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Bickslow found out about Lucy sleeping over when he got up about ten minutes after she left. He'd never been so grateful that the woman he'd brought home was a teleport mage. The only reason he'd bothered to go up to her was that she'd been making out with Dan Straight all night and as revenge for his friend, he wanted to make sure the man went home alone.
"Are you interested in this girl?" the woman, whose name he didn't know, asked after teleporting him into Lucy's neighborhood.
"Huh? No. I'd never risk my life that way. She's just a friend," he replied before stopping and turning to give the woman following him a confused look.
"Oh. Good. So, call me later?"
"Probably not."
She made an outraged sound before slapping him and teleporting away. He continued to stare at where she'd been before returning to the task at hand.
Levy answered the door with her weird morning chipper-ness.
"Is Lucy here?"
"No. She just left."
"Good." He walked past her and into the kitchen. "Do you have chicory?"
"I don't think so," Levy said, walking over to the herb cabinet. "Hm…no." She walked over to the potion cabinet in the living room. "Nope."
"Okay."
He sat down on the stool and watched the door.
"Do I wanna know?" Levy asked, her hands on her hips as she looked at the man.
"Probably not."
Levy shrugged and went back to her book in the living room.
"Whitman's also had a sale on licorice-" Lucy's voice trailed off when she realized that it was Bickslow sitting in her kitchen. "What are you doing here?"
"Zen's wondering why you snuck out so early but mostly, I'm here the hair."
"Sex with your brother- with Zen- potentially has serious ramifications. It's not something that should be decided while half-drunk and half-asleep."
"I appreciate that. Now, the hair?"
"No idea what you're talking about."
"Kaleb's hair. I know you took some."
"Nope."
Bickslow snatched the bag from Lucy's hand and pulled out the packet label: chicory root. "Really? Hair. Now."
"Hmph," she said, storming up the stairs. She returned a minute later and slammed down a few strands of fine, blond hair.
"The rest of it."
She met his gaze with a glare. Most wouldn't dare do that but between her general fearlessness and the knowledge of what Laxus would do to him, she knew he wouldn't use the power in his eyes on her. When he didn't back down, she stormed back upstairs and got the rest of the hair.
"And, for safe measure, the voodoo doll."
"No. I worked hard on that."
He let the doll go. If only out of concern that the next one might be made for him. "Why did you take it?" he asked as he swept the hair into his hand and shoved it in his pocket.
"It was on a hairbrush in the bathroom. I didn't really make a plan. It was just there so I took it. How did you know that I took it?"
"Because I know you. You have contingencies upon contingencies. There's no way you could pass up the opportunity even if you didn't plan on using it immediately."
"Hmph."
"Lucy." She looked up at him, knowing that him bothering to say her name meant that he was being serious. "I have three brothers who are all interested in you. Yes, you'll probably break at least one of their hearts, but please, give them each the time of day."
She gave him a wide-eyed nod.
"Good. Thanks." As he was leaving, he added, "By the way, I slept with the girl that Dan was making out with last night, so he went home alone."
Lucy snorted. It was a weird way to show affection but she'd take it.
Kaleb's scene was mostly for giggles. The official one is her waking up next to Zen.