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by ILoveCelestialIce.
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Chapter 9
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"Gray~" Mira cooed once she saw a glimpse of the boy on Lucy's arm. Apparently, Gray insisted on being carried. And Lucy did so after realizing that he was still feeling uncomfortable around anyone else.
As soon as the name flowed out her mouth, everyone in the vicinity turned their heads at the entrance of the guild and looks of fondness and adoration were thrown directly at the boy. On the other hand, hearing his name, Gray flinched and buried his head further on Lucy's neck.
"Hey, it's okay. It's just Mira. See?" she said, patting the boy's head while gesturing to the fair-haired maiden by the bar, not realizing the eyes that trained them as they walked to the bar where Mira is. Gray lifted his head after noticing that they stopped and saw the never faltering smile of the woman he met yesterday.
"Mi-tan?" he whispered to Lucy.
The blonde was about to nod her head when Mira put her hand on her mouth and started squealing. "He called me 'Mi-tan', isn't that cute?"
She immediately went to the fridge and took out a familiar dessert. She dug out two scoops of the sweet treat and proceeded to where the little boy was and placed it in front of him. "Ice cream for you~" she said.
Gray's curious eyes focused on the dish in front of him and he practically drooled knowing what it is. Lucy on the other hand smiled and placed the boy on the counter.
"What are you waiting for?" she said and asked for some spoon from Mira, which the latter followed. She handed a teaspoon to him, to which she said was more appropriate for him.
Gray looked at Lucy and, when she smiled at him, his face brightened and grabbed the teaspoon from Mira. "Tenchuu (thank you), Mi-tan~" he smiled.
Mira's heart melted and smiled back at him, "You're welcome~"
"But don't eat too much, kay?" she said added a bit too late, and never got answered.
Lucy placed her chin on her palms, elbows planted on the counter beside Gray, as she watched the boy eating merrily (sometimes looking up to her to smile, sometimes looking up to Mira to say something about the dessert which was always answered by the barmaid with much enthusiasm) with keenness on her chocolate-brown eyes. She was grateful that somehow Gray warmed up to Mira. Maybe Mira would take care of him for her?
She smiled, that would take a whole load of baggage off her back.
"Lucy!"
The blonde inclined her head to her left and saw Bisca, which reminded her that she needed to talk to her a lot…concerning Gray and 'how to take care of kids'.
"Hey Lucy, having problems taking care of Gray?" another voice called out. The blonde turned her head to her right this time and saw Cana (who was with her boyfriend again, and by boyfriend I mean her booze), and answered her with a 'no, not yet' response.
"If you're having any problems, you could always turn to us for help, okay?" Lucy looked past Cana's shoulder to see Lisanna joining in the conversation. She smiled, knowing that she has her friends with her.
"Okay~!"
And then, one by one, people of the guild surrounded them, asking her about how Gray had been. One of them even teased her of her first night together with Gray, which she brushed off with a pout (and a blush she so much tried to hide). She doesn't really like the sound of that. But then she smiled, thinking of what had happened last night.
Gray is such a cutesy, Lucy thought.
"Lucy~"
For the umpteenth time that day, she turned her head only to find Mira sweat dropping as she pointed something at the front of the blonde. Following her finger, Lucy found Gray on the verge of tears, making her go to panic mode.
"Wha-what is it?" she asked.
Gray looked at her and crawled his way to her lap, curling himself there as he clung on Lucy's shirt. She promptly put her arms around him, concern evident on her features.
"What is it?" she repeated and Gray looked up to her.
"Gurei's tummy awwie," he answered.
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"Oh-oh…"
..ooOoo..