"It's too late." Mirajane Strauss smiles sadly, eyes are still locked on the eyes of the guy in front of her. "Rather, you messed it up." She adds, with her bittersweet smile and memories that keeps appearing on her mind.

She was about to close the guild, Macarov entrusted her with the simple work for she insisted to do so. The Fairy Tail guild's master is off at Clover Town for another meeting of guild masters at Guild Master's Meeting Building that'll take them 3 days. She still need to update the master on her observation within the guild and any updates of some jobs and Natsu. Everything goes to plan until he came.

It's only been two months since she decided to stop the chase as he tried cutting every connection they have. Well, they're still nakama and he's always welcome in the guild, she just can't handle the pain seeing his face or hearing his voice though. He ran away and left, without any single word... again.

Then came back and telling her things he should've said at the time when she needed him. Stupid boy.

Falling in love is Mirajane's game. She loves falling in love. She believes in happily ever after and believes things happens for a reason, especially this 'happening'. Well known to be a model, barmaid, take-over mage, Mirajane is very popular. Especially to the boys. She loves dating also! Maybe that's the reason why she dated lots of guys, it's just dating. She can be clingy, a cutie, a tease, it's just fun knowing there's someone who'll be there for you. Relationship is like that after all, or so she thought. Until that day came.

Meeting him was something but loving him became her everything. Emotionally attached to a guy who's full of himself and thinks negative all the time, she's more than that. She's Mirajane Strauss. But then, she still fell. Fell in love with Laxus Dreyar.

Out of the sudden, Laxus became her everything. It's him who she thought when she wakes up in the morning, it's him who she thought when she's up in the guild serving, it's him who she thought when she's about to sleep in the evening, it's him who she's waiting, it's him who she's dreaming, it's him, it's him, it's him. No one else could ever compare to Laxus Dreyar. She wants to stop, begging her heart to let it go and find someone else better, he's nothing but trouble. Laxus Dreyar is trouble. His orange eyes that she can't help looking, hair that she think is shining, little smile that makes her falling. He's nothing but trouble, indeed. Love is very mysterious after all. Laxus Dreyar is a total jerk and she, Mirajane Strauss, is stupid enough to fall to someone like... him.

It all started when she and her siblings started joining Fairy Tail. She'd always been there at the guild, looking at people, in silent and alone. Elfman and Lisanna, her siblings, had been friends with the kids on the guild. After what happened to them in their hometown, she promised herself to protect them. As their older sister, she'll do her best to be there for them, guild them, and love them. Her leaving them at the guild wasn't her best choice for she thought they'll be happy here, but then, this guild became the reason why she gained new hope. Because of Fairy Tail, her siblings became more happy and... free.

The guild is always crowded, lots of people are there all the time. It's no fun doing nothing all alone and just staring at the ceiling of their room, after all. That's kinda the reason why she's there and also to check on her siblings. Heh, she's still not progressing at all. The guild is so loud though.

Always at the corner, sitting, staring with her cold gloomy eyes, she still feel alone. Lively became the least of her personality and she don't know what to do yet. The thing is, some blond guy is also the same as her. Laxus, Macarov's grandson, is always alone and a loner. They talked for a bit, fight to be exact. She said that people inside the guild are too loud and annoying, a little comment she didn't expect the blond guy would get irritated. It's true anyway, what's wrong with saying how she feels?

"A newbie like you knows nothing, Girly."

How dare he? She might be a newbie but she's pretty strong. She have to protect her siblings after all, Elfman and Lisanna needs her and the members are already training them so that they can take a job soon. Who cares anyway? As long as she can protect her family, she's happy. So, who cares on what she thinks? Tsk, this Laxus Dreyar is getting on her nerves.

Mirajane Strauss, who's sitting on a barstool, glares at the young blond man that is sitting next to her. She clicks her tongue and points at the blond.

"Coming from a guy that looks down on those he considered weak? I really knew nothing. You're really full of yourself, aren't you? Believing you're that strong to-"

"Like I said, a newbie like you knows nothing. Know your place, weakling." Eyes close, Laxus Dreyar, who is comfortable sitting, foot on top of the table, crosses his arms and smirks.

"How dare you?!" She shouts, clenching her hand and ready to punch the guy. How dare he, indeed. Her? Weakling? This Laxus don't know what he's talking about. Arrogant, overbearing, selfish Laxus Dreyar.

"Shut up, you're too loud." He says calmly. "Learn to manage your temper sometimes," He sighs deeply and open his eyes to look at the mage. "A cute girl like you shouldn't say those stuff, you know."

Those words of his; unexpected, too rare to be heard from his mouth, yet... she wanted more. But then she realized, maybe it's just a little, but he still do care after all. The guild is their home and Laxus still thinks it is one, he's just not good expressing it. She thinks. Ara, Ara.

That was the first time Laxus Dreyar made her blush, the first time he called her cute also. If it weren't because of that, she, Mirajane Strauss, would never ever fall for Laxus Dreyar. Ever.