8 MONTHS AND 2 WEEKS AWAY
Fairy Tail was packed tonight as well but unlike any other days, cops and detectives of the ninety-ninth precinct were littering the place, moving around the bar like they owned the area. And in a way, they kind of do. The bar was owned by the Captain's family and has been passed down from one generation to the other. Soon, the place would go to their sergeant, Laxus.
The officers and detectives pranced around with brimful mugs on their hands with a sense of ownership oozing out of their very beings, their chests puffed and heads raised with the confidence that comes with being in a familiar and home-like place.
Natsu downed his mug and slammed it back to the table, startling his friends who were currently talking amongst themselves. "I'm so sick of hearing about your sexual adventures!" He shouted, hanging his head against the edge of the couch. The sudden movement caused a sudden pang of headache to form inside his head, making him close his eyes in pain.
"Then just go to Lisanna, I'm pretty sure she'll be happy to take you in." Gajeel snickered. "And I mean that in every sense of the word."
"Hey, man. Not cool." Elfman smacked Gajeel right across the chest with enough power to knock an ordinary man out but Gajeel just laughed it out. "That's my sister we're talking about."
"Sorry, but I agree with metal-head." Gray leaned back and crossed his arms across his chest, the brooding look on his face never leaving even with alcohol pouring through his veins. "She's been in love with this idiot for as long as I can remember."
Natsu opened his eyes and sighed at the sight greeting him. Lisanna was laughing at something Cana said, her head thrown back in glee while her eyes were shut tight, the crinkles in her eyes appearing as she gave up on controlling her emotions. She was smacking the table with so much force that the drinks were spilling from their containers but no one seemed to care.
Maybe he should? Lisanna's a great girl and she was the most sincere girl who liked him not only for his body or face. She actually likes him for who he is despite his imperfections and she's been with him throughout his whole life that he thinks she's the girl that he can't live without.
"Why don't you give her a chance?" Elfman spoke, surprising everyone. Natsu looked away from the view and turned his head to Elfman, his mouth dropping in disbelief. "What, she really likes you and I don't think you're that bad of a guy. You'd be good together."
Natsu closed his mouth, pondering the older man's suggestion. Then, he nodded his head. "Okay, the next time she confesses."
Everyone scoffed, making Natsu grunt. "Leave it to a dumb-ass like you to let her do the first move."
"I want her to be the one to tell me how she really feels!" Natsu exclaimed. "I don't want to confess to her and make her feel like it's her responsibility to accept my feelings and actually go out with me."
Natsu's phone buzzed and he fished it out of his pocket. It lit up in a reminder to pick up Lucy from the company.
7 PM : PICK LUCY UP IF YOU DON'T WANT HER WALKING AROUND DANGEROUS PLACES
He smiled at the way Lucy had set the alarm, his mind suddenly free of the alcohol that was buzzing in his system just a while ago. It's only been more than a month since the two started hanging out but Natsu already feels like he had known the blonde beauty for most of his life.
Ever since Natsu found out that the company Lucy was working at is about two blocks away from the precinct, he started offering her rides to and from work whenever their schedules aligned but after a week, it easily became an everyday routine for the two of them and Natsu found himself waking an hour earlier to drive Lucy to work and spending less time at Fairy Tail to pick her up.
"Are you sure about that, flame-brain?" Gray asked, his eyebrows raised. "She might not have the courage to do that anymore."
Natsu tilted his head in confusion. "Do what? Walk around in dangerous areas? She's hella strong man, she can handle herself." Natsu laughed, grabbing his backpack from the couch before wearing his jacket again. "Believe me, her kicks hurt like a bitch."
"What are you talking about?" Gajeel scoffed.
"What?" Natsu laughed, pulling out a few dollars from his wallet and throwing it on the table. "Anyways, I'm off."
Before Natsu could leave the table to bid goodbye to the girls, the guys smirked at him before looking at each other.
