Lucy had expected a very happily normal family dinner. And when her mother said we, Lucy didn't think it included Grandpa Acnologia, Igneel, Zeref and Natsu as well. Lucy knew Grandma Anna was close friends with Grandpa Acnologia and she too would occasionally see him over to dinner once in awhile as well but he had never brought the rest of his family along.
This moment made it so awkward for both Lucy and Natsu. Heck, Lucy couldn't even directly look at Natsu in the eye while Natsu couldn't stop glancing at Lucy every few seconds.
The food was delicious just like every time the family's head cook, Virgo had made. Everyone else at the table was happily chatting with each other, though they couldn't help but notice the strong tension between their youngest. born
As another awkward hour passed, they had finally finish dining and the maids and servants had taken their dirty dishes away in replace of dessert. And for the first time in the night, Lucy and Natsu had seemed to forgotten about everything that had occurred as they began devouring the Tiramisu Chocolate Pudding Lava with strawberry whip cream.
Now Lucy wasn't the brightest girl in class, nope, but she wasn't all that dense either. She knew her family was up to something as this particular delicious dessert only comes out when her family was announcing some sort of news that Lucy would dislike and it looks like it involved the Dragneels as well,, after all making her favourite dessert is a form of distracting the curious mind Lucy…...and it's working pretty well considering how Lucy had just forgotten her problems just like that.
And coincidentally enough, Natsu as well.
Lucy's POV
I am so going to go fat if I get another plate of this. Cure you Virgo for being such a Godsend. Honestly as long as I get this chocolate, I don't think anything can be that surprising.
"Alright everyone since we are now happily enjoying our dessert, I would like to address the matter as to why we are gathered here so that we may continue on eating until our hearts content!" Grandma Anna said as she happily clapped her hands together beside her chin with a slight tilt.
"Now then, as everyone is made aware, we would like Lucy and Natsu to be engaged, and there would be no objections, I assumed?"
Hold on, what did she say?
"I would like to discuss the engagement party date."
Engagement? Me? With Natsu? Am I hallucinating? Did Virgo put drugs in the pudding?
I had dropped my spoon onto the ground, making a loud 'thud' noise, which made Grandma Anna pause and everyone turned and looked at me. I must be dreaming, so I pinched myself on the arm.
Ouch.
I blinked once again and I was still in the same situation.
How is this not a dream?
"Is everything alright, Lucy?" Uncle Igneel had asked.
I must look like a deer caught in headlights. I could already imagine myself, eyes wide open in shock and my jaw hung into the air.
For a moment, I thought this was a joke. Then I remembered my dad was here. My dad never jokes.
So what did I do? Well, I did what every other graceful and composed lady would do.
I screamed.
"WHAT"
"I'm so sorry honey, I was going to inform you but I never found the time to do so." Layla had said with a slight frown as she grabbed her daughter's hand into her own.
Once Lucy had calm down a bit and wasn't screaming at the top of her lungs. They had managed to make Lucy sit onto the living room's couch, the desert long forgotten.
To make it simple, Lucy's and Natsu's grandparents had apparently decided to have their grandkids get engaged with each other because they both wanted great grandkids, and since Zeref was a stick in the mud and had a pole up his ass, they had decided that Natsu was a better candidate because he was more…persuasive? Also because Lucy and Natsu already had a closer connection between each other than all the potential female candidates that Grandpa Acnologia had sent to Zeref.
Both side of their parents had agreed to it. One, because the Dragneel Company was one of the top and it made a great business deal to merge with Heartfilia Konzern, according to Jude. Whereas, Layla and Igneel had adored the idea of having Natsu and Lucy together and she saw no reason to object since both sides have no other romantic partners. While Zeref had no interest in this particular order, he was forced to cooperate because, like it was mention last time, he was indebted to Layla.
Lucy didn't know what to think of it. Heck, why was arranged marriages still a thing in the 21st century?! But hold on, she never noticed any surprise or shock in Natsu's features.
"Natsu, you knew?" I asked, making my head look up and asked towards Natsu, who was leading against the wall near the fireplace.
He had gave a nervous laugh as he began scratching the back of his head with his other hand in his pockets. "I'm sorry…..that was why I came back."
"And you agree to it? Why?" So that was why he approached her. It wasn't because he actually was curious about her current self but it was to see who he was going to marry.
Natsu shrug, "Well, it was convenient. With me being married and all, I wouldn't be bombarded with fans until I get squeezed whenever I enter in public. Besides, you know I like conveniency."
Yes, Lucy knew how Natsu's character is life. Always taking the easy way out, he was always lucky, lucky in being talented with acting skills, lucky to have a brother with a tons of connections and he was lucky for his handsome genes. Never once had she saw Natsu work hard in anything, not in school and certainly not now.
She felt stupid to have thought that Natsu actually felt something for her. She just thought that after not seeing him for so long, he would have changed from the ever so lazy Natsu that would just use his friend's work to copy and betting his luck on nearly passing exams.
She was pissed. So everything he did with her was out of convenience sake? How considerate of him.
Out of nowhere, Lucy had stood up, silencing the whole room as she then proceeded to glare at each and everyone of them, especially Natsu.
As her eyes finally landed on her parents, she had spoke with every annoyance in her "I thought I told you guys before, I am to stay single for the rest of my life."
With that she left the room. Unfortunately for her, Natsu had followed her out as well.
"Well isn't someone looking so fine and dandy this evening~" Natsu had sang lightly with his hands at the back of his head. Lucy turned around and glared at him.
"Who knows, you tell me." She hissed
He grinned as he crouched his face closer, so that he was on equal height and looking directly at Lucy, as Lucy was to him. "It's called sarcasm, sweetheart."
Did Lucy ever so wanted to punch that grin off his idiotic face but she wouldn't stoop so low as to commit violence. Even if she so very much wanted to.
"Sweetheart huh? How original." She spat.
"You don't like it? No probs, I'll think of something else. What would you like? Honey? Darling?" Natsu said in which Lucy had responded with a huff and turned around to get away from him.
But just before she could completely get out of his hearing range, Natsu had spoken up, which made Lucy stood frozen on the spot.
"I don't get what you are so angry with. Didn't you said that love was just a troublesome thing to deal with? That you would rather remain single than go through a relationship?"
He was right. Lucy did once mention that before back in High School. However it was in the past but now…...did her mind change the concept of love? Was love worth the trouble of forcing herself to take extra care of herself, for her to be more attractive in order to catch her love interest…...could she ever commit to it? More importantly, could she ever possibly relive that dreadful situation ever again if she were to ever fall deeply in love once again? No, she couldn't.
Lucy knew her answer.
With a straight face, Lucy turned around and faced Natsu once more, "Alright, you have a deal."
That the feeling of love was just a nuisance., and with this deal, she just hopes that the horrendous feeling never comes back.
Aye! I know it's kinda cliche and short but…...eh =w=
