I know my last chapter was wayyy OOC, Natsu isn't supposed to cry..
And, well, Loki isn't too prone to cry either, so rest assured!
This chapter will be much more IC! Especially for those two men…
Lucy is a bit easy to do so I won't worry about her being OOC as to Loki and Natsu…
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So without further a due!
Onto the next chapter!
Chapter 2:
Undecided and in Denial
Lucy awoke after a rough night's sleep of only a few hours or so, since all she could think about was her nocturnal encounter with Natsu and Loki.
At the thought, she grimaced and shivered, knowing Natsu would be there any minute to bug her and tease her, like he did about everything in Lucy's life he thought would be entertaining.
As she arose for her bed and closed her eyes slowly to stretch out her sleep deprived body, a projection of Natsu's face with a tear running down his cheek after he had caught her and Loki's kiss came on her eyelids. She immediately flung her eyes open and stared at the window.
'I take back what I thought…He probably won't want to see me after last night…I'm so awful…' She took her hands on her head and gripped it hard, messing up her hair and tangling it in her frustration.
She slowly, and with much hesitation, got up from her warm cozy bed and took a long bath. She halfway closed her eyes, staring out into space a little, and leaned back slightly under the bubbly water as she thought to herself about the way she would encounter Natsu at Fairy Tail guild building. Of course, she had Loki, too, to deal with, but it wasn't like she could plan that since he spontaneously appeared when he pleased.
"Well...I guess I could just act like nothing happened…I'm sure Natsu is so dense that he won't even release what happened!…He's such an idiot anyway…" She sighed as she began running her fingers through her long blonde hair, "I just hope I didn't hurt him…He's my best friend…I'd hate for our friendship to be over because of some stupid spur-of-the-moment kiss!" she slammed her hands in the water, having tons of bubbles splash in her face. She turned red in embarrassment forgetting in her rambling that she was in a bubble bath.
After she cleaned the bubbles off her face, she finished washing herself off and wrapped in a towel, opening the bathroom door to see an intruder in her house, sitting in her red lounge chair, that was about as naked as she was.
Without noticing Lucy in a slim, short torso towel, the visitor started to speak while he fiddled with his ice magic, "Hey Lucy, you know where Natsu is? That firebrain said he would be at the guild about this time but he hasn't shown up…You have any idea where he could b-be-AHH! LUCY! WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?" He screamed as he glanced up from his newly created ice work to see Lucy in her short towel and her face a bright crimson, with her mouth wide open.
"I SHOULD ASK THE SAME TO YOU, YOU SPONTANEOUS STRIPPER!" Lucy screamed back as Gray glanced down and yelped an 'Ahh!' at his lack of clothing.
At this opportunity, Lucy ran into her room, locking the door and quickly getting into one of her signature short skirts, which was dark blue denim, and a pink tank top that showed a little over a third of her voluptuous chest. She hooked her black whip and key ring to the brown belt at her waistline on opposite hips and put on a pair of tall brown boots. She tied her little tiny ponytail of blonde hair with a black ribbon and walked out of her room to see Gray, surprisingly fully dressed.
"I see you found some clothes, Gray…" she sighed, a bit annoyed and embarrassed as he had almost seen her naked body a few moments ago, had she not have had a towel on.
"Yeah…well I see you did too…" Gray replied with a bit of a blush across his cheeks as the thought of the almost naked Lucy was still in his brain. He shook his head getting that out of his mind and went back to what he was saying before their conversation had been so rudely interrupted. "Anyway, Lucy…do you have any idea where Natsu could be? I haven't seen him or Happy since last night after we separated after the mission and I figured…"
Lucy interrupted, "He'd have come here and spent the night?"
He got slightly angry at Lucy interrupting him, but sighed and blew it off, "Yeah…so where is he?"
"I have no idea where that moron is, besides, I'm not his babysitter, he's a big boy…" she pouted and crossed her arms over her large chest angrily at how Gray figured Natsu would automatically come to her apartment after anything they did. It seemed as though it was an indirect habit Natsu had gained, like it was natural for him to come over.
Gray's brows furred together in confusion, "What's wrong, Lucy?...You know I didn't mean to make it seem like that…I just know he likes to hang out here because he cares about you…You guys are best friends after all…And you're almost ALWAYS with each other so I just thought-"
He was once again interrupted by Lucy, who was slowly getting more and more irritated by talking about Natsu, "You and Natsu are best friends too, Gray! How come YOU don't know where he is, huh? Just because I'm his best friend doesn't mean he'll always be here and I'll always know where he is if he isn't! Get off my back about Natsu already!" She growled, scowling at Gray, making her seem even angrier than before because, well, she was.
