"UNCLE STING!!"
*natsu looked up as he saw now that sting had stopped Hector form taking lucia and his son was safe. He couldn't take anymore as he fell back on his back and made a thud. Now members of fairy tail had seen that something serious was happening as they went to call for Wendy, mira, and elfman to help natsu and to throw out the man who had caused this chaotic atmosphere.*
Hector noticed now that the sudden whispers turned more aggressive as his chance to take lucia had gone out the window. He decided now to leave lucia on the floor as he left quickly out from the guilds entrance he was close to. He disappeared right after, sting decided now that everything was controlled he began to help the woman on the floor.
"Hey, are you okay? Who was that guy, he can't be your father like he said.."
"*sob* no he… was my father.. *sob* thank you so much.. *sob* I'll pay you back for this.."
*lucia even hurt couldn't help but be polite to the savior who stopped her father from dragging her out to her doomed fate.*
Lucia looked up at sting now showing off her busted lip, her flush cheeks, and her glazed brown/black eyes that held so much pain.. sting felt like he had to hold his breath now as he was taken aback by the sudden attraction he was feeling for the poor girl as he unconsciously reached out to fix her strand of her hair. She flinched at his movement still traumatized by her father laying a hand on her. This made sting stop and notice what he was doing and retracted his hand to place it behind his head. He called out to Wendy the medic to come heal this woman first since she needed it better then his pink rival who was still seeing the room spinning.
"Ah.. I forgot to ask, what your name?"
*sting asked now as he was a bit curious who this woman was to look so pretty when she cried… it was like watching a Angel cry infront of him.*
"*sniff sniff* my name is lucia,… lucia heartifilia…"
Sting felt like he heard of the last name heartifilia before but couldn't quite remember as he just put it at the back of his mind to lending her a hand to get up but Liddan came into view as he dragged him to natsu to help him better. Sting looked back at 'lucia' as he saw her finally get healed by Wendy and wrapped with a warm blanket. He smiled as he last saw her angelic appearance as he turned to see natsu now on the floor.
"And why didn't you do anything until I showed up?"
"… knock it off sting… I don't feel good…"
*natsu covered his eyes in hopes the room would stop spinning but instead it made it worse so her turned over to the side to gag a bit.*
"Hey Liddan what's wrong with your pops?"
"I don't know, Nashi said that daddy only gets sick when mommy has a baby… so I think mommy is going to have another baby now.."
*Liddan said with a straight face who sting kinda looked at him with a impressed face.. who knew that 4 year olds already knew to much …*
"Ahh I see… that explains it then.. well I bet you pops will feel better now after Wendy casts her special spell on him to heal so I'm going to get going now.."
*sting was about to leave until Liddan grabbed onto his vest stopping him.*
"Uncle sting… can you please stay for a little longer… I can't protect auntie lucia from that mean man and daddy is leaving today for his mission later today. Please! Just for 2 days!"
*Liddan never spoke to any of his uncles or aunts a lot. Much less begged for anything. He was very selfless kid, very obedient and kind. Moments like this put sting in a tight place as he couldn't refuse Liddan's charms..*
"Fine! I came to drop off some paper work so let me go do that and I'll make sure your aunt is safe.. stay here until I come back okay?"
"Aye!!"
Natsu was healed by Wendy later on as he didn't want to leave lucia alone with his kid's knowing that her father could injure not just her but his kids. Mira calmed natsu down as she assured her she would look after the kids in Lucia's place if he was that worried about it. The kids where heartbroken now as they were going to return home without aunt lucia but lucia told them not to worry since she would stay at the guild where it was hard for a intruder to come in without getting questioned why they are their. They stopped crying as they had no choice but to accept Lucia's reasonable answer as they waved goodbye to her. Lucia only waved back to them with a smile on her face until they were out of sight… she couldn't hold it anymore as she went inside the empty guild now and decided to serve herself a drink of alcohol, she never had any but she didn't care anymore for herself.. she really was worthless..
"Hey, aren't you going a bit overboard?"
*sting had came back to the fairy tail guild as it was a little past sunset and was getting dark outside. He saw lucia sobbing and drinking herself away at the bar which kinda didn't sit right with him.*
".. and why should I care?… I couldnt even stand up to my father who threatened my only nephew and let him drag me on the floor.. who am I to say 'no natsu, don't worry about your children I'll keep them safe' when I couldn't even save myself… *sob* am I really useless?.. *sob*"
*lucia was drunk as she felt herself loose composure she had control of in a blink of a eye. She began to cry softly as she felt her hot face get stained with cold wet tears falling down her face.*
"Hey now, your not useless… your someone everyone cares about. Even that little kid asked me to stay for 2 days to protect you while lucy and natsu get back.. he never once asked for anything from anyone.. that in it has a lot to say about it.. "
*sting took a seat now by lucia as he also served himself a shot of alcohol to accompany the sad Angel who continued to weep softly.*
"It does?… "
*Lucia carried the pint of alcohol with both of her hands to drink the last of it. She hoped she would drown out these dumb feelings that were swirling inside her, rejection, depression, envy, sadness, love, and loneliness. But as she tried drinking it the pint was snatched away from her as sting chugged down her drink and wiped his mouth with a finishing sigh as he placed the empty glass back infront of her*
Lucia only noticed who he was as she looked up as he drank her drink his face that was illuminated by the moons light. He was handsome but somehow charming, he looked like a jerk but he was surprisingly kind. She noticed how the ball on his throat would bop up in down as he drank her glass she had put her lips on it… she began to wonder how his lips would feel with hers..
Sting looked at her now as he noticed her eyes fixated on something on his face. He wiped away at his cheek thinking it was probably a drip of the alcohol he drank but was caught in a trance of his own as he saw her lips part in a very exquisite way.. her beautiful bunny teeth peeked out as her full pink lips peeled from each other as she began to stand up to get closer to him.
"..I keep forgetting to ask, what is thy name?"
Sting melted as her way of speech even held power over him as he answered her softly, afraid he would spook the Angel before him.
"My name is Sting,.. Sting Eucliffe…"
He didn't move as he only followed what her lips would do next, his eyes closed almost like a switch as he felt her soft, smooth, and delicate lips make contact with his..
'Even her kisses are soft like a angel…'
That was his last thought as both of them lost themselves into each other in that night inside the empty guild where not even a mouse made a sound..
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-moments before-
Lucy has received a call from grey that night as to what he witnessed at the guild today. Lucy felt dread fill her up as she was worried about lucia and her children. She apologized to levy and Gajeel who had let her join their mission to split the pay, but they didn't hold any grudges against her as they understood and let Lucy take a horse back.
It was night already as Lucy approached her home she knew to well, she saw the lights still on as she came to a stop with her horse and jumped off the stead to open the door. She looked everywhere until she saw mira… she felt her gut drop as she thought the worst until mira spoke.
"Don't worry, the kids are asleep and lucia is staying at the guild tonight. Sting had arrived today to drop off some paperwork but Liddan begged him to stay with her until you and natsu came back… so she's safe.."
*mira felt Lucys hug as she thanked her for taking care of her kids.*
"Stay the night mira.. it's too late to be traveling back to fairy hills now and I'm a bit more at ease with lucia safe with sting… I know he wouldn't let anything happen to her.."
The two women decided to drink some tea to pass the time until they grew drowsy not knowing that a love was brewing that night…