Awkward date in the town of festivities (Private/Ivyleaf33)

Sorano watched as the older mage seemed to be in a state of indecision, staring at then away at her hand. What was up with him? His aura showed embarrassment, as usual, and something else... It was once familiar to her, that emotion, one she had had an abundance of. It couldn't possibly be...

Sorano jerked her hand away in surprise as a burly man picked the Laughing Coffin mage up, yelling about knowing CPR. The poor Sebastian was subject to a not-so-great looking mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She didn't think the man was even doing it right. Hoshi stood, horrified at the image before her. She looked back and forth from the scene to Sorano, then forced out a horrified "I-it's forbidden love!" The exceed fled from the cafe, soaring high into the air, her paws over her eyes the whole time.

Sorano sighed, watching the exceed fly upwards. Hoshi should be fine with Mother Nature on her side. She then turned to the more present problem, her eyebrows arching at the sight. The letter mage bent down and tapped the man on the shoulder. No reaction. She tapped a little harder. Still none. Okay, she would have to give up all politeness, and go all-out Fairy Tail-style. Pulling what looked like a quill pen from her bag, she sniffed the end, ensuring it was correct, then stabbed it into his shoulder. This one only hurt, and did nothing else. He yelped, straightening up in pain.

"Hey little girl! That hurt!" he yelled angrily, slowly walking towards her, plucking the dart out. Sorano merely shrugged. "Just wanted to tell you that you were doing mouth-to-mouth for nothing," she said simply, brushing past him. He was nothing to worry about. "Well now you can brag that you've kissed another boy before, Skyllon-san," she said coolly, staring down at him.

Sebastian continued to struggle as the guy attempted to "save" him. His eyes were twitching as he clenched his fists, almost as if he were about to punch the man. Suddenly, Sebastian was back on the ground as the guy let go, holding onto his shoulder that was just stabbed. As Sorano explained to the guy that he was doing mouth to mouth for nothing, sweat dropped from his forehead as he slowly backed away from the crowd before darting out of the café.

Sebastian appeared to be in a daze after what just happened. That cheesy and garlic taste was now in his mouth. He laid there, twitching and grinding his teeth as the script mage stared down at him, saying that he could now brag that he kissed a guy, causing some people to snicker. "Th-that's not funny.." Sebastian claimed, slowly sitting back up as he rubbed the back of his head. Sebastian then had war like flashbacks of the..."CPR" which seemed horrifying and exaggerated at first, but then Sebastian began to chuckle to himself. It was pretty funny now that he thought about it. He then looked over to Sorano and Hoshi, quickly turning away as he blushed in embarrassment, trying to act as if he weren't just laughing.

The Laughing Coffin mage just sat there and sighed. He didn't imagine his first date would end up being a disaster, making himself look like a fool in front of his date. At this point he just wanted to crawl under a rock and die, hugging his knees and burying his face into his knees as if he were crying, but physically can't. He didn't care about the people around them, he just wished that something good would happen. It doesn't even half to be that big, just something good.

Sorano sighed, slapping her hand on her face. So many people acted idiotically, she was actually surprised how her own species survived at times. She looked over to Sebastian, stammering on the ground. Now, how was she supposed to fix all these problems, she had no idea. Obviously the other mage’s aura was all full of embarrassment, albeit with a touch of humor. It was interesting to see something other than orange filling his aura for once.

As he chuckled a bit, Sorano watched Hoshi meekly float down again, looking cautious, as if she was afraid the scene was still going on. He glanced back at the two Fairy Tail mages, looking embarrassed, before glancing away again, and burying his head in his knees on the ground, any trace of amusement disappearing again. The poor guy, this truly was a horrible date for him. However, Sorano was horrible around people to begin with, and even worse at cheering people up.

“Um… At least you aren’t one of the many people who just died in that time,” Sorano said awkwardly, attempting to cheer him up. She also tried infusing a touch of cheerful emotion through Luna, not sure what else to try. "Um, maybe try washing your mouth, too? In the average human there are many germs possibly inside their mouth..." Totally encouraging words for the Laughing Coffin mage. Even Hoshi had to wince at them.

OOC: Sorry for the shortness.

