Noticing the way she smiles. Remembering the way he laughs. Feeling things like happiness, embarrassment, jealousy, pain. These are all syptoms of a thing we feel in our hearts. What is this thing you ask? Well to put it simply, it's something that makes the world go round. A thing that when returned; you feel like you can do the impossible. This my friends, is what we call love.
-I'm in Love with You-
Rated T for: Contains things I'm pretty sure only teens can handle reading.
PREVIOUSLY ON I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU:
"Somebody help me."
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"Excuse me, do you need help?" I turn around to find someone giving me a hand. Refocusing my vision, I realize who it was. The one from the Sabertooth Guild.
"Sting...?"
Chapter 2: Apology
Sting P.O.V
"You're..."
It's the blonde from Fairy Tail. What's she doing here alone?
"If you sit here in this weather you'll get a cold. I don't mind sharing my umbrella if you don't mind the company." I stated
"...ok."
She stood up and went under my umbrella.
"So where do you live?" I asked
Lucky for her, I knew my way around this city. When I was told the place we headed off.
.
.
This is depressing.
First it's raining. Second, she looks as if her parents abandoned her in the streets. Third, the guy who practically laughed his head off when she was brutally beaten is now giving his assistance. Well I guess the last one was my fault.
I can't even forgive myself for what I did. During the Naval Battle.
FLASHBACK
"The only two left are Minerva, and Lucy!. Now... who will be the victor?!"
Why is he even asking? The difference between them in strength makes it just too plain obvious.
"Oh no, my keys?!" I hear.
See, It's barely been five min. and she already lost her keys. The blonde's supposed to be a celestial spirit wizard right? Without her keys she's practically a regualar human being. Miss is already beating her up like a rag doll.
"AH!"
This
"AH!"
battle
"AHHHHH!"
is ov-
"I CAN'T LOSE HERE!"
Hm?
That even caught the Miss by surprise.
.
She's...
"If I do, I won't be able to face the people who tried so hard. I'm not going to betray everyone's feelings; so I won't give up."
3
2
1
Look, now times up. What's Miss doing stalling like that?
"AH!"
The beating returned again?
"You're delusional Fairy Tail! What kind of heart do you think we have?! We are the number 1 guild in the Fiore Kingdom! SABERTOOTH!"
Hmph! Ha ha ha. She deserved it. The weak ones who still thinks saying stuff will affect the outcome of the battle are the ones who piss me off the most.
.
I later found out, that I got the whole situation entirely wrong.
.
Hmmm... I wonder where the room is?
I turned a corner only to find somebody else walking in that hallway. Wait. Isn't that...
"Well,well,well. If it isn't Natsu-san."
"Sting." he responded
"How's the blondie doing?"
"She's in medical condition thanks to your Minerva person. Why do you care anyway? You know what, forget it."
He starts taking his leave again, but I couldn't stop myself from asking.
"Why didn't she just surrender?"
"Huh?" he said confused.
"The celestial spirit wizard. It was clear she wasn't going to win; so why didn't she just give up to avoid the condition she's in."
...silence...
"Are you retarded or something?" he questioned.
"What?!"
The hell? What's with that answer?
"Didn't you hear what she said?"
Her words played back in my head.
' I'm not going to betray everyone's feelings; so I won't give up.'
" She just didn't want to betray the members of fairy tail guild, the people who worked so hard to get to this point. That's all. Although I wouldn't blame her if she did give up. Yeesh, it looked like it hurt."
Are all the members of Fairy Tail like this? Honestly, just because your in a guild doesn't mean you have to care for each other so much.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you something else."
I turn to see what he had to say.
"Her name isn't blondie. It's Lucy."
Later on, Rogue and I lost our battle to Natsu. I remember lying in the face of defeat thinking about the blonde and Natsu's words.
Though I didn't completely understand, I kind of got the idea of what they meant.
"Um bl-" no, that's not it.
"Lucy is it..."
She raised her head to see what I had to say.
You know, getting a better look at her, she's kind of pretty.
"Why were you there by yourself?" I asked.
"..."
"Why weren't your friends with you?" I tried again
"..."
Once again, no response. What is she ignoring me now?
Look, I know I did some bad things, but I'm trying hear.
