Chapter 13

Nothing seems right for Lucy anymore. After last night, she just doesn't know what to do anymore. She was given a list of the wedding details that her mother and Aunt Grandine expect her to accomplish in the coming three months. Having that list just gives her the worst headache in her life. At one point, she wished she said yes to her mother that she was pregnant so that she didn't have to plan for the wedding. But then again, it was harder to pretend to be pregnant than to be a fake engaged woman.

So as Lucy headed for her work with a piece of paper in her hand, she couldn't help but grip it too tight, almost making it crumpled. Bringing that list to her vision, Lucy suddenly growls at the paper, while other people she passes by, look at her curiously. But she didn't give a shit because she had some wedding details to finish.

When she reached the Fairy Tail publication, she barely gave attention to the people who greeted her that morning. She had a lot of things running in her head, like pulling off a list of people she has to invite for her fake wedding. So, she just immediately heads to her office and drops her things to her table. As she sighs and sits down on her computer chair to rest her head to the headrest of her chair, she let herself groan to her headache she had since she woke up, making her a little grumpy.

"Good morning Lu-chan!" Levy suddenly greets once she opens the door to the blonde's office. As she sticks her head inside the office of the feature writer, she quickly noticed how Lucy was looking distressed. Tilting her head in confusion, she asks, "Hey, are you okay?" she then steps inside and finally Lucy opened her eyes to regard the blunette.

"I don't think so…" Lucy then sits up to lean to her table and massage her temple, "I have the worst headache ever…"
"Should I get you meds?" Levy asks concernedly. When she expects the blonde to accept her offer, she was worried when Lucy shook her head, "But Lu, you look…" Levy then trails off, unsure if she should mention how Lucy was looking so unpleasant
"What do I look?" Lucy suddenly lifts her head to look at her blue-haired friend, who just laughed awkwardly and said, "Great!"
"Great? But you sounded like I was looking like some humongous monster who came out of the dumpster," Lucy then became teary eyed as she didn't know where her words came from
"I…didn't say that…" Levy furrowed her brow as she was really confused to why Lucy was acting the way she was, "Are you on your period or something?"
"I wish I was!" Lucy then slumps forward as she wailed in frustration
"Wait… you pregnant or something? Is this some mood swings from a pregnant lady?" Levy asks as steps forward to skeptically look at the blonde, who surprisingly looks back at her
"What is with people about me being pregnant?!" Lucy shouts, too loud for her own good. And soon, everyone outside her door started mumbling the word 'pregnant'. With these curious people, Lucy couldn't help but groan in irritation. So, pushing her chair back, she stomps her way to her door and opened it to shout, "I'm not pregnant! So quit asking!" then she slams the door as she heaved heavily.

"I think…you're overreacting," Levy then places her hand on Lucy's shoulder and guided her back to her computer chair to make her relax. When Lucy finally breathe in and breathe out, Levy took it as a sign to ask gently to the blonde woman.

"Alright," Levy said softly to catch the attention of the woman, "Do you mind of telling me what's going on?"

Exhaling one more time before answering, Lucy finally spoke with more composure, "It's the wedding…"
"What about it?" Levy continues to ask
"The whole thing," Lucy said desperately as she threw her arms
"I know…" Levy said nodding her head, making Lucy slowly weep in frustration, "But!" Levy quickly interrupts, trying to stop the blonde from crying, "What exactly is the problem about the wedding? Maybe I could help?"

"You would?" Lucy asks back hopeful to her friend. When Levy nodded, Lucy then stands up from her chair and hugged the blunette. When she pulled away she quickly grabbed the paper on her table and handed it to Levy. As Levy looked down at the paper she was holding, Lucy explained, "Mama gave me that list of the wedding details that Natsu and I need to accomplish within three months"

"Woah, this is quite long…" Levy said as she eyed the long list

WEDDING DETAILS LIST

Guest list—Sponsors for the wedding

Invitation draft

Church

Wedding date and time

Priest

Wedding seminar schedule

Wedding theme color

Fashion designer for the Wedding gown and Suit

Bride's maid gowns and parent's gowns

Wedding rings

Photoshoot for the wedding

Food selection and tasting (catering)

Cake selection and tasting

Flower arrangement

Reception venue

Reception program

Videography and photographer

Souvenir gifts

Makeup artist

Musicians playing

Vehicle transportation

Bride shower/ bachelor's party

Honeymoon

"I know right…" Lucy sighs before turning back to her chair and sulk once more. With her cheeks cupped in her hands, she then shakes her head as she said, "I have no clue where I will start…"

"Well, it says here, guest list…" Levy then looks up at the blonde who grimaced about what she said, "That's easy…"
"Yeah…I guess…" Lucy said before she slumps forward to her table and hides between her arms
"Then what's wrong?" Levy then places the paper back to Lucy's table then crosses her arms and waited for the blonde woman to speak up. When Lucy abruptly lifts her head, she said, "Okay, Natsu and I talked about it last night about who we wanted to invite. We wrote a few names of family and friends but after that…nothing came! None of those names we wrote seemed to be the right people for our primary sponsor, secondary sponsor and so on!"

With this concern of the blonde, Levy unexpectedly smiles at the woman, who looked back at her confusedly, "Levy, why are you smiling?"
"Your problem is easy as a pie…" Levy walked around the table of the blonde to drape her arm around her shoulder, "Lu, I'm pretty sure a lot of people would like to be part of your entourage…"
Lucy then looks at her blue-haired friend as she asks, "Like who?"
"Trust me, a lot…too many to mention," Levy then walks away from her friend as she headed for the door. When Lucy whined and asked for Levy to answer, the blunette just said, "I'll come back with your list,"


Early morning in Dragion Motor Corp., Natsu was already absorbed in his work, to help him forget for a moment the problem he has about the fake wedding. Last night, right when he and Lucy were discussing the guest list, they couldn't help but have a little argument about the sponsors they will be choosing.

