LaLu Week 2016

Day 1 Aquarius

It was a regular day at the guild. Mostly, anyways. Lucy's team was no where to be seen so it was rather calm. Still not overly quiet. It was Fairy Tail, after all. Natsu had come to Lucy with yet another job request that morning. The third one that week, and it was only Wednesday. Lucy had smiled, but declined his offer, stating that she only wished to relax at the guild that day and hang out with other members that she didn't get to see often enough. Natsu frowned, but accepted her answer and Happy suggested they ask Lisanna instead, and the three of them left the guild a few minutes later. Erza was there earlier, but soon after lunch decided she wanted to go for cake at her favourite dessert shop, and Gray had been dragged off with her for company.

Lucy, herself, held true to her reasoning for declining Natsu. Throughout the morning she spoke with Mirajane and helped behind the bar, delivering drinks whenever Mira or Kinana were busy in other areas, stopping to talk with other members as she did so. In the afternoon, Levy had invited Lucy to join her and some others in pool, to which she had accepted and had gone home to grab her swim suit.

When she had returned to guild, clad in a blue sundress over her yellow bikini, she was surprised to find that 'some others' included the Raijinshuu and the 'Thunder God' himself. Lucy didn't think he'd join in on a group activity, but there he was, granted out of the larger group beside Gajeel speaking quietly.

Lucy quickly realized she was staring and, shaking her head, made her way to the side of the pool, shedding her sundress along the way. Levy broke away from the group to greet her.

"You brought your keys with you?" Levy started, staring at the leather strap around Lucy's right thigh.

"Of course. I never know when I might need them." Lucy replied instantly.

"You're sitting around at the guild, what could you possibly need them for? Why don't you put them on a table or something?" Levy said as Lucy put her feet in the water and sat on the edge of the pool.

"No way, I'm a holder mage. I need to know where my keys are at all times. You never know what might happen to them if I were to leave them lying around just anywhere." Levy crossed her arms on the ledge next to Lucy and rested her chin on them, letting her legs float behind her. "And I can think of a spirit that might try to kill me if I did leave them in some random place." Lucy added quietly, glaring slightly at Levy's smile and nod.

Just then, Lucy felt her leg heat up, and ran her fingers over her keys, finding the warm one in seconds.

She took the key from the ring and raised it to her eyes. "It's like she knew I was talking about her."

Placing the end of the key in the water in front of her she called, "Open, gate of the Mermaid. Aquarius."

Almost immediately after appearing, Aquarius sent Lucy her usual scowl.

"What are you looking at me like that for? You're the one who wanted to come out!" Lucy yelled, and if a mermaid suddenly appearing in the pool shrouded in a golden glow didn't draw people's attention, Lucy's shout certainly did. Though, being Fairy Tail, the attention was quickly drawn back to whatever was going on in that area of the pool.

Aquarius eyebrow twitched, but she otherwise ignored Lucy as she settled in the water. They were quiet for a few minutes before Aquarius spoke for the first time since her arrival.

"So," She began, Levy turning slightly so she could face the spirit, "what's he like?"

Lucy quirked an eyebrow at the question, and Levy's interest was immediately perked as she faced the spirit directly.

"He?" She excitedly asked. It wasn't often that Lucy's love life was talked about with Lucy herself, and if one of the girl's own spirits were asking then it must be a sure thing that Lucy had someone she liked.

Aquarius' eye glazed over Levy for a quick second before speaking again, "The guy Lucy has been watching over the last few weeks." Lucy's face heated up as a blush overtook her face.

"W-what makes you think I've been w-watching someone? And how would you even know?" She stuttered out. Levy on the other hand got a an excited, yet evil, glint in her eye.

"You really think I have no interest in your love life." Aquarius said as she flicked her long blue hair over her shoulder, "I check in on occasion."

"That doesn't mean I've been watching someone." Lucy hissed out quietly. Aquarius ignored her and continued speaking.

"When I first saw you staring at the guy, I figured you were staring at the bookwormy looking guy sitting near him, he seemed more your type. The next time, the other guy was no where near him, so I thought it might just be coincidence since you looked away a second later," Aquarius fixed a hard gaze on Lucy's own eyes, "but a third and fourth time is not coincidence."

Lucy gulped and tried to look away from Aquarius' piercing eyes.

Levy's loud and excited voice broke through, "So, Lucy, who is the guy?" The other two girls had forgotten she was there, and Lucy rushed forward to cover Levy's mouth with a loud 'shh' before she could say more, almost falling into the pool before a cool hand was on her shoulder pushing her back up.

"Tch, don't think anything of that. I just didn't want you falling on me." Aquarius looked away as Lucy stared at her incredulously.

Levy was going to say more before two voices interjected themselves, and Lucy couldn't be more thankful for them in that moment if she tried.

"Levy!" Jet and Droy whined in sync as they moved towards us, "Come back and play with us."

Levy made a motion to reject them, but Jet had made it across the pool and picked her up, taking her back to the others.

