Woooooot! 2 Chappies in one day! I bet you guys didn't see that coming?! ;)

Enjoyyyy this long one c:

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Cynthia's POV

Time Skip!~ 6 Hours Later! Around 9 pm.

"Just 10 more batches of cooked food and 5 platters of baked goods left!" I beamed while sprinkling cheddar cheese on top of the lasagna I made and shaking my butt to the tone of the outgoing music.

"Oi, Cee-chan! I'm ba.... woah!" I heard a familiar voice called out from behind and turned to see that it was Sting who look tired and amused.

"Welcome back home!" I beamed and walked over to the table to grab some seasoning mix.

"Wow... look at the amazing food! You're so fast and it smells really good Cee-chan! And nice uh... dance moves... the music you're blasting, it's really something." he smirked as he walked over to the radio and turned down the volume just a notch.

"Y-You saw that?!" I blushed in embarrassment, ignoring the part of my cooking skills.

"Well yeah... who wouldn't?! Your butt... it was right in front of m-"

'WHACK!~'

I cut him off by throwing one of my flats at his face, leaving a red mark of my footprint of my flat shoe. His eyes widened in surprise and instantly replaced it by wincing and rubbed his face.

"Pervert!" I huffed, my blush deepening in shade.

"I didn't mean to! It was there! I'm a guy and you know...!" he mumbled.

"Ah, whatever. How was work?" I flushed and turned back to the counter to start on a new dish.

"It was boring and tiring with all of those papers... It wasn't as much as before... but it was just so annoying to do." he rubbed his temples as he walked over to the table and stared at the food in awe.

It looked like he was drooling at the corner of his mouth and chuckled lightly. After grabbing a few packets of spices, I placed them on the counter and walked over to a plate of food, grabbed it and placed it in front of Sting who tilted his head in confusion.

"What's this?" he asked, looking closely at the food and took a sniff at it.

"Food."

"Of course it's food, but why is it in front of my face?"

"I-It's... for you..." I stuttered in embarrassment.

"F-For me?!" his mouth gaped open and his cheeks were tinted pink.

"Well yeah... I wanted you to try it and there was a few extras." I shrugged my shoulders, trying to hide my blush and walk back to the counter.

"Thank you Cee-chan..." he smiled and took a first bite at the plate of food in front of him. I fidgeted nervously, waiting for his feedback of my food. Was it horrible? Good? or was it just okay?! Many worried thoughts were consuming me, waiting nervously for him to speak up.

"This.... is... amazing Cee-chan!! It's so delicious!" he grinned and took more bites into his mouth. My heart fluttered in a million beats per second, my face turning pink from his sudden cry and I could feel butterflies in my tummy. He likes it!? I'm so glad!

"T-Thanks..."

"Where did you learn how to cook this?! I could eat your cooking everyday!" he beamed.

"I uh... read books about some recipes..."

"You just read books and then you make these delicious and outstanding dishes?! You're incredible! You'll make a great wife someday!" he gave out a wholeheartedly laugh followed by a grin planted on his face. 'A great wife someday?! This was too embarrassing...' I thought. My heart was pounding even harder like it could burst any second, I can already tell that my whole face was blood red and I stood there frozen in place.

"Cee-chan? Are you okay? Did I say something wrong?" he asked worriedly, putting his fork down on his empty plate. I flinched at his question and forced myself to smile while working on cutting the rest of the vegetables.

"N-N-Nothing is w-wrong!" I stuttered.

"Are you sure? You're shaking!"

"It's fine! I was just - ouch!" I cried and dropped the knife from my hand and felt something warm trickling on my hand. I peered one eye open and saw that it was my blood dripping onto the counter. Thankfully it didn't drop onto the vegetables that I was cutting.

"Cee-chan!" Sting yelled as he got up from his seat and hurriedly went beside me.

"I just cut my finger by accident... Don't worry. It's only a cut! It'll heal in a bit." I smiled trying to reassure him but he wasn't buying it.

"Give me your finger." he demanded and brought out his hand to me. Hesitantly, I brought my hand up and placed it on his. He carefully and gently lifted my hand up with my index pointing outwards to him and watched his every move. Without even knowing what happened, he placed my finger that was cut and placed it inside of his mouth.

