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Natsu awoke the following morning feeling refreshed. This was quite odd for him, considering he hardly ever sleeps on school nights.
He saw his phone lying right next to him. Had he fallen asleep while on it?
"Morning," he texted his blonde friend. He knew she wouldn't text back for at least a half hour since school is an hour later for her.
Was it because of her that he fell asleep?
Nahh, Natsu brushed off.
XOXOX
"You really asked Gajeel out on a date?" Juvia gasped. The three girls were waiting for class to begin.
Levy nodded, profusely blushing, "Yes! I don't know what came over me. I mean he was giving me the cold shoulder for the past few weeks so I just snapped…"
"Well I'm very proud of you, Levy-chan," Lucy grinned.
"Juvia is too!" Juvia gave Levy a cheerful smile. "Soon we could double date!"
Levy's blush darkened, "Stoppp!" she groaned. "You guys are embarrassing me!"
"Good," Lucy winked at her friend.
Levy poked at Lucy's ribcage, "So when are you going to ask Natsu to hangout, Lu-chan?"
"Never!" Now Lucy was blushing.
"Oh c'mon, Lucy," Juvia groaned. "You talk to him every day, nonstop."
"Yeah," Levy agreed. "So why not hangout with him already?"
Lucy bit her lip, "I don't know."
"Is it because you never had a boyfriend before?" Levy asked.
"N-NO!" Lucy screamed. "IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! Natsu and I are just friends!"
Juvia and Levy giggled. Levy loud-whispered to Juvia, "She's in denial."
Juvia loud-whispered back, "Poor girl."
"I can hear you!" A vein throbbed on Lucy's forehead. "Look I'm just scared that Natsu won't like me once he meets me. I mean he already forgot about the one time we met…so obviously I'm not that memorable."
"Oh stop," Levy scolded. "Natsu was hit so many times that night, how could he possibly remember anything?"
"I guess," Lucy sighed. She rubbed her arms and confided, "He found a picture of me from that night."
"And?!" Juvia and Levy both looked at Lucy with eagerness.
Lucy showed them the text and the girls both jumped out of their seats with excitement. "He called you cute!"
Lucy flushed, "He was only teasing me. Don't take it so seriously."
"Lucy," Levy deadpanned, "there is no way Natsu was teasing you. I mean look at this photo! You look adorable!"
"Natsu likes Lucy!" Juvia sang.
"No he doesn't!" Lucy cried.
Levy mischievously chuckled, "You're right. He doesn't like you. He looovvveees you!"
"Ahh you guys are cruel!" Lucy blanched just as her phone buzzed.
Levy and Juvia shared a knowing look, "Natsu?"
"Maybe," Lucy scuffed, just as the teacher walked in. The three girls turned to the front of class.
Lucy opened the text. "Metal Head is pissing me off -_-."
"Lol how so?"
"He's too happy. It's creepy."
"That's because he has a date ;)."
"A DATE!? Who would go on a date with that bastard?"
"My friend actually." Lucy texted. "She asked him out last night."
"And he said yes?"
"Looks that way."
"Damn." He sent back. "Wait, how does your friend know my friend? (I use the term friend loosely by the way)."
"The same way I know you actually."
"WHAT?! SO YOU AND YOUR FRIEND LIKE TO STALK BOYS WHO LIVE ALONE AND HAVE CATS AND SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS?"
"OF COURSE NOT!" Lucy texted quickly. "And Gajeel gets motion sick?"
"So it's just boys with cats then?"
"What? No!" Lucy blushed. "These are all just weird coincidences!"
"I find that hard to believe," he sent back.
"Tch whatever."
"Still can't believe someone would want to date him."
"Jealous? ;P," Lucy teased.
"No way! Who would be jealous of a guy with metal for brains?"
"Well I meant that Gray has a girlfriend as well so that just leaves you."
"WHAT? THAT ICE BASTARD HAS A GIRLFRIEND? SINCE WHEN?"
"For a while now," Lucy suppressed a giggle.
"I think I've stumbled into an alternate universe."
"Maybe you have :D," Lucy joked.
"So wait, how do you know ice for brains has a girlfriend?"
"I'm friends with his girlfriend." And then Lucy added, "And no, she didn't steal his number, or at least I think."
"Hmm," Natsu wrote. "Now I get why you were teasing me about being single."
"Huh?" Lucy blinked.
"You're just insecure about yourself being single."
"WHAT?!" Lucy's face turned a shade of pink.
"Don't be so bitter, Lweirdo."
"I'm not bitter! And like I care that I'm single! I'll have you know I'm single by choice! Hmph."
"Uh huh :P. So have you ever had a boyfriend?"
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?" Lucy countered.
Lucy stared at her phone for a couple of minutes, but no reply.
With a sigh, she was forced to pay attention in class.
XOXOX
"Please, please, please, PLEASE!" Natsu was on his knees, begging his teacher, Ms. Aquarius, for his phone back.
"No!" She growled. "You will get it back at the end of the day."
"I can't go the entire day without my phone!" He whined. "I was in the middle of an important conversation!"
"Were you?" She asked.
"Yes!"
