Adjustment is hard:
Lucy was starting to question her sanity. Who in their right mind would have ever invited a demon who loved nothing more than to blow stuff up to stay with them? She fully blamed Team Natsu and their recklessness. It must be contagious.
None of this was helped by the fact that Jackal was, in fact, part jackal. In just five days of him staying with her, she had had to deal with three dead animals in her living room. It had been hard to explain those to her team.
To top it off, Jackal loved to pretend that none of this was his problem. That is, until Lucy explained to him, in perfect detail, exactly what Erza would do to him if she or anyone else from her guild found him. That at least sent him running for cover whenever he smelled anyone outside.
Eventually, they had worked out a system. Lucy would wake up, make breakfast, and head to the guild. Jackal usually went out at about the same time to run around in the forest. Lucy never knew what he did there, and she was pretty sure she didn't want to know. Thankfully, no mysterious craters had appeared there recently.
So far, Lucy had ever gone out on short missions that let her return the same day. However, that was starting to become a problem ever since Master had said that if an S-Class wizard (Erza) went with them, they could go on an S-Class mission.
Natsu's and Gray's constant pestering was starting to get on her nerves, especially since Erza had joined in just yesterday. Now Wendy was the only one that still sided with Lucy, but she suspected it was only a matter of time until they converted her to their side.
All in all, Lucy had come to the conclusion that Jackal might need to move out. Unfortunately, when she suggested joining Crime Sorciere, Jackal had pretty much climbed onto the roof. She wondered if there was some feline in him as well.
She cursed her kind-hearted nature, which wouldn't let her just kick him out unless he had a place to stay. She was starting to run low on money, and with Jackal living with her, she not only had to buy extra food, but scents to hide his stench from Natsu's well-trained nose.
Today, things had decided to go especially wrong. Because of those scents, it became harder for Jackal to smell potential intruders. And that was how they ended up like this: Levy standing in the doorway, gaping at the demon sittings at Lucy's table with bacon shoved in his mouth while Lucy happily fried eggs.
Crap.
A/N: Oh wow! This story has been getting so much support! Unfortunately, I'm really low on inspiration for this, hence the short chapter. Feel free to suggest stuff!
Oh, and I have decided to make this a multi-chapter story C: However, I won't be updating this nearly as much as my other story, since the inspiration levels for that one are much higher. Updates for this story should come out every two or so days. Please review, and consider following and/or favoriting if you're enjoying this. Thanks for reading!