Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 13

It's not a little habit, Mira!" Laxus gaped at her, and she simply giggled and waved it off. Pointing a finger to the salmon colored man, Laxus ignored how Natsu glared at him. "The shit always wakes me up atop of me, like he's a dog and I'm the freakin' bed!"

"Oi, it's not just you, moron," Gray snapped from the other end, startling Lucy and making Natsu swing his head to the other side boredly, sticking his tongue out to him. "Hothead would sneak into my place and try to get snuggly with me, too!"

"Not my fault!" Natsu whined and crossed his arms. "I've tried everything to stop it, but nothing ever works! Besides, Luce is a lot nicer to me than any of you, dorks! She throws shoes at me."

Lucy was about to stop him when both men blinked and finally nodded in agreement. Mirajane whispered casually to the blonde how Laxus tried to stab Natsu at one point waking up, and Gray tried to throw him out his bedroom window. Lucy paled and glanced to Natsu, who didn't seem affected by it. Once Laxus started offering Lucy ideas, perhaps mouse-traps? Tying Natsu to a flagpole? Gray rolled his eyes and left the bar to check Levy's work, making Lucy and Natsu excuse themselves quickly before following him.

The dark haired man twitched at seeing the two scurry after him. "What do you guys think you're doing?" he snapped, but Natsu grinned cheekily at him in response while Lucy ignored them both. Lucy learned pretty quickly that Gray is Natsu's best friend, there is no doubt about it, but the way their friendship works out is by constantly fighting or bickering with each other. Trying to get under their skins was their best way to communicate and get along, even though Lucy has trouble trying to be the same. Gray, however, seems to already accept her as a pal already, so she didn't need to try too hard.

"Gray!" Levy cheered happily upon seeing him enter, with Lucy and Natsu in tow, which made her brighten even more. "Lulu-chan! Natsuuu, did you come to see if you needed some weapons for today?"

"Mm? What's today, Levy-chan?" Lucy blinked at the mechanic, who began unbuttoning her welding suit and slipping her arms out of the sleeves.

"I thought Erza or Makarov told you guys last night," Levy frowned, tying her sleeves around her waist. "Weren't you guys awake?"

"Nah, we crashed after we dumped trash out from cleaning," Natsu boasted and swung his hands behind his head. He looked to be very proud of himself. "It took days, but we did it! We practically fell asleep by ten, isn't that funny?"

Levy rolled her eyes with an amused smile on her face. "Well, Makarov announced that there's a job today, and she's putting you two plus Erza and Jellal on the menu. Seemed pretty serious, so I guess he went for S-Class only."

"Aren't you an S-Class, too, Gray?" Lucy looked to the dark haired man with a raised brow. The man nodded and jerked his chin towards the car that was missing the driver's door.

"The job requires partners, and my ride is being fixed right now, so I can't officially ride," Gray explained with a bored tone. "There's a race that's going to happen tonight, though, along with the job opportunity and the whole garage wants to go as support for the gang. Levy included," he looked to the short woman, who beamed with excitement.

"And no one bothered to wake me up?" Natsu gaped.

"Of course we tried to wake you up, but you must've been sleeping like a rock," Erza's voice came from behind, making everyone turn to see the red head woman dressed in a crop top and torn jeans with boots. Next to her was Jellal, Lucy remembers, her husband dressed in a black t-shirt and a dark pair of jeans with his hands in his pockets. He was usually the quiet type from the other times she has seen him, but was fairly polite to Lucy overall.