Wendy's P.O.V.

"Hey, Carla?"

"What is it child?"

"I was wondering, when am I gonna get a boyfriend of my own."

"You're far to young to even think about a boyfriend Wendy. Wait a few more years and it'll come."

"Yeah, but, so many people in the guild are together now. Natsu and Lucy are together, Gray and Juvia are really getting along and Erza told me she was secretely dating Jellal. But I have no one."

"Once you get closer to their age, I'm sure the boys will come running after you."

"Hm. I guess so."

We keep on walking down the road to get back to Fairy Hills, we just came from the park and, as usual, I was on the swing alone with only Carla at my side. I love being with Carla, I don't mean anything against her. It's just, it would be nice to have another companion every once in a while.

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"Hey Wendy!"

The moment I enter the guild hall, a boy calls my name. One that I don't usually talk to. I turn to the voice's direction and see a black haired boy running to me, a grin plastered on his face. He really does look like Natsu. Macao told me that for the seven years we were gone, he didn't even smile once. That must've been terrible for him. I can't imagine what it's like to not smile, or even just peep a smile for so long. I felt so bad when I heard that. And he looked up to Natsu so much, like he was his older brother. And I understand why. It must've been so hard on him being let down by his idol. And to think, if we hadn't have come back, he might've gone off the rest of his life frowning, day and night.

"Hi Romeo!" I call back to him. He stops on front of me with a huge smile on his face, panting just a bit, since he was running after all.

"I saw you at the park yesterday with Carla, you were on the swing when I passed by."

"Oh really? I didn't see you." I answer, feeling pretty bad.

"Oh no, it's fine!" he answers, scratching the back of his head sheepishly, "You looked like you were deep in thought, so I didn't want to scare you."

"Oh I see." I answer, a bit sadly. He could've come to join me if he wanted, so why didn't he? Shouldn't he know it wouldn't bother me, even if we don't talk much. Snapping out of my thought, I feel a gentle pressure against my shoulder, a warmth that krept from his group to my skin and everything around that area.

"You looked kind of lonely too though, so I felt a bit bad leaving you there. But I wasn't sure if you wanted to be alone or not, that's why I left you there."

"O-oh..." I stutter. I start fidgeting a bit, playing with the hem of my favourite green scale like dress. I never would've thought that someone actually saw me. I was so into my own world I completely forgot where I was. Ever since I was little, I was often abandonned.

I remember staying with Grandeeney, training with her and learning from her. She kept me warm, gave me food to eat, she tought me how to read and write. She's taught me almost everything I know today. She's my mother. I was looking for her through the forest one day, crying my eyes out and calling her name as much as my voice could stay alive, but she was no where to be found.

After that, I had met Jellal. Of course, now I know it was the prince from Edolas. Nonetheless, he took care of me after finding me alone in the forest. He continued taking care of me after Gradeeney had left me. He was so kind and caring, just like an older brother. But, later as we got to know each other more, he strated to call out random words as if he were scared, "Anima!" I didn't understand what it was at the time, and his response to it was even more hard for me to comprehend. He told me that I couldn't come along with him anymore, which suddenly made me panic and worry. I kept asking why and why, but he wouldn't answer. Then he said that he would take me to a wizard guild so that they could take care of me, and he did. Or so I thought.

I met Carla not long after I joined the Cait Shelter guild, and we became friends after I followed her for a long time. We stayed together in Cait Shelter all these years until the Oración Seis incident where I was told that my guild mates were all fakes that the master had created, they were just illusions of his own to keep me from being alone. So I guess, I'm used to being left alone in a way.

But I don't want to be alone. I wonder why he would assume that I wanted to be alone if I looked lonely. He starts raising his other hand and placing it on my shoulder right to him. His lips curve straighten a bit for a while as he tilts his head forward slightly, his black orbs looking down at his feet, concentrating on his laces. He then looks back up, snapped out of his thought, his eyes looking into mine. They slowly close as I watch his lashes bat each other, while he tilts his head to the side, and his lips turn upward to a big grin, revealing the pearly whites.

"Do you wanna hang out with me?" he asks cheerfully, his eyes open and bright.

My eyes widen in delight as I can practically feel the sprakles in my eyes forming themselves, just crying out yes. And My mout grows into a smile that could probably be mistaken for a half moon. Someone finally wants to hang out with me! They've all been so busy with each other lately, they completely forgot about me, but now here's a boy, standing in front of me and holding me, asking me to hang out with him. I'm so glad!

