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Summer Camp (Ch. 6)
Family Group Time was just as torturous as it was in the morning. It was just so awkward playing a board game with strangers. It helped a bit that Mira and Wendy were there, but Wendy seemed to have bonded with Shelia and Mira was the leader, instructing everyone.
Thankfully, Lucy's Family Group had finished up before Natsu's and she somehow knew that if it was the opposite, he'd be standing there waiting for her.
Finally, some quiet time to herself…
Lucy got away from everyone as fast as she could, and sighed in relief when the coldness of the loneliness surrounded her.
"Thank goodness…" She sighed. It was like a drug, she had realized. It was a drug she loved. Lucy didn't really know where she was on campus, but she was alone and that was enough.
She closed her eyes, relaxing against a tree. It was a five minutes of frostbitten paradise. Five minutes of silence and cold. Five minutes until Natsu found her.
"Hey! Lucy!"
Lucy opened her eyes, sighing at the sight of Natsu running up to her with that big grin on his face…Well honestly, she really liked his smile…
"Hi Natsu," she responded.
He stopped in front of her, "what are you doing?"
She sighed again, standing up straight, "Just enjoying the beautiful, warm weather."
"It is nice, isn't it?" He took a deep breath, looking toward the forest. It was a moment before he asked her, "ready for dinner?"
Dinner? She wasn't the least bit hungry. They had lunch and then snacked for an hour and a half. "No, not really."
"Well I'm starving!" He exclaimed, grabbing her hand and pulling her along. "Let's go see what's for dinner!"
Lucy sweat dropped as he pulled her toward the cafeteria. "He literally has a black hole for a stomach. How is he so skinny?!"
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Late night, Lucy discovered, was a lot like recreation, except the fact that they were at-night activities. Tonight, there was campfire and bonfire…literally: there were two fires. One was small to roast hotdogs and marshmallows and the other was so tall, it reached farther than the tips of the trees.
Surprisingly, when Lucy had left her cabin, Natsu was not there waiting for her. It caught her off guard, since he's been glued to her side all day…but it made her happy. She smiled and sighed in relief. Finally…
The bonfire was easy to spot out; it was near the forest, but away from the trees somewhat of a ways from the girls' cabin. A little ways after that, she could see, into the woods, was the campfire. She sighed again.
"I've been literally eating all day…this isn't good for my figure."
She followed a group of four teens that made their way to the fires. Most of the youth groups were already there, but some stragglers were making their way there now. Lucy was one of them. It was slightly cold out and Lucy hugged her large sweatshirt she wore on the way here to her, but she was sure she'd warm up when she'd reach the light.
The four in front of her began laughing, bringing her attention to them as they walked.
"I know her. That's Yukino, she's in my family group…and Natsu told me that those two are Sting and Rogue…but who's the other girl?" She had long, straight black hair with two braids on each side of her head.
When she reached the fire, she walked by a group of kids horsing around near the bonfire, throwing rocks and dirt into it and threatening to push their friend into it as well. Lucy went straight by them however, and made her way toward the campfire.
And there was Natsu, stuffing his face…
She watched him as she shoved down smore after smore and hotdog after hotdog. How he was able to cook them that fast was beyond her. "He really does have a black hole for a stomach." The good news was, he didn't notice her, which was great.
She sat down opposite from him, but near the fire on a log to warm up. She wasn't the least bit hungry, but had always enjoyed campfires. Lucy closed her eyes, sighing.
Despite the fact she was in front of a fire, she felt that lonely cold inject itself in her veins like a shot. She adored it.
Licking her lips like the ice tasted good, she attempted to disappear…and that plan only worked for ten beautiful, lonely minutes.
"You're not hungry?" It wasn't Natsu, but her bubble was still popped.
She looked up at him. "No."
Taking a bite out of a hotdog and sitting next to her, he held out his hand, "Gray."
"Lucy," she hesitated, but shook his hand.
He was cold…
She usually liked the cold, heck, she loved it, but he was absolutely frigid! That wasn't the kind of cold Lucy was accustomed to, but she didn't know if he ran colder than normal, or if he just needed to be near the fire.
Before she could stop herself, Lucy raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you the guy who keeps stripping?"
