A/N: So my fucking computer decided to update halfway through this and didn't give me ANY warning so I lost the best part I had written and had to rewrite it from memory. I want to cry honestly. Anyway enjoy this new update.

Disclaimer: Don't own Fairy Tail.

Natsu's POV

After all the weird stuff we had found at Lisanna's yesterday, we decided to go visit Erza today. Yeah, we were skipping school but Erza was more important.

"I hope she is doing alright," Lucy said as we entered the hospital.

"I'm sure she is," I said, giving the blonde a small smile. We continued up the stairs to the fourth floor, the entire walk silent; a common affliction that seemed to occur whenever Lucy and I were alone together.

I saw Lucy smile as we approached Erza's room, the redhead sitting up in her bed, "Hey Erza," I said as we enter, causing the redhead to look up at us in confusion.

"What are you two doing here?" Erza crossed her arms, "it's a school day," I laughed as Erza had always been strict about school.

Lucy smiled, "We just wanted to visit you," she said, and Erza's sharp gaze softened.

"Well, thanks you guys," Erza said, leaning back in her hospital bed.

"No problem, you're our friend," I smiled, "so are you feeling any better?" Erza nodded.

"I'm doing alright," said Erza, "the doctors said I should be able to leave by the end of the week," she smiled.

"That's great!" Lucy exclaimed, hugging the redhead tightly.

"So, we have something to tell you," Lucy said, and I saw her shift uncomfortably.

Erza's gaze shifted from happy to serious in a flash, "What would that be?" she asked.

"We know who attacked you; it was Lisanna. We visited her house yesterday after we realized that she wasn't present at school. Sure enough in her room we saw a board that had all of our images on it and yours had a red X over it and the words 'taken care of' next to it," I explained, and I could see the anger form in Erza's eyes as I explained it to her.

"That bitch; I had nothing to do with any of this," Erza growled, her fists clenching as she spoke.

Lucy took Erza's hand in hers, "I'm sorry, I wish I could've been there to help you," Lucy said.

Erza shook her head, "You would've been attacked too… so don't feel bad about that Lucy, I'm just glad you're safe," she said, squeezing the blonde's hand. I glanced over at the clock; it read 9:45am, we had been here for about 20 minutes already and we had missed nearly two hours of school.

"Well, we should be getting back to school, but we will check in on you later," I said, glancing at Lucy who nodded in agreement.

Erza nodded, "Have fun guys, see you later," she said, and I waited by the door way as Lucy gave her a quick hug goodbye.

"Thanks for coming with me," Lucy said as we exited the room, and I turned to see her give me a small smile.

I rubbed the back of my neck, "No problem," I said, I like spending time with you.

But that smile of hers dropped as she looked outside, "It's raining!" she protested, "and today was the one day I decided to do my hair," she stomped her foot. I laughed as she was totally adorable, even when she was mad.

"You'll look perfect either way," I mumbled, too low for her to hear. We exited the hospital and began our walk back to school.

Lucy's POV

We had just left the hospital and I was mad; it was raining and today was one of the rare days that I had decided to do my hair. I know I sounded like such a girly girl but there were rare occasions where I actually tried to give a shit about my appearance, especially now that I knew I liked Natsu.

Suddenly Natsu's hand gripped mine and I was pulled back into Natsu's embrace, "Look out," he said, and as he said that a car zoomed past and splashed water exactly where I had been standing.

"T-thanks," I said as I looked up at him, our eyes connecting. I stood there, just staring up into those intense, beautiful onyx eyes that were staring back at me with about as much emotion as I felt. All I could focus on was how close his lips were to mine, and about how if I inched forward just a bit, I could kiss them.

That thought was cut short, however, as he let me out of his embrace, "No problem," he said, his cheeks slightly flushed. After that, the rest of the walk was nothing but silence. Why were things always like this? Natsu and I could barely talk anymore without things getting all awkward. I mean I knew I liked him, but why was he acting weird? Surely he didn't feel the same way, I mean he's Natsu Dragneel, one of the coolest guys in school, and I'm just the new girl. There is no way that I would catch his eye… right?

