#so much stuff getting added in from scratch that my brain is imploding

[rebeltombraider]

That moment when you decided to start up an MCU fic because of PlotBunnies that just won't leave you alone... only to end up planning a large fanfic spanning from a lil bit before Iron Man 1, all the way to (so far) WandaVision eras, with a crap ton of changes. ... and all you wanted to do was to free the PlotBunnies so you could update your Supergirl and Resident Evil Village fics, but instead, the MCU bunnies rapidly increase until next thing you know, not only do u have an absolute titan of a fic planned and already being worked on, but now you have 2 other MCU fics as well. GDI brain.

[mrswhozeewhatsis]

❤️

Lord, this heart is SO WELCOME, right now! 2020 sucks balls. Big, black, donkey balls.

I’ve seen so much love from you guys, too. I know I don’t respond to it much, but I DO see it, and I treasure it. I don’t do those “reblog and tag people” posts because I know I’ll forget someone and then feel bad. Because my brain is Swiss cheese on a good day. But I do see it. And I treasure it. And I love you guys so much. Especially today, knowing what’s happening in Vancouver.

Putting the rest of this under a cut because I think I’m gonna get a bit wordy and personal. This way, if you want, you can skip it.

I haven’t talked a lot about what’s going on with me this year, partly because 2020 just sucks all around and why add to it, and partly because I was raised that you just don’t air your shit if you don’t have to. (Yes, I’m THAT old.) If someone else can’t help, why tell ‘em?

But I feel the need to air some shit today. 

Today marks another loss for this year. Not just the end of the show we all love, but the end of the hope that maybe one day I’d get to Vancouver and magically get a set tour and see how my favorite show works behind the scenes. I love backstage stuff, and the Bunker set has always fascinated me. I wanna pick Jerry Wanek’s brain and look at all the little details they added that you maybe can’t even see on TV and feel how they put it all together. Knowing that it’s gone, already, makes my heart heavy.

This, on top of 2020 in general, on top of the losses I’ve had this year...I’m just tired and sad.

So far, this year, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, she fell and broke her hip, I lost Ghirardelli (he was my little shadow, I was his favorite human, and we snuggled constantly), my mom had a stint in the hospital for a mix between an infection and a kidney crisis brought on by chemo/the infection, she had a mastectomy, has been fighting anemia, and now yesterday, her dog passed away. Della had some kind of systemic issue that caused blood clots to form. She lost part of her tongue to one clot, and a HUGE clot had lodged in her right hind leg. Yesterday morning, the clot shifted and cut off all circulation to the leg. This was incredibly painful for her, and since we couldn’t figure out what was causing the clots in the first place, and there was only a small chance of fixing the clot in the leg, we decided to let her out of her misery.

The Pond has exploded twice, once as a direct result of something I did and was proud of. I’ve written a total of 680 words since November and the urge to write is a constant itch that I just don’t have the energy to scratch. Twitter fandom is more toxic and brutal than ever, and I saw a bit of that bleed into my safe haven here on Tumblr.

I’m not sleeping well. I don’t think anyone is. Weird dreams I don’t remember after I wake up leave a disconcerted residue on my psyche as I go through my days. The TV is all about how we’re doomed, and I really, sincerely wish that were hyperbole. 

And now, they’re finishing the last scenes of our show in Vancouver. This thing that has brought me SO MUCH, and given me something to focus on when everything else hurt, is ending today, and is causing some hurt of its own. It feels like insult on top of injury, when the world has imploded to the point that minor safety measures that could protect yourself and others are seen as political lighter fluid on an already burning rampage.

And that’s on top of how a big portion of the world is literally on fire.

I learned a long time ago that there is no point in focusing on problems I can’t help to solve, but I feel like I’m in the middle of an entire world of problems I can’t do anything to help. It’s exhausting, which is making me less able to affect even the little things I usually CAN solve. Things like, balancing my checkbook. I haven’t done it since the pandemic started. Or maybe recycling. Like, why can’t I recycle properly? I’m just too tired.

I’ve said all of this to let you all know that I do see all of the love that I get from you guys. I see a message in my inbox and I sit with it for a minute and really FEEL it. I haven’t been able to respond, but I do want you to know that I feel it, and I appreciate it, and I save everything in a folder that I look at when I’m feeling alone. Y’all are the saviors of my soul, most days, and I honestly don’t know where or what I’d be right now if it weren’t for you.

