Chapter 1: As we are now

It was a day where the moon was illuminating above the appealing dark sky, each and every star kept twinkling and shimmering in its own way. The two mages were currently walking near a park comprised with enticing exotic plants but mostly of full grown beautiful pink sakura trees.

And the mages was no longer than Sting Eucliffe and Lucy Heartfilia, the two began "meeting" at the time of the Grand Magic Games, where the celestial mage had to battle Raven Tail's Flare Corona but to her dismay it was her loss…

Flashback:T.T

After the said heated battle between the two ladies, Lucy then tried to calm herself down from the burden of letting down her friends by walking around the whole place intentionally. Memories flooded her thoughts bit by bit making her uneasy from her loss and much less each step she took were shaky

Though the blond didn't notice that flows of warm fresh tears were streaming down her alluring face, it was about a minute that Lucy noticed the tears that were forming in her brown orbs making her vision go all blurry by every second. Sooner enough the latter sat down on one of the nearest benches wiping away the tears from her white porcelain skin

Unknown to Lucy, a certain white dragon slayer was silently watching over her, pity overtaking his face. In a little while Sting decided to confront the girl in front of him

"What's a gorgeous girl doing here crying all alone?" Sting asked the sobbing Lucy who took a glance at the person standing before her as shock appeared from her appearance

"You…you're from Saber Tooth…" she said as her gloomy eyes tried to fixate on the person

Sting never gave a response back to the other blond as he just gave her a calm yet harmonious smile and sat next to her

"I can offer you a shoulder to cry on." He told her with satisfaction showing in his voice

"Is…that so…" Lucy said as she wiped more tears from her puffy red eye from all the crying as she continued to speak

"By the way, why are you-" the key bearer's words were cut off by the dragon slayer who told her-

"Stop speaking! Just lay your head on my shoulder." Sting told Lucy as he cupped her face and gently placed her head on his shoulder

There was a long silence between the two until Lucy spoke up again

"Some of my courage seemed to seep away…" she said "And…I'm growing more unhappy…"

"If you're talking about how you lost to that Raven Tail weirdo, don't relive that memory…" Sting told her "Don't think that you're being a burden to your team" he stated, Lucy was just staring at him, it gave her a queer feeling every time she looked into his deep dark eyes

"I know…that's why I decided to get stronger." Lucy said to him as a small smile appeared on her face

"…Thank you…" she said as the little smile still stayed on her playful lips

End of Flashback

=Present=

"Where are you taking me?" Lucy asked the man beside her who was holding her arm

"To your apartment, I'm taking you home." Sting said "It's already late and going through the park is a shortcut." He finished his statement as his eyes were diverted on the dark lighted road

"I have feet and you do know that I can head back home by myself, right?" she told him as she brushed a strand of hair from her face that was blocking her view and tucked it behind her ear

"Because there might be some other weirdo who might take advantage of you even though I had my eye on you first…" Sting trailed off when he realized what he said and quickly hid his blushing face with his free hand

"Idiot…" Lucy emitted a small giggle from her lips

They arrived at Lucy's apartment shortly after, the celestial mage was rummaging through her pocket looking for her house keys and after a while finally did so. Lucy opened the door, which gave off a small creak when it opened and entered the place with Sting following behind

"Well since I brought you home safe I better get going" he said "I don't want to bother your personal bubble…"

"Oh okay, by the way thanks for bringing me home…" she gave him a sweet smile as she went to where he was, Lucy tiptoed near him and kissed his cheek, which made the latter blush more furious than before. To him, the kiss felt wonderful considering that he almost lost conscious from it.

"B-Bye t-then…" Sting headed to the door until suddenly a loud thunder that gave off a frightening "boom" followed with a heavy rain that streamed down droplets of water

"What the…" he couldn't even believe that rain abruptly appeared out of nowhere, and unexpectedly Sting heard a giggle behind him knowing it was Lucy, he turned around only to see her flushed face from all the laughter

"Why are you laughing?" he gave her an unquestioning look

"N-Nothing, it's just that I knew that this would happen." Lucy told him while trying to compose herself

"What?" he asked "You knew it would rain?"

"Yep!" the blonde girl nodded in response "Didn't you notice the dark gray clouds when we were outside?" Lucy asked him while she took a seat at her couch

"How would I know?" Sting stated as he closed the door behind him and sat next to the blond "It was too dark not to mention it was night…and how did you see the clouds…?" he babbled another question

"It's because of the stars…" Lucy uttered in a small voice

"The stars…you say…" though there was a loud rain outside the mage clearly heard what she said, most likely one of the traits of being a dragon slayer

"Yeah, Mother told me once that if there are no stars at night, it would rain." The celestial mage said "At first I didn't believe it but now, since there's proof I guess she was right!"

Lucy gave off another laugh as Sting gazed into Lucy's eyes, which made a tender glow within him. Though he had just met the girl a couple of days ago he kept having the feeling all the time that something fine can grow between them.

Sting thought something was wrong with him, he even remembered what happened the other day when they were walking to his guild, a tinge of jealousy sprouted from him as he saw drunkards and people with the same age as him were ogling at Lucy from head to toe. Though, those people stopped starring at her when Sting glared daggers at them…

That was when his cue got on, he needed Lucy to know these feelings that were captivated inside him. He sometimes had the thought that this was what they say "love" but he kept shrugging it off until now, he needed to ask her, it was even the perfect time

"Lucy…" Sting called her out in a tender-hearted voice as Lucy faced him curious on why he called her

"Lately…I haven't been bored, dreary, dull…and the cause of this…is you…" he told her as the tender in his voice never flailed out

"W-What do you mean?" Lucy was quite oblivious, she was hoping that he'll just say it straight to the point

"Lucy…" he called her out again and peered into her eyes as she reacted and did the same, Sting was an inch away from her as he prepared himself for the worse and best

"I…slowly started to realize this…" he trailed off as he arched his head down and continued "That…" Sting gulped some saliva down his throat and said the three words any girl would want to hear

"I love you…" Sting told her in one breath as he took a peek at her face to see that see was completely surprised and shocked at the same time. He knew she would never answer so he tried to make a comeback and tell her that he was just kidding.

The white dragon slayer stood up from the couch and headed to the door even though it was still raining heavily, he was about to reach the door knob when Lucy suddenly grabbed his arm and turned him around, her face was unreadable it had different emotions which Sting couldn't describe one bit though his observance was distracted by a sudden soft warm feeling on his lips.

The latter was astonished to see that the blond kissed him, the kiss wasn't intense for it held many emotions, and he was happy more or less bewildered. Sting complied to Lucy by giving the kiss back. Though their kiss was short, it meant something for the two mages…

"I-Idiot…" Lucy said as tears formed in her eyes which shocked Sting "Are you that much of an idiot?" she kept hitting the boy in the chest as the tears kept cascading down to her neck

"L-Luc-" Sting tried to speak or more like stuttered but was taken aback by the girl's sudden confession

"I love you!" Lucy stared at him while he tried to comprise the three words she said, then regained consciousness and cupped her face while the other was encircled on her waist then kissed her again with ominous feelings as she did the same, the kiss was quite long but both had let go of each other in need of air…

"So that means you're mine?" Sting took a glance on her face and smirked at her while she blushed heavily at his statement

"Of course you idiot!" she gave him a serene smile and hugged him with all her strength as he gave it back too.

"But, I'm your idiot…" he said as he kissed her forehead, their day would just keep getting better and better…

Author's Note:

Uwahh! you readers better like this, i don't know if i did well writing this...T.T

Please review if you either like or hate the story...(it would be a big help)

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