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The Warmth of A Friend
Cana carried Lucy in her arms while walking down the cobblestone street, looking up for a moment to see the white moon shining nicely in the starry night sky, and the brown-haired woman continued to have a concerned look on her face as she was getting closer to the front door of Lucy's apartment. She hoped that her friend had a window open, as that would allow Cana to get Lucy inside of her home without having to try and guess where the spare key for the door was kept, and Cana slightly shivered from how the nightly air was somewhat chilly.
She didn't like cold weather very much, and that prompted Cana to just start running towards Lucy's residence. She felt like that would allow her to have some kind of warmth, and Cana ran as fast she possibly could. That alcohol may have caused Lucy to pass out in the guildhall of Fairy Tail, but it had been great that Cana decided to take her home. If Lucy got drunk at any other bar and no one knew where she lived, then she could've been left there on the floor or kidnapped by some stranger who would take advantage of how she wasn't conscious.
The two girls ended up stopping in front of the apartment, and Cana steadily held Lucy with her right hand under the blonde-haired girl's back. She used her left hand to try and pull the door's handles towards her, but the door itself wouldn't budge. Pushing against the door didn't work, either, and Cana set Lucy down on the cold ground for a moment. She made her right hand pick up the brown rectangular doormat that was in front of Lucy's apartment, but there was no spare key to be found. That made Cana look at the front door in a frustrated manner, and she folded her arms for a moment.
After at least ten seconds of thinking, Cana recalled how Lucy was the type of person who liked to be organized. She wouldn't carelessly leave her apartment without her Celestial Spirit Keys, so what if she had the house key with her? That caused Cana to give Lucy a teasing smile while she squatted down and placed her hands on the orange jean shorts that her friend wore, but she was gentle with slipping her hands into Lucy's pockets. In the left pocket, she could feel the grey ring and the golden keys that were on it. In the right pocket, however, Cana found what she wanted.
Cana told Lucy in a calm tone while smiling softly, gently rubbing her friend's stomach with her left hand, "Thanks, Lucy. We won't have to use my Card Magic to break open one of the windows."
Lucy's house key was a simple gold key with no interesting features, making it stand out from her Celestial Spirit Keys that all had different designs for the stellar mage to tell them apart from each other, and Cana put it inside of the keyhole. She turned it to the right and heard something gently click, which caused her to smile, so Cana pulled open the door with her left hand. She decided to carry Lucy in a bridal-style fashion again while walking into her living room, and Cana quickly placed Lucy down on the couch before going back to get the key out of the lock.
She shut the door and locked it to not let any cold air come in, but Cana didn't feel like her job was done yet. She put the gold house key into the left pocket of her red pants, and Cana walked back over to the brown couch that was in front of the brown coffee table. She picked up Lucy for the purpose of going into her bedroom that was nearby, and Cana went through the doorway with her while feeling like it would be good for Lucy to sleep in her comfy bed. The pink comforter may have been neatly folded, but Cana set Lucy down on the white mattress that looked pretty clean. She unfolded the warm comforter, and lifted it up like it was a nice tablecloth.
Cana let it gently fall on to the mattress, watching it cover most of Lucy's body while she was on the left side of the bed, and the task of getting Lucy back home was now complete. Since Cana was the person who had to handle the nightly shifts in the bar of Fairy Tail's guildhall, she really needed to get back to that job of being a barmaid. Plus, she assumed that no one being behind the bar would allow anyone who was still there to try and take as much booze as they desired. The thought of going to a bar with no booze was certainly disappointing, so Cana began to walk out of Lucy's bedroom.
She stopped at the doorway, however, and Cana turned back around to look at Lucy. Her violet eyes caught a quick glance of Lucy's chest and stomach lightly moving up and down, which meant that she was breathing softly, and Cana decided to just see how Lucy looked when she was sleeping. She slowly walked up to the bed and saw her friend's frowning face, making Cana think about how Lucy was at the bar because of how she felt depressed, and Cana hoped that Lucy would talk about her issue concerning Erza tomorrow. She put the index finger of her left hand on Lucy's lips as a nice way of saying good night, but the alcohol-loving woman felt Lucy's right hand reach up to grab her left wrist.