Recalling last night…

"Alright, let's see how many guests we've written down..." Lucy said as she turns the pages of her notebook to see whom they have written, "huh..." Lucy exhales
"how many?" Natsu asks as he peeks at the notebook of the blonde
"Hundred three people..." Lucy said sounding disappointed then at the same time curious
"That's it?" Natsu asks back stunned
"Yeah..." Lucy said exasperatedly before she glances at Natsu, "Well, we could still add..."
"Like who?" Natsu questions as he pulls away and rests his back to the couch of the blonde
"I don't know...family friends?" Lucy cluelessly replies
"But those are our family friends..." Natsu reasons out
"Well, maybe the other family friends. Like friends of our parents that are not so close...you get what I mean?" Lucy raised her brow when Natsu looked at her like she was some nutcase
"No..." Natsu said shaking his head, making Lucy frown at him and glare
"Fine! Then, give me your best suggestion!" Lucy smugly looks at the pinkette
"Well, we could hire some people to attend the wedding just to add to some number," Natsu then grins at the blonde who quickly frowned back
"Seriously?" Lucy deadpan asks back. When Natsu deviously smiled at her, she immediately smacks upside the head of the pinkette as she irritated said, "Then I should have hired a groom instead of asking you!"
"Ow!" Natsu shouts as he tries to regain his balance when he fell flat on the couch. As he sits up, he glared at the blonde but quickly quivered when Lucy widened her brown eyes as a threat, "Sorry…jeez…" Natsu then scratched his head to ease the stinging pain in his head
"Well, do you have any better idea, besides from hiring?" Lucy menacingly asks with her arms crossed over her chest
as Natsu thought for a moment, a light bulb animatedly popped beside his head as he gleefully looked at the blonde, "I know! We could invite the other friends of our parents who are just their friends and not best friends…"

As Lucy looks at the man astonished with her jaw dropping low, she couldn't help but feel the boiling anger inside her as she continuously sees the growing grin of the man. Soon enough, Lucy attacked the pinkette who suddenly shrilled girlish enough to make Lucy laugh. Midway to catching the man, Lucy uncontrollably laughed, giving up on hitting him.

When Natsu laughed along with the blonde, he walked up to Lucy and squatted to his shin as he continuously looked at the laughing blonde. When Lucy was red from laughter, Natsu suddenly pinches the cheek of the blonde, thinking that Lucy wouldn't mind. But to his surprise, Lucy quickly headlock him and pulled his head.

"Do you want me to pull your head off?!" Lucy threatens as she tries to tug the head of the pinkette. But the man was just laughing instead of pleading to let him go. Getting annoyed for not getting the response she wants, she irritatingly asks, "Why are you laughing?!"
When Natsu slowed down from his laughter he looked up at the blonde, only able to see half of her face, he said, "You know, you are giving me a free access to your breast. You're squishing my head to your boob…"

And with that, Lucy wailed out loud as she quickly pushed the man away from her to wrap her arms around her chest and shout, "Pervert!"
"Technically, you did that…not me…" Natsu grinned at the blonde, only making the woman more embarrassed
"I'm going to kill you," Lucy threateningly says as she deadly glares the smirking pinkette
"After three months…you still need me," Natsu then chuckles when Lucy bellows out in frustration as she stood up and stood away from him, "Oh baby, why are you there? Don't you want me?" Natsu teased as he opened his arms and tempted the woman for a free access, "I'm giving you free access…"

And with that, Natsu was hit in the head by a remote which Lucy has thrown in annoyance. It was obvious to Lucy's face that she was mad but that anger was mixed with bashfulness as well.

"If you learned this from Gildarts, we are not putting him in our primary sponsor," Lucy said seriously as she watched Natsu groan in pain.

When Natsu was able to look back at the blonde with a red spot on his head he said, "But I was planning to make him one!"
"NO!" Lucy shouts then runs up to Natsu to whack him with a throw pillow
As Natsu was being hit by the blonde, he screeched in surprise, "Ah! Luce! Stop! Stop!"

End of Recall…

"Do you mind telling me why are you smiling while staring off at your report?" A voice suddenly asks, making Natsu look up and see that his mother was inside his office with her handbag hanging on her forearm
"Mom!" Natsu happily acknowledges his mother as he stood up to hug her, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, nothing…just wanted to check up on you," Grandine then smiles sweetly at her son, who cocked his head in confusion
"You don't do that…you do that to Lucy and Wendy…" Natsu said back then he skeptically leans forward to eye his mother. He whispered, "I'm guessing…trying to ask for any progress?"
"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!" Grandine chimes as she grins at her observant son, "Who knew you could guess?"
"Mom," Natsu deadpan says, making his mother laugh
"I'm sorry…" Grandine then tries to stop her chuckles. When she was able to keep her laughter minimal, she continuous, "So, how's the progress?"
"Believe it or not mom, we are just starting…so no. No progress yet," Natsu said with a sarcastic smile making his mother pout. When Natsu chortles at the childish look of his mother, Grandine then laughs along with the pinkette.

