The Muse•{Sting x Reader high school AU}

12

"And Fiore High School has won the game!" The announcer yelled into the microphone, and everyone started cheering and jumping up and down. The other team walked off the field with their head hung low, while the Fiore team were screaming and yelling, jumping up and down, and slamming their helmets on the ground (in a good way). The cheer squad met with the team on the field, most of them going straight to their boyfriends or friends on the team. Lucy was the first one out there, running to Natsu. He also ran to her, his helmet in his hand, and when they met, gave each other a kiss. The same had happened with Gajeel and Levy, Gray and Juvia (with a jealous Lyon looking on), Sherry and Ren, Jenny and Hibiki, and a few other known couples. As for Lisanna, she met up with Elfman, and then walked over to Lucy and Natsu. Later on, Gray and Juvia had joined, along with Erza and Wendy who managed to escape from the crowd and onto the field.

"I'm very proud of you all." Erza said, sounding as motherly as ever.

"Yes! You played so well!" Wendy added on.

"Well duh." Gray cocked his head up. "We're the best." Everyone laughed at his sudden boost of ego, but it soon had died down when they noticed the crowd on the field start to disperse.

"Oh yeah, the party! It's party time!" Natsu cheered happily.

"I really wish Y/n was going." Lisanna sighed.

"Wait, she's not going?" Lucy asked, hand on her hip.

"You didn't know? She said she had to work on the mural. I tried to convince her, but..."

"Hmm. You know, sometimes I worry about her." Lucy crossed her arms. "Has she said anything to you? Any of you?"

Everyone shook their heads, except for Lisanna and Wendy. "Well... she has been worried about the situation with Sting..." Wendy admitted softly. "I think she's really worried about it."

"Huh? I thought they were getting along great." Natsu shrugged. "They seem to be best friends now."

"And have you considered that maybe she doesn't want to be best friends?" Lisanna said through gritted teeth.

"What? Lucy and I were best friends before we got together."

"But not everyone is like you and Lucy." Lisanna sighed. "I think you may have rushed things."

"But if we didn't give a little push, nothing would have happened." Lucy said matter of factly.

"There's a difference between a little push and a full on shove, Lucy. Natsu shouldn't have told Sting that she liked him."

"You told him she liked him!?" Lucy shouted at Natsu. "I should have known better than to let you handle it! Does she know you told him?!"

"Woah, what—"

"Yes, she does!" Lisanna exclaimed to Lucy.

"How could you do that!? I specifically told you not to! And now I'm sure she thinks he's just being nice which I'm sure is killing her! This is what I get for—!"

"Lucy, hold on!" Natsu grabbed a hold of her shoulders to hold her to the ground. "I didn't tell him anything! I just introduced them, like you said!"

"You... didn't tell him that she liked him?"

"No, why would I do that? That's not any of my business."

"Thank goodness." Lucy sighed out in relief.

Lisanna was also relieved, but her knowing the truth didn't help out your situation any. She decided that she would call you on her way home to tell you.

"Hey, Natsu!" Everyone was taken out of their thoughts when Sting had slung his arm over Natsu's shoulder.

"Hey man! Good game!"

"Yeah, you too!" He smiled, and then turned his head to Lucy. "Hey, do you know of your sister is still here?"

"She might be if she was working on that mural. Why?"

"Well, I know she said she couldn't come to the game and wasn't sure about the party, but I was thinking that maybe she would want to come now since she had time to work on the mural."

"I can text her and ask for you." Lucy smiled. "Let me run over to my bag really quick." Before anyone would say anything, Lucy ran over to her bag and pulled out her phone.

"I'm not sure if she's still here. She has a lot of projects to do." Lisanna said, thinking out loud. "I'm pretty sure—"

"Alright, I texted her, but nothing yet." Lucy rushed back almost instantly.

"Cool, thanks." Sting gave her a slight nod. "I have to go now and get my place ready, but I'll see you guys soon!"

"See ya, Sting!" Natsu waved to him as he left.

"We should get going." Lucy said to Natsu. "Let's cut through the courtyard."

"You don't want to change first?"

"I can change in the car."

"What about Y/n? Aren't you going to wait for her to text back?" Lisanna asked her. Lucy looked at her phone, and still saw no message from you.

"If she hasn't responded by now, I think she might already be home."

"You guys go on, me and Elf will go check the art room and drive her if she's still here."

"Sounds good!" Lucy cheered.

"Woohoo! Party time!"

Lisanna watched as the two of them ran off. It was bittersweet. She remembered the time where her and Natsu would have done the same as kids, but that was in the past and this is now. She thought Natsu and Lucy were a great couple.

"Come on, Elfman. Let's see if Y/n is still here."

Elfman nodded, and the two of them walked into the school together. They stopped by the locker rooms to change first, and then started to walk to the hallway where the art room was.

The hallways were dark, filling Lisanna with an eerie feeling. It wasn't her first late night at the school, but she would never get over the feeling the school gave off at night. Everything seemed so still when it's supposed to be lively. She always compared it to a cemetery.

The two siblings peaked their heads down the art hallway, and didn't see anything, when they normally would have found you in the ground painting. However, they did find a pair of headphones lying beside your backpack against the wall.

"Maybe she's getting ready to lock up." Elfman suggested. Lisanna nodded, and started to walk down the hallway. When she reached the room, she opened the door just enough to stick her head in, and you were in fact cleaning up, getting ready to go.

Lisanna gave a small knock on the door before entering, just to make sure she didn't startle you. She did anyways, but you were relieved to see it was just her and Elfman.

"Lisanna, Elfman! How was the game?" You asked with a smile.

"It was manly!" Elfman shouted.

"We won, no surprises there." Lisanna smiled with a small chuckle at the end. "But we're getting ready to head to the party, we thought we'd come by and give you a ride."

"Lisanna, I don't want to go." Your smile disappeared slowly. "Parties aren't my thing."

"You go to parties all the time?"

"Those are... business parties. I'm always with some sort of chaperone. Either Dad or Loke."

"Please, Y/n? Sting was asking you to come."

"Yeah, even after the game he asked us to ask you again." Elfman added on.

"Really? It just seems hard to believe." You shook your head.

"Please, Y/n? I'll be there, Lucy and Natsu... Even if you don't get to hang out with Sting, you'll at least have someone there for you."

"I don't know, Lisanna. I don't want to feel like an outsider."

"You're not an outsider! You just feel like that you don't like to come inside! Just give it a try, please? I'll be with you the entire time."

"Fine, I'll go. But if you leave me for one second—"

"I won't!"