(Y'all better be satisfied. nearly 2,600 words. A thousand more than normal!)
With Gramps, Macao, and Wakaba having gone, it was time for the next person, and, considering time was of the essence, after a few seconds, someone stepped forward. "I-I'll go next." Stepping out from the crowd was Reedus, who looked as if he'd aged a decade from the stress.
Stopping beside the three others, he cleared his throat before revealing his deepest secret. "B-Before joining Fairy Tail, I used to be a con-artist. Because of my actions, an innocent person was killed." Personally, that hardly moved me, but given Reedus's personality, even after so long, the guilt still weighs heavily on his heart, given his expression.
While Gramps, Macao, and Wakaba comforted Reedus, Laki stepped forward herself. "I-I have a weak bladder, so I pee on myself sometimes; when I do, I'll blame the smell on big bro." Seeing her face flush red in shame and embarrassment, I scoffed in frustration. 'I'll get my revenge.'
After Laki, Warren volunteered himself. "During a mission, at a town I was resting at, I happened to witness dark mages secretly kidnap someone, but out of fear for my life, I pretended to look the other way." Warren hung his head down in shame, though I just nodded. "Good. You choose correctly."
I wasn't just trying to comfort him; I'd rather Warren return home safely than pointlessly risk his life over a nobody. "E-Even if you say that, big bro, the guilt remains… I-I should've done something. Anything." As Warren sat down, Gramps rubbed his head, soothing his heart while Vijeeter walked forward.
"I once sought forbidden magic to increase my magic power." Unlike Reedus and Warren, Vijeeter was tied down by guilt, but it was clear he held no pride in his past actions. Nab was next. "T-The reason why I struggle to accept quests is that I'm scared. I'm scared I'll encounter something beyond my level and die."
There was no manliness at his secret, but it was also nothing special; matter of fact, it was probably a common fear among mages, after all, no one wanted to die.
"S-So, you know how I'm super cool, right?" As Max spoke to us, he spotted a few skeptically raised eyebrows, causing his face to twitch. "Well, before joining Fairy Tail, I was a complete and utter loser with no friends. I-I would even act as a porter for other kids just to interact with them; i-it was pathetic. Heh, I was a real loser."
Max's voice softened as he lowered his head before silently sitting down with a complicated expression, while Jet stepped forward, his face a little pale. "A-At our house, there's a small hole in the bathroom, a-and whenever Levy uses the bathroom, I'll stare at her." Hanging his head in shame, Jet turned around, unable to look at Levy, who was gazing at him in disappointment.
"A-About that hole… I-I was the one who put it there." Droy, stepping out, faintly raised his hand, prompting Levy's disappointed gaze to intensify while he and Jet sat silently, both too ashamed of themselves.
"Why Levy, though? She's got nothing to look at." Rubbing chin, Natsu glanced at Levy, who was walking to the middle, with a thoughtful expression, only to receive a punch from Mira and Erza.
"S-Since we're on the topic of my body, I've once looked into forbidden magic to change my appearance. A bigger butt, bigger boobs, height increase… I-I'm ashamed of this childish body." Wiping a tear, Levy bit her lip before sitting down.
"I like it." Tapping my chin, I suddenly felt a bunch of gazes on me, causing me to look at everyone with a raised eyebrow. "What?" In the end, everyone just sighed, some even shaking their head. "Haa, wording big bro." Rubbing her face, Mira gave me an exasperated expression before shifting her gaze to Bisca, who stepped forward.
"O-On a mission to capture dark mages, during transport, I ended up killing them, no, executing them should be the correct term. However, after doing so, I-I didn't feel any remorse or pity, I-I actually felt happy; I-I don't like that feeling. To be happy when killing someone, that's inhumane." Bisca lowered her head while grabbing her shoulder, genuinely scared of herself.
"Tsk, why does it feel like I was just shot in the heart?" Muttering softly, I raised my voice, addressing Bisca. "Why did you do it?" Bisca seemed slightly taken aback but still responded. "Because they laughed about their crimes as if they were nothing; killing, kidnapping, experimenting, rape, and human trafficking–" "Oh, then what's the big deal? I would've killed them with a smile, hell, I probably would've even laughed."
Bisca just shot me a confused look before softly chuckling. "Hehe, yes. I-I suppose you would, big bro." Weakly smiling, Bisca sat down, prompting Alzack to reveal his secret. "I hate my gun-magic; it's cowardly and weak." Alzack glanced at the pistols holstered on his waist before sitting beside Bisca.