"Lucy." They said in unison, making Natsu shiver.
"Don't even try laying a hand on her or else I'll fucking kill all of you."
"Oh, believe me, no one's planning that except for one oblivious person." Laxus smirked, shooing Natsu away.
Natsu pulled his face away from the computer to look at the clock and grinned when it told him that it was already time for him to go. Stretching, he adjusted his holster on his chest before standing up to grab his leather jacket.
He pulled at his tie to straighten it, lest he wants Lucy to pull at it again in frustration. He used to hate his police uniform because they were blue and too form-fitting but now that he was a detective, he didn't need to wear it unlike the uniformed officers, which made him feel ecstatic until a few months ago because Lucy would pull at his hair when he didn't dress well.
"A kindergartner does a better job. Honestly, Natsu." She'd tease while she untangled his tie and re-tied it. As they got to know each other after that night, Natsu found out a few stuff about her that was probably too personal for someone that you wouldn't call a friend which led him to believe that the two of them were now the best of friends.
After a few months of hanging out occasionally, Natsu couldn't help but have the need to see her almost everyday which led to him picking her up after work and driving her home. At least, that was enough for Natsu until two months ago. When he found out that Lucy doesn't watch anything other than romantic movies, he insisted that they watch his favorite movie at her house and when she found out the only romantic movie Natsu had ever seen was the Titanic, she annoyed him into watching Flipped, her favorite movie.
From then on, it became kind of like a habit to spend their Friday nights together doing anything. They would sometimes watch movies, play games, or when Lucy was busy with her novel, Natsu would lounge around her apartment like a fool and wait until she hits her head on the table, knocked-out, and carry her to bed.
Natsu looked at his phone and his grin widened, it was a Friday today which meant that he gets to sleep over at Lucy's if she wasn't busy with her work. He exclaimed he was leaving before approaching the front desk to bid Lisanna goodbye as well.
"Lis, I'm done for the day." Natsu smiled, patting Lisanna's head and making her giggle. "See ya."
Before he could turn around, Lisanna caught Natsu's arm on her head and she looked up at him with round, sparkling eyes. "Aren't you coming with us?"
"It's a Friday, Lis." Natsu smiled, not sensing Lisanna's disappointment in the slightest. "And Lucy's out early today so she's waiting for me."
"But, Fairy Tail is where we go after work."
"Let him go, Lisanna." Gray approached the two with his fifth cup of coffee on his hand. "The man's head is filled with thoughts of Lucy now, you can't do anything about it anymore."
"Shut up, Gray." Natsu spat, making Gray laugh and walk away.
Natsu turned to Lisanna but before he could talk, she smiled at him and nodded her head in the direction of the break room. "Can we talk?"
"Sure but can we make it fast? Lucy's waiting for me." Natsu scratched his head and glumly followed Lisanna to the break room.
They both sat down at the only table at the room that wasn't collapsing or being eaten by insects. Natsu tapped his hand against the table in agitation.
"You never spend time with us anymore, Natsu." Lisanna said, her eyes on his hand as they made tapping noises. "You don't talk to us, to me, anymore. Ever since Lucy."
Natsu's movements halted, his eyes focused on Lisanna. "That's not true, Lis. I always spend most of my Saturday nights with you guys. I even went last night to Fairy Tail!" He smiled, throwing his hands up in the air as if it was something to be proud of.
"That's only because Lucy was running late last night and you had nothing else to do."
"I don't see what the problem is with that."
Natsu could see Lisanna's teeth clench and he figured that might be the wrong thing to say but he couldn't help it, he truly didn't see anything wrong with it.
"Your world is revolving around Lucy!" Lisanna exclaimed, and she lifted her head to look at Natsu for the first time. Her eyes were blazing with fire that Natsu didn't know Lisanna could possess. Her eyebrows were furrowed in frustration and her nose flared in response. "That's the problem!"
