Lucy lay in her new room staring at the ceiling, She had met everyone and they all seemed so nice! She especially got along with a small blue haired bookworm named Levy. But there was one thing she noticed, they all seemed to avoid particular subjects. Lucy loved them, they were all lovely, but that doesn't change the fact that they were hiding something from her. She decided to ignore it for now.
She absentmindedly patted Happy thinking about what bed she should get, She had gotten food but she was still sleeping on the couch. It was probably more comfortable than a hammock anyway, like who on earth sleeps on a hammock?.
A knock distracted her as she went over to answer it, She thought it was odd. None of the people downstairs seemed to want to go near her apartment, Maybe they thought it was still as messy as that last person had left it. Opening the door she was surprised to see no one was there, "Come out whoever you are!" Lucy called and after a few minutes she just closed the door annoyed. "Seriously! Who does that anymore!" Lucy ranted to Happy, even though she knew he couldn't understand her it still helped her to release steam.
Another knock, Lucy ran and opened the door like lightning leaving a startled cat behind. "Hah caught you this time- HUH?!" There was nobody there, the hallways were empty. Lucy knew that no one would be able to run the full length of the halls in that short time without making a single sound, Maybe it was one of her neighbours Lucy mused.
She decided to check and ask them to stop, Although what was strange, From what Mira said it looked like no one did pranks anymore. Lucy shrugged and checked the neighbour on her left, She knocked and waited for the door to open. When it did a girl, around the same age as her with beautiful blue hair opened. Before she could even say anything the girl spoke "You must be the new person, Have you met Gray?" Lucy was quite confused at this point to the weird question and answered "Yes, he was nice to me and showed me around" Lucy smiled but the blue haired girl looked like she was going to murder Lucy, "LOVE RIVAL!" "…eh?..." luckily Gray came and saved her by getting her away from the girl.
Once they were out of earshot (or Gray thought) he spoke "Sorry about her…. That's Juvia, She is a nice person just …with an unhealthy obsession with me" Then he spoke under his breath just enough for Lucy to hear "dammit I should have known" before Lucy even got a chance to ask 'Known what?' Juvia was in front of them screaming "GRAY-SAMA CALLED ME NICE!~~~~ GRAY-SAMA COMPLIMENTED JUVIA YAY~". Gray sighed and said "I didn't mean that as a compliment, your scaring Lucy" Juvia looked like she had just witnessed someone die, "Why! Why does Lucy matter more than Juvia! Gray HATES JUVIA!" and ran off with tears in her eyes.
Lucy instantly felt terrible, "Not cool Gray" then ran after Juvia. "Careful! She might try to kill you" Gray reasoned, "She's a girl and she is crying, you don't have to be a gentlemen to know that you should help her" then Lucy continued going after her. She found Juvia in her room crying on her pillow "LOVE RIVAL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING Here…." Juvia croaked through tears, Lucy didn't speak but instead walked over and hugged a very surprised Juvia. "I don't love Gray, and Gray doesn't love me" Lucy said kindly "Juvia knows that's what they all say" Juvia tried to turn away, "you know why?" this got Juvia's attention "Because I think he loves you, he is just too scared to admit it".
Juvia was left absolutely speechless, Lucy smiled and turned to leave the room "If you ever need someone to talk too just ask me" but before she reached the door a hand grabbed her and she heard a happy voice from behind her "Juvia wants to thank love rival" Lucy replied "sure….. But can you not call me love rival now?" Juvia didn't answer and just went back to her pillow and once Lucy was outside she mumbled under her breath "damn I'll take that as a no" and walked back to her room.
On the way back she came across her book loving best friend, Levy. "Hey Levy-chan!" Lucy called and ran over to her, "Lu-chan!" Levy replied back with just as much enthusiasm. "I'm just going back to my room" Lucy confessed, Levy's eyes had lightbulbs in them. "Come on Lu-chan, come downstairs with me!" and before Lucy could even have a say she was sitting Levy and Gajeel. She noticed two other people sit next two Levy, Almost fighting for the seat next to her.
Levy saw her confused look and stated "Oh, These are-" She was cut short when the two introduced themselves. "I'm Jet and I know this is sudden but I love Levy!" Lucy was very taken aback but the look on Levy's face said this was normal. "I'm Droy and I know this Is sudden but I love Levy!"
Lucy was dumbfounded and levy just face palmed, The three (Lucy, Levy and Gajeel) slowly moved away when Jet and Droy started fighting over the right to love Levy. Lucy couldn't help but notice Gajeel's annoyance when they started talking about how they loved Levy, although she brushed it off, he was always annoyed at something.
After they finished talking Lucy tried to invite Levy back to her room, but Levy refused and quickly excused herself leaving Lucy wondering what she did. She went over to the bar to see if she could get any answers from Mira, "Hey Mira, Why do people avoid my room?" Mira just looked down and eventually answered "I have no idea" then walked off to serve someone else.
Lucy gave up and went back to her room, when she got there she found happy already sleeping, but he seemed to be wailing or crying. Maybe he was having a nightmare, Lucy walked over and shook him to wake him up. Happy woke up but instead of ignoring Lucy like he normally does he came over to her and sat on her lap, Lucy started shocked, he was looking for comfort in her?.
After a while he went back to sleep on her and she couldn't help but wonder, What had this cat been through and why was he so attached to this room?.