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Clothes and Dates
Juvia went straight from the school newspaper room to Lucy's house. She was greeted by Capricorn, and was directed to Lucy's room by Virgo. The pink-haired maid dismissed herself as Juvia took a seat on the blonde's bed. Lucy came out of her closet.
"Hello Juvia, how are you?" Lucy smiled.
"Hi Lucy." Juvia replied while Lucy examined her clothes.
"Juvia, why are you still wearing your school clothes? We're going out into the night life. We have to look fantastic." Lucy cheered.
"Juvia just left the newspaper room. She didn't want to be late, so she didn't change." Juvia explained. Lucy went into her closet and grabbed a shopping bag.
"Alright. I was saving this for today, but I want you to wear it for our double date tomorrow." Lucy said coming out and handing Juvia the bag. Inside was a tight navy blue cocktail dress. It had long, laced sleeves, and would more than likely show off her curves.
Juvia blushed. "Thank you, Lucy. But Juvia isn't sure she should wear this tomorrow. It's not like her."
"Nonsense. I think it's fine." Lucy replied. She got an idea of what to wear and went back into her closet. Soon Ezra arrived.
The student body president wore camouflage pants with a white undershirt and a camouflage jacket. She had a dog-tag necklace. Her hair was in a ponytail. She wore some black combat boots. She had some tinted shades hanging on her shirt. "How do I look?" she asked.
Lucy came out with a black skirt and a white collar shirt. She looked at the scarlet haired girl's outfit. "Seems like you're in a military mood. I like it." Lucy went into the closet to change.
Ezra looked at Juvia. "How are you, Juvia?"
"Good. I'm nervous about tomorrow, though." The water-mage answered.
"Oh that's right, you have a date with Gray tomorrow." Ezra replied.
Juvia blushed. "It's not really a date. Lucy and Natsu are coming too."
Lucy came out of the closet. Ezra shifted right in front of the blonde. "How come you didn't tell me about your date with Natsu." She said scarily.
Lucy scratched her cheek. "It must have slipped my mind. Natsu asked me at the end of school today."
Ezra held her head down. "You two already have dates. It must be nice."
"Lift your head Ezra. We're just hanging out. Nothing like you're thinking." Juvia responded. "Besides, it's good that Lucy-chan isn't trying to be my love rival, like in middle school." Juvia said the last part coldly. Lucy felt a shiver go down her spine.
"The party has just arrived!" Cana walked into the room. Slowly, a small dark bluenette came in.
"Hello."
"Hi, Wendy." Lucy said she looked at next two guests. "Is Ezra the only who got the memo to wear something different than their school clothes."
"Lighten up, Lucy. You know Fridays we don't wear uniforms, so we're all good." Cana replied patting Lucy on the shoulder.
Wendy looked around. "Oh Levy-chan is not here."
Ezra groaned. "She needs to work on her arrival skills."
Levy walked in as if she was in a hurry. "Speak of the devil." Cana cooed.
Lucy clapped her hands happily. "Alright let's go."
Cana took the mic and began singing. Lucy plopped a seat next to Ezra. "It's seems like you Jellal are kinda friendly."
Ezra blushed a little. "We're only old friends."
"Oh really? It doesn't seem like he remembers that." Lucy replied.
Ezra held her head down. "There was an accident."
Lucy was quiet. Cana got from the karaoke stage and joined everyone at the booth. "Come on, you guys need to lighten up. We've already done the boring shopping; it's Friday. We need get wild n' loose."
Soon everyone was drinking some sake, and getting a little drunk. Lucy took to the stage to sing. When she was done, everyone stayed at their circular booth to chat. Cana was first to start the gossip.
"I've been wondering where a certain bluenette was doing during lunchtime when a certain boy band arrived on campus." All heads turned to Levy.
She blushed. "I was playing the piano in the music room."
Ezra knocked back some sake as she placed her feet on the table in a relax manner. "Jellal said something about Gajeel being late to his class after lunch."
"Ooo, I wonder if that correlates." Lucy giggled.
"We were just playing a few songs; it's nothing big…" she muttered scratching her cheeks.
Cana pressed Levy at her side. "Ooo, looks like Levy here got a boy. Who would have guessed?" Levy blushed.
"We just met; it's not like that Cana…" Levy stammered shyly.
Cana laughed. "I'll stop teasing. I'm more curious about Juvia and Lucy's date with the new kids, seems like the girls are moving quickly in their own relationship."
"Gray-sama invited her." She answered.
Lucy waved her hand in the air. "Same here with Natsu."