Natsu tilted his head yet again, the confusion that he feels doesn't seem to want to simmer down even when Lisanna spelled it out for him already. Even with her blatantly telling him what she was apparently mad about, he still couldn't see what the problem was.
"I-I don't understand."
Lisanna scoffed, turning away from him and leaning back on her chair with enough force to make it squeak in retaliation. "Of course you don't."
"Could you explain it more?"
Lisanna whipped her head to meet Natsu's eyes and expected him to flinch like he used to when she was upset with him but he remained still and uncaring in his posture. She sighed before she crossed her arms across her chest.
"Look, ever since you met Lucy, you haven't been hanging out with us as much." Lisanna said, her voice low and clearly upset. "You haven't been talking with me as much as you used to and I hate it."
"Oh,"
"Yes, and I feel jealous that Lucy's taking away all your attention because they used to be mine." Lisanna said, her voice cracking. "I like you, Natsu. I have since high school and I know you may think I stopped liking you when I started dating Hibiki last year but the moment we broke up, you were the one who was there for me and I realized right then and there that I want to be the one who's going to be by your side at all times." She wasn't looking at his eyes now, Lisanna's gaze transfixed at the table. "I really, really, utterly, like you with everything I've got."
Natsu froze, his breath caught on his throat. He suddenly remembered his conversation with the guys last night. This was his opportunity. He was going to have a girlfriend after their talk.
Tell her you like her as well.
Tell her you've been watching her like a hawk every time she looks away.
Tell her you want her as much as she wants you.
Natsu was about to open his mouth to answer Lisanna when a heart-wrenching thought entered his mind and pierced his heart.
Tell her every single thing you want to say to Lucy.
No, he can't do it. He loved Lisanna with all of his heart, sure. How can he not when she's been there for him every step of the way?
She was there for him when he was feeling lost when he lost his mom. She was there for him when he was at the edge of his seat, waiting for the results of his application to the academy. Heck, she was even at his side while he cried himself to sleep when he lost all of his unsaved game process.
They've been together for the good and ugly parts of their lives. He was even the one who had bought her first pack of tampons. He was there for her when she was suffering from menstrual cramps, sitting beside her uselessly while she grumbled in pain. He was the one who took her to all the zoos she loved so much once they were old enough because Mira and Elfman were away in college.
Looking back at it now, Lisanna wasn't always in love with him like she was now in contradiction to everyone's statements although they did have some kind of spark between them for forever. But that's what it all was. A spark. Natsu wouldn't deny that he did dance around the idea of dating Lisanna and what it felt like to kiss her senseless but it ended just as suddenly as it had started. It just sounded so wrong in so many levels to think of sweet, innocent, little Lisanna like that.
Natsu was the one who hooked Lisanna to the job she has now because her boyfriend at the time cheated on her and she couldn't bear to look at him everyday but it couldn't be helped seeing as they were co-workers. Then, an idea hit Natsu. What better way for him to keep an eye on Lisanna than when she's working at the same place as him?
And so here they were, a year and a half later. Her, proclaiming her love for him while he was unsure of what his heart was telling him.
The bond they shared overcame the test of time and all the shitty things life threw at their way. They trusted and loved each other but the love Lisanna was willing to give him was different from what Natsu was giving away.
It's not like he didn't understand where the white-haired girl was coming from. Here she was, minding her own business like usual, probably wondering whether today was finally the day that her long-time best friend turned crush is going to confess and if not then that's fine because they have all of the time in the world.
They were each other's rock and foundation for the better part of their lives, she surely must've thought that nothing was going to come between them. Lisanna must have thought that no other girl should have been capable of opening Natsu's heart and bringing out this soft side of him like she could. Heck, even Natsu thought the same thing up until the moment he walked Lucy back to her building the first night they had dinner together only to find out that they live right next to each other.
What Lisanna felt was completely justifiable, in Natsu's opinion. If he had loved Lisanna the way she wanted him to, even he would be furious if some guy just appears out of nowhere and capture her heart.
