CHAPTER 2: Never Have I Ever?
Hola Minna! I'm back with our newest installment.
I think that this will be a more friendship oriented one. But no worries, these will be good to set up for the later ones. I've decided to turn this into a series of connected one-shots. So it's not really a multi-chapter story because there isn't an overarching plotline, I kinda just write as new things come to me. That said, as this fanfic goes on, I will make some references to previous chapters. I think the only real advancement as the chapters go on is the development of relationships between different characters.
I also don't know how often I'm going to update, but hopefully I'll figure out a schedule soon, I know the misery of waiting for a new chapter to be posted.
Also, I wanted to update a week from today, and it happens to be my birthday :)
That's all for now, I hope you enjoy!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR VIEWS, FAVORITES, FOLLOW, AND REVIEWS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW ENCOURAGING IT IS!
**I think maybe Mashima should consider giving me the rights for Fairy Tail for my birthday ;) **
"NATSU! What are you doing in my room? I TOLD YOU NOT TO CLIMB THROUGH THE WINDOW!" Lucy screeched. She had a long day helping Levy sort out her books, and wanted nothing more than a nice, hot, bath. "Dammit Lucy, I was just bored. Happy, Carla, and Lily are out on a mission together. Our house is so lonely! Please let me stay Lushee!" Natsu whimpered. "Fine, fine. Just don't mess my stuff up, okay? Then we'll find some food for you and something to do. I'm taking a bath, so you just do whatever until I'm done okay?" Lucy said. "Aww, why can't I take a bath with you? Me, Gray and Erza used to bathe together all the time when we were little." Natsu said innocently. "I don't know what kind of messed up relationship you guys have, but you are DEFINITELY NOT bathing with me!" Lucy yelled. Natsu pouted before stomping into the kitchen.
Lucy got into the bath, it was just what she needed. She grabbed some lavender soap and a little peace and quiet to relax. Peace and quiet, huh? Well, that will last, oh, maybe minutes with Natsu around. Right on time, something crashed in the kitchen.
"Luce? How do you turn the stove on? I want to eat the flames but I can't find any matches" Natsu wailed.
"Okay. Hold on, I'll be there in 1 minute." Lucy sighed. There were some perks to having Natsu over, but many, many more problems. She dried off and dressed in record speed, dashing to the small kitchen in her apartment before Natsu could do any permanent damage.
She'd found Natsu on the floor, groaning and rubbing his head, with a few pots scattered on the floor beside him. It didn't take long to put two and two together and figure out what had happened. She hastily grabbed an a Ziploc bag from the pantry and filled it with ice before handing the makeshift icepack to Natsu, who smiled sheepishly at her.
"Natsu, I think you should go back and rest a bit. You'll have Happy to keep you company, and hopefully that head of yours isn't damaged too badly. Mavis knows what'll happen if you lose any more brain cells!" Lucy said. Natsu dumbly nodded his head.
"Okay, if you say so. See you tomorrow, Lucy!" Natsu replied, ice pack pressed to his head. Happy murmured his quick thanks before scooping off a groggy Natsu and flew out the window. Lucy smiled to herself. It was just like Natsu to do something careless when he was unsupervised.
"Well, at least with those two gone, I'll have some time to work on my novel." Lucy thought out loud. She walked over to her desk, picked up her pen, and...nothing. She re-read and re-read what she'd already written for the latest chapter. Brow furrowed, she stayed deep in thought, but to no avail. She groaned, upset that a perfectly good evening was going to waste. And Levy had been begging her constantly for the next chapter! She didn't want to disappoint her, but she supposed it couldn't be helped. Or maybe she could call Levy for help! Yes, Levy would know just how to get around her writer's block.
Rummaging around her desk, she frantically searched for her communication lacrima. It was nowhere to be found, once again disappointed. Lucy decided to drink a cup of hot tea and go to bed early.
Three rapid knocks came on her door.
"Lu-chan! Open up! HURRY!"
Curiously, Lucy opened her door to find Levy dashing behind her battered green couch. Just as she was closing the door, a very upset Erza pushed it open and stomped inside.
"Show yourself, you fiend!" Erza cried. She was clad in her Heaven's Wheel Armor, swords up and prepared to strike.
"Woah! What's going on? Erza? DO NOT USE HEAVEN'S WHEEL IN MY APARTMENT!" Lucy screeched.
"I have to do what I must! I must have justice! I must have redemption!" Erza cried again.
"LEVY! What is this about? I will NOT have you two duke it out in my apartment! Knowing Erza, it's probably over something as petty as cake!"
Behind the couch, Levy's face whitened.
"Cake is not petty. Cake is the reason Levy must be slaughtered! To pay the price!"
LEvy whimpered from behind the couch.
"Aha! That's where you've been hiding!" Erza charged forward as Levy screamed.
"What is going on? For goodness sake, just tell me!" Lucy shrieked.
"I'll tell you what. She," Erza pointed a sword at Levy, "She ate my cake! I had it delivered to the wrong door room and she ate it! This demands retribution!"
"Erza! How was I supposed to know that was yours? Besides, I was having someone over for dinner, and they just happened to notice the cake and decided to help themselves!" Levy grumbled something underneath her breath about having a weird fetish for cheesecake.