"Anyways, I knew that" Grandine then watches Natsu be curious once again, "I came here for a different reason,"
"And that is?" Natsu pushes his mother to continue
"To remind you and Lucy about your upcoming engagement party-"
"WHAT?!" Natsu screams making his mother startled at the sudden and loud response
"Natsu Dragion Dragneel!" Grandine exclaims as she places her hand over her surprised heart
"Sorry," Natsu apologetically said when he realized he was giving off too much surprise, "Just that…Another planning to think off…"
"Oh, don't worry, Layla and I will be taking care of it. So, you and Lucy could focus on the wedding preparation," Grandine then smiles triumphantly at her son, who had an awkward smile on his face
"Well then, I better go cause Layla is waiting for me at the restaurant that we will be food tasting for the party," and with that, Grandine turns away from her son, who was still speechless about the upcoming party, "Oh, by the way," Grandine suddenly turns to look at her son. When Natsu still looked fazed, she suddenly snaps her fingers to snap the pinkette out of his surprise and when he shook his head, he called her and asked, "Yeah, mom, what?"
"Don't forget to tell Lucy, okay?" Grandine sweetly smiles as she waits for him to reply
"Y-yeah…of course," Natsu then smiles back but barely hid his nervousness
"Good. Bye!" and with that, the blue-haired woman left the office of the general manager of the Dragion Motor Corp
"Bye…" Natsu exasperatedly greets with a low waving of hand


Walking on one of the hallways of the research department of the Fiore Animal Rehabilitation and Research center, Gray headed to the Marine Life section to look for a certain blue-haired animal care specialist. In one hand, Gray was holding a folder, while the other hand carried a coffee cup holder. Since he just came from a zero degrees clinic to check up on an arctic animal, he decided to buy some coffee.

As he reached the laboratory of the Marine Life section, Gray secretly stepped inside to look for his friend. But to his dismay, Juvia was not around. He was about to step out when suddenly someone from the lab noticed him.

"Oh! Fullbuster-san!" A man with round eyeglasses, black hair, and wearing a lab gown, approached him
"Oh, uh, hi, Miko," Gray greets back timidly as he bows his head
"Hello!" Miko waves at the raven-haired man, "So, why did you come? Do you need anything?"
"Ah, no...I should go," and with that, he turns his back to the researcher who was confused with his action
"Wa-wait!" The researcher pulled the sleeves of the technologist. When Gray looked at him, Miko quickly pulls his hands off and stood straight to push his glasses upward, "Why are you in a hurry?"

Instead of Gray answering the question, another researcher did, who was behind a microscope, "Because the girl he's looking for isn't here…" the woman then smiles teasingly to the veterinary technologist
"I-I didn't come for Juvia!" Gray denyingly shouts as his body suddenly straightens, obviously being cautious around the Marine researchers
"I didn't say it was Juvia…" the researcher then chuckles when Gary's face suddenly reddens. But Miko didn't notice this as he looked at the woman and ask
"What's with Juvia-san, Araña-san?" Miko then tilts his head when the called woman shook her head and dismisses him
"Why don't you ask that man? Maybe he could answer you," Araña then looks down to the lens of the microscope and began to ignore them
"What does Araña-san mean, Fullbuster-san?" Miko questions, getting more confused as seconds pass by
"Nothing," and with that, Gray turns away from the short man but then he quickly turns again and bent a little and whisper to Miko, "Wait…um…where is Juvia exactly?"
"Oh, she's at the water training area," Miko happily says earning him a tap from the raven-haired man, who quickly said his thanks and left.

Gray quickens his pace to reach the water training area, where Juvia would most likely be training some injured dolphins. When he finally reached the lower ground of the building, he immediately enters the training area and sees a few trainers walking around.

"Yo, Gray!" one male trainer greets as soon as Gray was walking from the entrance
"Yato," Gray greets back as he walks towards the man, who was standing by the edge of the pool
"Aw, thanks, man!" Yato then leans forward to grab a coffee but Gray quickly pulls it away from his grasp
"Woah," Gray surprisingly looked at the navy blue-haired man, who looked back at him curiously
"Oh, that's all yours?" Yato questioned
"Y-yeah…" Gray then clips his folder under his armpit and greedily sipped to each cup of coffee, "See, it's all mine,"
"Oh-kay…easy with the caffeine, bro," Yato looked at the raven-haired man like he was some nutcase but Gray thought it was better to look like he was some crazy coffee addict than to have one of the coffee stolen

When Gray was about to respond back, a woman suddenly pops out of the water and happily greets the trainer next to him.

"Hey, Yato!" the woman greeted, making the called man and Gray look back at the newly arrived trainer, "Oh! Gray-sama!" the woman stunned exclaims once the man looked at her
"Hey, Juvs!" Yato greets as he extends his hand to the trainer but before Juvia could glance at the offered hand, Gray was struggling with the coffee holder and the folder under his armpit as he tries to offer a hand as well. But when he realized he couldn't offer anything, Yato tapped Gray's shoulder and said, "I got it, man," and with that, Juvia places her hand to the navy blue-haired man's hand to help her get out of the water.

As Juvia finally stood before them, Yato quickly dashed to get a towel and wrap it around the blue-haired woman. As Juvia gave her thanks, she couldn't help but notice how Gray was scowling at her co-trainer, so Juvia quickly looked at the man and said, "Yato, can you bring Delphin back to his Waterhouse?"
"Yeah…sure," Yato said as he looked at the raven-haired man then back at the blunette, whom he smiled at before he takes his leave.

When Juvia and Gray were alone, Juvia quickly smiled at the man and gleefully expressed herself, "Juvia is happy to see Gray-sama here! She thought you're busy," Juvia then tilts her head cutely making Gray calmer by the second he was with her.