Aquarius gave no noticeable outward reaction about Levy leaving, as a matter of fact, in Lucy's eyes it appeared that the water pushed Levy, Jet and Droy along faster in a subtle way Lucy wasn't aware Aquarius possessed, making it seem that she wanted to have this conversation alone with Lucy without drawing any unnecessary attention.

The mermaid sat atop the water, her immaculate control over the creation of water currents making it appear effortless as she stared Lucy down. Lucy only chanced a quick glance in the direction of the large blonde male, who was still talking with the dark haired dragonslayer, except with a teasing smile on his face.

"Don't make me ask again." Aquarius' voice held a clear indication that she would use drastic measures to get the answers she wanted, even creating a small whirlpool close to Lucy's leg when the girl didn't answer quickly enough.

"I don't know!" Lucy squeaked out nervously.

Aquarius wasn't sure what she expected, but it most certainly wasn't that. Her confusion was made evident to Lucy when Aquarius lifted a perfect eyebrow and her mouth opened slightly, only, for once, with no words being released from it. Instead, she sat and stared at the blonde sitting in front of her, waiting silently for an explanation. Lucy dropped her shoulders and sighed as she gave in.

"I really don't know much about Laxus." She began, her voice dropping to a mere whisper when she said his name, worried that it would draw his attention if she said it too loud, "When I first started at the guild, he wasn't around at all. Then, next thing I know, him and his group arrive and are complete jerks, and he's excommunicated from the guild. But, his friends weren't really bad, and were actually kind of fun once they got out of their shells, so it made me curious about what he was really like."

"And when he suddenly appeared on Tenroujima to rescue us, when he had absolutely no reason to, it only piqued my interest more. And again at the Grand Magic Games, he did more than necessary for the guild, especially when it came to Flare after she had humiliated me. I only want to know what he's like, but since we've never actually spoken or anything before, I never know how to start." During Lucy's explanation, her eyes kept flickering between Aquarius and Laxus to be sure that she hadn't gotten his attention and he wasn't listening to their conversation, but he was sitting alone now with his eyes closed, so Lucy wasn't too sure.

"It's just curiosity?" Aquarius asked, her voice deepening slightly, one eyebrow raised skeptically.

"Well," Lucy mumbled, keeping her voice as quiet as possible, "with it all, I guess I may have gotten a small crush on him."

If Lucy hadn't been sitting not two feet away from Aquarius, she would have been certain that she imagined the gentle smile on the spirit's face. As it was, Aquarius had been watching her previous master's daughter, her current master, or friend, as she liked to be called, with feelings akin to what she imagined family to feel towards eachother.

The smile quickly disappeared, transforming into a haughty smirk and Lucy watched as the water around Aquarius began to move with her dancing fingers, like a puppeteer with their puppets. Lucy felt the water gliding up her skin, seemingly taking hold of her body and its movements.

"Imagine that!" Lucy easily detected Aquarius' taunting tone, "It would seem that the holder of my key is nothing more than a silly young girl with no experience after all!" Aquarius chuckled mockingly at Lucy, and Lucy began to feel the water tug at her body in the direction of the dragonslayer they had been speaking about moments before. The water's pull didn't relent until Lucy stood and let it guide her along the side of the pool.

"You start by saying 'hi'." Aquarius' tone was softer, as she began to glow again, slowly disappearing back to the celestial spirit world. "If you can't do that much, you'll never get a boyfriend." And with those final teasing words, Aquarius was gone, along with the pull of the water around her body, the water sliding off her body in rivulets.

With the water's guidance gone, Lucy seriously debated running away or going back to the side of the pool where she had been sitting, but as it would turn out, even without Aquarius suggenting her movements, Lucy had continued walking and was now standing close by Laxus' poolside chair. Lucy cursed in her mind, wishing her body had stopped moving with Aquarius leaving.

Laxus had apparently noticed Lucy standing close by and peaked his scarred eye open. "Need something, Girly?" The sound of his deep, rumbling voice almost made Lucy jump since she wasn't expecting it. Only almost, instead she tensed slightly, before taking a deep breath, getting ready to say her first words ever to the large man.

"Hi," She started, just as Aquarius said to, her voice squeaking the smallest bit and she coughed to clear her throat, "do you mind if I sit beside you?" Lucy asked, forcing herself to make eye contact as she motioned the empty chair on Laxus' other side.

Laxus' eyebrows furrowed, his one open eye scrutinizing her for a moment, before he nodded. "Sure. Go ahead."

Lucy smiled and said a quick 'thanks' as walked around Laxus' chair to the one beside it. On the outside, Lucy looked her usual calm self, if a little nervous. On the inside, however, she was ecstatic, and, yes, nervous. She was beyond happy that she finally gained the courage, or rather had it forced upon her, to finally speak to the man that had been on her mind for months.

So, Muses, here is day one of Lalu week! I bet many of you thought that I wouldn't finish on time! Well, I did. Barely. A few of them are finished, at least. I wasn't sure how I wanted to end this, so I'm not entirely sure I like it, but let me know what you thought, especially since I'm trying out using third person point of view instead of first person like I usually do.