School jock Natsu Dragneel never pays attention to bookworm Lucy Heartfilia because really, who would? But then he starts complimenting her every day about something. Anything. Everything. And she finds herself falling even deeper into his waiting embrace.
New chapter! And, special shout out to Naeda Beasly! Happy birthday even though it was yesterday! Before reading this chapter, I just want all of you to know I dislike Lisanna. It's not because she "gets in the way of nalu," but just because I really don't like her. The first time I saw her, I didn't like here, even though I didn't even ship nalu then. So please, please don't get mad at me? Pretty please? Okay, well, please enjoy the newest chapter of Compliments!
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and all its lovely characters belong to Hiro Mashima
Compliments
My back was pressed against the wall, my knees tucked close to me. Natsu sat on my right, and a white-haired girl soon took a seat to my left.
"You really beat Natsu good back there!" she said, and I looked over at her. Why was she talking to me? Her soft, sapphire eyes looked kindly at me, though I couldn't help but feel pressured.
"I-guess," I replied almost nervously. Her bubbly laugh flitted into my ears, and I noticed Natsu leaning over to get a look at who the voice belonged to.
"Oh, hey Lisanna!" he exclaimed cheerfully, and I almost grimaced at the sound of bliss laced between his words. Not like I was jealous. Of course not, why on Earth would I be jealous? He was just talking to an incredibly pretty girl, with her short, snowy white hair, and kind blue eyes that seemed to sparkle. He was just talking to her in the most comfortable way, genuine words forming on his dry lips and blowing out into the open air for her to hear. He was just talking to her, his onyx eyes fixated perfectly onto her crystal blue ones.
"Lucy, meet Lisanna, she's an old friend of mine!" Natsu chirped. I looked at the stunning girl sitting next to me, a too-kind smile painted menacingly on her plump lips.
"Nice to meet you, Lucy, I've known Natsu for a long time; we were childhood friends," she seemingly bragged, her sapphire orbs clashing dominantly with my brown ones.
"Nice to meet you too, Lisanna," I hissed. Kindly. I made sure to hiss kindly. Oh boy, about a month into school and I've made an enemy.
At the end of P.E., the scores were announced as promised. The gym teacher grabbed his clipboard, and when he looked at it, his eyes seemed to lose their regular dullness to them. "Third place, Natsu Dragneel, second place, Lucy Heartfilia, first place, Laxus Dreyar!" our gym teacher shouted, honestly surprised, by the looks of it. I swiveled my head to look at the gawking male beside me.
"Looks like your status has been lowered, Natsu. Or, should I say, third fastest runner?" I cooed, before getting up to head to the girls' locker room.
"Excuse me, Lucy, may I speak to you privately?" I sickly sweet voice questioned from behind me, and I turned to face the voice's vessel. Before I could respond to her, she grabbed onto my arm, manicured nails digging harshly into my skin.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I yelled at her as she continued to drag me into the empty bathroom. She slammed the door behind us and pushed me against the only escape route.
"I can tell you have feelings for Natsu, but let me just say that he's mine and always has been," the girl spat in my face, but I let her. Did she not know that he already asked me out?
"Looks like I know something you don't," I purred, and she glared at me with a now hateful look in her eyes.
"And what would that be?"
"That Natsu already asked me out," I replied with a smirk, but I soon felt her fist on my face. I gasped, more from surprise than pain. But I didn't fight back; if she needed to take her anger out on me I'd let her. So she continued throwing punches, kicking me, doing anything she possibly could to cause me harm. It hurt, but I was used to it. Of course, I hadn't felt pain like this in quite a while, but I still remembered to just cope with it. If this was her way of expressing, then so be it.
"Too scared to fight back?" She yelled at me, but I just smiled. A bloody, crooked smile, my cheeks now swollen, and I felt blood dribble down my lip. She started kicking me and punching me even more, but I still let her. After what seemed like hours, she finally stopped, panting and sweating.
"You're-you're not even worth it," she breathed, kicked me out of the way, and stomped out of the bathroom that was now intoxicated with the smell of blood and sweat.