"W-What are y-you doing?!" I shrieked in embarrassment.

He ignored my sudden shrill and continued to suck on my finger, making sure that the blood was all gone. Few seconds later, he gently opened his mouth to release the hold on my finger. I blushed a thousand times of different shades that I couldn't even keep up with. This was too embarrassing! What on earthland... He's making things more complicated!

"Stay right there, I'll grab a band-aid from the washroom." he demanded which I stood there in shock and my blush still sitting on my cheeks. A few seconds later he came up to me and wrapped a small band-aid on my cut, now being sealed up from any infection to get in.

"Sting-kun...:"

"This should help. Are you okay now?" he stared at me with his worried blue eyes.

"I-I'm fine! But you didn't have to suck on my finger..." I blushed and averted my gaze from him.

"It was to help stop the bleeding." he nonchalantly pointed out.

"I could've washed it and put pressure on it."

"Really? I didn't know...." he innocently said.

"Baka..." I rolled my eyes and walked away from him grabbing the knife to chop the vegetables.

"Is that any way you call me, when I help to stop your finger from bleeding?! I could at least get a thank you" he hollard.

"Don't pretend you didn't know! And thanks..." I sighed.

"Know what?" he smirked.

"Don't you even dare..." I pointed my knife at him and he held his hands up in defense.

"Dare what?"

"Sting."

"Ahem, Sting-kun or Stinstin-kun." he remarked.

"Whatever."

"Cee-chan..." he whined.

"You're such a kid!"

"I'm not a kid. I'm a grown adult!"

"Yeah, an adult with a mind like a kid."

"But I'm cute like this right?"

"Cute about what?"

"Cute that I act childishly like this."

"No cute at all..." I mumbled. 'Wrong, he was cute acting like this. Ugh.' I mentally groaned at the thought.

"Don't pretend you don't like it." he smirked.

"I-I'm not!"

"You're blushing!" he chuckled.

"Am not!"

"Are to!"

"Not!"

"To!"

"Not!"

"Yes you are! Stop denying it! Your face says it all!" Sting snickered.

"Whatever!" I huffed in frustration and walked around towards the cabinet to grab some flour.

"Cee-chan you're so easy to tell..." he rubbed his forehead as I took a step back to walk up towards the counter table with the bag of flour in my hands.

"I need to finish cooking up the last few dishes! So stop bot- Kyaaaaah!" I squealed in surprise, and threw up the bag of flour up into the air. Shutting my eyes of not knowing what's going and waiting for the impact, I felt a pair something warm wrapping around my waist and I landed onto something hard but soft at the same time. It felt very comfortable to snuggle with.

My eyes were still shut tight but I lifted my head up slightly, feeling the flour to fall off from my hair and felt my lips to be pressing against on something really soft and warm. Peeking one eye open, I forced my other eye to open as well, making both of them to be as wide as dinner plates.

A familiar pair of blue eyes were staring back at my purple ones with shock and were as huge as mine.

Sting's lips... were on mine... meaning that we kissed. We kissed! Sting Eucliffe of Sabertooth's mouth was on my lips!

We stayed in this position for another minute or so, still not able to move or comprehended of what's going on. My tummy was fluttering once again, my head felt slightly dizzy and my heart pumped too many times than the last.

My face was starting to grow a faint color of pink and noticed that his face was growing a bright red. Finally figuring out the situation, I pushed myself off of him and sat a few steps away from him, as he too, pushed himself off the ground still looking puzzled and blushed mad crazy at our sudden accidental kiss.

My heart was still pounding really hard and I just can't believe that I kissed no I mean we kissed each other! It was on accident though. The feeling of his lips over mine were still warm and I felt a tingly sensation left on my lips. His lips were so soft, firm and it was soothing.

Even though we didn't do any other movement, I felt safe and... protected. I slowly brought brought my fingers, the one that wasn't bandaged and gently placed them on my lips. Trembling and blushing madly about that kiss. I almost forgot that the flour was thrown into the air and it seems that the both of us were covered in flour. What a big mess this is and I mean a really BIG mess.