"Personally, I could see Gray with Lucy…" Ezra mumbled as she drank some more sake.
Juvia snapped out of the liquor. "Are you suggesting Lucy as my love-rival~?"
"Nah, Lucy always had a crush on Natsu, but I thought Juvia and Gajeel would date being old friends and all." Cana interrupted.
Everyone turned to the water-mage for a response. "No, we're only friends." She simply answered.
Lucy thought about what Cana said. "Since when did I have a crush on Natsu?!"
"Since you heard their first album and saw his face." Cana chuckled. Lucy was quiet.
"Yea, but now we see them as people, and I want to get to know them!" Lucy retorted drunkly.
"Lu-chan, you're loud…" Levy whispered.
Cana got another bottle of sake from her purse. "Alright ladies! Who's up for round two?!"
Ezra woke up with a terrible headache. This only happens when Cana was around. She sat up from her bed. She looked at her dresser. There was a picture of her and Jellal as children. She sighed. One day I will get him to remember.
Jellal sat at the dining table as Natsu tried to make everyone lunch. He was thinking about his dream. Ezra was there and they were both children. There was some type of accident or incident that happened, but he couldn't remember.
"Food's ready!" Natsu called, waking Jellal out of his thoughts. From all around the house, the boys joined Jellal at the table. Natsu brought his food. He grinned. "My proudest creation, hot wings!" The boys groaned. "What?"
"You make your food too spicy?" Gray complained.
"Oh you just like your food dull like a wimp." Natsu replied.
Gajeel took some of the wings and put him on his plate. "Suck it up, besides I prefer fire-brain's food over yours." Gray hushed up.
"I like Natsu's food." Happy giggled taking a bite. His eyes quickly watered, and he took a hard swallow.
"It's fine with me." Lily replied.
"That's cause your taste buds are weird." Gray snapped.
"Hey don't mess with my cat." Gajeel retorted. Lily groaned. I hate being refers to me like that.
"Ooo, I remember Natsu has a date with Lucy. He likes~ her…" Happy cooed after swallowing the spicy hot wings.
"That's right. Wouldn't think either of you would be moving this fast." Jellal muttered.
Natsu face palmed from everyone's stubbornness. "We're just hanging out. Plus, I did just meet her earlier this week."
"Yea, and you guys know I lost the fight. I really don't want to go out with the stocker…" he muttered the last part.
"What did I say about calling her that?! Natsu, you can beat the shit out of him if the ice-balls tries to purposefully push Juvia away." Gajeel said with a vein popping from his forehead.
Natsu cracked his knuckles. "With pleasure."
Jellal shook his head. "Just have fun guys,"
"Yes mother!" Gray and Natsu chimed. (A/N: It might seem like a cliché by this point, but I just enjoy giving Jellal the 'motherly role'. It's fun for me.)
Natsu looked at the house in front of him. It was a pretty big for only a few people. Natsu took a deep breath. Gotta make a good impression on the parentals. He went towards the front door and rang the doorbell.
A tall goat-looking man opened the door. Oh God! Is that her dad? The man did a little bow. "Good evening Mr. Dragneel. Ms. Lucy has been expecting you. Please sit in the living room while I go get her." He politely greeted. Natsu nodded as he entered the house. He took a seat on a couch and waited for Lucy.
As he sat he realized he wasn't the only one in the room. He noticed that there was a man with glasses who was staring him down. Loke, was his name? "Um, hey."
"Hello Natsu-san, it's interesting seeing you here." The spirit responded.
Natsu scratched his cheek. "Um yea, Lucy and I are joining Gray and Juvia for a date tonight."
A WHAT? Loke gave a sarcastic chuckle. "Look I know about you, but-,"
Virgo cleared her thought. "Sorry, we just got her done getting dress. She usual is longer though…" Virgo muttered the last part.
Lucy appeared in the entrance of the living room. She was wearing a white sleeveless shirt on with a blue cross-looking thing going down and across her shirt, and blue going on the hem of the sleeve, collar, and bottom hem. She wore a blue skirt along with it. (A/N: This is also known to us as Lucy's normal outfit in the anime.) Natsu's jaw dropped a little. Damn, she looks hot. Lucy giggled at his expression. "I look silly, don't I?" she said blushing a little.
Natsu stood up. "Not at all, you look great—not like me." He looked at his outfit. He was wearing a red collared shirt with a black casual blazer and black pants. He wore a silver watch as an accessory.
Lucy shook her head. "You look good, too."
Loke groaned as he got up. "Yes, you both look fine." He leaned by Natsu's ear. "Okay boy, I want her back here nice and safe at 12 o'clock. One minute later, and I'll kill you." Lucy giggled nervously.
