Chapter 5.5: Jealous?
Hey, guys! I am so sorry for my tardiness on the new chapter but here it is, fresh and new! Hehe. I am so thankful for the new reviews that I had gotten and the people who followed and favourited the story ^^ Anyways, being the troll I am, I will be adding an on ale chapter before the big reveal of what is going to happen in Chapter 6. Also, I WILL be tweaking the Alvarez Empire War a little 'cause it's still ongoing and I wanted to add some references and you know, make some changes to the way the story flowed to add some drama and angst. That's all and I hope you will enjoy the chapter despite my laziness in updating because I get more excitement when typing on a keyboard of a laptop or computer. Fortunately, my parents will be buying me a new computer so, yay! Enough with my ramble and let's get on the story, shall we?
EDITED: THERE WAS A GLITCH WITH THE WHOLE EFFING STORY AND RANDOM NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS STARTED SHOWING UP. THANK GOD I HAD WRITTEN THE STORY DOWN IN MY NOTES, OE ELSE I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REWRITE THE WHOLE THING. HAIZ.
DISCLAIMER: IF I OWNED FAIRY TAIL, I WOULD FEATURE A FEW EPS ON LIFE IN EDOLAS! All creds for characters and Fairy Tail goes to Hiro Mashima-senses! I don't own anything except for the plot of this story.
*Lucy's perspective*
I felt like I could be completely washed over by the reign of fatigue that overwhelmed and numbed my senses. Natsu, Happy and I just came back from a mission that required us to be away for one whole week! Happy and I was dead exhausted once we finished but Natsu being Natsu had a different take on the whole mission. Once we arrived at the towering building that was our guild, I realised how much I missed it even though we had been gone for like only a week, guess that comes to show how much I was attached to the guild in its never-ending antics to make everything much more fun than it already is.
"EVERYONE! WE'RE BACK!" Natsu bellowed like a true beast, causing all the heads on the guild hall to turn. "Welcome back, Natsu, Happy and Lucy." Mirajane welcomed sweetly, putting on the enchanting smile that no one would ever get tired of seeing. It was refreshing.
I made my way to the bar and ordered a simple salad. After Mirajane had given me my order, I was devouring the dish hungrily, letting the food lighten the fatigue. "So, Lucy, how did the job go? You seem tired," When I slumped towards the bar table, Mira consequently added,"Really tired."
"Well, Natsu insisted that we walk to the destination instead of taking a carriage because of his motion-sickness, Happy and I obliged because he said it was in 'walking distance'. Turned out that the place took two hellish days of walking, with breaks, of course. But still, my legs were aching all over the next day. After that, to add onto our list of tasks, even though we had to find one monster that was terrorising the village, Natsu sniffed out the friends of the monster that he already took down to ensure the maximum safety of the villagers. Then, we went into an all-out war with the monsters, which lasted 4 days! And after that, since he destroyed a quarter of the village we only got three quarters of the reward we were supposed to get! Gah! Thankfully, Natsu stubbornly agreed to taking a horse carriage on the way back after MUCH discussion." Lucy took a short glance at Natsu to give him a glare but to only find him conversing with Lisanna. "My, my. You must be tired, tell me if you need more food to fill you up with energy." Mira consoled, going back to wipe the water off a few remaining cups that were left to be dried off. I nodded slowly, eating away at the remnants of my salad. While doing so, I eavesdropped onto the conversation Natsu and Lisanna were having.
"Natsu! I heard you had quite a long and tiring mission! Here, why not eat to get your energy back?" Lisanna inquired and offered a plate of fire chicken.
"It wasn't that bad...Lucy and Happy we're just exaggerating, that's all," Natsu blatantly reply, already digging into the plate of food haven.
"But it took a week nonetheless. Anyways, enjoy the fire chicken. I made it myself! Hehe," Lisanna grinned, basking in full-blown glory at her little achievement. This irked Lucy...just a little.
"Ish gweart! Theansh, Lish! (It's great! Thanks, Lis!)" Natsu replied, and the corresponding blush on the Take Over Mage was quite imminent.
There was a feeling clouding up inside of Lucy, she did not know what but she did not like how the conversation was going.
"Next time you're hungry, just come to me, okay?" Lisanna continued, a tint of pink still lingering on her cheeks. Lucy clenched her fists in apprehension, waiting anxiously for the answer.
"Mm...sure," Natsu responded, while taking a break from gobbling down on the fire chicken.
That one statement somehow managed to creep into Lucy's head very, very slowly. And it made her feel strange, the feeling itself brought up a series of hurt, anger and disappointment. Since she could not bear to continue listening to the conversation because she might have an emotional breakdown there and then, she scurried back home.
She leaned against her bed, replaying the whole conversation inside her head over and over again.
Lisanna is a better cook than I am.
Natsu would probably be better of with Lisanna as his partner than me.
Natsu just took pity on me, that was why he did not kick me out of Team Natsu so that Lisanna could take my place.
He probably breaks into her house too...considering how much he likes her cooking.
Lisanna is a lot prettier than I am too...no wonder Natsu is attracted to her.
