-Natsu's POV-
I waited for class to start anxiously, ugh, why is it so long? I feel like I was about to burst into a million bubbles, did the teacher get hit by a car or something?
And just like that, Lucy walked in chatting along with Loke. I gripped my pencil a little bit harder and it broke, whoops. I sighed and got out another pencil, but that broke too. I should probably just stick with a mechanical one.
I drew in bolded letters of me whipping Loke. This is the life, man. I knew I was born to become an artist. I already drew up to three pages and maybe I can create a gallery called: The Summer it? Cause my name means summer? Anyways, so that's what I plan on using my money for when I grow up.
-Third Person POV-
Grey stared at Natsu, scared. Natsu broke two pencils when Lucy walked in and he can see his veins popping out from his face. Then Natsu started drawing stick figures with blood he drew using red pens everywhere. That's it, he's not walking home with Natsu or Natsu's going to use him as a punching dummy and Grey's going to die.
Lucy looked around the room, scanning for Natsu. Natsu was sitting in the very back corner and was fiercely drawing in his notebook. Ah, even his scary face looks so cute she could bite it.
Snap out of it, Lucy! She told herself. You're going to the dance with Loke! That means you are Loke's girlfriend now! No staring at your best friend!
Hmm, it's kind of weird. Usually Natsu liked to sit with her in the front and chat with her. Why is Natsu sitting in the back? And why did Natsu leave early at break? Lucy planned on texting Levy and Juvia in their group chat to ask them what was happening after school.
Natsu walked home alone. Grey ran home as soon as he could before Natsu could catch him. He stretched comfortably. At least today I get to stay home and cuddle with Happy and binge watch my shows!
He walked home and did his homework, ate dinner and cleaned up Happy's business.
Okay, let's see what animes there is on TV.
*click* I love you, senpai! Please, I don't love him. I love you! I want to be with your forever and ever!
*click* Why did she leave me? Was I not good enough? Why? Why?
*click* Please! Please don't leave me alone! I love you so much! SO MUCH!
What is it with these cheesy shows? Natsu threw his remote on his bed, scenes of Lucy and him talking, hanging out appeared in his mind. But also when Lucy broke the news that she's with Loke and going to the dance with him. UGH! He threw his pillow across the since he has OCD, he had to get back and put it on his bed. I HATE HUMANITY AND EMOTIONS! He kicked his legs in the air.
Lucy sighed and typed on her phone on her bed.
-5:49-
Lucy- Hey guys! I have a question, do you guys know why Natsu behaved so strangely this after noon?
Juvia- Errrrrrrrrrrr. Lucy, don't tell me you haven't figured it out yet
Levy- It was SO obvious, Luce!
Lucy- WHAT?
Juvia- You have to figure it out yourself! ;)
Levy- what she said
Lucy- COME ON YOU GUYS YOUR MY BFFs
Juvia- Lucy are you and Loke officially a thing now? Is it like Luke? OMG your baby's name can be Luke!
Lucy- IDK! I mean, he is nice and all but I feel like I like some1 else! Idk! HALP!
Levy- C'MON Lucy, think hard, do you like like Loke?
Lucy- I mean, I guess! Probs yes, probs not! :O
Juvia- You need to give us a clear answer, who should we ship?
Lucy- what do you mean by who should we ship
Levy- should we should you and loke...
Juvia- or YOU and NATSU?
Lucy- NATSU? NATSU? ummmmmmm
Juvia- Do you like Natsu?
Lucy- Uhhhhhhhhhh I like him as a friend, friend. Friend.
Lucy- REPLY MEH PLSSSSSSSSS
Lucy- I am friend breaking up with you guys
Lucy- COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNN :C
Levy- :~o
Juvia- Child, it's up to you...
Natsu woke up as sucky as ever. He went to sleep at 11:00 last night (like usual) and woke up at 7:00. But he just feels so tired. OH that's right, it's Friday. The day of the dance.
