Who Would Have Thought?
Summary: As a small child, Lucy only had a few, good friends. Her childhood was relatively normal and fun for a little girl. However, there was one person who would ruin it every chance he got by playing pranks on her, teasing her, and calling her cruel names. After 10 years apart, will love arise? Or will old habits begin to surface once again?
Chapter 3
~The Very Next Day~
"Lucy, Lucy! Are you finished getting dressed? Your father is waiting for you in the car!" Layla yelled to her daughter from downstairs as Jude waited outside by the family car.
Upstairs, young Lucy stood in front of her floor length mirror. It was the only thing left in her bedroom since movers came the day before to move out any remaining furniture, clothing, and other items that Lucy and her parents wanted to take with them on their move.
At that moment her mother called for her, she was straightening out her white silk dress and making sure that her ribbon was nice and tight. It was light blue material, one of Lucy's favorite colors, so she treated it especially nice and with care.
"Lucy!? Did you hear me? Are you done putting on your dress, or do you need some help?"
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
"Your dad is getting a little impatient, honey!"
"I'm... coming?" Lucy looked up in the mirror and instantly forgot her mother's calls. Her brown eyes widened with complete surprise at how pretty she looked. Her blonde hair graced her shoulders tiny shoulders. The dress and her matching shoes had a simple beauty that enhanced her adorable features. Thankfully, it went over her knees to cover the scrapes she suffered a few days before.
Whooooa!
It's really pretty just like mommy said!
But.. something... I need something else...
"Lucy, what are you doing up here? I was calling, and calling you, but you never-" Layla had walked up the stairs and right into her room. She stopped mid sentence once she saw Lucy as she stared with a memorizing gaze into her mirror. She then smiled to herself before she walked up behind her.
"Sweetie... you look soooooooooo pretty today."
"Huh!?" Lucy shook her head and turned to her mother with an embarrassed expression. "Oh, sorry! I was just-"
Layla, understanding the situation, shook her head. "It's okay, it's okay. I can see you were just in trance by how you looked. See? I told you would look pretty in your dress!"
Lucy slightly blushed and nodded her head. "Y-yeah, just like you, mommy! But.. I can't help but think that something is missing.."
"Hmm... you know what? You're right. I'll be right back!" Layla left for only a few seconds before coming right back. She held something behind her back that spiked Lucy's curiosity.
"Whaaa? What's that behind your back, mommy?"
Layla, with a twinkle in her eyes, shook her finger. "Turn around and close your eyes! It's a surprise~"
"Okaaay..." Lucy, bottom lip poked out and arms crossed, did as she was told.
"And don't open them until I tell you to." Her mother said before she began to style Lucy's hair. After a few minutes, she tapped Lucy's shoulder that signaled her to open her eyes.
"It's okay to open them now."
Lucy gasped and held her hands over her mouth. Layla had tied a light blue ribbon around Lucy's hair that was parted to one side of her face. It matched the one around her dress. The new hairstyle had Lucy in awe, because she had always had her hair straight.
"Mom! I love it!" Lucy shouted and hugged her mother's legs. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
"You're welcome, Lucy! You're welcome! Now, you better hurry outside to the car, because your dad has been waiting for a long time for you! And I'm sure your classmates are all dying to see you before we have to leave for the airport."
"Oh, right!" Lucy looked into her mirror once more before she rushed toward the door and downstairs. Layla quickly followed and watched as her daughter ran straight to her dad. Jude welcomed his daughter with open arms.
"Lucy! Took you long enough I was about to come inside, pick you up, and carrying you out if I had to!" He joked. "Wow, I sure know how to pick a dress! You look absolutely beautiful!"
"Hehe!" She giggled happily. "Thanks, daddy!"
"So are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, let's... oh, wait!" A thought popped into Lucy's mind that instantly had her worrying. "Mom! Mommy!"
"What is it, sweetie?" Layla asked as her daughter ran back towards her. "Is something the matter?"
"K-kinda.."