Logic was and never had and never will be present whenever it was me thinking about Natsu. I felt like a paranoid schoolgirl in love. "Tch...why do my feelings always meddle in these situations?" What I never noticed was that tears had started raining down my cheeks, gliding with ease down my porcelain skin. All I did after that was brushing my teeth and sleeping in for the rest of the day, with negative thoughts spiralling and haunting my very soul. And my tears never stopping.
That prolonged time period of me sleeping was filled with dreams (or should I say, nightmares) about me being replaced by Lisanna, me walking upon Natsu kissing Lisanna, me being the bridesmaid of Lisanna and Natsu's wedding, and a flurry of them getting closer and closer.
When I woke up, I was drenched with cold sweat and my eyes winced at the blazing rays of the sun. My eyes were bloodshot from all the weeping I had done the previous day. Not caring about my nightmares or what a mess I looked like, I dragged myself out of bed and got ready for the day. And after I had washed my face and took a long nice bath to get rid of the lingering envy in my mind, I came upon a familiar sight once I set foot in the living room. NATSU INTRUDED INTO MY PERSONAL ABODE AGAIN!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?!" I fumed, as my face burned a crimson red. Geez, he always had to come in when I'm just wearing a towel. Great. Just peachy. Once I had given him a taste of my legendary Lucy Kick, I told him not to peek when I was changing into my casual clothes for the day. After I had done so, I inquired," What did you come here for?" Aye answered nonchalantly, " To visit you, and since Happy went on a mission with Wendy and Carla, I'm bored and hungry. Can you make something for breakfast? I'm STARVING." As soon as Lucy caught ear if the word 'hungry', she recalled about the little conversation that Natsu and Lisanna were having at the guild the previous day. I felt a heavy weight tugging on my heart and my mind was filled with envious thoughts.
"Why?" It was the only word that I could mutter out at the spur of the moment.
"Why what?" Natsu had confusion written all over his face.
"Why break into my house when you can clearly approach OTHER PEOPLE like Lisanna to go cook you up something? Why me? Why didn't you reform Team Natsu so that Lisanna can be on the team? Seeing how both of you are so close to..." Upon realisation of what I had spluttered out, I clasped my hands to my mouth, realising that I had made a grave mistake to let my feelings and emotions overwhelm my sense of logic.
"Sorry, I overreacted, I'll go make breakfast now..." I hung my head down so that he would not see how selfish, naive, weak and full of want I was. And of course, my tears that were threatening to fall down any second. As I was about to pace into the kitchen, something truly astounding happened.
I would have never guessed that I would feel a hand pulling me.
The rough texture diminished any form of ambiguity on who it belonged to.
Natsu pulled me back and I was left facing his onyx eyes with my eyes widened, the minute fragments of tears ricocheting towards the surrounding air from my eyes. My eyes widened as a reflex to his sudden action.
His voice was husky and low at first, when he muttered my name. Damn, it made him look thrice as attractive as he already was.
"Lucy..." He paused as my breathe hitched, filling the room with an awfully agitating silence, as I waited in bated breath, for the words that were about to exit his mouth at any moment," I always come to you because you are my partner and my best friend. How would I even replace you or reform Team Natsu. And Lisanna was just making me food because she was worried that I'll get hungry, I guess. She's still a close friend of mine and she still has the right to care about my wellbeing right? And just because I said 'Sure' doesn't mean that I will ALWAYS ask her whenever I'm hungry, it was out of courtesy. Yeah, even though I may not be as smart as you or read as many books but I know that the past is the past, the present is the present and the future is the future, there's nothing we can do to change that. Everything happened for a reason. Lisanna supposedly dying, me meeting you in Hargeon, us becoming a team, going on missions together, risking our lives together and being best friends in the end. Yeah, Lisanna and I were best friends and we are still close friends now but us drifting apart because of her absence is also part of the way things were supposed to unfold. So I can't really force things to stay the same as they were, can I? That would totally hurt you and make you cry and you should know how much I hate seeing you cry. So, that's why it's always you. Sorry if I seem like a bother to you, hehe, sometimes I can get clingy, but it's because of Lisanna's disappearance, I guess, I couldn't bear to lose you too, Lucy. And also, I would prefer your cooking over anyone's at anytime!"
He just made me realise something.
Natsu. NATSU actually made me realise something significant about life.
He just apologised when I was being such a conceited brat to him.
He just told me that he could not bear to lose me like he lost Lisanna.
He just complimented my cooking.
All I could do was just give him a wide grin and say," Natsu! I was just angry that you came into my house not prior to my notice, that's why I overreacted, I would never blame you for breaching my personal space, even though it can be annoying sometimes, haha. I'll go make you a delicious breakfast now! ^^"
With merry spirits, I went into the kitchen to make Natsu his favourite dish, fire pasta. Even though I did leave out the part about being jealous, I was touched and contented that he would say those kind and warm things about me even after I had been so unreasonable. He was making him fall in love with him more and more...and I could not help it. I just kept falling.
*Third person perspective*
For the whole day, a jolly aura was emanated from Lucy. Anyone could tell that she was having an amazing day. She never did stop smiling for an instant.
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