Notes— damnit, Fairy Tail has turned me into a big softy. i can't get enough of the siblingly bonds!
also, i'm half asleep right now. ignore mistakes. wait. no. point them out so i can fix them. yah.
FJKFDJ. WENDY. YOU'RE ADORKABLE.

Sunday, May 13th.

Mother's Day.

Lucy sighed, slumped on the guild's bar counter and dully stirring her milkshake. From behind the counter, Mira smiled sadly.

Actually, the entire guild was rather quiet.

Alot of people here are orphans, the blonde realized, taking a small sip of her drink and feeling slightly... well, pathetic. Everyone else seemed to be functioning fine, so why was she so down?

After her mama's death, her usual Mother's Day ritual was sleeping all day. But she was a Fairy Tail mage now, and she didn't want to risk her absence being noticed, then having to explain herself...

Gloomily taking another sip, she looked around the room, sighing when she saw everyone's cheerful, albeit strangely calm, faces.

Lucy, don't be like this. You'll only bring others down. Everyone else is feeling fantastic—

Except for a certain, little Dragon Slayer.

Lucy's eyes saddened as she took in Wendy's figure, hunched over the table, hair shadowing her face. Charle sat on the table beside her, the exceed looking extra protective today.

Putting on a brave face, Lucy made up her mind. Venturing towards the table, but detouring by the request board first, she stopped across the table from the Sky Maiden.

"Hey, Wendy?"

Lucy had to hold back a cringe when the young girl looked up. She looked absolutely despaired, and Lucy could have sworn she saw tears forming.

It was times like this that Lucy had to remember, again, she wasn't the only one who had lost someone. Wendy had lost Grandine, the only parent the young girl had ever known. Atleast Lucy knew where her mama was. She could only imagine what Wendy was feeling.

"What?" Charle asked flatly, eyes narrowing. Holding back a scowl, Lucy sat down, sliding the request she'd grabbed, forward.

"I was going to ask if you wanted to go on a quick mission with me."

Wendy's eyes widened as she leaned forward, taking a better look at the request. Lucy continued.

"It's just a simple one. Watch the kids of some big company owner while he's gone— he's scared someone might break in. Natsu would probably burn the house down, so..." She shrugged, raising a brow.

"Whad'you say?"

Wendy bit her lip. She looked from Lucy, to the request, then back up. At last, she smiled, a tiny, tiny smile.

"Sure."

Lucy beamed, momentarily forgetting that she was suppossed to be moping, and bounced up. "M'kay! Mira," She shouted over her shoulder to the barmaid, "We're taking this one!"

The white haired mage raised a brow at the pair, but smiled in an unsaid understanding.

"Okay, have fun, ladies!"

Motioning to the blue haired girl, Lucy left the table, Wendy and Charle (dutifully, of course) following.

(And later, as they were on the train, and the Celestial mage felt a small hand hesitantly take her own, she could only smile and softly squeeze back.)