Author's Notes: Hello! Here's a new story that I've been recently writing. This one will mostly have consistent updates because a few chapters are already written. Basically, Natsu is a member of a band and he's used to having a LOT of girls around him... Except for Lucy, of course. This will be a different story compared to the other ones I have written, it will have a few more mature themes in it and it won't be happening around college all the time. I hope you enjoy the first chapter, it's a bit short like always but they will get bigger in the future. As always, thank you so much for the feedback on my other stories and I hope to count on it in this one as well. Happy reading!

Here we go again... Another day at college... At Fairy Tail College, to be precise. My name is Lucy Heartfilia and I'm a 18 year old normal student, or at least for the most part. Studying might be boring to some of you but I actually like it, especially if I do it with my best friend, Levy. She's the smartest person I know and my dearest friend, there's nothing I wouldn't do for her. Our college is one of the best, from what people say. It has the best students, the best teachers and it's also one of the most expensives colleges out there. Well, I have my parents to thank for that. Even though it's my first year, the school has a nice ambience and people seem nice, at least the ones that have already talked to me.

Levy is my only friend, the one I truly know since my childhood days. We've been best friends ever since we were kids and it hasn't changed. I'm sitting in my bed, reading a nice book when I hear the door bell ringing. I go downstairs and open the door to find Levy smiling at me.

"Hey, Luce!" she comes in and hugs me.

"Hey! I wasn't expecting you at this hour, what's up?"

She extends her hand and I noticed she was holding two tickets.

"Ready to go to the concert?"

"Concert? What are you talking about?"

"My boyfriend's concert, silly! I told you it was tonight, have you forgotten?"

Oh, right... Levy's boyfriend, Gajeel. He's part of a band, a rock band or something, called Dragon Slayers. I never really understood of payed much attention but the concert was tonight and it completely slipped my mind.

"It was tonight? I was so distracted reading my book that I forgot..." I smile at her and Levy crosses her arms, "I'm sorry! I'm gonna get ready, don't worry."

I go to my room before she could reply and get myself ready with whatever clothes I could find in my room. The concert wasn't a big deal, so I didn't need to be all glamorous. Besides, I was only going to cheer on Levy's boyfriend and give the band some motivation or something. Levy was too excited, it was the first time she was going to see Gajeel perform live. I understood, of course, but I didn't had any motivation to go. She was lucky to be my best friend.

I didn't even notice her presence when she got in my room and sighed.

"You're not wearing that, are you?" she asked.

"What's wrong with a basic t-shirt and some jeans?"

"Luce... It looks like you're going to another normal day at school..." she opened up my wardrobe and grabbed a black skirt, "This will do."

"Why would I wear that? It's just a concert, not a party."

"Excuse me, it's my boyfriend's concert! Are you saying it's nothing important?"

"Levy... You know I love you, but I'm really not in a mood to glam up."

"C'mon, Lucy... Do it for me, just this time!"

She looked at me with her usual puppy eyes and I decided to do whatever she wanted. I grabbed the black skirt and decided to wear a cute white top with it. I grabbed some nice gold jewelry as well to match the outfit and small boots. She looked at me in approval and we both left my house to go to the concert.

Once we got there, we didn't have to wait in line because Levy had VIP tickets, of course... We went in and Levy looked everywhere for Gajeel and I just stood next to her and hoped the concert would start soon so I could go back home. Once she spotted him, she ran up to him and gave him a big hug. He smiled at her and waved at me. He was a nice guy, from what I knew about him, but we never really interacted that much.

Gajeel told Levy that we could go to the VIP area and watch the concert from there so we did as he said. Thankfully, the place had a few couches so I sat there and waited for the concert to begin. Levy was way too excited to sit down.

"You're going to get yourself tired before the concert even starts." I said.

"Don't be so boring! Of course I'm not gonna be tired, I have to cheer!"

"Yes, but you'll do a better job at it if you're standing and not sleeping."

"You're the one who's sitting."

I laughed at her and she rolled her eyes, but she knew I was just messing around with her like I always do.

The concert was taking forever to start. We had arrived 30 minutes ago. I was about to ask her if they were gonna take too long when suddenly the lights went off. I heard a small crowd cheering and yelling. I didn't like concerts that much, everyone was too loud, the music was too loud and I only wanted to leave and go somewhere quiet to finish my book. The whole thing was to overwhelming for me. If it wasn't for Levy, I wouldn't be here.

The crowd was cheering too loudly and everyone was yelling the members' names. I didn't know any of them besides Gajeel, obviously. I didn't even know the name of the band, for that matter. Suddenly, a name was too clear to understand... Natsu... According to Levy, who clearly noticed my confused face after hearing that name, he was the band's vocalist. Gajeel was the guitarist, that much I knew. The rest of the boys were called Gray and Sting.

