Chapter 4
"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 foot 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 on 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 hissed then steps away from the table and soon disappears in the crowd.
As soon as Lucy walks away from the pink-haired man, she squeezed herself into the crowd. To be honest, there was no place to squeeze in, so Lucy just keeps on moving to a place where there was space. As she kept on going, she realizes that she was not getting anywhere nearer to the entrance, so quickly she stops in her spot. The moment she does, a certain orange haired person caught her attention and she wouldn't deny she shivered in nervousness, thinking it might be someone she knew. As quick as she notices the person, the answer to her question was given instantly when she heard someone call out, "Finally you arrived, Loke!"
Lucy suddenly froze in her spot, making her have a glimpse of Loke's figure. The orange-haired actor was still the same, the good-looking guy in a suit. As soon as she was bumped by some stranger, she turns around and tries to walk away. She tries to get away from the spot afraid that she would be noticed. But thank the heavens, it was too dark for her blonde hair to stand out, so she just kept on walking.
So with that, she quickly retracts her steps, still trying to get out of the place. Without realizing, she suddenly spots the booth that she came from. So without hesitation, she walks back to their booth only to be met by Natsu, who seemed to be looking for someone.
Realizing that it could be her that Natsu is looking for, she pushes the man by his chest, making the man stumble backward, "Luce? What happened to you?" Natsu asked as he gazes at her with pure worry, which she didn't understand why. Lucy didn't realize how tired she felt when she was finally out of the crowd. She was heaving tiredly, felt her cheeks warm, and have a dry mouth. So without minding the man, she walks past him and states, "Shut up, I need a drink"
Lucy quickly sits in her previous spot and grabs the margarita that was sitting in the table. Despite noticing the suspicious look of the man to her, she chooses to ignore and just enjoy the stolen drink from Natsu. Soon enough, the pink-haired man sits next to her but the way he gazed at her didn't change. She knows for a fact that it was annoying him that she wasn't giving him any attention or explaining what happened. She found it amusing because she didn't know how much she has caught the man's attention to start acting like that. And yet she also finds it odd because they barely know each other and she doesn't owe him any explanation.
As Lucy plans to continue ignoring the pinkette, she couldn't help but tense up her shoulder when she heard the name once again, "Yo Loke!" a voice screamed against the blaring music. Lucy knows that the music in Fairy Tail bar is so loud that you would be unable to hear your own voice. So she couldn't understand why she had to hear her ex-boyfriend's name despite the loud music.
Lucy slowly glances at Natsu with wide eyes when she realized that Loke was just nearby, "Shit" the last word she uttered before she started scrambling in her spot.
Seeing Lucy act ridiculous in her seat, Natsu unconsciously raises his brow at the woman, "What are you doing?"
"I'm hiding!" Lucy exclaims as she bends to go under the table but her whole body barely made it under. The blonde quickly sits up and looks around once again
"Hiding? From what?" Natsu curiously asks as he just watches the woman act frantically
"More of who!" Lucy shouts back as she tries again under the table yet again, she fails
"Then who?" Natsu nonchalantly asks as he leans his arm to the couch and rests his head to his hand
"Will you just shut up and help me hide from Loke?!" Lucy screams loudly but not enough to overpower the sound of the music. Natsu was about to answer when Lucy cursed again, "Fuck he's here…"
"Who's here?" Natsu then glances at the crowd, spotting an orange-haired man
"Him, with the orange hair"
Without further questions, Natsu moves closer and covers the view of Lucy, who was taken aback by the swift move. "What are doing?" Lucy asks as she widens her eyes to the man
Ignoring the questions, Natsu commands the woman in his serious look, "Unbutton two buttons, go"
"Excuse me? Have you turned into a pervert?!"
"Will you just do it?! I'm trying to help you here!" Natsu scowls at the woman who just raised her brow
"How is unbuttoning my blouse help me?!"
