Where we left off:
"Wait, he's coming too?" I said in complaint. I didn't want to be anywhere near him again. English was hard enough to get through without the glares that Sting sent his way. I didn't want a repeat, so I spoke quickly and calmly, "Who cares. I have like a week of undone homework to turn in. We have to go." I grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her off to our Calculus class. Sting following behind with a smirk on his face.
After being dragged along to class, I became quite annoyed. Natsu was sitting next to me and Sting ended up sitting behind me. I was up against the window, which I enjoyed because I loved being able to see the sky during the day. Being able to see the sun made a soft warmth spread through her. It was like looking at my favorite book. It made me feel free. I ignored everyone as people started talking around the room. They had mostly questioned what Sting was doing in the room. I was just glad that no one seemed to notice how dead my eyes looked. Being surrounded by Natsu and Sting was a mix that I would soon learn to regret, but as of right now, it was tolerable.
"Luigi?" Natsu had spoke to me and I didn't respond at all to anything he was saying. I didn't even know he was talking to me. So, when a hand touched my shoulder, I jumped and grabbed the hand almost flipping the pink haired boy onto the ground, "Whoa, Luigi, calm down! Ouch..." He rubbed his shoulder which ended up cracking in response to my pull and I immediately let go of him and covered my mouth. My eyes went wide as I heard someone laughing behind me. I felt bad about hurting the guy next to me.
"Sorry, Natsu. I tended to get overly defensive if I get lost in thought. Are you okay?" I scratched my cheek and then dropped my head to my desk and looked away from him. I felt horrible and stressed out. I pulled out my writing journal and started writing instead, feeling the curious gaze of the boy next to me. He eventually shrugged it off like it was no big deal and pulled out his phone as the three of us waited for class to start. I didn't even hear the bell ring, but I did feel the pencil poke me in the back. I once again jumped and then looked over my shoulder, "What do you want?" I asked him with a deadpan expression on my face. Why was he poking me?
Sting chuckled, "Looks like you spaced out again. Class just started." He had a smug expression on his face, but if we weren't in the middle of a classroom I would've socked him in the face right then and there. If there is one thing that I can't stand, it would be being poked with anything. I hated physical contact. It was probably because I am so used to not being touched and spending most of my time alone, "Just thought you ought to know. So, you can, you know. Pay attention."
I rolled my eyes and then muttered out, "Thank you, but if you touch me again. My foot will be in your face and your ass will be on the ground." I pointed my gaze out the window as a flash of my earlier loneliness showed in my eyes again. Then, like it was habitual I pulled out my journal and my calculator for Calculus. Paying attention with a bored expression. Natsu noticed the expression and I was kind of glad that I had gym class after this. As much as I liked math, being around all the people was was getting stressful. There is always a profound aura around me and people would always tell me I was an open book. Even my house staff would know when something was wrong.
When we had around twenty minutes left in the class our teacher, Ms Libra, gave us time to work on our homework. So, I immediately got to work and Sting had called out my name, "Lucy. Lucy. Can you help me with this I'm no good at math." I being the kind hearted person I was agreed and went over the homework with him. When he started complimenting me and eventually he grabbed a lock of my hair, "You are really smart, Lu." My eye brow twitched. What a stupid nickname. I prefer Luigi, honestly. I glanced over at Natsu who was gripping his pencil super tight. I smiled in response, but he then started twirling my hair and his voice dropped down low, "So, Lu, I was wondering. Do you think you can tutor me in the Library every Monday?" He seemed sincere, but I wasn't falling for it. I've read too many romance novels to know where that would lead me and I wasn't read for that kind of commitment with everything I had going on.
I shook my head, "I'm busy every other Monday. I could meet you every other week and that's it." I was clearly playing hard to get. It was against my very being to lie, so I quickly added on, "I visit my mother every two weeks on Monday." I immediately regretted saying it as it came out of my mouth. Even the tone in my voice turned sad.
"Okay, I can do every other Monday." Sting answered, with a very attractive smile. It was probably just me, but he had a certain ignorant vibe to him anyways, so he didn't seem to pick up on the sadness in my voice. For that, I was glad. When I glanced at Natsu again, he was gripping his pencil even tighter, "We should probably get back to Calculus, shouldn't we?" The boy smirked and I nodded and we worked together on our homework. This wasn't something I wanted to do, but something I had to do. Making friends was something that would help me through high school and I knew that.
"Yeah, so. That's how you do that problem and here is the main equation for it, just in case you forget." I said writing down notes and then suddenly I felt like I was talking to Natsu because this is exactly what I had done to him in Chemistry. However, the only difference was Natsu had no idea what he was doing, but Sting seemed to have some small idea of what was going on. Sting seemed to pay attention to everything I said while I was talking and looked me in the eyes when I was explaining things.
"Okay, so it's pretty much, just..." He was working out a problem and then sighed as he showed me the answer he got.
I nodded, "Yeah, except you divide the problem for the last step. Not Multiply. Like this..." I wrote the last step out and showed him the real answer and Sting smirked. I was getting the idea that he was enjoying being wrong for some reason.
