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Chapter 2:

Brilliant Distraction

Teams started returning, allowing the breeze to sweep in a few more of the greens in the few moments the door opened before shutting. Cheers and greeting quickly progressed to taunts and insults swiftly before limbs became included into the mix, and once again another of Fairy Tail's famous brawls broke out. To the side of danger, where a sweet barmaid provided safety, friends started their giggling and chattering without any caution or notice to the kicks or punches just a few feet over.

"I can just imagine pink-haired toddlers running around the guild!" Levy squealed.

Lucy laughed along with a soft blush, "You're one to say Levy-chan! What about the soon-to-be grumpy brunettes?" she teased with a cock of her brow.

Levy's squealing came to an abrupt halt with a cheeky pout as she whined at the blonde who wore a cocky smile. Lissana giggled at the two before she spoke with curiosity lacing her gentle voice, "Ne Lucy, I hope this doesn't sound weird, but just out of curiosity if you were to choose who you would have to leave behind, either your child or Natsu, who would you choose? " Lissana paused before she added quickly, "Of course your child would be of proper age though!"

His sensitive ears twitched.

Lucy raised her hand after a moment of consideration, "Question!"

Lissana giggled and nodded, "Go on."

Lucy gave a cheeky smile, "What if we have multiple kids?"

Before Lissana could open her mouth and fall for bait, Levy frowned at Lucy and spoke, "Just answer."

Lucy stuck her tongue out at her before her eyes rolled up to look at the ceiling in thought, "Well", her eyes returned to the girls, "I would probably choose my children, Natsu could take care of himself."

"Even if you never see Natsu again?" Levy asked. Lucy nodded with a shrug, "Yeah, well he is an adult."

Lissana made a buzzer noise, "But, Natsu really has a heart of a kid too you know", Lucy tilted her head, "Well then he would just have to grow up if we are to have kids, and trust me we are!"

A nervous chuckle escaped his dry lips.

Lissana pouted, not satisfied with the answer she received as Levy cushioned her face in her arms, "Don't be too hard on him then, I'm sure he'd still make a great daddy!"

Lucy shrugged, "I wouldn't really mind… but he would still have to mature one way or the other. He's lucky I'm still with him after all the stupid things he did last week really! I mean, I don't know any girl who would be able to deal with his loud, obnoxious-"

A cough erupted suspiciously before his attention was ripped to the bar by force. He willed his legs to start moving towards their new destination while he occupied himself on the finishing touches for his contribution to the large mass of bodies growing rapidly.

Though after his legs led him closer to his destination and further away from the poor distraction, his thoughts immediately circled around the conversation his delicate ears had caught. A small frown sat on his lips as he pondered on the words. He oddly felt the satisfaction he yearned flow further away and in come the confusion.

His eyebrows furrowed, strange enough though, he didn't feel hurt at all. Shouldn't he be afraid of losing Luce or somethin' like that? Shouldn't he want to outdo her expectations and earn her praise instead? Was Lucy's weirdness contagious?!

Natsu shook his head and came to a stop at the bar, "Mira! Can ya get me some fire whiskey?!"

A distant, "coming up", was heard and Natsu grinned brightly. The formula for his new and brilliant distraction was on its way! With that, Natsu settled on a stool and turned to the preoccupied dragonslayer. Wendy was struggling on balancing the rather large amount of deserts on one go with a furrow of her brows. Blaming her clumsiness which she yet didn't grow out of, Wendy slipped on the bunch of air gathered at the floorboards and fell on her butt sending a slice of pie flying which landed on her head of silky hair, cream dripping down her face.

A moment passed with Wendy's face, which was shielded beneath her bangs, burned in embarrassment, before Natsu burst out laughing without a care as he pointed at her dripping figure. "Natsu-saaaan!" Wendy whined, pouting.

"Gomen, gomen", Natsu waved his hands while trying to dismiss the few chuckles here and there, "You know, you're really cute Wendy."

Her face grew an intense shade of red to add onto Natsu's amusement, "R-Really?"

Natsu grinned again while he nodded as he hopped over the counter with a supporting hand, crouching in front of Wendy. "Yup, you're a lot more fun too! Usually Luce would have been a mood killer by yellin' or kicking at me for laughing, but you're cool! You can take a joke!" he exclaimed.

Wendy blinked at Natsu's laughing eyes, processing the seemingly complicated words, before Natsu decided to drag his finger across her cheek, collecting some lime buttercream, and plopping it into his mouth. Her eyes widened and her skin amplified the tingling from feeling his rather rough finger, probably from his magic and fighting, gently brush across her cheek. Then eating it! Her heartbeat rose while the noise her dear guildmates were making distanced for her frozen brain when Natsu smiled in delight at the sweet taste, eyes twinkling with childish mischief.

She almost missed their position, finding herself unable to make a move with his face approximately only a few inches away, and still grinning.

"Natsu!"

Wendy gasped, the shout shattering her invisible barrier, letting all the voices and sounds around the two grow in volume once again.

The duo turned to see Lucy marching up to them with Levy behind her, more interested by the large book in her delicate hands, "I can't believe you", she tsked, "What did you do now?" she finished with a stretched groan to display her displeased thoughts.

Natsu gave a nonchalant shrug of his shoulder before her stood and offered a hand to Wendy who was still ungracefully dressed in various deserts. She of course took it and stood up before she smiled sweetly at Lucy, keeping her eyes on the rolling strawberry at her bare feet, "Nothing happened Lucy-san! Natsu-san was just helping me clean this mess!" she assured while waving her hands, gaze finally meeting Lucy's.

"Yeah Luce! Loosen' up a bit!" Lucy rolled her eyes at Natsu before she spoke, "I'll help you clean up."

Well his "brilliant" distraction didn't work, did it?

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