The next day, the entire crew was back on set to continue filming the movie.
It was a quiet morning since everyone was still stirred up over the huge fight that happened yesterday. The main characters were glum and it was super awkward since the Princess was greeting everyone and offering bright smiles but when it came to the Prince, she became dull and quiet. The Prince was exactly the same, except he was offering bright smiles and greeting the Princess while he was dull and quiet to others.
He didn't know she was serious—she can't be serious. She needed to talk to him since they were practically best friends in the movie but she just brushed him off as if he wasn't even there.
It was awkward and painful since his idol was ignoring him and the tension was thick with them.
But he wasn't going to apologize. No way—Michelle crossed a line and he didn't do anything wrong so if Lucy wanted to act childish, he can play that game, too.
And when it came to filming, it became unrealistic and stiff.
"Natsu, Lucy, are you two okay today? It seems like you guys are really stiff and uncomfortable this morning." The director pointed out making the two tense up and face the male. "Do you need to head on home early?"
"Well—"
"Oh, no, director!" Lucy cried out, offering a bright smile. "Just a little... hungry, is all. I'll be fine—I apologize for it."
"Alright... uhm, then let us continue with another scene while Lucy and Natsu take a little break, hm?" He suggested making everyone change shifts and gears.
Meanwhile, Lucy went back to her own special chair and sat down, letting out a huff of frustration as make-up artists came to touch up her make-up and her assistant coming with a plate full of food.
On the other side was Natsu who also was seated in his special chair, a scowl engraved on his face as his make-up was touched up as well.
"I just don't get it. I don't see why she's ignoring me today, Happy." Natsu complained towards his manager who stood next to him offering a weak smile. "I didn't do anything wrong. Michelle is the one wrong—and she didn't even have the nerve to show up today! Is she finally quitting after she got bitched at?" He murmured as the blue-haired male sighed and shrugged in response.
"Do you think Michelle is okay, Loke?" The blonde asked as Loke stood behind her watching how her make-up was re-done. "Do you think she'll come back?"
"Lucy, you're too nice for your own good," the ginger sighed. "after being such a horrible person to you yesterday, you're still thinking about her well-being. No wonder you're titled, Hollywood's Princess."
"Well... even though she was mean to me, she's still human." The blonde answered back with a frown on her face, her chocolate orbs locking with his dark ones. "I hope she comes back."
"Enough about Michelle. What are you going to do about Natsu?"
"What about him?" She scowled, crossing her arms over her chest in an angry manner. "I have nothing to say to him."
"You realize this little silent game isn't working for you on or off set, right? You two have the main roles who are best friends—you can't be ignoring him like this. It isn't working and everyone noticed." Loke stated, the male planting a hand on his hip to stare hard at his little celebrity. "So I just suggest you two talk it out or—"
"No way. Unless he apologizes or acknowledges how badly he treated Michelle yesterday, I will not."
Letting a sigh fly out of his lips, the ginger pressed his palm against his forehead in frustration. "Alright, whatever you want. But don't let this get between you and acting, am I clear?"
Offering a smile, the blonde stood up and stretched her limps as she let out a sigh. "Crystal clear!"
—X—
"How do I get her to talk to me again?"
"Apologize to Michelle."
"I have nothing to apologize for." The stubborn actor huffed as he crossed his arms across his chest. "Is there another way or—"
"Nope," Gray said as he popped the P. "she just isn't going to talk to you again unless she has to so you better drop your ego for a second and apologize because Michelle is going to be here around three." The male said while tapping his wrist watch, grinning wickedly. "I can't wait to see it, really."
"You're the worst kind of friend out there," Natsu muttered under his breath as he fixed his collar. "this is bull."
"Wait—what is this? What's going on between you and Michelle?"
"Whoa!" The two actors exclaimed in surprise as they both jumped out of their chairs to face the person who snuck up on them. "D—director?! What are you—"
"Natsu... are you and Michelle having some sort of fight?" He asked making Natsu blink and exchange an uneasy look with Gray who shrugged. "Is it true, Natsu? Please tell me the truth."
"Well... I wouldn't say it's a fight—"
"So you are, right? Like... you dislike her right now, right?"
"Erm—"
"This is perfect!" He suddenly shouted making him flinch and look at his ink-haired best friend in bewilderment. "I need you, Lucy, and Michelle pronto! This is perfect!" He cried out in excitement as he called for the blonde actress who came to his aid within minutes. She looked equally confused as Natsu did but didn't question anything as the director grinned from ear to ear and placed his hand on the shoulders of the stars.
Raising his arm up towards the sky, he grinned. "You two know that there will be a scene where Michelle betrays you two in the movie and it riles up the entire thing, right?"
