Unum

The first time Natsu saw her he wasn't sure what to make of her.

Sure, she was beautiful. Maybe even the most beautiful girl he had ever seen – as lame as that probably sounded.

She knew it too.

And Natsu hated girls like that.

He could tell from the way she giggled as she flirted with his friends. He could see it in the way she flipped her hair and twirled the long golden strands between her fingers while batting her eyelashes a little too obviously.

Natsu was currently in attendance at some stupid pre-thanksgiving party, thanks to that ice prick Gray convincing him it would be good for them to "share in the college experience".

His – supposed – friend who, coincidentally, was one of the objects of said flirting.

Stupid pretty boy. And why was he shirtless again?! So unnecessary.

The girl was locked in conversation with his best friend right now actually. Her hair was the prettiest blonde he'd ever seen, its lengths cascading over her shoulders like spun gold. She had it partially tied up with a shiny blue ribbon that contrasted perfectly with her big brown eyes.

She was wearing some cheerleader get-up that he should probably also find repulsive – for obvious reasons – but why, in this particular instance, he found it endearing… well, not even Natsu knew what his brain was doing most of the time anyway. Best to not overthink it.

But even though his first impressions of the girl suggested he should hate her just as much as all of the other idiots at this stupid party, for some reason he couldn't stop staring at her.

She was mesmerizing.

Her laugh was a musical, light tinkling sound that he wished he could store in a music box so that he could wind it up and listen to it over and over again at his leisure. Not that he, you know, owned music boxes or anything...

Her lips were plump and a lovely shade of rosy pink that matched his unruly hair perfectly.

And her smile... he sighed happily. Her smile made him melt.

Well, not literally.

But it did do funny things to his insides that certainly did make it feel like they were melting. Not to mention his suddenly too-sweaty palms that he had to repeatedly wipe on his pants in a pitiful attempt to dry them.

She was confident and beautiful, and for the life of him he couldn't get a damn word to come out of his stupid traitorous mouth the first time she had spoken to him.

Her sweet, honey-coated voice had asked him for his name.

Something so simple, it was the most natural question to answer. It should be as easy as breathing.

Alas, he had just stood there, frozen – like one of those statues of some rich nobility or other – most likely looking like as much of an ass as he felt.

And then there was the matter of his stupid costume.

Why oh why had he decided to dress as a fucking pumpkin king… He was even wearing a fucking hollowed out pumpkin on his head for Christ's sake. He felt like the biggest dork on the planet as he just stood there gawking at the gorgeous girl waving a dainty hand in front of his face.

After trying – and failing – to elicit a response from him for a minute or so she just laughed and turned away from him. Perhaps she had had this effect on men before.

He certainly had never responded to a girl like this. Usually he didn't even notice them – aside from the fact that they were just regular human beings that happened to be of the opposite gender. But with this girl his body seemed to be working against his better judgement, apparently rendering him mute and paralysed in the process.

And as he lay on his bed later that night, staring up at the ceiling in the dark and contemplating his miserable existence, his blue cat curled up on his chest, he knew he had to see her again.

Natsu smiled stupidly to himself as he drifted into a dreamless sleep.

...so. I don't know what this is exactly, but it just popped into my head and so I wrote it down and here we are...

I guess i'm writing drabbles now?

I have written a little more of this, maybe i'll post it if anyone wants to read my ramblings.

Also, I'm still working on my other story. I'm currently halfway through the next chapter so please be patient if you are waiting for that.