Hi! Yup, still alive and writing. I know that it's late and I really am sorry since I uploaded late, this chapter will be longer and I will try my best to put in as much Nalu moments possible! YAY!
Oh and my one-shot, Missing You, is getting more favourites so I really thank those who have read it and favourited it. If you haven't, please check that out? It's about Natsu and Gildarts together talking in chapter 417. (And yes, it's a Nalu ;) ) Hm..what else…
Oh and I have a tinyy little favour to ask from you guys. Could you tell me your age? Obviously not your exact age but a range, for example "below 13, 13-16, 16-18, 18 and above". I am curious and I want to make it as age-friendly as possible! Other than that, I guess that's all so…
Oh wait! Actually this is more like an announcement… I guess? I won't be posting as much because of my exams that are starting and I want to have a few days to just organize everything in my life together first before I get overwhelm! *laughs* But I didn't want to not post fanfictions after my super long break so I created a Tumblr Account called celestialxoz. Because it's on the go, I can type out stories on my phone and post it to Tumblr immediately so it is very possible that my Tumblr account will have faster updates and more stories as it takes me time to go and upload it up on and it may not appear the minute I upload a story. So please go and follow my Tumblr and I really apologize for the long wait I had made…. *bows down repeatedly*
STORY TIMEE!
CelestialXoz
Walking over to her locker after her last class, Lucy caught a glimpse of pink hair leaning against her locker. Smiling to herself, she walked towards the person leaning against her locker with a bored look on his face. Dressed in a leather jacket and ripped jeans, Lucy would be lying if she said that what he was doing wasn't hot. Seeming to catch sight of her, Natsu lit up and waved at her wildly, even though she was making her way towards him already. Giggling, she waved back as she finally reached him.
"Hey, Luce! You're done, I was waiting forever." Natsu whined, grabbing Lucy's books that were in her hand.
"Thanks, Natsu. But you skipped class, didn't you? You shouldn't do that." She chided him as she handed her books to him willingly.
"Psh, I can pass without it. By the way, can you help me with my homework? I don't know how…" He muttered, striding back to his home with Lucy like they had planned.
Heaving a sigh, she questioned, "Which subject?"
"Um… Math, Physics, English, Biology, History, Geogr-"
Lucy looked at him disbelievingly, "That's pretty much all of them! You obviously can't pass your finals!"
Laughing sheepishly, he just shrugged. "Anyway, this is my house. I think Romeo's in already so let's just ask him to help us film when we're ready." Lucy nodded as she went in, following Natsu to his room. Pushing the door open, Lucy didn't even bother to hide her surprise.
"It's…It's…Neat! I didn't expect it to be neat!" She said, as she walked inside after him.
Insulted, Natsu glared at her. "I cleaned up just for you, okay? Be grateful."
"Yeah, for the first time in three months, he willingly cleaned up his room. It really scared me when he asked where the extra bedsheets was. If Mom and Dad heard that, I'm positive they would come back from their holiday to check if Natsu was sick." An unknown voice added behind Lucy.
"Shut up, Romeo. She doesn't need to know that…" Natsu's cheeks were tinted with a faint pink. Giggling to herself, she sat on his bed. "So, what song should we sing? We haven't chosen a song at all, much less if it should be a cover or a music video."
"Well, actually. I already thought of that. It popped into my mind when I was laying on my bed last night. Maybe we should sing "Everything Has Changed"? By Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. We could do a music video and stuff, I think that'd be more fun anyway."
"Okay! So I'd take Taylor's part then. Anyway, I have a rough planning for the music video but I'm not sure if we can finish by the deadline." Lucy started hesitantly.
"Then let's get started now!"
Time went by in a flash. Lucy had to go over to Natsu's more often to discuss and then they would head out and start to film. When it was around late evening, they would do their homework, with Natsu goofing off until Lucy glared at him. Then they would have dinner together and Natsu would walk Lucy back home. The cycle continued again. With that much time spent together, it was no surprise to anyone that they had become best friends. Although with their playful actions and teasing tones, you would think it was something more…
A week passed by and the two groups had to meet up at the music room for their video submission due after school. Mavis and Zeref got right down to business as they collected the thumb drives and opened their own accounts to the school webpage. Trusting their students, they uploaded the video immediately and dismissed them for the day, saying that they will inform the winner after two weeks and that the videos will be uploaded for the school to see tomorrow. Walking out of the room stiffly, Natsu and Lucy let out a sigh of relief when they exited the room.
