38th: Smile of an angel
Summary: Cana had a field day with the newest issue of the Sorceress Magazine. Even Erza giggled when she read it. Levy – always the kind girl – merely shook her head but Mira saw the hidden smirk. Well, it was funny, in a way.
"Jason really outdid himself!" Cana cheered as she lowered her issue of the Sorceress Magazine with the widest grin anyone had seen in a while. "Listen to that, girls: Mirajane Strauss (20) is the new Miss Fiore, direct successor of Jenny Realight. The beautiful woman with the angelic smile-"
She started to laugh and held her sides as she rolled over the floor.
"Give me that," Erza said as she held out her hand. "You have to be kidding me." She grabbed the magazine from the Card Mage and her eyes widened nearly instantly as she quickly read the article. "My, my – that's truly hilarious, Mira. Did you really say those things about Fried having the silkiest hair in the guild? Cana might feel insulted."
"Nah, we all know that Juvia wins that competition hands down," Lucy said as she tugged on a blue strand. "Well, now that I am so close, I remember that Gray's hair smelled similarly when Natsu threw him onto me during the last guild fight…"
"Juvia-chan, care to tell us why Gray uses the same shampoo you do?" Lisanna grinned as she tilted her head and crossed her arms.
"I'd say that he spent the night because he fell asleep on the couch," Cana interrupted calmly as she nodded slightly at her blue-haired friend. "Gray has the tendency to do those things. I will never forget how Erza threw him out a window because he fell asleep on my couch when we were … eight or something like that."
"Back to the topic!" Lucy announced as she waved the magazine around. "Mira, you have to admit that this is quite funny. I cannot believe that someone would make up something as stupid and totally crazy as this. But it is simply hilarious!"
"And an amazing example for stupidity," Evergreen agreed as she raised her head for a moment. The oldest among them had been applying purple nail polish onto her foot nails and she seemed to have quite a good time.
"I think that's amusing as well," Levy stated calmly before she continued to read her book.
Mira stood in the middle of the room at a loss for words. "Even you agree, Levy?" she asked in mock hurt as she clasped both hands above her heart. "That's so … hurtful."
"Is that even a word?" Wendy inquired as she snatched the magazine from Levy. She quickly read it and chuckled just like her equally blue-haired friends. "You have to admit – it is kinda funny," she finally stated. "It's like the other article … when Cana's mature nature was supposedly a 'sober attitude' … both are contradicting and therefore funny."
"Well, she's right there, Mira-nee," Lisanna said amused as she leaned back on the couch. "The demon's angelic smile … I won't let you live that one down for the next century."
"You are cruel women," the oldest takeover sibling pouted as she sat down as well.
"Ah, c'mon, Mira," Cana said amused as she poured in another glass of wine for Juvia. "You have been having fun on our account for the last few years … so you can let us laugh about this for once. It's not like this damaged your reputation inside the guild. Everyone knows of your badass demon soul takeover. We can laugh about this."
"Why are you always so wise when you are halfway drunk, Cana?" Mira sighed as she finally smiled at this article as well.
"Tsk, I sedate myself because I cannot deal with your sulky faces half of the time and because I'd totally scare you with my strategic skill if I wasn't drunk all the time."
"The sad thing is that she's right," Lucy smirked as she sat down next to Lisanna who was showing immense interest in the article which was quite rare for her because usually, she was written texts bored her easily and it was an open secret that she hated to study.
"I really wonder who will be the next to read such an amazing article about himself," Evergreen said visible fascinated with the idea. "I'd love if it would get Juvia-san the next time."
"Nah, Juvia scares Jason too much … and he's kinda scared of Gray so he will leave her alone for the time being," Mira grinned as she watched her friends giggling because of a stupid article. Lisanna jumped up and down on the couch as she repeated the interview with Lucy, both laughing like two true maniacs because it was truly strange.
"Maybe it will be Erza next time," Lisanna suggested as she calmed down from her laughing fit. "Anyway, I am still waiting for your interview, Ever. You will scare this man too…"
"I always knew that my beauty would be appreciated one day," the brunette said smugly.
"We can count out Levy-chan because everyone knows that Gajeel scared Jason off before," Lucy said amused as she crossed her arms. "What about Lisanna-chan? She might be very well the next victim … or did Bixslow scare the hell out of Jason as well?"
"Do you know for what article I am really waiting?" Erza asked as she looked up from her own tooth nails which were currently painted bright blue with red patterns. "Laxus - because there won't be anything which could be funnier … he hates Jason with passion but he won't be able to get out of it because master said so, right?"
"If he would try to refuse, I'd threaten him with three weeks on the couch," Cana said relaxed. "So we can expect this interview to happen."
Mira smiled – it was the angelic smile which had caused all this amusement. It was a kind smile, a smile which was supposed to cover up her demonic personality. It also was her mother's smile. She could only remember her mother smiling – even when she had been dying, she had always smiled for everyone else. It had been a smile which had given her children the strength to move on and to master the Soul Takeover Magic.
Her smile was the only keepsake she had from her mother and so she honoured it.