Chapter 7
"WILL YOU STOP THROWING TRASH ON MY SIDE IDIOT" Lucy yelled at Natsu.
"HOW ABOUT YOU TRY PICKING IT UP INSTEAD OF ASSUMING I THREW IT THERE DUMBASS" Natsu retorted back.
Jellal and Erza were currently losing their minds.
Jellal was rubbing his temples while Erza was banging here head in one of the walls. After what seemed like an eternity they finally got the place cleaned.
"It would've gone faster if the two of you wouldn't have argued every damn second" Erza said with her head facing down on the table.
"She's the one who started it all the time" Natsu said pointing his thumb at Lucy.
"As if! At least I was actually cleaning while you tasted the food trying to figure out what it was" Lucy hissed at the boy
"YOU SAW THAT?! Wait, why were you watching me? Could it be you actually have a crush on me?" Natsu said walking closer to Lucy.
"Don't get any funny ideas Dragneel. I was keeping an eye on you to make sure you didn't throw any damn food on my side" Lucy said glaring at him.
"Sure blondie go ahead and deny your feelings" Natsu said with a smirk.
Lucy would've responded back with an insult but Jellal knew this would never end so he got up and made his way out. "I'm going home now. I have a huge headache. I'll see you tomorrow Erza" Jellal said looking towards the red head and smiled at her. This caused Erza to blush, "Y-yea see you" Erza said back with a smile.
They all stared at him for a while till Lucy snapped out of it and started going after him.
"HEY WAIT UP! DON'T FORGET I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR YOU KNOW" Lucy said trying to catch up with her best friend.
Erza and Natsu were now alone staring at where the two left.
They live right next door? Erza said getting worried at Lucy's comment. No no no stop thinking like that. Erza was in deep thought while Natsu was staring at where the blonde left and finally remembered he had to return something back to her.
"OH CRAP! I FORGOT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO LUCY" Natsu left to go catch up with the blonde.
Erza stayed a while longer and started walking back to her house.
"How the hell do you move so damn fast" Lucy said trying to catch her breathe while looking for the blue haired boy. She eventually gave up and started walking to her apartment. Lucy decided to go through the short cut that went through an alley. She didn't really use the short cut much seeing that it was dark and creepy but every time she went through the alley there was usually no one to be seen, so she thought it was the best idea since she wanted to get home as soon as possible because she hated the dark. Lucy continued walking until she froze when she heard some footsteps not too far behind her.
Lucy turned to see if anyone was following her but she saw nobody. She turned back around but ended up bumping her nose into what felt like a chest and made her step back a little. "Ouch! Watch where you're going" Lucy said while holding her nose.
"Well you're a little feisty girl aren't you?" A man said. He had a black hood, dark blue jeans, and smelled like cigarettes and alcohol. Lucy couldn't tell his age exactly since it was dark out and the hood was shadowing his face but she knew for sure that this guy was bad news.
"I don't have time for this" Lucy said trying to get past the man. He ended up grabbing Lucy's arm brought it behind her back and pinned her to one of the brick walls making her back face him.
"WHAT THE HELL! LET ME GO" Lucy said trying to get out of the man's grasps. She tried so hard to fight back but this guy was twice her size, not only that but she couldn't do anything with her back facing him.
"Can't do that sweet cheeks. You see, I have some plans with you" The man whispered in Lucy's ear rubbing his hand up and down Lucy's leg slowly making a way up her skirt.
"wh-what are you- NO STOP" Lucy whimpered.
"Don't worry, I promise you'll have a good time as well." He said while smiling. Bringing his hand up to Lucy's shirt and ripping the buttons off one by one.
"PLEASE DON'T! STOP IT" Lucy screamed with tears running down her cheeks.
"Didn't you hear her? She said stop" a threatening voice said to the man making him stop what he was doing
Lucy couldn't see who it was since her head was facing the other way and it was dark. But she recognized that voice somewhere. Where have I heard that voice? Lucy thought.
"Or what? You going to stop me? This doesn't concern you kid, get a move on" the man said the boy.
"See that's where you're wrong, this does concern me. And if you don't let her go in less than 3 seconds let's just say you'll either end up dead or in a coma, you choose"
The man started laughing and said "And who exactly is going to-" before he could finish his sentence a fist connected with his face making him go unconscious and fall to the floor.
"I did warn you, I even gave you 3 seconds. That was more than enough time to let her go." The boy said furiously.
Lucy was witnessing the whole thing while sitting on the floor with her back against the wall crying. The boy went towards her and stretched out his arm giving her a hand to get up.
"Can you stand Luce?" the boy said lowly.
Lucy finally realized who it was. "N-natsu?" Lucy looked up and saw the familiar pink hair realizing that it was Natsu all along.
"Yea, did it take you that long to recognize me? Geez your slow" He said in a joking manner. Lucy chuckled very lowly and grabbed his hand making her stand. Lucy wiped away the tears from her face hoping that Natsu didn't see her cry. Natsu of course did see that she was crying but didn't say anything.