"Ok, I know this might be an awkward topic to bring up, but if the reason your not talking to me is because the whole I-was-tortured-by-Sabertooth- thing; then I'm sorry."
"Wai-"
"I realize I was wrong for laughing at you."
"Hold o-"
"It's not only me, the whole guild regrets it too. But on their behalf as well I'll apologi-"
"Wait just a minute!"
"Eh?"
"First of all, I'm not mad at you for that. Infact I'm kind of surprised you still remember what happend."
Huh?! Who moves on from being beaten up to the point of getting put in the E.R?
"Even if you've gotten over it, I still want to say I'm so-"
"I know. I know." she interrupted me "And for that reason, thank you. I accept your thoughtful apology."
She's smiling.
...it looks like she really has forgiven us.
"Ok let's start over." she tells me.
"Wait, what do you mean?" I inquire
She held out her hand.
"My name is Lucy. Nice to meet you."
Wha? Oh, I see how it is.
"My name is Sting." I say as I take her hand.
"Nice to meet you Sting. This'll begin our new relationship. Now with that done, I feel like I can confront you more properly, and tell you the real reason why I wasn't answering your questions."
What other reason could it possibly be?
"...go on." I implied
" Well... "
"...well..."
"I was kind of embarrassed to the fact I got lost here."
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.
.
...Seriously? That's it.
"Isn't normal for people to do that?" I ask.
"Well usually, but I still thought you would think I'm stupid."
At this point, I just had to say it.
"Weirdo."
"I'm not weird! What is it Lucy- is -an idiot week or something." was her comeback.
Why do I get the feeling this happened to her before?
"First it's Natsu now you."
Suspiscions confirmed.
"Natsu-san too?"
"Yeah he says it at least once a day. I can't stand it."
"Heh. Sounds like he's bullying you."
"..."
Why is she silent now? Did I say something wrong?
"Well, not exactly." she started. "I mean yeah, he sometimes calls me names but..."
but?
"No, never mind."
"Lucy...?"
Natsu P.O.V
I'm bored.
Happy went on a mission with Charles and Wendy.
Gray is over there to what he says conversating, but really is flirting with Juvia.
Erza is stuffing herself with cake.
Lucy went wit- oh well speak of the devil.
"Lisanna!"
She turned around to find me running towards her.
"Hi Natsu."
"Did Lucy come back with you?"
"...no. She went ahead back to her apartm-... Oh no!"
" ]What's wrong?"
"I forgot that Lucy didn't know how to get there. She's probably lost right now. In the rain too."
It's really pouring out there. Can't people get sick from this
"I'm such a horrible person." I hear Lisanna say.
"Hey Lisanna calm down. It's okay. Where was the last place you saw her?"
When she told me I took off.
"Wait Natsu. You'll need an umbrella."
.
.
,
"LUCY, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
I have to do both yelling and smelling due to the rain altering up her scent.
If Lisanna's directions were right; she should be somewhere around here.
"LUCY! LUCY!"
"Natsu?!"
That was Lucy's voice
I see her small framed figure in my sight.
"Lucy!"
I zoomed towards her relieved she was fine.
It wasn't until I realized she wasn't alone that I slowed down.
"You're the one from Sabertooth... Sting, what are you doing here?"
Sting P.O.V
Natsu-san?
Before I can answer Lucy replied.
"Oh, he was just helping me find my way through this place. Right?!"
"...,yeah Right."
He doesn't seem worried.
"Oh I see," he replied. "I'll take you the rest of the way home then Lucy. Sorry for the trouble Sting. You can go now."
...well whatever.
"Take care Lucy."
"Mm. Bye Sting."
"..."
What cat got his tongue?
I once again check to make sure they're okay as we walk away, but I was returned by myelf being caught by surprised.
Natsu-san...
looked as if just now he was...
glaring at me.
THE NEXT DAY
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"I'm never taking a train again."
Lucy P.O.V
Why doesn't Natsu ever get tired of repeating that? It's not like saying it is going to stop him from getting on one. He seriously needs to take a reality check. Wait, your probably wondering why we're on a train right?
Well...
-A FEW HOURS AGO-
It's finally a new day, and I opened the doors to the guild feeling awful. Yesterday night was terrible. Even though I didn't get sick, I practically got poured on, and once again I didn't get enough sleep. On the bright side, I made a new friend.
Sting.
