Willy was just about tell the guys his dirty little secret, when Happy all of a sudden cut in.
"Wait! Hold on a minute! Stop right there Willy! Don't say anything more!" said Happy.
"What's up Happy?" asked Natsu. "We were just about to get the juicy part!"
"Just listen for a minute guys. I don't think Willy should tell us about his crush," said Happy.
"Finally. Someone's coming to their senses," Willy thought to himself.
Willy let out a sigh of relief thinking that it was all over, but unfortunately he would soon learn that he was wrong.
"Why should we Happy?" asked Macao. "Don't tell me you're on Willy's side."
"Nothing like that. The reason why I say that is because I think we should make it like a game."
"A game?"
All the boys except for Willy and the girls that are listening in all responded in surprise.
"Huh?" said Willy feeling his relief short lived.
"Here's how it works. We'll all take turns guessing who Willy likes and Willy will tell us what he thinks about that girl and then we'll figure out who he likes based on Willy's reaction and Willy can't lie or anything like that," explained Happy. "I think it'll be much more fun that way."
"What?!" exclaimed Willy blushing.
"Sounds like a plan. I'm in!" said Natsu.
"Yeah! Me too! Sounds like fun!" said Gray.
The other boys also agreed.
"Count me in!"
"Yeah! Let's do it!"
"Um... I don't suppose my opinion matters in this does it?" asked Willy.
"Nope!" all the boys answered at once.
Willy sighed. "I didn't think so. Fine. I'll do it, but only on one condition. You each get only one guess. And if you all don't guess who my crush is, I don't have to tell you."
"But if we do guess your crush, you'll tell us without a fight," said Happy. "Sound fair?"
"Yes. You have my word. Dragon Slayer's honor," said Willy.
"They're gonna turn it into a game?" asked Lisanna.
"Looks that way to me," said Lucy.
"Well it's better than having Willy be fried or frozen to death," said Cana.
"Um guys? I don't think that we should be listening to the guys like this," said Wendy with a hint of worry. "Don't you think that is a little rude?"
"The child's right," said Carla. "This is very immature and something that a man would do!"
"I think Carla's right," said Lisanna. "Maybe we shouldn't be listening to this."
"Oh come on Lisanna. Lighten up a little. Besides, this is getting to be interesting," said Cana. "Don't let that nag of a fuddy duddy ruin all the fun."
"Who are you calling a nagging cat you lousy drunkard?!" snapped Carla indignantly.
"I must admit. This conversation just took an interesting turn," said Erza. "Let's keep listening."
"What?!" cried Carla. "Erza you can't be serious!"
"Even Erza wants to listen in? And here I was thinking that she would tell us to stop," said Wendy.
"Shhh. Will you all be silent!" snapped Juvia. "I'm trying to hear my beloved Gray!"
"Alright. So who's going first?" asked Macao. "Since there's seven of us excluding Willy, we only get seven guesses."
"I'll do it! I'll go first!" said Natsu immediately.
"Why should you get to go first fire brains?" asked Gray.
"Because it was my idea! That's why!" replied Natsu.
"Really Natsu? Are you really that dense?" deadpanned Jet. "It was Happy's idea remember?"
"Well... I said it was a good idea. I'm going first and that's that!"
"Oh brother. Doesn't pay attention and stubborn till the end as usual," said Droy.
"That's Natsu for you," added Happy.
"Now let's see..." said Natsu thoughtfully. "Who does Willy like?"
Natsu thought and he thought and he thought until he finally came up with answer.
"I got it! How about Lucy? You got a crush on Lucy dontcha?"
Upon hearing her name, Lucy jumped a little in surprise.
"What? Me?"
"Nope. Sorry Natsu. Wrong," said Willy. "I only see Lucy as a good friend. Nothing else."
"What?! Aw come on man. Lucy's awesome!" said Natsu a little disappointed. "I don't see why you don't. Lucy's awesome."
"Natsu's got a point there. I'm surprised you don't as well," said Macao. "Lucy's a pretty cute girl with nice curves to boot. She did get second place in the Ms. Fairy Tail contest after all."
