Chapter 3
When Lucy was younger, she may have been the kind of girl who would fan girl whenever she would see her crush. Back in high school, she would blush and be embarrassed whenever she would talk to her crush. There was a time that when she was asked by her crush to prom, she actually spilled her drink to him, making the young teen be drenched in orange juice. It may have been one of the most embarrassing moment in her life because the next thing she knows, she was dateless to prom because the boy stood and walks away from her mumbling about never asking her out again.
From that day on, Lucy promised to herself that whenever she would be seeing someone she is into, she would be the most in denial girl the world had.
So now standing before a man who has the most captivating eyes and smile, Lucy is struggling to keep her fan girl mode within herself. She knows that she is blushing feverously and she can't help but to stutter as soon as she hears him.
"Hi," the man named Natsu said as he extends his hand to her, which Lucy takes with a shaking hand, either because she was cold or she was nervous. But most likely because she was nervous.
"H-hi," Lucy says back as she grasps the hand. To her realization, Natsu has a bigger hand than hers and that his hand was warm despite the cold night.
Loving the warmth she is receiving from the hand of Natsu, Lucy barely notices that she is still holding onto the man's hand until a voice suddenly interrupts her daze.
"Alright!" Lissana then claps making the blonde flinch in her spot. Lissana notices how Lucy has turned red as she realizes that she was being watched. Smiling widely, Lissana sends the mischievous grin to her friends, "Since, you both are here now and you know each other's name, we'll be going!" And with that Lissana turns to head towards the parking lot. Lissana quickly wraps her arms to her boyfriend who follows her gesture.
Lucy was taken aback at first when she saw her friend suddenly turn and was about to leave her with a newly acquainted man. Snapping out of her surprise, Lucy quickly steps forward to call on to her friend, "Wait! Lis! You can't leave!"
Stopping in her tracks, Lissana glanced at her friend with her smile still on her face, "Yes I can…"
"What?! No, you can't! You promised!" Lucy stepping closer to her friend. Unaware, Natsu follows behind her and asks to no one in particular, "What promise?"
Hearing him ask something, without looking, Lucy swings her arms to stop the man from talking but to her surprise, her hand suddenly stops at the man's face. Despite knowing that her action was embarrassing, she didn't look back at the man and kept her gaze to the grinning silver haired woman.
Knowing the look she is receiving from Lissana, Lucy tries her best to act normal, which she is failing terribly as she began to feel her hand was being brought down by Natsu. Take note, his hand was holding onto hers.
Grinning even more, Lissana tries to calm her nerves because if she didn't she would have squealed already. "Lucy I promised that I would be there if you meet him. And I'm here! But I didn't promise that I would stay because I and Bickslow have a concert date to do." Lissana then looks up at her boyfriend who just grins at her friends before exposing his tough to the world. Laughing at her boyfriend's antics, she couldn't help but to glance back at her blonde friend.
"I can't believe you, you'd leave me here?! Alone?!" Lucy said back as she puts on her betrayed face, but she knows that she was just pretending to be hurt. "Who said you're alone? Natsu's with you, right?"
Natsu suddenly surprised as he hears his name, "Huh? What?"
"See! He's not even listening!" Lucy complains again to her friend before glancing at the man behind her only to her surprise that he was looking back at her intently. With his intense gaze, she quickly looks away and focuses on Lissana. "Lis, you can't leave me with him! I don't know him!"
"Well, you can start knowing each other! Come on Lucy, you'll enjoy his company"
"No, I won't!" Lucy retorts back slightly stomping her feet in annoyance, but Lissana just giggles at her friend's childishness, "Alright now, we'll be leaving! Have fun!" And with that Lissana pulls Bickslow into a run as they headed to his motorbike. And in a swift move, the couple races away from the bar and heads to the road. Lissana then waves good-bye as Lucy tries to run and stop the two, but obviously it was impossible.
As the couple disappears from people's vision, Lucy couldn't help to exhale deeply. The reason she wants Lissana to stay is because she didn't know if she will be able to control herself from acting like a teenager again. She won't deny that the man behind her has swept her off her feet. But of course, she wouldn't show that, she needed to act in control and that she was not that kind of girl.
Turning rapidly to face the man, Lucy was surprised to see that Natsu was just standing a few steps away from her. Due to their proximity, Lucy somewhat tumbles backward. To hide her awkwardness, she suddenly points at Natsu who flinches at the blonde's action. "You!"
