Sweetheart

47

"We're going on a double date," Lucy stated as she looked at Natsu and Aina.

"Fuck that. You don't even have a date."

"Natsu," Aina scolded, "you don't know that."

"Oh yeah? Lucy, do you have a date?"

"No, but that's besides the point. We're gonna go to the--"

"You're not coming if you don't have a date. No way."

Aina sighed and tried to settle things again. Lucy and Natsu continued to bicker and wouldn't listen to her.

"Sorry guys, but I'm busy."

They let out a unified "what?" as their heads whipped over to the brunette. Aina shrugged and said that and her mom were spending the day at the graveyard. The two friends sighed and nodded.

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Natsu hung upside down as he laid on Aina's bed, casually tossing erasers at the brunette as she read her book on the floor.

"Do you mind?" She asked, annoyed.

"Not at all. Thanks for asking."

"You should be reading too. The first two acts are due tomorrow."

"Yeah, no."

"You didn't even try."

"Reading isn't my thing, sweetheart. Especially Shakespeare."

"But Shakespeare is good because..."

She drifted off when she saw that Natsu wasn't paying attention anymore, his focus diverted to his phone. She scoffed and crawled over to the bed and sat on the floor next to his head. Natsu's gaze shifted over, and they locked eyes before a smirk grew across his face.

"What's up, sweetheart? You look conflicted."

She looked off to the side, speaking very quietly with embarrassment flooding her voice.

"Would you do some homework if I bribed you?"

Natsu snickered and went to say something inappropriate when Aina quickly covered his mouth.

"Not like that, and you very well know that."

"Alright then, sweetheart. What's your version of bribery?"

"I don't actually know," she whispered.

He laughed loudly and rolled off the bed, joining Aina on the floor.

"How are you gonna bribe me if you don't know what you're bribing me with?"

She leaned her head back so it rested on the bed. Natsu shifted and smiled down at her, leaning to kiss her neck. She pulled away at the last second, her own smirk present.

"You can't kiss me until you read something," she stated proudly.

"Oh really?" Natsu laughed. "Then I guess I have no choice but to read some Willy."

He opened up the play and started to read, but he groaned when he looked at all the unfamiliar words. He squinted, but the words just weren't making sense.

"What the fuck did they do to this?"

"It's early modern."

"I can't read this."

He leaned back and laid on the floor, tossing the play off to the side. Aina sighed before she got an idea. She grabbed her phone off her desk and scooted back over to Natsu. She tapped the phone a couple times before an introduction started playing. She handed Natsu back his book and pulled him up so he was sitting.