It's just my luck that I had to be with Dragneel today. Then again, it's his faut that we're out in the rain. I looked over to him and saw him shivering in the cold rain. I actually kinda felt sorry for him. What if it was me who was in the same scenario? So I took my umbrella and inched closer to him. He stared at me with wide eyes as I held the umbrella over both of us.
"Lucy?"
"Hm?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm keeping you dry from the rain. Unless you don't want to..." I said sarcastically. I began to walk ahead of him so that the rain hit him like many bullets once again.
"No No I wasn't complaining. I kinda like it." He mumbled once he joined me under the umbrella again. Did he just say that he liked it? What is his deal lately?
The only thing to worry about now is where to take snooty, snob Dragneel for tea. I've only got five pounds on me and I don't think I can pay for the two of us. Where we did end up was outside an incredibly expensive looking cafe. I zoned out for the longest time. What is he? I then looked at the prices and almost fainted at the sight.
"Dragneel, I can't pay for this."
"Wait, I thought that you were gonna pay for me. Lucy!" He moaned. He sounded just like a little kid when he didn't get what he wanted.
"Dragneel, I don't have enough money. I can't take you anywhere. At least, not anywhere that you would accept."
Natsu was silent for a moment. With my head hung, I glanced at the ground in hope that when I looked up, I wouldn't meet those entrancing eyes of his. Did I just think that? Wow, Lucy. I think you've really gone over the edge of crazy today. First, tea with him and now saying stupid crap like how nice his eyes are? Get a fudging grip! When I did look up, I saw him smirking at me. I gave him a questioning look.
"In that case, you'll have to give me something else instead of the tea." As soon as he said that -in a seemingly seductive voice no less- he grabbed me by the waist. Slowly, I felt his hands trail up to the sides of my head. I couldn't look anywhere but away from him. Suddenly, he pulled away and laughed.
"H-hey! What's so funny?" I asked, still slightly traumatised by the whole situation.
"What did you think I was gonna do? Lucy's a perv!"
"I AM NOT A PERV!"
"Lucy's a pervert! Lucy's a pervert! hahaha!" He laughed at me. I puffed my cheeks and looked to the side in embarrassment. My blush was bright and blazing. In an instant, his faced looked serious again.
"I'm sorry." He chuckled. Woah. Did he just say sorry? I'm tripping balls right now if he really just said that. His phone rang and he picked it up. As he spoke he looked at me for the entire duration of the phone call. Once he hung up, he turned to me and he looked kinda sad.
"Sorry, I need to go home. I don't think that we'll have time to go for tea today. I'll take you home, 'kay Lucy?"
I stuttered. "O-Okay."
(Natsu's POV)
Jeez! Why now dad? Such an idiot. It was meant to be today that I try to get Lucy to let her guard down. Now, I won't get to. There's always another day, I guess. The only thing left to do now is to take Lucy home.
As we walked back, she was practically walking on her tiptoes in attempt to cover me with her girly umbrella. I couldn't let her walk all the way back like that so I held the umbrella and put my other arm around her shoulder so we were both covered.
"H-hey Get off!" She squeaked but I didn't let go of her.
"Do you want to get soaked?" I asked.
"No.."
"Then stay where you are and keep on walking." Who am I to tell her what to do? Oh well. I might as well stay here and keep dry. For most of the journey, we were silent. That seemed to be happening a lot lately. All we could do was walk in silence. When we finally got to Lucy's place, I watched her unlock her door.
"Well then, bye"
"Bye." She was about to close the door but I grabbed her hand before it completely closed."Uh Lucy?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we... do this again?"
"I'd like that." She smiled at me. I don't know if I can hold myself back any longer. I just wanted to hold her and not let go. But who am I kidding? She would never want me. She then kissed me on the cheek and closed her door. I said that I was going to make this her best day ever and I ended up ruining it because I was a childish brat. What a stupid move! I won't ever be doing that again. I will make the next time the best day of her whole life!
But she... kissed me...
(Lucy's POV)
I totally would NOT like that! Why did I even say that? Oh yeah, it was because it was Natsu Dragneel I was talking to. I couldn't refuse him unless I wanted his whole family to ruin my family's lives. Who knows? Maybe the next time could be more fun than today was. Gah! What am I saying?! It's as if I'm warming up to Dragneel. If that were to happen... well, I don't know what would happen but it wouldn't be a good thing, that's for sure.
I bet any girl who wasn't me would be more than delighted to go out with Natsu but it kind of bothered me that he asked me out of all of the other girls at school who are way prettier than me.
