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Chapter 3
Sighing, Lucy rose from the bed and stood in front of the mirror. Her eyes were red and her hair was slightly messy. Whatever. Now where are his shirts.
Lucy rummaged around Sting's cabinets and found his stash of white shirts that were too big for her. She changed into that and wore black thigh high socks. Then she went to her bags and pulled out her eye drops and dropped some into her eyes to reduce the redness the weed gave her.
"I'm really hungry…I didn't eat since the plane." The blonde went to the kitchen failing to notice a pink haired teenager sitting on the floor watching TV.
Natsu turned around to stare at the girl that his cousin brought home. She didn't look like the other girls Sting usual brought home; she looked more glamorous, and graceful. She carried herself with an air of importance and confidence, something that usually inflated the sluts' egos, yet seemed to accessorize the blonde.
Lucy unzipped the black pouch, took out her vaporizer pen, opened the kitchen window, and inhaled and exhaled from the pen shaped device. Natsu cringed. Of course the girl would turn out to be a druggie, hell, his own cousin was heavily influenced by drugs, so it was no surprise his friends were.
At least she has the decency to open the windows. So this is the girl that everyone misses? She doesn't seem worth it…Natsu grew uninterested in Lucy smoking away, and focused his attention on the television, again. A new episode of Breaking Bad was on and he'd be damned if he let a lying slut get in the way of his favorite show.
Lucy placed her vape pen onto the counter and looked for some food for her to eat. When she couldn't find any, she grew exasperated and turned around to go back to Sting's room when she saw someone. Pink…hair? So is this Stingy's cousin? Hmm…to ignore him…or ask him if he has a car…She was about head back to Sting's room when her stomach growled. Embarrassed, Lucy gripped her belly and headed over to where the pink haired cousin was sitting.
"Natsu Dragoneel, right?" Natsu glanced at her and looked back at the TV. "What's it to you, you two-sided slut."
Lucy was taken back. Did this pink haired freak just call her a slut? Was he asking for a fight? She tightened the grip on her stomach and swallowed her anger. "I'll pretend I didn't hear that. I don't even know you so I don't know what information you're basing yourself on. Anyways, there isn't any food left in your fridge, so do you have a car I could drive?"
This time Natsu rotated his body so he was facing Lucy. "You're in Fairy Tail, and yet you do drugs and hang out with Sabertooth. According to Sting, you're the 'princess of Sabertooth'. So, tell me Princess, what are you doing in Fairy Tail?"
Lucy dropped her hands to her sides and clenched her fists. She didn't even know anything about this pink-haired idiot except for the fact that he was in Fairy Tail and he that was extremely good looking, but he knew a secret that could ruin her relationship with everyone she grew to love in Fairy Tail.
Wait, there must be something…maybe…maybe he's hiding his relationship with Sting. I'll try it.
She looked down defiantly at Natsu and smirked. "So does that mean that everyone knows you're Sting's cousin and that you live in the same house as him?"
Damn, Natsu thought, she got me there. Fuck. "If you'd be so kind, I'd like to keep my personal life undisclosed Luigi."
Her eye twitched. "I guess we have a deal then Natsu Dragoneel. You keep my secret safe, and I'll keep your secret safe. Unless...you don't mind everyone finding out about our secrets. I can always make a lie and sound like a damsel in distress. It's quite easy, but you, on the other hand, the fact that you can't even trust your nakama about your family line…it's quite humorous."
Salamander glared at the blonde fox. She was smarter than he originally thought. And cunning. "We have a deal Lushi, but you make even one of them shed one tear…I'll make you regret it."
Hearing the threat, Lucy smirked widely. "That's too easy of a challenge, so I'll have to decline. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have more pressing matters to attend to. Have a lovely day!"
Lucy, forgetting about the reason she came downstairs, made her way back to the kitchen to pick up the alcohol and pouch that Sting left her, and walked up the stairs back into Stings room.
Even though the girl irritated Natsu, he couldn't help but to admire the way she so gracefully walked and the way her hips sensually swung like she intended to captivate him. He was awoken from his stupor when she turned around to face him at the top of the stairway and winked at him.
The pink-haired teenager's blank look turned into a scowl as he realized that she knew he was looking at her the entire time. Natsu turned back to the television only to see that the episode had ended, and he was beyond pissed. Now he had to fucking wait until some godly soul uploaded the episode online all because of her. That bitch…Fuck it. Not even worth it, Natsu… I'm going to go take a nap.