So, THANK YOU. Thank you for being here, and for being willing to talk about stupid shit, and for writing the stories that soothe me, and for sending me these little hearts that I don’t respond to as often as I should. Thank you for just being there and being the wonderful you that you are. You make the world suck less and my life better. 

Just THANK YOU.

[fallen029]

Firsts.2

"So, you never did tell me what was up with you at the guild today."

Laxus only grunted then, watching as Mirajane went around his kitchen, fixing him dinner. It was nearly midnight, but he hadn't eaten because, well, he just didn't make himself food anymore. Why should he when Mirajane gladly would the second she got off work?

"I mean, Laxus, it's not every day that you fight with one of your best friends."

That got a blink. Then, slowly, he crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't have friends, Mirajane."

"Of course you do," she giggled, glancing over her shoulder at him. "You have me and Elfman and Lisanna and Freed and Evergreen and Bickslow-"

"Stop talking. Now."

"You're so cute," she giggled from over by the stove. He only shifted in his chair to rest his head against the kitchen table before grunting. More giggles.

"You don't have to tell me, I don't guess, Laxus, if you don't wanna," she was going on then. "Friendships are so hard, you know? And if you and Bickslow are going through a rough patch-"

"Please, Mira. Just be quiet."

"Fine, we won't talk about it," she conceded. "Ooh, you know what though?"

She sounded excited. Great.

"Elfman told me that last night, when he got home from being out with Evergreen- Although, he says he wasn't with her, I can just tell-"

"Mira, the story," he grumbled. Not that he cared, but if she was going to tell him something, he at least wanted her to tell him one thing at a freaking time.

"Oh, sorry," she giggled before continuing. "Anyways, Elfman says that when he got home, that Lisanna wasn't there. And you know what? Today, at the guildhall, she was totally wearing the same thing as yesterday. So you know what that means."

He paled slightly, lifting his head to stare at her. She seemed to be taking it well, but he knew sometimes Mira's outer looks contradicted her inner feelings.

"M-Mira," he tried, fearful that she was about to go off about her sister's previous night. Instead, she only cut him off with a loud giggle.

"I think she was sneaking out with Natsu and Lucy," she said then through a laugh. Laxus blinked. Then he relaxed with a sigh. "The three of them are always getting into trouble. I wonder what they did though? Because I didn't see Happy today, but I think he and Carla went to visit the other Exceeds, so I guess that means Natsu was free to do whatever."

Grunt. The last thing Laxus cared about was the stupid Salamander.

"I just find it so nice, you know? That all three of them can get along so well. I know that at times Lisanna finds herself feeling left out or Lucy does, but-"

"Mirajane," he grumbled as his head fell back to the table. "Be quiet and cook."

"Don't be rude, Laxus," she ordered then with a frown. "I mean it."

Ugh.

"Are you at least gonna stay the night?" he asked then with a frown. "Or are you leaving after this?"

"Well, I was going to stay, but I'm wondering if I should go home to check on Lisanna. I mean, it's cute right now that she's sneaking out, but that's only because she's with Natsu and Lucy. If I found out that she was with someone else-"

"I'm sure, Mira, that she won't sneak out two nights in a row. Besides, she's not a little kid. She can do whatever she wants."

"She might not be a kid, Laxus, but she is my little sister. And that means-"

"You have to let go some time."

"Since when are you such an advocate for Lisanna anyhow?" Mirajane glanced over at him. "Something I should know?"

"No," he grumbled then. "Of course not. I'm only trying-"

"Well stop trying," she told him then. "Honestly, Laxus. Besides, your dinner's done."

That ended his interest in Lisanna as Mirajane slid a plate in front of him. After cleaning up some, she came to take her rightful place in his lap. They always shared a plate, though she rarely ate much. Not that he was complaining. More for him.

"I just care about Lisanna, Laxus," Mirajane said as one point as she sat with one arm wrapped around his neck, not realizing that she was only succeeding in disturbing his eating. Not that he was going to make her get up. No way. She'd just made him all that delicious food, after all. "That's all."

"I know," he told her as he pressed a sloppy kiss to her cheek. Mirajane batted at him for it, but he only grinned. "We gotta look out for her. I ain't saying we don't. But sometimes you gotta let her do her own thing too, you know? And if she gets too crazy, I'm sure you and Elfman'll bring her back down to base."

"You too, huh?" Mirajane asked to which he only grunted. "You're so cute when you're bashful."

