Semimasen, Minna. I've been so busy with stupid baby chickies and watching neew animes I've had no time to write. I really hate chickens, especially when their small and stuff and suicidal. Small puffball + Suicidalness + Heavy boots = squished little chicky. They pop, just so you know.

Lisanna froze when he said her name, all her resolve gone. She lifted a hand to her pounding heart, wincing at the rapid spead. Swallowing her pride, and the sudden urge to run, she clipped out the words she'd been dying to say.

"We need to talk." She said, suddenly glad her voice didn't waver as badly as she had thought it would. She watched Natsu's clouded eyes dart down, his hand easing over the blonde's shoulder as she rested near him. His bangs covered his eyes and his lips pressed into a tight line, betraying nothing that was flying through his mind.

Slowly, and hesitantly, he replied, "Alright." And with those words he eased off the bed slowly and wlked around the bed near where she stood. "But not here." That said he stepped out the door and down the hall, Lisanna following behind.

Lucy laid still as Natsus weight shifted away from her and his warmth left the room. "Good," She blearily thought as sleep began claiming her once more. "He's gone back to his own room."

She stood shakily to flick of the lamp Natsu left on and caught the fleeting flash of silver as it left her room. Cocking her head to the left she peered out the door and caught that same silver as it ducked into the rec room, the light from below the door betraying the presence of people. The lamp now long forgotten she slipped down the hallway to the rec room.

Peaking through the crack she saw that all too familiar gleam of clouded onyx and tanned skin that belonged to one Natsu Dragneel and the silvery locks that could only be Lisanna. She leaned her ear against the door, realising shortly thereafter that eavesdropping was no longer one of her strong suits. She needed a good pair of ears to borrow. She searched her brain for who to ask before easily selecting a prime candidate. One whose lips were always sealed.

That thought in mind she slid down the hall further to Levy's room. The light was off, as she had expected; the bed was occupied, as she had expected; black hair just about fell over the edge of the bed... that she had not expected. The blood red glare its owner turned on her when she calleed for her friends awakening also came as a surprise.

Though in hind-sight it shouldn't have.

"Oh," She said, startled, as he rose to a seated position. "I d-didn't expect you here, Gajeel." She stuttered uneasily. His eyes were slightly intrigued, though still bearing the gleam of rage that followed being awoken at the ungodly hour of three in the morning. He seemed to sigh inwardly as he pushed back the initial anger in favor of his growing curiosity.

Rubbing his eyes tiredly he said, "Well I'm here, whaddaya want with Levy at," He glanced at the clock. "Damnit, Bunny-girl." He swore once facing her again. "Three in the fucking morning? Nope, nope, nope, hell no." He said as he repositioned himself under the covers, still facing her so as she could understand him. "Not happening, Bunny-girl. Whatever it is it can wait 'til morning."

"But it can't." The blonde protested. "Lisanna will be gone by then. And then how will I know what happened? SHe might be gone now, even. What if their... doing something now? She is his girlfriend, after all. Oh, but I heard him say they were over earlier so maybe not. But then again, I-"

Gajeel waved his hands to cut her off. "Whoa, whoa, wait a minute there bunny-girl. Stop with the energizer mode. Breathe." He said. "Now what in the world crawled up your cotton-tail and who the hell is Lisanna?"

Lucy shifted nervously, ducking her head down. She finally answered, her voice more strained than usual. "Lisanna was Natsu's girlfriend in highschool. She was head cheerleader, he did sports. Stereotypical hookup if you ask me. But I heard him say they were over when we ran into her in the store Mira sent us to. But she didn't look happy."

"So you're worried about that dense idiot hooking up with his ex?" He took Lucy's silence as a yes and almost laughed.

Levy's book spine in his face cut him off easily. She rose tiredly, looking around and then settling her half-lidded eyes on Lucy. "Lu-chan." She signed. "What do you need me for?"

Lucy almost squeled in joy as she signed her predicament to her friend. Levy nodded in understanding before all but dragging Lucy to the rec room door and immediately began to translate. She used different facial expressions and such to let Lucy get a better idea of what was happening. It went something like this...

Natsu ruffled his hair tiredly as Lisanna sat uneasily on a chair. Finally he turned in her general direction and snapped, "Well? I'm listening."

Lisanna took a breath of air and said, her voice small and uncertain. "I'm sorry."

Natsu flinched. "I'm sorry?" He sneered. "You don't call for almost two years, then you expect to smoothe it over with 'I'm sorry'?"

"I can explain that." She exclaimed hastily. "I can explain. You see... I..." She paused for a few more moments, thinking her answer over carefully. She breathed deeply to clear her mind before continuing. "I didn't want to see you." She finally answered. "I was scared. I was scared of," She paused again.

"Just say it." Natsu all but spat. "I'm not taking you back, so skip the smoothing my feelings and give me answers."

This shocked Lisanna. Anger flashed on her eyes and she raised them to his face, glaring into the now glazed eyes that once held so much emotion. "Why didn't you call me?" She asked. "Why didn't you reach out to me? You had my number, too. It would've been easy for you to dail me up. Why didn't you?"

Natsu took this well, his stoic features only fliching slightly as her voice quavered and crackled under the weight of her emotions. "I have my reasons." He answered simply.

"Tell me." She demanded. "They better be damn good ones." Natsu opened his mouth to speak but she wasn't finished. "And don't you dare tell me you fell for that deaf Lucy. you had that chance in highschool and you had me."

"Lucy has nothing to do with this." He answered. "Lucy was my friend first. And as I stated before, she has nothing to do with it."

"Then why?"

"That is something I rather not speak of, Lisanna." He answered, his face hidden once again my his bangs. "I couldn't face you, Lisanna." He finally answered. "So I decided I wouldn't contact you until you contacted me, until you were ready. You never did, so I moved on."

Lianna opened her mouth to speak but Natsu cut her off. "You should do the same."

With that said he stormed from the room, almost knocking into a flabbergasted Lucy and Levy. He paused before them, the blonde's name not past his lips before slim arms wrapped around his back, a damp face pressing against his back. His eyes widened.

"I wouldn't give you up for the world, Natsu." She said softly. "Not calling you was mistake number one. Letting that blonde bimbo near you was mistake number two. Three strikes I'm out, right?" She turned Natsu around and forced her lips onto his.

"I won't be making another." With that she released him and sashayed away and down the hall.

Lucy, only seeing the kiss, turned and ran. She ran down the hall and around corners as if her life depended on it. She pounded her frustration into the floor as hot tears ran down her face. Skidding to a stop deep within the abandoned hallways deep within the West Wing she crumpled to the floor.

Her tears only increased when no one came to get her.

So I've watched Earl & Fiary, Inux Boku SS, and Kamisama hajimemashita in four days. That's major dedication, folks.

My sister's gone to raliegh so I'ma be doing more work and may not update as consistently, fyi.