Thank you all for that favorites and reviews! I still haven't answered those reviews I apologize deeply, I've been way too busy. I'm also sorry that this is a little late. It's getting near the end of the year where I have many orchestra things and finals and japan club things and on top of that I have a life XD so I've been busy. So to make up for it this is a special NaLu chappie :D
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the idea of making Fairy Tail the host club lol
EDITED: Also to answer a review from a long ass time ago, no I do not play the violin, well I didn't at the time. I play the viola. Now I play both XD
And to answer a recent one: No I believe that OHSHC was just as weird, if not weirder, I believe you should watch the show again XD (The review read that OHSHC wasn't as weird as this).
Also everyone, I hope you know that this story has already been written, granted I am changing a few things and such, but all of the hosts have been picked and placed. But thank you very much for the reviews! We are close to 150! Thanks everyone!
Chapter 3: Lessons?
I stared at my plate and rolled around a fruit with my fork. I had no appetite after what my father had said to me earlier about Natsu. What was so bad about the Dragneels? Though he was annoying, he seemed like a nice and caring person. I stabbed the poor strawberry angrily and popped it in my mouth.
"Lucy, you are a lady, ladies do not eat violently." My father said from the other side of the table. I growled.
"Who the hell came up with that rule?" I muttered. He sighed. "What is on your mind Lucy." He said setting down his fork. I looked at him over the rim of my glass that I was currently drinking tea from. This man is always full of surprises. One minute he's demanding and mean, the next he actually sounds like he cares.
"I don't understand why you won't let me hang out with Natsu. He's a sweet person and he plays the violin." I said as a side note. I know my father had always wanted me to play the violin. He had made me learn the piano, and how to sing 'properly like a young lady should,' at least that's what he said. He always wanted to me be a very well rounded person, so maybe this would help the situation.
"The Dragneels are slobs and are idiotic." He said calmly. I rolled my eyes. "So you're going to let something so small make up your mind about them? Really dad what would mom say about this! You know she loved meeting new people and she would want you to branch out and try talking to Mr. Dragneel!" I yelled. He looked startled that I had brought up mom. Ever since she died, we rarely talked about her. It was a very sore subject for my dad especially, whereas I learned to cope with it.
"You know that I've heard from people around school whispering about the Heartifilia business. They keep saying that the business hasn't been very well since mom died. So people are judging us also, but do we care? No, because they don't understand. So why judge a book by its cover when you could just as easily open it up and read the many pages inside." I said. I had stood up from my long rant and was currently strolling around the table.
"Lucy," I froze in my spot and stared at my father, waiting for his answer. I had realized I had started to yell and pace, something a 'lady' should never do, or at least that's what he says. My dad took a heavy sigh and shook his head.
"You are so much like Layla it scares me." He said with a small smile. "Daddy." I said quietly with a sad smile. To see his old smile again made me what to run into his arms.
"I understand then. I will allow you to hang around with that man, Nathan was it?" He questioned. I giggled and shook my head.
"It's Natsu." I said. He nodded and stood up from his seat grasping his hands behind his back and walking towards the exit of the room.
"I will be calling him up and asking him to teach you to play the violin. It shouldn't be too hard for you; it is in your blood." He said walking away. I was suddenly filled with the memories of momma playing beautiful pieces that would echo throughout the house. I sighed and sat back down in my seat.
"Well at least that's over with." I mumbled staring at my plate. "But I have to take lessons from Natsu…" I slammed my head onto the table and groaned.
"What have I gotten myself into!?" I yelled.
I stared intently at the man in front of me. He had his arms crossed and was looking out the window as if he didn't even know I existed. I took a sip of my tea and cleared my throat.
"So Laxus, what does your father do?" I asked causing him to look at me. He rolled his eyes. "I don't care what the bastard does. My grandfather is the one who takes care of me. You might not know this but he is the headmaster of this school." He said. So the beast did speak.
"Wait, you mean to tell me that the crazy perverted old man is your grandpa?" I asked bewildered. He chuckled and nodded.
"Damn that old man. He likes to see pretty women. But I can definitely tell why he flirted with you." He said quietly, glancing up and down at my figure. I wrapped my arms around myself suddenly feeling very violated.
"Pervert! Stop looking at me like that. I'm not an item." I growled feeling very tempted to toss my tea in his face and walk away. But I knew I couldn't because of the deal. Only four more weeks with him…. Great.
"What does your father do?" He asked shifting in his seat. So he could converse like a normal person. Natsu had me thinking he was a robot.