Soon enough, he was smiling back at the blunette as he offered the coffee cups, "Well, I had an extra coffee and I thought you might want it,"
"Awww! Gray-sama brought Juvia coffee!" Juvia cooed as she blushed before the veterinary technologist. Soon enough, she hugged him and tiptoed to peck the cheek of the man.
Taken by surprise, Gray quickly stepped away from Juvia, with his eyes widens, "Wh-what are you doing?!"
"Nothing…" Juvia shrugged her shoulder while she giddily watched the man slowly turn red, "Juvia just wants to give her thanks,"
"Well, you could have said thank you instead of doing…" Gray trails off as his hands flew everywhere trying to explain his point. But Juvia just chuckled at him as she shook her head and walked away to get her things
"Oy, Juvia, where are you going?" Gray calls out as he watched the trainer walk away from him. Following after the woman, he sees Juvia was smiling to herself after taking a sip to her cup, "By the way," he starts, making Juvia turn and walk backward to give him her full attention, "Just want to say sorry,"
"Sorry for what?" Juvia asks, taking her steps slowly as not to trip on herself
"I took a sip from that cup…so-"
"Kyaaa!" Juvia suddenly shrills out loud as she stops walking and fangirled instead. As Gray looked at Juvia peculiarly the woman began to jump in her place and danced while she happily chanted, "Gray-sama indirectly kissed me!"

"Technically, you're the one who kissed me," Gray muttered as he happily watched the blunette. When Juvia stopped, she quickly ran up to the man and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"O-Oy! Juvia get off!" Gray frantically shouted as he tries to pry the arms of the blunette away from him, "People will see! They'll think-"
"Juvia doesn't care what other people think" Juvia suddenly interrupts Gray before she rests her chin on the chest of the man. When Gray stopped trying to push Juvia away, he looked at her eyes instead and watched her smile at him. Juvia then said, "Let them think whatever they want...all I care about is Gray-sama,"
Not smiling back or saying anything, Gray just wrapped his arms around the shoulder of the blunette to pull her closer to his body. Right when he was about to rest his head on the crook of Juvia's neck, a phone suddenly rings making Juvia quickly pull away as she says, "Oh! Juvia's phone is ringing!

Juvia immediately skips towards a table where her things were placed. As Gray was left alone to watch the blunette skip away, he couldn't help but express his dismay, "You care all about me, but when your phone rings you leave me,"
Suddenly turning around to look at the raven-haired man, Juvia cocks her head to the side as she asked, "Did Gray-sama say something?"
"Nothing!" Gray annoyed exclaims before he walks towards her with a pout on his face. Seeing the look of the man, Juvia couldn't help but smile as she runs for him again to grab his hand and pull him along with her towards her things.

When Juvia reached the table, she initiative wrapped his arm around her shoulder as she grabbed her phone to answer the call.

"Levy-chan!" Juvia greets at her caller before looking up at the man next standing close to her
"Ju-chan! How are you?!" Levy enthusiastically asks once she hears her friend
"Juvia is doing great! She just finished training Delphin!" Juvia then giggles when she hears Levy cooed
"Oh, I wish I could see that dolphin again. He's so cute!" Levy then smiles when she hears Juvia giggle
"So, Levy-chan, what made you call Juvia?" Juvia then shifted a little when a cold air passes by them. Seeing her shiver, Gray then lifts his arm to fix the towel draped over the woman's shoulder, while she continued to converse over the phone. When the towel was secured, he returns his arm around her and pulled her closer to give her body heat. Juvia instantly stepped closer and wrapped her arm around his waist.

After that, Juvia said her goodbyes to her friend with a promise to catch up with her within the week. When she pulled the phone away from her ear, Gray immediately asked what the call was about.

"So, why did Levy call?" Gray asked while he looked at her at the face
"Levy-chan was asking where my parents are currently residing," Juvia answers as she looks up at the man. Before Gray could ask again, someone suddenly opens the metal door from the back. A woman appeared and came back into the water training area. With the sudden entrance, Gray quickly stepped away from Juvia and crossed his arms instead, across his chest.

As Juvia hears the door open, she turns to glance at the newly arrived employee. There she sees Risley Law, in her commissary clothes, carrying a bucket full of fish to feed the dolphins that will be brought by the other trainers.

"Risley-nee!" Juvia calls as she waves before walking towards the woman. When the chubby lady saw her, she was greeted back
"Hi, Juvia. Aren't you supposed to be changing already?" Risley asked as she puts down the two buckets on the floor
"Yeah, well, Gray-sama and Juvia were talking that Juvia didn't get to change immediately," Juvia then smiles as the woman in front of her leaned to the side to glance at her back.

Soon, Risley waved at Gray as she said, "I didn't see you there,"
"Hi, Risley," Gray timidly greets back with his hand up but quickly tucks it under his crossed arms

When Risley stood up straight, she immediately smiled at the younger trainer as she reminded, "Well, then you should start changing. Even if you are in your wetsuit, you shouldn't be walking around just like that. Start changing,"
"Yes, Risley-nee!" Juvia then hugs the woman before she turns around to head back to Gray.

As she was walking back to Gray, who was boringly glancing at the contents of his folder, Juvia began to unzip her wetsuit. So, when Gray looked up, his eyes suddenly grew wide as he watched Juvia strip off her diving suit. Her white triangle bikini top suddenly shows as one by one Juvia took off the sleeve of her wetsuit. When the blunette was standing in front of Gray, she immediately pulls down her suit and pulled the wet material off her legs.

