Announcement:

Erh… hello, everyone. Been a while, hasn't it?

Okay, listen, I would go on a long rant about why I haven't written anything in the last year and whatnot but I sincerely cannot bring myself to explain. Plus, you don't need to know. Personal stuff is personal, y'know?

What you do need to know is that this story is getting a remake.

Yes, you heard right.

A goddamn remake.

Kiss Shedauwz' blond beard for this… also, send him some Big Mac's. Or black coffee. But that's only if you're truly thankful for this.

As for me? Well, it's not like you must to – nope, not talking about the beard part –, but if you drop a review or two it would be nice of you. Just sayin', I need a bit of motivation aside that of my friends, and you guys – whoever is left out there that follows my stories – are perfect for the job.

Now, hold yourself to the edge of your seat. This remake is gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaay different than the original My Candy. Not to say downright awesome. Which is why the title also changed and now it is called My Favorite Nightmare.

Why? Why, of course, because it refers to the attitude between the two main characters towards eachother. Got ya curious, didn't I? Yes, I did. Now, be good readers and go check the story up to find out why that is. Heheheh~.

Alright.

That's all.

If you wanna read My Candy and get diabetes from my sloppy, fluffy writing be my guest and scroll down.

If you wanna check out a more moderate version of the same story, leave this place, go to my profile and click on My Favorite Nightmare.

I swear it won't disappoint you.

Saludos.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters; they belong to the one and only Hiro Mashima.

I do own the idea for the fic though.

My candy.

(A I.-.-.I Kuroyagi I.-.-.I original fan-fiction story.)

Chapter 1: Rumors.

'So, another year went by already, huh?' He thought uninterested as he stared at the sky through the window of the classroom, paying little attention to the teacher that was talking about the upcoming exams and themes of his subject that were of interest; though, his mind was somewhere else, remembering the fact that these important exams were the last ones of his high school life before graduating and going to college. 'How boring…'

"Natsu, pay attention, this is important…" Said someone behind the pink-haired boy, making him look over his shoulder to see the speaker, the blue haired man only motioned with his head at the teacher; earning a grunt from the boy.

"I already know what to study…" His eyes went back to the sky outside, ignoring his classmate's constant tries to make him pay attention to the teacher that ended up in him being scolded.

"Jellal-san, please refrain from talking while I'm explaining something that your classmates don't know." The blue-haired man called Jellal looked down in embarrassment and nodded quietly, Natsu frown, he raise his hand midway and called for the teacher. "Yes, Natsu-san?"

"It's my fault, my friend here just wanted me to pay attention; I'll take the blame for him." The teacher looked at him quizzically before nodding and telling him to then listen to his partner's advice in hearing the lecture. Natsu nodded, crossed his arms and lean back on his chair, his eyes staring vacantly at the teacher and the blackboard. He felt someone tapping his shoulder and tilting his head to the side, he found a hand stretched out with a neatly-folded paper in it. He grabbed it and unfolded it, reading its content with careful eyes on the teacher.

'Thanks Natsu, I'm in debt to you, now: Pay attention!' And three laughing signs, the young man sweatdropped, folding back the paper as it was delivered and saving it in his shirt pocket, he did as told and listened to the boring lecture. If there was something that he hated was when his friends got in troubles because of him, so as to avoid further troubles for Jellal, he would listen to him this one-time and pay attention to the rather monotone talk of their teacher.

"Hey, flame-brain…" He heard a hushed voice calling his attention, looking from the corner of his eyes to the right, he found a young man with black jet hair waving a hand at him while trying to cover his head with the back of their classmate and a raise book. "You okay?"

The boy just shrugged and answered in an equal hushed voice. "Just bored, Gray…"

"Want to hang-out with us after class?" He motioned to the group sitting around him; the three guys gave their personal greetings either by nodding, waving a hand or acknowledging him with the eyes. Natsu was going to shook his head and decline the offer but stopped, thinking about it, he could spent some time with them to end the boredom or try to at least; he nodded and was greeted with smiles and nods of approval, Gray giving him a thumb up and a smirk before pretending to listen to the class.

The pink-haired sighed tiredly, his head slowly turning to see the sky again only to feel something like a pencil pocking him on the shoulder, he felt a smile fighting his way to his lips; Jellal was an annoying friend most of the time… but a good-intentioned annoying friend.