Sebastian listened as Sorano attempted to cheer him up. He slowly peeked his face from his knees, raising an eyebrow at Sorano's odd, but still correct way of trying to cheer him up. She was right, at least he is still alive, but it still didn't help him with his problem. He then began to smile a little from the influence of Luna. His pain slowly turned to faint happiness, as he began chuckling a little again.

He slowly stopped chuckling as the script mage told him that he should try washing his mouth and that their are many germs in the average person's mouth which caused Sebastian to put a hand over his mouth to smell his breathe, causing his eye to twitch once more. The smell of cheesey chips and onions mixed with the Bubble Tea was just too much for Sebastian. "But, My toothbrush is all the way back at the guild." The white haired mage said, as he covered his mouth, trying to not risk his date smelling his breathe.

He slowly got up, hand still over his mouth as he looked around, the crowd having yet to disperse. Why the heck were they still here and were acting a lot more cheerful and encouraging as well instead of snickering to themselves for some odd reason. Sebastian turned to Sorano and tilted his head, giving the script mage a look that is gesturing a "you're seeing this too right?" sign with an eyebrow raised.

OOC: Why are both you and Were questioning me so much about Luna IC? >.>))

Sorano sighed, tilting her head at him, having even affected herself the slightest bit by forcing the emotion. She grinned the slightest bit, saying, "That's what's so good about Solid Script!" With a flourish of her hand, she spelled out the word toothbrush, and watched as the letters squished together, then popped out into a plain white toothbrush, and with another flourish, a container of toothpaste appeared.

Then he glanced over at her, his hand over his mouth, looking confused and embarrassed. He had a sort of questioning look, and his eyes were angled towards the cheerful people. Sorano realized she had forgotten tocage her emotions again, and did so then, her eyes becoming hard and cold again. She watched as people around them began to lose interest and return to normal tasks, and she turned back to Sebastian.

"Sorry for not informing you, Skyllon-san. This shield on my arm, it has the ability to manipulate two things: emotions and time. The person who wears it will have their emotions transmitted to many people around them. They also have the ability to stop or go back in time, though that is quite dangerous and better not used much," Sorano explained, polishing the silvery surface with the guild crest with her sleeve. She looked over awkwardly, unsure of what to do or say next.

OOC: Lol he wasn't even questioning you about it. He was just confused about why everyone got cheery about nothing. You just gave away the shield to him. XD

The Laughing Coffin mage was given a toothbrush and toothpaste by his date, using her solid script magic. She was being...weird. Well I wouldn't say weird, rather, cheerful...which was weird coming from someone like Sorano which just caused Sebastian to raise his eyebrow more. Sebastian got the toothpaste and put some on the toothbrush and proceeded to brush his teeth in the middle of the café.

He then noticed that the crowd began to disperse and Sorano went back to her cold emotionless look which cause the sinner mage to look around, blinking in a bit of confusion, but shrugged it off as them losing interest. Sorano then proceeded to explain that this was pretty much her doing using that silver shield on her arm which Sebastian just thought was a shield. He began brushing his teeth slower as he was caught up in her explanation. A shield that can manipulate time and emotions? Is there even really such a thing?

"W-wait." Sebastian said, taking the toothbrush out of his mouth with toothpaste around his mouth, being too caught up about the shield to care about his appearance. "So you were the one responsible for causing the people in here and back then to disperse?" Sebastian asked, in a tone that almost seemed fangirlish, because to him, this stuff sounded like sci-fi, even though it's obvious magic. But then he frowned a little when he sat back and thought about it. "Th-then, you were controlling my emotions as well?" Sebastian asked, his tone being a little softer and a bit disappointed, feeling that he was violated by getting his emotions manipulated, not even caring about how the shield can also travel through time. What if what he's feeling right now is because of the shield. What if...the feelings he has for her is also from the shield? Sebastian quickly shook his head at having feelings for anyone that would be silly...right?

Sebastian slowly wiped the toothpaste off of his mouth with his sleeve and looked towards Sorano, with a mixture of sadness, confusion, and...something. "Are..." Sebastian paused as he looked around, just remembering they were in a café. No, this wasn't the right place to ask. "Nevermind.." Sebastian said softly, giving back the toothbrush and toothpaste as he stood up, walking towards the door in deep thought.

