It sure was hard to wake up in the morning, I didn't want to, but I had to. Because I decided that today was going to be a good day.
Today I will try to make friends, and, maybe -Just maybe- try to become friends with her.
"I hope she accepts me, at least a little" i said looking at my face in the bathroom's mirror.
I was not ok. Using my ugly glasses and my hair all down.
But I couldn't help it, ever since mom and dad left, I'm on my own and I don't know how to look...you know, ok.
"I hope she doesn't care" i said, smiling.
I went downstairs, took my backpack and went to school, not before greeting my neighbors.
"Good morning Mr. Green" I waved my hand at the old man who was drinking coffee while reading the news.
"Oh good morning, kid" He said, moving his hand, "C'mere" he gave me a little gift box, "heard you like drawing, hope you like it" i saw a smirk on his face, "Now go, boy! You don't wanna be late, right?"
"Right! I'm off!" i said and waved a goodbye, a smile on my face.
Today is a good day. .
The first periods were more than fine, no bullies around to deal with and the classes were light, teachers decided to give us a light monday.
"Lunch time!" I saw one of my classmate stretching while the other was yawning.
Sure monday was hard for everyone.
I went to the cafeteria with determination in my eyes, and approached to the "popular table" where she was sitting, with her friends of course.
Because everyone had friends but me.
All of them were staring at me, looking at me not with disgust but with curiousness.
I tried to speak, but I was too nervous, looking everywhere but there.
It seems like, at least, she noticed me freaking out.
"Hello there, boy" she helped me out, smiling at me, "Wanna take a sit?" I nodded, smiling back. She moved a little to her left, pushing an small, blue-haired girl making her move too, and the padded the spot she just made for me, "You can sit here if you want"
I walked towards her, but was stopped by a hand.
"You sure you wanna do that, Geek?" Shit, a bully I thought, moving back just a little.
"Don't" she said, making me stop, "Loke, you do that again…" she looked rather...angry, "And I'll call Erza" I felt his hand shivering, and he then took it away, looking at me.
"Tch… Sorry 'bout that" He apologized and looked away.
"Hahaha! Pretty boy's scared of Erza?" Another guy with at least twenty piercings, started laughing at him. I looked at him with surprise…"W-what?"
"Didn't know you could have, you know, piercings in the school" I said, forgetting my shyness for, I think, a second or so.
They all begun to laugh, some hitting the table and other rolling on the floor.
I turned my head to find her brown eyes staring at me while giggling.
"Come here" She said again, patting what looked like my spot. Again, I nodded and this time I managed to actually sit without a bully killing me with his eyes, "So, are you going to tell me your name?" she asked, still looking at me, and then blushed, "I-I meant us! Not me, your name is nothing p-personal!"
"Woah, you are acting weird, Lu-chan" the blue-haired girl laughed a little and then looked at me, "Oh I know you...Natsu Dragneel, am I right?" my cheeks got slightly red.
"H-how-"
"Your drawing is the best! You are so good that the teachers lets you skip the whole class!" she said, her lips getting together forming a straight line, "I wanna do that too...Oh, my name is Levy McGarden, nice to met you" I smiled at her way of being with me.
"Nice to meet you too, Levy" I locked my eyes on the brown ones who were, still, looking at me, "well...that's my name" she shook her head, frowning.
"I want you…" she pointed at me with her finger, "To tell me your name" I couldn't help but smile at her.
"Name's Natsu. Natsu Dragneel" she looked at me with wide eyes, and then I heard her giggling.
"Name's Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia" she said, mocking me in a way, making me blush in another way, "Nice to meet you, Natsu" she smiled at me.
"Nice to meet you, Lu-"
"Right, well! Enough of you two" a guy with raven haired stood up and took my arm, pulling me to his side, "Name's Gray Fullbuster! The one and only, Gray Fullbuster! You got that?" the smirk on his face made me feel fine, he wasn't bullying me or anything.
"Right. Nice to meet ya, oh great Gray Fullbuster" I said with sarcasm, making Lucy and her friends laugh.
"This is Gajeel, Natsu" Lucy touched my arm to get my attention, "Gajeel, say hi...kindly" she talked to him like he was some kind of...dog.
"Name's Gajeel Redfox" he waved his hand, I took it as a "Nice to meet you"
"Don't mind him" she told me, giving one big smile, "He means well, seriously" she squeezed my hand and introduced me to a blue-haired boy, "And this is Jerall, he doesn't talk that much, but he's a good guy" he moved his eyes away from his book and looked at me.
"Yo" he said before returning to his reading.
