~~~Chapter 2: Let's Kiss~~~
(AN: So we are in the perspective of Lucy Heartfilia a week after the Grand Magic Games of x791. This story takes place during and after the time period of Flip Flop, the trip of Gray and Juvia on their job. Just a little background for ya before we continue. ~Dragon)
Maybe I made a horrible mistake? Maybe I shouldn't have accepted to come over? Maybe I shouldn't be questioning these things standing right outside the door? The questions swarmed my mind as I trembled before one of the larger rooms of Fairy Hills.
"Hey!" Levy called from behind and joined me at the door. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go inside!"
My best friend pushed me inside to my possible demise. Everyone was there, all cramped into the large room made small with the amount of people inside. Even Laxus and the Thunder Legion were there! Though, there were a few not there, it seemed like the entire teen/twenties population of the guild was in a single room. There was a mini brawl between Gajeel, Natsu, and Elfman but Erza settled it quickly.
It wasn't long before Mira organized everyone to start up the game. Everyone complied without complains, to my surprise, and happily followed orders to sit in a large circle around the room. It wasn't really a circle, but it worked. Everyone seemed excited, and it lifted my lips to see everyone so happy about playing some stupid game. Some stupid game they played all the time as kids, so it was special to them. I was glad that they included me in this.
"Remember the old bottle picker?" Mira asked as she held up a ball. Some cheers were released from a few and she explained, "We'll throw the ball back and forth through the circle and the person to drop the ball will be our spinner. You can't throw the ball back to the person it came from. Start!"
The white haired maiden tossed the ball across the circle to Levy. Levy threw across to Elfman. Elfman to Laxus. And so on. Happy was the one to drop the ball and spun the bottle, begging for Carla the entire time. The blue cat frown disappointedly when he landed on Erza. After the awkward kiss with exceed and redhead, Titania took the ball and tossed it over the circle to land a new target.
Elfman fumbled the ball that time, so he spun the bottle to land on Evergreen. Both of their faces were the color of Erza's hair even before they were forced to kiss. Evergreen turned Elfman into stone to kiss him and threw the ball away as soon as she could. Cana caught it and, probably on purpose, threw the ball too short so she could spin the bottle. The brunette wasn't very happy when she landed on Lisanna so she chose to spin again instead of actually kissing the young Strauss. That time she landed Bixlow and happily stole her kiss from the man.
The game continued on, thankfully I wasn't chosen for an hour of the game. Although, Levy had to spin the bottle. Jet and Droy found themselves disappointed as she landed on the Iron Dragon Slayer with a surprised look on their faces. A blush painted both their cheeks as Levy pecked his lips. He grumbled how dumb the game was as he tossed the ball across the circle over towards me… And of course I had to drop it!
"Yeah! Lucy!" they cheered as I spun the bottle embarrassed beyond belief.
I didn't know if the bottle was rigged or what when I faced none other than Natsu on the end of the bottle. No, there was no way I could do it! He was my best friend. Wouldn't kissing him make it weird? It was just a game, but it was still my first kiss. Though I do like him, a lot, that doesn't mean that he likes me the same way. I couldn't kiss someone that doesn't like me back, right?
"Come on, Lu!" Levy encouraged.
"I can't," I admitted, backing away from the middle of the circle to sit back down.
Cana scolded, "Hey! It's the rules that once you spin the bottle, then you have to kiss whoever you land on! Who cares if you can't?! Just do it!"
"Sorry, but I just can't," I apologized. "I'm a failure. Call me whatever you want. I just can't do it."
"Why not?" Lisanna asked.
I explained, "I can't kiss my best friend! I just can't! Not my first kiss!"
Mira squealed and some gasped at the information. Erza questioned, "But, I thought you went on dates before. You really never had a first kiss?"
"No, and I'm not gonna waste it on Natsu!" I responded, running out of the room embarrassed.
"Lucy! Lucy, wait!" Levy called, running after me.
I don't even know why I went in the first place. My legs ached and my lungs stung by the time I made it home and slammed the door behind me. It didn't take long for people to knock on my door but I declared them to leave me alone. I curled up on my bed and hid my head between my legs. That game was stupid.
"Lucy, please," Levy begged. "Let me in."
"Come out, Lucy. It was just a game. You could have told us that you didn't want to play," Erza called.
Wendy added, "I never had my first kiss either, but I don't see what the big deal is. We're all friends."
I groaned, "Is it just you three?"
Levy answered, "Just us and Carla, everyone else is back in Fairy Hills. Can we please come inside?"
"Fine," I sighed and my three closest girlfriends entered my apartment.
"Why didn't you say something yesterday?" Levy asked soothingly as she sat next to me on the bed.
I grumbled, "Because I was embarrassed, but now I just made a huge fool of myself. I don't know why I even went. I was so stupid."
Erza said, "You could just do what I do and just say that the game doesn't really count as a first kiss. I mean, I had to kiss Happy this round."
"I think it depends on the person you land on," Wendy suggested and Levy agreed.
"Well, yeah, I guess. But I'm not kissing my best friend because of some stupid game. It's how most of you got your first kiss anyway. I'd love to be in the tradition, but I just… I can't," I admitted.
Erza added, "Well, when you put it that way, it's more of a tradition of kissing Natsu for your first kiss. I mean. Me, Lisanna, and Mira all spun to Natsu for our first kiss. In fact, Levy and Cana are the only ones so far that broke the tradition. Evergreen had her first kiss before she played but the first person she landed was Natsu."
Levy deadpanned, "Not really helping."
"Wow, I wonder if I'll land on Natsu for my first kiss," Wendy giggled.
"The odds are looking towards it," Erza stated.
Levy huffed and turned back to me and said, "Look, it's all on whatever you want to do. It's hard to learn the history of your friends and get sucked into it. Think some things over, okay? You can join us again when you're ready. You don't have to play."
With that, Levy guided the other two girls out of my apartment and closed the door behind them. I was such an idiot. Why did I think that I could do it? Why couldn't I do it? Why were these things so frustrating?!
(AN: Thanks to the following people: Julius Night, 31, and MarSofTheGalaxies)