-+*+-Waning: This chapter contains one curse word.-+*+-

I left the guild a while ago. I'm just wandering around town, exploring. In the distance, I see a body on the ground by an alleyway. I quickly realize the body belongs to Hunter. I walk over to him and my head turns toward the alleyway. There, I find Laxus and Freed making out.

"OMG OTP!" I whisper yell. I quickly cover my mouth as I remember Laxus and his dragon slayer hearing. I look down at Hunter. 'His faboying problem must have gotten worse since I left. I pick him up and start on my way back to the guild.

~Time Skip~

I arrive at the guild, and I walk inside. As I walk in, everyone stares at me and the knocked out boy in my arms.

"I found him on the street passed out. The cause was most likely a fanboy attack." I explain. Most people nod in a knowing manner. The few people that didn't consist of Mira, Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy. They walk over to me, and Natsu helps me put Hunter onto a nearby table. I quickly thank him.

"Was he just in the middle of the street or was he outside an alleyway again?" Mira asks me, looking at the passed out boy on the table.

"Outside an alleyway. It's seems his fanboying has gotten worse since he's gotten here. I swear when I left him here, he wouldn't end up just passing out and be taking a but load of pictures." I tell them.

"We started finding him passed out randomly around town a few months after he joined Fairy Tail." Erza says. I look over at Hunter and notice Natsu staring at him. I giggle silently and Natsu looks up at me. I keep forgetting about their damn dragon slaying hearing. Before I look away from him, I notice a faint blush on his cheeks.

"Well I should take him home. No idea why I really brought him here in th-" I get interrupted by a groaning sound coming the the table.

I look at the table to find Hunter sitting up, rubbing his head. He stops rubbing his head, and his eyes widen. He jumps off the table without any warning and runs out the door.

"Wh- Hunter! Where do you think you're going!? Come back!" I yell after him. I run out the door, following him all the way back to the alleyway.

"Dang it! They're gone!" Hunter exclaims.

"Of course they are. It's been a little less than half an hour since you found them here." I inform him. "I don't think someone trying to hide their relationship would be in an alleyway for more than 20 minutes."

"Especially with people like you and Mira around." I quickly and quietly mumble.

"What was that?" Hunter asks me.

"Nothing." I say quickly. "Now come with me."

I grab his arm and pull it down just enough for me to reach his head. I grab his ear, and I pull him all the way back to the guild hall.

~Time Skip~

I walk in, still pulling Hunter's ear. A few people stare at me in shock, and a few others just look away, not wanting to get involved. Erza, Gray, Lucy, Happy, and Natsu are still crowded around the table that we had laid Hunter on. Mira is running the bar. I pull Hunter over to an empty table, and I sit him down. I sit beside him and look at him.

"Now tell me," I start. He gives me a nervous look, like I'm going to scold him. "what has been going on while I was gone training."

Hunter lets out a sigh of relief and then begins to explain what happened during the year he was here.

~Time Skip~

Hunter finally finishes telling me everything and me telling him everything. He was quite surprised to find out that I'm a dragon slayer.

"I'm gonna go explore around town a bit. You wanna come with?" I ask Hunter.

"Nah. I'll stay here." Hunter says.

"You sure? I thought you were planning on going around town a bit before leaving to go on the mission with Team Natsu." I say. To be completely honest, I'm a little sad I'm not going on the mission too. I would love to go on the first ever mission Team Natsu went on together. I am new to the guild though. I wouldn't really be surprised if they don't trust me yet. It always takes people a long time to get used to my attitude and distance-ness. Is distance-ness even a word? I don't know. I've never been good with grammer.

"I'm sure. I'm probably gonna go look for Laxus and Freed." Hunter replies

"Leave them to their make-out session. I'm sure they're enjoying it." I tell him, smirking slightly.

"Hunter! Can you come help me tend to the bar?" Mira yells from the bar.

"Sure!" Hunter says. "I'll see you later, Nee~san."

"See ya." Hunter runs off to the bar, and I walk out of the guild.

I walk towards the outer areas of the city. There are less people here, so it wont be as crowded. All the markets and such are more towards the middle of Magnolia, along with Kardia Cathedral. A bush beside me suddenly shakes. I stare at it and hear a very silent meow. A figure emerges from the bush. I gasp as I realize what it is. It's an exceed. The exceed is all black except for it's stomach, ear tips, and tail tip. Those parts are a very light purple. Kinda like a lilac color. It's eyes are a very beautiful shade of purple. I think it's called iris.

"Well hello there little one. What are you doing here?" I ask the little and, might I add, adorable exceed

"Hi. I'm looking for a new owner!" The exceed says. It sounds like a little girl.

"Well would you like me to be your owner?" I ask it.

"Sure! And I don't have a name. Could you give me one?" She asks.

"How about Iris." I suggest.

"Iris. I love it!" Iris giggles.

Iris sprouts out a pair of pure white wings and flys up to my shoulder, which isn't a very long flight. She puts her wings away and smiles at me. I smile back and start walking back to Hunter's place. I should probably get my own place soon. I have just been crashing at Hunter's since I returned from training.

I quickly arrive at Hunter's and I walk inside. All the lights are off some I assume Hunter is still at the guild or is sleeping. When I walk in, I turn on the lights. As I had originally guessed, no one was home.

"I'm staying here with my brother until I get my own place." I tell Iris. She nods in reply.

"Where is your room?" She asks.

"Over here." I point towards my room. I walk over to the door, and I walk inside. Iris flys off my shoulder after sprouting her wings again. She flys over to my bed and lays down on my pillow. She smiles at me as her eyes slowly close. Soon after, her breathing slows to a steady pace. She fell asleep. I walk over to her and lay down with her. I pet her head for a while before letting darkness consume me.

I wake up with a jolt in the middle of the night. I'm sweating a lot. Must of been a nightmare, but I can't remember it. I look around the room and see a figure on the ground. I look at it more closely, and I soon realize it's Hunter. I sigh and hop out of the bed. I pick him up and carry him out of my room. I bring him into his own room and lay him on his bed. He smiles slightly in his sleep as he cuddles up to his pillow. I shake my head at him, a small smile present on my face. I walk out of his room, closing his door, and walking to my own. Iris is still sound asleep. I lay back down on my bed and quickly fall back into a deep slumber.