Lucy mentally sighed as she signed a few papers and bit her lip thinking about how this is going to change things for her. She handed them back to the lady behind the counter who smiled at her and entered the initials into the lacrima computer before handing her a receipt with her signatures on it. Lucy, before this, may have whined about the rent and not being able to pay but she was not stupid. She was trained to be an heiress and she knew accounts, the importance or investments and stocks. Even if she whined and cried she always made sure to save money and invest it in stocks of import and leading companies.
So here she was, selling her Stocks and opening her saving accounts to make the probable best decision for herself. She went to see the house with Evergreen and what she had in mind when Evergreen described the house was not even close to what she saw. It was a one-story house which was surrounded by trees and had this very cute and natural looking path towards the entrance. The inside of the house was surprisingly even better. The place had a modern yet classic touch to it Lucy just fell in love with it. The floor was made of oak wood and the walls were painted with creamy white colour. As she walked further inside she could feel that this place was 'it'. The kitchen was completely modern yet it had a few Vintage twists like the walls were made completely of stone and then an island in the centre was made of dark wood with marble on top.
It was a two bedroom apartment and a study room and a bathroom in each of the rooms, And if the house didn't take her breath away it was the backyard that did. A wooden deck where she could put the couches and the chairs. A small trail which leads to the centre of the backyard. Lucy was simply in love. She vaguely remembers her friends telling her to lease this place but she had other plans. The person who showed them this place told them that the rent was 71000 jewels that were just 1000 more than what she paid. She asked the person who showed them the place how much this property actually costs and to Lucy's surprise it was for 1.2 million Jewels.
Not like Lucy complained, the house was totally worth it. It was big and spacious and simply beautiful and that place felt right. So as soon as she reached back to the guild Lucy took refuge in the guild and asked Virgo to show her the records of her savings and the current value of the stocks. She was very pleased that if she sold just one Company share and opened her savings she would be able to purchase the estate. Thus here she is the next day, standing in the bank of Magnolia and signing over the last documents for the extraction of money in cheque. But of course, it was a very good day for her because she sees Laxus walking in her direction, his headphones in place and she smiled at him when he stood in front of her and took them off.
"What are you doing here Blondie?" the large man asks as he looks at the building behind her and frowns but once he sees her expression he is lost. She looked so happy, with a faint blush on her face and her skin glowing that Laxus felt his heart would jump right out. On the other hand, his dragon was simply rumbling with happiness, looking at his mate smile. Lucy tucked her hair behind her hair and looked at him.
"I was just going to meet the real estate agent for the final transaction." She clapped her hands behind her back as she spoke to her crush. He looked so good today. His hair always looked soft and shiny, it made her want to touch it, and oh his muscles. She cleared her throat before her thoughts could wander more. " Well i will see you later, i gotta go." she pointed in the direction she was headed to and saw Laxus smirk at her.
"How about i accompany you? Last time you told me you will see me soon and i saw you after four months." He leaned down close to her face and watched her looking at him with wide eyes. It took every cell in his body to stop him from kissing her. Lucy stumbled over a few words before she turned in the other direction making him chuckle. He followed her a small smile playing on his lips when he saw her interact with people around her. Halfway through the walk, Laxus entered a very familiar neighbourhood making him frown, yet too excited at the same time. He walked next to her and purposely brushed his arm against her, feeling triumph when she didn't move her hand.
Lucy felt absolutely giddy when she came face to face with her soon to be home missing the look of shock and happiness on Laxus's face. The real estate agent was a lady who was downright professional and they were down to business immediately while Laxus waked around the house and was quite impressed by it. He was even happier when he walked towards the backyard and entered the line of trees to a familiar foot trail and smirked when he saw his own mini-mansion right behind Lucy's. His dragon was pleased to be close to his mate all the time.
He walked back inside and saw the last of the meeting, both the ladies shaking hands and handing Lucy her new keys. As soon as the lady was out Lucy could not control it and let out a squeal and hugged the key to her chest making Laxus laugh and her to turn around with red cheeks. Laxus walks closer to his mate and patted her on her head, loving the texture of her hair. " Congratulations on the new place blondie." He smiled down at her, a smile he swore he would only show her or their kids.
