Levy had become a woman very abruptly. Whatever Lucy likes to say. Deflower the petals. Welcome into womanhood. Buttered muffin. The point was that Lucy liked to talk about how radiant her best friend had become since she and Gajeel had become fuck buddies. Levy liked to call it friends with benefits because it sounded less vulgar and aggressive as 'fuck-buddies' but Natsu and Lucy failed to let her forget that they were indeed fuck buddies.

And at some point, she just accepted that because she and Gajeel met almost six months ago and she was going down the terrible route of catching feelings.

She read all about her situationship. A new vocabulary word she had learned since she's done her research. They said most of the time, someone in the duo ends up catching feelings because of how intimate things get between the couple and usually situationships last six months to a year, sometimes even longer depending on how long the relationship goes unestablished. Depends on what happens but now as they approach their six month mark, Levy was definitely under the impression that she had feelings for this mammoth of a man.

Underneath all that gruff, scary facade, he was actually such a sweet, kind man. Hard to believe, she knows it herself. Nobody really believes her. Lucy only laughs and says she believes whatever she had to say but she knew that bitch was lying and was saying that to only make herself feel better about her fucking some punk-ass kid.

At first, she only kept Gajeel around for her own selfish reasons and research purposes. She had jotted down every time they were intimate and even tried new positions and new ways to be wild in bed and nine of ten times, she had come up victorious and in a daze. Gajeel didn't seem to mind at all, considering he claimed he's never been intimate with anyone (Levy thinks this is a lie) before so he was in for a very nice treat every time they had done anything.

That was until Gajeel started to treat her as if she was the most precious fucking jewel in the world and it started to make her wonder: did Gajeel like her?

It all started around the holidays, right before Friendsgiving when Lucy had asked her about the man. She started to miss him when he wasn't around and wondered to herself what he was up to or if he would like to come over to watch a movie. She never considered ever catching feelings for the guy, just only using him for her own knowledge.

But then he started to hold her in bed after a round of wild sex, say sweet things to her, compliment her, buy her food, and walk her home. It was somewhat romantic in some kind of sense. He even took her out on Valentine's Day, claiming it was to set the mood to see if it was going to make sex better since it was the sacred love day for the world. It apparently did for Lucy and Natsu.

And Levy couldn't lie, the lovey dovey bullshit kind of helped. It made her feel some type of way when Gajeel took her out on the most romantic day of the year and held her hand and bought her dinner at some Italian restaurant. She thought it was especially sweet when he handed her flowers once they got to his place, rose petals and candles being lit for the mood he claims. He said he did his own research as well, saying how romance excites women and may result in a world of sex and pleasure that isn't very common, especially in older couples.

When she talked to Lucy about it since Levy was very inexperienced in love and sex and all things relationship, the blonde bombshell had confirmed for her that people indeed do those things when it comes down to someone they truly fancied. And then she teased her saying how Gajeel had become smitten over the petite woman and Levy could only flush crimson as she's never really had someone treat her this way.

This is how Levy had known Gajeel had liked her.

Levy chose not to say anything since Gajeel seemed he was figuring stuff out on his own. He was a mature guy and had his head on straight (maybe) considering he ran his own business and whatnot. She also didn't know how to feel about the situation because she's never had a boyfriend and she didn't know how to explain it.

It's not like Lucy and Natsu were jumping into titles just yet so why should she? They seemed far closer and further than she and Gajeel were. Juvia and Gray seem to be more on their wavelength but even so, Gray's feelings for Juvia were pretty clear.

So when Lucy had sit down Levy to talk about her feelings for Natsu, the bluenette could only roll her eyes and snort as if that wasn't so fucking obvious and she wondered if it looked like that with her and Gajeel.

At that point, it was the matter of when they would become official and Lucy was so deathly afraid things would go to shit once they started dating. And she was also afraid that Natsu didn't want to become boyfriend-girlfriend once they had sealed the deal but it was clear he was around for good. And then she dropped the bomb about how Natsu had drunkenly confessed his feelings for her and it had Levy spitting out her entire cup of juice all over her bedroom floor while Lucy shrieked.

"What?!" She was screaming, mouth dripping with leftover juice. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?! What did you do?! Did you tell him?!"

"No, I didn't tell him!" Lucy cried out, face red and hot as she held her hand against her cheek. "He was blacked out drunk!"

