"Wendy moved back into the dorms?" Lucy was rather surprised by the news. She and the others in her team, Natsu, Erza, and Gray, had only just come home late the night before, making this her first time back at the guild since they had left for their mission. Now that the team was back, noise seemed to echo through the guild hall, bouncing off the walls and creating even more noise. Of course, this was in comparison to the previously near silent guild that had seemed rather spooky while the group was gone.
"Yep." Mira had a large smile on her face. "She moved in the day after you left."
"What? I wish I could have waited a day then. I would have loved to help out." The blonde complained, letting out a slight sigh.
"If you're looking to help now, that would be awesome." Romeo suddenly ran up to the bar, slamming his hands down on the wooden counter hard enough to startle the celestial mage. He had a backpack slung over one shoulder and looked as if he were in a hurry.
"Are you leaving soon?" Mirajane asked, knowing what was going on.
"Yeah." The pre-teen nodded before turning his attention back to the girl who was resuming her slumped over position on the bar stool. "You wouldn't mind helping at all would you Lucy?"
"Depends. What do I need to help with?" Lucy shrugged.
"Could you take care of Wendy while I'm gone?" The question made Lucy spit out the water that she had been drinking. She hadn't expected a request like that, and honestly didn't even know what to make of it. After letting the girl finish coughing and regain her breath, Romeo continued to explain. "I've been helping Wendy a lot since she moved back into her dorm, but I'm going on a mission, so I just need someone who could take over while I'm gone."
"If it's Wendy, then I'm sure I can do that. How hard could it be anyways?" After agreeing to help out, Lucy could see the gratitude on the boy's face as he grabbed onto her wrist and began pulling her towards Fairy Hills, clearly in a rush.
It was still pretty early in the morning so the sun had only just come up recently, leaving a pinkish hue across the sky. Lucy had been surprised to find that Romeo was able to just walk right into the girls' dormitory, and so easily at that. She had been wondering how he was supposed to help the young blue haired girl when he was a guy and shouldn't even have access to the girls' dorm, but evidently, that wasn't an issue. Romeo led the way up a flight of stairs and down the hall to the bedroom that even Lucy knew to be Wendy's. He knocked on the door lightly before slowly opening it.
"Good morning Romeo." Wendy smiled at the black haired boy as he entered. She had woken up not too long before and had been sitting in bed and reading. Her long blue hair was a bit messy from sleep, but it still fell rather nicely down her back and shoulders. "Oh, Lucy. You're here too? Welcome back."
"Thanks." The blonde girl nodded to the younger girl.
"Morning Wendy." Romeo made his way quickly to be beside the large bed. "How did you sleep?" As he asked his question, he began turning the girl so that her lifeless legs were dangling over the side of the bed. During this time, Wendy had wrapped her arms around the boy's shoulders, holding on for better support.
"Fine, thank you." Blue hair seemed to fly through the air as Romeo lifted Wendy out of bed and began carrying her towards the bathroom. "I had a pretty nice dream." As soon as Wendy was situated on the toilet, Romeo closed the door and went over to Lucy, who seemed to be awkwardly standing around near the bed.
"You do that every morning?" She asked, a light blush seemed to be on her face.
"Every night too." The black haired teen added. "Although nights are easier cause it's not as much work. It's a bit hard to explain though, but I'm sure you'll get it later."
"Isn't it, you know…..awkward?" Lucy was trying to think of the kind of situations that the young pair must have been in. The bathroom was the worst one she could think of, but there was also getting dresses, baths, Lucy couldn't wrap her head around it. Someone else probably bathed Wendy anyways, right? She highly doubted either of them would be able to go through that kind of embarrassment anyways. But then again, if they were able to make the bathroom a regular thing, then maybe it wasn't too crazy.
"Well. Yeah. It was at first, and still kind of is." Romeo's face darkened to a red tint as he scratched the back of his head, remembering the first time he had to go through with their little routine. "But I just close my eyes and that helps enough."
Lucy thought about it for a moment, seriously trying to think over how 'ok' it could be. "So all I need to do is help her in the mornings and at night right?"