" Thank you Laxus." she smiled at him and god damn Laxus was lost once again. He saw her look around the house and sigh in content. Every time Laxus is with her he always promises himself he will protect her and right now he promises to spoil this girl so much once he gets her.
"So let me treat you with a cup of hot chocolate at my place." Lucy didn't understand the undertone in his voice but her heart skipped a beat thinking about spending more time with him but she refused not wanting to bother him. " It's alright Laxus, i don't want to bother you." She shook her head when Laxus caught her hand and pulled her with him. Lucy tried to stop him but Laxus rolled her eyes and smirked when he pulled her down the small trail. "LAxus! Where are we going? Hey, stop pulling m..." Her words died in her mouth when she saw a Victorian style mansion standing in front of her, fully decorated and surrounded by trees and small flowers. She felt the familiar feeling of passing a magic barrier and gasped when LAxus intertwined their fingers together, though his face remains emotionless.
Lucy blushed when he didn't let go of her hand while opening the door and this felt so natural to her. Laxus ushed her inside, wanting to show her where he lived. He saw her slip her hand out of his hold and felt a little cold without the contact. He watched her walk around his living room and the feeling he got, watching her in his house was so welcoming. He had to look away before he lost control and jumped her. Walking to the kitchen he quickly made two cups of hot chocolate as he promised and took a deep breath when her scent entered her nose. The reason he loved her scent was that Lucy smelt like after rain and rosewood, it calmed him and he was addicted to the scent.
He turned around and followed her scent, feeling very proud when he saw Lucy gape at the ceiling of his library was fully glass. He made that with her in mind, knowing how much she loved to read and her eternal love for stars. If you call Laxus whipped he would not even deny it because he knew he was. What would he not do for his mate?
Lucy sat next to Cana at the bar and they laughed looking at Natsu trying to convince Lisanna to join him on a mission rather than Grey, who was smirking under his breath obviously teasing the dumb spending the afternoon at Laxus's place they came back to the guild together and he went straight to his office and Lucy to her friends. She turned to Juvia and whispered in her ear so no dragon slayer could hear her other than Wendy ho sat next to Cana. "Play along Juvia, don't act out." She winked at her and then nudged Cana who goes the signal and asked the question loudly like she always did.
"So Juvia, you going out with the guys from yesterday?" Cana smirked when she saw Grey whip his head in their direction with a very unreadable look. Juvia, obviously caught off guard stumbled over her words but remembering what Lucy said just tried not to blur out 'What date?!'. She blushed petty at the attention and her heart hammered in her chest when Mira whispered in a very low voice. " Say you are thinking about it." Juvia felt the colour rush to her cheeks and she mumbled out the answer but the silence in the guild made it loud enough for everyone to hear what she said.
Soon all the girls in the guild got the idea of what was happening and rushed to join the conversation. "Ah~ Its that brunette, right? He was pretty cute if you ask me." Erza supplied and Lucy tried to hold her laughter. She felt she was going to burst when Levy said " Right~ his eyes were so dreamy Juvia. I say go for it." The blue hair mage felt a shiver go down her spine as if someone was glaring at her. Lucy managed to sigh dreamily and she felt Juvia become even more embarrassed. " You should totally give him a chance. It's not like you are dating or anything." She took her hand in her's and discreetly pointed in Grey's direction and Juvia finally got what they were going.
She saw Mira with a lacrima recorder while she recorded Grey's reaction and Juvia felt giddy with the effort they were putting in. They saw Grey get up and walk out of the guild, every eye following his movement. Once he was gone the male members were shocked when they saw all of the girls smirking and high- fiving each other. Oh, the shudder that went down their spine.
Laxus Finished another report when there was a knock on the door and he gruffly asked the person behind to come in. He looked up from his reports and frowned when he saw Evergreen walk towards him.
"So... you met your new neighbour huh?" She waved her fan and smirked when Laxus eyes widened.
"Did you..." he looked at her amazed and she laughed. ,
"Of course i did. How could i not when this brought you one step closer to her." She sat on the chair in front of him and smiled. "She is good for you, for all of us Laxus and damn, i can't wait for you two to get together. I knew there was that house in front of your and how irritating you found it that it leads straight towards your sanctuary so i thought why not show it to lucy." She smiled at her leader who still looked at her with amazement.
"Ever... I.. Thank you." he loved Ever as a sister but right now he couldn't express how he felt. He damn sure loved his family.