"Tch," she smirked. "I don't care. Rules are rules, Mr. Dragneel."
Natsu spent the rest of the day sulking.
XOXOX
Lucy's stomach was in knots for the rest of the day. Why wasn't he texting me back? Did I upset him? Maybe he didn't like where the conversation was headed?
She crossed her arms over her chest as she left the school. Her backpack was resting on both shoulders, it felt unusually heavy. Or maybe that was just the weight of her heart…
"Hey there," a velvety voice whispered in her ear.
"Wha-?" Lucy nearly jumped out of her skin. She twirled around to see a tall, boy with glasses. He had a mane of orange hair. The way the hair was spiked up was almost like he had cat ears. Lucy was instantly reminded of a lion. "Who are you?" She noticed he was in a blue school uniform that Natsu wore in the photos Gray would send her.
"My name is Loke," he smiled. "And may I say you are the most beautiful girl I have ever laid eyes on." Suddenly he grabbed Lucy's right hand. "Will you do me the honor of gracing me with your name?"
"Uhh…Lucy," She blushed. Lucy never experienced this before, getting hit on, that is. Of course she had lied to Natsu when she said she was single by choice. Well it was a half lie. It's not like she ever tried flirting with a boy before especially since she was at an all-girl school and Gray was the first boy she ever became friends with, but he was taken.
"Well, Lucy," his voice sounded so smooth, it was starting to creep Lucy out. "Would you accompany me this weekend to eat at this very fancy restaurant that I happen to have reservations for?"
"No," Lucy said.
The boy blinked, "No?"
Lucy nodded, "No."
"Wh-why not?" The boy sputtered. Lucy wondered if anyone had ever said no to him before…
"Because I'm not interested," she shrugged.
"Not interested?" He looked as though she had slapped him in the face.
"Sorry?" She offered.
"I'll get you to say yes to me, Lucy," he grinned. "Our love holds no bounds!"
"LOVE?" Her eye twitched.
"Buh-bye for now, my blonde beauty," Loke brought Lucy's hand up to his mouth and kissed it, leaving Lucy petrified as he gracefully walked away.
XOXOX
Lucy's phone rang on her walk home. Natsu's name flashed on the screen. "Hi, Natsu," she squeaked. She couldn't help but feel nervous. He went the entire day without talking to her and now he was calling her?
"Hi," he sounded out of breath. "Sorry for not texting you. I got caught texting in class so my teacher confiscated it for the entire day."
"Oh, that's a relief" Lucy felt like a weight was lifted off her chest. "I thought I might have upset you or something."
"No, no," he said quickly. "Though it was your fault my phone got taken away."
"No it wasn't!"
"If your text didn't make me laugh, I wouldn't have gotten caught," he simply said.
"I asked you if you ever had a girlfriend! What's funny about that?"
Natsu was quiet for a few moments. "Natsu?" Lucy asked softly, to check if he was still on the line.
"It's just that everyone already assumes that I never had one. It felt strange to be asked."
"Oh." Lucy breathed. "So have you?"
"Have I what?"
"Had a girlfriend."
Natsu chuckled, "Nah. And you? Have you ever had a boyfriend?"
"Nope," Lucy grinned.
"I never saw a point in that couple stuff," he sounded sheepish. "Never interested me."
"Oh," Lucy felt oddly disappointed.
"So how was the rest of the day without having me to text?"
"Boring," Lucy admitted.
Natsu laughed, "Well that's a given."
"Don't be so full of yourself," Lucy smirked.
"My day was boring without you too," he said so causally, making Lucy's stomach fluttered.
After a few minutes, Lucy said, "I got asked out."
"Huh?" Natsu sounded thrown off.
"Some guy asked me out on a date," she explained. "He kind of reminded me of a lion. He had this mane of orangey, red hair and it spiked up like cat ears."
"Sounds like a weirdo," Natsu whistled.
"Yeah," she giggled. "He was very smooth though. Like his way of talking."
"Was he?" Natsu sounded disinterested, but Lucy continued on.
"Mhmm. He told that I'm the most beautiful girl he has ever laid eyes on."
"He should get his eyes checked," Natsu teased.
"Hey!" Lucy pouted.
Natsu laughed so Lucy continued, "He asked me out to some restaurant."
"Are you going?" Natsu asked, his tone sounded oddly stiff.
"Maybeee," Lucy giggled.
"You are?" He sounded urgent.
"Would that bother you?" Her heart was fluttering.
"No," Natsu said flatly. "Why would it?"
Lucy's heart sank, "I rejected him."
"Probably for the best," Natsu said lethargically. "I mean once he figures out what a weirdo you are…" he trailed off.
"HEY!" Lucy snapped. "You're not being nice."
Natsu chuckled in response.
"Ahh," Lucy sighed. "Finally home!" The walk had went by pretty fast, having Natsu as company.
"Me too," Natsu said.
"I can't wait for break," Lucy said. "I'm so sick of school and homework."
"Same," he sighed. "What are you going to do for Christmas?"
"Well Christmas is the one and only day a year where my father doesn't work so I'm going to spend it with him. And it's great because I get his full, undivided attention."
"That sounds nice," he said.
"What about you?"
