Chapter 20
"N-natsu" Lucy said with nerves in her voice.
The pink haired boy let go of Lucy's wrist without even breaking any eye contact with Sting who was grinning away.
What the hell is going on here, Lucy worried at the thought. She was about to reach for Natsu until someone grabbed her from her shoulders. The blonde turned back and saw that it was Gajeel the one stopping her from calling Natsu.
"Just stay back and listen" Gajeel said looking at the scene between the two boys. Lucy just nodded her head and faced the two also.
"What brings you here?" Natsu said coldly.
"I came to see a good old friend" Sting replied with a smirk.
Natsu furrowed his brows, "What friend are you talking about?"
"Oh come on, do you even have to ask? You know the answer to that salamander" Sting said.
Natsu put both his hands on his pocket, "Don't call me that" the salmon head boy growled.
"And why not?" Sting challenged.
"That's not my name, its Natsu, get it right. Whoever you're looking for doesn't go to this school"
Sting crossed his arms in front of his chest, "Yea you're right, he doesn't go to this school. Cause the person I'm looking at right now can't possibly be him considering you're a big fucking pussy"
Natsu gave off a dark aura, he looked like he would charge at him any second but stayed as calm as ever. "Call me whatever you want. It ain't hurting me at all"
"Oh really? What if I say something about your pretty little blonde friend Gajeel is holding?" Sting said bringing his eyes to Lucy.
Natsu clenched his fists in his pockets and gave Sting a piercing look. "Woah now, did I hit a nerve?" Sting said with a devious grin.
"Leave her out of it" Natsu said with a scowl.
"Can't do that. She's interesting, and a looker. She'll do nicely" Sting said looking Lucy up and down.
Natsu was getting ready to pounce on this dude until Erza stepped in interrupting their conversation.
"What are you two doing?" Erza said sternly.
"Nothing" Natsu said turning around and grabbing Lucy's wrist dragging her with him.
"Nothing at all, just waiting in line" Sting said changing expressions. The red head in spite of their response didn't believe them at all, she knew there was bad blood between the four and she had to figure out what exactly happened. Same goes for a certain blonde who was being tugged away.
X
"Natsu where the hell are you taking me" Lucy said while tripping on some steps but gaining back her posture. Natsu didn't reply to her until they reached a classroom that was unlocked making a way inside.
Lucy looked around the room and saw that they were the only two in here. When she turned to look at the salmon head boy he was already sitting on the teacher's desk staring at the blonde.
"What?" Lucy asked with a slight blush.
Natsu raised an eyebrow, "You're not going to ask?"
Lucy knew what he was referring to but decided to not ask about it just yet. "About?"
"About what happened back there. I know you want to ask so just go for it." Natsu said staring in the direction of the window.
We're not even close but why do I want to know so bad? Ugh this is getting ridiculous, Lucy thought. "Okay then, what happened between the two of you?" Lucy said gazing at Natsu.
Natsu let out a sigh and turned to the blonde with an intense stare that made Lucy feel uneasy. "Back when we were in middle school Gajeel, Gray, Rogue, Sting and I were close friends. Always started trouble, always cheated our way in tests, and we would always hang out outside of school. One day Sting came to our table talking about how he met a girl and would never shut up about her. He was head over heels for this girl and eventually told us that she was his girlfriend. We haven't met her yet but he was going to have us meet her when she was available. Believe it or not but back then I was more of a player than I am right now. Anyways I ran into a girl in the hallway and me being the horndog that I was, made a move on her without even thinking twice about it."
Lucy felt a burning sensation in her chest when she heard how he made a move on this girl. She brought a hand to her heart hoping that it will stop but failed. Damn, why does my chest feel this way? Lucy thought with a pained expression.
Natsu looked up to see the blonde looking a bit odd. "Luce, are you okay?"
Lucy quickly stood up straight and glanced back at Natsu, "Yea I'm fine. You can continue"
Natsu saw that the blonde looked troubled but decided to not ask about it. "Yea sure. Anyways, I asked her to come over to my house to watch a movie and hangout when my parents and Wendy weren't home."
There it was again, the pain in Lucy's chest. Keep it together Lucy, the girl thought scowling at herself.
"We didn't watch a movie, we did more than that. You get what I mean right?" Natsu said asking the blonde.
He…had sex with her… The girl thought with a depressing expression. Lucy just gave a stern nod not being able to face the boy.
"After that night I didn't care about her at all. She kept coming after me but I just pushed her away like every other girl I used. It's horrible I know, but I'm not that person anymore" Natsu said with sorrow in his voice. "When we were in lunch the girl came up to me with tears in her eyes begging for me to be her boyfriend. While she was doing this Sting was watching us…."
Flashback:
"Natsu I'm begging you! I swear you won't regret it" the white haired girl begged to the salmon head boy. Natsu merely shook her off looking bored as ever, "No thanks, and its salamander, not Natsu. I'm not the type who can do relationships. They're just a joke" he said coldly to her. The girl began to get tears in her eyes until their conversation was interrupted by an angry blonde friend.
"Natsu what the hell is this?" Sting growled at the boy.
Natsu looked at him confused as ever asking, "What's your problem?"
"That's my fucking girlfriend" Sting said sternly slamming his hands on the table.
Natsu didn't really care what she was to him. At the time he didn't give a fuck about anyone. "Oh? Looks like you didn't satisfy her enough since she came running to me" Natsu said with a grin.
"That's it" Sting said reaching across the table to grab the boy causing Natsu to stand up also getting ready to take him on. Rogue quickly held Sting back while Gray held Natsu back causing a huge commotion to others.
