Hey People! It's Astra.
So here is Chapter 4. I kinda got stuck on this chapter. I originally wrote the date with Rin (from Chipotle) in this chapter, but decided against it. So I rewrote it and it turned into this.. thing.
So now I present to you the final product. It's probably fast paced and not that well written, but that's how you're getting it.
The reason it's fast paced is that we're almost done with the story. You'll get like 3 more chapters max. Maybe 4. So nevermind, we're halfway done. I don't know anymore.
Just enjoy the chapter while I get some sleep. I had 2 hours of sleep last night.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or 'How To Be A Heartbreaker' or Death Note or Netflix. I just used them for my weird story ideas.
Rule #4: Gotta be looking pure, kiss him goodbye at the door, and leave him wanting more.
Chapter 4:
Lucy woke up and started to get ready for school before she realized that it was a Saturday. Relieved to have a day off from school and from being a heartbreaker, which she can't say she enjoyed doing. But it's not like she can stop. (A/N She can't stop for reasons explained later.) She'll just have to push through and continue going on. Nothing will break her. She has to not let anyone capture her heart do they don't break it themselves. Though that might be a problem...
After she gets dressed in sweatpants and a sweatshirt, she goes to make some coffee. While she waited her thoughts drifted to the pink haired boy she had recently befriended, if she could call him a friend. He was kind and energetic and wouldn't keep out of her head. Her stomach felt just the teensiest bit more fluttery every time she saw him. Lucy had never felt this feeling before. It was a good feeling. But it could also endanger her plan to not get too close to any boys. She would most likely mull over what to do some other time, for now she wanted to binge watch Netflix.
When her coffee was ready, she took it and walked into her small living room, only to find that sitting on her couch was the same pink haired menace who was plaguing her thoughts. Lucy took a deep breath and placed her coffee on a nearby table, ready to let her frustration out.
"Natsu," she said in a steely calm voice, "Why are you in my house?"
"Oh, hey Luce! I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out today and since I don't have your number I decided to wait for you here. But your door was locked, so I had to climb in through your window." he replied, grinning.
"I'm on the third floor. How did you climb into my window? And I suggest you run, because I'm about to come back from the realm of utter shock and snap on you. This is your final warning. Don't complain to me if you have bruises tomorrow." Lucy warned as she came back from being shocked and going into a rage.
"What do you me-" Natsu was cut short as he saw a leg coming towards his face.
"Lucy-Kick!" Lucy yelled and sent Natsu flying across the room with a roundhouse kick.
"Ow that hurt! What'd ya do that for?"
"You broke into my house! And on my day off! I was planning to binge-watch the new Death Note movie. But now because of you I missed the ideal time to start watching it and if I do watch it, I'm not going to have enough time to finish my chapter before work. And because of that, my day is ruined! So congrats." she finished ranting.
"What do you mean by day off?" Natsu asked.
"That's seriously all her got out of that?" Lucy mumbled.
"It's my day off from school and heartbreaking." Lucy explained.
"From heartbreaking. You mean you don't enjoy it? Then why do you do it?"
"Reasons."
"That are…"
"Personal."
"C'mon Luce. Please tell me."
"Only if you tell me something just as personal in return. How about you tell me the reason you have pink hair?"
"Okay. But you have to tell me your reasons first."
"Fine. Now where to start? Well, I have been heartbreaking for 1 and a half years. I do consider it a profession to the point that people recognize me as such. And doing it for that long, you might think that I have forgotten or changed my reason. No such case. The reason is to protect myself from heartbreak. I have it written down in my notebook so I don't forget. It's right next to my Rules of Heartbreakers list."
"Really? Can I see?"
"Sure."
Lucy went over to the table where her coffee was, long forgotten at this point, and grabbed a blue spiral notebook. She flipped to a page and handed it to Natsu. On that page it read:
Rules Of Heartbreak:
Rule #1: You gotta have fun. But when you're done, you gotta be the first to run.
Rule #2: Just don't get attached to, somebody you could lose.
Rule #3: Wear your heart on your cheek, but never on your sleeve, unless you want to taste defeat.
Rule #4: Gotta be looking pure, kiss him goodbye at the door, and leave him wanting more.
Remember: You are doing this so you don't break your own heart. So guard your heart at all costs.
Natsu looked up from reading with a blank stare.
"Lucy, these are song lyrics."
"Songs often speak the truth. And trust me these rules work perfectly. To a T."
"Nevermind that. Lucy, I don't get why you have to guard your heart. Did someone hurt you in the past?"
"Yeah. When I was in my first year of highschool I was at a different high school then Fairy Tail Academy. It was called Sabertooth. I fell in love with a guy named Sting and trusted him with my whole heart. He just ended up betraying me. He posted a video of me online that was nonflattering to say the least. After that I sweared to never let my heart be soft again in fear of breaking it. I'm a heartbreaker as a way to keep myself distant." she admitted.
Lucy sat in silence for a while, tears starting to flow down her face as she reminisced in her old and painful memories. She was getting deeper and deeper until she felt a pair of arms wrap around her.
"It's okay Luce. Please don't cry. You're not in Sabertooth anymore and you shouldn't have to shut your heart in to keep safe because one guy was an ass to you. You could try letting your heart guide you." Natsu soothed.
"That's the problem. I can't let my heart guide me. I'm too scared of what will happen. I'm just too broken." Lucy said shakily.
"Then maybe I could try to heal you." Natsu said in a small voice
Lucy let out a small gasp.
"What?" she whispered.
"Maybe you could let me try and heal your broken heart."
"Natsu…"
"I know this is kind of soon, but I want to try. From the moment I met you I knew you were special. Your feisty and friendly and adorable. Your smile lights up a room and makes me want to grin too. I get it if you're not ready yet, but I'm willing to wait. I just promise you that if you let me heal you, that I will never break your heart again."
Lucy wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in her shoulder. Like she thought he might fade away, the angel who had offered to heal her.
"Yes Natsu. I'll let you fix my heart. But not right away. I have a few things to take care of before I retire from heartbreaking and let you heal me. I hope you understand that. For example, I've got a date tomorrow, that I have to go to only so I can tell them to not bother me again."
"I fully understand, Luce."
"Thanks Pinky."
"Pinky, eh? You haven't called me that in a while. Like two days. I was wondering when it was going to come back. But if you're going to call me Pinkie, might as well call you Blondie, no?"
Lucy giggled.
"So Blondie, want to watch that Death Note movie, so we're not crying messes the rest of the day. I'll even walk you to your work after."
"I'd love that."
So Natsu and Lucy watched Netflix the rest of the afternoon, before Lucy had to go to work. That night, Lucy realized who the mystery man from last nights dream was.
It's Natsu. It's always been Natsu. My savior. I'm so lucky I found him. My lovable idiot. Lucy thought, accepting the fact that she was soon going to be healed.
Fin.