Pink. This pink haired teen continued to wait outside anxiously in the poring rain with his head low casting a shadow over his eyes as the property became deathly quiet. It truly was an awkward and agonizingly quiet situation that I found myself in along with the rest of my family and friends. We sat in silence as the exchange student started to shuffle uncomfortably under our hard gazes like we were in a trance, like prince Eric looking at Ursula trance. And that was one hell of a trance. We sat in silence for a while longer and the thick tension filled air only made matters worse. It was thick enough to cut with a knife. Thankfully our trance was broken by a simple question...
"Can I come inside?" He asked. "I'm kinda seconds away from passin' out on your porch...and I don't think I'm that heavy but I might be a little hard to drag. I move in my sleep."
"..."
"So...?"
"Someone get this boy a towel!" My mother started. "Lucy can you make him some tea."
Erza ran upstairs to get the confused teen a towel while I hurried in the kitchen and started the pot of water for green tea. I ran over to the cream cabinet doors and took out several tea packets, set them down, then grabed 10 mugs. As I waited for the water to boil I leaned against the marble island in the kitchen as I watched the commotion and chaos occur in the living room. Not only were there a collective amount of curses from both Gajeel and Gray that consisted of "Fucking hell" from Gray and "Little bitch" from Gajeel, but there was also a few sounds of stuff falling as Cana walked around aimlessly in her slightly drunken state and knocked items out out the boys hands while they were trying to clean up the mess they made causing more chaos. Jellal stood to the side with his fingers pressed on the bridge of his nose as he attempted to stop am incoming headache.
Erza finally made it downstairs with an icey blue towel in hand and rushed over to hand it to the pink haired teen. My mother and father lead him to the couch and as he was walking with the towel around his neck, I couldn't help but notcie an amused smirk forming. Is he holding back a laugh. The thought caused me to giggle and I could've sworn he looked in my direction under his hair.
The horrible ringing sound of the kettle filled the air adding more to the chaos and to make matters worse I burned myself while trying to quickly pour the water in the pot. Levy, Juvia, Erza, and Cana came up behind me to assist with the making of the tea and we carried the mugs over to the living room to then place on the coffee table with the exception of our own glasses. I walked up to the pink haired boy while he was thoroughly dried his hair with the towel then proceeded to shake it inbetween the towel when he stopped realizing I was infront of him holding out his mug in one hand and mine in the other. He took the towel off of his head and set it around his neck for any lingering droplets. I offered the mug and he took it though, before I could walk away, he looked up at me and I was meet with these forest green eyes with gold speckles that seem to lock me in a trance as they gradually became darker into a deep green, almost black and he gave me this face splitting grin that made my heart skip a beat and blood rush to my cheeks and ears.
"Arigatōgozaimashita." He said.
His voice. Oh god his voice. I was smooth but had a sort of ruff tone to it that made me lose all my sense because the next thing I hear is a shatter and my parents asking me if I was alright. I dropped my mug and it shattered on the dark oak wood floor causing everyone to jump up besides the pink haired hotty and I(yes I said that). Not only was I embarrassed for my actions but the exchange student found it funny and bit back a laugh while my friends gave either knowing smirks and or snickers. I quickley sit on the couch across from him where my friends were inbetween Erza and Levy while my parents grabbed to broom and dust pan. If only the red on my face would stop growing.
"Are you okay Lucy? You spaced out." My father asked through gritted teeth. He knew exactly what happened and doesn't like the idea of me dating. He's over protective and says that he "refuses to let his daughter get her heart broken". It' annoying most of the time but I really wouldn't want it any other way.
"I'm fine papa. Just got a bit...distracted." My answer caused the exchange student to look my way with the corner of his eyes with an intense but amused glint in his eyes.
"Yeah distracted by that boy..." my father trailed off after his quiet grumbling session. My mother gave his the look and he straightened up his back causing a small smile to form on my lips.
"So what's your name? Tell us about yourself." My mother asked.
"Well," Oh his voice! "my name is Natsu Dragneel. I turned 18 a few weeks ago. I'm from Japan and I live in a family of five, my parents, my little sister Wendy, and my cat Happy."
"You have a cat? Can I see it?!" Erza asked as her eyes glowed with excitement. Jellal gave Erza a loving and fond look at her behavior and it was simply adorable. If only.
"Juvia would like to see the cat too." She added. Either...Natsu; oh jeeze. Even saying his name feels awsome. Just the feel of it rolling off my tounge is just so...back to what I was saying, either he didn't notice Juvia speaking in third person, he didn't want to bring it up, or he simply didn't care. Whichever answer it is I'm grateful for it. I'm just glad he didn't tease her about it.
"Aww Juvia thinks Happy is cute."
"Why is he blue?"
"He's what?!" Levy and I exclaimed at the same time. We both rushed over along with Jellal, Cana, Gray, and Gajeel to see that his cat Happy is indeed blue.
"The fuck?"
"Watch your language Gajeel!"
"Whoops. Sorry shrimp gihi."
"Don't. Call. Me. Shrimp!"
"Whatever you say Shrimp."
"Guys!" I exclaimed. "We are all crowding over him and it's probably creepy! So let's back it up." They all grumbled back to their seats while I trailed not to far behind them when we froze by the sound of laughter. I turn around to see Natsu laughing his guts out.
"Hey. What's so funny pinky?" Gray asked.
"Your...all...weirdos." He answered between huffs, trying and failing to regain air after laughing. "And it's not pink, it's salmon...where the hell are your clothes?"
"Uh-Dammit!"
"Kids, let's settle down." Layla said with a kind smile, but behind it we could see anger and annoyance coursing through her. She is the kindest person on Earth but she could also be the scariest. We all quickly sat down before we could hear the rath of Layla Heartfillia. It was extremely late so Gray, Gajeel, and Jellal said their goodbyes while the girls ran up to my room dragging me behind for a "girls night". This is going this be a long night.
