The day of the picnic
"Hey flame brain? Are you putting on makeup or something?"Grey pounded on Natsu's door impatiently. "Oh shut UP, Grey. I am packing my bag of emergency care."Natsu shot back and put two bags of potato chips into his gigantic bag. "You know, if you take that much junk food with you, you're going to be a pest and hold the group down."Grey walked in Natsu's room and sighed at the expected scene.
"Oh COME ON, it's going to be YOU who is going to drag your teeny tiny feet and say, "Ughhhhhhhh Juvia can you carry me?"Natsu laughed and shoved some snickers into his pockets. "Juvia can't carry me. She's a mere girl!"Grey said as Natsu tied his snickers. "Yeah, only HERCULES can carry you!"Natsu teased again and started hiccuping as he held his stomach.
"Okay. I want your butt out of this room in three seconds."Grey forced out a smile and held his foot in a kicking position. Natsu knew that Grey was about to get really angry, so he darted out of his room as fast as possible.
"Anyways, dad. We're ready!"Natsu jumped in the car with Grey following close behind. "Go on to the highway."Grey said. It was a private place they were going to, owned by Grey's uncle. The location was not available on the GPS. "Okay, son. Remember, you gotta be 18 for you know what."Igneel turned on the engines and started pulling the car out of the garage. "Oh my god, dad. Stop. It's really not what I was thinking."Natsu glared at Grey covering his mouth and trying not to burst out laughing.
"I know, you kids are shy these days. Back when I was young, I…"Igneel drove on the highway and looked in the rearview mirror. "Okay, okay. Nobody needs to know about that. That is something you keep to yourself, dad."Natsu cut Igneel in the middle of his sentence. "Your dad is my role model."Grey told Natsu with a gigantic grin. Natsu rolled his eyes and started dozing off. "HOLY SHIT MAN I FORGOT SOMETHING!"Grey screamed in Natsu's ears and punched Igneel. "Young man, do not touch me!"Igneel punched Grey back and stopped the car.
"I forgot, my barbecue set. How can I forget about, the barbecue set. My barbecue set, oh god. I need my barbecue set. Mr. Dragneel, can you please drive back to my house? I'll just let my mom Ur drive me. Hopefully Ultear isn't hogging my mom."Grey asked. "Sure sure. Just make the old man crazy by breaking his eardrums for a barbecue set."Igneel made a U-turn and drove back to his house. "No Grey, but you are our GPS, without you, my dad doesn't know where to go!"Natsu said. "Uhhhhhhhh I'll just text you."Grey pulled out his phone and shut the door.
Two minutes later, Natsu got a message. "Okay, dad. You know what, just read it from my phone."Natsu let out a deep breath and passed the phone to Igneel. Grey was honestly a great friend, a barbecue set. Why does he even NEED a barbecue set. Igneel nodded and started driving on silently.
Natsu looked out the window, pondering about the relationship him and Lucy have. Was this really what he wanted? To make them both uncomfortable by getting weirdly jealous of Loke? Maybe he should just… Give up trying. It didn't seem smart anymore of him trying to get in a relationship with Lucy. But Loke doesn't LOVE Lucy, he's just dating Lucy cause of her looks, not because of her amazing personality. It didn't seem right for Natsu to just let Loke sabotage Lucy's high school life by being such a douche. But Lucy seemed to love Loke, and Natsu didn't want to ruin everything for her because of one video.
"Okay, son. we're here!And your phone just ran out of battery."Natsu didn't realise the time speeding by, and in a blink of the eye, they arrived nearby a large forest. "Um, I don't see ANYONE here. Well, I will just explore bit, Grey did say it was really hidden. Well, bye dad!"Natsu jumped off the car with his bag. "Bye, son. Have fun and be safe!"Igneel drove away. "Shoot. And I forgot to put my portable charge in the car. Whatever, now where is this so called private lounge campsite?" Natsu pushed the bushes and leaves out of his way, walking deeper and deeper into the woods.