OOC: W-whatever >.> And sorry if this is bad, I'm sick and tired, so bear with my horrible posts ;_; ))

Sorano nodded. "Yes, that was me," she said simply, "and yes, I would influence your emotions as well when I do it. I can't leave people inside the radius of Luna's reach out if I wanted to." She couldn't understand how Sebastian might be worried about whether his feelings were legitimate or not, having spent too long without emotions. However, Hoshi caught it almost immediately, her eyes sharpening as she realized this potential problem.

With a flash of mental concentration, Sorano let the toothbrush and toothpaste disappear, and looked up to see the Laughing Coffin mage start to say something, then cut it off, walking towards the door. Tilting her head in confusion at Sebastian's whirl of odd emotions, Sorano followed after him, unsure of what else to do. He seemed deep in thought, as if troubled about something.

"What did you come out for, Skyllon-san?" Sorano asked carefully, always one to tread lightly when it came to unfamiliar aura patterns in people. Seeing sadness and confusion in Sebastian... It was odd, and unusual patterns were usually bad to Sorano. Hoshi knew exactly what Sebastian was worried about, but as usual was too afraid to explain things to both.

OOC: Pfft >w> and it was good o: mine is bad and i'm not even sick >.>

Sebastian leaned against the wall next to the café door with his arms crossed and looking down towards the ground. His eye were half open and the breeze was making his white hair move a little. He was deep in thought about pretty much everything at this moment. Could she have been toying with his emotions for some kind of gain? It wouldn't have been the first time anything like this would happen. He sighed and rubbed his dry eyes, staring up to the sky, watching the clouds roll on by with the breeze.

The café door opened with Sorano and Hoshi coming out. She asked the Laughing Coffin mage why he came outside. He glanced over to Sorano and back at the sky. He didn't know what to say exactly, so many emotions spinning around in his head at the moment that he didn't want to say anything wrong to hurt her or further complicate things. Sebastian surely had no idea what he was doing. Why did he have to ask the script mage on a date? He was obviously the wrong person for her. Something just urged him to ask, was it her influence? Or was it his own choice?

"Sorano..." Sebastian softly said her name as he tried to figure out what exactly he wanted to say. All of this felt as if he had the entire world on his shoulder, he didn't know why. He looked back down to the ground, letting out a little sigh as he breathed in and out. "D-do you have...what do you think of me?" he said, pausing to ask another question instead. He clearly had no clue where he was going with this, but he just had to break the silence.

Sorano watched the mage's whirling emotions with light interest, something she was glad she didn't have to deal with. Though she knew many felt bad for her, including her mentor, who had taught her to df this in the first place, she was quite thankful she didn't have to deal with such a tangle of emotions. It allowed her to think clearly, without muddled emotions to cloud her judgement. So, it was merely with faint interest that the letter mage looked at the sinner mage, waiting for the boy to say something. She could wait. She'd sped through childhood so quickly and with so much chaos it was nice to just wait for a change.

"Sorano..." Sebastian's voice caused her to blink out of her aura gaze, and glance at him calmly, simply waiting for him to talk. As he asked her the question, the corners of Sorano's mouth curled up in a wry smile, having been regaled with stories such as this in her old school, boys asking girls out, kids confessing their love to each other... This sounded just like one of those things she had once envied in the older girls, rich and popular. Her parents weren't poor or anything, in fact, they had been fairly wealthy, but they had believed in looking and acting humble and modest, and as a result Sorano had turned out to be a rather quiet, nerdy girl at school.

She simply laughed slightly, flipping her hair lightly over her shoulders. "Me? What do I think of you? Emotion wise, absolutely nothing. Outside of that, I just think of you as another mage from another guild, to be completely honest. Maybe possible job partner, or ally from another guild, something along those lines. But then, that's how I think of most anyone. To consider anybody besides Hoshi and Fairy Tail to be more than that just seems...odd, to me." The letter mage stated her views bluntly, not understanding how her words could be hurtful in any way. Hoshi, beside her, winced at how sharp the words sounded. Her friend could be so brutally truthful sometimes.

