The Proposal
Lucy wrapped a small white towel around her body and ran her hand through her wet hair. She opened the window to let some of the steam out and wiped the steam from the window. She winked at herself and walked out her bathroom. She entered her bedroom and her eyes went wide when she saw Natsu sitting on her bed while watching TV.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed! He looked at her.
"What's up Luce?" He asked and she placed her hand on her hip.
"Don't you see something wrong with this?" She asked and he raised his eyebrow.
"With what?" He asked tilting his head.
"You just coming into my apartment and sitting on my bed watching TV while I'm in the bathroom."
"But you only have a studio apartment there's only one TV in here." He said and she waved her hand at him. She went to get her clothes.
"Lucy you're being stingy with you're stuff." She turned around and saw Natsu's pet Exceed Happy but of course Natsu never referred to him as a pet Happy was his friends just as much as he was Lucy's. When Natsu was dorming he couldn't bring Happy with him but as soon as he became a junior he was able to get an apartment and he brought Happy from home however Lucy couldn't understand…even though he had his own place he was always crashing in her place.
"Hi Happy and I'm not being stingy. I was just making a point."
"Luce, hurry and get dress I'm starving already!" Natsu whined. She sighed deeply and threw her hands in the air.
"Would've been nice if you texted me this morning saying you wanted to get food." She mumbled as she went in her closet.
"I got hungry waiting for you to come out the shower." He stated and she rolled her eyes. She grabbed a pair of khaki shorts and a black tank top along with her underwear and bra. She then went into the bathroom.
She smiled as she got dressed. It was thanks to Natsu that her first love experience didn't break her down to nothing and she was sure that she helped him as well. After that incident they had been best friends and inseparable. He even introduced her to Happy a little after during a school break when she didn't go home. They met when they were sophomores and now two years later as seniors they formed a great friendship however the same couldn't be said about their love lives. She sighed deeply but shook her head.
She was determined that love was going to happen for her this year. After all this was her last year of college before she went to graduate school she had to find love.
Natsu and Lucy went into their local tavern that was outside of the college campus it was called Fairy Tail Tav and it was very popular to a lot of the young people. However trouble always lurked somewhere in this tavern and it attracted a lot of rowdy but good natured people. Natsu introduced Lucy to the tavern after they started hanging and since she had been going there for so long and faithful that she was considered a member of the tavern she even got a stamp with the mark of Fairy Tail. Lucy had hers on the back of her right hand, Natsu got his right shoulder and Happy got his on his back. It made Lucy feel good to be apart of a family outside of her own. People knew by her last name that she came from money however here at Fairy Tail no one cared about family names they cared about what type of person you were and how you treated your friends which outside of her relationship with Natsu she made a ton of female friends.
The first girl she came into contact with was Mirajane she was the barmaid of Fairy Tail and a famous face. She was the reason a lot of men came to Fairy Tail however they had to behave because if they didn't she had a very scary side behind her sweet lovable face. Natsu also told her that she was Lisanna's older sister. Lucy only wondered if her older sister was this gorgeous it made her wonder how pretty was Lisanna? Lucy had a special bond with Mirajane she was the one who gave Lucy her stamp and she also gave Lucy tips on how to handle the ruckus around the tavern but she none the less she always thought the rowdiness was fun even when she got hit in the head by a flying empty beer bottle.
After Mirajane she met Erza however the way she met Erza made her scared to death of her. She caught Natsu and his long term friend/rival in a heated battle and just to stop them she banged both of their heads together knocking them out instantly. At first she thought Natsu and Gray died but they were fine. However once she got to know Erza she learned indeed she was scary but she also had a softer side to her. She was also very knowledgeable and completely sexy. She was everything a guy would want a woman and everything a woman would want to be. She was two years older than Lucy and she was already in graduate school with top grades. She was dating a guy named Jellal, he was very quiet and laid back seeing them together and in love made Lucy want that type of love.
She formed a close bond with Levy they were pretty much inseparable and they a lot of the same classes. Levy also started calling her Lu-Chan and got upset if someone else said it besides her. Levy was pretty a very innocent girl and a little on the naïve side but she was Lucy's best friend. She usually hung out with Lucy, Natsu, Gray and Erza however it was little difficult whenever she had her boyfriend Gajeel around mainly because he and Natsu always got into a heated battle since they were rivals it was hard for them to act civil but if Erza was around though it would be quickly ended. Lucy was shocked when Levy introduced her to Gajeel. Here Levy was this innocent petite cute bubbly girl dating Gajeel this major badass with a scowl on his face most of the time. However after getting to know him it wasn't as hardcore as he tried to come across. He had a secret, he loved to play guitar and sing in a white suit that reminded her of Michael Jackson's outfit in smooth criminal. He was a really good guitar player but his singing was another story. He also had an exceed named Pantherlily but everyone called him Lily for short.
