hello! it's been awhile, hasn't it? i'm laughing as i type this cause it's been 2 months i just started this fic and i'm not even consistent.. this is depressing. anyway! i hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
multi chaptered nalu au ; you're a demon that tried to possess me but when you realized what awful shape i'm in, you forgot your nefarious plans and now you're trying to help me get my life together
song while reading this: major lazer, justin bieber- cold water, fifth harmony- bo$$. in that order (;
After the introduction with the kind demons, the girls decided to talk to them for a while. They soon had to say their farewells and disappear somewhere in the Underworld.
"Juvia thought that was fun!" The blue haired woman exclaimed, smiling. The rest of the girls nodded in agreement with grins on their faces.
"That Gajeel keeps making fun of my size, though!" Levy complained, pouting at the other girls while she sulked.
"Is that so?" Erza asked, receiving a nod from the blunette before continuing. "I'll make sure to teleport to the Underworld and hurt him somehow. Maybe one of my punishments for someone who steals my cake!" She seemed excited to hurt him. The three women shivered, knowing the pain of the legendary Titania Erza.
Later, everyone decided to head home. Besides Lucy, obviously. Juvia ended up crying because she wanted to stay longer, Erza got mad that she couldn't stay as well. Levy was happy because she wanted to leave.
But then again, they were all drunk.
During Erza's deathly warnings about Gajeel, Juvia threw herself around the furious redhead. Yet, somehow had beer bottles in her hand. Seriously, when did she go and find the bottles? However, Lucy's roommate was Cana Alberona, who was usually hugging a barrel of beer. So, she just had to shrug it off.
Juvia started drinking first, then with a hesitant Erza and a willing Levy. As much as the girls tried to tempt Lucy into drinking, she couldn't. The girl was a write and an astronomer; she had a report due the day after about her observations on the stars. Yet, she had to deal with three drunk women. What a fairy tale.
"Yeah, yeah. Remember to call me in the morning, okay? Bye, I love you guys!" Lucy plastered a smile, pushing the girls out. As she was doing so, they were sobbing, rejoicing, or destroying items. Luckily, the blonde survived and they had made it out of her apartment; don't get her wrong! She loved the group of women a ton, but the drunken side of them were a handful.
The astronomer sighed loud, leaning her back against her white door. She then walked towards the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. The light shone in her chocolate brown eyes. Lucy yawned, took a water bottle, closing the fridge. After that, she grabbed her bag of pretzels on the island counter. As she walked past the living room, a bright light beamed and she immediately looked back.
She didn't summon anything, right? The girl just wanted food, for Mavis' sake!
Lucy turned around to walk back into the glowing room, which came back to its normal lighting. A hologram showed up, like earlier, except it was just the pink haired demon that she meant earlier. She walked closer, squinting at the man.
"Natsu?" The blonde spoke, his name rolling off of her tongue. Natsu was surprised that she remembered his name, but Lucy was even more shocked at herself. How could she have recalled his name?
The demon smiled, nodding friendly, "You betcha! And you're Luigi!" To which the human responded. "IT'S LUCY," Natsu apologized as he scratched the back of his neck.
Lucy waved her hand, as if stating, 'it's fine!'. She decided to question him, since she needed to get a move on and finish her report. "So how did you even communicate over here? I thought humans were only allowed to summon you guys."
Natsu seemed like he was in deep thought, but then shrugged and laughed, "I have noooo idea! Wendy and Metal Face were out, so I started messin' around with this thing and it worked!" The blonde nodded in understanding.
There was a quiet, awkward moment before Natsu spoke up.
"So now, I think I'm gonna possess you," He stated positively. Lucy's eyes widened, throwing her hands up in the air in defense. While she was doing so, she dropped her pretzels and water bottle.
"Hold up, can you repeat that?"
"I'm going to possess you, Luce."
"B-but you were so friendly like a minute ago!"
"I still am, I'm just going to take over your soul!"
