Hi, everyone! Thank you all so much for your nice words! Sorry I didn't have a chance to reply personally, but seriously, thank you all so much!
YOU'RE THE BEST! *HUGS*
XOXOX
"I have to ask," Lucy said sternly. "What did Natsu say to you that made you…you know, open your eyes?"
Natsu had left so that Lucy could spend time with her father, though it didn't feel like he left, with him texting her nonstop. All the messages were gibberish though, probably thanks to his motion sickness. Poor boy has a long ride ahead of him…
"Well, let's see…" her father said thoughtfully, "The second that boy left my office, I was calling up different hitmen—And—"
"You were WHAT?" Lucy exclaimed with horror.
Her father continued as though he didn't hear her, "And I was in the midst of buying of one when my eyes lingered on a photo of you, me, and Layla. And then something that boy said, Lucy's just Lucy…It made me realize that I don't know who 'Just Lucy' is." He paused and said more to himself, "My own daughter…a complete stranger. What kind of father am I?"
"Dad," Lucy's face softened.
"Look, Lucy," her father said. "I will make it up to you. I promise."
Lucy smiled, "I know you will."
"So tell me," he smiled back, "who is Just Lucy?"
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Levy stared helplessly at her phone.
Why wasn't Lucy picking up? Levy had to have called at least seven times within the last hour and sent her countless text messages.
Levy really needed her best friend right now.
Because she did something really stupid…more like said something really, really stupid.
"Why did I say that?" Levy cried into her pillow. She flipped back over and pulled out her phone, calling Lucy for the umpteenth time.
Lucy didn't pick up so Levy left a heartfelt message, "LU-CHAN, PICK UP YOUR STUPID PHONE ALREADY!"
"Ahhh," Levy moaned, "Why isn't she picking up? Bet she's with Natsu right now...Oh!"
Levy pulled out her phone and texted Gray, "I need Natsu's number."
A few minutes later Gray sent it to her with no questions asked and somehow he managed to slip in an insult towards Natsu along with the number…
She dialed Natsu's number and Natsu picked up on the last ring, "Hello?"
"Natsu!"
"Who's thi—"
"It's Levy," she briskly interrupted. "Can I speak to Lu-chan?"
"Errr," Natsu seemed bemused, "I'm not with her."
"YOU'RE NOT?" Levy screamed into the phone.
"No?" Natsu nervously squeaked out.
"WHY THE HELL NOT?"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?" Natsu yelled back, sounding slightly panicked. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, well no, but yes, but nothing too serious, but still kind of serious?" Levy blurted out.
"Errrr," was all Natsu said.
"I just…where is Lu-chan?"
"She's with her old man," Natsu informed her.
"Really?" Levy blinked.
"Yup," Natsu replied.
"ARGGGG," Levy cried. "NOW I FEEL LIKE A TERRIBLE FRIEND THINKING ABOUT ONLY MYSELF! POOR LU-CHAN!"
"Man, you are almost as loud as Lucy," Natsu grumbled. "Relax. Lucy and her dad are making amends."
"What?"
"I talked some sense into him," Natsu boasted.
"You met her dad?" Levy could have died from shock.
"Yup," Natsu said cheerfully.
"You must be really special to Lu-chan then," Levy muttered to herself.
"What?" Natsu quirked.
"No-nothing," Levy stuttered. She hadn't meant to say that out loud, Lucy would have probably smacked her for saying that…
"So why do you need to speak to Lucy so badly?" Natsu inquired.
"No reason," Levy hastily replied.
"Well if you need someone to talk to…" Natsu trailed off.
"No really," Levy lied. "I'm fine."
"'Cuz I'm free all day now that Lucy is busy..."
Levy pursed her lips in thought...
Well I really need to tell someone…
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"So what happened?" The pink-haired boy stared at Levy, across the table, waiting for her to start. They had decided to meet up at some café in the some bookstore that Natsu had never heard of.
"Well you see…" Levy bit her lip with hesitance, "I was with Gajeel the other day and we were watching this really sappy, romantic movie and—"
"METAL FACE WAS WATCHING A ROMANIC MOVIE?!" Natsu blurted out, laughing.
Levy blushed, "There's nothing wrong with a guy watching a romantic movie! And anyway, the movie was really sad. I mean we both had tears streaming down our cheeks—"
"HE WAS CRYING?" Now Natsu pressed his hand to his chest as he hysterically laughed. "MY-MY RIBS…ARE…KILLING ME!" He laughed out.
