C/N: Blarrrgggg, I'm laaaaaazzzzyyyyyy, damn school and the education system of my school. What third years get geometry, trigonometry, physics and chemistry all year round? And because I'm lazy and tired, this chapter may or may not reach your expectations. And I'm very, very sorry to have got you hopes up. And I'm also sorry for rambling. ._.
I am a lonely, schizophrenic girl.
In any case, happy readings, kittens.
Loke and Lucy had climbed into a car and had been driving for about half an hour. They were silent the whole ride, but it was a comfortable silence; the type of silence that helped one to think.
"Aren't you curious as to where we're going?" Loke asked, looking at Lucy from the corner of his eyes.
"Hey, keep your eyes on the road, Loke." She scolded as Loke chuckled, training his eyes back onto the road.
"I'm curious." She answered, looking out the window. "But I've been through my fair share of dates, and each time I asked, they all said the same thing. 'It's a surprise.' or 'You'll find out when we get there. *wink*'. I'd ask, but what's the point?" She sighed and chuckled as she said this.
Loke, satisfied with the answer but unhappy with the type of answer, nodded curtly in response. Lucy didn't notice Loke's disdain in her answer, she took in the clean and fresh breeze of the area, and the simple, serene beauty of the scenery.
"How much longer?" She asked, her eye glittering in excitement.
"Just a bit longer," Loke smiled, chuckling as the blonde bounced in her seat in anticipation and how adorable she looked, sticking her head out the window to feel the breeze.
"Oh wow!" Lucy gushed, her eyes glittering. "Loke this is gorgeous!" She exclaimed, turning to him only briefly before looking back out the window.
Loke chuckled at his mistress. The sight was breathtaking, like they were in another world. They had entered a tunnel-like area, trees lining the side of the road. But the trees seemed to glow and shine in different colors, their leaves hanging down low, almost touching the grass laid ground. The trees, on closer observation, were wisteria trees of different colors, glittering and reflecting the sunlight.
"This is amazing, Loke!" Lucy cried, her eyes literally glittering as she watched the trees as they passed them.
"I'm glad you like the place, Lucy." Loke chuckled, his eyes never leaving the road. "We're almost there, by the way." He added, glancing quickly at the girl.
"You mean this isn't it?" Lucy asked, very much surprised. Loke laughed, he'd been doing that a lot.
"No, let's say this is the first part." He grinned at the girl. Lucy stared incredulously at the man then turned back out the window.
"Hmm, if there's something better than this." She said, inhaling the sweet smell of the wisteria.
"Of course there is, Lucy. Who do you think I am?" He chuckled, looking straight ahead, to the nearing light at the end of the tunnel-like road.
The road of wisteria was dim, the large trees covered the road, blocking most of the light. So, when the car passed the end of the wisteria road, Lucy was blinded; mostly because she had her head out the window. Shutting her eyes tight for a second, and shielding them from the sun with her hand, she opened one eye, then the other, to help them adjust to the brightness. When her eyes adjusted to the sudden light, her jaw dropped, her eyes widen.
"Oh gosh, Loke! The sea!" She cried, as her eyes fell on the clear blue waters meeting the pristine white beach coast. "Loke, it's so amazing!" She cried.
Loke laughed once more, maneuvering the car to the open lot, shaded by large clusters of trees, that served as the parking lot. "What did I tell you, Princess?" He winked at her as she sat back on the passenger seat.
"It's wonderful, Loke!" She exclaimed, bouncing with delight. Explains the clothes and extra stuff. She giggled to herself.
And why he looks like that. She added, glancing at the man beside her. Loke, not wearing his normal tailored suit, donned a pair of long casual grey slacks and a light blue polo. In ay case, Loke still looked handsome and gallant in his lack of formal clothing.
"Princess, I know I'm good-looking, but we should get going if we want to reach the beach before traffic." He winked at her, climbing out of the car. Lucy blushed, and hastily climbed out the vehicle as well. Lucy slammed the door shut and Loke draped his arm around her shoulder, smiling brightly at her. Lucy blushed and stuck her tongue at him, making him laugh.
"You are adorable, Lucy." He said, taking her handbag from her and carrying it himself.
"Loke! I can carry that." She cried, trying to grab the bag from him.
"It's ungentlemanly if I let you carry a bag when I don't, Lucy." He simply smiled at her, receiving a pout from her, but continued on toward the beach.
"Loke, come on, you scaredy cat!" Lucy yelled from the waters.
