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No One's POV
Lucy walked into the guild hall where all the girls were about to ambush her, but then everyone stopped in their tracks. Lucy was PISSED. She was wearing a rigid smile, and a dark aura was emitting from her body. It even was able to send chills down the almighty Erza's spine. As everyone backed away, Lucy spoke up.
"Good morning, everyone. Eh…? Why's everyone so quiet…? Hehe, heh, hehe" Lucy grinned maliciously, and everyone immediately glanced Natsu's way. In unison, all of Fairy Tail thought
Just what the hell did you do now, idiot?!
Lucy's POV
Sighing, I just made my way over to the bar, and glanced at Natsu, who gulped. I didn't even try to greet him today, knowing that he would probably ignore me. I slumped down once I got to my seat, and just put my head down.
"Yo, Mira, can I have the usual, except large and to go?" I asked, rubbing my head as Mira quickly nodded, not wanting to get on my bad side this particular morning. I was staying up all night, wondering how to get my revenge on the great Sting Eucliffe.
"We don't have the normal, I have a crush on her relationship, nope! We're boyfriend and girlfriend, and we're gonna get married and are gonna have about a million kids!"
The same line kept repeating over and over in my head, and I just sighed once again. Stupid, stupid Sting! My life was a complete mess, and I was totally going to get him back good for it. The thing was, I just didn't know how. Mira walked up to me and gave me my large strawberry smoothie. I waltzed up to the request board and happened to spot something that caught my eye.
"Mira, can you approve this quest. It's from Sabertooth" I said, putting emphasis on the guild name. Mira immediately forgot the tense atmosphere as hearts filled her eyes.
"Oh, of course! Are you going to pay a visit to you beloved Sting?!" Mira squealed, catching everyone's attention.
"Oh, yes I am. Yes, I am indeed…" I trailed off, grinning as to what was going to become of the great guild master of Sabertooth.
I walked to the said guild, looking over the job request one more time. I wonder why they need a bartender. Oh well, Mira taught me a lot of things, so I should be fine. At least, I got an excuse to be near him, though. I'm pretty sure that I'll come up with something. Arriving at the guild, I bust the doors open and shouted, in my usual, cheery manner:
"YO SABERTOOTH, WHAT'S UP?!" I shouted, causing a cheer to erupt throughout the guild.
Sabertooth was officially best friends with Fairy Tail, and I had happened to get extremely close to them, especially Minerva and Yukino.
The said mages walked over to give me a warm smile as everyone came over to greet me.
"What brings you here so suddenly?" Minerva asked, quite amused to see the reactions of her fellow guild members.
"I accepted this job request from you guys. I happen to know a lot about this. Also…I have some business I have to take care of with your guild master." I finished, my smile gradually turning darker and darker as each word slipped by.
Yukino was excited to see me, and replied "Well, I'm so glad that you're here! We'll be needing you for the week if you don't mind. Oh, but the pay is really good. It's about 1,000,000 Jewel"
My eyes widened at the reward. "Why so much for such a simple task?" I asked, confused.
"You, see, well…" Minerva trailed off as her voice dropped to a whisper. "We happen to eat a lot. Like, a lot." I smiled understandingly and patted Minerva's back. I've had enough experience with Natsu and Gajeel at Fairy Tail… As I thought about the two, I mentally face palmed. It sure has gotten livelier around here, though. Sting must be a good master. "So, when do I start the job?" I asked, excited. I actually really liked to cook.
"If you don't mind, can you start today?" Yukino asked shyly. Nodding vigorously, I put up my hair into a high ponytail, tied up an apron that Mira lent me, and darted straight to the bar.
"Hello, Lucy. Fancy seeing you here" Rufus said, flashing me a smile. Returning it, I explained the situation I was in, and I continued to make small talk with everyone. Taking down orders and preparing the food, I was able to get through the day in no time flat.
"Well, well, you're really good at this Lucy" Minerva complimented me.
"Mira taught me a lot of things back at the guild" I explained as I started to pack up my things. "What time should I be here tomorrow?" I questioned, checking my watch.
"Anytime you please. We're… not morning people" Yukino said, laughing a bit, obviously embarrassed.
"Well then, I'll come in at 6, so I can make breakfast for you all!" I exclaimed, running out of the doors. I heard them try to protest, saying that people could just go out to eat, but I ignored them happily, something else on my mind. Where was Sting?
Back at Fairy Tail, I talked to Mira about the day, and she just laughed at all of the stories I told her. Looking at my facial expression, she asked me worriedly, "Lucy, is something wrong? You look… disappointed" As I registered what she said, my face turned scarlet as I tried to dismiss the thoughts I had of Sting. However, to no prevail, they just kept rebounding. Sighing, I just gave up.
Natsu's POV
Lisanna and I walked into the guild- we were both beat from completing that last job. We had to beat up some monsters, and man was they rough. We sat down, and I was about to greet Lucy when I heard something unexpected.
"Mira, I didn't see Sting today… so I was a bit worried. And now, I can't stop thinking about him!" Lucy exclaimed, giving up to Mira's antics as she tried to hide her blushing face. Lisanna ran over to Mira as she started to faint, and I just sat down next to Lucy, confused.