"You should have still said something!" Levy groaned, getting up to grab a towel to clean up her mess.

"No way! If he wants to, he will!" The sorority sister huffed, crossing her arms across her chest. "He clearly said it while drunk because he wasn't ready to do it sober!"

"So you're just going to pocket this and wait?"

"What choice do I have?" Lucy let out a sigh as Levy turned to look at her.

"Wait… are you going to return his feelings?" The bluenette asked, pausing in her cleaning as she stared at her red-faced best friend. "Do you love Natsu?"

"I—I don't know if you can consider it love…" The blonde had a pout on her lips, fidgeting in her spot and twiddling her fingers. "But… I would say I consider myself to have very strong feelings for him."

Levy could only drop her jaw and stared at the woman sitting across the room from her, silence absorbing the two best friends as they didn't know how to react or what to say. It made Lucy uncomfortable to even think otherwise and Levy's hamster was working overtime as a smile spread across her lips.

"So!" Lucy cried out before Levy could say or suggest anything, clearing her throat. "I was thinking maybe we could make a trip up to Akane beach during spring break? You, Gajeel, me, Natsu, Gray, and Juvia." She offered a smile, trying to change the subject as she watched Levy go over to her laundry hamper to place the towel in there. "I already asked Gray and Juvia and he said yes. I'm going to ask Natsu later when he gets out of class and I figured you can talk to Gajeel about it whenever you have the chance."

"Are Gray and Juvia a thing?" Levy turned to look at Lucy who had a smile tug on her lips.

"Gray told me he really likes her," Lucy put a finger to her lip, winking at the bluenette who rolled her eyes. "Might as well call it quits now, Lev, I think I'm winning this!"

"It's not the end yet!" The shorter one squealed, finger pointed to the blonde. "I said April!"

"Gray admitted his feelings for her! It's a matter of time now!"

"You never know! I still have two months!"

"More like a month and a half." Lucy waved her hand around, a victorious smirk on her face as Levy glared. "Spring break is in three weeks. Greek week is at the end of April. Your time is running out my dear friend." She pointed at her wrist as if there was a watch, her smile growing wider as Levy rolled her eyes.

"You hang around Natsu too much. You two are becoming so alike."

"You know, I've been hearing that a lot lately."

So Levy had made a plan to talk to Gajeel on going away for a week and felt giddy herself that she was able to spend a whole week away with him at the beach! She already went to work, jotting down notes and reminders for their upcoming trip and Lucy had returned back to her room once more, a wide smile on her face and a new sense of purpose for her and Natsu.

Gray and Levy were in similar situations as she was. Everyone had their weird dynamic.

Levy and Gajeel who were friends with benefits but are growing fond of one another and going in the direction of possible lovers.

Gray and Juvia who seem more advanced than anyone out there but still a bit behind in other aspects were blooming into such a beautiful thing.

And then there was her and Natsu, the two love-sick, lust-crazed couple who couldn't keep their hands off each other. It seemed they were always ahead of everyone in the flirting and attraction aspect but they were last in line to fuck so Lucy took it into consideration that they were second in line as Gajeel and Levy have yet to admit to their feelings.

Well, Levy did. Maybe Gajeel did too? Maybe Gajeel had said something to Natsu or Gray. But then it made her think, did guys even talk about stuff like that?

"Why the hell would I know if Gajeel had any feelings for Levy," Natsu snorted, laying on his side while his elbow supported his head. "Do you think we sit down and sip tea and talk about our feelings once a week or something?"

"You don't have to be such an asshole about it." Lucy rolled her eyes as she tried to pull away from the rosy-haired student. Natsu was quick to tighten his arm around her and reel her in, burying his face into the crook of her neck as she giggled.

"I didn't mean to be an asshole," he kissed down her neck as she squirmed. "I'm just sayin' that's fuckin' gay."

"Natsu!" She squealed as he tickled her neck, giving him a light smack on the shoulder. "That's not a nice thing to say."

Natsu rolled his eyes, brushing her hair out of her face and neck to give him better access. "I'm not saying that as an insult to the gay community. Listen, my ex-girlfriend is gay."

"Mira's sister, right?"

"Right," he cleared his throat as he tried to keep himself focused on her but her bare tits were starting to distract him. "I'm just saying that guys don't sit around and talk about their feelings like you girls do." He licked his lips at the red marks all over her body.

Natsu was definitely the possessive type.