"You're about to get kicked out, woman."

His cheek got a kiss that time. "I love you, Laxus."

"Yeah, yeah."

As they were busy at Laxus' apartment, Lisanna was finding herself just as busy, in a completely different way.

"I can't believe that Lucy passed up on ice cream," Natsu said as they walked down the road from the closed shop.

"She didn't pass up, Natsu. She told you that there was no way it was still opened and that she wasn't going to waste her time proving it to you," Lisanna told him with a slight frown. "But I was foolish enough to walk the whole way down here with you, just to prove a point."

"Ah. But you won, didn't you? Seeing as the place is closed for the night?"

"Yeah, but I don't feel any better about it."

"The taste of victory wasn't worth it?"

"I would have far preferred the taste of ice cream."

"Nah," Natsu said. "No way. I would have rather had victory and ice cream!"

"Natsu, that wasn't a choice," Lisanna told him with a frown. "Not for me, anyhow."

He only grunted then, scratching the back of his head as they headed back the way they had come. "So are we going back to Lucy's place or what? 'cause without my little buddy around, I'm kind lost."

"Yeah, hey, when is Happy getting back?" Lisanna asked, glancing at him.

"Tomorrow, supposedly. I hope. But he and Carla may-"

"Ah, you two," a voice said from behind them suddenly. "See, Bickslow? I told you it was them."

Glancing behind themselves then, Lisanna and Natsu were met with the green haired mage and his counterpart. Bickslow had his hand up, rubbing the back of his helmet then as Lisanna blushed slightly.

"Hey, it's you guys," Natsu greeted, falling back then to walk with them. "Did you know that the ice cream shop was closed?"

"Well," Freed said slowly. "It is past midnight, Natsu. I assume most things are closed."

"Except legs," the dragon slayer announced proudly.

Choking then, Freed got out a, "What?"

"I dunno. Gray says that sometimes, but-"

"Well, I implore you never to say it again."

"Hey, man. I don't wanna blow up!"

"I said implore, Natsu. Not implode."

Lisanna had somehow found herself on the other side of Bickslow then, who was racking his brain to find something to say. He had nothing though. Honestly, the only thing in his brain was-

"Are you two on a date or something?"

-slipping out of his mouth.

"Huh?" Lisanna glanced up at him, her blush only growing.

"Or something?" the dolls insisted as they floated around their master's head.

"N-No," she said then, looking towards Natsu. He was arguing with Freed though about whether the other mage had just put some sort of curse on him that would make him explode as Freed attempted to explain, to begin with, the difference between implode and explode as well as the fact that he had never said such a thing to begin with.

"Then what are you doing around here? In the middle of the night? With some…boy?"

"Why do you care?" she asked, looking off then.

"Why do you care?" his babies asked. Bickslow was growing impatient with them then.

"Does she look like your master? Huh? Stop repeating her!"

"Daddy," they whined as they flew around, fearful that he was upset with them.

"Natsu and I are just friends," Lisanna was telling Bickslow then, softly. "He and Lucy are…dating."

"Oh, really?" He still had a funny feeling in his stomach. Almost…possessive. And he thought she was supposed to be the clingy one. "And she's fine with you and him roaming around Magnolia in the middle off the night."

"Of course. I told you, we're just friends."

Bickslow grunted then, looking off.

"So anyways, guys," Natsu announced loudly when it was clear that Freed was getting nowhere with him. "Anyone else hungry?"

That's how they ended up at the only open place serving food in Magnolia other than bars. It was probably the greasiest, cheapest stuff around, but given the time of night, no one complained.

Just like the other times they ate together, Bickslow had to have ordered half the menu. And he put it all away without any fear.

"You're gonna balloon up like Droy," Freed told him with a frown. He only shook his head though.

"Nah. Not me." Bickslow patted his stomach. "I have the workout regimen of a beast. No one can keep up with me."

"Except maybe Laxus," Freed said, faithful as always.

Bickslow paused at that and Lisanna blushed, looking down at the table they were seated at. Natsu even paused his eating just to speak.

"Yeah, hey, what'd you do to piss him off so much, huh?" Natsu asked. Then, pounding his fists together, he said, "Maybe I should do it! If it's the only way to get him to fight me, I'll do it a thousand times! I gotta beat him at least once in all that."

Lisanna's face as on fire then while Bickslow only turned his nose up.

"Classified, kid. Besides," he added then. "You couldn't handle Laxus angry. Trust me."