"No thanks, Princess!" He called back, returning back to the book he brought. Lucy mumbled something under her breath, shaking her head and laughing at Loke. Ridiculous feline brought her to the beach of all places, she thought. She walked near the shore, the water splashing against her knees. Lucy was ecstatic to swim, but wanted the right spot.
"Lucy?" A familiar voice called from the shore.
"Lisanna!" Lucy cried, running toward the platinum-haired girl.
"What are you doing here?" Lisanna smiled, hugging back the blonde.
"A date?" She asked, raising a brow.
"I should ask you the same question, Lisanna Strauss."
"Helping out in our shop."
Lucy arched her brows. "Which shop is that?"
The Strauss' had quite the number of shops, ranging from bars, small restaurants, souvenir shops and clothes stores. Lisanna Strauss, youngest sibling of Mirajane and Elfman Strauss. Like her siblings, had platinum hair and deep blue eyes.
"A rental, here." Lisanna pointed over her shoulder, pointing to further by the beach.
"Of?"
"Beach stuff."
"Seriously?" Lucy asked incredulously. This was a new. Lisanna giggled, noticing Lucy's look.
"Big sis didn't tell you? This one's new." She answered. Lucy chuckled then raised a brow testily at the girl.
"Have swim wear there?" She asked. Lisanna smirked.
"You never did answer my question, and I answered all yours, Lucy."
Lucy smiled to the girl. "If I told you, I'd never hear the end of it from your sister." She answered.
"I won't tell her," Lisanna answered back.
"Sure?" Lisanna vigorously nodded, a glint in her eyes, similar to Mirajane's.
"She's not here." Lisanna added. The blonde's sighed, and nodded. Lisanna gave a Mirajane-like squeal.
"Sting Eucliff?"
Lucy shook her head.
"The guy Gray's frienemies with?"
She shook her head again.
"Freed?" Lisanna asked.
"I wish," Lucy laughed.
The platinum-haired girl placed a finger under her lip in a thoughtful manner. Moments later, she snapped her fingers.
"The guy in the suit that came to school once, the one with spiky strawberry blonde with blue-tinted glasses." Lucy raised her brows; Lisanna described Loke really well. "Sis Mira told me. she wouldn't stop about it for the whole night, that time when Sting Eucliff came to school and asked for a date."
Lucy sighed. "Mirajane," She drawled, planting a hand on the upper right side of her face a she shook her head. Lisanna giggled.
"And we do have swim wear, gonna rent?" She asked, noticing Lucy's outfit.
"Yes, please." Lucy smiled. Nodding, Lisanna lead the way.
"How are you and Natsu going?" Lucy asked slyly. Lisanna blushed faintly.
"Fine," She answered. Lisanna and Natsu have been dating for a good 5 months. They would've gotten together faster if Natsu hadn't been such a stubborn ass; literally and metaphorically, in Lucy's opinion.
"He asked me to help in getting Happy a collar." She added. Lucy groaned; only Natsu would ask that kind of sort of date.
The two chatted about school, mostly the couples there, Mirajane had rubbed off on both of them, they both agreed.
"Here we are," Lisanna sang, gesturing to a large and moderately crowded hut. The shop, which the Strauss sibling conveniently named 'The Shack', was a made of bamboo tied with abaca rope, roofed with large, dry coconut leaves and big pointy leaves.
"Tourists call it 'nipa huts'. Indigenous houses from an eastern county." Lisanna trivia-ed. Lucy nodded in awe.
"Hey Lis!" A man called from the counter.
"Max," She greeted with a smile. "This is my friend, Lucy." She gestured to the blonde behind her.
"Hello," Lucy greeted. The man grinned and waved to the girl.
"Elfman said he'd be back later, said something about Evergreen and stuff." Max answered, sitting back into his chair. Lisanna sighed.
"Honestly, Big brother dotes on Evergreen too much." She clicked her tongue, walking to the swim wear section of their shop.
"At least they make a good couple," Lucy chimed, following the girl.
"I know, but still." Lisanna sighed.
"Give Mira some credit, Lisanna, she did get those two together. And they look great as a couple!" Lucy added, recalling the time Elfman professed his undying, unwavering, love for her, claiming that, confessing and having the girl of his dreams was 'manly.' Lisanna sighed as Lucy chuckled.
"Go on, choose your suit." Lisanna said, pushing the blonde into shelves full of one-pieces, bikinis, tankinis, and other swim wear. Lucy raised a brow then shrugged, moving through the spaces to look for the right one.
Ten minutes later, she found the best one. A white bikini top with a pink hibiscus flower design on the left breast and shorts-bottom with a pink ribbon belt with it. "This is prefect!" She exclaimed, checking herself through every angle. Lisanna nodded in agreement.
