SIX: Friends?
Lotus Plaza
The boys gathered together to have some drinks on a Tuesday night. There is nothing special for that day, it just so happens the boys wanted some drinks. So, Laxus called on the others and told them that it was his treat.
So sitting in one of the bars of Lotus Plaza, the guys enjoyed the company of their boarding housemates. Everyone was having fun, except for one.
"Then suddenly I walked into Ren and Sherry, and I was like, 'bro didn't know you two dated' and instantly Sherry slapped me on the face!" Loke exclaims, making the others laugh on their seat
"Well that's what you get for hitting on Sherry," Bickslow points at the orange-haired student
As they all laughed, Loke suddenly noticed the silence of the pinkette next to him. If there was one person who likes seeing him being dumped by a girl, it would be Natsu. But then the man seemed to be out of his character.
"Hey, Natsu, what's up with you?" Loke asks as he nudged the pinkette awake from his thoughts
"Huh? What?" Natsu said as he sat up straight, surprised to be talked to
"Leave him be, Loke. Flame-brain is having a mental breakdown," Gray mutters before he drinks his beer
"Mental breakdown?" Loke asks back to no one in particular as he glances at the pinkette, who has fallen into deep thoughts again. With that in view, Loke bumped Natsu again on the shoulder and tried to snap the pinkette out of his thoughts, "Oy, Natsu,"
"Huh? Yeah?" Natsu confusingly looked at Loke, "What?"
"Why are you having a mental breakdown?"
Laxus suddenly knocks on the table, making the orange-haired teen look at him with confusion. Laxus then spoke, "Don't mind that kid. You'll just make his brain damage worse,"
"What? I don't get it," Loke states as he becomes more baffled with Natsu's state. But his curiosity dies down when Laxus glared at him and mentally told him to shut up, and that's exactly what he did.
So ignoring the silence of the pink-haired student, the boys continued to drink and talk among themselves, until one by one, they received some calls or texts from their respective girls.
Soon, one by one, they bid goodbye to each other with the excuse that they had to leave or else someone would get their asses kicked. So within the next hour, Jellal, Gray, Loke, and Natsu were left alone in the bar.
"Well, isn't this a surprise," Gray mutters as he looks at Loke, who recently returned from the bathroom
"What is the surprise?" Loke questions as he settles himself to his seat
"You," Gray points with his beer and smiled
"What do you mean?" Loke asks confusedly
"Gray meant that you are still here with us. Shouldn't you be out there, dating someone?" Jellal questions as he turned his glass of beer
"Me? Dating someone?" Loke asks with amusement in his voice, "Oh, please. I don't do dating,"
"Liar. You always go on a date with different girls. I mean seriously, I've never seen you without a date," Gray said before he shook his head in disbelief
"Hey-hey! I'm not lying. I'm not dating anyone...well, not yet" Loke had his cheeks warm. So as to hide his reddening face he grabbed his glass and drank his beer
"So you're saying you're asking someone out?" Jellal questions as he notices the face of the infamous Playboy
"Maybe..." Loke mumbles behind his glass
Jellal then nods his head before he looked at the raven-haired boy next to him, "What about you Gray? Until when are you going to ignore your text messages from Juvia?"
"I'm not ignoring Juvia's texts...she's just spamming me right now," Gray then looked away from the blue-haired teen, who only chuckled at the embarrassed boy
"How about you Jellal? Aren't you staying too late? Maybe someone will be worried..." Loke then smirked as he tries to make Jellal embarrass this time but the teen wasn't at all, after all, he is open about his closeness to Erza
"If you're talking about Erza, she doesn't mind me staying too late. She trusts me," Jellal then chuckles when Loke pouted when he didn't get the response he was hoping for
"How can you be so calm talking about your girl?" Loke muddled asks but Jellal just shrugs his shoulder as he gave a small smile
While Jellal smiled in front of him, Loke suddenly hears Natsu sigh next to him. Glancing at his friend, Loke raised his eyebrows at him as he thought for a moment what could possibly be wrong with the pinkette. As he thought to himself, he finally figured out what was odd with the teen.
