Unexpected Comfort

By : Ahellofadummy

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DISCLAIMER : I don't own Fary Tail...Hiro Mahima does!

STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLIED!

Bixlow P.O.V

I glanced at Evergreen to tease her about Elfman as I was clearly bored and wanted to start some fun but to my dismay she was too engrossed examining her nails. I looked at Laxus who was walking expressionless with crossed arm and I loved my life too much to mess with him. I looked over at Freed who was busy staring at Laxus from the back. A smirk started to form on my lips as an idea formed in my head.

"Yo Freed! Why are you ogling Laxus?"I said evilly while my babies chanted "Ogling! Ogling!"Evergreen looked up from her nails and Laxus glanced back briefly.

"O-Ogling? No I am not...I was just looking." Freed said blushing and coughed slightly.

"Then why did you have a perverted look on your face?" I continued with a wide grin while my babies backed me up with a chanting of "Pervert! Pervert!"

"Y-You are being d-delusional." Freed said trying not to stutter but was failing miserably.

"Am I? But you are the one who have Laxus's posters in his room." I said snickering loudly while Ever looked amused and secretly flashed me a thumbs-up. Freed was at a loss of words and was desperately trying to sputter out some explanation but Laxus cut him off.

"Bixlow don't tease Freed. That's enough." Laxus said sternly coming to Freed's rescue.

I raised my arms in surrender but continued to snicker to myself. Freed was thanking Laxus quietly while trying to convince him that I was lying. I sometimes wondered why Laxus had a soft spot for him but never paid much thought to it. I shrugged as I burst through the guild yelling loudly, "Raijinshuu is back!"

I went up to Mira ordering beer as I watched Natsu run to Laxus for a fight but was defeated in a single blow. Gray was laughing at him and Natsu then started to fight with him while sweeping in the others too. I considered joining them but thought the better of it. I thanked Mira when she handed me the drink.

"So how was your mission?" She asked smiling kindly.

"Easy Peasy! We finished it without a hitch." I said as my babies chanted "Easy Peasy!" repeatedly.

"So anything interesting?" she asked smiling mischievously.

"What would I get in return?" I asked smirking.

"A month worth free booze." She offered hopefully.

"I am not Cana but fine it will work." I said submissively.

"Yay! So fill me in." she said hopping like a child.

I just laughed at her eagerness but nonetheless told her about Ever's secret visit to Elfman when he was sick last week. I even handed her a photo in which Elfman was sleeping on his bed while Ever slept beside her holding his hand. She squealed excitedly and I did a zipping motion to quiet her down. She nodded trying to contain her excitement and placed another beer as a thanks for the photo.

"I'll pay you 50,000 jewels if you do a job for Me." she said seriously.

"What do I have to do?" I asked curiously.

"Find out which shampoo Freed uses for his hairs." She whispered quickly.

"O-Okay!" I said sweat dropping a little.

I watched intently what everyone was doing as I sipped on my beer. Someone was missing but I couldn't pin point it. I concentrated hard when it hit me. I quickly turned around and waved Mira over. She skipped up to me happily asking what was wrong.

"Where is Cosplay Queen?" I asked curiously.

"You mean Lucy? I think I just saw her going to the back of the guild." She said thoughtfully.

I thanked her then made my way to the back of the guild. I stepped out breathing in the cold air contently. I looked around and faintly saw the small figure of the Cheerleader huddled on the bench below the tree. I quietly sneaked behind her planning to scare her but stopped short when I heard a sob. I hastily turned around to go back to the guild.

I didn't know why Cosplay Queen was crying but I knew full well that I won't be able to comfort her and may even aggravate the situation. I definitely didn't want an angry swarm of girls hunting me down later as I loved my life too much. But in my haste I stepped over some dry leaves making noise which gained her attention. I cursed under my breath and glared at the leaves as I prepared myself for the worst.

"W-Who's t-there?" she asked sniffing slightly.

"It's me Cosplay Queen, Bixlow." I said awkwardly as I sat next to her.

She eyed me wearily with those puffy red eyes and I shifted uncomfortably under her gaze. She then lifted her gaze from me and glared at the tree in front of us and I heaved a sigh of relief. I waited patiently for her to say something but she never did. I gathered my courage and tried to start a conversation.

"So what are you doing here?" I asked casually.

"Sitting." She replied curtly.

