Chapter 5

Last time...

Ever since the whole Fantasia incident, you can see him slowly distancing himself from us. Taking more and more solo missions, spending more time away from the guild hall. He thinks that if he separates himself for us, that maybe the guild would treat us nicer. But no, the team and I have talked. We wouldn't let him do that. We are a family. We have no one but ourselves. He was our first friend, the reason why we are in this guild. No, we wouldn't let him be alone anymore.

Now on to the story...

After wandering around town with Levy, Lucy decided to stop by the guild to have dinner instead of going home, knowing that she doesn't have any food there. As she made her way to the guild, she was contemplating how to tell Freed about the letter she got from her father. As she opens the door, she was surprise to see there were still people hanging around. She decided to head straight to the bar where Laxus, evergreen, Elfman were sitting and chatting with Mira who was working there. Bickslow and Freed were nowhere in sight. As she walks towards them, Mira was the first to spot her, and wave at her to join them.

"Hey Lucy!" Mira said with a smile. "How was your day out with Levy?"

"It was nice, we went to the book store and walked around and ate lunch and more shopping." Lucy answered back. "I don't have any food at home so I decided to come back here for dinner," she added as she sat down next to Laxus, as that was the only available chair.

"Well, I made beef stew for this group," Mira nodded her head towards the group that sat next to her, "it should be done soon, if that's alright with you? Or I can make you something else if you like?"

"Beef stew sounds great Mira, no need to make anything else!" Lucy replied.

"Would you like anything to drink while waiting for the food to finish?" Mira asked.

Lucy replied to Mira "Can I get a cup of Jasmine tea please?"

"Coming right up!" Mira said as she headed to make the tea for Lucy.

She turned around and greeted Elfman and Evergreen, making small talk waiting for Mira to come back.She then felt someone staring at her, so she turned to look to her right to see that it was Laxus. Which was weird. She though back to her time at the guild and couldn't think of one time where they had a conversation with one another. Well, what a better time to start. She gave him a warm smile and a greeting. "Hi Laxus, how has your day been?"

He just stared at her, not saying anything back. Her smile wavered. "Is something wrong?" She asked.

He stared at her for a couple seconds longer, before shaking his head. "No, Nothing wrong and nothing much, just helping gramps with paperwork since he is out with the counsel for a meeting and hanging out with the team."

Before she could continue, Mira came back with a tray of food for the group and the cup of tea for Lucy.

"Here your meals guys," Mira announced.

"Thank you Mira! It smells delicious!" Lucy told her.

"It's no problem Lucy, Enjoy your meal!" She said with a smile before turning and setting their food down for the others.

After the meals were done, Mira collected the dirty dishes and brought them to the back to be cleaned.

Lucy decided to look around the guild and saw that many people had already left. The only people that were at the guild were the group sitting at the bar. She looked at the clocked that was hanging on the wall, it was almost closing time for the guild. She turn back around when she heard Evergreen called out her name. With one last looked around the guild, she turned to engage in a conversation with her.

It was close to closing time when Bickslow and Freed finally made their appearance and headed towards the group sitting at the bar.

"Hi Freed, Bickslow!" Lucy greeted

"Hello Cosplayer!" Bickslow said with a grin on his face, while his babies were in the background repeating the words "cosplayer" and "hello."

"Hello Lucy, how was your trip with Levy?" Freed asked.

"It was fun, she was telling me about a book she got from her mission! She said she'll bring it to the guild tomorrow and share it with us!" She told Freed.

"I'm looking forward to it. Are you still joining with us tomorrow?"

"Yes, and we can go over more about the mission, I have Grandpa Crux doing some research for me, so we can find out more what we're dealing with!" Lucy told him

Freed replied, "That sounds like a plan. Mira, are you ready to head home? Would you like us to walk with you home Lucy?"

"No thank you! I don't want to be a bother, I'll be fine on my own." Lucy replied with a smile on her face.

"Nonsense Lucy, it would be no bother." Freed assured her.

"Yes it would be, since we don't live the same direction, since I moved from my apartment to the edge of the town," Lucy told Freed.

"But it's late, and you shouldn't be walking home by yourself." Mira told Lucy with a frown on her face.

"It's fine Freed, ill walk with blondie since I'm live in that direction." Laxus said while not looking at the group.

"How do you know where cosplayer live bossman?" Bickslow asked.

"How? How?" Repeated Bickslow's babies.

I help with the paperwork, deal with guild members information and such," Laxus told the group.

"Ah, and here I though you were stalking cosplayer," Bickslow said with a grin.

Shut it bixs," Laxus replied while looking annoyed by Bickslow comment.

Mira and Lucy giggled.

They all headed out the door and waited until Mira locked up. After saying their goodbyes, the group broke in two, each heading for the opposite direction.

AN: sorry for the long wait. I didn't want to just put up an AN chapter. My laptop is broken so it's gonna. Be sometime before the next one. I had to use my phone to type up this chapter, just a filler of sorts. Next chapter will be meet up at the guild then the journey will begin!

Sorry for any mistakes I made!

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