He's eyes moved towards Lucy's shirt and quickly faced the other way. "Umm Luce" Natsu said not looking at her.
"What?" Lucy said in a confused way. Why is he acting weird?
"Your uhh shirt its umm " Natsu said still avoiding eye contact with the blonde.
Lucy looked down and turned to different shades of red and yelled. "D-DON'T LOOK! I-IF YOU DO ILL KICK YOUR ASS". She tried to cover herself as much as she can but couldn't since she no longer had buttons in her shirt.
"If you haven't noticed I turned away before you even realized you were half naked" Natsu said coolly. "Here put this on" He threw a leather jacket at Lucy and leaned on the wall closing his eyes.
Lucy caught the jacket and looked at it curiously. He's actually being nice? No way is this Natsu. It can't be. Maybe he put some glue on this to pull a prank on me. Lucy started inspecting the jacket but jumped when she heard Natsu's voice
"Are you done yet?" Natsu said with hands in his pocket and eyes closed.
"N-no, keep your eyes shut" Lucy said while finally putting on the jacket. The jacket reached halfway to Lucy's thighs where you could barely see her skirt. The sleeves were long on her arms so she put her hands in the pockets of the jacket. Lucy then zipped up the jacket. "Okay you can open your eyes now" Lucy said lowly with a slight blush looking away from Natsu.
Natsu opened his eyes and stared at the blonde for a while before turning and walking away. Lucy was dumbfounded at first but soon went furious. That's it? He just leaves? Who does he think he is?
"Dragneel, where are you going?" Lucy hissed.
"Your place" he responded still not facing her.
Lucy went blank again. "What are you talking about? You don't even know where I live" Lucy said back to Natsu.
"I know, that's why you're coming with me." Natsu finally stopped and turned. "Lead the way blondie"
Lucy was confused at first, but finally grabbed her bag off the floor and walked past Natsu leading the way. There was complete silence during the whole way. They both felt like it was never going to end until they finally reached a neighborhood with a gate that said "The Hills". It required an ID to be able to open it and head inside.
"This is where I live" Lucy said going to the area where you put in the pin to go inside. Natsu followed behind her staring at the secluded area.
When the gate opened Lucy walked right inside and so did Natsu. She turned around and looked at the boy confused. "You can stop following me now."
Natsu just stared at the blonde showing no emotion with his hands behind his head.
Lucy let out a sigh and continued walking to her home. When she was getting close she turned again facing Natsu and said "My house is right there, you can seriously stop following me." Why won't he just leave? Maybe he's worried someone would come after me again. Lucy blushed at the thought
"I'm not following you" Natsu said
"Yes you are, I know damn well you don't live around here" Lucy glared at the boy.
"Actually I live on the end of this street, as in 8 houses down yours. Just saying" Natsu smirked at the girl.
Lucy went completely red. Of course he lives around here. Why would he be worried about me? Stupid. "I've lived here my whole life, how is it that I've never seen you once" Lucy said
"Oh I don't know it could be because I recently moved here about a week ago? Just a thought." Natsu said sarcastically.
"Dick" Lucy said harshly to the pink haired boy.
"Hey now, would a dick save the damsel in distress and let her borrow his jacket?" Natsu said with a smug smile.
Lucy turned around and started walking back to her place ignoring what Natsu said. When she got there she opened the gate and walked up to her door while looking for her keys. She looked all over her bag, pockets and even inside her bra. She couldn't find them anywhere. Lucy started panicking and was pacing back and forth in her porch thinking that she might've dropped it back in the alley.
Her thoughts were soon interrupted when she heard someone say "Looking for something?"
Lucy turned to where she heard the voice and saw Natsu leaning on her gate dangling her keys in one finger.
"Where did you find my keys?" Lucy said while walking up to him
"Found them in the classroom, you dropped them when you ran out. That's pretty much the reason on why I followed you" Natsu said with no expression.
Lucy reached for her keys but Natsu pulled back and dangled them on top of her head.
"This isn't funny Dragneel, give me back my keys" Lucy said sternly.
"I think it's pretty funny" Natsu chuckled while dangling the keys higher.
"Well it's not. I'm warning you" Lucy said to Natsu in a threatening way while trying to reach for her keys.
"What's the magic word?" Natsu said
Lucy let out a sight and said "Can you please give me back my keys"
"What was that? I couldn't hear ya" Natsu teased Lucy.
"I said can you PLEASE give me back my keys Natsu" Lucy said with a higher tone.
"See that's more like it" Natsu was about to give Lucy back her keys but then yanked them again and said "One last thing"
"Ughhhh Dragneel I'm tired and I want to go inside already give me my damn keys back" Lucy hissed.
"Go on a date with me"
"W-what?" Lucy stuttered going completely red.