"Trust him," his babies pleaded, though they were circling around Lisanna then, making her even more uncomfortable.

When the meal was finally finished, Bickslow was shocked when Natsu didn't even offer to pay for Lisanna.

"Maybe they are just friends," he thought to himself with a slight frown. Just as quickly, however, he covered her half of the bill without fail. He thought that it would win him some points (though he still didn't understand why he wanted them), but the second they were out of the rundown place, she unleashed on him.

"I don't need you to pay for me," she complained softly to him as Natsu began to argue with Freed over whether or not he could beat Laxus. Natsu was insistent that, should they battle a thousand times, he would probably win all of the matches. Of course Freed knew that Natsu was an idiot and that arguing with him for the most part was futile, but he couldn't help it.

"I was just-"

"I'm not stupid, Bickslow," she went on, not even letting him defend himself. "You don't have to pay me off or whatever. I get it. I'm sure you do that all the time."

"Do what all the time?"

"You know. That," she said, glancing up at him. "With a bunch of women or whatever. I'm not stupid. I don't, like, think that we're together or am in love with you. I'm not a little kid!"

"I never said you were, ki- err, Lisanna." He scratched the back of his head. "If I thought you were, I would have never even bothered with you."

She only crossed her arms then. "And I'm…sorry that Laxus did that to you. I didn't think-"

"He just cares about you. Your sister too. So stop giving everyone such a hard time about you not being a kid. It's good to have people that care about you."

"People care about you," his babies assured her. Lisanna only shook her head though, looking off.

"Whatever."

"Hey, Lisanna," Natsu spoke up then, glancing back at her, as she and Bickslow had fallen behind him and Freed. "You coming back with me to Lucy's or what?"

"No," she said slowly then. "I think I'll just head home myself."

"Cool." He took off into a sprint then, leaving them all behind. "See you guys around!"

Then there were three. Freed, being the gentleman he was, immediately addressed Lisanna.

"Do you wish for us to walk you home?" he asked her to which she began to just tell him no. Bickslow, however, had other plans.

"I got it, Freed," he said then. "You can head off by yourself. She and I live in the same direction."

"Hn." Freed nodded then to Lisanna. "It was nice seeing you. And I shall meet with you tomorrow, Bickslow. Perhaps even you and Laxus might make up by then."

Once it was just the two of them and his babies, Lisanna turned away from Bickslow.

"I could walk myself home, thank you very much. And I am not going home with you again, so don't ask."

"You sure are different from last night," he remarked then, rubbing at his chin. "Or are you embarrassed? Is that it?"

"Is that it?" his babies asked making her glare at them, though she immediately felt foolish for doing so.

"No," she hissed. "I am not. Why would I be?"

"I dunno. You did sort of bleed on my sheets, kid."

All the blood at that moment was actually rushing far away from there and to her face instead.

"Stop talking about it!"

"Calm down." He huffed slightly then as she glared over at him. "You know, this is exactly what I was afraid of."

"What are you-"

"You're acting so clingy and immature. I mean-"

"You're the one that sought me out," she raved then before moving to strike him. He let her, as it was probably the cutest blow to his chest he'd ever received. "Just leave me alone then!"

When she tried to run off, he only sighed and let her. It was never his intention to become a babysitter anyhow.

"Lisanna?" his babies asked softly, floating even closer to him. He only shook his head though.

"Forget about her," he told them with a sigh. "Just forget about her."

It was hard though, as it turned out, to forget Lisanna. Even a week after the whole event and smoothing things over with Laxus, Bickslow still found his eyes drawn to her everyday in the guildhall. It was hard not to, honestly. She always hung around with Natsu and Lucy, who couldn't draw more attention to themselves if they were striped with red polka dots.

Still though, it was nothing more than casual observance until the following week when Natsu and Lucy decided to go on a mission together, just the two of them and Happy. Even Erza and Gray wouldn't be joining them.

"Like the old days," Lucy had laughed to which Natsu and Happy agreed with a giggle. Lisanna, however, after they were gone, only sat at their usual table, frowning down at it.

"Lisanna's sad," Bickslow's babies announced to him as he sat at a table alone as well. That was more due to the fact that Freed was off training and Evergreen was sneaking around (unsuccessfully) with Elfman. He was pretty lonely too.

"And?" he grumbled. "What's that got to do with me? She said to leave her alone, so we're leaving her alone, remember? We weren't ever friends to begin with. Just both drunk. That's all."

