Married at Eighteen [NaLu] ✓

Ch. 21 - Natsu...likes me?!

Ch. 21 - Natsu...likes me?!

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Natsu's P.O.V.

OH MY GOSH! I cannot believe I just said that out loud. Especially to Lisanna. Let's just hope there's no security cameras or recorders around here 'cause I would die of embarrassment if Lucy finds out about using her to get rid of Lisanna--wait--that sounded rude and weird.

"Y-You like Lucy?" Lisanna asked in a shaky, stuttering voice.

"Y-Yeah..." I stated uncertainly, rubbing the back of my head. Well, this is awkward.

She sniffled, "This is impossible! I-I don't believe this. I won't believe this."

"W-Why not...?" I asked, stammering.

"I've seen you and Lucy and there was zero love aura around you two." She remarked before she placed her hands on her hips then, lifted an eyebrow.

"What?" I scoffed, rolling my eyes at her remark. "Don't be ridiculous. We have that love aura you're talking about." I chuckled contentedly.

"Nope. I don't really see it."

"I'm telling you--It's the truth!" I chuckled nervously. But, she continued to lift her eyebrows at me.

"Prove it."

"What?"

"Show me. Show me that you two really are dating."

"But, I didn't say that..." Why do I even have to prove it to her? Chuckling nervously, I keep on sweating. "I-I told you I like her--we aren't dating..."

"Hmm..." Lisanna's eyes bevame melancholic. She sighed in defeat and nodded, "Alright. I believe you..." she started to walk away from me; out of the rooftop then I heard her feet stomp and some sniffling as she got downstairs.

"Geez. Now I'm really in trouble here..."

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Lucy's P.O.V.

Changing into my PJs, I opened the t.v. and decided to watch any kind of movie on. Anything at all. Eventually, I stopped when I saw that Percy Jackson : lightning thief was on.

"Ohh... I forgot how I missed this movie so much." I exclaimed in excitement as I swooned at Percy's face. Gosh, how handsome he was when he was this young.

* ding - dong *

"Wifey, I'm home!" I heard Natsu call and close the entrance door.

I felt my whole face gone red. I could feel the heat and my blood boil inside of me. I sat up on the couch then, fixed the wrinkles of my clothes and fixed my hair.

'The person I like... is Lucy.'

Those words started echoing inside my mind. Ohhh no!!! Snap out of this, Lucy! Y-You do know Natsu doesn't really like you, like you, right? I mean, come on, he barely does what I say.

I mean, of course he does the chores since I'm cooking for him. He...sleeps on the couch in exchange for food again.

But, does he really do those things in exchange or---

"Hey, Luce!"

My whole body stiffened in place. My back was straight with my chest out and tummy in--I looked like a soldier being punished.

When he sat next to me on the couch, he laid his hand behind the couch, almost touching me by my neck--making me move forward and stop leaning by the couch's back.

"Luce, I--I gotta tell you something." he coughed. "It's quite important."

Oh. My. Goodness. I--Is he going to say it? I mean, right here? Right now? Definitely not the best time to confess his feelings especially when I witnessed it.

"Uh, hold." I lifted a hand an inch from his mouth to make him stop talking. He looked at my hand then looked back at my face, having a questioned look on his face.

"I--I don't think I'm ready for this..."

He blushed, leaning forward. By his action, his face was only a few inches away. "Y-You mean, you knew?!"

Does he mean... I knew his feelings all along?

Slowly nodding, I felt Natsu blush again. He backed away a bit then, pouted. "I--Is that okay with you...?"

"W-What...?"

"I--Was saying that... out loud... alright?"

"...I--I don't know... y-you tell me... you control your own body..."

He exhales then nods. "Thanks for understanding, Luce."

Looking away, I sighed and felt like I should ignore him for now. I feel awkward. It sounds really weird to think that a married couple would feel awkward since they find out they have feelings for each other--er--one has feelings for the other.

"Well, uh, I guess... this means good night, then." He remarks.

"Wait, what?"

"It's too late. The movie ended and it's already 9:45 p.m., I mean." He pointed at the clock after he had turned the t.v. off.

"O-Ohh... r-right."

"Okay. I'll sleep here, then--?"

"Feel free to sleep anywhere.."

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It was super awkward between the two of us. After explaining the whole thing to Levy, she had officially spat the juice she was drinking and kept laughing hysterically. "I--I told you this would happen!"

"I--I don't... know..." I just made myself shrug her remark off. "I--I didn't e--even expect this to happen!"

“No turning back now. He likes you. What would you reply?” Levy giggled.

Shrugged. “I--I feel...nothing.”

Levy raised an eyebrow. “Oh, Lucy. You are just too of a scaredy cat to admit it.”

“I'm not scared--” Cutting my sentence off, I felt my heart quicken when I saw Natsu walking pass by with Gray and Loke.

“Lucy? Hello? Lucy!”

“Argh!” I exclaimed. “I just--don't like him that way, okay?”

“Lucy-!”

Leaving the cafeteria and Levy, I walked straight into the restroom and stared at myself in the mirror. “Lucy. Yo-You don't like Natsu, right? I mean . . . It's impossible.”

N--Natsu definitely is just pretending. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to stick with my theory instead of Levy's. As I was just about to walk out, Lisanna bumped into me, crying.

“L--Lisanna.”

She glared at me and locked herself in a stall. “Go away.” she quoted. “I--I don't want to see you right now.”

“Lisanna, you literally can't see me right now. You're not even looking at me.”

“Stop speaking literally!”

Exhaling, I step out of the restroom for a minute to make Lisanna come out. Sure enough, she fell for the trap and I can see her rinsing her face.

“You can do this, Lisanna.” she said to herself. “You love Natsu. And what do you do to he people you love--you do whatever it takes.”

Oh, shit. I'm entering a huge problem here. Lisanna's going to woo Natsu? Fine. See if I care. I don't care about that stupid idiot anyway.

Not even one...bit.