"He's in the railroad business." I said. Laxus raised an eyebrow. "But no one uses railroads anymore." He said. I shook my head.
"That's not necessarily true; you'd be surprised on how many trains still run today. But I didn't mean just railroads. We have light rails no? His company was the one that developed the light rail and adapted to the new technology." I said proudly. He nodded with an impressed look upon his face. I took a sip of my tea, feeling haughtily of myself for impressing such a tough guy. I was about to throw another question at him when Natsu walked into the middle of the room and clapped his hands.
"Ladies, club hours are officially over, thank you for visiting us today and stay beautiful." Natsu announced with a charming smile on his face. All of the girls groaned in disappointment and started to file out.
"Don't be sad, there is always tomorrow, also look forward to an announcement!" Loke said joining Natsu in the middle of the room, slinging his arm around his leader's shoulders. I sighed and stood up grabbing my bag. The door suddenly burst open, but I ignored it, used to the loud noises by now.
"LUCYYYYYYYYYYYY!" I turned around just in time to see Levy-chan tackle me to the ground. The other girls filed in behind her.
"Levy, get off of her! I need to give her-" I kicked Natsu in the shin, which took much effort since I currently had a body on top of me, causing him to yelp out in annoyance. Levy got up and looked at me in confusion.
"What are you two doing?" Erza asked placing her hands on her hips. Natsu gulped. "Nothing Erza, I just invited Natsu over to do some homework that I needed help on. Now let's go pinky." I grabbed his hand and dashed out of the room with him flailing behind me. We passed a few females alone the way. I heard them whispering furiously, probably about how I was stealing their precious Natsu. Once we made it to the front gate, I let go and sighed.
"Well let's get this over with." I mumbled walking down the sidewalk. "Wait! Why didn't you tell everyone that I was giving you violin lessons?" He asked slinging his case over his shoulder.
"I didn't want them to know that I was getting lessons from you! I would never live that down." I grumbled. He pouted. "Lushi, your mean." He mumbled. I thwacked his arm.
"Live with it. Now hurry up, I don't want to waste any time." I said walking a little faster. We were both quiet until I heard some shuffling behind us causing me to go stiff and turn around.
"Lucy are you ok? You seem a little scared?" He questioned his own words. I shook my head. "I'm fine I just thought someone was following us." I said looking ahead again to spot my large house. I unlocked the gate and pushed it open, the hinges creaking from lack of oil. Natsu stepped onto the stone path leading up to the large French doors in the front. A maid came running up and pushed the gate away from me before I could lock it.
"Miss Lucy, I apologize that it took me so long to get here." Ms. Spetto said bowing. I waved my hand.
"It's ok, don't worry about it Ms. Spetto. Is father home yet?" I asked looking over at Natsu to see that he was examining my house.
"No he said he will not be home until late tonight. So do not worry about him. Is our guest staying for dinner?" She asked. At the sound of guest, Natsu turned to look over at us and shrugged. "It depends on how long the lesson will go. But I don't want to invite myself." He said. I raised my eyebrows. He actually had manners who knew? He must get it from Mrs. Dragneel, either that or Wendy was rubbing off on him.
"It's fine, you can stay Natsu. Now shall we start the lesson?" I asked. He nodded and I led him inside the house and up to the music room where our grand piano was positioned in the corner next to the window. We both set our things down and he started to unpack his violin. I gulped and looked at the violin that was currently hanging on the wall with the bow right next to it. I grabbed the neck and pulled it down. The wood felt slippery in my sweaty hands and I cradled it while grasping the bow in my other hand. I walked back over to Natsu.
"Is that yours?" He asked, the violin positioned under his neck and his hands were currently tightening the horse hair. I shook my head.
"No, it was my mothers. It hasn't been played in ten years." I said glancing up and down at the perfectly polished wood. He winced.
"Great then it's going to be terribly out of tune. Ok play me your 'A'." He said gesturing with his bow. I brought the violin up and touched the hair to the second string. It was currently very flat and sounded almost like a low 'D'. Natsu grasped the peg in his fingers and twisted it, adjusting the sound. I giggled at the weird sound it made as he brought it higher. He plucked his 'A' once and placed his finger at the top of the string and pushed down, making the pitch go sharper.
"There we go. We will finish tuning this, but I suggest you get new strings because these are extremely old and could snap any time." He said. I nodded and played him the rest of my strings, which were almost as bad.
