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Lucy jumped up and down backstage, trying to calm herself. She continuously wiped her hands on her attire since they were sweating so much. Someone placed their hand on her shoulder, making her flinch.
"What's up beautiful? Haven't seen you since the last basketball tournament! That was years ago!" The blonde male beamed.
"Sting?!" Lucy's eyes widened. "Sting!" She hugged him tightly.
"I saw you perform last time… You were great!"
"Thanks but you guys were clearly better. How's Rogue?"
"He's good. I think he's gone to talk to Gajeel now actually." Sting looked around and nearly jumped out of his skin when Natsu tackled him.
"Sting!"
"Natsu?!"
"Why were you touching Luce?!"
"We're friends! Calm down bro! I know we're enemies because of the competition but can't I say hi?"
"Of course not!"
"Natsu! Get off of him!" Lucy punched him.
"Ow! But Luce, he was gonna rape you!"
"No he wasn't! We're friends."
"But he was gonna rape you!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Ye-"
Their little argument was interrupted by the announcer's voice through the speakers.
"Sabertooth Tigers please stand in the wing of the stage. I repeat, Sabertooth Tigers to the wing of the stage. You are about to be aired live. Thankyou."
Sting hugged Lucy one last time.
"See ya later!"
"Good luck Sting!" Lucy shouted.
Natsu pouted as he stood up. "Luce!"
"C'mon Natsu… We're on after them… Let's get prepared."
"But why are you so nervous? It's not even regionals."
"I know but it's scary because they're gonna judge us based on what we say, not do!" Lucy began hyperventilating.
"It's just an interview Lucy! Don't worry." Gray slapped her on the back.
"Lucy-nee! Good luck!" A small girl chimed.
"Wendy?! What are you doing here?"
"Is it ok if I brought her along? It was either that or she would be home alone." Natsu explained.
"It's cool. Seriously… just don't make me nervous." Lucy played around with the hem of her dress.
"Oh! I almost forgot! I want you to meet someone Natsu-nii." Wendy ran off and came back with a boy a little taller than her. "This is Romeo Conbolt. A friend from my school and the son of one of the workers here." She blushed slightly.
"Hi. Nice to meet you." Romeo extended his hand out for them to shake.
Lucy gratefully took it. "What a polite boy! Wendy, is he your boyfriend?"
"No! I-I-I mean… He can be if he wants to be…" The two teens blushed.
"Oh! This is perfect!" Lucy clapped her hands together. "If only Mira was here to see this! How long have you guys known each other?"
"3 years…" Romeo mumbled.
"Kawaii!" Lucy squealed.
Natsu let off a dangerous aura as he pushed past the squealing blonde to get to Romeo.
"If you break her heart I'll break my foot up in yo ass." Natsu threatened.
"I'll take your word for it…" He gulped.
"Natsu-nii!"
"FT Delinquents please stand in the wing of the stage. I repeat, FT Delinquents to the wing of the stage. You are about to be aired live. Thankyou."
"I'm sorry Wendy but duty calls." Natsu kissed her lightly on the forehead and glared at Romeo before dragging Lucy away.
"And up next is Magnolia's very own… FT Delinquents!" The host exclaimed.
The band filed onto the stage, awkwardly waving to the crowd. Jellal held the microphone to his mouth and whispered into it a greeting.
Ok just great! The mic isn't working!
He spoke into it again and feedback squealed at him. Jellal winced and passed the microphone to Lucy. Everyone sat down on the couches of the talk show.
"H-hi everyone…" Lucy stuttered.
"Don't be nervous honey! C'mon!" The host, Jenny, urged.
Natsu took the microphone away and fought for it with Gray for a bit before standing up.
"Yo yo everyone! Please applaud for my band and I!" Natsu placed a hand to his ear and chuckled. "Now! Let's get this started!" He sat back down.
You can always depend on Natsu to pump up a crowd…
Jenny hesitated at his enthusiasm but continued.
"Um… So who's your manager? Who makes all the moves around here? Is it you Natsu?"
"Actually it's Jellal." Gray shrugged and passed the microphone to the azure-haired teen.
"Jellal? Oh! The hot one? Please! Tell us more about yourself. What's your full name hot stuff?"
"I'm Jellal. Jellal Fernandez."
"What instruments do you play?"
"Mostly the drums, the violin and a little piano." Jellal awkwardly looked at his mates.
"Hot and talented! Love it!" Jenny exclaimed. "So! Since you're the manager, is it hard to well… manage your band?" She asked extremely flirtatiously.
Even from where they were on the stage, they could all feel the dark aura radiating from the great Titania. Jealousy was getting to her already.
"Well… uh… we all share the workload and I'm not really the boss or anything. I just do the paperwork and stuff." Jellal answered.
"You're so modest… Stop it!" Jenny giggled.
"Stop what?"
"So! Pinky, let's hear about you. What's your name?"
Jellal gratefully gave the microphone to 'Pinky'.
"Firstly, I would like to say my hair is salmon. Secondly, you don't know who I am? I am Natsu Dragneel! The heart of this band." Natsu arrogantly introduced.
"What are your amazing talents?" She asked sarcastically.
Lucy tensed up at her mocking voice but Natsu reassured her with a subtle tap on her thigh.