"S-So uh... I-I t-think you n-need to um... f-finish on the last re-remaining... food..." he stuttered trying to break the awkward silence that was going on between us for 10 minutes now. Man this was so embarrassing!

"Y-Yeah... I-I guess I should s-start now..." I mumbled, trying to get up but felt my legs to become like jelly. Thankfully I had the counter to support me from falling.

"I-I should clean u-up the flour.... you can co-continue to cook." he offered as he got up from where he sat and grabbed the broom. But before he could even reach the broom, I reached out my hand as well making his to touch mine making the both of us to be startled at the sudden contact and jerked away from each other.

"I'll h-help to clean up to..." I mumbled, averting my gaze from him.

"It's fine... I can d-do it. Just concentrate on cooking..." he softly said and took the broom in his possession.

"A-Alright..." It was quite awkward again between us. But that kiss was something slightly different.

Different than with... Zeref. Sting was was second one. Why is this happening to me?! I've never experienced something like this before. My head felt slightly dizzy but shook it off as I continued to make some soup and heard music ringing through my ears.

I turned to see that it was Sting who turned up the volume and grinned sheepishly at me while scratching the back of his neck. "Thought it would help to liven up the uh, silence.."

"I-I don't mind. Thanks Sting-kun... Music actually helps me alot when I cook...." I shyly said.

"Really? That's pretty cool."

"Yeah... it helps me to quicken up my pace and it helps me to feel alive while cooking!" I beamed forgetting about what happened a few moments ago but I still shivered at the touch of his lips pressed on mine.

"Makes sense, Ne, Cee-chan."

"Nani? Sting-kun."

"What uh... exactly did you trip on?" he flushed.

"I-I don't know..." I chuckled nervously and embarrassed that I tripped over something and that unexpected event happened, but what? I do remember that I threw one of my flats at Sting when he came in the house but I don't think I slipped on something slippery... or did I?

Slowing looking down on the floor I noticed something long and red wiggling at the corner of the counter. Carefully crouching down and examining it closely, I felt Sting to stand beside me peering at the red thing as well. His breathing was near my ear and I shivered at his hot breath tingling on my earlobe and blushed remembering of our moment.

"Do you know what I think it is?" Sting folded his arms, narrowing his eyes at the red thing and breaking my thoughts.

"We'll have to see..." I softly said and hesitantly poked it. It was furry and warm, slowly wrapping my hand around it. I tugged on it slightly and my eyes widened at the object. Sting who was beside me lightly gasped at the red cat.

"L-Lector?!" we both said in unison.

"Huh? Oh, hey Sting-kun! Cynthia-chan!" he grinned.

"What are you doing on the floor?" Sting asked.

"I was trying to look for you since you didn't finish your paperwork at the guild! Rogue-kun was pissed and everyone else was worried about you! So I offered to look for you and well I did.. so here I am and Cynthia-chan!... You made all of this food?! Sugoi!" he sat cross legged.

"Arigato Lector!"

"Sting-kun! Why are you shaking your head like that?" Lector added in, arching an eyebrow at him. This caught my attention as I heard a slap from behind me and knew that it was Sting who facepalmed himself. He didn't finish his chores! What responsibility he has! Geez. I turned my head slightly to face him and saw him to tremble in fear as my aura turned dark. I could even tell that Lector was shaking in fear at my sudden aura. Who would blame him?

"I-I can explain!" Sting muttered waving his hands in defense.

"Sting-kun... you lied." My voice dripped in venom as I gave him a hard piercing glare.

"I-I know it's b-bad to lie! B-But... I had my r-reasons..." he gulped thickly.

"And that is?"

"I was bored."

"That's your excuse?"

"You could say that..." he sheepishly grinned.

"Really? I thought you sneaked out because of C-" I heard Lector to be cut off and turned to see that Sting covered Lectors' mouth while holding him in his arms and smiled at me nervously. How on earth did he get there so fast? I didn't even see him move past me!

"I-It's nothing! I was just bored! That was all to it!"Sting chuckled nervously making me to sweat drop.

"If you say so..."

"Yeah! That's right! I got plenty of time so.... it's no worries!" he chirped as he let go of Lector who stared at Sting in disbelief.

