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Chapter 4

Plans and Dares

Mira's POV

Everything is going according to plan, and the party hasn't even started yet. While Lucy was in the bathroom changing, the rest of the girls and I discussed. "So you guys know exactly what kind of things to say right?" I asked, making sure everything was in place. They all nodded. I grinned. Now I just hope Laxus got all the boys to know the right things to say, but I trust him.

Natsu's POV

We've arrived at Levy's party, and the first thing I saw almost made my jaw drop. Almost. I would've but then I realized it was just Luce. But I had to admit, she looked really…good. But then again, I thought she always does.

I saw her looking at me too, checking me out. I was wearing a black button-up shirt left unbuttoned with the sleeves rolled up to my elbows. I had a red shirt underneath and loose jeans that sagged a bit. And of course, my favorite scarf that my father gave me. I'm the only guy who can pull off looking good with scarf.

Luce's words, not mine.

My eyes finally fell between her collarbones. A necklace. Not any necklace, the necklace.

"You two can stop staring at each other now." We both snapped out of our trances. The others were all giving us that smirk. "Shut up, ice-block. You stare at Juvia all the time."

Gray stiffened and Juvia blushed. "Well at least I don't stare at a girl's chest," he countered. Oh man, it did kind of looked like that. I scoffed, "I wasn't staring at her chest. Just looking at her necklace."

"Suuure you were."

"Oh shut up already, ice pervert!"

"You shouldn't be calling me that because you're the only pervert here!"

"Why don't you both shut up?!" I got shivers and so did Gray. Erza was staring daggers into us, and we just got here. "Yes, ma'am! Right away, ma'am!"

Jellal shook his head at us, "Get inside, you two. We didn't enter yet and you already started arguing."

I made sure I was the last one to go in. As I passed Luce, I bent down and whispered into her ear, "I like that necklace." I could sense her shivering from my warm breath. She looked up and smirked, "'Course you do."

Normal POV

Everyone was in Levy's living room just hanging out, talking, sitting around a table of junk food and drinks with some music in the background. Natsu was sitting on the couch with his feet propped up on the table while Lucy sat sideways with her legs on Natsu's lap. The two looked really comfortable.

"Ooh, let's play truth or dare!" Mira suggested, clapping her hands together delightfully.

"That's like a kid's game," Laxus complained.

"No, it's original. And besides, teenagers playing truth or dare is never that innocent." Mira had that glint in her eyes that just creeps everybody out. She took an empty bottle from the table and laid it down at the center. "Whoever it points to can go first. Then we'll spin it again to see who gets dared first."

Mira spun hard. Round and round it goes. Slowing down until it stops and points to…

"Yes!" Natsu cheered. He quickly spun the bottle again and landed on…

"Juvia! Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Ooh, on the first try. Bold. I dare you…" Natsu's eyes fell on Gray who looked nervous when Natsu began to smirk. "I dare you to strip off Gray's shirt yourself!" Both Juvia's and Gray's face turned madly red. Gray glared at Natsu, "What the hell, flame-brain?"

Natsu shrugged, "What? You always strip anyways. I don't see why this time would be such a big deal."

Lucy joined in on the teasing, "Just do it, Juvia. You know you always wanted to. One quick little strip and you're done. Well, that followed by a looong stare, of course."

Juvia reluctantly got up from her seat. "Fine." She walked over to Gray and sat on his lap. If it was even possible, they gotten even redder, redder than Erza's hair. Juvia let out a huge breath and began taking off Gray's shirt. Juvia tried not to drop her jaw. She's seen him shirtless every hour of the day, but never this close.

Turning away, Juvia scrambled back to her seat. She and Gray glared at Natsu and Lucy. "Happy now?"

The blond and pink reacted at the same time, nodding their heads and snickering. "Very." They high fived each other without even looking. Mira rose an eyebrow at that action. My plan is already working and they haven't been dared yet.

"I'll get you back for that, bastard," Gray sneered.

"It wasn't even your dare," Natsu shot back.

"Then I'll get Lucy back," Juvia declared as she spun the bottle real hard. "You better pray it doesn't land on you." Lucy got scared and actually mentally prayed. Fortunately, for her, it landed on Gajeel.

Juvia pouted but asked anyway, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to say something nice to the next 10 people who gets asked truth or dare."

"Ugh, this is going to be a pain."

Lucy smiled ever so sweetly at Gajeel. "It shouldn't have to be. Levy says that you can actually be a real softie."

"Lucy!" Levy hissed at her. Ha-ha! Payback, Lucy thought. Gajeel looked at Levy, surprised, "You did?"

Levy tried to hide the blush on her face, "Uh, maybe."

"We'll take that as a yes then," Mira confirmed. "Who's next?"