The bell rang, everyone stood up from their seats, walking to the exit of the classroom or going to chat with their friends, but Natsu sat still on his seat; watching everything happen around him until Gray and the guys came to stand next to him. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's go…" He rise from his seat with the help of his arm and followed the others but, at the door he remembered, tilting his head to the seat behind his; he called out to the blue-haired man. "Hey Jellal, wanna come with us?"

Said boy only shook his head, gesturing with a finger the papers that were on top of his table; 'Oh, right,' Natsu thought while nodding at him. 'He has that student council meeting.'

"Good luck…" He said waving his hand before following Gray and his friends down the corridor, listening to their idle chat and looking at the floor as they headed outside the building, to the courtyard. Coming to a stop under one of the trees, the group sat under its shadow before relaxing and entering more interesting topics of discussion. "So… anything interesting happened?"

"Not that I know, everything is as boring as always…" Jet, one of Gray's close friends said, before lying on the grass completely with hands behind his head; the pink-haired raise a questioning eyebrow at him, what was the purpose of hanging out with them if they were in the same situation as him?

"Oh, but I heard something interesting from my sister..." Elfman, as his friends called him, said to them with a proud smile and crossed arms, calling the attention of Natsu and the other guys. He knew something interesting! That meant that the boredom would come to an end! "It seems that the student council president has a crush on a student…" Natsu perked up his ears at hearing this. "Some say that is someone from our class…"

"It must be Jellal, I can't think of anyone else in whom she would be interested…" Alzack, an exchange student from the west, concluded sadly, his partners sighing in defeat and disappointment. But their new addition had other reaction, grunting in response at the words meanwhile his mind thought furiously about it so much that his grunt almost came as a growl; that Gray noticed.

"It's to be expected, she'll surely fall in love with someone like him…" Gray said provokingly, his eyes studying the reaction of the guy next to him, watching amused how he tried to avoid giving any signs of caring about the subject at all.

"You think? I always thought that she was looking for someone opposite to her…" His patience was running out, he was already grabbing some grass with his hands and tearing them out of the ground; Gray smirked before continuing with his taunts, silently thanking that his friends were helping him even if unconsciously.

"Seems like we were all wrong; hell! The only thing I can think of right now is how pitiful those that had feelings for her are now felling…" A growl was heard and all eyes turned to look at Natsu, he was just staring innocently at them, not a sign of being the source of the past sound being present on his face. He only shrugged nonchalantly, making the others return to their previous points of interest before sighing in relief; but Gray noticed it as he was keeping a constant watch over the pink-haired at the same time he tried to hold back his laughter.

"I wouldn't put it so… crudely but that's true, many guys felt something for that woman…" Jet said rather uncomfortable at his words, hearing another growl from the pink-hair's direction.

"It's manly of Jellal to date the Council President! Behind every great man is a great woman!" Elfman yelled to the top of his lungs, calling the attention of nearby students and surprising his friends that were close to him, even if they were already aware of the guy's constant yelling of how manly some things were… but Natsu wasn't, and he made that clear when he stood from the ground and marched towards the white spiky haired man, whom looked at him questioningly before being grabbed by the collar of his uniform. His surprised eyes coming to meet face to face with the irritated eyes of the guy that joined them that day for mere chance, he was going to ask what was wrong but the narrowing of the other's eyes make him shut his mouth for all that he held dear.

"Listen big guy, shut your mouth and never mention something like that ever again, or you'll know why Phantom High is always after me." He whispered dangerously to the now trembling Elfman before releasing him and stomping back to the school building; Gray's eyes following closely with some mirth at the previous incident.

'Now it's Lucy's turn…' He thought while chuckling lightly and going to check on his almost-crying friend.

To be continued

New story! Yay! Hahaha! xD

Do not worry my friends, this one is shorter than "Knowing it..." so it doesn't occupy much of my time from the other projects.

I believe that It'll have close to 8 chapter and that's it, each of them depicting how Natsu's circle of friends help him to admit his feelings towards certain person and how he finally does it... in a way that I already have planned. Kekeke! xD

Each chapter will have the name of the person helping him first and later the name of the chapter, as to let you know who did it without you trying to guess. XDDD

Enjoy this chapter, I'll bring the next one in a few days, after updating "Scarlet Flame..." and "Knowing it..." again. ^^

R&R! =D

Saludos.