The sexy seductress Cana was next for Lucy to meet. One thing Lucy learnt about Cana was she was one woman that man had better steer clear from unless they wanted to get trampled over. She was a force to be reckoned with not only she was a strong drinker hardly ever getting drunk but she was comfortable in her skin. She usually wore revealing clothing however Lucy knew she was anything but a slur she was just comfortable who was she was. She revealed to Lucy that her father was the famous wandering musician Gildarts Clive. He usually returned to Fairy Tail Tav to bless the tarven with his music before wandering again. However she didn't tell him about her until her last year of high school and she said after that every time he would come back he would smother her but she was glad that she was able to form a bond with him. She loved reading Tarot Cards and she had an on going joke with Lucy saying there was no love in her future.
She then met Juvia who use to hang out in a different tavern until she laid eyes on Gray during a homecoming party. After that she became a loyal member of Fairy Tail. She and Lucy had an oddly good relationship, for some odd reason she thought Lucy wanted to get with Gray but after a while Lucy stopped taking it personal when Juvia became like that with other women of the tavern as well. Cana often teased her just for kicks. Over the past year Juvia's relationship with Gray was one-sided where she was always chasing him down however during the year things began changing and every now and then they would hang out together but Lucy couldn't tell if they were dating or not and neither one of them spoke about it.
Then she met her adopted little sister Wendy. She was the sweetest girl she had every met. There wasn't one bad bone in that girl's body. She knew Wendy came from a hard background so she shared her apartment with Wendy who was now in her last year of high school. She also had an exceed named Carla. Happy seemed to like her a lot but she usually ignored him. Wendy was also dating Romeo. His father was a regular at the Fairy Tail Tav. He was a year older than her and he started his college life at Fiore Uni. They made such a cute couple they were always making puppy dog eyes at one another.
Lucy sighed she really wanted a boyfriend but not just any guy not like the jerk that stole her virginity and left her. She wanted someone who would love her for herself and make her happy just because they loved her.
Gray and Juvia walked into the tavern and took a seat with Natsu, Lucy and Happy.
"Morning guys." Lucy smiled.
"I hate mornings." Gray yawned rubbing his eyes. "Thanks to Juvia I'm here."
"It's important to eat a good breakfast Gray-Sama." She told him which made him snort.
"Lu-Chan! Guys!" Levy ran over to them with Gajeel behind her. "Lu-Chan did you study for our test in physics. It's gonna be so hard." She moaned as Lucy sighed deeply.
"I studied as best as I could. I hope I pass." She moaned.
"Oi! Natsu, Lily versus Happy let's go." Gajeel said and Natsu stood up.
"You're on let's go."
"Natsu…" Happy cried. Lily sighed deeply as he sat on the table.
"I wanna eat not fight."
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.
"Better yet me versus you." Natsu snapped while making a fist. "You won't even get a punch in." He teased him. Gajeel growled and threw a punch landing a hit against Natsu's cheek. He went flying back into some empty tables.
"What the hell?! I wasn't even ready!"
"When you fight there is no such thing as being ready. Come." Gajeel motioned for him to come to him. Natsu rolled his shoulders back and charged at Gajeel and they began a punching match.
"Gajeel stop it!" Levy shouted but her small voice fell on deaf ears.
"Those guys will never grow up. They're a bunch of immature fools." Gray mumbled until a cup hit him in the back of the head. He then stood up. "You jerks wanna go?!" He snapped and removed his shirt revealing his muscular upper body. Juvia instantly a got a nosebleed as Gray ran into the fight. Elfman came in.
"Only real men fight early in the morning." He then joined into the fight. Soon it became a huge brawl. Lucy sighed deeply.
"If this is how men are…then I guess I'll never get a boyfriend." She mumbled. Juvia glared at her.
"Gray-Sama is mine." She growled giving Lucy the evil eye. Lucy shook her head.
"Juvia, you're misunderstanding the situation again." Lucy stated as Levy giggled.
The doors burst opened.
"What's going on in here?!" Erza's thunderous voice rang throughout the tavern and everyone froze.
"W-W-W-We're doing a group dance and entertaining everyone!" Natsu quickly said and all the guys linked arms together. Erza nodded her head.