"You never did tell the guy's name," Lisanna said staring intently at the blonde.
"No one ever asked." She shrugged nonchalantly.
"What's his name?"
"Loke,"
"Loke..." She gestured with her hand to go on.
"Uh," Lucy stuttered, looking at the ground. "Leo." She blurted.
"Leo?" Lisanna repeated. Having no cover-up, she nodded vigorously. "Loke Leo." Lisanna said slowly, as if tasting the words for any wrongs.
"Odd name," She commented, looking at the blonde who smiled nervously. "Oh well," She shrugged, pushing Lucy out the store.
"Now shoo! Loke's probably out looking for you." She grinned. Lucy sighed. "Thanks Lisanna." She smiled at her friend before she got shoved through the door, waving Lisanna goodbye as she went back to their spot.
"Lucy!" Loke called. "Lucy, where are you?" He called again. The blonde man's been looking for the girl for at least fifteen minutes. She's worse than me sometimes. He sighed, facing the waters in case the blonde decided to pounce on him.
"Lu-cy!" He called again.
"Yes?" She answered from behind him.
"Lucy! Where've you been? I've looked everywhere for you. I thought something bad happened and- what are you wearing?" Lucy looked at herself and laughed.
"Swim wear?" She answered.
"What happened to what you wore before?" He asked. Lucy shrugged.
"I'm not so keen on swimming unless I'm wearing a bathing suit." She answered, pulling the stunned Loke toward the water. He frowned.
"Lucy, w- damn it!" Lucy laughed as Loke recoiled from the water.
"Loke," She gasped, doubling over in laughter. "Tha-t i-is rich." She managed between laughs. The two were mid-calf deep in water when Lucy splashed cold sea water at Loke, soaking him chest down to his abdomen. Loke made a face, as man as he was, he was called still the Lion, and had his ups and downs with the name. One of which was his distaste for most kinds of water.
Lucy was turning red from laugher, clutching her stomach from the laughter-induced pain. Smirking, Loke nearly tackled the girl, carrying her up bridal-style.
"Of course, Princess." He calmly said, running fast further to the water, throwing the girl into it. He laughed as hard as she did, as Lucy resurfaced with a string of seaweed on her nose. Grinning deviously, Lucy tackled him to the water.
"Oi!" He cried, standing up, completely drenched. Lucy laughed hard once more, making Loke grab her by the waist, tickling her to the ground.
"Oh grief, Loke!" She cried between splashing and laughing. "Loke! Loke, I'm dying! Murderer!" She cried as she tried to stop Loke from suffocating her to death.
"Not until you admit you love me, Princess!" He claimed, laughing at the blonde.
"Never!" She responded, lunging at him, making him fall to the sea ground.
The two were like that the whole morning, until lunch, were they ate together, rather sweetly, with Loke feeding Lucy and Lucy wiping flicks of crumbs from his face, then continued on playing, swimming and walking around the beach until sunset.
"That was so fun, Loke!" Lucy beamed. He grinned in return.
"I'm glad you had fun, Princess." He said as Lucy locked arms with him.
"Where to next?" She asked. Loke laughed, throwing her head back slightly.
"Take a guess, Lucy." He answered with a wide smile.
"'It's a surprise.'," She deepened her voice, trying to imitate his voice. Loke laughed again and Lucy grinned.
"How'd you guess?" He joked, opening the passenger seat for her. Lucy shrugged playfully, following his figure as he climbed into the driver seat.
"It'll be wonderful though," He smiled at her as he backed away from the parking lot, passing by the wisteria road once again.
"Anything's wonderful if I'm with you." She beamed at him, laughing at her own pick-up line.
"Good one, Lucy." He chuckled, glancing at her from the mirror. "How about this: Knock, knock,"
"Who's there?" She grinned.
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive you." He blew her a kiss, making her laugh.
Loke and Lucy, the two lovebirds, spent the entire trip exchanging cheesy jokes and sweet pick-up lines.
C/N: Part two shall come later, when I've the time. If any of you noticed, I add my own 'native' flair to this chapter, so you kittens ask about it. And the pick-up line and cheesy joke by the two, it's the mean here in my country. The cheesier, the better, we say! (I think.) The cornier, the funnier! XD
Aaaand, this is a belated birthday girl to me; I'm sixteen! :D It sucks, but yay! X3
(Added note as of December 6, 2014: Jesus Christ everything is so abhorrently cheesy, did I even write this.)
"We're all mad here."