Chapter 21
"Natsu, hey man. What the hell is wrong with you?" Gray asked as he elbowed him.
"Nothing" Natsu growled not turning towards Gray.
Gray gave him a puzzled looked and followed his gaze only to see that he was piercing at Lucy and Sting as they were talking among themselves. Gray smirked, so the idiot does have feelings for Lucy huh? The raven haired boy turned to Natsu saying, "If it bothers you so much why don't you go over there?"
Natsu immediately looked his way with a dumbfounded look. "Don't you think I would've done that by now?"
"Then what's stopping you?" Gray replied. Natsu gazed back to the two ignoring the question Gray asked. "So you're not going to answer me?" Gray said chuckling at the boy.
"I don't have to if I don't want to" Natsu said coldly. This however didn't bother Gray, it's how they would speak to each other all the time. Through this all, Gajeel saw that Natsu was in fact bothered by this and decided to tease the boy along with Gray, it's not every other day you can provoke Natsu.
"There's two options here, 1. He is realizing that he has no chance with Lucy since Sting came into the picture and stole his girl right before he can-"
"NOT YOU TOO YOU METAL FUCK" Natsu said interrupting Gajeel.
"Shut the hell up! Option two is Lucy told him to stay the fuck away from her" Gajeel said turning towards the salmon head friend. Gray looked his way as well realizing that he went quiet with a shock look on his face.
"Bingo" Gray said with a smirk. Natsu continued having his bad boy look not making it seem like it was bothering him at all. "You can stop with the acting. What did you tell her?" Gajeel said.
Natsu crossed his arms and shrugged, "Nothing, I just told her what happened between me and Sting, that's all. She made a big deal about it being cruel" Natsu said spitting out the last word.
"Idiot, of course she would be on Sting's side. You were a complete ass back then" Gray said. "He's got a point" Gajeel added as well. Natsu let out a groan realizing that for once they were right. Even I wouldn't forgive myself, Natsu thought. The boy kept gazing at the two and saw that Lucy was pushing Sting away causing Natsu to clench his fist in rage.
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"So blondie, how goes it?" Sting said with a smirk.
Lucy faced the blonde boy in front of her realizing that he was even better looking up close. She got a slight blush on her cheeks but quickly shook it off keeping her guard up.
"You know you're blonde also right?" Lucy said bluntly to the boy.
"No actually I think I'm a brunette" Sting said sarcastically to the girl. Lucy furrowed her brows, "Dick". Sting started chuckling, "That's not very lady like you know"
"Oh like your one to talk" Lucy spat out. Sting placed his chin on his hand while gazing at the girl causing Lucy to fidget in her seat. "Stop that" the girl said.
"Stop what?" Sting replied.
"Stop staring at me, it makes me feel uncomfortable". Sting smirked at how easily the girl could be teased and decided to do it even more. "Staring? Oh you mean like this" the blonde boy said as he came closer to the girls face making Lucy lean back to avoid him.
"Yes that! Stop!" Lucy said as she placed her hands on Sting's shoulders to push him away. It was then that someone came between both Sting and Lucy slamming their hands on the table grabbing everyone's attention.
Lucy looked up and saw that it was Natsu who slammed his hands on the table while looking directly to Jellal completely ignoring that the girl was present. "Hey there Jellal, mind if I sit with you?" Natsu said with a smirk. Lucy froze and faced her blue haired best friend giving him a death glare. Jellal failed to see this and nodded in response to Natsu.
"Thanks" Natsu said as he sat down between Lucy and Sting. The blonde boy "tch" and stood up from his seat walking away saying, "Looks like it's my cue to leave, I'll see you around blondie". Lucy just stared at his back until Rogue got up also following Sting when Gajeel sat between him and Levy.
What the hell are these guys doing here? Gajeel I get, but Natsu? As this thought crossed her mind she noticed Natsu scooting closer to her that their elbows started touching. Lucy immediately scooted away from the boy and ended up bumping into a half-naked Gray.
"When the hell did you get here?" Lucy said to the boy.
"What do you mean? I was here the whole time" Gray replied as he took a bite from his apple. "Bullshit" the blonde girl said. Gray however just shrugged and continued eating his food. Lucy again felt Natsu getting closer to the girl so she decided to take a big leap that made her bump into Gray yet again.
"Hey Lucy, if you get any closer I just might fall off you know." Gray said as he shoved Lucy playfully. "And I would laugh my ass off if that were to happen so I just might do it again" the blonde said with a devious smile. Gray just chuckled at her response until Juvia came out of nowhere interrupting the two.
"Juvia will not allow you to flirt with Gray any longer" the blue haired girl whined as she sat between Gray and Lucy causing the blonde to once again be closer to Natsu then the last time.
