Lava Shards: A Fairy Tail Fanfiction

Cheap Motel

"Ah man. I'm so beat..." I yawned with my arm around Irene's waist. We still had to play boyfriend and girlfriend while we were still in the restaurant even though the only people who were there was Conis sweeping the floor, Richard smoking while leaning on a pillar, and Stewart cleaning the tables. Mostly just around Stewart though

Irene giggled and poked the tip of my nose. "Don't fall asleep now, I don't want to carry my Hiraku-sama home" and like a normal playful couple I put a little bit of my weight on her to act like I was actually falling asleep.

We both fakely laugh a little bit and stare at Stewart who was busy cleaning tables. Even after the current one was squeaking clean he would still wipe it. The sound of wiping and scrubbing filled the room. Nothing else.

"I knew of your facade ever since I saw you two" the butler said while still wiping the table down. The squeaks became even louder. Irene and I know clearly what he means. "You two were pretending this whole time weren't you? Don't lie, I could read your minds"

Just like Seishin, I thought to myself. "Yeah" I replied and let go of Irene's hips. It felt like she let herself go by force and looked a little lonely. "We, we were pretending. But we needed the money and we did the job, and everybody had a good time" I said and crossed my arms.

For a second all of the movement stops. Conis isn't sweeping anymore and Stewart's squeaking wasn't anything. The whole restaurant was silent enough to hear a cigarette fall. And that's what happens.

"Stewart, the guy did his job. A pretty damn good job at it too" Richard says with a mouth that wasn't filled with a cheap cigarette. He doesn't move a muscle and keeps his back towards all of us. "It was really fun to dress up Hiraku-nii"

Silence in the air was heavier than the smoke that came from the dropped cigarette until it gets shattered with an unholy cackle from an unholy man. "Who am I kidding? Watching you two try to pretend was actually entertaining because of how realistic you made it!"
Stewart pulled out two checks from his breast pocket and sends them to us with black levitation magic.

"Hiraku and Irene, I hope we cross paths again after today. Maybe the next time we see each other, you don't have to pretend anymore." I pretended to not hear the last part and wished this demon butler goodbye. "It's been fun, Stewart-kun" I said, hopefully -kun wasn't anything sexual. And gladly, it wasn't.

"And Irene, I could read your mind. Go for it" Stewart sends a friendly wink to her and she blushes badly behind her hands. "Thanks for the money Stewart" Irene manages to say and then hides in her shirt.

"Hiraku-nii!" Conis calls behind me. Two small arms wrap around my rib area and a tiny face buried into my back. "I'm going to miss you"
he sobs like a little boy. I turned around and tore him off of me, pat his head a little, and smiled. "Thanks for everything today Conis"

He wrapped his arms around me one more time and didn't let go. In this time Richard walks up to me. "This place treats any worker like family. Even the guys who are here for a day" he said.

"I could tell. And Rich. Had a good time today. Thanks"

"Don't mention it in your guild, ya little punk"

"Ain't promising anything" I finished. "Hiraku-kun. Lets head back now, it's getting late" Irene grabbed on to my arm and tried to drag me out of the restaurant. It wasn't much on an ending that I wanted to have with those guys. But in the end, this probably wouldn't even be an ending.
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Irene and I walked side by side in a dead empty street. We talked a little bit about the job and the kinds of people we met there so it wasn't all quiet and depressing. It was actually the opposite. It was fun listening to Irene talk because when she couldn't finish a sentence or phrase she moved her hands around.