"Um, Juvia, why is Lucy's food on the floor?" Levy asked. I already knew what the answer would be to that.
"Because she is the dog. Dogs must not eat at the table." Juvia said with a devious smirk. I guess I have to play along, for my friends.
"Well, at least it looks really good. Thanks for the food." I said putting on the best smile I could manage.
"Dog," Natsu said grabbing my attention. "Would you like to eat on fathers lap?"
"EH! Like I would dumbass!" I shouted. What kind of person does he think I am?
"Then," He grabbed his plate and fork and sat down next to me on the floor. "Then I will sit over here as well."
To say I was surprised is an understatement. Why would Natsu do something like that? I watched as he started to eat, thinking that maybe he can be a sweet guy at times. "What a strange guy."
"I'll eat over here too," Mirajane said taking the seat on the opposite side. Juvia glanced in our direction, she seemed upset.
"Juvia will head home now," She stood up and was getting ready to leave the table when Gajeel stood up.
"Juvia, you can sit on Gray's lap if you want." He stated. Gray choked on the food he was currently chewing. He used his fist to bang against his chest to pull it up.
"What!" Gray shouted once his throat was cleared. Gajeel looked at him, his eyes pleading for him to play along. "Fine."
"Really? Juvia can sit in Gray's lap?" She had hearts in her eyes. She was clearly fantasizing about something.
"Yeah," Gray said with a light blush coating his cheeks.
"Thanks so much! Can I sleep with you tonight then?" Juvia asked as all eyes widened around the table. Did she really just ask something like that?
"What!" Gray shouted once more. But a glance in Gajeel's direction had him sighing. "Fine, whatever."
"Oh by the way Grandma, for our trip to the beach tomorrow can you make all the arrangement's?" Juvia asked. She wore a brilliant smile on her face.
"What am I, a tour company?" Levy asked under her breath. She agreed and we finished eating. We were all having a rough time playing along with this Juvia girl..
After eating I took a walk while all my other friends talked in the living room.
"Sorry," Gajeel gruffed out once more.
"It's fine," Erza stated.
"Yeah at least it's only until tomorrow," Levy chimed in.
"By the way, where is Lucy?" Mirajane asked as she glanced around and didn't see me.
"She went for a walk." Levy said. "She sure is energetic."
"So the dog went for a walk without a leash huh?" Natsu smirked.
Walking along the beach, there was a beautiful sunset. Rays of gold, pink and orange cast its light upon the ocean making it look like liquid gold. The breeze felt good against the humidity in the air. I was still wearing the dog ears on my head as my feet made each crunch in the sand. A little ways ahead of my I saw Juvia standing with her back to me. I moved closer to see what she was doing when I saw an adorable family of three, standing there playing on the beach.
The daughter held each of her parents hands as the swung her back and forth. Cheers and laughter rung out of the little girls mouth as huge smiles spread over her parents lips. They seemed really happy. Juvia turned around, with a look on longing on her face. I felt a pang of guilt for a moment there as I looked at her.
"Oh hey Juvia!" I yelled her way, gaining her attention. She looked at me then turned back around. Watching the family as they continued to play. They were now making sand castles.
"I guess it must be lonely being so far from your family," I said. I could feel the depression radiating from her. It was truly sad. "So lets have fun tomorrow okay?"
"Does Lucy really think that Juvia is that type of person?" She asked, taking me by surprise. I didn't understand the meaning of her words. "Lucy must be the most stupid among the Fairy Tail if she thinks that." She started to walk away as I felt my temper rising.
"Hey, what's with that attitude!" I shouted at her back. "Are you a wolf in sheep's clothing?"
"Lucy is welcome to rat on Juvia. Juvia is confident in her ability to fool the others." I growled in frustration. How dare she talk about my friends like that! She just kept walking away as if what she said meant nothing.
~The next day~
Everyone was standing out front of the beach house, each carrying something to take to the beach. Everyone was wearing their swimsuits as I had yet to go out.
"Where is Lucy?" Natsu asked as he waited impatiently.
"Is she worrying you?" Mirajane asked in a sing song voice.
"Not really," Natsu replied.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," I said as I walked out the front door. I was wearing a large, thick and heavy dog costume. It completely covered me and I was smoldering.
"Juvia prepared this costume for Lucy," Juvia exclaimed as she came out from behind me.
"Alright, lets ramp up the fun today!" I fist pumped. It wasn't going to be easy but I won't give up. Everyone seemed to be upset about something as we walked through the sand. "Come on guys, don't look so down. Isn't the weather great? Let's be cheerful and enjoy our time!"
"Dog, Juvia forgot to mention this but dogs don't talk." Juvia said. I bit my lip in aggravation but held myself back. I started to bark instead of talking. If she wants me to act like a dog, fine then I will.