"I-I see. You know I just came from a mission-" I started thinking to tell her about my mission..

"So?" she interjected.

"It was really fun?" I finished but it came out as a question.

"Oh!" she exclaimed softly.

I sweat dropped and sighed at her lack of response. I decided to stop beating around the bush and just ask her directly.

"Why were you crying earlier?" I asked boldly.

"…."

"Cosplay Queen?"

"…."

"Cheerleader?"

"…."

"Lu…Lucy?"

I looked at her and was shocked to see fresh tears gliding down her cheeks. I panicked and tried to think of comforting words as she started crying again. When I was unable to think of anything I did what I saw on a stupid drama that Ever used to watch. I hugged her and gently patted her head. She cried for a long time then it slowly subsided to quiet sobs and then to quiet sniffs. Finally when she seemed fine I let go of her hesitantly. She smiled at me reassuringly and I let out a smile myself.

"Thank you Bixlow." She said wiping her face with a tissue.

"It's cool." I said trying to act casual then continued, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." She replied sighing.

"You still look down to me." I said thoughtfully then I cheerfully exclaimed, "Oh I know look I have something that would cheer you up."

I dug into my pocket and fished out some photos and handed it to her. She looked confused but when she saw the photo she burst out laughing. They were some very embarrassing pictures of Raijinshuu Tribe and were mostly for my personal amusement but I didn't mind if that was what it took for her to laugh like that.

"I knew you would laugh like hell. You are a cheerleader so you shouldn't be sad." I explained acting like a teacher.

She punched me playfully and I laughed at her expression. We spent the night chatting, cracking jokes and laughed like hell. I never had thought spending time with Cheerleader could be this fun. Maybe I should do this more often.

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Lucy P.O.V

I tossed in my sleep covering my face with the blanket to avoid being blinded by the sunshine streaming in through the window. In the process I spotted a patch of pink hairs. My eyes were closing again when they popped open as realization dawned on me. I ripped the blanket off the bed and saw a very peacefully sleeping Natsu curled up in a ball.

My face flushed and steam blew from my ears as I glared at the pink fur ball angrily. I tapped his shoulder but he didn't even budge so I shook him hard. He cracked one eye open and mumbled five more minutes. My fuse blew and I Lucy kicked him out of the house yelling not to sleep in my bed again.

I sighed in frustration and went to take a hot bath to clear my mind. I was about to strip but a certain red-head soaking in the tub caught my attention. I sighed in frustration and pinching the bridge of my nose eyed Erza soaking in my bathroom in my tub.

"Erza what are you doing in my bathroom?" I asked tiredly.

"Bathing of course." She said as if it was the most natural thing.

"Ne Erza, I have a very large piece of cheesecake in my fridge I don't want to eat so I was wondering who I should give it too." I said slyly.

She immediately got up wrapped a towel around herself and nodded as she left but before leaving she said, "I understand. Enjoy your bath and do consider giving me the cake."

I giggled at the weakness of the armor girl and happily took a warm bath. As I walked out of the bathroom clad only in a towel to retrieve my clothes I spotted a naked Gray. He was bent over my lingerie drawer and engrossed in whatever he was doing there. I blushed at this but nonetheless composed myself.

"Gray! What do you think you are doing?" I drawled out angrily and glared at him.

"Oh! Luce I was just borrowing some underwear but none of these seem to fit. You should not buy these lacy or stringy ones they hardly cover anything." He said casually not even facing me.

"Is that so." I said dangerously evil aura seeping out of me.

Gray feeling the drop in the temperature carefully turned around and squeaked at seeing my expression. Knowing full well that his life was in mortal danger he slowly started to retreat to the fire-place. Nervously mumbling a "Never mind." He quickly scattered out through the chimney completely naked.

I sighed out my frustration and started to get ready. Once fully clothed armed with my keys and whip I set out to the guild. I burst through the doors greeting everyone and made my way to the bar. I asked Mira for the usual and she kindly handed me my drink and then continued to wipe glasses. She looked at me worriedly and decided to voice out her worry.

"What happened Lucy? You seem in an awful mood." She asked concerned.

"I had a very rough start thanks to my precious nakamas." I spat out venomously.

"What did they do?" she asked nodding.