Lucy Heartfilia exhaled, rubbing her temples with her index and middle finger. "Listen, Natsu, I don't think you should. As much as I would love for you to possess me, I am a mess. A legitimate mess. I have so many problems in my life, like it's terrible. I understand you're a demon and everything, right? But if you absolutely have to take over someone's life, I recommend you don't take mine."
"Seriously?" Natsu raised his eyebrow, astonished that she would be willing to be possessed. But, it would be trouble to attempt to take over her soul.
"SERIOUSLY!" Another female voice joined into the conversation, Lucy perked up. She knew that her roommate finally came home and was backing her up.
Cana was standing in the doorway, holding a deck of cards as she closed the front door. The brunette had a half up, half down hairstyle with a bun as her top half. She wore a blue bra with a long checkered skirt, strutting her way into the living room.
She winked at Lucy, who grinned back at her, and turned to the hologram with a confused Natsu. "Listen up, pink haired boy, I have no idea who you are and what's going on, but Lucy's life totally sucks. She has to keep up with two things- being a writer and astronomer. You would think it's easy, but it's hard! Especially with loud, party friends," She took a brief moment to laugh. "Consistent, she tries to finish her novel, but she ends up receiving writer's block. Astronomy is difficult too, since she lives in the city with a bunch of lights. And don't even get me started on her family life. So, stranger, Lucy Heartfilia's life is a hot mess. Confirmed by her favorite own roommate."
Natsu stared at the two best friends in silence, as Cana placed her arm around the stunned blonde.
It was completely still. No one moved, no one spoke- just the rhythm of their hearts beating and their breaths. As moments passed, the brunette became increasingly satisfied with herself. After all, she did shut up the entire room with her rant.
Lucy was still shocked, she never thought that Cana paid attention to her life. Everything she said was completely true. If she had to be honest, the writer couldn't ever know what was going on in that woman's life. Lucy was always busy working or partying. So really, she never saw Cana until she came home or visiting when she was visiting her work. Maybe the closest thing she knew that was personal about her roommate was Gildarts.
"Well," Lucy snapped out of her treacherous thoughts and blinked. She looked towards Natsu, who had decided to speak up. The demon had a face of cockiness with a gloss of goofiness.
"You convinced me, roommate of Luce's! I decided to help Lucy out," Natsu said to Cana, pausing to bore into Lucy's eyes in an intense way. "I'm gonna help you get yer' life together, Lucy."
To say at the least, the blonde extremely confused and in slight joy. Who wouldn't be, though? A demon who just wanted to possess her, now wants to fix her life! She doesn't need to be an angel to know that this whole thing was a miracle.
"Oh," The blonde said in obvious relief, her brown eyes lit up. "Are you serious?" She asked, still unsure as Cana also showed a face of surprise as well.
While Natsu, on the other side of the hologram, had a toothy grin. "Of course, weirdo. I keep my promises. I mean, maybe humans lie or somethin', not sure how the protocol works on Earth, but yeah!"
Lucy looked towards the brunette for approval, to which Cana replied in a blunt voice. "He didn't stutter."
Well, Cana was right. Plus, her life couldn't get worse at this point so she could just try it out. The girl nodded firmly, looking back to the demon boy. "Alright, I guess you can try to help me out. I'm not sure how, but go ahead and try."
The response only made Natsu even more eager. "This is gonna be fun, I swear! 'M just gonna help you by popping up day by day or maybe try to go to Earth- oh man, to do that, I gotta ask Zeref for permission. What a poopy face! Alright, so he's my brother. But that doesn't mean I can't sneak off to another dimension without his damned 'okay'! Who does he think he is!? The king of Underworld? Well, actually, he is but still! It's really unfair 'cause I just wanna have fun. Ooh like that song, girls just wanna have fun! But, I'm not really a girl so that doesn't work-"
Yikes. Maybe Natsu isn't the best candidate at cleaning up one hell of a life. Lucy thought as she listened him ramble.
Already, Cana became tired of hearing his rant, so she interrupted him. "Okay, okay. We get it, demon boy. I just need you to promise me that you won't possess Lucy and actually fix her, 'cause she needs it and I need her in my life. Also, if you don't fix her soon, I'll get rid of this Ouija board thing and you won't be able to contact her anymore. So, pinky, just promise me that."
