TWO: Big Shirt Girl

Fairy Tail University

Lucy Heartfilia, a BA Literature student majoring in Journalism, is walking in one of the corridors of FTU, carrying her literature books in her arms while her backpack slings to her right shoulder. She just came out of her last class for the day when she suddenly met one of her friends.

"O, Juvia!" Lucy calls as she sees her blue-haired friend walking the same corridor her but was at the other end of the corridor. When the blunette looked up and saw who called her, Juvia smiles back widely before she started hopping towards her friend.

"Hey, Lucy-san!" Juvia greets once she was nearly in front of the blonde. As Lucy waves to her friend, she answers, "Say Juvia, you still have class?"
"Yes. Actually, today's our dissecting day for our zoological laboratory class..." Juvia replies as she pulls out her lab gown from her bag and discreetly slips onto it
"Ohh, another cat dissection?" Lucy asks being thrilled about the idea but at the same time being grossed out about touching some internal organs of some animal
"I'm not sure. But Juvia heard it would be a shark this time..." Juvia then fixes her bag on her shoulder once she finished dressing up for her class
"Ohh, interesting...anyways, good luck in class! I know you don't want to be late for your class so I'm not going to hold you up longer..." Lucy then waves goodbye to her friend who also did the same to her, "Thanks, Lucy-san!" Juvia says, and then the blonde started walking away. Before Lucy could even disappear in the next corner of the corridor, Juvia called out again, "Lucy-san!"
"Yeah?" Lucy loudly replies, turning around to face Juvia
"I like your shirt! It looks comfortable!" Juvia shouts back
"Thanks! If you want one, you can always steal from Gray! I'm pretty sure his shirts would be too big for you too just like mine..." Lucy slowly chuckles as she watches Juvia's face turned to surprise at the mention of the guy Juvia was in love with, "Kyaa! Juvia likes Lucy-san's idea!"

Laughing at the perky blunette, Lucy bid Juvia another goodbye before disappearing in the next hall. Soon, Lucy was already stepping out of the large building when a cold breeze greeted her. Lucy sighs as she looks up at the sky that was turning orange as the sun starts to set.

"This day has been busy..." She mumbles as she continuously gazes at the sky that was turning dark already. When she felt a strain on her neck, she tore off her attention from the sky and looked down to her wrist watch, "It's 6:30 already?" she says then widens her eyes in surprise. Without wasting her time, she began to walk and headed towards her dorm building, "I better get going while he's still in class..."


University of Magnolia

"Achoo!" Levy cutely sneezed as she walked the grounds of her school heading towards the Language and Literature building. As she wipes her nose, Levy suddenly felt a warmth on her shoulder. Glancing over her shoulder she suddenly recognizes the jacket draped over her. So, looking at her side, she saw the pierced man she was in love with, and without hesitation, she looked at him lovingly.

"Thanks, Gajeel," She sweetly says as she observed the face of the man who kept his gaze away from her
"No problem shrimp…but next time, don't forget to wear your sweater vest…Yours exposing too much" Gajeel then gave a short glance at the short blunette who only looked at him confused
"What do you mean I expose too much? There is nothing revealing in this uniform…" Levy then looks down to her school uniform and found nothing odd about it. But when Gajeel grunted, Levy looked up again and then walked ahead to stop the teen from walking further.

"Oi, Gajeel what are you talking about?" Levy then places her hands on her hips as she puffs her cheeks in annoyance. When Gajeel exhaled deeply, he took a step closer and then leaned down to point something on her chest, "You bra…you're wearing a red one and it is obvious under your dress shirt…"

Widening her eyes, Levy looked down to her chest again and this time, she took note of how her red bra was still visible under her uniform, just like what Gajeel said. So gasping out loud, Levy immediately wraps her arms around her chest as she bewilderedly looked at the man in front of her, "Oh my god! Pervert!"

Levy then gave a death glare at the black-haired teen who then just laughed at her expression. Seeing how her boyfriend was making fun of her, she cutely pouted at him and stomped her foot as she said, "Gajeel! Stop making fun of me!"

Gajeel then stopped laughing and gave a serious look at the blunette. When Levy thought Gajeel was done with his laughter, the teen began to boisterously laugh again.

"Uh! You're hopeless!" Levy exclaimed as she watched her boyfriend continue to laugh. Deciding it was pointless to wait for him to stop laughing, she just sighed then said, "Fine, laugh all you want…I'm heading to my class," and with that, Levy turns to leave, making sure that the jacket was covering her chest.