Lucy tried to get away from the boy but with Juvia now present she had nowhere to go so she just stayed put. She felt the salmon head boys gaze on her and decided to use her hair as a shield to ignore the boy. Natsu noticed this and frowned but soon smiled as he thought of a way to get the girl to talk to him.
The rosy head boy got close to Lucy's ear and whispered seductively, "You know Luce, if you wanted to be close to me you could use my lap as a seat again"
The girl immediately got a blush in her cheek and faced him to try and slap Natsu in the cheek but the boy predicted her actions and caught her wrist before it made contact.
"Idiot, Try to say things like that again and next time you won't be able to catch my hands. Now let go of me" she said as she struggled to shrug off Natsu's hand.
Natsu smiled and came close to her face saying, "At least I got you to talk to me"
Lucy stopped her struggling and stared at his onyx eyes that were begging for forgiveness. Natsu… Lucy thought, making her heart skip a beat as she stared deeper into the boy's eyes.
It was then that they were interrupted by a cough making Lucy jump and retreat her hand from Natsu's grasp. The girl faced the front to notice Jellal, Erza, Levy, Gajeel, Juvia, and Gray looking at the two with wide eyes and jaw opened.
"W-what?" The girl stuttered with a blush in her cheeks. They however just looked back and forth between Natsu and Lucy. "Take a picture it will last longer" Natsu said with arms behind his head.
"Are you two-" Erza said but was soon interrupted by Lucy. "HELL NO. DON'T EVEN FINISH THAT SENTENCE". Natsu just rolled his eyes and winked as if saying otherwise. The 6 just ignored them and continued their conversations with each other as if nothing ever happened.
"So, are you over your fit?" Natsu said while setting his cheek on his hand. Lucy crossed her arms in front of her chest saying, "It's not a fit. You're just a total dick"
Natsu smirked, "So I've been told, but at least you're talking to me"
Lucy widened her eyes realizing she was infact speaking to him. She let out a sigh and said, "Whatever" causing Natsu to smile feeling contempt that the girl wasn't ignoring him anymore. Before you know it the bell rang signaling everyone to their 4th period.
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Lucy, Levy, and Jellal walked out Theatre Arts going to their 5th period class which was P.E. Lucy let out a big yawn as she stretched her arms out, "That class was so boooooooring. All we did was watch that pathetic acting of Julius Caesar."
"Would you like it better if you were the one to be up there acting as Caesar?" Levy replied making Jellal chuckle. "No, I'm just saying I probably would've done a better job" the blonde said in a cocky tone. Jellal just nodded his head in disagreement making Lucy glare at him. "Oh shut up" Lucy said rolling her eyes.
The girls made their way into the locker room as they waved Jellal off and changed into their P.E uniforms. They soon went into the gym and sat on the bleachers where they waited for Guildarts instructions.
"Today we're going outside" everyone let out an exasperated moan as those words left his mouth. "Yea yea whine all you want. Let's head out". Soon everyone forced their way out the doors and followed Guildarts as they lead them to the field.
"Girls, you can take a load off on the bleachers or walk around or something as the boys play football." The girls cheered and went over to the benches that gave them a view of the field.
Lucy sat on the top row followed by Levy, Erza, Juvia and Cana waiting for the game to begin.
"~Natsu~ Good luck out there"
"You can do it Natsu~"
"Natsu~"
Lucy was getting irritated as the girls kept cheering Natsu on in a flirtatious way. "Why won't they shut up already" the blonde spat out as she leaned back crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Oh? What's this? Could it be that Lucy is jealous?" Levy teased he girl.
"W-what No!" Lucy stuttered getting a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Yea sure Lu." Levy said sarcastically.
"I'm Serious! Their voices are just annoying. That's all"
Levy rolled her eyes and faced the field again and so did Lucy as they waited for the game to start.
"I'll set you into teams, Skins vs. Shirts" The girls went crazy as Guildarts said this since they were excited to see some of their crushes without a shirt.
"On the skin team we have Redfox, Fullbuster, Dragneel, Fernandez, Loke, and Strauss" the girls went wild this time since almost all of them were in love with a certain salmon head boy and seeing him shirtless was going to be the highlight of their day.
Lucy glared at the girls who kept trying to get Natsu's attention. The blonde clenched her fist and thought, I'm going to- until she immediately shook the thought out of her head. What the hell am I thinking? It's not like I care or anything, but why the hell are they pissing me off now more than ever. Lucy thought as she tried to get her mind out of almost ripping those girls heads off.
The boys went over to one side and started taking their shirts off. While they were doing this all the girls were watching closely and blushing, totally mesmerized but how hot these guys were. Some even decided to take pictures of them.
Lucy however had her eyes on a specific someone and saw again his half naked body. She was in a dazed, it was like seeing a model in her eyes. Levy had to snap her fingers in front of the blondes face to grab her attention.
