"So, what do you want to be when you grow up?"Natsu asked, his finger moving towards Lucy's as well. "Hm, maybe a writer. I honestly love writing. But, I really really need a laptop if I actually want become professional. I have been trying to save up, but, it's not enough. My dad's work is super busy, and I never have any allowance since he is paying the house, the bills, the food, and the school. So, I work at a cafe. It's really hard to save up money since I have to buy clothes, and eat, and when I hang out with friends."Lucy explained while Natsu listened closely, taking a note down in his brain. Huh, Lucy needs a laptop. Maybe I'll surprise her with one. (Natsu's dad is a lawyer and mom works from home, so his family is pretty nice financially.)
"Anyways, what do YOU want to be?" Lucy questioned, she hoped it wasn't too awkward of her telling everything to Natsu. "Hm, I don't really know. But I kinda want to be a lawyer. I mean, my dad is one and I love to go to court and watch him beat up his opponents with words. But I don't know, I love biology too. And I support you, Lucy. You should be a writer, ooh or an artist. You're pretty good at drawing."Natsu responded, gazing up at the clouds.
"Lawyer, huh? That sounds pretty nice. Um, can I ask you a question?"Lucy says, cuddling herself into a ball. "Yeah, sure."Natsu answered. Please don't let it be Loke please don't let it be Loke please don't let it be Loke Natsu prayed silently. "What do you think about me and Loke?"Lucy blurted out. Why would she want to ask him that? It was such an out of no where question!
"He's pretty nice."Natsu said plainly. "Okay. And, Natsu. Do you have a girlfriend outside of school? I mean, so many girls want to be your girlfriend, I bet you have one."Lucy said, looking up at Natsu. Natsu didn't know how to answer her, he couldn't just say he loved Lucy. After all, Lucy didn't have feelings for him AND has a boyfriend. It would've been such a nasty thing for him to do! To steal someone's girlfriend when he clearly knows they're in a relationship, Natsu thought.
"I don't have a girlfriend. But, I do have a girl I have a really big crush on."Natsu stated, drawing on the dirt with a rock. "Oh, she's really lucky then."Lucy laughed awkwardly, her heart turning cold. "Anyways, do you think they'll find us? Maybe we should try and get out ourself. You know, be independent teenagers!"Natsu rose up, he didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. "I would rather stay in. I mean, look at this place, it's beautiful! And when nighttime comes, god, it'll be like heaven."Lucy stood up, admiring the waterfall. "True. But I still have to find a way outta here, at least find Grey and get the food and the tent and the sleeping bags?"Natsu put his feet and hands in between cracks of mossy stones, and near the top he did a front flip up.
"Woah! I didn't know you could do that! That's really cool. I'll just wait here, be back soon!"Lucy waved and kneeled down near the pond. "Wait, toss me your phone, pretty please."Natsu squated down, holding out his hand. "Mkay!"Lucy cautiously threw her phone in Natsu's hands, and let out a deep breath afterwards. After all, phones are everybody's lives these days. "Wow, nice throw! I'll be right back." But, if it was anyone other than Natsu, Lucy wouldn't have trusted them to catch it.
=====================Grey and Juvia=====================
"Dude, you are FINALLY back! You wanna have some sausages? Super juicy!"Grey shoved a sausage in Natsu's mouth. "You know, it's better to hand me them and I can chew them… Myself?"Natsu gagged and pulled it out of his mouth. "Hey where's Lucy?"Grey looked behind Natsu, biting off another piece of sausage. "Juvia is urging to take some photos with Juvia's new Finstax camera!"Juvia held up her camera, taking pictures of weird tree barks. "Uh Lucy wanted to stay inside a cave with me."Natsu said, putting food into a bento box.
"Oooooooooh. I see. Well where are your tents?"Grey wiggled his eyebrows. "I dropped my bag in water while wrestling a squirrel. So we only have two. I'll take one, and two sleeping bags. You and Juvia will have to settle down with only one tent."Natsu packed up the stuffs, putting them under his arm. "Dude. Why do we have to suffer because of your mistake? You KNOW I'm not comfortable sleeping with someone else!"Grey exclaimed, his heart beating faster as he pictures Juvia sleeping. "She's not someone else! She's YOUR wife! Okay bye!"Natsu scurried away before Grey could fist his head into the ground.
