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Chapter 46

Signals Crossed

Ever since the Juvia incident, Lucy had not been talking to Natsu. She would glare murderously at him as he approached so he decided to give her some time to cool off.

"So I hear things are going well with Lucy-chan," said a smug Loki as he slithered into the seat next to Natsu.

Natsu blinked at Loki, unsure if he was kidding. If anything things with Lucy seemed to be going inordinately badly.

"What are you talking about?" Natsu asked finally.

Loki gave him a hearty wink.

"Don't be shy. Aquarius told me that you got to first base."