Lucy carefully worked her comb through her hair, untangling knots from the long golden hued hair. Humming a tune she had heard one of the drunks of Fairy Tail singing earlier that day. She hated the filthy song that had talked about a spiritual maiden giving her virginity up for a man she had thought had loved her, only to find out he had only wanted to bed her. Now the song was stuck in her head and it appalled her.
A timid knock caught Lucy's attention, turning in her seat she called out permission to enter. Wendy walked in, her face a soft pink Lucy guessed was caused by the outfit Lucy wore- a sheer white negligee. Lucy laughed at the cuteness Wendy displayed, "Yes?"
The blunette stuttered for a moment, thinking of the words she came to tell the blonde. "Erza has requested your presence," she finally muttered sheepishly.
Sighing Lucy placed her brush down on the gold vanity in front of her, "Do you know what she wants?" Lucy wasn't quite sure where she stood with the redhead at the moment. Considering Erza to be one of her closest friends the two had been growing apart lately, Erza keeping her at a comfortable distance.
"All she said was that it was urgent."
"Do I have any guests coming?"
Wendy hurriedly pulled out a small worn notebook, her eyes quickly scrolling through the words on it. "Um..." she paused for a moment and turned a page, "You're completely free for the day."
Lucy smiled as she stood up, grabbing her long black, silk, robe from the back of her chair she walked to the door. "Where is Levy?" It wasn't often that Fairy Tail's stay at home doctor carried the bookkeepers notebook, Levy usually the one to keep up with the scheduling of Fairy Tail Brothel.
Turning the daybook over in her hands as she examined it, "She had to leave early. Had a date with Jet."
"Some girls have all the luck," Lucy grumbled dejectedly. She had never had a boyfriend and, to most people's surprise, she hadn't slept with anyone either. Lucy lived in the brothel and talked to the men but that was as far as it went, however. She was the virgin maiden Erza used to attract attention, which the woman had claimed worked.
Wendy smiled brightly at the Celestial Sky Prophet, "You'll find someone soon!" Exclaimed the tiny doctor, "You're the prettiest person here! A man will fall so madly in love with you that he'll buy you out of here."
The blonde smiled at her small companion, "Wishful thinking." Erza would never let her go, not in this life time anyway. Lucy doubted she even wanted to leave, Fairy Tail was her home now. The women who lived here and the men who visited were her friends. A family sounded nice and so did the sound of growing old with someone, but this was her home and she wouldn't change anything. "Come on," she said with a smile as she shut her bedroom door behind her, "let's go see what Erza wants."
It hadn't taken the two long to arrive at the large wooden doors leading to Erza's office library. Wendy knocked rather loudly before bidding Lucy a goodbye and heading off to complete her own duties.
"Come in!" A loud female voice bellowed and with a sigh Lucy pressed all her body weight into the door, relieved when it gave way and opened under her weight. "Lucy," the red haired woman said sternly, "have a seat."
Lucy sat in the uncomfortable leather seat in front of Erza's desk, legs crossed at the ankles, back straight, and hands neatly folded in her lap. "You called?"
Erza didn't look at her for a moment as she scribbled in the planner on her desk. Lucy knew better than to try and hurry the battle scarred woman up, letting the other girl do what she did to the others. After a few silent moments Erza placed her red pen on the desk, clasping her hands together and looking at her friend. "There was a man today," she started off, "he came asking to purchase you." With a critcal eyes she watched the blonde stiffen, shoulders tensing, "Of course I told him no. Not only are you a valuable fairy but he also wasn't offering a high enough price."
"Who was it?"
"I didn't catch his name." Lucy nodded at her statement, mind racing with who would have the audacity to ask for her. Then Erza spoke again, "He said you loved him." Lucy's eyes widened at that bit of information, it was against the Fairy Tail law for the fairies to fall in love, those who fell in love only caused problems. If you fell in love you were banished from Fairy Tail, shame coating your name.
"I'm not in love with anyone, Titania." Lucy claimed honestly using Erza's title, the truth set in her voice and eyes. "And if I were I wouldn't be stupid enough to tell someone."
Lucy was relieved when Erza smiled at her, "Yes, yes, that's what I thought. Now for the second conduct of business."
"And what would that be?" At Erza's easy going expression Lucy felt herself relax. Were they going to go back to normal now?
"Loki."
"Loki?" Lucy repeated with annoyance and adoration.
"He's come again, Lucy. He's not asking for you to return home this time, he wants to come work here." Lucy could already see where this conversation was going. Erza had a weak spot for pretty boy's who begged, maybe it was the dominatrix coming out in her.
"You gave him a job," it wasn't a question. "What is his job?"
Did she just look away? "He's going to be a servant for one of the girls." Lucy had a feeling she knew which girl it was going to be and when she asked who, she was proven right. "You," Erza said slowly.
Lucy wanted to yell and complain that she already had people to take care of her, that her Key's were all she needed before remembering that Loki had been a Key, too. He had been at the top, loyal to a fault. Loki had been with her since the tender age of seven, taking care of her along the way. She wasn't blind enough not to see the way his love for a small child changed into being in love with a woman. She had forsaken him when she had left him behind, knowing it wouldn't be long until he found her anyways. Even after the greatest hit to his heart he had come looking for her again. Could she really hurt him again? Lucy held love for the man but not the same love he held for her. "Fine," she sighed, and it was clear Erza was surprised by her answer as well. "When is he coming?"
"Soon." Lucy should have guessed such a vague answer couldn't have been good.