"So what do you do when you need advice?" She asked as Natsu shifted to hover on top of her, his hard on already pressing against her thigh.

"We suffer through it," He shrugged, nudging her legs apart to find home between her legs once more. "Or we talk to our girl friends about it."

"Gray did corner me about Juvia," Lucy hummed as she didn't mind how Natsu got himself adjusted to her entrance once more, sitting up on his knees. He gave her a scrunched up expression, his hand lifting her leg up as he held them up by the back of her knees.

"Gray cornered you? When was this?"

"Couple days ago. He told me he was catching feelings for Juvia and didn't know what to do or how to handle it. He had this crazy look in his eye and I thought he was sniffing glue or something."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I just did."

Natsu huffed and then snapped his hips to slide all the way inside of her at once, hitting the back of her entrance as she screamed. He leaned down to push her legs up higher and over his shoulders as he looked in her glossy watery eyes with his sharp ones. "Next time, tell me when it happens the day of or we're going to have a problem. Am I clear?"

"Yes..!"

Gajeel considered himself a hardass. That's how he was raised to be and who he adapted himself to be since the world was a harsh cruel place that had no place for soft babies. Even his friends Natsu and Gray were tough; tough enough for him to associate himself with them because he is not friends with weak bitches or pussies. Even though Gray and Natsu are pussy ass bitches, he still thought they were good enough for him.

He grew up alone once his parents passed and he was forced to live a life with his uncle. His uncle was a ruthless man, someone who didn't like getting questioned or told what to do. He did whatever the hell he wanted, badass of a motherfucker, and strong. He taught him everything he knows now. How to fix cars, run from the police, and knock a motherfucker in the jaw.

So when his uncle grew sick when he was a senior in high school, he wasn't surprised he was still a ruthless asshole while bedridden. Refusing to accept help or be fed because he wasn't a weak motherfucker. Gajeel had definitely thought about punching him in the face or shoving whatever meal he had down his throat because this man meant a lot to him and was killing himself because he didn't want to appear weak. But Gajeel didn't think of him as weak. He still thought he was the strongest guy out there. The best guy.

On his final days, pale, weak, and frail, his uncle had told him how proud he was of him and how he thought Gajeel was the strongest guy he knew.

It was safe to say Gajeel shed tears that night. He was crushed. And that's why he moved to Magnolia, wanting to get away from the pain, the heartbreak. He found comfort in his friends who attend MU while he got to finally open up a shop in honor of his uncle who had left him everything he had. He named it after him, Metalicana, and ran the hell out of that shop because he was the one who taught him everything. Then he opened up a gym because he needed to get this anger and frustrations out some way.

So the main point was that while Gajeel is a hardass and he made some friends along the way, he was a man of his title and choices. He didn't bother with women like the two whores he associated himself with and he didn't really bother to really look at anyone until he ran into that pink-haired dumbass at the bar.

Truthfully, he was just walking home and he saw her through the window and he was instantly enchanted. And that's when he saw his dumbass friends so he walked in there, in hopes that Natsu or Gray hadn't got their slutty hands on her yet.

He wasn't surprised that he knew her but was relieved to know that she was good friends with the one girl Natsu was smitten about. So when he went over to the group of girls, he didn't expect to be so intimidated by a group of drunk college girls and this particular one that was giggling and saying how big he was.

She had no idea what that does for a man's ego.

Every man wants to be called big. Whether it's about their downstairs department or upstairs, Gajeel felt good about himself that night because this really cute girl was saying he was big.

So he offered to buy her a drink and that blonde bimbo was looking at him as if he would murder this cute ball of sunshine and he had to give salamander that fucking look that said 'if you don't get your girl I'm going to kill her' and he was smart enough to remove her from the situation.

He didn't blame her, this was her best friend and he was a stranger to her so he respected her loyalty and devotion for the petite woman.

He soon found himself at the bar, pounding drinks like no tomorrow while this sloppy mess of a woman brought out such a soft side to him he wondered if he looked weak. He asked her what she liked and what her passions were and he soon found out she was some crazy bookworm that also happened to be a virgin. Usually people are embarrassed to confess they are one, especially at a ripe age of twenty, but Gajeel liked that spunkiness about her and that's when she proposed her crazy idea.

He didn't know why he agreed for her to use him for sexual scientific research but he didn't see a bad ending in this. He got laid (repeatedly) and he also had a chance to get to know this woman who was really starting to rub off on him in a good way in the short amount of time they exchanged conversation.

