Fate Decides

Chapter 7

Max was at his desk, glancing up checking on Mira who was still asleep on his bed. This really did all amaze him, the whole chain of events that had led to where he was right now.

He was a mild flirt, he'd admit that, it came with how much he enjoyed interacting with people. When a woman was beautiful and held her own in a conversation she was just attractive, far be it from him to ever deny that or pass up a chance to acknowledge it too.

He loved Fairy Tail, his loyalty and dedication to the guild and his guildmates ran deep in him, he had dedicated his life to the guild. Master Makarov had acknowledged that, and Maxs efforts during the 7 years Makarov and the guilds strongest mages had gone missing had been a large part of what had kept it going.

His contacts through Crocus, in the council and in the working wizard networks across Fiore had kept work coming into the guild, enough to keep them going. Lacking any S-Class wizards had been a painful blow, more so than anyone had expected even.

They had learned a guilds most powerful wizards kept its reputation going, allowed it to handle big high profile work that gained respect and notoriety, and when a guild had none, it suffered because it was forced to turn the best paying jobs away.

It had been a bitter lesson. One that wouldn't be repeated. After his return the master had made a new rule that the guilds full complement of S-class wizards would never all go to the same place for the same purpose again, there would always be at least one to remain with the guild to aid in its protection at home and assure its ongoing prosperity.

Max had been rewarded for his work, given the ability to have influence in all of the Guilds endeavors including its bar and over the last year in particular Max had gotten to spend more time with the beautiful woman now sleeping on his bed.

He'd fallen for her, he couldn't help it really, Mira was such an engaging and energetic woman, her passions so much like his own. After just a few of their meetings to make sure the bar was working in sync with the café and would have things to offer in line with whatever events were coming up he'd caught himself lingering, getting her to talk about so much more than their work.

They had become close co-workers, friends but he had wanted so much more, he'd absolutely ached for her after a while.

He'd kept it to himself though, Mira was beautiful, popular, famous and a powerful s-class wizard again in her own right and him? He was in the background. He wasn't weak, his mastery of his sand storm magic was good, he handled jobs well and could solo with no problems.

His ability to organize and plan meant that he also could come up with strategies that made most jobs fairly easy for him. He didn't take a lot of them, his work for the Guild paid fine and kept him pretty busy, but he took enough to keep himself strong and his magic honed.

When Mira had looked at him out by the pool his heart had almost stopped. He hadn't meant anything at all, had just made sure she didn't get hit by Romeos wayward throw of the Frisbee but her eyes had locked with his.

The heat that had flared up in that gorgeous gaze had taken his breath away, and when she had taken his hand, told him she had to talk to him, he would have followed her anywhere.

He had not expected to end up in the upstairs meeting room, door locked, Mira climbing on top of him after tearing his clothes off. She'd started kissing him as soon as she'd locked that door, and he had kissed her back, so overwhelmed he'd been unable to think.

He'd been enveloped in her intoxicating scent, he'd not noticed her perfume much before, always just vaguely been aware it was sweet and flowery, but it was so strong now, heavy with this spicy undertone that made his brain hazy.