"Okay. I have an idea, but please, no more fighting, okay?" Lucy pleaded.
"Does it involve cake?" Erza questioned firmly.
"Well, it does now."
"What, Lu-chan?" Levy asked curiously.
"Since you two are both here, I was thinking we could invite over Juvia, Cana, Lisanna, Mira, Wendy and Carla over and have a Girl's night. We could get snacks, we could even order you a cake, Erza. I need to relax and rewind. They're all probably at the bar anyways, we could go there, pick up some food, come back, and just play games and hang out and watch movies until it's time for bed." Lucy said.
"That sounds wonderful. Let's all go to the Guild now! Mira's already got my cake ready to go, she can grab some other desserts, and we'll get the girls and then come back to snack on Lucy's popcorn and chips!" Erza responded. Her eyes shone at the mere prospect of cake.
"Sounds good. Let's go!" Levy beamed happily. Just fifteen minutes ago, she was worried for her life. Now, thanks to Lucy's quick thinking, her life was spared and she got to be part of a Girl's Night.
The three made their way to the guild, the sun just dipping below the horizon. Magnolia had very long days in summer, and the trees around them glowed from the evening light. The serenity was abruptly broken as they entered the guild. Flying chairs and tables, shouting and fighting, the unmistakable stench of sweat and booze. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Walking up to the bar, the three quickly spotted Mira and Lisanna chatting, Mira in her usual place behind the counter.
"Oh! Hey guys! What are you three doing here? I haven't seen you guys here all day." Lisanna chirped.
Levy blushed and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I made plans today, and a … friend of mine dropped by for dinner. I've been pretty preoccupied."
Mira frowned. "It wasn't Jet or Droy. They were here all day, complaining about how you had plans with someone and they weren't invited."
Levy blushed some more. "Uh, well, you see, I asked them to do me a favor and then thanked them by asking them to dinner. Really, it's no big deal you guys."
Mira smirked. "You know, I haven't seen Gajeel around either. He usually comes in in the evening for a plate of screws and a mug of beer. Funny thing is, Lily showed up and said he was off doing an errand for a friend. You wouldn't happen to know who that is, would you?"
Lisanna gasped. Lucy giggled, knowing that her friend must've spent the day with Gajeel, yet both didn't want to admit anything.
Levy now matched Erza's hair as she babbled, "Well, actually I just got a new bookcase and couldn't figure out how to put it together, so I asked Gajeel to come over and help me build it. It's really nothing. I was complaining to Master when he told me that Gajeel was a pretty decent mechanic and that I should go ask him for help so I did and he came over and helped me and when we finished it was late and so I invited him to stay for dinner and tha-" Levy was cut off.
"You mean to tell me that of all people, GAJEEL ATE MY CHEESECAKE?!" Erza cried. She was absolutely mortified. A perfectly good cake, one she had been looking forward to for a week now, wasted on that iron scum.
"Well, he saw the cake, and he was really excited, so I had to let him eat it, I mean, he was sweating and toiling to finish my bookcase for hours Erza, what was I supposed to do, tell him it just randomly appeared at my door and that he couldn't eat it?"
"YES!" Erza yelled.
"Guys! Focus! What were we here for Erza? To invite our friends to have a girls night at my place so you would calm down already. Yeesh." Lucy scolded.
"And," Levy stated, "And you can pick up your cake here. I'll pay for it if you'd like."
"No need. I've already had it charged to your tab." Erza cooly responded.
There was some momentary silence. Erza walked away.
"Girl's Night! Sounds fun! I'll grab some snacks and be right at your apartment!" Lisanna cheerfully said.
"Great! Could you also get Cana?" Lucy replied, grateful that there would be one other sane person at their little gathering.
"I wish I could come, I really do, but I have to man the bar." Mira replied.
"No problem, Mira. I'll take this shift. Go have fun! You really do deserve a break."
They looked up to see Kinana smiling, her work attire already on.
"Thank you so much, Kinana! I promise I'll make it up to you!" Mira squealed.
"Don't worry about it, go enjoy yourself!"
Lucy smiled. Their recruiting turned out successful. She saw Lisanna and Cana conversing by the back door, where all the snacks were kept.
"Oh, I'll get Wendy and Carla!" Mira said, running off.
Erza walked back with Juvia, who was quite glad to be invited. The group walked and chatted until they arrived once again at Lucy's apartment.
"What should we watch?" Erza asked.
"Well, we could watch Disney!" Juvia squealed happily.
"Nah, I think we should watch Magic Mike." Cana smirked, beer in hand.
"How about we watch Mean Girls?" Lisanna suggested.
"Oh! Or we could watch The Notebook!" Levy suggested, quickly finding the movie and playing on Lucy's TV lacrima.
Everyone was bickering about how the Notebook was awful and how they wanted Mulan, Magic Mike, chick flicks, a horror movie, when Mira and Wendy came with snacks.
"The Notebook? Oh that's my favorite! We must watch it!" MIra sighed. There was no arguing with Mira, when she wanted something, she usually got it.
