Fairy Tail x Reader

Natsu x Reader - Soulmate

I hated him, loathed him with all my being. He just had to do everything I did, but just a tad bit better. Always had to be the one that won, the one that was recognized and worshipped. He was always the one that annoyed my entire being into something unrecognizable. He was the worst.

The 'he' in the paragraph above belongs to Natsu Dragneel, the star football, basketball and soccer star, as well as the heartthrob, if that's even possible, of my entire high school. Which was stationed in California, near hollywood, the center of social media. He was not limited to just our high school, the entire world knew about him.

And I guess you could say I was the girl version of him, apart from the heartthrob (as I have never had a single guy ever ask me out or even look at me twice) and the bizarre pink hair. We were both athletic, both extremely competitive, and both horrible with anything that did not involve running or a ball. All of this just made losing to him so much worse.

We were the same, absolutely no difference. Well except for the fact that I'm a girl, and even he has beaten me in that department. His pecs are bigger than my boobs! But I don't let any of this get to me, at least not 24/7 of the time. This failure that I have had to endure every single time I compete against him, which has been proven to be just as addictive as cocaine, I have turned it into a motivator, have been for the past three years.

Another sad note, it never worked.

Never had I beaten him, and no motivation is ever going to aid me in his defeat. It's senior year, I have less than a year left to beat his ass so hard he cries. I dream about that day quite often, actually. It's the only thing that puts a smile on my face during very tough times in the academic world. Natsu crying, what a beautiful moment that will be indeed.

"If you do that any harder, the pen is going to break, the metal pen," Lucy pointed out which takes me out of my thoughts. My eyes refocus and I'm taken back to reality. I was in the process of crossing out the name on the top of the list, the one that was above mine. You couldn't see it now, but it used to say Natsu Dragneel. And I'm very glad it no longer does.

"Sorry. I hope you can still use it," I pass the pen I had borrowed from her back and stare back at the piece of paper.

"It's fine, I got others. After being your best friend for the past three years, I learned. Unlike one person. Why do you keep trying to beat him? From your results so far, it's impossible."

"Exactly!" I yelled, digging my hands through my hair and pulling the roots slightly in frustration. "Some one has to put that boy in place!"

"And who better than second place..." Lucy finished my sentence for me. A sentence I had been found saying a lot, so much she memorized it. I caught Lucy rolling her eyes at me, but chose to ignore it. I went back to the lunch I had planned to eat that laid before me. I remembered how my mouth watered before I was distracted by the new fitness test scores, the one that I earned second place in again.

"Hey shorty!" His voice rang out, and attacked my ears, sending shivers of hate down my spine and causing my heart to throb with anger. He plopped down next to me on the table I sat at. His best friend Gray, sat across from him and next to Lucy.

I turned to glare at him. "Stop calling me shorty! We are the same height!"

Natsu made the sound of the buzzers on game shows that meant you got the answer wrong. "I'm two inches taller than you and you know it." He nudged me with his shoulder.

"I'm going to kill you," I muttered, and I'm sure he heard it, made sure of that. Though he chose to ignore it and changed the conversation.

"So, I see you saw the new score sheet. How's second place?"

I turned and punched him. He made no reaction. But I hoped, prayed even, that it hurt, that he'll soon have a bruise on that stupid muscular arm of his.

"Gray, can you remove the bacteria infection of a man away from me," I asked politely, eyeing the raven haired boy that was in front of me. He smiled at me and nodded. The two of us loved to hate on Natsu. How he was the dude's best friend, I didn't know.

"Of course, wouldn't want to harm a beautiful lady's eyes any longer." I knew that comment wasn't directed at me, but towards the girl next to him. No one else knew of his crush, Gray's cool attitude never did let anything slip. I was just lucky to walk in on him scolding himself for acting so stupid around Lucy. It was cute, I'll admit.

Gray stood up and grabbed Natsu's arm to take him away. Natsu wore a frown, which was odd because he always smiled and never took our insults to heart. I glanced at Lucy with a worried expression as if to see if she noticed. I don't know if she did or not, because all she did was giggle slightly.

I glanced back up at Natsu and a glint of gold caught my eyes. It was the necklace that held his key. The key that he got when he was born that was made to fit only in the locket of his soulmate. Males had keys, females had lockets. I have a locket too, believe it or not. I just don't bring it to school, unlike every other girl that exists. I don't believe or care for a soulmate as of now.

"That was adorable," Lucy commented once they were out a earshot. I glared at her. She's my best friend, she should be on my side and wanting to kill Natsu's guts as well. But no, she had to comment on the cuteness of the situation.

"Cute? How in the world was that cute? If anything, that was repulsive, just like his face." I scoffed and shoved some food into my mouth in anger.

"Even you must know that that is not true. He's gorgeous." Lucy stared at Natsu from across the room. The sight made me gag a little. I remembered when Lucy and Natsu were actually a thing. They even tried to see if his key fit with her locket. End of story it didn't and they realized it was pointless to continue whatever they had. Let's just say that was the worst three months of my life. I even lost my best friend to him. I got her back of course, but still. I hurts me to this day.

"I guess," I reply, looking over to Natsu and scanning his features, understanding completely why he's the heartthrob. For some reason it hurt to think about how many lockets his key have been in.

Natsu turned around and smiled at me. Damn it, he noticed. I felt my cheeks heat up in anger and turned away. Lucy giggling once again.

"You know what? I'm no longer hungry. I'm going to go to my locker. See you later." I got up and grabbed my tray, dumping the contents into the bin as I passed.