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"Where IS him?"Grey snapped together the last pieces of the barbecue set. "Could something be wrong?"Lucy asked worriedly. It was only about 5 days since Natsu recovered, it wasn't a good time for anything to happen to him. "Juvia is very very anxious!"Juvia stated, taking a sip of water. "You know what, it has been two hours since then. We need to go find him!"Lucy said, she was so scared of Natsu being hurt in any possible way again.
"Well… Maybe he's on his way. See? I have sent the route to come here to his phone. Wait a minute… I think I messed up the last turn. It was supposed to be straight but I sent him right… Into a deep forest."Grey said, his voice getting guiltier and guiltier. "WHAT? HOW COULD YOU, GREY!"Juvia shouted along with Lucy. "I'm so so so sorry. Uhhhhhhhhh I think he'll be fine. He's the strongest and smartest guy in school. He's gonna be fine. Besides, he always watch those survival outside drink water out of socks by putting dirt in the socks shows. I think he's gonna be fine. He probably knows how to do some outside survival with wolves. We can name him wolf boy, wolf buddy, wolfy…"Juvia watched him in disbelief that somebody could trail off the topic so much. "YEAH WE NEED TO FIND HIM NOW."Grey realised that naming someone wolf duck would be the least of their worries right now.
"Yeah sure but HOW? None of us knows how to drive. And our parents all left."Juvia spoke, scanning the bushy camp area. "I have a mountain bike that my dad dropped off along with me saying, "In case a snake attacks you."Lucy suggested, pointing to a bike. "Great! Now who's gonna go find him?"Grey asked, starting to walk towards the bike. "I got it forward the text to my phone!"Lucy scurried on the bike and started paddling away. "No Lucy wait! I should go!"Grey yelled towards Lucy, who obviously heard him, but ignored it.
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I am stranded in the middle of the woods… With nothing to navigate me… Grey, I am going to strangle you if I get out and doesn't become nice nutritions for the poisonous mushrooms. But to be honest, I could've lived on with my big bag of food and my water. But… I dropped the bag in a pond while trying to get the squirrel off my chest. Yeah, it was a long story. The squirrel had basically ripped my shirt apart. Natsu the dragon Natsu the dragon oh yeah oh yeah turn up the beat, yeah turn up the beat, yeah turn up the loud beat. I started dancing to the music in my head.
"Natsu! Natsu! Are you here? NATSU?"Somebody called out, definitely a girl. "Lucy?"I responded, walking towards the direction of the voice. "NATSU!"I heard her call out breathlessly. "Lucy? You have came to rescue me?"I asked, excited that I don't have to die alone in this spooky forest. "AHHHHHHH!"I heard leaves crumbling and loud bumping noises. "LUCY? LUCY ARE YOU OKAY?"I raced towards the tiny hill where dust clouds were forming. "I'm okay…"Lucy got up, coughing and sputtering, dirt probably got in her throat or something. "Are you hurt? That looked like it deserved a big OUCH!"I asked, examining her body.
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"Yeah, I'm fine. And oh, Natsu. You're… You're shirtless."Lucy pointed out, blushing. She couldn't believe her eyes. Natsu was definitely a grade A hottie. "Oh, sorry about this. An accident happened. I don't have my shirt now."Natsu said, his head flushed. Lucy smirked a bit on the inside. She kinda liked this accident. "Uh, so. I was originally thinking that we could go back on this bike together , I think the tire is punctured,"Lucy kneeled down, observing the the rock stuck halfway through the black rubber, "oh my dad's going to kill me when I tell him this. Oh well, he hated this vintage ten-years old bike anyway. He said it was just a piece of useless scrap. I guess he really predicted that something would happen."
