I tried hard to fasten their relationship into next level.

I do not own Fairy Tail...

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Her body being shook. Hardly, she opened her eyes.

"You're still here?" Her eyes widened. "Why you're still here?"

He handed her a cup of ramen. She took it but still looking at him, hoping that he would answer. However, he went to the coach to join his cat. She had no word to say. Thus, silently she ate the noodle.

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She moved her ankle. It seemed alright, till she put a little pressure on it.

"What are you doing?" he asked. His head peeked from the coach. "Do not move. You'll delay the healing process," he said, disappeared again. She chuckled.

"Just a little movement won't hurt," she half-whispered.

"Do not… move." She widened her eyes and furrowed her brows.

"At all?" she asked.

"At all." She gaped.

"Don't be ridiculous. What if I need to go to the bathroom? You're so unreasonable." She chuckled.

She looked out of the window. It was going to rain soon. The bright sky just turned grey. Mirajane must be mad again if she saw her little sister's current condition. That was why she sent her a letter saying that she'll be staying in Hargeon for a few more days. If she is lucky enough, her demon sister will let her go. If not…

She stood on one leg. Tried to stable her body before jumped on one leg.

"Where are you going?" She stopped in the middle of the room.

"I need to bath. Don't worry, I'll be fine. It's not like I haven't sprained my ankle before," she said, and turned her back to him.

"That's why it happened again," he replied. Suddenly, she was scooped up. Made her almost shouted. "Do not move. I told you."

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Lisanna sat on the bed silently. Not moving. She eyed Sting who was sleeping on the coach with his cat. Or Exceed. Deliberately, she lifted her body from the bed and tip-toed (lamely) to the bathroom. Without making any sound (or at least she tried to), she pushed the door and quickly entered it. Carelessly, the door made a huge 'bang' sound, which woke him up. She cursed under her breath. She fell on her butt.

Sting looked around and found that the girl was gone. He stared at two doors. One lead to the outside of the room where as the other one was the bathroom. Where did she go?

Lisanna washed her face. She sighed. She felt awkward when he was around. Because he had been so nice. Very nice to her. She didn't understand why he acted like that. They barely knew each other. They met accidently a few times. He took a very good care of her. Her injury had nothing to do with him. But why he stayed?

Suddenly, the door knocked. Lisanna tried to stand up to catch her towel. But she tripped and fell back into the tab, created a huge 'splash'. The door knocked harder and his (concern) voice heard.

"Hey, you're inside? Are you alright?"

Lisanna coughed. She brushed her face covered with bubbles.

"Fi..*cough*..Fine *cough*..I'm fine..*cough*" she answered.

"Are you sure? You're not sound good," he replied.

"Yes. I'm good," she said between her coughs.

"Erm..Okay. erm..I'm going out for a while. Need anything?" he asked. Lisanna unconsciously shook her head. When she realized that he couldn't see, she quickly answered.

"No."

"Alright. Erm..I go … first."

"Okay," she said, half-whispered and nodded.

That was awkward. He wasn't like the first time they met. He wasn't talk much. Well, that was normal to not talking to stranger. He was being a little polite. Not like him. Maybe. Maybe she shouldn't judge him after a few meetings. Maybe that was how he interacts with people. A little gruff during the first meeting and softened on the next.

Or maybe he pitied her. A weak mage went to a mission alone. Injured because of own carelessness.

Lisanna sighed again. She slowly and carefully stood up and grabbed her towel. She wiped her wet body and wrapped it up. Then she carefully walked out of the bathroom and headed to her bed. She sat on the bed and then laid the upper body down.

"I left some…"

Lisanna lifted her head. She saw him stared at her. Realized that she was half naked there, she screamed and tried to pull her blanket over her body. Sting quickly turned around. His cheeks turned red.

"I…I brought not enough…jewels. So..I.." he tried to explain.

"It's okay. Just go get it," she said, half-shouted.

