as I said, slow updates, Lilies. please understand and thank you for the views
"the boss can't be late" Sting leaned by the desk with a laptop in hand
"gosh, i wonder why" Natsu groaned, as he closed a thick file of papers and throwing the pen in hand over it which bounced back to hit his forehead "fuck"
"that must've hurt" Sting hissed as he could feel the pain, he then went to check on the pinkette's forehead as he was worried that he might have bruised himself
"it sure does" but seems like Natsu meant something else "how do i make it stop?"
"painkillers, anesthesia?" Sting tired to brighten the mood up but he only got a glare "okay"
"we were arguing this morning" Natsu started, standing up from his desk and rounding it as he took the laptop from Sting who originally came to have a project checked "she didn't want to go to office with me and went to that jungle dude instead"
"that jungle dude is probably nicer than you" Sting then smiled, wanting to tease natsu a bit "he sounds nice"
"i'm nice to you and you don't even appreciate that" natsu pushed some buttons on the laptop as they made their way out of the office "and you haven't met him yet"
"i trust my guts, mister dragneel" sting than made some hand movements to which natsu had to side eye him "and i can feel it, he's nice. probably miss heartfilia's ideal type-"
"tell me 10 reason why i shouldn't kill you" natsu was pissed at the look that even sting is starting to like lyon even if they haven't met yet
"first, i know your secret and you need me" sting gave the older one innocent smile, batting his eyeslashes at natsu asking him to spare his life "second to ten, you love me"
natsu scrunched his nose in disgust, he stopped walking typing the last few sentences on the last slide and closing the laptop shut "i'm considering the first reason"
the younger chuckled as he playfully nudged natsu, making the older smile as he saw how sting was trying to lift his mood up "but seriously sir, you just got to be strong"
"how strong do i need to be?"
"miss heartfilia's level of being strong" sting said, now looking serious "years of dealing with you. it's surprising how she hasn't left you in those years"
natsu had told everything to sting and the younger felt bad for lucy. imagine taking care of a young bean without even having a lover that gives you love and affection. sting now looks up to lucy.
"if i were her, i'd give up on you the moment you disowned the baby" sting dramatically shook his head as he wiped those fake tears "poor princess sol"
"but now she has found someone" natsu frowned, having the urge to already give up it felt like he was already too late to do anything
"so?" the younger cupped the seniors face and then squished it, he did quick take of the surroudings "are you giving up that easy?"
"she doesn't love me anyways"
"oh my god" was natsu that dense? "dude, if she didn't love you then she wouldn't have even bothered to stay and convince you that the baby is your daughter she is bringing"
back then when he was do desperate to get out of lucy's life, back then when he never felt anything towards the older, back then when he's still faking everything "okay then, she doesn't love me now"
"then win it back" like there was a sensors in his body, his heart started to thump a little hard. he looked to the white halls and could see a familiar white haired female scanning the area. quickly hiding his body with the vice, he said "if you stole her heart, without even knowing, back then when you're not even doing anything what more if you steal her heart now if you do something?"
"why do i have to steal? i'm not a thief" natsu frowned at the use of word "can't i just ask permission to give her heart to me?"
"my broski" he younger placed a hand on natsu's shoulder as he stared at him with that stern look on "a simple, 'hey, i love you. Will you be mine' will not do"
"then what should i do?"
"start to act like a lover" sting said taking simple glances at the short female who was getting closer towards their direction "cook for her, shower her with compliments from time to time, maker her feel your affection and give her love"
"that's all?" it sounds easy but that's actually hard to do. especially when there are now alot of obstacles in the way
"and don't be ashamed" the younger honestly feels annoyed everytime natsu denies his love for lucy "be proud that you love someone like miss heartfilia, she is one amazing woman"
"she is" natsu can't help but smile at the facts sting is saying but then he was distracted with sting staring at somewhere and looking like he was ready to sprint anytime soon "what's wrong with you"
"remember when i told you that i go to Yuki's every morning with a reason of carpool and then i saw this guy she was being awefully cute with today?"
"half no and half yes?" natsu turned to look at the direction of sting's eye "what's with the 'be proud of loving someone?' when you can't even show your face to the person you love?"