When Levy started walking away, Gajeel had a glimpse of her turning away from him. And so, he forced himself to stop laughing and begin his sprint to catch up to his girlfriend. And when he did reach her, he immediately drapes his arm to Levy's shoulder and lowered his head to look at her straight in the eyes, saying, "Oi, shrimp I'm serious…next time, no more revealing of bras, okay?"
Levy slowly looked at Gajeel and shyly replied, "It's not like I did it on purpose…"
"I know…but this kind of images is for me only…" Gajeel then smirks devilishly, earning him a slap on his arm, "Uh! Pervert!" and with that, Gajeel laughed again but this time with Levy. Soon, the two entered the Language and Literature building and disappeared inside.


Magnolia De Fiore University

In the sports center of Magnolia De Fiore University, Mirajane, Lissana, and Evergreen was all settled inside, resting on the bleachers. Mira and Lissana were there to watch Erza, their friend, practice her swordsman techniques. While Evergreen was there with her camera to film the red-haired student.

"Erza! Can you not turn your back on the camera! I need to capture your face!" Evergreen shouts as she lifts her head after looking through the lens of her camera. But then the scarlet girl didn't pay attention to the brunette as she just continued to swing her sword.

"I think Ever, you need to be the one to move around if you want to capture Erza nicely…" Mira suggests as she looks at the frustrated brunette. Grunting as her response Ever replies next, "How I wish I can do that…but my assignment is to stay in one position and capture the moment," Ever then drops herself to the bleacher as she aggravatingly sighs on her seat.

"Well, I think you got some nice angles from Erza-san…I'm pretty sure you even got her scene where she twirled with her sword and her hair flew like a halo," Lissana said, trying to encourage the older brunette
"Yeah!" Mira giddily adds, "You can make that epic by making it in a slow motion and make it close up!" Mira and Lissana then looked at one another as they childishly giggled in thrill. Even if Evergreen wanted to squeal in excitement with the idea Mirajane suggested, she kept a poker face and boredly said, "Yeah, yeah…whatever,"

"-and hyaa!" Erza loudly exhales as she slashes her sword down as her legs and upper body was extended to the side. Soon, Mirajane and Lissana clapped their hands, which Erza proudly accepted as she bowed before her friends. When she stood up straight, she watched Evergreen start to clean up her things.

"What time is it?" Erza asks before walking towards her friends who were patiently sitting on the bleacher
"It's 6:30 already," Lissana replies as she looks down at her wrist watch. When she looked up, Erza stood before her and was wiping her sweaty face, "Don't you two have a shift tonight?" Erza asks after placing down her face towel to her bag
"Yeah but our shift doesn't start in two hours…" Mira replies before she gathers her things, "How about you, do you have plans tonight?"
"Me?" Erza points to herself and then her friends nodded, "Umm, well…" She then began to blush without even revealing her plans. When her friends suddenly take notice of this, the three girls started teasing the girl, "Ohhh~, is Erza blushing?!" Mira cooed while wiggling her finger to Erza's face
"I bet Jellal asked her out," Evergreen added as she smirked at the fully blown blushing girl
"o-o-of c-co-course not!" Erza stutteringly denies as she steps back from her friends, "H-he ju-just wa-want me t-to ac-ca-company him…"
"It's just the same thing Erza-san! It's like a date!" Lissana exclaims and that made Erza squeal like a little girl. Mira and the others then began to chuckle at the rare act of the strong-willed girl who always appears to be serious
"Are!" Evergreen suddenly claps, making the others look at her, "Do you have any good dress for your date?!"
"Oh my god…" Erza suddenly baffled in realization, "I do! I finally can wear that black dress I bought!" Erza then began to jump in her place as she giddily cheers and before they know it, Erza grabbed her bag and runs off to her dorm.

When she was at the exit of the sports center, Erza twirls around to her friends with a wide grin on her face. Then she stood up straight and seriously said, "See you around girls…I'll be heading first" and without waiting for them to answer, she turns and begins to squeal again as she starts to run.

Looking at the exit, Mira, Lissana and Evergreen was just left surprised. As the sound of the evening crickets was heard, the older white-haired girl finally snapped out of her stupor, "Well at least we know Erza can be cute if she wanted to…"
"I can't wait to show this to the others…" Evergreen slowly grinned mischievously as the two sisters looked at her, "Yep, I caught it on my camera"


Fairy Hills Dormitory

Dashing through the lobby of the dormitory building of Fairy Hills, Lucy hurriedly passes by the girls who were strolling slowly the grounds. Slightly bumping into them, some of the girls scowled and Lucy just apologized to them as she continued to run towards the stairs.