He's actually a pretty nice guy when you get to know him.
Plus...
I've finally come to a conclusion concerning the whole liking Natsu thing. I realized I have no feelings for him. Besides the fact that he makes me feel weird, I have no other possible reason to like him. It just doesn't add up. I finally know what to say to Lisan- Oh.
"Lucy!"
She's running towards me right now. "Good morning, Lisanna."
"Good morning. Look, I'm sorry for leaving you out there in the dust. I totally forgot that you didn't know your way back."
"No, your wrong Lisanna. It isn't your fault."
She smiled for a little bit, but went back to looking guilty. "I still feel horrible though."
Still? I just told her it was fine.
"Like I said, Lisanna we're co-"
"Not just for leaving you, but ... for also making you tell me about the Natsu thing."
"Did somebody call for me?"
Natsu?!
How... Oh yeah he's half dragon. His hearing is pretty sharp.
"Not really." I answered.
"Oh, I see. Ah, Lucy we have a new job to do today."
"Really?"
"Yeah it's for three days, but we have to go in an hour."
"Eh?! Seriously! I haven't even packed yet!"
"Well you better start now. I'll tell you the details later." And just like that he ran off. What the hell?
"Hey um Lisanna, I have to go. But about the Natsu thing...I'll wait."
She looked at me confused. "Hm, What do you mean?"
"You said I should come up with an answer in three days, and tell you on the fourth right? I'm telling you I'll do it. Infact as soon as we're back from the mission, the first thing I'll do is answer how I feel about him. For your sake and mine."
Her look of guilt turned into a warm smile. "Lucy...thank you so much. You don't know how much this means to me."
Lisanna looks so pretty when she's happy. The thought of probably making her feel sad is...Wait, what are you talking about Lucy. I'll repeat, U DON'T LIKE NATSU. And you can keep feeling like that for four days; so that when you tell Lisanna she'll be overjoyed.
"No problem, see you." I answer.
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When I barely managed to finish packing, Natsu and I met at the train station and boarded. But there's something wrong.
"Where's Happy?" I asked.
I was wondering why the atmosphere wasn't as loud.
"Oh, he had to take a mission with Charles the next day; so he couldn't make it."
Well that was strange. I've never seen the two of them alone take a job together.
"Why couldn't we just wait for him to be done; so we all could've gone together?"
Well that put him in thought. "Hmmm...no we need to go today."
What's with that answer? "Eh? Why?"
"Hmmmm..." he's thinking again? "...just because."
"Really. That's it. 'just because'"
"Yeah. What, you have a problem with us going alone on jobs or something?"
"No it's not like that. It's just..."
...you know what. I'm not going to even question it.
"Wait Natsu, you still haven't told me what the mission was about yet." I reminded
"Oh yeah about that, all the poster says is to 'Take care of the Monster' for 500,000 joules"
That was a pretty shallow description for a job. Well it pays a lot so it really doesn't matter does it."So we're just defeating some monster, I hope it's not to scary."
"What are you talking about Lucy? It has to be kind of strong or else it won't be interesti-"
Hm? "What's wrong Natsu?"
"No, it's just that I'm starting to feel queasy. Ugh, I think I'm going to hurl."
I thought Wendy put troia on him. It hasn't even been five minutes.
And as if he heard me Natsu implies,"I probaby have been using Wendy's spells on me too much."
-PRESENT-
And that's where we are now. "Natsu, you need to keep yourself together. We still have at least an hour before we arrive." I swear this guy's hopeless.
"Another hour!? I'm already starting to feel dizzy." He wasn't kidding. His head started swaying back and forth almost to the point where you would think he was acting it.
"Hey, Natsu are you alri- Wait what are you-" Natsu's head was heading straight towards me. "Natsu hold up." I managed to change his trajectory from my head, but unfortunately he landed on my lap instead.
"This position is...I think you need to get off of me." I say blushing while feeling embarrassed. Even though I told him, we ended up staying like this for a while. His head was warm on my legs. Kind of like a blanket. ...it actually felt comfortable.
"Momma, are they married?" "Honey, it's really rude to point."
Crap. We're attracting attention. At least that brought me back to reality.
"Um.. Natsu you should probably get off of me."
"...Lucy,... can I stay like this?"
Was he serious? "Why?"
"I'm starting to feel better from the sickness."