"Oh ok, continue then." She and Jellal walked into the tavern taking a seat at a small table. She waved to Lucy, Levy and Juvia. They all waved back. Soon Natsu and Gray sat back down.
"Damn that was scary." Gray mumbled. Levy looked at Gajeel before shaking her head.
"I'll see you during class Lu-Chan. See ya." She waved as she began lecturing her boyfriend on his behavior.
Shortly after they all placed their orders before beginning idle chat.
"Oh yeah Natsu, how was your date last night?" Lucy asked him gaining Gray and Juvia's attention. He sighed deeply and poured water into his cup.
"Nothing special, she was little weird but I guess it went alright. We just went to a dinner and a movie." He shrugged.
"She must not be what you were expecting because you're tone is like eh." Gray smiled and Natsu nodded his head.
"Yeah something like that, it was going good until she started talking about marriage and kids so that freaked out me a little." He stated which made them laugh. "See that's why I didn't want to tell you jerks!" He snapped.
"Don't get upset Natsu, maybe next date you'll get it right." Gray teased and Natsu rolled his eyes.
"What about you Luce?" He looked at her and she sighed deeply.
"That guy was the worse!" She exclaimed. "All he did was talk about himself I couldn't get one word in and to make matters worse he offered to pay for the meal so I let him and then by the end of the night he goes so what do I get for the meal I paid for while winking at me. I was like if you think I'm giving you sex just because you paid thirteen ninety-nine for a meal you have another thing coming." She rolled her eyes which made them laugh.
"That sucks!" Natsu laughed. "It seems we're back at square one." He sighed
"Yup." She sighed deeply. They both sighed deeply together and the mood became dull. Juvia looked at Gray who shook his head. Cana walked over to them and pulled up a chair.
"So why not just have sex with no strings attached." She shrugged while drinking her beer bottle.
"Cana, you know what time it is?" Gray snapped and she smiled.
"I gotta start my day off right." She winked at her and he rolled his eyes.
"Have sex with no strings attached!" Lucy exclaimed. "I could never do something like that not with just any guy."
"Yeah and wouldn't that just cause us more trouble cuz' Luce and I may say no strings attached but the other party will definitely catch feelings."
"But you have to admit…" Cana began. "Two years with no successful matches it has to be sexually frustrating." She shrugged and they both sighed deeply. "So if you two feel the same why not just be friends with benefits until you find someone." She suggested and Lucy and Natsu's jaws hit the table.
"What?!" Lucy gasped. "With Natsu?"
"You two feel the same so it makes sense, you both think love sucks, you both suck at getting good dates and you both have to be sexually frustrated. So since you two know each other the best why not just romp around until you find who you're looking for."
"Romp around." Gray began laughing.
"Friends with benefits?" Natsu whispered. "But it's too weird Lucy is my best friend if I could do that type of thing with her then I might as well do it with Gray as well." He stated. Lucy and Cana's eyes popped out their head, Gray's face turned blue from disgust and Juvia glared at Natsu with glowing red eyes labeling him a potential rival.
"No the hell you don't!" Gray yelled. "It's completely different! You can't compare Lucy and I of course we're your close friends but I'm a guy who is all the way straight and Lucy is a girl. So she would be your best choice."
"Obvious I know that! But I was just saying that's how close I am to Luce, that wouldn't it make our friendship weird?"
"It would only get weird if you two let it get weird but it can't be weird if you two know where you stand right?" Cana asked. Lucy and Natsu looked at one another and began blushing.
"It's not that weird." Gray said while looking out the window. "Juvia and I do it." He mumbled and Juvia began blushing. She then giggled.
"It's true, Gray-Sama and I do and we still have a good relationship." She stated.
"See and Gray is a great lover, we been around the block of couple of times of in the past." Cana stated making Gray's mouth drop. Juvia gasped.
"Cana stop making up lies!" He growled at her and she giggled as Juvia labeled her as a rival.
After classes Natsu walked Lucy to her apartment ever since Cana said that to them there had been some awkwardness between them.
"Well, we know Cana is a sexually person, she was probably just teasing us." Natsu said to lightened up the mood. Lucy began laughing and nodded her head.
"You're right after all we're best friends."
"Exactly, a team through thick and thin." They gave each other a high five.
"Righto partner." She giggled. "See ya tomorrow."
"See ya." Natsu waved and watched as Lucy entered her apartment building. He placed his hands in his pockets and sighed deeply.
Lucy walked into her apartment and leaned against the door.
"Could we really do that? Become friends with benefits?"
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