Chapter 3: "Why would you?"

Gomen for taking soo long! I was busy with lots of stuff. But now its break, so I have a lot of free time. Enjoy the extra long chappie~

Previously:

"Great", Natsu thought, "Now I will never know what's wrong with me". He let out a long, exhausted sigh (How many times did he sigh today?) and layed on his bed. Right then, the doorbell rang.

"Come in!" Natsu yelled from his room, too lazy to open the door. "Natsu are you here?". This voice made Natsu freeze. He knew who this voice belonged too, and if he concentrated hard enough, he could smell her. Lucy.

Lucy pushed the door open and barged through into the house. The stench of rotten fish and sweaty socks filled the air, and the floor was littered with empty cans of ramen and bottles. But Lucy held her chin up high and stomped to where Natsu was, most probably, resting at.

"Natsu, I know you're in here!", Lucy shouted, and made her way to his room. She could hear Natsu stumble out of bed and rush to hide somewhere. This made her frown. Why was he avoiding her?

"NATSU!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs and paused at the front of his door. Slowly, the door creaked open, revealing Natsu, smiling guiltily. She crossed her arms and gave him a heated glare.

"H-Hi Lucy! I didnt hear you there!" Natsu said, scratching his head sheepishly. Lucy only glared in answer. "W-What?" Natsu asked.

"What? WHAT?! I'll tell you whats up! You...You avoided me for a good three days! And when I came knocking at your door, thinking you were SICK, you tried to run away yet again!", Lucy took a deep breath and looked at Natsu, almost sadly, "What's wrong? You know you can tell me, right?"

"I..I…" Nasu looked away from her and at his feet. Lucy was startled by his actions. Natsu would usually say whatever was on his mind, but now, he looked uncomfortable in her mere presence.

Natsu looked square in her eye. "Sorry. I was just busy. I didn't want you to think that I was avoiding you. Because I wasn't. Maybe because I was busy going on lots of jobs, it only seemed like I was avoiding you. And.." Natsu paused and let out a cheeky grin, "I was hoping we could go on a quest, just the two of us!".

Lucy stared at him for a while, and let out a grin herself. How could you say no when he was smiling like that?

"Sure! I was also hoping to go on a quest myself!". Lucy answered. She was planning to drag Natsu along with her, but he was the one who suggested it!

"Aye! We can go now, If you want!" Natsu offered, beating her to the door. Lucy followed behind him, after chirping an "Okay!", and the two of them went to the guild, side by side.

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"Hello guys! What can I do for these two lovebirds?"Mira said,earning a blush and a squeak. "Mira!" Lucy squealed, annoyed at what Mira said. She tried covering her red face with her hands.

"What?" Mira asked innocently, and just smiled when she got a glare in response. "You know its true!"

"What's true?", a voice behind us spoke up, and we turned around to see Gray, shirtless as always.

"None of your buisness, Ice freak." Natsu snapped.

"You want to fight, Fire breathe?", Gray retorted back.

"Guys..", Mira started and they turned silent when they saw her give them THE death glare. The glare that meant you had to either shut up, or prepare for death.

"A-Aye", Natsu and Gray both said, plastering fake smiles on their cheeks.

"Good! Now about that job, I was- wait, Gray where is Juvia?", Mira questioned, turning her gaze on him. Gray fidgeted under the stare.

"J-Juvia? How am I supposed to know? Probably with Erza or something."

Mira placed a hand on her chin, humming as she thought. "Hmm..Can you go fetch her for me? I need all four of you guys here."

"Huh? Why?", Lucy asked Mira and Gray nodded in agreement.

"Oh, Just, you know.." Mira replied, smiling at them devilishly. Oh no...She was definitely planning something. Gray looked at her, clearly confused, but went to go get Juvia anyway.

(AN: I WAS TEMPTED TO LEAVE IT AROUND HERE, BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN AWHILE, I MADE IT LONGER. YOUR WELCOME!)

Lucy didn't know what Mira was up to, but she knew that it couldn't be good..

"Come on! Just let us go on the job, it was just going to be the two of us!", Natsu whined, trying to get to the request board, but Mira was blocking his view.

"Nope! I know you wanted to go along with Lucy, but I need Gray and Juvia to tag along too. Its for..you know...the job...yeah, the job needs four people, so I decided to choose you four!"

"Uughhhh", Natsu whined, but plopped down on a seat anyway. No use arguing with Mira, Lucy sat down alongside him too. Not long after, Gray came walking into the guild, Juvia close behind.

"Okay! Now we can start! Okay then, here is the request paper I found", Mira pulled out a bright pink paper from a cupboard and spread it out on the table, "So, it says, "Come to the Love motel in Cambri. We need 2 pairs of mage couples who can come act as servants and maids in the hotel. We have noticed that all mages that stay at the Motel mysteriously disappear. We need mages to investigate as fast as you can. Thank you."

All of us stared, flabbergasted, at Mira, who only smiled. "Isnt that great! I knew it was right to keep this request!"

"Wh-What? How…" Lucy managed to choke out, staring at the request paper, then back to Mira, open mouthed.

"Couples? What couples? ", Natsu shouted, banging his hand on the table.

"You want us to act like couples, Mira-san?" Juvia asked.

"Yes! I would have asked Gajeel and Levy too, but they already went off on a mission themselves….no need for me to help them there." Mira muttered the last part to herself, but I was directly in front of her, so I caught it. No need to help? Was she planning to hook us up!?

"I-I refuse to take part!" Gray shouted, his cheeks a light pink.

"YOU MUST! I WILL NOT ACCEPT NO AS AN ANSWER!" Mira shouted, her aura suddenly turning dangerous. We all looked at each other, sighed, and hung our heads low. Who could argue with Mira?

"Fine" I grumbled and grabbed the request paper from her. I stomped out of the guild in a fit of fury. Who does she think she is?

"Oi! Luce, wait up!" Natsu shouted, catching up to me. This is going to be a loong mission, indeed.

So..how was it? I have added Gruvia into this, for the Gruvia shippers. Again, sorry for taking so long to update. Hope you all have an awesome Winter Break!