She quickly stormed out of her apartment, slamming the door behind her and leaving a very confused and a little scared Gray behind.
"What's with her?..." He let out bluntly, completely and utterly dumbfounded.
Natsu was walking down the forest path to the river where he and Happy's favorite fishing spot was. He decided to take a break from his companions and nap on the nearby rocks while Happy flew over the glittering stream, diving down with his wings like a bird to catch his off-guard fish prey in his cute blue paws.
Happy flew beside the dragon slayer and glanced at him, seeing something was wrong.
He flew in front of the fire mage, who was staring at the ground with his hands crossed around his chest in a depressed pout. Before letting Natsu run into him, Happy blew a loud whistle that broke the dazed out boy from his glaring contest with the leaves and brush below his feet. The said mage, at the sound of the whistle, nearly jumped out of his skin and ended up on the path, face first, with his mouth full of dirt.
"Oi! Happy! What was that for?" He screamed, fire spewing out of his mouth along with the dirt.
Happy smiled big and floated in front of Natsu's face avoiding his fiery breath, "You seemed out of it Natsu…Were you thinking about last night?...With Lucy and-"
The fire user spoke innocently, interrupting the cute cat, "What was with her? I don't remember anything about Lucy last night…I must've been thinking about all that fish you're gunna catch, Happy!" He flashed his flying blue companion a big toothy grin and showed him a thumbs-up.
Happy stared at him kind of confused as his mood had done a complete 180, going from upset to the ordinary happy Natsu the blue cat was so used to. A big smile crawled across the flying mage's face and he screamed loudly, "Aye!"
Finally getting his best cat friend of his back, Natsu took his hands behind his head, lacing his fingers with his opposite hand, and glanced up at the sun shining through the forest trees. He sighed and his big toothy grin had disappeared the minute Happy had turned his back to the pink-haired mage and now Natsu's mind was curious about something that Happy had asked him about earlier.
'What did he mean "last night"?...Did something happen?...All I can remember is being at Lucy's trying to get her to summon Loki…But then everything went black…When I came to…I was outside alone, till Happy found me...And I realized my scarf was gone!...So I ran back to her house then I saw something…' He scratched his head, closing his eyes tightly trying to remember what he saw, 'I-I saw…long blonde hair…It must've been Lucy…And she was with someone…But I can't remember who it was…' He sighed and shook his head, 'Oh well…Guess it wasn't that important since I don't remember!'
He ran in front of Happy as they raced to the river, still with an uneasy feeling deep inside his gut, but he ignored it as he was too busy playing with his beloved partner in their favorite fishing spot.
Lucy stormed the road and burst through the doors to her beloved guild as much as she could with her feeble muscles, since she was still pissed off about Gray asking so much about Natsu. She made her way angrily to the bar and plopped on a barstool, slamming her arm on the counter, laying her head down on it, and sighing loudly, getting the attention of the Fairy Tail Cover girl, Mirajane. She walked over after giving another customer a drink and gazed at Lucy while cleaning a glass.
Lucy's frustration had diminished and what replaced it was a sad, confused expression as the white-haired woman put the glass away and crossed her arms just below her gorgeous chest and leaned on the counter.
"Aww, Lucy…What's wrong? Did something happen?...Maybe between you and Natsu?..." She giggled out and winked, but Lucy sat, unphased by her smirking comment. Mirajane's face started to show a bit of concern to see Lucy without her usual reaction.
The model leaned in and looked at Lucy, "Look, you don't have to tell me, Lucy…I don't mind…But talking it out helps you feel better…" She smiled at Lucy and the blonde slowly raised her head and began the explanation of her previous night's escapade.
The Celestial Mage took a deep breath and her story started, "Ok…Me and Natsu were hanging out at my apartment after the mission yesterday…Then for some reason after we talked about Loki and after he asked me a bunch of questions about him, he went beserk and pinned me to the wall…It was so crazy…He was screaming a bunch of stupid things making him seem like he was jealous or something…Like dense Natsu would ever be jealous!" She laughed a little painfully and once her smile went away after a few moments, the blonde continued, "Then he left and Loki came…Being Loki as usual, he tried to take advantage of me…But he stopped, wrapping his arms around me, and said he'd protect me from Natsu…And wouldn't ever hurt me…and that's when we…" Lucy's cheeks began to get a dark crimson and she played with her fingers as she confessed this next part, "M-me..and Loki…kissed each other…" Her face went straight but stayed a little pink as she stopped playing with her fingers, "Then Natsu came in the window after a few minutes and he actually cried…I felt so bad…That I sent Loki away…"
She sighed and laid her head back down on the bar. All the events of her night were coming back and it was depressing her, and she really didn't like to feel that sadness. Neither did those around her, like Mirajane.