At the same moment he was explaining to his babies that, no, Lisanna would not be spending the night again ever, Laxus was over at the bar, making an explanation of his own.

"-shed, eat too much, they poop, they pee, they-"

"But Laxus," Mirajane insisted. "They're so cute! And you could be their daddy and I could be their mommy."

"No, Mirajane. No cats."

"But kitties are just so-"

"No."

She pouted then as she stood on the other side of the bar from him before saying, "What about a pet bird then?"

"No. Are those even real? Who would want a bird as a pet?"

"Me," she said. "Or, ooh, let's get a dog!"

"No," he told her louder then. "We are not getting anything together. But if you want a pet, you're welcome to have one. It won't ever be coming over to my apartment though. Ever. I mean it."

"Oh, Laxus, you're a deadbeat daddy already and we haven't even gotten the kittens yet."

That was the wrong thing to say to him, however, as he immediately checked out of the conversation, turning his music up louder to block her out. That was usually his way of telling Mirajane to back off and, realizing this, she just gave him a kiss on the cheek before getting back to work.

It was after a few minutes that Laxus stood before reaching into his pocket and pulling out enough jewels for his tab and then some. Tossing it all down on the counter, he made eye contact with Kinana then, just to glare at her, so she'd be sure not to pick up Mirajane's tip. She was the only one he ever did leave any extra cash for, which was rather silly considering she had free reign of all his money. Or at least she thought she did.

But there was no way in hell that Laxus Dreyar was buying a damn pet. Ever. So there.

…And even if he did, there was no way she'd ever wear him down enough to start referring to himself as the animal's…daddy. Or anything of the sort. Pets were pets. They were good for entertainment for young children and simple minded people (he loved her, but Mira probably fit into both categories), but nothing else.

Oh who was he kidding? He'd probably end of with a zoo's worth of animals that he was the 'daddy' too.

"What the fuck is the point of having you guys if you're never effing around when I need you?" Laxus grumbled as he went over to Bickslow's table. The man was in shock for a moment and took his eyes away from Lisanna, as if caught, before realizing that Laxus hadn't noticed the staring. He was just his normal testy self.

"Don't let Freed hear that," Bickslow joked weakly, still not so sure where he stood with the man he admired so. "He'll never leave your side."

"That's your fucking purpose," Laxus growled, though he didn't seem to care that much. "Anyhow, I suppose it's good he's not around. He'd insist on going with me tomorrow, once he found out that-"

"You're leaving?" Bickslow tried not to sound excited, but Laxus only shrugged, not noticing. "For a job or for personal reasons?"

"What difference does it effing make?" With that, Laxus turned to walk away. "Anyhow, I'll be gone tomorrow. So if Freed or Ever are wondering, you tell them."

"Sure you don't want us to accompany you?" Bickslow asked, but it only got him the finger. Alrighty then. "See you, boss."

"Bye, boss," the babies crooned out. Another finger. Then, suddenly, Laxus stopped. After glancing over at Lisanna, he looked back to his bodyguard.

"You stay the hell away from her while I'm gone. Got it? She's not one of these other whores that float around here. She's Mira's sister. Understood?"

Bickslow was too shocked to say anything which Laxus took as a good thing before walking off. Then the helmeted man was left with his own thoughts.

"Stay away from her, huh?" he mumbled after Laxus was long gone. He was staring at Lisanna once more, who was only laying with her head down on the table, clearly moping.

"Stay away," the dolls reiterated for him.

Lisanna, who felt eyes on her, glanced up, but by that point, Bickslow as busy with something else. Instead, she glanced up at the bar, where her sister was standing as she stared at her.

"Come here, Lisanna," Mirajane called with a giggle, waving her over. Slowly, she got to her feet before walking over there.

"What's up, sis?" she asked, trying to sound upbeat.

"I just wanted to be sure that you remember that-"

"Yes, yes, I know. I need to cover for you while you and Laxus are on your vacation."

Mirajane giggled. "I just don't want poor Kinana getting over worked, you know?"

Lisanna wanted to be annoyed with her older sister as she stood across the bar from her, but it was hard to muster up. Of course the resentment of Laxus was there as he once again, won out on the attention of Mirajane. It wasn't that Lisanna was petty or anything, but she did feel as if Mira was slowly spending more time with him and a lot less than her. It was much the same with Natsu. Sure, he and Lucy still would hangout with her a lot, but not nearly as much as before. Things were changing and she was being left behind in the dust.