"Thanks, Lu." He said again and my eyebrow twitched, "I mean, for helping out not for being beautiful." My annoyance quickly turned to complete bashfulness in two seconds. My cheeks flushed a nice shade of pink.
"I.. Thanks." I scratched my cheek and then heard a grumble coming from next to me and raised a suspicious eyebrow, "Hey, Sting... I was wondering." I leaned forward and crossed my arms across his desk, "Why did you transfer to Fairy High? I mean, isn't Saber just across town?"
"Well, easy answer, I knew you were coming into town." He spoke and I turned flustered, "Nah, I moved and wasn't in the district anymore. I live a block away from Fairy High anyways. So, I go to see my old friends. I get along with the kids here as well. Natsu and I even go way back. It must have been our freshman year. I don't remember what kind of sport it was, but there was a tournament of some kind and that's how I met him. Seems he is still as carefree as ever."
At that point, Natsu turned around with a fang-toothed grin, "Same old same old. Why don't you tell her what you did, Sting." I didn't like the way he emphasized Sting's name and I knew Sting was lying, "How you started flirting with my girlfriend and how you somehow charmed her out of our victory date." Natsu clearly wanted some kind of response from this and I put my hand over Natsu's mouth, "MMpH!?" I quickly removed my hand when I felt a tongue lick at my hand, "Luigi, you really need to learn how to use your words and not random actions."
"Me? Flirting with your girlfriend? Nah, that is not what happened at all. I just talked to her." Sting muttered and then the bell rang and Sting got up, "I have to get to Chem, so I'll talk to you later, Lu." He winked at her and I blanched. I hated overly flirty guys and I could tell that his last sentence was a lie. I honored honesty and if he couldn't be honest about who he was, I wasn't going to talk to him at all. I'd do the Monday tutoring and I'd move on.
I looked at Natsu, "Sorry that happened. I knew you were looking forward to this class with me." I sighed and put my books away as he leaned on my desk. He was clearly gazing at my face. Something I had said or did made him curious about me. When I looked up he was taking in my expression, "What? Do I have something on my face?" I sarcastically asked.
"It's fine and no, you don't have anything on your face, Luigi. I just can't take you seriously." He mumbled. What he said had confused me. Why not? I thought as I raised an eyebrow inviting him to go on as I stood up, "Well, what I mean is I can't tell if you are being genuine, or if it's all an act. You haven't even snapped at me for calling you the wrong name yet."
I chuckled, "Oh, it's genuine alright. I knew that you were going to keep calling me that even if I did snap at you and you were tryign to get under my skin, so I ignored it. Is it so hard to believe someone can have patience and be nice at the same time?" I raised an eyebrow curiously and we walked to the door.
"It is at this school. Most people have learned by now to ignore Sting, but then there is you who is openly talking to him." He seemed so confused, "It's like you wrap everyone around your fingers." Natsu explained and that made me laugh, "What? Is something funny about that?"
"I'm talking to him because he is just as new here as I am and I can tell when people are lying. As soon as he said you guys got along I was doubting it because of the attitude you had in the library. I'm very observant, too." I smirked and walked with him to my locker, "I don't know about wrapping everyone about my fingers though."
"I guess you don't see how everyone was worried about you during lunch today when you were so quiet then." He smiled softly and leaned against the locker next to mine, "Levy went to go make sure you were okay. I was even worried."
My eyes widened on him, "I didn't mean to make you guys worry. I just guess if you looked up the definition of social anxiety right now there would be a picture of me right next to it. I never really had any real social interaction in such a long time that I forgot how to fit in with people. My moth- You know what never mind." I said dropping my gaze into my locker as I put my books back into it.
He smiled softly, "You know, it's not good to be so quiet. Everyone at this school is like family. I mean, I know we fight, but we are as tight as peas in a pod. Next class walk straight up to the first person you see and just say hi. You'll get some pretty interesting conversations, Luigi." Something about his words kind of calmed me down as my lips curled up into a small smile.
Natsu:
As I saw her lips curl upwards a grin seemed to make it onto my face. She put a few books in her locker before she spoke and my mind was racing. I kind of like her smile and I was determined to keep it there. I didn't like that lonely look in her eyes and I wanted to make sure she had friends she could turn to. I noticed when she had cut herself off that it had somewhat returned and then was still there as she looked up at me, shutting her locker. She spoke, "Natsu, do you... I feel stupid asking this, but do you ever feel alone in a crowded room?" Her tone dropped to just above a whisper as she glanced away.
I sighed and understood slightly where she was coming from. I definitely had my fair share of things that either kept me down, or built me up. I nodded slightly, "Yeah, I mean, not often, but often enough to know what you mean." I smiled and threw my arm over her shoulders as I walked her to the gym. I had a guitar class after and it happened to be near by. "Why?"
I saw her look down and shake her head, "No reason. I'm sure that in time it'll pass." I furrowed my eyebrows, What do you mean 'no reason.' There is no way you didn't ask that for no reason. She looked up at me with a bright smile and I could feel my eyes go wide, "Thanks, Natsu." She chuckled and my smile only grew tenfold.
"No, problem." I said as I dropped her off at gym and then sprinted off to my class with the one though in my head: Cute.
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