Lucy was finding out that her days were going rather quickly. Her last semester of college should have been the hardest and longest of her life but surprisingly, Lucy was doing well in everything. She had always done well in school. She had taken her capstone last semester so she didn't have to scramble to get her graduation class out the way but the work still piled on like no other.
The sorority sister often spent her time staying up to study and even when she was at Natsu's place and he was asleep beside her, she would continue to rattle off equations and notes from her memory.
Studying and learning was something Lucy enjoyed doing. While school was never an issue for her and she didn't have to come to college to be successful in her future, Lucy still felt like she should obtain a degree for herself.
Who knows? Maybe it'll actually be useful one day but having a husband with a high paying job, Lucy knows she'll be fine regardless of what happens.
Her daddy was still providing for her and Natsu in a way where Natsu didn't have to pay rent but just simple bills like utilities. It helped him start saving and while Natsu wasn't shy to speak about his future plans with her, Lucy had already begun saving herself.
Natsu didn't know about it but when daddy gave her allowance, Lucy always made sure to put a portion of it into a separate account so it would help give the two some leverage in their adulthood. And at the rate her daddy was paying her at, she had already a year's worth of allowance saved up in case the two truly needed it.
But with her trust that was going to kick in when she was twenty five, Lucy had nothing to worry about in that matter.
Especially since right now, she had a lot more important things to worry about.
"No! I said baby blue, not royal blue!"
The Delta Tail pledges that stood in front of the frantic blonde were sweating as they stared at her wailing about colors. They exchanged uneasy looks as Lucy spewed angry shouts into the air about how the color is not what she wanted and how this was going to now be a shitshow because of their incompetence.
They could only stand there with wary looks on their faces, eyes round and faces pale.
"It's not their fault, Lucy, stop yelling at the poor kids."
"Well, are you going to take responsibility for it, then?" Lucy snapped her head towards the ginger who froze in his spot.
Loke merely gave her an uneasy smile, slowly inching himself away from the three. "Nope! You look beautiful as always, Lucy! Keep up the great work!"
Lucy let out a sigh when she watched the DT president run off and when she turned back to face the two pledges, they both jolted in their spots.
"Go back to the store and find baby blue balloons and streamers. Not this royal blue bullshit." She slapped the bag of balloons out of one of their hands and they squealed as she came in closer. "You have exactly thirty minutes to go and come back or else I'll—"
"I wasn't aware Mirajane had returned back to MU."
Slowly turning her head to glare at the newcomer, Lucy was fuming when she saw the smirk on Gray's face as he had just pulled up. He wore a blue t-shirt with some dark washed jeans while Juvia stood beside him wearing a matching blue dress. He held a large rectangular box which she assumed was the cake she asked him to pick up and seeing how Juvia had a grocery bag in her arms, she merely waved at the blonde.
"Gray, I swear to God, today is not the day." She stormed over to where he was as the two pledges were quick to scuttle away. "Did you get what I asked?"
"You mean pick up the cake you already pre-ordered and placed?"
Lucy threw him a nasty look which made him quickly avert his gaze elsewhere. He stood as still as he could, hoping Lucy didn't punch him in the throat. He watched her warily as she opened up the box in his hands, peeking inside to see if the cake was right, and he let out a sigh of relief when she relaxed.
"At least they didn't fuck up the cake."
"What else is fucked up?"
"They brought me goddamn royal blue balloons and decor when I specifically asked for baby blue." Lucy scoffed, closing up the box once more to protect the cake. "Could you bring this inside? We can stick it in the fridge till the party starts."
Gray just nodded as he headed towards the sorority house while Juvia lingered behind, giving the blonde a sympathetic smile.
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"Yes," Lucy sighed while pinching the bridge of her nose. "Keep Gray on a tight leash today or I can't promise I won't deck him."
Juvia simply giggled, giving her a playful wink. "I think I can help with that."
With the days flying by and college being in full swing, Levy was also growing bigger. It was now March which meant she was nearing six months of her pregnancy. She was much larger than anyone expected but for someone of her size and having to carry two babies at once, it was understandable.
The petite bluenette practically waddled around everywhere, groaning and whining about the extra weight and crying about how she couldn't even see her feet anymore. And of course since she was going through pregnancy, her small breasts had doubled in size and it was such a crazy sight to see someone who was just a small college student swell into such a size.
Oftentimes, Lucy had to shake Natsu out of his trance since he didn't see Levy as often as she did so every time he saw her, she was just growing bigger so he would need a minute to process what the hell is going on.
Especially since someone as small as Levy was now hosting almost C cups and her belly could probably fit two large watermelons, Natsu couldn't stop gawking in horror.
"How big would your tits get once you're pregnant?"
Lucy honestly did not want to fucking know because she already had a fucking terrible time with these melons.
And with her being the best fucking person in the goddamn world, the blonde sorority sister decided to throw her and Gajeel a baby shower.