It was almost like they liked it better when they thought she was dead and didn't have to factor her into their lives. Or perhaps they were just so used to time without her that they were having a rough time adding her back in, even years out.

Still though, Lisanna knew of no one that worked as hard as Mira. She was constantly doing stuff up at the bar as well as just around the entire guild grounds. She even cleaned the pool sometimes, when need be. And she did it all with a big grin plastered on her face, as if she enjoyed ever second of it. Perhaps she did. But that didn't mean that she didn't deserve a break some times.

And if she wanted to spend that break at some resort with Laxus instead of her baby sister, could Lisanna really blame her? She wished that she had a boyfriend that was willing to drop jewels on her like it was nothing, that would whisk her away to all sorts of places just for fun.

After Mirajane was done with her, Lisanna went back to moping over at her table. It would be a long next few days without her big sister. And with Elfman spending all his time with Evergreen, she had a feeling that she wouldn't be seeing much of him. And who knew when Natsu and Lucy would be back?

"Cheer up, kid."

Glancing up, she found Cana had come to sit with her, a barrel of alcohol with her.

"The world isn't that bleak, is it?"

Lisanna made a face. "What has you so happy? Or are you just drunk?"

"Drunk, happy, what's the difference?"

Rolling her eyes, Lisanna laid her head back down with a sigh. A long few days.

"Hey, Bickslow," Mirajane greeted him some time later that night. The man was in shock to find her making her way over to his table and feared the worst, glancing around for the she-demon's baby sister. "Have you seen Laxus?"

That was all? Relaxing then, Bickslow said, "Not since he left. Said something about going somewhere tomorrow though, so-"

"Out of town. Right. He and I are going to a resort for a few days. Like a little vacation," Mirajane told him with a giggle as she came to take a seat at his table. Even Bickslow's dolls seemed a tad tense. "Oops. I'm sure I wasn't supposed to tell you that. Laxus still gets all silly when I tell people about our relationship."

"Well," Bickslow said uneasily. "You do tend to go around announcing to everyone every single time he buys you a gift or tells you that he loves you. I could see how that could get annoying."

Mirajane blinked then, in a very truthful voice, said, "I don't."

"I know, Mira. We all know."

She paused for a moment before shaking her head and saying, "Well, anyhow, I just wanted to ask you a favor."

"What's up?" he asked. "Need something serious?"

"Something serious?" his babies asked hopefully. They had been rather bored as of late.

"No," Mirajane giggled. "Nothing like that. It's just…you're Laxus' bodyguard, I know, but with him being out of town, I was wondering if you could do something for me. Nothing big. Just look out for my sister for me, huh?"

"Y-Your sister?" he repeated. That uneasy feeling that had dissipated was building once more. What was Mira up to?

"Mmmhmm," she said, nodding her head before glancing over her shoulder at the aforementioned girl. At the moment she was speaking with Laki and Levy, but Mirajane knew she wasn't happy even still. "She's been really depressed recently. About Natsu and Lucy mostly, but I think she's feeling neglected from me and Elfman too. Have you noticed?"

Had he'd noticed? It single handedly had gotten him laid!

"I don't pay much attention to her, I find," he said slowly. Mira only nodded her head.

"Well, I just feel bad, leaving her here alone. And I thought if you had nothing to do, you could just look in on her some? Please?" Mira tilted her head to the side, as if pleading with him. "I would ask Evergreen, but I think she'd just use it as an excuse to spend more time with my brother. And Erza's out of town on a solo mission, so-"

"Of course, Mirajane," he said then though his heart was still pattering a little faster than usual. "Anything for you."

"Anything for you," his dolls cheered making her giggle some more.

"Thanks, Bickslow." With that, she jumped up to get back to work. "You didn't need anything, did you? Another beer, perhaps?"

"Ah, no," he said with a slight laugh. "I'm fine. Believe me."

"Well, thanks again. And don't tell anyone about Laxus and my little vacation, I guess, if he's keeping it a secret."

"Will do. Err, won't do."

More giggles. Honestly, he didn't know how Laxus put up with it.

"Well crap, babies," he mumbled after she was gone. "Looks like we're not done with Lisanna just yet."

"Lisanna," they sighed. "Naked Lisanna."

"I said to stop saying that!" He huffed slightly. "Can't tell you kids anything."

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