Awakening

The black haired mage opened his eyes almost too fast that he immediately shut it when the harsh light of the sun greeted his eyes. He covered his face with his palms.

'I wonder where she went..' He sat up and looked around but he still hasn't found the certain blonde mage. 'If I'm lucky, I might have killed her in my sleep. That's better rather than seeing her disappear with my own two eyes.'

He sighed and ready himself to stand up.

"Oh I see that you're already awake."

He snapped his head to the right and can't helped but widen his eyes in surprise."S-she's still alive." He whispered softly as unexplainable happiness started to overwhelm him. His eyes traveled over to her face and downwards to her body.

It took him quite a while before noticing what she actually wore. He looked away with a faint blush plastered on his face. "What a-are you wearing?" He managed to say without much stuttering.

"Huh?" Lucy said before realizing that she had only a towel covering her voluptuous body. She blushed furiously then shriek, "D-Don't you dare look!"

"You don't need to worry I have no plans of ogling at you." He assured calmly, looking at her straight in the eyes which holds sincerity and promise. But their eye to eye contact didn't last long when the blonde mage suddenly shouted,

"Lucy kick!" and with that the black haired mage crashed against the tree.

Lucy huffed. It wasn't in her intention of doing that to a complete stranger. But since she keeps on doing that continuously to Natsu, she just can't help but do that as an act of self-defense. Sometimes her body acts on its own. 'And plus it's his fault! I did say not to look.'

She looked at the black haired mage and can't help but sigh in relief. It was a good thing that there are no visible physical injuries. She knows that her teammate, Natsu, has great endurance and can sustain the harsh kick of hers but she wasn't too sure if it was the same with the man in front of her.

"You know, for a girl, you honestly possess some great strength." He said suddenly, making Lucy slightly jumped in surprise.

'Didn't I knocked him out?' but that thought was dismissed when she realized what he just said. Heat rushed through her face, 'Is that supposed to be a compliment or an insult?'

As if reading her mind, he replied. "It's a compliment. With enough training, you could further more enhance that 'Lucy kick' of yours. So that even without your celestial spirits or magic, you could defend yourse-"

"Wait, how did you know I was a celestial spirit mage?" She said as she narrowed her eyes in suspicion. She slightly inched back, readying herself to get her whip just in case a fight were to happen between them.

"I noticed the keys that was attached to your belt yesterday."

"Oh." Was all Lucy could reply.

The man sighed, put both of his hand at the back of his head and closed his eyes. "You could use the time to get change. This time I promise I won't look."

"Okay then." And with that, Lucy proceeded in changing to her clothes. She got the feeling that he was a man that keeps his word. Though a while ago he promised and broke it immediately, she guessed that it must have been an accident and he didn't mean it.

Exactly after five minutes, Lucy exclaimed, "I'm done changing! You can look no-" She stopped from her tracks the moment that she saw the man peacefully asleep. A yawn escape her lips, she hadn't slept at all last night since she kept watch over him and watching him made her feel all sleepy.

The black haired mage slowly opened his eyes. He smiled unconsciously as he appreciates at the scene that unfolds before his eyes. A beautiful blonde haired mage sleeping against a tree with the sunlight perfectly illuminating her figure.

'She looks like an angel.' He paused and his blissful smile turned into a depressed and dejected one as he looked down at the ground which was starting to turn black.

'All the more reason to make her stay away from me. I can't let her be tainted with my darkness. But-' he took a quick glance at her, 'I cannot just leave her hear all alone especially that Natsu-san and the others are frozen and currently sleeping.'

He let out an exhausted sigh, 'What have I gotten myself in to?'

Author's note: ..I hate school.

Anyways, thank you for reading!