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I dedicate this chapter to Zodiac_Spirit who is an awesome Levy and reader♥♥
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Her pale, bandaged hand hovered over the door knob, rethinking her decision of ever coming here.

'C'mon Lucy! Don't be such a baby! You've got to do this! You can do this. You-I can't do it!'

Just as she was about to retrieve her hand, the events from earlier that day evaded her mind, as if reminding her that she needed to do it, no excuses allowed. So, sucking in a breath, with a frown on her face, Lucy twisted open the door knob and walked in, before she could even have the chance to chicken out again.

"Uh.."

"Lucy!"

The said woman squirmed nervously under the intent gaze of those pair of brown eyes, looking anywhere but them.

"Why do you look so nervous?" Wendy giggled, gazing at her with inviting eyes.

"How are you feeling now?"

"I've been better." she sighed, the smile never leaving her face. "But I've been worse so it's all good! Vera here has been really helpful."

Lucy smiled, walking over so she stood next to Wendy's side.

"She always is.." Lucy agreed, ruffling Vera's dirty blonde hair.

"Hey! Quit it!" she whined, trying to pry off Lucy's hand. "Besides Lucy is way better than me at this type of stuff."

Huffing a bit, she got up, dusting off her skirt. "I'll be going down now. Rest, okay Wendy? Coming Lucy?"

"Aah..No..I think I'll stay here a bit."

Vera scrunched up her eyebrows in confusion, but shrugged it off anyway. "Okay then!"

Shutting the door behind her, Vera stole one last glimpse inside the room before sighing, leaning against it. She didn't understand why Lucy denied. She had given the blonde woman a perfect alibi to leave with her and avoid the awkward conversation with the blue haired mage. Lucy always hated mingling with people. That was something she has had experienced firsthand. So why now?.. Why was it all different now?..

The sudden giggling coming from inside startled her and she frowned, attempting to shut it out. She still had trouble believing that Lucy was up and about, intermingling with complete strangers as if she had known them her entire life.

"Why the long face honey?"

Mari stopped arranging the flowers in the table vase, looking up to find her upset daughter.

"It's just..Ma?..Have..Have you observed any change in Lucy lately?"

The petite woman smiled, ultimately abandoning the task at hand.

"I have." she revealed. "She's been much more cheerful huh? Even towards the flirty customers." she laughed. "It's refreshing."

"Hmm.."

"Is something the matter sweetie?"

"No..it's just..I..I don't know.."

Mari sighed, moving over to stand in front of her daughter. Vera looked away, trying to keep the surfacing tears from showing. Mari smiled a little, caressing Vera's hair, untangling them with her fingers.

"You're upset that she's changing right?"

"N-No it's not-"

"And that you feel like she's slipping away. Growing distant."

Vera scoffed, still not facing her mother. "Growing distant? We weren't even close in the first place!"

Mari made her face her, looking straight into her watery eyes. "That's a lie and you know it."

Vera sniffled a bit, averting her gaze away quickly. "Yes." she accepted. "I'm afraid. I'm afraid that she's changing and that she's slipping away. Away from me and you..and towards them.."

Mari smiled sadly, gently pushing all of her daughter's hair behind. "We can't hold her down forever though. We've already done it once. We can't do it again."

Vera nodded, giving out a forced chuckle. "Yeah I know." she agreed. "We can't. And that is what hurts the most."

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"..and then.." Wendy managed between her laughter. "Master went completely pale when he saw that. Natsu faced the wrath of the entire guild later that day. Erza and master did not go easy on him!"

Lucy let out another laugh, remembering about that time when Natsu stole the king's crown and shocked everyone.

"He is something alright!" Lucy announced, wiping away the tears from all that laughter. Oh how she missed it all so much! Talking about previous adventures, their silliness, Natsu's goofiness, everything. Letting it all out after years of bottling it up felt so good, and Lucy couldn't help but wistfully wish that it never ended.

"He is!" Wendy agreed, clutching her stomach.

"Wendy! Your bandage is coming off!" Lucy exclaimed, taking the mage's hand in her own. Now that the bandages were loose, she could see the gash that they covered and Lucy's face fell.

"It doesn't hurt that bad now!" Wendy exclaimed, noticing her sad expression. "It's just a-"

"I'm sorry."

"H-Huh?"

"It's all my fault." Lucy said, clutching the hem of her skirt, her golden bangs casting a shadow over her eyes. "I was supposed to protect you. And I failed. And now you're hurt because of my incompetence."

"That's not true." Wendy whispered. "I was far too reckless."

When she saw that it had no effect whatsoever on the blonde, Wendy huffed, crossing her arms and pouting. This caused Lucy to finally look up, confusion written all over her face.

"Wendy?"

"Fine then!" she announced, looking away. "I am upset! And there is no way I'm forgiving you."

"Uh.?"

"Unless.." Wendy now wore a mischievous look on her face. "You spend some more time with me!"

"I-uh-alright..but let me bind that up for you first."

"Okay. Hey! I have some healing cream in my bag! Maybe we could use that."

Lucy nodded, getting up and grabbing Wendy's bag. "A healing cream huh? That's quite hard to come by these days."

"Maybe. Grand-I mean, Porlyusica helped me out with it. She is an amazing healer!"

When she didn't reply, a curious Wendy looked over to her side, only to find an awestruck Lucy looking at the contents inside her bag.

"Lucy? Hey! What's the matter?"

The blonde snapped out of her reverie, almost dropping the bag in the process.

"Wha-oh no! I just-nothing!"

She sat down again, tending to Wendy's arm.

"Hey?" the bluenette began. "What is it?"

Lucy gave a short laugh, waving her hand dismissively. "Oh it's just nothing! I was just looking at your clothes."

"What about them?"

"Well..erm..you own a lot of pink huh?"

"Yeah..funny story about it actually!"

"Hm?"

"Yeah.." Wendy whispered softly. "I was never big on that colour. But one day..it just happened."

"It just happened?"

"That's right! It was like, one day, suddenly I had this strong urge to wear pink. It felt like it reminded me of something. Something close to me but I couldn't figure it out. It bugged me a lot, but being close to the colour in any way bought some sort of satisfaction so I started wearing it a lot. And before I knew it, it became my colour."

She then looked at an awestruck Lucy, smiling. "But I don't think I can call it my colour anymore."

"Why's that?"

"Because it suits you more!" she replied cheerfully.

"Me?!" Lucy exclaimed. "But I wear black!"

"Yeah.." Wendy put her hand on her chin, looking at Lucy skeptically. "That is something that didn't sit right with me ever since I met you. Black just isn't your colour."

"Huh?"

"You're more suited for lighter colours. So we need to change your choices!"

"Wendy I-"

"Tell you what!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands in glee. "Why don't you and I go around town later today? It'll be fun!

"I don't-"

"C'mon! You said you'd spend more time with me!"

Giving Lucy the fake puppy dog eyes, Wendy put her in a fix.

'Damn this girl learn it right from Happy and Natsu!' she inwardly cursed, remembering all those times when she got the exact same look from the exceed and the Dragon slayer to let them crash at her place or buy them food.

"I-okay..you win.." Lucy mumbled, defeated.

"Yay!" Wendy exclaimed joyfully. "I can't wait to tease Natsu about it!"

Oh boy was this going to be an interesting day!

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Look who decided to show up with an update XD

It is me! After about one week of a writer's block, I finally managed it! Yay!

Sooo..well how was it? Making Wendy mischievous was so fun lol.

This chapter was supposed to end another way but that didn't happen lol. Fine by me I suppose. Heh

Anyway I read the new chapter of 100 year's quest and well..

I really hate Touka.

Until then!
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