"Are you really sure that you are 100% okay?"Natsu ensured again. "Yep, I am as good as new!"Lucy started hopping up and down, proving herself right."You got your phone, right? My phone ran out of battery."Natsu questioned. "Yep, I got it right here. It has one bar of service, so I think we're good. Come on, it says here that we should walk… This way."Lucy started navigating through the trees. "Do you happened to have some food?"Natsu asked, his stomach growling. "Um, no, actually. It's three right now and all I have is my phone. I left my backpack at campsite. I thought you brought a whole bag of goodies!"Lucy replied. "It got… Wet."Natsu chuckled, telling Lucy the whole story. "Wow, Natsu. You are just clumsy as ever, aren't you."Lucy laughed timidly, looking back at Natsu.
"Hey Lucy watch where you're going!"Natsu reached out and pulled Lucy away from a tree she was about to face smack on. "Wow. Thanks, um, I really appreciate that."Lucy brushed a lock of her hair out of her eyes, gazing into Natsu's onyx colored, perfect eyes. "No problem."Natsu flashed his signature smile so many girls fall over, including Lucy. "Um, I think I better get off your chest now."Lucy timidly pushed away, her face burning. She was actually touching Natsu's muscle, like actually TOUCHING him. She couldn't believe it. She held her hand close to her nose, urging to smell her hand. Wait, how creepy am I?Lucy thought and put down her hand. But Natsu did smell pretty nice. Lucy couldn't help these weird thoughts getting in her brain. Maybe her hormone's going crazy.
"Woahhhhhhhhhh"Natsu's foot twisted in a small hole, and before he could comprehend what was happening, he found himself rolling down a tunnel into an underground cave. "Natsu? I'm coming!"Lucy slid herself into the cave along with him. "Uh, you really shouldn't have done that."Natsu said. There was particularly no way to get out unless there's three people and they stand on top of each other. "Um… This reminds me of those TV shows."Lucy got up, legs wobbling.
"Lucy… What's that…?"Natsu stared into the blackness. "What is it?"Lucy gawked back, terrified. "It seems like there's some water over there. "Really? Let's go check it out!"They pushed themselves up and brushed the leave off of their clothes. And in fact, it was quite a nice picture. The glistening, luminous water was reflecting off sunlight to every single creatures in the cave. There were mossy vines, and a tiny enchanting waterfall along with water lotuses floating around on the surface. "Huh, I guess it wasn't bad that we fell in here."Lucy sat down, a smile creeping on her face. It was difficult to see this nature beauty back in the crowd town.
"Well, I guess that cave had two openings to the outside world. We still can't get out. This pond is way too deep, but it IS really pretty here."Natsu plopped down next to Lucy, grinning. "I mean, this looks like something out of a fairy tail."Lucy looked to her right at Natsu. "Yeah. There's utterly no words to describe how great this place looks."Natsu agreed, touching a lotus delicately.
"So, Natsu. Let's use this amazing time to chat. I never heard you talk about your family. How are they?"Lucy asked, it felt so much easier than being with Loke. "Oh, my family. Well, my dad's Igneel, named after the mighty ancient fire dragon. My mom's named Mavis, and my lil sister's named Wendy, she's 10. They could be a bit much sometimes. How about you?"Natsu replied back, grinning. "My dad is Gildarts, he's really really kind. My brother's Sting, he likes to tease me. Well, my mom has been dead the earliest I could remember. She was really beautiful."Lucy said, a sad smile creeping up on her face. "You're beautiful too, Lucy."Natsu spoke, blushing as soon as he notices what he said.
"Hehe, thanks, Natsu. Thanks. heh, thanks, Natsu."Lucy looked around, avoiding Natsu's vision. "Um, so, what are your hobbies? Mine's eating, football, anime, and all-nighters."Natsu inquired. (Inquired? Really am I an CIA agent?-Elaineybeanie) "Mine includes writing, roller-coaster riding, eating, anime, and all-nighters, too." "Cool, I guess we have a lot in common."Natsu's finger touched Lucy's slightly. "Oh, sorry bout that."Natsu reflexed as soon as he sensed it. "It's okay. I don't mind."Lucy inched her finger next to Natsu's again.
A/N: Thank you all for these positive feedback! SQUEE! And Maya I love you :3