Hi everyone (who is reading this), this is my first story here so please tell me if there's anything wrong in the story.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own Fairy Tail or any of the characters, cause if i did...the couples would have been confirmed by now
So other then that, please continue on to the story...
Chapter 1 – Acrophobia (Fear of Heights)
"Erza, the boys want to go to the swimming pool. Can we go?" Juvia asked her, excitedly.
"Sure, if you want to," Erza gave in to Juvia's request.
She had been working too hard this past few weeks and she thought that a break sounded really good.
"Yay, I'll go and tell Gray-kun!" Juvia cheered before rushing of to find her boyfriend.
The next day, the four of them, including Natsu, met at the train station to go to the swimming complex.
"I'm going to go on that slide," Gray told them, pointing at the highest slide.
"I'm coming too," Juvia said and Natsu jumped up.
"I won't lose to you, icicle!" Natsu shouted at him.
"It's just a slide, dimwit," Gray sighed and put his arm around Juvia's waist.
"Whatever…" Natsu thought as he walked behind the blue-loving couple.
Erza did not say anything for a while. She was scared of heights but she did not want anyone to think of her as a coward. So the four of them changed into their swimming suits and followed Natsu who ran off in rocket speed towards the slide. They were supposed to sit on floats, two people per float and then slide down. Gray and Juvia were sharing a float and Erza and Natsu had no choice but to share it with one another. As Juvia and Gray started sliding down, Juvia screamed at the top of her lungs and held onto Gray, tightly. Looking at them, Erza felt even more frightened.
"You know Natsu…I think I'll just wait below. I don't feel so good," Erza told Natsu uneasily.
"Oh Erza, come on, please. Don't bail on me or else I have to go with one of them," Natsu begged as he pointed at the screaming fan-girls behind the both of them.
Personally, Erza was glad that Gray had already gone down. The noise made by the boys' fan-girls and both Juvia's and her 'fan-boys' were giving her a very bad headache.
"Are you scared?" Natsu asked with a glint in his eyes. This was what Erza was scared of, Natsu making fun of her.
"U-uh…I…u-uh–" before Erza could reply, the attendant interrupted.
"Excuse me, sir, ma'am, but you have to hurry up. We have other people waiting in line," the attendant said.
"You are scared! I knew it, come on let's go," Natsu held her hand and began to drag her to the float.
"No!" Erza shouted, shaking off Natsu's grip on her hand, abruptly before running down the stairs.
"Erza… wait!" Natsu said as he ran off behind her.
Erza's 'fan-boys' glared at him, "Why the hell would you make her run away from you? She's like the hottest girl here." Then, Natsu's fan-girls started screaming at them.
"At least she came here with me!" Natsu shouted back at them and continued running after her.
Natsu followed her to the place where they left their clothes and Natsu finally stopped her.
"Hey, it's okay to be scared you know. Everyone has their own fears, you know," he said in a complaining voice.
"Why? You don't seem to have any fears," Erza answered sarcastically.
"I do…" Natsu pouted and Erza raised her eyebrow.
"Erm...yeah, I'm scared of being left alone. Like I won't have any friends, just like when Igneel left me alone," Natsu answered her.
"You know the entire Fairy Tail is here, right? We won't ever leave you," Erza told him.
"Yeah, I know that," Natsu folded his hands over his chest, "you have to face your fears too. How can the strongest girl in Fairy Tail have a crazy weakness like Acrophobia?"
"B-but…" Erza tried to argue back.
"How did you even have this fear in the first place?" Natsu asked her.
"When I was five, I climbed a tree to pluck some fruits but I lost my footing and I fell. I broke both my left arm and leg. Ever since then, I was so scared of heights that I started trembling at the smallest height I was off the ground," Erza tried to answer with her usual pride…but she failed…horribly.
"Oh…even so you still have to face your fears or else you will never overcome them. If you want, you can hold onto my hand and I promise that you won't get hurt," Natsu smiled his normal wide grin.
"Really, you won't laugh when we reach the bottom, will you?" she asked, still uncharacteristically scared.
"I won't, now can we go? I don't want to lose to that Popsicle," Natsu whined.
"Okay, let's go," Erza finally answered.
Natsu cheered and dragged her to the top of the slide again. Natsu's fan-girls and Erza's 'fan-boys' quickly made way for them. Natsu quickly sat on the float and pulled Erza onto it before she could freak out. The fan-girls were all glaring at the beautiful scarlet-haired girl that sat next to Natsu.
A few minutes later, Natsu and Erza splashed into the swimming pool below. Erza laughed.
"That was fun," Erza commented as Natsu pulled her out of the pool.
Gray and Juvia were already planning the rest of the day.
"I told you nothing will happen," Natsu smirked at her.
"I know, thank you for helping me and for not laughing," Erza blushed.
She did not like to ask help from anyone especially boys, since Jellal left.
"No problem, let's going," Natsu ran to the next slide, pulling Erza along with her.
'You love him, don't deny it,' a small voice said in Erza's head.
"Sadly, I do. I know I like him," she replied.
"Gray-kun, they look cute together, don't they?" Juvia asked Gray and he nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I wish that flame-head will just notice that he loves her. It's so weird to see them like that," Gray replied.
"Yes, I know. Let's forget about them for now, I want to plan the rest of the day," Juvia ran towards Natsu and Erza.
"Wait, for me Juvia," Gray ran after her, nearly slipping on the slippery floor.
I know that the characters are OOC but i had to do that or else they would never have fit the story. Also in case you didn't notice, Gray and Juvia are already together. Also, in this stories they do not have their magic...
Also the 'chapters' are not connected. They are short stories. This is under Natsu and Erza cause they are the couple in the first story. All this story stories will make proper sense (if you don't get it now) with a little help from Mirajane.
So, please look forward to it...
Look out for the next Chapter: Phobia of Blood (Gray and Juvia)