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“Hey!”, Bacchus greeted as he entered a bar in Magnolia.

“Huh? Oh, it’s you!”, Cana replied after drinking from her cup.

“What are you doing here? Normally you drink inside your guild right?”, Bacchus scooted beside her.

“The air’s suffocating there. I want to drink something new”, Cana pointed to the drink in her cup.

“Well you went to the right place”, Bacchus said, ordering the same drink as hers. “You sure drink a lot”, he looked over to the empty bottles on her side of the table.

“That’s not something I want to hear from you. You’re just as much a drunkard as I am”, Cana replied sarcastically.

“Well I am a man among men. A woman like you shouldn’t drink too much or you’ll never get a guy, nee-chan”, Bacchus said as he glugged down the booze.

“Yeah right. Men are just for killing time like drinking”, Cana said. ‘Stop calling me nee-chan you’re much older than I am!”, Cana scolded.

“Sure, sure. You want a go?”, Bacchus asked for a drinking challenge.

“In case you haven’t noticed I was drinking already before you came. I did a head start, that’s unfair”, Cana alleged.

“Unfair? This thing with me, this is my 20th and it’s still not even noon yet”, he smiled pointing to his gourd.

“WHAT! I don’t want to! I lost already and you took my underwear leaving me naked before my guild mates. I don’t want to be stripped off in here. It’s too much embarrassment and humiliation already”, Cana protected her upper area with her hands and a disgusted face. This place is much more crowded and she has no companion to help her like last time.

“Ah that. Don’t worry; we’ll not have any prize for today. Just a normal drink then”, Bacchus smiled teasingly at her. “What do you say, Cana”

“I told you not…..huh?”, Cana blushed a little when she realized he just called her with her own name and not teasing her with ‘nee-chan’ stuff. “Hmph. Alright”, Cana said and drunk from her cup again.

A few hours later….

“You’re really wild at the Grand Magic Games. You really did the MPF! You destroyed it completely!”, Bacchus was laughing hard, he’s already drunk.

“Didn’t I? I really did it good!”, Cana laughed with him, already drunk as well.

“Yeah! WILD!”, Bacchus chanted.

“You’re pretty good back there too”, Cana smiled. “But too bad, you lost to Elfman in a man to man fight”, Cana laughed.

“That man is really wild as well. I guess my Palm Magic wasn’t that good enough”, Bacchus emptied his seventh bottle.

“Hmm? Right”, Cana answered.

“Hey, for a girl, you’re really interesting”, Bacchus eyed her with interest.

“You don’t say…”, Cana ignored him.

“I’m serious. No one was able to par with me in drinking. You’re different from them, you drink like a man!”, Bacchus seriously said. “Really wild!”

“Yeah right. And I never lost to anyone in drinking”, Cana replied.

“Apart from me”, Bacchus mocked.

“Yeah right! You’re a monster drinker!”, Cana agreed with a slap on his back.

“You bet!”, Bacchus bragged.

“For a drunkard, you’re interesting too”, Cana hiccupped.

“I’m Bacchus”, he said.

“Yeah I know. I’m Cana”, she replied.

“I already know”, Bacchus hiccupped. “You’re a woman among women”, he smiled.

“Well thanks for that title”, Cana smiled back.

“We should hang out more”, Bacchus said before sipping on his drink and poured some of his alcohol on Cana’s cup.

“Yeah, we probably should”, Cana smiled and drank the alcohol he gave her.

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“You’re here again?”, Cobra grunted when he heard someone’s getting near him. “Does the Council really miss me that much? Doranbolt?”

“Umm….I am not Doranbolt”, a woman’s voice echoed his cell. His ears perked up and his eyes widened as he registers the voice he heard.

“Cubellios?”, his lips trembled both with happiness and disbelief. “It can’t be, can it?”

“Eric, I came to visit you”, Kinana hesitantly said. “I want you to hear my voice, I want to see you”, Kinana thought.

“Why did you come?”, Cobra asked.

“Is it…bad?”, Kinana awkwardly said as she averted her eyes.