"Hey, I'm back. This is not too far from the campsite."Natsu jumped down next to Lucy, who now had her hair in a high ponytail. "Oh, I hope it wasn't too much work for you, Natsu."Lucy watched Natsu, slightly panting. "Nah. Besides, a perfect time for Grey and Juvia to hit it off and progress more as romantic lovers too, right?"Natsu nudged Lucy delicately. "Wait, we're romantic lovers?"Lucy asked, slightly shocked from the sudden comment. "Um, no. Sorry. You got Loke."Natsu answered, his eyes obscure, loosing the normal sparkle it had in them.
Lucy coughed awkwardly and started unzipping and zipping her jacket furiously. "You okay? What did that poor jacket do to you?"Natsu snorted. "Oh. I do this without noticing."Lucy dropped her zipper and inched around the grass with her finger, attempting to find something else that could act as a stress reliever for her.
"So, um. Ho how's you and Loke?"Natsu questioned, slightly astonished by the question coming out of his own mouth. "We're good, you know… Weekend dates, picnics, things are going well."Lucy replied, twirling her hair. "Good, good."Natsu mumbled restlessly. "Alright, what do you say we set these babies up?"Lucy got up and swept the dusts off of her legs. "Totally. Let's do the tent first."
The moon was especially big tonight, a warm glowering light swept across the land. The sky was navy blue, clouds formed vague images that one can make stories out of. The dazzling stars shone in the canvas-like image. The night owls fluttering their wings signalling the start of the day for them. Squirrels and rabbits constantly sprung around, always on the lookout for nearby predators as they progress on the journey home.
But that wasn't the best part. The water lilies bloomed, a crimson red light glowed off and reflected in the deep pond. The Evening primrose gave off a neon yellow color, but looked even more beautiful when resembled in the dark green leaves. Pulchritudinous cream white and pink flowers grew among the trees and the bushes. A sweet fragrant drifted off the buds and petals of each and every vibrant blossoms.
"Wow, these look fantastic."Lucy beamed, her fingers lingering on each and every one of the flowers. "I never knew that such flowers existed. Glow in the dark flowers."Natsu was right beside Lucy, exploring the unknown forest. "I guess we have brilliant minds."Lucy cachinnated. "Lucy, I think there's a lot of fireflies over there. Let's check 'em out."Natsu grabbed Lucy's arm involuntarily. It felt warmer than Loke's, and Lucy didn't resist.
Lucy dashed along with Natsu. And those moments felt like they could last forever. It was the happiest night she ever had. Unlike the nights when she cried along in her covers. The house dead silent. Her brother out with his friends, her dad working late hours again, and her mom, somewhere in paradise. At her old school, she felt so hopeless, some thoughts of ending her life was in her head. But now, she has her friends, and most importantly, Natsu. Her academic was going up in a straight line, and her dad's having way more free time.
"Wow, Natsu. These are beautiful."Lucy attempted to catch a firefly with her hands, while Natsu just silently watches her. Her smile so affectionate it could light up the whole world, Her silky blond hair flowing along with the wind, and luminous stars were glistening in her eyes, making one wonder if there's an utopia behind those eyes.
"Why are you staring at me?"Lucy giggled, her long eyelashes fluttering. "Oh, nothing."Natsu shook his head. It was probably better not to tell her that he was thinking: What did Loke ever do to deserve you? "Okay. Well, Loke would love this place. He said he liked fireflies."Lucy beamed. "Yeah. I'm gonna go back, okay? I'm kinda hungry, so I'm gonna roast some marshmallows."Natsu started walking back, focusing on the leaves his feet are ripping apart slightly. It made a delightful crunch each step that he made. "Aww. Come on, stay a little longer. You don't see this everyday back in town."Lucy pulled Natsu back to emerge with the fireflies again.