"I promise you, Luce's roommate. I'll even protect her in the process! Don't worry about it." Natsu nodded, going on, "'M telling you guys, I'm super great at keeping promises. Not so much with secrets though!"
Cana grinned, a small sparkle shown in her purple eyes which read something unidentifiable. By Lucy, at least. "Good. I trust you, already. Name's Cana, by the way."
"Natsu! Nice to meet ya, Cana!" The demon spoke in an enthusiastic way. Maybe his happiness was contagious because both the brunette and blonde felt happier. Natsu looked behind him, noises which could be heard from the other side of the hologram. He turned back to look at the two friends, "Aw man! Wen' and Iron Muncher came back. Guess I gotta run, Luce and Cana!"
The women both felt a twinge of disappointment and Lucy felt a bit more than a twinge. Maybe it was just because he was so positive, Lucy assumed. "Bye, Natsu." The writer waved her hand with a bright smile on her face.
"See ya, Luce! Can't wait to talk to you tomorrow!" He said, looking directly into her easy memorable brown eyes which he could think about all day. What was he saying? Lucy's weirdness was infectious. Brief, he ended the call.
Lucy stared into the space where Natsu was at. Shaking her head, she looked towards Cana. The brunette had a giant grin on her face. She wrapped her arms around her roommate, hugging her tight. "Thank you so so much, Cana! I owe you five thousand barrels of beer!" She yelled, hugging the woman tighter.
"Woah, Lucy, calm down tiger. Unless you actually want me to feel your boobs then… don't mind if I do!" As soon as Cana finished her sentence, the astronomer blushed and quickly let go of her roommate. Cana laughed in an obnoxious manner, she basically pet Lucy's blonde hair. "You're hilarious."
She huffed, swatting the brunette's hand away from her head. "Wow, thanks." Lucy laughed, "I swear to Mavis, I will buy you tons of beer."
"Alright sweetie, I trust you will!" Cana responded, giving her a wink before turning around to head into her room. "Going to bed, night babe!"
Before she could even think about what she was saying, Lucy spoke up. "Wait, Cana, how did you know all that stuff about me?" She asked before the brunette turned around and replied, "I keep an eye around here, too yanno. I'll see you in the mornin'."
Lucy smiled to herself and said, "See you."
Cana was considered one of Lucy's bestest friends. The usually drunk woman would often hang out with the astronomer's companions. Everyone had a good time around Cana. Although, Lucy did meet Cana through her mutual friends. So they've been homies for a decent amount of time.
The astronomer was there for her roommate when she got kicked out of an apartment. Cana had no place to go. At first, she was going to head to Gray's, but Juvia was there. She didn't want to be identified as a Love Rival to the woman. They were close friends, after all. Erza and Levy were already bunk buddies. The Strauss' lived together and so did the Raijinshuu. She could've moved in with some of the Sabertooth members, but it would've been too far from Fairy Tail.
The last choice was the one and only Lucy Heartfilia. She was a perfect candidate for Cana, she lived alone and was in Fairy Tail. She also complained about barely making it into paying rent all the time. So, when Cana did ask Lucy, the girl was hesitant at first, but she later agreed.
Having a roommate was hard to adjust to at first, but Lucy got the hang of it soon enough. She learned how to help Cana when she was hungover, memorize the times when she came home. She did not have to worry about the rent as much. It was nice.
The blonde sighed, zooming out of her lucid thoughts. She bent down to grab her bag of pretzels and bottle, turning her heel to march into her room.
"Back to work."
hey again! if you're reading this, i LOVE you and thank you for reading author's note :) but this chapter was a complete struggle cause i was going through a lot of stuff lately. not to mention my usual writer's block. also, since it's been a month and a few days, i decided that i should post every (or every other) month. i know, it's a long time- but it's better than every other year (; message me on tumblr (dragneelmedown) if you have any questions! so i hope you guys really did like this chapter! please do leave advice and your thoughts in a review.
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-j