Cana asked her friend while looking somewhat surprised, not thinking she'd wake up so soon, "Lucy, have you regained consciousness? You'll be okay now, right?"
Lucy replied to Cana as she began to open her eyes and still felt dizzy, recognizing the older woman because of her voice, "Cana, it's you... I liked the alcohol, but don't leave me alone..."
Cana responded nicely while closing her eyes, groaning at how she wouldn't get to drink more alcohol, "All right, Lucy. I'll stay with you, but keep things fair between us by at least telling Mira that you drank too much."
Lucy simply nodded in an approving manner while closing her eyes and falling asleep, allowing time to have control over how long it would take for her to sober up, and Cana looked down at Lucy's fair skin while her cheeks still blushed pink. Cana actually thought that Lucy looked somewhat cute when she slept, not even snoring loudly while she turned over on her stomach to put her face against the pink pillow, and that made Cana wonder if she needed to just sleep on the couch. It seemed like a good idea, but Cana would want to be near Lucy if she started having a nightmare.
She ended up walking over to the right side of the bed and taking off her sandals, before getting into bed with Lucy, and Cana felt like it was somewhat awkward for her to be in bed with the Celestial Spirit Wizard. Lucy had never really talked about her sexuality, but many of the guild members did assume that she liked guys. Cana wouldn't date any of the guys who were part of the Fairy Tail because she thought they had no class, and she only liked teasing the other women for fun. Cana decided to just put the other half of the comforter over her body, and she let the feeling of tiredness start to overpower her. As she fell into a nice rest, though, Cana unzipped her red pants and unbuttoned them because of how they felt a little too tight.
Several hours later...
Lucy woke up to find that she was back in her apartment, enjoying the softness of her warm bed, and she placed her right hand on the right side of her head as she felt it pound harshly. Getting drunk from alcohol at night and then sleeping it off would normally leave a person with a pretty bad headache on the next morning, and Lucy was simply dealing with a hangover. She had heard from Natsu about how cola was good for getting rid of hangovers, and that drink worked well with all the heat in his body to make him easily sweat out the alcohol.
However, Lucy normally sweated when she took showers that were extremely hot. She actually hadn't taken a shower after yesterday's mission because of how Erza gave a pretty harsh scolding that had weighed on her mind. Lucy could feel her head pound more from just thinking about how Erza yelled at her, and she simply stayed in her bed while wondering if she could even sit at the same table with Team Natsu today. Gray and Natsu were guys who tended to fight most of the time, but Lucy and Erza possibly arguing would be a different dilemma for them to deal with.
Lucy started to frown while her eyes showed some anxiety about showing up to the guildhall, thinking that Erza would harshly tell her that she better not screw it up, and her body trembled as she felt nervous. There was always the option of handling jobs with only her Celestial Spirits providing some assistance, but that was risky. Even though Lucy would not get scolded, being attacked by a powerful enemy who could steal her keys was something she didn't want to think about. She frowned while removing the comforter, and Lucy merely sighed sadly while wanting to rest for a few more minutes.
She closed her eyes while deciding to rest her head on the other side of the bed, snuggling against what she thought was a large doll that felt just like smooth skin, and Lucy let her head rest on what she believed to be two pillows. Lucy let her hands slide down the doll's body while wanting to relax, her nose taking a whiff of breath that smelled like the delicious alcohol, and Lucy was soon pushed to the other side while she felt someone roll on top of her. She opened her cocoa brown eyes to discover that her lips were inches away from Cana's lips, and Lucy gasped in shock from how her hands were now touching Cana's blue lacy panties. As their breasts nearly touched, Lucy screamed in a startled manner to make Cana wake up.
Lucy asked Cana while continuing to look startled, ignoring how her hands went to feel Cana's tan legs, "Why are you in my bed, Cana, and how did you get into my apartment?"
Cana explained in a teasing manner, giving Lucy a sultry grin, "You were the one who didn't want me to leave, and maybe you really wanted to see the color of my panties. You were too drunk last night to even be awake, Lucy, and you're lucky that I only went through the pockets of your jeans to get that house key."
