Back at it again with the major fucking fluff
"Natsu~!" Lucy whined to her pink-haired best friend, kicking her legs and trying to get his attention as he refused to look her way.
"Nachu doesn't want to talk to Lushii." Happy said as he walked around the dragon's crouched form from his previous spot in his lap. "Lushii can tell me what to say to Nachu."
"Eh?! That's too mean…"
To properly understand the problem between these two, it would be best to go back to that morning, when Natsu received some devastating news as he sat at the breakfast table.
"Lucy went somewhere? But we were gonna play ninja's today...she promised..." Natsu frowned as he poked at his surprise treat of waffles made to ease the disclosure of Lucy's whereabouts.
"I know, honey. But Layla said they needed to meet Lucy's father for an important tea," Grandine sighed as she served the brooding fledgling a cup of chili and chocolate milk.
"I'll play ninja with Nachu," Happy smiled and stuffed his filleted fish in between his furry cheeks.
"I know, I just wanted to play with Luce too." He mildly chewed on his food and stared at Wendy as she slapped her syrup between her hands and awed at the stickiness and weird threads it created. He snickered a bit as she squished her palms onto the tray and ignored her food; the handprints she made with the syrup being much more enjoyable.
"Don't worry, she said we could come over for dinner tonight since your plans were interrupted." Natsu perked up at the sound of still being able to see Lucy and more willingly gave into his breakfast. "And, you, little miss. How many times am I going to have to tell you not to play with your food? You'll get this mess in your hair if you don't learn to stop."
On the other hand, Lucy was upset. She finally got Natsu to agree to play another game that wasn't his stupid, selfish face trying to convince her she was gold and her day had to be spent somewhere else. Not that she wasn't happy to be able to see her father, but why did it have to be on such a fun day?! Her mother had pulled her out of bed before the sun had even risen, saying that they had to drive to Acalypha, for tea of all things.
"But don't we have tea at home?" Lucy yawned as her mother buckled her into a car seat before moving to get in the driver's seat.
"Yes, but not that kind of tea," Layla sighed with a light smile as she pulled out onto the road. "We're going to be meeting some of Papa's friends. And you'll have some time to play with a new friend he wants you to meet."
"What if they're not as fun as Natsu?" Lucy pouted with tired eyes and crossed her arms. "Papa's friends are always so boring,"
"All I ask is that you be nice," The older star laughed as her daughter sighed in frustration, the tip of her nose shading its annoyed purple. "We'll come back to have dinner with Natsu tonight,"
"Sounds...yummy…" Lucy yawned again as her head lolled to the side and fell against the padding of her car seat.
"Time to wake up, princess," Loke shook the small star awake, the heiress finding herself waking up in her room at the main Heartfilia home. "Your father's guests are going to be here soon, it's about time for Virgo to get you ready."
"M...kay…" She smacked her lips and stretched her arms up, grasping her hands, signaling that she wanted to be picked up. His ears twitched and he gladly held the small star, heart clenching as she quickly clung to him for warmth. He walked her to the bathroom, Virgo waiting in the tub stacked ten miles high with suds.
"And this is why we let Aquarius bathe her," Loke grumbled and handed off the star child who hung limply in the air as she had fallen asleep again.
"She had a date with Scorpio today, what was I supposed to do?"
"There you are, Lucy!" Jude clapped as she walked in with Loke, holding his hand until he lifted her into her seat at the table. Her hair was in a tight bun and she wore the most stunning blue dress, eyes waking up as soon as they came in contact with the pancakes stacked before her. The lion spirit quickly tied a bib around her neck as to avoid any syrup that might probably spill.
"Good morning, papa," She smiled and said through stuffed cheeks, quickly filling her empty stomach and jumping in her seat as someone poured her a cup of strawberry juice.
"Are you excited to play with your new friend today?" Layla asked, holding back a laugh as their daughter lost her momentary excitement.
"I guess...is he as fun as Natsu? Do you think he'll want to play ninja with me? But I've never played it without Natsu before," She sighed, the head of the household clearing his throat to catch her attention.
"I don't think he's the Ninja-playing kind of boy, his parents are business associates of mine, so I'd really like it if you two could play...less rowdy games," Jude said, trying to avoid Lucy's unpleasant gaze as she annoyingly shoved her fork into her mouth.
"Oh, papa's boring friends again... they're no fun," She glared and picked up her cup with two hands, drinking and leaving a thick mustache with seeds on her upper lip.
"Manners, today, okay? I know it's hard, but I promise you'll get to be back playing with Natsu and the others in no time," Layla giggled and grabbed a napkin to clean her skin turning purple in frustration.
"Yes, mama," She sighed, Jude groaning as he offered up what he knew would keep Lucy in a good mood.
