[Fairy Tail] Sting Eucliffe x Reader

Happy Birthday, Reader-chan

The time at Sabertooth was not so bad. Since Jiemma’s death, much had changed. The members trusted each other and there was a similar atmosphere like at the Fairy Tail guild house. But this familiar aura caused you to be homesick and miss your old friends more.

You thought that if you stayed at Sabertooth, and you even had you own room (because in contrast to Fairy Tail all members live in the guild property. Sabertooth didn’t have as many members as Fairy Tail, and if the number of members increase, they would either share the rooms or the guildhouse would be extended), you would spend much more time with Sting.

Unfortunately, you had other ideas about how it was like to be a Guild Master. You assumed that it was like with Makarov , that he should report to the Magical Council occasionally and otherwise can spend all the time with the members.

You couldn't be more wrong. Because Sabertooth seemed to have a lot more work than it looked. And you had the suspicion that at Fairy Tail other people took care of the paperwork for Makarov, since he were rarely sober. Laxus and Mirajane were probably be those helpers, you guessed.

Of course you volunteered to help him, but Sting always refused because he didn’t want to burden you.

You sighed as you sat in your room, which you shared with Yukino. The Celestial mage was reading a magazine on her bed and didn't noticed her roommate at first. But at some point the blue-haired woman had enough from the constant sighing from you.

"[Name]-chan, I appreciate your presence very much, but would you please stop sighing?  Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong?" Yukino asked and sat up. You scratched your neck and fell back onto your bed.

"Sumimasen, Yukino-chan. It's just that I imagined this life differently. Sabertooth hardly celebrate, all members do their thing and Sting is rarely seen."

Yukino giggled before she got up and sat down beside you.

"You are used to life being different, of course, you are from Fairy Tail. But you have to remember that Sabertooth has just learned about friendship and trust. Most of them just need time to get used to this and Sting-kun must do a lot of work since Jiemma-san never cared for that. When this phase is over, it will be different here." Yukino tried to encourage you.

You smiled weakly and sat up. "But it's so boring... Hey, let's go on a mission!"

"Sorry, but I have to pass. Rogue and I just got back from a serious mission and my Celestial Spirits have still recover." Yukino refused.

"Oh. I see." You sighed and stood up before you left the room. As you ran down the hallway, you noticed the current date.

'I almost forgot.. It's my birthday today.. If I were in Fairy Tail, they would’ve had me strangled with hugs already. I guess no one here is interested in those kinds of celebrations. Besides I still am new for the most of them...' you thought and kept walking with your head low.

"[Name]-chan?" you suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Lector? How is it that you're not with Sting?" you asked, perplexed, as you saw the red Exceed sulking in the corner.

"Sting-kun sent me away. He said I would keep him from work." Lector sighed and his cat ears hung down sadly.

"Oh.."

You leaned towards the red Exceed and lifted him in your arms. "I'm sure he doesn’t mean it in that way. Hey, we should ask him if he wants to go out tonight with us. Today is a special day," you said then.

Lector nodded and you smiled before you ran to Sting's office. You knocked and waited for a "Come in. ", which sounded pretty stressed.

Once you stepped inside, Sting smiled at you with a tired smile. Two large piles of papers on either side of his desk were beside him.

"I don’t want to interrupt you from your work for long. I just wanted to ask if you want to go for a little walk after work with us. We could go to the park and then somewhere to eat. You know, there is something to celebrate." You explained, full of hope.

Sting smiled at you before he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. "That sounds wonderful. But I can’t promise anything. I'm trying to just finish this stuff and after that we can go out." Sting smiled, while you rejoiced inwardly that you could spend an evening with him again.

"I'll pick you up from your room." were his last words before you left, so he can finish his work and in the meantime got dressed with Yukino’s advice. You wore a [f/c] cocktail dress with black ribbons and your hair was elegantly placed over your shoulder with a gold hairpin, which was decorated with a small dragon.

Now all you had to do is wait!

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Hours passed and Yukino was asleep in her bed. Lector was in your bed and was curled up on the pillow. You looked depressed at the clock, it was already almost 11:00 pm.

Definitely too late for the restaurant.

In your hand you held a little card signed by all your Fairy Tail friends with congratulations. Happy had flown with a large gift of all the whole way to Sabertooth to surprise you.