Well, mainly for Levy because fuck Gajeel and whatever he wants. He was as bad as Levy at times, fussing over her every move and barking at anyone who came even remotely five feet from her.
And as if it wasn't bad with Gajeel being the one to be a moody monster but having Levy be one, too?
No fucking thanks. Those two can stay the fuck away till they acted right.
At least that's what Natsu said. Lucy knew she couldn't stay away from Levy too long.
But now with Levy about three short months away from giving birth to her beautiful wonderful twin babies, Lucy was frantic on trying to set up the best motherfucking baby shower anyone had laid their eyes on.
In retrospect, she should have just hired a planner for this but she figured since everyone had pledges at the moment, why not put them to use for free?
But she was starting to understand that she shouldn't have asked the dumbass DT boys to buy the decor but instead had them set up. Nobody was getting her vision right and she only had two hours before everyone started to show up and she had yet to finish her balloon arch and the food had yet to be prepared and—
"Uhhh.. Lucy? Don't come in here, okay? There's, uh, there's a giant spider!" She heard Gray's voice from inside the sorority house and now she was wishing she had a gun.
Now the real question is, who would be the lucky one to survive her Mirajane level wrath?
—X—
Surprisingly, things had gotten better once Lucy was able to start drinking (curtsy of Gray) and once the blonde was three drinks in, she was back to being the bubbly cute girl she was, cooing at the pledges and saying fuck it to everything else. The majority of the party was all set up anyways (minus the cake Gray dropped, fuck you Gray!) and all they had to do was wait for people to start arriving but with her emotions being so high, it had turned into a shitshow.
Juvia had tried to calm her down and after she had found out Gray had accidentally dropped the cake, it took everything out of her not to murder him in cold blood right in front of his girlfriend and inside her sorority house.
Granted it took two boys to hold her back and Juvia sobbing her eyes out but eventually once Gray had practically forced fed her a shot, Lucy had calmed down enough that she had just punched him in the chest.
He wouldn't admit it but it hurt like hell and as he grimaced and poured her another shot, he made sure to be arms distance away so she didn't hit him, again.
But he deserved that one, he fucked up the cake.
The one thing that was tasked with. And he wasn't even drunk, either.
So as Lucy was on an empty stomach and three shots in (Gray wouldn't let her take another one) she was now sitting on the couch, smiling to herself with a pink hue to her cheeks.
"Where is Natsu?" Lucy whined into the air, flopping onto the couch making Gray flinch. "I miss my husband." She groaned into the air and Juvia was giving her a small smile while patting her head. "Where is he?"
"Pretty sure Natsu is on his way," Gray said but he was ignored by another long groan and whine. "Why is she this drunk?" He pointed at the blonde, looking around as if he wasn't the one to get her this way.
One of the younger sorority sisters gave Gray a flat look as he sipped on his beer, a completely innocent look on his face while they were all lingering around the living room. Levy should be on her way soon since she had a doctor's appointment and everyone should arrive shortly which meant Gray had the time to put someone between him and Lucy so he didn't have to deal with her drunk manic tendencies.
"God I am horny."
"Lucy!" One of the youngest sisters squealed, her entire face growing beet red as she looked at the blonde who laid out on the couch.
Juvia simply giggled while Gray snorted, seeing how the others were either giving her incredulous looks or looks of amusement.
"Someone called for Mirajane?" A sing-songy voice rang throughout the house making Gray cringe and a couple of the other girls squeal in excitement. Some of them ran over to flock over to the silver-haired alumni while a grumpy looking Laxus was coming right behind her, lugging plenty of bags and other crap in his giangitic arms.
"Oh, Mira—!" Juvia's eyes widened in glee, standing to approach the familiar looking woman but Gray was quick to grab at her wrist, giving her a stern look. "What?"
"Be cautious of Mirajane and do not, I repeat, do not sign anything she gives you. And don't let her peer pressure you into anything."
Juvia rolled her eyes, flicking her boyfriend's hand off her wrist as Gray gave her a pleading look while Lucy groaned on the couch. "Have you forgotten that I have been around Mirajane and she is also my friend?"
"She is the devil."
"Watch your mouth, lightweight," Laxus sneered at the shirtless one on the couch as he made his way to the open kitchen. "And go find your fuckin' clothes, this is a goddamn baby shower," the blonde dropped everything on the massive counter before he fished out a flask from his back pocket, tilting his head back to chug nearly half of it to wipe at his mouth with the back of his hand. "Have some fuckin' respect, Fullbuster."
"Says the one drinking from a flask and cursing like a sailor." Gray had his hand pointed at the blonde who smirked at him.
"Hi, Gray! Juvia!" Mirajane beamed at the couple as Juvia flung herself out of the couch to hug her. "And Lucy! What happened to Lucy?"
"Gray force fed her some shots to calm her down," Faris whispered over to her fellow sister. "Lucy was being a bit… squirrely."
