WOW! This is actually the sixth chapter! Much longer than I had originally planned when I started this, I figured I would just write a couple chapters and not have anything happen but now look at it! I finally finished my homework so here is the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I think you all get it by now...
The festival was today and everyone rushed around the cafe busily. Everyone was making sure every little detail was perfect. The prize for the drinking contest was decided only a few days ago and it now sat proudly in it's place getting ready to be won. Four torches stood around a small platform for Natsu to play with fire and another, larger, platform sat somewhere else for the fighting demonstrations. When it was only 2 hours before the festival started, Lucy sat down with everyone to go over their schedule and duties one last time.
Duties:
Natsu: flame demonstrations and bar tending
Loke: Assistant bar tender
Gray, Bickslow, Gajeel: Fighting (resting when not fighting)
Cana: Manager of 'spontaneous' drinking competition
Lucy: DJ
Everyone else: Waiters/Waitresses
Schedule:
1:30 start
2:30 flame demonstration
4:00 Fighting demonstration
4:27 Cana starts drinking competition
5:30 one more flame demonstration
7:00 one more fighting competition
8:00 end
"Every one ready?" Every person confirmed from their various posts around the cafe. Lucy unlocked the doors and let the people outside in. The festival was a great success. Many people stayed for the whole thing and the cafe made a huge profit from their food and drinks. Many people were awed as Natsu twirled the torches around him and did multiple tricks before 'eating' the fire from one torch and then, after filling his mouth with alcohol, blew it out over the other torch to give the impression of him breathing fire. There were many compliments on the realistic fighting and beautiful show of martial arts. Cana ground everyone else into the dirt at the competition and proudly carried her prize as everyone walked home. Cana looked once more at the expensive wine in her hand and was saddened when she couldn't drink it because she didn't have a way to get the cork out. Everyone chatted excitedly about the festival and were surprised when they looked ahead to see they had arrived at their dorms already. They said their good nights and went their separate ways. Natsu and Gray walked into their dorm together and Gray grabbed Natsu around the stomach from behind the moment the door closed behind them. "G-Gray?..." "I love you, I really do." Natsu smiled as his checks turned slightly pink. "I love you too." Gray smiled at that and then picked Natsu up like a princess, carrying him off to bed where they fell asleep.
The next day was Natsu's birthday and, knowing his friends, Gray wouldn't get his boyfriend to himself for the day. That's why he decided to wake up early and make the most of the little time he did have. Natsu awoke to Gray saying his name. "Gray, good morning. What time is it?" He then gasped in surprise when he found himself laying on his back with Gray above him. The raven smiled mischievously, "Happy birthday." Leaning down, Gray kissed the other boy passionately. He then started kissing the pink haired boy on the neck making him shiver. Gray smiled against the exposed skin. The two boys continued to kiss for a while until someone knocked on the door to the dorm. Gray sighed discontentedly, knowing his time with Natsu was over. He got up and answered the door. Lucy, Levi, Gajeel, Loke, and everyone else from the group came charging in. Lucy held a cake, Loke had the candles and a lighter, Gajeel brought a variety of chips, Cana had more than enough beer to get everyone drunk, Levi had the balloons, Jet and Droy carried a huge present wrapped in blue paper, Bickslow and Lisanna had more streamers than necessary along with little poppers, Laxus was the last to walk in and he had with him a radio and more CD's than could be counted. Natsu walked out to see what all the noise was and he found everyone getting ready for a party. He didn't think something like this so he was so happy to see everyone surprising him with a party. "NATSU! What happened to your neck?" Gray immediately turned pink and inched away from the blonde as Natsu turned even more pink and tried to hide his face. Lucy noticed the two boys blushing and put two and two together. She smirked and walked slowly towards Natsu. "Have a little birthday fun this morning? Gray, I swear to god if you went any further than giving him that mark I will personally kill you. Natsu must remain innocent!" Lucy grabbed Natsu and pulled him into a tight embrace. "L-Luce!" Lucy smiled, "Just kidding! I wouldn't kill you, not enough satisfaction cause it'd also hurt Natsu." Gray sweat dropped. "Luce! Don't scare Gray!" Lucy turned to the boy still in her embrace and she let go of him slowly. "He didn't go further, right?" Natsu blushed and nodded. "Good." With Lucy satisfied at seeing her two embarrassed friends, and even more happy that she scared Gray enough to be able to keep him in his place, she announced that the party would now commence. Everyone had fun until about 5:30. Natsu and Gray held hands as they walked to their favorite cafe with their friends. Business had started to pick up there already and everyone was overjoyed to see that it had. Dinner was loud and filled with excited voices and everyone was happy and content with their lives, hoping it would never end.
Lucy and Loke were in Loke's dorm and kissing each other sweetly until Loke's roommate came bargin in on Lucy sitting on her boyfriend's lap and their tongues in each others mouths. Scorpio rolled his eyes and walked past the couple who just noticed his arrival. "S-Scorpio, I was just um..." "Having fun with your girlfriend, ya I get it." Scorpio laughed at the two blushing blondes. He just walked into his room and slept. Lucy turned back to her boyfriend to see him looking at her strangely. "Loke?" His smile made her nervous. "Come on princess, lets go to bed." He then picked her up princess style and went into the other bedroom. Lucy and Loke fell asleep, smiles on their faces. All through the dorms, nearly everyone in 'the group' was with the one they loved (poor forever alone Jet and Droy are the only single ones...). Levi and Gajeel were snuggling on the couch together at Levi's dorm, Laxus confessed his love to Cana and found her feelings mutual, Bickslow and Lisanna were talking at the dinning room table in Bickslow's dorm as they ate ice cream, and Natsu and Gray were kissing on Gray's bed. Life was perfect and they were all content (except Droy and Jet, wish I knew the perfect person for each of them but I don't so they are lonely... I will change that later even if I have to introduce OCs).
Ok people, enjoy this chapter because the next one is the last. It will be a nice happy epilogue about everyone after college and I will try to make it a more satisfying ending than the one for this chapter cause I'm not happy with just leaving this as the end. Thank you everyone for reading and it makes me happy that people read what I write.