"If you won't do it, I'll do it!" Natsu was then about to open a button to Lucy's blouse when suddenly she swatted his hands away, "I'll do it! Goodness, what a pervert you are…"
When two buttons were undone, Natsu quickly lifts Lucy and made her sit in his lap, making her straddle the man. Lucy gasps as soon as she was lifted and was brought down to the man's lap. Lucy quickly blushes as soon as she realizes she was sitting at Natsu's crotch and with her skirt skidding upwards, her red face turned even warmer.
Without warning, Natsu began to brush Lucy's bare thigh with his hand, which made her shiver because of the warm sensation she suddenly felt in her guts. She instantly grabs his wrist and stops it from going further. Whispering huskily close to the man, she asks, "What are you doing?"
"Um. . .helping" Natsu replies, helplessly gulping as he stares back at Lucy's eyes then to her plump lips, suddenly feeling the desire to kiss those red lips
Lucy then leans even closer, slightly tilting her head, "Really?"
Their breath was now fanning each other's faces, making them intoxicated with each other's warmth and heat. Not knowing what is happening to them, they were unconsciously leaning to each other having their lips almost touch when suddenly, "Lucy?"
Natsu and Lucy quickly pull away and looks at the person who just called the blonde. When Lucy looks at her back, she sees that Loke was standing in front of her, having a little debate in his head why she was in her current position. "L-Loke…"
"Uh, hi…" Loke then steps closer and having a good look at Natsu, who was breathing breathlessly at Lucy's chest, "What are you doing here?"
Lucy suddenly relaxes in her position, only to hear Natsu groan when she plopped down at his hardening crotch. Quickly gazing at the contoured face of Natsu, she smiles sheepishly and whispers, "Sorry"
Noticing that Lucy's attention on him was suddenly forgotten, Loke clears his throat and sees Lucy lift herself off from the lap of the pink haired man and sits next to him while fixing her wrinkled skirt. When Lucy was finally seated next to the man, he walks closer and charmingly smiles at his ex-girlfriend. "Having a small party on your own?"
"Excuse me?" Lucy's face quickly changes as she notices the tone that the actor used
"I didn't know that you'd go the ex-"
"Luce, button up your blouse, he sees your cleavage…" Natsu says to interrupt the man as he tries to button up the blouse of the woman. Lucy then thanks him as she finishes her buttons before looking back at the pissed actor, "What were you saying Loke?"
"Never mind…so who is he? A guy you just pulled out of the crowd?" Loke insults as he eyes Natsu as if he is belittling the man
"What?" Lucy asks irritated as she sends some death glare to the actor but was not moved at all. But Lucy was taken aback when Natsu suddenly stands up and extends his hand to introduce himself, "Name's Natsu, Natsu Dragneel"
Surprised to hear the famous name, Loke unaware steps back but quickly catch himself and shows confidence again as he takes the hand of the man to give a firm shake. Loke was, even more, surprised when Natsu suddenly grips his hand too tight for his liking that he quickly pulls his hand away, "Loke, Loke De Leon"
"I know, you're the playboy actor"
"B-babe," Lucy shyly calls, "d-don't waste your time with him…" Lucy says while stuttering as she tries to catch the attention of the two males. Hearing Lucy call Natsu by a pet name, Loke suddenly choked in his own spit before clearing throat once more. "Lucy, who is he for you?"
"Loke, he's my…date" Lucy then sits up straight when Natsu sits back down. Lucy began to run her hand to the man's chest, and boy she could feel the hard muscles under the clothes. "That's right Loke, you heard me right…"
"Your date?" Loke repeats still surprised to the news he just heard
"Why not? Because the last time I remember, I'm single…So, I'm on my date" Lucy then smiles mockingly to her ex-boyfriend and when she felt satisfied that she has hurt him, she glances at Natsu, only to see him mirroring the smile that she had on her face. Still trying to insult the orange-haired actor, Natsu pulls Lucy's hand to his lips and softly kisses her backhand. Despite knowing that it was only for show, Lucy couldn't help but blush and feel cherished by the way Natsu's lips kissed her hand.