Gajeel spun the bottle and it pointed at Mira. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to sing-"

"That's too easy."

"-in front of the guy you like."

Mira paled. Why couldn't he say the person I like? I could've twisted that meaning and sing to one of the girls. She sucked in her breath as she got up and walked to that guy.

Laxus widened his eyes as Mira stood in front of him. "Mira?" she turned away and took a breath. She knew the perfect song to sing to him.

It was called Be With You by Tiara. She only sang the chorus part but it was enough to get her point across.

Arigato, arigato, I love you~

When Mira finished, she let out a small smile before rushing back to her seat, a pink tint apparent on her face. Laxus was left speechless as he tried to process the lyrics in his head.

Remembering his dare from Juvia, Gajeel knew exactly what to say. "Since Laxus is too chicken to say this, I will. Mainly because Juvia dared me to," he grumbled the last part. "Laxus once said that he really loves your voice."

The girls tried to hold in a giggle. Erza rose an eyebrow at him, "Really, Gajeel?"

"What? I said something nice, just not from me directly."

Levy shook her head, "You always find loop holes in things."

"I just practically did Laxus a favor."

"Shut up, Gajeel," Laxus grunted. "It would've been better if I said it myself."

"So it's true?" Mira asked.

Laxus froze. He should really think first. There's no escaping now. "Uh, pft, of course not…maybe…sure…yeah."

Mira's cheek heat up to a nice rosy red. "T-thank you."

Lucy gasped loudly, "Did the Mirajane Strauss just blush and stutter?" The other girls joined in on the dramatic gasping. Mira glared at Lucy, then smiled mischievously. She grabbed the bottle and began to spin it, "You better be wishing that the bottle won't land on you."

Lucy whined, "Threatened twice already."

"You're so whiny," Natsu poked her in the arm. "Suck it up." Lucy huffed and swatted his hand away.

Lucy stared at the bottle. The first time she got lucky, but luck runs out. The bottle neck pointed directly at her. Mira smirked, "Guess you weren't wishing hard enough. Truth or dare, Lucy?" She knew exactly what to say. Whether Lucy picked truth or dare, it wouldn't matter.

"Truth."

Hmm, thought you could get away safe, Mira thought, well too bad. "How did you really get that necklace?" Mira nodded at Lucy's star necklace.

Lucy stiffened and unconsciously touched it. She could feel Natsu tensing up under her legs.

"So Lucy too, eh?" Gray spoke up.

"What do mean?" Mira asked.

"Well, when we were in the car getting here, I saw a silver chain peeking out of his scarf," Gray explained. "I asked what it was and he said that it was only some dog tag Wendy gave him when he was ten."

"Why are you so curious all of a sudden?" Natsu snapped.

"I suddenly am because I know you're lying," Gray retorted. He knows Natsu just as well as Lucy does. The two have been friends since birth and whether they like to admit it or not, they're as close as brothers. "If Wendy really did give you that, then she would've only been five. That seems a little too young for someone to give a meaningful necklace for a present."

"So you were lying, Lucy." Mira said. It came out as a statement rather than a question.

Lucy got nervous. She didn't know how to answer. But if what Gray was saying is true…

Lucy shifted from her position so she was kneeling right next to Natsu. He averted his eyes from hers because he knew what she was going to do. He didn't protest when Lucy began loosening his scarf to reveal his whole neck. She pulled on the chain and took out the dog tag with a red dragon that had been hiding under his shirt the whole time.

"You wear it?" Lucy asked softly even though she knew the answer.

Natsu finally looked at her eyes. "I always wear it." He reached out and held the gold star charm with pink heart diamond at the center in his fingers. "You do too, huh?"

"Yeah." They let go of each other's necklaces and Lucy sat went back to her original position. She saw Mira's questioning eyes, waiting for the answer. "I only half lied," Lucy said. "I did get it on my tenth birthday. Just…not from my mom." She paused, looking at her hands on her lap. "Natsu gave it to me," she finished softly.

Mira nodded and smiled gently. Turning to Natsu, she asked, "What about you, Natsu?"

"I didn't totally lie either. I did get it when I was ten. But…Luce gave it to me."

"Natsu really knows how to choose necklaces for you," Gajeel said. He said something nice to Lucy but embarrassed Natsu at the same time.

"Aww!" squealed the girls. "Why didn't you tell us?" they demanded.

"You never asked!" Lucy protested.

"Still, why did you guys still wear it when you hate each other?" Jellal persisted.

I don't know why, both Natsu and Lucy thought. They both shrugged, answering casually. "I'm a girl, I like pretty necklaces so I wear them," Lucy answered.

"Mine looked cool. I like the dragon," Natsu said simply.