I smiled to no one in particular before stumbling up, using the handle of the door for support. I carefully made my way to the sink and turned the faucet, cool water gushing out. I ran my hand under the water and splashed it into my face, causing me to flinch. That girl had a good punch; I'll give her that. After cleaning my wounds as much as I could, I stumbled out into the locker room. No one was there anymore. Which meant I was late for class. Wonderful.
When I finally got into the classroom, everyone immediately turned their attention to me.
"Lucy Heartfilia where have you-what happened to you!?" Ms. Evergreen scolded, but her expression soon twisted into something between horror and sympathy.
"Nevermind I'll account you as present, just-go to the nurse's office, get those wounds treated," she rushed out, and scooted me out the door. So off I limped to the nurse's office.
I pushed open the heavy door of the nurse's office and saw the woman sitting at her desk, typing away on her computer. At the sound of the door opening she lifted she head up, her sapphire blue eyes melting at the sight of me.
"Oh Lucy what happened dear? Come here, come here!" She ushered me towards her with the wave of her wand, but I was reluctant. Her eyes, those same eyes that had beaten me just earlier were in another's body. Ms. Strauss was the older sister of Lisanna, and I couldn't help but feel some sort of fear towards her. I wasn't scared of Lisanna, was I? No, of course not, I let her beat the crap out of me, I was anything but scared of her. So why wouldn't I come to her? She was the nurse, she would help me, I knew she was nice.
"Lucy, is everything alright?" Her caring voice called to me, but I didn't budge. She walked over to the cabinet across from me, pulling out supplies to tend to my injuries.
"Please tell me what happened, here, have a seat," Ms. Strauss seemed so warm, so kind. Slowly, I limped over to the bed and gingerly took a seat beside her. I didn't want to rat her sister out! What if she took Lisanna's side? Mira leaned forward and dabbed a cloth at my wounds, eliciting a hiss from me every now and then.
"Tell me what happened, Lucy, I won't bite!" She said humorously, and I sighed lightly.
"The thing is, I don't want to rat her out…"
"Rat her out?"
"Well yeah…you know her after all…" I mumbled, but she seemed to pick up what I said.
"Well I'm almost positive I know her; I know everyone in this school!"
"No, no, I mean personally,"
"How personally?"
"I don't know, like a lot," I continued to mutter.
"Please tell me who did this to you; I promise I won't get mad at you for it! Why would I?"
"Because she's your sister!" I yelled, and immediately slapped a clammy hand over my mouth. I looked up at her, like a deer in the headlights.
"Lisanna?" She asked calmly, with a hint of curiosity. However, I didn't reply. I just sat there, hand over mouth, eyes wide with fear.
"Lisanna did this to you?" She repeated, her voice the slightest tone lower.
"Why did she do this?" I continued to stare up at the white-haired beauty, without a sound.
"Why did she do this to you?" Nurse Strauss whispered, and placed a dainty hand on mine.
"It was over Natsu," I whispered half-heartedly, and I even wondered if she had heard it.
"Ohhh," I guess she did hear it, "Oh dear, she does get protective over him, doesn't she? But why would she do this? She was taught better than this!"
"Thank you Nurse Strauss," I said hurriedly, and flew as fast as I could out the door, only to find a certain pink-haired male walking down the hallway. He quickly turned, hearing the door shut, and his eyes widened with what appeared to be shock.
"Lucy! What happened?!"
"Nothing." I spat harshly, walking down the hallway best I could with a shin that was kicked until it was bruised and bled.
"Who did this to you? Wh-"
"Nothing. Happened. Alright? Just leave me alone," I hissed and continued down the hall. Why was I so mad? I should be happy he was worried about me, shouldn't I?
"Please, Lucy! Just tell me who did this!" Natsu trailed after me, like a lost puppy.
I quickly turned to face him, my dark glower piercing into his gaze.
"Lisanna," I muttered as quietly as possible, then turned back around and stomped off to class. But part of me knew he heard.
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