"Finally, the video was completed. Now we can focus on fun stuff!" Natsu cheered as Lucy walked beside him, smiling at her best friend's antics.
"Sure! You can come over my house and we can hang out tonight, yeah?"
"…"
"I said I'm sorry!"
"…"
"…please?"
"…"
Natsu started to sweat rapidly. A Quiet Lucy is not Nice Lucy, especially after you got her kicked out of her favourite bookstore. Lucy crossed her arms, staring away from the…thing… beside her. Looking away from...it, she glanced around their surroundings. They were at a small café, outside enjoying the breeze while Natsu ordered drinks while apologizing profusely. Looking behind Natsu, who had deflated and melt into a pile of gooey sadness, she spotted a guy, which was a total hottie, reading one of her favourite book. Smiling to herself at the sight, Natsu regained a solid form and sat upright, glancing at his best friend's sudden change in behaviour. Unfortunately, his head blocked Lucy's view of quietly admiring the guy from a distance, reverting her mood back to the way it was. Sulking, Natsu turned around and caught sight of a sparkling guy, obviously what Lucy was staring at… Glaring at the man, he turned to Lucy.
"So, we good?"
"…"
"Is that a 'Maybe'?"
"…"
"Lucyyyyy, you can't ignore me forever!"
Getting up from her seat, she took her drink and went to the guy behind Natsu, ignoring him completely.
"Are you serious? ARE YOU EFFING SERIOUS?!" Natsu fumed as Lucy sat down and started talking animatedly to the guy behind him.
"Little bastard, why did you have to come here to drink coffee and read Lucy's favourite book?" He mumbled as he stirred his drink. At least he gets to hear her voice again, after 30 minutes…30 painfully lonely minutes. Sighing, he traced his steps back to why the whole incident even started.
"Natsu! Natsu! Look, they have a copy of Daybreak by Zekua Melon! I searched the whole town for this book and this is the last copy. I have to buy it!" Lucy chattered on to Natsu as he nodded absentmindedly. They were at an old bookstore that they stumbled upon which Lucy dragged Natsu inside of it. Walking to the far end of a bookshelf, he caught a glimpse of something moving between the boxes placed between the shelf and the wall. Reaching out a hand, he grabbed around aimlessly, trying to get a hold of the moving object…until it bit him.
"OUCH!" He cried out in pain, shoulder knocking onto the back of a bookshelf as it wobbled dangerously.
And that, my friends, is how Natsu managed to knock down five shelfs full of books and get him and Lucy kicked out forever before she could buy the book. In other words, Natsu managed to throw Lucy's chance of ever getting that book out to the curb and got it ran over by cars. Curse the fact that the shelfs were placed strategically in a domino position. That cost him his friendship with Lucy while she goes on to replace Natsu with Sparkle, his nickname for the dude behind him that gets the honour of hearing Lucy's angelic voice.
Stupid dominos.
Sighing for the umpteen time, he listened in on the conversation, closing his eyes and enjoying the laughter resounding from his best friend.
"Hey…um, are you free tonight?" Sparkle asked hopefully.
"Sure! I don't have anything important to do." Lucy agreed easily.
Wait just a minute. Tonight? Like today's tonight? NO FRICKIN WAY! Didn't Lucy said they would hang tonight?! He can't believe it. Lucy, his best friend, his partner in music, his BEST FRIEND, ditched him, her BEST FRIEND, for a date.
For a date.
Unbelievable.
Stupid dominos.
"Goddammit dude! I messed up, I definitely messed up!" Pacing around the wooden floor, Natsu's hands were around his forehead as he racked his head for a solution to this seemingly impossible question that was Lucy. He was never good at math anyway.
"Shut up and stop walking around, you're leaving a dent in my floor. Plus you're blocking my view." His rival, Gray, was mindlessly switching channels, one hand on his cheek, as Natsu paced in front of him.
"Dude, I came here for help. Not for you to piss me off."
"Well, you came to the wrong place then, and stop eating my chips!"
"What the hell, man! Help me out here."