Running up the stairs until the fourth floor, Lucy breathlessly reached her floor as she hardly kept her bag to her shoulder and her books fall out of her arms. And so, Lucy quickly kneels down to pick up her books when suddenly, a brunette girl called, "Hey Blondie," looking up, Lucy quickly sees the older girl was walking up to her. So she gave a tired smile and greeted back, "Hey Cana-san,"

"Why are you panting?" Cana asks as she just watches her friend pick up her books and then stood up in front of her, "Did you like, run a marathon or something?"
Chuckling a bit to the poor joke, Lucy shook her head as she fixed her bag to her shoulder as she answers, "No...I was just in a hurry to get back to my room,"
"Whyyyy~?" Cana teasingly asks as she leans closer to the blonde, making the girl lean backward, "Do you have a date or something? Who? Who?!" Cana excitedly waits for the blonde to answer but then the blonde remained stunned with the statement the brunette has made until she was flickered by Cana on the forehead, "Ow..." Lucy winces as she holds her forehead and rubs it, "What was that for?" She asks. As Cana leans back, she just smirks at the younger one before placing her hands on her hips and replies, "You were zoning out on me...So, why were you in a hurry?"
"Oh uh...I need to do my laundry before Natsu finishes his class because he'd be bombarding me later,"
"Ahhh...I thought you'd finally have a date after with all the times Mira tried to set you up," Cana then crosses her arms under her chest
"Of course not! I can't go to that kind of meet up...it's awkward" Lucy then looks down to her boots as she playful clangs them together, "And besides, college boys would just laugh at me with how I dress up..."
"What? Psssh!" Cana swings her hand before chuckling, making Lucy looks up to her again, "That's not true! Boys just want to see first how big these are of the girls" Cana then gropes her breast and gave it a soft squeeze, making Lucy widen her eyes and her face became mortified, "Oh gross...they are plain perverts!"
"Exactly...they all have these raging hormones so yeah...good decision Blondie..." Cana then ruffles the blonde locks of Lucy, "Well you better get started in your laundry 'cause you have an hour left before Natsu starts trespassing the dormitory again"
"oh, my god! Yes! Thanks, Cana-san!" and with that, Lucy dashes off again and soon disappears inside a room.

As Lucy immediately drops her things to her bed, she changed into her most comfortable clothes which are in a tank top and jersey shorts. Once she was done changing, she then took her laundry basket and went straight to her shared bathroom with her roommate, Levy McGarden.

"Gosh, I thought I was just going to wash my underwear but even my jeans are stained...damn you Natsu for spilling tomato sauce on my spare jeans..." Lucy scowls as her jeans are lifted in the air and are being observed, "I hope this could come off easily..." And with that, Lucy started pulling out some basins under the sink and starts filling it up with water.

As Lucy was scrubbing off the stain from her jeans, her phone suddenly buzzed making her startled at the sudden sound. Scramming out of her seat, Lucy hurriedly looked for her phone and found it by the coffee table in the small living room. As she grabs her phone, she saw that her best friend was calling.

"Oh, Levy-chan, you called," Lucy clips her phone between her ear and shoulder as she wipes her wet hands to her shorts, "Yeah, I just wanted to tell you that I might get home late...but don't worry I'll be with Gajeel,"
"Wooo~, having a romantic date again?" Lucy teased as she began to head back to the bathroom to resume her laundry
"Lu-chan! Stop teasing! I'm just going to help Gajeel with his English essay 'cause he's being lazy," Levy said with obvious timidity in her voice
"Alright-alright, do you have your key?" Lucy inquires as she slowly sat down on the short stool
"Yeah of course. I don't like bothering you when you're asleep..." Levy answers
"You know I don't mind, Levy-chan," Lucy then smiles as she thought of how thoughtful her best friend could be
"And that's why I love you," Levy then chuckles along with the blonde
"Okay-okay, you better go or else your boyfriend might get jealous again because of me," Lucy then grins to herself when she recalled the first time she met Gajeel, who was really infuriated when he saw Levy was clinging onto wore big a big shirt and a cap that hid her long blonde hair, making her look boyish.
"Hahaha, Lu-chan! Alright, I'm hanging up," Levy said in between her laughter
"Okay, bye!" Lucy then pulls her phone away from her ear. When she was about to place her phone on a higher place, her phone began to buzz again. Thinking it was Levy again, Lucy didn't mind to look at the caller ID as she just swipes her finger across the screen of her phone to answer the call.

