Chap 7. Sorry a bit late. Summer class, pfft -.-
This chapter is a bit serious.
Sorry if ever you see mistakes.
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2:00 am on the clock, and it seems like the Dragon Slayer couldn't sleep.
Something was bothering him. He couldn't keep still and always had to change his position in bed. One minute he would be lying on his back, and then later on he'd be upside down, and in a few minutes he'd be on his side. He would mumble something from time to time.
What the hell is wrong with this brat?
Natsu wasn't aware that he was keeping Gray awake. He couldn't sleep from the noises Natsu's bed would make whenever he vigorously moves and the mumbling noise he makes annoys him. Natsu, on the other side, was too troubled about something to even notice Gray was staring at him the whole time, observing his actions.
Why would it not be possible? Is there something wrong with me? It seems that the thing that has been troubling him was Lucy's answer in the question she had earlier that day.
Weird Lucy. He pouted, whispering to himself something about Lucy not having good taste when it comes to love and Lucy being mean and Lucy not considering his feelings and Lucy… breaking his heart. He had on a infantile look. It was like the kind of face you would get from a foolish kid when you take away his lollipop or something like that.
Gray tried his best to understand what Natsu was mumbling about, but he couldn't even hear a clear word. I've never seen him like this. He thought.
Yea sure, they may treat each other like rivals most of the time, however they still believe and look at each other as a friend. Maybe it's their pride that kept them from treating each other like one, but that's just how they are.
For a few moments, Natsu actually behaved.
Finally. The ice mage thought.
Soon enough Grey felt drowsy, and his eyes started to close.
He was very near to falling asleep.
But…Natsu realized something as he laid still.
I love it when you look at me with those chocolate brown eyes, and the way it gives me chills. He chuckled a bit
I love it when you keep on nagging me..when you yell at me because of destroying something or annoying you.. He grinned. I love it when we go to missions together, when I would come to your rescue when you least expect it and you would thank me for it. I love sneaking on your bed in the middle of the night. I love being with you, every single time.
Natsu's grin turned into a determined look.
I love you Luce, and there's no way I'm givin' that up just because of that stupid question.
He felt his heart raised, tension was building up in him. There's no way I would let anybody else take you from me!…
"ABSOLUTELY NO WAY!" Natsu unconsciously sat up and yelled.
Gray's eyes opened.
"Damn it! Can't you just let a man have a rest?" He finally had it with his noise. He robustly threw his pillow over to him.
Natsu's eyes widened before the pillow caught his face. He stumbled down to the floor, as if the thing was made of stone. He slowly crawled up from the ground, wearing an evil glare. He had pillow on his hands.
"Jerk!" He jumped to Gray and started hitting him ferociously with the pillow.
"How dare you hit me!"
"You kept me up all night freak!" Gray managed to kick Natsu on the face, leading to the salamander's meltdown.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Natsu once again attacked him.
They fought for hours, until they at last fell asleep.
-x-
Just a few hours passed.
"Morning~" Happy yawned while standing up.
"Eh?" he paused, with his paws still on the air from yawning.
He saw Natsu and Gray sleeping on the same bed with an odd position. Natsu had a foot on Gray's face while embracing Gray's right leg. While Gray had his left leg around Natsu's body. One of his arms was on his butt.
Happy eventually held his mouth, trying his best not to laugh. He reached for his camera with a paw, the other was kept on his mouth.
*CLICK*
I bet Mira'jane would love this! He chuckled while hugging the picture.
-x-
Room 503
"LUCY!"
A raucous yell woke Lucy. She immediately stood up and went to whoever was calling her.
Ugh my head hurts. She rubbed her temples as she headed to the kitchen.
"Yes Erza? She found Erza cooking up something in the kitchen.
Erza looked to her. "Wake up."
"I'm awake" Lucy said with a silly face.
Erza was silent for a moment, searching for the right words to ask Lucy about what she saw yesterday.
"So" she started "How was your day yesterday?"
Lucy's brows rose, she thought of it as awkward for Erza to be asking her stuff like that, especially early in the morning. Wait. She cocked her head a bit, pointing a finger on her lower lip. What did I do yesterday?
"I..can't remember" she worriedly replied
Erza looked at her suspiciously."Did something happe-"
*BAM*
The forcefully opened door caught Erza and Lucy's attention. They looked to its direction and saw the three mages.
"Aye Lucy! Erza!" Happy greeted
"Sorry to disturb you, we just wanted breakfast."
The rivals behind him were busy doing their everyday routine- fighting that is.
"I can't believe I fell asleep beside you!"
"Get over it! It was your fault in the first place"
"My Fault? You were the one who threw the pillow, dumbass!"
"Who you calling dumbass?"
Erza took hold of the pan she was cooking on and swung it directly to the fighting mages' direction.
*thud* both fell on the ground.
"Eh..wasn't that our breakfast?" Lucy pointed to the scrambled egg now scattered on the floor.
"We'll eat in the restaurant, let's go." Erza walked, not avoiding stepping on the two on the ground.
Ouch..
-x-
At the restaurant..
Natsu was eating like there was no tomorrow, chewing harshly, bite after bite. Chunks of what he was chewing on were even flying ovet to Erza's plate, who sat beside him.
"Slow down, Natsu." Erza said, trying to remain calm.
She looked over to the other side of the table and saw Lucy, who barely even touched her plate.
"Something wrong Lucy?"
"N-nothing" Lucy responded while playing with the utensils "It's just that I really can't remember what happened yesterday."
Gray's sweat dropped and his eyes widened. Erza noticed it and snatched a glare on him.
