Ages:

Lucy: 17

Natsu: 19

Gray: 19

Juvia: 18

Levy: 17

Gajeel: 19

Erza: 19

The House a Student Program was created for the purpose of making sure college students had a care-free environment to work in. This program allowed families to let college students live with them for no cost at all. You might ask why people don't immediately sign up for this program. Well, there are a few answers to that question.

Some kids don't want to get stuck with some weird ass family that they don't know. Some kids want to try to be independent with their lives and find an apartment or live in the school dormitories. There was also the fact that not many families were willing to take other children in.

The kids that did sign up are supposed to find their new home on October 8th, which happened to be the day of the great Fantasia Festival. What luck, huh?

That was the exact thought of two young college students going into their freshman year in college. These two went to Fairy Tail University, which was only a few blocks away from the house they were going to stay at. These young people promised that they would move in together after they got out of high school, but neither of them had enough money to afford an apartment and they didn't want to trouble their parents, so when they saw this program, they jumped at the chance. Now they are walking blindly through the streets of the vast city of Magnolia, trying to find their new home.

Two young college students were walking through the colorful festival of Fantasia, dragging their luggage through the streets. Floats were parading the street and policemen were stationed every few feet trying to keep the excited citizens of Magnolia back. One was a young male with spiky raven locks and pale skin. His chest was shown to everyone because he happened to strip off his shirt. This young strip- I mean man is Gray Fullbuster, a freshman in Fairy Tail University. He strips unintentionally, which makes many girls swoon over his abs, making a certain bluenette jealous.

The said bluenette was standing right next to him. Her name is Juvia Locksar, also a freshman in college and Gray's girlfriend. She got jealous quite easily, and wasn't very fond of other girls looking at her Gray, but once you got to know her, she was a very fun-loving girl who sticks up for her friends. She speaks in third-person, which got her teased and bullied until Gray stood up for her in their junior year in high school. They have been dating ever since.

Anyway, as the two young University students maneuvered their way around the people at the festival, they were mentally banging their heads into brick walls. It was so hard to find this person's house. Gray, already so agitated with finding the house of the person they were going to live with, got even more irritated when he thought of his best friend, even though he would never admit it, Natsu. Natsu just found out that his girlfriend Lisanna had been cheating on him with a bastard, as Gray said it, named Bixlow. Natsu has been depressed for three weeks and nothing Gray did was able to help him. He barely came out of his house anymore when he used to be the social butterfly of their group.

Juvia sensed Gray's discomfort. She knew that if Natsu was feeling sad, Gray wouldn't be the same. Even though they were rivals, they still cared about each other, even though they would rather die than admit to that. She placed a hand on his bare shoulder. He turned around to look at her and found himself staring into her deep blue eyes.

"Juvia knows you are thinking about Natsu-san. Juvia hates seeing you like this, but Natsu-san has to get over this slump by himself. Don't worry; he's going to get better." Juvia said with a slight smile on her face. Gray was about to protest that he wasn't thinking about that flame brain, but Juvia quickly pulled him into a hug, which Gray returned, letting his cool guy look fade away for just a second. He let his suitcase drop to the ground as he hugged her.

"Thanks Juvia, now let's find this house we're supposed to stay at." Gray smiled and Juvia nodded as they both started down Strawberry Street, where their host said their house would be. Gray looked from his little scrap of paper in his hand to the apartment building before him. "I think this is it." Gray said, unsurely. Juvia nodded and they both approached the house and knocked on the door. After the second knock, the door was answered. A blonde haired girl, who looked about two or three years younger than them, answered the door. She wore a bright smile on her face as she saw them.

"Hi I'm Lucy Heartfilia, you're Juvia and Gray, right?" The girl asked. They both smiled and nodded and her smile got wider. "Come on in, make yourself at home." She said. The two college students stepped inside the apartment, while Lucy disappeared behind a door. It was nice and cozy. It was also very well kept.

Lucy came back and asked them if they wanted coffee. "That would be fine, thank you."

"Great, 'cause coffee is all I got." Lucy said. Gray let out a chuckle and Juvia smiled. She came back with two cold caramel Frappuccinos and gave them each one.

"I love Frappuccinos, how did you know?" Gray said sarcastically.

"I have ESP powers, duh." Lucy responded. Juvia started to get a little jealous.

"Lucy-san, Juvia would like you to know that Juvia is Gray-sama's girlfriend, and I will not tolerate anyone trying to take him from me." Gray rolled his eyes, but smiled. He knew Juvia was very possessive, but he wouldn't have her any other way. Lucy gave a slight smile to this.

"Don't worry Juvia, I'm not looking for a relationship right now. Besides, you and Gray look like an adorable couple. I wouldn't want to split that up." Lucy said. Juvia blushed and Gray put his arm around her. "So you speak in third-person, huh?" Oh no, is she going to tease Juvia? Juvia thought. "That is so cool!" Lucy said, surprising Juvia. Juvia didn't know what to say. This girl was something else. "Oh! Pardon my rudeness; I have to introduce myself fully. My name is Lucy Heartfilia, I am 17 years old and I'm a senior in Magnolia High. My favorite color is pink and I like taking videos and creative writing."

"My name is Gray Fullbuster, I'm 19 years old, and I'm a freshman in Fairy Tail University, and so is Juvia. I enjoy snowboarding and ice cream and hanging out with my friends. I don't have a chosen profession yet, but I'll just take what life throws at me." Gray said coolly while reclining on her white leather couch. Lucy smiled at him and then turned to Juvia.

"Juvia's name is Juvia Locksar, Juvia is 18 years old and a freshman in Fairy Tail. Juvia enjoys swimming and wants to be an Olympic swimmer when she grows up. Juvia was teased a lot because she talks in third-person, but she is very happy that Lucy-san accepts her." Juvia said while faintly blushing. Lucy gets up from her seat opposite from them and goes up to Juvia, kneels down, and hugs her.

"No matter how you speak, I will always accept you." Lucy said while smiling. She got up and looked at both of them, "Come, let me show you to your rooms. There are three bedrooms. One is occupied by me, so you can have the other two." She led them down the hall that led to four doors, two doors on each side. The walls were plain white but had many frames containing pictures of nature and wildlife. At the end of the hall was a door leading to the backyard. "These two doors on the right wall are your rooms. This door here," she points to a door on the left side, "is my room. The door right next to me is the bathroom. Make yourselves at home, I'll call you to the kitchen when dinner is ready." She said as she went back down the hall. Juvia went into the room across from Lucy's and Gray went into the room across from the bathroom.

Gray flopped his suitcase down on the floor and looked around the room, it was decent sized with a queen-sized bed, a desk so he could do work, a bookshelf, a ceiling fan and a large glass window. It was a one-story apartment, so he didn't get much view, but his window looked out over the garden, where he saw Lucy picking lots of fresh produce. He smiled, Lucy seemed like a nice girl, but…

Where were her parents?

He decided to push that though to the back of his mind. He had another thought coursing through his mind. One problem that has kept him worried for weeks.

Natsu. How can I help you?

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