"Hmm.. is it about Natsu?"
Lucy slowly nodded. "I was just wondering.. what if he tries to do something mean to me again? What if he puts another spider in my hair?"
"Lucy, honey." Layla began. She knelt down to her daughter's height and took her by the hands. "Knowing that this is your last day at school.. I'm sure Natsu realizes that it will be the last time he's going to be seeing you for a long time. And I'm positive he wouldn't do anything mean to you on your last day."
"But moooooom!" Lucy whined.
"He did come to apologize to you last night, didn't he?"
"Yeah, but only because his dad made him!"
"Even if his dad made him, he still said it."
"More like he yelled it in my face before running away.."
Layla laughed and gently rubbed Lucy's tiny hands. "Even so.. he did say, so he must have meant it. Don't worry, Lucy. Everything is going to be just fine, trust me, okay? Besides I'm sure Natsu will be too distracted about how pretty you look today to even play a mean prank on you."
"Mooom... I already told you... Icky, mean boys like Natsu don't act like jerks to girls they like!" Lucy, who blushed brighter than her mother has ever seen, pouted her lips.
"Hmm.. well, I beg to differ.. but now it's really time for you to go. Your friends, and EVEN Natsu, are waiting for you at school to say goodbye and give you a going away party. And I want you to have every last minute that you can spend with them before we have to go, okay?"
"Okay. See you later, mom."
"Bye, Lucy! Have a good time!"
I can only hope that Natsu will be on his best behavior.
However, if I'm right about him and his feelings towards Lucy,
Things... may not go so smoothly today...
~Ohana Elementary School~
It only took Jude around 15 minutes before they reached Lucy's school. Once there, he held her hand and walked inside with her. Along the way, various teachers and older students greeted her.
"Hi, Lucy-chan!"
"It's going to be sad not to see you around school or on the playground anymore."
"Lucy, we're going to miss you!"
"T-thanks." Lucy didn't really know any of them mostly because they were much older than her. She figured they were all told that she was leaving Tokyo to move to Hong Kong today.
I guess they're just being nice..
Jude and her father reached finally reached her classroom. "Well, here we are, Lucy."
Mrs. Tanaka, Lucy's homeroom teacher, stood waiting for her by the classroom door. "Hello, Lucy-chan. We've all been waiting for you!"
"Sensai!" Lucy shouted as she ran to hug her teacher. Her emotions began to come out as she began to realize that she was really leaving all the people she's ever know that day. She tried to hold her tears back, but it was no use. All the tears that she kept inside from the moment her father told her that they were moving came flooding out.
"Aw, Lucy-chan, you don't have to cry!" Her teacher quickly comforted her. "You can go, Mr. Heartfilia. I can handle it from here."
"Alright, I'll be back to pick you up in a few hours, Lucy. You have fun now, you hear?"
Lucy wiped her eyes and looked up to her dad. "O-okay, bye, daddy."
Jude walked away, but then looked back to smile at the side of her teacher leading her into the classroom. From inside, he could hear the sound of the children greeting her with a warm welcome.
"SURPRISE, LUCY!"
He then left knowing that Lucy was going to be enjoying the last day she had with her class.
Inside the classroom,
The entire room was decorated with streamers, balloons, hand drawn pictures, and other decorations created by the students. All the desks were pushed to the back of the classroom to make room for the long tables that can countless numbers of dishes of food, presents, and party items such as hats and party poppers. Students from her homeroom and older students from other classmates were there. Among all of them, were some of her close friends.
"Lucy!" Levy, obviously upset and happy at the same time, ran straight towards her blonde friend to hug her tightly around the neck. "I can't believe you're leaving us! I'm going to miss you so much!"
Lucy hugged her back and cried a little bit more. "I'll miss you too, Levy!"
Levy happened to look down at Lucy's dress. She gasped. "Your dress! It's so cute and those ribbons too! And you're hair is so different now.. I'm so jealous.."
Every student wore an uniform in the entire school. Since Lucy currently was not, she stuck out even more than besides the fact she was leaving. "T-thank you."
