Grand Opening

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.

May 9, x780.

The next morning, Alfonzo and Elicia decided that they would not be going to the guild for breakfast and training. Elicia's reason was obvious. She had just lost her virginity and her legs were not completely under her control. Alfonzo, on the other hand, decided that he would stay home and take care of Elicia.

Shortly after the sun rose, Alfonzo slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, he noticed a familiar warmth and weight pressing on his chest and wrapping around his torso. Smiling at the sensations, Alfonzo looked down to see Elicia's head resting on his chest while she wrapped the rest of her body around his.

"This time, things are the way they should have been." Alfonzo said quietly while combing his fingers through Elicia's hair. "I really am a lucky son of a bitch to have you in my life twice."

Though he was sure that she could not hear him, Alfonzo saw Elicia's content smile widen ever so slightly at his words while she hugged him even tighter when he started combing through her hair.

Letting an hour pass like that, Alfonzo finally decided that it was time to get up and prepare breakfast for the two of them.

"Lici, you can go back to sleep after I get up, but I need you to let go of me." Alfonzo said in a gentle tone.

Naturally, Elicia did not even twitch. But that changed as soon as Alfonzo's next words fell.

"I'll be back with breakfast in a few minutes." Alfonzo continued before kissing Elicia on her forehead.

With the mention of food, Elicia's eyelids started to flutter. A few seconds later, her eyes opened slowly. As soon as she saw Alfonzo's face, she smiled goofily.

"Good morning, Fonzie." Elicia said. "I love you."

"I love you, too." Alfonzo said with a smile. "So, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Scrambled eggs, bacon, and a croissant." Elicia replied.

"Alright, I'll be back in a few minutes." Alfonzo said with a nod.

Before climbing out of bed, Alfonzo leaned down and stole Elicia's lips. Then, he climbed out of bed, put on a pair of pants, and made his way out of the room, topless.

Elicia watched Alfonzo's every move with rapt attention. As soon as he left the room, she could not help but lick her lips.

"I can't' wait 'til I get used to him." Elicia murmured to herself. "We're gonna have so much fun."

Meanwhile, the mansion's third resident, Cana, had been sitting at the kitchen table for the last few minutes. At first glance, anyone could tell that she had not slept well. She had slight bags under her eyes, her hair was all over the place, and she was resting the side of her head on the table.

"Damn it…" Cana muttered. "How could that girl be so loud? They didn't even go at it for that long. But the little bit that I heard kept me up all night, fantasizing about trading places with Lici or joining them. Ugh! I'm so tired."

At that moment, Cana heard the door that led to Elicia's workstation opening. So, she looked in its direction instinctually. And what she saw made her eyes light up.

"Mama like." Cana muttered as Alfonzo made his way across the room.

At the same time, Alfonzo also saw Cana, lazily leaning her upper body on the kitchen table. And when he saw the bags under her eyes, he began to worry a bit. So, he sped up his walk across the house.

"Hey, Cana, are you okay?" Alfonzo asked in a concerned tone after approaching Cana. Then, he placed his right hand on her forehead. "You're not looking too good; do you have a fever or something?"

While Cana blushed at the abrupt physical contact, she also felt warmth in her heart from Alfonzo's concern. However, she could only roll her eyes in response to his question while gently removing his hand from her forehead.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about that." Cana replied. "Just didn't get much sleep last night."

Alfonzo knew he was at least partially responsible for that. So, he could only smile awkwardly in response.

"Jeez, you guys didn't even tell me you were gonna do that." Cana grumbled. "If you had told me, I could have at least prepared myself. Or I could have even join---"

Before she could finish her sentence, Cana clapped her hands over her mouth. However, when she saw the smirk on Alfonzo's face, she knew she was too late.

*Thump!*

Alfonzo then reached his hand forward and flicked Cana on the forehead.

"Oww! What was that for?" Cana grumbled while rubbing her forehead.

"Naughty girls need to be punished." Alfonzo said in a teasing tone.

"Why would you call me a naughty girl?" Cana asked in a discontent tone.

"I assume you're referring to the less obvious reason, right?" Alfonzo asked with a smirk.

"Hmph! I don't know what you're talking about." Cana replied with a snort while looking in the opposite direction.

"Well, it's because you're asking to join in on me and Lici's grown folk's business." Alfonzo said.

"But I'm your girlfriend, too." Cana whined.

"But you're still a child." Alfonzo replied.

Hearing that, Cana opened her eyes wide. Then, she jumped to her feet and showed off her body clad in only a black bikini top and short-shorts.

"A child? Do you know any children with a body like this?" Cana asked, clearly proud of her budding assets.

In response, Alfonzo could only roll his eyes before he spoke.

"Don't play dumb with me, Cana." Alfonzo said. "You're still only fourteen. A child by legal standards. Besides, even if you're tall and well endowed, you're body still has a little more time to mature."

"*Sigh* I know." Cana replied, flopping down on her seat. "Can you at least tell Lici to keep it down? I could hear her all the way upstairs."

"Yeah… Sorry about that." Alfonzo replied with a sheepish smile. "I actually had sigils for that built into our room. But she caught me off guard last night and I forgot to activate them."

"Seriously?" Cana asked with a deadpan expression and a dry tone. "So, because you forgot, I spent the whole night play---"

Once again, Cana clapped her hand over her mouth before she could finish. This time, however, Alfonzo pretended like he didn't hear anything. Instead, he started walking toward the kitchen.