He quickly went to the coach and took things he needed. Before he left the room again, he stopped by the door, thinking of explaining the real situation. But seeing that the girl was not moving on the bed, he walked out the door and closed it behind him.

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"You know, I can walk."

She waited for him to answer. And as usual, he didn't reply. He just walked, with her on his back.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." She moved her ankle a few times. He didn't see. "Hey, Lector," she called the cat. But the red Exceed ignored her. She sighed. Neither of them was going to talk with her.

"Tell me, are you going to send me back to Fairy Tail guild?" Her question made him stopped. She glanced at him. A few seconds later, he continued to walk slowly. She sighed again.

"They will mad. They said that you are a bad person. Maybe you just send me till the station," she suggested.

"You think?" He finally talked.

"Em?" She wasn't really understood what he meant.

"Do you think I'm a bad person?" he asked again.

She didn't quickly answer him. Instead, she tightened up her hold on him. She then placed her cheek on his shoulder. Which startled him a little.

"They said that you killed your foster parent."

"That made me a bad person?" he asked. He could hear her let a deep breath out.

"Maybe," she replied.

"Maybe," he whispered, perhaps to himself.

"Maybe you've change," she assured him. He glanced at her from the end of his eyes. "Laxus was a bad ass once. But he changed now."

"How you can be so sure? You don't know me," he said. She slowly nodded, brushed her cheek on his shoulder.

"Yea. We don't know each other. Why do you help me?" she asked.

He lost of word. Truthfully, he didn't know why he stayed. He had an option of leaving. Instead, he stayed and took care of her.

"You know what, being brought like this make me sleepy," she said, when he didn't answer her after a long moment of silent.

"Go to sleep then," he said. She chuckled.

"Am I heavy?" she asked.

"Weren't you tired of talking?" he asked her back. She giggled. She lifted her head and replaced by her chin.

"Are you tired listening to me?" He didn't answer, but made face to her. She smiled. "I built a habit of talking to myself. So, I didn't really mind if I got no respond." She chuckled.

"Lonely?" Her smile died. Slowly, she shook.

Finally, they arrived at the train station. He sat her on a bench. He asked his cat to stay with her while he went to buy tickets.

Lisanna stared at the cat. The cat sat on the bench, with his tiny arms across his small chest and his eyes looked forward. She grinned slightly.

"I never thought that he cared about me." The cat turned to her with a sharp gaze. "He never let me walk. He never let me do anything. He even brought me to this station. He really cared about me." She glanced at the cat. He looked furious. "I think I'm in love with him."

Lector jumped down the bench and walked away.

"Wow, he must hate me so much," she said to herself.

"Where's Lector?" She looked around.

Sting stood behind her with tickets in his hand. And his face was red. Maybe due to the rising temperature. It was almost noon.

"Buy some food, maybe," she replied. Although she didn't exactly know where the cat went to.

Sting leaned against the bench, gave his back to the white-haired mage.

"Come and sit here," she offered, patting the empty place next to her. "This bench is huge. You should rest. It will be hard for you on the train later," she said.

He did as she said. He sat silently on the bench, a little far from her. She stared at him.

"You don't have to be so far," she said. He didn't move.

Slowly, she moved to sat next to him. She swung her feet while her eyes wandered around the station. The station was full of people. Suddenly, she caught the glimpse of Lector walking toward them.

"Stay still," she said to the white dragon slayer. As he turned his face to her, she put her head on his shoulder. He almost jumped off the bench but she caught his arm and forced him to stay sit.

Lector stopped in front of the couple with a fish in his mouth. He looked at his guildmate but the dragon slayer turned his face away. Hesitantly, he turned to Lisanna. The girl smiled cynically to him. The cat gritted his teeth and quickly kicked her injured ankle. She screamed and fall onto the floor. It was the cat's turn to sarcastically grin at her. Lisanna snorted while carefully climbed back onto the bench.

The Exceed sat between the mages. Sometimes, he pushed Lisanna away from him. That made her to move even closer to him.

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