"Lucy"
"…"
"Lucy"
"…"
"Luce?"
"…"
I took a deep breath as I realized what I was about to do.
"…Blondie?"
Lucy's head shot up, and the first word that came out of her mouth was, "Sting!"
She looked at me, then said nothing as she put her head back down. Trying to start a conversation, I asked her about her day.
"How was your day?" She gave a thumbs up in reply.
"Are you tired?" She just shook her head, not even glancing my way.
''Are you busy tomorrow?" She looked at me, eyes glistening and mouth starting to form into a small smile. I smiled, thinking that I had cleared my mission. Much to my dismay, though, she just nodded, stood up, and waved goodbye to everyone.
The Next Day
Lucy's POV
I woke up and headed to Sabertooth, and once I got there, I steeled myself to make about 100 pounds of breakfast foods. Sipping on the strawberry smoothie that Mira gave me before hand, I glanced at my notes I took yesterday at what everyone preferred to eat. Guessing at what everyone would like, I started to cook happily, humming a tune fit for such a beautiful day that it was.
~2 Hours Later~
Everyone started to get up and looked flabbergasted at the feast that was waiting for them. Spotting Rufus' normally calm expression turn to one of complete and utter confusion, I couldn't help but laugh at him. Checking my notes once again, I handed him the honey pancakes with black coffee. Rufus just stared at me, surprised.
"These are my favorite! How did you know?! Also, you made all of this?!" Rufus asked, looking at all the plates of food. Nodding, I showed him the notes that I made to everyone's tastes, and I think I made the Memory Mage glow with pride. He wiped a tear and started to write his will, chanting things like "I'm in heaven. What an angel… God, you're too Kind…" Giggling, I handed everyone their food as they started to make their way to the main hall from the dorms. Minerva and Yukino gave me thumbs ups of approval, Orga flashed me a toothy grin, and the other Sabertooth members proceeded to hoist me up on their shoulders. Then, Rogue came down, and he looked pretty confused as to why I was here.
"Don't worry, I'm not an intruder. I'm the temporary bartender." I explained, handing him his dark chocolate croissant with butter coffee. He blinked, and took the food gratefully. He wasn't here yesterday, but I remember what he ate during the Grand Magic Games while I was helping the kitchen staff. I chuckled to myself, proud that I was able to remember when I saw Sting. He had a serious case of bed head, drool dripping down his face while his eyes were half open and he was scratching his butt. Smirking, I immediately knew how I was going to get my revenge, and brought up my phone camera from behind my back.
Sting noticed me, quickly fixed up his appearance, and then said cockily, "Well, well, well. I see that someone couldn't wait to see me." In response, I just shoved the job request flyer in his face, handed him his white chocolate donut, sweet bread, and coffee, and continued to smile innocently. Haha, he wasn't expecting that, now was he?
Sting regained his composure and sat down, eyeing his food suspiciously. I heard that Sting liked sweet things, so I decided to make something up for him. My annoyance turned to anxiety as he brought the food to his mouth. I turned around so he couldn't see that I was closing my eyes nervously, but he brought a smile to my face when he stood up, turned me around, and practically yelled in my face
"THIS IS FREAKING DELICIOUS!" He earned a cheer from the crowd behind him, and everyone just kept complimenting me while I tried to hide under the table from embarrassment.
TIME SKIP
the day ended, and Sting came up to me, thanking me for the hard work, though reluctantly and with a scolding from Rogue.
"T-thanks. The food was really good…" Sting trailed off, which I found adorable. Wait, what?! Lucy, watch it! No, now's the time to commence plan revenge!
"I would like to thank you, too," I said, faking sincerity. When Sting asked me what for, I waved the picture in his face and bluntly replied. "For this".
With that, I broke out into a run, the wind whipping against my face and laughing as Sting ran after me. He was caught off guard, and he was way too full or his own good, so he didn't run as fast as usual. Laughing, I enjoyed the chase; it was pretty fun. Soon, we both barged into Fairy Tail, both panting and rolling on the floor laughing. Mira went into fangirl mode again, and Natsu just asked us,
"Where were you, Lucy?" I tried to explain, but my voice wouldn't come out over all the laughing. Instead, I just pointed a shaky finger at Sting, while Sting desperately tried to take my phone, which had the picture on it, away from me.
He tried to speak, but he was laughing too hard that all that came out was fragments of a sentence.
"She…picture…fool…breakfast…morning…BWAHAHAHAHAH" was all that Sting could come up with- even he had to laugh at the ridiculous picture.
I started, still pointing at Sting.
"Saber…tooth…bar…re…venge…donut…BeD HEAD…HAHAHA!" We burst out laughing some more, and it was so contagious, that everyone in the guild laughed along with us.
"What are those lovebirds thinking?"
"Such fools!"
"They look so cute together!"
Little did I know, I had so much fun with Sting, that it would be too hard to say goodbye. And little did I know, there was a certain dragon slayer who wasn't laughing along with us, but was just keeping his face down as he walked past us and out the guild, his absence unnoticed.