Chapter 7
3rd P.O.V
"So, where did you came from?" Gray asked.
After about 30 minutes of Gray and Natsu's fighting, Erza got tired of them and knocked their head s together. Now, all the gang are sitting around the coffee table, munching snacks and sharing stories.
"Hmm, actually I'm from Magnolia, I live a few minutes away from Luce's place"
"Oh really? How come we never saw you around?" Levy asked, eating some chips. She decided to combine a few treats and make herself some kind of a cocktail.
"Umm… uhhh…" Natsu didn't know what to answer, his brain going blank at the question he was asked. Just as he thought that he was screwed Lucy started talking.
"He's Homeschooled. We ran into each other by accident when I took a walk the other day" Natsu felt like he could breath again, hearing the answer Lucy gave them. He looked at her and gave her a small smile as a thank you fair the save.
Lucy saw his smile and returned it, starting to feel like her chicks are warmer.
"Well, I'm glad to hear you're given an education, Natsu" Erza said, as if approving the answer she was given.
Before anyone could say another thing, Levy started talking "let me tell you a little about myself Natsu, I'm 17 years old and live about 20 minutes away from here. I'm in Lu-chan's class and book club. Umm oh and Lu-chan and I go way back" Levy concluded, she placed one of her fingers on her chin, thinking of there is anything else she forgot to say. When she was satisfied with her words, she gave Natsu a little smile which Natsu returned.
"Then I shall introduce myself next. As you know, my name's Erza, I'm a year older than Lucy, Levy, Gray and Juvia. I met Lucy while she tried to do some student council work about 4 years ago. Now I'm the student council president" when Erza finished talking, Natsu's eyes widened. HE NEVER MET A PRESIDENT IN HIS LIFE so he did what ant other would do. He kneeled down and started bowing to her .
Everyone was shocked to see what he was doing, Gray was the first to come to his senses and laughed his ass off while rolling on the ground.
"He.. he.. he's such a DUMBASS!" Gray laughed and wiped some tears that escaped his eye "what the hell are you doing??" The rest of the girls came to their senses and giggled at the scene.
"What do you think I do, ass face? She's a president! " Natsu defended himself.
"Not a real one, you moron"
"Tch.. whatever jackass" Natsu scoffed, folding his hands in front of him and avoiding any eye contact .
"Before Natsu San decides he doesn't want to hear anything, Juvia would like to introduce herself properly, is that ok Natsu san?"
"Yeh sure, go for it"
"Well, Juvia's name's Juvia. Juvia is in Gray Sama's class and Juvia absolutely loves that! Juvia can spend the whole day with her beloved except for when Juvia goes swimming . Juvia's the captain of the swimming club " Juvia finished talking with a light blush as she fumbled with her fingers.
Natsu smiled at her, glad to hear she has a nice hobby such as swimming. Lucy listened close to her friends' words, a small smile forming on her lips as she thought back to all the memories she shared with her friends.
Gray cleared his throat as he readied himself to speak "well flame breath, I kno-"
"Nah, I don't really care about you" Natsu said as he got up. When he heard that, Gray had a thick mark on his forehead, indicating he was holding himself to not strangle Natsu. "Will you shut it?! I'm being nice for Lucy's sake here!" As he said that Lucy didn't know where to bury herself, knowing Juvia will start soon with her "Love Rival " fiasco and soon enough she started to feel Juvia's glare in her back.
"Fine, frost butt! If you say it's for Luce then I'll go with that. Just hurry up and finish with that" Gray cleared his throat once again as Natsu re-took his place next to Lucy.
"As I was saying" Gray glared towards Natsu which the letter returned "I'm Gray Fullbaster, in the same year as Lucy but in a different class. I met her about a year and a half after Levy met her. I'm majoring art and specifically ice sculptures. Done, was that so hard to listen??" Gray finished his introduction with an irritated note.
"Yeh Yeh, whatever " Natsu blew him off with bored tone.
"Now that everyone introduced themselves, why don't we play a game?" Lucy said with hope to end the upcoming bickering Natsu and Gray were about to start. Luckily to her, both Levy and Erza agreed with her, both already suggesting a number of games.
"Juvia will play if her beloved would play" Juvia declared with hearts in her eyes while clinging to Gray's arm.
"Hai hai" Gray sweat dropped as he let Juvia get what she wanted.
"We'll play monopoly " Erza said, her voice indicated to everyone else not to question the decision.
Natsu
Monopoly? What is that? I thought, I have no idea how to play this monopoly game as I never had the chance to get familiar with the human games.
I kept concentrating on my form, I might change back to my normal appearance if I won't concentrate since I didn't get a lot of time to practice . Igneel said that it'll get easier with time.
"Natsu? Is everything's ok?" Lucy asked, concern is written all over her face. Hm , I guess I was spacing out for too long.
"Yes, of course. Everything's fine" I tried to assure her, I don't want her worrying about me. She stared at me for another minute or two, trying to figure out whether I wwas telling the truth or not. When she was satisfied with her conclusion, a smile rose on her face and she started turning towards her friends.
Before she could take another step, I grabbed her hand, preventing her from walking away "Natsu?" I felt my chicks get warmer by the second.
"Say, Lucy.."
"What is it? Are you OK?"
"Just.. how do you play Monopoly?" It was so embarrassing! I looked at the ground, not daring to meet Luce's eyes. What I didn't expect was the laugh that came out of her mouth.
"It's ok Natsu, you can play with me until you get the hang of it" Lucy said as she flashed a smile in my direction. I sat next to Luce as she started explaining the game for me. In the corner of my eye, I could see the girls whispering but I didn't put too much effort listening since I wanted to learn how to play already.
"So basically you roll the dice and move your token the same amount of squares as the number you had-"
"Wait, flame brain doesn't know how to play monopoly? Hahaha nice"
"Will you shut it , you pervert popsicle?! I'm trying to learn here something!" I yelled at him, geez can't he just be quiet? When he didn't responded and made a small noise, I took that as a win and looked at Lucy " now, what were you saying?" Lucy cleared her throat with a giggle at Gray and I's exchange of words.
"Yes, as I was saying, you move your token the same number of steps as the number the dice showed you. When you're finished you can decide if you want to buy the place you landed or not- using this money" Lucy gestured to the stacks of fake money Erza started give us. I nodded in understanding as we started playing.
--a few games later--
I finally got the hang of the game when I started to feel like my power is being sucked out of me. I widened my eyes as I understood I'm running low on power to maintain my human form..
I quickly got up and ran to the door, I need to get to hiding as fast as possible, I shouted my goodbye to everyone, saying I have to go home or something.
They were confused, I can tell that but they'll get over it, especially this dumb stripper. I just hope Lucy doesn't get hurt by my behavior As I step foot in the forest I could feel myself changing.
Damn it! It hurts !
As I limped further into the woods I started to feel like I'm losing consciousness.
The last thing I remember is a blur of yellow and red.
