Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 43

Mirajane woke up her fiance by gently shaking his shoulders and pressing little kisses on his blond head. The husband-to-be made some of his usual grumbling noises, somewhat a mix between a dog and a penguin, she guesses, and roll to his stomach. Mirajane giggled sweetly before climbing on his back, gently tickling his ribs and nuzzling her nose to his thick neck.

"Laxus-kun," she cooed when he made a deep whine against the pillows they had on their shared bed. "Laxus, wake up. Master Makarov wants to see us, honey."

"'Bout what?" he growled, heaving a large sigh that gently rose Mirajane's curvy body and back down when he exhaled. "I told him that the papers were on his desk. Can't he understand simple words?"

Wearing her favorite pink nightgown, Mirajane fixed the thin straps on her shoulders before plopping her upper body on his bare back. "Come on, Laxus. Everyone is waiting for us at the bar and we're the only ones left. He said it was important."

"Too early to deal with the kids, Mira."

"It's just Erza, Jellal and the Three Musketeers, honey," she told him softly, snuggling her face against his warm skin. She felt Laxus sigh and slowly move under her, and she got up and picked out some pants from the floor of their bedroom. Once she found him slowly rising from the bed in his sweatpants, she smiled and gave him a good morning kiss. "Come on, slowpoke. We're gonna be late for the party, if we don't hurry."

Mirajane strolled happily in her bunny slippers out of their apartment with her hubby in tow, going to the elevator and taking the ride down to the garage where everyone was already sitting and talking casually to each other. Once Mirajane locked her blue eyes with a familiar redheaded woman, she scurried over to hug Erza, who was sharing a mug of hot tea with Jellal, who still appeared to be half-awake, like Laxus was, his head tipping up and down from dozing.

"Morning, Erza-chan," Mirajane sang softly while Erza rolled her eyes at her friend's joyful rays of sunshine. "Did you and Jellal sleep well last night? You two went to bed awfully early, in my opinion."

When her friend's cheeks went as red as her hair, Mirajane knew she got her good. "Sh-shh!" Erza's brown eyes snapped to her smiling, yet naughty face. "That's none of your business, Mira…"

"I'm just teasing, Erza-chan," Mirajane cooed again before pressing her cheek to Erza's boiling one in a affectionate snuggle. "I don't want to make my Maid of Honor to get mad at me for teasing about your sex life, ne?"

"Mira, leave Erza alone," Laxus said with a yawn, making the platinum blonde giggle and let go of Erza. "Keep it up with her and she's going to bite you again, like last time."

"I think that was a love bite," Mirajane grinned, making Erza go limp in her arms and lean towards Jellal. Looking up to see Makarov enter with his laptop in his hands, Mirajane got everyone's attention. "Good morning, Master Makarov!"

Macao smacked Gildarts awake while Wakaba leaned back to give a welcoming nod to the old man. "What did ya need, Makarov? We were starting to wonder if you were just testing to see if we could actually get up."

"I had to get my computer," Makarov sighed before going around the counter and using the stepping stool to reach up to a wooden chair set behind the counter. "I'm sorry for making all of you guys wait like that, but this is rather important and I would like it if the kids didn't hear about this first."

"What's up, Gramps?" Laxus crossed his arms while everyone tuned in on the older man opening his laptop.

"The cops found a body today near the docks, right where the border of the city exits to the mountains," Makarov said as he pressed a few keys on the keyboard. "They called me this morning when they identified the body, and I wanted you guys to help me with it."