The wooden doors of Fairy Tail swung wide open as Alex and Erza crossed the threshold. The usual uproar of the guild greeted them all at once: tables flying through the air, Natsu zipping across the hall after a kick from Gray, and the dull clinking of beer mugs at every corner.
Erza and Alex arrived after midday; the shower they took together had dragged on a bit longer than expected.
Both walked in looking completely refreshed. Without overthinking it, Alex made his way toward the bar counter, with Erza following behind him like a shadow.
Before Alex could even sit down, a shadow appeared behind him and an arm wrapped around his neck. A slender arm encircled his neck, pulling him close to the body beside him.
Alex felt a soft sensation. Oppais! he thought to himself.
"Finally you show your face, Alex! I spent all day yesterday waiting to invite you on a mission," Cana said in a friendly tone. With the S-Class Exam approaching, one had to be bold and ask as soon as possible.
Cana didn't hesitate to press her chest lightly against Alex's arm. If he got nervous from a little contact and accepted, she'd be the one winning.
"Gulp."
Without giving him time to respond, Cana kept talking. "So, what do you say? I saw a simple B-Class mission on the request board."
Invading Alex's personal space, Cana continued to press him, winking at him.
"Gulp."
Before Alex could answer, Erza stepped in with a glare that could kill, looking like a lioness protecting her cub from home wrecking strays.
She grabbed Alex's ear and tugged on it rather ungracefully.
"Ow, ow, ow! That hurts!"
After separating Alex and Cana, Erza answered for him. "Right now, we are taking a well-deserved rest after completing an S-Rank mission."
Erza narrowed her eyes as she glared at Cana. "So neither Alex nor I will be taking any missions for a while."
"..."
A heavy silence fell as Erza and Cana stared each other down.
"Fufufufu."
A giggle broke the silence. Mirajane, sitting on the other side of the bar counter, looked with amusement at the tension between Erza and Cana.
She wore an angelic smile that masked mischievous intentions beneath her hair so white it seemed to give off a pure aura, but deep down, she loved teasing people.
"Who would've thought Alex would become so popular that Erza and Cana are fighting over who gets to take him on a mission?"
Cana and Erza looked annoyed at Mirajane.
"Seeing you two so serious makes me want to ask Alex to come on a mission with me, too."
Faithful to her playful nature, Mirajane decided to make the situation even more awkward. After all, she was just joking around to mess with Erza and Cana.
But they didn't see it that way. The first to respond was Cana: "You're going back to doing missions?"
Erza continued, "Or do you just want to take advantage of Alex to collect the reward without doing anything?"
Mirajane pouted slightly they didn't have to be so harsh with her! What did they mean she couldn't do missions, or that she'd just stand around if she did?
"Hmph."
Pouting her beautiful face, she replied to both of them. "By 'mission,' I mean Alex accompanying me as an escort to the capital to handle some business with Weekly Sorcerer. After all, they always invite me for a photoshoot for the yearly calendar."
Cana and Erza kept staring at Mirajane, not believing a single word.
Mirajane added, "Of course, I'll pay for the request, and I wouldn't mind giving Alex a little extra reward."
She said the last part while leaning slightly forward, giving Alex a clear view of her cleavage.
"Gulp."
What the hell is going on? I thought only the guys fought in Fairy Tail... since when do the women follow the same dynamic? Alex thought to himself, watching the absurdity of it all.
At a table not far from the bar counter, Macao commented, "What kind of crazy luck does Alex have? He's only been here a few months, and already the armored tomboy, the guild drunk, and the Sorcerer Magazine cover girl are fighting over him."
Feeling that life was completely unfair, he took a heavy gulp of his beer. Beside him, Wakaba took a puff from his pipe.
"I completely get you, buddy. In the old days, girls asked you to protect them and acted like they were doing you a favor just by being near you."
Both middle aged men felt pure envy watching the youth of today. Gray, who was shirtless, chimed in.
"What's all the fuss about teaming up for a mission?"
Natsu, who was also watching, added, "I agree with droopy eyes over here. I only need Happy to do missions."
The veterans were left speechless listening to Natsu and Gray.
"Ah, you can't blame them. They're still kids who only think about fighting all the time," Loke said, holding a girl on each arm. As someone who knew how to flirt, he didn't feel envious of Alex, nor did he sympathize with the guild's old timers.
A tiny blue cat standing on two legs said in a childish voice, "Alex is really popular."
Tilting his head, he flashed a mischievous grin while pointing back and forth at Alex and the girls. "They liiiiiiike each other!"
Erza was the first to react. "HAPPY!" she exclaimed, her face turning as bright red as her hair.
"They liiiike each other!" he repeated once more before a beer mug came flying through the air, crashing right into his face and sending him airborne.
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Author's Note:
There are already four hundred people reading this story! I hope you're all enjoying it.
I started writing this because there wasn't any Fairy Tail smut out there, and here I am... Well, maybe there was some, but I just didn't see it, hehehe.