Hey! The new year is sooooo close! I have to finish a book report still... Oh well! I'll figure something out, somehow. Anyway, enjoy this new chapter of Fruit Girl! R&R
"Luce, I think that was really cool, what you did back there." Natsu was walking Lucy home after school the same day that she finally stood up for herself.
"Whatever, can we please not talk about it?" Lucy brushed Natsu off, and walked into her house. Natsu just followed, not bothering to ask if he could come in.
"But, it was awesome! Did you see the looks on their faces? They were hilarious! You totally told them!" Natsu was grinning from ear to ear, but all Lucy could think about was the crap she would get for doing that.
Lucy suddenly fell to the ground. Natsu rushed towards her, to find her sobbing. "Hey, what's wrong?" He rubbed her back, trying to get her to open up to him.
"Wh-what if they get mad at me again? I don't want to go through that again, Natsu! I can't take it anymore! I just want to be happy again!"
Natsu's eyes turned to the floor. How could he help his friend? "I know. And you don't have to go through that ever again, because I'm your friend! As long as I'm here, nobody can touch you!" He smiled reassuringly at her.
Lucy sniffled. "Really?"
"Really!" Natsu smiled that wide grin that only he could pull off.
Lucy was caught off guard. Was he making her feel something? Did he actually care?
All of the sudden, Lucy heard her front door open. Who could that be?, she thought.
"I'm gonna go see who that is." Lucy walked to the front hall, and stopped in her tracks. It was Sting. Sting was at her house, for her. Why was he there? Then, before he could say anything, he pulled her into a kiss. It was deep, and almost forceful, like he had truly missed spending time with her.
"Luce, who-" Natsu was cut off at the sight of his new friend making out.
Natsu's P.O.V.
"What's going on here!" I yelled at Lucy. I saw Minerva and Sting making out in class earlier. Was Sting cheating on Minerva with Lucy? No, that couldn't be it. Right?
"Um, it's not what you think?" Lucy tried. Even she seemed to think it was a poor excuse. Sting was standing by the sink, trying to act like he didn't care about anything. It really pissed me off. How could he be so nonchalant about this?!
"Man, just mind your own business." That was it!
"Ok, somebody is going to tell me what's going on here, or I'll tell the whole school that I saw you two making out!" Lucy and Sting both looked at me in shock. Yup, I was going there.
Lucy seemed to look to Sting for confirmation. Why? I didn't understand any of this. Sting just shrugged. He REALLY pissed me off.
Lucy took a deep breath before starting. "Sting took a part-time job at my dad's store over the summer. We were both delivery, um, people? Anyway, we got pretty close. Before we knew it, we started dating, and then he asked me to be his girlfriend."
Why was he kissing Minerva, then? "Wait, so why was he kissing Minerva today?"
Lucy looked at the ground, not want to talk about, but I looked at her sternly. She sighed. "Sting asked me- we decided to keep our relationship a secret from people at school, because Sting didn't want them coming after me again. Then, he started fake dating Minerva to keep people off our trail, I guess."
Before I knew what I was doing, I had punched Sting. He looked at me with fierce eyes. I just smirked back, happy I'd done that.
"What the fuck?" Sting lifted his hand to punch me back, but Lucy stepped in-between us before he reached my face. Slap! He'd hit her.
Lucy took a deep breath to calm down, then she pointed her finger towards the door. "Out. Sting, get out, now." Sting left without another word.
Lucy calmly went to the freezer and pulled put an ice pack, which she put against her quickly bruising face. It would be an ugly one.
"Um, do you need me to do anything?" I was trying my best not to try her nerves.
"No, just sit." When I was sitting at her table in the breakfast nook of her house, she continued. "I love Sting." My heart dropped. Wait, why did my heart drop? And I felt like I was going to throw up if she said another word. Thankfully, I held it in so that she could talk. "I know he isn't the best person in the world, but this summer he really helped me out of a dark place. He made me smile when I felt like I was going to cry because of what happened at school. So, I understand if you don't approve of our relationship, but please keep it a secret? He's set on it... to, to keep me safe!" She added the last part hastily, and I knew that she didn't completely believe it herself.
"I'll have to think about it. I don't know if this is a burden I'm willing to bear, especially because it's not the right thing for you." With that, I stood up and showed myself out. I walked home in the dying light of the day.
What do you think Natsu's going to say? Will he keep the secret because that's what Lucy wants? Or will he look out for her best interests and tell everyone about her relationship with Sting? Let me know in the review section! Thanks for reading, and I hope you keep it up!