Mestanna "Hors d'oeuvres, not Horse de orves."
I love this pairing. Thank you.
Mest wasn’t the best at planning parties. Of course, his girlfriend was. She was talented at charming people, and he definitely was not. He was great at fights, but eating politely and talking at the same time was something that never came naturally to him.
“It’s easy. All you do is pop the little pig in a blanket in your mouth,” Lisanna demonstrated, picking up the small hotdog wrapped in a pancake and threw it in her mouth, “and then you just cover your mouth while you eat! Easy peasy!”
Mest thought that it did not look ‘easy peasy’. But if his girlfriend was going to be happy with the result, he would try it.
He was told that they were called ‘hors d’oeuvres’ by Lisanna before she sauntered away to get ready. He tested the word a few times and decided he didn’t like the taste. French sounded quite pompous to him.
“Horse de orves,” he tasted the word in his mouth with a shake of his head, and Lisanna popped her head around the corner.
“Hors d’oeuvres, honey,” she said with a dazzling smile, one that made his heart beat in his chest.
A few hours later, the party began but didn’t pick up until about an hour after the party started. That was when Cana and Mira arrived with the booze, and everyone livened up and relaxed quite a bit afterwards. It was the first party Fairy Tail had thrown together along with Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel, and everyone was dressed to the nines. The buzzing of chatter filled Mest and Lisanna’s home, and Lisanna was making more appetizers in the kitchen with a smile on her face.
After chatting with a drunk Kagura, Mest decided to try the trick Lisanna told him in front of Jellal. The quiet man wasn’t one to judge and would be polite no matter what happened.
Mest walked up to his friend who was entertaining Meredy by telling her a joke. Meredy’s cheeks were flushed, and Mest realized with a start that Jellal’s were also. In the distance, Natsu held back a yelling Erza from smacking Jellal on the head.
Mest threw back some alcohol from a passing Juvia and popped the pig in a blanket in his mouth and continued en route to Jellal and Meredy.
A building cough began growing in his throat, and Jellal looked to his friend with concern once he reached him. Mest began trying to breathe for air, and took a drink of his champagne to aid himself. The alcohol only served to burn down his throat, and Mest’s coughs became ever louder.
Jellal pounded on Mest’s back a few times to help his friend, and Meredy had her hand over her mouth in concern and stayed at Mest’s side. The coughs from Mest came out loud, and everyone turned around to look at him as he hacked and pounded on his chest. Mest sank to his knees as a few more people came rushing over to him.
A few moments later, the piece of hot dog lodged in Mest’s throat came out onto the floor, and the alcohol fizzled beside it. Everyone turned to look at the food and then back to Mest to see if he was alright.
Mest straightened up and fixed his tie, and Jellal patted him on the back with his eyebrows raised.
“Are you alright?” Jellal asked, and Mest nodded.
Mest then turned to address the crowd that was now gathered around him. Lisanna was looking at her boyfriend with a look of shock and concern, but also slight amusement. She knew that the party would get to him somehow.
“Would you like some Horse de orves?”
That wasn’t as fluffy, but right when I was writing this I thought of it and started giggling at the thought. I love this ship with all of my heart.
