The Birthday Party of the Century

MidLu Week 2015, day one: Birthday.

Summary: Fairy Tail is known for their parties, but they'll go all out for their friends and family.


"Wait, you've never had a birthday party?" Lucy asked.

"Well, no, I guess not. None of us have had one, but so what? It's not something we really need," her boyfriend replied.

"Midnight," she whined. "We're going to celebrate your birthday, in fact, we're going to celebrate all of your birthdays!" she said excitedly. He already regretted mentioning it, he knew the rest of Crime Sorcière weren't going to be happy about this either.

"So when were you all born?"

"I honestly don't remember. I doubt the others can remember either. Lucy, dear, we don't need a birthday party. It's something we never got growing up in the tower. You can't miss something you never had," he told her stubbornly.

Unfortunately, his girlfriend was just as stubborn. She was going to throw them a party whether they liked it or not. Of course, she was going to get the rest of Fairy Tail to help.

"Fine," she surrendered, or so he thought. "I won't throw you guys a party, but you have to promise me to talk them into visiting next week. I can't keep waiting an entire month to see this pretty face," she joked, pinching his cheeks.

"If I agree, will you quit grabbing my cheek?"

"Maybe," she replied slyly. He groaned in response before muttering his agreement to come to Fairy Tail the following week. "Oh, and bring the others too, It will make Erza ecstatic. I'll even invite Yukino to come since we didn't know you all would be stopping by this week."

"Alright, alright, we'll come. Sorano was upset she didn't get to see her sister. I'll figure something out and get them here. So what day would be best to come?"

She thought for a minute before replying. "How about the 25th, does that sound good?"

"Yeah, works for me. See you then, I was supposed to meet up with the others an hour ago," he gave her a sheepish look.

"Macbeth," she said sternly. "I told you that you need to be on your best behavior, meaning listening to your guild master," she scolded her boyfriend.

"I know, I just wanted to spend a little longer with you," he said sadly with a small pout. Lucy relented and smiled immediately, giving him a hug. He knew she hated when he sounded upset and felt even worse with a face to match.

"See you next week then," she said softly, her forehead pressed to his. He smiled in acknowledgement before running off to meet up with his guild.


It was finally October 25th and all of Fairy Tail waited in the darkness of their guild hall, quiet for once with bated breath. They were hidden in the dark, barely containing their excitement in anticipation of Crime Sorcière to arrive. A week previous, after the other guild left, Lucy had come to them with a huge dilemma that only their guild could remedy; they needed to throw a party in celebration of every missed birthday their friends never got to experience.

The entire guild hall was decorated beautifully and in such a way it incorporates each of the "birthday" guests' powers and personalities. Yet it still had that childish feel that birthday parties have that they never had the chance to know.

The entire week leading up to this day had been filled with hard work from all the members to pull the party off and surprisingly, no one fought once, at least, not at the guild hall. Everyone saw the importance of this party, no one wanted to ruin it. Especially since it would invoke both Erza's and Lucy's wrath.

The Dragon Slayers heard Crime Sorcière approaching first, they quickly gave the signal just to make sure everyone was ready and in place. Everyone held their breath as they could now hear the guild approach.

Cobra knew something was up, Fairy Tail, known for being the most rambunctious in Fiore, was eerily quiet. He could smell the members inside, so he knew they were in there. He suddenly felt uneasy and decided to hang towards the back of his group, letting them deal with whatever was going on first.

As soon as the guild doors were flung open by Jellal and Midnight, a loud chorus of "SURPRISE" made Crime Sorcière freeze and gawk at the scene before them. Looking around, they realized this was a surprise birthday party. Some of the members got teary-eyed; realizing the trouble Fairy Tail went through for them. Jellal fell to his knees in awe. Midnight's thought whirled, he knew who the culprit was, and he was terrified that they would find out and punish him for what his girlfriend did. I am so dead.

"Damn straight you are," Cobra grumbled to Midnight.

The members finally shook away their shock and entered the guild hall. The majority of Fairy Tail rushed forward to give their wishes of "Happy Birthday!" and give gifts. Master Makarov finally explained what this was all for, just in case they didn't realize it and then, to Midnight's dismay, he told them this was all Lucy's idea.

Some of the members of Crime Sorcière simply glared at Midnight when no one was looking, like Cobra, while the others actually told him how amazing and kind his girlfriend was.

They all enjoyed the party and were given more gifts than any of them had ever received throughout their entire lives. In all, they enjoyed the celebration and got more comfortable with the notion as the night wore on and when they consumed more alcohol.

The party itself wore on all through the night into the early hours of the morning. It was ne of Fairy Tail's most memorable parties by far and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Most people passed out at the guild. However, Midnight wanted his girlfriend to be comfortable and decided to take her home. They leaned on each other for support since both were quite tipsy. The chilled morning air made them shiver slightly, but it was nice and serene. The sun was just barely starting to peek over the horizon, causing a magnificent array of colors to illuminate the once deep blue sky. The stars began to fade away as time continued on.

They made it back to Lucy's place before it became too bright outside. He tucked her into bed and crawled in next to her. She passed out as soon as her head hit the pillow. He kissed the top of her head gently. He had the best girlfriend ever, and it was well worth the punishment he might receive later from his guild members because none of them, even Cobra surprisingly, could stop smiling. "Thank you for everything," he muttered into her golden tresses before sleep overtook him as well.