"Don't lie to her," Gray scoffed as he was now standing beside Laxus, the two of them cracking open beers from the thirty pack by their feet. "They called her Mirajane 2.0."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Mirajane scowled at the male as she came to a crouch in front of the blonde. "Lucy, you alive?"
"As alive as I ever can be, Mira," Lucy beamed at the older sister, grinning at her from ear to ear. "I'm just waiting on Natsu, I am in need of a very large penis."
Laxus sputtered out, coughing up his beer while Gray made a noise of disgust. Some of the other sorority sisters were either giggling or too embarrassed to even look their way but Mirajane could only laugh, seeing how Lucy continued to grin at her.
"This is a goddamn baby shower," Laxus spat, the front of his shirt wet from his beer. "Where is the modesty?"
"Who is ready to get fucked up!" Cana hooted as soon as she entered through the door along with Erza, Jellal, Elfman, and Evergreen. Laxus slapped his hand against his face as some cheers erupted from the others. Seeing how the blonde sorority sister was lying down on the couch, the brunette snapped, "Get up, Lucy! What do you think you're doing by slacking off like this?"
"I'm drunk, Cana," Lucy giggled, seeing how the red hue on her cheeks darkened.
"So am I but you don't see me complaining about it," the burnette snickered, slapping her on the behind. "Get up! It's time for the pre-game!"
"This is a baby shower!" Laxus was shouting again from the kitchen.
"And this is a sixty year old bottle of whiskey, buddy!" Cana held up a dark glass bottle up to the group.
Instantly, Gray was rummaging through the cabinets to find shot glasses while Laxus was trying to round everyone up to take a toast. Cana could only smirk seeing how hard everyone was now working as she slapped Lucy's behind again for her to croon.
"How can you be down for the count, already? Levy hasn't even arrived yet! Get up!"
"Gray fed her one too many shots because Lucy was acting like Mira—" Juvia stopped herself as the silver-haired one turned to look in her direction, a soft red hue decorating her cheeks. "I mean," she cleared her throat, coming over to pluck the bottle from Cana's hands with a bright smile. "Allow me to help with that."
"What did I tell you about Lucy and shots?" Erza was already scolding Gray who was trying his best not to scowl at her, his head dipped down as if he was a kid being reprimanded.
"You should have seen her, Erza, she was acting like Mir—" Gray cut himself off when she turned around, hearing the sounds of her name but unsure where it was coming back. He leaned in to whisper, "Mira," where Erza nodded and the shirtless one cleared his throat. "But I accidentally, uh, I dropped the cake so—"
"You what?!"
Erza's screech bounced off the walls of the sorority house and they all turned to look at her while Gray cringed, sweat starting to outline his hairline. Jellal shook his head, giving him a sympathetic look while Juvia was staring at the couple, eyes wide.
"I—I mean—" Gray held his hands up, eyes wide as the look of shock flashed across Erza's face.
"Party's here!" Natsu's voice rang through the house saving the shirtless one since they all turned to look at the doorway. Gray quickly slipped away, hiding behind the many bodies so Erza didn't stab him in the face for dropping the cake (like Lucy almost did) and cheers came from the crowd, greeting the rosy-haired one and slapping hands with him. "Where's Lucy?" He asked, looking for his wife's face in the crowd.
"Natsu?" Lucy's blonde hair popped up from the couch while Cana was still trying to get her up.
"Luce?" His voice rang and the moment Lucy laid eyes on him, her entire face beamed and she was jumping out of the couch to run over to him.
Natsu's eyes widened as she nearly knocked them both to the ground, one hand slamming down on the counter to hold himself up while the other flailed around to grab his wife.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out, looking up at him with wide doe eyes. "Take your pants off!"
Natsu's cheeks dusted pink and he gawked at her, seeing how serious she looked while everyone around them stared.
"I don't think I have ever seen Natsu blush," Touka whispered over to Wendy who was beet red from the passionate exclaim that came from Lucy.
"Look at the pussy being shy," Laxus smirked while bringing his beer can back to his lips while Natsu turned to glare at him.
"I have no problem fucking Lucy right here, right now in front of all of you."
"Whoa!" A collective shout came from the group causing some of them to walk away and some of them to groan out in distaste.
"What a man!" Elfman shouted out, earning a smack from Evergreen on the chest.
Erza had gone beet red while Jellal was turned away, coughing into his hand. Gray had already resorted to scowling and glaring at the couple in disgust while Lucy was busy laughing with Mirajane about it.
Laxus just held his glare with Natsu, the two DT boys not backing down from one another till Lucy ripped her boyfriend's attention away by fisting the front of his shirt and shaking him back and forth.
Natsu cried out, trying to grab for her hands but nearly gagging when the motions felt too similar to transportation. "What have you done to her!"
"Gray fed her too many shots on an empty stomach," Wendy said while she was setting out the many shot glasses on the island for the rest of the older bunch.
Natsu turned to glare right at Gray while Lucy was whining into his chest and Gray immediately turned to glare at Wendy, a sneer on his face.