"Well then... I better start getting back to cooking! The more talking I do, the less cooking is done!" I smiled as I got up to check on the soup, leaving the two of them to stare at me dumbfounded.

"Cee-chan if you're really tired and don't have a place to stay... you're always welcome to stay here..." Sting mentioned with a blush, averting his gaze from me.

"Yeah Cynthia-chan! Can you stay over?!" Lector pleaded making his eyes go wide.

"Well um... I didn't see why not. I don't have a place to stay at anyways and it is already late for me to go now since I'm not done with the cooking..."

"So you will?" Sting asked happily.

"Sure...but on one condition though...." I said while lifting up the wooden spoon to taste the soup in the huge pot in front of me.

"What is it?"

"Will you help me to cook and clean?" I chimed.

"Of course I will! That's what I'm here for!" Sting grinned as he walked over beside me.

"So what would you like me to do?" he says placing his thumb and index finger under his chin while his other free hand was under his elbow for support.

"Can you peel the carrots and potatoes for me, please?"

"Sure, easy enough for me to do.." he smiled as he took the peeler and started to peel on the carrots and potatoes for me to use.

I noticed at the corner of my eye to see Lector smirking. Why was he smirking? I have no idea. Wait. No! He was the one that I tripped on earlier and landed onto Sting of which we accidentally kissed each other. I just hope that he didn't see me and Sting to kiss by accident.

That would be so embarrassing! And if he plan to tell the others in Sabertooth then spreaded in Fairy Tail then the rest of Magnolia and Fiore... I don't know on what to say about it! It would be so confusing for everyone making them to cause a commotion. This was going to be a troublesome.

'I just hope that the rumors won't spread out, or else... that would be a ruckus.'

"You two look like a married couple...and by the way... why are the both of you covered in flour?" Lector stared at us in awe, making the both of us to stop in tracks and stare at each other with huge blushes on our faces. We locked our gaze for a few seconds then to Lector who was smugly grinning at us.

"W-We're NOT!" Sting and I yelled in unison ignoring about the flour, which Lector grinned even more.

"Looks like it though. You guys are helping each other making food, Sting-kun is preparing the vegetables for you, while you cook... exactly like a couple."

"Oi! L-Lector!" Sting fumed in embarrassment as his face turned red.

"L-Lector! S-Stop please..." I stammered shyly.

"She's right! D-Don't think of things like that!" Sting scolded but it looked like he forced himself to say that.

"Fine fine... I'll go to bed now... See you in the morning, Sting-kun! Cynthia-chan!" he yawned as he walked towards Sting's bedroom.

"Alright... Goodnight Lector." Sting smiled as he was finishing off to peel the remaining carrots and potatoes.

"Night Lector!" I chirped.

A few seconds after the door was shut from Sting's room by the little red exceed, it was quite awkward between the both of us. Me there, cooking up the pot of soup and adding some flavoring to kick in. Meanwhile, Sting is near me who was still peeling on the vegetables. My mind was registered back to the time when we had that first kiss... the thoughts of everyone from the market, commenting on how Sting and I look great together.

This was all... embarrassing but at the same time I feel so... excited about it that my hearts is racing really fact. This has never happened to me before and it's quite... a terrible yet a none terrible feeling to linger on.

"S-Sorry about that...." Sting breaked my thoughts and finished up the last potato.

"Sorry about what?" I murmured, not looking up to face him.

"Sorry for Lector commenting about us being um.. a..."

"Married couple?" I shyly finished his sentence.

"Y-Yeah.." he shifted in his spot awkwardly.

"I-It's fine..." My blush deepening in color.

Awkward silence was growing in the air again, once more. This was too quiet and I don't now how long this will last! I just hate being so awkward. Might as well tell him something.

"Sting-kun", "Cee-chan", we both said in unison saying each other's names as we turned around to face each other.

"You go first!" Sting said.

"No you go!" I assured.

"Ladies first, Cee-chan."

"Ladies first my butt, you go."

"Sting-kun..."

"Cee-chan."

"Fine fine, I'll go first.. happy?!" I exclaimed while rubbing my temples to see him grin.

"Very happy. Ne, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"

"Well.. Thank you for letting me stay over and thank you for the help on cooking..." my cheeks tinted in pink.

