Fairy Tail: 3+1-2?

3 = 2 + 1

When childhood friends Gray and Juvia announce that they're dating, Lucy is back to being alone.

After a social ball her father ordered her to attend, the man who forcibly kissed her, Laxus, keeps appearing in her life.

1 + 1 = 2?

Yet 2 can also become 1 + 1.

Simple mathematics is a science full of philosophy.

3 + 1 - 2? 3

Is it >? Is it <? Or is it =?

Let's prove it through one romance after another.

The setting is an imaginary modern city. There are plenty of wealthy families and celebrities, but they won't be explored in depth.

I made this alternate-universe romance version of Laxus and Lucy specifically for the romantic scenes the original story couldn't give them. But I'm not good at this kind of thing = =...

There may also be quite a few pairings here that some readers dislike. Is it still early enough to give a warning?

Happy endings: Jellal x Erza, Edolas Mystogan x Edolas Lucy, Mest x Wendy, Zeref x Mavis

Bad endings: everyone x Lucy (Natsu x Lucy, Gray x Lucy, Lucy x Juvia, Zeref x Lucy, Makarov x Lucy), Natsu x Lisanna, Natsu x Wendy, Mystogan x Wendy, Laxus x Mirajane, Freed x Mirajane, Makarov x Zeref. For Natsu x Lisanna and Freed x Mirajane, I originally planned to pair them up, but since some readers might dislike that, I'll write open-ended friendship endings instead.

??: Laxus x Lucy (How could I tell you the main plot? LOL)

Now that I've actually written them all down, that's quite a number of pairings ((No, the really amazing part must be somewhere else.