A/N I got my first one shot request! Here it is and thank you ObeliskX for the idea! I really hope you like it. I don't own Fairy Tail.
Prompt: Genderbent! Nalu and Natsu is really jealous.
Every year Fiore High hosted an event called Prom. This event usually consists of dresses, dancing, and seniors spending tons of money to make the night magical. All of it was stuffy and unbearable. To try and add more appeal to Prom, Fiore High decided they make the even a masquerade. The school masquerade would consist of dresses, dancing, and seniors spending tons of money to make the night magical. When compared with the regular Prom it's practically the same thing but now there's masks. In her mind, there was no real reason for Nastu to go. The pink haired pyromaniac knew herself well enough to know that nothing would interest her there. She was going to share her reasoning for skipping with her close friends but one thing stopped her: Lucas. He was Natsu's self-dubbed "best friend" and the two went everywhere. Since Lucas was smart and kind and popular (especially with potential romantic interests), it was no wonder that he would want to go to the dance. In fact Natsu had been standing right next to him when many of their classmates had asked the blonde out. Every time they asked him Lucas would find some way to kindly reject them but it didn't stop the next on from stepping right up.
"Hey Natsu are you even listening?" Lucas asked with a sigh. One of his hands was lazily waving in front of Natsu's face and she jumped to attention.
"Sure I was," Natsu lied. Think, she commanded herself, what could he have possibly been talking about? "You were talking about the masquerade thing right?"
"So you were listening! Yeah and I was wondering if you would want to go with me?" Lucas asked casually. Natsu gaped at Lucas. The blonde haired boy was tactful in every meaning of the word. No way would he ask Natsu out in such an offhanded manner. But then again, maybe he just couldn't work up the courage any other way. Natsu was about to say yes when Lucas blushed fiercely. "Not like a date! I just realized how that sounded. I meant join the group with Gray, Juvia, Jellal, and Erza. Since we're already at my house and it's the night of the dance I figured why not secure it so I could be sure you were coming and ah."
"Okay that sounds like fun." Natsu said unenthusiastically which raised a concerned look from her best friend before Lucas decided to start talking about the dance again. Lucas was in charge of the school activity committee so most things at the dance were created by him. Natsu was listening to another animated speech about the centerpieces when her phone started to ring. She nearly jumped out of her chair in relief.
"Sorry Lucas it's probably Mira." Natsu excused herself and walked into Lucas' backyard. Once she reached a tall oak tree in the yard, Natsu held the phone up to her ear. "Hello?"
"Ah Natsu, my darling little student, what's this I hear about a crush on Lucas Heartfillia?" Mira was giggling mischievously on the other end and Natsu nearly dropped her phone in shock. On the other end was Mira, the most well-liked and popular senior besides Lucas. In Fiore High, Mirajane Strauss was the top dog for all gossip. Everything that happened always made its way to her. Not to mention she was the self-proclaimed Matchmaker Queen among the students. In fact most people thought of Mira as an urban myth and not an actual person.
"Who told you that?!" Natsu demanded but Mira just laughed again.
"It is true then!" Mira exclaimed and even though they were on the phone, Natsu could feel Mira's smirk. "During our study sessions he's always so excited when I mention you. Like a little puppy!"
"I highly doubt that Mira and it's not true." Natsu sighed softly. That was obvious from earlier when she thought Lucas was trying to ask her out.
"We'll continue this at the dance because you are going right?" Mira asked.
"Yeah sure." Natsu hung up on Mira before the girl could say anything else ridiculous and walked back inside to see Lucas begin tying his tie. Maybe if Natsu was more graceful she could have offered to tie it for him but it would probably be easier for the boy to do it himself. Lucas was born into a wealthy family and was a champion at social events like this one. It was odd how excited Lucas was to go to the masquerade when normal fancy parties got him irritated at the world.
"Hey Lucas I have a question for you." Natsu called out once she got inside.
"What is it?" Lucas asked and picked up his golden mask.
"Why are you so excited to go to this dance?" Natsu asked curiously. Lucas set down his mask and sighed loudly. From how Lucas was standing, his bangs covered his eyes. Before Natsu could try and tell Lucas to forget it, he already began speaking.
"Most of the time when I go to these types of events it's as a socialite. I have to be kind to everyone, have appropriate conversation, and can't mess up. But at the school dance no one will care if I trip on my way in and I can dance with anyone. If I don't make perfect relationships with everyone there, I won't get reprimanded. Don't get me wrong I like all of the events I attend but… I just want to have a more casual version of those parties. Besides," Lucas turned towards Natsu and she could see the tears welling up in his dark brown eyes. "I wanted to go to a dance with all of my friends! Especially you." Lucas wiped the tears collecting in his eyes before setting the mask on his face and smiling.