Slowly nodding at the grinning male, he continued. "Well, I just found out about your fight so I will shoot the scene now since your emotions are running wild! This will not just be acting but this is real life, I tell you! This will be perfect! Somebody, please call Michelle to come in pronto! This is an amazing discovery!" He cried out in joy before running off to his own little world.
It left the three stars standing in confusion and shock, exchanging looks of confusion and surprise all over again.
"What... was that about?" The blonde asked as she faced the two. Natsu beamed for a second since Lucy was finally talking to him again but in reality, she looked directly at Gray who shrugged. "Is he serious?"
"Well, I think he's making use of this." Natsu spoke, shrugging casually as he glanced at the blonde. "I think its—"
"I don't think I was talking to you, Natsu." She said calmly and quietly as she continued to stare right at Gray. "I think I said it clearly... I'm not speaking to you till you admit your mistake."
"Why are you looking at me?"
"Lucy, you can't be serious!"
"I am serious," she snapped, her brown orbs darting to his dark ones. "if you so want to talk to me, I expect an apology. A sincere apology." She stated before offering a small smile towards Gray and walking back to where the scene was about to begin.
It left Natsu gawking and Gray snickering as the Princess disappeared.
"This is so stupid! I did nothing wrong! How does she expect me to apologize to somebody when I did nothing wrong?!"
"Who knows? All I'm looking forward to is you three having to talk again," Gray snickered happily. "where can I get some popcorn? I bet Erza has some—Erza!"
—X—
Standing in the middle of the scene panting and all dirty as the cameras rolled and the actors all stood in the back watching the great scene.
"Nobody will stand in the way of Lucy-Nee's and my happiness." Michelle quoted, glaring directly at Natsu as the emotions were real. Natsu glared right back as he clutched his right arm and the supporting character, Romeo, stood beside him panting as well but with the look of pure sadness and hatred on his face.
"You—!" Romeo shouted as he lifted his fist up. "You made Lucy-Nee... you made her cry! She thought... she actually thought she had a family member in the world after her father died and you... you... you..." He blankly stared at the dirty blonde before bursting into laughter causing Natsu to laugh along with him and the director scream to cut the camera. "I—I'm so sorry! I forgot my lines!"
"Goddamn it, Romeo!" Cackled Natsu. "You ruined the entire serious scene!"
"I'm sorry!"
Pinching the bridge of his nose, the director told everyone to take a break while he cooled down along with the cast. People threw Romeo and Natsu dirty looks but the two were too into it to even notice or care.
"Natsu! Romeo! You two need to cut this out! This is the third time this happened!" Erza barked as she came over where the two laughing actors were, a dirty look plastered on her face. "I—we all want to hurry and finish this scene so we can head home for the day."
"Sorry Erza..." The two said in perfect unison, hanging their heads low as the scarlet-haired woman sighed.
"Alright guys... we're going to run this one more time so please, Romeo, go and re-read your lines."
"Yes ma'am."
"And Natsu—go drink some water or something, alright?"
"Yes ma'am."
Nodding in approval, the actress walked away leaving the two to do what she asked for.
Wanting to walk away and grab a cold water bottle, he noticed Lucy still stuck to large clock-like figure as she was supposed to be, whining about how she was so thirsty. It gave him an idea and an excuse to go and talk to her so he quickly grabbed a cold water bottle and went over to where she was, smirking.
"Somebody, bring me some water, please?! I'm dying of thirst over here and I can't move!" Lucy cried out as she tried wiggling out of her spot but just ended up getting scolded by the sculpture molder who was aiding to the touches.
Sighing heavily, the blonde hung her head and stared down at the ground until she felt something cold press against her cheek and a certain somebody stand in front of her.
"Did somebody request water?"
"Yes! Thank you so—Natsu?" She quickly shut her mouth when she realized who it was. "What are you... I mean..."
"You can't ignore me forever, y'know." He said as he opened the bottle and held it out towards her. "I'm water-boy for Lucy Heartfillia right now."
"I don't need water from you," she huffed in annoyance making him snicker slightly. "go away, I thought I told you that I'm not speaking to you until you apologize."
"Well I have nothing to apologize for and I'm just here delivering water so—"
"No, Natsu. When I say something, I mean it. I don't want to talk to you until you apologize."
Gritting his teeth in annoyance, the male shot the actress a look of distress and irritation. "Why do I need to apologize when I didn't do anything wrong? Is defending you wrong?" He asked making Lucy sigh and squeeze her eyes shut. "Tell me, Lucy. Is defending you wrong?"
"I never said that defending me was wrong, Natsu." She hissed. "I'm saying that yelling at Michelle and making her cry was wrong."
