No spoilers in this chapter ^_^
High school AU.
NaLu Week Day 1: Wander
XOXOX
"You can do this, Lucy," said a girl with long, blonde hair that was tied into a side pony as she paced back and forth. "C'mon, it's just opening a door!"
The girl looked semi familiar, but Natsu's brain felt foggy.
He leaned back against one of the lockers, crossing his arms over his chest as he observed with pure amusement on his face.
The girl reached for the door knob, just about to grasp it, but then pulled her hand back. "Argggg," she groaned, throwing her head back. "I can't do it! Stupid, Lucy!" She smacked her forehead.
What a weirdo, Natsu shook his head, biting back a laugh.
And then he froze.
She's the new girl!
The entire day, she was the only thing Natsu had heard about.
"Did any of you meet the new girl yet?" Lisanna had asked at lunch.
"No," everyone had answered.
"I caught a glimpse of her," Loke had stated. "She looks divine."
"You think any female looks divine," Cana had scoffed and then with a smirk she had said, "I heard she has big tits."
"I heard she was super nice," Levy had chimed in.
"I heard she's really smart," Erza had added.
"Ahh I want to meet her," Mira had sighed.
"Why do you all care so much?" Natsu had grumbled.
He couldn't fathom why everyone had been making a big deal about some new girl.
Hell, Natsu barely knew who anyone was at school besides his friends and rivals so he wouldn't be able to pinpoint a new girl anyhow.
"We only care because she's probably nervous and overwhelmed," Lisanna had glared at Natsu.
"And imagine how shy she might be," Levy had said with a worried expression on her face.
Natsu had gulped, instantly feeling guilty as he rubbed the back of his head.
He hadn't thought about that…The new girl would obviously have no friends…And is probably very lonely…And Natsu had been a new kid too at one point…
He didn't want to think about this anymore, but the group carried on talking about rumors they had heard about the girl.
Quite frankly, this had annoyed Natsu. Why would they listen to dumb rumors when they could go find the girl themselves?
He had hopped out of his seat and left the cafeteria.
Aimlessly wandering around the school halls, Natsu had hoped to find something that would interest him.
And he did.
"Look," he had heard a female voice say, "I already told you! I'm not interested! Now leave me alone!"
Except that's not what had interested Natsu.
"Ohhh don't be like that," a male voice had said. "This could be fun for the both of us…"
Bora!
"Let go!" the girl had whined.
"BORA!" Natsu had growled. "YOU GAVE ME THE WRONG ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ, YOU BASTARD!"
"Huh?" Bora had whirled around, though he had no time to process what Natsu had said for that the blonde girl had kneed him in a place a boy fears to be kneed in.
Bora had let out a stream of curses, releasing the girl at once to place his hands over his groin
And to add to his pain, Natsu had right hooked him.
Bora had fallen flat to floor.
"Bastard," Natsu had cursed. "Now I have to retake it 'cuz of you!"
Bora wasn't able to answer.
"Thanks for that," the girl had said.
"Huh?" Natsu had nearly jumped. He had forgotten she was in the room.
"He was a real creep," she had frowned, rubbing her wrists.
Natsu could see red marks on them from where Bora had grabbed her, he had sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck, "Err no problem."
"How can I ever repay for that?" she had asked.
Natsu had ogled at her.
It was shocking in itself to hear a thanks for that no one had ever thanked him before, but to be offered compensation…
"I could treat you to lunch," she had offered, filling in Natsu's silence.
A huge grin had spread upon his cheeks, "YOSH! Let's go!"
He had grabbed the girl's hand and dragged her off to the cafeteria.
"I'm Natsu by the way," he had introduced himself, smiling at the girl.
"Lucy," she had blushed.
"Nice to meet ya," he had beamed.
Natsu had bought out the entire cafeteria and Lucy, with a horrified expression, had paid for it without protest.
Wanting to start up a conversation, Natsu had asked between mouthfuls, "So did you hear there's a new girl?"
The girl had sweat-dropped, "I might have…"
"Apparently she's super nice and smart," Natsu had informed her.
"Really?" Lucy's face had brightened.