"All that I remember was being with Gray..at the bar" Lucy added,looking over to Gray
The ice mage choked a bit.
Erza stared threateningly at Gray. Natsu and Happy kept eating. Natsu pretended he didn't hear anything and Happy, well Happy really didn't hear.
"I think I drank too much." Lucy continued.
Erza stomped the table with her fists. "You let Lucy get drunk?" She pointed a finger to Gray
"Then what happened?" She asked, still pointing a finger to him.
Lucy was just watching, apparently shocked at Erza's reaction.
Gray gasped, he was about to explain everything when a group of girls entered the restaurant. It's them. His eyes grew wider and he felt his knees shiver.
"Hey look, it's the guy and the girl we saw." A nosey girl pointed a finger over to Gray and Lucy.
"Oh yea, the ones who were making love in the bathroom." Another whispered.
Erza twitched after hearing. Making love in the bathroom? Apparently, she thought her question to Gray has been answered.
She felt her blood rushed to her face. Just when she thinks it could not go worse than this, a worker on the resort walked over to Gray. "Sir, You left this in the girl's bathroom yesterday." He handed a shirt to him.
Erza stood up and took a tight grip on the table's edge. "C-calm down.." Lucy tried stopping her. She growled before flipping the table over to Gray.
"What the hell did you two do?"
"E-erza" Happy stuttered after seeing quite a scene, he had no idea what was going on. All he knew was that the fish he was eating suddenly flew along with the table. All of the people in the restaurant saw what she did. They frozed in their position, including Natsu, who's heard everything they were talking about. He tried to remain calm, hiding his face behind his hair as he faced down.
"N-nothing! I swear! " Gray replied. The impact of the table brought him to the ground.
What's going on? Lucy thought as she watched.
"You know exactly how he feels about Lucy!"
Who are they talking about?
"They're just bestfriends!"
Bestfriend? Lucy suddenly turned her head to Natsu. He still had his face down, "N-natsu what are they talking about?" She finally spoke up.
Natsu stood up and made his face visible. Shockingly, he had on a huge smile.
"Hey Erza, is that why you're so mad at this dumbass?" he pointed Gray.
Erza stood there and observed his actions; she was expecting him being mad. Gray was too.
"AHAHAHA!" surprisingly, Natsu blurted out a laugh.
"What's so funny?" Gray and Erza looked at him, Lucy and Happy did as well.
"I don't like Lucy!" He continued his snicker
"We're nothing more than friends." said Natsu, emphasizing the word 'nothing'. He wiped off the small tear on the edge of his eyes which he got from laughing so hard.
Erza stared at him, dazed by what he said. "Is that so?"
He nodded, never letting go of the grin on his face. "Right, Luce?"
Lucy didn't answer, she couldn't. She felt her body tremble as she sat there. His words echoing in her mind..Nothing more than friends. Of course she knew that, but it's a whole lot different hearing it directly from Natsu. It felt a lot crueler.
"It's not possible for best friends to become lovers." Said Natsu as he evoked what Lucy previously said.
He walked over to Gray, wiping off the grin on his face. He offered a hand down to him.
Gray happily took it. "Thanks man"
Erza remained in her place, still having difficulties processing in her mind what ever has happened.
"Lucy! Are you alright?" Happy asked after noticing she was quiet.
Lucy snapped out of her thoughts, and came to her senses. "Yes" She smiled.
"Hehehehehe" Erza suddenly burst out laughing. She had finally finished analyzing what'd just happened.
"It seems that I've overacted, forgive me." She apologizes to Gray.
-x-
A few hours after the incident at the restaurant…
Lucy decided to take a walk along the beach, alone. But she never accomplished that since Gray demanded to come with her.
"I just wanted to explain what happened a while ago" the ice mage explained.
"Go ahead."
Gray told her about the incident in the bathroom, and how people thought they did 'that' in there. He also mentioned about Erza thinking that Natsu likes her.
"and that's why.." He ended
"I see."
"But I haven't told them that we really didn't make love." Gray scratched the back of his head while sheepishly grinning.
"Wh-why?"
"I forgot." He reasoned. "But don't worry I'll tell them later, also to Natsu."
After hearing Natsu's name something came up to Lucy's mind."You know what, I'll do it." she demanded.
She thought about what Natsu told her earlier. She felt so upset and at the same time mad at him. I wish I've never met him. She thought. What ever did I see in him that made me love him? She wanted to get him back for breaking her heart. She decided not to tell Natsu that nothing really happened to Gray and her. She wasn't sure why. It wasn't like he's going to jealous; after all they're just friends.
-x-
Room 503
Natsu was on the tub, having a relaxing bath after such an incident.
Luce and Gray huh. A bitter smile formed in his lips.
He couldn't help but imagine what may have happened between them. I bet he liked it. He gritted his teeth at the thought. Lucy, why would you be drunk with him inside the bathroom? "Damn it!" He punched the water with his fist. You knew better than that! Unless you intentionally did it? He felt his eyes twitch. All this time, I should've known you liked him. The water started to boil as his body temperature increased. And I thought I had a chance. He laughed at himself, the same way he did earlier.
A while ago, you may have thought how he managed to laugh like that in such a situation. Well, that moment he thought how stupid he was, thinking that he may have a chance on Lucy, and then it became easy for him to burst out laughing, he was laughing at his own dim-witted self anyway.
To think that I couldn't sleep last night because of you? He face-palmed.
Ta-da! drama much huh /:
Sorry if you weren't expecting this. But really i hope u liked it.
So..Will Lucy and Natsu become BITTER to each other? What will happen to their friendship?
Wait for the upcoming chapters!
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