"Huh? Oh well... it's no problem at all! Like I said before... you're my best friend!" he gave a cheeky grin, feeling the butterflies to flutter in my tummy.

"Thank you... your a good friend." I smiled, but noticed him to look sort of... disappointed and hurt but he soon replaced it with a grin. A fake grin.

"You're welcome Cee-chan..."

"Are you alright?" I asked worriedly and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me." he patted my hand that was sitting on his shoulder for reassurance and then placed it ontop of mine and gave a small squeeze.

"Alright then... and what is it that you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh right! Well um... after we're done here with cooking and stuff... I was just going to tell you that you can sleep in my bed..." he confessed while placing his hand that was once on mine and scratched the side of his cheek nervously.

'Wait... did he meant that he wanted me to sleep in his bed while he sleeps somewhere else or did he mean... um... s-sleeping... t-together...?!?' I thought nervously and in embarrassment. I felt my cheeks to heat up and my face turned beet red.

"Oh! No-No... not like that Cee-chan! I meant um... y-you can take my bed! While I can go s-sleep on the couch..." he chuckled nervously, answering my thoughts that made me to feel slightly at ease.

"I-It's fine. I can take the couch! After all this is your house... and I'm just a guest." I interrupted while staring at the now finished soup.

"Cee-chan. I insist! You need proper care."

"I'll take the couch! Let it be Sting-kun."

"Sleep on my bed! You worked almost the whole day to cook and everything. You still have extra time tomorrow! I think you should sleep now... you need your rest." he looked at me worriedly.

"I said I'll take the couch...thank you Sting-kun but really though. You can sleep in your own room! And I think I will take rest... my back is killing me." I groaned.

"Take my bed or do I have to force you to get in there?" his mouth slowly turned into a smirk and furrowed his eyebrows at me.

"Sting-kun.. don't you dare." I glared at him, but that only make him to smirk wider.

"Dare me. I'll take you to the bed, even if you don't want to."

"... That sounded wrong..." I mumbled and averted my gaze to hide my blush at his remark.

"I didn't mean it like that silly... Unless you wanted me to." his tone was no husky and very intimidating. Like a sexy and flirty intimidating. I felt my face to turn even more of a darker shade and my palms to sweat.

"I'm just teasing with you Cee-chan... but when we were kids... we used to sleep together in my bed." he said, smiling at the memories.

"W-We slept together when we were k-kids?! You didn't touch me right..." I narrowed my eyes this time, but my blush was still there slowly fading away. "Of course I didn't touch you... we were young... and it all happened because of one of your weaknesses..." he mumbled.

"And what weakness would that be?" I asked, placing a hand on my hip and stared at him.

"You were scared of the thunder late at night... so you came to my room and asked if you could stay with me... which I felt very shy and confused at first. But after seeing how terrified you were... I just couldn't bring myself to say no to you." he smiled softly, bringing a hand up to tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear. I shivered at his touch and felt slightly embarrassed.

"That really does sound like me." I giggled.

"Are you still afraid of thunder, Cee-chan?" he asked mischievously.

"Not anymore... That was only when I was younger." I grinned.

"I see... If you're afraid of anything... you know you can always come to me. Okay? I'll be your light and I'll protect you. I promise." He chuckled lightly and dropped his hand to the side.

"A-Alright.... got it..." I mumbled shyly with blush to form on my cheeks.

"Good! Oh and I was wondering if you would like to join in for the surprise...?" he asked nervously and averted his gaze.

"Of course. What time would it be at?"

"Around at night... and I was wondering if you would also like to come for the opening of our pool?!" he asked excitedly.

"A pool? For sure! Sounds like fun!" I chirped.

"Alright! I'm pumped up! It's on the same day so the pool will open up early in the day and the surprise is at night." he grinned and turned to put the dishes in the sink.

"I'll come for sure! Thanks for inviting me Sting-kun..."

"It's no problem at all Cee-chan. You're always invited." he smiled.

Minutes later, we started to clean up everything and get ready for bed which took us quite a time to clean, but with the two of us and our team work... it went smoothly.