OOC: I shall make you feel an intense wave of emotions one day >: D bahahaha! and when should we end this date? o.o

Sebastian had his head down and eyes closed, waiting for the script mage's answer. He had no clue what could come of this or what he was expecting. He wasn't even sure what he wanted to hear from her. He just needed an answer. Sebastian slid his hands in his pockets as he continued to lean against the wall. He really wanted a response from her, what did she think of him? Who was he to her? He didn't get his hopes all the way up however, considering this is only the second time they have met and the date was a disaster.

The white haired mage didn't notice Sorano's smile due to having his eyes closed. He just imagined that se was just standing there, thinking of a way to try and make him feel better which he didn't want. He wanted a brutally honest answer now that he thought about it, not pity. Suddenly, he heard the script mage laugh slightly, which caused Sebastian to open his eyes, catching him off guard. He turned over to see her flipping her hair as well like those popular girls at school who think they are all that. But what really surprised Sebastian was the laugh. It was so sudden, so out of character, so....cute. Sebastian took his hands out of his pockets as he listened to Sorano's blunt answer.

Absolutely nothing...she thought of him. The white haired boy frowned a little, being only thought of an ally and nothing more, not even a friend, but he was not surprised after all he was only a stranger to her compared to people like Hoshi and the guild she comes from. Sebastian sighed softly as his frown turned to a small smile. "That's good.." he said to her as he continued looking towards the ground. "I envy you...being able to speak so bluntly...not just trusting those you barely know like I do....believing that you are instantly friends...allies...family.." Sebastian paused and sighed before turning his head to Sorano. "...or in love with a stranger." Sebastian said as his cheeks began glowing light pink before he started chuckling to himself lightly.

OOC: Idk... You choose))

Sorano frowned at Sebastian slightly, considering what he had said. Trust... It was an interesting concept to her, trust. Could somebody really fully trust somebody after being betrayed so many times? She had trusted her parents, they died. She had trusted her brothers, they died as well. She had trusted her teachers, they didn't even try to help after her family was killed. She had few people she could fully trust: Hoshi, Anna Litbell, and possibly one or two Fairy Tail members. Nobody else. Trusting could form a bond between two people, and the closer they were to each other, the more it hurt if something happened to them. Sorano had learned that the hard way, with the deaths of the people she had loved the most. If Anna or Hoshi were to die, she wouldn't be able to take it, she didn't think.

"Speaking bluntly is better in the long run than just little white lies, Skyllon-san. It gives people false ideas, and when someone does shatter them it'll be all the more hard to face the truth," the letter mage said lightly, looking seriously at Sebastian. When he said the part about being in love with a stranger and started laughing slightly, Sorano sighed. Love, the pinnacle of emotion shouldn't be a word tossed around so lightly. As a letter mage, she had to be able to understand the full weight of each word, understanding it inside out. Love was immensely powerful, with the ability to grant one eternal happiness or eternal torment, capable of causing one to feel such dangerous emotions.

"It's not a word to be used lightly, you know, Skyllon-san," Sorano said quietly. "Love. When you truly love something, it can drive you to do terrible things, or marvelous things. It drove me to kill. It's the very pinnacle of emotions, not a word with little weight. Careful how you use it."

OOC:I am not sure >.< Want to end it on something positive though o: and sorry if this post was bad T.T

Sebastian slowly stopped laughing as he heard a sigh escape from the script mage's mouth. She must not have found it funny is what the white haired mage was thinking. He frowned a little as Sorano explained about how love was never to be taken lightly and basically how big of an effect it could have. "I-I know...I'm terribly sorry." he said nervously as he took a bow. He the realized that she said that love drove her to kill. The sinner mage's hands weren't clean as well, but he never did it for love, he did it for survival. He couldn't possibly relate to how she felt, so he decided to not bring it up since it's her business and hers alone.