As we arrived to school, my eyes widened in surprise as I saw Akuma approaching me, a huge grin on his face, "Hey Lucy!" he exclaimed, running up to us.

Natsu frowned, "Who is this?" he asked, looking Akuma up and down as if he was some foreign object.

Akuma grinned, "I'm Akuma! You must be Natsu? Nice to meet you!" he said, extending his hand to shake Natsu's. Natsu just stood there with his arms crossed, glaring at Akuma's hand as if it was poisoned or something.

Akuma shifted uncomfortably, "Anyway, are you excited for the festival tonight?" he asked, turning his attention to me.

I nodded, "Yup, and by the way, Natsu is going to come with us," I said, although now it didn't seem like such a good idea since Natsu looked like he was ready to beat Akuma's ass.

Akuma's grin instantly dropped, "Great," he said, "I'll see you guys later then," and he stalked off before I was able to say anything. What was everyone's problem? Natsu acted like he wanted to kill Akuma, and now Akuma is all glum because I told him I invited Natsu. God, why are boys so weird?

Natsu cringed, "He's worse than I imagined. Why are you friends with that kid?" he asked, and I turned towards him in surprise as I had never seen Natsu so hostile.

"What's your problem? Akuma was being friendly; you were the one who gave him a death glare," I crossed my arms as I glared at Natsu.

Natsu shrugged, "I don't know. I just don't like him," he said, and I rolled my eyes.

"Well just put up with him tonight, for me?" I asked, giving him a small smile.

His gaze softened once he saw me smile, "Alright Luce, I'll try," he said, and all I could do in that moment was hug him.

Akuma's POV

I stalked away after that Natsu dude had been extremely rude to me. I don't know what his problem was but I didn't like him. As I walked away, I turned back to see Lucy throw her arms around Natsu, pulling him into a tight hug, and it irked me even more when I saw Natsu's cheeks turned red as Lucy hugged him. That should be me! I should be the one getting hugged by Lucy; I should be the one with flushed cheeks and the one who takes Lucy on walks! Well, after I win her heart at the festival tonight, that Natsu kid will be nothing but ancient history. I grinned as I thought about how I was going to make Lucy fall for me tonight.

Natsu's POV

I had said my goodbye to Lucy as I headed to my math class; I had missed twenty minutes of it but oh well. I usually skipped math anyway so it was nothing new to me. However, I couldn't get my mind off my encounter with Akuma earlier; how he had stared at Lucy, smiled at her, acted around her. Can that kid just go shove the fuck off? Can't he see that Lucy was mine? Wait… did I just say Lucy was mine? I knew I liked her but to call her mine… what was happening to me?

"Mr. Dragneel, are you going to answer the question or not?" The teacher barked at me.

I looked up and saw the equation he was pointing at, "Uh, X = 2.5421," I said, quickly doing the math in my head. The teacher just rolled his eyes, obviously wanting an excuse to bust me and send my back to the office.

"What's up with you today, man?" Gray whispered beside me.

"Nothing, I'm fine," I said. Total lie, I wasn't fine. I was too busy thinking about how I wanted to smash Akuma's face in and keep him away from Lucy.

"Whatever then," Gray said, and he turned back to his work. I couldn't wait for the festival tonight; someway, somehow I was going to get rid of that Akuma kid.

Eventually the bell rang and math was over meaning that it was lunch time, one of the few times I got to see Lucy, "Hey Luce," I said, as I entered the hallway to see her waiting for me.

Her cheeks flushed when she saw me, "H-hey," she squeaked, trying to avoid looking at me.

I ignored it, "You ready to go eat?" I asked, "I know a cool place we can sit at," and I took her hand in mine, causing her to flush even more and I led her down the hall to the back entrance of the school.

"Where are we going, Natsu?" she demanded as I dragged her behind me, even though she didn't make any attempts to resist.

"You'll see," I said, and soon we were outside at the back of the school, standing in front of a ladder that led up to the roof.

"Follow me," I said, and I climbed up the ladder to the roof, Lucy following shortly behind me.

I heard Lucy gasp, "Wow, I didn't know this spot was here!" she exclaimed, peering over the edge of the building.

