Sweetheart

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"So this is fun," Natsu sarcastically stated as he glared at Aina.

The salutatorian didn't seem to notice, too focused on the worksheet that she was holding against the wall. Natsu rolled his eyes and looked out from the projection booth to the auditorium as he waited for Aina to finish her homework.

"Why did we come here if you were going to do homework anyway?"

"This isn't homework. I just got an idea for my next article and I wanted to fill the sheet out before I forgot about it."

"Same thing, sweetheart."

"It's completely different," she argued. "This is me planning ahead so that way I can work on it later without wasting time."

A small groan left Natsu, and a few seconds later Aina felt a weight on her back. Hands were at their usual spot on her hips. Natsu stepped so her back was touching his chest, and he rested his head on her shoulder.

"Natsu, I have to finish this."

Natsu's right hand left her hip and reached in front of Aina, grabbing the paper from the wall and taking it away from her.

"Natsu!"

When she turned around, Natsu backed her up so that she was pressed against the wall. She rolled her eyes and made a sarcastic remark.

"What? Is preventing me from moving your new favorite thing?"

"Actually, I much prefer thinking about it as pinning you against things as my new favorite thing."

Aina's face flushed, and she instinctively held her hands out to wave the idea away.

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The trio was sitting in a circle as they chatted on Lucy's bedroom floor. Aina started to twiddle her fingers and coughed to gain their attention.

"Hey Lucy? You've done stuff before, right?"

Lucy looked at Aina's shy expression and raised an eyebrow.

"Stuff like what?"

"Um, like stuff stuff."

"A," Levy spoke up, "you're gonna have to be a little clearer."

"You've had sex before."

"Uh yeah. Why what's up?"

"Um, I just--"

"Woah. You're thinking about it? How come?"

"What? No! I just wanted to learn something new and I don't want to deal with his smug smile when I ask him how to do something."

"So not sex?"

"No. Not yet."

Lucy nodded and questioned her: "Okay, so what do you wanna learn?"

"Nothing too bad please. Maybe just something to catch him off guard."

"Have you touched each other before?"

Aina blushed at her friend's forwardness, and she could see that Levy was flustered as well.

"Well, um, I had him take his shirt off last night, and I, uh..."

"And you touched his stomach, right?"

"Y-Yeah."

Lucy's devilish smile shocked both Levy and Aina.

"I have the perfect thing."

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"Well hello to you too, sweetheart."