"I knew you were a snitch."
Wendy, who had been too used to being called this by Natsu and Gray but knew where her loyalty was, shrugged her shoulders, not phased by Gray's reaction.
"Natsu," Lucy whined again while Natsu was trying his best to not have her undress him right then and there.
"Why would you force feed her shots when you knew she was planning?"
"You should have seen her! She was screaming at the pledges when I arrived and she was acting like Mir—!" Gray cut himself off as he saw her turn her head and look at him. He clenched his teeth, growling before he bursted, "I dropped the fucking cake!" He groaned, throwing his hands in the air making others gasp at his confession while Erza was back to fuming, Jellal put a hand on her shoulder to stop her from storming over to the frantic one.
"You dropped the cake?!" Lucy screeched and Natsu cringed at the volume since she was so close.
"Shots!" Cana shouted, trying to get everyone back on track and it seemed to grab Lucy's attention almost immediately.
While everyone grabbed for a small shot of their own, they all patiently waited till everyone had their own, seeing how Natsu was trying to pick the smallest one for his wife who had other plans as she grabbed for one, nearly spilling half her shot on the counter.
"Lucy, this is a two hundred bottle of whiskey!" Cana squealed, seeing the liquid on the counter.
"Oops," Lucy gave a sheepish grin, seeing how Cana was scowling at her. The blonde, in her drunken state, believed the best way to get rid of this was to bend down and suck up the liquid that remained on the counter. She slurped up the little bits of whiskey and nearly everyone was gawking at her, some looks of disgust, some looks of disbelief, and mainly amusement as she came back up with her chin wet and wide blinking eyes. "What?"
Cana cackled while Natsu wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him where he smirked.
"Look at my professional sucker."
"Natsu!" A squeal came from the group but they were ignored as Lucy grinned at her man.
"Want to see what else I can—"
"Okay!" Gray shouted, lifting his shot in the air. "Cheers!"
"Cheers!" Everyone quickly followed suit before they did get a free show from the Dragneel's and they were throwing their shots back, hisses and gags being thrown out.
"What the fuck is this?" A new voice came from behind them as coughs and a cup of soda was being exchanged within the group.
Seeing how the baby daddy of all people stood at the door frame with his very pregnant girlfriend, the group exploded into cheers, rushing over to the mom-to-be who was blushing from head to toe at the attention she was receiving.
"Are you pregaming for a fucking baby shower?" Gajeel's judgemental tone of voice carried throughout the crowd and while the women whisked Levy away, the men lingered by the pierced one, exchanging the purse he had for a can of cold beer.
"No," Gray smirked, seeing the disbelieving look on his face. "We are pregaming for a baby shower."
"You're going to need that," Laxus pointed at the beer, sipping from his own. "You got two little rascals coming soon. Might as well enjoy the time where you can get shitfaced before you're literally in a face full of shit."
The flat look on Gajeel's face showed he didn't give a shit about any of it all but he was needing a drink anyway so he cracked it open to chug down the cold beverage.
With Levy now seated on the couch, the women surrounded her as they cooed at her and spoke animatedly. Lucy was curled up against her side, hand on her swollen belly while Natsu was glued to her side, using Lucy as protection but wanting to be around Levy as well.
He had seen pregnant women obviously but he had never had the privilege of being so up close and personal with one. Well, as much as Levy allowed but ever since they had made a truce, it wasn't as bad anymore. Especially since Levy wasn't throwing up every fucking day and being so miserable she believed everyone else had to be miserable with her.
But seeing someone as small as Levy grow into such a size in just a couple of months, Natsu was so fascinated with the idea of pregnant women. More specifically, an image of pregnancy Lucy who had been floating around in his brain for entirely too long and maybe in a very awkward possessive way where he wanted to fill her with his babies so she would be stuck with him forever. Was that toxic and possessive? He didn't give a shit. Lucy was not leaving him anytime soon nor will she ever have the chance to.
With his large hand on top of Lucy's and rubbing along the swell of Levy's belly, Natsu was in awe, feeling how something so flat could grow to this side and harbor not one but two babies inside.
"How are my babies doing?" Natsu asked, beaming at the bluenette who gave him a flat, tired look which he snickered at. "They seem to be growing pretty well!"
"They're doing fine, it is me who is suffering. I wish I could have taken a shot with you guys, too!" Levy groaned where Cana leaned in behind the couch to start whispering.
"One is not going to kill—"
"Cana!"
"Absolutely not!" Gajeel's bark came from behind the girls and the brunette was rolling her eyes, holding her hands up in surrender. "Stay away from Levy, you psycho drunk!"
"I was just kidding."
"No you weren't," Mirajane snickered at her fellow sister who smirked right back and winked.
"A bunch of babies, right?" Cana leaned in to whisper while Gajeel barked back from the kitchen.
"More like a bunch of lunatics!"
