The babbling man rung his hands in his lap, hoping the anxiety on his face didn't show. He was a businessman through and through and cowering in front of a woman who owned such an establishment could be the end of his career, and yet he pushed through, wanting the outcome to be in his favor. "I'd like to purchase one of your inventory."
The redhead smiled at him, a brilliant smile that told him she was ready for the offer he was about to make. "Fairy Tail owns some of the best in Magnolia's district."
Nodding the man begged any god listening that he wouldn't stutter, "I have my eyes on one in particular." His sentence came out strained, head throbbing as he forced himself to continue.
"And who would that be?" Titania looked at him with a tilted head, brown eyes shining in a way that said she knew what he was about to say, posture saying he was about to be denied.
"Lucy Heartfillia." Titania's smile didn't drop, if anything it grew bone-curdling wide. She tsked at him and his heart stopped. Was he not good enough for Lucy in the eyes of her owner? He loved her with every ounce of his being. Was that not enough? "I'm willing to pay a million dollars!" He found himself shouting at the horrifying woman.
She shook her head, "There are men who would gladly pay more than that, sir, far more. Warlords from around the world who come just to see Fairy Tail's golden girl. She had quite the title, don't you think?"The angel on earth's Hell,because only that title could perfectly describe the untouched female who lived in such a popular brothel. Lucy, as stunning as she was, was sought after for her company instead of her body, even if her body was far beyond appealing. Gathering fans from all over the world, many of them coming solely to meet the red light's princess.
Distraught, the male jumped to his feet, hands slamming into the wooden desk before him, "I can take care of her! I'll love her far more than anyone else could ever hope to!" Closing his eyes tightly to try and calm himself he spoke quietly, "And she loves me, too." Lucy had never said it to him, not once during the many long hours of talking and laughing together, but he had seen it in her eyes. She would stare at him like a woman in love, she had even kissed him once, if that wasn't proof enough of her love he didn't know what was.
Titania's smile fell at his claim, her legendary mask falling in place as she looked him in the eyes, her brown eye's fierce. "She loves you?" It was a question she seemed to already know the answer to. Had Lucy confessed her love for him to the red haired female? "Has she told you this?"
Flinching at her question he shook his head, "Not exactly."
Clasping her hands together, Titania placed her elbows on the armrests of her plush leather chair, leaning back into the dark leather as she examined him closely. "Then how do you know she loves you?"
Following in her steps, the upset customer slide back into his own seat, a soft smile playing on his lips at the thought of the girl who had stolen his heart. "I can see it," he explained dutifully, "it's in the way she looks at me."
The man could see the shock flickering across the owner's face before she asked her next question, "Does she know you're trying to buy her?"
Taken aback by her sudden question the man shook his head, he had wanted this to be surprise, the surprise leading to his asking for Lucy's hand. He wanted to marry the girl, that much was for sure, but he wanted her to be a free woman. Or at leasthiswoman. "Yes," he lied easily.
Titania's face grew serious, he felt that he could see the rage in her dark brown eyes as she took him in, "I'm sorry, sir," she started off and he felt his stomach drop, "Lucy isn't up for sale, and I doubt she ever will be."
