Chapter 4: You've had enough
It was the night of the party. Lucy had spent over an hour making herself look presentable. She decided to tie her hair up to look really nice and she decided to to wear a tight, skimpy red dress that showed quite a lot of cleavage.
"There. I'll be making some heads turn tonight." She said with confidence
"And hopefully one of them will be Natsu's." she added
After doing a once over of herself, she decided she was ready, and then left her apartment and made her way to the guild.
While she was walking to the guild she was trying to boost her own confidence in her head, and was trying to reassure herself that she could do this.
"Alright... you can do this. You've seduced plenty of guys before not even meaning to. So how hard can it actually be when you try? It won't be hard. It'll be easy. But this is Natsu we're talking about here. He's wouldn't take a hint even if it hit him with a train... but I got this! I can totally do this." she thought.
It wasn't much longer until she found herself in front of the guild doors.
"Okay." she said. "You can do this Lucy. You can do this. Commence operation confess to Natsu."
She gulped, straightened her back and stepped into the guild. Everyone was laughing, jumping around, drinking and having fun. Lucy scanned the room for Natsu. It didn't take long for her to pick out the pink head of hair. He was laughing and drinking with Elfman, Jet and Droy in the back of the guild.
She stared at Natsu. There was a slight pause before she made any actions.
"I can't do this..." she admitted.
She sighed, hunched her back and walked over to the bar were Mirajane was serving everyone drinks.
She sat in a stool and smacked her head against the bar table.
"Uuuuuugh" Lucy sighed
Mirajane took notice to Lucy's mood and walked over to talk to her.
"My my, aren't we looking nice tonight." she said to Lucy.
Lucy didn't reply
"Something wrong Lucy? This is a party! You should be laughing and having fun with everyone else!" Mirajane said.
Lucy finally raised her head off the bar table to talk to Mirajane.
"Sorry, I know... I just..." she said but didn't finish.
"Were you looking to impress someone?" Mirajane asked
Lucy looked at her with bewilderment. She wondered how on earth Mirajane was able to guess what she was up to.
"How did you know?" Lucy asked
Mirajane giggled. "I'm good at picking up things like that. So, who's the lucky fellow?"
Lucy sighed. "Take a guess." she said.
"Natsu?" Mirajane guessed.
Lucy nodded.
"Ooooh! I knew it! You two are so cute!" Mirajane said with glee. She was obviously very happy that Lucy just admitted to her that she liked Natsu.
"Well what are you waiting for? He's right over there!" Mirajane said as she pointed to Natsu.
"Well Mira... I came here acting all confident, thinking I would just be able to walk up to him and use my 'womanly charms' but now I'm not so sure." Lucy said as she laid her chin on her arms which she crossed on the bar table
"Just be yourself! Tell him how you feel." Mirajane said
"What if he doesn't catch on? Or worse, what if he doesn't feel the same way about me? What if this ruins our friendship?" Lucy said.
Before Mirajane could speak, a drunk Cana slid over next to Lucy.
"Hey Lucy! You havin' boy troubles?" she asked
"Cana? Did you hear everything we were just talking about?" Lucy asked nervously
"I heard as much as I needed to!" Cana said
Lucy blushed and gave Cana a small glare.
"You know what you need to boost your confidence Lucy?" Cana said
"Uh, what?" Lucy asked.
"Booze!" Cana shouted
Lucy just looked at her confused.
"Um... I don't really think-" but before Lucy could finish Cana slammed her hand on the bar table.
"Mirajane! Get us two shots!" Cana demanded.
Mirajane smiled and then proceeded to pour whisky into shot glasses.
She handed the shots to Cana and Lucy.
"Maybe if you get into the spirit of the party, it'll boost your confidence Lucy!" Mirajane said
"Right!' Cana added
"Now, down the hatch!" Cana said as he drank her shot.
"Your turn Lucy!" Cana said
Lucy just looked at Cana, then down at her shot. She gulped and then reluctantly drank her shot.
She made a sour look on her face and the coughed because of the intensity of the alcohol.
"Atta girl!" Cana said
Lucy just looked up at her and gave her a nervous smile.
"So, now what?" Lucy asked
"We drink more!" Cana shouted
"Mirajane! 2 more shots! Also get us two mugs of booze!" She asked Mirajane
Mirajane nodded and then went to pour their drinks.
"It's a party Lucy. Everyone is gonna be in a party mood, and if you wanna connect with someone at a party, you gotta be in the party mood as well." Cana told her blonde haired friend.
"O-okay." Lucy replied.
Lucy was unsure of Cana's plan but she would take any advice she could give.
Mirajane returned with the girl's drinks.
"Alright." Cana said. "Lets get this party going!"
"Okay. But I'm only having a few drinks. Got it?" Lucy said
"Alrighty!" Cana said
"HeY MiiiiiraAa! *hic* Me aNd Cana wouLd liKe moRe boOzE!" a very drunk Lucy said.