Natsu swallowed hard. "Alright, um we'll see you all soon." He said walking towards the door.
Lucy joined him. "Bye everyone." The spirits in the house waved. Once they were down the driveway, Lucy sighed. "Sorry. That must have been weird."
Natsu shrugged. "It was cool, even though I had wanted to meet your parents."
Lucy looked down. "Well, there's something you should know about most of the students at Fairy Tail. Most of the students are orphans—including me."
"Oh well at least we can all be together and be happy. I mean, I was pretty down and lonely until I met the guys at the orphanage when we were kids. But I am sorry to hear that Luce." Natsu said with smile. They continued to walked down the street until they met a busy intersection—when Natsu flagged down a taxi.
Gray knocked to the door only to be greeted by Juvia, clad in a tight navy blue dress. She had her hair down and kind of curly and wavy. Wow! She was blushing as she saw Gray through the small crack she had opened. She got herself together, and opened the door wider.
"Hello Gray-sama, Juvia is almost done getting ready. Would you like to come inside and wait?" Juvia greeted shyly.
Gray was almost too absorbed by Juvia's appearance to pay attention to what she said. "Oh that's fine. I can stay out here." Juvia nodded then closed the door. Gray found himself fixing the collar of his white shirt and dusting off his green pants. Wait, what am I doing? Yea, I want to have a good time, but it's not like she's my girlfriend or anything…Gah, I need to get my priorities straight.
Just then, Juvia came out with a black satchel hanging by her hip. She locked the front door and turned to Gray. "Ok, I'm ready to go."
"Alright, um was there anywhere you wanted to go?" Gray asked trying to be polite.
Juvia thought for a moment. "Well there is this Korean Barbeque that also makes some good sandwiches. It's on Main Street."
Gray heard his stomach growl. "Oh sure, I'll text Natsu when we get in the taxi." He offered his arm—which Juvia took—and the two walked down the street, waved down a taxi, and where on their way.
Natsu and Lucy waited patiently outside of "Mr. Geun-Hye's Barbeque House"—waiting for Juvia and Gray to show up.
Natsu was trying to seem cool, but he gelt like he was gonna explode on the inside. I'm not used to going out with such ordinary people, I guess. He stole a glance at Lucy. Well she's not ordinary…did I mean infamous. The more Natsu thought about it, he realized he preferred it that way. I do like taking a break from the busy life style.
Just then, a taxi pulled up to the two, and Juvia and Gray stepped out. "Hey guys." Gray said waving with his other hand since he was helping Juvia get out with the other one.
Aw, they look cute. "Hey, are you ready to go eat?" Lucy greeted.
"Sure." Juvia sweetly whispered. The foursome entered the restaurant. Gray and Natsu were relieved to see that their hostess was a girl from their school, so she wasn't very star-struck when she saw the two boys. She kindly gave them a booth in the back—where they wouldn't be seen or bothered—and she was very nice when handing them their menus. Each boy was sitting with their date. They ordered their drinks.
Lucy and Natsu asked for lemonade, while Juvia only got water and Gray ordered a blue raspberry frostee. When the hostess left after bringing their drinks, Gray asked "That girl is from our school; what's her name?"
Lucy waved her hand as she sipped her lemonade. "Her name is Kinana; she's really good at the serving jobs. She usually plans our parties. I can't wait for the Halloween Costume Party."
Ooo, sounds cool. "She seems nice. What do you want Lucy, anything my treat." Natsu replied.
"Oh thank you Natsu." She blushed a little. "That's very sweet."
"Juvia-chan, see anything you want?" Gray said politely. I gotta make this date work. Who knows what Gajeel would do? He wasn't scared of the dragon slayer…only what he could do when he got upset.
Juvia thought for a moment as she scanned the menu. "Hmm, I think I'll have a club sandwich."
"Oh, I want that too. We need to eat something light before we get to the barbeque." Lucy replied.
Soon, Kinana came and took the orders and served the food after ten minutes.
The two couples had been eating for about an hour and a half. They were enjoying each others' presence.
Natsu batted his stomach. "Whew, that was delicious."
Lucy giggled. "It was. I might have to come here again."
Kinana came back. "Are we ready for the check?" she asked politely.
The boys nodded and paid for their dates meal. After a while, they left and decided to go their separate ways.
"Juvia said she wanted to go to the fountain a few blocks from here." Gray said scratching his head in a nonchalant way.
"Okay, I was gonna take Lucy to a concert I heard about." Natsu answered. The two parties parted and went to have their own individual date.