"Whatever…" And with that Loke walks away from the booth, annoyed as ever, and soon emerges in the crowd
When Loke was no longer seen around, Lucy suddenly cheers in her spot and drapes her arms to the pink-haired man's neck. Late realizing that she was hugging the man, Lucy abruptly pulls her arms away and tucks her loose hair. "Sorry, got carried away…"
Chuckling at the blonde, Natsu just shakes his head in disbelief, "Alright, might want to explain what just happened?"
Smiling genuinely back at the man, Lucy looks at the man under her lashes and softly answers, "I guess I owe you that…"
"So technically, it's all bad rumor…You dumped him after cheating on you, then suddenly turns the story, making you the one being dumped and became an obsessed ex-girlfriend stalker" Natsu then smiles as he shortly summarizes the story that Lucy just told him.
After a few drinks of whiskey and tequila, Lucy could be seen somehow tipsy. But still hanging on to her sanity, she giggles at the man as her response. Seeing how Lucy was like a childish girl with her laugh, Natsu couldn't help but ruffle the woman's hair and smile back. "I guess that explains why you are so frantic when Loke was approaching…" Natsu then smirks when Lucy's face suddenly scrunches
"Can we not. . .talk about me anymore" Lucy says as she swings her hair to the right exaggeratedly then stares at the pink-haired man, "So…what's your story?" Lucy then smirks in victory as if she hits a sensitive spot to the man's heart but alas, Natsu just raised a brow at the intoxicated woman. "Well, if you're thinking it's something too sensitive to talk about, you're wrong."
"Oh~ is that sooo?" Lucy slowly slides closer to the man and crawls her finger to the chest of the man, who just snickers at the attempt of the woman
"Alright, my story is not that dramatic compared to yours" Natsu simply starts his story, making Lucy rumble as if she was annoyed with the comment of the man, but then her smile gave her away, "Let's just say that my family owns a big business and I'm handling it along with my father. So, now, my mother is afraid that I'd end up as a single man forever"
"Ohhh…afraid not to have grandchildren?" Lucy comments just making the man smile in return
"I guess so. So, yeah, my mom started arranging blind dates for me. And I'm sick of it" Natsu quickly ends it before grabbing his glass and finishes his whiskey
"Sick of it? Why? Aren't the women your mother arranging for you somewhat like supermodels? You should be happy about it!" Lucy emphasizes as she slams the table with her palm before sitting up and grabs a new drink
"Yeah they are and at first, I was…excited about it. But as it went on, I just got tired of those kinds of women" Natsu then glances at Lucy who was totally wasted after finishing up a whole glass of his whiskey, "You know, you just drank my drink…"
"I fucking don't care…hik!" Lucy started hiccupping, making the man chortle
"Yeah you don't…"
"Finish your story~" Lucy whines as she tries to sit up straight but always falls towards the table, "You didn't tell me why you needed. . ." Lucy then exhales loudly, "a stupid diversion"
Natsu fixing his gaze at the blonde first as he tries to checks if Lucy was still in her sanity before he answers, "Because I'm tired of going to blind dates to find a wife. And so, Lissana suggested this idea, you, about pretending to be my girlfriend in front of my family. And I think it's stupid, I don't think it would work so easily"
Lucy then audibly inhaling and exhaling with her eyes close, when she suddenly surprises the man by looking straight to his eyes, "If you say so…" then came a boisterous laughter from the blonde. Natsu knew Lucy has lost her sanity as she laughs by herself. So to expresses his thoughts, he suddenly shakes his head in astonishment as he grins at the wasted woman, "You know what, time to go home. It's passed midnight anyways."
And with that Natsu stands from his seat and helps the blonde stand as well to start walking out of the bar. What seemed forever to get out of the place, Natsu and Lucy was finally in the open air. Clueless to their surroundings, a few flashes pointed to them but this goes unnoticed by Natsu and Lucy as they walk towards the motorcycle of Natsu.