“N-no. That’s not…”, Cobra replied. “We only met once. I hurt your comrades”

“I don’t mind. I’m sure they don’t either”, Kinana defended. “Thank you for saving me back when I was almost attacked by a dragon on the Grand Magic Games”

“Don’t mention it. I was ordered by the Council anyway”, Cobra replied. There’s a momentary silence between them.

“I want…to be your friend, Eric”, Kinana suddenly said. “Can I?”

Cobra’s eyes looked at her despite of it not seeing anything. Hearing those words made his heart flutter with joy.

“Suit yourself”

“I’m Kinana, we haven’t properly met haven’t we?”, Kinana joyfully said.

“Kinana?”, Cobra repeated.

“Well yeah, that’s what Master Makarov called me when I woke up four years ago at the guild. He told me I was kind of under a spell or something. I don’t remember what happened though I’m pretty sure that’s not my real name”, Kinana sadly said. She sat in front of his prison cell.

“Is that so?”, Cobra replied.

“The only thing I can remember is….there’s someone’s voice…..ringing in my head…..saying ‘I want to hear your voice’”, Kinana gripped the hem of her skirt. “When I followed it…during the incident in Zentopia…..I saw you”, Kinana explained. “Eric…it’s you right? The one talking to me in my head; please hear out my voice”

Cobra can’t believe what he heard. This girl in front of him, the friend he looks forward to seeing again and hearing all this time, was talking to him. The mysterious voice he so desired to hear is ringing inside the cell he was in without even using his magic as a Dragon Slayer.

“Y-You….”, Cobra stuttered. “I can finally hear it….your voice…Cubellios”, he tried to reach toward her.

“Eric…..”, Kinana’s tears welled up in her eyes as it strode down her cheek. She leaned her own hand towards him. Through the glass that separates both of them; they can still feel the warmth in each other’s palm. “Can I visit you again?”

“Sure”, for a long time, Cobra smiled truthfully.

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“I hate him. That Gajeel, he’s only concerned on fighting someone stronger than him. What about me? He doesn’t even think about me!”, Levy pouted as she stomps her way around the town they were in. “And here I thought he’s a good guy for helping me out on this mission. If I knew it will be like this, I should have turned his offer down and took Jet and Droy with me instead”, they were currently on a mission which was to decrypt an ancient spell on a ruin near the mountain path. So far, Gajeel was challenged into a fight and Lily was so into cheering him on so Levy has nowhere to go but to leave them be.

On the other hand….

“Where is she?”, Gajeel asked his cat companion when he’s finished beating down those who challenged him.

“Hm? She was here just a moment ago”, Lily replied. Gajeel ran while sniffing her out. “Gajeel!”

On Levy’s part….

“Oh boy, what should I do?”, Levy was cornered  by four wizards.

“Hey little girl, you’re with that big guy before right?”, one of them asked.

“Y-yeah so?”, Levy nervously asked. Who would never be scared if four big tall guys whose veins are almost showing behind their muscles cornered you? They look just like Elfman and Gajeel.

“That guy owes me a few punches for my friends. What do you say we get even with you huh?”, the other said.

“N-now that’s a little unfair don’t you think so? There are four of you and you’re all men”, Levy tried to harden her courage.

“Shut up!”, the four then launched towards her.

Levy closed her eyes with fright. She ducked and tried to cover her head for the impact. Before their punches reached her, metallic sounds and a few loud banging noises were heard.

“I already told you. You shouldn’t stow away from me. It’s hard to find you when you’re small so don’t leave my side”, Gajeel stood protectively in front of her. Pantherlily grew up his size to aid him. She was fully covered by them as she looks at them with amazement. “You never listen”, Gajeel turned to look at her.

“Y-you!”, the four attacked again but was totally defeated by Gajeel and Lily.

“I don’t care if you go at me anytime, but try laying a hand on this shrimp and I’ll make sure you’ll all die with bolts around your coffins!”, Gajeel threatened as the four ran away.

“Are you alright?”, Lily asked when he returned to normal. He helped Levy up her feet.

“Y-yeah. Thanks!”, Levy smiled at them. “How did you find me?”

“He smelled you out”, Lily admitted.

“Let’s finish this mission already so we can go home”, Gajeel sarcastically said as he walks away. Levy just smiled and followed suit.