"What's wrong Lucy? Your unusually fired up today." Natsu commented as he came up on the side of me. I barked in response. "You can talk to me normally." He stated.
"Since we are playing as her family then we might as well try to get along with her." I said.
"I really don't think that she wants to get along with us," Natsu added.
"I don't think that's true," I stated.
We arrived at our spot on the beach and set up. After sometime we all formed two lines that faced one another. We tossed the ball back and forth hitting it as if we were playing volley ball.
"I managed to get a yacht and scuba equipment so that we can go scuba diving." Levy informed. "How does that sound?"
"That sounds great Grandma," Juvia stated emphasizing the name.
"Smile Levy, smile!" I yelled towards her. The ball flew towards Juvia as a gleam sparked in her deep blue eyes.
"Here dog!" She spiked the ball as it flew over my head and landed several feet away. I chased after it as a smirk formed on her lips. Throwing the ball back it went towards Natsu who hit it and then it went towards Erza. Erza hit it as it flew towards Juvia.
"Here Juvia!" She said giving her the heads up. As the ball was a little ways away, Juvia dropped her hands and walked away. She walked towards Natsu and threw her arms around him. Her eyes flew towards me for a second before she turned to face him.
"Daddy, I'm thirsty!" She pouted. Natsu glanced down at her with a knowing look before he agreed to get a drink. I ran over towards the cooler and grabbed out a water bottle. Running back I held it out towards Juvia who glared at me. Juvia reluctantly accepted the water before making me set up an umbrella for her to sit under. Then she made me rub sun block on her, then I gave her a back massage. She just kept coming up with tasks for me to do.
"What has gotten into Lucy?" Erza asked as all my friends watched as I waited on Juvia hand and foot.
"You got to admit that she was already like a dog in some ways." Gray chimed in causing Erza to smack him on the back of the head where a lump instantly started to form.
I was rubbing Juvia's shoulders as I saw my friends conversing with one another. Juvia lowered her head.
"Whats Lucy's objective?" She asked in a whisper, making sure the others couldn't hear. "Why is Lucy following Juvia around, listening to Juvia? Why didn't Lucy rat Juvia out?"
"Well, as your family, I decided that I wanted to spend the day trying to get along with you." I answered.
"Juvia doesn't want that, this isn't a game."
"No, I made a promise and I want to get along with you." I said.
"Fine, bring Juvia 100 coconuts and she will think about it." She hugged her knee's and rested her chin on them.
"You going to try to get along with me if I do that right?" I asked, hopeful. She quietly agreed and I stood up. Full of determination. I walked off to fetch the coconuts. I wasn't going to give up.
"Whats Lucy doing?" Natsu asked Juvia.
"Juvia doesn't know," She answered him. The others walked over and stood above Juvia who was still sitting on the blanket.
"Yes, what did you send Lucy to do now?" Erza asked suspiciously.
"That's right, it's always Juvia's fault. As Juvia thought, no one wants her around. Juvia shall take her leave then." Standing up she turned around to walk away.
"That's not true Juvia," Gajeel grunted. With having to look after this client made him after to speak more than he usually does, and he doesn't like it. "Bunny-girl should be back soon."
"Bunny-girl?" Juvia raised an eyebrow at Gajeel.
"He means Lucy," Levy added. Juvia smirked before answering.
"Juvia wonders about that." Juvia's eyes widened as she saw me charging towards her. There was a large basket on my back filled with the 100 coconuts that she had requested. Slamming it down in front of her, I panted.
"How is this? I managed to get all 100." I said.
"Lucy, you ran off to get that?" Levy asked, shocked. Juvia approached me with a frown upon her face.
"Juvia has one more thing to ask of Lucy," Lifting my head, Juvia leaned in closer to whisper in my ear.
"Okay! Got it!" I pulled myself up to stand straight. "And with that we will get along right?" I asked once more.
"Hey what are you getting Lucy involved with?" Erza asked. She crossed her arms over her chest and stepped forward.
"Juvia just asked a favor, that's all."
"What kind of favor?" Erza asked narrowing her eyes.
"It's fine Erza," I said.
"But Lucy,"
"We are family after all so lets try to get along with one another." I added.
"Then I shall come to help you," Levy said.
"No but thank you Levy, I'm fine." I answered.
"Lucy please," Levy started but Natsu interrupted her.
"Stop Levy, we all know how stubborn Lucy is. There is no use trying."
"Then at the very least tell us what she requested." Levy pleaded.
"No it's not a big deal," I answered.
Walking to the edge of the cliff, I removed the dog suit. I leaped into the cool water as the waves lapped against my skin. I swam towards the largest rock the jutted out of the water. I could see the red flowers that grew on top of it and smiled.