Natsu ascended the stairs and walked towards his room, which was, unfortunately, past his dear cousin's room. Sting's door was widely open and as he took a peek while walking by, he saw Lucy lying down on Sting's bed reading a thick book. What? She reads? I didn't think she was like Levy…
Unconsciously Natsu was admiring Lucy's figure as she was sprawled out on Sting's bed and read her book. Her hair still perfectly framed her face and, although it was slightly messy, Lucy's bed hair gave her a much more alluring look. His eyes traveled down and noticed how long and lean her legs were and because Lucy was only wearing a shirt, Natsu was enjoying his sight. I wonder what color underwear she's wearing. Wait. What? Stupid Natsu. Don't think like that. She the en-. Natsu's thoughts were cut short as a phone rang loudly in the room.
"Hello?" Lucy closed the book and sat up. "Hey Loke. Yeah, what's up? Oh nothing much, I'm at Sting's house. I know you don't really like him, but hey, he's still my friend just as much as you're mine." Natsu couldn't make out what the other line was saying even with his unusual hearing until she put the phone on speaker.
"So what are you doing right now Lucy?" a male voice rang in the room. "Eh…I don't know. Nothing much. Should I drink? Smoke? Choose for me Loke!" Lucy laughed as she threw herself back on the bed. "I'd rather you quit both princess. You were sent abroad for a reason." What? Natsu thought. So she lied about the reason she was sent away, too?
"Geez Loke. What a lovely fiancé I have. So what are you doing right now?" Natsu saw Lucy sit back up and run a hand through her hair. A fiancé?
"I'm getting ready to go out. Virgo and Aquarius are throwing a party at the club so…I wish you were here princess." "Do you miss me that much, love?" "Yeah, I do." "Well don't I feel loved. So tell me, how many this week?"
After a brief silence Natsu heard the male, Loke, answer, "Only five this week, love. Aren't you proud?"
Lucy snorted, "Yeah. That is, I will be if you don't mind me having a reunion with Sting." Reunion? What the fuck does that mean? Another silence.
"Fine. Lucy…you know. I only slept with one of them? I'm getting better so wait for me."
What a fucked up relationship those two have. He's having affairs and telling her about it? And she's ok with it? When Natsu looked at the blonde, he saw her looking forlorn. He was taken back. He didn't think of the idea of Sting's friends being able to hold such a look of immense pain.
"Yeah…" "I got to go…I'll tell everyone that you said hey. Bye Lucy." After the two hung up, Natsu started to head to his room, when he heard Lucy sigh and mumble to herself.
"Sorry Loke." Lucy took the book and rolled off the bed and placed her favorite book on the desk and opened a new bottle of vodka. "Lucy Heartfilia, be sad no more! Vodka will save you!"
By the time Sting came home, his love was piss drunk and laughing her ass off while sitting on the floor watching Sailor Moon in the living room. Lucy took another swig from the bottle as the commercial started. "Aw come on duuude. I was like watching that shit. I want an encore!"
Sting chuckled as he saw Lucy punch the air. When she started to stumble back, Sting, being her knight, caught her. "Easy there tiger. Isn't too early to be drunk?"
Lucy looked up at the blonde who saved her from falling. "Oh my god. Stingy poo. You like, saved me from that shark over there. D'you see it. It's some ugly shit." She turned to hug Sting and nuzzle her face in the crook of his neck.
She reeked of vodka, not that Sting minded, and she pulled him in for a sloppy kiss. "I think you should claim your reward you noble knight!" How she managed to sound so seductive even when she slurred was beyond Sting.
He wasn't one to pass up an opportunity in claiming the Lucy Heartfilia, and he complied with both of their wishes by carrying her up the stairs bridal style. It was the longest set of stairs, he felt, as she constantly bit and sucked on the joint of his neck and shoulder, arousing him more than all the other girls before her did.
When they finally got to their room, Sting laid her down on the bed and finally succumbed to his earlier desires.
Natsu woke up to the sound of moaning and groaning coming from his cousin's room. "What the hell? Did he bring another one home? Fuck. My ears are being raped."
He opened his door and walked towards the stairs to get to the kitchen where the sounds were somehow reduced, when he heard the moan of a familiar voice. Shit is that Lushi? She sounds fucking hot. Natsu felt his pants get tighter and his face grow hotter, but that was short-lasting as he heard Sting grunt in response to Lucy's moan.
Natsu scowled as he sped down the stairs. So that's what she meant by the reunion. Disgusting.
Once he was in the living room, he turned the TV back on and increased the volume enough to drown out the sounds of the two people having sex upstairs. He noticed an almost empty bottle of vodka on the carpet. Did she drink all of this alone? She's going to kill herself with this poison. I should throw this away.
Deciding against his judgment, Natsu left the bottle of poison alone and walked into the kitchen to quell his hunger, but when he couldn't find anything to eat, he drank a cup of water instead. A few moments later, Lucy came into his view. Her hair was disheveled and the shirt was wrinkled and definitely stretched out as it slid off one of her shoulders. Holy shit... She wasn't wearing a bra.