"Hey, Natsu," Loke called, making the teen look at him with a disoriented concentration
"Yeah?" Natsu replies back before he slowly sits up straight to focus on his friend
"Where's Lucy?" Loke bluntly asks, earning him a sudden slap on the head, "Ah!" Loke yelped before he whipped his head to glare at his attacker, "What the hell?! What was that for, Gray?!"
"Didn't we tell you not to mind ash-brain?!" Gray then grits his teeth in annoyance before he gave a side glance at the pink-haired boy.
Natsu was beginning to sulk again as he slowly slumps down on his seat. With the silence growing between them, Loke had to look at Natsu again and there he saw the sad teen.
Confused with the sad aura of the man, Loke had to look back at the others and question the behavior of the pinkette.
"What is going on with Natsu?" Loke whispered but still loud enough for Natsu to hear, though he didn't pay any attention to the orange-haired man
"It has something to do with Lucy apparently," Jellal replies back as he crosses his arms and observed the sulking pinkette
"With Lucy?" Loke repeats before looking at Natsu, "What happened?"
"Obviously they fought," Gray mutters back as he finishes off his drink
"Why'd they fight?" Loke inquisitively asks, earning him a glare from the raven-haired boy
"Loke, seriously, it's not the right time. Just look at fire-breath, he's obviously in a mental breakdown. Reminding him about what they fought would make that boy cry in no time," Gray then shakes his head, "And I don't want to deal with a cry baby back at the house,"
"Goodness..." Loke mumbles before he shakes his head in disbelief, "I've never seen Natsu like this before..."
"Well, who knew Natsu and Lucy could actually be in a war?" Gray then crosses his arms, and so did Loke before they all sighed at the sulking pinkette.
Fairy Tail University
The next day came Natsu waits by the gate of Fairy Tail University, kicking the pebble rocks on the ground. His first class is at 9 am but it's only 7:35 am, which means he had a lot of time to spend before he needed to head to class. Usually, on a Wednesday morning, he would still be asleep in his room. But today is different. He couldn't sleep well with a lot of thoughts running through his mind. Like Gray said, he is having a mental breakdown.
Natsu can no longer keep this war with Lucy. Actually, he hates being in war with Lucy, it's just that Lucy keeps on avoiding him and it's driving him crazy. So, standing by the gate of their school, Natsu decided to make a way to talk to Lucy. Since Lucy has an early class, Natsu assumes that Lucy would be at school a few minutes before her first period.
Time check, Natsu thought as he looks down at his wrist watch, 7:37 am
Natsu then looks up and tries to find a familiar blonde walking in towards their school. None of the people who have greeted him, he greeted back because he is too busy looking for Lucy. But until now, he can't find her.
"Natsu," a voice suddenly calls, making the pinkette turn around to look back at the person who sounds familiar to him. As he turned, Natsu saw Cana standing by the gate fixing the strap of her bag on her shoulder
"Cana, what are you doing here?" Natsu asks before he glances at his surroundings again
"Obviously, I study here. What are you doing here? Isn't your class at 9?" Cana then walks up to him
"Well, yeah..." Natsu then looked down to his shoes, a little embarrassed knowing that Cana is aware of his fight with the blonde
"Let me guess..." Cana suddenly states as she crosses her arms once she stood before him, "You're here to catch Lucy,"
Natsu then looked up at the brunette and timidly nods his head. Cana chuckles at the shy man. She isn't actually residing anyone, though she didn't like what Natsu said to Lucy, it was really below the belt, especially for a person who is close to Lucy. But since she is friends with the two, she is trying to be as considerate as possible.