"Go get changed so we can go! I can't wait." Lucas thrusted a dress bag at Natsu and carefully perched himself on the marble countertop. Without many other choices, Natsu grabbed the bag and ran into one of the many bathrooms. Inside was a black floor length dress with a slit on the right side that trailed up to the middle of her calf. Mira had designed the dress for Natsu and the girl couldn't say Mira didn't do a good job. The slit allowed for more flexibility and motion so she could fight Gray if needed. Once the dress was on and her hair was decent, Natsu went back out into the room with Lucas. He was in the middle of reading a book when Natsu stepped out.
"Wow Natsu you look amazing!" Lucas said with a faint blush dusting his cheeks. "One this is left though."
"What is it?" Natsu grumbled. The dress was enough of a task but now she forgot something else?
"This." Lucas laughed and set a mask down on Natsu's face. Even though Natsu personally thought masks were stupid she went along with Lucas' plan. "Now come on let's go!" Lucas cheered before pulling Natsu out the door.
"Yay." She muttered halfheartedly. Lucas may be fun but a dance was not.
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"What a nice place you've found." Gray teased as he plopped down in the chair next to Natsu. The poor girl was staring at the dancefloor and sipping on punch.
"It's great isn't it?" Natsu responded sourly before taking another swig of her drink.
"Why are you so mad?" Gray asked. Natsu was his rival and closest friend. Ever since kindergarten the two were at each other's throats.
"Hhh." Natsu groaned and pointed over to Lucas. At the moment, Lucas was dancing with one of their classmates and the girl looked like she was about to melt.
"It's not like you were trying to dance with him." Gray shrugged. "Besides if you're that upset why don't you just go up there and ask him to dance? He practically already worships you- I mean you two are best friends so why wouldn't he?"
"Really?" Natsu asked hopefully.
"Gosh you're such a pansy. It's Lucas for crying out loud! He turned down practically every single girl in this school yet he arrived with you. That's not something just best friends do. Now go ask him. What kind of person would I be if my rival is so scared they can't even ask one measly person to dance?" Gray threw his hands up in the air and practically lifted Natsu out of her chair. Once she had left the table courage welled up inside of her. She was Natsu Dragneel! If she can beat up Gray constantly, set fires in the chemistry lab, and be the captain of the soccer team why can't she ask her best friend to dance?
"I'm all fired up!" Natsu said to herself before making her way across the dancefloor. The previous song had just ended and no girl had approached Lucas yet.
"Hey Natsu how have you been liking the dance?" Lucas asked once he saw Natsu but the girl merely grabbed his wrist and pulled him away from his line of admirers. When one of the girls tried to protest, Natsu fixed her with a deadly glare and kept walking. "Um Natsu?"
"Dance with me." Natsu said. Music swelled up around them and form the corner of her eye Natsu could see Mira walking away from the string ensemble hired to play that night.
"Okay." Lucas replied with a light dust on his cheeks. He began twirling Natsu around and she almost laughed at how simple it was to ask him. By the end of the song there was barely an inch of space between the pair. This trend continued for the rest of the night until the lights began turning back on. Their bubble of happiness was popped as students began leaving the gym.
"I have to go make sure the committee has all the keys for cleanup. I'll be right back!" Lucas excused himself and made his way towards a group of students all equipped with trash bags.
"Hey Nate was it? Yeah, whatever, that was rude how you just stole Lucas from us all. We didn't get to talk to him at all for the rest of the dance. Apologize now." The girl in the front, Jenny, said with a glare. She was a popular girl and often competed with Mira for the most admired senior girl.
"I'm sorry Jenny I didn't know you had the right to control who dances with whom." Natsu said with a mean smirk. One abhorred trait that Natsu always got in situations like this was that she would say anything to make herself seem better. At least that's what her dad would always say. Apparently her mouth wouldn't listen to her brain and decided to say something else incredibly stupid. "Besides he's my boyfriend. Shouldn't you be apologizing to me?" Natsu grinned.
"That's such a lie you wannabe!" Jenny screamed in frustration. Natsu wasn't really dating Lucas but there was no way in hell she would tell Jenny that.
"Excuse me Jenny? I'm terribly sorry but I need to borrow my girlfriend so we can walk home together. Have a great evening." Lucas waved goodbye to the seething girl and walked out with Natsu.
"Thanks for covering for me back there." Natsu breathed a sigh of relief before realizing who she was talking to. "Wait Lucas!?"
"Don't you mean boyfriend?" Lucas teased.
"Shut up nerd." Natsu blushed and shoved Lucas lightly. The two laughed together before continuing down the illuminated streets. Hand in hand.