"Ok the 'E' now." He said. I brought my bow over and played the thinnest string. But before I could even get a sound out, it snapped up, nipping my chin and flinging over the scroll. Natsu started to laugh.
"Ha the look on your face is priceless!" He said. I glared at him while rubbing my stinging chin. "Please just fix it; I don't know what to do!" I said desperately holding up the instrument. He sighed and opened his case.
"Well, you're lucky that I just changed my strings only last week, so I have a full set. Why don't I change all of them just to make this easier on us?" He suggested.
"But I don't want to take those from you." I said. He just shrugged and pulled out four packets. "It doesn't matter; I have a bunch at home." He said. I nodded and strolled over to the piano.
"Well, since I don't want to stare at you like a fool while you do this, I will play you a few pieces on the piano." I said sitting down on the bench and opening the cover. The chamber door was already open. I took a deep breath and pressed my fingers on the keys lightly. I bounced my head gently to the beat of the song. I ran my fingers up and down the wooden keys and trilled every once in a while when it was needed. It wasn't long until I was done with the song and Natsu started to clap loudly.
"That was beautiful! Wasn't that Chopin's Nocturne Opus 9 No. 2?" He asked tuning the 'G' string. I nodded and stood up.
"You have a good ear Mr. Dragneel." I complimented sitting down next to him. He handed me my mother's instrument.
"Thank you, well it's all tuned, but it will keep slipping so let me know when that happens. Ok let's get started." He said picking up a thick book.
"So you already know how to read treble right?" He asked. I nodded. He opened a book and pointed at the three octave g-major scale.
"So you know every single note on this page?" He questioned. I nodded and started to say them out loud as he pointed to each.
"Ok very good. Let's start with how to hold the instrument correctly." He grabbed my right hand and placed the bow in between my fingers.
"Put your thumb right here, and make sure you keep each finger in the right place. Keep the pink rounded." He said sternly. I nodded and he let go of my hand gently. I frowned.
"This is really awkward!" I complained looking at my weirdly placed fingers. He chuckled. "Sorry but you are going to have to get used to it." I sighed and put my chin on top of the chin rest. He then grasped my left hand and wrapped my fingers around the black fingerboard and pressing them onto the strings.
"Make sure that you keep your hands relaxed. Don't press the palm of your left hand against the neck otherwise you won't be able to cross the strings very well and your vibrato will be very stiff." He said pushing my palm down. Who knew that play the violin could be so uncomfortable. And what the heck was vibrato?
"Lucy, you are way too tense. You need to loosen up or you will never get anywhere with this." He said. I growled.
"I don't know how to Natsu! This is freaking impossible." I said lowering the instrument. He frowned at me and stared at me intensely. I blushed and looked down at my shoes.
"You are the last person I would expect to give up. You seemed so determined, yet here you are giving up. I sure as hell am not going to let you walk out of this room until you played a simple two octave scale." He said. I shook my head.
"I don't think I can do it." I mumbled setting down my mom's violin. Natsu sighed and picked his up and lifted up the bow, elegantly drifting it across the strings. I watched in awe as he played the most beautiful yet sad tune. I watched his hand shake back and forth while he held longer notes. That must have been vibrato. He swayed back and forth with the up and down motion of his bow. I watched as his hand would shift gently up the finger board and back down, his fingers not making an ugly gliss that I made when moving my fingers up the string. He held the last note and slowly opened his eyes.
"That was beautiful Natsu." I whispered. He nodded in thanks. "That's why I don't want you to give up; you could play just as well if you tried ok? And I'm going to teach you that song and I want you to learn it and play it at the concert." He said. My eyes widened.
"What concert?" I questioned. He smiled. "The one that I'm holding for very talented musicians at the end of the year." He said calmly. "Natsu there is no way in hell I'll be able to learn something that difficult in five months!" I said. He smiled. "With any other teacher, no. But with me you sure as hell will be able to." He said. I sighed.
"I don't know why I agree to half of the things you say." I mumbled with a roll of my eyes. His smile widened. "So does that mean yes?" He asked. I stared at him for a while, the puppy dog eyes becoming too much.
"Yes." I said. He jumped up in the air in excitement. I sighed and brought the instrument back up. "Let's get this over with pinky." I said glancing at the page of scales.
"Ok now I want you play with the bow, I don't care what notes you play, I just want you to learn bow control." He said stepping behind me. His hand was suddenly placed on my right elbow.
"What are you doing!?" I asked jumping away from him; I could feel my cheeks were burning. He chuckled and crossed his arms.