Lucy wasn't stupid. She knew Natsu would be downstairs when she heard the television, so when Sting fell asleep, she exited his room without fixing her attire. She wanted to see his reaction towards her, and Lucy was satisfied when he started blushing like crazy, but kept his eyes on her.
"Hey, Natsu. Do you want me to fix us some dinner? I'm hungry and I'm in a good mood, so I'll make us something." "No…you might poison it." Natsu mumbled. He had school tomorrow, and no way was he going to die because of this wench.
Lucy didn't hear him and started looking through the refrigerator. "You guys don't have any food. Care to go grocery shopping with moi?"
"Go alone…Why would I go with you?" She must be crazy. Didn't I announce what I thought of her earlier?
"Natsu, Natsu, Natsu, will you really let a defenseless girl like me, who isn't even completely sober yet, to go out there in the dark, let alone drive?" Natsu didn't know what to say. If she died, everyone would be sad, but his wouldn't be blackmailed with his secret anymore; however, if she died, he wouldn't have a car and groceries. After a long and silent pause between the two teenagers, Natsu reached over to the key holder to retrieve his car keys. Food comes first, Natsu. Food.
Lucy smiled. It seemed like her offer made Natsu think quite a bit. He's kinda cute when he's concentrating.
"Let's just get this over with. We're getting meat." "Yeah, yeah. I don't particularly care. Let's go."
The two entered Natsu's red sports car and started their journey to the grocery market. The said man turned on the radio, grabbed a CD on the headboard, and put the CD into the slot. Lucy observed this with a glint in her eyes. Ehh…he's driving quite fast, too… He's either really reckless or really skilled. Either way, he looks way hotter when he's driving.
Lucy recognized the song that came on and looked at Natsu in shock. She wasn't expecting him to listen to Indie bands. "I guess we have the same taste in music pinkie." "What?" Natsu glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. She definitely didn't look like the type to like his favorite genre of music.
"Yeah, I went to their concert last year in the summer. Daddy doesn't know so shh!" Natsu was surprised. Was this the alcohol that made her open up to him?
"Are you really drunk? If I'm not mistaken, I clearly told you what I thought of you earlier today, so why are you opening up to me?"
In turn, Lucy chuckled at his response. "Young Natsu, I'm more sober than you think. Sex always makes me less drunk. I just lied to you to make you take me shopping." Lucy's chuckling turned into laughing as she gripped the arm rest on the door trying to prevent her head from hitting the headboard of the car.
Natsu didn't understand what was so funny, so he provided his attention back to the road.
Lucy wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and fixed her hair. She opened the window and brought out her new vape from out of nowhere.
Natsu narrowed his eyes. "Don't even think about smoking weed in here. Erza and everyone get a ride from me time to time and I will not be framed for the smell of weed."
As a response, Lucy pouted at him. "This isn't weed. It's oil with some nicotine in it. It doesn't leave a smell like weed, and it helps me be sober faster." Some white lies wouldn't hurt, Lucy thought.
The driving teen sighed. "Alright fine, if it'll help me get food. At least you opened the window."
Lucy giggled as she pressed the button, inhaled, faced the window and exhaled. Natsu glanced at her again, somehow, he found the repulsive smoke actually accentuate Lucy's beauty. He gulped and faced the road again.
I'm not supposed to think like that. She's lying and hurting everyone. That's despicable.
By the time the two arrived at the supermarket, Lucy was completely sober and was about to step out of Natsu's car when he pulled her back in causing her to squeal in surprise. "Jesus Pinkie. I didn't know you were that interested in me. Not that I mind."
"What the fuck. Are you really going in dressed like that?" He hadn't realized until she opened the door, but she was still dressed indecently. "Are you even wearing pants or a bra? Wait, I might have some shorts in the back."
He was about to search the backseats of his car when Lucy stopped him by placing her arm on his bicep, much to her pleasure, his bicep was developed very well. "Don't worry, Natsu. I'm wearing shorts. See?" She rose up her shirt and Natsu saw that she was, in fact, wearing short shorts. "I'm wearing a bandeau, too. Do you wanna see that?"
Natsu blushed as he turned away and stepped out of the car. "Like hell I would!" Even after he closed his door, he could hear Lucy laughing at him. This girl…she's so weird!
The sober blonde stepped of the car and tucked the shirt into the shorts, fixed her hair, and smoothed out the wrinkles in the shirt to look a little bit more presentable. After she was satisfied, she took Natsu's hand and dragged him into the market.
After they bought an enormous amount of food and loaded it into the trunk of Natsu's car, the two went home in a tense silence.
In the passenger seat, Lucy kept fidgeting and glancing up at Natsu, who was gripping the wheel tightly and narrowed his eyes while facing the road.
Lucy turned on the radio tired of the tense silence between the two, only to have Natsu quickly turn it back off. The blonde troublemaker huffed in annoyance and leaned on the window; however, the awkward silence made it almost impossible to breathe.
