Okay the first time in my life I actually drew out a plan for the rest of the ff, only about 5 chapters left possibly. wee~ I had an alternate for the last chap, had Natsu confessing and everything but...nani! (:{
Chapter 13
Natsu Dragneel's POV:
Lucy. Think about Lucy. Lucy and how happy she is. Just. Don't. Throw. Up.
I was relieved when Fireball reminded me to ask Wendy for triola, meaning I wasn't puking all over the place. But once that wears off...ugh, I don't even want to think about that.
I shivered at the mere thought, my stomach sloshing around in protest. I readjusted the goggles that were currently making my headache, trying to loosen them so they weren't so tight.
"Fireball Fireball!" Lucy called for my attention. After a few weeks of playing Fireball I'm pretty sure I got the act down. I turned to smile at Lucy, her eyes lit up with excitement.
"Ne?" I answered in a distracted tone, focusing my full attention on her now. I was determined to make up for earlier.
"Can we play this game?" Lucy looked over to a stall longingly. I looked past her shoulder to see a man waving at people, his loud voice booming over a microphone.
"Step right up step right up and win a prize!" The guy called. I walked over there with Luce to see a huge wall of water balloons tied, darts laid out in front of him.
"Hello lad, want to win something for your girlfriend?" The guy grinned at us with a sly wink, passing three darts over. Before either one of us could protest he continued to talk "Shoot three water balloons and get a prize from below, shoot six get one from the wall, twelve and you can pick from the hangings." The guy explained with a thick accent, his words drawling like he didn't really care. I looked over to see Luce ogling a certain huge stuffed chibi dog. I sighed, coughing my jewels up.
"Twelve please." I murmured. The guys eyes lit up and he pressed a button under his countertop, a buzzer going off. My ears screamed in protest, making me fall over and nearly knock out.
"Start!" The guy announced. I was still dazed on the ground, no where near to getting up. Lucy squeaked and tried to drag me and slap me awake but my ears were still ringing. I think he busted my left eardrum.
"Three! Two! One!" The buzzer rang again right when I situated myself, making me wince and cover my ears once more. He smirked at me while the alarm continued to chant "loser! loser!" making me grit my teeth.
"Give it another shot?" He suggested, holding out a few darts. I snatched them from him roughly, slapping more jewels down. I was ready this time.
"Lucy, put your hands over my ears." I instructed. She blushed slightly (who knows why, she's weird) and nodded meekly, straightening out so she could cup her soft hands over my ears. I focused and was ready when the bell rang, muffled by her hands.
Suddenly the water balloon racks started moving, startling me slightly. I looked to the guy to see him smiling sheepishly with an expression that read oops? did I forget to mention that they moved? My bad. I furrowed my eyebrow, noticing I only had five seconds left. Crap Natsu stop thinking!
I quickly shot three balloons in a breeze, ready to strike my fourth when the buzzer rang.
"Loser! Loser!" It called. I snarled and slapped some more money down, glowering at the fat man now. I was going to win.
"Good luck boy." He smiled sleazily, starting it up once more. This was a piece of cake. I could do this! I quickly chucked four darts out, missing one while I hit the other three. I looked up to see the timer read two seconds left. What? How can that be?
"Loser! Loser!"
"Aargh!"
"Loser! Loser!"
"Crap!"
"Loser Loser!"
"GIVE ME ANOTHER-"
"Ne Fireball?" Lucy nudged my arm quietly. I turned to her, a determined set in my eyes.
"What?" I asked impatiently, fishing in my pockets. She smiled nervously, looking past me before speaking.
"You don't have to waste all your money on this...there's plenty more you can win things at." Lucy advised. I narrowed my eyes at her and scoffed.
"This isn't about winning anymore Lucy-san," I added the san, trying to remember to keep up my act, "this is for the sake of my pride!" I slammed the money down once more, collecting the darts in my hands.
"The time speeds up every time you knock one down." Lucy whispered into my ear. I turned to grin at her in appreciation, taking into action what she did. I shot one down and sure enough, my ten seconds was deducted down to eight. I set my jaw and started throwing like a madman, determined to win.
"Winner! Winner!" The alarm rang out. I jumped in victory, turning to grin widely at Luce. A huge smile lit up her face, making it 10x better. I twirled her dramatically before setting her down, turning to the greasy man with a smirk.
"I believe I get the top shelf prize?" I couldn't help but grin at his annoyed look. He sighed before pulling down the chibi dog and handing it to me.
"Here ya go Lucy-san!" I grinned, turning to her. Her face broke out into a smile again, a dash of blush on her cheeks. She took it from me with a grateful smile on her lips, turning to look at me.
"Thank you!" She gushed, holding it closer to her. I gave the man one more dirty look-to which he returned-and wrapped my arm leisurely around her shoulder, steering her to the next booth.
I won her two more things-a pair of huge sunglasses and a air filled hammer. She kept bonking me on the head playfully then giggling like a maniac.
Like I said, weirdo.
"Fireball look!" Lucy called, pointing. I turned to see a photo booth, a couple exiting out of it. She tugged on my arm and dragged me over to it, quickly dropping in some jewels before pushing me inside with her. She stuffed her dog under her legs, keeping it so it wasn't blocking the camera.
"Wait." I said before she clicked the button. For some reason I felt weird taking pictures with Luce pretending to be Fireball. I wanted this to be a real picture.
I quickly removed the goggles from my head, putting them on the seat beside me. Lucy rose an eyebrow but didn't complain, looking back to smile at the camera. When she finally clicked the button for it to start counting down, I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, grinning widely at the camera.
A corny snapping sound went off before it started to count down again. Lucy made a funny face, crossing her eyes and puffing her cheeks out. I followed behind, pulling on my ears and sticking my tongue out. I felt Lucy's wrist bob the back of my head, telling me she had put bunny ears over me. I looked over to scowl playfully at her, jabbing her in the side. She squeaked right when the stupid noise went off.
"You ruined the picture!" Lucy laughed, clutching her sides so I couldn't poke her anymore. I grinned cheekily, looking forward and smiling politely.
I felt something warm land on my cheek right when the camera clicked. I felt my face grow hot in realization. Lucy scrambled out of the small booth with her dog before I could see her face. I controlled my blushing before exiting after her. She was holding the picture sheet in her hands, smiling softly.
I strapped the goggles back on and looked over her shoulder to see the pictures of us. I looked to the last picture to see her lips clearly on my cheek, my eyes wide and showing that I clearly was shocked.
"I like it." I found myself saying. And the weird thing was, I did.
natsu took the goggles back from Ashley and she knows..
about this time }:D
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IMPORTANT! If you read Wish me away, I'm thinking about a sequel but do you want it happy or sad? If no one responds I'll just make it sad xD
bai~