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Opposites
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Chapter 6
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"Guys? Where are you?"
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"What was that?!"
"Lucy? LUCY?!"
"Happy?! HAPPY I'M OVER HERE!"
"LUCY! Finally I found you, Erza she's over here! Where did you go Lucy?"
"Well I ran, and then I got lost and- wait, Erza's here?"
"Yeah, she and Gray came. They were the things that scared you, hehehe."
"Shut up Happy! So, where are they?"
"I... I don't know... hmm, where are they?
"HAPPY YOU DOLT! YOU LOST THEM! NOW WE'RE BOTH LOST!"
"Oh... HELP US!"
When Natsume started running away, she didn't run that far. To put into other words, she didn't really run anywhere. Sure out of his room and down the steps, but she stopped once she reached the outside of the apartment. Luffy was mad at her, that was clear. Natsume hadn't even gotten the chance to apologize to him though, maybe she should go back up there and apologize before leaving. Because what if Luffy gets even madder at her because she didn't say she was sorry.
"Ahhhhh!" Natsume screamed running her fingers through her hair.
"Harmony! Buddy, what should I do?" She asked her long time companion.
"Hmm, I don't know? He haaaaates you at the moment, maybe we should leave him alone to cool off?" Harmony asked.
"... fine... I'M SORRY LUFFY!" Natsume screamed at the top of her lungs before running off to the guild.
Harmony giggled as she flew after her friend, the two of them arriving at the guild minutes later. All eyes were on her when Natsume walked into the guild, walked! Not burst through the doors and make a big entrance, she walked. Her friends knew immediately that something was wrong with her and they all rushed towards the table she sat at. Upon further observation, they all noticed how puffy her eyes were.
"What wrong Natsume?!" Levin asked.
Natsume sniffed and Harmony stood in front of her on the table.
"Luffy haaaaates her." She meowed.
Everyone waited for Natsume to deny... she didn't. Instead, tears filled her eyes once again as she cried at the truth.
"He does!" She wailed.
Their eyes widened, looking at each other before looking at their friend.
"What happened?!" Edan asked.
Natsume shook her head, rubbing her cheeks.
"I can't tell you, he's mad though. I've never heard him yell at me like that before." She sniffed.
Edan and Levin shared a look of disbelief with each other. Luffy? Yelling at Natsume?! No, it couldn't be. Sure he'd yell at her before, but it was never serious. It never made Natsume burst into tears like this.
"Gracy, Levin and I are going to visit Luffy. Stay with Natsume okay? I don't know, take her out on a mission or something." Edan said standing up.
Levin stood up beside him, liking the idea.
"Understood, well what do you say Natsume?! Let's go out on a mission!" Gracy smiled patting her back.
Natsume slammed her head against the table, "I don't feel like it. Not without Luffy... he hates me!"
Levin patted Gracy's back, wishing her a "good luck," before following Edan out of the guild.
"What do you think about this Levin?" Edan asked.
"I don't know, Luffy would never make Natsume cry like that. He likes her."
"My thoughts exactly, but something happened that pushed him to do so. What though?"
Levin guess was as good as Edan's, the both of them shrugged.
"We'll find out soon enough when we reach his apartment."
"Right, we should hurry. If the mission thing didn't work with Natsume then the only other choice would be fighting and I'd rather have this mix up fixed before our guild is destroyed."
It looked like a tornado had hit the room when they walked in. Clothes, books, papers, even broken dishes and pillow feathers were sprawled out everywhere in the room. Edan and Levin had to watch their step as they entered Luffy's apartment, though it really didn't matter. Almost everything was ripped or broken on the floor around them.
"I always thought Luffy was a neat freak." Edan said kicking a book out of his way.
"Same here, Luffy! Are you in here?!" Levin called.
The two of them found him on the floor near his bed, shirtless only wearing pants, his hair a mess and his bandages leaking red. Edan and Levin's eyes widened and rushed to his sides, helping him up.
"Luffy! What the hell happened?!" Edan asked.
"Why are you bleeding so much?!" Levin asked next.
"Got a little mad, took out my frustrations, got a little bit carried away and reopened my wounds." Luffy sighed sitting up.
He flinched lightly and started scratching his hair.
"Where's your first-aid?" Levin asked standing up.
"In the bathroom, or maybe somewhere down the hall. I can't remember where I tossed it." Luffy said.
"What about your broom?" Edan asked.
"Kitchen, one piece somewhere on the counter, the other behind the trashcan I believe." He sighed.
Levin walked in the bathroom and found the first-aid in the bathtub, wide open with it's bandages all sprawled out. He sighed and bent down, picking everything that Luffy would need before returning back to him. Edan found the broom fairy easy and got started on sweeping up all the broken dishes and glass.
"Maybe I should just fight people when I'm angry like Natsume does, what I did was something a girl would do." Luffy hissed as Levin started taking his bandages off.
"Not to mention the cost it will be to rebuy all these things." Edan said dumping out the trash in the trash can.
"Speaking of Natsume Luffy, what happened with her this morning?" Levin asked.
He noticed his friend's eyes darken; he picked up the book beside him and flung it at the wall.
"Nothing. AH!" Luffy yelled when Levin wrapped the bandage a little too tightly.
"Stop lying." He said finishing his first-aid work.
He stood up and walked back into the bathroom, starting to clean up that room while Luffy just stared at his ceiling.
"I'm fully capable of cleaning up my own messes guys." He said.
"That's what you have friends for though, I've pretty much swept all the glass now." Edan said wiping his forehead off.
"And the bathroom looks so much better. So Luffy, what happened between you and Natsume?" Levin asked coming back in the room.
