(So this is just a filler chapter… Sometime between Mona and Cana, some talk at the guild, and next chapter will be the start of a new job.)
"God I love Bubble Baths." I hummed happily as I sunk my head under the soap filled water.
It was the next day and I was at home, preparing for the day. My little home, the one I owned and paid for with 150,000 jewels.
I was currently in my nice big spa bath having a warm bubble bath and trying to relax.
Which was difficult when Cana was sitting right across from me, also in my bath.
When we were little and I lived in Fairy Hills we would take baths together with all the girls our age in that giant beautiful bath. And somehow she had kept the habit and had decided to join me in my bath this morning, so we sat across from each other.
I resurfaced my head and smoothed back my short hair.
"So do I. Two best things to do is to have a nice hot bath, and have all the beer I can without passing out." Cana laughed lightly.
I rolled my eyes, "You drink too much."
She sighed and leaned back in a despaired look, "I know. Probably the reason why I don't have a boyfriend. You know all the good guys in this town just can't handle me, I'm too great for them."
I smiled lightly, "I think all female mages are too great. We just can't be handled. I mean every guy thinks Erza is beautiful but she can be scary and they don't dare to ask her out after what she did to Loke. Levy is cute but she's super smart and most guys don't even see her true awesomeness because she isn't has busty as everyone else and they just don't notice her. You are great but your drinking is a problem for most guys. I think it might just be our guild in general actually. Either the guys are too much for the girls or the girls are too much for the guys or everyone just can't think about feelings. Then again, Love is overrated, we're too busy with missions."
"Well I wouldn't say that, Mona, You have Laxus." She told me.
I sat straight up in horror, "No I don't! I have no idea what you mean. Laxus hates me, we aren't- I mean I wouldn't- He isn't my-…" I was red in the face now.
"Mhmmm. You should have seen the way he acted when you left. And when you got back he was so flustered, I've never seen him so emotional. That isn't the way a hateful man acts, a hateful man would kill you when he had the chance." She told me.
I scowled, "Whatever. I won't be dating anyone anytime soon, and especially not Laxus. I can't stand him anymore. He's different."
I stood up and stepped out of the tub, grabbing a towel to wrap around myself. Cana followed me and got her own towel.
"Well a lot's happened to him. I'm surprised he even still talks to you." She said as we stood there.
My bathroom was a full bath with a nice big shower, a big spa tub, a toilet, a sink, a huge mirror. Normal Bathroom. The floor tile was cerulean blue and the wall was a light yellow like sunlight.
I sighed, "I know."
We did our hair and headed to the bedroom to get dressed. Her clothes were laid out and I got out my clothes, sliding my ring on my finger.
My bedroom was nice sized with a light blue wall and white carpet. It had a large king sized bed that had red sheets and dark blue pillows. Light wooded nightstands, dressers, and a large walk in closet was connected to it.
There was a small hallway leading to another bedroom, slightly smaller, that was empty with plain walls and plain white carpet because I hadn't needed to use it yet. There was a spiral black stairway at the end of the hall.
Cana chatted about the guild and stuff while we walked downstairs. I liked it when Cana visited, when we were kids she was like a little sister to me. I stood up for her, I watched over her, I comforted her each time my uncle Gildarts left just as she was about to tell him her secret.
We had been very close, and when I left it was tough on her and me both. Now that I was back we had been trying to get those moments back and be like sisters again. In fact we had been considering her moving in with me.
My kitchen and Living room was connected. The walls were light lavender, the floor was wooden in the living room with white tile in the kitchen. Light wooded counters and cupboards, white appliances, a clean neat kitchen at the moment. My living room was a bit messier, with blue and purple furniture and books on almost every surface. I liked reading in my free time.
"I need a job. I haven't been on a job in forever and my rent on my apartment is coming up." Cana mentioned with a sigh as she began rummaging through my cupboards, "Where is all your alcohol? Seriously Mona, you need beer or something in here."
I rolled my eyes, "I don't keep alcohol in the house." I paused before saying, "I'll look at the board today, if I find a good job I'll see if you and Loke want to join me."