"Yeah. How come you don't like her? She ain't your type?" asked Max.
"Well... It's not exactly that," said Willy. "I mean don't get me wrong, Lucy's got her qualities. When I first met her, she seemed nice and sweet. But once I got to know her, I noticed that she had a lot more things that made her unique other than her being nice. For one thing she's a pretty awesome celestial wizard. She doesn't treat her spirits like tools like any other celestial wizard. She treats them like family and friends, not to mention that she fights alongside them and does her best to keep them happy. She also may act like a chicken at times and she's also easily frightened, but Lucy can also be brave when she wants to. She's a loyal friend and she'll always be there for you no matter what happens. In fact, if it wasn't for her I wouldn't have a place to live or to call home. I remember the day when she found me when I just barely joined the guild."
It was just another night in Magnolia. Lucy along with her celestial spirit Plue were heading back to the apartment after a hard day's work.
"Man. What a day," said Lucy. "When we get back, I'm looking forward to a nice hot soak in the bath. We earned it after all that work right Plue?"
Plue answered with a puu puu. Then as they passed an alleyway, Plue happened to notice something. Someone was sleeping in the alleyway and Plue couldn't help but walk over to the sleeping person. He then called out to Lucy.
"What is it Plue?" asked Lucy.
Lucy looked at the sleeping person that Plue was pointing and she nearly fell over in surprise. There fast sleep in the alley way was Willy.
"What the heck?! It's Willy!" she cried.
Willy sat up from Lucy's shouting and rubbed his eyes tiredly.
"Hey... Could you keep it down? I'm trying to sleep over here," he mumbled. Then he saw Lucy. "Oh. Lucy... What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing sleeping in the alley way?!" cried Lucy.
A few moments later, Lucy and Rin had taken Willy to their apartment in Lucy's room. Willy had just taken a bath and was now fully refreshed.
"Whew. That was a great bath. Thanks for inviting me in guys. I owe you one," said Willy gratefully.
"Anytime, but would you mind telling me why the heck you were sleeping in the alley way like that?" asked Lucy. "Don't you have a place of your own to live or something?"
Willy frowned sheepishly and twiddled his thumbs.
"Well... uh...you see...I kinda... don't."
"Wait. Are you meaning to tell me that you don't have a place to live?"
"Yeah. Pretty much."
"What?! You couldn't at least ask anyone in the guild to let you stay with them?"
"Well... No. I can't really."
"Why not?"
"Well... I don't really know or trust anyone in the guild except a few," explained Wily. "I can't exactly ask anyone to let a complete stranger stay with them, especially since that stranger used to be an enemy."
"Oh come on Willy. We keep telling you, it wasn't your fault," said Lucy gently. "You weren't in control of your actions."
"That may be so Lucy, but that doesn't change that fact that I still inflicted harm on your guild," said Willy sadly. "I'm not sure anyone trusts me. Besides I don't want to put you guys into any more trouble than I already have."
There was a long pause, then Lucy had an idea.
"I got it! If you need a place to stay Willy, why don't you stay with here with me?" said Lucy.
Willy looked at Lucy in surprise. "Huh?"
"Yeah! Well not exactly stay here, but you can stay here in the apartments with own room too!" said Lucy excitement in her voice. "You can even live right next door to us, so we'll be like neighbors!"
"Lucy no, I couldn't possibly stay," said Willy trying to decline. "I mean I don't want to be any trouble."
"It's okay! I'll speak with the landlady tomorrow and she'll give you a room!" insisted Lucy. "Yeah! And you'll have a place to sleep and you'll be able to visit me whenever you want!"
"But... are you sure it's okay? I mean, I don't want to impose..."
"No. It's really okay Willy. You're not imposing at all. I really would appreciate it if you stayed here. At least that way, you'll have a roof over your head."
Willy looked at Lucy face and he couldn't help but smile.
"Okay. You win. I'll stay and live here if it's OK with you," he said.
"All right! Well Plue, it looks like we have a new neighbor!" said Lucy grinning.