"Anyway, I'm gonna make breakfast." Alfonzo said with his back to Cana. "What can I get you?"

"Anything is good." Cana replied, letting her upper body fall onto the table like it was when Alfonzo first saw her.

"Okay." Alfonzo said with a nod. "Scrambled eggs, bacon, and croissant it is."

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Hargeon.

July, x780.

After the little interlude with Cana the morning after Alfonzo and Elicia lost their virginity together, things went as they normally did. After Elicia recovered, they went on quests, took shifts in the guild's kitchen, made clothes, and had sex as often as they possibly could. Even with all that, Elicia still found the time to buy a store in Hargeon.

In fact, she managed to buy the place about a month ago. Then, in the next month, she hired a few capable tailors, found a store manager, found a reliable source of raw materials, and got the store ready for business. At the same time, with the help of her store manager, she advertised all over the city about the opening of her new store.

"So, today's the day, huh?" Alfonzo said, sitting on a chair behind the counter in the store front.

"Yup!" Elicia said excitedly. "I finally did it."

"Yeah, you worked hard for this." Alfonzo said with a smile.

After a few minutes of chatting about the state of the store, Alfonzo and Elicia were brought out of their own world when a man, appearing to be in his late thirties with slicked back light blue hair, black eyes, and a long nose, approached.

"Miss Taylor." The light blue-haired man said respectfully. "It's almost time for the opening. Would you like to do the honor of pulling the cloth from the shop sign?"

"Of course!" Elicia said energetically as she hopped out of her seat. Then, she turned to Alfonzo and pulled him by the arm. "Come on, Fonzie, let's go!"

"Are you sure, Lici?" Alfonzo asked apprehensively. "This is your day. I don't wanna---"

"You don't wanna take my moment, or something stupid like that, right?" Elicia asked while rolling her eyes. "You should know by now; All my moments are our moments."

Smiling in response, Alfonzo stood up. Then, after putting Elicia's hand in his own, he let her pull him out the store's front entrance.

"Even though it's cheesy sometimes, you always know the right thing to say." Alfonzo said as he held the front door for Elicia.

"That wasn't cheesy! Elicia exclaimed. "That came straight from the heart."

"That doesn't make it any less cheesy." Alfonzo replied with a smile.

"Fonzie, you're such a meanie." Elicia said as she stepped through the door.

In the next moment, after stepping outside, Alfonzo and Elicia saw a crowd of both familiar and unfamiliar faces waiting for the opening of Elicia's new store. There were members of the guild led by Makarov, staff from the orphanage led by Rebecca Landon, the matron, and there were even some clients that were grateful for the job well done that Elicia had done on quests.

"Wow!" Elicia exclaimed excitedly. "There are more people here than I expected."

"Well, don't keep them waiting." Alfonzo said, pushing Elicia forward.

Nodding in response, Elicia took a few steps forward, without letting go of Alfonzo's hand, resulting in him being dragged forward as well with a helpless smile on his face.

Seeing the two step forward, the crowd, which was filled with chatter, quieted down. Eventually, everyone's eyes were focused on the couple.

"I'd like to thank everyone for coming." Elicia said while smiling happily. "A lot of you may or may not know me. But I'm Elicia Taylor, an A-Class wizard from Fairy Tail and a seamstress. And today, I will be opening my first clothing store. I welcome you all to come inside and see if there is anything you like."

After she finished speaking, Elicia finally let go of Alfonzo's hand. Then, she turned around an held her hands up to the sign, covered by a large sheet, above the door. A moment later, threads shot from the tips of her fingers. Once they were wrapped around the corners of the sheet, Elicia pulled.

Immediately, the sign under the sheet, a rectangular, black sign with pink lettering that read "The Taylor Shop" and a Fairy Tail mark of the same color to the right of the words, was revealed to the public.

"And with that, I'd like to welcome you all to the Taylor Shop!" Elicia shouted in a tone filled with enthusiasm.

With that declaration, the crowd began to cheer and clap their hands. The, after all the cheering and applause died down, those who knew Elicia came forward to congratulate her while those who were only there for the clothes or to see what all the commotion was about made their way into the store to see what they could look forward to.

A few hours later, after most of the hustle and bustle in the store die down, Alfonzo, with Elicia in his lap, was sitting behind the counter just watching the few people and the shop attendants interact and check out the products on display.

"It looks like everyone in here was happy with what they saw and bought." Alfonzo said with a smile. "It looks like your grand opening was a success."

"Yeah!" Elicia replied with an energetic nod. "There isn't much that makes me happier than seeing people smile after they wear my clothes."

"Then, today must be a pretty good day." Alfonzo replied. "I didn't see anyone leave without a smile."

"Yup." Elicia said, nodding once again.

At that moment, the door to the shop opened and a new customer entered, drawing the attention of Alfonzo, Elicia, and the shop attendants. While the shop attendants greeted the visitor politely, Alfonzo and Elicia were dumbfounded when they saw who just walked in.

"Fonzie, we are in the world of Fairy Tail, right?" Elicia asked in a whisper.

"Yeah." Alfonzo replied with a nod in a confused tone.

"They, why is she here?" Elicia asked.

"I don't know..." Alfonzo replied. "Maybe they just look the same and are totally different people."