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Here's Chapter 8. Enjoy :D
Lucy was about to start working on her novel when all of a sudden there was a knock at the door. "I thought I told him I didn't want to talk about this right now" she said to no one as she walked to the door. "Gray I thought I told you I didn-" As the blonde opened the door she realized it wasn't Gray standing in front of me.
"Luuucy" Happy chimed as he flew towards the celestial wizard and hugged her. "Hi Happy" she happily greeted patting his head. "What are you doing here?" she asked looking down at him. "I came with Natsu?" Happy replied "Are you feeling better?"
Hearing that the blonde stepped in the door way and looked around but Natsu was no where in site. "Where is he Happy? I don't see him."
Suddenly a shadowed figure appeared behind her. Sneaking up closer and closer the figure made sure to keep their foot steps light and quiet and they approached the blondes back. When they got close enough to her making the scariest and loudest noise they could think of they placed their hands swiftly on the blondes shoulders causing her to jolt in shock and surprise as she let out a loud scream.
As she quickly turned around she stared wide eyed at the fire mage who was now laughing hysterically at the blondes reaction to his prank. "Geez Natsu" the blonde said in an angry tone as she stared daggers at the pink haired male. "What's the matter with you?"
After wiping away a small tear from his eye Natsu's laughter finally calmed down enough for him to speak "See Happy I told you it would work" the dragon slayer said with a wide grin on his face to the blue feline now standing next to him. "Yeah but Natsu... when you scared her she squeezed me so hard I thought I was going to die" Happy said with tears in his eyes. "Oh don't be so dramatic Happy I told you scaring her would help her get ride of her cold and I was right."
"Wait! wait! wait!" Lucy said interrupting their argument and making them put their attention on her. Hearing their argument caused her anger to subside and was now replaced with confusion. "What are you talking about scaring me helped get ride of my cold? When was I even sick?"
"When we were at the guild hall we saw Levy come back from the job you two went on but you weren't with her" Happy started explaining."
~Flashback~~Yesterday at the guild hall~
"Hey Natsu" Happy said while tapping the dragon slayers shoulder. "What's up?" Natsu asked now starring at his feline friend. Pointing his finger towards the guild hall entrance "I think Lucy's back from the job with Levy."
Moving his glance from the half eaten plate of food to where Happy was pointing. His eyes widened as he saw Jet and Droy walking in the door. He waited patiently for a minute or two for the girls to walk in but they never entered. Now feeling impatient Natsu abandoned his food and walked over to Jet and Droy.
"Hey Guys" Natsu greeted the two as they stood at the bar "Hey Natsu" the two simultaneously greeted. "Where's Lucy? Didn't she come back with you guys?" Natsu asked.
"Uh..." Droy said scratching the back of his head "She was outside talking to Levy. They said they would be here in a m-" his sentence was cut short but the script mage walking through the guild doors "There's Levy now."
Turning back towards the direction of the guild entrance Natsu saw the blue haired mage walking towards them. "Hey Levy! Where's Lucy?" Natsu asked. He was starting to feel like she was avoiding him.
The smile Levy had when she walked into the guild disappeared and her face looked calm and a bit sad "I'm sorry Natsu" she said apologetically "Lucy said she wasn't feeling well so she went home early."
"Yeah" Jet agreed "Hey Droy didn't Lucy look ill when she stopped suddenly in front of the guild hall". Nodding his head "You're right Jet she did look a little sick". Turning her attention from the guys back to Natsu she gently placed her hand on Natsu's arm "She should be better by tomorrow if you'd like to visit her then."
"No" Natsu said plainly shocking the script mage a bit "Come on Happy let's go visit Lucy and see how she's feeling." At that moment Levy knew she had to stop him. Lucy didn't want to see him yet and she told the blonde she would make sure of that. "B-But Natsu..." this cause the fire dragon slayer to stop mid-step and look back at her. "Lucy said she didn't want to see anyone because if she was getting sick she didn't want it to spread."
"I don't care" Natsu said with a grin "Lucy's my friend and whether I get sick or not doesn't matter. If Lucy is sick and needs something I will be there for her." Before Levy could say anything else Natsu was gone. I'm sorry Lucy the script mage thought I know you told me you didn't want to see him today but it looks like you have no choice With that Levy went to the bar to talk to Mira.
~End Flashback~
"So how did you get the idea to scare me?" the celestial spirit mage asked still confused as to why he felt the need to almost scare her to death. "Well you see..." Natsu started explaining "when Levy told me you weren't feeling well I remembered something about if you scare someone it gets ride of their cold. Happy and I had came over last night but you were already asleep so here we are."