"Lucy.." Loke was the next one to walk up and hug her. "Hong Kong?"
"Yeah.. my dad got promoted and his new job is there."
"Aha!" He seemed a bit sad at the moment, but he shook it away them away. He didn't want Lucy sad, because of his feelings. "Well, I hope you and your family have a safe trip."
"Gosh, Loke. She's not leaving just yet, and you're already saying farewell!" Levy commented.
Loke rolled his eyes. "And you weren't just sobbing all over her?"
Levy, with a blush, folded her arms and stomped her right foot. "Whatever, carrot top!"
His left eye twitched from the new nickname she bestowed upon him. "What you call me?"
"Lucy!" A girl with dark blue hair and brown eyes nearly knocked Lucy over with her hug. "I.. I.. I can't believe you're going awaaaaaay!"
Lucy held onto her friend and hugged her back.
"Wendy, calm down would ya?" Levy told her.
"And you were calm when you were sobbing on her?" Loke asked her again with a smart tone. "With tears and snot rolling down your face?"
Levy, annoyed with him, growled in his direction, but Loke just ignored it.
"I do not have..." Levy wiped her face to make sure. There wasn't any. "Snot on my face, you liar!"
"Then why did you have to check?"
"Oh, shut up!"
Lucy laughed at their argument, but she turned back to her friend once she felt arms release from around her body. "Wendy?"
"Lucy.. I'm really going to miss you a lot." Wendy said once she calmed down a little bit. "You're like one of my closest friends."
"I'll miss you too.."
Both girls smiled sincerely at one another trying to savor every moment they had together. More and more of the students began to walk up to Lucy with some nice words to say. It all nearly overwhelmed her mind thinking that this many people would actually miss her presence in the classroom.
"We're going to miss seeing you, Lucy."
"I love your dress! It's so pretty."
"I couldn't stop crying when I heard you were leaving!"
"Lucy! What's the name of your new school in Hong Kong?"
"Luuuuuuuucy!"
With most of the students, Lucy had no significant relationships with them other than being classmates. However, it was nice for her to know that they would all miss her when she moved away. Amongst all the students, her eyes wandered to a lone figure. Her brown eyes focused and strained enough to see an unmissable color of pink hair.
N-Nastu!?
What's he-
He's just... sitting there?
By himself?
He's not planning anything, is he?
"Umm.."
"What's wrong, Lucy?" Wendy asked with concern. She followed Lucy's eyes to Natsu across the room. "Are you wondering about Natsu?"
Lucy shook her head. "Kinda... w-what's wrong with him?"
"What's wrong with Natsu?" Loke repeated her question. "What isn't wrong with him? He should be feeling bad right now after he's been so mean to you all this time. Especially after that day on at the playground."
"W-what do you mean?"
"Yeah, like Natsu's been all sad and isolated like that ever since we heard you were leaving." Levy told her. "I can see why he's a little gloomy! He'll have to find another girl to pick on. N-no offense to you, of course!"
"Yeah, or maybe he's feeling a little guilty." Loke added.
Lucky for me, but unlucky for the next girl!
I wonder what he'll do to her?
Probably the same mean things he did to me...
I feel kinda bad for her... and... I don't know.
It feels strange knowing that he'll move on to someone else.
B-but not like I care!
I'll be glad to be rid of him.. won't I?
"Oy, Lucy! Don't worry about, pinkie!" Gray, with his school uniform that clearly contradicted school standards, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and behind Lucy startling her. "Worry about Erza devouring the strawberry cake Mrs. Tanaka made for you."
"Strawberry cake?" Lucy and the rest turned to see the fiery, red girl hovering over the three layer cake that gave off a delicious, sweet aroma. Her eyes were completely in a trance as she stared down at the strawberries as they sat in white icing. Her hands were slowly inching towards the knife to cut her a slice, but Mrs. Tanaka cleared her throat loud enough to stop her.