—X—
By the time it was an hour into the baby shower, nearly everyone was trashed beside the mom-to-be. The two hundred dollar bottle of whiskey Cana had brought was a bad idea on its own but with only two to three shots being distributed between the crowd, it had made them into blubbering drunks.
Which, of course, being a part of Fairy Zeta and Delta Tail, it was a given.
Even when they had started off with food and everyone was scarfing down their meals as if it was their last, nobody had sobered up enough to be coherent but enough to want to participate in games.
And being Fairy Tail, everyone was too competitive to allow some silly alcohol to deter them from winning.
"Okay we're going to start off easy. Whoever can tie their shoelaces the fastest is the winter," Lucy slurred, hiccuping as she held up a blown up balloon in her hands. She looked at the crowd, seemingly aware enough to be looking at her but with the dead look they had in their eyes, the blonde sorority sister didn't know right from left either.
"You mean winner?" Gray raised his hand to ask and Lucy just stared at him till turning back to another person. His jaw went slack while staring at the blonde and as Lucy continued to explain the rules, everyone began to partner up.
"So the goal is you cannot pop the balloon and to tie your shoelaces," Lucy held the balloon out to Natsu who was standing right beside her. "You'd have to put the balloon inside of your shirt and try to tie your laces."
"Easy peasy!" Natsu declared while Levy rolled her eyes from her seat beside Lucy, rubbing her belly while watching everyone grab a blown up balloon to tuck into their shirts.
"We have five games to participate in. Whoever wins the most games will be the winner!"
"What's the prize?" Erza asked as she was trying to push a balloon into her shirt.
"A gift basket with all sorts of great things like alcohol, gift cards, lotions, koozies, and I think a charcuterie board cheese set."
"That fuckin' cheese board is mine, assholes!" Natsu shouted out, a bump popping out of his abdomen with the balloon tucked away inside.
Gray swatted at him, scowling as his own belly bump came into contact with Natsu's. "Fuck you. I want that cheese board."
"Is there only cheese in it?" Evergreen asked while Lucy shook her head.
"Nope, there's cured salami and pepperoni, too."
"Oh fuck yeah! That cheese board is mine!" Natsu cackled, running towards the row of chairs to begin the game. Gray was chasing after him, his competitive side roaring to life as everyone else found their seats. Lucy helped Levy bring her chair over to come closer so she could watch while Gajeel stood by her side, bringing her plates of food to nibble on and a drink to keep herself hydrated.
"You're not participating in any of the games, Gajeel?"
"Why the fuck would I do something as dumb as this?" He scoffed, crossing his arms across his chest while Lucy waited for everyone to settle down and find their seats.
Levy rolled her eyes while she swirled a carrot into hummus while Lucy sighed, shaking her head back and forth.
"For fun and to have a chance to win."
"No, thanks. There is nothing in that basket that I could possibly want."
"You suuure about that?" Lucy smirked, leaning towards the pierced one who was scowling at the blonde.
"Yes I'm fucking sure I don't need alcohol, gift cards, lotion, or a goddamn cheese board."
"It's mine!" Natsu shrieked but he was ignored by the three.
"Not even if said gift cards were two hundred dollars and certain ones are specifically for food delivery service apps?" Lucy sang while she could see Gajeel's jaw tense, his head turning to hide his expression from the snickering one. "Or maybe how I may or may not have added lottery tickets so you could have a chance of winning?"
"Not everything is about money, bunny-girl."
"I guess you're right," Lucy sighed, shrugging her shoulders while she peeked at him through the corner of her eyes. "You are already established and well-off on your own so of course you wouldn't be needing the extra thousand dollars in gift cards or even a nice bottle of tequila since you are going to be a daddy soon."
Gajeel was sweating as his eyes darted back and forth between Lucy and the gift basket that sat in the corner, his arms crossed over his chest.
"I'm sure everyone else would love to splurge on themselves and enjoy being childless for the time being. Especially since they won't be as stressed or worked up as you might be in the next coming months."
"Shut the fuck up and give me this," Gajeel finally snapped, snatching the balloon from her hands while he stormed over towards the rowdy bunch who were hooting and hollering his way. Lucy had a triumphant grin to her face as Levy laughed, nudging her best friend who was leaning into her chair, stealing a cherry tomato from her plate.
"You're a manipulating bitch."
"Never said I wasn't, now, are we ready?" Lucy had a beaming smile to her flushed face, seeing how everyone who was participating in the games were cheering her way, hollering at her to hurry the fuck up. "Levy and I will be judging so no cheating! We're watching!"
"Aye, sir!"
With Lucy shouting go the entire bunch rushed into getting their task done, seeing how a couple of them immediately popped their balloons as they bent over to begin tying the laces.
"My baby!" Laxus cried out as his balloon popped and Mirajane was laughing beside him, using her flexibility to hoist her leg up in the air.
"A real man—!" Elfman began to boast but his balloon popped as his big arms got in the way.
"A real man can tie their shoes without killing their baby, you dud!" Natsu cackled as he was halfway there tying the laces and Gray was growling, trying to rush to get his tied before Natsu could.
