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Reality Vs Fiction
Chapter – 11
Action!
May 25th, 2016
The only voice that rang through the air was Levy's.
"You can't do it," she said. Her voice stern, face solemn. This was the first time she has ever used that tone on Natsu. Usually, it was only reserved for Grey.
"Though it pains me, Levy is right." Grey said from his place standing next to the pinkett as Levy paced around the room, thinning out the soles of her shoes. "This can backfire and it might even ruin your career, mate. I can't let you do this." Grey sat down in the chair in front of him. Natsu didn't look up from his book.
"Even dumb-dumb here gets it, but you don't?" Levy continues on rage. She couldn't understand him. He was being stubborn. He wasn't thinking- he still isn't and she couldn't for the life of her understand why. It wasn't reasonable. It didn't make sense. It wasn't him, yet he continues to argue with her. "I don't understand," she finally says, facing him, her hands in the air.
"I do." Juvia cut in. She looked at Levy for a moment, then at her husband. "Natsu made a mistake, and he's finally trying to fix it. He's doing it for her." She gave a small smile towards Natsu, though the pinkett couldn't see it as he was hiding under the book.
But she was right like always. Everyone in the room knew it.
That was why he was doing everything, wasn't it? It was for her. It was always for her.
Natsu closed the book. Three pair of eyes moved from him to the book, following the single movement. It was the same book that Natsu opened a month ago when all this started. He was still on the same page, on the same paragraph reading it again and again. Still, he couldn't understand the words.
Just how Levy didn't understand him.
Sometimes we just don't see the most obvious thing in front of us, because we're busy trying to seeing the big picture.
Natsu turned his gaze to Grey and Levy. He smiled, "If I don't do this, then it might be her who loses her career. I can still go back and work in 'Book Land' but she can't. She loves her work. I can't take it from her." Natsu takes in a deep breath trying to prepare himself for what he was about to say, he knew the moment those words would leave his lips Grey and Levy will be on to him.
"I'm going to take full responsibility for my action. With or without your help."
May 29, 2016
"Mr. Dragneel, are the rumors true?" Freed asked. It was the question everyone in the room had on their mind.
When Grey had announced about the press conference two days ago, the reaction was as they thought it would be. Every paper and magazine had sent a reporter on their behalf. The huge conference room was filled to the brim with people, hench there were some who couldn't find seat.
They all wanted to know the same thing; are the rumors true?
Natsu leaned back in his chair, shrugging. His chair was in the middle of the room with Levy next to him in her, typing furiously on her phone like usual. Grey decided to stay in the back with Juvia. Natsu answered Freed's question. "They are if you believe them."
The murmur that came from the audience was also expected.
Freed nodded. He pointed his pen at the pinkett. "But surely you have something to say about it. We can't get any statement from Miss. Heartfilia."
"Is she really your muse?" This time it was Cana Alberona who asked. She sat in her chair, left leg over her right, a smirk on her lips. Levy, for the first time after the interview had started looked up from her phone, brow raised.
'What was she playing at?' She thought to herself.
Cana continued, unaware or ignoring the hard glare Levy was giving her. "The first love you have always been talking about? Or is this some promotion strategy? Fairy Tail has never gone this length to promote something." She pretends to think, before continuing. "Or is this all true? If so why didn't any of you told the press? Why was this a secret?"
Natsu answered immediately. "It never was a secret. Even now it isn't. It was personal. It was ours to keep and we did just that. Miss. Heartfilia and I went to the same high school. We knew each other."
"But the–"
"But she was never my muse." Natsu cut Cana off. Levy looked at him from the corner of her eyes. Grey snapped his attention to the TV that was backstage so they could watch the conference.
Natsu sighed. He can't deal with Cana now. "She isn't the one who inspired me to write A&D. That's the truth." He looked at the crowd in front of him, "Now you guys decide what you want to believe."
Jan 11th, 2016
The script-read was one of the things that Natsu had been dreading from the moment he signed the rights to Fairy Tail. Not because of how much the story will be changed, but because there will be people – living, breathing people – playing the characters he created. Characters based on people that he lived with, people that he knew.
Natsu wasn't scared of Zeref finding out about the things he wrote about him. He would survive the beating. What he was scared of was Lucy. He was scared about people connecting the dots between Lucy with Rushi. He was scared about Lucy finding out.
And it didn't help when Lucy was going to be playing Rushi herself. Nope, not at all.
Natsu hardly looked up as he took his seat in the front of the table. The room grew more silent as he did. There wasn't much conversation around him. People were busy, but they did made an effort.
Loke asked him about his health.
Natsu answered him honestly. "I feel sick."
Loke laughed it off, giving it the name of nervousness, but Natsu knew better.
The kids told him that they love his hair. Levy smirked from her seat. Doesn't everyone loves Natsu's hair?
Lucy, reluctantly, smiled asking him how did he came up with theidea for this novel. "What inspired you to write this?"
Natsu smiled back, giving her an honest answer, one that Lucy wasn't expecting. Neither was Levy, for the amount of courage it probably took him to say. Natsu was never brave person. "My first crush was the reason behind it." He said.
It was the worst, never mind the stupidest thing he could possibly has say at that moment. When he knew how furious she was with him about this whole situation to begin with, yet he didn't feel like lying. It was the most honest thing he could tell her.
And hasn't he lied to her about enough already?
He felt guilty. Ashamed of himself. Lucy, however, didn't feel the same. After his answer her glare turned even more fierce.
Jet and Droy – the script writers of 'Angel and Dragon' – also asked him about his health. They told him not worry.
"We couldn't change much. Your fangirls might attack us if we did." They said, laughing. Natsu tried to laugh too, but it was hard with Lucy glaring daggers at him from two chairs away.
The conversation somehow ended there as everyone got themselves busy again. Natsu looked over at Levy, silently asking for help. The answer he got was a shrug of her shoulders. She was unsure about the situation herself.
The room grew silent. Natsu could count his own breath as he watched over them. Everyone was busy, they all knew what to do. All except him.
Mavis was talking with a camera man, Makarov was talking with another. As if on cue, the old man turned to look at him smiling. Natsu smiled back, but it was more of a grimace.
Makarov sat back down next to Natsu at the head of the table, scuffling the papers in front of him. Mavis comes back a few second later. Natsu could feel the change in the atmosphere.
Something was happening.
Levy felt it too, it seemed like everyone could feel it.
Loke wasn't trying to crack jokes anymore. Lucy wasn't glaring at him from the corner of her eyes. She actually wasn't looking at him at all.
"May I?" Mavis asked, almost shyly.
The old man laughed as he answered, "You may!"
She nodded, looking around at everyone. "Lights!" she yelled, the shyness disappeared. It was the voice of a National Award winning director. All the lights turned on. For a moment, Natsu was blinded by the sudden appearance of the bright lights. When his eyes had adjusted, he took notice that he and Levy were the only ones having trouble keeping their eyes open. "Camera!" Mavis called next. All the cameras turned towards them. Natsu gulped. This was it.
"And Action!"
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