Pastels
Chapter 4

Yumi's Point of View

I was sitting in my room with a fan blowing lightly at me face with a Popsicle in my mouth. I was fleeing the burning hot sun. It felt as hot as it was before in the Piovin Forest. I tugged the collar of my black tank top. My white shorts felt sticky. I know wearing black isn't the best thing to do during a heat wave but it's my style. I groaned as I sketched furiously in my sketch book.

Suddenly Natsu's face popped upside down again. I would punch it but it's too hot for me to be wasting any energy.

"What are you looking at?" I groaned.

"Yumi!" he smiled. I sneered in his direction, trying hard not to make any movement. I hate heat waves especially when I'm with idiots like him.

"Let's go to a waterpark!" Natsu smiled at me, holding a pass to a waterpark.

I eyed him suspiciously. I took the pass from his hands and began to read it.

A ticket to a waterpark?

"Who else is going?" I mused. I wondered how an oblivious fool like him could get his hands on something like this. Natsu pulled out his hand and began to count with his fingers with his tongue sticking out.

"There's Erza…ice boy…Happy…Lucy…" he mumbled to himself.

I looked at him impatiently. "So pretty much it's all of Team Natsu?" I suggested. The red head smiled as he nodded.

"How long is the pass?" I said eyeing him.

"About a week, I think."

"Wait here," I commanded as I stepped up from my seat and pushed my art supplies away. I wiped the sweat dripping from my brow and advanced to my room.

I began to pack my stuff. I placed the neatly folded clothes into a luggage bag. My art supplies were placed in a special corner and I made sure none of them would get damaged. I zipped up the luggage bag and began to tug on the handle.

"Natsu, are we going?" I asked as I tapped my feet impatiently to the floor. He nodded as he opened the door for me. It could've seemed like he was a gentleman but his goofy smile ruined it. I smirked as I walked out the door. Natsu trotted behind whistling a silly tune.

We wandered to Fairy Tail and met up with Lucy, Erza, Happy, Gray, and…

"Loke?" I shouted as I pointed violently to at the orange spikey haired boy. I glared at Natsu. "You said only our team was coming, not some cheating creep."

"Aw. You don't have to act as if you're not happy to see me. We're all friends here," he jested as he coiled his arms around me.

"N-no! What are you talking about?" I protested, angrily. Then I saw Gray walk up to us.

"Loke, are you flirting with her again? You dog," he chuckled. I glowered at him. As soon as he noticed my face of disgust he walked away. He wore a plaid sweater but had no shirt underneath. Usually I would rage just by the site of his naked body but it's a heat wave. At least he attempted to wear some clothes. Speaking of heat waves…

"Get your sweaty arm off of me," I commanded as I lifted his arm and pushed him away. It's hot enough, I don't need his body warmth on me.

I glanced towards Natsu who was talking casually with Lucy. I never noticed it, but she's really pretty. She has a nice body too unlike me. I grimaced as I looked at Lucy once more. I didn't feel any of the warmth from the heat wave but instead felt chills. Not only that but she has such a beautiful face and silky blonde hair. Her hazel eyes seemed to be shining brightly as she giggled at Natsu. I pouted as I watched them talk enviously. The thought that Loke had been watching my eyes didn't occur to me until he tapped my shoulder.

I turned my head and saw Loke smiling at me with melancholy face.

"Don't worry. You're beautiful" he assured me. I knew the words were all recited to other girls but they seemed to make me feel so fluffy. Weird, I feel as if there are butterflies drifting gracefully across my stomach. An unnecessary blush began to appear on my face.

"Shut up!" I said as I swiveled my head away.

Then Natsu came in the middle of us and wrapped his arms around our necks.

"Let's go. What are we waiting for?" he beamed. I laughed under my breath. He really doesn't know when to read the air.

"Yeah, let's go."

"Yumi, let's ride this," Lucy said as she tugged on my arm which had been wrapped around a swimming tube. My gripped loosened on the swimming tube. I softly shrieked as I struggled to bring it back to its place. It barely covered my bikini. I absolutely hate wearing these kinds of swimsuits but Lucy wouldn't stop pestering me about it.

"I'm going to go out with the guys," Lucy called out to me. My sweat dropped as I struggled to wear my swimming suit.

"Wait! I'm almost done," I said before opening the changing room. Lucy was waiting for me as she was tying her hair into a messy bun. I looked at her, she wore a white bikini with a large blue star on one of the corners. The strings were blue with white stripes.

"You look so…." I began. Lucy then began to analyze me.

"You still wear one piece?" she mused. I looked down at my swimsuit. It was a plain black one piece with several splatters of white paint on it.

"You should wear a two piece. You'd look so pretty in it," she suggested. Then she began to rummage in my bag and picked up a bikini that resembled the one I was wearing. I blushed furiously as I grabbed it and shoved it to the bottom of my bag.

"Why? You don't like it?" she questioned. I nodded slowly. "You'd look so pretty wearing that though."

Lucy began to bug me about wearing it. I refused many times but eventually gave in even though I absolutely loath wearing bikinis. It makes me feel so…naked. Call me pathetic but first you try arguing with Lucy, she will break you.

