HELLO MY LOVELY PEOPLE! Have you missed me? Oh, who am I kidding, with the amount of "UPDATE SOOON" reviews, I think ya'll missed me ;) But alas! We have an update. In this chapter, Gray is sick (still) and gets a phone call. Some of his dialogue may be touch to decipher, but my editor had little to no problems with it, so I'm hoping you will too! If you cant read something, don't stress- I wont be offended, I promise. I say take an educated guess and move on. With that mini warning aside, I bid you farewell! (Until the after-chapter notes that is;) So thank you so much for favoriting, and following, and as always. Happy reading! ~Hana
"Hellow?" Gray rasped into his phone, and rubbed sleep from his eyes. He glanced around the room groggily as he took in remembered where he was- which just so happened to be exactly where he was one hour ago when he woke up to go to the bathroom.
"Yo," Natsu breathed into the phone. "What's up with your voice?"
"Im dick," He slurred.
"Excuse me?" Natsu giggled on the other end.
"Duck you, Nadsu," Gray whispered out before exploding into a coughing fit. "You know whad I mean."
"Are you going to die?" He whispered in a serious tone.
"Whad? No od course nod!" Gray answered exasperatedly. He didn't have the energy to hold a full conversation.
"Okay good, so then you have time to give me some advice!"
"Whad-"
"So, I was teaching my class per usual yesterday, and it was going well, and then I was thinking about Lucy-" Natsu stopped briefly as he heard Gray talk to someone else.
"Id's Nadsu," Gray rasped quietly.
"Why did you answer?!" A girl asked on the other end of the line. "Your throat must be killing you, don't strain it unnecessarily on the phone! You don't need to talk to anyone except Juvia right now," She said protectively. Half of her wanted to keep him from injuring himself even more, and the other half just liked having a bedridden Gray all to herself.
"Whad did you wand me do do?"
"Well..." The girl paused and thought.
"I thoud id wad importand!" Gray fought back. "You never know wid Nadsu!"
"Two minutes," Juvia held up two fingers.
"Whad are you? My modher?" Gray scoffed.
"I'm just trying to look out for you," Her voice was soft and caring. "Hurry please, then Juvia will get you some lunch."
"'Kay," Gray nodded. "Nadsu?" He asked into the phone.
"I'm here," He reminded.
"Dou were thaying?" Gray said before he erupted into another fit of coughing.
"I can't stop thinking about her."
"Who?"
"Lucy."
"Oh yeah."
"She won't get out of my head, Gray," He let out am exasperated sigh.
"Did you twy calling her?" He pointed out the obvious.
"Not exactly-"
"Nadsu, are you drying to tell me dat you called me up, widoud even calling her to dalk?" He asked.
"It's too complicated!" He yelled as he fell back against his bed. He sprawled out as if he were a teenage girl calling out her best friend to gossip about her crush, and coincidentally, that was exactly what he was doing.
"Go on den. I have dwo minutes apparendly," He sighed and Natsu could practically hear him roll his eyes.
"I don't really know what to do," He sighed. Now that he actually got around to talking about it, he really wasn't sure what had happened between the two. They had shared a magical night together, and then things got really awkward between them all of a sudden, and they stopped talking. "I mean she stayed over, and then I woke up and went to work-"
"Woah, woah, woah," Gray breathed. "She sdayed over?
"Yeah, I told you, remember?" He asked.
"Nadsu, do be honest, I can barely remember whad I had for breadfast ye'terday," He groaned out.
"Oh, alright," He let out a light breath. "Well to start from the beginning then. So, Lucy and I went to my house and then we had dinner which went pretty well, but then she spilled wine on my couch, which wasn't that big of a deal because it's actually a pretty uncomfortable couch if you ask me-" Natsu rambled on about his night as he felt the smile come across his face. "So, then we started making out, and it was awesome Gray. And then... well... one thing led to another," He could feel his ears redden at the confession. "And I woke up, went to work, came home, and she left, obviously. I mean who wants to hang around my house all day while I'm gone." He could almost hear Gray roll his eyes at the comment. Natsu's house was nothing short of a dream. "And now we kind of just don't talk, and it's really uncomfortable, I don't know what I did wrong, Gray!"
Gray listened very carefully before finally interrupting him. "So, when you god back, she wad gone, and now you dwo don' dalk?"
"Yes, that's what I said."
"Inderesding..."
"What!"
"I got nodhing buddy," He sighed. "You know I'm nod exacdly Midter Smoodh, over here."
"What are you talking about! You've had lots of dates!"