As soon as the big bike is in view, Lucy started to skip towards the vehicle. When she reached the bike, she twirls around to look at the grinning man, and seeing him walk slowly, she decided to walk closer and pull him to her as she cheerfully whispers to him, "I like your bike"
"Really? Why? Are you into bikes as well?" Natsu asks as his smile just keeps on growing
"Hmm, not really! But I know what kind of motorbike this is…" Lucy giddily replies as she wraps her arms to Natsu's neck who just smiled back, "Alright, what is he?"
"He? Ohh…what's his name?" Lucy childishly asks as she runs her fingers to the end of Natsu's hair
"Tell me what kind of bike he is first…" Natsu insists as he leans his forehead to hers
"Fine…" Lucy pouts, which Natsu found adorable, "Black Ducati superbike 899 Panigale"
As soon as Lucy states the kind of bike Natsu had, he wanted to capture her lips instantly but Lucy quickly shoves Natsu's face away as she giggles to herself. Natsu just then scowls as he stumbles back. When Lucy wasn't slowing down her laughter, Natsu just shook his head in disappointment, "As if you will be able to kiss her…" He mumbles to himself before walking closer to the blonde again.
"Okay, time to go…" Natsu then guides Lucy towards his bike. When Lucy tries to stop her titters, Natsu grabs his helmet and wears it to the blonde. He secures the helmet to Lucy's head before taking a seat to his bike.
"Natsu, how am I going to seat here? My skirt…" Lucy then looks down at her skirt which was all wrinkled, "Here," Natsu then hands his sleeve shirt, leaving him wear a white v neck, "wear this, it might cover you up until your thighs"
Shyly accepting the shirt, she slowly dresses herself and buttons the sleeve shirt and true to Natsu's guess, it ended just right in the middle of her thigh, "Thanks"
And with that, Natsu helps Lucy ride the bike and within a minute they were speeding off to Lucy's apartment. The ride was a good 15 minutes, with the cool air blowing at their faces and just stare at the almost empty streets. When Lucy and Natsu arrive at the condominium, Lucy quickly offers the man some coffee to be able to sober up. Natsu hesitated at first but the blonde just started tugging the man to enter and tells him to be comfortable in her living room as she grabs some coffee.
"Luce, you really don't have to make me coffee…" Natsu calls out as he scans the pictures displayed in the tables when he suddenly hears Lucy, carrying a wobbling cup of coffee
"Nope! I insist, after all, you gave me a ride home…" Lucy states when suddenly she trips over the untied carpet
When she felt that she was losing her balance when she tripped, everything happened so quickly. She knew she was still trying to control her fall but the coffee in the cup was spilling everywhere, until half of it was thrown at Natsu.
"Uh! Hot!" Natsu exclaims as he steps back because of the sudden contact of the hot liquid
"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry!" Lucy quickly settles the cup to the nearest table and approaches Natsu. As she stood before him, a big coffee mark greeted her, "Shit! Your shirt! Let me get something to wipe it off!" and with that, Lucy sprints away from the man and went back to the kitchen
"Hey, Luce! It's fine!" Natsu tries to call the blonde back but the woman just won't listen. Since he was drench in coffee, he suddenly felt uncomfortable with his stained shirt
"You know what Natsu! Give me your shirt I'll give it a quick laundry!" Lucy shouted from the kitchen before she appears again in the living room carrying a wet cloth to clean off some of the stains.
As soon as she sees the living room, a heavenly stripping man greeted her. Yes, she wouldn't deny that she suddenly felt hot, all through her body. Heck, she was left speechless when she watch Natsu took off that dirty white shirt. Unaware of her actions, she suddenly bites her lower lip as she scans Natsu from head to toe then back to his face. Natsu hasn't noticed her return yet, so she silently walks closer to the half-naked man in her living room. If she was to describe what she was seeing, she'd say, Natsu have a glorious body, with six pack abs along with his v line, his glistening tan skin, muddled pink hair and his lean muscles. Oblivious that Natsu has finally noticed her appearance and walks up to her, he notices how Lucy was ogling at him.
