The shot glasses were piling up on the table, the same table with their respective classmates on a drinking battle
"when will it stop? Natsu can hold his alcohol" one of the guys says
"and so? Lucy doesn't look fazed!" another guy from her class says
"Bet! If our guy wins..you become our shuttle!" the senior slaps few dollar on the table
"Call! if it's the other way...then we get to use the broadcast room for a month!" the junior says placing few of his
they turn back to the duo, their eyes not leaving each other nor the hands that kept grabbing the glasses
"Lu...please...why?" Juvia says with a weak voice, back to gray who shrugs as he got no answer
Kinana who was watching silently, stands up clapping her hands and taking their drinks away from their hands "Enough"
the guy at the other groan and she shuts them up with a glare
"you two, come out now"
And everyone could see a spark of lightning pass between the senior and junior as they stand up walking towards the door
"Does she--"
"Does he--"
Juvia bites her lip to stop smiling as she nods at him to say
"I'm sorry for my idiot"
"me too, I swear she is never like this..." Juvia scratches her chin "I wonder what happened"
"Kinana is a good talker, they should calm down" he assures her "Now...where did we stop? my number being lost?"
"Huh? who said that?" Juvia questions him with wide eyes
"Then why didn't I get an answer from the girl who took my number?"
Juvia shivered, choking on her saliva as she tries to grab a glass of water but gray takes it out of her hands
"you didn't speak much yet you want water?"
He was playing, definitely playing with her. ice prince, who? This guy is not her guy, Juvia scoffs folding her hands
"I called you so many times, it was always unreachable or switched off. What should I do?"
"You see me in campus everyday..."
"Please, it was never less than 10 around you"
"Ah...so you are the shy type" Gray says tapping the table with a raised brow
"Why are we in this topic? You should be happy that I'm not asking for--"
"I'm sad for a week that I didn't get anything from you" He lets out the words freely, like a line from a script
Juvia snaps out of her seconds trance, looking around her hurriedly
"What are you doing?"
"This is a prank right? Should be...how can you come to these without a cause? Or was this Lucy's plan or Kinana? no...they won't do this without knowing your side of feelings...so who?" Juvia finishes looking at gray who has a side smirk leaning back in his chair
"Come sit next to me"
"is that how this prank finishes?" Juvia listens to the guy, quickly sitting beside him hands holding her seat as she turns to look at him
"Do you like me?"
"No"
"You don't?" the tone change in Gray's voice makes her guilty instantly
"I won't call it like..."
"Then? love?"
fuck it, what's wrong with trying?
"You ready for the big step?" She follows his play smirking back
gray moves closer to her ear, whispering "Lunch this weekend"
"Promise to not make anything fall on me?"
Gray laughs nodding his head
...
Lucy washes her hands, looking in the mirror for the nth since she entered
"The faster this finishes, the faster you can go home" she says to herself, looking straight at her reflection, throwing the tissue in the bin. she heads for the door which was forced open by a kissing couple
Lucy shrieks in horror, gluing herself to the wall as they make further inside "Digusting, lock the door befor--"
When she saw the pink mop of hair, lucy stops her complaining squinting her eyes further and clearing throat "You two stop!" She says louder
Groaning, the woman breaks the kiss giving Lucy a eyebrow raise but what Lucy wanted was not hers but the guys attention
"What? this is a fucking pub...these are--" he turns, stumbling at the sight of the girl
"I hope your friend is not like you, dragneel" Lucy says clearly with anger "I swear I'll come for you both, If she cries"
Right after Lucy is out their vision, the woman pulls him back into her kiss but natsu's thoughts were on the girl