"Yeah, dades," Gray sighed. "Not girlfriends. I'm a liddle rusdy in dat appardment."
"Well if you can't help, who will? Gajeel doesn't have a girlfriend."
"What aboud Laxus? Him and Cana had been todeder for a while. I mean, sure he's pracdically slepd with every odher woman in Magnolia, but he made it out alive."
"Ask Laxus for relationship advice?" He pondered.
They both burst into laughter at the same time.
"No, no!" Gray cried out, laughing. "I dake it back!"
"Well, I guess you need your sleep, man."
"Yeah, I don't know whad happened, bud dis ducks man," Gray sniffed his nose to emphasize his point.
"Well..." He snickered before saying,"Have a good dick day!" Natsu laughed wildly at his best friend before hanging up.
"Lucy!" Levy yelled thought the house as she slammed the front door closed. Dance class had been exhausting on her body, and she wanted nothing more than to stuff her face, then sleep for a few months.
"Levy, is that you?" Lucy asked as she ran towards the front of the house.
"No, it's a robber. Give me all your money," She deadpanned as she kicked off her shoes and dropped her bag to the floor.
"Take anything except the Cheetos, my roommate will kill me," She held up her hands in feint surrender before laughing and hugging her little friend.
"Thank you for guarding them, you're very dependable," Levy breathed into her shoulder as she squeezed her friend back.
"So! Tell me everything!" Lucy ushered her into the kitchen where she put the tea kettle on the stove. She danced around getting out mugs and their tea box filled with all kinds of herb selections.
"Well, I went to class, we danced, and then I came home." Levy flipped open the tea box to look at their options.
"And?"
"And what?" She didn't look up as she continued to rummage around in the box.
"And was it life changing? Do you feel any different? Make any new friends?" She barraged her with questions quickly. She always liked to hear about Levy's dance adventures, and this time was no different. Especially after she had be starved of dance-gossip for far too long.
"No, no, and yes," Levy answered as she pulled out a Papaya Mango Tea bag.
"So?"
"Lu," Levy breathed out, "I just came home from dance, and thanks to all those Netflix marathons you warned me about, my body is drained." Her eyes locked with her friends as she continued. "I understand your concern and excitement, but can we please talk about it later?"
"Of course," Lucy nodded immediately. If there was one thing Levy valued above all of Lucy's traits, it was her ability to understand. "You can go change into something less... spandex, and I'll bring you your tea in a few minutes." She smiled.
Levy rushed into the blonde unexpectedly and wrapped her arms around her waist. "Thanks Lu." She let her go after one more squeeze and ran to her room.
Lucy watched as the small girl ran around the corner to her room. She moved around the kitchen smoothly as she prepared their hot beverages. Their house was always cool in the summer, thanks to the central air system. So that made drinking hot beverages in the summer more bearable for the both of them.
After their tea had finished brewing, Lucy grabbed the two cups and made her way to Levy's room. "Knock, knock." Lucy pushed her weight against the door to open it, only to be met with Levy smushed onto her bed still in her ballet clothes. Her gray t-shirt was ruffled under her, exposing her leotard that was tightly tucked under her black shorts with pink tights rolled up to her knees. Ballet outfits were bearable, however they were not all that comfortable to sleep in, or so she heard. Lucy sighed lightly before placing Levy's tea down on her bedside table, and throwing a blanket over her before leaving quietly. "We'll talk tomorrow." She whispered.
"Mirajane," Gajeel nodded a greeting to the front desk worker as he showed up to work. They never talked much, aside from their casual greetings, and whenever Mira needed something from him.
"Gajeel! Just the man I wanted to see," Mira smiled, stopping Gajeel in his tracks.
"You know I have a kickboxing class to teach in," He looked down at the silver watch around his wrist. "Ten minutes, and I still haven't warmed up?" He asked.
"Well, about that..." Mira trailed off.
"What is it, Devil Woman?"
"Juvia won't be in for her classes for today, or tomorrow... and maybe the day after."
"So? Just get Gray to do them, my agreed time is up." He fixed the gym bag slung over his shoulder so it wouldn't cut into his neck.
"Well you see-"
"What, he can't bend into a downward dog?" Gajeel rolled his eyes. "Practically anyone can."
"He's sick."
"That's not my problem." Gajeel spat. When he signed up to be a kickboxing instructor he had made it very clear that he was here for one reason, and one reason only. To teach kickboxing. He wasn't going to jump at the opportunity to cover peoples shifts, and nothing they said could change his mind. That, however, was three years ago. And within those three years, he had grown soft and would do anything for practically anyone if they asked him right.