"Yep. Once she's out of bed Wendy can do everything else on her own." Suddenly the clock on the wall of the room caught Romeo's eye. "Crud. Wendy I gotta run!" He called through the bathroom door.
"Already?" The girl on the other side sounded a bit panicked, clearly not expecting the fire mage to leave before she had finished getting ready for the day. "Okay then. Good luck!"
"Thanks Wendy. And thanks to you too Lucy." Romeo quickly grabbed his backpack and ran out the door, his footsteps thudding behind him as he stormed out of the building.
After watching the boy leave through the window, Lucy let out a sigh and turned her attention back towards Wendy. "Are you finished?" She asked.
"Yep." The blue haired girl responded, letting the older woman know to come in and help her.
After a bit of confusion on Lucy's part, the two managed to get everything together and leave the dormitory building, heading towards the guild. Lucy felt like she wasn't really doing anything though. Wendy managed to go down the large hill on her own, and after going through the always open doors to the guild, she made her way around the large mass of mages to the bar. So Lucy just joined her friends at one of the many tables. It's not like she needed to be around Wendy twenty-four/seven anyways.
Wendy had made a job for herself by serving drinks, specifically taking them from the bar to those sitting at tables. It didn't take any effort at all to rest the tray on her lap when she went to deliver them, and it gave her more of a reason to move around the hall and talk to the other members. Not to mention help her pay for her room. Unlike the other waitresses, she wasn't 'well shaped', as one may put it, or even the slightest bit flirtatious looking, but no one seemed to find anything wrong in her doing this. Many actually enjoyed having her hand them mugs of beer and taking their empty ones. She had heard many say it was 'refreshing' or refer to her as the 'new lolita server', so Wendy was pretty much certain that this kind of job would work out. On top of that, there were also moments were she was able to heal the injuries of some of the people who came in after jobs or when a fight broke out.
Since she couldn't go on missions anymore, Wendy found herself constantly itching to use her magic. Even if it were for small things like paper cuts and small bruises. She couldn't help herself though. She had gotten so used to being able to use her abilities on all of the crazy jobs she would go on with Natsu, Lucy, and the others in the team she had once been a part of. For the first time in what honestly felt like forever, Wendy felt like she was bursting at the seams to just do something.
"Thanks Wendy." A nearly drunk male called after she had delivered a drink to the man.
"I really think this should be your last one." The young teen laughed as she watched the tipsy man try to make sense of the article in a magazine he was reading.
"Nonsense. I'm barely even buzzed." He retorted, waving a hand as if it would prove something.
"Whatever you say." Grabbing the empty mug off the table, Wendy turned her wheelchair around and headed back towards the bar. She placed the dirty mug with all of the others.
"Having fun?" Mirajane asked while filling up another round of beer for one of the table not too far off.
"Yep. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be." Wendy made sure her tray was level on her lap before the white haired woman placed three drinks on top.
"What were you expecting?" Mira asked, a curious tint in her voice.
"Hmmmmm." Wendy took a moment to think about it. "I don't really know."
"Maybe that why you find it so easy." Looking over Mirajane's shoulder, Wendy turned her attention to the guild Master who was seated on top of the counter. After taking the words into account, Wendy shrugged and turned around to go deliver the new drinks.
"She's doing well." Mira said. She took a wet table cloth and began wiping down the counter top.
"There's a difference between being alright and looking like you are." The Master watched the young crippled girl through the crowded hall.
"You can't blame her for trying to look strong though." A sigh left Mira's throat. "Especially when she's so young. That's why I'm happy she's been with Romeo so much lately. It's good for her to be with people her age."
"Speaking of Romeo, he went on a job recently, correct?" The Master let the more serious expression that had been on his face earlier drop and turn into his usual goofy features.
"He left this morning. He seemed like he was in a bit of a rush though." The white haired beauty let a chuckle leave her lips as she recalled the rush of black hair that had passed by her that morning.
"Boys are energetic like that." Makarov's own chuckle joined Mira's.
A small silence came between the two as Mira continued to clean up the bar area. "But still," She said, adding in one final comment before she let the conversation drop once and for all. "I hope everything turns out ok for those two."