"Make Her Smile"
Chapter 1: For the Sake of the Rent!
The curtains of the window pane flapped when the wind blew hard on it as it was half open. The sun beams made its way inside the room as it ascended high up in the sky. The shadows on the leaves of the tree were seen inside the room. Birds have flown from branch to branch.
Loud snores filled the place. Natsu Dragneel kept on tossing and turning on the king-size bed he lay. Sweat filled his whole body. His stomach inflates and deflates, each time he takes a breath. Half of his clothing was removed due to the summer's heat.
He totally hated summer. He hated the heat so much it's not even funny. He easily gets irritated and upset each time the heat gets to him. When the air around him gets humid, he strips half of his clothes off and no, he wasn't influenced by his housemate a.k.a Gray Fullbuster.
Natsu immediately jolted up. He pulled his covers down and wore his red slippers as he rushed downstairs. He stumbled down and even tripped over a few flights but still continued running down the stairs. He stopped at the bottom only to gasp for air and continued running to where he was heading: the dining area. He frantically scream the top of his lungs when he got to the dining area where three men sat peacefully, sipping their own coffee.
"Shut it, Flamebrain. You're causing trouble so early in the morning!" Gajeel Redfox shot a deathly glare to the exhausted pink-haired man who leaned on his chair for support.
"I'm not causing trouble, you punk!" Natsu shot back.
"Now, now. There's no reason to get all cranky so early in the morning, Natsu Dragneel" Loke Leo said calmly while taking another sip of coffee with his own personal brew and pushed his blue-colored glasses in place.
"But-!" Natsu tried to reason out but was cut off by Gray.
"We are all aware that today is the day she arrives" Gray intentionally emphasized the word 'she' to give Natsu a cold chill and gave out a smirk. "You're such a worrywart, you idiot" he added.
These four men are hot shots from different families. Natsu Dragneel is the only son of Igneel Dragneel, the owner of the real estates in Crocus. Gray Fullbuster is the second son of Ur Fullbuster, the owner of Fiore Airways. He has a brother named Lyon who always annoys him all because he is older. Gajeel Redfox is the son of Metalicana Redfox who is the owner of Fiore Shiplines and is a sister company to Fiore Airways but it doesn't need any support from the airlines. Loke Leo, on the other hand, is an orphan but an heir of ten 5-star hotels in Crocus. All of these men are famous models and are students of Fairy High Elite School.
Fairy High Elite School is a school for the rich and famous. Some students are usually the sons and daughters of huge companies or models. Some are also the children of actors and actresses of Fiore. Half of the percentage of the students is also poor. These students are scholars supported by the rich students in the school. Both are given equal privileges and are treated equally. The school is located at the heart of Magnolia.
Everything started two days ago…
It was a tranquil day in the villa where the men had rented. All four of them decided to rent this place to have an easy access to the school. Their families happily agreed and supported them until…
Jellal Fernandes, an adopted son of the owner of the Loxar's Toy Company, the largest toy company in the whole Fiore to be exact, arrived at the villa. The Loxars owned the villa and he was an adopted son, so normally the men would have thought that he was there to collect money for the rent.
The villa is a huge four-storey building. It has a balcony on the second floor. It has twenty-four rooms to be exact, including the kitchen, dining room and the living room. The villa has its own jakouze and library. Its garden is adorned with red roses, for it is the favorite flower of the deceased Mrs. Loxar. In the middle of the garden stand a fountain and a couple of bird baths and a huge space where you could have tea and picnic.
"Hey! Fernandes guy!" Gajeel called to the blue-haired man roughly from the second floor.
"Yes? If you think I'm here to collect the rent, then you are utterly mistaken. I have important news. Please call the others down" he replied bluntly and received a growl from Gajeel.
'How dare he order me like that?!' Gajeel thought while he called the rest of the men down.
Five minutes later, all of the men were gathered in the living room. All were wearing pajamas, except for Jellal. Natsu's pajamas were red, Gray's were black, Loke's were green and Gajeel's were black with red streaks. Jellal wore a three-fourth sleeved black and gray colored plain shirt with a dog tag that had his name written on it. He wore baggy jeans and sneakers.
Natsu's eyes were half drooped.
"So what do you want?" Loke crossed his legs and folded his arms.
"Well, your parents cut you all off" Jellal said flatly.
"Well, our parents only cut us off…" Natsu said in his sleepy mode. "Wait-WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CUT US OFF?!" Natsu screamed to the top of his lungs and grabbed Jellal's shirt, he was now fully awake. "THEY CAN'T CUT US OFF" a vein popped from Natsu's head.
"Natsu! Chill will 'ya?" Loke's voice seemed gentle but the aura he was releasing was the total opposite.
"Wait 'til the guy finishes what he has to say, idiot" Gray mumbled the last part.
Gajeel stood up and leaned on the pillar nearest to them with his arms crossed, trying to keep his cool. Natsu finally let go of the shirt and managed to squeak out a 'sorry' to Jellal who cleared his throat and continued speaking.
"So where was I? Oh yeah, you're parents cut you off" Jellal said while he fixed his crimpled shirt.
"NO NEED TO SAY THAT TWICE!" Natsu yelled comically.