Cana had an odd work partnership with Loke. Somehow it worked out, with her card magic and his Ring magic and his flirting and her drinking. She flirted right back and was blunt as hell, and he didn't care if she was drunk. Though Cana actually did well on missions, and Loke didn't flirt too much on missions either.
"Great idea. We should get going or everything at the guild will be nuts when we get there." Cana said.
I nodded, "Alright."
And so we headed to the guild, talking once more about relationships. Cana really wants a boyfriend, and I don't really care about romance at the moment.
An hour later I was sitting next to Cana and Macao in the guild. I had been talking to Macao about all the Vulcans he defeated. He defeated a total of 19, but the 20th got him. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy were also back from their job, in fact Gray apparently met them after finishing a job he had taken yesterday and they had come back together.
"You could have taken someone with you, Macao, twenty is a lot to defeat by yourself. Still, I'm not surprised you got 19 of them." I said, taking a sip of my beer. I wasn't much of a drinker but one was good to calm me down.
"You know, you haven't been on a mission with me since before you left. You should take a mission with me and Wakaba sometime, Mona." He told me.
I smiled, "Maybe I will someday, old man, but today I am teaming up with Cana and Loke."
He scowled, "I'm not old."
"You're thirty six, that's pretty old." I teased, sticking my tongue out at him.
He turned his head away, "Whatever, Dragon Slayer." He took a sip of his own beer. He knew I was just teasing.
We all turned our heads when we heard, "Mira! Three beers over here, Please!"
It was Wakaba who had spoken.
"Coming right up!" Mirajane replied, holding a tray of frothy beers and smiling.
Wakaba sat at a table with Laki. Nearby Vijeeter was doing his odd table dance.
Wakaba was Macao's best friend, a man who was constantly at the guild despite being married, and constantly flirting with Mirajane. He also happened to smoke way too much. He was the same age as Macao and as far as I knew the two had known each other their whole lives. He used smoke magic. And he had odd shaped light brown hair, and an odd fashion sense.
Laki was a young girl with long light violet hair and brown eyes, with glasses. She was pretty but modest in her clothing, and she hates perverts like Wakaba and Loke, though somehow she gets along with Wakaba. She had odd speech, referring to things in strange ways sometimes. And I was pretty sure she was a bit sadistic. She uses Wood Make magic.
Vijeeter is an average young man with brown hair that he keeps in a ponytail and long bangs, and dark eyes. He always wore the same black and grey body suit, and was always dancing. He loved dancing, in fact I almost never saw him sit still. He was saving up money to dance in some sort of minstrel thing. He used Dancer Magic. I didn't know him very well and had never been on a job with him.
Wakaba called out again, "Go on a date with me, Mira-chan!" He was literally smoking pink hearts from his pipe.
Laki made a distressed expression, "Not this again!"
"Oh? But…" Mirajane began, raising a hand. A big pink magic circle appeared in front of her as she used her transformation magic. She changed to look like Wakaba's wife, a plump woman with brown hair and too much makeup, "…Don't you already have a wife?"
Wakaba jumped up in shock, "Don't do that, Mira!"
"All I ask is to drink in peace and quiet." Cana grumbled.
"You drink too much." Macao told her.
I looked at him, "That's what I told her." Then I turned my head to Cana, "Besides, We're in Fairy Tail, it's never quiet or peaceful."
She just drank more beer.
I turned my attention to Natsu, Lucy, and Happy. Happy was eating a fish while Natsu had his chin on the table, looking discouraged.
"We should really get to work…" He decided.
Happy took his teeth off his wiggling fish enough to say, "Aye. We're running out of food money."
Those two were always talking about food money. But we all should take some jobs.
Lucy agreed and spoke up, "I knew we should've taken that two million jewel reward." She looked up, her eyes widening more, "Come to think of it, this month's rent is coming up. I need to work, too!"
I had heard about their job. Because they didn't do what was originally asked of them, even though the job had turned out good, Natsu had insisted not to take the reward. Besides the people who requested the job were poor, and hadn't had enough money to pay anyway. Natsu had done the honorable thing, but now they still needed money.
I stood as well, knowing I need to find a job as well.
And I felt like a good fight, so I knew what to look for.