Back again with Boiling Water chapter number three, this is when Natsu tries to make up for leaving Juvia in the last chapter so suddenly, so he goes around the guild asking how he should apologize before he ends up with the worst choice that he could think of. Once more people, I suggest you adjust your seats, R&R. Also this chapter is a bit longer than the others so bare with me. One more thing if Natsu seems OOC, thats because its intentional since for this story he's trying to figure out his feelings for Juvia.
Chapter 3: Apology
After what happened yesterday Natsu didn't exactly feel comfortable at the guild, not only did he bail on Juvia, he also ended up shouting out something he didn't want too.
"I got to find a way to make it up to her." He started thinking of ways he can apologize to Juvia while sitting at the bar in Fairy Tail. Happy suggested eating a fish but Natsu had no idea how that would make him feel better.
"What's wrong Natsu you don't look to good?" Mirajane watched Natsu the entire time while he was at the bar ever since he came in this morning. For an hour straight he didn't even order anything, on top of that his usual energetic mood seemed to be absent.
"Huh, oh it's nothing Mira." He didn't exactly sound convincing as his voice sounded a bit tired and nervous so she decided to just glare at Natsu while he tried his best to lie that he was fine but to no avail as Natsu gave up, 'Are all the girls in this guild scary or something.' Natsu thought to himself.
"He was just thinking about how he should apologize to Juvia for running away from her after they talked yesterday." Natsu felt like choking Happy to death but decided not to and just explained himself to Mira.
After Natsu told her everything that happened yesterday Mirajane just turned around and smirked a bit evil like, she already knew about him and Juvia thanks to her little helper Wendy.
Also Natsu could've sworn he saw a glimmer shine from her eyes. "Um Mira, is everything alright?"
"I have a great idea on how you can apologize to Juvia-chan." Natsu face lit with relief."What is it?"
"The best thing to do now is ask Juvia out on a real date and apologize to her then." Natsu immediately spitted his drink onto Macao who was sitting next to him. Natsu coughed and tried to calm down at the blunt suggestion Mirajane just gave him.
"A-Are you kidding me?That's the last thing I want to do!" He was not only angry but somewhat embarrassed.
"Then how are you going to apologize to Juvia." Mirajane knew Natsu had no idea on how to apologize to her but he was going to find a way.
"Neh, Natsu how are you going to apologize to Juvia-chan?" Happy followed Natsu while flying next to him.
"I'll just go and ask the others around the guild I'm sure someone here can help." He just had to make sure no one knows that it was Juvia he wanted to apologize too.
Before he could ask anyone though a mug ended up hitting his head. "Now who's the jerk who did that?" Another mug was thrown but this time encased in a block of ice which hit happy, a clear sign on who the culprit was.
"That's for yesterday you little lizard!" Gray was fully prepared for Natsu, even though he was practically half naked.
"Damn it Gray, first off put on some clothes, second I don't have time for this I have to do something." Gray and a few others in the guild were surprised, well mainly Gray since he noticed his pants were gone.
It was the first time Natsu actually didn't want to fight and Gray couldn't help but be curious and do some investigating of his own.
The first person on Natsu's mind that could help him with his problem was Alzack, since everyone already knew that he and Bisca were going out even though they pretend to hide it.
Natsu saw Alzack sitting at a table nearby shining his guns. "Hey Al could I ask you a question? I need help with something."
"Sure. What up Natsu?"Al was a bit surprised since Natsu hardly goes around asking others for help, and he almost never asked him for help before.
The only time he can recall asking him for help was when he wanted to learn how to use his guns but ended up accidentally destroying the guilds wall, which afterwards he had to fix after he healed in the guilds med-bay because of Erza.
"Well, I was wondering…" Natsu turned his head and scratched the back while asking Alzack nervously. "If you ever did something bad to a girl, how would you apologize to her?"
Al was even more surprised now, THE Natsu Dragneel, actually asking advice about a girl? Before he would fall onto the floor laughing his ass off, he tried his best to hold in his laughter and answer him clearly.
"What exactly did you do to this girl?" Al wanted to get his facts straight before he could answer Natsu.
"Well we were talking yesterday and I ended up running away in the middle of our conversation."
"Hmm, the best thing you can do right now is probably ask if you and her can talk alone and you can apologize then." He answered while trying hard to hold a straight face.
"Wait, basically…you want me to ask her on a date to help her?" Natsu couldn't believe that even Al had the same idea as Mira.
"Well if you want to be blunt…"before Al could reason with him, Natsu decided to just leave and decide to himself that he was a horrible choice on asking for advice.
The next person on Natsu's mind was Fried; he seemed very smart, so maybe he knew how to help with his problem. "Hey Fried, mind if I ask you something?"
"Not at all, just ask what you need to know." Fried flipped the page of the book that Levy lent to him.
