Sorry this is taking so long, but I just can't seem to spend a significant amount of time on any one story… as of this moment (when I post this chapter), I have approximately 20 chapters in progress across about 12 different stories. You know what I need? (Peanut pops up out of nowhere) "FOCUS."
Also, I was just realizing that my "slow burn" had turned into something more akin to "smoldering embers." I'll try to pick the romance back up.
Finally, I feel the need to apologize. It's been over a month since I came up with anything to add to this WIP chapter, and I have the feeling that that's only going to get worse as the story continues, so I'm going to be dropping this story as gently as possible. That's why the ending is so open.
I do not own Fairy Tail.
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A week ago…
"She may start screaming at you. Don't worry, she never means anything she says during these outbursts. And she has severe monophobia, so you need to be with her at all times. That includes in the bathroom! Don't worry, she won't care if you're in there with her."
Mirajane asks, "Is there anything else, Virgo?"
"Um… oh, if she randomly goes to sleep, that's ok. She tires easily, so that's expected."
"Are you done yet?" Lucy groans.
"I think that's everything…" Virgo mutters.
"Alright then," Lucy says, "close, gate of the maiden!"
A swirl of light wraps around Virgo, and she disappears.
Mirajane turns to Lucy, "So, why did you want her to leave again?"
Lucy sighs, "She hadn't been back to the Celestial World in over a month."
"How long do you think she'll need to recover?"
"I'm planning on giving her at least a week. She'll be ticked, but she needs the time off." An alarm on Lucy's phone goes off then, signaling that it's time for her to use the bathroom again. As she's doing her business, with Mirajane standing off to the side, she notices that she's feeling… off. 'I'm… embarrassed? That's weird, I've never felt like this when it was Virgo standing there… what's the difference? Well, besides it not being Virgo.' Unable to find an answer, Lucy mentally shrugs and finishes up, taking a little longer than usual due to the embarrassment. She gets back in her chair and rolls over to the door, getting Mira's attention.
"Are you done?" Mira asks.
"Uh-huh."
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Now…
"Huh?"
"I asked what Mira did."
Virgo had just gotten back from her week-long stay in the Celestial World, and what had she come home to? Lucy crying with Mirajane standing over her. Virgo had, of course, immediately come to Lucy's defense and punched Mira through the wall, come to find out that Mira apparently hadn't done anything.
"Didn't she hurt you…?" Virgo asks.
"What? No! I hurt myself! On accident, of course!"
"How did you do that!?"
"I forgot… well, pretty much everything."
"Everything?"
"But… I do remember one thing…"
"And what's that?" Virgo asks curiously.
Lucy softly kisses Virgo on the lips, then gets a light blush as she shyly smiles. "I love you."
To say that Virgo was confused would be like saying that the universe is big. She isn't even coordinated enough to blush yet.
'Wha- bu- I- you- bu- we- wha-'
Lucy looks at Virgo, "Is something wrong?"
Finally, Virgo turns redder than a tomato and screeches, "EHHHHH!?"
Lucy's smile disappears, "Virgo…?"
Virgo trips backwards. Her eyes are practically swirls, there's steam coming off of her head, and Lucy's pretty sure that that's smoke coming out of her ears…
Lucy begins to tear up, 'Does… does she not feel that way…? But… but I thought…'
Lucy's first sob snaps Virgo out of her maelstrom of emotions.
Virgo has three choices at this point. Reject Lucy's feelings and break her heart, Try and find time to think this all over and break her heart, or accept Lucy's feelings.
She takes the obvious choice.
She kisses Lucy.
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AAAAAND instead of "slow burn", I wound up with "raging inferno." Anyway, that's a wrap!
Again, I apologize for how short this is.
While I'm not putting this up for adoption, I am perfectly fine with people using this fic as a starting point for their own.