"Gonna spend it at the guild, like I do every year."
"The guild?" Lucy inquired, as she checked her mail box.
"Oh! That's what we call Fairy Tail," Natsu explained.
"Oh, well that sounds fun!"
"Yeah," Natsu sounded happy. "It's really great actually. All my friends are there and we open presents together and there's tons of food!"
Lucy's eyes scanned through the envelopes. "Well of course you're excited over food. What the?"
"What is it?"
Lucy was holding a particularly fancy envelope with a scripted 'H' on it, "Oh nothing. My father sent me a letter."
She put Natsu on speaker phone so that she could open the letter. Her face scrunched up as she began to read it.
To My Lovely Daughter,
I regret to inform you, Lucy, that I will not be able to celebrate Christmas with you. I will be away on business that week and will not be back in time.
My most sincerest of apologizes,
Jude Heartfilia
Lucy gasped, "I don't believe this…" She said to herself.
"What does it say?" Natsu asked. Lucy nearly screamed. She forgot she was on the phone with him.
"My father won't be home for Christmas," she said, her voice was full of disbelief.
"What?!" Natsu sounded shocked. "Why not?"
"He has a business trip," she said, her voice was now devoid of emotion.
"How can he do this to you?" Natsu growled.
Lucy felt numb, "Ehh, it's whatever. Look I'm gonna go. I have a lot of…umm homework to do."
"Wait," he said, but Lucy had already hung up.
Her eyes were streaming.
XOXOX
Natsu found himself sulking again. He felt bad for Lucy. He knew she was hurting and there was nothing he could do about it. He tried texting her after she hung up, but she never responded.
"What's with the long face, Natsu?" Mirajane asked as she refilled his cup of water.
"Nothin'," he sighed.
"C'mon, Natsu," Lisanna was now next to him. "It's not healthy to keep things bottled up."
Natsu shrugged, but didn't answer.
Mira and Lisanna shared a look, both girls frowning.
"What's with the pathetic face, Salamander?" A rough voice asked. Natsu glared at Gajeel, who was now sitting next to him. "Didn't think it was possible for you to look more pathetic than usual."
Instead of snapping back, Natsu gave Gajeel a devilish grin, "Hey, Gajeel, so when's that date you're going?" He asked loudly enough so that the whole guild could hear.
"WH-WHAT?" Gajeel stammered. "I don't have a date!"
Natsu raised a brow, "That's not what I heard."
"And what did you hear?" Gajeel growled.
"That you have a date," Natsu smirked.
People were murmuring, "Gajeel has a date?!"
Gajeel looked away to hide his blush.
"Is it with that cute blue haired girl, Gajeel?" Mirajane asked.
"I don't have a date," Gajeel denied. "We're just hanging out."
"Okay," Mirajane winked at him.
Gajeel's face burned even brighter.
Natsu was about to tease him some more, when suddenly Loke burst into the bar, looking very distraught.
"What's up with you?" Cana asked, clutching her barrel of booze.
"I got…I got…" His face looked pained. "I got…rejected!"
Cana burst out laughing, "Looks like there's a first for everything."
"What happened?" Gray walked over to Loke.
"Well I was waiting outside of Mavis Academy," he said. "You know, the all-girls school because those girls are deprived of male attention so they are perfect candidates to hit on…"
"You're such a freak," Gray scuffed. "But also a genius."
"I know I am," Loke smiled proudly. "But anyway, I saw this beautiful, busty blonde walking all by herself, so of course I approached her and did my best to charm her."
"And?" Cana asked.
"She wasn't interested at all," Loke cried. "How is that even possible?"
Cana and Gray laughed, "Looks like not all girls like a flirt."
Natsu intently listened to Loke's story. Why did it sound so familiar, he wondered. He rubbed his chin.
"And her name," Loke sighed. "The most beautiful name I ever had the pleasure of hearing. Lucy."
"LUCY?" Gray sputtered.
Loke, Cana, and Natsu shot Gray a puzzling look. Loke asked, "What? Do you know her or something?"
"Possibly," Gray rubbed his head.
Natsu felt like he had this strange puzzle in front of him. Loke's story, the name Lucy? And Gray knows her?
Why did the name sound familiar?
Just then, his phone buzzed from a text message, "It's not a big deal, Natsu. My father's job is very important to him is all."
Suddenly Lweirdo's story flashed into his head. Natsu had tried to block it out because it irritated him for some reason. But now here it was, replying in his head, A orangey, red head…and she rejected him…OH!
"LOKE!" Natsu called. "I want to go with you to that school tomorrow."
Loke blinked and so did Gray and Cana. "What? Why?"
"Because…" Natsu's face flared up a bit.
Loke smirked, "Ooh, could it be Natsu is finally interested in the opposite sex?"
Gray grinned, "I doubt it."
Cana blinked, "I thought he already had a girlfriend?"
"SHUT UP!" Natsu growled before running outside of the noisy guild.
His phone was dialing a certain someone's number.
"Natsu," she moaned. "I can't talk right now. I have homework to do."
"That can wait, Lucy." Natsu grinned.
This is going to be fun, he chuckled.
Eep! I wonder what's going to happen next ;)
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