After removing the palm of her hand from her face she looked at the pink haired male "Natsu...that's hiccups."
"What?" Natsu asked feeling a bit confused "What are you talking about?" Letting out a deep sigh Lucy explained, "You scare someone to get ride of their hiccups. It doesn't work for someone who's sick and the other day I wasn't sick I just wasn't feeling well."
"See Natsu I told you scaring Lucy wasn't a way to make her feel better" Happy said in an i told you so tone. "No you didn't" Natsu tried to argue.
As the two started their argument the blonde couldn't help but stare lovingly at the duo. Even though she was practically almost scared to death the intentions of the fire wizard were meant to be helpful. It was funny how her emotions quickly changed from anger to confusion to... well happyness. It was something about those two that she could never stay mad at them no matter what they did whether it be being goofy or being reckless on a job at the end of the day she felt happy.
Noticing the blondes stares the two stopped their arguing and walked over to her. "You ok Luce? You don't look well." Salamander said while placing a hand on Lucy's forehead. The sudden close contact and the warmth of Natsu's hand caused the blonde to blush suddenly.
"Yeah the look you had just a minute ago looked disgusting. Like you were gonna puke." It's funny how Happy always found some way to push that certain button that made the celestial wizard want to hit him. "I'm fine" she said in a some what angry tone. After letting a sigh she continued speaking, "So Natsu... besides coming here and scaring me half to death why are you here?" She asked as she sat down on the couch. "Uhh...well you see...I needed to talk to you about something." It seemed like he was having trouble finding the right words when suddenly he leaned in to Happy and whispered something into his ear.
Suddenly Happy pulled his ear away and blurted out, "But why?" It seemed whatever Natsu whispered to him he wasn't to pleased about. "Because I said so" the dragon slayer said in a sort of hushed tone while gritting his teeth causing the cat to frown "But I want to hang out with Lucy too" the blue cat practically in tears. Closing in the distance so he could whisper into his ear again. Natsu said a few more words to Happy suddenly making him cheer up and nod his head.
While that occurred Lucy could only sit there in confusion. "Ok Lucy I'll be back later" Happy cheerfully announced causing the blonde to be a bit taken back "B-But you just got here". "I know but I forgot I needed to go to the guild and talk to Charle about something."
"O...kay" the blonde barely having anytime to respond before the cat had flown out of the still open window. I wonder what that was about
"Luce" Natsu said in somewhat of a whisper. Lucy had been so preoccupied with Happys sudden departure she had failed to notice the Dragon slayer take a seat next to her on the couch. "I want to talk to you...about the letter." This made the celestial spirits eyes widen as she now froze in her seat. The letter wasn't long but what she had written in the letter she had hoped would never be brought up. "W-What about it?" The tone of her voice now sounded nervous. "Why are you jealous of Lisanna?" It was never like Natsu to beat around the bush about anything.
Once he asked that the blonde didn't say anything in her mind she was trying to find the right words to answer his question. However, to Natsu it seemed like she didn't want to answer. "Luce I need to know" his voice now sounded impatient but at the same time it held pain and sadness "Did I do something to make you think my friendship with Lisanna means more to me then the bond we share?"
In a sort of whisper she answered "Natsu you haven't done anything. It's just..." letting out a soft sigh she continued "I'm so grateful for everyone at Fairy Tail everyone in the guild is like my family. But Gray, Erza, Happy and especially you Natsu y'all mean so much more to me. You were the person to help me get into Fairy Tail without you I wouldn't have any of this. But I know that your friendship with Lisanna started long before I came along so I know I can't compete with the bond you guys share."
"You're wrong" turning their gaze toward each other Natsu swiftly captured Lucy's hands and held them in his "Luce it's true that Lisanna and I have been friends longer but we've been through so much in the short amount of time that you've been in the the guild. The friendship I have with you means just as much if not more."
Hearing that brought a feeling of happiness to Lucy "Natsu" she spoke in a caring tone as her eyes now filled with tears.
~Back at the guild hall~ ~With Gray and Erza~
"I see... so you kissed Lucy" Erza said in a stern but calm voice. When the scarlet hair female grabbed hold of him a few minutes earlier and forced him to tell her of all the events that occurred while he was gone he didn't know whether or not he should be terrified by how extremely calm she was about it. "Yeah but after she broke the kiss she started freaking out."
"So are you going to talk to her about it?" Gray raised an eye brow at that question "I will only bring it up if she does. I don't need to make things more awkward then they already are."
