Phoenix

Wyvern

"Lady Emiko, why does it always have to be so spicy?" Lector whined.

"But it's not even that spicy."

Lector protested, "But it is! I can't feel my little tongue."

"Wash it down with some milk."

Sting laughed at the two as he leaned his head in his hand. He called them both over and asked them to sit back down. Lector reluctantly did after he was scolded. Sting turned to the exceed and asked him to please finish his meal. Emi went back over to the stove and got another plate. Lector looked at his food and pushed it around with his fork.

Sting seemed to notice as he whispered, "If you finish your meal, we can go out for ice cream later. I bet that'll make your tongue feel better."

Lector smiled brightly before shoving all the food into his mouth at the same time. Sting tried to stop him, but it was too late. He had turned completely red and steam seemed to be coming out of his nose. Emi turned around to see that Lector was uncomfortable.

"Would you like more milk, Lector?"

"Yes ma'am!"

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"I don't wanna!"

Sting and Emi looked at the pouting exceed before Emi sighed and walked out of the room. She returned seconds later with a bowl of carrots.

"How about this," Emi offered, "if you finish this bowl of carrots, you can stay up later."

"Aw, he's like a little kid," Mira gushed.

"I am not!" Lector fought back. "I just didn't wanna go to sleep yet."

Lector looked at the bowl and puffed his chest before taking from Emi's hands. He sat on the ground and placed the bowl on the floor before taking a carrot in his paws and eating it. Sting and Emi looked on in amusement as Lector's face twisted in disgust.

"See?" Lector pointed out weakly. "I can eat the carrots. I can stay up longer."

Emi shrugged, "Looks like you have nine more to go."

Lector was able to finish six carrots before he started crying.

"I can't, Lady Emiko. They're too gross!"

Sting chuckled at his friend, guessing, "Does that mean you'll go to bed now?"

Lector pouted for a minute before he started to walk to his room.

"Lector," Emi called after him, "you were able to eat sixty percent of the carrots I gave you."

"I know. I just couldn't take it anymore!"

"What I'm saying," Emi laughed, "is I was going to give you one more hour if you finished the carrots. You finished sixty percent of the carrots, which means you deserve sixty percent of the hour to stay up. That would be thirty six minutes."

Lector's eyes lit up before he jumped happily in the air and ran to his room to get his toy. He returned with a toy boat and asked the couple to play with him.

"I wish Happy was like that," Lucy grumbled. "He would seem so much cuter than being annoying all the time."

"Now, now, Lucy!" Happy exclaimed. "I'm not annoying. Natsu thinks I'm the best, right Natsu?"

"You bet!"

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Emi had just gotten out of the shower when she saw Lector jumping on her and Sting's bed. Emi laughed before revealing that she had caught him, causing Lector to immediately stop jumping and look at her sheepishly.