"I guess so. They are so cute."Natsu started chasing a herd of fireflies, who cooperated very well in the role of not being caught. "Man, they are so hard to catch!"Lucy exhaustedly collapsed on a log. "Agreed. Hey, maybe it's about time we head back. You wanna chat some more?"Natsu pulled Lucy up. "What, are you scared or something?"Lucy commented sarcastically. "Obviously, no. But I have heard that there are packs of wild wolves in this forest."Natsu whispered, exaggerating. "Wolves are scared of fire, aren't they? Well then, we got ourselves a lucky charm."Lucy rubbed Natsu's fire-like hair adoringly. "Shut up."Natsu's face was flushed and quietly grasped Lucy's hand and started running back.
"You really like to grab people and just run off without notifying them, do you?"Lucy lit up the pile of logs, watching the conflagration slowly flare up. "I guess. Hey, wanna eat some s'mores?"Natsu grabbed jet-puffed marshmallows out of his bag and stuck them on wooden branches carefully. "Of course. Thank you."Lucy took the marshmallow stick Natsu passed and grilled it over the fire. "We should do this more often, people need to appreciate mother nature more."Natsu suggested, breaking a Hershey's bar in quarters.
"You sound like our science teacher. Oh, have you noticed that one of her eyebrow is darker than another?"Lucy chuckled. "Yes! And when she talks sometimes she wiggles them and they look like boats floating in the sea!"Natsu snorted, buoyantly squishing his s'more sandwich together. "Oh! And 's favourite thing to say is, "That is so manly!" It's so hilarious!"Lucy cracked up, holding her side. "Yeah, one time we were playing dodgeball, he literally whacked a ball at my kidney behind my back and said. "Man who have manly kidneys rules!"Natsu's stomach hurts from laughing so much. "I SAW THAT!"Lucy dropped her s'more sandwich on the grass.
"Whoopsies, oh well."Lucy brushed off a few speckles of green on her crackers and munched on it like nothing happened. "I wonder what Grey and Juvia are doing…"Natsu held his chin, looking up on the sky as if he was pondering a serious question. But Lucy could clearly see the corners of his mouth still pointing upwards. "I bet Juvia is gripping onto Grey like a koala."
"Juvia… Stop touching my hips, please."Grey awkwardly moved Juvia's hands off of his body. "But I'm cold…"Juvia pouted, making puppy dog eyes. "Don't you use those puppy dog eyes on me, Juvia Lockser. You already bribed all my chips that way."Grey struggled but couldn't ignore Juvia's adorable face. "Fine, fine. If you're cold, then I guess I'll hold your hands."Grey blushed and his fingers slowly interlaced with Juvia's.
Juvia wasn't expecting this at all, and she coughed a few times in order to stop squealing out loud. "Wow, looks like you really are cold."Grey squirmed next to Juvia a little bit more. "Goodnight, Grey."Juvia rested on her side, but not letting go of Grey. "G'night, Juvia."Grey studied her blue hair, elegantly resting on her pillow. Without acknowledging it, two hours passed and Juvia was sound asleep. Grey studied her features, she was actually a lot cuter than Grey remembered. Grey couldn't help but inch towards Juvia's lips. What am I doing? He thought to himself. Taking advantage of her when she's sleeping?
Grey looked down at Juvia again, looking back at the times when Juvia prepared him breakfast, and always waited for his football practice to start. Maybe he has been a little bit too cold-hearted to the girl that he likes. "Sorry, Juvia. Accept my apology for being a jerk to you."Grey quickly planted a kiss on Juvia's lips, and slid into his sleeping bag as soon as possible.
"I felt that."Grey stiffened when he heard those three words come out of Juvia's mouth. "Oh, sorry."Grey moved away, but there wasn't much room since they were in a tent. "If you like me, just say so."Juvia sat right on top of Grey and pressed her lips against Grey's. Grey flinched at first, but then held on to Juvia firmly like he was never letting go.
The birds chirped and the sun was shining into half of the tent, and another day has started. Lucy rubbed her eyes unsuspectedly, the sun was way too bright to wake up to. Wait, when did Natsu and her get out of their sleeping bags and cuddled together? Lucy stood up with a halt with no thoughts in mind. she hit her head on the top and fell forwards, turning the whole tent upside down. "What the…?"Natsu exclaimed, startled that his legs were on his face. "Sorry!Um, you know what, I'm gonna go and make us grilled cheese. Bye!"Lucy hurried out of the tent, her hair all messy. "It's okay."Natsu sighed and plopped back down.
"Oh my god… Loke?"