BlackLynx17: Everyone I'm so sorry! I didn't know it's been a week, I thought it had been only a few days! Four tops! I don't know what happened, I just recently started my first job and have mainly been worried about that. I'm so sorry that you all had to wait extra days to read this chapter, please forgive me. I hope none of you got in an accident or died while you were waiting. Thanks for my reviews people.
AnimeStalkerz - I purposely made everyone like Natsu and Sting, but I made Sting more mature even though he's younger just because he seemed like that to me. Plus it goes with the role I gave him in this story.
Kumquat Fruit - I heard the song and thought of the last chapter too, it was a nice song.
.Xx - We'll have to see about the concert huh? I'm surprised you picked up on that since once Natsu appeared nothing else mattered in the world.
Otaku'25 - Why couldn't you have told me that BEFORE I wrote out the whole story?! Oh! I wish you were a future teller so you could have messaged me, hey let Lisanna see that kiss between them. I honestly didn't think of that.
BakaSakka - You're review made me smile, I like this story too. A lot. :)
Okay everyone, I have just bought a calendar so I will mark the dates that I will update so I'll never forget again! Now all I have to do is decided on a date. Anyways, I hope everyone's happy that Natsu is back. Let's enjoy the new chapter shall we? Thanks for reading! Please reviews.
*Funny Chapter Alert!*
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Mythical Creatures
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Chapter 28
Are You Dating?
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Groups again in second period, how lucky. I wonder what was wrong with Mr. Michaelis, did his teachers never let him work in groups growing up? Is that why he always make us work in groups? Or was it something more simple to why he likes us in groups?
"Levy, put down you're pencil." I said resting my own on the table.
Levy looked up at me from her book, "I'm using a pen though."
"That too, just put down the writing utensil."
Levy stared at me but obeyed.
"Today, we are going to be doing the slobbing while the Slobs do our work." I sighed leaning back in my seat.
"WHAT?!" The Slobs in question yelled.
"That's right, and every question better be right or else we'll never let you copy our papers ever again." I chuckled darkly.
The Slobs flinched away from me and gulped, Natsu was the only one who was smiling while he did this though.
"You can't possibly mean me too Lucy?" He asked.
"Especially you Natsu, now get to work!" I barked.
The Slobs all huddled together and placed their noses in their book.
"Are you sure about this Lucy?" Levy asked.
"Think of it as a well deserved break, so what are you doing this weekend?" I asked.
Levy got the picture real quick and closed her book, smiling as she answered.
"Well..."
I was leaning on my hand and whistling a merry tune as I spun the food around in my lunchbox. I don't even know why I try anymore, it's not like I ever eat it. Maybe it's because each day I think it'll get better only to be disappointed at nutrition.
"Lucy, didn't your Moth-... don't play with your food. If your not going to eat it then give me a bite." Natsu said.
He leaned towards me with his mouth opened wide. I stared down at my chopsticks then up at his face, still whistling. I had to stop whistling though when I shoved my chopsticks up Natsu's nose, instead I laughed.
"Ah!" He yelled pulling away and wiggling his nose.
"You have two hands, use them." I giggled.
Natsu scowled, "that was mean."
I sighed and lifted up a california roll from my lunchbox with my chopsticks, holding it up to his mouth.
"THOSE WERE JUST IN MY NOSE WOMAN!" He screamed.
I laughed throwing my california roll at Gazille.
"WHAT THE HELL BLONDIE?!" He screamed.
I chuckled lightly to myself, though it sounded more like hums, and brushed some strands of hair behind my ear. Natsu sighed and leaned his head against my shoulder, "so hungry..."
I rolled my eyes and was tempted to stick my chopsticks up his nose again to get him off me, his hair was tickling the whole right side of my face where it touch.
"Hey Lucy, are you dating Natsu?" Wendy, the small, too young to be in high school but too smart to be in middle school, little girl who probably has never kissed a boy or even liked one, let alone know about boyfriends... asked me.
Natsu chuckled beside me, leaning his head back up.
"We a-"
I cut him off with my laughter, no cackle, wrong again guffaw, chortle? Whatever it was called, I was doing all of the above. My body began to rock as I laughed, my head falling back. I slapped my thigh and laughed downwards next; hugging my stomach and stomping my feet. My laughs were deep and loud, free flowing tears fell down my cheeks and I swore my heartbeat was increasing by every laugh. I paused, out of breath... then started laughing all over again.
To a deaf person it may have seemed like I was having a seizer. I was totally helpless, I couldn't control it but tried my best not to lose my balance and fall back. I looked at everyone and tried to compose myself, biting my lip to see if it would help, but snickers came out instead. I shook my head and bit my fist, it was like I struck my funny bone and couldn't stop though.
Gray and Gazille had a small smile on their face, everyone else looked like I was crazy or wondering what was wrong with me at the moment.
"Here Lucy, try this." Levy said handing me her water bottle.
She was the only one that cared that I was really about to die laughing at the moment. I unscrewed the cap and smiled, lifting it to my lips. The laughter stop though my chest still shook.
"Are you dating Natsu?"
I spat out my water and started laughing all over again. I heard Loke and Gazille's laughter with me this time around, turns out I had sprayed Gray with the spit water. It was a brief, physically intense, transcendent experience. When I finally calmed down there was a refreshing moment of breathlessness and exhaustion with colors more vivid around me, everything seemed to sparkle.
"Ah, that was funny." I sighed out.