"no" looking up at him, natsu could see sting's eyes trembling "i went back to their house this morning and i punched the guy on the face only to know that it was her cousin"
"oh"
'sting eucliffee!'
jumping from his place, sting took the laptop from natsu with a defeated look "a note to remember, i want my coffin as white as the snow"
and after that, sting zoomed so quickly in a blink of an eyes with yukino trying to catch up from behind
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be proud
be brave
show his love for her
no more hiding-maybe not completely.
So he set up a small lunch table in his office for both him and lucy. it was already lunch break and natsu would like to eat lunch together wiht lucy. that way not only can he start showing his love but also talk about his situation right now
he didn't get the chance to tell lucy this morning since the director was too busy talking to lyon while natsu, along with loke, was too busy sending daggers to lyon with their glares
now, he just have to wait for lucy
"you do realise that over working an employ can-what's going on here?" lucy had her brows furrowed after seeing the set up that's been made
"have you eaten yet?" natsu questioned and earning a ovbious shake from the head "come, let's eat together"
very odd
is natsu planning something? but when it comes to food, lucy can't say no. anyhows, she still haven't eaten proper breakfast this morning since she was too busy entertaining lyon. not like she's complaining, helping lyon was fun. she hwas happy that she got to make friends with him
"where did you buy all these?" lucy drooled at the sight of different kinds of dishes placed down in a plastic container "and when did you find time for this?"
"well i ended a meeting quick, re-scheduled some meetings and the restaurant nearby, which i remember was your favorite" natsu explained "a-and i didn't know how else i could hold you from others during lunch"
did natsu dragneel, the vice chairman, just stutter?
"why?"
"oh well," natsu hummed trying to remember the reason why "uhh...can't i just just have lunch with you?" when he actuallly wanted to say 'yeah, i realized that i love you and i am starting to change for you' he had to be subtle. he didn't know why but he wants to take everything slow and just let lucy slowly find out about him finally loeing her
lucy sat down across natsu, not really minding this happening. it's nice that they are eating in the office where no one can see and no one can disturb "let's dig in then"
natsu could only smile as he watched lucy eat so much, seeing how cute and smiling her face was—be subtle and calm down, dragneel
"by the way" it's a surprise to see that everything is almost devoured by lucy and natsu didn't even notice since he was too busy staring at the cute human being "why are there bags and suitcase at the living room? is there someone living in?"
"yeah" maybe it's now the right time to explain "me"
and a second late, lucy was coughing. natsu panicked and immediately handed out to the younger a water bottle
"what!?"
rubbing his nape, natsu was looking down "i ran away from home and decided to stay with you guys"
"i'm..." lucy honestly doesn't know what to say neither what to do feel "you are—not even a 15 year old—r-ran away—do you even know how that sounds—mavis" she was mad that natsu was suddenly acting like just when she was finally starting to move on.
but she felt the need to be happy because she's silently liking this change but no, natsu shouldn't do this. he ran away from home so that means he's going to get in trouble
they are going to get in trouble
"thank you for the food" lucy stood up and mumbled a thanks once more before walking away
natsu wasn't just going to make her leave like that, he quickly stood up the moment lucy took a step away and before the director could push open the door, natsu grabbed a hold of her arm and spun her around.
lucy was met with a hard chest and as she looked up, she didn't expect for natsu to make a move
natsu connected their lips and lucy stood there frozen just letting natsu kiss her
this isn't the natsu she has been with these past years, this must be all a joke and lucy refused to believe that natsu is starting to change for better.
she didn't know that natsu is putting all his feelings in that kiss, hoping that lucy would feel his sincerity
but no lucy was thinking natsu was just playing with her heart
pushing the vice away, natsu received a hard slap by lucy who looked annoyed "that's not how you treat your employee, sir" and with that, the younger left without saying anything more other than that
natsu stood there, shocked at what he got. he could feel that stinging pain from his cheek but just like what sting said, he has to be strong. he shouldn't get mad at lucy for doing this
because he knows. "i deserve that slap"
did you miss them? cause I sure did. [T•T]
So, basically, this was the idea for the plot.
Lucy is hiding because it could a reputation fall and lose her job.
Natsu is hiding because his father put up a strict rule of him dating his employees