-Natsu's POV-
Ugh. I really do not want to go to the dance but Grey and the rest are forcing me to go. Yay. Juvia and Levy said, "Oh no worries, we'll make you over so Lucy knows what she's missing and you can find a new girl!" WELL I DO NOT WANT A NEW GIRL! I like Lucy. She's not fake or snobby or ewwie. She's just... Her.
But whatever, I guess I'll do it, mainly to make that boy Loke feel SO DOWN HE'S GONNA DROWN.
Okay, that was REALLY bad. I just changed into a Tee and shorts and walked down stairs sleepily. My dad, sipping on coffee and my mom cooking her scrambled eggs. "Mom, I'm gonna grab and go, kay?" I grabbed a yogurt out of the fridge.
"Why?" Dad asked in his confused/angry face.
"Because I have football practice. Yeah, it's early, I know." I swung my backpack around my shoulder as they said bye. As usual, Grey was waiting by the tree in front of my year with his phone.
Football was definitely really tiring, it was only for 30 minutes but still very abusive. Today's the first day, and from next week on I have to wake up at 6:00. How fun!
Lucy was chatting along with the group, in a blue dress and white scandals, she looked really pretty, but I couldn't get the courage to tell her that. INSTEAD I just stared at my sneakers. Until the bell rang. Yes, I actually did that.
Lucy looked pretty confused but didn't bother to ask me. Now I'm a little annoyed. Does she even CARE about me? Whatever. Maybe I'll use a few hip hop moves I learned from my dance classes on this dance today. It's gonna be fun.
-THIRD PERSON POV-
Lucy was pretty confused, what did her BFFs mean by those texts? Like WHAT? And why is Natsu behaving so strangely? What is going on in her life? She tried to shake that feeling away by picking out a dress for the dance. Hmm, A white dress with blue flowers with silver high heels or a pink dress with silver high heels? Hmm.. Pink dress it is!
(Natsu is the MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN character in this fan fic, BTW)
Everyone was tightly packed in the room. Juvia wearing this gorgeous marine blue dress with white high heels, and Levy wore this purple dress with dainty black ballet flats. Grey and Gajeel were in tuxedos, but everyone planned for Natsu to have something more, a spark, perhaps.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO SAY IT, I DON'T WANNA WEAR BLUSH!" Natsu screamed, pushing away Levy's hands. "Aw man. You'll look adowable!" Grey mimicked a baby voice.
Finally, they settled with a tuxedo. Because nobody could agree on anything. Even if it was plain, Natsu still looked REALLY cute in it. "It's going to blow everyone away." Juvia nodded, making an explosion sound with her hands.
"Thanks you guys! Now we better go or we're late!"Natsu smoothed his hair down for one last time and walked out of the door.
Loke picked Lucy up in his black car, "Wow, Lucy. You look really nice today!" Indeed, Lucy was adorable, and breath-taking. A part of her blond hair in a braid, her beautiful pink dress brings out her eyes, and everything about her was just, perfect. "Thanks, Loke! I like your outfit, too!" Lucy complimented back. Loke reached for her hand, but Lucy pulled it away quickly. She couldn't let Loke touch her, she didn't know why. At all.
" I am so nervous!" Natsu bit his nails like a chipmunk. He couldn't get over the fact of seeing Lucy with another guy. Who am I, her dad? He thought. He couldn't help it but to be envious at Loke. Natsu wanted to take her to the dance, but NOOOOOOOOOO, Loke the hot guy had to steal her away from Natsu. Well, he couldn't blame Loke. Finders keepers, right?
"Come on, be brave!" Levy cheered, looking at the weather forecast, it said it was going to rain hard soon . But to be honest, she was kind of nervous too. Is Gajeel going to ask her to slow dance, or not? What if she accidentally steps on his toe or something?