"Juvia is taking care of him while his brother is away, and it would be appreciated if you would continue to-"
"No way," Gajeel turned to rush up the stairs before she could speak again.
"Natsu agreed to take over Gray's swim classes!" Mira called.
"Fuck me," He whispered under his breath as he marched towards the white haired receptionist. "I'll take over the swim classes, just get me out of that god damn yoga class." He grit his teeth. "I'd rather be half naked than watch those old ladies undress me with their eyes." He shuttered at the thought.
"Perfect, the first class is tomorrow! I've canceled the one for today for your convenience," She smiled.
"Great, I'll be going now, before I have to do anyone else's job," He grumbled as he walked up the stairs to his kickboxing class.
"Now you just have to call Natsu," Cana hummed as she leaned against the bar. "Good job with the convincing there. I would find it almost admirable, if it weren't so manipulative." She grinned.
"Thats the only way to get those boys to do any work." She rolled her eyes at the thought of having to mix schedules around. "Hope Natsu doesn't mind starting with yoga tonight... It's the advanced class, but he should be fine." Mira shrugged.
"Yeah, but isn't Lucy in that class-" Cana started as she saw Mira's grin widen.
Natsu was flipping through the channels on his TV lazily on his afternoon off. The home improvement channel was having a special on kitchens, but he knew Lisanna would kill him if he let a different interior decorator into his house. Now that he thought of her, he hadn't seen Happy in a while. He was spending most of his time over at Lisanna's these days now that it was the summer and the kids were allowed to be out of the orphanage more. Grabbing his phone out of his pocket, he punched in a few numbers.
"Hey!" He smiled into the phone as he heard the familiar voice of the white haired girl.
"Oh, hey Natsu," Lisanna greeted.
"How's the little guy doing?" He asked.
"Happy? Just as happy as ever," She giggled at the use of his nickname. Harrison Igneelious Dragneel-Strauss didn't have a name, or at least couldn't remember it, when they had found him. Lisanna and Natsu came up with Harrison, however after just a few months, the new name "Happy" seemed to fit him much better.
"Do you think I could see him soon?" He asked. "I haven't seen him for a few months."
"Oh..." She breathed. "Could you take him for the night?"
"Whe-"
"Like tonight?" She rushed.
"I guess, I wasn't really planning-" He rubbed the back of his head in thought.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" She breathed into the phone. "I have been trying to find a sitter so Bixlow and I can go out for our anniversary dinner and you just saved us!" She cried in joy.
"Need me to come and grab him?" He asked.
"I can actually drop him off in like ten minutes if that's okay with you?" She asked.
"Sure," He shrugged. He didn't have any other plans for his night off, and this turned out perfectly. They could play some games, maybe order a pizza, and catch up. Not that seven year olds have interesting lives, Natsu just liked to hear how he was doing and found happiness in knowing that Happy was alright and making friends.
"Awesome! Thank you so much Natsu!"
"Of course!" He laughed into the phone before hanging up. He deemed his apartment clean enough but decided to empty the dishwasher before Happy arrived. He hummed cheerfully as he stacked his plates in the cabinets when he felt his phone buzz in his pocket.
"Mira?" He greeted, although it sounded more like a question. She rarely ever called just to 'chat', so he could assume this was going to be about work.
"Hello Natsu!" She practically sang into the phone.
"What's up?" He put the phone between his ear and his shoulder so he could continue to empty the clean dishes.
"Gray is sick!" Mira gasped.
"Yeah, I know."
"Yes he- wait, you know?" She cut herself off mid sentence.
"Yeah, I called him earlier."
"Oh, that's convenient," She said.
"Not for him," He laughed lightly.
"Well, I need someone to cover his shifts," She began.
"Get Gajeel to do it," He suggested. "He's already covering Juvia's, and didn't he say he was looking for some extra money so he could work on his bike?"
"I did," She deadpanned.
"Way to go, Mira!" He cheered.
"But the problem with that was that Gray and Juvia's schedules mixed."
"So what?"
"So Juvia is taking care of Gray."
"Well how can she do that if their schedules are mixed?" He asked, confused by Mira.
Mira could feel her hand itching to smack her forehead. "Gray and Juvia are at Gray's house recuperating."
"Is she sick too?" Natsu gasped.
"Natsu I need you to cover Juvia's yoga classes," Mira rushed out the point before he got more lost. How he ended up confusing her words into something bizarre was always impressive.
