The Real Lucy

Ch.18 A Kiss

Hello, my little fairy! I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Eight months later

I couldn't help but sigh happily on my blue comforter. These past months at Sabertooth have been a blast. I've gone on missions with Sabertooth's strongest team and the Twin Dragon Slayers, defeating bad guys and helping old people. But there's so much more.     

Sting and I have gotten a lot closer too. Every time I think about him, my heart gets faster and I can't think right. I can feel my face heating up know. It doesn't help that Minerva is putting things on my head. Once, she pointed out that Sting is the first to greet me when I arrive at the guild and vice versa. Or that we spend a lot of time together or that sometimes Sting looks at me with this look. I don't know what it looks like, but I can feel it now. I can feel when he looks at me. In fact, I'm wearing one of his shirts that I might've stolen from him.

Aside from my love life, I've been training. Every Sunday, I go down to the stream to train. I made a vow, that  I wouldn't lose another family. I mainly practice my chaos and water slaying. On Wednesdays, I practice my celestial magic. Specifically my Star Dresses. Star Dresses is a power that only I possess. It was a gift from Aquarius and the Celestial Spirit King. For each golden zodiac, the is a corresponding outfit with magic similar to that zodiac. I also get the ability to make up my own attacks and moves. 

 Even though things have been going pretty well, the Shadow Clan has been pretty active. They once ambushed me on a mission, along with Sting and Rogue, and then the guild again. I've also sniffed out at least 10 lacarmia cameras they hid. 

As I got up to make a snack the doorbell rang. That's odd. I turned to the clock in the upstairs hallway. It's too late in the evening to have visitors. I trudged downstairs- in PJs too.
  
I swung open the door to be greeted with shining sapphire eyes and shaggy pale blonde hair.

"Sting! This is a surprise." He chuckled lightly while rubbing the back of his neck. Is he blushing? Wait, am I blushing!?

"Yeah, uh, well I gotta kind of got to tell you something Blondie."

And, there it was! That stupid nickname he gave me a little over eight months ago, and I grew quite attached to it. I liked the way it rolled off his tongue, but I hate it when someone else calls me it. This was also the first time he came through the door. He uselessly just appears out of nowhere. At first, it was disturbing, but I'm used to it, again. 

(A/N-I'm gonna go with a new writing style, the same one I use in Four Strangers-One Adventure.)

I tried locking the windows and closing the fireplace, but nothing seems to work. And it's not only him, its Minerva and Rogue and Orga, even Yukino! Yukino and Minerva use the door at least, Minerva has a key somehow, for emergencies she said. Yeah right. 

I looked towards Sting with a hopeful look, hoping it was going to be a certain question. I can feel my cheeks heating up and my hands start to shake. Gods, hurry up Sting. 

Third Person

Sting looked into Lucy's eyes. They still held that spark. The same spark that holds so much love and hope. Everyone thought Lucy was hard to read, but not Sting. He understood her the moment he laid eyes on her. Her sometimes cold attitude slipping at times aggressive demeanor being a curtain. A  shell she locked herself in. He knew her, really knew her, the real her. Lucy that's smart and kind, funny and clumsy at times, and everything perfect in the world. 

Sting had practiced what he wanted to say. He knew that she knew. He had no proof, but that was Lucy. She always knew what was on a person's mind. So, he went for it.

¨Well, uh, we've known each other for a long time now, and I hoping you feel the same, but, I love you Blondie.¨

Lucy jumped onto Sting, the whole wrapping the arms around the neck and the legs around the waist as she screamed yes, yes a thousand times yes. The two looked into each other's eyes before bursting out laughing. Sting sat her down gently. Lucy looked up at him into his deep blue crystal eyes. 

The two blondes had a silent agreement without saying a word. We'll keep this to our selves. 

And so, closing their eyes, the two Sabertooth members kissed. A sweet and gentle one.  

At that moment, everything would change. Nothing would be the same. 

What the two didn't know, was that someone was watching from the shadows. Black hair swept down and enclosed the body, keeping it hidden from a dragon slayers' sharp eyes.

¨Oh, the Mistress will love this.¨And then, in a black swirl, they vanished.

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I can't believe I am updating this! It feels so nice to have a new chapter coming out. And I'm happy to say that, The Real Lucy, is finally coming out of hold It is back on and, sadly, only will be updated once a month. Maybe two if I can get lucky with editing and writing. I'm finally started to take this thing seriously. I started to plan out chapters and work around my schedule.  I use every chance I get to work on this book, while not ignoring my others works, and I think updating once a month will give me enough time to work on new chapters. Taking a break really opened my eyes and I worked on chapters and planned out new chapters. 

The Real Lucy is now being updated again.