I own nothing.
"What are you doing?" Lucy asked as she walked into her house and seeing Levy and Cana at the table.
"Nothing," Levy said, practically throwing herself across the table.
Lucy paused at the sense of déjà vu before turning to Cana.
"We're doing a reading to see which of the Pradesh men you should date," Cana said with a shrug, ignoring Levy's glare.
"The dance is tomorrow. I'm pretty sure all of them have dates," Lucy replied blandly. "Not that I'm interested in them!" she said when her two friends snickered. She sighed and plopped down next to Levy. "What are you using for querents?"
"The Stars for you, obviously. The Moon for Cristoff, Judgement for Zen, and The Sun for Kaleb."
"The Sun? You couldn't use The Devil?"
Cana snickered. "I couldn't decide between The Emperor, Temperance, and The Sun. I let the cards decide."
"See? You didn't even give them the option of choosing The Devil. They probably would have. I still don't see the point of this."
Cana flipped a card which she placed over The Lovers and horizontally placed above The Stars. "You're conflicted. Makes sense. There's three hot men interested in you."
Lucy scoffed. "Or I'm going to the dance with Dan Straight."
Both of her friends shuddered. Cana placed three cards around the men' querents.
"Let's see. Cristoff has the 6 of Chalices, which is interesting since he's the one of the only dragon slayers that you didn't know as a child."
"That could be a brownie point in his favor since it means he doesn't see Lu as a sister like the others."
"The Emperor. So he sees himself as a guardian. A protector. That's a good thing. Ace of Wands-"
"Isn't that the ego? I would have expected that one with Kaleb," Lucy muttered.
"It means that he knows himself. Hm… I like Cristoff."
"Zen?" Lucy asked.
"Oo… She's curious now," Levy teased.
"I'm surprised you didn't just input everything into a predictive app," Lucy retorted.
Cana slapped her hands over her heart with a scandalized look at their friend. Lucy and Levy had been friends so long that Lucy forgave Levy's fondness for tech magic. Besides, at Levy's core, she really just wanted to learn everything. On the other hand, Cana was a traditionalist like her.
"Zen's is… sad. The 3 of Swords, tragedy."
"He was a gladiator in Pergrande."
"He's also a bit of a romantic."
"The 2 of Chalices can also mean familial bonds," Lucy said before hearts showed up in either of her friends' eyes.
"But it rarely does. And the 8 of Pentacles, creation. There's lots of things you could create," Cana said with a shimmy.
"Like babies."
"I was just thinking the sounds of wild monkey sex, but yeah. Babies too."
"Why did I agree to this?" Lucy asked.
"'Cause you knew we were going to do it regardless," Cana said. "Now for Kaleb. He's got the 2 of Pentacles and the 10 of Wands which are all about balancing opposite opinions and making connections with others," she said in an almost sing-song look. Her and Levy both giving Lucy significant looks.
"You can keep giving me that look but it's not gonna stop me from thinking he's an asshole."
"Even though the 6 of Pentacles literally means that he's actually a sweetheart?"
"What was the point of this?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know. I was expecting the cards to say 'pick this one.'"
"I should have just used one of the predictive apps," Levy muttered.
Lucy stood as Cana started arguing the merits of traditional tarot reading. The reading didn't really tell her anything new. Cristoff and Zen were both amazing men and she supposed that she could acknowledge that Kaleb might be as well. Not that she was willing to say that aloud.
I used my actual cards to come up with this reading.