"My talents huh? Well I'm funny, strong, loyal, ha-"
"No! I mean musical talents."
"Oh! Right. Well, I can play the piano, I can sing and rap, I can play the violin and I can play any type of guitar you throw at me."
Jenny's face lit up and Lucy could've sworn she licked her lips.
"Oh… So you are talented. In that case, how about we-"
"Hey! How about we get on with this." Lucy turned to Jenny and mouthed 'mine'.
(A/N SO KAWAII!)
"Ok then… Who's next?"
"Me!" Lucy and Gray exclaimed, both confident.
The crowd laughed.
"Why doesn't Gajeel go?" Jellal 'telepathically' told them to shut the hell up.
The black, spikey-haired male grunted in thanks as Jellal passed the microphone.
"I'm Gajeel Redfox and…" He kinda forgot what he was supposed to say.
"And your instruments?"
Gajeel's eyes frantically searched for the petite girl in the audience. She was, not to his surprise, ready to help. Levy strummed an air guitar and Gajeel responded.
"… and I play all kinds of guitars…" Levy opened her mouth wide and put her hands in front of her mouth. "… and I can sing…" She then got 2 pens from her clipboard and tapped the chair in front of her. "… and I play the drums…" She then put her hands in front of her and wriggled her fingers quickly. "… and I play the computer games…? No! I mean I play the piano!" She then put both hands just in front of her face and moved 3 of her fingers. "… and I play the trumpet…" Levy put the thumbs up to tell him that was all. "… and I play the thumb wars…? Scratch that… that's all."
The crowd and Jenny looked at him questioningly but shrugged it off when Gray started talking.
"I'm Gray Fullbuster. I play the piano, all types of guitars and I rap and sing." The way he said it was so simple, that he gave the microphone to Lucy in the stunned silence.
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia. I can sing and rap, I play the piano, drums, violin and guitar."
"May I ask you a question Lucy?" The blonde shrugged. "Since you are the only girl in the band, how do you feel about that? Do you feel insecure at times or…?"
"It's pretty normal. I mean, most of them are girls anyway." She joked.
"Have any of them seen you nude?"
"What kind of question is that?!"
"So yes, one of them have seen you nude. One of them or all?" Jenny sniggered. The band glared at the host. "Ok! Next question! Gray, I heard you had a stripping hab-" Jenny was cut short by a naked man, sitting on the stage.
Lucy smacked his arm. "Gray!"
"Um… Yeah… About your stripping habit. Does it disturb your bandmates?"
"No… you get used to it." Jellal simply answered.
"Now the final question. If you win the Fiore Band Battles, what do you plan to do?"
"Umm…" They all looked at each other.
"We actually haven't thought about that. We'll definitely give the reward money to our school but as for us, hopefully just stick together." Lucy replied.
"Ok! Thank you FT Delinquents! Give them a round of applause!"
The group awkwardly exited the stage. They were soon back stage and they sighed in relief.
Suddenly, someone grabbed the blonde's waist from behind.
"Lucy, I thought happiness started with H, but why does mine start with U? Will you go out with me?"
Guess who it is!
Ok... so I was going to cut this story right then and there but I thought, why not? The next chapter was going to be like 500 words long because it hurt me to write it so I just decided to join the 2 chapters since you guys have to wait 3 days for it.
"S-S-S-Sting…?" Lucy slowly turned around. "What's up with that cheesy pick up line?"
"W-well… I've got more! Me without you is like a nerd without braces, a shoe without laces, asentencewithoutspaces." Sting had never felt so nervous in his life.
"Wait… you were serious?! You want to go out with… me?"
Sting nodded. "Who wouldn't?"
"Sting Eucliffe… of course I will go out with you!" Lucy hugged him. She said yes even though she was disappointed that someone else didn't ask her.
That someone else walked backwards as he felt his heart break in his chest. He looked down at the beautiful, pink, crystal ring. He was so close, yet so far.
~ Months Before ~
Natsu roamed the jewellery store, wondering what he should get. A punch was suddenly threw to his head.
"Did you forget my Aunt works here? What are youdoing here Natsu?" Gray chuckled.
"N-n-n-nothing!"
"I thought I was your wingman! Why are you shopping for Lucy without me?" Gray whined.
"Cause! It's my business!"
"So! You're planning to get Lucy a piece of jewellery and ask her out? That's adorable! Since when did you decide this?"
"Since last year… Wait how did you figure that out?! And I'm broke!" Natsu pulled his pockets inside out to emphasise his point.
"How long have I known you for? Of course I can predict your motives. And don't worry! Just choose what you want. I got this."
"But I need to pay you ba-"
"I told you! I got this. You just need to owe me some slavery work."
~ End of Flashback ~
Natsu let tears fall freely from his eyes. He placed the ring silently on a table nearby and trudged away, hands in his pockets.
"Hey Natsu! What's the matter?" Gray asked.
Natsu pushed passed him, wiping his tears.
Gray looked at the ring on the table and saw Sting and Lucy.
"No… way…"
So… sad… This broke my heart as much as it broke Natsu's… I'm so sorry I couldn't write anymore. TIME OUT!
Next time:
"I… I love you too…"
Who says this to who? And how do they respond? Find out next chapter!
