Even though it was practically flooding out the guild was causing even more commotion than usual. That's because it'd been a lively celebration to properly to reward the guild for defeating Sabertooth and winning 1st place in the Grand Magic Games. Everyone from Lucy to Makarov had an alcoholic beverage and seemed to be enjoying themselves quite nicely, meanwhile one particular pink haired fire mage had an entirely new agenda on his mind… One that meant bugging Lucy.
As Natsu stumbled over to the large chested blonde he could tell she was already a little tipsy, the perfect time to attack his prey.
"Hey, Luce!" He yelled rather obnoxiously
"What Natsu-Kun?" Lucy giggled and hiccupped through her words
"Sooo, I, Happy and the team are taking the –hic- after party to your place, am I right Happy?"
As that being said, a blue ball of fur flew out of what seemed to be nowhere. "Aye, Sir!"
"Nuh Uh Natsu! We have a job request –hic- tomorrow." The blonde didn't realize just how much she slurred her words, but Natsu managed.
"Aww, c'mon Luce-"
"NO, and –hic- no means NO! Mira, can I have another one of these pretty drinks you made me? They taste reaaaal good!"
"Sure Lucy." The barmaid said as she giggled at Lucy's partially drunken state.
"Aw, Okay I'll just tell Erza you said no after party and ABSOLUTELY NO STRAWBERRY CAKE." Lucy could hear there smirk that Natsu wore on his face.
"No, no, no wait I-"But Lucy was too late, he'd already raced to Erza before she could turn and finish her sentence.
Just as Natsu made his way over to the reequip mage he cringed at the thought of dealing with a drunken Erza and finally built up enough courage to approach the mage.
"Erza!" Natsu called in a sing song voice
Approaching the scarlet haired woman he'd failed to notice exactly what she was doing.
Erza, already tormenting Jet and Droy for no apparent reason, whipped around to seek out who dared interrupt her.
"WHO DARES INTERRUPT TITANIA'S PUNISHMENT SESSION!?"
"*heh heh* Err um, it's me Erza, Natsu… -"
"IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT PEASANT?! IF SO, SPEAK UP!" At this point Erza's voice seemed to have no bounds whatsoever.
"Aye SIR! Well, I asked Lucy about the after party and… and –"
"AND WHAT?!"
"And she said … No!" Natsu said pretending to be emotionally distraught.
"And? Why would I have any concern with such feeble events?" Erza was clearly bored with this conversation, but little did Erza know Natsu wasn't done
"But wait, you didn't hear the worst part… She said t-that there wouldn't be any STRAWBERRY CAKE!" Natsu 'broke down' as he held his hand out to reach for Erza's shoulder, as if showing sympathy.
"*Sniffle* Anyways, I-I thought you'd like to know considering how much you love strawberry cake." Natsu walked back to their team table slowly and 'pitifully' to watch what scene occurred next.
Just as he sat down, he felt the mood in the entire guild shift, the tension in the hall was so great you'd need Guildarts' level of strength to cut through it. Everyone that dared be in the way instantly fled as the scarlet haired monster made her way to a certain blond haired celestial mage. She was hiding behind the upbeat barmaid. "Oh, hi Erza! Would you like another drink?" The white haired takeover mage acted as if she felt nothing
"Lucy!" Erza called completely ignoring her ex-rival
Terrified of her unbegotten fate Lucy hesitated, but finally decided it was best to answer and tried her best to stay calm. "Y-yes?"
"Face your comrade or suffer the raft of TITANIA!"
Standing up straight, now face to face with Erza, Lucy thought of every possible fate she had coming her way.
"Maybe she'll just on easy on me and I'll end up in the infirmary for 3 ½ months, or she might just knock me out if I'm lucky, but what if… SHE USES HER HEAVENS WHEEL ARMOR TO CHOP ME INTO BITS SMALL ENOUGH TO BE SPRINKLES ON TOP OF A STRAWBERRY CAKE!"
Lucy thought frantically until she'd come to realize Erza was staring intently at her, when Erza dropped to her knees and finally spoke Lucy flinched so hard her body shook and she almost fell over.
"Lucy… *Sniffle* WHY AREN'T YOU ALLOWING THE AFTER-PARTY SO I CAN EAT STRAWBERRY CAKE?" Erza cried so loudly the guild cringed
Natsu finally decided to speak up now being fully sober he enjoyed this show much better.
"Yeah Luce, Why are you gonna let your team down?" Natsu said deviously smirking
".. Uhh, I-um, I never said that there wasn't a party *heh heh* Bssh, Nooo I-uh I said there wouldn't be a party without an after party at my place. WITH strawberry cake!"
As those words rolled off the tip of her tongue, Gray made his way over to see what the big fuss was about, Natsu and Happy high fived and Erza nearly crushed Lucy in a death gripped bear hug.
'Boy was this night going to be a loooong one' Lucy thought to herself as the rest of the guild went back to doing whatever.