But pop after pop echoed within the crowd with curses and groans trailed after, showing their failure in the game.
"Go, Natsu!" Lucy cheered for her husband, seeing how he was one of the last ones with his balloon still intact as he tried to tie his laces as best as he could.
More balloons popped throughout the game and Lucy was giggling with Levy as they watched Gajeel grow red to the face, concentration clear as day on his pierced face, as he delicately maneuvered around his baby bump.
A loud pop and a curse flew out from the crowd and they could see the look of disbelief and anger flash across Gray's face as he realized his bump had disappeared. Natsu cackled, smirking at the angered one who flicked him off but with how drunk everyone was, the decision making skills were zero to none at this point. And of course since Gray was a lightweight and his lovely girlfriend was forcing him to eat so he didn't pass out within the first hour, he was the most sober out of everyone (besides Levy, duh) but he was still tipsy to the point where his logic began to blur.
So being the competitive asshole he was and seeing how his best friend was winning, Gray lunged towards Natsu's bump to try and pop his balloon.
"Hey!" Natsu screamed, pushing his palm against Gray's face to keep him away. "Cheater! Lucy! Gray's cheating! He's trying to kill my baby!" He screeched and as he leaned back into Gajeel, the long-haired one was now barking at him to back the fuck up.
"Natsu… Gray…" Lucy just sighed out loud, pinching the bridge of her nose while they continued to scream like little children. Levy was giggling beside her, still entertained at the sight of those who were still qualified to participate while the two began to shoved at one another.
Nobody knew how to sober her the fuck up more than Natsu and Gray, especially when they were acting like fucking children.
Natsu wailed as Gray tried to snatch his balloon and it only resulted in Natsu slamming back into the chair, tipping his chair into Gajeel where the three of them ended up falling to the floor with Gray on top of Natsu and Natsu on top of Gajeel.
Gajeel screamed, seeing how his balloon had popped and it was now Natsu's turn to be screaming as well, his own bump flat and in a mess of rubber on the grass.
"You fucking murderer!" Natsu shoved at Gray, throwing him back against the grass while everyone watched. "You killed my baby!"
"That was all you, dumbass!"
"You cheating little bitch!"
"This is a baby shower!" Laxus barked from the crowd again but he was ignored as Natsu had finally tackled Gray into the ground, the two of them rolling around on the grass. Everyone watched in exasperation, used to the rowdiness the two liked to partake in and the few horrified expressions from the newer sisters who had yet to see the two in action.
"Alright, knock it off you two." Erza stood from her spot, shoe laces tied on her feet with the balloon still intact under her shirt. "You two have always been sore losers."
"Erza the winner!" Levy and Lucy shouted out together and collective groans and cheers came from the crowd.
Natsu and Gray groaned, annoyed they had lost to the scarlet-haired woman who was smiling triumphantly while Jellal was giving her a pat of congratulations.
"The cheese board is mine, Erza!"
"I'd like to see you try to beat me," she grinned wickedly his way and the way Natsu's eyes darkened only made Lucy coo.
"Calm down there horn dog," Cana placed a hand on her shoulder, cackling at the wide-eyed blonde who only had eyes for the rosy-haired frat.
"But it's a baby shower," Lucy pouted right at the drunk who laughed even harder.
"You two sissy's cost me the game!" Gajeel shouted, pointing right at Gray and Natsu who were shouting right back at him.
"Not my fault you suck as much as your pullout game!" Natsu shouted right back and Gajeel clenched his hands into fists, glaring menacingly.
"What did you say?!"
"You owe me a hundred dollars, baby daddy!"
"I don't owe you shit!"
"Actually," Gray held his hand up to stop the two from screaming at one another. "You do. You and Natsu shook on it saying whoever becomes a dad first gives the other a hundred bucks."
"Why don't you lick his balls while you're down there sucking salamander's dick, you exhibtionist." Gajeel growled his way and Natsu was quick to shove at his chest resulting in Gajeel shoving him back.
"Alright," Erza came back between the three, pushing them all aside with the mighty strength nobody knew where she got it from. "You three are ruining the baby shower and I have a gift basket to win."
"The cheese board is mine, Erza!"
"We'll see about that," She smirked at the scowling rosy-haired male.
"Alrighty!" Lucy came towards the group, smiling innocently at the four. "Let's continue onto our next game!"
"Disqualify these two lovers for cheating!" Gajeel pointed right at Gray and Natsu who growled at him.
"Maybe next time you should focus on winning rather than us!"
"You shut the fuck up!"
"We're doing boys against girls! Quick!" Lucy shouted out, ignoring the constant bickering that was going on between the three and the crowd was immediately separating to find their respective groups. "Come on, you guys are ruining the baby shower with your fighting. Natsu, you promised." Lucy gave him a pout which he gawked at, his arms being thrown in the air.
"Baby, it's not just me!"