Plue let out a happy plu in response.
"Thanks you Lucy. I don't know what to say, except thank you," said Willy bowing slightly.
"Anytime. What are friends for? Now then, we'll talk to the landlady first thing in the morning," said Lucy. "Until then, let's get some sleep."
"All right," said Willy as he stood up ready to leave. "I'll go head for the alley again and..."
"Absolutely not! You're out of your mind if you think I'm letting you sleep outside like that!" Lucy interrupted. "I normally don't do this for anyone except Natsu and a couple others in the guild, but Willy you're sleeping with me tonight.
"What?!" yelped Willy "But Lucy... I don't want to-"
Lucy silenced Willy by placing a finger on his lips.
"No buts! You're sleeping in my room whether you like it or not," she said. "Besides my room is way better than that alley way and for that matter you're not exactly sleeping with me. You're sleeping on the couch."
"Um... yeah. Right. Thanks Lucy."
"Sure. What are friends for?"
"Aww. That's so sweet," said Wendy.
"So that's how Willy ended up staying at the apartment where Lucy lives," said Erza thoughtfully.
"Nice work Lu," said Levy nudging Lucy. "You can be pretty sweet when you need to be."
"I... don't know if I should take that as a compliment," said Lucy. "But yeah. I guess that was nice of me huh?"
"And ever since then, I guess I've been looking up to Lucy as a good friend," said Willy. "If it wasn't for her I'd still be sleeping in the alley way."
"Wow. That's quite a story Willy," said Jet.
"Yup. Guess you really do think of Lucy like a friend huh?" said Max.
"Yeah. Although, she could learn to be a little more delicate," said Willy. "I mean she does have a nasty habit of being a little crazy at times."
"Preach it brother," said Happy nodding. "You may not know this Willy, but there's a name for someone like Lucy. And that name's "The Blonde Beast."
Everyone on the guy's side laughed. Even Willy thought it was a little funny.
"The Blonde Beast huh?" he chuckled. "Never heard that one before."
"Yup. That definitely suits Lucy to a "T," laughed Macao.
"It's like what you said before Macao," said Wakaba. "You can take the rich girl out of the mansion, but not the other way around."
"I don't really get it, but it's still manly," said Elfman.
Lucy growled in anger upon hearing what the boys said. "Just wait till I get my hands on those jerks! Especially you Willy!
"Whoa! Calm down Lucy!" said Wendy trying to soothe her.
"Yeah! Keep it down! They're gonna hear us if you make a ruckus!" whispered Cana.
"Alright. Who wants to try guessing next?" asked Max.
"I'll take a crack at it," said Warren. He then put a hand to his chin deep in thought. "Let's see... I'm gonna say... Evergreen."
Willy immediately made an x with his arms. "Definitely not!"
"Well that was fast," said Wakaba.
"What's wrong with Evergreen? She's a beautiful woman," said Macao. "She don't strike you fancy?"
"Sorry. She's nice and all, but she gives me the creeps for some reason," said Willy slightly shivering. "Especially since her magic can turn her enemies to stone."
"Hey now. Evergreen's not so bad," said Elfman. "In fact, I think she's a real woman."
"Of course you would say that Elfman. After all, you and Evergreen are practically a couple," said Max.
"Well of course they are. They were partners back at the S class trial and they even told Mira that they were gonna get married," said Jet.
"Oh yeah. I remember that," said Droy. "That was pretty surprising."
Elfman was now beet red with embarrassment and waving his arms around. "Now hold on just a minute! We're not a couple! We only said that just to beat my big sis! That's it!"
"Well this certainly is rare," said Willy. "I've never seen you blush before Elfman."
"I'm not blushing! A real man never blushes!"
"Oh yeah? Then how come your face is all red?" asked Willy in a teasing tone. "And why are you getting so flustered all of a sudden?"
"Hey! Shut up Willy! Quit teasing me would you?! You're not Lisanna you know!"
Everyone on the boy's side laughed.
"Well that's a surprise. I've never heard Elfman sound flustered before," said Juvia.
