After deciding to end Everyday Lives, I think it'll be easier to find certain chapters this way. I hope you don't mind :)

Normally all my Everyday Lives fics are AU. But this one is in canon verse. It actually takes place right after the battle of Fairy Tail.

Summary: It's Mira's birthday. After a day of receiving gifts from her family, friends, and fans alike, she comes home to find a gift she wasn't expecting. A long lost friend, and love, one she knows she'll never see again.

Fairy Tail and it's characters belong to Hiro Mashima.

"Happy birthday Mirajane! You should let me take you out tonight to celebrate," Wakaba shouted to the bar maid.

"Well thank you! But I don't want to be a third wheel to you and your wife," the birthday girl smiled as the guild erupted into laughs.

"Mira!" Cana slammed down a wad of cash, "Here's your birthday gift! I'm paying off my tab!"

She giggled, "Every year you give me the same thing and it's always one of my favorites."

"Right!" Cana sat down at her usual spot, "So let's start next years!"

"Of course," Mira kept smiling as she poured her a glass of beer.

"Miss Mirajane!" Fairy Tail's newest member skipped up to the bar, "Juvia has made you a special dessert for your birthday."

"Oh!" Mira opened the container to find a lemon pie, "It looks delicious Juvia, thank you."

The water wielder blushed, "Juvia is happy that Mira likes it."

"I'm going to put it in the freezer to keep it away from grabby hands, "Mira winked, "Oh, and I saw Gray go up stairs a few minutes ago."

Mira didn't have to see to know that Juvia had run up to the second floor.

She placed the pie in the kitchen freezer, "Yo big sis!"

"Welcome home, Elfman! How was your mission?"

"Too easy for a man like me!" he puffed out his chest.

"That's great to hear."

"Right. And a man like me would never forget his sisters birthday!" he pulled a small box out of his pocket and handed it to her, "Happy birthday!"

"Aw, you didn't have to get me anything," she opened the box, "Oh, Elfman they're beautiful."

He got her a pair of pretty sapphire teardrop earrings.

"Yeah well, real men only get the best things for their sisters."

She hugged her baby brother who towered over her, "I love them," she heard sniffles right before he let her go, "need to go.. bathroom.. pee like a man!"

Mia shook her head at his attempts, then went back to the bar. Cana was gone but her spot was occupied.

"I trust you and you do that to me?"

She blinked, "What did I do?"

Gray laid his head on the bar, "You told her where I was.."

"Ohh," she giggled, grabbed a rag and wiped the spot next to him, "and what's wrong with that? She's very cute and likes you a lot."

"Well yeah she's cute but- Hey!" he sputtered, "I didn't mean cute as in.. well what I meant.. Mira!"

"I didn't make you say that~," she got a few glasses of beer and went to re-fill peoples drinks. A few 'happy birthdays' were sent her way.

"Happy birthday!" Natsu and Happy jumped up as she came to their table.

"We got you this!" Natsu handed her a nicely wrapped box.

"Aye! We hope you like it!" he floated down to the table, "It's from Lucy too!"

"She might be a weirdo but she's got good taste!"

"Thanks you guys," she pulled out a cute summer dress, "wow!"

"I wanted to get the one that had lizards all over it," Natsu mumbles into his scarf, "but Lucy said flowers would suit you better."

"Natsu, the lizards were on a man's shirt."

"I love it! Thanks, I'll have to go shopping with Lucy sometime, "she draped the dress over her arm, waved goodbye to the two and went back to the bar.

"Gra, your clothes," Mira said on reflex to seeing Gray in his undies.

"Crap!" the ice wizard scurried around to get them back on.

"Here," he placed a small box on the bar in front of Mira as he buttoned his short.

"You got me something too? How sweet," she opened the gift and smiled, "Aw!"

Gray flushed, "It's not a big deal or anything."

It was a Fairy Tail mark, made of ice, enclosed in a case so it wouldn't melt.

"It's beautiful, Juvia is a lucky girl!" she closed the box and put it with her other gifts as Gray ranted about how she wasn't his girlfriend.

Throughout the day she received many more presents;

Erza gave her a whole new outfit from Heart Kreuz.

Levy and Freed went in together and bought her a whole collection of cook books that had special nutrients for wizards.

Gajeel had done a lot of handy work around the guild.

Master gave her a free day at the luxurious spa in town - and tried to say he would accompany her.

Bisca and Alzack had brought back a lot of ingredients she had been wanting.

Evergreen took the evening shift at the bar so she could relax.

Other gifts had come in the mail from other guilds and fans all over Firoe. But Mira couldn't help feeling sad that something was missing.

Getting home early was a treat, she put all the gifts on her small kitchen table and began to make a pot of tea, "Maybe I'll take a nice long bubble bath."

Ever since she joined the guild, she was one of the older kids. The only one her age was Erza, and at the time they were worse than Natsu and Gray.

And just like the others, she had to grow up faster than she should have. Because of that, one person was able to get closer to her than she thought they would.

Taking her cup of tea she laid back on the couch and propped her feet up.

For her birthday, he always got her something special yet simple. But the last few years, things had been rocky between them. And this year..

A box landed on her lap.

"Huh?" A magic delivery?

Setting down her tea , she gently opened the mystery box. A small card was on top.

Happy Birthday, Mirajane

A lightning bolt followed her name.

"..Laxus?"

Inside was a blanket. It was from the same material the lined his coat, but much softer.

"Always so simple," she snuggled into the blanket, "And yet it's always perfect.

She fell asleep dreaming of demons and lightning dragons.

Miles away from Magnolia, Laxus stared up at the stars. Thinking about fairies and demons.