Wendy situated herself on the couch. Carla decided to stay and chat with Happy and Lily, so Wendy had come alone. Mira and Lisanna plopped into the loveseat, while Cana occupied the ottoman and Levy had pulled over a beanbag chair. Juvia and Lucy sat comfortably against some pillows, and Erza simply sat on the carpet.
"I know! Let's play Never Have I Ever!" Mira gushed. Luckily, almost everyone already had a basic idea of how to play. Lisanna explained to Wendy while Mira passed around a bag of gummy bears.
"We basically go around in a circle stating things we have never done, and if you have done it, you eat a gummy bear. Everyone starts with five gummies. The first one to eat all their gummies loses! No lying, and no targeting."
Wendy nodded and counted out her gummy bears.
"I'll start!" Erza volunteered.
"Never have I ever kissed someone of the opposite gender, anywhere."
Cana popped a gummy in her mouth, as well as Mira. A blushing Levy quickly shoved one in her mouth. Lucy thought for a moment, then stuffed a gummy in her mouth as well.
"Levy? You've kissed a guy? How come I've never heard of this?" Lucy gasped.
"Crap. Well, uh, a couple years back, I got really drunk and my and Jet kissed. Only on the cheek though!" She protested.
"Pssshh. Last time I got drunk, me and Bacchus ended up making out on the table before I passed out." Cana snorted.
"Really?I would've thought that Gildarts has kissed you on the cheek by now." Erza replied.
"It was never have I ever kissed someone, not me being kissed."
"What about you, Luce? Anyone we should know about?" Levy wiggled her eyebrows.
"No, just one of my servants. He was the father figure I never had as a young child, and I would usually kiss him goodnight."
"Ah, same. I used to kiss Elfman and Lisanna good night all the time when we lived in the village." Mira replied. Lisanna smiled at the fond memory.
"Juvia will go now! Never has Juvia ever tried pocky!"
Collective gasps went around the room as everyone ate a gummy.
"Juvia-san, even I've had pocky before, and I'm the youngest!" Wendy said.
"I have some right here, would you like to try?" Mira pulled a box out of her snack bag.
"Oh yes!" Juvia exclaimed joyfully. Hesitantly, she opened the box and pulled out a strawberry coated stick. She stuck it in her mouth and a mouthwatering crunch was heard. Everyone watched her intensely, awaiting her response.
Juvia's eyes lit up and she smiled.
"This is fantastic! Can Juvia have the whole box?" She asked eagerly.
Mira chuckled, "Go ahead! I'm glad you like it!"
"Alright. Let's see, Never Have I Ever," Lucy paused to think.
"Never Have I Ever had a crush on one of my friends."
Lisanna sighed, and guiltily ate a gummy. Juvia ate on as well, claiming that Gray was her friend, which no one quite disagreed with. Cana also ate one, simply winking at the girls. To everyone's surprise, Wendy's count went down as well.
"What? You've liked one of your friends? That means it can only be Mystogan, someone from Cait Shelter, someone from Fairy Tail, or someone else entirely we don't know about." Erza said, baffled. Everyone looked to Wendy for clarification.
"Why are you all looking at me? Kya! I'm not going to tell you!" Wendy wailed.
"At least give us a hint. Is it a member of Cait Shelter?" Mira asked.
"Uh, no. But it also wasn't Mystogan, he was like a brother to me!"
"That means it must be someone from our guild or someone else entirely we don't know about." Juvia wondered out loud.
Cana, now on her second bottle of beer, simply shrugged and responded, "Eh, I don't think the kid has any other history with others when she might know them long enough to actually like them. Before she met Mystogan she woulda been too young anyways. My bet here is that our little Wendy likes Romeo." Cana smirked. Wendy turned more red.
"No no! He's just a friend, he's my nakama!" Wendy protested.
"So you admit he's your friend. That's a pretty big part of Lucy's statement. Liking your friend. Romeo is the only one in the guild around your age. I wonder…" Mira thought as her mind switched into her shipping mode.
"Um, how about I go! Never have I ever… uh, worn a regular bra?" Wendy said.
All gummies were consumed by the others.
"What do you wear then?" Lisanna asked.
"Sports bras." Wendy said.
"Well, I'm down to four." Cana said.
"You should go next." Erza suggested.
"Easy. Never Have I ever gotten drunk and done something I regret."
Cana shot a pointed look at Mira, who hesitantly ate her gummy bear. Erza sighed, also downing a bear.
"I heard that you ended up getting two piercings when you were drunk!" Lucy said to Erza.
"Well, one. It's on my belly button. I do horribly regret it, so I'm letting it close up."
"What about you, Mira? I've never seen you drunk." Lisanna said.
Mira noticeably blushed before saying, "Ah, that's a story for another time."
A/N:
Me: wow Mira, leaving us hanging huh *waggles eyebrows suggestively*
Mira: Oh hush you! shouldn't you be blowing out your candles or something?
Me: Shouldn't you have gotten me a present?
Mira: Oh, well I think your lovely readers are enough!
Me: Yupp, there amazing! My birthday wish is for all of y'all out there to enjoy my stories! also for all my OTPS to happen.
Mira: See you next time!