A tale of two idiots
(A.N. Oh yeah, this is going to be good..)
Chapter one
Stupid is as Stupid does
"LUCYYYYYYYYYYYYYY."
"Merhh, go away." grumbled Lucy, ducking her head under the bed covers.
"LUCYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY."
Lucy threw the sheets off her face grumpily.
"What is it Natsu?!" she yelled.
"Don't you know what today is?" he asked.
"Monday?" she said exasperatedly, flailing her arms in the air.
"Well duhhh, but that's not what I mean."
Lucy flopped back face-down onto her pillow.
"Natsuu, can't I just go back to sleep?" she whined.
"You could.. But then you'd miss out on your surprise.."
"What surprise?" asked Lucy in bewilderment.
She heard what sounded like muffled laughter.
"Natsu, what are you hiding?" she asked in suspicion, pulling herself up from the pillow.
Natsu grinned from behind the door.
"Come with me, and you'll find out." he said.
With that he ran from the door and down the stairs, laughing along the way.
Lucy glared up at the ceiling and gave up, standing up to get dressed.
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"Natsu, where are you taking me?" she asked.
Natsu grinned.
"Nope. I'm not telling you. It's a surprise," he said for the umpteenth time.
He looked back at her.
"Hey, no peeking," he said, pulling the blind fold over her eyes again.
"But--"
"--Just try to think about something else." he said, cutting her off.
'Like what?' she thought.
She could hear the sounds of their footsteps, and the birds chirping in the nearby trees.
But she couldn't see anything.
All she could feel was a small breeze in her hair, and the warmth of Natsu's guiding hand.
'Natsu—NO! I can't think of Natsu!! Anything but that!'
Every time she thought of Natsu, she'd start having weird daydreams about them together.
She tried to quickly think about something else, but it was too late.
No matter how hard she tried not to think about it, her mind kept conjuring up mental images of him.
Pink hair blowing gently in the wind.. Dark eyes sparkling.. Dazzling smile..
Lucy hummed to herself, trying to distract her thoughts.
"Lucy.." he said warmly.
Lucy hummed louder, trying to tune the voice out.
"Lucyy.."
She shook her head.
"Luce, are you okay?" Natsu asked.
"I'm fine! Just leave me alone already!" she said.
Natsu looked hurt.
"You want me to go away?"
Lucy was confused.
The Natsu she saw in her head, and the Natsu that was speaking seemed to be two separate things altogether.
She peeked out from under the blind fold, and saw the sad expression on Natsu's face.
"Of course not.. Sorry.." she said, embarrassed.
Natsu was utterly baffled by her.
"Right, well.. Hey- You're peeking again."
Lucy laughed quietly as he pulled the blind fold back over her eyes again.
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"Hey Natsu, seriously, where are you taking me?" Lucy asked after a while.
Natsu grinned.
"Why don't you tell me if you can figure it out." he offered.
Lucy listened intently.
The wind swept gently through this place.. wherever it was.
It was serene, and a soft floral scent filled the air.
"It smells like a flower shop. But the fact that it's windy would tell me otherwise." she said.
"Well, I can tell you were not in a flower shop.." he said.
Lucy sighed.
"Would you just tell me already? It's driving me nuts."
Natsu stopped and laughed.
"Okay fine, since were here anyway.."
At first she was blinded by the sudden change in light, but as everything came into vision she could see that she she was surrounded by a flurry of soft pink.
Lucy gasped.
"Cherry blossoms? They're my favorite. How did you know..?" she turned to him, and was surprised to see that he had a decorated package extended towards her.
"Happy Birthday!" he said.
Lucy blinked.
"Umm.. Thanks.. Natsu.. but.. It's not my birthday." she said.
"Huh?" Natsu looked at her, confused.
Then a grin spread across his face.
"Of course it is, don't you remember? Today is the day you joined Fairy Tail!"
Lucy stared at him, and she could feel tears rising to her eyes.
"You remembered?" she asked.
"Well yeah! How could I forget?" he said, smiling.
"So what's this?" said Lucy, trying to keep from showing her tears.
"Oooh, open it! Open it!" Natsu prompted, shoving the present towards her.
"Okay, okay!" Lucy laughed, accepting the gift.
She pulled the wrapping off of the present carefully and gasped.
"Th-the k-k-key of th-th S-scorpion?!?!?!" she said with her mouth literally hanging open.
"Yep." said Natsu with a huge grin.
"B-but this is one of the golden gate keys!!!!!!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Yep." Natsu repeated with a laugh.
"How did you get it????"
"Carefully." he said, giving her a sideways glance.
Lucy stared at it in awe.
"I don't know what to say.."
She looked at him and smiled.
"Thank you, Natsu."
*(NATSU'S POV)*
I was glad that she liked the gift.
It had been hard to get of course, but it was more than worth it.
Her smile was the greatest thing I'd seen all day..
If only I could find a way to tell her..
But I knew she'd probably never feel the same anyway so..
*(NORMAL POV)*
"I'm just glad you like it." Natsu said.
"Like it?" Lucy said astonished.
"Natsu, I love it! This is the greatest!"
She threw her arms around him.
Natsu's eyes widened a bit, though Lucy didn't notice as he turned his head and blushed.
"Yeah, sure thing Luce.." he said with a smile, though his thoughts sounded elsewhere.
*(LUCY'S POV)*
I wanted to stay in his arms for just a bit longer.
I just felt so safe with him, so happy..
He was always so funny, and sweet..
But I didn't know if he liked me at all so..
*(NORMAL POV)*
Lucy pulled away, smiling back down at the key as she put it on her key ring with the others.
"Aren't you going to do the contract thing?" asked Natsu, watching her.
"I can do it later." she said simply, gazing up into the cherry blossom trees.
"This place is so beautiful.." she sighed in bliss.
Natsu continued to stare at her.
"Yeah.. you are.." he said just a blissfully.
Lucy gawked at him.
"Huh?"
"I mean it is! Yes, very..um.." he said quickly, turning his head and blushing again.
Lucy shrugged and gazed back into the trees, watching as the pink petals flew everywhere.
'Nice one Natsu..' he thought to himself.
Lucy gazed at Natsu from the corner of her eye.
He had a far away look on his face.
She thought he looked so cute when he was concentrating.
But wait..
Was he.. blushing?
Lucy thought for a moment.
'Nahh..'
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(A.N.) OMGAWWD. THIS IS SO FUN TO WRITE.
Haaa see? Lucy can be pretty stupid too sometimes. XD
But noooo. Natsu's too cute/wonderful/everything to be called stupid. X(
He's just misunderstood. :C
Poor wittle Natsu.
Hahaha.
Well, I should get started on the next chapter.
LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!
-Anni Mae15