Chapter 2: Breaking and Entering
Finally, Makarov looked up from his papers and looked at Lucy for the first time, his eyes seemed to pierce hers in a way that seemed like he was looking deep into her soul.
"Mr. Dragneel here has informed me that you live alone, is this correct?"
Lucy looked from Natsu back to Principal Makarov confused, "Um… yes…"
"You do realize that it's against the law for a minor to live alone without consent, correct?"
Lucy's eyes grew wide, 'what has Natsu done!?' She averted her eyes and looked to the ground to catch her breath; she couldn't believe he would go this low.
"Well, I figured because I have special circumstances it would be alright…"
"SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES!? BULLCRAP!" Natsu exploded, "I lived alone for years and as soon as you morons found out you sent for that weirdo Ichiya to stay with me!" A shudder went down his spine as he said the name.
Lucy turned to face Natsu in shock, she had no idea that he lived alone, all these years she had thought of him as a spoiled rich brat. Natsu refused to face her; he remained staring straight ahead at the Principal. Makarov sighed as he opened his desk drawer containing each student's personal files and began to flip through them.
"Ah, yes Lucy Heartfilia, here we are…" His eyes moved quickly taking in all of her information, an odd silence filled the room; she couldn't seem to remember a time when Natsu and her sat in complete silence together without bickering. Finally, Makarov looked up at Lucy with furrowed eyebrows as if trying to figure out what to do with her. "Hmm, well you've lived alone under the radar for this long, and you've never caused any problems… But rules are rules and a guardian will be sent to your house."
Lucy's mouth flung open, "This is so unfair!"
"Unfair my ASS! What, did you do, run away from mommy and daddy because you got into a little fight?!" Natsu teased her.
Lucy said nothing, there were no words to describe the rage she felt in the presence of the Principal, so she simply bit her tongue and glared at him hoping her eyes would grow lasers to blast him from existence. She knew he was horrid, she just never thought that he would sink this low. Makarov looked back and forth between the two then clasped his hands together and let out a wide grin.
"I HAVE A PROPOSAL." Natsu and Lucy immediately snapped their necks to look at the old man. "If you too can live together for one week without killing each other, I'll pretend none of this ever happened and you can live as you please."
"We'll take it!" Natsu immediately screamed
"NO WAY IN HELL!" Lucy jolted out of her chair and stood up. "There's no WAY I'm living with… with… with HIM!" she pointed her finger at him as if to justify her argument.
"Are you INSANE!?" Natsu screamed back at her, "This is a onetime offer, OF COURSE we'll take it!"
"NO, this is not happening, I'll take the guardian!" Lucy stormed out of the office and ran home, she didn't even care that the school day wasn't over. There would be no way in BLOODY HELL she was going to be living in the same house with that maniac, and that was final.
Lucy unlocked her apartment door, walked straight into the peace of her bedroom, and plopped down on her mattress face first. "Man, your room is really tidy; your food's pretty good too." Instantly Lucy jolted off the bed to face her torturer who was lying on her couch just a couple feet away, consuming just about everything from her fridge. "Natsu, how in the HELL did you get into my apartment!?" "The window was open" he replied nonchalantly as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, food spluttered from his mouth causing Lucy to cringe.
Lucy stared at him waiting for an answer, but he continued to stuff his face as if she weren't even there. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" she finally screamed breaking the silence. "Well we're living together starting from today aren't we, don't be stupid." Lucy's mouth fell wide open.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? LEAVE!" She pointed towards the window from which he claimed to have come from. Natsu looked up from the food, "Come on, it's just a week, how hard can it be?"
"You can't just do this!" Lucy argued.
"Do what?" He mumbled through his stuffed face.
"Put someone through misery every single day of their life then just waltz into their house expecting it to be totally okay to spend a week in their apartment!"
"Hey, where's your bathroom?" Natsu said getting up and looking around. "ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING!?" Lucy felt like she was going to explode into a million tiny shards of glass. Natsu let out a huge sigh then proceeded to walk towards her looking directly into her eyes with every step. Lucy took a couple steps back only finding herself back to back with the wall. He stopped leaving only a couple inches between them.
"LOOK, I call a truce okay! If we just live together for one week I promise I'll leave you alone after this is all over, plus I'll be free of that creep Ichiya forever." A chill went down his spine when he said the name. Lucy raised an eyebrow, "He can't be that bad." Natsu shook his head to drop the subject, and then stuck his hand out for her to shake, "truce?" She couldn't believe she was really about to do this. "…Truce."