"You know Natsu catching Lucy early in the morning wouldn't make your fight with her any better. She'll just hate you more for being inconsiderate of ruining her day," Cana said as she leans to one leg
"I don't want to ruin her day. I just want to talk to her," Natsu reasons out but Cana shook her head. She then answers, "She isn't ready yet. Lucy really feels betrayed by you. The last person she expects to judge her is actually the first person to question her. So, yeah, Natsu, Lucy isn't ready to talk with you,"
Natsu then looks down, feeling disappointed with himself. Of course, he was inconsiderate again, thinking only of himself because he couldn't bear to be alone without Lucy.
"You're right... I hurt Lucy too much. I failed her," Natsu then kicks another pebble rock
"Just give her time, pinky. I'm sure you'll be friends with her again," Cana then taps the shoulder of the teen before she turns away and says, "I'm going. See you around!" And with that, Cana disappears within the crowd who are all heading inside their school.
As Natsu stands alone by the gate, he looks down at his wrist watch and read the time, 7:49 am. Looking up one last time to look for Lucy, Natsu still didn't see any blonde girl he knew. Though he saw one student running and remembers the student to be one of Lucy's tutee. Then it clicks to Natsu.
"Great Natsu," Natsu mumbles to himself as he scratches his head, "Just when you plan to talk to Lucy in the morning, you miss her first class,"
So, sighing to himself, he turns around and enters the school.
x...|X|...x
Sitting by one of the tables in the library with her tutee, Lucy quietly assists the student in his English work. The student has been talking about his experience with his cousin when they went to the Wide Pixie Lake last year.
"So, yeah, my cousin jumped without me," The young boy then looks at his tutor after his story. With Lucy blankly staring off at the table, the student couldn't help but pull a questioning look.
"Lucy-san?" The student called
"Lucy-san?" The student calls again but this time with a soft poke on her arm, finally snapping Lucy out of her deep thoughts
"huh? Yeah?" Lucy then shakes her head, "Oh, right...um, so about this..." Lucy then trails off when she forgot what she and Yuki were doing, "What were we doing?" Lucy questions
"Well, I'm still finishing my last paragraph. Give me five more minutes?" Yuki sheepishly smiled at the blonde
Sighing, Lucy gave a small smile as she gestures to the younger student to continue. When Lucy expected silence once Yuki starts to write again, she didn't expect the young lad would continue to talk while he worked.
"Lucy-san, can I ask you a question?" Yuki asks
"Yuki, you say, 'May I ask you a question', not 'can I ask you a question'," Lucy said seriously before she toned down her voice and adds, "But yes, you may ask me a question,"
Yuki then embarrassedly nods his head before he voices out his question, "I heard from my classmates that you and Natsu are no longer friends...Is that true?"
Lucy looked at Yuki sternly before she looked away from him and leans back to her chair. Crossing her arms over her chest, Lucy softly answers, "Maybe, maybe not,"
Yuki gazed at the blonde confused because of her vague answer, "I don't quite get it... was that supposed to be a joke? I think I didn't get the joke," Yuki then scratches his head in bafflement
"Yuki, just finish your assignment," Lucy said as she taps the paper Yuki has been working on since half an hour ago
"Okay-okay..." Yuki surrenders as he raises his hands up, "But seriously," he still tried, making Lucy roll her eyes, "Will I still see Natsu around? Because if not, I think I'd like to ask you out..." Yuki then grinned
Lucy awkwardly laughed at the student before she shook her head, "Yuki, seriously. Whether Natsu sticks by my side or not, I'm not going out with you..."
"But why? I'm fun to be with too...I can be as fun as Natsu," Yuki whined
"You can never be as fun as Natsu..." Lucy then looked away and slumps forward to the table. She mumbles, "Natsu's fun is insane...a good insane,"
"Tsk," Yuki clicked his tongue, "I don't get what you see in him,"
Yuki then slumps forward too as he finishes off his assignment. Not minding the blonde, Yuki didn't see the surprised look of Lucy when he said that. Lucy slowly withdrew from the table and leaned back to her chair. She then began to think to herself.
One day of not talking to Natsu has been an odd experience for Lucy. She has fought with Natsu numerous times but not to this extent that she'd avoid him. She has never avoided Natsu before because they were stitched to each other's hips.
