Nalu; The Essence of A Drug

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Life's too short to be worrying sick over little details…but sometimes those ignored details are warnings for a bigger issue- Unknown

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"Do you remember me?...Luce??" Natsu asked with a saddened expression. He stood in the doorframe of Lucy's bedroom still holding the bags he was instructed to carry.

"Remember..you?" She questioned in confusion. "Do we know each other?" She arched an eyebrow, simultaneously racking her brain for any tint of memory of the person in front of her. Yet she found none. "Where'd this question suddenly come from?"

"Oh..so you don't remember me.." His expression saddened some more as he walked inside Lucy's bedroom and closed the door behind him. He trotted towards her, each step seemingly louder the closer he got. He reached behind him, eyeing Lucy with a spark of dullness in his eyes.

'Oh shit...don't tell me he-' She muttered as she took a few wary steps back. She reverse stepped with each forward step Natsu made. That was until her back tapped the wall behind her gently. Oh now she's screwed.

Natsu was currently inches away from her face. She sucked in a breath and closed her eyes preparing to meet her end. The first day of the game show and she's already about to die.

~Confessional with Lucy~

''My father better avenge me when I die" she squeaked in anger.

~Confessional Ova~

Lucy screamed softly and flinched against the warm hand cupping her face. Her eyes blinked open just as Natsu gently pressed his lips against hers. She couldn't fathom what exactly was going on. First he hated her, then he somehow remembers her and now he's kissing her out of the blue? Is he crazy? Where is the logic in this boy's head? It just doesn't make any sense. Where is all this overly explosive emotion induced behavior coming from?

He pulled away slowly, never breaking eye contact with her. Lucy bit her lip in anxiousness when he stepped back and gazed at the ground, his lips curved into a frown. A few moments passed by as the two stood there in silence. Lucy didn't dare move, afraid that he was the serial killer she was supposed to stay away from.

"You seriously.." he started, catching her attention once again. His head raised up just enough for her to see the streaks of tears slithering down his cheeks. "Don't remember me?" He finished his question staring at her in disbelief. Lucy's heart churned in disgust at the mere sight of the tears flowing uncontrollably from his eyes.

~Confessions with Lucy~

"News flash for everyone in life." Lucy pouted examining her nails in front of the camera. She paused for a moment to stare at the electronic right in the lenses. "Crying makes you ten times more ugly. And I do not like ugly shit''.

~End of Confession~

She gently cupped his face in the midst of her two palms. Lucy gazed at him once more, not being able to recruit memories of pinkie. Still, from her observation she was sure that if she believed hard enough she would eventually assume that he is a childhood friend of hers.

Which is why she must play the game of this manipulative witch standing before her. He dared to use a manipulative tactic against her fierce mind. Her own father used to use the same method, of course she can recognize the toxic intentions laying underneath his skin. She frowned and lowered her head pretending to be just as distraught as he was. Or even more so if her expression was that perfected.

Even if he wasn't the killer, he will surely be punished for trying to deceive her. Lucy has an excellent memory, she even remembers everything she had been through since birth. If he was indeed a friend of hers then she would've remembered him.  Still, she couldn't deny the fact that this evil bastard could still be of some use one way or the other.

"I'm sorry...but I don't" she gazed into his own  with tears welling up in her eyes. He looked taken aback by her expression for a solid minute before frowning and pulling her into a hug. Lucy secretly searched his body for any type of weaponry on his figure but found nothing fortunately. She rested her head on his shoulder and hugged him tightly. "I'll make it up to you I promise." She whispered in his ear with a sly grin on her face, completely aware of the supposedly secretive toothy grin on his face.

~Confessions with Lucy~.

"Oh so you think you're toxic?" Lucy chuckled, opening her fan and elegantly fanning herself. "You have yet to be swallowed by my wrath."

~Confession Ova~

"YO!" Gray interrupted as he barged into the room, screaming at the top of his lungs. The two jumped away from each other with light flushes on their cheeks. "Erza's dead..." he gritted his teeth.

The two love birds glanced at each other in horror before rushing downstairs behind Gray where Erza's body hung from the ceiling. The crimson liquid drizzled lightly, almost hidden by her silky scarlet hair. It trinkled from her head, to her very well noticed broken arm, onto the floor in the puddle below her corpse. Everyone else was already there staring at the body in terror. No one was able to move. Everyone was too shook to make a sound. How'd this happen?!

Natsu covered Lucy's eyes, hugging her from behind protectively.

"I'll protect you Luce." He whispered in her ear causing Lucy to blush in embarrassment.

"T-Thank you.." she stuttered in a whisper.

"How the hell did this happen?!" Levy yelled, tears flowing from her eyes whilst clutching her head in shock.

"Which one of you did it?!" Juvia glared at each and every last one of them.

"It's gotta be one of you three." Gray pointed at Levy, Gajeel and Jellal.

"What are you trying to say imbecile" Gajeel took more steps towards Gray."You three were the only ones near Erza last." He growled. "On top of that y'all were arguing." Jellal bit his cheek.

"We left Erza alone when we all went up to our rooms. So it's probably someone we haven't seen often." They all glanced at Natsu and Lucy.

"Nah it wasn't those two. They were being lovey dovey in Lucy's room." Everyone frowned in disgust.

"Really guys? At a time like this?"

"Hey these few days  could be the last few days of my life. I might as well do the things I always wanted to do." Lucy shrugged.

"Exactly. You gotta live your life to the fullest before the killer strikes." Natsu explained, dragging his tongue against Lucy's neck. She shuddered 

"Ee ew ew ew ew save that for your room." Levy covered her eyes and turned towards the wall. Natsu simply chuckled, wrapping his arms securely around Lucy's waist.

"Back to the question...who could it be..?" Gray asked, making everyone ponder about it again.

"Heh… it looks like the killer eliminated its first target. '' Maya snickered evilly against the intercom speaker."Players gather into the back yard to potentially uncover Sussy~san" She smiled. Everyone else could only sigh in frustration.This night is not going to end well.