"You guys need to chill the fuck out" Gajeel sneered at the two.
"How do you expected me to chill the fuck out when he made a move on my fucking girlfriend?" Sting said furiously.
"And she was amazing" Natsu said trying to shrug off Gray.
Sting was now fuming with rage hoping he would be able to get Rogue off from him. "ROGUE LET ME GO SO I CAN KICK THIS PIECE OF SHITS ASS" Rogue just ignored the boy and kept his grip tightly on him.
"HOW ABOUT YOU SAY THAT WHEN IM NOT HELD BACK" Natsu yelled back at him.
The two eventually were separated by the security there and taken to the principal's office where Natsu was expelled from school for the last straw and Sting got suspended. The others were soon enemies as well since Rogue mentioned something about Natsu that angered both Gajeel and Gray.
"Natsu was the one who started all of this. I'm glad he got expelled since I won't see his face around here anymore. I won't forgive him for what he did to Sting" Rogue said with a dark aura.
"It wasn't salamanders fault. The guy should've shown us at least a damn picture of his girl" Gajeel said sternly.
"Yea exactly." Gray said agreeing with the metal head.
Rogue looked at the two coldly, "You're telling me you don't at least think that this was partially Natsu's fault."
"Yea, cause it wasn't" Gray said scowling at the boy while crossing his arms in front of his bare chest.
"You guys are idiots then" Rogue said expressionless to the two causing Gajeel to start a fight with him while Gray sat back and watched it all happen making them both get expelled as well.
End of Flashback
"So that's about what happened" Natsu said facing the girl trying to read her expression.
Lucy had her bangs shadowing her eyes not wanting to see the boy. She didn't think he would ever be that type of person. Yea, there was times when he was a dick but what he did was unforgivable and cold.
"Are you going to say something?" Natsu asked while getting off the table. Lucy took a step back as he did this making Natsu looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"You really are a cold person Natsu, what kind of guy does that to a girl? Not only the girl but to his friend!" Lucy said in a dark manner.
"That was a long time ago. Like I said, I've changed since then" Natsu said walking towards the blonde causing Lucy to take a few steps back keeping a distance from him.
"That's what they all say Natsu. It's always the "I've changed" bullshit speech but in reality they're always the same person deep down" Lucy said angrily while tears were starting to form in her eyes making the blonde bite her tongue to hold them back from falling.
Natsu saw hurt in her eyes and decided to not get any closer to the blonde. "I know it may seem like I'm that type of person but I swear Lucy, I'm different" Natsu said with a worried expression to the girl.
"Why would I even care? This doesn't even concern me at all so why are you even telling me this?" Lucy said with the same angry tone.
Natsu widened his eyes as she asked that question making him go blank, why am I telling her this? She doesn't even have to know about any of this. Natsu thought.
He looked off to the side, "I don't know" the boy said with a low expression.
Lucy stared at him until she finally walked out the room leaving Natsu alone.
X
The blonde decided to back to the cafeteria and sat in her usual spot with Jellal and Levy. Gajeel was sitting with Gray along with the others in their group that were on the other side of the room. Lucy was awfully quiet the whole time that Jellal knew something had happen to the girl. Levy also noticed the change of character from her and faced Jellal with a worried expression.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Jellal asked the girl.
Lucy snapped out of her trance and gave a fake smile saying, "Sorry got a lot on my mind. Totally fine though, really haha"
Levy frowned at her attempt to seem like nothing was wrong with her. Oh Lucy, what exactly happened with you? I'll have to ask you after school. The bluenette thought.
Jellal decided not to push her my questioning the girl, instead he decided to ask her about it when he picks her up after detention.
"Here Lucy I got you a tray" Levy said sliding the platter to the girl.
Lucy kindly smiled at Levy and told her "Thanks" while digging in to her salad.
The three were having a nice meal until Erza came over to the table with two guests at her side.
"Jellal, there you are. I'd like you to meet the new students who will be attending the school starting tomorrow. This is Sting and that's Rogue" Erza to her blue haired friend.
Jellal looked up from his seat at the three, "Nice to meet you. My name is Jellal, vice president." He said while bringing a hand up to greet the others. Sting was the first one to take it and said, "Yo, the names Sting" the blonde let Jellal's hand go after he finished shaking it making Rogue take his hand next and shook it as well. "Rogue" the boy said with a straight face.
Sting looked around the table until a certain blonde caught his eye making him grin. Lucy leaned on her hand eyeing the two with a bored expression until she locked eyes with Sting only to see that he was already staring at Lucy. The girl quickly flushed and turned away making her go back to eating her salad.
I know we're supposed to be hating each other but now that I know what Natsu did to him, how can I be so cold to someone who went through that? Lucy thought while picking at her salad. Shit, when did I go soft?
"I was wondering if we could eat here. Get to know each other a bit" the red head said to Jellal. Lucy froze at Erza's sudden remark, No please no, Lucy thought.
"It's okay with me" Jellal replied. Damn it Jellal! Why the hell do you always have to be nice? The girl thought angrily.
Erza ended up sitting next to Jellal while Rogue took a seat next to Levy and Sting sat right next to Lucy. The girl started feeling nervous while Rogue was having a conversation with Levy and Jellal and Erza started to talk about school.
"So blondie, how goes it?" Sting said with a smile. Lucy faced the boy and realized that he was even hotter close up.
As this was going on, the others failed to notice a certain salmon head boy who was viciously watching the scene occur from the other side of the room.