"Na ah ah, Erza-chan. No one gets a piece of the cake before Lucy, and the cake will not be cut before we all give our speeches and gifts to young Lucy here."
Erza felt that all eyes were on her and knowing her status among them, she quickly straightened herself up. However, she could not disregard the sweet smell of her favorite cake. "Yes, Mrs. Tanaka. Sorry, Lucy.."
Mrs. Tanaka forgave her and then called for everyone's attention. "Everyone, why don't you guys all give Lucy her going away gifts that you all made her. Lucy, please come to the front of the classroom."
Everyone made a path for Lucy to make her way to the front of the classroom. Up there, a chair was decorated with glitter, buttons, ribbons, and other items that made it special for Lucy only. She sat down with her hands on her knees and smiled nervously to all those who stared back at her. Mrs. Tanaka stood beside her.
"Well, Lucy, when we heard you were leaving us so soon and so suddenly, all of the students here wanted to throw you a going away party. Isn't that sweet? And they always have a few words they would like to share with you and even gifts that each of them made. Class?"
One by one, Lucy's closest friends came up to her and told her how much they were going to miss her, hugged her again, and gave her gifts that they either made or brought. Levy gave her a favorite book. Loke presented her with a card that held a tiny cherry blossom petals. Wendy handed her a well drawn picture of herself and Lucy playing together at the playground. Erza gave a relatively short, but well thought out speech about how moving to Hong Kong will be good for her and how she should take the opportunity to better herself in all areas of her life. Moving on, Cana, the same age as Erza and with long brown hair with purple eyes, read her fortune with her tarot cards foretelling how her time in Hong Kong would be Gray gave her coupons for free popsicles at Lola's Ice Pops that's only available in Hong Kong, and he never explained how he obtained those. Tears ran down Lucy's face as each one of them finished and the next one stepped up.
Aw man...
I'm really going to miss these guys!
"Can we cut the cake now, i-if that's alright with Lucy, I mean." Erza shouted out after the last person who had something to present was done.
"If it's okay with Lucy."
Lucy nodded. "Yeah! I'm in the mood for cake right about now!"
"YES!" Erza yelled in happiness, but she quieted down in more embarrassment for her desire to eat the strawberry cake. Her favorite delicacy since she first tried it on her fourth birthday.
For the rest of the party, Lucy enjoyed cake and party games she played with her friends. She had to admit, the party was going well. She was spending her last day with all of her friends. The best part is that Natsu hadn't said or did anything to her. In fact, he seemed to be keeping his distance from her. Although he was seen talking to Gray and some of the other students, he hadn't said a single one to her or even looked her way to acknowledge her presence. It was certainly strange and new to Lucy, but her friends and the party kept her distracted from the fact.
Maybe mom was right!
Maybe he is sorry for all the mean things he's done to me and this is his gift to me for my last day here.
No pranks at all... maybe...
Right now, Lucy was talking with a few of her female classmates.
"So Lucy, you're moving to Hong Kong, right?" A female with black hair asked.
Lucy nodded. "Yeah."
"So you're going to have to learn Chinese or English to understand and speak to other people around there! That sounds really tough."
"I didn't really think about that." Lucy began to worry.
"Yeah, I have a cousin who lives there and when her family comes to visit, I have no idea if she talking about me or what." A girl who sported long brown braids commented as she ate from her favorite box of chocolate Pocky Sticks.
"Hehe, I'm sure she'll be fine.. so Lucy, are you glad you'll be getting away from Natsu?" Cana butted in while she sipped on a sugary drink.
"Getting away?"
"Yeeaaaah!" Cana nudged her in the arm. "Our pink, hard headed Natsu. The one who's been teasing you all this time, remember? Or did the thought of moving away today make you forget him already?"
"Ummm... yeah. Of course!" Lucy told her. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Ooooh, I don't know.." She gulped down her drink before reaching for her fifth one, I'm a bit surprised he hasn't done anything to you yet."
"M-me too..."
Cana moved in close to whisper into her ear. "So will you miss it?"