"What? I didn't do anything…" Natsu defends despite being accused of nothing yet
"Did you know that they had a fu-…freaking date?!" Lucy then bits her lips as she reprimands herself for being overly conscious about what Natsu will think of her if she cusses
"No, I didn't." Natsu quickly raises a brow when Lucy suddenly screams in annoyance while throwing her hands in the air. "Hey, look, what's so bad about just hanging around?"
Lucy swiftly looks back at the man with an obvious disbelief look, "You're asking what's bad about hanging around with you?"
"Yeah, for your information, I am a very fun person, Luigi." Natsu then smirks triumphantly as he boosts his ego. But as he looks back at the blonde, the girl was twitching in irritation. "What did you call me?"
"Uhh…Luigi? Isn't that your name?" Natsu asks innocently when suddenly a shoe was flying his way making him catch the flying shoe instead of dodging it, "Hey! What was that for?!"
"My name is not LUIGI, you IDIOT!" Lucy puffs in anger as she breathes tired after throwing her anger and shoe to the man, "I can't believe Lissana would even want me to you! And for your information, there is no way I'll like you!" Lucy steps close to Natsu making the man freeze until Lucy snatches her shoe from his grasp before turning to slip on her shoes and cross her arms under her chest.
Dumbfounded toLucy's retort, Natsu couldn't help but smirk at the pouting blonde. He wouldn't deny, she was cute when she was all shy when they shook hands. But seeing her mad, he couldn't believe that she was leveling with a person he knows, a girl who has red hair. Seeing her other side, from being shy to mad to annoyed, he couldn't believe that he finds Lucy cute and sexy at the same time. He knows to himself he is not thinking straight.
Just trying to go with the flow, Natsu begins to tease the woman again. "Well, who said I like you?"
Lucy quickly looks back at him with an astounding look and her mouth agape. As if reading her mind, Natsu thought that maybe Lucy thinks how crazy he is for telling her the same thing she said to him. "You know what I'm leaving, I don't need this." Liar. Natsu thought to himself as he strides back to his motorbike when Lucy suddenly stops him. "W-wait!" Turning around to look back at the blonde, Natsu couldn't believe he was seeing another expression of Lucy. The embarrassed look and among all her expression this night, Natsu finds it the most amusing. "What?"
"Uh…" Lucy starts but closes her lips again as she debates to herself if whether she was going to be honest to the man or was she just going to insult him again, "Never mind!"
Shaking his head in disappointment, he begins to turn again until he was halted once more when Lucy called out. Tiredly looking back at the blonde, he asks, "What now?"
"Uh…don't take this in a wrong way but you can't leave." Lucy then stands straight as she places her hands to her hips as if she was trying to look mad. But her red cheeks gave her away.
"And why not?" Natsu raises a brow to the blonde
"Because I don't have a ride home…and I don't want to leave yet." Lucy then glances away as she felt her cheeks to heat up more, knowing that the man was now smiling back at her.
"Who said I'll offer you a ride home?" Natsu teases making the woman scowl back at him as a response.
"You're unbelievable!" Lucy bellows before turning around to enter the bar. With that swift move, Natsu races to her and holds on to the woman's small wrist. "I was just kidding!"
Lucy then looks down at her wrist making the pinkette let go as he was caught red-handed, "Sorry."
Sighing deeply, Lucy tries to calm down her nerves by closing her eyes. Then she looks up at Natsu, more relaxed, "You, know what, let's stop this stupid argument. I really don't remember what we're fighting about." Lucy and Natsu began to chuckle at one another as they realize how ridiculous they have been. They were having a pointless disagreement. "You're right…Shall we?" Natsu then swings his arms towards the entrance of the bar. Lucy then faintly chuckles at the pink haired man before walking past him to enter the infamous bar.
As the two maneuvered their way to the back part of the bar, where it was more private and less crowded, Natsu and Lucy found themselves exhausted. The two slumps their selves to the plush couch that is connected to their table. The two glanced at their surrounding until their eyes met.
For Lucy, she knows that her cheeks have turned red once again after seeing his intense gaze on her. No matter what she does, she can't help but be lured to his eyes. Despite his childish smirks at times, she couldn't doubt that this man could be compared to a sex god. Too hot to be ignored. With that thought, she is desperately struggling to keep her in check. She needs to act in control.
"Just so you know, I still don't like you..." Lucy says as she sits up, earning a chortle from the man next to her.
