As the bright light faded, everything seemed the same as before, though there was no floating paragraph of ancient text, and when we looked outside, it was Magnolia, not an endless void.
"Yay, we're back." Lucy's dry voice broke the silence within the guild as all of us glanced at each other, only for Gramps to rise to his feet while clearing his throat. "I propose everyone take a few days' break; I think we all need some time to… Clear our head." Awkwardly, Gramps rubbed his bearded chin while scanning us as most of us nodded in agreement.
Yawning, Gramps asked Dobengal to return the Diary to Minerva's temporary room while the rest of us headed for the entrance, though just as we did so, Minerva and Yukino headed towards us, approaching the guild from the street. "Where is everyone going?" Tilting her head, Minerva looked at us in confusion. "Gramps is closing Fairy Tail for a few days for reconstruction." "Eh, but everything was fine earlier today."
While Minerva looked at Erza in confusion, she cleared her confusion by drawing her sword and slashing at the guild, creating a large gash in the building before sheathing her sword. "Reconstruction, Minerva." After those parting words, Erza walked off, prompting everyone else to silently follow in her footsteps, breaking off as we all returned to our homes.
"So, I-I guess Fairy Tail is closed?" "Fairy Tail is so weird, Minerva." "Yeah, it really is Yukino, but it's also super amazing." "Well, if you say so." Turning around, Minerva and Yukino headed off in a different direction.
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A Few Days Later
While peacefully resting, the book I was using to cover my face was suddenly lifted, only to see Levy looking at me with a blank expression. "Can you not use the book I'm reading as a sleeping cover? You'll get drool on it." "Tsk, I don't drool." Shooting Levy an annoyed glare, I sat upright, prompting Levy to sit beside me on the couch.
"So, when the hell are you leaving? You've been free-loading at our place for the last few days." As I eyed Levy, hoping she'd leave sooner than later, a book suddenly hit my head from behind. "Our? This is MY apartment, big bro!" Glaring at me from behind, Lucy huffed in annoyance before sitting in a nearby recliner.
"Don't be so nitpicky, Lucy. I help with rent." "No, you don't! You do nothing but free-load, big bro. As a matter of fact, at least Levy asked if she could stay with me; you just come and go when you please. I don't know if you're crashing at someone else's place or here; one night you're absent, and the next, you're eating my food."
I folded my arms and scoffed in remark. "But I was here first. This apartment can handle two people, but three is a crowd." "You're right, so please, by all means, leave me. I'll be glad." "Now you're just doing this to win an argument; if you'd wanted me gone, you would've done so months ago." "I PHYSICALLY can not! That's why! Arghh, look at what I have to deal with, Levy!"
"Heh, oh, I know, he crashed out at my place last week. When Jet and Droy tried to attack him in an attempt to force him to leave, all they did was massage him mid-sleep." Smirking, I rubbed my neck and glanced at Levy. "It felt pretty good too, I woke up more refreshed than normal." "Haa, you're as handsome as you are annoying." "Hmph, I'm pretty sure I'm more handsome." Rolling my eyes, I eyed Levy, who merely shrugged her shoulders.
"Anyway, it's been a few days, don't you two have some things to deal with?" Setting her cup down, Lucy glanced between Levy and I; I raised an eyebrow in response while Levy groaned. "Ugh, don't remind me. I-I don't even know how to face Jet and Droy now." "At least on the bright side, you know someone lusts after your body. Right?" While Lucy tried to help Levy, all she got in return was a silent stare, causing her to cough and avert her gaze.
"I'll give them a beating for peeking at you." Leaning back, I aggressively rubbed Levy's head while she swatted away my arm, attempting to fix her messy hair. "Still, it feels like they've broken my trust." "You're being overdramatic, Levy. Trust isn't so easily broken; be upset, be disappointed, hell, you can even hate them for what they did. But you can always trust them."
Glancing at Levy, I chopped her head, causing her to look at me with a teary-eyed expression before eventually nodding while lowering her head. "No, you're right, big bro… Still, I intend to give them hell for what they did." Smirking in response, I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into my embrace before gently rubbing my knuckles into her scalp.