"Yeah," He had taken another bite. "And apparently she has huge tits."
The girl had choked.
"You alright?"
"Just fine…"
"Oh my God!" A voice had appeared behind Natsu. "You're the new girl! What are you doing sitting here with Natsu? You should be sitting with us! I've been dying to meet you!"
"Oi, Lisanna, what's that supposed to mean?" Natsu's eye had twitched and then he had processed what Lisanna had said. New girl? "YOU'RE THE NEW GIRL?!"
"Yep," Lucy had blushed.
And then the school bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.
"Thank you again, Natsu," Lucy had smiled at him, before leaving the cafeteria.
The rumors were right, the girl had been super nice, buying him all that food…No one else would ever do that…
And now here he was, watching the new girl continue her pacing.
He glanced at the time on his phone, 3:20.
He was late and Erza was going to kill him.
He really needed to get into that room…
She reached for the door again.
C'mon, Natsu silently cheered her on, you can do it, Weirdo!
But again, she dropped her hand.
Natsu suppressed a groan of disappointment.
"I'm so pathetic," she moaned into her hands. "I want to join Fairy Tail! Why am I so dumb?!"
She wants to join our club? Natsu blinked.
"Are you going to stand there all day?" Natsu inquired, deciding now was the perfect time to speak.
The blonde nearly jumped ten feet into the air and let out a squeal of surprise, "N-No! I was just leaving!"
"No you weren't," Natsu smiled. "C'mon," he offered out his hand.
The blonde stared at him with wide brown eyes before they drifted down to his outstretched hand.
She hesitatingly took it and Natsu wrapped his large hand tightly around her small one.
He opened the door with his free hand and screamed, "I'M HERE!"
"Damn it," Gray moaned, lounging in a plush chair, "I thought for sure you weren't gonna show up…"
"Shut it, Stripper," Natsu growled.
"Thirty minutes late, Natsu," Erza barked, causing him to gulp. "Explain yourself."
Putting on a tight grin, Natsu said, "I was showing the new girl around," Natsu let go of the blonde's hand and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She let out a tiny eep and Natsu did his best to ignore how cute that sounded. "I would like you all to meet my new friend Luigi."
"IT'S LUCY!" The girl stomped on his foot.
"OW!" Natsu cried, letting go of the girl.
"I like her," Gray smirked.
"Me too," Erza smiled.
"Ohh!" Lisanna jumped off the couch. "Even though we only talked for like two seconds today, I knew there was a reason I liked you!"
"Oi!" Natsu leered. "You're all bein' mean!"
"Are you interested in joining our club, Lucy?" Mira asked, as she had just entered the room.
"Y-Yes," Lucy stammered. "Very interested."
"Well come with me," Mira beamed. "I'll need you to fill out some paper work… I'm Mira by the way…"
"So you befriended the new girl even though you didn't even want to meet her?" Lisanna asked Natsu in bewilderment.
"Yup," he beamed.
"That's not fair!" she pouted.
"Since when does that cheap bastard ever play fair?" Gray sneered.
"WHAT WAS THAT, ICE HEAD?"
"I SAID YOU'RE A CHEAP BASTARD, FIRE HEAD!"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"
"IT MEANS YOU'RE ALWAYS TAKIN' CHEAP SHOTS!"
"GRR YOU WANNA GO?!"
"YEAH I WANNA GO!"
And before Natsu could strike Gray, a voice called out to him, "Natsu! Look! I'm an official member!"
Natsu looked over at Lucy.
She was holding up paper work or something, but Natsu could hardly pay attention to that.
Instead, his eyes had wandered onto that brilliant smile plastered on her face.
It made her warm, brown eyes light up and the way her bangs framed her face…
She looked pretty.
He could feel his face heating up and his heartrate had accelerated.
With a sputtering noise, he turned away and said, "That's great, Luigi."
"IT'S LUCY!"
A swift kick to the back of his legs, Natsu let out an "Oooofff," as he hit the ground.
"Jerk!" she seethed.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"I really like this girl," Gray chuckled.
Me too, Natsu thought as he stayed on the ground to hide his burning face.
XOXOX
THE END
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