"Yeah, Natsu, you promised," Gray mimicked Lucy, snickering at the glare Natsu gave him.
"Just you fucking wait, ice-dick, I'll fucking wipe your ass with my skills."
"I'd like to see you try, hot-head."
"The name calling has begun," Levy sighed out loud while she was now drinking lemonade through a straw. Cana nudged her on the side, giggling about something that had the pregnant one smiling but everyone was too busy either trying to get into group, take more shots, or bickering back and forth about something that did not fucking matter like who cheated and who will win the goddamn cheeseboard.
"This will be a relay race," Lucy said which made the crowd coo in excitement. "This will also be done with balloons. The goal is to pop as many balloons as you can against your bodies. No hands, no feet. You take a balloon from one end, run over and pop the balloon and then come back till you're out of balloons."
"If this is a team effort, how will we know who wins the prize?"
"There's also prizes for second and third place," Lucy said with a smile making them all excitedly chatter. "But this is only game two out of five so you all will still have the chance for the first prize."
"You're my partner," Natsu grabbed onto Gray who yelped in surprise, scowling while trying to shake his hand off of him.
"No way—!"
"That way, you're not going to fucking cheat and we can beat Gajeel," Natsu continued, tightening his grip around his forearm so Gray wouldn't wiggle away. His sharp eyes glared at Gajeel's way, seeing how he was partnering up with Laxus. "That bastard is after my fucking cheeseboard."
"You and the goddamn fucking cheeseboard, I swear," Gray finally jerked his arm away from his grasp. "But fine, I'll be your partner."
"The boys will go first!" Lucy announced where everyone got settled into their corners and the girls found their seats, surrounding Levy and patiently waiting for the boys to find their partners.
Seeing how Natsu and Gray partnered up, Gray was the one who sat in the chair across the yard, a nervous expression on his face with Elfman and Laxus sitting beside him. Gajeel and Jellal were on the other side, chatting it up and looking as if they were plotting something.
"Remember, the first one to finish popping all the balloons wins and no hands or feet!" Lucy shouted out, a wide grin to her face and a red solo cup in the other.
"And no cheating!" Erza barked out and the boys all quickly nodded her way, a sharp look being tossed to every single one of them. "We play fair and square!"
"I wouldn't say that much," Natsu whispered over to Jellal and the blue-haired cop laughed sheepishly, not wanting to get wrapped up in Natsu's idiocy and get his ass handed to him.
Getting into stance, Natsu was laser focused on Gray who looked more nervous than anything. Nobody was going to get in his way of winning that goddamn fucking cheeseboard that he wanted more than anything else. Lucy had swatted him away multiple times when he tried to steal it away when she was making these gift baskets for the baby shower days prior and if he didn't get his hands on some fancy fucking cheese with age-dried salami, he'll fucking kill someone for it.
And he'll be fucking damned if he allowed any one of these assholes take his prize away from him.
Natsu had an evil glint to his eyes, a wide smirk curling on his lips while Gray's eyes widened in horror, his head whipping back and forth to try and find someone or something to help buffer the pain that would be coming but he didn't even have the chance when Lucy shouted for them to go and Natsu sprinted right at him.
Gray squealed, wanting to run away from this menacing creature he had the unfortunate chance of calling his best friend but when Natsu came right at him with the balloon in between them, the ink-haired one yelped when Natsu jumped to slam down right on his lap, popping the balloon with their hips.
Loud cheers and laughter came from the crowd and Gray was already withering away in pain with the amount of force Natsu slammed against him, the rubber pieces scattering on his lap and on the ground. His body tingled with the explosion of the rubber and the way Natsu had thrown his body against his but he was already sprinting back to grab another balloon, barely giving him a chance to recover before he was running right back to him.
Gajeel was barely behind Natsu with Jellal coming in last at this point, the three of them on their second balloon where Natsu practically tackled Gray with the balloon exploding between their bodies.
Gray yelped, his chair almost tipping back while Natsu whirled back to grab yet another one while Gajeel's balloon popped against their torsos and Jellal's exploded against their bodies.
"Go, Natsu, go!"
"You got this Gray!"
"Show 'em how it's done, Jellal!"
"Nooo!" Gray was screaming when Natsu was charging right at him, the two of them falling to the floor when Natsu had tackled him once again. The balloon popped between their bodies but with Natsu lying on top of Gray who had tipped over from his chair, the two were shouting at one another instead.
"It's my fucking turn! Get on the fucking chair!" Gray tried wrestling Natsu into the chair while he was wiggling underneath them.
"Get the fuck off of me! You're costing us the game, asshole! Get back on the chair!" Natsu threw his shoulders back while Gray shoved him down, grabbing for the flimsy foldable chair that was lying on the ground.
"No fucking way! You keep tackling me! You get on the chair!"
"Winner! Laxus and Gajeel!"
The two froze in their spots, gawking at the scene of Laxus and Gajeel grinning in victory, cheers erupting from the crowd to boost their egos more. They looked smug as they smirked at the two who were still tangled up on the ground, fighting about who would be on the chair.