"Juvia! What are you doing?!" Gray hurriedly searched for the towel Juvia used moments ago. When he found it, he immediately wrapped it around the oblivious woman, "You can't just strip off your suit like that and be bare!"
"But Juvia is still wearing her bikini, she's not naked" Juvia tilts her head in confusion when she saw Gray close his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose
"You're close to being naked..." He mutters before he opens his eyes and sternly looked at the woman before him, "I don't like you walking around just like that,"
"Why? It's Juvia's job to help the marine mammals and by that, she has to wear a wetsuit over her swimwear..." Juvia confusingly looked at the annoyed man
"I know..." Gray then sighs as he calms himself, "Just promise me, you won't walk around in your bikini when there are other guys around, especially when Yato or Bonzu is around,"
"Ayiiii~" Juvia teasingly points at the raven-haired man as she steps closer, making her lean to Gray's body, "Is Gray-sama jealous?"
"Of course not!" Gray denying exclaims, though his cheeks warmed
"Don't worry, Juvia only has eyes for Gray-sama and no one else," Juvia sweetly smiles at the man, who also returned the gesture.

Soon, Gray urged the blunette to head to the showers before she catches a cold. And as they walked away from the water area and no longer in sight of other people, Gray drapes his arm around Juvia's shoulder and asked, "So, why is Levy asking where your parents live?"
"Ah, Levy-chan said, Lucy-san wants to enlist mama as their primary sponsor," Juvia replies as she looks at her side
"Really? They are taking this fake wedding seriously, don't you think?" Gray then looked at Juvia who had a scowl on her face
"Of course, Gray-sama! Every woman wants their wedding perfect!" Juvia then pouted at the man, who quickly apologized
"Okay, sorry...Just never thought Natsu and Lucy would really go into details for such a fraud wedding," Gray said as he shook his head in disbelief
"Well, maybe if we have parents like Natsu-san and Lucy-san's, I guess, we'll be having a detailed wedding preparation too..." Juvia then shrugs her shoulder
"Good thing mom isn't like that..." Gray softly mumbles to himself as he looked away from the blunette
"What did you say Gray-sama?" Juvia asks as she leans forward to see the face of the man
"Nothing," Gray quickly answers as he looks back at Juvia, "I said, hurry and get a shower. I want to eat lunch,"
"With me?!" Juvia excitedly asks as she steps away from the man to stand in front of him
"Who else am I going to ask out?" Gray sarcastically replies. Soon the blue-haired trainer screeches in excitement then hug Gray before she hurriedly runs to enter the shower room.


"Alright! I am done with the list of positions needed for the entourage..." Levy confidently looks at her list as she tried to think of what to do next. As she was contemplating, her door to her office suddenly opens and reveals her editor-in-chief.

"Hey, Levy, got that story of yours already?" Enno asks right after she opens the door, making the petite writer yelp in surprise.
Almost stumbling off her computer chair, Levy quickly held onto her table as she widens her eyes to her chief, "Ah! Enno-sama!"

"Hi, did I surprise you?" Enno suddenly questions, oblivious to the fact that she has taken Levy by surprise
"Hahaha," Levy awkwardly laughs before she nods her head and sarcastically said, "no, not at all"
"Well, I'm sorry..." Enno then steps inside before she closes the door and walks towards her feature writer, "So, what would be your focus about the Dragneel couple?"
"Oh...uh..." Levy then trails off as she tries to remember what she and Lucy have talked about for the focus of the interview. She is starting to freak out when she couldn't remember until she sees the paper Lucy gave her this morning, "This!" Levy then pulls the paper and hands it over to the editor

When Enno starts to read about the background research Lucy did, she understood that the focus of the interview would be regarding how the couple was able to balance marriage life, having children, and being business entrepreneurs. Smiling at the progress of the April issue, Enno returns the paper as she spoke, "Well, this is great! I'm looking forward to the questions that will be used,"
"Yes, Enno-sama. I'll get into it," Levy replies with a nod and a smile
"Alright, I'll leave you now," and with that, Enno turns away as she headed for the door. But before she could turn the knob, Levy called her once more as she stood from her seat.

"Enno-sama," the editor shifts to look at the smaller woman, "Lucy wanted to check if you're going to bring someone on her wedding…"
"Oh, she's preparing the guest list already?" Enno questions and Levy sheepishly smiled back
"Yeah…the wedding is in three months…" Levy cautiously says
"Right…" Enno nods to herself then looks at the blunette once again, "Well, tell her I'm bringing someone…my ex-husband" and with that, the editor opens the door and left.

Baffled to what she heard, Levy was left speechless by the door. But she quickly snapped out of it as she headed back to her table while mumbling, "Who knew she is still friends with her ex?"

Once Levy is settled down to her chair, she quickly grabbed her cell phone and called her friend, Natsu. She needed to know his opinion about the primary sponsor. She has asked Lucy about the primary sponsors with her suggested people like Juvia's mom, her uncle King, and uncle Jean-Luc. Now, it was time for Natsu to give her some names that he wished to consider.