"See? He's good" she let my hand go and started frowning , "Where is…. Hey! Jerall, where's Erza?"
"She is doing some paperwork for the committee, she'll be back before the bell...I hope" he replied without looking away from his book.
"Well, I think you know our president Erza Scarlet, right?" I nodded in response. "Well, she is a good friend of mine! Oh and don't you worry, she doesn't bite" she leaned closer, "Only Jellal" she whispered to my ear.
"G-got it" I replied, getting what she meant, "And you?" I tried, and she looked at me with confusion, "A-ah..."
"Little Natsu here wants to know if you have a boyfriend" Gajeel helped me, thought I didn't like the way he said it.
"Oh" she stared at me for a moment, and then smiled, "No, Natsu, I do not have a boyfriend" she let out a giggle, and then looked at me with curious eyes, "What about you, Little Natsu?" I could feel my cheeks hot and of course they turned red.
"Well, for starters, I don't want a boyfriend", she frowned, her cheeks getting slightly pink, "But since I get what you mean…" I pointed my finger to my face, "I'm not a very handsome man at all, and since, like, no one would like to date a geek with salmon hair like me, then" I shrugged, "the answer is no"
"So you are saying no one would like to date you because of your looks?" She resumed everything and I felt some kind of pain in my chest, "What do you guys think about that?" she asked the others.
"What he's saying is true, I only know few girls who don't care about looks", Gray said, looking at me with a smirk on his face, like, telling me to don't get sad.
"What Gray said, but I still think you have chances man, don't ever think low of yourself" Gajeel said, giving me a thumbs up, making me smile.
"What they said" Jellal looked at me, "I mean look at me, I'm dating the school president, if I can do that, you can do everything" I actually laughed at that.
At that moment, Levy was looking at Gajeel with a face that said something like, "Don't get mad" and then turned to look at me, "I don't care about looks at all, and I would date you, Natsu" Lucy turned abruptly to face Levy, pink cheeks included, "BUT! And don't get me wrong, but you are just not my type, and being honest here, my type is even..weirder than what you said you are"
"Hey! Who are you calling weird!?" Gajeel stood up, and I had to lean closer to Lucy and ask her,
"What?"
"They like each other...but it's complicated" she let out a giggle, "Or, at least, they wanna make it look like it's complicated"
"Who-who said I was talking about you!?" Gajeel's eyes went wide, and after a second, he calmed down.
"Oh right" He said, sitting on his spot again.
Levy in the other hand, was red. She stood up and went to Gajeel's side, and stayed still in front of Loke, who has next to Gajeel.
"Would you kindly?" she asked him, but it sounded more like an order.
Loke just shrugged and moved away.
Levy took Gajeel's hand and pulled him away with her, taking him to who knows where.
"Well I think you are a Geek, and it's clear as water that you are trying something with Lucy. Don't do that, she is out of your league...actually, everyone is out of your league, Geek. And for your information Lucy won't even date you, she's mine.
To be honest, I was expecting something like that, and didn't get mad because of it. What I didn't expect, at all, was the sound of a slap.
And not a light slap, it sounded more like one of those slaps your mom gives you when you didn't take a shower for a week.
Yeah, that kind of slap.
"What the fuck, Loke!?" She yelled at him, taking my hand with the one that didn't slap him...on the face, "Loke, I am not yours and I'll never be! Get that into your stupid brain!" She squeezed my hand while yelling at him, and I felt the urge to squeeze her back.
So I did.
"And don't you ever, EVER, talk to him like that again! Now get lost! Or I will call Erza!" After those words, I don't think he'll talk to me ever again…
I was going to thank her for what she did for me, but I felt a hand on my cheek and decided to shut my mouth.
"And don't think like that, Natsu" she told me, rubbing my cheek softly, "I don't care about your looks and…" Her cheeks got red, "I already like you a lot and I barely know you so… Don't give up with...ok this will sound horrible but please don't give up on me, ok?"
I was silent, Gray and Jellal were looking at me with surprised yet amusing looks, as if they knew this was going to happen, and decided to be brave at least for a second.
"Then uh…" I felt my face getting warmer than the sun, "Would you like to...to go on a d-date with...me?" Her eyes went wide, and I could see Gray giving five bucks to Jellal.
I was ready to create an amazing excuse in which I don't get her to freak out and stay away from me…
But I felt her arms wrapping around my torso…
And her face on my chest.
"Yes!, yes I would love to!", I could feel her nodding on my chest, neither letting me go nor breath but I couldn't care less.
Well, at least I was right.
This is the best day ever.