"Fine, fine." Gray put down the remote and faced Natsu, which had now sat next to him, eating his bag of chips. "You ruined Lucy's chance of ever getting the book right? Why not just buy it online or something."
"OH YOU'RE RIGHT FOR ONCE! Thanks, man." Slapping his hand on his back, Natsu rushed out with glee.
"Sure…HEY WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'FOR ONCE'?!" Gray stood up indignantly but immedietaly sat back down on the couch when he noticed Natsu was nowhere to be seen.
"Stupid bastard. Wait a minute, THAT IDIOT TOOK MY CHIPS!"
Running down the road, his cheeks stuffed with chips, Natsu opened the door to his house and pulled up the search engine.
"Daybreak…Daybreak…" He muttered beneath his breath, scrolling down and finally clicking on a link. Grinning in relief and joy, he looked at the price of the book including rush delivery.
"$153?! That's daylight robbery!" Fuming silently, he counted his savings and sighed sadly.
"Sorry, Lucy…"
Lucy sighed sadly, resting her chin on her hands. Going on a date and standing Natsu up didn't seem like such a good idea now…but Natsu got her thrown out of her favourite bookstore! He deserved it…right? Letting a sigh escape her again, the guy she was on a date with looked at her worriedly, "I'm sorry I must be really boring right now. Do you want to leave after we finish our dinner? I honestly don't mind." Flashing her a small smile, Lucy returned it appreciatively, nodding her head.
After dinner, Lucy unlocked her apartment door.
"It was nice of him to drop me off though…" She thought out loud, walking towards her bedroom door. Unlocking it, she sighed as she realized something.
"Come back soon…Lucy." Turning her head towards the source, her face softened at the sight. Beside her bed, laid Natsu holding a package lovingly and protectively in his arms. Tip-toeing as silently as possible, she tried to crawl over him, avoiding waking him up. .
"Lu…cy?" Natsu murmured as he tried to rub the sleep off his eyes.
Scratch that. Mission. Impossible.
"Natsu! What are you doing here?" Lucy questioned nervously, her eyes darting left and right.
Looking at her weirdly, Natsu commented, "Lucy, why are you acting so weird? Anyway, I came to give you this. Here!"
Taking the package from his outstretched hands, she started to unwrap it silently, ignoring his comment on her behaviour, as Natsu gauged her reaction. Lifting the object off the wrapping, she mumbled quietly, her eyes widening.
"Day…Break. By Zekua Melon...OH MY MAVIS, NATSU!"
"I assume you're happy? Right?"
"NO I AM NOT! I MEAN I AM BUT…NATSU!" Lucy started to flail her arms around as Natsu tried to dodge her attacks.
"Why aren't you happy? I bought this dumbass money-stealing book so that you'd be happy!" Grabbing her arms in mid-air, she gasped for breath, her face donning a pinkish hue.
"Because it's expensive! I don't want you to buy me something so expensive!"
"I know and I'm sorry, but I wanted to make it up to you for getting you kicked out of the bookstore…" He mumbled under his breath, looking down guiltily as he fidgeted. Sighing at her best friend, she took his hands and forced him to look at her.
"Thank you, Natsu. But don't ever buy something expensive for me again, got it?"
Nodding his head, he laughed as he hugged her tightly. "So we're good?" He whispered in her ear.
Blushing furiously in the hug, she answered quietly, "We were never bad…NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
"LUCCCCCCCCCCCCCY!" Natsu cried out as he sailed out her window, landing face-first onto the hard cement ground.
AND IT'S OVER! Wow… this is probably the most Nalu-induced story I had ever written. But I really hope all of you understand why I would be leaving for a while but I will still be reading and favoriting stories so you can check out my favourites if you have nothing else to read but I HAVE FAITH IN THIS FANDOM FOR GIVING US AWESOME STORIES. Also on a positive note, my oneshot, Missing You is now in a community of one of the most awesome oneshot writer! You should check out "Tales of Fairies" if you like to read oneshots but with some link in the stories. THEY ARE REALLY NICE .
ANYWAY, remember to follow my Tumblr for updates on the story progression and stuff like that I guess! THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO STOOD BY THIS STORY EVEN THOUGH I SUCK AS AN AUTHOR BUT PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON THIS STORY! HAVE AN AWESOME DAY/TOMMOROW.
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