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Stargazing Questions - Bickslow

Word Count: 1426

Paring: Bickslow x gn! Reader

Summary: You were supposed to spend the day with Bickslow but the rest of the Thunder Legion had other plans. Luckily the day still ends better than you expected after a nighttime stroll through the park and some stargazing.

Warnings: none really, maybe Ooc Bickslow

A/n: Hello, welcome to my first Bickslow oneshot, I've done some headcanons for him but I felt that he needed his own piece as well. Also this is for the weekly challenge in the X reader community that I'm in, the prompt was stargazing at night. Anyway, I hope you enjoy and remember to hydrate or diedrate.

As the day dragged on with nothing really happening within the Fairy Tail guild hall. I had originally planned to spend the day with Bickslow, but Freed and Evergreen decided that they wanted to take a job and so they dragged Bickslow along with them. So now I sat at the bar occasionally talking with Mira, while wishing they would hurry up with the job. It was a simple one that in all honesty Freed could have done solo, but they're a team so of course they all had to go.

"You know sitting there moping isn't going to bring him back any quicker." Mira said, noticing the disappointed look on my face.

I sighed, laying my head in my crossed arms on top of the bar. "I know, I just wish he could take a day off more than once every month. Plus we were planning to spend the day together and now the sun is about to set and we were only able to eat breakfast together." I grumbled.

She just laughed while wiping out a glass. "He is part of the Thunder Legion after all, it's no surprise that he takes a lot of jobs. But they should be back soon, so don't fret too much about it." She said with her usual cheerful smile.

I nodded, before I could say anything else, the sound of the Guild doors opening cut me off. Turning my attention to the front of the guild, I couldn't hide my anticipation as I waited for whoever it was to fully enter the guild. Much to my relief it was the team of three I had been waiting for. Jumping up from my spot, I rushed over pulling Bickslow into a hug, earning a laugh from him and chuckles from his two companions as they left us. "I missed you today." I spoke into his chest.

I felt him rub his hand up my back as he placed a soft kiss to the top of my head. "I missed you too. Sorry I skipped out on our plans, Freed was being a baby about going solo and made us tag along." He explained as he pulled away slightly. Looking up at him I couldn't help but smile, being in his arms after such a long day was always relaxing. "What do you say we go for a walk in the park to make up for me leaving earlier?" He suggested, followed by a chorus of 'walk' and 'park' from his babies that floated close by.

Thinking for a second, I nodded as I pulled away from the hug. Grabbing his hand I pulled him out of the guild hall. "A walk in the park sounds fun, but Freed owes me lunch after taking you away like that." I said laughing as we made our way through the streets of Magnolia.

When finally reached the park, the sun had almost set completely painting the sky in shades of pink, red and orange with the majority being a dark blue with stars slowly starting to appear. As we walked we discussed how our day had gone. Bickslow talking about how the job had gone and how he really didn't have to go. I told him about the numerous fights that happened in the guild hall, most of which were caused by Natsu and Gray. We also joked about what we were going to make Freed do as payback for messing up our plans for the day.

We walked around for about an hour before we realized the sun had fully set. "We should probably head home." Bickslow suggested as we got closer to the exit of the park.

I was about to agree with him when an idea popped into my head. "Why don't we watch the stars for a bit? The sky is clear so we might be able to see a few shooting stars if we're lucky." I suggested, pulling him towards the grass where we would be able to see the sky clearly. Picking a good spot I laid down on the grass looking up at the stars, patting the space next to me. I heard him chuckle before he laid down next to me.

It was silent for a few minutes as we both watched the stars. "Aren't they amazing?" I broke the silence, talking about how mesmerizing the twinkling lights are. When I didn't get an immediate response I turned to face Bickslow to see if he had fallen asleep. But what I was met with was his beautiful red eyes looking directly at me, his helmet discarded on his other side. "What are you looking at?" I asked, trying to hide the fact that having him look at me like that sent chills down my spine.

"Just looking at something more mesmerizing than some lights in the sky." I had not been expecting that response. Sure we had been together for awhile and even lived together but hearing the playful and loud Bickslow say something that sweet was shocking.

Taking a second to process what he said I focused on another fact. "Umm, okay but why'd you take your helmet off? Not that I don't like it, I love it honestly, but you never take it off outside of the house or the guild." I said, getting a little flustered. It was true he never took his helmet off anywhere someone he didn't know might see his face.

It was his turn to pause, after gathering whatever was running through his mind, he stood up. Turning to me, he reached out his hands signaling he wanted me to stand up with him. Once I was standing he looked very serious before he started speaking. "I wanted to see your face clearly when I asked you this." He spoke clearly, and even though I understood what he was saying, I didn't understand why he was saying it. I gave him a confused look, signaling for him to continue. "While it's true Freed and Evergreen dragged me along on the job today, it's my fault we took so long to get back. On our way back I saw something in a shop window and I had to buy it." Bickslow continued to explain, bordering on the line of rambling. He took a second to breath before looking me in the eyes again, as if realizing I was confused by what he was saying he sighed. "I wasn't going to ask you this until I was able to give you a day of just the two of us but seeing so happy to see me when I got back plus how beautiful you looked while watching the stars, I don't think I can wait." I watched confused as he pulled a small box from his pocket and opened it, revealing a simple yet gorgeous ring. "Will you marry me?" The smile on his face did nothing to cover how nervous he truly was but it was clear he meant it.

Not missing a beat, I wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him into a tight hug. "Of course, I'll marry you." I said burying my face in his neck.

I felt him return the hug before he pulled away to put the ring on my finger. "I love you so much. Thank you for dealing with me and all the crazy things I've done in the past." He said, placing a kiss on my hand after the ring was in place.

"You don't have to thank me for loving you." I said pulling him in for a real kiss this time. After we broke apart the sudden silence around us was relaxing, that is until I noticed something missing. "Wait a second Bickslow where are your dolls?" I finally noticed that the mini totems hadn't been echoing his words since we got to the park.

He chuckled. "I sent them home, I figured they'd ruin the moment if I actually worked up the courage to ask you." He explained.

I nodded understanding why he did it. "Well I think now would be a good time to head home. Because as much as I'd love to spend the night out here with you, we are going to have a long day tomorrow." I said, leaning down to grab his helmet before handing it back to him. "After all, once the guild sees the ring they're all going to go crazy asking questions." Bickslow nodded as he pulled me to his side, for us to walk home together.