Chapter 7-Right Here (Departed)
As the morning commenced, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, Erza, and Juvia were all walking together heading to the location for their current wizard job. Lucy and Juvia were a few feet behind the rest of the group in order to for Lucy to talk with Juvia about what happened the previous night privately.
"It was just one of those nights where Natsu usually comes into my house uninvited." Lucy finished explaining.
"Wait a minute. Natsu was at your house all night?" Juvia asked.
"Yes, he was." Lucy confirmed.
"Did you by any chance happen to lose your virginity to Natsu last night?" Juvia continued asking.
"That is one crazy accusation that you are making." Lucy replied "But as you may know, yes, I did."
"Juvia can't believe it." Juvia commented as she hugged Lucy "Juvia guesses this means that you're now officially a grown woman."
"I don't think losing your virginity really qualifies as some rite of passage." Lucy commented back.
"It might be for some people." Juvia replied "Anyways, Juvia wants to know. What did you do with him last night?"
Lucy then told the details of her sexual encounter with Natsu to Juvia. After Lucy was done talking about it, both her and Juvia turned their heads back in front of them, and noticed that Erza was in front of them facing towards them who just heard everything about what they were just currently talking about.
"Natsu, Gray, Happy, you guys can keep going." Erza requested "I need to talk to Lucy and Juvia for a moment. Don't worry. We'll catch up as soon as we're done."
"May I ask what you're talking about to be exact?" Gray asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. We're just having some girl talk." Erza answered.
At that moment, Natsu and Gray kept walking forward while Lucy, Juvia, and Erza had stayed put where they were. Erza looked at them with a concerned face before speaking.
"So, Lucy, you lost your virginity to Natsu last night?" Erza asked.
"That…is correct." Lucy answered "Is there a problem with that?"
"No, it's just that about your recent encounter…it's just…I'm just a little bit curious." Erza answered back "Why did you two do it?"
"I…I'm in love Natsu, okay." Lucy continued answering "And he loves me. Besides, we've wanted to do it with each other for some time now."
"But still, isn't it a bit too soon for you two to make a big decision like that?" Erza asked.
"You just don't get it, Erza." Lucy complained "You've never felt the way that I feel."
"I'll have you know that there is a man who I'm in love with very much, but…he happens to be…very far from me right now." Erza explained.
"Why won't you mention his name?" Juvia asked.
"It's too painful for me to mention." Erza answered "Beside, you know who I'm talking about."
Erza then took out a locket from inside her armour, and began to open it to look at a picture that was inside. Juvia used her water magic to make the locket come to her. She looked at the picture inside the locket and found that it was of Jellal Fernandez.
"Lucy, it appears as if Erza seems to be in love with Jellal." Juvia mentioned.
"Is that true, Erza?" Lucy asked.
"That is correct." Erza confirmed.
"Why are you still hung up on this guy?" Lucy asked "I mean, he's been gone for…a while now."
"It's because he's the first man that has ever told me that he loved me." Erza answered "I guess you could say that I'm still hoping that we'll be together again."
"As much as Juvia wants to side with Lucy, she seems to agree with what Erza is saying." Juvia commented "She means that it seems as if Erza is stricken with Jellal's feelings of affection, that Erza sees Jellal as a potential soul mate. If Erza loves Jellal so much at this point, isn't her affections something she should hold onto."
"Juvia, Jellal's been gone long enough." Lucy argued "With this long period of absence, one day, she'll have to let it all go. Why are you siding with Erza?"
"Why are you siding against Erza?" Juvia asked back.
"I'm just trying to be reasonable." Lucy answered.
"Don't worry. I'm siding with Erza on this one." Happy commented.
After hearing Happy's voice, Lucy, Juvia, and Erza began to look around where Happy was. However, they looked up and found him floating in the air eavesdropping on their current conversation. When Happy saw that they noticed his presence, he began to smile awkwardly.
"Happy, do you think you could come down here for a moment?" Erza requested.
They confronted Happy with all three of the girls looking at him with a disappointed facial oppression. Erza was the one who was looking Happy in the eye, in order to confront him.
"I'm sorry, Erza. I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation." Happy explained in a frightened voice "It's just that I was really curious as to what you were talking about."
"If you value your safety, you won't tell anyone else what you heard between me, Lucy, and Juvia." Erza commanded to Happy in an angry voice "Do I make myself clear, Happy?"
"Alright, I won't tell anyone." Happy eagerly agreed "You've got my word."
"Thank you." Erza replied "Come on, girls, we need to get going. We've got plenty of catching up to do."
As they continued walking, Lucy, Erza, Happy and Juvia eventually caught up to Natsu and Gray. They were headed to the harbour, where they were about to head to their destination by boat.
"Where exactly is this job taking place?" Lucy asked.
"It's on an island not far from here." Erza answered "Come on, we need to arrive there before it gets dark."