After a few rings, Natsu finally answered the call with the most bizarre greeting, "Redfox isn't here,"
"Wha-" Levy speechlessly trails off, feeling her cheeks warm a little. But she quickly shook her head as she pretentiously got mad, "Natsu! I am not looking for Gajeel!"
"Oh, really~?" Natsu teases and chuckles when he heard Levy grumble a little
"Believe it or not, I don't always look for him," Levy confidently states
"Right~" Natsu wickedly says, "'cause he's the one who should be wooing you,"
"Natsu!" Levy quickly scolds, now that her cheeks were evidently red
"Alright, alright, I'm good," Natsu satisfyingly says as if he was already full from teasing the petite blunette, "What can I do for you?"
"Uh! I can't believe Lucy has to keep up with you like this all the time!" Levy insults as she rests her elbow on her table to massage her temple
"Hey! What do you mean by that?" Natsu suddenly alarmed with what Levy said. And this somehow made Levy smile, knowing she was able to get back with the pinkette
"Nevermind, Natsu..." Levy then sits up as she pulled her papers and looked down to her list, "So, who are you considering to put in your entourage?"
"Uh...I don't know," Natsu says as he shrugs his shoulder
"Fine, let's start with primary sponsors...who do you think could guide you and Lucy about marriage? Like, who would be your best role model about marriage?" Levy asks like she was some doctor, trying to decipher the sickness of the man
"Best role model for marriage?" Natsu repeats as he thought of the people who could be the best choice, "Well...Gray's parents are like my second parents and they are still married...so, maybe one of them?" Natsu replies, sounding unsure of his choice
"Great! So who will you choose, Uncle Silver or Auntie Mika?" Levy then began to scribble something on her paper
"I don't know. Anyone," Natsu said back
"Alright, then let's just choose Auntie Mika," and with that, Levy wrote the name, "Since Auntie Airi will be your principle sponsor as well,"
"Really? Did Lucy pick her?" Natsu asks surprised and when Levy agreed, he exclaims, "Cool! Then, let's put Gildarts too!"
"Gildarts?" Levy then looked up from her paper as she bafflingly looked at her door, "Seriously?"
"Yeah…I know Gildarts could be a little puckish but trust me, that guy has given me serious lectures about married life," Natsu then chuckles to himself when he remembered the time Gildarts gave him a man to man talk
"Oh! Gross! If you meant Gildarts talked to you about sex life never mind!" Levy the shudders in disgust as she imagined Gildarts and Natsu being perverts
"What?!" Natsu then cackles over the phone, "No! He gave me pieces of advice about how to be a good husband someday,"

"Oh…" Levy oh's as she nodded her head, "Okay, fine…Gildarts Clive, it is," and with that, Levy began to write down again in her paper, "Alright, one more!"
"Last one?" Natsu questions, as if he was sad that it was going to be the last one
"Yep," Levy then smiles to herself as she stares at her list that was nearly complete, "Just one more…"
"How about Belno-sensei?" Natsu suddenly remembers the head counselor, who has guided him during his college days, "She pretty much knocked my head right…"
"Right!" Levy then laughs as she remembers how the head counselor from their school would always reprimand them about being too playful, "She's going to be the best,"
"I know," Natsu then laughs along with Levy as they recalled their college days
"Well!" Levy then slams her palm on her table, "We're done! I've got the list and I'll hand it to Lucy,"
"Thanks, Levy!" Natsu said with a bright smile
"No probs! You could ask for the list from Lucy, okay?" Levy began to gather her paper as Natsu agreed, "Alright, I'll hang up now," and with that, Levy pulled her phone away when Natsu said his goodbyes.

Right after that, Levy quickly dashed to her blonde friend's office. Not bothering to knock, she just opened the door and exclaimed, "I'm done!"
"Levy," Lucy called in surprise
"Lu-chan! I have your list!" Levy ignores the astounded look of her friend as she walked up to her and handed two sheets of paper
"What's this?" Lucy questioned as she took the papers
"Well, these are the names you could choose from that you could assign in your entourage. The other paper is your official list for the entourage…" Levy excitedly explains

Soon, Lucy smiled happily as she saw the list. One by one her guest list was being fixed, all thanks to her best friend. Looking at the official list for the entourage, she immediately exclaims to her friend, "It's official!"
"I know!" Levy shouts back, thinking that she and Lucy were talking about the same thing
"No, I mean, it's official!" Lucy looked up at her friend then stood up as she gleefully shouts, "You're my maid of honor!"
"AHHHHH!" Levy excitedly shouts as she hears her friend. Soon the two were jumping up and down in excitement before they hugged and cheered.

But right when they were celebrating, Lucy remembered one fact. So, pulling away, her smile decreased a little as she says "Let's not get too excited…"
"What do you mean Lu-chan?" Levy curiously questions
"It's a fake wedding…remember? So technically you're really not a maid of honor and this is just some role you will be playing…" Lucy then looked at the blunette fidgeting
"…" Levy blankly looked at the blonde as she recalls about the whole scheme, "Right…yeah! I'm the fake maid of honor!" Levy then quacks in laughter awkwardly before Lucy joined her in the same manner
"I guess you are…" Lucy then laughs to herself as she realized how ridiculous of her to get excited for a moment about her guest list was being completed and how she has made her best friend into her maid of honor.


The day finally ends and Lucy has gone off from work. She had no mood for a leisure activity so, she decided to go home. As she hurriedly walks back to her apartment, she began thinking about how her day went. She started her day with a frown but now she was going home with a smile on her face.

When she finally reached her exclusive apartment, she quickly noticed someone was sitting on her porch. It was someone she knew, though she was curious why that man was sitting on her porch stairs instead of trespassing to her apartment.

"Natsu?" Lucy called as she stood at the end of her stairs while Natsu sat at the other end. When Natsu lifted his head after having it rest against his knees, he quickly smiled when he saw his best friend.