The look on Gray's face was full of horror, but quickly turned into embarrassment. "Heh heh…yeah sorry, bad habit…"
She didn't even want to know…
"Are you from Fairy Tail?"
"Yeah," Lucy replied, scooting slightly away. He seemed a little too close… "I'm…a-actually the new student…"
"Oh that's right!" Gray just simply scooted closer to her, "there was rumor at the end of the year about a new girl coming to Fairy Tail."
"Oh joy…the things people probably said about me…"
Gray laughed, "don't worry, they weren't anything bad. Just the fact that you were pretty…and they were right."
An embarrassed blush spread across her face, "is he…flirting with me?" At least he wasn't like Hibiki…
Gray seemed to lean closer still, and she could see his eyes flicker to something behind her, smirking at it. Before she could follow his gaze however, Gray's fingers began to lace around hers.
Okay! That's enough!
Lucy jumped up away from him, face beat-red and pounding heart. "I-I…g-gotta go to the bathroom!" The nearest bathroom was her cabin, but she was okay with walking back.
She was out of there in a split second, slapping her blushing cheeks and shaking her head. "What was that all about?! Does he like me?!"
"Hey Lucy! Wait up!"
She didn't stop, but Natsu had caught up with her, "Where are you going?"
"Back to my cabin."
"But you were barely here…" He whined.
"Look Natsu," She snapped, stopping and turning to him, "I just…want some time alone, okay?"
He stared at her, silently with a raised eyebrow before asking, "are you okay?"
"Yeah! I'm fine!"
He paused again, hesitating, "are you on the…monthly…woman…thing?"
Lucy gapped at him, "Natsu!"
Natsu's hands went up in defense, "hey! I was just wondering!"
"Don't ever ask me that again…" She muttered walking away.
"Oi! Where are you going?!" He ran to catch up with her again.
"Back to my cabin…" She just answered that question…
"Please don't…that's the one place I can't hang out with you."
Lucy stopped again, turning to him. Natsu was biting his lip, looking down at his sandals kicking a rock. Hesitantly, he slowly met her gaze.
"Oh come on," Lucy pouted, puffing out her cheek. "There's plenty other people to hang out with…like Sting and Rogue and the rest of your friends from Fairy Tail."
"They're not you though," he countered, "and I don't know you like I know the rest of these losers here."
"Wow," she sweat dropped, "you really love your friends…"
"I do!" He flashed her that goofy grin.
"If you love your friends go hang out with them; you've hung out with me most of the day," she said. "Plus, I'll only bore you to death and ruin your night."
Natsu's eyes softened, "I highly doubt you'll bore me…and you'll in no way ruin my night."
Lucy stared at him.
"Look," Natsu said, taking a step toward her, secretly happy she didn't stop back. "I'll throw in a rule just tonight."
"Huh?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I'm aware you don't like to be touched or be too close to anyone; your bubble is rather large."
"What are you talking about? The size of my bubble is just like anyone else's!" She pouted again.
"I meant like this."
Natsu took two more steps toward her; he was pressed against her before she even saw it coming. Lucy blinked as she was forehead-to-forehead, nose-to-nose, and chest-to-chest with Natsu. She drew a blank for a moment, staring into his onyx eyes before realization hit her. She jumped away in surprise; she backed away at least three feet.
"Like that!" The goofy smile was just proof that he had no idea what he just did to her quickly beating heart that had just recently calm down from Gray's shenanigans. "I'll stay the preferred distance away from you if you let me hang out with you."
Lucy didn't answer, she was still recovering.
"…Come on, Lucy, I want to hang out with you."
She sighed, "Oh for goodness' sakes…"
"I'll be at the barn if you want to meet me there…"
"Yes!" He exclaimed, pumping his fist in the air.
"And I like this rule; I want you to follow it."
"Oki-doki!" He jumped up and down.
"I swear, he's internally a child…He's really nice though…"
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I'm so sorry it's been a while again! I know I said I'd write more and I really am, it's just really hard with no inspiration. I was able to get this going tho! The next planned chapters is hopefully the third of "Lucy Heartfilia: FanFiction Author" (I've been trying to write that for a long time now…), I promised my friend a chapter of "Little Red Riding Hood" since she did well on her exams, a chapter of "Tree House", and then we'll see from there. Thank you guys so much to being patient! I hope you enjoyed!
-zEllie