"I failed to see the humor in that." Gray said wiping his face off with a napkin Juvia had passed him.
I ignored his comment though and finally went back to the question.
"No Wendy, we're more like... just... keeping each other's company." I explained to her.
Natsu looked over to stare at me, but I only shrugged. I don't recall him ever asking me to be his girlfriend, so I wasn't. I don't remember asking him to be my boyfriend, so he wasn't. Simple.
I felt an arm around my shoulder, it wasn't Natsu's.
"If that's the case then can you keep me company later tonight Lucy?" Loke asked and winked at me.
There was a sudden fist in Loke's face, I've had enough laughter for one day though.
"Get your own company!" Natsu yelled at him.
Now at that, I had to laugh.
I felt sick. Very, very, very sick as I saw Natsu walk towards me with his PE clothes on.
"Tell me those are for decorations." I was referring to the bandages that covered both his arms and one of his legs. I couldn't see them before because of his uniform, but now that he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt? They were showing bright and clear.
"They're for decorations." Natsu told me.
"I don't believe you." I said then sniffed.
Natsu frowned and pulled at my cheeks.
"Do I need to have Wendy ask if we're dating again or would you rather have me tickle your sides?" Natsu asked.
I smiled as he held my cheeks, my eyes brightening up though my mood was still down. I learned young in life that your eyes gave away everything so I've trained myself to fix that problem.
"Stop it, you're hurting her." Wendy said beside us.
"Wank wou, Wendy." I told her.
Natsu chuckled and let go of my cheeks, I brought my hands up and rubbed them. That actually hurt. A lot.. As Wendy lectured Natsu while I rubbed my cheeks, I felt someone tugging the back of my shirt and looked to see Erza. I raised an eyebrow at her as I tugged my shirt out of her grasp. What was she trying to do? Stretch it out?
"You should really tell Lisanna your true feelings." She said.
"Um, don't you mean to say Natsu instead? I don't have any true feelings for Lisanna."
"I'm being serious. You should tell Lisanna your true feelings for Natsu." Erza further explained.
... This has never happened to me before. Me being in like with the same person my friend loved. What was I suppose to do in a situation like this? Was what Erza was suggesting... right?
"Is that, the right thing I should do?" I asked.
"It's the friend thing you should do."
I shrugged and rubbed my shoulder, "but what if? What then?"
Erza rubbed my head, petting me so to speak.
"She'll yell probably, or cry, or look hurt and maybe ignore you. But if you two are the good friends I believe you two are, I'm sure you'll make up in the end." Erza smiled.
"But she just got better, she doesn't need anything else to worry ab-"
"There is never going to be a right time to tell her Lucy, but sooner is better."
"HEY LUCY! A LITTLE HELP OVER HERE?!"
I turned and saw Wendy on Natsu's shoulder, pulling his cheeks way back. That a girl.
"Hey Wendy! I want a go!"
"I'm calling a J Jang meeting!" Juvia said.
Jellal and I looked up from our work.
"What is it Juvia?" I asked.
"Well, this was more over to Jellal about a certain... Gray." Juvia said.
"No, no, no, allow me Juvia." I said touching her hand.
I smiled at her before turning over to Jellal.
"Does Gray like Juvia?" I asked him.
Jellal's eyebrow twitched. He pressed his lips together then moved them around, licking his lips a few times. It was like he was having an inner battle between himself. Finally Jellal smiled and shook his head.
"Like can be defined in many terms, so yes Gray likes her." He said smugly.
"How about the way I like Natsu?"
Jellal's face dropped, like I really wouldn't ask that question after giving me a vague ass answer.
"The way you like Natsu? Because judging from nutrition, I would have guessed you didn't like him at all." Jellal smirk.
"Shut up Jellal, we are worrying about Juvia's love life right now not mine! So spill!"
"I hate the day I agreed to be in this J Jang, if the Slobs ever found out..." Jellal finished by shaking his head.
"Enough with your conscious and on with the confessions." I said.
"He liked you in the beginning, about ten-something years ago. He thought you were cute, but after that incident where you showed your true colors... he became... scared of you." Jellal said.
"Incident? What incident?" I asked him.
Juvia answered for him.
"I wasn't always like this, when I was younger I was... gloomy and kept to myself. I was often picked on because of it, but Gray was the first one who stood up for me and I loved him for it." Juvia fawned.
"You're forgetting the part where you pounced on him and stole his first kiss... and second... and third... and fourth. Gray cried for three days straight after that." Jellal added.
I would like to think he was exaggerating that three days part, but his face was so serious.
"Wow." I said.
"Indeed. Gray never forgot, it traumatized him. Sure he likes Juvia as his friend now, but that's where he draws the line."
"Have you ever tried, oh I don't know, not being a stalker Juvia?" I asked.
"Yes, but it never last long. If I don't express and tell Gray my true feelings then they get bottled up inside and it hurts," she told me.
I hummed.
"Have you ever asked Gray out?" I asked.
Juvia and Jellal paused. Was it something I said?
"No, I never have. Confess my love, countless of times, but ask him out?... Why haven't I thought of that?" Juvia mumbled to herself.
"Why haven't I notice that?" Jellal asked himself.
I smirked.
"Well there you have it. Get Gray alone Juvia and confess your love then ask him out!" I said.
Jellal and Juvia stared blankly at their desk while I just looked smug and raised my head up tall.
Friends. It seems I was the Jenius in the Jang.
Ha.