Natsu not being present in her day is like a day of rain, no sunshine, and no laughter. Lucy never knew how quiet her life would be if Natsu doesn't constantly bother her about food or doing something outrageous. She's so used to the habit of Natsu calling her or texting her even during classes, or for the times he'd send her a picture of a food he wants to eat. Without all of those in a day, Lucy couldn't help but wonder if she'll ever get by with just small smiles.
But no matter how much Lucy wishes to have Natsu annoy her now, she couldn't ignore the pain she feels whenever she recalls the time Natsu looked down on her. She can't erase in her mind the words that Natsu said. If it happens to be someone else, she could have let it go more easily but Natsu is her best friend. It hurts more when the people you hold on to for support are the ones who actually despise you more.
Without realizing, Lucy started sobbing, which startles Yuki. Pushing himself away from the crying girl, Yuki panicky exclaims, "H-hey! Why are you crying?! I didn't make you cry!"
"Shut up, Yuki," Lucy mumbles back as she wipes the tears on her face, "Just finish that so that I can check it," Lucy continued to wipe her face with the sleeves of her jacket.
As Lucy wipes her face, she didn't realize that the jacket she was using was actually Natsu's. So while she was wiping her face, she was able to sniff the jacket and Natsu's distinct scent fills her nose. Quickly pulling away, Lucy had her eyes widen more before she slowly cries again.
With Lucy's audible cry, Yuki quickly turns around and gawks at the blonde. With shaking hands, he pushed his paper towards Lucy and softly muttered, "I don't want to be blamed for your crying. I-I'll see you around Lucy-san!" And with that, Yuki grabbed his bag and dashes out of the library.
8 Island Diner- Magnolia Branch
At the end of the class of Natsu, the pinkette barely had the energy to do anything. He's hungry and tired about today. He may not have done heavy physical activities today but he feels so tired that he just wants to sleep. But then again, he could feel his stomach rumbling.
Without realizing, Natsu had headed to 8 Island Diner, where Mira, Lisanna, and Evergreen part time works. Since he was hungry, he decided to eat first before heading back to the Tenrou boarding house.
Opening the glass door of the diner, a sweet chime was heard and waitresses looked at his direction and greeted him in. Lisanna was one of them and she quickly waved to her friend. Soon, Lisanna stepped out of the counter and walked up to the pinkette.
"Hey, Natsu," Lisanna greets as she tucks her hands to her apron's pockets, "Hungry? We've got Mt. Mayon tacos tonight. I'm sure you miss that,"
"Yeah, sure..." Natsu then gave a small smile before he steps aside and heads for an empty booth
Seeing Natsu act the way he is now, it doesn't take long for Lisanna to figure out that Natsu is still bothered about Lucy's avoidance to him. She can't blame Lucy after what Natsu had said. But still, she feels bad for Natsu for he has tried his best to talk to Lucy and all he got was death glare from the blonde.
Heading back to the counter, Lisanna saw her sister was looking at her with worry in her gaze. When she was within reach, Lisanna mumbles softly, "Still not good…"
"Oh, Natsu…" Mira sighs as she watches Natsu slump down to the couch, "What can we do to get them to talk?" Mira asks her sister, who only shrugged while she prepared a snack
"I don't know. I heard from Cana, Lucy just ignored Natsu this morning like he was invisible," Lisanna then faces her sister, "And when Lucy does that, it's totally obvious that she isn't ready,"
Mira sighs sadly again before she turns her head to look at Natsu, who was looking out at the streets. He is clearly not his usual self, which is really saddening for the others.
"I'll just give this to him," Lisanna was then about to leave when Mira blocked her and said, "I'll do it…I need to talk to him," and with that, Lisanna handed the plate and returns to the kitchen.
As Mira walked towards the booth Natsu occupied, Mira pulled out a smile and greets the pink-haired student.