"Yello!" Lucy happily greeted
"Luce, where are you? I thought you'd be at the diner by this time..." A raspy voice spoke at the other end of the line, making Lucy widen her eyes in realization, "Oh my gosh! Natsu I totally forgot!" Lucy then began to scramble out of the bathroom once again to check on the wall clock and sees it was 8:20 already, "Oh my goodness! What happened to me!" Lucy exclaims to herself as she hears Natsu chuckle at the other end of the call, "Natsu! I'll be there in 5 minutes. I'll just change,"
"Don't worry Luce, and take your time. I'm heading towards Fairy Hills already..."
"What?! Why?! I promise this will be quick!" Lucy frantically runs to her bedroom and begins to scramble her room to find a clean shirt, "Too late, I'm in the lobby,"
"Uh! Natsu! You know you can't come up. This is an all-girls dormitory!" Lucy shouts before dropping her phone to the bed to slip into her jeans that she just wore that day. When she finished she grabbed her phone again and clips it between her ear and shoulder so that she could wear her boots, "Do you want me to be killed by Hilda-obaasan?!"
"Luce, stop talking for a moment, I'm climbing the walls of your building. If you care for me, you won't let me fall while I climb this five-story building" Natsu shouts, sounding quite far, making Lucy realize that he has put her on loudspeaker so that he could still hear her while he tried to climb the building
"Ahh! Natsu! Get down! You are putting me in such big trouble!" Lucy furiously shouts before running up to her bedroom window and opens it to check on Natsu.

When Lucy pops her head out of the window, Lucy's wide eyes grew even bigger as she points at the climbing pinkette, "AH! Natsu! Get down!"
"Hi, Luce!" Natsu greets as he looks up and grins at his best friend, "Keep your window open, okay!"
"Oh hell no!" Lucy madly shouts, "Get down!"
"But Luce~, I'm already on the second floor," Natsu pleadingly looks at Lucy
"I don't care! Get down! I'm coming down already," Lucy then relaxed when she saw the pinkette nod his head. But then Natsu shifts looking up again and asked, "Are you coming down from your window?"
"Of course not Baka!" Lucy shouts before slamming the windowsill closed. But then Lucy opens it again and looked at Natsu and said, "Get down okay? I'll see you in the lobby" and with that, Lucy closes the windowsill again but this time calmer. Soon, she grabbed her wallet and took her cap to place it over her head to hide her messy blonde hair.


8 Island Diner- Magnolia Branch

Within a few minutes, Lucy and Natsu were already heading their way towards their favorite diner, the 8 Islands, which was owned by Yajima, a friend of the master of the Tenrou Dormitory, an all-boys boarding house.

"So Luce, when I called, what were you doing that you forgot about our dinner plan?" Natsu asks as he kept his arms folded behind his head while he and Lucy walked
"I was doing laundry...thanks to you I had to scrub my blue jeans after spilling the whole extra bowl of spaghetti sauce on me yesterday" Lucy then glared at the pinkette who just grinned back at her innocently, "Sorry," he sheepishly said
"Yeah, yeah..." Lucy then rolls her eyes before shoving her hands into her pants' back pocket, "Can you believe that the night is turning cold already..."
"Are you cold?" Natsu slightly turned his head to look at the blonde, who shook her head before looking at him, "I actually like the feeling of the cold breeze…"
"So you hate warm seasons?" Natsu suddenly stops in his tracks making Lucy stop as well. Giving the pinkette a confused look, Lucy just stared at the teen. But receiving no further response, Lucy just gave an answer, "I didn't say I hate warm seasons. Actually, I love the comforting feeling of warmth…" Lucy then smiled as Natsu slowly smiled back at her, "I knew it…no wonder we are best friends," and with that, Natsu drapes his arms over Lucy's shoulder as he ushers the girl to continue to walk towards the upcoming diner.

After a few meters of walking, the two finally arrived at the diner and quickly recognizes the two silver-haired girls, "Hey Mira-san! Lissana-chan!" Lucy calls as she waves at the two duty waitresses
"Come on Luce," Natsu then tugs on the wrist of the blonde as he walks past the entrance. When the two were now seated at their usual spot, at the last booth of the diner, Natsu and Lucy quickly scanned the menu and thought of what their dinner should be.

"Hey you guys," A chirpy voice greeted making the two best friends look up and grin at the short silver-haired girl, "Hey Lis!" Natsu greets back as he slams shut the menu and gently hands it back to Lissana
"The usual Lis," Natsu said which Lissana took note. After writing, Lissana and Natsu looked at the blonde and saw that she was in confusion
"Oi Luce, what's taking you so long...don't you want your usual order?" Natsu pryingly asks as he leans forward to check on the menu Lucy was almost glaring at, "I just want a new dish tonight..."
"Why don't you try our special today, roasted baby potatoes with smoked ham dressed in apple sauce?" Lissana suggests, making Lucy beam in delight, "Okay! I'll take that,"
"Great! I'll be back with your drinks" and with that Lissana turns to leave.