I close the rose colored outline seperating my mouth and my face to curve it into a sweet smile as I nod once happily. I look behind Romeo to see Carla trying to reject Happy again. She looks pretty busy, I'm sure she won't mind if we go out for a bit. Placing my gaze back to the cheerful orbs of the boy holding me tightly and nod once, the edges of my bangs lightly patting my forehead. 

He drops his hands from my shoulders, dropping themselves to his sides. However, one arm lifts itself up a bit, his fingers grazing my own, and slowly enveloping the entirety of hand. His fingertips creep through my palm as they slither their way through the spaces between my fingers and cups his warm hand in mine, tugging it the other direction as he leads me to the wooden doors leading me out of the guild.

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The wind blows past my hair, blowing it one way and the other as the force of the swing lifts me back and forth. I've always enjoyed swinging, it always made me feel more connected with the wind, flying with it, as if it were my friend. On the swing, we'd be playing together all the time, many games really: tag, hide'n'seek, follow the leader. Although we can't talk to each other, we still get along. This time, it's just tug-a-war. Not with a rope or the general tug-a-war you'd expect. Just the feel of being pushed back and forth, when I swing forward, the pressure blocks my way like wind blowing in my face. Swinging back, my hair gets blown over my eyes so I don't see. We're always going back and forth for this game, no one wins, we just keep going until I get off. The wind was my only other true friend until now.

"Hey Wendy?" calls the raven-haired boy. Grinding my feet against the ground, I halt the seat being held by two chains to the pole above, the sand scraping under the soles of my shoes. I look up at Romeo humming a littlr response to tell him he's got my attention. "I have a question to ask you."

"What is it?" On the swing next to me, Romeo looks up at me, black eyes staring into mine with wonder and concern. His fingers rubbing the cold metal of the chains, he gets up without leaving his gaze off of me.

 "Why is it that you're always coming here alone?" he asks.

"Well, I'm not exactly alone, I have Carla with me all the time." I answer. He shakes his head back and forth slowly, his hair batting the frame of his face.

"That's not what I meant." in response, I hum a little questioning peep. "Can't you invite somebody to come with you? I mean, why go just you and Carla when there are so many people at the guild that could join you." Once he finished his sentence, I looked down and away from him, cheeks a bit warm from embarrasment. 

"I..." I stutter, nervous and feeling a bit guilty, "Everyone at the guild is finding a partner now. They're getting together in couples and I don't want to bother them. Heck, even Carla has Happy. I don't want to interupt them, so... I come here when I can... to leave them alone." he keeps looking at me, concern deep within the darkness of his eyes.

"But there are plenty other people who would definitely be free to do stuff."

"But why would they want to hang out with a kid. And besides, no one would be interested in me, even when I grow up." I whine, cheeks heating up a bit more.

"Huh? Why not?"

"W-well." I stutter, my voice goin to a whisper, "I-I ha-have a flat chest too." At that last part, I start blushing like crazy, it's not fair, why don't I have any breasts, it makes girls so much more attractive.

After an eternal moment of silence, the air suddenly fills itself with laughter, laugh after laugh coming out of his mouth. His eyes are tightly closed and he's toubled over, holding his stomach. He even has tears in his eyes.

"Is that really what you're worried about!" he asks while still giggling uncontrolably. Panting heavely to catch his breath to calm himself down, he slowly starts stand back up and looking down at me, staring up at him is surprise, as he smiles that big grin he has. "You're so funny! I never knew you had this type of side in you. I'm impressed Wendy!" he chuckles. Blushing slightly, I keep looking up at him in wonder. "You know, kid or not, there's nothing to be ashamed of, anyone would love to hang out with you. And that includes me." he reassures. "And plus," he starts bending down, leaning closer to get to my ear, "I think your chest is fine." he whispers, making the flush pooling in my cheeks crawl closer to the surfice. He gets back up to his original position, and puts out one hand.

"Promise me you won't play in the park alone anymore, 'kay?" he asks.

Taking his hand, I nod once happily. I love this guild so much. Everyone is so warm-hearted and kind. Fairy Tail will always be my family. And, who knows, maybe someday, the boy who reached out to me... may turn out to be my soulmate. 

From there on out, Wendy always went to the park with Romeo when they could, besides the days that she wanted to be with only Carla. The children got along well together, playing with each other and putting their faith in one another, and they both descover more about themselves than they ever thought they would. And they kept learning about each other and themselves together.

RoWen one-shot

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Author's note

Well, I hope you liked that! As you can probably tell, I have changed my writing style a bit. While re-reading the last one-shots, I noticed they were pretty much only dialogue, so I wanted to balance that out first. So, with inspiration of many other stories I have read, I managed to teach myself how to describe the scene more. I'm still not the best, but I'm working on it. I hope you enjoyed!

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