"Lucy, Lucy! Hello!" the bluenette said.
Lucy shook her head, "Uh yea what's up?" the blonde said with her eyes glued to the field. Levy still couldn't get her full attention until she decided to try some other way.
"Hey Lucy, Is that Lisanna going over to Natsu right about now?" Levy said snapping Lucy right out of her trance.
"What? Where?" Lucy said as she looked all over the place. It was then that the blonde realized what Levy has done since she started giggling at her reaction.
Lucy smacked a hand right at her forehead, Idiot! You were looking at Natsu the whole time! You would've seen Lisanna going over to the boy. Wait, back it up… Did I just admit on staring at Natsu THE WHOLE TIME? Uhhhhh IDIOT LUCY!
As the girl mentally argued with herself Levy was staring at her questioning exactly what she was thinking.
Oh Lucy, when exactly will you realize you have feelings for this boy? The bluenette thought.
The game was over and the Skins ended up winning, not surprised. Guildarts decided to bring the class in 30 minutes earlier so that the guys can take a shower since they smelled.
Lucy walked down the benches and as she got to the last step she saw that Natsu was there waiting for the girl with his shirt around his neck not bothering to put it on.
Lucy could see that he was sweating making his abs and muscles more noticeable. Control Lucy control. It's just your hormones talking Don't see it Don't think it Don't see it Don't think it. The girl repeated over and over in her mind.
"What's up Luce, wanna go home together after detention?" Natsu asked the girl with his charming smile. Lucy however didn't get to respond since Lisanna appeared out of nowhere latching on to Natsu's arm. "Natsu~ you were so good out there!" the white haired girl said as she separated Natsu and Lucy from each other.
Normally this wouldn't bother the blonde at all but now…. She was pissed the fuck off. She herself was confused of this emotion and questioning why she wanted to rip away Lisanna from Natsu and beat her ass to the ground more than she has ever felt. It's nothing, it's just that I hate Lisanna that's all. Besides, Jellal said he would be taking me home anyway. The girl walked on over beside Levy as they went inside to change.
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Lucy decided to skip the last two periods and was making her way towards detention before Jellal starts scolding her. As she got there she saw Natsu sitting patiently in one of the desks scrolling through his phone but as the door closed he brought his eyes up to the girl and smirked.
"And here I was thinking you weren't going to show up" Natsu said putting his phone back in his pocket.
"I have too. If not I have to spend another week in this place" Lucy said in a boring manner as she made her way to the desk in front of Natsu.
Natsu raised a brow at the sudden seat the blonde took questioning her actions but decided not to ask her about it.
The blonde rested her head on the desk to try and ignore Natsu and sort these…. "Thoughts" going through her mind, and with Natsu around, she couldn't exactly think straight.
The boy tried grabbing her attention the whole time they were there until finally an alarm went off signaling them that they can leave.
Lucy got up and was about to head out until Natsu grabbed her wrist stopping the girl in her tracks. "Are you avoiding me?" Natsu asked as he furrowed his brows.
Lucy hesitated, "No"
"You hesitated"
"No I didn't"
"Yes you did. Plus, you're avoiding eye contact"
"No I'm not"
Natsu let out a sigh, "Listen, I don't know exactly what I did but the least you can do is look at me when I'm talking to you"
Lucy fidgeted when she felt Natsu tighten his grip on her wrist, but not too tight that it was causing her pain. Lucy took a breath and faced the boy but once she met his onyx eyes she got a slight tint of red on her cheeks and butterflies in her stomach from his intense staring.
Natsu noticed that Lucy was acting weird and decided to question the girl about it, "Hey Lucy, are you feeling all right?" Natsu asked as he brought a hand to the girl's forehead. Lucy let out a breath as he did this and started feeling more nervous than ever. She doesn't feel warm… Natsu thought.
What the hell is wrong with me, I can't control this stupid feeling ughhh . Why the hell am I feeling this way towards him? I need to get out of here. FAST. The blonde thought as she moved away from Natsu's hand.
Lucy did a nervous laugh and said, "I am totally fine haha besides i-" the girl didn't finish her sentence since Jellal came in to pick Lucy up as he promised.
"Jellal" Lucy said in excitement. Perfect timing! Thank Mavis! The girl thought. "Sorry Natsu, I forgot to mention that I was going home with Jellal so… C'ya" Lucy said as she grabbed Jellal's arm pulling him out of the classroom.
"Alright bye I guess" Natsu said nonchalantly as he saw Lucy drag Jellal out of the classroom. What's with her…Usually she's so upfront about everything and always insulting me. Now that I think about it, She never insulted me not even once when we were in detention… Weird. The boy shrugged it off and decided to leave her be as he headed out the classroom also making his way home.