"You sound hungry Luce," Natsu states before he lets himself chuckle and it went on when he noticed the embarrassed look of the blonde, "You're mean! It's just that I didn't have time to grab some lunch," Lucy defends as she pouts to Natsu, but then she suddenly squeaks when her cap was suddenly lifted from her head and saw Natsu was wearing it.

"Why didn't you have a good lunch? Should I always watch over you just to make sure you take care of yourself?" Natsu then leans forward, crossing his arms and places it on the table, "Oi, you know I hate it when you skip meals..."
"Natu, I'm not some baby, okay...I just didn't notice that my only break for lunch today was spent on my volunteer work in the library..." Lucy then leans forward as well and places her crossed arms on the table and rests her chin on top. When Lucy closed her eyes for a minute, she felt a gentle hand on top of her head, giving a gentle rub.

Opening her eyes, Lucy saw Natsu was using his phone on one hand while his other hand rested on top of her head. He had a bored look as his finger continuously swipes upward, "What are you looking at?" Lucy curiously asks. Without looking at Lucy, Natsu answers, "Facebook..."
"So what's interesting on your feeds?" Lucy then tilts her head as she tried to keep her gaze at the pinkette, "Nothing much..." Natsu then looks at Lucy as he expertly turns off his phone without looking and kept it to his pocket
"Why'd you keep your phone?" Lucy then sits up as Natsu copies her, "Well duh, I'm with you...I mean you're the best company I have" Natsu then grins at her when suddenly they heard Lissana.

"Sorry guys to keep you waiting..." Lissana then places two tall glasses of smoothies. One was strawberry and the other was mango, "Your meals are coming up," and with that, Lissana turns her back again to get their meals.

"Hey, Natsu," Lucy calls while pulling close the strawberry smoothie. When Natsu looked up while he was sipping his mango smoothie, Lucy asked, "Have you thought of taking a part-time job?"
"Part time job?" Natsu repeats and when Lucy nodded, he answered, "I did try to apply once but with me being part of the basketball team I barely have time to make it work..."
"Right...you're a varsity player," Lucy then looks away as she prompts her arm on the table to rest her chin in her hand, "I saw this ad, they were looking for two part-timers and I thought maybe we could do it..." Lucy then looked at Natsu who gave an apologetic look.

Before Natsu could speak, two plates were placed before them, making the two best friend look up and see Mira has served them their food.

"Mira!" Lucy joyously greets with a smile
"Sorry, guys for the short delay..." Mira then looked at the two and smiled, "Well, I better get going, we are quite packed..."
"Alright! Thanks, Mira!" Natsu says as he waves goodbye to the older silver-haired girl. When he glances at his best friend, he immediately chuckled as he saw Lucy was hungrily devouring her food.

"And I thought you were really upset…I guess you're just hungry" Natsu comments before he chortles as he picked up his fork and begins to devour his own food.

As Natsu and Lucy ate their meal, the two best friends continued their random conversation with a few scowling and more laughter. They barely even noticed that their chatting has gone for hours as they have finished their meals and they were nearly finished with their desserts.

The two were laughing about something the blonde has shared regarding Gajeel when suddenly the doors to the diner opened followed by a very loud boisterous laughter. And so, the two glanced at the entrance and Natsu immediately recognizes who were the newcomers.

"It's the bravo of the basketball team…" Natsu mutters under his breath as he gave a short glance at the group before looking away and shoves his fork to his cinnamon bun
"They must be the bullies to the newbie members," Lucy says before looking at Natsu and smiles at him, "What do you mean?" Natsu asks raising a brow
"You know, since they are just the second team they try to impose to the new ones that they are more fierce than the Alpha group," Lucy then gave a knowing smile, making Natsu smile as well
"And where did you hear that?" Natsu snickering looked at the blonde
"Oh, just here and there…that's the perks of a journalism major student because you get to interview students," Lucy proudly sits up straight as if she just won a big prize. But the conversation of the two was then cut short when a loud voice called on Natsu.

"Hey there pinky!" a big vile man called, walking up to the table of Natsu and Lucy. Despite the insult thrown to Natsu, he knew better than to retaliate in the diner. If he could have his way, he would have shouted back but since Lucy was just in front of him, he decided to hold down his anger.

"Hey Buck," Natsu greets back with calmness in his voice, which was odd for Lucy because she knows that her best friend would have started a fight already just for being called 'pinky'.