Levy glared at Natsu, "Quit interrupting me! So afterwards, we decided to watch a really gory, violent movie."
Natsu thought about how something similar happened between him and Lucy, they two had, had a movie night that ended with them watching another movie that contained a lot of violence…
"And throughout the entire movie, Gajeel had his arm wrapped tightly around me, pulling me into his chest. And then after the movie, he walked me home and he grabbed my hand! For the entire walk home, Gajeel held my hand!"
Natsu nervously swallowed. How many times had he wrapped his arms around Lucy? And how many times had Natsu walked Lucy home and held her hand as well? Too many to count, that's for sure… "So?"
"We were right outside my house," the bluenette continued. "He walked me over to the door and I pulled him into a hug and this is where I made my fatal mistake…" She smacked her hand to her forehead.
"What did you do?" Natsu asked with eyes wide from curiosity.
Levy buried her face into her palms, "I…I….told him… 'I think I'm falling in love with you.'"
Natsu sputtered, "Seriously? How could anyone fall in love with that Metal Monster? You know I caught him eating a steel plate once?"
"Don't make fun of me!" Levy chastised, crossing her arms over her chest. "You can't help who you fall for!"
"Sorry," Natsu smiled apologetically, "just hard to believe is all. So what happened next?"
"Gajeel said 'Okay' and then he walked away!" Levy cried. "OH-FREAKING-KAY? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?"
Natsu stifled a laugh, "What an idiot."
"I hate myself," Levy sobbed onto the table.
"He-hey now," Natsu awkwardly patted the top of Levy's head. "That was probably Metal for Brain's way of saying, 'I think I'm falling in love with you too'."
Levy slowly lifted her head up to look at Natsu.
Natsu was giving her this bright, fanged tooth grin. The type of grin that probably made her best friend's heart melt… "How come you haven't confessed to Lu-chan?"
Natsu choked, "Wh-what are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb," Levy sighed. "You obviously like her and you must know how she feels about you…so why not confess already?"
"I…" Natsu was at a loss for words. He really had no idea why he wasn't pushing him and Lucy's relationship any further…maybe it was because he liked how things are. He didn't need the title of 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' to make him happy and he didn't need to kiss her to have fun…it was more than that… "I like how things are right now."
Levy raised a brow, "So you like acting like a couple, but you don't want to be a couple?"
"Well when you put it that way!" Natsu frantically shouted.
"Confess!" Levy shouted back.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Why should I?" He growled. "It worked out so well for you, didn't it?"
Levy gasped.
And Natsu instantly regretted it, "Sorry. I didn't mean—"
"No," Levy swallowed. "It's alright. It's nice to hear the truth, even if it's painful."
"Levy," Natsu, scratched his head with awkwardness.
"Lu-chan's not Gajeel," Levy said quietly, keeping her eyes trained on her hands. "I don't know what you are so worried about."
"I don't know what I'm worried about either," Natsu sighed, looked down at his own hands.
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Gajeel sat down at Fairy Tail, feeling very annoyed. "Stupid, Shrimp," he grumbled at his food, which was shrimp, because there was no way in hell Gajeel was thinking of that…that girl…
"Did you hear?" Gajeel heard someone behind him say.
"Hear what?" Another voice asked back.
"Our Natsu confessed to a girl!" The voice confided.
"WHAT?" The other voice roared.
"Hard to believe, isn't it!"
"Yeah! Was it that blonde chick?"
"No! Get this! It was that blue-haired chick that Gajeel is always hanging out with!"
"I don't believe this!"
"It's true! Nab was at the bookstore and saw them sitting across from one another! And Natsu was tenderly touching her and while saying, "I think I'm falling in love with you too."
A loud crunch rung throughout the bar.
Gajeel was seething.
The metal plate that once held shrimp on it, which were now on the floor, was clenched between his teeth.
"Gajeel," Mirajane moaned. "What did I tell you about eating the plates?"
Gajeel ignored her.
He stormed out of the doors of the bar, growling only one word.
"Salamander."
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Short chapter today! Sorry everyone! I'll make the next chapter longer though!
And in other news, I already have my next story idea for when I finish this one, which will probably be in another month or so. It will be another NaLu AU! So I hope you will stick around with me!
But anyway, Natsu and Levy brOTP anyone? :D
And hehe what's Gajeel gunna do?
Thank you all so much for reading!
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!