"Isn't Gajeel doing them?"
"Not anymore, you are."
"What! Why?" He asked.
"People are sick. Other people need to fill in, who aren't sick. You are one of those people," She tried to explain slowly while containing her anger.
"Alright, well when do I need to be in?" He asked as he closed the dishwasher.
"In an hour."
"What! Mira, I can't!"
"You have to!"
"Happy is going to be here any minute-"
"Take him with you."
"What?"
"Just take him with you. Cana can watch him at the bar, and if he doesn't want to, he can just hang around in the studio room."
"I can't bring a seven year old to the gym-"
"Oh why not? He's well behaved and we all love him here!"
"Yeah but Lisanna-"
"Would you rather give him back to her?" She asked. Natsu would hate to go back on a promise, and she needed him here tonight.
"Alright, I'll be there in an hour," He breathed into the phone before hanging up the call. He leaned his head back with a groan as he heard the doorbell ring.
"Cana!" Mira called to the barmaid.
"Yo boss," She winked.
"You're watching Happy tonight."
"He's coming here?" She questioned as she pointed to the bar. "To the gym?"
"Yup, so break out the coloring books," Mira smiled.
"And why do I have to watch him?" She moaned into her hands.
"Natsu is teaching a cla-"
"What are you doing?" She cut off the white haired receptionist.
"Check in," She stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well I can do that," She shrugged. "So you watch Happy and I'll greet everyone."
Mira raised an eyebrow. "You would rather greet over three hundred people, in and out of the doors, than watch one child?"
Cana thought about it for a moment. "Yeah, pretty much," She said seriously.
Mira rolled her eyes before laughing. "Then be my guest!"
"Natsu!" A high pitched voice rang through the empty apartment.
"Happy!" He put on a smile as he jogged to the front door to meet the little boy. He saw a head covered in blue hair run around the couch before he was met by the smiling face of his dearly beloved 'son'. "How've ya been, little buddy?!" He swooped the boy into his arms for a hug, to which Happy giggled loudly.
"I missed you!" He pouted as he looked into the older man's eyes.
"I know, I know," Natsu smiled, "I missed you too, I'm sorry." He ruffled Happy's hair before standing straight and walking over to the front door to greet Lisanna. "So?" He asked. Although he didn't even have to, as Lisanna already rambled on about his bedtime, diet restrictions, and anything else any worried mother would do. "Relax!" Natsu placed his hands on her shoulders as he heard Happy run around his apartment behind him. "I can do this, I've done it before, and he's still fine." He smiled, reassuring his old friend.
"Okay, thank you again-"
"Yeah, yeah." Natsu turned her around using her shoulders. "I get it!" He laughed lightly. "Now go have a good night with Bixlow!" He shooed her out the door, and shut it behind her before she could say another word.
"Happy!" He yelled into his apartment. "Where are ya, buddy?"
"Hide and Go Seek!" He giggled.
"Hide and Go Seek?" Natsu questioned. "Oh no! You've been here for two seconds, and I already lost you!" He cried in fake distress. Happy had a thing for Hide and Go Seek, except he wasn't very good at it. This might be for the fact that he always giggled, or maybe because he played it so much that all the 'Seekers' knew how to find him, but it was usually because he hid in the same exact spot every time.
"Are you..." Natsu crouched down until his eyes could look under the couch. "Under here?" He asked to no one in particular. He received a giggling response from Happy who could never hide under the couch considering that the space between the bottom and the floor was about an inch and a half. But, nonetheless, he liked to humor the boy.
"Natsu hurry!" He giggled again, causing the curtains next to the kitchen to ruffle. Happy had yet to understand the concept of sheer curtains, so every time he his behind the gray organza he could be seen easily. Not to mention his feet poked out, and it's very hard to miss his bright white socks against the mahogany floors.
"I'm trying but you're too good at this!" He flung his arms up in the air. "Can I have a hint?" He asked.
"No hints!"
"C'mon!" He tried to contain his laugh. "Please?"
"No way, José!"
"What if I told you that I was going to take you to work tonight?" He asked. "And you can see Mira, and Cana, and everyone else who works there." He knew Happy liked to come to work with him, but the gym really wasn't the place for a seven year old to hang around.
"Will Laxus be there?" A small voice asked.
"Laxus will be there."
"Then what are we waiting for!" Happy screamed as he flipped the curtains over him, and ran towards Natsu as he acted surprised about his big reveal.
