I'm really having fun with this! Cx Expect some more tomorrow~

"Oh, no, it's okay!" Lucy said, moving around to loop her arm through Akito's, a happy smile on her face. "This is just Natsu, a friend of mine. He always teases me like this, it's okay."

"Hmph." Akito grunted, ruffling Natsu's hair with a devilish grin. "Well, if my lady likes you, I suppose I can suffer to stand you, kid."

"Your..." Natsu stared at Lucy, his face drained of emotion. His jaw clenched audible, teeth gritting together as he ripped his head away from Akito's hand. The mage crossed his arms, a frightening look of rage on his face as he glared at the other man.

"Happy," Natsu growled as he turned his face away, "let's go find a job to do while these two suck on each other's faces." With a crack of his knuckles, the mage swept across the room in a huff, Happy obliviously floating along behind him.

Lucy stared after Natsu, torn between feeling shocked and enraged by his outburst. She placed her hands on her hips and snarled after him, "What I do with my life is my business, Natsu! Do you hear me?!"

Flinching as if he'd been struck, he paused by the bulletin board but only waved his hand over his shoulder at her.

"Are you jealous, Natsu?" Happy asked with a playful grin, leering up at him.

The room descended into silence. Natsu froze, as well as Lucy and Akito as they stood halfway in the door, about to make a quiet escape. Akito looked at Happy, then up at Natsu with a slow, dark grin.

Lucy whipped her head away as Natsu's gaze met hers, arms crossed and jaw set. "Well, I don't care either way." She reached blindly behind her, pulling her boyfriend along. "Come on, Akito. We have better things to do."

Natsu's hands trembled. "W-well fine! Good!" He shouted, voice cracking. "I don't care about you anyway!" The pink-haired mage laughed maniacally, a twitch in his eye. "Go get pregnant and die, for all I care! Hahaha!"

"Pregna-" Lucy squeaked, her face blanched white and eyes wide as saucers; she stood with her foot out the door, staring at Natsu with a horrified expression, with a slow blush rising to her cheeks.

"Oh, don't worry about that." Akito smiled, drawing his arm around Lucy's shoulder. He winked once, teeth exposed in a devilish smile. "I'll take care of that."

"How?" Natsu asked, a bewildered expression on his face. The mage leaned back against the hillside, staring up at the sky with his hands sprawled out at his sides. "How could someone like her date someone like that?" His nose wrinkled as he spoke.

Happy shrugged quietly, munching on a fish beside him. "He seems okay to me." The cat meowed as he licked his lips.

"He's a jerk, that's what." Natsu snorted as he sat up, arms drawn listlessly around his knees. "Worse than Gray."

"What if he's a bad guy trying to sabotage Fairy Tail through Lucy?" Happy's voice was quiet, his eyes gleaming wickedly in the low light. "That would be a good cliché, huh?"

Natsu stared at Happy, eyes blank. "Don't be stupid." He let loose a breath between his clenched teeth. "He's a weak, stupid bastard. That's all."

Happy pouted, nibbling quietly on his food. "It would be romantic, though."

The mage raised a brow. "How would that be romantic?" Natsu snorted. "Unless you were Lucy, apparently." He sighed aloud, running a hand through his spiky hair.

"It's a classic." Happy insisted. "The lovely, darling yet misguided heroine falls into the arms of the tragically handsome villain, only to have her love ripped away as he betrays her to attack the story's hero! The hero, of course, saves her by defeating the villain...and they live happily ever after." The blue cat purred happily, a dreamy look on his face.

"Anyway," Natsu continued, ignoring Happy with a turn of his head. "I think Ezra and Gray should be back by now."

"What about the job offer you grabbed?"

Natsu stood up, remembering the wad of paper stuffed in his hand. He looked down, shrugging. "We'll pin it back up with Lucy isn't looking."

"So..." Happy looked away, hiding the wicked gleam in his eyes. "You took a job you didn't want because you liiik-" The blue cat paused, feeling a hole boring into the back of his neck. He turned around slowly, finding Natsu's intense, furious gaze leering into his own.

"What was that?" Natsu hissed, his hands clenched. "How many times do I have to say it?! I don't like Lucy!"

"Didn't you say her hair smelled nice?"

"Th-thats beside the point!"

"Is it because she's dating someone else?"

Natsu laughed too loudly, his head turned away as he scoffed, "Why would I care that she's dating a jerk?! It's her business, after all!"

"You're jealous, aren't you?"

The mage turned, staring at Happy with an open mouth. His cheeks flamed with frustration. In a huff that suggested he wasn't far off from blasting his friend off the hill, Natsu tore down the mountainside, calling over his shoulder,

"I'm going back to check on Ezra and Gray!"