Why the hell did Levy agree to that?

She sighed, seeing as people began gathering in her garden.

Just great. Now Gajeel came, too, dragging Natsu along, and she's not even ready!

She sighed again, cursing Lucy under her breath. Why she even wanted her to throw a party?!

Levy finished dressing up and let her hair down, and turned on the music, going downstairs and outside after that, in bad mood.

"What happened, shrimp? D'ya want me to hit someone for you?" she heard from behind, and it startled her.

"Gajeel, don't scare me like that!" She hissed. Black haired guy with piercings chuckled, ruffling her hair.

"It'll be alright, shrimp."

"Don't call me that!" she shrieked, red from embarassment.

"Right, don't tease your girlfriend. Sup, Levy?" Natsu grinned at her, but she knew that he wasn't good at all.

"I'm great, just pissed at myself a little. And there?" she answered, ignoring the "girlfriend" part.

"Same as usual."

Levy sighed. She knew that Natsu was pretty hurt, because she heard Gajeel talk with him. Natsu saw them in the pastry shop and it wasn't anything pleasant for him. He tried to forget her, so he came here...

Where she set up for them to meet. She felt cruel, but she believed that Lucy will do something to soothe Natsu's nerves.

And just when the boy asked if he could use the bathroom and sinked into the house, not in the mood for partying, really, the said girl came into the garden. Gajeel looked at Levy, disbelieving her.

"What. The. Fuck. Shrimp?" he asked, trying to stay calm. Levy began to sweat from fear.

And then she saw Loke, going in just after her friend, and her fear evolved to anger.

"What the fuck, Lu-chan?!" she hissed herself, going to meet her friend.

"Oh, hey, Levy!" the blonde smiled.

"Why did you bring him here?" she asked.

"Well, it was the only way my pops let me go here. But, don't worry, he'll roll around and chat with random girls, he always does. He knows why I am here today." Lucy answered, whispering. "Where's he?"

"He's inside, went to the restroom. Go for it, girl." Levy cheered quietly. And as Lucy said, Loke just started to randomly chat with others.

Lucy sprinted inside, not even knowing, where the bathroom was. But soon, she heard steps, and the pink hair that she missed so much showed up in the doors.

She didn't even wait for him to come out completly, just pushed him right back into the toilet.

"What the..." he asked, but didn't finish, as he saw her. She closed the doors.

"Hi?" He began, feeling weird. She grinned.

"Hi there. Sorry to disturb you."

And there it was - awkward silence. What did she want to say to him, by the way?

"So... Congrats on your boyfriend..."

"He's not!" she quickly interrupted. "I mean, he's not really my boyfriend. We're dating, but this is to show off to our fathers. Not seriously, he's got a girlfriend. I mean, other than me- oh god just kiss me already." She didn't finish her sentence, as she couldn't resist more.

Natsu blinked, when she crashed her lips on his. He wanted to stop her, but she really was too hot, so he just pulled her in his embrace, returning the kiss.

"I missed you." She grinned playfully. He sighed.

"Yeah, I missed you too." He laid his chin on top of her head, not wanting to let go.

"I'm sorry that we can't do this openly. I wish we could." From what he heard, she was close to tears. "It sucks to be me."

"Well, not that it could be anything to be happy, but I wouldn't spend time in the bathroom, hugging you, if you weren't yourself" he mentioned casually. She giggled, pulling herself closer to him.

"Okay, so, let's say, it sucks to be Heartfilia."

Natsu blinked. Once. Twice.

"YOU'RE WHAT?!" he yelled, jumping from her like she was a gross bug. She blinked, tears coming to her eyes, hurt by his reaction.

"I'm the heiress of Heartfilia Konzern. I'm sorry it bothers you so much that you can't stand me." She backed off to the door, when he caugh her wrist. Now, she was crying. Well done, Natsu, he thought.

"I'm not bothered by it. It's just... It was a surprise. I wouldn't think that you were actually from the castle! Now I understand why are you so much like a princess" he teased playfully, pulling her into his embrace again. "Well, if that's the case, I might as well ask my pops for help in getting you."

Now Lucy stared at him, curious.

"What do you mean?" She asked, wipping her tears. It's good that she used waterproofs.

"Well, your dad had a co-worker, hadn't he?" Natsu grinned.

Lucy gasped. "So, you're Igneel-sama's son?!"

Natsu chuckled on how ridiculously his father name sounded, when used so officially.

"Well, duh. He was a VIP or something, he didn't want to talk to me 'bout his work, and I didn't care. But if I ask him to get to you, he will, cause he's great!"

Lucy sighed.

"Natsu, sorry to disappoint you, but my father already found a co-worker, and doesn't need Igneel-sama anymore. I loved him, and say hi to him, because he was more of a father than mine own for me, and he cared about me and my family, but unfortunately, my father is angry as hell at him."

"But..." Natsu's hope vanished. Lucy sighed, embracing him tightly.

"We'll figure it out, okay? First I need to finish up the thing I started with Loke."

"What thing?"

"We need to cancel our engagement. In the day of it, of course." Natsu blinked.

"So wait, you're engaged?!"

"Out fathers think we will be. But we won't." Lucy shrugged. "We're pretty much forced into it, and not reacting, because we've got the same goal - to get the hell out of there. So we're going to make it a show." Lucy grinned at him. He just shook his head.

"And you'll kiss him?"

"Well, duh. I guess I will have to."

"Don't."

She blinked, and began laughing at his jelaousy.

"Natsu, I might kiss him like that -" she gave him nothing more than a peck on the lips "- but you know exactly how I'm kissing you."

He pouted.

"I don't want him to kiss you."

"Natsu, this is necessary..." she began, but he cut her off, crashing his lips on hers.

"What if he kisses better than me?" he asked, angry. Lucy shook her head, laughing at him.

"He's not."

"How do you know that?!" he asked. "Have you kissed already?"

"No." she answered, still giggling at his cute jelaousy.

"Then how do you know?" he hissed, crashing her body in a hug. "All we did was kiss, too. How do I know that you won't like him better than me?!"

She petted his head, and smiled the smile he's never seen before- and long after that he knew that this was the moment when he's really, deeply fallen for her. Not the first time, but then, when she smiled like that. And then she answered, making his heart race.

"Because I wouldn't just kiss anyone two weeks ago."

It's beginning to be complicated. So yeah, basically I'll tell you the story of Igneel and Jude later, whatever, it isn't the point right now. Just enjoy those two cheesy guys being addicted to each other and falling in love like that.

R&R!