The next day passed uneventfully. I went shopping and got new sheets, toiletries, and kitchen necessities. After that was a trip to the post office to mail my first two month's rent. Dinner was a quiet affair at what was slowly becoming home again.

The next day was much more eventful: Juvia dragged me off for a mission with Levy. I had no idea how they found out where I was staying. I had totally forgotten to tell them. Unlike the one Laxus had chosen, this mission required much more finesse. Nether the less when I stumbled into my house a week later I was exhausted.

The next morning I hauled myself out of bed and took a shower. As I ate breakfast I wrote in my journal. I spent a good five minutes in front of my closet trying to figure out what to wear. I settled on a white tank top underneath a purple tank with lace. The vest Levy got me (it looked like a zip up hoodie with the sleeves cut off) went over it. I zipped it up to rest under my cleavage. I was totally giving into the advice of the girls and was going for not trashy, but more revealing than what I had shown to the Guild. My mission with Juvia and required me to get more modern clothing, so I wore a mid-thigh pleated skirt. I also had a set of purple under clothes now. Ersa's choice of boots was the last thing I put on. My next destination would be the Guild.

To say I turned heads would be an understatement. All noise stopped when I reached the bar. I felt a little self-conscious until Juvia sat by me. "Good morning Juvia! Thanks again for taking me on that mission," I said with a grin.

She smiled back, "Aiyana should see the expressions the Guild is making." Slowly I turned to scan the crowd. Their expressions were hilarious, but I found the girls' reactions more funny. Ersa was elegantly eating her cake, but I could see the smirk on her face. Levy and Lucy were almost on the floor they were laughing so hard. When I turned back around the Guild was its usual loud self. Juvia giggled and pointed to a table in a corner, "Laxus likes what he sees."

I blushed, and desperately tried to shush her, "So what about Laxus? Wasn't that the whole point of me wearing this today?"

Juvia nodded, "Yes, but Laxus is walking over here." My eyes widened in shock. "What should I do?" I hissed. Juvia just giggled.

"What the heck are you wearing?" Laxus asked. He was standing right behind me. Before I could smartly reply "clothes," Natsu joined the conversation,

"Yeah, how did your chest suddenly get so much bigger?" I took a deep breath and worked my mouth for a moment, but no response seemed to come to mind. I turned around and looked between the two of them and then to Juvia. "Are they serious? I started wearing popular clothing. Do they both not know that there happens to be more than one kind of bra? From all the stories I've heard I thought for sure at least Laxus would know."

Natsu cocked his head to the side; his face was a picture perfect example of confusion. Laxus on the other hand smirked and said, "So how much padding does that bra have?" To say I was shocked was an understatement; I was furious.

"Oh, so those are the kinds of women you like. I thought you understood the function of chest wraps. You know they bind everything up so it doesn't get in the way?" I failed to keep the venom out of my voice. I had already said something I was probably going to regret, so when I turned to Juvia and said, "Remember what you mentioned on the train? How soon do you think the others would be able to leave?" I wasn't thinking about the consequences.

Laxus's face got red, but I couldn't tell if he was mad or embarrassed. "He meant that it was different from what you normally wear, and it was a shock to him to see so much cleavage. And what's this about leaving us to train? You just got back," Mirajane interjected. I tore my eyes away form Laxus and stared at Mirajane. I dropped my head onto the counter in defeat; none of my previous anger was there. I was going to leave for a few weeks to train with all of the girls; it just wasn't your typical training. After almost screwing up the last mission, Levy decided that they needed to work my rusty fighting skills. My social skills were also in desperate need of help. I knew how to interact with people from 90ish years not modern people.

"Do I have to Juvia? This is so embarrassing," I wined. Laxus jumped to speak at my complaint, "A chance to embarrass Aiyana? Count me in!"

Juvia sent a sly look to Mirajane, "Well, Juvia and the girls could use some help 'training' Aiya-chan. Juvia will have to consult Levy and Mira on this." When it finally sunk in what Juvia was implying I turned a scathing look her way.

"No. Laxus can't help," I said. Juvia pouted, but I refused to give in.

But of course, I lost through default. Natsu confused and frustrated by our lack of answers had dragged Lucy over to help get us to explain. Lucy in turn pulled Levy along, so we had a pretty big party growing. I really didn't want the whole guild knowing about the hell I was going to go through in the next few weeks.

"Lucy make her explain chest bindings!" Natsu demanded. Lucy's eye twitched and her face flushed. Levy blushed as well. Lucy stumbled too much over her words so she could not answer him. The next two minutes were spent in utter silence: no one wanted to explain it to Natsu. I sighed and broke the silence because I had resigned myself to my fate. If anger wouldn't turn them away I might as well try to be civil.

"It's an old version of a bra. It's a lot like bandages, but for your chest and they help, um with the bouncing, and uh, keeps our chest from getting in the way," I said, "Now that Lucy and Levy are here I might as well ask, when do we start training?"

"Again with the mysterious training," Mirajane's voice emanated from the background.

"Oh," Lucy said, "You see apparently Aiya-chan was socially awkward on her last mission. The mark hit on her and she stood their petrified. She ended up knocking him out!"

"No way! Tiny tits did that?" Laxus laughed. It was my turn for an eye twitch. I refused to let that name stick, "Do I have to beat up Natsu again to get you to stop calling me that! We had a bet after all; do you need to start coughing up that money, Guild Boy?" A voice that sounded suspiciously like Gajeel's shouted, "Aw snap!"

"It was a onetime thing, a fluke," he said nonchalantly. I shot from my seat and invaded his personal space. I was manic. Laxus seemed to have a habit of pissing me off, and that thought just drove me on. I was near inches from his face when I opened my mouth to lay into him when a memory popped into my head.

'Put your heads like this and kiss,' it was an inside joke between me and my old partner. There was a couple in the guild that would always be in each other's face for one reason or another, and we both could totally tell they were in love. Neither of them would take the first step though, so when they were arguing we would say that with kissy hand motions. Laxus and I were in that exact position.