"Well we don't have to leave for another forty minutes-"
"Aaaaaaaah, c'mon!" Happy groaned as he flopped onto the couch, face first. "I came out of my hiding spot for nothing.
"But before that, I thought we could eat dinner." Happy didn't say anything. "We could get pizza~" He practically could see Happy's ears perk up at the word. He rarely got to eat pizza with Lisanna, considering that her sole purpose in life was to pamper the boy senseless, and that meant taking care of his nutrients by feeding him nothing a seven year old could even pronounce.
"With pepperoni?" He asked.
"Do you want pepperoni?" Natsu asked.
"Of course!" Happy shot his arms up in the air, screaming.
"All right, all right, I'll call the pizza man. Why don't you get a game from your backpack for us to play while we wait?" He said as he typed in the number for the pizza place just three blocks away. They would sometimes deliver his pizza free because of the close distance- but he always tipped the pizza boy well for his trouble.
Happy dug around in his green backpack happily as he looked for something to do. He never left home without his green bag, mostly because it held everything he held dear in it- at least everything that could fit. He smiled as he emptied out puzzles, coloring books, and crayons. He finally chose a dragon coloring book, and held it above his head proudly in a silent decision.
"That'll be it. Fifteen minutes? Thanks," Natsu hung up. "The dragon book?" He asked.
"Yes!" Happy beamed
"Alright, my favorite," Natsu clapped his hands together as he plopped down on the couch next to his little friend.
Lucy scrolled through her phone as her fork pushed around the scrambled eggs on her plate. The house had been relatively quiet all morning, thanks to Levy being so exhausted. She had slept through breakfast, as well as lunch. However, that wasn't really new for the girl as she would sleep all day if uninterrupted. Placing her dish in the sink to clean later, she moved to grab her shoes from the closet.
"Ready to go?" A voice asked, startling Lucy, so she dropped her keys.
"Woah!" She whipped her head up to see Levy standing in front of her. "When did you get up?"
"Around three o'clock, but I just browsed Tumblr and didn't get out of bed," She shrugged. "The kitchen was too far for food, so I just ate the Cheez-Its I keep stored in my bedside table.
"You really need to stop that," Lucy switched her attention back to her half tied sneakers. "Ants will come into the house."
"Let them come," Levy narrowed her eyes. "They will all face my wrath!"
"Remember last time we had to many we had to call an exterminator?" She raised an eyebrow. "For ants, Lev... an exterminator... for ants."
"Yeah, yeah," She let out a sigh, "Are we going to go or what?"
"I'm ready."
"Mira!" A shrill voice echoed in the entrance of the gym as the doors slammed open.
"Happy!" Mira smiled as a little blue blur ran across the threshold of red tiles up to her desk. Two small hands clamped down on the edge as the boy tried to pull himself up to see. He wouldn't have made it if not for Natsu coming in right then to swoop him up so he was sitting in the counter.
"I missed you!" He reached his arms out for a hug and grasped the woman's neck.
"We missed you too!" She smiled at him. "We get to hang out for a while entire hour together! Won't that be fun?!"
"Are we going to stay at the desk?" He tried to hide his pout, but Happy never liked to play behind the desk, it was too boring for his restless attitude- something he had picked up from Natsu.
"Not today! Cana is taking over the front desk so we can play wherever you want," She pointed to Cana over her shoulder as Happy lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Alright Happy, I'm going to be in the studio," Natsu leaned down to ruffle his blue hair. "Are you all set down here?"
"Yeah!" He waved as Natsu walked up the stairs to the studio.
"Okay Happy, what do you want to do first?" Mira whispered.
"Ahh!" Levy let out a cry as they were halfway across the parking lot.
"What?!" Lucy's head whipped around on her head, pulling on her neck a little more than she would have liked.
"I think I forgot my membership card..." She sighed.
"Levy, Mira knows you, she's going to let you in," Lucy laughed.
"Still, I like to have it."
"I'm sure it's no problem," Lucy held the door open for the blue haired girl to walk in. They walked up the the, surprisingly, empty front desk. "Um.. Hello?" She asked.
All of a sudden, a hand slammed down on the desk from underneath. The red nails sparkled in the light as the knuckles clenched and weight was put on them. Brown hair slowly started to emerge, and Lucy and Levy unconsciously stepped back.
"What?" A voice groaned.
"Cana?" Levy asked timidly in fear of the woman pouncing at her like something out of a horror film.
"What?" She asked again, clearly annoyed.
"Where's Mira?" Lucy cut in.
"With Happy."
"With... Happy..." Levy repeated.