"So," the vile man named Buck, crashingly slams his palms on the table of the two, making Lucy flinch in surprise, as he looks at the pink-haired teen, "How's the new boy of the Alpha group?"
"Still learning, but way better than your team" Natsu nonchalantly replies as he gave a bored look at the big man. Soon, Buck conspicuously laughs, throwing his head backward before repeatedly slams his palm to the table, "Oh, you've got guts to talk like that…"
"Buck-senpai," a team player of the bravo team walked up to them and bowed before Buck, "We have a table over there," the teen then points at the table but then Buck didn't give any attention to the player for he just kept his gaze to the pink-haired student. When Buck shrugs his shoulder, he instantly leans down to Natsu's eye level and gruffly said, "Watch your tongue pinky…I'm a senpai, your just a kohai…got that?"

Buck then gave a menacing look to the pinkette, who effort tries not to talk back. When the big man then laughs as he stands up straight, he gave a short glance at the blonde but then pays no further attention. Until, Lucy spoke to Natsu loudly.

"Natsu are you just going to sit there and take that Ugly's shit? Come on, this is not you," Lucy says as she crossed her arm over her chest. With the choice of words of the blonde, Natsu couldn't help but widen his eyes to his best friend. And before he could even react, Buck suddenly stops in his tracks and backtracked his steps.

Now, this time, he looked at Lucy with pure irritation and annoyance in his face. But then Lucy was not afraid at all, so Lucy looks up at the taller man with a bored expression.

"Hey pinky, I didn't know you had a lesbian friend…" Buck says without actually looking at Natsu, and just kept his gaze to the blonde, "It must be hard for you, little lesbo, to catch up to real men like us…"
Buck then grins devilishly at Lucy, who still didn't falter in his insults
"Real men?" Lucy repeats as if she was surprised to even hear the word coming from the big basketball player, "Since when? Because the last time I checked, you are just one big cry baby who can't get what they want,"

Chuckling at the insult Lucy has thrown to Buck, the basketball player then clenches his fist and loudly slams it to the table as he lowers himself to stare at the brown orbs of the blonde.

"Buck, leave Lucy alone, will ya?!" Natsu hurriedly pushes Buck's shoulder, afraid that Lucy might get hit by the big man. But then the teen didn't budge and just continued to glare at the blonde, saying, "Of course, you must be one of those chitty-chatty journalism students...ah right, of course, after all there are plenty sexy and cute girls from the Literature Department," Buck then loudly laughs along with the other team players, while Natsu and Lucy glared at the team.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Lucy dangerously asks
"Oh come on!" Buck then throws his arms up before slamming his palm back to the table, "You're in that department because you're a lesbian...trying to get close with the real chicks..." Buck then grins devilishly, "Nice move, Lesbo..." And with that, the whole team laughs at Lucy.

Lucy knew to herself that she shouldn't be affected at all because she knows that Buck is just trying to get under her skin. But then she couldn't help herself but feel offended. And so, she slams her fist on the table and stands to defend herself, "I am not a lesbian! And what's wrong with being a lesbian?! They are people too!"

"Who says so? Lesbians are a pest like gays, infecting all people with their disgusting disease! And have you seen yourself in the mirror, you're a trying hard wanna-be-a-man. Pathetic," Buck then howls in laughter along with the other boys.

Before Natsu could even react to the exchange of words between Lucy and Buck, the blonde has already pushed Buck but the player just laughs as they all watched the blonde run away from the table.

"Luce!" Natsu calls worriedly as he saw his best friend walk out and heads fast to the restroom. When the blonde disappeared in view, Natsu immediately pulls the shoulder of the big teen to make them face-to-face and this somehow takes a back the bigger basketball player.

"What the hell is your problem, shit head?!" Natsu shouts, not stopping himself anymore from showing his anger
"Ha, what's got under your panty pinky? Oh, maybe she's your boyfriend...after all, you look gay with your hair," Buck laughs as he glances at his friends who were laughing too but then they immediately gasps and runs up to the teen when Natsu starts punching Buck in the nose and jaw.

