosh...I am so sorry!" She gasped, placing a hand on the raven haired mage. He slowly sat up on his knees, placing a hand on his head, his exceed partner sat next to him, resting its paws on his legs.

Rouge's long dark bangs covering one his face however once he lifted his head to meet her gaze she was met piercing red eyes. To avoid letting him see her blush she quickly turned away, leaving the dark-haired mage to watch her intensely.

"Don't worry...you didn't hurt me" he said...a soft smile appearing on his lips.

"Frosch, sorry if I hurt you" Rissy said as she placed a hand on the small exceed.

Frosh turned to face her a small smile on its face, the light of the moon causing it's eyes to sparkle.

"Frosch isn't hurt" It happily declared.

"That's great" Rissy said, a smile on her face, causing Frosch to nod in agreement.

"Frosch thinks so too!"

The noise suddenly caused Lavender to stir, the small exceed waking up with a yawn. Sitting up she stared at Rogue and Frosch with curiosity.

"Rogue, Frosch this is my exceed, Lavender" Rissy said with a smile.

Lavender instantly walked over to Frosch poking its costume with a paw. Leaving the exceeds to get acquainted Rissy turned to face Rogue, a brow raised.

"Why were you sneaking around at such a late hour?"

Now it was his turn to blush, turning back to Rissy she was leaning forward on her knees slightly, still waiting for an answer.

"Well I..." He paused to look for something to get him out of the awkward situation; trees...not really..ants...hardly...mushrooms

"I was collecting mushrooms.." He easily lied; he wasn't exactly going to tell her that he caught her scent and decided to follow it and her to the forest

"mushrooms?" She asked, her arms folded over her chest.

"Yes...mushrooms, I like to collect them late at night" He stated matter-of-factly.

Rissy raised a brow once more and for moment the raven haired mage was certain she didn't believe his lie.

"Why didn't you say so!" She exclaimed "You made me think that you were some creepy stalker guy"

Rouge involuntary shivered however Rissy didn't notice for she had turned around to sit more comfortably, her back resting against the foot of a tree.

"You just going to awkwardly sit there?" she asked, a toothy grin spread across her face.

He made his way over towards her, leaving a bit of distance between them; Rissy however wasn't having that and pulled the dark-haired mage closer towards her.

The clouds parted slightly revealing clusters of stars and constellations and the largest moon ever seen.

The dragon slayers both stared in awe at the sight, Rissy pointing out to Rogue the various amounts of constellations that she could spot while both exceeds were asleep in their partners laps.

Rissy suddenly paused, a thought suddenly crossing her mind; Rogue stopped turning to Rissy inspecting her with his gaze.

"Can I tell you a secret...?" She asked the dark-haired mage.

"I you want..."

"I wanted you to call me...but you never did..." She said a smile on her face, however Rouge could sense the sadness in her voice.

"Can I tell you a secret?" He asked the salmon haired mage. She turned to face him with curiosity however that soon disappeared as a smile formed across her lips and she nodded her head.

"I wasn't collecting mushrooms..." He paused to study her expression half expecting to see disappointment however the smile was still on her face.

"...I came here to see you"

There was short pause before the only sound that filled the forest was the sound of...laughter.

"You actually made me believe that you were collecting fucking mushrooms!" Rissy exclaimed as she tried to stifle her laughs. Rouge just stared at her, this was a serious moment yet the salmon haired girl had burst into a fit of laughter.

"Well I wouldn't want you to think that I was a creepy stalker" he said a smile forming on his lips as he remembered what she had said moments before. He turned to face the stars once more, the soft sound of her laughter still filling the forest.

The laughter suddenly stopped and Rogue froze, Rissy's hand was resting on his own, a smile on her face that caused her dark eyes to brighten.

"Hey...I'm glad that you're a creepy stalker..."

And with that she rested her head on his shoulder, and Rouge could barely hold back a bush at the sudden contact, taking a step he wrapped his free arm around her shoulders, the place causing her to shift closer towards him.

"is that you're natural eye colour?" she asked, still facing straight ahead.

"Umm...yeah" He said, no one had ever asked that before.

"wow, its..."

"Scary, un-natural?"

"Beautiful"

There was a short pause.

"I've seen something more beautiful..."

"Ooh what...wait don't tell me let me guess"

"Okay..."

"Was it a puppy?

"No..."

"Then I give up"

"You sure?"

"Yeah"

"Its you"

"Me...?"

"Yes"

"..."

She snuggled closer against him, her eyes drifting shut.

And it wasn't long till sleep claimed them both.

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Sorry I like didn't update for a while

JustAnotherFairy :)