"Ah, then I'll go with you, Lu-chan." – Ema beamed brightly, smiling with excitedness
"That's fine with me, but does this have to do with Toshiro?" – Subaru raised a brow as the girl flinched subconsciously, avoiding eye contact with him as she nervously chuckles to hide the obvious.
"A...Ah, I...I don't know what you're implying about, Subaru." – Lucy stuttered.
"What do you mean? Did something happen?" – Yuusuke asks concerned.
"When Lucy left Meiji University after giving me the homemade chocolate Toshiro, my friend had walked her back to her car. When he came back soon later, he had a fire burning in the background and started training harder than usual. So, I suspected something happened, but I didn't ask what the reason is." – Subaru answered honestly.
"Did you both happen to do something that might cause such a reaction?" – Iori questioned curiously.
"We...made a deal." – Lucy tells them hesitantly as she pouted then sighed in resignation.
"A Deal?!" – they all questioned in unison.
"As a thank you for walking me to the car. I gave Toshiro a bag of chocolates. In return, he asked me to make a deal and I like challenges. I accepted it without even thinking about it. He said. When he can win the games this Friday, he'll take me on a date, but if he loses, then he does anything I want for a whole day." – she replies honestly, making their eyes widen.
"D...D...D...D...DATE!!!" – Yuusuke couldn't help but blush with a too frozen and stiff Subaru sitting beside him.
"Would this be a return gift like White day?" – Masaomi raised a brow as the girl shrugged mumbling 'possibly'.
'We should plan to give a gift back to the girls too...' the sibling thought.t
"I want to take onee-chan on a date, I can make onee-chan have lots of fun." – Wataru boasted proudly.
"How about we go on one when the weather is more cleared up and we can have an ice cream date with little Ema?" – Lucy chuckles petting his head affectionately like a cute little brother as he sparkled.
"How do you like the human world so far, Lucy?" – Masaomi questioned, closing his book gently, smiling at the blonde.
Lucy paused for a minute, thinking of an answer, petting a sleeping Happy, truth to be told, Lucy is quite surprised with how the people treated her so nicely, they accepted her openly. Nevertheless, she still wonders hesitantly if her new friends and family would accept her truthfully with no disgust and no rejection. on
"In all honesty, it's been interesting and fun here, most of the people I met so far seem so nice, yet the others I saw have shown their desperation to get with someone. The food here isn't that different from the other world, but everyone here is more... (she trailed off looking out the window, her eyes have discernment of melancholy in it) ... friendly."
"There are still a lot of things you have yet to see here." – Ukyo chuckled at her reply to them.
"How do people in your world normally act?" – Iori questioned, taking a seat on the couch beside Ukyo.
"It depends, to be honest...people can have strong power and be arrogant of it and there are those who are friendly with it. In my world, we have this thing called light guilds, it's supposed to be a family in a way. There is also something called dark guilds, which aren't approved by the magic council and attack others for no reason. In my opinion, my world is a mess, to begin with, so it's hard to explain who the people are and how my world works." – Lucy sighs smiling apologetically.
"Can we know the craziest thing that happened to you back down there?" – Yuusuke tilted his head.
"The weirdest thing...hmm...either...I had my future-self die in my arms...or...I always end up with little to no clothes wherever I'm in a battlefield." – Lucy said sadly, the last part Lucy was just trying to lighten up the mood when she noticed how the mood plummeted drastically. She tried to laugh jokingly at the end, but it came out as a sad smile with a light gasp.
"I remember that...Natsu...he was so mad... he was full-on rage...he told me after that battle...Natsu felt that for the first time he wanted to kill future Rogue...he doesn't want to see you get hurt. He always has these needs of protecting you and taking care of you.
Always.
So, Lucy, when we visit them, will you check if they are being controlled by anything? Natsu was and is still my best friend and foster-father...I...I just couldn't believe he...especially him to abandon and hurt you intentionally." – pleaded Happy as he looked at Lucy with bawling and teary eyes, begging her.
"Who's Natsu?" – asks Ema politely.y
"That can be a story for another time." – Lucy stood up, stretching as she carried Happy in her arms.