"Ughh, sorry. Well it's all because of Grandpa" the blue-haired man smiled.
"Grandpa? You mean Makarov?" Jellal nodded to Gray's question. 'Why the hell is he smiling?' Gray jaw dropped.
"He told your parents to cut you off so that you will learn on how to decide and be mature about your actions. That's the part where I cut in. I told Grandpa about your rent here and it's kinda big if you only do part time jobs. So I asked the old man to make your rent free under one condition" Loke, Natsu and Gray gulped loud waiting for him to continue. "All I want you is to make my younger sister smile" Jellal's features softened.
"Only to make a girl smile and we're free?" Gajeel waited eagerly for his reply. He jumped out in glee after he received a nod from the man which earned him some weird stares.
"That's actually easy. Are you sure you want us to do that?" Gray asked, removing his PJs in progress. 'That old geezer!' Gray really wanted to punch the old man right now and he's absolutely sure everyone else feels the same way.
"Yes, but it's not as easy as you think. My little sister hasn't smiled since the day our parents died…" Jellal broke out in tears which stopped the men from celebrating. "I'm sorry to let you see my pitiful side" he cleared his throat and sat back up straight. "She will be arriving here in two days. I'll be counting on you" Jellal stood up and headed to the exit door. All the men stood up as well. "Oh and before I forget, your rent will be doubled if you fail. Bye, see you in school" were his last words before he left the villa and drove on his blue Porsche.
The four of them stood dumbfounded and collapsed on the floor in perfect sync. They were doomed. Loke, who was a professional when it came to these things, immediately stood up and pushed his glasses on his nose properly and smirked.
"Well, first I'll tell her she's gorgeous, that'll develop some self esteem on her part then…" Loke kept on babbling about his different plans on what to do with the girl. The rest of them sighed.
"Why don't we just live in one of your hotels, Loke?" Natsu asked while cocking a brow.
"Two reasons" Loke raised two fingers. "One the hotels aren't my property yet because I am still 15 which means I am underage" he pulled the middle finger down "and second the hotels are too far from the school and were not allowed to drive" Loke stared at Natsu. After a few seconds of realization, the two stood at the corner of the room, dumbfounded.
"I don't think making her smile will be easy though" Gray sighed. "And I think she looks horrible too" that comment literally sent shivers down their spines.
"We should get some sleep. I'm pretty sure we'll need it" Gajeel stated. He pulled Natsu from his sitting position on the floor and 'lover-boy' that kept rambling about possible outcomes, to their rooms and shut them away.
"Well, see you in the morning!" Gray let out a loud yawn and stretched his arms as he too headed for his room.
"Oi! Icefreak! Your clothes!" Gajeel gave him a glare and went inside his room.
The sound of screeching tires were heard from outside the villa. The doorbell then went off after a loud bang of the car door was heard. They all ran to the door to see who it was. Every one of them was shaking terribly that none of them had the courage to open the door.
"Open the door, Loke!" Gray demanded.
"I can't for some reason. I CAN'T PAY THE RENT! ESPECIALLY WHEN DOUBLED" Loke was comically crying.
"Then you open the door Natsu!" Gray shot a glare to the pink-haired man.
"Don't you dare order me around, Icefreak! Open it yourself" Natsu replied with a harsh tone which started another brawl.
"Idiots" Gajeel muttered. He managed to pull open the door and to his surprise, he saw a gorgeous woman standing before him. She was wearing light blue a sleeveless cocktail dress with a choker-neck that reached just above her knees. She wore matching stilettos. Her hair was tied into two cute pigtails. Gajeel stood dumfounded, along with the other men. What she wore was too revealing.
All four of them fell down together with a nosebleed and dizzy eyes.
"Are you alright?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Of course we are" Loke immediately stood up and grabbed hold of her hand whilst holding a handkerchief over his nose. 'She's totally the opposite of what we thought!'
"Juvia is glad" her façade completely contradicted with what she said.
"Oh, so you're the Loxar girl we needed to make smile" Gray grunted as he received a punch. He cleared his throat "I mean you're living with us, right?"
Juvia nodded. "Sorry for being rude. My name is Juvia Loxar, please take care of me" she bowed to the men and walked to the stairs.
"Oi! Where are your things?" Gajeel stared at her.
"Everything Juvia needs is here" she bowed down and got up to her room.
After hearing the bang of the door, Loke immediately fell back down. "SHE DIDN'T EVEN SMILE WHEN I GRABBED HER HAND! NORMAL GIRLS WOULD BE FAINTING AFTER THAT!" he exclaimed while hugging a pillar and crying like a baby.
"Well, she's different" Gray let out a deep sigh.
"I swear I don't have a penny" Natsu stood dumbfounded.
"We're doing this all for the sake of the rent!" Loke started cheering themselves and the rest of them nodded in agreement.
"Oi! Stripper! Your clothes!" Gajeel pointed out.
"Oh shit!"
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A/N: WEEE! A futuristic fiiiiic! OH YEAH! This is based off from the anime Yamato Nadeshiko Schichi Henge! Haha! But I only got a chunk from the anime though! xDD
Please forgive any mistakes for English is not my mother tongue.
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