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coincidence, i think not
Natsu closed the door behind him, almost forgetting Happy on the other side.
He blinked, his face blank.
Without thinking, he walked to his room to get the dirty and sweaty clothes ready for laundry, his mind dwelling on what had happened just moments ago.
His cat meowed against his leg, but it still wasn't enough to get Natsu out of his trance.
Just what had happened…
He turned around the corner and reached the park of Magnolia, where the light leaked through the trees leaves, giving it a sort of golden spark to the already yellow and orange ones lying on the floor. He was a lot of people running around, too, and children with families enjoying the view, and couples chatting on the benches.
Happy followed him close, probably following the scent of a fish shop around, Natsu had no idea, but it was the only thing that got the cat to move so fastly.
And after running for twenty minutes around, he saw her.
A tiny girl, curled up on a bench, her eyes fixed on a rusty book she was holding. Her expression was serious, he could tell, by the way her eyebrows scrunched together in concentration. She wore a scarf around her neck, a brown coat covering most of her body.
The surprise was so big it made Natsu stop dead in his tracks.
He didn't know how much time happened until the girl noticed his gaze and decided to look up, genuinely annoyed that something interrupted her reading.
But as soon as her eyes widened in surprise when she saw him, he knew he had made no mistake. He'd seen her somewhere.
She gasped, covering her mouth with her hand.
Natsu blinked.
"Natsu...?" The girl said, as if thinking he'd vanish the moment she spoke.
"Yeah..." Natsu said. "I've… seen you somewhere, right?"
Then her face broke into a smile, before she giggled. "Maybe you've seen me with my friend Lucy, or her channel, CelestialSpirits."
"You're Levy," he said then.
How could he forget when he just saw her on his laptop screen?
"Yeah," Levy said. "I'm her friend."
"Lucy's friend." he stated, as if to reassure the fact until it completely sank into him.
"So you really know her," Levy said quietly, though a spark of amusement glittered in her brown eyes, and it made him not want to ask.
"Uh… yes," he said. Not like he'd like to show her how he kinda maybe liked her.
Her grin was evil when she spoke next. "So you really noticed her, then? Why don't you talk to her?"
"I… uh… what?" he asked, utterly confused.
Instead of answering him, Levy picked up her book and bag and stood up.
"Nice to know you're around, bye!" she said, and walked away before he could say something.
Natsu sighed again as he remembered the weird moment, looking for a bottle of water on the small fridge.
He drank loudly and fast, with drops falling down his chin. Surely Igneel would tell him to have more manners…
Slamming the fridge's door shut, he threw the bottle to the trash can before going to his room and dropping himself over the soft blanket, which made him remember he had to wash those too.
Happy jumped next to him and curled next to his stomach, probably looking for human heat. Natsu smiled and caressed his soft purr, his mind elsewhere.
Because, if Levy lived near the park, that'd mean… Or maybe…
Groaning, Natsu ran a hand through his hair. Happy woke up from his nap at his outburst, but he quickly apologized and the cat went back to sleep.
Deciding that the cat's wisdom was reasonable, Natsu closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
Homework could wait a long time.
"I'm not lying!" Levy insisted.
Lucy rolled her eyes, sitting on the chair of Levy's desk. The room of her friend was normal, with pale orange walls, posters, and a green carpet. Her bed size was normal too, and Lucy envied it. What was probably uncommon were the endless bookshelves and piles of scattered ones everywhere.
In her bed, Levy groaned, tugging at the hair of her head.
"Why would I lie to you with something like this?"
Lucy pursed her lips. "I don't think you're lying," she said. "But, c'mon, how many chances are that he lives in the same city?"
"At the other side of the city," Levy clarified. "It took me twenty minutes by car to get there."
"Why were you in South Magnolia?" Lucy asked.
"Because the park over there is really peaceful and I can read as much as I want," Levy said, her eyes sparking.
"Why didn't I go with you!" Lucy lamented, throwing a cushion at her laughing friend.
"I didn't know the love of your life would live over there," Levy smiled smugly.
Lucy groaned. "He's not the love of my life,"
"Who knows?" Levy wiggled her eyebrows. "Wanna go with me next time I go?"
"Heck yeah,"
"He was running, y'know," Levy said. "And a blue cat was following him."
Lucy giggled. "A blue cat?"
"It was weird," Levy laughed. "Though if he owns a cat, you're doomed."
Lucy groaned in frustration, burying her face into her palms. Life was against her lately, in every way possible.
"Hey Lucy," Levy asked, and she sensed a bit of uncertainty in her voice. "Did he… subscribe?"
"No."
And with that, Levy learned not to ask again if Lucy herself didn't bring up the subject.
Lucy sighed, running a hand through her hair. "Let's talk about something else."
Levy arched her eyebrows. "That's rare from you, but okay. What do you want to talk about?"
Lucy's face immediately turned into a mischievous grin as she got up and threw herself over the bed, right next to her friend, who looked back at her with suspicion.
"Did you do some progress with Gajeel?"
Levy's face exploded on red, and if this was a cartoon, Lucy'd swear that smoke would come out of her friend's ears. The tiny girl covered her face with her hands, avoiding Lucy's amused stare.
"Shut up!"
Lucy laughed, "C'mon, tell me!"
Levy glared at her between her fingers. "Of course nothing happened, Lucy… not all of us have your damn luck."
Lucy threw herself over her friend and hugged her, smiling. "Don't be like that, Levy! Someday, it'll just happen. I assure you!"
"He'll never notice me," Levy griped, pursing her lips. "Besides, with my luck, he probably lives in the other side of the world."
"That's not true!" Lucy said. "You know his accent is from Fiore, which means he lives in this country!"
Levy narrowed her eyes at the blonde. "Sometimes you're creeper than I think,"
"Hey!" Lucy laughed, smacking Levy's shoulder. "Anyways, you must admit he sings terribly. I still don't know why he's so famous…"
Levy chuckled. "He doesn't sing that bad…"
"Oh, c'mon, he sings worse than me," Lucy joked.
"It's impossible to sing worse than you, Lu." Levy replied, laughing until she couldn't breath anymore.
Lucy tried to argue, but she knew it was true. So, giving up, she laughed along.
"Y'know," Levy said, once their attack died down and they were lying on the bed next to each other, staring at the ceiling, "Sometimes I wonder what would the girls at school think of you once they know about this secret life of yours,"
Lucy pursed her lips. "I don't want them to know anything… Like… I don't know."
"I don't even know why they're so mean to you," Levy said.
"I don't really care," Lucy shrugged.
"Before you came," Levy started, with that voice she always used to tell old stories. "I had a small group of friends. They were nice, I guess, but when I befriended you they left me behind."
"I'm sorry they hate you because of me," Lucy apologized from the bottom of her heart. It was just not fair.
"To have friends like that, I prefer being alone." Levy said.
"But you aren't alone," Lucy smiled.
"No, I'm not." Levy said, mimicking her expression. "Thanks,"
"Thank you."
"I bet they're only jealous of you," Levy chuckled.
"Why would they?"
"Any girl in that school would die to have your tits…" Levy said, at the edge of laughing madly again. She knew how flustered her friend got when someone mentioned her body.
Indeed, now it was Lucy's face turn to be painted furious red. "Levy!" she squealed.
Levy laughed a good couple of minutes, while Lucy pouted and begged her to stop. Finally, when she calmed down, she said;
"Let's be friends forever, okay?"
"Of course."
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