Next was Loke, who flashed a smile at Erza. "I love you, Erza." All of us just silently looked at Loke. "Denied." Hearing the mechanical voice, Erza's glare hardened as she re-equipped into her Heaven's Wheel armor. "Loke." "S-Sorry, I-I'll be serious." Nervously gulping, Loke quickly backed away from Erza before donning a serious expression.
"The truth about my flirtatious nature is that long, long ago, I fell in love with my first celestial spirit mage; however, as I was Immortal, I outlived her. I've never managed to move on, and since then, I date women to try and fill the void she's caused." Loke clenched his chest with a painful expression, causing Erza's gaze to soften as she re-equipped into her standard armor.
While Loke sat down, Bickslow appeared next, looking less than eager. "The souls inside my dolls, well, they're the souls of my family." Bickslow wryly smiled while displaying his five dolls, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one surprised. "Huh, so that's why you always got crazy protective of them when I threatened to break one." "Yeah, so now that the truth is out, can you not?" "Hmm, I'll think about it."
Scoffing in remark, Bickslow sat down with an annoyed expression while Evergreen took his place, looking equally annoyed. "I hate you, Erza." Evergreen's sudden declaration took me aback. "Why? I don't think I've ever done anything to deserve that." Frowning, Erza folded her arms while eyeing Evergreen, who gritted your teeth.
"I-It's because you're perfect! You're everything I want to be. Sexy, smart, strong, the face of Fairy Tail. I hate that you're everything I want to be, but what I hate even more is that I know I can never compare to you." After getting everything off her chest, Evergreen heaved a sigh, seemingly relieved, before sitting down beside Bickslow, who quietly teased her while Erza softly sighed.
"Big bro, do you remember that quest a few years ago where numerous dark mages ambushed you?" Glancing at Fried, who had decided to go after Evergreen, I frowned. "Be more specific." "The quest in Malba city." "A little bit more specific?" "It was during the fall." "Fall? Fall, fall, fall. Ah! Yeah, I remember that one; tch, fucking dark mages, nearly died since like six dark guilds banned together."
"I was the one who revealed your location to them. I did so as revenge for being disrespectful to Laxus." With that, Fried, without any shame or regret, sat beside Evergreen. "You little fucker, I nearly died… Could you do it again?" Clenching my left fist in anger, I narrowed my eyes with a calculating glint, though Lucy promptly slapped my head.
Shooting Lucy a glare, Elfman stepped to the stage, his face already flushed in embarrassment without even speaking. "S-Sometimes, w-when I can't sleep, I-I'll sing the song M-Mira used to sing to me when I was younger t-to fall asleep." Blushing as bright as an apple, Elfman quickly hid himself behind a table while Mira softly smiled.
"Tch, I'm next, let's get this shit over with." Grumbling, Gajeel became the center of attention as he folded his arms before heaving a deep sigh. "I. I really love Fairy Tail." With that, Gajeel sat down, keeping his head lowered to hide his faint blush.
"Oh, I'll go!" Excitedly, Juvia went next and shifted her gaze to Gray, who shivered. "I want to marry Gray, then give birth to 100 children for him. I've even got the names–" "Accepted." Hearing that mechanical voice, Gray quickly stepped onto the stage, stopping Juvia from reading the list while pushing her out of the way.
"Ahh, I really don't want to say this." Rubbing his head, Gray glanced at Erza through the corner of his eye while a faint blush spread across his cheeks. "Um, Erza, when we were younger, I actually had a crush on you. I-I even stole a lock of your hair as a keepsake." Instantly, a wave of potent killing intent erupted from Juvia as she stared daggers at Erza, who awkwardly coughed.
With Gray finding a spot to sit down, Natsu went next. "So, um, Erza, y-you have to promise you won't get mad, okay?" Just that question alone from Natsu was enough to set off warning bells as Erza narrowed her eyes. "I won't say anything if you don't promise!" "Tch, fine." With Erza giving in, Natsu heaved a sigh of relief, only for his confidence to return.
"During the mission where we got lost in a cave for nearly a week, when it was night, I had to use the bathroom, and since I didn't want to leave too far or pee too close, I used a bottle to hold my urine. But, when morning came, Erza, you, h-happened to d-drink that s-same b-bottle."
A bout of silence filled the guild for several seconds, save for the sound of Mira and I trying to suppress our laughter, though it was broken by an eruption of magic power from Erza. "Y-You promised, Erza!" Natsu cowered in fear, though Erza didn't say a single thing and just silently stared at him with her piercing gaze, which I found to be arguably scarier.