"I was going to keep your elbow in place while you moved the bow." He said gently. I raised an eyebrow. "But I thought you moved the whole arm?" I questioned. He shook his head. "Just shut up and let me teach you dummy." He said stepping behind me once again. I gulped and brought my instrument back up to my chin. I could feel his firm body pressed gently against my back as he supported my elbow and gently brought my left arm up higher.
"Go ahead and play." He whispered in my ear. I shivered and nodded moving my bow arm quickly. I winced when a loud obnoxious squeak came out. Natsu chuckled quietly.
"Don't press down so harshly. Relax your hand as you move the bow up and down." As he gave these instructions, he moved my hand with his, the bow was hissing across the 'A' string. My face was probably darker than Erza's hair by now. I always thought that Natsu was a loud, annoying yet friendly person, but it seems he has a gentle and quiet side to him. He let go of me causing me to stop my movement.
"I would put tape on the fingerboard, but I don't want to mess up the wood. Therefore I will teach you where your fingers need to go, and that is what I want you to practice each night, up and down ok?" He questioned. I nodded. He grabbed my fingers and guided them.
"We will start with the lowest string, so your first finger will go right here and that note is an 'A'." He said placing my finger down. He gestured for me to play the bow. I smiled brightly when I actually played without squeaking.
"Looks like you're catching on quickly." He said with a warm smile. I blushed and looked back down at my fingers.
"The next place is here, a 'B'. Just remember that your first finger and second finger don't like each other so they stay far away from each other. Whereas your third finger," He said picking up my ring finger. "Is best friends with the second finger." He said smiling.
"And I'm guessing that this note is a 'C'?" I questioned. He nodded. He picked up my only available finger.
"This note is the 'D', the same note as the next string. Ok now that you have your fingers positioned, I want you to just keep placing your fingers down on each string over and over again until you have it memorized. And repeat the notes out loud as you go ok?" He said. I nodded and brought my instrument down.
"I forgot what I was like to learn an instrument. I remember doing exercises like this when I was a beginner at the piano." I said. There was a gentle knock on the door.
"Lucy-sama, dinner is ready." A maid said bowing. I nodded and turned to my new teacher. "Would you like to stay?" I questioned. He raised his eyebrow. "Didn't we go over this already?" I rolled my eyes and grabbed his hand dragging him down the stairs into the dining room.
"I like all of those cheesy analogies you taught me." I said with a giggle sitting down in my chair. His cheeks turned pink.
"That's how I was taught got a problem with it?" He questioned glaring at me. I shook my head and started to eat the salmon that the maid placed in front of me.
"So how is your second month going with Laxus?" He asked, food dripping out of his mouth as he devoured everything in front of him. So much for him having manners.
"Well he's really strange and doesn't talk much." I said shaking my head in disapproval. He laughed. "That's Laxus for you, I don't really understand why a lot of girls like him." He mumbled taking a sip of his tea.
"Natsu, how was the host club made?" I asked. He set his glass down and cleared his throat. "I made it." He said with a cheesy grin plastered on his face. I felt my heart skip a beat and my cheeks warm up. What the hell was wrong with me? I gripped the bottom of my jacket. There was no way in hell I was-"Lucy are you ok? You kind of spaced out on me there." He said waving his hand in front of my face. I jumped back a little in surprise.
"Um, yeah I'm fine. So why did you make it?" I asked. He stared down at his plate and sighed. "This might sound ridiculous coming from me, so don't laugh." He said. "I hate seeing people sad; I just want to see a smile on everyone's face like they have no troubles in the world. I kept seeing how girls were heartbroken after something happened with a guy and a thought came to me. What if there was a club where they could never frown and be sad. Where men can make them smile and make them feel special." He said. I felt like an idiot with my mouth hanging wide open, but I honestly couldn't help it.
"Yeah, I know it sounds stupid coming from me." He said shyly. I laughed. "I guess I was wrong about you Natsu Dragneel." I said with a bright smile. He looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Lucy you sound like a crazy old woman." He said. I glared at him and felt like jumping over the table to tackle him.
"Natsu.." I growled. His eye widened and he jumped up from his seat and ran away. "GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE DRAGNEEL!" I screamed chasing him all around the house, the maids looking at us in concern.
Yay I'm finally done! Again I'm really sorry for the wait! Not that I'm having troubles with ideas, but I would like to know if you guys have any opinions on what should happen next. Let me know I would love to hear your ideas! :D thanks for reading!