"There's a lot of stories I can share with you guys about what Happy and I faced through in the past."
"We are happy to hear whenever you want to speak about it, Lu-chan." – Ema smiles reassuring, breaking the boys out of their stupor.
"Lushiee~ (Happy flew up to her shoulder) can I go visit my parents in the animal realm?"
"Oh, that's right I forgot they moved there with the exceeds, yeah you can just call me when you are done." – she smiles, opening a portal watching the blue exceed wave goodbye before hopping through it.
"The animal realm?" – Masaomi asks.
"In my world, there are many realms or lands out there like animals, heaven, fairies, dragons, and whatever you can think of." – she replies as they nodded their heads, sparkling at the new information.
"I wanna go! I wanna go!" – Wataru cheered brightly, jumping on the couch excitedly.
"Maybe one day." – Lucy patted his head.
*Ring-Ring~*
"Someone's calling...excuse me...yes..." – Masaomi answered the person on the other side of his phone.
"Weird it still feels quiet, mainly almost everyone is gone." – Lucy chuckles walking to the kitchen to get some strawberries.
"It's perfectly fine like this, it's peaceful." – Julie said hopping onto her shoulder making her giggle in response.
"Woah, Woah, wait calm down Akito-Kun." – Masaomi nervously smiles through the phone.
"Is something wrong?" – Ukyo questioned as the man put himself on mute, looking at his siblings waiting for his answer.
"One of my colleagues at the hospital is being forced to attend a ball and supposedly he is supposed to be bringing a partner with him." – he sighed helplessly shaking his head while his right hand is massaging his forehead trying to figure out what to do with his friend conundrum.
"He's been worrying about getting yelled at by his family for going alone."
"When was it supposed to be?" – Yuusuke raised a brow.
"Tonight, if I'm not wrong." – Masaomi answered putting himself back on the phone.
"Alright then, tell him to come to pick me up at 8 and I'll have myself ready by then. I still have plenty of time so there's nothing to worry about." – Lucy stated eating a strawberry as everyone looked at her dumbfounded.
"You are willing to go (he asked as she nodded) alright I'll tell him your plan." – said Masaomi before leaving to go to his room.
"You are a nice person, Lu-chan." – Ema giggles to herself.
"Do you know him?" – Subaru asks as she nods again.
"Since when?" – Iori returned from his garden after checking on the flowers he planted last week in their front yard.
"Valentine's Day, when I was delivering chocolates to Masaomi, I happened to bump along with him when I was at his office." – she answered before plopping another one in and feeding some to Julie, who munches it happily.
"Well, make sure to stay safe then." – Ema sighed while Yuusuke runs his hand through his hair looking worriedly.
"Alright, I'll go get myself prepared." – she sang skipping away to her room with Ema following beside her.
"Oh! I'll help you get ready to prepare for the ball, Lu-chan. Do you already have a gown in mind?" – Ema
'Time skip'
It's been a long time since the girls went into the room to get Lucy prepared for the ball. The only time they have seen at least one of them is when Ema went to get some snacks for it. All the brothers, who were at home, finally returned exhausted in the living room, Akito, the man in waiting, made his appearance, sitting at the dining room table, sipping his coffee, sitting in front of Masaomi. He was wearing an all-black fitted suit with his gray hair slicked back to show his bright blue eyes, for once he wasn't wearing glasses.
"So, how long are you going to keep Lucy-chan out?" – Tsubaki asks as they all gathered in the dining room acting like an interrogation of a suspect or a criminal is happening.
"At least for a couple of hours, I do not plan to stay long, it's uncomfortable in that kind of place especially with my brother and father there." – Akito answered sipping his coffee slowly.
"I hope you both at least enjoy your time staying there, it's a waste of preparation looking so handsome in that suit." – Azusa smiled at Akito while he smacks the head of a whining Tsubaki.
"Where is Angel-chan anyways?" – Kaname sat down on one of the chairs at the dining table.
"I'm right here." – They heard an angelic voice approach them and turned to have all their eyes widen in surprise.