A/N This is part three and it talks about the aftermath of the Meet & Greet! It takes place a day after the last chapter. I don't own Fairy Tail, YouTube, Skype, or Instagram.
A ray of light shone through Natsu's window as he rolled over on his side. Since it was a Sunday his family wouldn't expect him to do anything, so Natsu could be as lazy as he wanted. Groggily sitting up Natsu reached for his phone. Unlike Lucy he didn't put notifications on any social network sites because then it took forever to get to his texts. Natsu opened his phone with practiced ease and first decided to check his Instagram.
That was a mistake.
Hundreds of things tagging him were there. Comments and more comments poured in his activity tab. All of it was making Natsu confused. What did he do to get so many pictures taken of him? He finally decided to quench his curiosity and went to his tagged photos. Two images were repeated in between the random edits and question pages. The first was a clear picture of him hugging Lucy yesterday at Magic Dust. Her blue dress was hanging loosely around her legs and landed on Natsu's black jeans. The second picture was of Lucy and Natsu when they had gotten ice cream. The two were sitting side by side on the park bench. Captioning both pictures were many things about how the two were a cute couple.
Lucy would be furious. Despite how kind she was to all her subscribers the girl hated rumors with a passion. Maybe it was from growing up around cunning business bigwigs, but Lucy couldn't stand them. In all her videos she's never addressed a single rumor said about her or anyone close to her.
"I hope she's okay." Natsu said to Happy, who merely purred and slinked up next to him. Opening his laptop with vigor, Natsu looked at Lucy's Skype but she was set on "Do Not Disturb". That was when Natsu was positive that she had seen the pictures. Her Skype was either "Away" or "Online" but never that. Well except for when she was filming something, but he doubted that would happen now. His phone said it was 10:24 am. That would give him plenty of time to drive to Lucy's house. He hopped out of his bed and hopped into a pair of jeans. Throwing his white scarf around his neck, Natsu wasted no time before jumping out his second story window and running to his car. Behind him Happy was mewling loudly through the open window.
"Ugh stupid cat. He'll get me caught." Natsu said while glancing back up at his house. He jammed his keys into the ignition with a groan. The car roared to life and he was out of the driveway before Happy's meowing could reach his ears. Music from the radio filled his ears and Natsu hummed contently. The drive to Lucy's house seemed to fly by. Soon enough Natsu's car was parked in front of the two story. Dashing across the lawn just in case Jude was still here, he made his way to Lucy's window. Her room was on the second floor so Natsu would have to scale the wall. It wouldn't be that difficult because Lucy's house had uneven bricks on the outside for texture. A minute after placing his tanned hands on the brick Natsu was on Lucy's small balcony. Stepping around her furniture Natsu reached her window and knocked on it. The pink curtains were drawn back and there was Lucy.
"Natsu what are you doing here?" Lucy asked in shock.
"Your Skype was turned off and I wanted to talk to you." Natsu replied goofily while walking into her large room. Everything was in place like always except Lucy had papers strewn across her desk. Behind him he heard Lucy sigh before closing the balcony doors. He stood over the desk to take a peek at the papers. At first he thought they would be homework but those papers were stowed away properly in a black folder to the side.
"Are these apartment listings?" Natsu asked aloud once he looked at the top page.
"Yes and don't go through my stuff!" Lucy reprimanded while snatching the papers out of his hands.
"Sorry Luce. Why are you looking at apartments?" Natsu inquired before hopping onto Lucy's bed. Every time Natsu was there he would just sit on the queen sized bed. Nothing about it was special but he loved it.
"When I'm annoyed I look at listings. That's the first thing I'm doing once I turn eighteen. Getting out of this house." Lucy confided as she plopped down next to Natsu. The two were comfortable as they laid side by side.
"You seriously came all this way just to talk to me?" Lucy finally broke the silence and turned to face Natsu.
"Of course but you seem aright." Natsu mirrored her actions and the two were inches away. Without meaning to, they both leaned in until Lucy caught sight of her clock. She pulled back in shock to stare at the clock again.
"It is almost five! My dad will be back and I don't want you driving home late." Lucy frowned for a second but Natsu hugged her brightly before running to her balcony. In seconds he had climbed down the side and was at his car. He glanced back once to wave at Lucy who was still shell-shocked.
"Idiot! You could've used the front door!"