Sting went to his bedroom to grab a blanket and pillow for himself to set up on the couch, while I was finishing up the last part of dishes. Turning around I notice the see Sting who was shirtless and only in his shorts. Oh man his abs and muscles... those biceps and all were just so sexy. I have this feeling of wanting to touch them and wonder how it would be like in his hug... again. I have been hugged by him a few times before, but to see him like this it was too intimidating.

"You like what you see, Cee-chan?" he smirked as he took a few steps closer. My breath got caught in my throat as I inhaled sharply and blushed immensely at his body and his smirk planted on his face. Me... a girl! Of all the times, I'm alone with a guy, to be precise... Sting Eucliffe of Sabertooth whose half naked in front of me! Any girl would just love to be in my position. I mean, who wouldn't?!

"You're quiet... do you really like my body that much Cee-chan?" he smirked even more.

"Sting-kun!" I snapped back to reality and saw that he was only a foot or two away from me. My blushed deepened in color.

"Your really fun to tease and... cute." he mumbled, running a hand through his blonde hair and averting his gaze.

"S-Shutup!" I blushed and took a step to the side to avoid him or any other contact for that matter.

"I'm kidding with you. This is how I sleep... it's more comfortable this way instead of having a shirt on... You can go take my bed now, I got it ready for you and Lector will be sleeping with you if you don't mind." he smiled awkwardly and stared up to see my face.

"I don't mind... T-Thanks."

"You're welcome... Well I'll be going to bed now... actually the couch." he chuckled, making me to laugh.

"Are you really sure you're okay with the couch?" I asked worriedly.

"I've told you many times that I'm fine with it."

"A-Alright... oh crap!" I muttered.

"What? What's wrong?!" he questioned.

"I don't have any sleeping clothes with me. So smart of me." I groaned in frustration and looked down to see that my clothes that I've worn today were stained in flour and spills from the cooking I've done earlier.

"Wait here." he demanded and walked into his room, leaving me there frustrated with my clothes, but only to see that he came back with a dark blue shirt and those black sweatpants that I've borrowed earlier from him at the games.

"Use this... sorry if they're big on you." he muttered.

"T-Thanks. Sorry about that." I mumbled, grabbing the clothes from him and ran into the bathroom to change into his clothes. I looked in the full length body mirror and saw that they were really baggy on me. But the scent of his shirt was intoxicating, it smelt like him. I was engulfed in his scent mixing with mine, and I liked his smell... it was calming. Blushing at the thought, a few minutes later, I came out from the bathroom to be dressed up in his big baggy clothes.

"Hey Sting-kun... Thanks for letting me borrow your clothes!" I smiled awkwardly.

"No probl-.." he cut himself to turn and stare at me with amusement, his eyes widened and mouth gaped open, who flopped himself lazily on the couch.

"They're really comfortable... I like it. And you should close your mouth before you catch any flies." I chuckled as I leaned on the wall for support, crossing my arms. He closed his mouth shut and blinked rapidly to see him smirk.

"What?" I added in curiously, arching an eyebrow at him.

"You look good in my clothes..." he said seductively making me to blush.

"D-Don't say such nonsense..." I shyly said and averted my gaze.

"It's not nonsense... you really do look good... you can borrow my clothes whenever you want..." he mumbled with his cheeks turning red.

"So you're saying that I can steal them from you?" I smirked this time.

"Yeah sure... just make sure to wash them when you're done." he chuckled

"Yeah... maybe I will or not. Haha, goodnight Sting-kun. Thank you again." I waved off a hand and turned on my heels to go to his room.

"Night Cee-chan." he yawned as he watched me walking away.

I went in his bedroom to see Lector curled up on the bed. So cute, I thought bringing up a smile on my face. Maybe staying and being friends with Sting-kun isn't so bad afterall. Through his cocky, sexy and annoying attitude... he can actually be really sweet and kind. I think I'm starting to like him more by the minute. Wait what?! Ah forget it. It was true. I'm starting to like him... does he like me back too? I don't know! Maybe he doesn't...or does he?! I should forget this and sleep on it. Hoping that I can forget this... for now.

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Sooooo what do you guys think?! This chapter was very fun but hard to think of and took a lot of time -.- but I'm pleased with it !!! Next chapter will be out in a few more days! 2-3? ;D
Please bare with me readers ~(-.-)~