Going Against The Current
Chapter 6 – Midnight Snack
A/N: Yaaay! Finally right? XD After so many years! I finally updated GATC! So sorry for the late update ^^'' But here it is now! It's kinda like a preparation for the next chapter so it's a little short. But I am sure you will love it ;) Thank you Rosella6199 for beta reading this chapter :3 You're new style of beta reading is amazing :D
I don't know what else to say but read :3
Genre: Romance, Humor, Friendship, Hurt and Comfort, Drama
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.
Lucy sighed and stared at her notebook in front of her. She leaned back on her spinney chair and started twisting the chair side to side, her arms resting on the armrest. She hummed a little and played with the pen in her right hand, flipping it side to side in a rapid speed. She scrunched up her face and exhaled.
"What the hell, I don't get this at all," Lucy mumbled in distress and clutched her head. She stared at the problem on her notebook and chewed her bottom lip.
"Is it just me or is the question wrong?" the blonde voicelessly asked and slowly pulled her chair forward. She planted her elbow on her desk and leaned her cheek into her palm. She stared at the problem for a while and with a disappointed sigh, she closed her notebook.
"It is."
She pushed her chair away from her desk once again and massaged her temples in annoyance, the problem was wrong all along. She had wasted her time by thinking for so long about the answer.
Lucy stretched her arms and pushed herself up, turning off her table lamp. She exited her room and went downstairs, careful not to make any noise. She didn't like the thought of her mother getting angry for being waken up in the middle of the night.
Like a snake, she slithered into the kitchen and went straight to the fridge. She looked inside and found nothing to eat – unless she would think of eating uncooked eggs, raw meat, butter and fresh vegetables. She pushed out her bottom lip in wonder and closed the fridge. However, her other hand was still holding to the end so-
BAM!
Lucy hissed at the pain and bit her bottom lip in pain, the door of the fridge left hanging open. She had just slammed the fridge on her fingers! She felt like cursing every single word to calm—
"Lucy?"
"Damn," Lucy cursed in her mind and slowly turned around to face Jellal. "Y-Yea?" she mumbled lowly, her bottom lip bleeding from the weight of her teeth sinking into her lip – err yea, you get it.
"What are you doing?" the bluenette asked, amusement slowly settling in his features. He did witness Lucy slamming the fridge's door on her fingers – it was hilarious.
Lucy sighed and started stretching her fingers. "I just finished analyzing this problem that had the wrong question and decided to eat something. Unfortunately for me, I didn't realize my fingers were still holding the edge of the fridge so I slammed—"
"Yes, I know about that part," Jellal cut in and stifled a laugh. "You looked hilarious! I had to stop myself from laughing because I knew you would immediately hit my head—OW!" Jellal said and rubbed the top of his head. "That hurt you know," Jellal whined and glared at Lucy playfully.
Lucy rolled her eyes, "That's what you get for being such a jerk."
Jellal winced, "Ouch."
The blonde laughed a little and sat on the chair in front of the table, "Well, I'm hungry. Want to go out and eat?"
Jellal grinned devilishly, "What is this? Is Lucy Heartfilia asking me out on a date?" And he was once again smacked on the head.
"I'm not asking you out on a date you conceited bastard!" Lucy exclaimed and glared at Jellal. "I'm just so hungry that I want to eat outside! In a fast-food restaurant or something!" she whispered loudly and Jellal snickered.
"Okay then, hold on, let me change my clothes," the bluenette said and walked upstairs.
Lucy looked down to stare at her clothes: A white shirt, brown shorts and denim flats. She shrugged – she liked her clothes.
She heard running footsteps and Jellal spoke, "So where are we going?"
Lucy shrugged, "I don't know. We can go to Yellow Cab and eat pizza, what do you think?" Jellal stayed silent and thought about it for a moment. He had never eaten there before. Usually he ate in fancy restaurants, not once did he eat in a fast-food restaurant. So thinking it as a new experience, he nodded.
"Sure."
"No, but I'm sure she'll agree."
Rogue rolled his eyes, "Come on Sting, think for once. Why would Heartfilia agree on this request so easily? She's not an idiot like you."
Sting felt a vein pop on his forehead. "I dare you to call me an idiot again and you won't be able to walk for days," the blonde glared at his cousin. "Even if she doesn't say yes, I do have plan B, idiot," Sting pushed on.
"And if this plan B of yours fails as well?" Rogue asked, raising a brow. He knew that Sting would have made miscalculations when he was thinking of a plan – but he was never sure of it. Right now he was trying to see if he really did think it through.
"Well… let's see what happens then," Sting deadpanned, his eyes feeling droopy at the moment. He didn't really thought about what would happen if Lucy refused every offer he suggested. She was after all, unpredictable.
"I'm warning you Sting, don't get all confused with what you're planning," Rogue said and stretched his arms.
"What do you mean?" Sting asked, raising a brow.
Rogue stared at him, his red eyes piercing through the blonde.