He wanted to give them a chance once and for all if only to see whether they would work or not but that was just cruel. Natsu was sure that if he were to voice it out to Lisanna, she would agree in a heartbeat because that's just how kind and open she was but no matter how much he tried to get the words out, Lucy's smiling face would appear in his mind.
See, there she is again. Lucy. He still didn't understand what he felt for the blonde and until he sorted that all out, dating Lisanna was out of the question. Maybe if they had done all this confession thing a year earlier, Natsu would have been on-board but now, the thought of Lucy plagued his very soul.
If he were to tell Lisanna he reciprocated her feelings, it would just be unfair to both parties involved. He'd be lying to the both of them and he was sure that if they were to date from here on out, the only thought that would occupy his mind would be what if would feel like if Lucy was the one who was with him then.
Natsu sighed and shook his head. He brought his head down to look at his fingers, feeling a sudden longing to brush them through Lucy's angel-like hair. Natsu sighed and faced Lisanna.
"I'm sorry, Lis." Natsu smiled and leaned against the table. "I like you, you know but not the way you want me to. There are plenty of other guys there and I'm sure they can give you what you truly deserve."
"Is this because of Lucy?"
"No, of course not." Natsu shook his head. "She's my best friend." He said it without hesitation, as if it was something that was normally said in front of a girl who spent her whole life beside him.
Natsu reached out to brush Lisanna's hand against his and she let him. "Now, I have to go before Lucy throws a fit and doesn't let me in her house this evening. She's pretty scary when she wants to be."
Lisanna sighed and pulled her hands away from Natsu even though she didn't want to. "Go, thanks for your time."
Natsu grinned and patted her head one last time before leaving in a hurry.
When he pulled to a stop in front of the company Lucy was working at, he immediately made a dash for it and reached the lobby with two minutes to spare. The woman at the lobby smiled at him much like she does everyday when he goes inside and waits for Lucy to go down.
Natsu sat down at one of the couches and sunk into the soft mattress. Seconds turned to minutes and no Lucy was coming down from the emergency stairs with her hair disheveled or getting out from the elevator with a crazed look on her eyes.
He was getting bored with the magazines that the company leaves out in the table in front of the couch for guests to flip through and the snacks were running out. He put down the magazine that he was currently holding and picked up a new one to rummage through. He was about to open it when the girl on the front cover captured his attention.
Now, he wasn't one who liked to ogle at girls wearing practically nothing while they smiled and posed for the camera but this girl was wearing a two-piece bikini that shared the same as color as Natsu's hair. She was on all fours with her back arched and warm brown eyes stirring stuff up in Natsu's gut. Natsu couldn't take his eyes off of the way her golden hair framed her face. He could feel himself getting worked up until he pieced everything together and realized that it was Lucy on the cover.
He pulled his wandering eyes away from Lucy's figure and scanned the cover.
"Lucy Heartfilia appears yet again to capture the hearts of men and women alike! This time, she talks about living the life of a writer!" was written at the left side of the magazine.
His Lucy was posing like a fucking goddess in front of a cameraman, eyes burning with lust and plump lips ready to be ravished and he didn't know. His Lucy was being asked to try various erotic poses to be printed and placed right on the very cover of a magazine for all men to see.
He stood up in rage and was about to demand the receptionist to give him a fucking explanation about why their publishing company was having Lucy pose like a goddamn sex machine for everyone to see when his phone rang inside his pocket.
"What?" He spat at his phone's receiver, uncaring for the person on the other side of the line. His head was floating with the image of his best friend on the most daring pose of all time and too filled with questions that boggled his sanity to no end. How could somebody have the nerve to interrupt him when he was about to lose his mind?
"Oof, stuck on a case?" Lucy's honey-dipped words sounded from the speakers and Natsu felt his anger and frustrations dissipating like a mist with the onslaught of harsh winds. "Just calling to tell you I'm at Sun Street with Levy, we're talking about the manuscript over coffee. I'll send you my location."