So afterwards, she followed him home and rambled about how excited she was and how this was going to further some research she already had started when she was in middle school. He had to remind himself that this woman was a virgin and she was batshit crazy but he wasn't so experienced either so she was giddy about using this to her advantage.

To say she was a wild one was an understatement. Levy had rocked his world. She knew what the hell she was doing and more and it was hard to believe this was her first time because she made him cum so fucking fast and so many times in a short amount of time and it was starting to get embarrassing because she was blasted but wrote down notes in the middle of their intimacy. He felt like an experiment in a science lab and he was kind of digging it as she rode him and called out his name.

The next morning he wasn't expecting her to be slipping away so soon. He woke up to her talking to herself and he didn't know why she thought he would murder her considering she's the one who practically killed him the night prior and she was inviting him out for breakfast for a recap.

And then it went all uphill from there. Levy agreed to keep seeing him as she had lots to catch up on and research. She was even cuter and spunkier sober and he liked seeing her go on and on about some subject he couldn't give a shit about and his he found himself inviting her back to his place to conduct more work.

He found himself yearning for her and smiling when she would call or message. Sometimes she would come by his shop and they would go at it right there or she would bring lunch so they could hang out and talk about their days. There were very few days and nights he wouldn't be able to see her due to some event or work related bullshit and he found himself missing her. Reaching for her in his mattress at night and re-reading messages.

Even Gray and Natsu seemed to have close lady friends like he did. So he didn't think anything else of it because it seemed like it was a trend and they seem to have the time of their lives.

Levy was super close with Natsu's girl so he ended up spending more time with him and her and found out they were both idiots so they suited each other very well. He could see why Levy was friends with someone like her and he found himself liking her too even though he won't ever fucking admit it.

Gajeel was pleasantly surprised Levy had invited him to Lucy's beach house for spring break (Levy had gone into detail about how rich her family truly was and Gajeel was starstruck for a minute) and he was glad the shrimp had someone like Lucy and he agreed without a second thought.

He just didn't know he was going to have to deal with Natsu and Gray.

And in a fucking car for six fucking hours.

"Honestly, I don't understand this motion sickness thing. How does Natsu and Gajeel have this horrid condition?" Lucy sighed from the backseat while Natsu laid on her lap. She turned to look behind her where Levy sat with Gajeel who was shifting from a green face to a pale one, gagging in between breaths.

Gray declared he was the driver and he would drive the entire six hours if it meant he got to stay the fuck away from those two and Juvia happily took the front seat with him, offering him snacks and water while they made their way to Lucy's beach house.

So far, they've driven the majority of the ride there with everyone in one piece. They've stopped every hour (much to Gray's dismay) since Natsu had flung open the door one too many times and Gajeel stunk up the car with his puke. Grabbing refreshments, using the bathroom, and then having to force Gajeel and Natsu back in the car took entirely too long. Natsu even tried to run away, saying he'll meet them there later but Lucy was quick to grab him and shove him into the car while he cried.

So a normal six hour road trip had turned into a seven and a half hour long trip due to the many stops and chase they had to partake in.

Natsu had found out he liked how Lucy soothed him through his pain by running her hands through his hair and twirling the strains with her finger. He also liked how sweet she was as she poured water into his mouth and smiled like the angel she was.

He was glad he wasn't the only loser with motion sickness and was making a fool out of themselves. He would catch Gajeel's weak look and he would smirk at him, a weak tremble of a middle finger coming up to show Natsu off and if he wasn't also feeling like shit he would be howling with laughter. Levy didn't look like she really knew what to do as she rubbed Gajeel's back and then eventually got tired and started to read.

Natsu kind of felt bad for the guy but then again, nobody was as lucky as he was with his girl.

So when they had finally arrived, Natsu was the first one to burst through the doors and tumble out of the still moving vehicle because he was not going to spend another second in that death trap. And after a minute of inhaling the fresh ocean air and feeling the hard ground underneath him, he was able to come to his senses and stare up at this large home that Lucy called hers as his jaw dropped and eyes widened. Soon, everyone else was right beside him, doing the same exact thing as the idea of someone owning this as their vacation home was ridiculous.

"T—this is your family's beach house?" Levy spoke, voice hush and shaky.

"This is a beautiful home…" Juvia gasped out, hands over her mouth in shock.