"Gray and I used to come up here when we were freshman; I don't know why we stopped," I said, dropping my bag off my shoulder.

"So what time do you want me to come by so we can head to the festival?" I asked, glancing at the blonde.

"Like around six would be great," she said, and I nodded.

"Six it is then," I replied, smiling at her.

Later that day…

Lucy's POV

I looked at the clock and gasped as it ready 5:50pm, Natsu was going to be here in 15 minutes and I wasn't even halfway ready yet.

"Hmmm… what outfit could I wear thatwould capture Natsu's attention the most?" I wondered aloud. I decided on a black dress and a pair of black heels; Natsu seemed like he would like black, and my mother always said I did look amazing in black. Throwing it on quickly, I ran into the restroom to do my makeup. I made sure that I didn't go too overboard, as I didn't want Natsu to think I was insecure about my looks; I decided on a light shade of lipstick and some eyeliner and a tiny bit of blush.

"Perfect!" I said, smiling as I assessed myself in the mirror.

After a few minutes, I heard a knock on the door, and I dashed to door, almost tripping a few times from how fast I moved, "Hey Natsu," I said, as I opened the door.

Natsu's jaw instantly dropped, "W-wow," was all he could muster, and I giggled because his reaction was super cute.

"You look pretty wow yourself," I said, gesturing to the red blazer and black tie that Natsu was wearing.

"Thanks," he said, still eyeing me with a tint of red on his face.

"You ready to go?" I asked, and all he did was nod. I giggled again as I closed and locked my door and followed Natsu out to his car.

"When is what's-his-face coming?" Natsu asked as we got into the car.

"His name is Akuma," I said, "and he said he would meet us there," I saw Natsu roll his eyes as I corrected him, but I ignored it. We drove to the festival; once again the ride was silent. Why does this always happen?

Soon we arrived at the festival grounds, "Wow, it looks bigger than it did last year," I said, admiring the huge festival that lay before us.

Natsu nodded, "I heard they added a cool fencing arena," he said as we got out of the car.

"That's cool!" I exclaimed, and he smiled as we walked towards the entrance.

As soon as we entered the festival, Akuma bounded up to us, "Hey Lucy," he said, brushing past Natsu without even regarding him.

"Hey Akuma," I said, feeling a little uncomfortable that he had just ignored Natsu's existence.

"So what do you guys want to do first?" I asked, looking at both of the boys.

"We could go play some of the games? I saw a cool water gun game," Akuma said.

"Is that alright with you?" I asked, turning to Natsu. He just grunted, which I went ahead and took as a yes so we continued down the walkway towards where all the game booths were. The whole festival seemed to go by in a blur, and to be honest I'm glad it did; Akuma kept trying to win me things and I could tell that being around him was really irritating Natsu.

"Hey Lucy, look what I won you!" Akuma would say, handing me some weird stuffed animal he had won from a game. Each time I would thank him, and each time Natsu would get even angrier.

Eventually we got to the end of the festival, when the fireworks were about to start, "I'm going to go run to the restroom really quick," Akuma said, and he sped off to find the nearest bathroom.

Natsu grunted, "Finally he left," I glared at Natsu.

"Why are you always so rude to him? I get he was a little too bubbly tonight but he is actually really sweet," I said, crossing my arms.

"So you like him, is that it?" Natsu shouted, advancing towards me.

"Why do you even care who I like?" I shouted back, taking a step closer to him like he had me.

That seemed to make him stop, "Because, Luce," he mumbled, turning away from me.

"Because why?" I asked, trying to lower my voice as well. He looked up at me, his eyes filled with so many different emotions that they were impossible to read. He moved closer to me, eyeing my lips as he inched closer. Was this it? Was he going to kiss me? He kept inching his face closer to mine, his lips barely an inch away from mine. My heart was beating out of my chest right now, I felt like I was going to pass out.

"Hey guys! I'm back," Akuma said, as he appeared next to us. Natsu quickly moved away from me, leaving me standing there like an idiot. He had almost kissed me. Natsu Dragneel had almost kissed me! WHAT THE HELL AKUMA!

A/N: Well that's a wrap! See you guys later for the next update!