"I promise to get you a new stuffed animal, hmm? I can order one that looks just like Plue," He said, a smile stretching as Lucy's did and her skin turned back to its original golden hue.
"Really?! You're the best, papa!" Lucy squealed, and Layla shook her head, leaning over to whisper to her husband as the little star became occupied with her food again.
"She'll end up spoiled one day because of you, I hope you know,"
"Not if you're here, you'll keep me from going too far,"
"Totomaru, this is Lucy," Loke said as he led the slightly older boy into her playroom, the adults having met together down in the garden.
"Nice to meet you, Toto-kun," Lucy said with a curtsy and sweet smile, Capricorn by her side, his chest puffing with pride at her perfected mannerism.
"Jeez, all that glitter is painful to look at," He grumbled, kicking the stack of blocks she had built into a tower. "You always this shiny?"
"I'm a star...so yes…" Her lips fell to a frown, and she swung slightly in place as he took a seat at the tiny tea table. "What are you, Toto-kun?"
"A fire sprite, wanna watch me burn something?" He snickered and grabbed the doll sitting in a chair beside him, lighting his fist with fire and holding it under her.
"Leave Michelle alone!" Lucy gasped and ran to steal her back, Totomaru surprised as she didn't hesitate to get near his flames.
"Watch it! Do you want to get burned?" His shouting was oddly concerned, the star raising her brow as she turned from him with a pout.
"Those weren't even hot," She humphed and sat on a small couch across the room. "I know a dragon, and his fire is way better."
"As if! No one can use fire better than me! I can even move it with my mind!" The tsundere child quickly tried to prove his strength, spouting what Lucy truly thought was nonsense at his tales of lifting fire from still hot logs that went on longer than she wished. She was not impressed.
"You can play on that side of the room while I play with Michelle," Was all she said, not bothering to try and entertain the guest any longer, he was simply no fun. Capricorn and Loke stood by the door and snickered quietly at the spectacle, their lady indeed had good taste.
"I can even freeze things with my fire! And make a really smelly one, I bet that dragon can't do that! Or make a rainbow fire!" It was a while till he decided to speak again, having sat at the table and angrily sipped the tea served, glaring as the girl spoke quietly to her doll.
"Rainbow…?" What young girl wouldn't be intrigued by the chance to see a rainbow? They were only the prettiest thing in the sky next to the sun and stars, and in the form of fire? Maybe there were some things Natsu couldn't do, but she would never say that out loud.
"Uh huh! But I'm not going to show it to a lame girl like you!" He stuck his tongue out at her and pulled down his lower eyelid to expose the red underside.
"I am not lame!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!" The fire sprite cackled as she turned a frustrated shade of deep purple, stalking towards him with clenched fists and clenched teeth.
"N-Now, my lady—!" Capricorn quickly tried to calm the heiress who began to have enough and was ready to explode.
"Am not!" She roared and delivered a solid punch to his stomach, something Loke was now regretting teaching her at such a young age.
"Oh…Mavis…" The two zodiac constellations gulped as the boy subsequently turned as white as a ghost, falling to his knees with his arms wrapped tightly around his midsection.
"No one makes fun of me! Hmph!" Lucy grumbled and stomped towards the door, Loke quickly opening it to let her out. "First I don't get to play with Natsu and now this idiot...Aquarius should just wash him out!"
"Oi, y-you get back here!" Totomaru hissed and groaned as he stood to his feet, swatting away the goat spirit who tried to help him up. "I'll freeze your dang core!"
"Leave me alone!" The small blonde shrieked as she started to run, refusing to be caught by the bloodthirsty boy now hot on her trail.
"Not a chance!" They raced down the hall and turned down another, quick and speedy steps taking them down the stairs and into the main foyer. Maids and butlers shrieked as the tiny two skirted around their feet, elbows knocking into tables that almost tipped over vases. Soon, Lucy ran them out of the house and wished she could jump through the hedges and flower bushes, but had already promised her mother she wouldn't get her dress dirty.
"Oh, here the children come now," Layla said delightfully as the group of four were returning from the gazebo they'd had their tea and meeting under.
"How energetic," Totomaru's father chuckled at the sight of Lucy dodging his son in what he'd mistaken for friendly frolicking. The older star tried not to make her worry apparent as she knew Lucy was running at a wildly fast pace, which resembled the times she tried to avoid Aquarius' wrath.
"Lucy, dear! Please come here!" Jude called out to his daughter, equally unaware that anything had gone wrong between the two. The sound of his voice had the two of them quickly change their attitude and begin to catch their breath at the sight of their parents. The little star made her way over with a light skip, smiling widely as she gave a curtsy to the two fire sprite adults.