"Just… how rich are you?" Gajeel's voice came out in a defeated tone.

"You could probably fit everyone in MU in this…" Gray muttered, looking over at the size of the home.

Natsu was first to laugh, throwing his arm around Lucy's shoulders as he pulled her close. "Hell yeah! My girl is the best!" He boasted, a wide grin on his face while he looked over at the four.

Lucy flushed red and turned her head away to hide it, pushing her partner off to go to the car. "If you guys are done taking it in, can we go in? I'm tired of sitting around! I want to get in the pool!"

"Will it be warm enough?" Levy asked as she came to help with their bags. "The sun will be going down soon."

"And it's already kind of windy." Juvia commented as Lucy smiled.

"The pool is heated," Lucy said casually, swinging her backpack on her back. "So let's go!" She was running towards the front door with Natsu in tow, the pink-haired male giddy about their trip as the four gathered their things.

"I'm glad we have Lucy," Gray whispered, swinging his bag over his shoulder.

Everyone had to agree as they followed the couple inside the large mansion, coming in to gawk at the interior of the place. With high ceilings and wide entryway, they stood in the foyer where there were heated marble floors with a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The ceiling itself was painted in beautiful florals, a pop of color and a shimmer accenting the place as they couldn't help but drop their jaws once more.

Lucy came back with Natsu, a blush and a giggle coming from her lips as the said student trailed behind her, lipgloss smeared all over his lips and beaming with mirth.

"Come on, guys, let me show you to the rooms and then a grand tour!" She ushered them up the stairs, waving her hand as they followed quickly. "You guys can pick which one, there's seven bedrooms and they all have their own bathrooms so you don't have to worry. Natsu and I are all the way down there in the master bedroom," she pointed down the long corridor to the double doors. "And each and every door here is a room. There's some downstairs too if you want but some of the rooms have balconies." She winked and Levy was already on the move, pushing through to start opening doors to look at which one had balconies. "Go get settled. Let's meet downstairs in ten minutes?"

"Thirty." Natsu piped up, making her shoot him a look as Gray and Gajeel rolled their eyes. He didn't give them a chance to respond as he started dragging Lucy down the hall, a wide grin on his face as Lucy cried out in protest.

He was quick to shove her into the room, lock the door, and corner her as she whined that she was hungry and tired. His lips were on hers before she could say anything else, pressing her body flush against his as he held her gingerly. "Fine, if you're too tired to test out our bed," he smirked at her as he took a handful of her cheeks in his. "Guess we'll just have to wait till tomorrow for your energy to come back."

"You're ridiculous," Lucy nudged him playfully as he kissed her neck. "We only have thirty minutes."

"So let's get to it," he slid his hand up her shirt to pull it over her head. "Chop, chop."

Lucy laughed as he started to unbuckle his belt, stripping his shirt off and helping her tug down her skirt as she wiggled. "Fine, but only a quickie. I want to get in the pool. I turned the heater on so it should be warm by the time we're done." She walked over to the edge of the bed to bend over, presenting her backside to a hungry Natsu.

Natsu didn't waste any time to come over to where she was, stroking her folds with his fingers as he hardened. She whimpered at the feel of his fingers pushing into her, trying to get her warmed up as fast as he could so they could go enjoy the pool. He fondled her breasts and flicked her clit, leaning in to whisper in her ear how sexy she was as she whined.

"You're already so wet, Luce," he growled into her ear as he continued his ministrations. "Were you thinking of me?"

"Always," she whimpered back as he grinned.

"I can't wait to take my time with you later," he purred into her ear as he pulled his fingers out of her. He pressed them against her lips and pushed his wet fingers into her mouth, groaning as she sucked her juices off. "I'm going to make you forget who you are."

Lucy shuddered as Natsu slid his cock up and down her folds, hands gripping the comforter as the anticipation grew. She let out a gasp when he pushed himself inside of her, stretching her out as she moaned. He didn't hesitate to grab her by the shoulder and thrust, earning a high pitch squeak from her as she felt his hip press against her. She could feel his girth finding home inside of her wet cunt as he found a comfortable pace, moans spilling out of her mouth.

Her voice grew a bit louder when he hit a certain spot inside of her, her back arching with a broken gasp.

"Fuck, Lucy," he pulled her up so her back was pressed against his chest while she let out a whine. "You're soaked. Do you like it that much?"

