Happy Monday! (not really, I know) I hope you guys all had a nice Easter, if you celebrate that. c: Or a happy 4/20, if you celebrate that too! Oh, drug jokes.
So this is the second to last chapter for this story and I hope everyone is liking it? Please tell me any of your complaints about this story, I'd love to hear some bad feedback, tbh.
The next story I'm publishing is sad to the max so if you want to cry or laugh at my attempt at writing a sad fic, I'll be publishing the story on April 30!
Review and enjoy, you lovely people.
Lucy and Natsu spent the next 2 days reminiscing about what they always did together when they were best friends. Each memory was vague to Lucy, which brought Natsu's hopes up. But were later destroyed when Lucy couldn't remember Natsu being there.
"This is so frustrating," Natsu grumbled.
"I know," Lucy groaned.
Natsu and Lucy whined at her kitchen table in unison. A few moments later, Lucy's whining was replaced by a fit of giggles.
"What?" Natsu looked at the blonde curiously.
"Did we actually pretend we had magic? You were a dragon slayer and I was somebody who had keys that could open magic doors to another dimension?" Lucy asked while laughing.
"Yes, you were practically begging me to pretend with you," Natsu replied.
"What? I did not!" Lucy shrieked.
"How would you know?" He wriggled his eyebrows at her.
Lucy pouted, "No fair."
"Are you excited about Hanami tomorrow? Do you feel sick?" Natsu made sure to check on his best friend's health, so she wouldn't be sick for the second time.
"I'm beyond excited! And I'm perfectly healthy," Lucy gave him a thumbs up.
"Thankfully the rainbow tree is still there," Natsu sighed in relief.
"I would have killed you if it wasn't there."
"Oh, would you?" Natsu smirked.
The blonde nodded, "A slow painful death."
"You're so scary, Luce."
The blonde snickered, "I have a question. Why do you call me Luce?"
Lucy watched Natsu's face go through different expressions. It went through the stages of: confused, annoyed, confused, "oh no," and some more confused.
"I'm not sure. Since everybody called you Lucy, I wanted to be different. So I thought of Luce. Nobody else calls you that except me," Natsu explained proudly. He slightly puffed out his chest.
Lucy whistled. Natsu winked.
Lucy peeked behind Natsu and noticed it was already night time.
"It's pretty late," Lucy said, trying not to show her disappointment.
"I don't want to go," Natsu admitted.
Lucy paused and asked the unthinkable, "Why don't you stay the night?"
Natsu's eyes widened to the size of basketballs, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, why not?"
"Well, if you're sure.. Then yes. I would feel honored to spend the night with the famous Lucy Heartfilia," Natsu exclaimed in a posh accent.
"What shall we have for supper tonight?" Lucy mimicked the accent.
"I was thinking chicken," Natsu said in his normal voice, ruining the moment.
Lucy opened her mouth to complain about him not following the act, but she closed her mouth when an idea popped into her head.
"Cheese pizza it is!" She said happily.
"Ugh, Luce, you know I hate cheese," Natsu gave Lucy his best puppy dog face.
Lucy just couldn't ignore it. She gave in, "Fine. Pepperoni."
"That's more like it!" Natsu yelled in victory.
The rest of the night was followed by some more playful arguing, laughing fits, bathroom breaks, sleeping breaks, and of course the battle of who gets the last slice of pizza.
Lucy woke up to a heaviness around her neck. She felt something ticklish tangled around her feet. With her eyes still shut, she curled her toes across the fabric, it felt like some type of scarf. Then she noticed where her legs were; in between somebody else's legs. Their ankles were touching.
Lucy was about to move when she heard a light snoring. Lucy opened her eyes to realize the weight around her neck were strong arms cradling her. These strong arms belonged to Natsu.
The blonde was clueless. She lifted her head and met an extremely defined jaw line.
Well, hello there, jaw line.
Lucy attempted to silently escape the hole she was in but the hole only got tighter. Natsu was such a cuddler.
"Natsu, let go."
"Mmmm," He replied sleepily.
Lucy sighed and decided to just wait for Natsu to wake up. She did not mind the physical touching at all. It was comforting. She wasn't going to tell that to Natsu, though.
Lucy moved her right arm up into the air so she could freely move it around. She wiggled up closer to Natsu so she was at eye level with him. Lucy tried not to gawk. Not only was he attractive when he was awake, but when he was sleeping it was a total different story. His face was simultaneously young-looking and mature.
Lucy made sure Natsu was still asleep and lifted up her index finger hesitantly. She lightly poked his cheek.
Lucy felt a poke on her cheek.
"Uh.." Lucy opened her mouth when she saw Natsu's onyx eyes boring into hers.
"Good morning, Luce," Natsu said in a deep voice he only had when just waking up from sleep.
"G-g-good morning!" She blushed while stuttering. "Since you're awake, can you release me?"
"I don't know if I can," Natsu said while tightening his arms around the blonde again. He leaned his chin on her head.
Lucy smiled a little and decided to poke his arms.
"Luce, that tickles."
