Life In The Guild

The Next Day Pt. 3

"Shameful."

Edo Lucy and Bickslow pouted when they were somehow put on Elfman duty.

"Sorry, Elfman will snap out of it soon...............hopefully." Mira apologized but didn't attempt to hide her amused expression.

Lucy giggled, as she set the largest bowl in the kitchen filled with cantaloupe in front of Elfman.

"Thwank ouw!" Elfman said, but was met with a small frown from Lucy.

"Don't eat too fast, you'll end up choking." Lucy scolded lightly, but Elfman continued.

Lucy sighed in defeat and stepped back into the kitchen to grab a cloth for him to at least prevent him from becoming a sticky mess. Once she found it she walked back and gently tapped on Elfman's arms successfully making him stop eating momentarily, giving her enough time to tie a small table cloth around his neck to keep his chest clean of juice.

Mira squealed and quickly brought out her camera snapping multiple shots from various angles, wanting to capture Elfman's and Lucy's rare but adorable interactions.

"I didn't take Mira as a sibling-obsessed elder sister." Edo Lucy stated making Lisanna chuckle.

"She normally isn't, but it's rare to see Elfman-niichan act like that." Lisanna smiled, Edo Lucy nodding in understanding.

Edo Lucy hummed and decided to look around, when suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she saw Bickslow on the side beginning to make egg and hash brown hearts.

"Hey! No fair! You had a head start again!" Edo Lucy screeched as she ran up to Bickslow to start building her hearts again.

Lucy and Lisanna burst into laughter, making Mira turn and snap multiple pictures of them. The three of them continued laughing for a bit, while continuing to prepare for the guild to open. About ten minutes before the guild opened, Elfman had scarfed down a third of the total amount of food prepared, which was more than he'd ever eaten before. Unfortunately he began attempting to eat a special breakfast item.

"Lu! Lis! Mira! Elfman is bullying me!" Ashley cried pushing Elfman off of her, trying to keep him from eating her recently arranged hearts, "Go with Bickslow!"

Elfman, in turn, sniffled as large tears began to pour down his face as he began to cry, making the group freeze.

"H-Hey man. T-There is no need to cry. Umm we-we were-ehem we were just playing! Right Ash?" Bickslow awkwardly said turning from Edo Lucy to the weeping Elfman and back to Edo Lucy.

Edo Lucy immediately nodded and quickly offered the food to Elfman.

"Yeah! Th-They'll be served for breakfast anyway." Edo Lucy said.

Elfman began hiccuping and quickly took the food.

"Okay." Elfman said, softy sniffing as he went back to his table to eat.

After another three minutes, Elfman quickly turned back to his loud boisterous self, and continued to eat. Edo Lucy chuckled and continued to compete, (cough play cough), with Bickslow again.

From the side, the Edolas guild could only enviously stare at them. They knew it was childish and utterly selfish, but they wanted their Lucy to look at them instead. For their Lucy to speak and fool around with them.

Edo Mira sighed as she looked around her own guild members, taking in their solemn expression and damp moods.

'This is a mess. How will we ask for forgiveness, if we can't stop feeling bad about ourselves?'

As the Edola guild's envy and bitterness continued to grow, the Earthland mages began to arrive, and like always, a fight broke out.

"Elfman! How dare you eat the my vanilla pancakes?!" Gray screeched, throwing a chair at said man.