"I'm Lucy, it's very nice to meet you,"
"What a darling daughter! It's very nice to meet you as well, dear," Totomaru's mother smiled as well, bending down to pinch her sweet appled cheeks. "You stars are quite the lookers, I just adore your eyes,"
"Have you gotten along with Totomaru?" Layla asked, internally shaking her head as she knew her daughter gave her a fake smile.
"Yup! He was very fun to play with! We had tea with Michelle!" She beamed, Jude nodding gratefully at the day gone seemingly well.
"It's about time for us to leave," The male sprite said, signaling for a butler nearby to get their carriage ready. "What do you say, Totomaru?"
"Thank you for having me as your guest," He said with a shallow bow as his stomach still felt tender, turning his gaze to the star who continued to smile fakely at him. "And thank you for playing with me, Lucy,"
"Oh my!" Totomaru's mother gasped with a delighted clap as her son leaned down to give the star a small peck upon her shocked lips, Lucy inadvertently shading a vibrant peach.
"So how did it really go?" Grandine asked as the two families now sat down to dinner, Natsu excited as he and Happy finally got their time with Lucy that night. But he was a bit worried; even though he finally got to see Lucy, she was being really weird, weirder than usual. She wasn't even as happy as he was when their parents said they would have a sleepover, or even when they said they'd go strawberry picking the next day, and she loved strawberries!
"Hopefully without any noticeable bruises, little Lucy over here gut-punched their son," The Heartfilia mother sighed with a shake of her head.
"That's my girl! I'm sure he deserved it!" Igneel cackled and coughed as his wife smacked him on the chest.
"I'm not sure, Totomaru even kissed Lucy before they left! It was quite adorable, she turned the cutest shade of peach, I wish I had taken a picture!" Layla squealed, the three fawning over the cute tale in their own bubble, failing to notice the drama unfolding between the younger two.
"What…?" Natsu asked as he looked sharply at Lucy, who grimaced with a queasy frown. "You kissed him?"
"He kissed me! I didn't want to kiss him…" She said quickly, quite near turning a mix of cornflower blue and citrus green.
"But you changed colors, that only happens when you like it!" He scowled and turned back to his pasta, upsettingly slurping and splattering sauce around his lips and onto his cheeks as the noodles flew wildly into his mouth.
"Oh, and Totomaru uses fire as well, a fire sprite, have you ever met one before?" That stung Natsu hard...Lucy liked someone else who used fire, how could she?! Were they best friends now?! She even hit him! He and Lucy got in fights all the time! Sparred together all the time! He was proud of the bruises she left on him, what was next? Was he going to give her a super special mark of friendship before him too?!
"Natsu…" Lucy was now pulling on his pajama shirt as she tried to steal his attention away from the wall and back to her. The blue exceed kitten had already given up on trying to mediate the situation, now putting his effort towards getting a good night's sleep in the heap of Lucy's stuffed animals resting in the corner of the room.
"I don't wanna talk to you, Luce," Natsu huffed as he crossed his arms. "I was waiting to play with you all day! And you played with someone else who uses fire...and you kissed him! You said you'd only kiss me! I'm your best friend, you're supposed to kiss me!"
"I-I...I know…" Lucy's bottom lip quivered as her sadness finally overcame her, body enveloped by the melancholy blue, tiny fists rubbing at her eyes and body racking with cries. "I wanted to play ninjas with you too! And...And I hate Toto-kun! He's a meanie... who's not even as cool as you…! I didn't want him to kiss me, I mean it!"
The fledgling felt his stomach twist with anxiety, oh how he hated when Lucy cried. He'd always done anything within his power to keep even a single tear from spilling, but now he was the one who made her so sad.
"Really…?" He asked as he turned around to see her nodding her head. "You're not best friends with him, are you?"
"N-No!" She hiccuped, "Never! His fire isn't even as hot as yours!"
"Eh? No way, he must be super lame then!" Natsu gasped, quickly wrapping his arms around Lucy as she agreed. "I'm sorry, Luce, I made you cry."
"Nu-uh, I was already gonna cry, getting kisses from other boys is really icky," She sniffled, tears staining his shirt as she was held against its surface.
"I bet, I'd never kiss ice princess, that'd be super icky," He smiled at the sound of her giggle, Lucy, now more golden, pulling away from his hug.
"Eww! Weirdo!"
"What?! I said I wouldn't!" Their laughter lightened the mood again, the two much more comfortable to fall asleep now that they had cleared up this very upsetting misunderstanding.
"Can I kiss ya, Luce? I don't think I can sleep if I don't," Natsu asked as they were now under the covers, Lucy already beginning to nod off as the side effect from crying made her extra drowsy.
"Mhm…" Her tired lips puckered themselves, the dragon leaning in to share their most sacred of rituals, grinning to himself as she sleepily asked for another.
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