Another hour passed and there was still no Sting to pick you up. So you decided to look if he was still at work. Already tired and frustrated, you ran again to his office. But instead of entering, you listened at the door to see if he was still there.

Apparently he was because you heard the crack of a chair, occasional and exasperated growls and the light dimmed slightly on the small gap between the door and the floor.

"Sting.." you murmured, leaning with your back against the door. It was several moments before you slumped down at the wall and the pulled your legs close to your body. You wanted to wait for him, even if you had to sit there all night.

It took about 2 hours before you got caught up by the tiredness and fell asleep.

Sting groaned liberating, as he put the last paper from his "to-do" pile to the "Done" pile. He stretched tiredly and then looked at the clock.

'WHAT?! 02:12 am?! Damn..she's going to kill me!' Sting thought and slapped his hand over his head. He had totally forget the appointment with you.

"Damn.. I hope [Name]’s not mad. I didn’t even ask her the reason for why she wanted to celebrate.." he muttered exhausted and staggered to the door.

Who thought that an S-class job was already tiring of the times, those should handle these damn applications in the chord. THAT was really tiring.

Sting opened the door and saw a shadow squat in front of him. He swallowed as he realized who it was.

"She was waiting for me the whole time? That must have been at least 8 hours or more.." he muttered, and bent down in front of you. As he brushed your hair out of your face, he noticed your eyes were closed and your quiet breathing.

"Please forgive me, I didn't mean to stand you up." He whispered and breathed a gentle kiss on your forehead. When he leaned back, he noticed a card next to you. In your sleep it must be fallen from your hand. Sting picked up the card and read what your friends had written.

- Oi, you're a year older now. Don't you dare not visit us today! -Natsu
- I wish you all the best for your birthday, [Name]-chan! I wish we could celebrate with you.. -Lucy
-Happy Birthday, little one. I hope your new guild honors this day, just like we do! -Gray
-Greetings for your big day. You were one of the few normal one of these freaks. -Gajeel
-Girl, come back now. The others keep on whining and its damn annoying!! Ps: Happy Birthday -Laxus
-Happy Birthday, [Name]. I hope you’re as happy there as you were here. -Erza

Sting's look was just shocked , before he looked at your sleeping form again. "Why didn't you just say something? I'd have left everything standing to celebrate with you.."he sighed before he picked you up bridal style and carried you to your room. After he laid you in your bed and covered the blanks over you, he placed a chaste kiss on your forehead.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise." He whispered and wanted to leave just before something grabbed his hand.

" Don't leave me.. Sting.. " you whispered and pulled tightly on Sting's hand, so that he fell beside you on the bed. His eyes were slightly widened and his cheeks reddened when he saw your half-open eyes, that slightly shined from the tears that just ran down your cheeks.

"[Name]-chan.." Sting breathed and wiped your tears gently with his index finger. "I'm sorry I didn’t know that.." he wanted to say, as you shook your head.

"It's okay. I understand that your work comes first. But.. can we at least spend the night together?" you asked and Stings cheeks turned even redder as before he smiled and nodded.

"Of course.. Happy Birthday." He said as he put his arms around your waist and rested his head on top of yours. You smiled and buried your head in the crook of his neck.

"Thank you. You are my most beautiful gift.“ You whispered, before you both fell asleep.

In the morning Rogue searched all the rooms for Sting. The Magic Council wanted to see him because of the reports and so he had to find him. He met Yukino, who staggered out of her room a bit stiffly with slightly red cheeks.

"Yukino-chan, have you seen Sting?" Rogue asked and Yukino’s cheeks turned even redder as she pointed to the open door of her room. Rogue blinked and ran past her. When he looked into the room, he stopped and his eyes widened slightly. But then he simply smiled at the sight.

Sting was snuggled close to you. Both of you had a happy smile on your lips and your legs were tangled together. The blankets laid on the floor with Lector curled up in it.

Sting's head lay on your breasts and his arms were wrapped tightly around your hips. You held his shoulders and both of you made no move to get up as the two of you continued sleeping.

"I suppose the Magic Council will have to wait." Rogue chuckled and closed the door again.

Your birthday might have been different from what you thought or expected, but you regretted nothing of your decision to join Sabertooth, not for a single second.