Finally, they all showed up. Sting was winking at the girls in the crowd. Typical... He was the stereotypical blonde guy who has all the girls falling for him. He was the band's bass guitarist. Gray was the drummer. He had black hair and why the hell was he shirtless? His torso was bare and he was smiling like he didn't even care. Natsu was the weirdest of them. His hair was pink and he had the most malicious smile. He looked at the crowd, especially at the girls and almost looked like he knew he could have every one of them. It was infuriating. Suddenly, Gajeel looked in our direction and winked at Levy, who I could almost bet was blushing. The moment he looked at us, Natsu did the same. He looked in our direction and his eyes suddenly stopped at mine. He looked at me for a few seconds and smirked. I couldn't even react back, but I didn't even crack a smile. There was something strange about him.

They started playing and even if I didn't want to admit it, the songs weren't actually that bad. I even got up at one point and cheered with Levy. She really was lucky to be my best friend. The whole crowd was enjoying the concert as well, the girls didn't stop at any opportunity to get the boys' attention, especially Natsu. He was the lead vocalist, he was standing in the center and too close to the crowd to be able to smirk at every girl who laid her eyes on him.

After the concert was finally over, Levy waited for Gajeel at the entrance. We stood there for about 10 minutes until someone came to us and spoke.

"Can I help you, ladies?"

It was the pink haired boy from the band. Levy was about to answer, but I did it first.

"No, thank you."

"Are you sure?"

He smirked at me and I looked back as blandly as possible.

"Yes."

"What a rude girl, huh?"

I had no idea what he was doing but I didn't like his tone and I was ready to snap before Levy got my attention. She knew I was about to lose my temper.

"We're just waiting for my boyfriend, Gajeel."

"Oh, you're Gajeel's girl. Nice to meet you. That guy can't stop talking about you for a second, it's almost annoying."

Levy smiled, but I still didn't like the guy's presence and the way he talked about me was infuriating. He looked at me again and I wanted to tell him to go away.

"See? That wasn't so hard. You're not very friendly, are you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" he didn't even answer anything this time, he just kept staring at me and started laughing, "What's so funny?"

"You are... interesting."

He smirked at me one more time and before I had time to answer, he simply left. I wanted to at least say something but Levy looked at me and told me to leave it.

"Who does that guy think he is?"

"C'mon, Lucy, you know better than to let yourself get angry at that."

"I just hate guys like him, they think they're so hot and every girl wishes to have a minute of their attention. He can kiss my-"

"Gajeel!"

Suddenly, Gajeel showed up before I could finish and I was probably for the best. They both hug and I say hi to him as well.

"The concert was amazing!" Levy said.

"Nah, it was good. We could've done better."

"I actually liked it and this music isn't really my type." I smile.

"Thank you, I'm glad you both had a good time. Let's go get some dinner, I'll pay."

The three of us are sitting on a table at a diner. We ordered three hamburgers and while we're waiting for the food, I finally decided to bring up the subject that was bothering me.

"So, what's the deal with your vocalist?"

"Lucy! Are you still thinking about that?"

"I don't blame her, every girl who has an encounter with Natsu tends to talk about him all the time after." Gajeel smiled.

"It's not that! I hated his attitude! He called me rude after I answered his question."

"Well, to be fair, you did answer him with a... very rude tone." Levy laughed.

"That still doesn't give him the right to call me that without even knowing me. I'm sure he's used to having every girl fall on his arms after saying hello."

"Well, that is actually accurate." Gajeel responded.

"See? He's a jerk and I simply don't like jerks."

"You're probably gonna have a hard time, then..."

I looked at him trying to figure out what he meant by that. Levy did the same, so I knew that she was as clueless as I was after what Gajeel had just said. He noticed that we were both looking at him waiting for an answer and he laughed.

"You don't know yet?"

"We don't know what?"

"Natsu is in Fairy Tail too."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. That jerk was in MY college? Besides, apparently he was the same age as me, so that meant that he was probably in the same year as me or even worst... in the same classroom as me. It wouldn't be easy to ignore him if he was.

It's the first day of school and I'm already freaking out. I didn't want to be nervous, I have Levy with me and our classmates will probably not be so bad. Except for that pink haired jerk from yesterday. I grabbed my phone and called Levy to make sure that she would meet me at the entrance gates. I have only seen the entrance of the school so far, I have no idea how it looks inside. For that part I'm actually excited.

I grabbed my things and ate breakfast as fast as I could before heading to Fairy Tail. It wasn't that far from my house so going there was easy. I could already see Levy from afar, her blue hair was easy to spot. I waved at her and waited for her to do the same once she noticed my presence.

"Finally! I've been here for 10 minutes."

"Wow, such a long time..." I smiled, "Do I have to remind you how many times I had to wait for you too?"

"Hmm, no... You don't have to." we both laughed, "Listen, our first class starts in a few minutes." she grabbed a mini map from her pocket, "This is the school map, they give it to all the new students to help get around school. I've already been studying it."

"Of course you have."

"I already know where we have to go... See?" she pointed at one of the rooms in the map, "We need to go here."

"Aye, captain! Wherever you go, I follow."

