,XIV. Pink-Flustered Fireworks

P.S.:: so i had an early update with this one. hope you guys enjoy i! :)

"LUCY!" slammed the door open as it revealed a blue-haired busty young lady.

Much to her surprise, Lucy was not inside the room that moment. Juvia paced back and forth outside the door—wondering where Lucy was. She squinted. Then, a guy bumped into her.

"Sorry…" apologized the Dark Prince of Madoushi Ouji-sama.

Juvia's eyes grew bigger as she just realized that Gray was standing in front of her. She has been crushing on him since he bumped into her at school (Chapter 2).

"Un…It's okay" stated Juvia as she blushed to the thought.

Gray took another step but stopped to ask her something.

"Have you seen Natsu? We're gonna start shooting the video soon"

"No, I mean, I'm looking for Lucy too. Maybe, they're together" replied Juvia.

"Would you help me look for them?" asked Gray smoothly.

Juvia was in cloud nine! She accompanied him to find both Natsu and Lucy. In her heart, she wished they will never find them.

"Thank you Ori-hime!" she thought to herself as she thanked the constellation.

FYI: It was July 7. While in most countries, this is just a normal day but this date is widely celebrated in Japan. During the 7th day of the 7th month, the festival of the Stars is being commemorated. It's called Tanabata Matsuri, the night where two constellations meet, Ori-hime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). On that very evening, the Milky Way disappears and gives way for both stars to meet. They are the so-called star-crossed lovers. The people write their wishes on papers and hang them on bamboos. The bamboos are then burned or set afloat a river with the wishes at midnight.

Lucy and Natsu were under a very majestic Sakura tree as they look at the fireworks. There was an awkward silence but suddenly,

"NATSU!" waved a white-haired pop star.

Natsu bolted from where he was seated and bade Lucy farewell. He went straight to Lisanna as she grabbed his arm. Lucy gave off a smile and waved them goodbye as well as if saying "enjoy your night". She turned around back to the fireworks—trying to rid her thoughts of a very special pink-haired pop star. She smiled on the ground as she thinks,

"So Lucy, this is it right? Tomorrow, you will be giving old Yoshimura your answer"

Everyone was going on about what they were doing. Erza was with Aries and Cana as they enjoyed the festival.

"Hey Erza, I think I'm gonna go and sleep now" yawned Aries.

"But we just—" interrupted Erza.

"Yeah, me too. I think I'm going to bed as well" stated Cana as she left with Aries.

Erza was all alone—sulking by the fish-catching booth.

"I just can't believe both of them! I really wanted to enjoy this festival *sniff" said Erza to herself.

"Hey Erza!" said Jellal.

Erza looked up with her teary brown eyes. She realized it was Jellal, so she sucked it up.

"Je—Jellal? Wha—what are you doing here?" she blushed.

"Me and the boys are going to shoot a video here" smiled Jellal.

"Hey Jellal! We're gonna start shooting!" shouted Loke as he adjusts his costume.

Jellal looked at Erza with a very gentle smile and asked her if she wanted to appear on the video too.

"I mean, I don't have any partner for this video. It's about a love song" he explained as he also blushed to the thought.

Erza nodded her head and agreed to do the video.

Gray and Juvia were still walking together under the beautiful firework-lit sky. Gray was just playing cool but Juvia was already beat-red. As they went around the festival, girls squealed here and there as Gray passed. She was a little bit intimidated and a little annoyed. Suddenly, a little boy who was having trouble catching a gold fish caught her attention. She stopped to help him out,

"Don't cry. Juvia will help you" she said as she lent the owner a hundred yen.

Gray just stood there as he watched Juvia and the kid. The little boy thanked Juvia because he was able to have 3 gold fishes with Juvia's help. Juvia stood up with a smile and just to turn around and see Gray smile at her. Juvia blushed even more.

"That's pretty neat. How'd you do that?" asked Gray curiously.

"Juvia is good with water, I guess" she replied bashfully.

The two of them went around once again—looking for Natsu and Lucy. Suddenly, Juvia had the urge to ask him what kind of girl he liked.

"I don't really care about girls but maybe someday I will" he said as he avoided looking into her eyes.

"If I'll ever know, I'll tell you first" he added.

Juvia was speechless. Gray went ahead as he joined his fellow band members on the video shoot.

The music video was to be their latest. It was a story about the boys trying to woe the girls they like. Gray was with a girl from the agency. Loke was with a very beautiful girl form a modeling agency, her name was Mirajane. Then there was Jellal with Erza. Romeo had no partner since he refused to do it with a girl. Then, Natsu was with Lisanna.

Everyone who watched the shoot was impressed by the group. The video ended as the director said "cut". The last scene was Jellal looking intently at Erza. Erza's classmates never knew she was so capable of a romantic scene.

"You should be in showbiz" complimented Gildarts at the beauty.

Erza bowed and thanked him for the comment.

Natsu then went to find his favorite Personal Assistant.

"Doesn't it bother you that Natsu hasn't pulled any antics on Lucy" asked Gildarts as he folds a piece of paper.

"He likes her" said Loke with no hesitation even if Lisanna was just standing near him.

"She likes him too" stated Romeo as he nibbles on a cookie.

"Well, I like Natsu too" said Lisanna that made the atmosphere heavier.

"Everyone here knows what's really goin' on. Better wake up Lisanna-" said Gray as he puts a jacket on.

"Or you might even fall for your-" before Jellal could add into that statement, he realized that Gildarts was again hitting on girls. He went to stop him.

"Orange juice!" called out Natsu as he tries to find a certain blonde.

"Where are you?" he was anxious.

Just then, a small petal from the Sakura tree caught his eye. He followed it until it fell onto the river under the bridge. To his surprise, he saw Lucy sitting down by the river.

"Hey Lucy!" he called out as he waved.

"Hey Natsu!" replied the blonde.

"Why aren't you up here? Let's enjoy the festival!" convinced Natsu.

Lucy looked down at her geta sandals. One of them was broken and she can't seem to fix it. Natsu went straight down to help her out. He took the sandal and bit off a part of his sleeve. He put it as a substitute for the geta's cloth. Lucy can now go back and enjoy the festival. Natsu took her hand as he led her back up.

"Hey listen orange juice, I'm going to have a party thrown tomorrow. You should come" he stated.

Lucy just smiled at him—no answer but the promise of tomorrow hung in the air.

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