"I think she's drunk," Lucy whispered into Levy's eat, earning a giggle from the girl.
"I thought she was supposed to be a happy drunk?" Levy whispered. "Isnt that what everyone says? She gets all touchy-feely and whiny?"
"You~" Cana pointed to Levy, startling the girl a bit as her attitude took a 180 once she took in their identities.
"Y-yes?"
"You should see Gajeel," She whispered.
"Gajeel?" She asked, making sure she had heard her right.
"He was out here earlier, and woooah," She giggled, "He's not wearing a shirt today."
Levy felt her cheeks go red against her will.
"Alright, alright," A tall blonde, overly muscular, man with a scar running across one of his eyes, came out from one of the main offices. "Cana, what did we say about drinking at work?"
"Well Mira-"
"You two can go up to class, I'll sign you in," He nodded towards the girls, and they took their chance to leave. "We're going to have a serious talk when we get back home."
"Oh, talking is no fun!" Cana giggled as she pulled the man down to kiss his nose.
"Mira!" Happy cried. "Let's play Hide and Go Seek!"
"Oh Happy..." Mira looked around the gym. They were safe on the warm up mats, but there was heavy machinery just meters away. "I'm not sure honey, there's a lot of dangerous things around here..."
"I'll be careful, promise!" He pleased, silently begging her with his big brown eyes. Yet another trick he had picked up from Natsu.
"Oh, alright, but just for a little while," She caved in.
"Yay!" Happy practically jumped into the air as he motioned for Mira to shut her eyes.
"Now, don't go near any machines, you got it?"
"That was weird," Levy said as they made their way up the stairs.
"You're telling me," Lucy sighed. "At least this day can't get any worse," She said.
"Hi class, I'll be covering Juvia's classes all this weekend!" A familiar voice rang through the studio as the girls opened the doors. "Ah, girls! Right on time, please take your spot." Natsu greeted the shadowed woman as he continued on with his speech.
"Now, yoga is not a sport. It is an individual practice, and because of this we are allowed to go at our own pace..."
"I can't believe Gajeel is skipping out us!" A voice murmured in the back near the two.
"What do you think happened?" Lucy asked.
"Dunno," Levy shrugged as she pushed her mat out, and climbed on.
"If a pose is too advanced for you today, that's alright. Go at your own pace and listen to your body," Natsu stood from his mat, and bowed to the class. "It's a pleasure to be instructing you today."
The rest of the class wasn't quite sure how to respond. Sure Juvia would bow at the end of classes, and Gajeel never bothered to. They all slowly got up, and mirrored his actions. After the greetings were done, the class proceeded onward.
"And we're going to take a deep breath in, and hold it..." Natsu was putting the class to work, and rather than ogling over the teacher, the class was actually focusing on their body mechanics once again. "And let it out," Natsu was one of the most popular trainers, however, he wasn't build like the rest. He was of average height, with average weight, and average muscles. On the outside at least. Under those shorts and t-shirt was nothing short of 10% body fat and only one person in the room knew it.
"I think you should just talk to him," Levy whispered.
"And say what?"
"I dunno, apologize?"
"I did nothing wrong!"
"SHHH!"
"Sorry Nami..." The girls apologized to the red headed girl currently bent in half on her orange yoga mat.
"But seriously-" Levy started again before Mira came bursting through the door, interrupting the whole class.
"NATSU!" She tried to rush up the front of the room to no avail, as there were people all over the floor in intricate positions.
"Mira?" Natsu scrambled to his feet quickly, rushing to meet her. "I'm kinda in the middle of something here..."
"It's Happy." Mira blurted out, causing Natsu's face to fall.
"What happened?"
*GASP* CLIFFHANGERS! HOW DARE I. Well you know how it is. The next chapter is actually ALREADY WRITTEN FOR ONCE. WOW. SNAPS FOR ME. But yeah, a few tweaks here and there, and it'll be up soonish. It was originally all one chapter. but was cut in half because IT WAS SO LONG. LIKE THIS WAS SO LONG. TOO LONG. (Not really, only like 5500 words, but still) Also i'd like to add that if Juvia sounds a bit bossy and demanding towards (very sick) Gray, it was not meant to sound that way. I tried to write her as a very concerned yet caring person, but i mean after writing it 5 times i was like "This is as good as it gets" SO HERE WE ARE. thank you so much to everyone reading and favoriting, and following or just showing your support! ~Hana
P.S. This is getting updated on Archive Of Our Own as well if you prefer that website im on there as SpadesToStars (super original name, right?)