"Luce" Natsu calls, yet the woman was still eyeing him as if he was some delicious candy, so with that Natsu snaps his finger to the woman, "Wh-what?" Lucy quickly snaps out of her trance as she blushes that she was caught staring
"The shirt?" Natsu then raises the stained shirt when suddenly, the blonde quickly snatches it away, "Right, wait here" and with that Lucy fastens her walk away from the man, stumbling at the process.
When Lucy left the man, she was cautious that she had a stranger in her home. A stranger who was half naked in her living room and she thought, she didn't mind, heck, she even likes the idea. As soon as Lucy enters her laundry room, she began to turn on the machine and put the laundry soap. As she was about to put in the shirt, she suddenly felt the curiosity what he smelled like. So in a swift move, she lifts the shirt to her nose and smelled the shirt. It smelled like woods from a tropical forest and a hint of cinnamon, "My goodness, why does he smell good…"
"Luce?" Natsu calls to her once again making her snap out of her daze
"Coming!" Lucy shouted before she gave the last sniff and drops the shirt to the machine to start cleaning it.
When Lucy steps out of the laundry room, she quickly hands Natsu a towel to cover up himself. Glad to take the towel, Natsu began to clean himself first as Lucy takes a seat opposite to the man. While Natsu cleaned himself, Lucy couldn't help herself but keep her eyes to Natsu and unconsciously bites her lower lip while slowly unbuttons the sleeve shirt she borrowed from the man. Once Natsu was done, he quickly sits down and gazes up at the blonde woman. Taken aback by how Lucy was gazing at him, he suddenly felt aroused, because damn, Lucy just looks like a seductive goddess. So he clears his throat to snap himself and Lucy out of their dazed.
Hoping that Lucy was no longer looking overly seductive for his liking, Natsu slowly looks up again. But unfortunately, Lucy still looked the same, and if possible, she looked, even more, enticing.
"Natsu~" Lucy purrs as she slowly crosses her legs and leans back to the couch as she slowly runs her fingers to her blouse's buttons
Clearing his throat once more, Natsu gulps first before answers back, "Yes…"
"Do you find me beautiful~?" Lucy teases as she leans forward, pressing her chest forward
Another clearing of throat came from Natsu as he looks sideways when he felt his cheeks to flame up, "I-I guess so…"
"You guess?" Lucy fell silent for a second before she continues, "Will this make you have a clear decision?" Lucy asks softly, making Natsu look back at her. And when he did, she was beginning to unbutton her blouse slowly, which made him panic because the woman who was intoxicated is beginning to strip. "W-wa-wait Luce!" Natsu suddenly stands up and stops Lucy's hand, "You can't strip here…"
"And why not?" Lucy asks innocently as she tries to pull Natsu's hand away from her
"Because!"Natsu exclaims loudly because of his panic
"This is my house" Lucy bluntly answers
"I know! But. . . I'm here!" Natsu's face was now red as he was able to have a glimpse of Lucy's flawless chest
"So?"
"Ahh! I thought you're not drunk anymore?! But look at you!" Natsu exclaims first before he helps Lucy stand and push her towards her room, "Better sleep that off!" Halfway through the door, Natsu turns around and returns to his spot.
"Okay. . . just so you know, you're missing out these" Lucy says as she stands before her door, waiting for Natsu to look back at her
Looking back at the blonde, Natsu's eyes suddenly gawks wide when he sees her standing before her door in just her lacy black underwear and leopard bra. The sight would have been the best, but taking advantage to a drunken woman was not Natsu's style. So he quickly looks away and mumbles to himself, "You will be the death of me Luce"
When he hears the door closes, he looks back at the previous spot where Lucy stood and sees that she was no longer there except her discarded clothes, he let out a heavy sigh. "She will totally be the death of me…"
To be continued…