"Hehe, that's the Levy I know." "Aww, look at you two, such a cute couple." "Tch, shut it, Lucy." After Levy shot Lucy a glare, I freed her, causing her to shift her glare to me before faintly smiling and leaning against me. "What about you, big bro?" "What about me?" "Don't play dumb now. You know what I'm talking about." I silently stared at Lucy, who met my gaze for a solid minute before I eventually scoffed and folded my arms.
"Tsk, well, what else? I've got to set things straight; I can't continue ignoring them when they made it so painfully obvious. Tsk, so annoying." Grunting, I closed my eyes, leaned back, and faced the ceiling. "So, who are you choosing? Cana, Mira, or Erza? Oh, or maybe you've got a thing for Lucy?" Levy smirked, clearly amused at my situation.
"Definitely not Lucy." "Yeah, why did you even– Hold on, what do you mean by 'definitely'? I'll have you know, my beauty isn't any less inferior, and I dare say my figure is even better." Lucy's glare at Levy quickly shifted to me as she confidently brushed aside her hair and held her breasts. "Tsk, useless flabs of meat." Ignoring Levy, I opened an eye at Lucy.
"First off, you don't have any romantic feelings for me. Secondly, you're my little sister. Thirdly, and arguably the most important, your name. Do you expect me to fuck you while shouting my mom's name?" Holding up three fingers, Lucy raised an eyebrow before nodding. "I-I suppose that makes sense. Ugh, just imagining sleeping with someone while muttering my father's name is creepy." She shivered in response, clearly as disgusted by the idea as I was.
"Does that mean you won't choose between them?" "Of course not. I see you guys as nothing but my adorable, cute, beautiful, and lovable little sisters. Nothing more. Nothing less… Besides, my lover needs to be older and have a big butt." Looking at Levy, she raised an eyebrow only to scoff and fold her arms. "Tsk, small butts are fine too." "It's okay, Levy, I'm sure you'll find a weirdo who likes children."
Reassuringly patting her shoulder, Levy suddenly attacked me, pulling my hair and punching me, though it felt like a child's attack. "Argh! You damn bastard! Petite! I have a petite body!" "You know who else has petite bodies?... Children." "I. AM. GOING. TO. KILL. YOU." Killing intent erupted from Levy's emotionless eyes as she eyed me before yanking me to the ground and kicking my manhood, causing me to freeze.
"F-Fuck, t-that's too far, Levy." Groaning in pain, I curled into a fetal position while holding my groin. "Hmph, you deserve it for joking about that." "She is right, big bro." "S-Shut the h-hell up, Lucy." Glaring at Lucy, I proceeded to lie on the ground for a solid ten minutes while the two casually chatted as if I wasn't even present.
Eventually, I rose to my feet, the pain having mostly subsided, though my testicles were still sore. "I-I'm leaving." Approaching the window, I leaped out of it, landing on the ground and walking through the streets of Magnolia.
After several turns, I arrived at a small house; knocking on the door, I waited a few moments, only for Mira, who was all smiles, to open it. "Fufu, big bro, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Unsurprisingly, Mira tried seducing me by exposing her cleavage, though I just grabbed her by the waist, hoisting her against me as I carried her like a bag of luggage.
"You're coming with me." Slicking my hair back, I leaped over her house, taking a shortcut to where Erza was staying, which ironically was pretty close. After hopping over a few houses, I arrived at a home comically close to a bakery, with Mira still in my arm, I knocked on the door, and when Erza opened it, I didn't give her a chance to speak and grabbed her with my other arm.
"W-What's happening?" "I don't know." Erza glanced at Mira, hoping she'd elaborate on the situation, though all she got was a shake of her head.
Leaving Erza's home, I headed to Cana's place, which was the furthest away, though, since I took a shortcut, it didn't matter much.
When I arrived at a small, normal-looking house, unlike the wealthy houses Mira and Erza lived in, I used my head to knock on the door. After a few moments, Cana, wearing regular clothes rather than a bra and shorts, opened the door. "Um, what?" "We're coming in." Entering, I set Erza and Mira down while Cana closed the door behind us. "Oookay."