Wincing and holding his bruised jaw, Buck stumbles backward as he madly glares at Natsu, "What the fuck?! You are all fucking gay!" Then Buck steps forward as he side punches Natsu to the guts and to the face. When Natsu staggers backward, he became even more furious, "You piece of shit!" Natsu then begins to leap to land another punch to Buck but then he was immediately stopped when a big man holds him down and soon Mira and Lissana stand in between the two fighting teens

"Buckerson Flinch! Stop this!" Mira terrorizing shouts, making the called teen stop his agitation to punch, but Natsu continuously tried to elude from the grip of Elfman as he shouts, "You fucking moron have no right to insult Lucy! You piece of shit is the gay here!"
"Natsu enough!" Mira whips her attention to pinkette but the teen was not fazed for he was too absorbed in anger
"No Mira! I need to give that asshole a lesson!" Natsu effort tries to overpass Elfman, but the big man just wouldn't let him through, "Natsu, get ahold of yourself!" Elfman said as he tries to push the pink-head backward, "Elfman! Get out of my way! I need to-"
"Natsu, stop! This won't make it any better!" Lissana trying to help her brother
"That gay should know his place! Doesn't he know how to treat a Senpai?! Mira you-!" Buck retorts back as he madly points at Natsu but was immediately cut short, "It's Mirajane!" Mira exclaims at the basketball player, "And Buck would you just shut up. You're just a third-year student. If you want to be treated as a senior then be mature!"
"Pssh! All of you here are pathetic!" Buck shouts, but immediately backs down when he saw the death glare of the silver-haired girl
"If there is anyone pathetic here, it's you and your lame and lousy pets. If I were you, leave before Laxus even comes. I'm pretty sure he will put you in your proper place,"

The diner was then dead silent as if everyone was afraid to make a noise. When the silence was too unbearable, Buck grunts before he turns and shouts at his team members, "Come on, everyone here is a loser..." And soon, the group left the diner, along with the heavy atmosphere of anger.

Before anyone could start looking for Lucy, she has already run up to Natsu and held his bruised face.

"You didn't have to punch him..." Lucy says as she inspects the damaged face of her best friend, "Look at you, you will have a black eye…" Without making any comments about his bruises, Natsu just takes the hand of the blonde and begins to pull her as he walks away from the crowd.

"Hey, Natsu! Where are you going?!" Lissana worriedly calls as she sees Natsu and Lucy were dashing out of the diner. As Mira walks up next to her youngest sibling, she shook her head as she softly said, "Let him be…he's still furious,"
"Uh…Mira-nee?" Elfman timidly calls his oldest sister. When Mira turned to look at him, he hesitantly asks, "Who will pay for Natsu and Lucy's meal?"
"Oh, Elfman…relax, we can always put that on the tabs of Natsu…after all he has a long list for this week," Mira then smiles innocently as if she had no history of looking like a devil when she's mad, "Come on, let's clean up so we can serve more people," Mira then begins to take the tall glasses from the table before turning to head back in the kitchen.


Fairy Hills Dormitory

When Natsu started pulling Lucy out of the diner, they just continued to walk, heading to nowhere. But when Natsu found them passing by an empty field, he immediately let goes Lucy's hand and began to run madly. He was shouting and cursing out loud, and Lucy did nothing to stop the pinkette. Lucy just stood where she was left and silently watches Natsu throw punches in the air while kicking and bad mouthing the big basketball player they just had dealt with.

"You fucking bastard! I should have uppercut you and cut your balls!" Natsu shouts as he continues to throw punches in the air then starts to fly kick, "I should have shoved your butt face to the ground!" Natsu then starts to stomp his feet to the ground before kicking some dirt, "The next time I see you fucking Buck, I'll shove your face to a pig's butt!"

Finally getting tired of watching her best friend, Lucy heaves before she starts to head closer to the pink-haired man. When Natsu finally notices Lucy was staring and walking up to him, he slowed down his punches and waited for the blonde to stand close to him. The moment Lucy was close, she grabbed Natsu's wrist and continued to walk but this time with a destination in mind.

The next thing Natsu knew, he was sitting on the lobby couch of Fairy Hills dormitory and waited for Lucy to finish her debate with the matron of the boarding house.

"Please Hilda-sama, just this once. Natsu really needs some medical check-up," Lucy pleads as she leans forward to the counter to see the seated matron
"No," the matron says without opening her closed eyes, "this is a girls dormitory, remember? If he does not have boobs like yours then he can't enter. Now get lost…" Hilda then sways her hand, trying to brush off the blonde who was closely wrapping her arms around her torso
"But Hilda-sama~…Natsu needs medical attention," Lucy then rounds the counter to grasp the hand of the old lady, who was startled at the sudden contact, "Oh-wawa!" The elder shouts as she almost stumbled off her chair. Pulling her hand away from the blonde, who became shy after seeing how startled she was, the matron just then groans as she points at the blonde, "Fine…Just this once!"
"Hai!" Lucy triumphantly exclaims as she stands up straight then runs off to get to Natsu.

When Natsu saw the blonde running up to him, he softly asks, "Is everything okay, Luce?"
"yeah-yeah, come on…let me bring you to the clinic," and with that, Lucy helps Natsu stand. As they walked further into the building, Lucy shouts her gratitude again to the matron who only grunted in response.

