Sweetheart

83

A/N: I'm so sorry! I did that schedule publish option for times right after I posted 81 but it looks like it only worked for chapter 82. This story just doesn't wanna get published I guess. Giving all up to chapter 90 right now so it doesn't do that again.

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It was the next day, and Aina had not slept. She met with the rest of the trio and opened her locker.

"Hey A, are you okay?"

"I'm just a little tired," she admitted. "I couldn't sleep last night. My mind was all over the place."

"Well at least it's Friday!"

Aina nodded and grabbed her stuff and shut her locker door. Her eyes wandered over to the other side of the hall where Natsu and his friends stood. They were goofing off again, holding each other in head holds and punching each other in the shoulders. Lucy rolled her eyes and turned to Levy and Aina.

"What is up with boys and rough housing anyway?"

"Maybe they need to get their energy out," Levy guessed.

Aina's eyes landed on Natsu, but she quickly looked away when he turned to her.

"Ready for class, A?"

Aina snapped out of her trance and nodded at Lucy, smiling weakly and pulling her towards their English class.

Natsu rolled his eyes at whatever Gajeel had said and opened his locker. He had felt something off, but he couldn't really figure out what it was. He shook it off and grabbed his stuff before heading to Justine's room.

"Dude you're not actually going, are you?"

"What's wrong, Redfox? Afraid I'll break your attendance record?"

Gajeel scoffed and waved him off before making his way down the hall. Natsu snickered and shut his locker before heading off.

Aina took her seat and dragged her notebook out of her backpack and set it down on her desk. Her and Lucy were joking around, trying to figure out a plan for the weekend. Aina seemed to remember something, and it made her sighed.

"What's up?"

"Natsu and I are hanging out on Saturday, so it would have to be Sunday, and you have a game then."

Lucy groaned and made a comment about how Natsu was taking away vital best friend time, causing Aina to laugh and reason that it was only for a couple hours. Natsu entered the room and took his seat before sighing loudly. He spotted Aina and Lucy talking, so he gave a soft kick to the back of Aina's desk, eliciting a big jump to go through her.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," Natsu joked. "I didn't hear from you last night."

"Oh yeah. I, uh, I fell asleep right after I got home and I didn't wake up until my alarm went off, so I didn't see it. Sorry."

Lucy looked at her confused, recalling the conversation that they had in the hall.

"But A, didn't you say that you couldn't..."

Aina gave Lucy a look, and she quickly stopped, getting the hint that it was an excuse. The blonde looked between the two of them and squinted her eyes, trying to figure out why Aina would be trying to avoid him.

Natsu chuckled and countered, "Man I wish I could sleep like that. I don't think I've had a good sleep like that in a long time."

"Uh, yeah. It's nice."

Natsu looked over to her and studied her for a few seconds, and when he went to say something, Mister Justine had entered the room and began lecturing.

"Mister Dragneel, how nice of you to join us."