The Playboy of Fairy Tail High

Everything's meant to be broken

I look up with two wide eyes at the boy asking me to dance as if he were ordering a soda. My hand is still in his, but I self consciously pull it away.

"Oh, go on Lu-chan." Levy nudges me towards Natsu.

"What happened to your indifference?!" I exclaim.

She shrugs, "Mira talked me out of it. You know, apparently Natsu's a really good guy if you get to know him." Natsu smirks as if he heard her, but Levy just smiles.

"Yeah but I- hey!" Natsu grabs my hands again and pulls me out of my chair. I look back at Levy, and she throws me my purse before waving a gentle goodbye, almost looking sorry for me.

"Oh, she'll be fine. I heard Gajeel talking earlier about how he plans to whisk her away later tonight." Natsu grins, and I can't help but wonder if this is what the devil looks like. Holding one of my hands, he drags me past the dance floor and out of the gym.

"Hey, where are you taking me? I thought we were dancing."

"Oh, so now you want to dance?" He smirks.

"Just... Tell me where we're going." He keeps his mouth shut.

"You know, technically we're not supposed to leave the gym without permission."

Still nothing.

"Natsu, I really, really have to pee."

Why won't he say something? Even if I wasn't lying, surely he'd have to let me go at that. Sighing dramatically, I tap his shoulder and bring out the puppy dog eyes.

"Fine, Luce, we're h-"

"What is it?" I look up at him again, staring into his dark eyes, and ever widening mine.

"We're here." Natsu coughs, and I see that we're on the roof of the Athletics center. How did I not notice that?

"Wow. I didn't know you could even come up here." I take a deep breath and look around me. The music is pounding below us, but my ears still feel numb from the sudden change. Maybe that's why I don't hear Natsu when he says something to me.

"What was that?" I tear my eyes away from the campus to look at Natsu. He's blushing...

"N-nothing."

"You said something."

"I said... If you like that view so much, you should look up." He walks over to stand in front of me, and gently tilts my head back.

"Woah." I breathe slowly, afraid one single mistake would ruin the perfect construct of constellations above us.

"I thought you'd like it," Natsu whispers. Excited, I begin to point at different constellations above us.

"There's the North Star! And Aquarius, right next to Pisces! And ..." When I look back at Natsu, he's staring at me. Smiling.

"Why'd you bring me up here anyways?" I ask.

"Are you regretting it?"

"Never. Just, why? Why are you doing this for me?"

"Maybe I'm doing it for myself just as much as I may be doing it for you," Natsu's voice gets lower and lower, so I have to lean in to hear him. He takes my hands again, and places them against his heart.

"Hey, do you hear that?" I try to change the subject, and mentally yell at my heart to calm down.

"What, the music?"

"Sure," I break eye contact.

"They're playing slow songs. Luce, you wanna dance?"

My words come out in a mumble, "you already asked me that."