I sighed as the flashback in my mind dimmed down. Lucy tapped my shoulders. "Look look! Guys are looking at you!"

I turned to see that what she said was true, there were guys looking at me. I bared my teeth at them and mouthed the words 'Screw you.' They quickly and luckily escaped my wrath and continued their day in the water park.

"Come on, let's ride that slide!" she smiled as she pointed to a large swirly olive green waterslide. My eyes began to sparkle. "Yeah! Water slide!" I squealed as I dropped the tube and began to skip gleefully with Lucy who was doing the same with me.

Then as we reached the waterslide we groaned in disgust. The sign which was placed next to the long line had read '1 hour and 30 minutes before ride.' There must've been a million people waiting in line, most of which were sweating and fanning themselves.

"This line is going to take forever!" I shouted with all my might.

Loke's Point of View

I watched Yumi run with Lucy and began to laugh. It's been a while since I saw her so happy. But a few hours ago, when we were still at Fairy Tail, she seemed so sad. Could it be she was jealous of Lucy and Natsu? My eyebrows began to furrow at the thought. Why would someone as sophisticated as Yumi aim for someone as oblivious as Natsu? It'll be such a waste for someone like her to go out with him. We're friends and all but they wouldn't be a good match.

"Gray, I'm going to go check out the ride too," I smirked as I waved to Gray and Natsu. As I walked in the direction Yumi walked. As I walked closer I saw Yumi and Lucy at the end and they had their back facing me. I grinned as an idea popped into my mind. I silently snuck behind them and then I placed my hands on their shoulders. Both of them jumped: Lucy squeeked as Yumi cursed her mouth off.

"Loke!" Lucy breathed as she tried to calm her beating heart.

"What the f-" Yumi began but was cut off by the shouts of a child screaming from the nearby waterslide. Then she quickly walked up as much as she could, every small step seemed to make her beam brighter. It seemed as if she forgot what happened just a few moments ago.

"Loke, what are you doing here?" the blond asked as she finally caught her breath.

"To see you, beautiful," I smiled as I watched Lucy giggle sheepishly. Now if only I could get Yumi to act like that.

"Seriously, what are you doing here?" Yumi glared at me. My sweat dropped, I'm not sure if it was because of the burning sun or because her glare gave me shivers, as I attempted to give her one of my winning smiles.

"Like I said before, to see you." She scoffed at my answer and began to roll her glistening gray eyes. She pointed at Lucy "You said that to her. I asked why you're here. You're ruining my time at the water park." She began to give me a cold shoulder as the line moved and inch every 30 minutes. I refused to quit on Yumi. It's weird for someone like me to say this but she keeps attracting my attention. It's as if she's a magnet. I won't stop until she returns the attention I'm giving her. After all, that's the type of man I am.

"We're finally next!" Lucy shouted victoriously. Yumi began to bite her nails as she saw the boys in front of us step into the 'eight' shaped swimming tube and then descended down the narrow tube.

When the worker saw the boys splash into pool which ended the ride, he signaled us to come up. We were handed the same tube the boy had used before and placed it onto the platform. The worker then stopped us.

"Only two people at a time," he explained as he pointed to the swimming tube. "No single riders."

I looked at Yumi and then Lucy. "Who's going to go with who?" Lucy questioned as if she was deep in thought.

"I'll go with Yumi," I suggested as I placed my hands into my green swim trunk's pockets. Lucy nodded as she pushed the furious pink haired near me.

"But I don't want to be with this cheater! Why can't I just ride with you" she complained as Lucy nodded while her sweat dropped.

"Just go with Loke. Maybe you'll end up being friends again." She suggested as she helped Yumi sit correctly on the back of the tube. I seated myself in the front. I looked at the worker and signaled him to make the ride start.

I turned my head lightly to Yumi, who was pouting in the opposite direction. I guessed she was glaring at Lucy who was waving happily at us.

"If you get scared you can hold onto me," I jested while the worker began to push the tube. She scowled at me, her gray eyes narrowed. "Yeah, in your dreams pretty boy." Then we left the platform and began to slide quickly down the dark tubes.

I shouted in joy as I felt the water splash on my face and arms. Then I felt hands wrapping around my bare chest and then a head began to rest onto my back. I chuckled softly to myself, she was scared. For each passing turn her grip tightened. In the dark green I saw a bright light appearing closer and closer. My eyes squinted as they met the sun. The tube dropped quickly into the chlorine filled pool water. Our heads dropped into the water and I felt Yumi release her arms. We both bounced back to the surface.

I began to laugh at Yumi, her face was as red as a tomato.

"You held onto me," I joked as I splashed water at her playfully. She threw a glare at me. "No! You must've imagined it…dumbass." Moments later Lucy had dropped on us but she was alone.

"Wha-what? I thought you couldn't ride alone!" Yumi asked frantically. Lucy nodded. "Yep, but only on the '8' tube. One the doughnut tube you can ride single." Yumi gaped as she lowered her head into the water and bubbles began to pop on the surface.

"I'm glad we didn't know that," I smirked brightly towards Yumi. She said nothing and continued creating bubbles.

This is for my friend Ritsy...Forcing me to write during state testing. Evil. Go check out her story! Her fanfiction name is EscapingReality2297!