Before anyone could ask any more questions, Lucy spun the bottle. "Moving on, people." And the next victim shall be…

"Erza, truth or dare!"

"Dare!"

"I dare you to sit on Jellal's lap for the entire game."

Erza's face became as red as a face.

"Whoa, from far away it looks like you're whole head is one big tomato," Natsu joked but shut right up when Erza glared at him. She took a deep breath and sat on Jellal's lap. You're just sitting on his lap, nothing more, she told herself.

"Your face has gone back to normal," Gajeel said. It was nice-ish.

Erza ignored the feeling of electricity when she made contact with Jellal and spun the bottle. "Oh, Jellal, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

The guys spoke in between coughs, "(cough) Wimp (cough)"

"W-what do you t-think of m-me?" Erza stuttered, turning away blushing.

Jellal smiled, "I think you're pretty, strong, kind, and have a lot of patience considering you have deal with Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel all the time." He said that last part to lighten up the mood which made Erza crack a smile. She snuggled into his chest while he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Natsu and Gray snorted, "Patience my ass."

Gajeel said, "You both were very brave. Ha! That was two people at once and I already said nice things to four people plus Jellal so I only have six more."

"Nope," Juvia said, popping the p. "Jellal doesn't count so you still have seven more." Gajeel slouched back down on his chair.

The game continued. "You're turn, Gray," Jellal said. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare!"

Jellal waved him over and whispered in his ear. Gray widened his eyes and so did Erza since she overheard. Gray grudgingly went into the kitchen behind Gajeel.

"Where's he going?" Gajeel questioned. He saw the others in front of him widened their eyes at what was behind him. "What?" he looked up behind him and was met by ice cold water.

"So c-cold!" Everybody burst out laughing as Gajeel shivered. He glared at Gray who was holding the pitcher with a wide grin. "You bastard!"

"Gajeel," Levy waved a finger at him, "Don't forget your dare."

Gajeel's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "You got some guts, Gray."

"Why thank you." Gray took a dramatic bow and hopped back into his seat proudly as he spun the bottle. Gray shouted "Yes!" while at the same time Natsu shouted "No!"

Gray rubbed his hands together evilly. "Time for my revenge. Truth or dare?!"

"D-"

"Dare it is!" Gray didn't even let Natsu finish. He looked the others who nodded. It was time.

"Follow us, Natsu and Lucy," Gray ushered them to follow him as he smiled wickedly which really creeps them out. They slowly got up from the couch but was stopped by Erza and Jellal. "But first," Erza held out two strips of cloth. "We have to blind-fold you."

Now this was getting scary the two thought as Erza blind folded Lucy and Jellal with Natsu. They guided the now blind teens as they followed Gray and Levy with the others rearing up the end.

When they stopped at a closed door, the blind folds were taken off. "Levy's closet?" Lucy wondered out loud. Then she paled as she realized what they were doing. "Levy's closet?!"

"For your dare, Natsu," Gray declared out loud. "I dare you to make out with Lucy for seven minutes. SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN!"

"WHAT!" That was all the two got to say before everything happened in a split second. The door was swiftly opened, light switch flipped on, and they were pushed in. The door knob clicked behind them.

"Ice princess, open the freakin' door!" Natsu banged on the door.

"Not until you do the dare. Or are you too chicken?" Gray mimicked the sound of a chicken behind the door. Natsu growled angrily.

"Levy, you planned this, didn't you?!" Lucy shouted.

"No idea what you're talking about," Levy answered innocently. Yeah right, "innocently".

"I'll bust through this door!" Natsu threatened.

"You can't. The material is really hard to break through. If you punch it, you'll break a bone."

"If it helps," Mira said. "We'll be quiet while staying in the room."

"You planned this Mira! I know you did!" Lucy shouted angrily. That's why they were acting so weird when she got back from changing before.

"I don't know what you mean, Lucy dear."

Lucy growled frustratingly, "Ugghhh...Just.. stay down in the living room! It's bad enough you're forcing us to do this!"

"Fine, we'll leave. But we are staying at the door until we hear some moaning." The two teens blushed but luckily it was dim enough in the closet so the other didn't see it. They heard loud footsteps and then faded to silence.

"I know you're still there." Natsu said. But he was only met by silence on the other side.

The two sighed in frustration. Lucy began pacing around the room while Natsu sat on the little stool that was in there, tapping his foot in annoyance. "Levy really planned this out," Lucy commented. The closet was empty and clean, like it was set up for this.

(A/N)- I hope you enjoyed it, everyone!

Sooo, I've though about it and decided I will post...A DOUBLE CHAPTER!

You're welcome~

They're kind of connected so it would only make sense anyways.

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