"Luce!" Natsu excitedly calls back as he stood up to run down and meet the blonde halfway

"What are you doing out here?" Lucy confusedly ask as she takes a step up from the stairs, "Don't you usually just barge into my apartment?" she then slightly cackle when Natsu began to scratch his head embarrassed
"Well, since you kind of threw me out last night, I didn't think I was welcome… unless you let me in," Natsu then chuckles when he recalls how he was literally kicked out of the apartment

Laughing as well, Lucy then shakes her head as she walked up to her best friend and entangles her arm around Natsu's, "That is so mature of you, and I'm not being sarcastic…" Lucy smiled proudly at Natsu, which Natsu confidently returns the smile, "So, welcome home,"
"Yosh!" Natsu quickly exclaims as he threw a fist up in the air, making Lucy laugh at the childish act of her friend.

Using the spare key of Natsu to the apartment, the duo was able to enter the apartment with ease. As Natsu headed for the living room, Lucy headed to her bedroom and quickly changed into her home clothes. When she was done, she was surprised to see that Natsu was in the kitchen pulling out some ingredients for a quick dinner.

"What are you doing?" Lucy asks as she descends the stairs while tying her hair into a loose bun
"I'm going to cook!" Natsu eagerly states as he stands from the refrigerator
"If you're trying to get back at me for kicking you out-" Lucy was then cut off when Natsu walked up to her and covered her lips with his hands while he smiled at her
"I am not going to burn your apartment down, trust me," Natsu then grinned when Lucy just rolled her eyes as a response. When Natsu pulled his hand away, he gently turned the blonde away from the kitchen and pushed her back to the living room, "Why don't you watch some TV while I make us dinner?"
"You're suspicious!" Lucy suddenly shouts as she steps away from Natsu's hold and turned to look at him. When Natsu was somehow stunned with the sudden assertiveness of Lucy, he couldn't help but take a step back while Lucy took a step forward.

"Did you do something wrong again?" Lucy asks dubiously as she tries to confront the man
"No," Natsu sternly replies, sounding so defensive, as he steps back
"Then why are you so nice?" Lucy then smugly looked at the pinkette was so nervous standing before her. When she could see how Natsu was so jumpy, Lucy began to laugh as she cups his cheek and squishes it hard, "Ohhhh! You look so adorable!" Lucy then set free his cheeks as she turns away chuckling, heading for the living room.

When the blonde was no longer in sight, Natsu quickly returned to the stove to start cooking the noodles. While Natsu was waiting for the water to boil, he started chopping some ingredients, when suddenly Lucy came back to the kitchen, holding two papers and a pen. She made sure she had feather-like steps so that Natsu wouldn't hear. Successfully, Lucy was able to take her seat on the stool without Natsu noticing.

"So," Lucy suddenly spoke, making Natsu jump in his place as he staggeringly turns
"Luce!" Natsu scolds as Lucy laughed at his shocked face, "What the heck was that all for?!"
"Nothing!" Lucy defensively laughed, "I didn't know you were going to be this surprised,"
"Yeah-yeah-yeah…keep laughing," Natsu then snarls at the laughing blonde before he returns back to chopping. When Lucy didn't stop, he swiftly faces her again and planted his hands on his hips as he exasperatedly said, "Why are you still laughing?"
"You look good in that apron…" Lucy teased. As Natsu looked down to the kitchen apron, he began to smile. Suddenly feeling mischievous, Natsu abruptly leans forward to the island counter as he made his face so close to the blonde that it took her by surprise. Seeing those wide brown eyes, Natsu rascally smiled as he said, "Do I make a good husband?"

"Wha-what?" Lucy stutteringly mumbles as she stares back at the dark onyx eyes of her best friend

Instead of answering Lucy, Natsu just laughs at her as he pulls away and pinched her cheek, "So, what did you bring here?" Natsu then grabbed the papers Lucy brought while he let her brain process what he said, "This is our guest list for our wedding?"

"Wedding?!" Lucy repeats as she snaps out of her stupor. When she saw Natsu holding the paper, she quickly stole it and corrected him with emphasized words, "It's our fake guest list for the wedding,"
"O-kay," Natsu mockingly replies before chuckling at the pouting blonde, "Levy called me and asked for the primary sponsors. Do you agree with my suggestions?"
"Well, I guess they are the best people we could choose to be our advisers…" Lucy then smiled as Natsu returned the smile.

Soon, the two started discussing the guest list again. They were talking about who should be doing the veil, the cord, the candle, be the flower girls, the ring bearer, and other tasks for the wedding. Everything was being discussed and they couldn't believe that it was all making sense now.

Later after their dinner, they were finally able to fix the guest list. As they did a high five to seal the success, Natsu and Lucy proudly said to one another that they were the best partner ever. Feeling happy to deal with such a mess, Lucy couldn't be more thankful for the pinkette. Soon after, they bid their goodbyes as they decided to call their friends and tell them what their role would be for the wedding.


Lucy: "Hey, Erza!"
Erza: "Hi! Lucy,"
Lucy: "Are you busy?"
Erza: "Not really...just preparing something"
Lucy: "Oh...well then I'll make this short,"
Erza: "Short? What do you mean?"
Lucy: "We've finished the guest list and I was hoping you could be one of my bridesmaids..."
Erza: "Bridesmaid?"
Lucy: "...yeah?"
Erza: "...oh my god! Yes! Yes! I'd love to!"

Lucy and Erza started laughing

Erza: "Oh my goodness! I better start researching about this! I should be the best bridesmaid ever!"
Lucy: "Wha-what?! No-no! Erz!"
Erza: "Yeah?"
Lucy: "Um...how should I say this?"
"Um...just relax? Remember, this is just a fake wedding..."
Erza: "So?! It doesn't change the fact that I will be your bridesmaid!"

