Second Person P.O.V

You wake up to Mystogan's arms around you in a tight embrace. You turn your head to see his peacefully sleeping face.

"He's so cute when he sleeps," you whisper to yourself.

"Hmm, thanks," he mumbles.

"You're welcome," you say, poking his cheek.

You try to get out of bed, but are pulled back tighter in his arm. "Five more minutes," he says.

You sigh. "Porlyusica will be here soon to give you some medicine and you know she hates being kept waiting."

He grunts a 'fine', then let's you get up.

Next thing you know, there's a knocking sound. "Speak of the devil," you say, walking to the door.

Mystogan quickly pulls his mask on and lays on his back while you open the door, revealing the old woman.

"I heard you were awake," she says, walking to his bed while he nods. "I finally get all those disgraceful Phantom Lord flags burned and you go causing me more trouble."

You hold back a chuckle as you remember your fellow guild mates telling you about him taking down all of Phantom Lords subdivisions single-handedly, then scattering the flags all over the healers yard as proof.

"This should take away any remaining pain or soreness you have," she states, handing him a small pink vile that he gulps down after lifting up his mask. "It'll work in a minute, but you won't get all your magic energy back for a few hours, so don't do anything stupid." She turns and walks out of the room without another word.

You walk over and sit on the edge of Mystogan's bed where he's now sitting up. "I'm going to go home and take a shower. Will you be okay while I'm gone?"

Pulling down his mask he says, "Yeah, just hurry back so we can get some food." He then leans in, planting a kiss on your soft lips and reluctantly pulling away.

"Okay, be ready when I get back," you say, walking out the infirmary door and into the noisy guild.

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You walk back into the guild after your shower and changing into some darker clothes that you thought would go better with Mystogan's style.

You greet your friends on the way to the bar. "Hey Mira, can I have two regular breakfasts with orange juice please?"

"Ah, yes. One for you and your mysterious lover," she jokes, walking to the kitchen.

"(Y/N)!" you hear your name and turn around to see Natsu with Erza beating up Gray behind him.

"Yes?" you ask.

"Now that Mystogan's better, when can he fight me?!" he yells.

"Natsu.... He would pulverize you."

"What? Yeah right! I'd destroy him in a minute!"

"She's right Natsu," Erza confirms, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Thank you, Erza," you say.

Erza then grabs Natsu by the ear and drags him away as you turn back to the bar.

"Here you are," Mira says, handing you the two trays of food.

"Thanks."

You walk up the stairs and kick open the infirmary door, revealing Mystogan in his regular clothes without his mask, sitting on the small black couch in the corner.

"There. Happy?" you ask, setting both of your breakfasts down onto the table and taking a seat next to him on the couch.

"Aye," he says, making you both laugh and begin to eat your food.

In the middle of eating, you both hear the door opening. Mystogan quickly darts his head behind your back, shielding his face. You look toward the door.

"Oh, hello, Master," you greet.

Mystogan slowly comes out from behind you when he hears the door close.

"Hello, sir," Mystogan says after regaining his composure.

"I see you're all better now, Mystogan," Makarov says.

"Yes, thank you, Master."

"And have you been containing that problem you told me about?" Master asks, making you raise an eyebrow.

"I was, but haven't sensed any recently. If it resurfaces, I'll be sure to contain it," Mystogan states.

"Alright. Well, you kids have fun," Master says, leaving the room.

"What was he talking about?" you ask.

"The anima."

"Oh, right," you nod and finish your breakfast.

"Want to take a job?" Mystogan asks.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, of course."

"I don't think we should get back into things too quickly," you say with obvious concern.

"We'll take an easy job, okay? You don't need to be worried about running into that thing again. I'll always be here to protect you," Mystogan assures, bringing you into a long and passionate kiss.

You both stand up and head to the door while he puts his mask back on, when suddenly, you hear sirens going off. They're muffled because of the walls, but you could make out some of the words and one caught your eye; Gildarts.

"What's going on?" you ask.

"Gildarts is back," Mystogan says, taking your hand and walking out to the second floor balcony where all the guild members are cheering and Lucy is freaking out.

"THEY RECONSTRUCTED THE TOWN JUST BECAUSE HE'S CLUMSY?!" you hear her yell and start laughing while leaning over the railing.

"I was worried he didn't make it out. We have to thank him," you say, looking up at Mystogan and he nods in agreement.

Then, Gildarts walks in, looking completely confused and asking questions.

Once everything settles down after a few minutes, he looks up to the second floor and says, "I want to talk to the two of you." The whole guild focuses on who he's talking to.

You nod your head and walk down the steps hand in hand with Mystogan, ignoring the silence and stares and walk out of the hole in the wall that Gildarts had just made.

You follow him a few minutes to his small house next to a river. As you're about to enter, Mystogan stops you.

"I'll talk to him," he says.

Before you can protest, he lets go of your hand and goes inside, shutting the door.

You lean against the wall and listen to the muffled voices, but you manage to make out a few things.

"Thank you for protecting her when I couldn't," Mystogan says and it's the only sentence you hear clearly.

After about five minutes, they walk out. You watch as they shake hands and Mystogan makes his way to you.

"Let's go on that job now," he says, taking your hand and leading you back toward the guild hall.

"What did you guys talk about?" you ask.

"Nothing too important," he shrugs.

You continue your walk and reach the guild doors.

"I'll wait out here," Mystogan says.

You nod and push open the doors and sneak over to the regular request board.

"(Y/N)~," you hear your name being dragged out and slowly turn to see Mira, Cana, Lucy, and Erza smiling.

"Uh, what?" you ask, scared of what's about to come.

"What's going on with you and Mystogan?"

"Are you guys dating?"

"How long have you been partners?"

"What do you know about him?"

Questions come flying at you at a rapid pace. "Uh, okay, let me try this. We're dating, so yes, a while, and a lot."

All you can hear at this point is three girly squeals and seeing Erza's distressed face.

"Well, I should be going," You rush, quickly scanning the board and snatching off the hardest request you see, knowing it will be a piece of cake for the two of you and running out the door.

"Got it," you say, waving the paper in Mystogan's face that he snatches.

"Hargeon, huh? I could probably teleport us all the way there," he says, taking your hand, but you stop him.

"Don't. You need to restore your powers fully and teleporting will take a good amount of magic energy. We can just camp if we need to. I'll go pack and meet you back here in a little bit," you say, going on your toes and kissing his cheek above his mask, then walking off into the direction of Fairy Hills.