I looked to Erza and Levy. We all had our aprons covered in paint from yesterday. We walked in to see our globe. This one was actually one that could be moved to a truck. I smiled at Erza. "Alright, let's get the plaster on these babies." I pulled out three palettes, and gave them to their respective people.

"Asuna, you get the countries, Levy and I will get the oceans and the stands." Erza ordered, I nodded in compliance, as well as Levy.

Last night, Erza started second ball, while Levy and I did the first. Then we did the paper mache one ball at a time. We let them dry for an hour, then we outlined the globes and left to go home. Kirito was waiting when I got home. He had set out a nice candle lit dinner on our balcony. Kirito had figured out about me seeing Erza yesterday. That resulted in him not talking to me for the rest of the night. Well, you live and you learn.

"So, Asuna. How's Kirito?" Erza asked, aware of why I talked to her yesterday.

"He's upset with me, but I mean...I had to know why he was upset." I explained my reasoning.

"Yeah, don't be too shot down about it." Levy interjected.

"Levy?" Erza asked.

"What's up Erza?" Levy chimed.

"How did you know about the conversation?" I asked.

"Well, I was right there you know. It's hard to tune out when your friends are talking." Levy giggled, and shortly after, Erza and I joined in.

After a short while, we finished one globe and were on to the next one.

"Levy, it's been one year hasn't it?" Erza asked sadly.

"Yeah, Lu-chan's been dead for one year." My stomach started twisting.

"I'm sorry for your loss." I spoke gently.

"Yeah, you and Lucy were very alike." Erza smiled.

I wanted to leap into their arms. To tell them I'm okay, and I'm here. But it's not like they would believe me. Plus, even if I tried and looked like I did, it would eventually break to the public.

"I bet she was nice." I tried comforting Erza and Levy.

"She was. She was one of the kindest people you could ever meet." I sighed as Erza talked about me.

"Well we're almost done." Levy smiled.

"Yeah," I think Levy knew this was awkward for me.

"Would you like to visit Lucy with us after we finish?" Erza asked solemnly.

"Sure," I looked up and smiled, hiding my true feeling.

After a long time, we finished with the globes and place holders. Then we started on the people. After a short amount of time, we finished the people. I took the pictures, and they sold instantly. I then explained that the other one I had made, wouldn't fit through my studio door.

"It's time to see Lucy." Erza took Levy and I by the hands. We went to a nearby flower shop and bought some lilies. I sighed, those flowers are my favorite. They remembered my favorite flower. We walked into the graveyard, my grave happened to be placed by my mother's grave. Erza, Levy, and I place the flowers on my grave.

"Well Asuna, it was fun to make art with you. We should do it again sometime?" Levy proposed.

I smiled, "Yes, that would be lovely." We all laughed at my 'properness'.

Erza and Levy started to walk back to Fairy Tail Establishment. I walked the other way, getting into my studio, I felt a wave of relief. That is...until I saw Kirito looking at a painting. I walked over, and saw which one he was looking at. My stomach started to twist again. It was the painting of me and Natsu.

"Who are they?" Kirito asked.

"That one is Lucy," I pointed to the blonde.

"And the other one?" He asked looking up at me.

"I don't know, I just painted him there." Beads of sweat started rolling down my face as I examined my painting.

"Asuna, it's just a question. Calm down." He rubbed my back.

"You seem to know a lot about what Lucy looked like." Kirito smiled.

"Were you two friends at one point?" He questioned.

"No," I shook my head.

"I just feel bad that she died y-young." I tried steadying my breathing.

"I see," His face brightened, "How are the globes going?"

"They're finished and are in the process of being boxed." I laughed as his face twisted.

"Asuna! That's amazing!" He hugged me and I hugged him back.

"Thank you," I kissed him on the cheek, and we left the studio early, to spend some quality time together.

But one thing that was odd was Kirito's questions weren't about work. They were about Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia, better known as Asuna Yuuki now. My sweat tripled to a maximum, making Kirito take me home. Now one question sat in my brain,

"How do I keep him from the horrible truth? The truth about Lucy."