A/N: Update from le me~

And yeah, I think I'm pretty retarded (and on crack) to come up with such a title XD! But anyways, I hope you enjoy the (unusually long) chappy. It's to make up for my absence!

Fly, Ship De Gruvia, Fly

"Idiots...these poor, poor, DENSE, idiots..."

"Why am I stuck with idiots?!" Natsu exasperatedly exclaimed as he threw his hands in the air, plopping down on his oh-so soft bed.

Lucy snickered at the sight and flew closer, sitting comfortably on one of the bean bags, "Well, you know what they say, it takes one to know one."

The pinkette threw the girl a glare, making the ghost shut up.

For the past three hours, Natsu has been mumbling about how stupid these people are, while Lucy was just humming to herself, finding the sight of the irritated boy somehow...amusing. But that only made the boy more irritated.

And he's wasting his Sunday just for this.

A SUNDAY for goodness' sake!

"I definitely hate you, Gray Fullbuster." he mumbled under his breath as he began thinking of a way to get the two together.

XXX

"One box of chocolate cupcakes, please."

"Ooooh, Natsu! They've got creampuffs here! And strawberry shortcake too! Erza likes strawberry shortcake, let's buy one!"

Natsu narrowed his eyes at the overly-excited ghost and sighed, "No. And Erza will kill me if I give her that, since I'm a stranger after all."

"B-but-!"

He narrowed his eyes again and the ghost could only pout. Turning back to the cashier, who was giving him a crazed look, Natsu handed the money and quickly grabbed the box.

Natsu's deep thinking (or as he prefers to call it, Einstein mode, but really, it was just him being ambitious yet ending up being retarded) was interrupted thanks to his oh-so smart father, Igneel, telling him to go to the bakery to get him cupcakes for a guest, or something like that.

He didn't even bother listening to half of what Igneel said, but he does remember something about getting a dozen of chocolate cupcakes.

Ergo, he's here, standing inside a cute, frilly bakery (which he's totally too cool for, or so he says).

"Hey Natsu, isn't that Juvia?" The lad widened his eyes at what he heard and turned around. And voila, it is, indeed, Juvia, "Is she working here?"

"I dunno." he shrugged but nonetheless walked to the blue-haired girl, "Hey."

Now people, Natsu, first of all, does not initiate conversations with people ('cause that's just how much of a brat he is), and he does not talk to strangers. But he's willing to be different for the sake of finishing the stupid, goddamn favor.

"Oh hey!" the girl smiled, "You're the boy from last time, right?" Natsu nodded, "Juvia."

"Natsu Dragneel."

"Is there anything you need?"

He shook his head and flashed a smile, "I'm just wondering about your relationship with Gray."

"Gray? G-Gray Fullbuster?!" Juvia immediately blushed at the name of her best friend.

'Something's wrong with these two.' he thought as he stared at the girl, "Yeah. I've always seen you guys hang out with each other. Are you dating?"

"A-absolutely not! Juvia isn't deserving to date G-Gray-sama!"

'No one is deserving to date that asshole.' Natsu inwardly rolled his eyes, "Do you like him?"

The girl immediately became as red as a tomato at the question and Natsu could only roll his eyes again (in his head only, of course, 'cause that would be rude in person).

Such IDIOTS.

"So you do like him."

Juvia slightly tensed at this but nonetheless, slowly nodded, making Natsu grin. "I can help you with him."

"R-really?!" her pale, droopy blue eyes widened and Lucy chuckled at this.

"Yeah! All you've got to do is follow what I say and do it tomorrow at school! I've got the perfect plan for this!"

XXX

"Have you really thought of a plan earlier?"

Natsu abruptly stopped on his tracks as he turned around to face the curious ghost, plastering a confused look on his face, "What are you talking about?"

"With Juvia, I mean." she answered with a pout, "Have you really thought of a plan?"

"Actually, no." he shook his head as he continued walking, the ghost floating behind, "But I'm sure I'll come up with something. I just need to finish this quickly so we can move on to the next favor."

"But that would mean that we-nevermind." Lucy faked a smile as she shook her head.

Truth be told, she wanted the favor to last longer. Because the sooner they finish, then the sooner she would part from Natsu. And she had to admit, she enjoyed being with the boy. He's one of the few people who can actually make her smile. Ever since their meeting, Lucy has been laughing a lot, unlike when she was alive.

"You must set a perfect example as a Heartfilia."

Lucy inwardly shivered at the memory of her father. This was probably the first time she had been thankful about her death. But a part of her wants to become alive again. People have been curious on how she died, and she wanted to clear up the misunderstandings about her death.

"Lucy? Are you alright?" Natsu stopped again to see the ghost who was staring into space.

"Hmm? Oh yeah! I'm fine!" she grinned and floated to the boy, "Let's go! It's gonna be a busy day tomorrow!"

"Yep! I can't imagine what will happen!"

"Yeah, me too." she smiled.

What they didn't know, is that Lucy Heartfilia...

committed suicide.

XXX

"A-are you sure this will really work?"

Natsu wanted to sneer at the girl but instead, opted to cross his arms and grin, totally feeling like a boss, "Of course!"