Lucy could only let out a whimper, feeling him thrusting into her so deep she could feel him against her lower stomach. She could barely breath as he quickened his pace, the slap of his skin against hers echoing into the air as she cried out.

"Cum for me, Lucy," he purred in her ear, grabbing her by the throat as he kissed the corner of her mouth. "Cum on daddy's cock like the good girl you are."

Lucy threw her head back and groaned as she felt the coil inside of her gut start to tighten. Her heart was pounding inside of her chest as she felt the wetness coat her inner thighs and the way Natsu's balls slapped against her, she was approaching nirvana a lot faster than she hoped as she clenched around him. Natsu shoved her face down into the comforter and grabbed her by the hips, pounding into her relentlessly as she screamed into the mattress.

His groaning was what got her tipped off the edge as she shuddered and cried out, chants of his name spilling out in between her gasps of air. She felt him spill himself inside of her, warmth filling her as he pulled out for his spunk to drip out and down her leg. It was her favorite part after Natsu had taken her soul, her remaining pleasure would be to feel his warm cum douse her lips as it spilled out of her throbbing swollen cunt.

Natsu gave her cheek a hard slap and Lucy squeaked, sitting up as she turned to glare at him. He was all grins and red to the face, leaning in to steal a kiss from her. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up so we can go swimming."

"Yeah, I need to hop into the shower. I feel slimy thanks to you."

"You like it," he purred as he pulled her to his side, kissing up on her as they walked to the bathroom. "You love it especially when I'm filling you up with my kids." He whispered into her ear and Lucy just grew red, nudging him as she felt her heart throb inside of her chest.

Ever since she's been keeping it to herself that Natsu was in love with her, she found herself getting more and more embarrassed and shy towards the said male. He made her feel butterflies and her heart pound as he whispered sweet nothings in her ear and she especially could feel his love soar when he was holding her and kissing up on her. She wondered if he felt the same when she did.

"Thank god you're on birth control," Natsu let out a sigh while he slipped on some swim trunks. "We would have gone broke with the amount of condoms we use."

She found herself loving this lifestyle though as Natsu teased her and pressed himself against her. She could only giggle like a schoolgirl as Natsu helped her tie her bathing suit, commenting how sexy she looked and how he wanted her to suffocate him with her tits and she just rolled her eyes as he shoved his face into her beautiful mounds.

When they had left their room and made their way to the pool outside, they noticed everyone was already there and getting themselves comfortable.

"Finally," Gray said, making Lucy stick her tongue out while Natsu flicked him off. "You said thirty minutes. It's been forty five."

"We're here, aren't we?" Natsu grumbled, putting down a towel on a chair as the sun was starting to set. "Nobody said you needed to wait."

"That desperate to get a quickie in?" Gray taunted as Natsu smirked.

"Maybe if you asked nicely you could get some too," Natsu taunted right back until they were forehead to forehead, going back and forth angrily. Their voices started to echo and grow louder as nobody paid them any mind, used to their childish behavior.

Gajeel was too busy cracking open a bottle to play bartender to get himself involved, the girls surrounding the bigger male to coo at him. Levy seemed smug as she stood beside her man, proud that she had someone as great and talented at Gajeel while Gray and Natsu argued like children on the playground. Juvia and Lucy didn't seem to care once they had cups in their hands, clinking the red solo cups together to take a swig. The girls were left giggling and gossiping as Gajeel had now joined in the argument, fists being tossed back and forth and profanities that echoed in the large backyard.

By the time the sun had set, the pool was warm, and everyone was many drink in, the pizza that was devoured was extra good as they lounged around. It was nice to not worry about classes or homework or anything organization related as the group of college students laughed and fucked around.

Lightweight as usual, Levy was a giggling mess as she floated on a floaty in the pool, rambling about god knows what while Lucy laid right beside her on another floaty, sipping her cocktail through a straw. Juvia was on a pool noodle, listening to her fellow bluenette sprout nonsense as she giggled along.

The boys had ventured inside of the home, just in the pool house with floor to ceiling windows that show they were playing an aggressive game of drunk foosball. They were cursing and screaming in there as soft music played by the pool.

They probably should have gotten out a while ago but the warmth of the water and the night sky really brought them into serenity. They were warm from the alcohol and warm from the heated water and giggling together while talking about their boys made it all more fun.