We both started walking towards the classroom. We could already see everyone standing next to the door waiting for the teacher to arrive. There was a bunch of people we had never seen before, possibly from our own classroom. There was no sign of Gajeel or that jerk... at least for now. We sat on a bench and waited for the class to start. After a very old man who seemed like our teacher walked into the room, everyone followed him, including us.

The teacher was nice. He introduced himself to the class. He said that later everyone would have a small conference with the school's director, Makarov. Levy had already seen him before and mocked his height. Apparently he was very short and I was curious to see him. After a while, my mind stopped as soon as I saw who had just entered the room.

"New year, same old habits. Right, Mr. Dragneel?"

The teacher looked at the pink haired guy with a serious and blank face. He simply smirked back.

"Sorry, my alarm sucks."

"Your reputation for arriving late will never change, I suppose."

Reputation? Wait... How did the teacher already know how Natsu behaves? How did he know that he was known for arriving late? Was he not a new student like me?

He sat down on the table behind me and I could already feel his eyes on me as soon as he noticed my presence. I could almost bet he was smirking at some point. The teacher kept talking about the school and how everything functions. I tried to pay attention as much as I could before I felt something touch my back. I rolled my eyes since I already knew who it was.

"Hey, blondie... Remember me?"

I didn't answer.

"Same attitude as yesterday, huh?"

"Depends on the person." I finally said.

"Oh, she talks... I almost forgot how your voice sounds like."

"Good. You should listen to it as I'm telling you to stop bothering me."

"Oh, didn't know I was annoying to you. I kinda had the impression that you actually liked me."

"Think again."

I tried to ignore him as much as possible as the teacher kept talking and I was missing most of it. He was starting to annoy me and I didn't want to turn around and make too much noise. He wasn't going to win.

After the teacher stopped his speech, he asked each one of us to introduce ourselves to the entire class. I couldn't remember all the names, except for only a few. Erza... She was a red haired girl way taller than me and her beauty was impossible to miss. Juvia... She had a shy expression while saying her name, but what got my attention was the color of her hair. That shade of blue was beautiful. Mirajane had gorgeous white hair and judging by her looks, she could easily be a model. Cana seemed like a fierce person at first glance and she had her arms crossed all the time. She was almost as intimidating as Erza. Laxus was a tall blonde guy that had a very serious and almost angry expression. I couldn't get a good impression out of him besides that. Rogue was a black haired guy and Sting's best friend, from what Levy had told me. I couldn't really remember the rest of the class that well after hearing the names for the first time, but something told me that we would all know each other pretty soon.

Four days had passed since our first day of school. We could almost move around school without checking the map all the time. After all the classes were over for the day, Levy and I said goodbye to each other and I was ready to go home until someone touched my arm. I turned around and immediately regretted it after seeing who it was.

"Going home so soon?"

"Yes, my classes are over."

"Nice, I'll keep you company."

He positioned himself next to me and waited for me to start walking. I simply looked at him, trying to make him understand that was insane for thinking that I would want to go home with him.

"Are you kidding?"

"Why?"

"You're not walking me home."

"Why not?"

"I don't know... Because I don't like you? Because I don't even know you? Because that's creepy?"

"C'mon, blondie... You're still mad at me? It was a joke, relax."

"I don't care if it was a joke, you're still not coming with me. Thanks, but no thanks."

I started walking without even looking at him again and everything was fine until I heard steps behind me. I rolled my eyes and turned around, only to see him right behind me. This guy was incredibly annoying.

"Are you deaf? What did I just say?"

"My house is in the same direction." he smirked.

"Of course it is..." I sighed and walked again. I heard the steps again, "Could you stop following me?!"

"I told you, I'm not following you. My house is in the same direction."

"Do you think I'm an idiot?"

He didn't say a word, almost as if he was thinking if he should know the answer to that question or not. I sighed again and finally gave in. I turned around and walked, the footsteps behind me continued. This guy was testing every single drop of patience I had. After a few minutes, he was walking next to me instead of behind and I looked at him again.

"How far is your damn house?"

"Not too much, don't worry."

"Unless your turn somewhere else on the next block, I'm gonna keep worrying."

"You're too stressful, did you know?"

"I'm rude AND stressful now, got it."

"Hey, what did I just say earlier? It was a jo-" he turned his eyes away and looked at a black car that was passing through, "Shit!"

Suddenly, without even realizing what was happening, he grabbed my wrist without a warning and dragged me towards a corner. I tried to say something and ask what was going on, but decided to stay quiet. He looked slowly to the street to make sure the car or whatever he had seen was gone. Whatever it was, he want to hide from it. I looked down after noticing the warmth that was on my hand. He was still grabbing my wrist. Something made me feel weird and I immediately removed my hand from his grip. He noticed that and turned around to look at me with a surprised expression.

"Sorry, he's gone now."

"Who was that?"

"No one important... Sorry, go home."

"You're not coming anymore?" I looked at him, confused.

"Nah, I've got things to do. Thanks for the company, blondie."

Without saying another word, he left before I could even answer or say anything. What had just happened? What a weird guy.