"Look what you fucking did!" Natsu shoved at Gray, scowling at the shirtless one who was gawking at him. "You fucking loser! Why couldn't you just stay in the goddamn chair?! We were winning!" He hissed and Gray jumped up to get in his face, hissing right back.
"You were doing it too hard! You didn't have to throw yourself on me everytime!"
"I was trying to pop the balloons!"
"Do you two ever stop?" Mirajane asked, quirking a brow at the two who stopped to look at her. "Just admit you lost and move on." She shooed them both away where they took a step back, seeing how she grabbed for the chair to unfold it once more.
"You saw what Gray did, Mira!" Natsu shouted, pointing at the one beside him. "We could have won!"
"Too bad you didn't," the silver-haired one snickered, sitting down on the chair while the two gave her a stank look. "Now, shoo, I'll show you two how it's really done." She smirked, flicking her long hair behind her shoulder where the two DT alumni shared a flat look with one another.
Natsu was beyond pissed at this point for losing two games in a row and it was all thanks to a fucking idiot named Gray of all stupid fucking colors. He stormed over towards the buffet table, snagging a bottle of beer and a cookie before walking over to his wife who was happily giggling with Levy.
"This is the worst, Luce," he began once he came close enough for them to notice him. "I already lost two games. Two." He held his fingers up as if he couldn't believe it either.
"Maybe you should focus more on the games and not on Gray or anyone else," Levy said with a faux smile which made him scoff and drink out of his bottle with a pout on his lips.
"You're doing great, Natsu," Lucy tried to encourage but Natsu merely rolled his eyes, dragging a chair over so he could sit beside Levy who held her plate of snacks out to him. He picked out a pretzel stick from her stash as he leaned back against his seat, one leg kicked up to lean his ankle against his knee while fuming in his own little bubble.
Lucy could only give him a sympathetic smile before getting the games started for the girls.
—X—
The games ended up with a bunch of shouting and screaming in the end but the winner happened to be Erza who won first prize. Natsu nearly bursted into tears at the sight of his cheeseboard being taken away but he was happy to know he won second place which happened to be a very expensive bottle of whiskey. Mirajane came in second which won her a free trip to the spa with a plus one ticket making Laxus also a winner.
Gray threw a gigantic fit about how the games were rigged until Natsu was laughing in his face about how he sucked and that was how Gajeel and Gray tag-teamed together to chase Natsu in the backyard.
Which also resulted in more chaos where they knocked over the buffet table and dropped the fucking messed up cake for the second time and it was over before anyone knew it because Erza had the three of them in a chokehold over the sight of the pastry on the grassy surface.
It took entirely too much time and too much strength to pry Erza off of the boys and it didn't help that she was a bit tipsy. Nobody fucked with Erza and her cakes and for her to first hand witness the murder of the delicious cake once again, she was angry beyond relief where Laxus, Elfman, and Mirajane had her pinned to the ground.
But the best of it all was when Levy was laughing so hard, she had begun to cry, sobbing in her seat where Gajeel was now barking at everyone for making his baby momma cry.
She tried to claim it was the hormones, which nobody denied since she was a crazy little moody bitch, and by the time everyone calmed down, Lucy was already sitting beside the cake that was smashed into the grass, picking at it with a fork. Natsu couldn't stop laughing at his doe-eyed drunk wife who only wanted to indulge in some cake and he was right beside her, eating the ground cake with her and peppering her in kisses as icing smeared across her mouth.
Sooner than later, everyone surrounded the couple and finished off the cake as much as they could, leaving the first layer against the grass to stay and get washed away by nature once the baby shower was over.
At the end of the day, Lucy felt a lot better about herself as her baby shower went according to plan. Well, mostly. And now all she had to do was wait till her babies were born and she could begin living her rich auntie fantasy.
Slapping his hand down on the outstretched palm, Gajeel sneered at the smug looking male who was seated with a beer in his other hand.
"Double or nothing, I say Lev and I will be married before you."
"Well sucks for you, Luce and I are already married, aren't we baby?" Natsu turned to look at Lucy who was giving him a thumbs up, too engrossed in a drinking game with Mirajane, Cana, and Erza.
"I meant for real," he hissed, his cheeks dusting pink. "Matter of time before Levy and I get hitched. We got babies on the way and what the hell do you have? Nothing."
"Don't be so sure about that, Gajee," Natsu sang, flapping the one hundred dollar bill in his face, smirking triumphantly. Gajeel tried to snatch the bill back where he missed by the corner, a growl erupting from his chest.
"Fuck you, salamander."
"Isn't that how you got into this mess in the first place, baby daddy? I suggest you wrap it up before you have an army of little Gajeel's."
And before he knew it, that's how Natsu got his face shoved into the icing on the grass where dirt, frosting, and leftover cake painted his shocked face.
He was lucky they were at a fucking baby shower or Natsu might have actually murdered him.
