A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for my long absence... I've been so busy with school lately and I barely had any time to write anything in amidst of my studies. Luckily, I have a four-day weekend thanks to Thanksgiving :) Unfortunately, I haven't been writing as much Rivetra lately since I've lost the amount of interest associated with the ship; however, I regained my interest with Nalu!

I won't be writing as frequently, even though I have a break. Once school's back in session, I'll be busy again. In the mean, I'll just be posting drabbles of anything whenever I can.

P.S. I apologize in advance if you spot any pesky grammatical errors.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS. ALL CREDIT GOES TO HIRO MASHIMA.


Ordinary Day at School

Natsu's POV

I've always wondered if she ever looked at me.

Does she look at me from afar when I stroll down the halls, whistling a mindless tune or when I rush down the stairs in hopes of getting to class in time?

Does she look at me from afar when I punch and slap the shoulders with my group of friends or when I spin the basketball on the tip of my pointer finger during gym glass?

Does she look at me from afar when I eat my (spicy) lunch and intentionally burp the smell of hot sauce into the face of my friends?

I wonder… because I do stare at her.

I stare at her in orchestra when she crinkles her eyebrows every time she misread a note on her violin.

I stare at her when her unintentional snorts of a laugh echo in the hallways as she brightly turns red in embarrassment.

I stare at her when her clumsiness causes her to trip over the sidewalk when she's walking home.

I stare… and stare… and stare… and every time I stare, it happened.

The butterflies that hibernated in my stomach had awaken the minute I began staring, causing my stomach to feel a perpetual fluttery sensation and then my heart throbbed at rapid pace within my chest and then my usually-dry-and-rough hands became sweaty that I began to wipe down the excess perspiration down my jeans and then—

"Yo, Natsu!" A whisper interrupted my thoughts. I felt something hit me on the back of my head and a soft thump sound followed. My eyes directed to where the sound was and I saw two crumpled balls of paper sitting patiently next to my right hand. Suddenly, I felt another object hit the back of my head and then another crumpled ball joined the rest of the crumpled paper.

Irritated, I glanced over my shoulder to give whoever threw the paper at me a piece of my mind until I caught Gray snickering at me.

Of course it was ice princess

I rolled my eyes and shook my head and didn't bother to yell at Gray. When it came to ice princess, I'd rather get back at him with more of a physical approach (Translation: Punching him in the gut).

"Natsu, would you please turn around and face the front." A female voice that belonged to non other than Erza, or how she prefered it, Ms. Scarlet said to me. I gave one last death stare at Gray, who snickered even more, and sighed while twisting my body to the front.

Sure Gray can be annoying. But then there was Erza… Student Body President… who happens to be our substitute for the day since our teacher was absent for this day and boy she's the worst substitute you could ever ask for. Why does our school allow a student to be a substitute? Don't ask me. I'm not the one who made the school rules.