I mean…it's not like it was my fault anyways…why the hell is he so mad? As the blonde girl looked back on what had occurred she still couldn't find a reasonable explanation as to why her shopping companion was so angry at her.
-Flashback-
The two teenagers entered the market with their cart and headed to the meat section as Natsu had fervently insisted.
It doesn't seem like he'll get done anytime soon. I'll look for other things! So, the female left her male companion in search of some vegetables and other possible side dishes to cook for the two. As she was making a mental list, she bumped into another person.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry." The said man turned around to face her and smiled sheepishly. "No, it's quite alright. I wasn't looking where I was going either. I'm sorry as well." As the blonde was about to turn to leave, the man realized that he had recognized her.
"Lucy?" The said girl turned around and looked confused. "Yes, that's my name. May I ask how you know me?"
The man looked heartbroken and fell to the floor on his knees. "It is I! Dan Strait. Alas, my angel doesn't remember me! Lucy. It's me! Your eternal love! Remember? We met at Loke's party. No, was it Scorpio's? No, no, it was Zeref's party! I remember. How could you not remember me? It was love at first sight…"
As Dan continued to ramble on with his speech, Lucy realized that they had drawn a crowd who looked at Dan with pity in their eyes. Then, she saw a pair of eyes which held nothing but amusement.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out, and she ran to Natsu as an attempt to escape from the scene of her embarrassment. However, fickle fate decided to bestow Lucy with some misfortune as Dan heard her cry out the name of another man and stopped his speech.
He looked how his love gingerly touched the arm of a pink-haired intruder and tried to pull him away. Dan Strait rose to his feet and glared at his love-rival with pure hate and jealousy.
"You there! The pink-haired bastard. Don't steal my girl!" Natsu turned around clearly confused. "What the hell are you talking about, you cosplaying otaku? This bitch ain't my girl, and my hair color is salmon."
"C-Cosplay, you say?! You fiend, not only do you insult my soon-to-be wife, but myself as well? Very well, you are asking to be executed." Dan took a fighting stance and brought out his sword from the side of his armor. "If you do not come at me, I will go to you!"
The man in armor ran towards Natsu, but was knocked into an array of groceries as Natsu side-stepped and hit the back of Dan's head. "The hell? He was hella weak. Not even worth my time. Let's go Luce."
As the two turned to leave the scene, the manager of the store came running from the back room and intercepted the culprits. "You two. I have you both recorded on camera! If you don't clean this mess up at once, I will call the police!"
-End flashback-
Now that Lucy thought about it, they went into the store around six, and right now it was about eight o'clock. So that's the reason why he's mad. He must be super hungry. Sigh…It's all that Dan guy's fault. What love? There's no such thing.
Even though she didn't feel completely responsible for the outcome, she still did feel bad about having Natsu starve for two hours. "I'm sorry…" Natsu turned to face her, shock written on his face.
"What's that face for? I said I'm sorry." "…No, it's just…I'm surprised the Princess can say words like that. Besides, it's not you I was mad at. That damn guy got on my nerves. You have pretty low standards to get with a guy like him, and Sting."
Lucy clenched her fists and bit her lip. She wanted to defend herself, but she knew that with the actions she took, proof wasn't on her side. The blonde just sighed in response to the pink haired driver and looked out the window. The stars are so bright tonight.
Her train of thought was interrupted by her phone vibrating. It was a text message from an unknown contact. "Lucy-hime, I hope you've been missing me. I know I miss you, but not to worry. I'll find you soon. We can hold a reunion, for old times sake. –L.D."
Natsu noticed that the girl seated next to him suddenly tensed up after she opened the message on her phone, and he couldn't help but to quell his curiosity by glancing at her phone and reading the message before she put it away. Although it was a little difficult to read her text and drive at the same time, he managed to decipher the gist of the text through what he read from the gaps between her fingers that were gripping her phone.
He turned back to the road, but he kept checking up on the girl and saw that she had not relaxed one bit since the message. Natsu let out a sigh and turned on his music, and he eased his own nervousness when he saw that Lucy had visibly relaxed and begun to enjoy the music.
Throughout the drive home, Natsu was pestered by the mystery of the text message and the reaction of the blonde upon receiving the message. Wasn't she just a lying, hot, attractive slut? Who the fuck is L.D.? Why would she tense up like that?
In the passenger seat, even though she had slightly calmed down, Lucy's mind kept hovering over the text message she received from L.D. What does he want from me now? I thought that if I came back here I'd be safe. Sigh, there really is no place for someone like me. Do I have to leave this place again?
The two rode home engulfed in silence as their minds pondered the mystery of L.D.
That's it for now!
I'm currently writing chapter 4, I don't know whether or not y'all will like it, but if I'm not satisfied with it, I'll change it up.
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