Life Beyond Fairy Tail; A New Friend

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(Lucy's P.O.V.)

"Lucy..."

"Hmm...?"

"Lucy, it's time to get up."

"Five... More minutes..."

Shff!

"LUCILLE MARIE-CLAIRE HEARTFILIA! WAKE UP!"

BAM!

"GAH! FINE I'M UP, I'M UP!"


"Gray, why'd you wake me up so damn early?" I whined as I slumped at the table. Gray snickered from his spot at the stove, the crackle of frying bacon bouncing off the walls of the little kitchen.

"I let you sleep in plenty Lucy." he said. I could hear the joking tone laced carefully into his deep voice. I groaned and let my head fall onto the table, the plate that had been in it's place clattering as it hit the ground.

"It's 9:30. You didn't let me sleep in." I muttered, not bothering to pick up the plate. Gray looked over his shoulder to gaze at the plate, a little pout showing.

"I know it's not my house, but be more careful Lucy." Gray told me. I sighed and picked up the plate, setting it back onto the table.

"Are you almost done with breakfast yet? I'm hungry." I complained, my stomach growling with morning cravings for bacon and eggs.

"Almost. Why don't you go get dressed while you wait? You've got nothing better to do except complain." Gray suggested. I sighed and pushed away from the table.

"Fine, but there had better be some bacon on this plate when I come back." I warned, walking up stairs to my bedroom.

"Yes, your Highness." I heard Gray mumble. I rolled my eyes and shut the door to my room before walking to a mirror.

"...My hair...?" I said in disgust as I looked at my reflection. My hair looked like it had just come out of the washing machine, a trail of dried spit led from the corner of my mouth down to my hair line, and some of the make-up that I had forgotten to take off last night, had smudged. I sighed.

I've got some work to do...


"Is there food on my plate ye-? Wow!" I exclaimed as I turned the corner into the kitchen. There was so much food on the table! Fresh cut fruit, poached eggs, toast, bacon, and even orange juice from the oranges I had bought yesterday. Gray had looked up from the sink where he had started to wash the used dishes.

"Something wrong?" he asked. I shook my head, my mouth gapping open. "Good. Go ahead and start eating. I'll just finish up here quickly."

I rubbed my hands together and sat down at the table, eyeing the food hungrily.

My pleasure! I thought. I picked some of everything on the table and placed it on my plate. I had just started to eat when Gray sat down and starting picking his own food. He looked at me and I took a bite of my toast.

"You look cute today." he complimented. I blinked and looked down at what I was wearing; a pair of jeggings, a gray sweater with a cartoon mouse on it, and a pair of purple lazy sneakers. My hair had just been put into pigtails.

"Thanks." I said, returning to my toast.

Hmm... I wonder...

"So Gray, what're are you gonna tell the guild about, you know, being Gray?" I asked him. He looked up from his food, swallowing whatever he had in his mouth.

"I don't know. I think I'll just keep my identity as Isako Madarame for now. But maybe we should make some sort of backstory, just in case." he cautioned. I nodded.

"Well, since I actually know who you are now, I think maybe I'll be a little more touchy-feely around you. Maybe you can be like, a childhood friend of mine?" I suggested. Gray nodded.

"That sounds pretty good. How about my mum knew your mum or something like that? Just in case anyone asks." Gray asked. I thought about it momentarily.

"That's okay, but then that raises the question of who your mom was, and how she knew a rich family like mine. So how about something like your dad and my dad had been business partners up until your dad got married and started his own company." I said.

"That works. It's a little more complex than I would have liked, but it works." Gray agreed. I smiled and finished up my food, and bringing my plate over to where the warm sink water was waiting.

"By the way, how was it that you were able to turn into Isako in the first place? Like what did you use and such?" I asked as I washed my plate. Gray walked up beside me and smiled, his plate in the hands waiting for his turn to wash.

"I died my hair several shades of brown, highlights and low lights in certain places, some make-up for my freckles and coloured contacts for my eyes." he explained.

"Huh, I would've never thought of that. Well, the hair part I did think of, but never coloured contacts." I said, moving away from the sink so that Gray could wash his own dishes. Suddenly another thought occurred to me, back to my alarm from this morning.

"How did you know my full name?" I asked. Gray looked at me and smiled.

"That's my little secret to keep, Lucille." he teased.

"You stalker." I muttered. Gray put a hand to his ear.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" he asked jokingly.

"I said you were a stalker!" I yelled. Gray stumbled back dramatically and set the back of his hand on his forehead.

"Oh, Lucille, you've wounded my pure heart! To think, that a humble man, such as myself, would be pinned as something as lowly as a stalker! Oh, my heart is bleeding! Oh!" he recited dramatically.

"Well, aren't you the little drama queen..." I mumbled.

"Lucille, you're wounding me with your harsh words!" he shouted dramatically. I sweat-dropped.

Harsh...?

"Alright, maybe I was exaggerating a little bit." I commented.

"You really mean it, Lucille?" Gray started, his eyes sparkling innocently.

"Yeah, you're not a little drama queen."

"I'm not?"

"Nope. You're a big one."

"Lucille~!"


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