As soon as I closed the door, my parents were waiting eagerly for me, peaking from behind the living room door.
"You two are acting weird..." I slowly say.
"Who was that?" They asked excited. I don't see what the big deal is.
"He's Natsu Dragneel. From school."
"NATSU DRAGNEEL?!" They screamed so loud that I almost went deaf.
"Yeah. What of it?" I replied, holding my hands over my ears.
"Are you two... DATING?" Are you kidding me? What the hell? Just because I'm out with a boy doesn't mean that they're my boyfriend.
"No" I sighed. For some reason they seemed dissapointed. "What would even be the good in that?"
Mum and Dad looked at each other in disbelief and frustration. "It's Natsu Dragneel, the heir of the Dragneel Corps! What isn't good about that?"
"You do know that there's more to life than money, right?"
"Of course dear. It's just that you and him..." Mum mumbled.
"What?"
"Maybe he likes you!" Mum squealed. My eyes widened.
"No way! He doesn't like me! He only likes pretty girls. Besides, I don't like him!" I huffed and went to my room. I slammed the door but I overheard mum and dad talking to each other about me. They weren't exactly trying to be discreet.
"I'm worried about Lucy. This boy's probably having such a difficult time trying to ge tthe message across. She's dense"
"It sounds like it. She says that he doesn't like her and that she hates him but why would she agree to go out with someone that she hates?"
"Good point."
Suddenly, it was silent. I guessed that they had stopped talking so I went to bed.
(Natsu's POV)
I stood outside her door. Shocked, I slowly made my way back to my house. Well I say 'house'...
Oh man, I need a break. She probably doesn't even get it yet! This is so frustrating. Why doesn't she get it? Maybe I need to be more obvious. Right now, I don't think I could say out loud that I like her. What else can I do?
A quick walk along the beach and up a long, twisty hill until I finally reached the Dragneel mansion. Of course, since I had gotten that call from my dad, I knew he was home. I walked inside and to his office. I knocked on the door and advanced in towards the desk, where he was residing.
"What did you want Dad? I was in the middle of something important!"
"What could be more important than my needs and the Dragneel Corps my boy?"
"Lucy!" I shouted then clamped my hands over my mouth. Shit! I did NOT just say that! Igneel then looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Who is Lucy?"
"N-No-one..."
"I'm not going to ask again. Who is Lucy?"
"She really isn't your business Dad. Why do you even care?" I shouted defensivly. I can't drag Lucy into this but it seems that I already have.
"I don't care about the girl. I care about the future of the company and she is not helping things at all!"
"Well she's helping me in becoming a better person. Being around her has taught me that there's more to life than money and expensive gifts."
"What's gotten into you, Natsu? I don't remember you being this passionate about a girl this much!"A female voice came from the doorway. I looked around to see a girl with white hair and blue eyes, smiling at me.
"Who are you?" I asked dumbfounded.
Igneel chuckled. "Really? You don't remember Lisanna Strauss? One of your childhood friends?"
"Sorry Lisanna."
"She's your fiance. Do you remember our little talk the other day?"
I sulked. "Yeah. I remember but I'm not marrying her. No way!" I protested yet again but he still didn't listen to me.
"Don't be silly Natsu, Of course you will! Now go and spend some quality time with her." He waved us away and we exited the study. Once we were far enough that Dad wouldn't hear us, Lisanna started to talk to me.
"Listen Lis-!" Before I could tell her that I wasn't going to marry her, she took me completely by surprise.
"I'm going to help you with Lucy."
"What? You are?" My voice sounded high-pitched and shocked. I cleared my throat. "I mean, you are?"
She giggled "Yeah, of course. You're my childhood friend but I don't want to marry you."
"Are you saying that I'm not husband material?"
"No, I'm saying that you're not my husband material." She spoke quietly as to not be overheard by the excessive amount of security that Dad hired not too long ago. "But you are Lucy's."
I blushed furiously at her statement. "W-What the hell?"
"Natsu. If you're serious about her, then I'm serious about helping you out. I know all too well that it's difficult loving someone when you're in a family that wants you to inherit the fortune and company."
"Thank you Lisanna. I promise that I won't screw this up. I'm going to do whatever it takes!" I stood and punch a fist into the air.
"Good. Now, the first thing that I want you to do is take her out again and I want you to~~~~" She whispered the second half of her sentence and I mentally freaked. There's no way I could do that to her! I would be too nervous.
What if it goes wrong?