In a few minutes, Natsu and Lucy are at the clinic already, seated at the front couch. At that moment, the nurse went out to buy some medical supplies, so the two had to wait till the nurse came back. But since Lucy knew a little first aid, she slowly approaches the medical table and searched for cotton and antiseptic. As Lucy ushers Natsu to sit at the bed to attend to his wounds, Natsu just gave a curious look to the blonde as he follows his best friend.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Natsu asks as he stares at the damp cotton that Lucy was holding
"Of course I do…" Lucy then swats the hand of Natsu as she gently dumps the cotton to the lip bruise of the pinkette. As soon as Lucy started tending to the wounds of Natsu, the two then fell silent. Natsu tried his best to keep his wincing in a soft growl, just to keep the silence between them that is until Lucy broke the silence.

"Thanks, Natsu for defending me back there…" Lucy softly says as she dumps a new cotton to a bigger bruise under his eyes, "I know I shouldn't have been affected by Buck's words…It's just that, I couldn't help but be upset with what he's saying. Whether it was to insult me or the other people, it's just sad how he treats people…"

Not answering immediately, Natsu just gently took Lucy's working hand and gave it an assuring squeeze, "Luce, no matter what I will always try to protect you. And besides, I know that you will try your best as well to protect others because you know that no one deserves to be demeaned by how they dress up or what a person's gender preference is…"

Lucy then looks up at Natsu as she kindly smiles at the young adult, "Do you also see me as a lesbian?"
"No," Natsu shook his head, "well…I don't know. But whether you are a lesbian or not, you will always be my best friend" he then grins at the blonde, who sighs in relaxation and smiles back. Being overly happy, Natsu then pulls Lucy to drape his arms around her shoulder, "So…are you a lesbian?" Natsu cautiously observed Lucy and waited for her to be upset. But then Lucy just looks up to him calmly and said, "No…I'm a girl, 100%"
"100%? So you're saying you like girly stuff?" Natsu curiously asks as he raises a brow to the blonde
"Yeah…you've seen my stuff…" Lucy then watches the face of Natsu turned confused, "No, I don't…I haven't seen any girly stuff in your room"
"Well not here in the dorm because mostly my things here are caps and jerseys…Back at home, I have a few make ups and ribbons for my hair" Lucy then steps out of his grasp as she took a band-aid to place it over Natsu's bruise on the cheek
"ohhh…so, you prefer boys too and not girls?" Natsu continuously asks as he watches Lucy bite her lower lip while placing the band-aid to his cheek
"Yeah I guess…I mean I like girls as my friends but if you mean it in a romantic way, yeah I prefer boys. This will hurt," Lucy then places a cream under Natsu's eyes, and the boy then flinches in pain, "But you don't have to worry about boys because I haven't had a crush since grade 7…"
"Well then good…I thought I had to be devil Natsu to scare off stupid boys again…" Natsu then puffs his chest as if he was a courageous man, "Well then, shouldn't you be scaring off yourself?" Lucy innocently asks before mischievously smiling at the pinkette, "Wha?! I'm different! I'm your best friend. I'm exempted to those things…"
Lucy just then snorts as she shook her head and throws away all the used medical supplies, "Right…You're my best friend who is loud and mischievous while I'm your best friend who wears boy clothes…"
"Note, big shirt boy clothes…" Natsu then brings his feet up to the bed and sits like an Indian
"Yes, yes…I'm a big shirt girl" Lucy admits then chuckles as she watched Natsu grin at her playfully
"I know… I'm even used to your boyish fashion already. And just so you know, that shirt is mine," Natsu points as he bounces his eyebrows while he smiles at the sudden bashful blonde. Looking down to her shirt, she pulls the end of the shirt and asked, "Is this yours? But I thought it was mine…"
"Nope, that's mine…I lent that to you back in high school when we got wet in the rain. It was one of my extra t-shirts when we did mountain climbing with dad…remember?" Natsu glances at Lucy who was thinking of the memory. When Lucy remembered, she snapped her finger and looked at Natsu, "Right! That was the time you…"

Lucy then fell silent as she fully remembered that moment. Widening her eyes, Lucy became red in furious as she slowly grabbed anything in reach. Late realizing what he made Lucy remember, he just jumps out of the bed as he curses out loud, "Shit!" and with that, Natsu dashes out of the clinic and decides to get out of the building already to keep himself alive. Seeing the escaping pinkette, Lucy lividly shouts, "Natsu! I'll kill you!" and then Lucy starts running off to chase the pink-haired teen.


Up Next: 3: Wendy's 16th Birthday