Chapter 3: Blush.
Natsu's POV:
A month of school passed by quick.
I got along with almost everyone in my class, and I surprisingly became close with the cold-girl, Evergreen. She eventually opened up to me, and she was actually really nice!
I invited her over to my house once, and she was really friendly towards Elfman. She eventually told me that she liked him, so me being a good friend that I was, I tried hooking them up. But that plan backfired with Elfman being too busy with college and all that. But I am gonna pair them up.
Anywho, it wasn't hard for me to get adjusted in school. Everyone's nice, but I still have feelings for Lucy. Everyday, my feelings for her grow stronger, and I can't help it.
I already told Evergreen, and she said we'd look good together. I was glad she said that, 'cause I think everyone thinks she looks good with Dan.
Well, I shouldn't just break them up, that's just disrespectful and rude. So, I'll just stay laid-back so she wouldn't notice.
I walked into class and sat down in my seat and waited for the morning announcements to come on.
"Stand. Bow. Sit." Erza said being the class rep and prez, as everyone obeyed her commands. I did so also, 'cause it's respectful, and I wouldn't want to give off a bad vibe and things like that.
"Ahem, thank you, Erza." Mr. Laxus said as we sat down. "Anyways, there's an important event for school coming up, does anyone know what it is?" He asked as everyone looked at each other, confused.
"Ah, right. This is a new event. Only the president and vice-prez knows what it is. Jellal, may you do the honors?" Mr. Laxus asked as Jellal stood up.
"Sure." Everyone looked at him waiting for an answer. "The new event is a masquerade dance. The partners will be chosen randomly, and not everyone will be paired up with who they want. And if there is an odd number, the person or persons may chose someone out of school, the age limit is 19."
"Thank you, Jellal." He said as he took out two jars. "These two jars have both the girls' names and boys' names. I will draw a paper from each and whoever boy and girl I get, they will be partners."
Oh please let me be with Lucy!
"Okay, the first girl!" He took out a paper. "Levy! And the boy... Gajeel!"
That's a good one, everyone knows Gajeel likes Levy.
"Next up... Juvia!" He took out another paper. "Along with Natsu!"
Isn't she that girl that's crazy for Gray? And she's probably gonna be whining to me about how she wants to be with her 'Gray-sama'
I looked at her and she gave me a cold glare. "I wanted to be with my Gray-sama." I heard her mumble then she pouted, making her cold stare into a little princess who didn't get what she wanted.
"Anywho, next up... Erza and... Jellal!"
I heard people whispering that Jellal liked Erza and she liked him back. I looked at Jellal who was blushing while looking away from Erza.
"The next couple is... Gray and Lucy!" Mr. Laxus said as I heard both Dan and Juvia growl. Dan's side must've changed.
"Up next is Bacchus and Cana!"
They're already dating whilst being drinking partners. Yup, my thesis is that they're gonna drink the whole night.
"And last but not least, Dan and Evergreen." Mr. Laxus stated ending his introduction of whose gonna be with who.
Well, at least I'll be closer with Juvia during the dance! I looked at Juvia who was staring at Lucy long and hard. She was probably mad because Lucy was paired with the love-of-her-life.
I'm mad, also, because that icicle-pop is paired up with Lucy. Tch.
"Oh, yes, I forgot! There's more details to it, Mr. Freed, can you explain?" Mr. Laxus asked Mr. Freed who sat next to him.
Mr. Freed was Mr. Laxus's assistant. He was trembling as he stood up 'cause he has a shy nature.
"U-Uhm... T-Th-The c-couple wi-with the b-best masquerade ca-costume wi-wins a-a-a prize... Th-They get to p-pick t-the n-ne-next fa-fa-field t-trip t-to a-a dif-different c-city..."
"Wooo!" Some students were happy at that.
Jellal stood up and opened his mouth. "Although, it has to be a nearby city and the two have to discuss it out with the student council. It's a 3-day 2-night trip, by the way."
A 3-day and 2-night trip, huh.
I stared into mid-air as my train of thought wandered throughout space.
~O~O~
Lunch came by, and I was sitting with Evergreen, Wendy, and Romeo.
Wendy confessed to Romeo on the first day, but she already knew him from freshman-year. Turns out that Romeo wanted to confess to Wendy even before junior-year. So they both confessed to each other at the same time. It was really cute, 'cause after Lucy lectured me, I went to them and saw the whole thing.
So they started going out, but I was protective of Wendy because she was like a little sister to me. And the weird thing was that her mom, Grandine, disappeared the same day my dad disappeared. So, I basically treated her like a long-lost sister.
We were all talking to each other at the lunch table until Juvia came along.
"Natsu-san! Juvia needs to speak with you." She tugged the sleeve of my shirt as I stood up and walked with her.
"Juvia and Natsu-san must work together to make Gray-sama jealous!" Juvia claimed as we stopped in vacant area.
I nodded in agreement 'cause I was mad at the fact that Gray and Lucy were paired up together.
"Good progress, Natsu-san! Juvia is planning to be close with Natsu-san during the masquerade dance to make Gray-sama jealous. And Juvia and Natsu-san will have the best masquerade outfit and win the queen and king prize!" She explained as I kept nodding.
"Okay, you wanna meet up later after school so we could get some outfits? We could go with Lisanna and her partner to get it." I suggested.