"Miss it!?" Lucy exclaimed. "Why would I?"
"Oh, I don't know really... some girls like when boys tease them like he does, because it means they have feelings for them. Obviously, he goes a little too far, but still." Cana whispered once again, so the other girls wouldn't hear.
It's just like mom said...
But it still can't be true.
It just can't be possible!
"Well, I surely don't, AND he doesn't even like me!" Lucy told her back in a whispered tone.
"If you say so..." Cana chuckled a bit before she took another swig of her drink.
"Hey, what are you two whispering about?"
"Yeah, we wanna in on it!" The girls around them questioned what Lucy and Cana were talking about amongst themselves. Thankfully, Cana kept her mouth shut about the whole thing.
"It's nothing you all should be concerned about. Just a friendly conversation between close friends." Since Cana was older and in a higher grade, the younger girls didn't argue with her or pry to get information out of her. Lucy was thankful for that and was about to thank her.
"Oh, Lucy!"
"Yes, Mrs. Tanaka?" Lucy heard her name called and stopped what she was doing to address her teacher.
Mrs. Tanaka had Natsu in her grasps. At that instance, everyone was surprised to hear his name, but no one more than Lucy. Although, he didn't look straight at her, Lucy could tell he was trying to hide something. His hands were behind his back which raised more suspicions for her.
He has something for me?
W-what could it be?
Oh, no.. it's another prank! I just know it!
"Go ahead, Natsu." She pushed the little one forward.
At first, he didn't look at her, but eventually he did. Lucy, as well as the others, were surprised to see him looking so nervous. After all, he would act all tough, but now he's not. Especially in front of Lucy, who he had been messing with for a long, long time.
"I wanted.. to give you this." From behind his back, he held out a white box with a lace ribbon wrapped around it. It didn't look as suspicious as Natsu's as behavior, but she took no chances.
Cautiously, Lucy slowly took it into her hands. "T-thanks.. what is it?"
"You'll find that out when you open it." He told her. Lucy couldn't read him. She couldn't tell if it was another prank, or if he was really being sincere.
That's what I am afraid of...
Slowly, Lucy undid the ribbon from the box and slowly lifted the lid from the box. "What is... this?"
"It's something you left back at the playground.." Natsu said slowly as a smirk appeared on his face. "The right thing to do was to return it."
"What?" Loke heard what left his mouth and became concerned. "Lucy, wait!"
Inside the box, a spider sprang out and ended up on top of her head. Once again, she had no clue that it was a fake one again, so she reacted the same way as she did at the playground a few days before.
"AAAAHHH!" Lucy screamed and immediately tried to get the same spider from out of her hair. In the process she managed to knock it off of her hair along with the hair ribbon her mother had put there. In her efforts to get it out, she fell back and landed in Erza's large slice of strawberry cake.
"M-my cake..." Erza's hands shook furiously as her cake disappeared from her plate and onto Lucy's hair and dress. "Lucy!"
"Wow, you must really like strawberry cake. Even more than Erza here!" Natsu began to laugh, tease, and point as Lucy began to cry furiously.
"Young Dragneel!" Mrs. Tanaka scolded him. "This is unacceptable!"
It was no use. Other students followed in Natsu's steps and began to cruelly laugh at Lucy's misfortune. Only her closets friends were concerned for her well being.
"Lucy, are you alright?" Levy asked as she bent down to check on her. However, Lucy pushed her off and jumped to her feet. Blindly crying, Lucy ran past the laughter of the students and out of the classroom. "Hey, wait!"
"Nice going, Natsu." Loke said sarcastically as he ran to follow after Lucy. "Hey, Lucy, wait up!"
"That was really mean.." Wendy said tearfully. She and Levy ran along with Loke to find Lucy.
"Whaaat? It was only a joke." Natsu said as he rested his arms behind his head. Unbeknownst to him, Erza stood looming behind his figure. She did not seem happy at her. Lucy was upset, and on top of that, her slice of cake was now on the floor and body of Lucy. Her face had an eerie stare about them and her fists her balling up. Students around her moved back in a hurry in fear of what she was about to do.
