Thursday's training // ENG

She had already eaten her's early, so instead she went back to practicing her bow and arrow, trying to ignore that he was there, hoping it would help her shoot better.

And he did manage to eat all of it, before he could hear the guards in the distance, and swallowed. "Dammit..."

She looked at him as she heard the guards too, and threw her bow on the ground. Slowly she walked over to him, taking his hand into her own and forcing him to look into her eyes. "Deep breaths. I'm here for you, okay? If they ask why we're here, then let me do the talking okay?" she smiled. "They have to believe me. I'm just a sweet innocent girl."

He nodded. "Yeah..." he took a deep breath, and stood up when the guards came through the bushes. "Meili the Faithful, you are to be brought in for questioning under the suspicion of magic..." one guard started, while another asked; "What are you doing outside the city?"

Lucy kept holding his hand, sending him a comforting smile, then she looked at the guards, pretending like she was totally shocked to see them - and she was rather convincing. "He is here with me." she said in her sweetest and most innocent smile, while she slowly tangled their fingers together, leaning closer to him with that loving look in her eyes - obviously trying to convince the guards that they were there together, as a couple who wanted a little privacy.

Fenrir even blushed when she did that, so the guard just said, "Oh... Well that explains it."

The other guard cleared his throat. "We'll still have to bring you in for the hearing, Meili."

"Does it have to be right now? We rarely have any time together." she blinked her eyes so sweetly as she leant her head onto Fenrir's shoulder, really playing it well, acting as if she was totally head over heels and just wanted some time alone.

"Yes, I'm afraid so. You can come along, though."

"Would you want me to come along, my love?" she looked at Fenrir with those loving eyes as she asked, being so convincing that she could've fooled herself.

"Yes, please..." a soft smile back at her, and the same loving eyes, now that he knew where she was going with it.

She softly kissed his cheek, smiling so lovingly, then she looked at the guard, sighing so deeply. "I guess we'll have to follow you then." she said in a sad voice.

The guard nodded. "Let's not make this take all day. Get going."

Fenrir, now with an arm around Lucy, began walking. And the guards followed.

Lucy made sure to lean against Fenrir, making it seem as real as she could - which was actually pretty convincing.

And, half an hour later - they were at the base of the guards, and shown into the hearing room.

She walked close to him, resting her head against him as they entered and were shown the way. She stayed right by his side as the 'judge' entered and stood in front of them.

"Meili the Faithful, you are here under the accusation of being a wizard. What do you have to say in your defense?" the 'judge' spoke.

"Not guilty." he simply said, looking at him.

"And what can you provide to show us that you are not guilty?" the 'judge' asked. "We have a witness telling us that he saw you do magic."

"I can't prove I'm not. But I'm not a magician. I don't have an ounce of magic in me."

The 'judge' looked up and down Fenrir with raised eyebrows. "Did you search him for any books, papers or such?" he asked the guards.

The guards nodded. "We found nothing, sir. Not even any jewellery as we found on the last couple wizards and witches."

The 'judge' looked up and down Fenrir, then over at the Lucy. "What about the girl?" he then asked, and Lucy almost froze at that, but did her best to still keep up her act, although she was feeling a terrible fear spreading inside. If they searched her they wouldn't only find one jewelry, but two, and on top of that they may even find the book she had - her very forbidden book about almost every magical creature in this world.

"She isn't under any suspicion sir, so we didn't search her. That would be against the law without a warrant on her, sir."

"Well, she is with him. He could've hidden his jewelry on her. That should be more than enough suspicion." he said, looking straight into Lucy's eyes, which unfortunately made her clench a bit around Fenrir's hand, in fear.

"We still need ruling from the higher-ups to search her, sir." the guard swallowed and did a small respectful nod.

"Then what are you doing here? Go get one. Immediately." he said in a rather harsh voice.

"Y-yes sir!" he and the other guard shuffled off.

The 'judge' shook his head of the guards and just watched the pair in front of him.

Lucy had by then buried her head in Fenrir's shoulder, making it impossible for the 'judge' to tell if she was comforting Fenrir, or the other way around. She did her best to not start shaking and her hand was clenching way too hard around Fenrir's.

And, since they were alone with the judge - he whispered, in a tone so that he wouldn't hear; "Pass me my jewel. I can make sure they won't find them on us. Or that he doesn't want to search you anyway."

Lucy looked up at him, trying to hide the fear in her eyes. She knew the judge was still watching them, so they had to move carefully. She couldn't just pass it over. That's when she got a rather great idea. She leaned up to whisper into his ear, making sure to make it look like she was just being a silly girl in love. "It's in my pocket, I can't just give it over, we have to make him focus on something else... maybe if you..." she swallowed, trying to hide the blush that was spreading on her cheeks. "Maybe if you kiss me, then you can reach into my pocket and take it without him noticing." she ended the sentence with burning red cheeks.

A soft nod, and he simply kissed her, then, and, with their bodies entwined like that, he reached into her pocket, and touched the jewel, then muttered a couple strange words against her lips - then he looked at the judge and let the magic do its work, plant the small seed in his mind needed to make him change his mind. Then, back to another kiss to ensure the judge that they were just another couple in love, that they couldn't possibly have anything to do with something as dangerous as magic. While he hid his fatigue.

Lucy really tried her best to not either pass out or blush so much that the 'judge' would realize that she only just had her first kiss now. But boy, that was hard, especially when her heart decided to skip several beats, her eyes fluttering close for a moment and her knees almost giving in - if she hadn't been convincing enough as a teenage girl in love before, then she sure as hell was now.

The 'judge' just rolled his eyes of the pair, and then it seemed like slowly, he began to change his mind and really believe they were just any ordinary couple in love.

When he broke the kiss, he did breathe a bit deeper. "Was that good enough for you?" he whispered.

She tried to catch her breath, and forced her eyes open, although she looked pretty dazed when her eyes found his. She actually couldn't speak, and she had to support herself with a hand against his chest, nodding slowly with her cheeks burning in a bright pink color.

Just the weakest smile. "Good..."

She kept looking at him until the 'judge's voice broke her out of the trance, knocking her back to reality. "You two can go. You're obviously just young and in love. Go, enjoy the day, but don't make any more trouble!" he told them and waved them off before leaving the room.

"Thank you, sir." Fenrir nodded, and, smiling, he pulled Lucy with him out of the room.

Lucy was actually stumbling on her feet, clearly still not quite back to reality. Her cheeks were still a bright red color, and she couldn't stop that small smile that was now constantly on her lips - also, why did her heart beat so fast, and why did her entire body suddenly feel so warm?

Once they were a ways away, he noticed. "Lucy? You okay?"

She tried to shake it off, but her cheeks just turned even more pink when he suddenly commented it. "Ye-Yeah, I'm fine." she stuttered. "I-I.. uhm... I just remembered that I have some stuff to do.. at home... like, now..." she laughed and scratched the back of her neck.

"Ah. Okay..." was that the sound of Fenrir being disappointed? Nah.