It's CoLu week! In celebration I'll be posting an update or two every day this week! Expect a few short pieces based on the prompts sometime soon as well...
"Shouldn't you have gotten permission for her to perform, I dunno, an actual job?"
Mirajane turned her head at this. "Whatever do you mean? This is a job. I'll be paying both of you for your time and services on this project." She gave a tiny pout in Cobra's direction. "Honestly, do you really think I'm that heartless?"
Lucy really was crying at this point, a stray tear slipping down her face. She leapt from her seat to hug Mirajane, who welcomed her openly. "Oh Mira! This would help so much, thank you!"
Mira smiled and patted her head. "It's no problem at all Lucy," she stated warmly, the sincerity obvious in her tone.
Cobra's (somewhat surprising?) relief at the situation was only countered by his increasing sense of being trapped with increasingly few options of escape.