"Hey, Natsu," Mira then takes the seat in front of Natsu after she has placed the plate in front of the man, "So, here is your favorite Mt. Mayon tacos," Mira then smiles widely at the man, who only nodded and smiled small
"Thanks, Mira…I'll pay later,"
"Oh, it's fine. It's in the house…" Mira said with a smile as she watches Natsu stare at the plate. As Natsu did that, Mira patiently waited for Natsu to start eating but the man just continued to stare
"I think Lisanna poured a good amount of Tabasco sauce in your tacos. You might want to start eating that instead of staring at it,"
"Huh?" Natsu stunned looked up, "What did you say?"
Sighing at the man, Mira then gave a gentle smile as she said, "I said eat…It seems like you haven't eaten well…"
"…No, I have…" Natsu lied before he slowly attempts to get a piece of taco chip
"Natsu, you are not a good liar. I know that whenever something big is troubling you, you tend to lose your appetite," Mira then crosses her arms as she leans back to the couch
"I never lose my appetite…" Natsu then shoves a piece of taco to his mouth
"Yeah you don't…except for certain situations," Mira said with a knowing look
Natsu then becomes silent and stops midway to getting a piece of taco again. Keeping his hand to himself, Natsu looked up at Mira with a shattered look and asked for advice.
"Mira, I don't know what to do. Lucy wouldn't talk to me, what should I do?" Natsu then looks down and pushes the plate away from him, losing his appetite once again
"Well because she's hurt and I know you know that. You can't expect her to be just okay after being told she's an attention seeker, coming from her best friend…" Mira then leans forward and looked at him like she was challenging him
"I didn't mean to say that," Natsu reasons out, "I was just mad. I was…unreasonable, blabbering words I don't know where they came from…I was just pissed,"
"Natsu, why are you so mad about Lucy's way of dressing up? I mean for most people, they don't mind her change," Mira asks with a tilt of her head
"I know I shouldn't be over reactive about Lucy's way of dressing up. But…" Natsu then scrunches his face as he tries to find the words to explain his feelings, "It just irks me. I mean, people continually look at her like she's some…sexy…fantasy…I don't know! I hate it!"
"You're just worried…and maybe you're jealous," Mira replies back to the pinkette
"Jealous? Why would I be jealous?" Natsu asks back confused
Mira then smiles to herself as she pushes the plate back to Natsu. She then said, "You're worried that people are giving attention to Lucy and you're jealous that Lucy now is part of everybody's world,"
"What? I still don't get it," Natsu states back, baffled
"Lucy has kept herself hidden behind those big shirts, jersey shorts, baggy pants, and sweatshirts. You never had to worry about people giving her unwanted attention. With that, you had Lucy all by yourself. Now, with her change of appearance, people notice her. And you have to share her with everybody else because a lot of people want to know her,"
"I…I share Lucy…" Natsu then looked away before he gives a glance at the smiling silver-haired girl
"With us, yes. With other people outside our group, not really…" Mira smiles knowingly at the pinkette, who was slowly turning pink
"What's your point?!" Natsu exclaims embarrassed
"My point is…maybe you're feeling something for Lucy that you need to sort out so that you could explain things to Lucy," Mira then gave a serious look, "I don't know if you like her or not more than a friend, but you have to sort out whatever you're feeling for her,"
Natsu then becomes silent as he thinks about Mira's words. As Mira slowly stood up and bid goodbye to go back to work, Natsu took the chance to think deeply about his emotions.
What are my feelings for Lucy? Natsu thought to himself as he slumps down to the couch.
With everything that Mira has said, Natsu slowly believes Mira's point. He is a little threatened that people will slowly take Lucy away from him. It wasn't about how Lucy dresses up. It was the attention that people give her. He feels like his time with Lucy is always being disrupted by people, who used to ignore them. It feels like, he can't see Lucy anymore with many people surrounding her. He misses her.
Fairy Hills Dormitory- 10:52 PM
Finally arriving back Lucy and some of her classmates in journalism walks back to their dormitory, Fairy Hills. They just recently finished their tour around Magnolia for their class. After having dinner with her classmates, Lucy and the girls return back to the dorm to rest.
