A/N: I apologize to everyone for how short my last chapter was! I didn't even realize it until I had posted it. I will try to make up for it with this chapter! Enjoy c:
With our arms linked, Cana, Levy and I made our way to my apartment. Cana and I were teasing Levy about her very apparent crush on the resident Rune-writer of Fairy Tail. She ended that quickly with her hands covering our mouths. I wasn't sure what was keeping her from confronting her about her feelings. Anyone with two eyes could see the way they looked at each other. They were 'eye-fucking' in Cana's words, and man, was that accurate.
"Don't talk so loudly! I don't want anyone to know about that! Especially.. Mira." Levy shivered slightly as she whispered the woman's name. She wasn't called The Demon Matchmaker for nothing. If she even caught a whiff of something crush related she would reign down like a thousand suns. Not ending until they were either all over each other or someone's heart was utterly crushed.
"Besides, I'm sure you two don't want your dream men's names leaked either, right?" A glare followed her statement, aimed directly at the two of us. I could never, I repeat NEVER, let that happen. Just thinking about it made me sick to my stomach.
I giggled nervously. "Oh come on Levy, we were just teasing. No harm done?" Cana snickered and sauntered on ahead of us.
"Tell who you want Levy, he's the one that's missing out. I'm just waiting for him to realize what a fine piece of ass he's walking past all the time." Cana stated loudly, earning a few stares from the pedestrians walking past. "And Lucy here doesn't even talk to her man crush. I think out of all of us she's definitely in last place." With that she laughed and moved farther ahead before I even had a chance to smack her. And smack her, I did try.
"Hey! I've talked to him before! Just, you know, not lately.." I said, my voice slowly dying off at the end. "Oh god, I'm so pathetic."
"Oh Lu-chan, you aren't pathetic.. You're just shy." Levy wrapped her arm around me as I sulked. I am pathetic. I sit here, dreaming of him at night, daydreaming of him throughout the day. If that wasn't pathetic, I don't know what is.
"I don't know if shy is the word I'd use. But it's okay Lucy, we just gotta kick your ass into shape." Cana wrapped her arm around my other side and before we knew it we were at my door.
"Well you guys do your thing, I'll make us some drinks." I said, locking my door and heading to the kitchen. I grabbed a couple cups from the cupboard and juice from the fridge, filling two half-way and the last a third.
"My drink better be at least 10 proof, I've been sober for like three hours and I am fucking dying over here." Cana yelled from the living room, right as I was pulling down my high-shelf vodka, saved for special occasions, a.k.a. time with my girls.
"Oh shut up, you alcoholic." I yelled back, already filling the cups the rest of the way..
"I am not! Alcoholics go to meetings, I'm just a drunk." Cana laughed and winked at me as I came back into the living room.
I handed the drinks off, Cana of course getting the one with more vodka, and we all got comfortable. "Okay, okay. So what is this oh so interesting information I would want to know?" I asked, looking between the two of them.
They both stared at each other and then turned to me, wearing huge grins. "And now I'm scared.." I stated, my eyes widening. Sometimes I just didn't know how to react to their excitement. Not that I didn't have a reason. They could both be terrifying, in their own right.
"Oh shush, this is totally good news! So I happened to be talking to you-know-who today before you showed up and I may have asked him if he was interested in anyone at the guild." I stared at Levy in horror as she continued.
"Please tell me you didn't say anything about me liking him…" I groaned, letting my head fall to my coffee table. Oh god, oh god, oh god.
"Of course not! I'm not Cana" Levy giggled out, earning a smack in the arm from Cana. "But anyway, he blushed! I couldn't believe it, but it totally happened!" She squealed, wrapping her arms around me. My heart sped up a bit, I couldn't deny I was excited. But the likelihood of me being the one on his mind seemed to crash into me, taking away the excitement I had felt just seconds earlier.
"I mean, as much as I enjoy the sentiment, there's no telling for sure if he does like someone. Even then, it's even more unlikely that it's me he likes.." I said slowly, eyes dropping to the floor. I cared for him, that much was obvious. I just couldn't bring myself to tell him that. I could see the glint of annoyance in the eye just thinking about his reaction.
He is amazing and I'm just… me. He was sexy, he was strong. There is no way he would ever like someone like me. He has the pick of the crowd, he could have a strong, beautiful woman. Fuck, this sucked.
"Lucy, I can feel the hopelessness radiating off of you. Stop being a little bitch and just tell him. You can be this depressed if he says no. But until then you can't let it bother you this much." Cana said, hugging me tightly. She was harsh but she had a point, and that was always what she was good at. She was the swift kick in the ass I always needed. Levy walked up and hugged me as well.
"You know you're amazing, Lucy, right? Any guy out there would be lucky to have you. You love everyone with everything you have, and if that isn't amazing, nothing is." Levy said quietly, stroking my hair. God, I love them. They always knew just what to say, each in their own special way.
With a soft sniffle I hugged them both back with all I had. "You guys are the best. How about I pour us all another drink, yeah?" I asked, giving them both a huge grin. I received a nod from the two as I made my way back into the kitchen. This was going to be a good night, I'd make sure of it.