I was dragged up the spiral stair case by Erza and Juvia while Cana and Levy sang about how excited they were and placed bets on how long it would take us to...sleep together. What in the world is running in their heads? I questioned myself. We made it up to a door with my name on the top in a shade darker that baby pink indicatiding it's my room and Levy kicked down the door while I was thrown on my bed face first then, not long after, I felt a weight settle on my back. I turned my head to see Levy sitting on my bed cross legged with a smug smile plastered on her face.
"Lu-chan. What the hell happened out there?" Levy asked.
"Levy-chan I really don't know. I've never felt so embarrassed."
"Why did you drop the mug though?" Cana asked.
"It just suprised me thats all. I mean I expected this guy to be quiet and ugly like in the movies but he's not Cana! It's just, crazy. It confused me at first when I saw the pink hair and I'm pretty sure everybody else felt the same when seeing it but his eyes; oh you should've seen his eyes. It was liie they were trapping me in a trance and I couldn't get out and I wouldn't want to get out. they were a gorgeous green with gold freckles. Like how the hell does someone have gold freckles in their eyes. And they got darker the longer we looked at each other, they were almost black but I could still make out the tiny drops of gold. It was- he looked almost mysterious and the look he sent was so...intense I-"
I stopped at the sound of giggles coming from my friends and looked up to see ttem staring at the door. My blood ran cold, hoping it wasn't who I thought it was but my fear was confirmed when I heard him clear his throat. He was here the entire time and my friends let me ramble on for him to hear.
"Yo," Oh god "I was told to have Lucy show me around the house. Is she free or do you all need to talk."
"Our blondie is all yours, Natsu." Cana answered in amusement. These girls are gonna be the death of me.
"I-I'm coming."
I quickly stood up causing me to lose my balance but I caught myself at the ladt minute. Can this night get anymore embarrassing? I was pulled out of my thoughts when Natsu tapped on my shoulder and asked me if I was okay. I nodded my head yes so fast that I got a minor headache. As we exited my bedroom my friends looked at me and gave me a thumbs up and I really hope Natsu didnt see.
"Thanks."
"For what?" I asked.
"You said you liked my eyes, thanks." The pink haired teen answered with a grin but a mischievous glint in his eyes. He heard. He heard everything. I hid my face in my in my hands to try and cover up my heated cheeks but nothing worked. And to make matters worse he started laughing at my and patting my head out of pity. I I wasn't so embarrassed, I'd probably fawn over his laugh. It's just so damn attractive! I heard laughing come from my room and turns out we didn't leave the hallway or close the door; my friends witnissed the whole exchange and I had to drag him away to cease the sound of giggles around me. I can't call it quits, I still have to give him the tour. And so I did. And it had better be the best tour he'd ever had cause I did jazz hands when showing rooms! Nobody can beat jazz hands.
It was 3am and my friends and I fell asleep from endless teasing and talking untill I woke up abruptly from the sound of Cana's phone's constant dinging. I tried to ignore it and go back to sleep but I couldn't. Dang it. I walked outside my room to go downstairs and get a drink of water but ran into a hard surface. The shock caused my to quickly back up resulting in me tripping on myself and falling. I tried to catch myself several times but all of my attempts failed and I waited for the fall expectantly...but it never came.
"Yo Koneko. You good?" He asked as he lifted me up. The nickname he gave me caused me to blush ferociously and I am forever greatful that it's dark around the house or else he would see my blush. Why would he call me a kitten though? I asked myself.
"Yeah...thanks." I answered with a small smile. my foolish behavior caused me to blush more and I had to break eye contact from the piercing gaze he gave me. We sat in silence untill Natsu asked me a question I really didn't expect.
"I'm kinda lost. Your house is unnecessarily big and I don't know where the bathroom is. Can you show me the way?"
I was caught off gaurd with this question because just a few hours ago I gave him a tour and he already forgot. Does he have a bad sense of direction or something cause damn. I agreed to help and started walking to the direction of the bathroom. As we walk I can't help but notice his pajamas. He wore a simple white wife beater and low hanging light grey sweat pants. They looked extremly attractive on him. The wife beater showed of his muscular arms in which I totally didn't expext from the pinkette and the low pants gives me more eye candy to inspect-
"Thanks."
"Huh?" I asked not catching anythhing he said from becasue of my...inspection? What the hell is wrong with me!
"Thanks for showing me to the bathroom, I have a bad sense of direction." He answered. Knew it!
"It's no big deal really. I'm glad I could help..." I trailed off as I finally decided to look into his eyes and there was a lump in my throat. With the moon cascading on his form gave him an innocent look, the complete opposite of what I've seen but his eyes are a whole different story. They're full of danger and excitement that I want to indulge myself into, it was absolutely breath taking. How the hell can a guy be sexy and innocent at the same time? I'm guessing he noticed my intense staring because a small smirk formed on his lips. Hot damn. He leaned forward causing my body to stiffen up and the heat to rush to my cheeks. I can't believe we just meet and we are already about to-
"Goodnight koneko!" Natsu exclaimed in a hushed and husky voice as he patted my head again, like a damn dog. I stood there while he descended into the bathroom wondering what just happened and what I've gotten myself into.
Back with another update and I'm sorry it took so long. This was suppossed to be out like 3 days ago but I procrastinated and kept having to restart the chapter because I forgot what I was writing and on top of that I tried doing it last minute from the due date I set for myself, but fell asleep while writing. Imma a damn mess haha!I hope you all like my chapter and sorry there was no quote today, I couldn't fit it in but there will be next chapter and I swear I'll make sure whoever is saying these quotes is someone you already met so far in the story. Have a nice weekend!