"It's just...I am just so confused about everything right now, Sorano." He said to her, biting on his lower lip as he tried to continue talking. "I...just never had my emotions manipulated before...is what I'm feeling now still because of your shield?" Sebastian asked the script mage, in hopes of getting answers. He was feeling confused and upset, but there was also a burning feeling in his chest that he was getting when around her. "Is the reason why I trust you so easily, the reason why I asked you on this date...." Sebastian paused, sighing a little before he continued. "....the reason I'm having these...feelings for you all coming from that shield of yours?" Sebastian said, looking towards Sorano, hoping for answers.

At first, he tried to deny these feelings as love at first sight seemed silly to the young mage, but he slowly began to except them until he heard about what Sorano could do with that shield. Manipulate emotions...Sebastian just couldn't go anywhere with someone trying to manipulate him...use him. The white haired mage walked a little closer to Sorano and slowly slid his hands under hers, closing his fingers around hers a little as he looked into her eyes. This was so out of character for the timid little boy, could it be the script mage's doing? Or could it be all of his emotions currently at war with each other effecting how he thinks. He wasn't imagining the feelings he had for her however. He knew deep down that he felt something, but was it real?

OOC: Yup, yup, just gonna step right in and ruin the moment.))

Sorano tilted her head again, not really understanding. What was the mage before her so confused about? She had provided enough evidence for him to connect the dots, why didn't he understand? When her mother said that men were confusing people, was this what she had meant? Sorano shook her head slightly at Sebastian's questions, sighing a little bit. "Skyllon-san, if I were using my shield, everyone within 20 feet would be feeling the same emotions as you, which would probably end up being rather disastrous. Even I would be affected slightly at times, so no, I am not currently using Luna's abilities right now."

Sorano polished the silvery shield lightly with her sleeve, glancing at the moonstone and the Fairy Tail crest, and then looked up, surprised as she heard he had feelings for her. Hm. A confession of love of sorts, most would say. Sorano arched an eyebrow, saying, "And that is supposed to mean?"

Suddenly, Sorano stiffened as Sebastian walked closer, touching her hand. His fingers curled around hers slightly as he stared into her eyes, his red ones seeming almost to glow slightly. Sorano had turned as stiff as a board, completely frozen. Her cold, aloof expression frozen on her face, and her eyes staring straight ahead, as if none of this was happening. How was she supposed to react to this?

Hoshi stared up at her friend, having her hand held by a boy. This was not okay. Sorano did not look good. The exceed could tell when her friend was uncomfortable, and Sorano did not look anything like she was okay. It was like when she was stuck in one of Hana's hugs, or being bombarded with talking from Julius. Only one thing to do when Sorano wasn't happy... Hoshi flew up, and dug her claws right into Sebastian's shoulder. They were surprisingly sharp for such a small exceed.

OOC: Poor Sebastian >.< lol

Sebastian looked into Sorano's cold, expressionless eyes. He just continued staring at her, not knowing what else to do. What could be going through the script mage's mind right now? She appeared to be in a frozen like state. Was this as awkward to her as it was to him? What the heck was the red eyed mage thinking, invading someone's personal space like this. He just had the strangest urge to do it, to hold her hands which felt warm against his despite her cold appearance.

Suddenly, "Owww!" Sebastian yelled as he quickly let go of the girl's hands, now holding onto the shoulder that had sharp exceed claws dug into it. The piercing went through his jacket and dug into his skin with some blood now pouring from the location. Sebastian winced a little before coming back to his senses. The stinging feeling was enough to knock him out of his emotional trance and back to his timid like personality. Sebastian stepped away from Sorano, still holding his hand to the injured shoulder. "Th-thank you...Hoshi." Sebastian said, looking up to Hoshi with a small smile on his face, not appearing to be mad at all.

The white haired mage then looked back to Sorano before lowering his head in both shame and apology. He turned around and began to walk with his hand still placed on his shoulder. This date was a disaster all because of Sebastian's ignorance and mistakes. He didn't even bother to ask Sorano if she could heal him, believing that he doesn't deserve it. He wanted to save them both the trouble and leave before he made things worse. What was he thinking? Someone like himself who doesn't even have good enough people skills would be good at a relationship. The white haired mage clenched his shoulder, wincing in pain, trying his best to forget his failure.