This was Lucy's chance. She started poking his arms as quick as she could waiting for Natsu to laugh. Right when she felt the slightest release, she leaped out of his arms and ran to the kitchen on her tippy toes.
"I'll get you next time, Luce," Natsu attempted to be intimidating.
"I'm sure you will," Lucy grinned. "What do you want for breakfast?"
"Pizza."
Lucy gagged, "Again? And in the morning? Nope, not happening."
Natsu pouted for about 2 seconds and Lucy already gave up. She was so weak and flustered once she saw his hard eyes morph into soft ones.
When the clock hit exactly 12:00 PM, Lucy and Natsu headed out to meet everyone for the Hanami Party.
"The tree looks so normal when it's daytime," Lucy told Natsu when they reached the meeting spot.
"And then when it's night time it's like the tree flips a light switch and the leaves get all shiny and colorful," He agreed.
Natsu and Lucy were the first ones to show up at the meeting spot. Lucy looked around her and realized how beautiful her surroundings were.
In front of her was the stream that was also in front of her house. The water sparkled a bright blue and reflected everything that bounced off of it. On her right were all the little market stands. There were tons of people on the streets, most likely getting ready for Hanami. On her left were the miles of grass that seemed to stretch on forever. The grass was greener than ever, it made the flowers pop out more than usual. And right beside her standing like an idiot was her best friend.
Several moments later, the rest of the six people arrived.
"Lu-chan! Natsu!" Levy screamed gleefully.
"Hey, Shorty," Natsu greeted.
Lucy elbowed Natsu in the ribs, "Hi, Levy-chan and Gajeel!"
Gajeel went up to Natsu and said in a sullen voice, "I'm the only one who can call her Shorty."
"Gajeel is just a joke, learn how to take one," Natsu snorted.
Before Gajeel could retort a comeback, Erza joined the group holding hands with a blue haired man.
"Jellal?!" The four teens yelled.
"He's not a bad guy, okay?" Erza assured and looked at Jellal with a smile.
"H-hello.." Jellal spoke, his voice shaking.
"Welcome to our gigantic date!" Levy exclaimed with happiness.
Jellal gave a small smile, "Thank you."
Before the situation could get awkward, Gray and Juvia arrived. They were hand in hand as well.
Lucy and Levy whistled.
Gray's eyes widened and his face turned a deep shade of red. You could see the sparkles and contentment flooding through Juvia. She was in a love trance.
The group of couples walked through the many shops that surrounded them. There was food being sold, plushies, bobble heads, plastic miniature rainbow trees, all kinds of things.
Gajeel kept staring at the blacksmith surrounded by iron; Levy tugged him away.
Natsu kept staring at the hot sauce collection; Lucy lightly smacked him out of his daze and hauled him away.
Gray kept staring at the ice sculpture; Juvia grabbed his arm tightly and goggled with him.
Erza kept looking at the different clothing; Jellal could only watch, he knew he'd receive some deep bruises if he stopped the female.
While walking, Lucy caught a glimpse of each couple and she noticed something. Each couple was holding hands. Lucy looked down at her hand; only centimeters away from Natsu's.
Before Lucy was about to hint Natsu into holding her hand, she felt a single finger faintly poke the center of the back of her hand. She looked up to see Natsu cheeks pink.
"Can we hold hands?" Natsu asked nervously.
Lucy didn't hesitate. She delicately entwined her fingers with his. She felt Natsu's hand tighten around hers; she smiled to herself.
Soon enough, the sun was lazily sliding down the sky and the stars would soon start to expose themselves. The group of six stepped their way to the tree.
Lucy viewed Levy stop and twist around to the group, "So.. I think we should all spread out."
Nobody argued. Everybody wanted to be with their partner, of course. Each couple waved goodbye to each other and went their separate ways to enjoy the rest of their night.
"Let's go sit, shall we? Natsu suggested.
Lucy nodded and was led by Natsu's hand to an area that was quite close to the tree. They settled down and stretched their legs out in front of them on the soft grass. Lucy felt Natsu's hand come on top of hers on the grass. She glanced at him and smiled.
"I wonder how the tree is going to turn? Will it be quick? Slow?" Lucy pondered.
"Just watch," Natsu said with anticipation.
Lucy stuck her lip out at him and Natsu gave her a warm smile.
Natsu gazed into Lucy's chocolate brown eyes and leaned closer. One of the petals of tree had lightly fallen onto the blonde's head.
"Got something in your hair," Natsu pointed out.
Lucy leaned closer to Natsu and bent her head down, so he could easily reach the petal. She felt his fingers touch her head and pluck the petal off. Lucy could feel his fingers lingering in her hair. She looked up; 5 centimeters away from Natsu's face. His hazel eyes were mesmerizing. She could feel his breath on her face.
She felt Natsu's hand slide down to the area right above her neck and he gently pulled Lucy to him.
Then, the countdown for the rainbow tree to light up began.
I decided to be different and add something here too, heh.
So, I just wanted to ask anybody who is reading this. How do you feel about Teacher x Student relationships? Do you think they're weird? Like them? Please please tell me how you feel about them! Thank you so much! :]