"There it is!" I cheered. Scaling the rock, the hard surface was hot to the touch from the suns rays beating down on it all day. I was almost to the top, as my hand reached out to grab the flower. My hand clasped around it but at that moment, the part of the rock that my foot rested on to keep me standing broke. I was falling towards the cold water once more. Closing my eyes, I braced myself for the fall that never came. Something warm wrapped around my wrist holding me up. Opening my eyes, I saw that it was Natsu. He had saved me.
"Natsu!"
"For someone as stubborn as you, following you secretly is the only way," He chuckled.
"Well, then thank you." I smiled up at him as he returned the gesture. Showing the toothy grin that I rarely get to see. I was amazing how his true smile could light up his entire face and make you feel happy. It makes you want to smile too.
"Your welcome," He started to pull me up. Right when I reached the top, Natsu fell backwards resulting in my landing on top of him. My hand rested on his warm chest as our wide eyes met. His face turned a light shade of pink that matched his hair as I giggled.
"Whats wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing," He lowered his head and hid his eyes from me.
We were now back at the beach house as Natsu and I approached Juvia. Lifting my arm, I handed her the vase full of the pretty red flowers that sat on the rock I was scaling.
"Here, this is what you asked for right? I had a little help from Natsu though." I said. Her eyes narrowed as she pushed my hand away. She stood up and stormed out of the room leaving everyone speechless. I jumped up as I watched her leave.
"Wait!" I yelled after her. She ran out into the hall and saw Levy and Gajeel standing down some.
"So Gajeel are you staying with us today?" She asked sheepishly.
"Well, Juvia is supposed to be leaving today so I guess so," He answered.
"Sorry Grandma but Juvia was thinking of bringing Gajeel back to her villa," Juvia snickered. Her face distorted with what you could call hatred. "Juvia and Gajeel will be together during the entire vacation." She added as she grabbed onto his arm. Levy's eyes widened as her head lowered. I went looking for Juvia to see what was wrong when I noticed them standing down the hallway. I could see that Levy was upset, and Gajeel didn't look to happy either. I saw Levy as her head shot up, tears were in her eyes as he lips parted. I knew what was coming next. Erza was known for her singing voice and how much it could hurt the ears but Levy on the other hand, once she became upset her wails had the same effect as Erza.
"Oh no." I ran towards Juvia, knowing that she had no idea about what was about to happen. Levy's mouth opened more and she took a deep breath. I made it to Juvia and placed my hands over her ears. Then came the ear splitting noise. I wanted to rip my ears off from my head. It hurt so bad. Everyone had fallen to their knee's, trying their best to block out the sound. When it finally stopped my head was spinning. Dizziness took over as I felt my body swaying.
"Lucy, are you alright?" Natsu said as he ran towards me. Placing in his hands on my shoulders, he tried to wake me. "Her ears."
Juvia looked up and realized what had happened. She quickly pushed me away and Natsu was pushed as well since he was still behind me. I landed in his lap as I wished for the room to stop spinning.
"What are you plotting?" Natsu accused.
"But," Juvia started.
"Juvia," She turned to the side to see that the others were picking themselves off the floor. Gajeel was helping Levy up. I managed to calm down somewhat but my head was still spinning. I placed my hand on her shoulders as I watched the room steadily spin.
"A-are you o-okay?" I asked as best I could. "T-this isn't g-good, I c-can barely h-hear. N-nod your h-head i-if your o-okay." I said. After watching me for a second she nodded slightly but enough that I was able to see. "R-really? T-thank goodness."
Juvia reached out and pinched my cheeks, pulling them outwards then pushing them in. Letting them go she turned in the other direction so that he back faced everyone.
"I concede defeat. You win, I'm sorry." She commented. I cocked an eyebrow as I watched her. The spinning was finally coming to a stop and my vision and hearing was improving.
"What?" I asked, wondering what she was talking about. Warm hands pulled the dog ears from my head as I glanced up. I saw Natsu smiling down at me, that same smile that makes me feel warm.
Later I walked along the beach as I went in search for Juvia. I knew that she was leaving but I forgot to return the dog suit to her. I found her on the cliff standing with someone else. Not thinking much of it, I approached.
"Juvia, I forgot to give this back to you," I held out the suit as she laughed.
"Lucy didn't have to do that." She said as she jumped down. Then I watched the other figure follow her down. I recognized him immediately with the blond hair and lightning bolt shaped scar that ran down his face.
"You..." I trailed off as he snickered.
"Looks like you won Juvia over. Pretty quickly as well." He added.
"There was something that I have been wanting to ask you." I said looking him straight in the eye.
"Great come to our villa. Juvia currently lives with me, kind of like a little sister so I look out for her. Come with us and we will talk." Laxus said.
"Okay, lets go."