Unknown to Lucy, a certain fire mage had been hiding behind the bar, after convincing Mirajane to let him scare his large chested nakama. His face had begun to get a little pale as he heard how Lucy's voice was and about what had happened the night before, only getting worse as the spirit-using mage went on.
Soon, his entire face lost it's color, and he actually felt cold. It was like an army of Erzas had stabbed him over and over and his soul was seeping out of the holes in his body from her swords.
He felt horrible about what he had done to Lucy. All the blacked out memories of the night were flooding in all at once to his brain and the scarf-wearing mage got angry at himself for harming his best friend.
'Why the hell did I do that! God! What's wrong with me? I just lost it! I was so angry!...I'm supposed to protect Lucy…not hurt her!...' He gripped the sides of his head with his large hands as fire brewed in his gut, 'I'm such an idiot!' he stood up, only to slam his head on the wood.
He cursed loudly as he fell back on the floor, burning the underside of the bar, while the color and warmth were returning to him. This had scared Lucy half to death, like he had originally planned to do, but didn't mean to scare her by knocking his head on the underside of the counter and almost burning a hole under her arms. He just felt a little happy knowing he hadn't hurt her.
"What the?..." She looked at the cause of the noise to see none other than the person she least wanted to see right now, staring back at her with a nervous, toothy grin, "Natsu! Why the hell are you under there and why did you just try to burn me! Answer m-!...Wait…" Lucy's face was now pale instead and she gulped nervously, "…H-how long have you been..Under there?..." She lost her voice the more she talked and her blood ran cold.
Natsu slowly got up, ignoring his big blunder bump and took his hand on his neck, scratching it nervously and somewhat sadly. He tried to gaze at Lucy's chocolate brown eyes but the minute their eyes met, he looked away.
"I-I've been here since you came in Lucy…I was trying to scare you with Mirajane, so I hid behind here and waited for the signal but you were so sad…I couldn't find it in myself to do it…" He said, looking at her to see angry glare and scowl on her face.
'S-S-She looks just like Erza!' He thought nervously, shaking like a leaf with eyes wide in fear.
Natsu gulped loudly with his huge, scared eyes, "Y-You're not mad at me, are you? I didn't do it! I just wanted to have a little fun is a-!"
Lucy interrupted him by wrapping him in a tight hug, her slender arms wrapped tightly around his muscular chest.
"You moron…" the blonde said with tears building up in her big brown eyes, which she quickly blinked away to roll down her cheeks, "I thought we might never be friends ever again…and all you care about is scaring me…" She gripped the back of his black vest with her arms still around him then proceeded to whack him hard on the back of the head.
His fear faded and he started to laugh, not fully understanding what she meant but getting the gist of it.
"Oi Lucy…We'll always be friends! Nothing is gunna change that!" Natsu wrapped his arms around her and flashed her a big toothy grin that seemed as though his face tore in two, "Nothing at a-!"
That was all the fire mage could say as a cloud of white smoke appeared out of nowhere in front of the hugging duo, revealing a glamorous Loki.
He held a bouquet of red roses in one hand and the other was on the ground as he was on one knee, in a proposal type position, ready to captivate his beloved Lucy.
"I have returned, my love…" He said with seductiveness and sauve as he stood up slowly from his knee, which at the fact of calling her his love made Lucy gag and blush a light shade of pink.
He slowly bowed in front of Lucy and Natsu, not noticing Natsu, and handed the Spirit mage the flowers gently, "I thought you deserved these flowers, my princess, because they're almost as beautiful as yo-…" his blue eyes had strayed to see that Natsu had his arms around Lucy, and her arms were around him as well. Loki became enraged in irritation and jealousy, but put on his soft smile to hide his obvious distaste of the two nakama with their arms around each other.
He glared at Natsu before bidding him with an angry growl in his voice, "Hello Natsu…"
I hope this one was better!
I know Natsu is still a little OOC, but he's hard to make romantic while being himself…
I tried my best!
I've decided, I'll try to upload new chapter every weekend, editing them during the week while in my classes…
My editing process takes a few hours, over 3 different printouts…
Very complex! But it's all for you guys!
I know the ending is pretty lame! But I couldn't think of any other reaction for Loki…
I'll do better at a cliff hanger next time…
But next chapter,
What will Loki do when he sees Natsu and Lucy holding each other?
What will Lucy do when she realizes that her and Natsu are awfully close together?
And will Natsu not be completely oblivious to everything around him?
Until next time! Midnight Out! ;)