"Don't you think you should talk to her about it or have you not figured out your own feelings yet?" Gray just shot her a confused look. "You're such an idiot. I don't know why you keep denying it but until you figure it out for yourself I can't help you anymore."
What Erza didn't know was Gray was well aware but he had a slight suspicion that the kiss wasn't meant for him and that made his heart ache but he decided to push that thought out of his head. He didn't want to admit his feelings to anyone because if it was said out loud then he knew the words could never be taken back. Once they were said out loud he didn't know if he would be able to control them as well as he has been. In some ways he wishes that he had never known that Lucy might have feelings for him. If he had never listened to Natsu read that stupid letter if he had only made him stop before had then the feelings that he has now would have never surfaced.
All he could do now was go home and think about things. He didn't want to take a job because even though going on a job right now would distract him for a little while he just didn't feel like it. He would go and visit Lucy tomorrow and hopefully things wouldn't be to weird she was still his friend after all.
~At the bar with Lisanna and Levy~
"Levy can I ask you something?" Lisanna asked as Levy took a seat at the bar. "Yeah you can ask me anything." Levy cheerfully replied "Well ever since Lucy dropped by the guild Mira has been going on and on to me about it. She's been so excited that Lucy likes someone but since she didn't name names I was wondering if you knew who it might be?" For a minute Levy sat there in silence she didn't want to put Lucy's business out there for everyone to know but she was sure if she asked Lisanna wouldn't tell anyone.
"Um... well... you see" Levy was still trying to find a way to tell her she couldn't but Lisanna cut her off "Pleeeeease Levy" the youngest take over wizard begged "I promise I won't tell."
Letting out a sigh in defeat "Fine but you can't tell anyone ok? This is strictly between us." As Lisanna's eyes lit up she nodded her head waiting her the script mage to continue. "It's Natsu." For a split second the sparkle in Lisanna's eye's disappeared and before Levy could realize her face held a bit of jealousy but she quickly masked that with excitement. "So what's she going to do? Is she going to tell him?" Lisanna asked faking the excitement in her voice. "Yeah I think she's going to tell him Monday." After saying her good byes Lisanna got up and left the guild hall.
~Later that night at Lucy's house~
It was around 10:30 at night when there was a knock on her door. Letting out an annoyed sigh the celestial wizard lazily got out of bed and dragged herself towards the door. After reaching the door and turning the knob she was surprised at who her late night visitor was "Gray?" he voice sounding a tad raspy as she rubbed her eyes to make sure she was seeing right "What are you doing here?"
"I'm sorry for waking you but I couldn't sleep. I needed to get get a few things off of my chest." the Ice make mage explained. "Uh...ok. Do you want to come in?" Lucy asked.
"No" he replied while shaking his head "I wont be here long I just needed to get what I wanted to say off my chest and then I'll be going."
"Ok... so what did you want to tell me?" She was hoping that it had nothing to do with what had happened between them earlier. "Well for one thing I just wanted to tell you that about the kiss earlier..." Crap! she said mentally kicking herself I really don't want to talk about this right now "If it's just going to make things weird between us then I promise I won't bring it up until you are ready to talk about it."
Hearing his words she let out a soft sigh of relief "However..." She paused and she awaited what else he wanted to say. Whatever it was it seemed to be bothering him a bit more like he was hesitant about saying it. "I want to tell you something but I'm just not ready to say it in words yet so... I'm just going to let my actions speak for themselves."
As confusion took over her mind she just stood there as as Gray inched closer. Even though she felt like she should stop whatever he was about to do it was like she was frozen where she stood. Now only inches apart Gray wrapped one hand around the blondes small waist while he used his free hand to gently push back a strand of hair out of her face. Without a second of hesitation Gray gently pressed his lips to hers. As Lucy stood wide eyed in surprise Gray tried his best to pour his feelings into the kiss.
After breaking the kiss he didn't say anything else he just turned and headed back home. As her gaze followed him as he walked away she couldn't help but press her fingers lightly over her lips. After he could no longer be seen Lucy closed the door behind her. However what the two had failed to notice was that someone was watching them from the shadows.
"How interesting" the shadowed figure said as they walked out from behind where they had hid a sinister smile appearing on their face as they walked away.
So who do you think the person in the shadows is? I hope everyone is enjoying my little fanfic and I would like to thank everyone for reviewing/following/ and favoriting my story.
On a side note I would like to apoligize for the cliff hanger because I will be moving soon my internet will be getting cut off within the next few days so even though I will be working on the next chapter I won't be able to upload it for a while. I can't say for sure when it will be back up but when it does the first thing I do will be to upload the chapter/s for everyone.