"Firstly Natsu sneaked in my bed again. This is the fifth time in a row then Erza dropped in my bathroom without telling. And finally Gray went through my lingerie drawer to borrow some underwear and even had the nerve to complain of them not fitting him." I ranted and sighed in exasperation while Mira patted my head in sympathy.

"WHAT! Gray-sama saw love rival's underwear first. Juvia will make love rival pay." Juvia flared with anger.

I glared at her dangerously and Juvia stopped in the mid of her ranting. She trembled in fear as my eyes hardened. "Take your crap somewhere else." I said gruffly and Juvia quickly scrambled off almost crying and trembling violently. Mira looked at me amused and giggled slightly.

"They should learn something from Bixlow. Even he can be a gentleman." I pointed out.

"You praising Bixlow. That 's a first and May I ask why this sudden change of thought?" she asked curiously.

"Well let's just say he was really nice to me yesterday." I said carefully not wanting to tell Mira that I was crying my eyes out yesterday.

Just then a very disheveled Bixlow came running into the guild. He frantically scanned through the guild and when his eyes landed on me he rushed to me quickly. He leaned over the bar trying to catch his breath while me and Mira exchanged confused looks.

"Cosplay Queen…huff-huff….are you a witch?" he said breathing harshly.

"I take back what I just said." I whispered to Mira quietly causing her to giggle. I then turned towards Bixlow. "What on earth are you blabbering?" I asked incredulously.

"Cheerleader did you cast some spell or something on me….because everything has been so weird." He asked frantically but mumbled the last part to himself.

"What do you mean? Care to explain." I asked trying to suppress my growing irritation.

"Since yesterday all I could see is YOU. Wherever I look I see your smiling face and you are all I can think of. Do you know how scary it is to see your smiling face in the mirror and then turn around only to find NOTHING." He explained shuddering in fear.

"Ara ara, Bixlow is confessing to Lucy." Mira squealed with hearts in her eyes.

"If this is a confession no one can make it sound so….frightening." I said exasperated.

"Yes I am confessing about my fears. So care to tell what spell it is that you used?" Bixlow asked hopefully.

"I didn't use any spell you BAKA." I said annoyed.

"Me! Me! Can I tell?" Mira asked excitedly jumping with her one hand raised.

"Yes please." Bixlow said turning towards Mira.

"She used the spell of love on you." She gushed excitedly.

"Love?" Bixlow asked tilting his head in confusion while Mira nodded her head frantically.

Bixlow looked over at me and eyed me from top to bottom with confusion laced on his features. I felt a bit uncomfortable under his intense gaze and mumbled and irritated, "What?"

"If this is love then it is definitely…creepy." Bixlow said thoughtfully tapping his chin. "Natsu did say that you are weird Cosplay Queen but I didn't expect that your love is also weird and creepy and sinister and frightening and eerie and scary and did I mention creepy?"

My face immediately flushed in rage as Bixlow continued to describe his so-called creepy love. Evil aura seeped out of me as I planned ways to torture the soul mage. The temperature around us seemed to drop drastically and many around us cowered in fear but the target itself was oblivious to it too engrossed in his explanation.

I stood from my stool and delivered a lethal blow to Bixlow while calling him a string of colorful insults. Bixlow was still trying to recover from the impact but I was still not satisfied and didn't want to get my hands dirty. I glanced at Mira who was in her own world and a plan formed in my head causing me to smile creepily.

I walked up to her and whispered in her ear very quietly that even the dragon slayers of the guild only managed to catch "You know behind your back Bixlow did…" Mira's eyes widened and then instantly darkened as she took in the information. I smiled and backed a little happily witnessing a very angry Mira advancing towards Bixlow.

Mira turned into her Satan Soul and started dragging Bixlow with her out of the guild. I knew full well that the effects of the hell Bixlow would go through would last for days. I smiled triumphantly and looked around to see a very quiet and afraid guild. I flashed a sickly sweet smile at them and said "Enjoy yourself Minna. I am heading out."

As I skipped out of the guild happily many gulped in fear and were probably making a mental note to NEVER PISS LUCY OFF! SHE CAN BE REALLY SCARY! That night I had no intrusions in my house and from then on my mornings became peaceful.

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The End

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A/N : Hope you all liked this Bixlow x Lucy though Lucy was very mean to him and it was not exactly a romantic fanfiction but oh well nevermind!

I'll update soon and it would probably be the last chapter! (o.O)

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