I was unpopular. Yes, I was unpopular. Very unpopular – I mean, people would sit on my lap cause they didn't notice me, thinking I was the seat. Sure, I had friends, but a very few. Like, five or six? Ugh. It was embarrassing, especially after seeing my OAOC Gray Fullbuster snicker and laugh at me.

I mean, he was always around when people sat on me – I kept wondering, was he doing that on purpose? That means…he hated me? No…I heard boys teased you a lot if they liked you…so maybe he likes me? I hope he does…then I'd better confess!

"…Akane? Akane? You there?"

I blinked, looking at the blonde in front of me. "Y-Yeah? Sorry, I spaced out."

"Nah, it's fine," Lucy smiled. "I was asking if you were coming to karaoke." This is Lucy Heartfilia, one of my best friends. She's the flirt of our threesome group but has a major crush on Natsu Dragneel.

"It's a girls' night," Levy smirked. "Just us. Lucy isn't flirting – nor am I studying." This is Levy McGarden, my other best friend. She's the bookworm and nerd of our threesome group but has a crush on Gajeel Redfox.

I nodded. "Sure, why not?" And…there's me. Akane Uchida…the otaku of our threesome group who has a huge crush on Gray Fullbuster. Of course, I had many other crushes – but they were anime crushes. Gray was the only one I loved in real life.

"Okay…so, when? What? How?" Levy questioned.

"Hmm…I'm free on Friday night," I informed. "You?"

They both nodded. "Yeah."

"So…Friday night it is," Lucy confirmed. "Hmm…what? What to wear? We'll go in our school uniforms…okay, then…how?"

"I think I'll ask my brother if he can drop us and pick us up," I told them. "Not sure if he'll say yes…but I'm gonna give it a try."

Levy snorted. "It'll probably be a no…Akira always says no."

Lucy nodded, agreeing. "He's such a stubborn bastard."

I tapped my chin. Hmm…Akira does have a huge crush on Erza, so maybe… "We'll bring Erza along."

"She has plans with Jellal," Levy sighed. "She really is mad about Jellal, huh?"

"Yup," Lucy popped her 'p'. "It's unhealthy…she's that obsessed with him."

I smirked. "But, you gotta admit they make a good couple…sort of."

Levy smirked back. "Uh-huh – does Akira even know about it?"

"Nope."

They gaped at me. "What?! But…he'll be heartbroken!"

I shrugged. "I know. Life's just not that fair for him, is it? He's gotta cope. Besides, he's way older than Erza. Akira's in his last year of college while Erza, is in her second year of high school. There's a huge age difference there."

"You're right about that," Lucy agreed. Her shoulders slumped, and her expression turned dreamy as she let out a dreamy, in-the-clouds sigh. "But…I would have liked to see them go out on a date just once…it would have been interesting."

Levy giggled. "Lucy, you're such a romantic."

"Well, she does write romance novels so her excuse is research," I stated. I smirked at Levy. "…what is your reason?"

"Hm…I've been found out for secretly shipping Zakira. Hm…I guess…oh, I've got no reason! Damn you, Akane."

I snickered under my hand. "I win."

…

"Uchida-san…please answer the question," the teacher demanded. Everyone snickered. I mumbled a curse under my breath and looked at the teacher. "Ah…um…"

"Can pigs fly?" I saw Sting Eucliffe mouth to me. Stupid question… "No, pigs can't fly, teacher."

Everyone turned silent before they burst out into laughter. The teacher's eyebrow twitched. "GET OUT! AND MEET ME AFTER CLASS!" Hey, what did I do? I answered the question – oh. I see. Sting had given me the wrong question. No wonder it was silly. I shot him a glare as I bowed down to the teacher. "I'm sorry, teacher."

I walked out of the class, panicking inwardly. Once I was outside (and I was safe) I immediately face-palmed. "God, I am so stupid…" I muttered under my breath. "And I'm totally getting Sting back for that."

A few minutes and some curses later, the bell rang and I was set free. I immediately snatched my bag and practically ran out of the school.

"You sure are energetic," Jellal remarked raising an eyebrow. Jellal Fernandez, Erza's boyfriend for a week. He was the president of the Student Council and was a rather polite and reserved guy.

I jumped out of surprise and stared at the bluenette before grinning sheepishly. "Got into trouble with my History teacher, so I'm escaping in case get chased."

He shook his head and face-palmed. "I should've known you'd do that."

"You know me so well, Jellal."

"Anyways, do you know where's Erza?"

"Nah. Check in the Kendo Club maybe, she'd probably be there."

"I see – thanks, Akane!"

…

The next day – Thursday – was a rather…average day. At least I thought it was. It started out average, so I expected it to be average.

My History teacher had been really pissed, but I'd just ignored every scolding and sat there reading my manga. After a while, the scolding stopped so I assumed I was left alone.

"Akane, Lucy got us rides~!" Levy squealed into my ear. I looked at her. "Really? That's great~! How are we gonna go?"

"My dad decided to be kind for once so he let me borrow me limousine," Lucy explained happily. "Aren't you excited?"

I nodded happily. "Yeah! So…what do we do after that?"

Levy bowed apologetically. "I'm sorry…my mom wants me to go to my grandma's house for the weekend…we can't have our sleepover…"

"Hm, I'm not free as well…" Lucy informed. "I guess we'll have it next week, right?"

We nodded. "Yeah."

Hmm…my weekend will be boring this time. At least we have the karaoke tomorrow. As the teacher droned on and on about formulae and stuff, I started thinking about what I could do while my boring weekend passed.

…

"Uchida?"

I whipped around at the calling of my name and saw Sting. Again. I stared at him as calmly as possible. "Yes?"

"Go out with me."

I hope you like this chapter so far…

It's just a little experiment. Please tell me whether I should continue it. Tell me what you think as well and if there's anything wrong, or if there's anything you want me to add, please don't hesitate to tell me! ^_^

I know there is fic like this with a similar plot between Lucy and Gray. I didn't get the idea from that, I just saw it on a plot website and I was like, why not? Seems interesting.

Hope you like it! Also, I don't own anything except for Akane.

~ Animeisheaven