Juvia had grown very fond of the two women who she deemed worthy enough to be friends with. Especially since their men were close friends with hers, she decided to allow friendship to bloom so it would make things easier for everyone. Especially since her love rival (even though Lucy was very attached to Natsu, Juvia thought her flirting was brazen) was so close to Gray and Natsu was best friends with him. But the love rival kept to herself unless she got super drunk and purred at Gray as if she was her next meal so Juvia was on guard even though she really liked her. Maybe it was more jealousy. Maybe Juvia really wanted Lucy to herself.

"It's a shame you don't attend MU, Juvia," Levy hiccuped as she ran her hand back and forth in the clear water. "You would have been a real fun sister."

"Oh, Juvia would have been so cute as a pledge!" Lucy's eyes widened in excitement as she swung her leg back and forth in the water. She chewed on her straw, a habit she had picked up from Natsu, and giggled as Juvia blushed.

"Really? You would let me in your sorority?"

"Of course! You're like a sister to us already!"

"Honorary sister!"

And it was like a switch as Juvia bursted into tears all of a sudden, uncontrollable sobs flying out of her lips. Lucy and Levy instantly panicked, eyes finding each other before trying to swim closer to the woman as they feared Gray would be storming in any second.

"Juvia, did I say something wrong?" Lucy asked, worried and confused, her eyes darting back and forth between her best friend and Juvia.

"Juvia, please," Levy tried to stop her sobs as fear swelled inside her chest. "Talk to us!"

Her sobs were loud and uneven making the boys stop their shouting to turn and look, Gray instantly bolting over to see what was going on. He tripped on his way over, cursing up a storm while he declared he was on his way so Juvia could find comfort in it. But Juvia didn't seem to hear him as she wailed and the girls were growing anxious as they tried to settle her down.

"What the hell guys!" Gray's voice was loud and sloppy, a slight slur as he watched his girl cry in the pool. "What did you do!"

"W—we didn't do anything!" Lucy cried out, looking back at Levy who also looked really concerned. "We just told Juvia it feels like she's a sister and we wished she went to MU so she could rush!"

"We meant it as a compliment!" Levy squeaked.

"Great going you two," Gajeel scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest as Natsu raised his brows in confusion. He looked right at Lucy who shrugged before they turned to look at Juvia as Gray started to tread his way over to her.

"I—I'm just happy!" Juvia wailed, catching everyone off guard. Even Gray had stopped swimming his way over to the blue-haired woman who wiped her tears from her flushed face. "I just… never really had anyone who was as giving and sweet as you guys and for you to think I'm a part of your sorority without even being a true member… really made me tear up and I think I've just had too much to drink because I really appreciate you guys! Meeting you all is one of the best things I have done."

There was a silence that passed through the group as Juvia's soft sniffles came in once in a while. It made them all exchange looks while Gray slapped himself in the forehead as Lucy let out a sigh of relief.

"Jesus Christ, you couldn't have said that?!" Levy screeched. "You scared us! And you had this guy coming over ready to drown us!" She pointed at Gray who had come to hold his mess of a woman who happily accepted his embrace. "That's it, no more cocktails for Juvia!" Levy declared, pointing at Gajeel who held his hands up in surrender.

"Seems like someone else needs to get cut off too," Lucy snickered as she looked at her angered best friend. Levy turned to glare at her best friend, grabbing the side of her float to yank her off of it. She soon yelped when Levy flipped her off the floating, her cup flying out of her hands as a loud splash occurred.

"Hey! A little warning next time!" Gray shouted as he barely survived the wave that came from Lucy's downfall.

Lucy broke the surface of the water with a loud gasp, pushing her wet hair back as she shot her laughing roommate a glare. "That was not funny, Levy!"

"I thought it was," Gajeel chimed in with a grin, making Lucy turn and shoot him a glare. Her eyes locked with the onyx ones that belonged to Natsu and she nodded.

"This one's for you babe!" Natsu's voice was loud as he got a kickstart to grab Gajeel by the neck and yank him into the pool with him. Gajeel toppled over and fell face first into the water, a loud splash and a large wave rolling over the four in the pool as laughter filled the air.

The six were back in the pool, splashing one another and flipping each other off the floaters and declaring a chicken fight against each other. It was all fun and games until Levy was flipped in the pool and it started a whole argument between the boys on who cheated and who sucked.

notes: something on the shorter side. see you next chapter!