As they were heading for the building of the dorm, a certain figure was seated on the front steps of the building. The building is nearly dark for it was almost the curfew time that Hilda has set for the girls. With that in view, they couldn't help but be a little nervous if that figure was some dangerous person.
"Oh my god, can you see what I'm seeing?" One of the girls mutters as she halts from her walk
"I-Is that a-a s-stalker or something?" another girl asks before they all glanced at Lucy, who was not really scared at all
"I think that's just a man," Lucy said plainly as she looks back at her classmates. When the girls hid behind her back, Lucy was taken aback a little that they were seeking for her protection.
"Lu-Lucy-san…c-can you lead us back to the dorm?" one of the girls nervously requests
Raising her brow at her classmates, Lucy thought to herself how her classmates were a little odd. But then she just shrugged her shoulders and nods her head. As Lucy walked towards the dorm and the girls followed nervously, Lucy suddenly recognizes the sweater the unknown figure was wearing. So stopping right at the side of the figure, Lucy looked at her companions and smiled.
Lucy then softly whispered, "Go ahead girls…I'll just…make this person leave,"
"Alright, be safe Lucy-san. Thank you," and with that, the girls went ahead
"Just shout if you need help," one girl added before they all disappeared inside the dorm building
When Lucy was on her own with the hooded figure, Lucy just stared at him as she thought to herself if she should really wake him up. The man was all crouched down on the step, obviously, the person has been waiting there for a long time. With the temperature at night, it's possible that the man is cold.
Sighing in defeat, Lucy crouches down in front of the man and stares at his sleeping face. Slowly and gently, Lucy shook the shoulder of the man.
x...|X|...x
Feeling to be shaken, Natsu slowly gains consciousness. So, groaning awake, Natsu lifts his head slowly and tries to recognize his surroundings. The whole place is dark, which could mean its late night already. Also, because of the temperature he feels, he knows the time could possibly be past 11 pm.
Feeling the chilly wind blow, he tightens his hold to his arms as he looks around. He knows that he was shaken awake but he sees no one in front. Not until he looked at his side.
"Gah!" Natsu shouts in surprise and slides away as he sees Lucy sitting next to him, holding her knees close to her chest. Slowly looking back at him, Lucy gave a straight face to him as she stares back.
Swallowing hard, Natsu slowly slides back to his previous seat while he kept his eyes to the blonde. He is a little hesitant to sit close, knowing that the blonde was not fond of him as of the moment. So, keeping a good distance between them, Natsu relaxed on his spot and stare ahead.
Lucy didn't speak as she stared at Natsu. When Natsu looked away, she also looked away and stares at the empty street. She didn't feel like talking to him first. So, she decided it is up to Natsu to speak up because if he wouldn't talk at all, she'll be heading inside instead.
Minutes pass and Natsu still kept silent, though he'd give short glances to the blonde from time to time. When he looked down to his watch, he saw it was 11:18 PM already, way past their curfew. He sighed and looked down to his feet. Natsu has no enough courage to talk to Lucy compared to the courage he had when he said to himself that he'd talk to Lucy again. Sighing again, Natsu buried half of his face to his scarf.
As he hides half of his face and warmth enveloped him, Natsu suddenly realized Lucy might be cold. So as quick as possible, Natsu sat up and attempted to pull out his scarf. But the moment he was fumbling with his scarf, Lucy slowly pushed herself up and dusted off her pants. She was turning around to head inside the building, making Natsu frantic that he was losing his chance to speak with Lucy. Abruptly he stood up and raced in front of Lucy.
"Luce, wait," Natsu said as he blocks the way of the blonde
Lucy didn't speak but she stopped from her steps. As Lucy stared at him, Natsu thought Lucy was waiting for him to speak up the whole time and he was such an idiot to let her wait. So, clearing his throat as he tries to gather all the courage he could have, he finally speaks up.
