Second Life

Chapter 11: Double the Trouble

A/N: Whelp, bye bye writers block. It gave me a lot of trouble during this chapter but I managed to reach the minimum word limit I place on my chapters. Thank you to those who gave suggestions and feedback. I really appreciate it! You guys are awesome!

As always I hope you enjoy!

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It wasn't until he was on the train home when he truly regretted telling them. Of course it wasn't like they weren't always talking about it while moving between jobs or trying to get information out of him. But by the time the final ride home was underway, Natsu really wanted to break a wall...with his head...a million times over.

After all, how stupid was that move to even tell them. He knew better than that. Seriously, if he could go back in time he would. Because right now they were insufferable. So much so that trying to tune them out was useless. He would probably move seats if he wasn't currently handicapped by his motion sickness.

"I bet it's you Lucy." Gray said, breaking a longstanding silence. Natsu nearly face-palmed, people were always trying to pair them up. Then, if it wasn't Lucy, they always went straight to Lisanna too. 

"What makes you say that?" Lucy hummed. "It's a bit worrying for you to immediately pick me."

Gray looked over her for a moment before shaking his head, "Yeah your right, you've got Loki."

"Of course I do. Besides Natsu is just a friend." Natsu mentally thanked her for saying so.

"A friend who likes to sneak into your apartment." Gray smirked back at her. That had earned him a slap upside the head from both Lucy and Natsu. "Ow! Why'd you both hit me?!"

"No reason." They chimed together.

"Natsu, you did say it was someone we know right?" Lucy asked turning to the pinkette.

"Uh, yeah." Natsu said before the train hit a bump, making him curl in on himself a bit more.

"Well that's a given since he had mentioned that it was someone he saw regularly." Erza pointed out.

"Well, how many girls in the guild are single?" Gray asked. Natsu sighed and leaned against the window, watching the landscape go by. He tried to mentally prepare himself for being shipped with everyone but he knew it would still be awkward in every way.

"Well I think Lisanna and Cana are still single." Lucy said and by the sound of her voice, Natsu didn't even have to turn to  see that she had a shit eating grin on her face.

"Yeah and there's Juvia, Laki, and Kinana." Erza listed with a nod.  Natsu barely held back his laughter. They couldn't be anymore off. Of course they were a little more informed on the guild's relationships than he was. But to suggest Juvia of all girls....he wondered just what type of girl they thought he was into.

"And also Mira." Gray chuckled, "You can't forget about her now."

"Of course you can't forget her. She's been single for a while hasn't she?" Erza said. Natsu sat there and prayed that his checks weren't as red as they felt.

"I asked her about it before but she didn't say anything about it." Lucy smiled, "Maybe she's waiting for someone special."

"She has had many guys try and pick her up recently too." Gray added, a amused tone in his voice. "A lot of which have been after her for a few weeks now."

An involuntary growl crept up into Natsu's throat. The image that had fazed into his mind made him want to break some necks. His fingers twitching from the very urge. It took him a second before he realized he was even growling at all. He shifted his position as naturally as he could to try and play it off as his usual groans he made when his stomach shifted. He could only sit and hope that it had worked.