"You two aren't going to let this go huh?" Luffy asked.
"Nope!"
"What do you think?"
"We don't know or else why would we be asking you?" Levin asked.
"All we know is that Natusme came into the guild crying about you and yeah, she refused to tell us because she thought you'd get even madder." Edan explained.
Luffy flinched at the word 'crying' and groaned, covering his face with his hands. He started mumbling something and Edan and Levin leaned in closer to him.
"What?" They asked.
"Last night, she kissed me." Luffy said.
Edan and Levin both blinked... "WHAT?!"
Luffy groaned and ran his hands over his face.
"Usually when the girl of your dreams kisses you, it's a good thing." Edan said.
"She's not the girl of my dreams."
"But she's a girl you like, or not like? What do you feel about Natsume?" Levin asked.
Luffy stood up and sat on his bed, scooting back until he felt his back on the wall.
"Of course I like her, I guess." He said blushing lightly.
"You guess? It's either you do or you don't Luffy." Edan said.
"Fine, fine! I guess I do."
"Then why are you acting this way when the girl you liked just kissed you?!" Edan asked.
"Because she doesn't love me back! She's only using me!" Luffy yelled at them.
They both flinched back and blinked at Luffy's outburst. They looked at each other because looking back at their friend.
"What do you mean Luffy?" Levin asked.
"You know why she's always with me? Because of my scent. Because she's drawn to what I smell like and not who I am. She could probably careless about me." Luffy told them.
"Luffy! You know that's not true!" Edan said.
"Isn't it?! Every time we're together, every time she attacks me or hugs me or tries to be with me, what does she always say every time?!" Luffy yelled.
Edan and Levin's eyes widened. That started thinking back on everyday that Natsume first saw Luffy for the day, on what she would always say when Luffy would complain about being pounced on.
"You know it's true, that's all she thinks of me. I'm sure the minute she smells someone better that she'll leave me for him. I'm nothing to her." Luffy mumbled darkly.
Edan was making the move to slap some sense in his friend, but was unable to because Levin had beat him to it. Luffy's eyes widened and he yelled out as he looked at his friend.
"What the hell Levin?!" He yelled.
"That's for insulting our friend! You don't honestly believe that Natsume is like that do you?!" He yelled.
Luffy blinked and bit his lip.
"If so then what the hell are you doing at Fairy Tail Luffy?! Everyone here is family, everyone here believes in each other and trusts in each other, loves each other and for you to think Natsume would be such a person is an insult to our guild!" Levin yelled.
"Levin, he's injured remember?" Edan said grabbing his shoulders.
"Well someone needs to smack some sense and logic into him!" Levin growled.
"He's right, I'm sorry. You guys don't know how it feels though, to have the one you love hug you and smile at you only to say that I smelt good. That there was something about me that drew her to me. I want her heart and what does she want from me? What does she want?! Do you have any idea how hard it is not to take advantage of her?! Not to succumb to my feelings because I know that I'd be using her?! And I'd be able to get away with it, because she loves the idea of me. She wouldn't care at all, but that's not what I want! I don't want her body, I want her heart... but she doesn't want my heart." Luffy cried in frustration.
Edan sat down on the bed next to Luffy and nudged his shoulder a bit.
"Well, have you ever asked her Luffy?"
"I can't. If I confess my love then what will she think? She knows that if she refused things would never be the same again and if she accepts that would mean more access to me. Even if I asked her out, how could I know it's real?" He asked.
"Luffy, we've known Natsume ever seen we were children and we know for a fact that she's never been like this with anyone other than you." Levin said.
"Yeah, remember when she first brought you to Fairy Tail? I've never seen her so attached to someone before." Edan said.
"But can you say without a doubt in your mind that it won't change? That she'll won't find someone else? That she's just not using me?" Luffy asked.
His friends stayed silent at this. Luffy thought so and leaned his head against the wall, running his fingers through his hair.
"So what now? Are you going to hate her forever?" Edan asked.
"No. I'll forgive her and things will be the same again, I just... I just..."
"You'll try to make things the same again Luffy, but they won't be. You'll always feel like this and she'll never know about it unless you tell her." Levin said.
"Haven't you been listening to me?"
"Yes, but all that I've been hearing is that your scared! Luffy Heartfilia is a big scardy cat everyone!" Edan yelled.
"Shut up Edan!" Luffy yelled.
"No! Now get your ass out there Luffy and go make up with Natsume!" Edan said grabbing his leg.
He started pulling him off of his bed while he struggled to hang onto the bed.
"Let go! OW! That hurts!" Luffy yelled.
"I'm not saying you have to confess Luffy, I can't make you do that, but I can make you stop Natsume from crying and destroying our guild!" Edan said finally getting him off the bed.
Luffy moaned loudly and tried to stand up, along with Levin. Edan started looking around for his shirt and threw it at him before pushing him out along with Levin's help.
"Go! Don't worry about the mess in here, we'll take care of it. In return go make up with Natusme and for the love of God tell her what your feelings are Luffy! You don't know for the truth unless you ask." Edan said.
"Yeah, good luck Luffy. I hope everything works out for the best." Levin said before shutting the door in his face.
Luffy blinked then groan getting locked out of his home. He pulled on his shirt and stomped down the stairs of his apartment and outside. He stared at the bright sun and covered his eyes a bit, looking down the two streets. Well Luffy had destroyed much of his dishes in a mad rage, he should go to the store and buy some more... Luffy looked down the street that led to Fairy Tail. What good would it be though if he didn't have a kitchen to place those dishes in?
Right or left? Which way Luffy?