"Well defending you resulted me to yelling at her and making her cry. If she has enough courage to bash you like that, I'm surprised she doesn't have enough courage to have her bashed. Seriously, what person bashes another person when they can't even deal with the same shit?" The male actor asked as Lucy let out a huff and threw him a dirty look. "I'm being honest, Lucy. So, can you just please accept this water and forgive me, yet?"
"I'll accept the water but I won't forgive you till you apologize."
Throwing his arms in the air, the male did a full circle around the blonde. "Lucy—!"
"We'll be filming again in five, everyone! Get ready!" One of the workers shouted earning everyone's attention.
"Well... looks like you gotta go, Natsu," Lucy said a bit bitterly. "see you later, partner."
"Lucy, I swear to god, you're being super childish right now."
"Me? I'm childish? You're the childish one!"
"Hey, love-birds!" A voice cut through their little argument as a shirtless Gray Fullbuster came between them. "Enough of your bickering and hurry up and get ready." He snapped, grabbing the water bottle from the male's hand. "Jeez, you're giving everyone headaches with your constant quarreling." He hissed making Natsu throw him a dirty look as Lucy scoffed. "Don't just stand there—get going!"
"Whatever, asshole." Natsu waved him off while he walked away making Gray scoff and turn towards Lucy to smile.
"Is he still trying to get you to forgive him?"
"Yup," the blonde sighed as Gray fed her some water. "I don't know why he's trying so hard to when he knows that I'll easily forgive him if he apologizes."
"Lucy, you fully know that he didn't do anything wrong." Gray said making Lucy open her mouth to retort to that but he cut her off. "He stood up for you. He didn't mean to make Michelle cry and say such bad things towards her—he was just defending his favorite actress and crush." He explained making a blush crawl up her neck, unnoticed. "So just think about it, will you? Natsu's pretty hurt and desperate, really."
"Well... okay, I'll think about it..." She muttered bashfully as she looked away making Gray offer a knowing smile. "But, it's not certain I'll forgive him."
"Whatever, Princess." He waved her off as he walked off making Lucy huff and stare at the ground below her.
He did have a point... but why was she so angry? She didn't even have a reason to be and she just completely blew him off like that.
"What a bitch move, Lucy," the blonde muttered under her breath. "good job."
—X—
Once done with all the filming and dress-up, the entire crew was back to their dressed self as they got ready for a dinner celebration for finishing filming half of the entire movie. The director promised dinner for the cast members and everyone was excited as they all waited excited by the exit.
But as they were all waiting, somebody's manager burst through the doors and ran inside holding her large iPad in her hands, shouting about news.
It caught everyone's attention as the small woman approached Lucy who was speaking with some co-workers, the blonde blinking in surprise when she realized the manager was poking her on her shoulder to catch her attention.
"L—Lucy... you might want to see this."
"Oh god, what is it now?" The actress muttered under her breath as she took the electronic device from her hands while people surrounded her. "I hope it's not some bullshit rumor again like I'm pregnant..."
Opening up the iPad, the blonde star read the headline of the article to have her eyes bug out. "What?! Lucy Heartfillia and Natsu Dragneel—a possible couple?!"
"Huh?" Natsu's voice came from the crowd as somebody pulled him over to have him read the article with them.
"Lucy Heartfillia and Natsu Dragneel are said to be filming a new movie together and somebody in set has recorded this video of Natsu sticking up for Lucy when actress, Michelle Lobster, accidentally said something rude to the Princess..."
"Press the video!" Somebody shouted from the crowd as Lucy scrolled down and tapped the screen to have the video play.
The screen was narrow and the quality was horrible but it clearly showed that it was the three actors.
"..because if I find out that Lucy locked herself in her dressing room to cry about how you made her cry, I promise the next time I won't be bashing you with words."
Lucy's jaw dropped along with Natsu's heart as the entire set went dead silent. Somebody from the crowd, who was interested on continuing the article, snatched the iPad away from her and continued to read as the others listened closely.
"Could this be a new celebrity couple coming along? Will Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfillia be our power couple of the year?"
"How... oh my god, this rumor..." Lucy gasped out making the others stare at her. "this is horrible."
Another silence loomed into the air as Natsu awkwardly stared at the ceiling and Lucy blankly stare at the ground. It was dead silent in the studio when the director came out shouting happily about dinner when he realized how quiet and dead the set was.
When he heard about the news from a co-worker, the first thing he did was laugh.
notes: who missed me? i apologize for the shitty chapter and superlate updates. i am sooo busy, you wouldn't believe it...
notes2: i already have a D in math and it's only the third week of school.
notes3: leave me a review... pls senpais