Without even giving him enough time to breathe out a sigh, she was gone, cutting off the phone call without a word of goodbye. A second later, his phone dinged in notification with a picture of Lucy's whereabouts.
Natsu shoved his phone inside his pocket and caught sight of the magazine that infuriated him in the first place. Letting out a huge groan and startling the lady who worked the front desk, Natsu stormed out of Lucy's company building without another word.
Parking in front of the cafe that Lucy and Levy regularly frequents, he wondered how they could not get sick of the place with its boring, easy to burn wooden edges and antique frames. He got out of the car and leaned by the door as he sent Lucy a text telling her of his arrival.
Within a minute, the door to the cafe opened and out came a blue haired girl about half the size of Natsu's cousin, Gajeel. He nodded to the woman and opened the back door to his car for her but she shook her head and smiled as she neared him.
"I'm meeting Gajeel at Fairy Tail, you guys can go ahead." Levy said as she motioned for Natsu to close the door of his car. "Lucy's still at the bathroom. Gajeel told me about how your transfer is just a few months away, you should treasure the time you can spend with your girlfriend."
Natsu felt his eyes twitch at the way Levy snickered at her own teasing. "You know she ain't my girlfriend, Levy."
"Yet," Levy finished for him. "She isn't your girlfriend yet. Want to know why?" Without waiting for him to reply, she said; "Ah, yes, because the next time I see you, she'll be your lover."
With that, she left with a wave of her hand, walking all the way to the bus stop. Natsu breathed out a sigh, exhaustion starting to creep into his bones. Good Lord, the women that he surrounded himself with were not good for his health. They were too smart and witty for their own good.
"Natsu," Turning his head, he saw Lucy approaching him and he felt the waves of fatigue roll out of his body at the sight of her. "Let's go?"
He nodded his head and ran to the passenger side to open the door for her. The car ride home was silent, apart from the Japanese song that was blaring from his speaker; a current obsession of Lucy's.
"What was the meeting all about?" Natsu finally asked, unable to contain his curiosity for a second longer.
"I just finished my manuscript and Levy's editing it." Lucy answered without missing a beat. "I may be a writer but it's my first time writing this kind of stuff so there are a lot of mistakes and inconsistencies. I have to work harder."
"Nah, you're doing great."
Lucy laughed at Natsu's comment. "For you, maybe. I finally landed a deal with Vermillion Books and I'm not going to waste it just because I couldn't produce the quality that they needed."
Natsu stole a quick glance at Lucy and smiled. "Well, I guess there ain't anything left for me to do other than to cheer you on."
"Yeah, you're the best at that."
Arriving at their building, Natsu put the car into park and followed Lucy inside. Natsu hung his leather jacket by the entrance of Lucy's place and kicked off his shoes, replacing them with the fuzzy pair of dragon slippers she got him.
Sneaking a peek at Lucy, he made sure she was out of ear shot and inhaled a large breath of Lucy's place. He's been to her apartment countless of times now but he still can't find himself getting over how unique and comforting Lucy's smell is.
It filled him with warmth and the kind of happiness that can only be associated to the feeling of belonging and security. He looked around, still not having enough brain cells to let the fact of being lucky enough to be graced with her presence.
He sat down at the couch and graced his eyes with the pictures of Lucy's childhood and school days until one picture in particular caught his interest. It was of her with a few college friends and she was drunk off her ass, hooded eyes and parted lips being the dead give away.
The picture snapped his mind back to the magazine he had stolen from Lucy's company and he ran to his backpack to retrieve it. He shoved the thing at the edges of Lucy's couch before trying to stay still like an idiot while waiting for Lucy to be back from changing.
When she got out of her room, her hair was let down and she was already wearing her PJs made from silk, the straps of her bra jutting out from the sheer material of the clothing. He's never noticed it before but Lucy was very comfortable with his presence to the point of not even caring about what she's wearing.