Everyone in the car was a little bit anxious. Grey and Juvia awkwardly stared at each other and fiddled with their fingers. They both wanted to dance with each other, but was afraid they would get brutally rejected. Everyone was confused about their relationship problems and didn't want to destroy the strong friendship between each other by confessing their love.
The car slowly pulled up by the school. Everyone scurried out of the car door and Natsu said, "Thanks, dad. You are the best!" Igneel gave him a thumbs up, "Pick up a girl today, son!" "See you at home." Natsu rolled his eyes and waved. "I AM SO PROUD OF MY HANDSOME SON!" Igneel teared up and drove away. Natsu couldn't help but smile. He is lucky he has such a loving family. Well, despite of Wendy always stealing his yogurt pops. But mainly loving.
They walked to the dance without speaking a word to each other. Music was blasting around in the gym, but not deafening. lights were set up everywhere, and they makeover-ed the room so much, it looks like in one of those chick-flick movies. Which was a good thing, because the mood was very nice.
Lucy was on her way, and with Loke staring at her half-pervertedly and half-happily. She couldn't be comfortable. She wondered what it would be like if Natsu and her went to the dance together and were a couple. But that would never happen. Like, ever.
Natsu slowly got relaxed and started rocking his dance moves while everyone clapped and cheered around him. Lucy slowly inched away and furiously poured punch into her cup. Why didn't she just ask Natsu to the dance if she liked him? Now she is stuck with Loke who only likes her for her looks and is SUCH a douchebag.
Natsu stared into space and thought about how pretty Lucy looked. But she was dancing with Loke, their eyes staring into each others'. He couldn't take this anymore, he had to leave. He didn't know why he was feeling like crap, but he had to leave ASAP. The room around him seemed so small. He grabbed his phone and ran out the door before anyone could even catch a glimpse of him. In fact, Juvia and Grey, Gajeel and Levy were all dancing together.
Lucy watched Natsu run away, she was really worried. Did something happen? "What are you looking at, Lucy?" Loke looked in her direction. "Oh, um, nothing." Lucy forced out a smile.
It was raining really hard, indeed. And Natsu's home was about 1 mile away. But he didn't care, he just started darting and darting. It would be a nice wind-sprint for football. He thought cluelessly, so he ran about 5 miles non-stop to get rid of the shaky feeling inside of his body. His hair was damp, his clothes were wet, and his shoes were completely soaked. Good thing his mom wasn't home or he will be killed.
"What the hell, Natsu? Did the dance end already?" His dad stood up and turned off the TV. "I wanted to come home early." Natsu said simply. "Well you could've called me! How was the dance?" His dad asked, expression softening. "I don't want to talk about it. 'Night, dad." Natsu walked upstairs, shakily. All he wanted to do was to crash into his comfortable bed and go to dreamland where none of this would happen.
-The Next Day-
Natsu woke up dizzily. The clock reads 8:34. He went to sleep at, like, eight last night. So he slept for 12 whole hours. Pretty impressive. His head felt warm.
-FIRST PERSON POV-
I didn't want to skip school just because, I could've skipped it, but my sister Wendy is off from school today, so I don't want her begging me to play with her, and then mom's gonna be like, " Be with your little sister, Natsu, when you grow up, blah-blah-blabbidy-blab!"
I got dressed pretty tiredly, last night felt like a blur, I have only been there for like, 30 minutes after all. But I couldn't get the image of Lucy in her prom dress slow-dancing with Loke out of my head. And why the hell did I run that much last night, in the RAIN? I must be trying to become those TV-shows and soap operas you see where the characters trip, fall, get cancer, get hit by cars, and just get hurt to get sympathy votes in general. They're good to binge-watch though.
"Honey, you don't look so well, what's wrong?" My dad asked. Seriously, who calls their son honey? Can I get some support here that honey is NOT a good nickname for me? No? Okay.
Yep. It's tomorrow. I'm moving to China. My life is over. Help me.
-Elaineybeanie