I give up T-T. I was debating on posting this up when I was finished (which will not be for a long time) or posting it up now but I guess now won out. So... here's Project #2! Please keep in mind that this isn't at the top of my priority list right now (The Times After That is) nor is this fic actually finished like Heavenly Vengeance was so updates here are going to be extremely erratic. That said, enjoy the first chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.

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"Gray! Hold the door!" Lucy shouted as she ran to catch up with her boss. Gray smiled and held the door to the elevator open while taking a sip of his ice water. It was Monday morning and while Lucy always tried her best to be on time for work, she always seemed to have difficulty on Mondays. She huffed as she leaned against the wall of the elevator and Gray closed the door with a smile. He patted his childhood friend on her back as she regained her breath.

"You ok, Luce? Do you have something against Mondays or something?" he teased. Lucy pouted as she looked up.

"You're so mean Gray! Mou, you're as cold as the water you're drinking! Speaking of which, how can you drink that every morning?!" she demanded. It always boggled her mind that her raven haired boss could stand cold foods without a problem. She had never even heard of him getting brain freeze. Gray grinned as he leaned against the wall.

"It doesn't bother me. And maybe I wouldn't be so 'mean', as you like to call me, if you weren't so easy to tease." At that, Gray received a blunt blow to the top of his head. Rubbing his head, he turned, annoyed, to his older brother who had been in the elevator the whole time, only to be ignored in the face of the two friends. Lyon grumbled as he retracted his clipboard.

"Gray, I've told you a thousand times not to be so familiar with your subordinates! You're their boss for god's sake! They won't respect you if you're so friendly to them!" Gray shot Lyon an irate look.

"Just because you're three years older than me, doesn't mean you have to treat me like I'm a child, Lyon. Besides, work hasn't started yet, so right now I'm not her boss." Lyon scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"You're 24, Gray. You're still a child. And you are still her boss whether or not you are at work." Lucy laughed when her boss pouted childishly, only proving Lyon's point further. The two brothers glared at each other for a while when a pleasant ding was heard and Lucy adjusted her blazer.

"This is my stop. Big Scary President, come stop by Human Resources if you have time! We could have lunch together!" she invited enthusiastically. Gray grinned and nodded. Lyon huffed as the door closed and left the two alone. The elevator rose slowly and without much noise. Lyon sighed.

"When are you going to take your position seriously, Gray? I know it's not my place to tell you what to do, but I'm just trying to look out for you," the senior executive vice president said. Gray frowned as he crossed his arms, careful of his beverage.

"I am taking it seriously Lyon. I know you don't like how I run this place, but you're just going to have to live with it. Ur entrusted this company to me after all." With another ding, the elevator doors opened once again and Lyon centered his green tie before grabbing his suitcase and stepping out without a word of farewell.

Gray ran his free hand through his messy raven hair. He had inherited the toy company, Fairy Tail Corporation when his adoptive mother, Ur Milkovich died six years ago. In her will, she explicitly stated that she wanted Gray to take over the company when he was eligible. Of course, something like that wasn't normally allowed but the Chairman, Makarov Dreyar, had been more than willing to abide by Ur's wishes. They were close friends after all. At first, everyone was shocked. Gray had been 17 at the time; way too young to even start thinking about becoming a president of a company. He himself had doubted that he would ever be the president of such an esteemed company. Yet here he was, riding the elevator to the top floor, where his office was.

He sighed as the doors opened and he grabbed the suitcase that he had left on the floor. He threw his cup away and yawned. Taking a quick glance at the clock on the wall, he decided that it was too early in the morning. Begrudgingly, Gray dragged himself down the hallway, bidding tired "Good mornings" to whoever he passed. Pulling out his ID card, he swiped it in front of the sensor and heard the latch for the door click and release. He slowly pulled the door open, only to be greeted by his flustered and angry secretary.

"Gray! You're late! It's 7:30! Where have you been?" Levy asked. Gray raised a hand in apology and yawned.

"Sorry, Levy. My bed was just so comfortable this morning..." The petite woman pouted before pushing Gray towards his desk.

"Come on! You have a lot of work to do! Did you forget about the board meeting you have this afternoon?" Crap. He had forgotten all about it. Now he was awake. Shaking off the last bits of his grogginess, he logged on to his computer. Without turning away from the screen, he asked,

"What's my schedule for today?" Levy looked down and checked over her notes.

"Let's see... you have to attend a meeting with our finance department at 10, human resources wanted to talk to you about firing someone, Senior Executive Vice President Vastia has to talk to you about something important and then there's the board meeting a reminded you about. Not to mention the ton of work you have organising Fantasia." Gray sighed and felt his grogginess return full force. He slumped onto his desk. Fantasia was one of Fairy Tail Corp's biggest promotional events. The employees would all perform for the city using Fairy Tail Corp toys. Each year, it was a huge success. But each year, it was a pain in the ass to organise. Gray sighed.

"Is there any way I could just sleep instead of work?" he asked. Levy gave him a forced smile.

"No can do, boss. Now get working!" Gray sighed but began to open up his email and read over everything that he had been sent to him over the weekend. He grumbled as he skimmed the first one and began to type out a reply.

Gray groaned as he grabbed the iced cappuccino that Levy had gotten for him and made his way to the door. It was 9:45 and he had to get to the meeting early. He fixed his blue tie and motioned for Levy to follow. She hastily locked her computer and grabbed her clipboard before falling into step beside Gray.

"What did the finance department want to talk about?" Levy scanned her sheets and shook her head exasperatedly.

"They're just complaining that they don't have enough money again, for whatever reasons." Gray groaned and rubbed a finger to his temple. This was going to be a long meeting. The sweet ding of the elevator signaled the beginning of his torture.

Short chapter, I know. I'm fairly sure the next one will be longer. Who knows. This fic is going to be relatively long, or at least that's how I'm envisioning it. Well... see you next time, whenever that is. Leave me a review if you have time! ^^