"Don't fall in love if you're just going to break her heart."
"Holy crap, this is delicious," Jellal muttered in pure glee. He was currently eating a burger in McDonalds along with large fries and coke – he had insisted on eating there instead when they passed by. This was the first time he ate here. He had always found it interesting, and the smell always tempted him to eat there but his pride wouldn't let him.
"See? I told you food like this is delicious," Lucy said and smiled smugly. She folded her arms on the table and leaned forward to sip her coke. Jellal just rolled his eyes but agreed nonetheless – he was too caught up in his food to argue.
The blonde watched her new brother-like friend as he ate his food, ignoring everything else in the world. She chuckled when Jellal scoffed off her staring and just shrugged.
"How about you? Aren't you going to eat anything?" the bluenette asked and Lucy pursed her lips.
"Jellal, I already ate my food."
Jellal blinked, "Really?"
"Yep. You were just too occupied with your food that you didn't notice," Lucy said and smiled at the bluenette. She did finish her food earlier and faster than him – after all, she was the one hungry.
"Oh…" Jellal said and looked to the side of Lucy. When he did, his eyes widened and he stood up from his chair as quickly as possible.
Startled, Lucy looked up at him in confusion and Jellal placed a finger on his lips, telling her to keep quiet. Despite her confusion, Lucy obediently stayed silent and just watched as Jellal cursed under his breath. He ate all of the fries left and grabbed Lucy's hand, pulling her out of the restaurant.
"O-Oi! What are you doing?" Lucy whispered loudly, trying to catch up with Jellal who had made her stumble and nearly fall.
"I saw Rogue and Sting just pass by. Damn it, if Sting sees us together, he will start asking Rogue and things will not go well," the bluenette hissed, fixing his jacket.
Lucy groaned and slapped her forehead. She planted her heel and stopped running with Jellal. She turned around and stuffed her hands in the pockets of her shorts, walking back to the place where Jellal just saw the two.
"O-Oi!" Lucy heard Jellal call for her from behind, "What in the world are you doing? Sting's going to murder you!"
Lucy stopped walking and looked over her shoulder, raising a brow, "Seriously?"
Jellal sweat dropped, "Well not that mainstream but…."
"Whatever," Lucy mumbled and continued walking. "I'm going to confront that idiot and challenge him to an eating contest," she said and smiled evilly.
Jellal's eyes widened, "Are you crazy? He's a guy Lucy! You'll lose!"
Lucy rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Just wait and see Jellal, just wait and see. Now let's go," she said and grinned before she continued walking, Jellal not too far away from behind.
The bluenette began cursing in his head over and over again – why shouldn't he? Lucy was going to freaking challenge Sting to an eating contest! "And who knows what that bastard's conditions must be," he thought and massaged his temples.
"Oi, blondie."
Jellal snapped out from his state and looked up to find Sting and Lucy in front of each other. However, the situation was much different from before. Instead of Sting glaring at Lucy, he was smiling almost… evilly. Yet it looked so innocent. While Lucy just glared at him, her fingers digging into the denim.
"You know you're blonde too," Sting said, still smiling. Though in the inside, he was already grinning evilly, imagining himself sitting on top of Lucy.
"Tch. That's what I keep telling you, fool," Lucy growled and glared harder at Sting.
"Anyways… I challenge you to an eating contest!" she declared and Sting raised an eyebrow in shock. Rogue in the meanwhile, blinked repeatedly at Lucy who kept pointing her finger at Sting. She smiled cruelly, "You're not scared to lose, are you?"
Sting chuckled and ruffled her hair. "I'm not. I accept. However, if I win, you go out on a date with me tomorrow," he said and Lucy's eyes widened. Coughing silently, Jellal repeatedly slammed his fist on his chest, disbelief all over his face.
"And if I win…?" Lucy asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sting smiled, "You can pick what prize you want."
Lucy thought about it for a moment. It did seem fair. She just didn't like his side of winning. Imagine her, dating Sting Eucliffe. "Yuck," Lucy thought and shuddered in disgust. Making her decision, Lucy gulped and looked at Sting, "If I win, you will be my slave for a month."
Honestly, their reactions were just priceless.
Sting nearly choked in surprise, Rogue had continuously coughed and repeated slammed his fist on his chest while Jellal cleared his throat and just secretly winked at Lucy.
Lucy smiled in triumph, it was fair.
"Well? Is it a deal?" Lucy asked and grinned slyly, stretching out her hand towards Sting.
The blonde male stared at the hand and swallowed dangerously, sweat sliding down his forehead. He wrapped his hand around Lucy's and they shook hands, both looking at each other with a competitive stare.
"May the best blonde win."
A/N: Hahah! I love the last sentence XD I couldn't type in, "May the best man win." or "May the best girl win." so I chose to use the word BLONDE! Hahaha! I just love it so much XD Anyway... I don't have much time so I'm going to reply to your reviews now :)
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