"NATSU!"
"E-Erza!?"
"O-only a joke!? You think playing pranks on innocent girls and ruining a delicious piece of strawberry, frosted cake is some kind of joke!?"
Mrs. Tanaka got between the two to stop anything from happening. "Stop it right now. The both of you! Or you'll both have after school detention! You should be worried more about where young Lucy has gone than arguing right now."
"Oh!" Erza quickly realized. "I'll deal with you later!"
Outside of the school,
Lucy's parents had arrived a bit earlier than they had planned. They had just received a call that their plane's flight was scheduled to take off a bit earlier than expected. As soon as she saw them in her sights, she ran straight for the car just as her mom got out.
"Hi, dear. We came to pick you up a little early. Did you enjoy- Lucy? What's the matter? Why are you crying? What's that in your hair?" Layla asked worriedly as Lucy, still covered in cake, ran straight into her arms. Jude heard the commotion, got out from the driver seat and immediately rushed over.
"Lucy? Lucy? Look at me. What's the matter?" He asked over and over again. "Why are you covered in cake?"
"Natsu! It's all his fault again! He didn't mean it when he said he was sorry!" Lucy told her mother as she clung to her side. "You said that everything would be fine! You said it! But it wasn't!"
"Oh, dear... it's okay, sweetie."
Just as I thought..
But can I really blame him?
Lucy's leaving and... he probably doesn't know how to take it very well, and this was his way of saying goodbye..
"Lucy!" Loke, Levy, Lucy, and the other finally found her. "Are you okay?"
"She's fine, she's fine. Thank you for coming to see about her." Layla told them all as she hugged her daughter. "Can you tell us what happened?"
Loke was about to speak, but he turned around when he heard footsteps coming toward them. "I think Mrs. Tanaka can explain it better.
Coming up behind him, Mrs. Tanaka had dragged Natsu outside and straight toward Lucy and her parents. "I am sooo sorry. It seems young Natsu here couldn't help himself. He's come to apologize."
Lucy shook her head and broke away to face her tormentor. "His apology doesn't mean anything to me! I HATE you, Natsu! You'll never change! You're just a mean, s-stupid, jerk! I'LL NEVER EVER FORGIVE YOU!"
Natsu, for a moment, looked a bit shocked by her words. His shock was immediately replaced by anger. "Whatever! I don't care!"
"That's right! You DON'T care! All you CARE about is hurting me! That's why you're the only person I won't miss!" Lucy said that one last thing before she ran. got into the family car, and slammed the door shut.
"I'm so sorry about what happened.. I had no idea that this would happen." Mrs. Tanaka began to apologize to her parents. "We really will miss Lucy, and it was a shame that it had to end like this."
Layla only smiled. She wasn't mad or angry, because she understood the situation. "It's okay. Lucy will be fine, and thank you for doing all of this for her. I'm sure she loved it, disregarding the prank incident. And Natsu.. I know you didn't mean what you did, so I'm not angry with you, just so you know."
"Yeah, I understand all too well about young Natsu here." Jude, who knew exactly what Layla meant, agreed. "I was the same way you were with Layla here believe it or not."
"The same way? You and me?" Natsu questioned. "What does that mean?"
"You'll understand when you get older, sport!" Jude rubbed the top of Natsu's hair and laughed. "Well, I guess we'll be off. Don't wanna miss our flight! Goodbye all of you all. Hopefully, we'll see you again some day."
"Byeee!"
"See you some day, Lucy!"
"Goodbye!"
"BYEEEEEEEEEEE LUCY!" Levy and Wendy screamed the loudest to make sure their friend heard them.
Jude and Layla got into the car and waved to Lucy's friends and teacher just before they pulled off. Lucy had heard their goodbyes and turned to look out the back window. She waved and mouthed 'bye' to all of them. However, once her eyes landed on Natsu, she stuck her tongue out and turned around in the back seat. As the car was leaving, Mrs. Tanaka ordered the students back into the school. One by one, all of them walked back to the school. As they went, they passed Natsu who just stood there staring off into the distance. They all had a few choice words for him.