"B-but won't Gray-"

"Juvia, trust me. You may not know me that much, but I can guarantee you that this plan WILL succeed." he gave off a smug face, "And it's all thanks to me."

And of course, Lucy, who contributed about 99.9% of the plan.

For once, he actually respected the childish ghost. She was able to come up with such an awesome idea while him...

Let's say he just spent the night jaw-dropping.

Speaking of Lucy, where is the ghost anyways?

"Okay, so once Gray arrives, the plan will commence, okay?!"

"O...okay."

He flashed a thumbs up to the girl and hid behind the bush. And as if on cue, a tall, raven-haired figure and a blonde ghost appeared out of nowhere.

"He's here!" Lucy excitedly yelled as she floated to Natsu, who was busy staring at the scene, licking his lips in the process.

Let's just hope this plan works...

"Juvia?"

The mentioned girl immediately tensed as she saw the male in sight, "G-Gray-sama!"

"You wanted to talk to me?" he asked as he looked around the place, confused that it was secluded.

"Uh, y-yes. A-alone, actually." she tampered with her hands while looking around also.

"Is there something you want to talk about?"

Juvia nodded and face the boy with a smile, "G-Gray-sama...d-do you like...someone?"

Gray appeared confused at this, "What are you talking about?"

"J-Juvia wanted to ask if G-Gray-sama already likes someone...'c-cause that would mean if Juvia h-has a chance or not..."

"Wha-what? A-are you saying that y-you...you like...you like me-"

"Juvia-chaaaaan!"

A silver-haired teen suddenly appeared, running to Juvia's direction with open arms, making the people around jaw-drop, including Natsu himself.

"Who is he?!" he furiously asked a surprised Lucy.

"That person would be Lyon Vastia," she explained, but noticing Natsu's unfazed reaction, she continued, "he's a childhood friend of Gray. And he may or may not have a tiny, little crush on Juvia..."

"I love youuuuuu~!"

"I take that back." the ghost sighed, "He's smitten."

Natsu cringed at this and turned to the scene again, "He's ruining EVERYTHING!"

"Well, what can I do? We can't interfere you know..."

The pinkette groaned and continued staring at the three figures, inwardly praying that somehow, a miracle would happen and GRAY WOULD JUST FUCKING CONFESS ALREADY 'CAUSE THIS IS A PATHETIC SIGHT TO SEE!

'Goddammit!' the lad ruffled his hair in frustration, 'This is REALLY harder than I thought it would be...'

Lucy bit her lower lip in guilt as she looked at the frustrated Natsu. Perhaps she should use her powers to do something...

...but that would mean she would be gone, right?

'I can't use them all at once,' she shook her head, 'I might disappear!'

But what can she do exactly?

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"

Lucy's thoughts were scattered as soon as she focused at the people again.

Gray was pointing an accusing finger at Lyon, who was holding Juvia bridal-style, and Lucy assumed that it was him who yelled. She swore she heard a 'YES!' from Natsu but decided it was not the time to tease him about it.

Since when did the guy ever liked clichéd romance? Now that was new.

"You can't take her!" the raven-haired teen yelled again.

"Oh?" Lyon raised a brow, "And why is that?"

Gray looked taken aback, "Because...because I said so!"

"Last time I checked, you guys aren't dating." he scoffed, "So I think it's alright for me to steal her away, right?"

Noticing Gray's dejected expression, Lyon continued, "You don't even like her, remember? At least I care about Juvia. You just treat her like she's nothing and pretend she isn't even there in the first place."

Juvia's cheeks flushed pink, "L-Lyon-sama.."

"No, I don't! I-"

"Tell me, Gray, am I right or am I wrong?"

"Y-you're...you're right..." he gritted his teeth in anger, "But that was the past! I swear to God I changed already!"

"Oh really? I thought you hated change?"

"That was...that was before I met Juvia."

"G-G-Gray-sama?!"

"Look, I may have been a bastard, a jerk, an asshole, or whatever you can say about me, to you in the past, but I swear, I've changed. I've already changed. I won't hurt you or do anything bad."

"And why is that?" Lyon raised a brow yet again and Natsu already wanted to punch the guy for interrupting.

"B-because...because I like her! I like you Juvia Lockser, I like you!"

"E-eh?!"

Lyon smirked at this and brought the flustered girl down to her feet again, "Well, I guess you grew up after all..."

"What?" Gray widened his eyes, "I-I thought you like Juvia?"

"I do but," he smirked, "I'm not that low to steal my best friend's girl."

"B-best friend's girl?!"

"Well, see ya, guys. You should confess to each other already. It's kinda annoying to see the two of you stuttering and acting like lovesick children. But I swear, Gray, if you ever hurt Juvia, I won't hesitate to steal her from you. Bye~!"

'Well that escalated quickly...' Natsu rolled his eyes at Lyon's retreating figure and stood up.

"Where are you going, Natsu?" Lucy asked, noticing that the lad was walking away.

"Going home," he sighed, "I've watched enough dramas to know where this is going."

The blonde ghost chuckled and flew to his side, "Going home it is then!"

XXX

The next day, when Natsu got to school, he saw Gray and Juvia entering the gate, holding hands.

"Finally..." he smiled to himself.

Life is good.

TO BE CONTINUED