Lucy asked her in a calm manner, realizing the situation, "Cana, you gave up your night of being a barmaid and drinking alcohol just to get me home safely?"
Before Cana could respond, Lucy simply sat up and gave her a nice hug for being such a good friend. She felt really glad that Cana cared about her enough to not just leave her drunk in the guildhall, but Lucy ended the hug while having feelings of regret in her eyes. Cana didn't get to drink more booze, and Lucy felt like she owed her for that. An apology would be nice, but Lucy thought it would be nice to at least buy her a bottle of booze. Whether it was very strong or very weak, Lucy would still be happy to buy her that drink.
She'd probably end up going to see Cana later at the bar, however, and that was because of how she felt worried about going on a job today. The card-wielding woman looked into Lucy's eyes while seeing that her happiness about last night was overshadowed by the depression that she experienced earlier that day, and Lucy would probably want to have drinks with her again. However, Lucy could not just decide to always drink away her troubles while not talking about exactly what was on her mind. Even though Cana loved alcohol, she thought it was never good to just keep things bottled up.
Cana gently placed her hands on Lucy's shoulders while calmly informing her that she could talk about what transpired yesterday, and she wouldn't say a single word about it to Erza or Mirajane. Cana also wouldn't laugh if Lucy made it seem like she did something that would seem pathetic from Erza's point of view, and she promised to be very understanding. Lucy bit her lower lip while not wanting to share the situation with Cana, but she did bring her home on a night that was colder than normal because of how it had rained earlier in the day. Lucy could trust Cana to take her home, so that prompted her to start speaking about what weighed on her mind.
Lucy told Cana about the mission where the sweetest mint leaves from the largest tree in the Kazehana Woods had to be collected for a client, but two mages took all the leaves before Team Natsu got there. When the wizards fought the group, Natsu and Gray were being tossed around easily by one mage's vicious winds while the plants of the other mage were explosive enough to shatter Erza's Adamantine Armor. Burning those plants with her Flame Sword only caused them to harshly detonate, and Erza ended up being knocked out a few seconds after Gray and Natsu. Lucy told the green-haired opponents that they could have all the leaves in exchange for leaving the team of Fairy Tail mages in peace, and she didn't fight them at all.
"You didn't even try to get on your knees and beg them for one mint leaf, Lucy? Do you think they would've just sneered and given you a harsh beating, if the situation involved you begging for mercy?" Cana asked Lucy while looking curious, wanting to see if she had any feasible options.
Lucy replied with a disappointed facial expression as she stared directly into Cana's eyes, sighing a bit, "No, they still would've beaten me up. When I managed to wake up Erza and explained what happened, she was furious with me about letting them get away. I just didn't want those winds to slice me up, or end up strangled by that girl's plants. They were so strong, Cana. Erza may have picked out the job, but I didn't want to die."
Cana watched Lucy fall back on the bed while she kept feeling her head hurt, and Lucy pressed down against the mattress while she just wanted some more minutes of sleep before going to take a shower. Lucy sighed as she started to feel depressed, but then Cana surprised her by being on top of her again. The girls were now face to face while their breasts nearly touched, and Cana let her hands start to stroke Lucy's arms while her legs and feet worked their way out of the red capri pants that soon fell down to the carpet. They hit it lightly, making Lucy's cheeks blush a little.
Cana began to playfully put her face up close to Lucy's while her eyes started to become filled with confidence, and she wanted to assure Lucy that there would be no need to worry. Anything negative that she'd say about Erza would be kept private between them, and Cana placed her own right hand on her lips. She proceeded to make the gesture of blowing Lucy a kiss, and the faint cherry scent of her breath made Lucy start to softly smile. That was Cana's way of trying to tell her that what she said would be sealed with a cherry-flavored kiss of trust, and she winked while liking how her playful actions started to make Lucy's mood shift from disappointed to slightly cheerful. Lucy gave her a teasing smile while getting out of bed to take that hot shower, and Cana liked how she got Lucy feeling warm with some happiness on this bright morning.
How was Chapter 2? Did you like it? Cana is being playful with Lucy, and their friendship is going smoothly. Things are going nice between them, but what will happen when Lucy has to see Erza at the guild? Standby for the next update!
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