"I know. Isn't he cute when he's embarrassed?" giggled Mira.
"I know right? He only gets like that whenever Evergreen's mentioned," said Lisanna. "That proves he likes her."
"Yeah, but aren't those two a bit of a mismatch?" asked Lucy.
"Oh come on Rin. I think those two make an awesome couple," said Lisanna. "You know what they say, love works in strange ways."
"She's right you know. It may seem that way, but those two are closer than you might think," said Erza. "Like Lisanna said, love works in mysterious ways that we can ever comprehend.
"Yeah. That's true. But still I never thought those two would end up together," said Levy. "It's kinda crazy when you think about it."
"Now that you mention it, didn't the two of them say that they were gonna get married and have babies Mira?" asked Cana.
"To be honest, I think that they only said that to throw me off at the S class trial," said Mira. "I will admit I was a little surprised though."
"But still... Elfman and Evergreen? Having a baby?" wondered Lisanna.
Lisanna then began to imagine what Evergreen's and Elfman's baby would look like. The moment she did, she burst into tears.
"Wha..?! Lisanna what's wrong? Why are you crying?" asked Wendy.
"Oh no. Don't tell me she..." began Cana.
"Yup. She did," said Mira.
Mirajane went to her sister and patted her on the back comforting her. She was also in tears as well. "There, there Lisanna. I know how you feel. I felt the same way too."
"All right then, that does it!" snapped Elfman having enough of the teasing. "Just for that, I wanna take a turn! I'll get you back for that Willy!"
"Um... OK..."
"Okay. I'll guess it right like a real man!" said Elfman pointing a finger at Willy. "Willy! I say you have a crush on Juvia!
Upon hearing her name, Juvia blushed bright pink. "M-me?!"
"Well what do you know? Guess you're next Juvia," smirked Cana.
"I wonder what Willy's got to say about Juvia?" wondered Erza.
"Hopefully it won't be something that upsets her," said Carla. "And for that matter make her go into one of her rants."
"Me and... Willy?" murmured Juvia as her imagination went into overdrive as she began to enter one of her daydreams.
"But Willy... I don't love you. I have my beloved Gray," said Juvia.
"Juvia my sweet, don't you see? Don't you see how much I love you?" said Willy his eyes shining with unshed tears. "Gray may be a great man, but I can be a greater man for you my sweet. Please love me Juvia!"
"But...I can't," said Juvia. "My heart belongs to Gray!"
"Please Juvia! It has to be you my sweet," said Willy. "It can only be you my love."
Juvia snapped out of her imagination and was so red that steam was coming out of her ears.
"No! I couldn't! I could never abandon my dear Gray!" she cried. "Please Willy! Don't say you love me!"
"And there she goes ladies," said Cana sighing.
"I swear. Her imagination really needs to have an off switch," said Lucy pinching her nose.
"You forgot to mention her mouth," said Carla.
"Me and Juvia? Nice try Elfman, but I have to say that you're wrong," said Willy.
"Oh come on Willy. You and Juvia would make an awesome couple!" said Jet.
"Yeah. It makes sense if you think about it," said Droy. "You're a water dragon slayer and she's a water wizard. You two would be perfect for each other."
"Well... it's true that we both use water type magic, but not as far as being a couple," said Willy. "Besides there's only one guy who Juvia will ever love and the guy's sitting right over there."
Willy then pointed to Gray, he couldn't help but blush a little.
"What? Who? Me?"
"Well duh Gray! Juvia's so much in love with you, the girl would practically jump over a cliff for you," said Willy. "I'm surprised that you haven't returned her feelings yet."
"Well... let's not get to caught up in that okay?" said Gray looking away.
"Okay moving on," said Warren. "Who's next in this little guessing game? We used three guesses and there's four left."
"I'll give it a go," said Max raising his hand. Then he went into deep thought. "Okay. Let me think. I gotta make this guess good. Hmm."
Everyone waited and stared at Max awaiting his answer. The girls waited on the other side eager to hear Max's guess. Then Max had a guess.
"Wait I got it! Willy your crush has to be..."
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