Does she not see that he's a man as well? Does she not see how badly it affects him? How badly it affects his imaginations? His heart? His whole being?
"Well?" Lucy smiled at him as she plopped down at the couch beside him.
"Well what?" Natsu blinked in confusion, still not getting over how beautiful she is.
"Start something!" She laughed.
Natsu gulped. Start something? She's giving him permission to start something? God damn it. Natsu lifted his butt from the couch and extended an arm out to touch Lucy when she slapped his hand away.
"I meant the movie, dumbass." Lucy cackled, pointing to the television that was turned on, Lucy's remote staring at him from the table.
Natsu blinked before letting out a cackle. "Well, duh! I was just joking with you." Natsu surfed the whole channels before stopping at NBC; one of the episodes of Brooklyn Nine Nine's Season 7.
Leaning back on the couch, Natsu felt the magazine crumple against his weight and decided there wasn't a better time than the present to ask her about the question that has been nagging him for the last few hours.
"What's your work, really, Luce?"
Lucy turned to him with furrowed brows and a look that silently asked him if he has finally gone crazy from dealing with all the cop work. "We've known each other for months and you ask that now?"
"Yeah, well I know you're a rising writer but aside from that, I don't really understand your field."
She pouted her lips, pondering Natsu's question for a bit with a hum before answering. "I write articles?"
"Really?" Natsu remarked sarcastically. "You know, for someone who works with words you don't seem to be very fluent."
"Oh shut up." Lucy smacked his bicep with her hand before lying down and resting her hand on his thighs. "I mostly write feature and news articles which is why my name is pretty frequent at the monthly and weekly issues of Fiore Tomorrow. Not to brag, but I already established a pretty stable name in the industry."
Natsu's eyebrows raised at Lucy's last comment. "Oh, I can see that, all right." He reached behind him and pulled out the magazine that had Lucy at the cover. "Your name must be all over the place."
Lucy's eyes widened at the sight of the magazine and she reached for it but Natsu extended his arm above his head so that she wouldn't be able to take hold of it. "Care to explain?"
"I can't believe you saw one of those." Lucy muttered, burying her face against Natsu's stomach and fisting his shirt in her hands.
"One?" Natsu muttered, trying to look away from the sight of his best friend making a frustrated face against his shirt. "You mean there's more?"
Lucy opened her eyes and glared from beneath him before sitting up, making Natsu regret asking about the magazine. Damn it, she was in the best position and now she's sitting up and so far away from him.
"I've been doing that for years." Lucy explained. "It's actually my first job. I just graduated and landing a job in the big city with a degree in writing isn't very easy so I started there and worked my way to eventually being a writer and model for Fiore Tomorrow."
"So there's more of these?" Natsu clarified.
Lucy nodded with a smile. "You should read the article I wrote."
"You know I don't read."
"How are you even a detective?"
Shrugging, Natsu flipped the page open to where the article featured Lucy talking about her life as a writer. There, he found pictures of Lucy in other suggestive positions and various types of bikinis.
"Where did you even get that from?" Lucy chuckled as she snatched the magazine from him and smoothing out the papers.
"I bought it from outside the precinct." Natsu answered without missing a beat, creating a smooth lie. "I bought it to show support. What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't?"
Lucy turned to look at him with half-opened eyes, her lashes fluttering as she caught on to his lie. "This is an old issue, one from around two months ago. There's no way they still sell these outside the precinct. Nice try. "
Natsu opened his mouth to lie again when Lucy smiled at him and held her hand out to stop him. "I know you stole this from the office because they texted me telling me you've been waiting there for about an hour. I'm sorry about that, by the way."
Seeing an opening, Natsu dove for it. "Yeah, I waited for a really long time! How could you forget?!"
Lucy let out a loud laugh before settling herself back against the couch and resting her head against Natsu's thigh.