"Don't worry, I still don't like you either." Natsu then watches the face of Lucy who showed her real emotions to him. He was fond of it, it was all real, no pretentions, just the way he likes it. "So, how did you know Lissana?" Natsu asks as he attempts to make conversation with the blonde, who was still annoyed.
"So, now we're making conversions? Wow, you're impossible." Lucy sarcastically says as she rolls her eyes at the somehow offended man
"Why are you even pissed? I didn't do anything to you..." Natsu then drapes his arms to the couch as he waits for the woman to answer back. His hand somehow brushes to the exposed skin of Lucy, making the blonde jerk.
As Lucy composes herself, she sits sideways and looks at the grinning man, "You didn't do anything? Technically you said you don't like me, and you know how offending that is?" Lucy scowls each word before turning her back to the man. Natsu was bewildered with her comment. He thought that he was just repeating what she said, and now she's acting like he started the teasing.
"For your information Luigi-"
"It's Lucy!" Lucy shouts before looking away again
"Fine, Lucy, you started the teasing first. You said to me that you didn't like me, I was just copying you"
Lucy quickly looks at the man astonished as if he was indirectly blaming her for all this nonsense arguments. Lucy tries to come back at the man, but no words came out. Her mouth just opened then closed, realizing she was like being a fish. Mortified how she looked, she swiftly turns away despite hearing the man chuckling. "Shut up..." That was all Lucy could come up, making the pinkette laugh even more.
When a waitress suddenly passes by, Natsu quickly calls her attention making the girl look, she soon heads towards them with a warm smile. "Yes, sir?" the waitress asked as she stood before the two
"Can I have a whiskey on the rocks and..." Natsu began to whisper "Margarita for..." Natsu then points at the blonde who was still not facing him.
But then Lucy notices how the pinkette trails off so she turns to gaze suspiciously at the man. Natsu looked tense but quickly relaxes his shoulder, "You know, the usual"
"Alright, I got it, sir. Coming right up" The girl winks at the man as she was given a smile back
"Thanks, Kinana." Then the girl disappears in the sea of people.
Lucy late realizes that she was not able to give her order. She quickly stood, trying to see the girl but to no avail, the girl emerged to the sea of people already. Annoyed once again, Lucy looks at the pinkette with her hands to her hips, "You didn't let me order my drink!"
"So?" Natsu nonchalantly answers back
"What do you mean so?! How am I supposed to enjoy the night if I don't even have a drink?!" Lucy then stomps her feet as she tries to impose her anger. "You're impossible! I can't believe Lissana would even want us to know each other if you are so full of yourself!" Lucy quickly snatches her purse laying in the table as she squeezes herself out of the booth.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Natsu suddenly sits up and stares stunned at the walking out blonde
"It's none of your business. Enjoy your drinks" Lucy then steps away from the table and soon disappears as well in the crowd.
Seeing Lucy walk out, Natsu started to battle in his head whether he should follow and try to stop her or just let her go. In all honesty, he didn't mean to piss off the woman, he was just having fun teasing her. He didn't expect her to walk out. So finally having his decision made, he stands and steps out of the booth only to be stopped by Kinana holding on to the tray full of liquor. "Natsu-san?" Kinana starts to wonder as she steps inside the booth
"Kinana just put it there, I'll just catch up to Lucy." Natsu then taps the shoulder of the violet-haired girl. As Natsu was about to emerge in the crowd, Natsu was suddenly pushed by a blushing and panting blonde, making him stumble back to their booth. "Luce? What happened to you?" Natsu looked at the huffing blonde who just walked past him.
"Shut-up, I need a drink," Lucy said as she sits in her previous spot and snatched the margarita.
Stunned to what just happened, Natsu suddenly looks at the blonde suspiciously, knowing that something did happen.
As he slowly returns to his seat, Natsu kept his gaze to the drinking blonde. He knows that he is being ignored by the blonde, which made him irk at one point. But his annoyance suddenly disperses when he saw the blonde stiffen after hearing a certain name.
"Yo Loke!" a voice screamed against the blaring music
Despite the loud music in the dance floor, Lucy didn't miss the name she just heard. If it wasn't much of a big deal, she just heard her ex-boyfriend's name. Her ex-boyfriend who has spread the rumor that she was an obsessed stalker. She saw him moments ago as she walks out on Natsu, and it wasn't cool. Realizing that the name was call nearby, which only means, he was close to them now. "Shit." was all Lucy utters as she puts down her drink.
To be continued...
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