"Like... D-Double d-da-dating...?" Juvia asked.
"You could call it that..? But it's more of a meet-up to me." I answered.
She looked at me sternly. Then her serious expression turned into a agreeing nod. "Juvia thinks that Natsu-san is agreeing because he likes Lucy-san."
"Whaaaat?" My voice's pitch turned high. "Naah." I lied.
"Juvia knows you're lying but she also could tell that Natsu-san wants to help Juvia." She stated, like she read my mind.
"Are you an esper or something? It's like you can read my mind!" I exclaimed, shocked.
"No, Juvia could tell by Natsu-san's facial expression. But we shall meet up by the front steps." She nodded then zoomed off.
"What a weird girl." I opinionated then I left.
~O~O~
School ended quick.
I walked out the school with Lisanna and her partner, Bixlow, and waited by the steps for Juvia. But to my surprise, I saw both Mirajane and Elfman.
"Hey!" Mira yelled out to us and ran to hug Lisanna. "You guys look so adorable with your uniform on~" She claimed as she fixed my tie. "So what are you guys waiting for? You could come with us, we're going home now."
"Oh, we're going to buy our costumes for this masquerade dance we're having. And Natsu's waiting for his date to the dance." Lisanna told Mira as she looked at me with a skeptical face.
"Don't do anything weird, Natsu." Mira said, looking at me with a stern face.
"I won't!" I retorted back. I looked over to Elfman who was staring at Evergreen who was talking to Dan.
"Oi, Natsu!" Elfman called out to me while walking over to my side. "Who's Ever talking to...?"
"Oh, that's Dan, her date to the dance. And, oh? You're calling Evergreen 'Ever'? I didn't know you guys were that close." I gave a little smirk to Elfman.
"S-Shut up!" He blushed a bit. "It's not like it means anything, I just decided to call her that and she was okay with it..."
"W-Wait... Ever let you call her that?" Bixlow came over to us with a confused expression marked all over his face.
"Yeah... And you call her that too?" Elfman looked at Bixlow with a worried sight appearing. Maybe he thought he only called her that...?
Bixlow nodded in response. "I'm one of Ever's close friends. Nice to meet you, I'm Bixlow." He shook hands with Elfman. "So you like Ever?"
"W-What?" Elfman stammered, afraid his secret was exposed. "N-No..." He looked away, expecting Bixlow and I to believe him.
"Face it, Elfman, you do. Just ask her out! You know you like her." I told Elfman. "Don't deny it."
"I know I do... It's just that I'm busy with being a freshman in college so I don't want a relationship where I'm not giving attention! That's not manly." He claimed, using his trademark line 'Man' or 'Manly'.
I looked over to Evergreen, who was staring over to our direction, mainly at Elfman. They both liked each other, so why won't they just go out?
Elfman sighed then walked over to Evergreen, which actually surprised me. I couldn't hear their conversation, but I saw Elfman blushing, whereas Evergreen was trying to hold back her smile and blushes. They both took out their phones and typed in it. Then Elfman hugged her and waved back at her as she left.
He came back over to us with a slight smile, but an overload of blushes. "I-I asked her out.. Now we're going on a date this Saturday..." He stammered.
"C'mon.." Bixlow pushed him lightly on the shoulder. "Aren't you the least of happy because of that?"
"Y-Yeah, I'm happy... But I'm also nervous for this Saturday... I need to be a man and man up! Be a manly man for your future girlfriend!" Elfman yelled, causing Evergreen to look back and blush really hard.
"Elfman... You do realize that Evergreen heard that." I put on an you-are-stupid face.
A little shriek came out of him, with his soul dying inside with him falling to the ground. "Damn it..." I heard the words come out of him. "Whatever!" He stood up. "I'm not lying, though, am I? And I got her number, score 1, Elfman!" He ran off going in direction of where Evergreen was heading.
"Where's Juvia, anyways?" I asked aloud, as I saw Juvia walk out of the school talking to Mr. Freed and Mr. Laxus.
Lisanna tugged me a little, for me to look at Mirajane. When I saw her, she looked like she had an heart-attack.
"He's... cute.." Lisanna and I heard Mirajane mumble.
We looked at her, shocked. Just who was she talking about...?
Juvia walked down the steps, coming towards us. "Juvia sees someone new, who is she, Natsu-san?" Juvia asked me.
"Uh.. That's my guardian, Mirajane. She's like my sister, I'll explain later." I answered Juvia as Mr. Laxus and Mr. Freed came over.
"So this is your guardian. Nice to meet you. I'm Mr. Laxus, Natsu's homeroom teacher." Mr. Laxus shook Mirajane's hand, and she blushed.
He let go then Mr. Freed put out his hand and shook her's. "I-I'm Mr. Freed... I-I'm Mr. L-Laxus's a-assistant..."
I looked at Mirajane who blushed even harder as Freed did the same.
Ooh, something's gonna happen! I looked at Mr. Laxus, who was looking away, but I could see red spots appearing around his cheek.
I shrugged them off and started to walk with along-side with Juvia.
Together, we must win the competition!
Hey, guys~! Like the chapter? Feel free to review! There will be other couples, so there will be other sub-plots. Starting with... dun, dun, dun... Elfever! If anyone has a problem with it, feel free to comment down below stating your question, and I'd be happy to answer!
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