I forgot to put this in the last chapter.
I do not own Fairy Tail, only the story.
"So, uhm, where are we going and...when?" she asked me, not letting me go from her embrace.
"Well, today is payday so...tomorrow?"
"P-payday?" she looked at me with confused eyes, letting me go while doing it.
"Boss gives me my part first day of the month so yeah, it's payday" I grinned at her.
"You have a job?" she looked at me with surprise this time.
"It's a part-time job as a waiter in a little restaurant that is close to my home, I like it and they pay well"
"What's the name of it?" Gray asked out of the blue, getting into our not private conversation.
"Fairy Tail", Lucy's eyes went wide, "What? You've been there before?"
"Yeah! It's literally in front of my house!, You should visit me next time you are there!" she offered, a smile on her face all the time.
"How will I know which one is yours?" I saw her mouth making an "O"
"It's a white one with a red roof and...uh, it has two windows, left one is my father's room and the other one is my room and uhm…"
"It's says 'Heartfilia' in the front door" Jellal added, standing up, "I'm gonna look for Erza, Gray, come with me" He ordered, and Gray just nodded, not actually caring.
They left us alone.
"What do you have next?" she asked me while eating some of her lunch.
I let out a sigh, "Math" Math was a freshman's subject in Fairy High.
"Oh I thought you were my age, didn't know you are one year younger" I had to laugh nervously, "Oh don't worry, I don't care about the age either way" she reassured to me, "I-I mean, it's not like I would date a 10 years old little boy but...one year is nothing"
"Oh so we are dating" I just had to say, she looks way too cute while blushing.
"N-n-no, I didn't mean it like that!" she yelled at me, punching my chest softly.
"I know, I know, and, we are probably the same age, but I had some...family issues two years ago, and I had to repeat one year...even knowing that, I feel grateful that I have a date with a gorgeous girl who doesn't care about looks or ages" her cheeks turned red.
"I only care about the inside" she muttered, but I could perfectly hear her, "S-so! Where are we going?"
"How about I pick you up after my shift tomorrow and take you to these festival that Fairy Tail's restaurant is making? Don't worry, it won't be too late. I only work, like, four hours a day so I'll pick you up at six, what do you say?
"Oh sure, six sounds good to me" she said, and then the bell rang, "Well, I'll be waiting for you, Natsu" she gave one last smile and went to her classes.
My cheeks were beginning to hurt from so much smiling.
….
Math was Okay. There were some bullies mocking me about what I did at the cafeteria, and there were some nice girls who gave me some tips.
"Natsu-san" I heard a girly voice calling my mean, and I turned my eyes away from my drawing notebook to find the source.
An absolutely beautiful, blue-haired girl -A little bit bigger in some aspects than the other blue-haired girl- was talking to me.
"I heard about your…" she leaned closer and whispered to my ear, " date with Lucy-san"
I couldn't help but smile every time I heard that.
"What about it?" I asked, "Oh and it's not a secret, but thanks for keeping it low" It wasn't a secret, but I don't think people wanna hear about a Geek dating the captain of the cheerleaders and most popular girl in the school.
"It's okay, Juvia understands" I'm guessed her name was Juvia, "Oh Juvia is so sorry! My name is Juvia Lockser" she smiled at me, "And, if Juvia had friends, they would call her Juvia" Oh damn, another soul in need of company I thought, since she was like me.
"Then I will call you Juvia, if that's okay with you" Her smile grew wider.
"Yes, yes! Juvia is okay with that" I had to admit, maybe her way of speaking was a little bit...weird, but she was nice, "Anyway I wanted to ask Natsu-san...how did Natsu-san do that? Juvia's been trying to get closer to the person she likes, but it's just too hard…"
"Oh you mean talk to Lucy?" She nodded, "Well I didn't talk first, that's for sure" her eyes went wide, "But, tell me who is the guy...or the girl, and I'll try to help you! I mean, sure, Lucy helped me out by talking first but, maybe you'll have more courage than me, I don't know"
"Uhm...the person Juvia likes…" she searched for something in her pocket, and took out her phone, "Is this person…" She can just tell me his name… I thought, and tried to figure out who was the guy in her background.
I was very shocked when I realized who he was, "That's Gray Fullbuster, right?" she nodded furiously, "Hey! I can totally help you! He's friends with Lucy, and he's always sitting in the same table" Her face was looking at the floor.
"But how can Juvia get to that table? I mean, it's for the popular people, and Juvia's not popular at all…"
"Well, do I look popular to you?" Why are you nodding? I thought, laughing nervously, "I am not popular, Juvia!" I had to make it clear, "I am not popular, and I don't ever wanna be popular, I just want Lucy's attention, nothing else than that" she smiled at me.
"Juvia thinks that's very sweet, Natsu-san, and that Lucy-san is very lucky to have someone like you" My cheeks turned red.