"Well I just want to know, what do you think is the best way to apologize to a girl?" Unlike Alzack, Fried wasn't exactly surprised by Natsu's question; in fact some members ask him and Levy questions a lot since they're both very smart.
"The best things to do is just simply go up to her and sincerely say you're sorry, it is the simplest and easiest thing for you to do." Natsu didn't exactly like Fried's answer but it did seem like the best, although he didn't feel like it was good enough so he had to ask at least one more person.
Now he had to make sure he asked someone that can understand his situation and give him good enough advice that he could follow, but the only other people he thought he could ask was Wendy, Lucy, Gray, Gajeel, Erza, and Marcus
Now he couldn't ask Wendy because she's too young, and there is no way in hell that he was going to ask Gray for help, especially Gajeel, but he might understand his situation because of how he acts with Levy.
All that's left was his blonde friend Lucy, the strong and scary demon he knows as Erza and the new speedy fire mage Marcus.
He thought that if he asked Erza he might end up getting the life beat out of him because she probably found out the cause of yesterdays ruckus was him so Erza is out. He could try asking Marcus but he might make a suggestion similar to what Al or Mira said. 'Alright Lucy it is'
Natsu walked up to Lucy who just so happened to be talking with Levy while Gajeel was surprisingly close by, but Loki summoned himself in his usual manner to make sure nothing happens to her.
"Say Lu-chan isn't that Natsu?" Levy told Lucy. The celestial mage turned to see Natsu walking towards her and didn't exactly feel too happy since her peaceful time at the guild the other day was destroyed thanks to him.
"What do you want Natsu." Lucy turned her head away in frustration when Natsu was about to talk to her.
"What's wrong with you I just needed some advice."Natsu asked Lucy while trying not to show his frustration, she then turned her head to look at Natsu in shock that he needed help for something, but she has a hunch what he needs help with.
"Does it have too do with a girl?"Lucy's words hit Natsu like a freight train the moment she said it he tripped in an anime like fashion that made the two girls laugh. "How did you know?"
"Call it a girl's intuition." Natsu stood up with a confused look on his face. "Intu-what now? Is that some sort of food?" The Lucy and Levy look at each other in amusement for Natsu's ignorance.
"Well what do you need to ask me?"
"Well like you said it's about a girl and I ran away while we were talking yesterday and I need to find a way to apologize to her."
"Why come to me?"The look on her face was amused and confused onto why Natsu would ask her even though he could've handled things in his own matter.
"Well I asked Mira about it and she said that I should ask the girl on a date and apologize to her, then Alzack said the same thing, Fried said just to simply apologize to her but I'm not good at that kind of thing."
Lucy thought about what her pink haired friend said and tried to think of an answer while trying to not laugh at the situation before her. "I think Mira and Al are right but Fried also, the best way to apologize to a girl is to first make her comfortable and then tell her your sorry but make sure your apology is sincere or she won't forgive you."
Natsu was about to admit defeat because the one thing he didn't want to end up doing was the only thing he COULD do. He sighed and turned around thanking Lucy for the help.
"Was it something I said?"The two girls looked at each other and just shrugged.
'Do I really have no choice but to ask her out on a date, is there nothing else I can do, well there's no one left in the guild I can ask so…guess I don't got a choice.' Natsu was sitting at a table alone finally coming to a decision on how he's going to apologize to Juvia.
'I wonder where she is, though knowing Juvia she's I can take one guess on where she is.' Natsu looked around the guild and saw Juvia where she usually was hiding behind a pillar watching Gray be Gray as he was half naked again without him noticing. "Gray-sama as always you make Juvia's heart beat like a drum!"
Natsu saw that Juvia was doing her daily routine of watching Gray from afar and acting as if he's the sexiest man alive. So then Natsu walked towards her and swallowed his pride and confidence, along with a bug that accidentally flew by but coughed out.
"Um, Juvia, can I ask u about something?" Juvia turned around to see Natsu but his head was turned and a bit red from his embarrassment.
"What is it you need Juvia for this time?" She had a bit of anger in her voice, but who could blame after what Natsu did.
"Juvia, are you doing anything later on?"Natsu had a quiet nervous tone in his voice which made Juvia giggle a bit because of how cute he thought he was 'Wait, why do I even think he's cute?'
"Why do you ask Natsu-san?"She shook off the thought wondering what it was that Natsu needed her for. "Well, do you…want to go out on…a date or something?" Natsu was too quiet for Juvia to hear.
"What was that Natsu-san, I thought I heard you say date."Juvia's face became a bit red.
"Well I thought maybe, you and me could go out one date at least." His face looked like it was about to be lit on fire but at the moment, so did Juvia's.
"EH?"Juvia fell down on her butt from the shock she had just received.
There we go with Boiling Water chapter tress, I hope you guys liked it even though I felt as though it wasn't good as the previous two, so again, do me the favor of reading and review, and if ever you like this story enough, Favorite it, I might take a break from this story for awhile to make others so until then guys, I will see you all LATER!