It had only been an hour since Lucy arived and she was smashed and was slurring everything she said. There were shot glasses and empty beer mugs all around her.
"Don't you think you've had enough Lucy?" Mirajane asked
"Pffft nO. MiRa... I cAn stoP aNy tiMe I wAnt." Lucy said
"Well I think I'm gonna have to cut you off Lucy." Mirajane said.
"Fine. I'm noT eVen tHat drUnK. WaTch. I caN waLk a stRaight line no pRoblEm at all. Okay watCh. Are yoU waTching? Okay. WaTch." Lucy said
She got up from her bar stool and stood up with great difficulty. She was trying to keep her balance just while she was standing. Then she carefully tried to walk in a straight line, which was not straight at all.
Mirajane shot a disapproving look at Cana who just shrugged.
Lucy returned. "See? I'm totAlly fiNe." she said.
Then she looked at Natsu who was now at a table with Gray, Happy, Erza, Juvia, Wendy, Carla, and Lilly.
She turned to Cana and Mirajane. "Oh no guYs, wHat do I do aBout Natsu?" Lucy said.
She had been to preoccupied with drinking that she forgot the reason she was here in the first place.
Mirajane knew it was now a bad idea for Lucy to talk to Natsu in the state she was in.
"Maybe you should just call it a night Lucy." she said
"WhAt? No! I jUst got hEre. I sTill neEd to confeSs my loVe to Natsu." Lucy said
Then Lucy gasped. "TheRe's stiLl the cOuPles daNce! I can't go hoMe!" She said to Mirajane.
Then she looked at Natsu with a determined face (as determined as someone who is drunk can be) and began to walk towards him. Or rather stumble towards him.
Mirajane signed. Cana just looked at Lucy trying to walk across the guild. She couldn't help but chuckle.
As she was walking towards Natsu, she walked past Levy who was at a table with Gajeel.
"Hey Lu-can. You look like you're having fun." Levy said as she noticed how obviously drunk Lucy was.
"I'm oN a misSion." Lucy replied
Levy just raised and eyebrow. And so did Gajeel.
"I'm goiNg to cOnfEss my lovE to Natsu." she whispered to the two.
Levy was a little shocked. Shocked that she admitted to loving Natsu and shocked that she was going to do such a thing as drunk as she is now.
Gajeel looked at Natsu and then back to Lucy. He started to burst out laughing.
"WhAt's so fuNny?" Lucy asked in drunken confusion.
"Oh nothing." He said between fits of laughter. "It's just that salamander has a lot on his hands tonight." he said.
Because Lucy was so drunk she had no idea what Gajeel was talking about.
"WhAteVer" she said as she continued to stumble her way towards Natsu.
"Good luck Lu-chan!" Levy said.
"She'll need it." Gajeel added.
Lucy was now standing in front of the table that Natsu was sitting at.
"Hellooooo evEryoNe!" Lucy said
"Uh hey Lucy." Gray said taking note on how drunk she was.
"Lucy, how much have you had to drink?" Erza asked
"MaYbe a lOt." Lucy said.
"Maybe a lot?" Lilly replied
"OkAy a Lot. But I'm toTally fiNe! No need to woRry!" Lucy reassured her guild mates.
Everyone at the table just looked at each other in confusion.
Natsu looked at Lucy. "W-well why don't you have a seat, Luce! I was waiting for ya to show up."
Lucy's stomach did a flip. Not because of the alcohol though.
"Okay!" she said.
She looked for a chair but there were none at the table.
"ThEre are no chAirs!" she pouted.
She looked at Natsu. "Natsu! Let me siT on yoUr lap." she asked.
Natsu looked a little nervous now. He had a run in with a drunk Lucy before and it was chaos. But everyone is drinking now so it should be fine he thought.
"S-sure." he said
"Yay!" Lucy shouted as she walked over to Natsu.
She sat on Natsu's lap and slung one arm around the back of his neck and used her other hand to grab his shoulder. Natsu had to use one arm to hold her back and support her so she didn't fall.
"There! Comfy!" She said
"Y-yeah." Natsu said.
Gray snickered and then Erza elbowed him in the side.
"So, does everyone know who they'll be dancing with?" Erza asked
"Juvia and Gray will be dancing together!" Juvia said
"What? I didn't agree to that." Gray said
"Carla and me are gonna dance!" Happy said
"Romeo asked me!" Wendy said
"I don't have a partner yet. Erza would you like to partner with me?" Lilly asked
"I'd love to." Erza said.
"Hey... you don't know what you're getting into buddy." Gray said to Lilly.
Erza elbowed Gray in the side again and he fell to the floor.
Natsu looked down at Lucy. "Guess that just leaves you and me, Luce!"
Lucy looked at Natsu and blushed.
"I gueSs so." she said.
