Story of an Ex-Fatty

Chapter 7:

Previously:

Mira however, smiled. His oblivion was entertaining and she felt that her time has come to be love doctor. Standing up, Mira turned and began to walk while leaving Natsu on the floor.

"To put it simply, that's what it's like to be in love, Natsu."

She couldn't wait to tell Laxus.

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Despite it being a common sight, Natsu wasn't really aware of his surroundings. During Chemistry he almost burned the teacher. He walked right into a wall. Natsu even ignored the insults Gray threw at him.

And it freaked the crap out Jellal and Cana.

They had classes with him all throughout the day, which made them divert their attention even more.

"Maybe he's sick, I ain't an expert but, I know my friends regular behavior." Cana kept' her eyes on the guy. Even with her carefree demeanor, she was always serious about her friend's feelings.

"Mmmm, maybe something came up." He wasn't a man of words and practically paid no attention to the "useless" things in life but, Jellal felt something was up. Rather it was he knew Natsu was dealing with something.

Mira, who was across the hall where her locker was, spotted the pair hiding behind the wall of lockers, eyeing Natsu. Exhaling, the silver-head quietly walked over to them and whispered a single word: Boo.

Jellal let out a quite girlish squeak while Cana jumped up and slumped to the floor. Turning their heads towards their friend, Jellal and Cana glared at her.

"What the hell, Mira!" Jellal got surprised easily so this little "betrayal" was something not worthy to be overlooked. Cana, still in shock looked up and gave a look of anger.

"Hehe, anyway since the two of you are being mighty obvious; I'll tell you what happened to Natsu." Jellal and Cana waited for her to continue. "As you know, everybody feels Natsu and Lucy have something going on" she gave them a wink before she continued, "So I gave Natsu a little push, you know to make things more exciting." With that Mira swiftly turned on her heel and skipped away from the two, leaving them to comprehend what just happened.

"She's playing matchmaker again, ya know"

"Mmmmm"

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Growing impatient Lucy was really about to leave. She was beyond annoyed for waiting. Waiting wasn't her thing and she certainly didn't even want to go today, especially with Natsu. Looking at her watch, Lucy quickly counted how long she waited and began to turn around and walk out the gates.

He's eight minutes late.

"LUCE, WAIT"

Moving her head just a bit, she spotted some pink before stopping her tracks and sighing. Once Natsu caught up, she glared at him.

"You are eight minutes late, what do you have to say for yourself." Lucy looked him directly in the eye.

Natsu sheepishly rubbed the back of his head while attempting to hide his red face. He didn't know whether it was from running or something else.

"Sorry, sorry. Anyway let's go to Wendy's." Grabbing her wrist Natsu led Lucy to the area where all the shops were nearby.

Lucy however, felt anxious. She was really counting on Natsu when he said there were salads. If she ended up eating junk food, all her hard work and purpose would be flushed down the drain. She needed to calm herself down, and Natsu knew how.

"Hey um Natsu, do you mind if we um, listen to music, anything is fine."

Lucy blushed at her sudden vulnerability but she couldn't help it. Going to there really made her feel pressured. Natsu looked down and saw this. The small warm feeling came up again and he nodded his head while taking out his phone and earbuds. The sight of Lucy looking so fragile was so cute for him; he was the one who was feeling vulnerable. Handing her the left red earbud, he popped the other in his right ear.

Lucy didn't know why she felt so weak. The music thing was a routine they had. When they walked together, they would be side by side, listening to music. There wasn't any change, so why. Deciding to ignore that thought, Lucy just focused on the beat. She was still anxious about the junk food, so she declared that's why she felt that way.

Tragedy ridden, never fit in, and dead now

A life gone so quickly, would it knock at the door?

Fidgeting itty bitty master watcher

"Oh what an ugly tale"

The familiar lyrics made Lucy excited.

"You listen to Juby too!"

"Well of course I do!" Natsu gave a Lucy a toothy grin. It was usually like that. Whenever they listened and Lucy found a good song on his playlist, Lucy would energetically start talking. They began talking about music and suddenly moved on to stories and just continued talking and talking until they reached their destination.

Guiding her inside, Natsu realized that she really was uncomfortable with the junk food. Grabbing her wrist once again, Natsu guided her to the menu and pointed to the right.

"See Lucy there are salads and there's even a nutrition poster thingy on the wall" giving her a reassuring smile Natsu continued, "Just tell me what you want and you go find a seat for us."

"Um, okay. I'll have a chicken ceaser salad, grilled. That's all." Lucy smiled weakly before receiving a nod to go and find a seat. Watching her while she walked away, Natsu turned his attention to the cashier and ordered. Oh how he attracted so much attention.

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"Your boyfriend his cute. He is so sweet. A keeper"

Lucy turned her head towards the voice and saw the old lady who said that.

"Oh, no he's not a boyfriend." Lucy gave a look of assurance ut the Lady simply raised her eyebrows gave her a wink before walking away.

Lucy sighed before sinking in her chair and staring out the window.

"You picked a good spot, Luce."

Lifting her head up, Lucy stared at the tray, actually, trays.

Natsu had four, what appeared to be huge burgers and two large fries. Gulping Lucy gave him the look of, "who's that for?" Natsu easily understood and simply stated "mine" before handing Lucy's salad and diving in hid food.

"You wanna bite?" Offering his burger filled with bacon, Lucy took notice the grease dropping down the paper wrapper. When she said no, Natsu immediately continued pressuring her into eating. It was kind of amusing seeing her struggle. Natsu rubbed the burger in her face and notice the tiny look of desire in her eyes. He knew he was going to win this battle.

"Just… just a small bite." Lucy took the tiniest nibble he has ever seen in his life and watched her eyes twinkle in delight.

"You don't eat a lot"

Looking down Lucy shifted her attention at the pathetic small looking salad.

"Yeah. I have bad experiences with gaining weight and stuff." While saying this Lucy looked at Natsu to see if he had any different reaction or caught on to what she was saying.

"Well, I don't see a problem with watching or caring how you look."

Sighing, Lucy felt pretty annoyed. He should at least sort of remember the horrible things he did and said about gaining weight. He should at least take responsibility or say something to show that he changed. Lucy thought about her plan and suddenly felt bad. Why?

"Sorry Natsu, I realized I have to do something. Don't worry I won't forget about tutoring, just not today." Picking up her half-eaten salad, Lucy rushed out of the place leaving Natsu dumbfounded.

While she walked Lucy thought and thought. Why she felt bad, she didn't know.

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Authors note:

Hey everyone, I have more to write, but im in trouble. Anyway I definitely don't own Wendy's or Jubyphonic and im not sponsoring anything. Let me know your thoughts and feelings. Thanks for reading.

WREN