"T-thanks...A-and she doesn't have me!...Well she does, but she doesn't know that yet, okay!?" I could hear her giggling at my statement, "As I was saying, I can help you, okay? I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the cafeteria tomorrow in Lunch Time and take you to the so called popular table, that way you can talk to Gray as much as you want" her eyes were sparkling, "And now go, the teacher is coming" I said as I heard some footsteps getting closer to the door.
"How does Natsu-san knows…" the teacher entered to the classroom and she was gone.
...As sad as it can sound, time goes really slowly when you expect it to go fast, and this topic in specific took like forever to end and, when it did, I had to stand up and stay like that for a few minutes.
"Good thing last period is Art" I said.
You see, the thing about Art is that, first, they said I was too good, so now I am in Art 2, for 10th graders where, now I know, Levy is.
And second, I'm not good at art, I'm just good at using my emotions in, like, almost everything. Including sports, music, school, and, of course, art.
Especially drawings…
And especially drawing about my dad…
"Or Lucy" I said to cheer myself up.
"Hey Natsu!" I heard someone yelling my name just before I went into the Art classroom.
"Hey It's me, Levy" she waved her hand, getting closer to me, "What's up? Ready for class?" I nodded in response, "Oh it's first day of the month, so free drawing, right?" I nodded again, and she smiled this time, "Why don't you draw something for Lu-chan?"
Now that shuffled my heart a little.
"I don't think I am-"
"Oh yes you are good enough! And I bet Lucy will love everything you draw for her, not even caring if it's good or bad" she told me what I already knew but still…
"I guess you're right….I'll draw something to her"
"That's the spirit, boy!"
Now, I said I'll make something for her…
But what?
I decided to go for something simple. Simple and majestic, to show her that my love is nothing complex, that I just love her and that's it.
I drew a fireball.
A fireball with a long tail that ended up writing her name with flames.
"So, teacher, today I tried to make it fast and simple, so I don't have to show it to the class...right?"
She began laughing.
"Very funny, Natsu" She took my little paper and raised it.
All the students started muttering weird stuff so the teacher took a look at my paper.
"Oh shi...I'm sorry" I waved my hand.
"T's fine, it was only a matter of time before they knew…"
Still, they started laughing and mocking me.
"What!? You with Lucy Heartfilia? You better throw that draw away boy" A guy told me, trying to steal my paper.
"Don't you even dare touching this" I slapped his hand when he tried again, "Do that again and-"
"And what?" I frowned.
"And I'll fucking kill you" Ok, that wasn't me.
I turned my face to find Gajeel pushing away that idiot that was mocking me.
"'Sup, Little Natsu" He waved his hand slowly, grinning, "Levy texted me, said you were having some…" he gave a dead glance to all the idiots that were behind me, "Issues with your classmates here"
"Oh well, maybe I did" I said, messing around with him, "Thanks man, I didn't want to spill unnecessary blood, so you just saved his ass" he snorted at that.
"Ok, I'll go now, just tell shrimp if you have any troubles and I'll be there for ya" My eyes went wide for a second.
"Sure, but why?"
"That's what friends are for, right?" I felt something in my chest.
Something warm.
"Right!" he waved and left the room, not before giving Levy an air-kiss.
"So now I have my body-guard?" I asked Levy.
"No!" I could see her smile, "He's mine, but you can borrow him from time to time" she told me while looking around me, "So? Where's it? " she asked me, her eyes sparkling.
I lend her my paper.
…
"NATSU! It's so beautiful!" She said while holding it quite hard.
"Careful with it" I tried to calm her down, which worked.
"Oh, right, sorry...anyway, you gotta give this to Lu-chan. She will definitely love it!"
"I will, I'm just waiting for the opportunity" I replied, already thinking about my date with her.
Maybe tomorrow….
"Oh, but Lu-chan mentioned that you guys live close to each other?" I nodded, "Natsu Dragneel, be a gentleman and walk her home" She ordered and I just had to shiver.
"I don't think Lucy would want a guy like me to walk her home" she almost slapped me when I said that.
"Well it seems like you weren't paying attention to her at all" she said, pouting, "just let me tell Lucy about this…" she started walking to the door...
Shit.
"W-Wait! Okay! I will walk her home! I'm sorry!" I could hear her giggling.
"Of course you will" she said, "And I thought she told you she doesn't care about your looks?"
Oh, yeah...
"I guess it's just hard to believe that I have a date with her…" I told her, shrugging…
"Wait what? You guys are having a date!?"
Fuck.
"S-she didn't tell you?" she shook her head from left to right franatically.
Shit
"W-well...we are…"
"Oh Lucy Heartfilia...You are so dead for not telling me…" she muttered while leaving the room even before the bell rang, "AND YOU!" she returned, opening the door in the rudest way possible, "I want details!" I nodded, "DETAILS" I nodded again, "Good." she left.
"What the fuck was that?" a guy yelled, gaining a report from the teacher.
And when the bell rang, I left as fast as I could, not wanting any kind of trouble…
And of course, in a hurry to find that girl…
My girl.