"Really? When your like this?"
"Yeah."
"Well I guess that's great and all... but I still..."
"Please, let me just stay like this for a while, and then I'll get off."
"...ok." Natsu...if it was on my shoulder it would've been more fine but your... on my lap. Maybe I'm getting too worked up about this. It's not like he's dong anything weird; he's just laying there. "Hey Natsu..." ... "Natsu?" What's he doi-... oh. He's asleep. That was fast.
"Lucy..."
Eh? Is he awake now? "Natsu?"...no. He's still asleep. But why was he saying my name?
"Lucy...watch out."
Is he dreaming about me? Wait, there's a lot of sweat forming on his head, and he's feeling more warmer than usual. Maybe he's actually having a nightmare.
"Lucy...Lucy...watch out."
"Natsu, calm down." I tried telling him, but it proved fruitless. This is bad, he's really starting to freak out. What do you do in situations like these, mama?
"Mama, I'm scared."
"Shhh...Lucy it's okay. It was only a dream."
"But,"
"Shhh...Lucy, your mama's here for you, and she knows two things to help you forget all about your nightmares."
"...what are they?"
First I need to stroke Natsu's hair and give him some type of assurance. I hesitantly place my hand on his hair and repeatedly say, "Natsu, no matter how far we are I'll always be there for you." It looks like it stopped him from shaking; so it's kind of working. Next I need to ...oh no. This one is kind of embarssing. I have to kiss him on the forehead.
It won't be a big deal right? I mean it's between me and Natsu. We're FRIEND'S so giving him one nice friendly kiss on the forehead shouldn't mean anything. I closed my eyes, and placed my lips on his warm head. After like a quarter of a second I pulled them away. I looked at Natsu's face to see he's actually completely calm...you know getting a better look at him, he's pretty handsome.
I realized my hand was still stroking his hair. I wanted to take it away, but it wouldn't move. It was like there was magnet. What also surprised me was that his spiky hair wasn't rough, scratchy, or anything I thought it was going to be. It was really soft.
I may sound like a creep saying this but, I wanted to touch it forever.
"Lucy..."
He still sleeptalking, well at least it isn't a nightmare anymore.
"Lucy, what are you doing?"
Isn't that a little talkative for sleeptalking though?
"Hey, earth to Lucy."
Wait, don't tell me... "Natsu, ... are you awake?"
"Well...yeah."
Oh, dammit.
"So Lucy, mind telling what all that petting me was about?"
Great. Now that you think about it. I was kind of looking like a strange creep. "Well... you seemed to be having a nightmare, and when I started doing that it calmed you down."
"Really? But I -..."
"Natsu, what's wr-"
"THE TRAIN STOPPED!" he shouted.
Typical. Well, at least we arrived.
"Anyway like I was saying, I wasn't having a nightmare."
"You weren't?"
Your kidding me! Then was all that sweating about. All that work for nothing.
"Still, I appreciate you going through all that trouble for me."
He caught me by surprise when he put his hand on top of my head.
"Thank you Lucy."
"...W-what are you d-doing, all of a sudden."
"Hehehe, just showing my gratitude. Hey are you sick? Your face is looking really red."
I feel my cheeks to see that they sure enough were very warm.
"No, it's probably nothing." I finally replied
"Is that so?" he said taking his hand off. "Then let's get off this thing already. You coming?"
"Yeah in a minute. Let me get my stuff."
"Ok."
As Natsu went to get off the train, I still sat there and placed my hand on where his was earlier. This is bad, the heat in my cheeks aren't cooling down, and I bet if I looked in the mirror I'd still be as red as a tomato. Why is this happening now? He's done stuff like this plenty of times, but it never made me react this way.
At this rate...
I'll...I'll...
Fall in love with him.
-To Be Continued-
A.N: I realized I'm updating more faster than I expected. It's probably because of the fact I'm not going back to school yet. That's when I'll take a longer time to update, and the chapters will probably be longer sense I'll have more time to think. Sorry that I lied. So long.
Sincerely
chocolatehater123
P.S I'm probably being annoying about this but let's not forget the cycle mentioned in chapter one. Reviews really do help motivate me.
COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: EVERYTHING BESIDES THE FANFICTIONESS BELONGS TO THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF FAIRY TAIL, HIRO MASHIMA.