Elfman was a man. A strong one at that too. With an exceptional built like his, he was very much manly. Not that you wouldn't know that, his motto was "THAT'S A MAN". To him, you would either think like a man or not think at all. However, it was quite complicated when he needed to find a present for a woman. A woman who was very much beautiful, strong and whom Elfman would best define as manly. Oops. He promised her he wouldn't describe her as manly anymore. Guess he just forgot. How could one time hurt him? She would never find out. Back to the matter at hand, Elfman scratched his white hair. This situation was not manly at all. Oh no.

He frowned. What was he going to her? He pictured the older woman in his mind, her chestnut hair combed into an elaborate haircut, her brown eyes shinning behind her silver glasses, and that majestic look on her face. Evergreen was the only woman he would truly respect. Mirajane, Lisana and Erza were also included, but he felt like she was truly manly.

"Ever." He breathed out.

He closed his eyes.

One particular scene edged in his mind. Evergreen, her fan in hand, her face sweating due to the extreme heat of a usual summer in Fiore. He remembered how she lay on her towel, her sunglasses pushed to the brim of her nose and her green bathing suit. Elfman was a man, and like all men, he couldn't have helped admiring her tall and slender figure, and the many showy curves. He had come by her, hoping to start a conversation. She had looked surprised to see him, and he saw that her face was red, but he figured it was from the heat. They chatted for a couple minutes, when he mentioned the word. THE word, with lots of emphasis. Oh boy, he wished he could have taken it back.

"Say Ever? Your suit is very manly." It had only started as a compliment.

However, it turned very, very wrong.

Her glasses dropped, the look on her face shocked him.

She stared at him in utter disbelief, her mouth agape until she realized what he had just said and literally bombed his ears.

"YOU SICK PERVERT!" She shouted.

Elfman had been taken aback. He didn't know what was happening, but the next moment, she was standing up, wrapping her towel around her body and storming off.

Elfman shook his head.

This was supposed to be a happy memory. She looked so manly in that suit.

And then it came to him.

Should he get her a suit? After all, girls liked them right? And he would choose something very womanly, like Mira had suggested when he went shopping with her.

But it wasn't manly for a man like him to enter a woman's store. Although, he would have to cope with it because he sure didn't want the anger his older sister. He asked a lady in blue for directions to a store that sold bathing suits.

"In winter?" She asked him suspiciously.

He just shrugged and she pointed down the street. He thanked her by saying helping others was manly. The woman stared at him as he made his way down the street.

Unfortunately, she had directed him to a man's shop.

Reluctantly, he walked back to where he had seen her. She was gone.

He sighed.

Oh boy, this was hardly manly.

"May I help you?" A little girl with blonde hair asked him.

She looked like a little gypsy, but Elfman only though she was manly.

"Did you dye your hair Wendy?" He asked in a manly voice.

The little girl looked at him in confusion.

"My name is Lucia." She told him.

Elfman realized that she was in fact, not Wendy. He excused himself and asked her if she could show him the way to a store that sold women swim suits.

"Oh sure! I know one! And it should be open too!" Lucia chirped.

Elfman smiled. Or at least he tried to, because he didn't want to scare the little blonde away.

She walked him to WSS the store commonly known as Women's Surf Shop. He thanked Lucia and she walked off, waving as she disappeared in the darkness.

He pushed open the door and a little bell rang. He saw that an old lady was standing behind the counter and that she was sleeping. When he really thought about it, she was snoring too. Elfman decided to just pick something out and pay for it. It would be better if he got out as fast as possible. With all the frills and laces and the different sizes, he was beginning to grow very hot. He picked up three different suits. A blue one, more of the surf type, with a belt around the waist, a white two piece that looked way too small to fit on Ever and a green one with lots of laces.

He pulled back the curtain to the changing room.

-The next moments of the story have been removed for your own personal good—

Not satisfied with any of the suits, Elfman decided that out of the three, the green one was probably the best. He threw the other two back on the rack and headed toward the old sleeping lady. But he kept thinking on how the suit in his hands was not manly enough for Ever to wear. He grimaced and decided to look more.

He wasn't so lucky.

There was nothing that suited his manly tastes and that would suit Ever. He sighed in defeat.

" snore… Please don't forget snore… to check out our new Tinker Bell snore… Bathing suits. Half price snore…" The old lady mumbled in her sleep.

Elfman's head perked up. He had seen all the movies about the little fairy and he sure as hell found her manly. He literally ran to the New! Section and dived into the bathing suits.

His eyes darted to another green suit. Oh man, this was amazing. So Ever-like. So manly.

The suit was light green, and had Tinker Bell on it. It was a bit lacy but not too much and definitely could cover Evergreen. He picked it up and ran back to the counter. Surprising the old lady who jerked awake at his loud steps.

He slammed the money before her and left the shop in a hurry, ignoring the elder woman telling him he had given her 100,000 Jewels too much.

Hey guys! I'm sorry for the long wait, but midterms are coming up! So from here on, there should be about two chapters left, unless I decide to change that. Which will probably happen but I don't know. I hope you liked Elfman's chapter, and I'll be posting Evergreen's soon… I hope. Thank you all for reviewing! I never got so many reviews in any of my stories! This means a lot to me. I don't know if you guys checked it out already but I wrote a Halloween Fairy Special a couple weeks ago. It's kinda like this story, but now I admit it's much worse. I really don't like it anymore, but oh well. And about the cut out scene in this chapter, I'm sorry but you really do NOT want me to describe how Elfman tried on three different bathing suits for women. You don't.

Please keep reviewing!

~MP