OOC: Sorry for bad quality post))

"Ai!" Sorano yelled a little, jumping back as Sebastian did, glancing behind him and seeing a fleeing Hoshi. "Hoshi-chan, come back! I'm not going to get mad at you!" The letter mage called out to the small exceed, begging her not to fly off. It was easy for such a small creature to lose her way. The exceed nervously flew back, bowing repeatedly in midair to Sebastian now that she was out of her temporary rage mode.

"Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry Skyllon-nii-san! I'm so sorry! Please f-forgive me! I really dunno why I did that..." Hoshi ducked behind Sorano again, hiding. She was surprised to see that the boy didn't look at all mad, instead maybe a little relieved, thanking her for it. The exceed relaxed visibly, then ducked behind Sorano again. Sorano then turned to Sebastian to apologize for Hoshi's behavior, only to see him walking off with his hand on his shoulder... Which was bleeding.

"Skyllon-san, I already told you, that could get infected!" the letter mage repro!anded him, speeding up her pace to catch up. She planted a hand on his shoulder to make him stop, and gently but firmly directed the older mage to a bench. "You can leave whenever, but I am going to fix your shoulder first."

Sorano pulled out a small bandage roll, taking dabs of salves in her bag and applying them to the bandage before handing it over to Sebastian. The scratch had been under his jacket, and Sorano knew enough about social norms to know that one did not normally touch someone else's skin without permission.

OOC: It's okay o: Mine was also bad v.v

Sebastian continued walking, the blood now staining his hand as he clenched on his wound. He didn't bother to look back at the two believing he has done enough already. What a fool he was, thinking he could win anyone over, thinking he could find love. He was only fourteen so he shouldn't have been thinking about finding love this early, but he just couldn't help it.

Sebastian then heard the voice of the Script Mage calling out to him. He paused a little so she could catch up, not looking at her. Sorano had caught up and brought Sebastian to a chair so he could sit. He continued to not make eye contact with her as she handed him a small bandage roll. Sebastian glanced at the roll and continued to look down. "...I don't know how to use that..." Sebastian said shyly and almost emotionlessly. He slowly took off his coat and placed it to the side, folded. It was shown that the wound even dug through the sleeve of the shirt. The Laughing Coffin mage then rolled up that sleeve, wincing a little to reveal the wound which was still bleeding.

The white haired mage then sat there, waiting for Sorano to work on it. "Sorano..." Sebastian said softly to himself, not know if she had heard him call her name or not. Why did she do this? He was just about ready to leave her...to abandon her, but she still tries to help him. Fairy Tail mages sure were interesting....she was interesting. Sebastian glanced up to Sorano and smiled softly her eyes, although they looked cold and emotionless, they were still beautiful to the love struck mage. "Sorano...." Sebastian said again, this time trying to get her attention. He paused and took a deep breathe before speaking again. "I'm going to make up for this disaster of a date...you deserve better than this mess I've created." Sebastian said softly with a smile on his face.

Sorano waited patiently as he removed his jacket and rolled his sleeve up, carefully ensuring the salve was properly spread on the bandages. Sorano frowned, seeing it still bled a bit and scribbled a few letters into the air, controlling a slight trickle of water to wash the wound first. After finishing that, she took one end of the bandage and began wrapping, a process she was quite used to having patched up her brothers' slips and scrapes a long time ago... Actually, now that the letter mage thought about it, it had been more recent than she thought. Aki and Ichiro... She missed them so, so, much. Her heart seemed to cry out angrily at just the thought of them, and a longing for revenge was stirred up in her mind again.

Sorano paused in her work, staring straight ahead with a haunted look in her eyes, but was soon interrupted by Sebastian's voice. "Ah...?" She looked down slowly, her eyes looking hollow and tired for a moment, before her face smoothed back out into an aloof mask. "I don't deserve a thing," she said lightly, casually, before fixing the bandage in place. She dusted off her hands to the side, and handed the older mage his jacket back.

She had come to Fairy Tail to atone for her sins, to do good and try to repay what she had done in the past. She didn't deserve anything. Nothing good, anyways. She would try to spread as much hope in the world as she did despair, try to turn her life around for the better. That was her main purpose now. "I suppose you will be leaving now... See you the next time, Skyllon-san," she said softly, tilting her head at him. It certainly has been an interesting day.