Lucy and Natsu ended up at the karaoke place that Lucy and her friends went yesterday. "Here we are Luce, I heard there was gonna be some show beginning. I heard a lot of people were gonna be here." Natsu looked around at the crowd around them. "But I wouldn't figure this many."
Lucy nodded. They were stuck outside in a long line way out the door. "Do you know who's performing?"
Natsu shook his head. Suddenly, a man came from inside the building searching through the crowd. He was big and buff; he made even Elfman look like a child—definitely someone not to mess with. He approached Natsu and Lucy towering over the two. "Mr. Dragneel, you and your date please come follow me." The two weren't gonna argue with him, and followed.
As then went to the door, there was some screeches mentioning the presence of Natsu. Lucy wasn't surprised. They went into the building and were ushered to a table right in front of the stage. There were some instruments set up there. Natsu looked up at the man to say thank you, but he wasn't there.
The more I think about it, I realize that dude was security—not just an escort…Who exactly is here? Natsu thought. As if on cue with Natsu's thoughts, a smirking Laxus and the rest of his crew came out on stage. "What's up all you people? Ready for some hard rock!" he greeted. The crowded room cheered.
Natsu smirked. I could cause some havoc… "And I'm happy to have a guest in the audience. Is that Natsu Dragneel from the Spaded Dogs?" There was a mix of applause and boos from the crowd.
"Aw is the little puppy here to take some notes? Where's the rest of the litter?" Evergreen mocked waving her fan in the air.
"Um, did I miss something?" Bixslow asked as he tuned his guitar.
"This is what happens when you skip school." Freed muttered.
"Tch, I hope you're here to give props, Natsu. I gave you the best seats there is." Laxus replied.
Natsu yawned. "If this was the show, I would have gone somewhere else. Screeching and sharp chords aren't necessarily my thing." Lucy giggled at the comment.
Laxus' eyes moved to the blonde and gave a smirk. "So we have a little puppy and a big-headed bitch. I hope you're not sad after I broke up with you." The crowd ooed.
Lucy waved her hand in the air. "You still living that false story for the media? You should have moved on after Ibroke up with you. I put an end to the most mistakable two months of my life. You were such a terrible boyfriend." Lucy retorted. Natsu was impressed. Lucy is daring! The crowded was just devouring the conversation between the two parties.
Bixslow laughed with his tongue hanging out. "Haha, she got you there Laxus."
Freed scolded him. "How dare you!"
"Oh please, and having Natsu as a boyfriend is something to be proud of?" Ever scoffed.
Lucy slightly blushed. "We're not dating, but I'm sure even he could make any girl feel like a queen."
Natsu stood up along with Lucy. "Now excuse me, me and my beautiful date don't want to ruin your performance more than you all can, so we can go somewhere where the music doesn't cause innocent people to go deaf." He held out his hand and Lucy took it. They went to the door, but before they left, Natsu gave his last word. "And don't worry Laxus, we'll kill y'all in the Spring Break Jam!"
Gray watched as Juvia happily skipped down the sidewalk leading Gray towards the fountain. Gray gave an inner chuckle; she looks kinda cute skipping like that. "Come Gray-sama, this is really pretty and you would want to get there before it gets crowded." She smiled. She held out her hand and Gray quickly jogged to her, held it, and the two began to approach the fascinating site.
At first, it looked like an ordinary water fountain, but it was truly special. It had marble dolphins jumping in different directions—with water spewing out of their mouths. Other little fountains shot water curving towards the bottom dolphins. Bright lights shown on the fountain; it was a true piece of art.
They reached the fountain, which had many other people there, and Juvia placed a finger in the water. "Ooo, it feels cold." She then retracted her finger and took a few steps back.
Gray watched with amusement. "Juvia, why'd you step back? I thought you like the fountain."
Juvia blushed and scratched her cheek. "Juvia's body is made of water; she's afraid that if she fell into the water, she would take up all water with her." She shyly explained.
Gray took a seat on the edge of the fountain. "Well, I'll make sure you won't fall-, wait a sec! What do you mean your body's made out of water?" he exclaimed just realizing what she just confessed.
The dark bluenette sat by him and look up at the sky. "Juvia's a water mage. It used to rain wherever she went—even at the orphanage. The kids used to complain, but I made some friends, they didn't seem to mind." She shared.
Hearing the girl talk about her childhood, made Gray even more intrigued with the girl. "What was that like?" He asked looking up at the starry night.
Juvia nodded. "She will tell you."