"Luce, I'm sorry," Natsu started and waited for a moment to see any reaction from the blonde but Lucy just kept a poker face to him. Natsu then decides, he'll just go and spill whatever he needed to tell.
"I'm sorry that I said that you were an attention seeker. I'm sorry that I said that people want you naked. I'm sorry for being an idiot to you..." Natsu then looks down to his shoes.
As he stays silent for a moment, he hopes that Lucy would utter something, even anger, as long as Lucy would respond. But Lucy didn't say a word. Slowly looking up at her, Natsu could still feel the heaviness in his heart.
"I know that I was reckless to say stuff like that. I shouldn't have said those words..." Natsu said as he looks away from Lucy
"...Then why did you say it? Do you really think of me shallowly?" Lucy finally asks
"No! Of course not!" Natsu quickly opposes as he shakes his head, "I'd never think of you lowly!"
"You said that I wanted attention since it's the thing I'm deprived of," Lucy said almost menacingly
"Yeah, I might have said that but I didn't really mean that...I'm just..." Natsu then trails off unsure of how to explain things he can't fully understand as well
"You're just what?" Lucy asks irritated
"I don't know..." Natsu mutters before he flinches in fear when Lucy shouted
"What is wrong with you!?" Lucy then punches the shoulder of the pinkette, who stumbled back a little, "Do you have any idea how painful what you have said?!"
"I'm sorry..." Natsu mumbles
"Saying sorry does not answer my question why you had to say it! You know, I have been thinking so hard if I was ever the person you said I was. I'm desperately trying to answer my own question if I'm really an attention seeker! I've been thinking so hard why my best friend saw this patheticness in me?!" Lucy madly ranted before Natsu hugs her tight
As Natsu wraps Lucy in his arms, he tried his best to keep Lucy in his embrace for the blonde pushes him away. He could feel Lucy's punches to his back as she madly tries to pry him away from her. But he wasn't going to give up.
"I'm sorry for making you doubt yourself, Luce. It's very stupid of me to say something you are not. You have never been an attention seeker, you have always been confident of who you are regardless of what people thought of you. You never try to please everybody. You're just true to yourself...and that is what I like about you,"
Natsu then could feel Lucy has stopped hitting him. Although he was a little in doubt, he pulled away and gazed at the blonde. By the time he looks at her, Natsu saw tears fall down from her eyes, making him wipe it away quickly.
"Mira told me that maybe I'm just too worried about something in your change..." Natsu softly said, making Lucy slowly look up at him. Natsu then adds, "I'm scared to lose my best friend with everybody being your friend..."
"Why would you be scared you-baka? It's normal for people to make friends..." Lucy answers back with gritted teeth
"I know..." Natsu then closes his eyes before he looks back at her, "I'm just insecure that everybody could be your best friend and they'll be always hanging around you 'cause they understand you more than I do..."
"Idiot," Lucy mutters to Natsu in a pissed off tone, making Natsu chuckle at the insult. Lucy then hits him in the shoulder again as she continued "Besides from Levy and the girls, there is no one who understands me better. In fact, he knows more about me than anyone I know...well, aside from my parents,"
Natsu then laughs at the blonde, who slowly laughed along with him. As they let their laughter die, Lucy suddenly knuckles the head of the pinkette, leaving him shocked with the sudden inflicted pain.
"So, next time knucklehead think twice before saying words you don't mean. It's not only to me but to everybody...understood?" Lucy questions strictly
"Yes, ma'am!" Natsu saluted before he grins wide and extends a hand, "Friends?"
Lucy stares at the offered hand, making Natsu nervous that they are still not in good terms. But his nervousness quickly disappears when Lucy said, "Best friends," Lucy then shakes his hand with a wide smile on her face.
Up Next: 7: The things that happen when summer hits
Hey, Readers!
There you have it! They are friends again and everything is good. So, what do you think of the chapter? For me, I'm not totally into it 'cause nothing much happened besides from making them friends again. But hey! See the title for the next chapter?
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