By the time they finished bickering, Sergeant Terry Jeffords was already explaining how he brilliantly executed and won this year's heist; the matter of Lucy's modeling career completely on the back of Natsu's mind.
That's right, those men can dream all they want and they still won't be able to have what he has with Lucy. Natsu looked down at Lucy who was directing all her focus on Terry's explanation and smiled at how simple his life had gotten yet so fulfilling.
The corners of her eyes crinkled as she laughed at the rest of the squad's reaction to Terry faking his Lieutenant's exam and the sudden urge of telling her how deep his feelings had gotten overcame him like the waves off Kanagawa, building and building and in the end, sweeping clean everything he has known.
He opened his mouth to profess his heart and lay it down for her to decide with her course of action until the realization hit him.
No, he can't tell her how he feels and leave her. He's going on an undercover mission in a couple of months. Who knew what's going to happen? He might die. He might be too hurt to the point of her not wanting him back. He might not come home.
He can't be selfish about this. This was Lucy he was talking about. She'd do anything for him and he knew that if he were to lay down his heart for her, she would do her best to take care of it and nurture it inside hers. No, he simply can't. She might not want him back after being away from her for a long time. She might be too busy with building her career, he can't get in the way of that. She might not want him back.
She might not love him back.
The possibilities were too frighteningly realistic and endless.
Natsu set the coffee mug in front of Lucy as she crossed, pouted, and scribbled with the red pen she had. "Why are you doing work so early in the morning?"
"Jason's making me edit some works by the newbies." Lucy answered, taking a sip from the coffee Natsu gave her. "He's thinking of asking the higher-ups to promote me and says this is a way for me to practice."
"I think he's just using that excuse so that you can do his job." Natsu laughed. He went back to the kitchen to make some breakfast for the two of them.
"Maybe."
"And you're fine with it?"
"Mmm, if I could lessen his burden even a bit then I'm happy to do so." Lucy smiled at him before going back to her scraps of paper that was filled with more red than black. "I owe him big time, you know. If it weren't for him I wouldn't be a writer."
Scoffing, Natsu pulled the fridge door open to take some eggs.
"How's everyone?"
"They're fine. I think they want to see you, Gray in particular."
"Tell them I don't think I'd be able to come around for the rest of the week. My schedule's packed." Lucy said as she chewed on the other end of her pen.
"You and the girls have a group chat, right?" Natsu mixed the eggs and the pancake mix and whisked them together in a bowl. "Tell them yourself."
"Okay, will do."
Natsu raised an eyebrow at her unexpected answer. Usually, she'd be all jumpy and irritated with how he's been expressing himself but it seems that she's too absorbed in whatever shit she's been reading to properly think Natsu's words through.
"Oh, speaking of everyone, I have something to say." Natsu said, wanting her full, undivided attention for his news. Receiving nothing but a hum wasn't the one he had in mind. "Hey, stop doing that and listen to me."
Lucy sighed, looked up from her stack of paper to stare at Natsu. "What?"
"Lisanna-" He started, thinking of telling her about Lisanna's sudden confession, when her phone blasted out signalling that a call was coming.
She picked it up and waved it before his face, "Sorry, give me a sec."
Natsu nodded, knowing it's not something even she has control over. That ringtone can only mean one thing anyway; Jason.
As Natsu cooked the pancakes and stacked them on a plate, he could hear Lucy's distressed voice from inside her room. She was pacing around the room which meant that there was a problem either at work or with Jason himself. When she came back, she was fully dressed, her book bag slung across her shoulder, and hair up in a pony tail.
"Where are you going? I made pancakes!" Natsu shouted as she dashed for the door to the hallway of the building.
"I'm sorry, there's an accident at Fifth Avenue! I'm nearest so Jason asked me to cover it. See you!"
A/N: Hey people! Thanks for the support, I can't believe this already gained some of you amazing people's attention.
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