Eventually, Erza reined in her magic power, prompting Natsu to quickly hide behind the same table as Elfman.
"So, guess I'm going next? Ha ha." Since no one stepped forward, Lucy took it upon herself. "This also happened during a mission; when I woke up in the morning after getting wasted, I ended up making out with an unconscious Cana. Though the entire time, I thought Cana was big bro."
"Ho, didn't know you swing that way, Lucy?" "S-Shut it, Cana! I-It was by accident! I was still a little drunk!" "So if it were big bro, it'd be fine then? I thought you gave up on trying to court him." Smirking, Cana approaches Lucy, pressing her chest against Lucy's while eyeing her. "I did okay, b-but, big bro is freaking hot; I-I can fantasize about making out with him. There is nothing wrong with that."
Folding her arms, Lucy tried to save face before turning around and leaving, while Cana snickered. "Anyway, since we're on the topic of big bro, I was the one who leaked that video of him. I was jealous he was sleeping with a woman that wasn't me, and I wanted to isolate him from every other women." Shrugging her shoulders, Cana turned around and shot me a look before turning around and sitting beside Lucy.
She behaved extremely confidently, but she couldn't hide the nervousness from me; the way her eyes shook, the constant tapping of her foot, the way she hurriedly walked away, I wasn't blind. Channeling my inner stupidity, I pretended to ignore whatever Cana had said while Mirajane went next.
"Fufu, I suppose we should keep the topic going, no?" 'Fuck.' Inwardly cursing, Mira looked at me. "I have a toy in the shape of big bros manhood, which I use to pleasure myself, and I do say while muttering his name." Ending it with blowing me a kiss, Mirajane, truly confident, sat down with a faint smile.
Pushing my stupidity to the limit, I glanced at Mira with a raised eyebrow. "Is it brown?" "Fufu, I can always show you to it." "Nah, I'm good, I don't swing that way. Wakaba might be interested, though." "COOPER!"
While they held Wakaba back, Erza went next. 'Please, for the love of God, change the damn topic.' "Big bro. No, Cooper, I love you!" 'Fuck!' Deeply blushing, Erza looked at me sincerely, causing me to push my stupidity into overdrive as I scoffed while averting my gaze. "Tch, I do too; now be quiet, if you make me say anything embarrassing, I'll cave your armor in."
Honestly, I wasn't even pretending to be embarrassed; expressing my emotions so blantantly was always a complex subject for me. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to fool Erza. "Cooper, I love you as a woman loves a man. Not a sister and a brother."
Giving me a stern glare, Erza turned around and sat down. An awkward silence filled the guild while I gently patted Wendy's head, who had been healing my arm this entire time. "Wendy, please, I beg of you, change the topic away from me." Whispering to her, I pushed her out into the front, causing her to nervously gulp.
"I-I had a naughty dream of big bro!" As Wendy twiddled her fingers with a potent blush rising to her cheeks, she proceeded to hide herself behind the same table as Elfman and Natsu.
As for me, I was doing my absolute best to keep my indifferent expression. "Haha, my turn! I peeked at Mira when she used the bathroom on our quest!" Grinning loudly, Orga shouted into the guild before sitting down. "Um, I-I stole a Natsu action figure!" An embarrassed Sting looked at everyone before finding a seat away from Natsu.
"I-I stole a Gajeel action figure." Following Sting was Rogue, who sat down beside him. 'Didn't know Gajeel already had an action figure.' Next was Rufus, who awkwardly coughed. "I apologize, Levy, but I accidentally read your diary. I thought it was a tome of yours." "J-Just keep everything secret. A-And apology accepted."
After Rufus was Dobengal, who removed his ninja mask. "I-I wear this mask because it makes me feel like a ninja and I think ninjas are cool." Putting the mask back on, Dobengal joins the group, leaving just three of us.
"Aye, I'm next! I don't like it when Natsu gives me fishies; they always taste weird from him." "Eh, b-but you always eat them?" "Well, you're being nice, Natsu." Happy awkwardly smiled, causing Natsu slump his shoulders; following Happy was Carla, who gave us all a once-over. "I don't like Fairy Tail. I think Wendy is unsafe here, and I worry she will encounter something dangerous."
Carla shot me a glare, as if hinting that I was the reason. Carla then floated to Wendy; now, it was just me, and right on time, too, as the statue was just a step away from crushing us.
"Hurry up, big bro!" Clicking my tongue, I stepped forward, eyeing everyone before sighing. "Haa, I think Porlyusica is sexy." "Accepted."
Just as the mechanical voice appeared, a bright white light enveloped us.