Lucy awkwardly laughs

Lucy: "Ha-ha...well, then good luck?"
Erza: "Lucy! I won't fail you! Thank you for making me your bridesmaid! Bye!"

And with that, the call then ends leaving Lucy speechless

Lucy: "...bye,"

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Natsu grumbles as the person he was calling was taking so long to answer. As he continuously taps his foot, his patience also grows thinner, when suddenly, the caller answered with the most unfriendly greeting.

Gray: "What do you want, pyro?"
Natsu: "You piece of shit! What took you so long to answer the call?!"
Gray: "Shut the crap, ash-brain! You ain't my mother!"
Natsu: "Oh-ho-ho! Do you want me to tell this to your mom? Ha!"
Gray: "Shut it! Fire-breath!"

Natsu then laughs out loud making Gray groan in annoyance at the other end of the call

Gray: "Shut the fuck up! What do you want?!"
Natsu: "Oh, right! Um...I can't believe I even thought of this..."
Gray: "What the hell are you blubbering about?"
Natsu: "I'm making you my best man-"

And with that, the line ends

"What the?! Oy, Natsu! I'm your what?!" Gray shouted over his phone but the call was already down, "Damn it! That fire maniac!" Gray grumbles as he stares at his phone
"What did Natsu-san say?" Juvia suddenly leans close to the man next to her as she also checks his phone
"I think he said I was the best?" Gray confusingly says as he scratched his head, "I don't know! That idiot talks nonsense,"
"Ah..." Juvia then pulls away as she leans back to her seat and sipped her coffee when suddenly her phone rang

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Juvia: "Hello?"
Lucy: "Juvia!"
Juvia: "Ah! Lucy-san!"
Lucy: "Hi! Are you busy?"
Juvia: "No, Juvia and Gray-sama are just relaxing here-" Juvia's voice was then muffled when Gray covered her mouth his hand as he whispered, "Juvia, don't tell her we're together! She'll tell everybody!"

Lucy: "Don't worry Gray! I'll pretend that I didn't hear you and know that you two are on a date,"

"We're not in date!" Gray shouts back as he heard Lucy

Juvia: "Juvia and Gray-sama are not on a date!"

Lucy then laughs at her two friends

Lucy: "Okay, fine...you're both not on a date,"
Juvia: "True..."
Lucy: "Anyways...Juvia, I was wondering if you could be my bridesmaid."
Juvia: "Kyaa! Yes, of course, Lucy-san! I'd love to!"
Lucy: "Great! Thanks! I'll just update you again about the next step...okay?"
Juvia: "Okay?"
Lucy: "Okay, bye!"

-The call then ends-

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"How will I make this easy?" Natsu asked no one in particular as he scrolls his phone, looking for the contact of his cousins
"Easy for what, Natsu-nii?" Wendy suddenly peeps inside the room of her brother, who just ignored her question when he replied
"You're the flower girl..."
"What?" Wendy suddenly brightens and steps inside as she had her hands clasp together, "I'm the flower girl?"
"Yeah, you and Chelia and Asuka," Natsu answers without looking at his sister
"Ahh!" Wendy then tackles her brother from the back making him stumble forward after not being prepared for that hug, "I dreamed of being a flower girl! And now, in your wedding, I will be!"
"Yup!" Natsu then looked up at his sister as he grins at her, "So, can you suggest to me how I am going to make this easy telling Zeref, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue that they will be having their own parts in the wedding?"
"Ah!" Wendy then grabs Natsu's phone and immediately opens his social media account. As Wendy creates a group-chat with their cousins added, she explained, "You can tell everything you need to them. They will all see it,"
"Great! Thanks!" Natsu then takes the phone back as Wendy handed it and hugged him for the last time before she dashed out of the room and shouted to the whole household that she will be a flower girl.

Oy you little bastards! This will be your part for my wedding.

Zeref- Veil
Sting- Cord
Rogue- Candle
Gajeel- groomsmen

Don't argue, Lucy insisted

And with that, Natsu exited the group chat

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Lucy: "Cana!"
Cana: "Oy, Blondie! What's up?!"
Lucy: "I'm good! Why is it noisy there?!"
Cana: "Ah! I'm in a gig, sorry! I'll come out, I barely could hear you!"

A sound of a ruckus was heard as Cana continuously said her excuses as she tries to get out of the crowd. When Cana was out of the party, she quickly checked if Lucy was still on the line.

Cana: "Lucy, you still there?"
Lucy: "Yup!"
Cana: "So, how's the wedding coming?"
Lucy: "Well, it's getting done a little...though, there are so many things to consider still for the scheme,"
Cana: "Scheme?"
Lucy: "Yeah...scheme, as in this is just some fake thing..."
Cana: "Oh right..."
Lucy: "Yeah, anyways! I want to make you as my braids maid, will it be okay?"
Cana: "Sure! I can help the maid of honor plan your bridal shower! It's going to be kinky!"

Cana then laughs while Lucy's face turned stunned

Lucy: "You don't have to bother because before that bridal shower could happen, Natsu and I would have started step two"
Cana: "Psh! We could always make it early! Who's your maid of honor? I better start planning with her!"
Lucy: "Ha, good luck about that! You've got Levy to persuade,"
Cana: "Great! She'll love my idea!"
Lucy: "Wait, what?!"
Cana: "Bye! Got to call her!"

-The call ends-

"Am I doomed?" Lucy asked herself as she stares at her phone

To be continued...