Makarov got up on a table to make an announcement.
"Attention Fairy Tail. I wanna thank everyone for coming tonight. It's been a while since we had a good party. The dance will now begin!"
Everyone began to get up and make their way to the center of the guild where the tables were moved to make room for everybody to dance.
"You sure you'll be able to dance Luce?" Natsu asked "We can just sit. I'm no good at dancing anyways."
"N-no! We haVe to dAnce. We'Re partNers." Lucy insisted.
Natsu grinned. "Okay!" he said.
He guided Lucy to the makeshift dance floor where she struggled to keep her balance.
Slower but cheerful music began to play.
Lucy was glad it was a slow song.
Natu grabbed Lucy's hands and the two began to dance.
Natsu was doing most of the work because he was trying to keep Lucy from falling.
Lucy began to make small talk.
She gave Natsu a slutty smile. "So Natsu, whAt do you tHink of my dRess?" She asked
"Looks nice! Would of looked cooler in black though." He replied
That didn't work, so she needed to try something else.
She stepped in closer to Natsu. She removed her hands from his, and took his hands and put them on her hips and then wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing her chest against his.
Natsu just looked down at Lucy. "Lucy... I think you being drunk made you forget how to dance right. Because this isn't the way you showed me." he said.
The only reason Natsu knew how to dance was because of Lucy, and she only ever taught him the one dance.
Lucy sighed. She now knew that seducing Natsu wouldn't work
"So Lucy, any reason you drank a lot tonight. It's not really your style." Natsu asked
"It's a sPecial ocaTion! And I wAs with Cana." Lucy replied.
"That explains a lot." Natsu said as he looked at Cana who was passed out on top of a table.
"Natsu, I neEd to tell you soMethinG imPortAnt." Lucy said.
"What is it?" Natsu asked
"WhaT if I toLd you tHat I liked you?" She said
"Huh? I already know that you like me." He replied
Lucy looked at him with a suprized face.
"Yeah! I like you too." he added.
Lucy realized Natsu wasn't getting it.
Lucy leaned into him more. "No Natsu, I meAn I like like yOu." she confessed.
"I like like you too Lucy!" Natsu said
It was hopeless. Natsu was too much of a dim-wit to catch on to what Lucy was saying. The only way Natsu would know is if she used the other L word.
Lucy's cheeks began to blush, her heart started pounding and her stomach was doing flips.
OkAy Natsu. I haVe to conFess tHis to you." She said.
"What?" Natsu asked
"I lo-" but before she could finish she froze.
"What is it Luce? You can tell me." Natsu said
Lucy just stood there sill with her arms around him. Her face turned blue and she let go of Natsu.
"BATHROOM!" She screamed as she covered her mouth with her hands and ran towards the guild's bathroom.
Natsu just stood there in bewilderment.
Erza saw Lucy run into the bathroom. She put her ear to the door and then let herself in.
Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Wendy all walked over to see what was wrong.
"Is Lucy okay?" Happy asked.
"She's fine." Erza said. "She just had too much to drink."
Her guild mates could hear Lucy throwing up in the bathroom.
They all made a gross look on their faces.
"Natsu, when's she's done can you take her home?" Erza asked
"Huh? Why me?" Natsu asked
"Because I asked you too." Erza said trying to sound intimidating, and like always, it worked.
"R-roger." Natsu said.
After a little while of Lucy being in the bathroom cleansing her stomach of alcohol, she was on Natsu's back, still half drunk, being carried back to her home.
"Why do I always gotta do stuff like this..." he muttered to himself.
"Y'know, you're a real pain, Luce." Natsu sighed
But she didn't care. She was enjoying the warmth of Natsu's back too much.
There were little butterflies in her stomach and her cheeks were blushing.
Not much later, they arrived at Lucy's apartment where Natsu had Lucy's key to open up her door. He carried Lucy in and then plopped her on top of her bed.
Lucy laughed.
"Alright, there ya go Lucy. Get some sleep now. You're gonna wake up in pain tomorrow." Natsu said.
"Well you look fine now so I'll be leaving." he said as he was turning around to leave
"Wait." she said.
"What?"
"Tuck me in?" She asked.
"Fine." Natsu said
He walked over, and pulled her bed covers over her and tucked her into bed.
"There. Happy now?" He asked
"Mhm." she replied with a smile
"Natsu... you're like my guardian angel. You know that?" she said as she closed her eyes.
"How's that?" Natsu asked
"Well you always save me, and you're always there for me. Like tonight." she said
Natsu chuckled. "I don't know about being an angel. How about I be a guardian, and you be the angel?" he said. But Lucy was already asleep.
Natsu grinned and then gave Lucy a pat on the head.
"You weirdo. Goodnight." Natsu said.
He left her side and made his way out the door.
Lucy was asleep in bed, with red cheeks and a smile on her face.