"You couldn't just hold back on the pranks today?" Levy asked with anger in her voice.
Wendy, who sniffled and wiped her nose, shook her head. "How could you?"
"Not cool, Natsu." Loke said as he bumped into his shoulder on purpose as he passed him. "Not cool at all."
"I'll be having another conversation with Igneel this afternoon, Natsu." Erza threatened him.
"Nice going, pinkie!" Gray was the last one. Surprisingly, he didn't even get a response out of him. "Nothing to say, huh? I'm not surprised."
"..." Silence surrounded Natsu as he was the only one left outside, or so he thought. As he watched the car drive away, he looked down in his closed hand. In his grasps, was Lucy's light blue ribbon. Apparently, he had taken it a bit after Lucy had ran out of the classroom and before his teacher made him follow her outside.
"NATSU DRAGNEEL!" Mrs. Tanaka. "I have an entire classroom just screaming for you to come and clean it all up!"
He tucked the ribbon into his back pants pocket and began to walk back towards the school, but not before taking one last look at Lucy's car as it sped off into the distance. It disappeared from his view which made him frown.
"Lucy... I-"
"What's taking you so long?" Cana, completely out of no where, startled him.
Natsu jumped backwards and glared angrily at her. "Hey, what the heck is your problem?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just that you seem a little sad about what Lucy said to you and about the fact that she's now gone, and now you're sulking around about it."
He scoffed. "I am not! I was just thinking about how great it'll be not.. to see that blonde cry baby anymore!"
"Oh sure.." She teased. "That's what you want other people to believe, but not me. I can see behind your little tough attitude. I can see that you actually care about her a lot."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about.." Cana walked around him and rested her head on his shoulder. "The reason you always teased Lucy is because you liked her... well 'like' her, and the reason you were so sad those days leading up to her going away party was because you were sad and angry that she was going away, and the only way you could express yourself is pulling one last prank on her before she was gone. Am I right?"
"N-no way! Not in a million years! Girls are gross and have cooties!"
It seemed to her that she hit a nail on the head. His sudden nervousness and redness on his face was a obvious sign that she was right, but she didn't let him know that she knew that. "Then why did you always mess with her then? And even on her last day here! Why? Huh?"
"..."
"Did you hate her or something?"
"..."
"Did she do something to you that no one else knows about?"
"..."
"Did you like her?"
"No way! How could I like a big cry baby like her?" Natsu finally opened his mouth. He was clearly agitated by all of the questions she had for him. He didn't seem like he wanted to answer any of them. Besides, to him,, the answer should have been obvious.
"I don't like Lucy, and I never have, now will you stop asking me stupid questions!? She's gone now.. so..."
"So what?" Unfortunately for Cana, their conversation was interrupted by the sound of their teacher.
"NATSU!" Mrs. Tanaka yelled his name again as she stood by the front of the school doors, and this time she didn't sound happy at all. "I'm going to count to three and if you aren't right here this instance, I'm going to add three weeks of detention to your punishment!"
"See you never!" He quickly told Cana before he walked away in a hurry with his hands stuffed into his front pockets.
"Ohh, what's that I see..?" Cana spied the blue ribbon in his back pocket.
Isn't that Lucy's ribbon?
So why does he have it?
Hehe, if you don't like her like you claim, then why do you have it, dear Natsu?
End. (Errors and grammar mistakes will be fixed later.)
Aw, poor Lucy. I feel bad for her. It was all going so well, until... you know. I'm sure Natsu didn't mean to do it.. maybe, probably, a little tiny bit. The next chapter will be about Lucy's family moving to Hong Kong, and from then on, the story will pick up and all the juicy things will happen. X3
Thanks for everyone sticking to this even though it's moving kind of slow, but I promise, it'll get better~
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