—Flashback—
Juvia looked out of the window during lunchtime as she sat alone at the table. She sighed. Juvia is tired of the rain. It only makes people upset and sad. She wants to see this sun that everyone talks about…She just wants to be happy. Juvia sighed again before she heard a grunt.
"All this rain started when you got here." A voice said by her. She turned and saw a boy with dark, short, spiky hair who had a bandage on the cheek. Juvia thinks his name is Gajeel. He was glaring out of the window with his red eyes. His arms were cross and he seemed to play the tough guy at the place.
He looked at her and shrugged. "But I guess that's alright. I heard there was a drought. So the flowers get water to grow and the world moves on." He added before looking out the window again.
Juvia turned her head a little. She had never thought of it like that. Had she found someone who can appreciate her rain? She remained quiet before hearing a strange laugh.
"Gihi, you're quiet, ya know? But that's okay. You don't have to entertain these losers here if ya don't want to talk." He paused. "They tease you and blame you about the rain, but I really don't care. I'd pound them if I were you, but whatever. You're outcast like me." The boy stopped when he noticed that the girl was going to cry. "But hey don't worry. Just stick with me, I'll show you the ropes around here." Juvia nodded then smiled. "Ya got a name?"
Juvia pointed at herself, and the boy nodded. "Juvia." She whispered before holding out her hand.
The boy looked at it. "Gajeel." He then shook it vigorously before letting out a 'gihi.' "You're cool I guess, with the rain and all. One day, I bet you would be even control water or something." He smiled. Juvia gave a childish blush and two went back to silently looking out the window.
—End of Flashback—
Juvia chuckled when she finished her story then finally looked at Gray. He smiled at her and after a short while began laughing. Juvia blushed. "What's so funny?"
Gray scratched his head and calmed himself down. "It's not you really. It's just the thought of a Gajeel being a kid. I mean, he was a rough-houser when I got there." He explained trying not to start laughing again.
Juvia smiled and nodded. "He can be rough and tough, but he definitely has a soft stop. Especially, with what he did for Levy-chan." She replied.
Gray raised a brow. Isn't she that bluenette he sits by in our first period? "What happened?"
Juvia straightened up and looked at her date with wide eyes. "You don't know?!" Gray slowly shook his head. Juvia chuckled. "I don't think I should gossip around."
Gray nodded. "Oh, I understand." Hehe, I'm gonna get him to speak. They continued talking and letting the night go by. (A/N: Fun Fact- Juvia is the oly one who knows because Levy skipped it out by accident when the two walked home yesterday)
Gajeel and Jellal were sitting on the couch playing video games when Natsu walked in.
"Hey ya cheater! I was about to win!" Gajeel growled as he tossed the controller on the coffee table.
Jellal laughed. "Hah, I didn't cheat. I just used good strategy. Don't complain." Gajeel gave out a loud enough growled that could probably be heard outside.
Natsu tried to get to his room—without being bothered—but Gajeel heard and smelled him entered. "Whatever. I'm more interested in Salamander's little date. Get out here!"
Natsu groaned as he walked into the living room. He smiled. "Hey, I was gonna call it a night, so can this wait 'til the morning?"
Gajeel grinned. "Don't be embarrassed, I know you enjoyed it." Lily and Happy came out of the kitchen with kiwi juice boxes.
"Hehe, lover boy's back." Lily giggled.
Happy nodded. "We know he likes her."
Natsu rolled his eyes. "It was nice alright, but I really want to go to sleep."
"Fine, go." Jellal smirked. Natsu went into his room and closed the door. "Definitely likes her."
"Gihi, of course, Natsu never wants to sleep. I wonder what he did with Bunny-girl." Gajeel agreed.
"Bunny-girl?"
"Yeah, Lucy. I saw this picture of her in a bunny costume, but that's not important. I want a rematch." Gajeel explained as he picked up the controller.
"You're on!"
About 45 minutes later…
"I'm done playing this; I hated this game, anyway." Gajeel mumbled.
"No you don't." Jellal laughed.
Gray walked in happily into the house and straight to the kitchen. "Hey,"
"How was it?" Happy asked as he sat on the couch.
"Good, Juvia was cool—not really a fan-girl more than anything." He answered. Gajeel muttered something about being right. "Where's Natsu?"
"In his room 'sleeping'" Lily answered with air quotes.
Gray laughed. "Wow, that serious?"
"We'll get answers soon enough." Gajeel shrugged. Gray nodded. We sure will, Redfox.
Hehe, how was it? Did you all like that? Any ideas, criticism, and other comments are greatly appreciated. Please have a wonderful weekend. Ciao ~!