Roses: Anime One-Shot Compilation

Confrontation: Natsu x Daisy (Daitsu)

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Before you start reading, I gotta give the awesome HarmonySoul some credit!!! This is based off of the first part in her book titled Dear Precious.

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Today was an average day for me. I was getting ready to meet up with Harmony and tell her about Natsu. She loved hearing me talk about him, probably for the fact that she ships us so much.

I sat down in my favorite table in Anteiku Café. Kaneki, my server, already took my order when I see Harmony come in and sit across from me in the small booth.

"Hey Harmony." I begin our conversation cheerfully. Knowing Harmony, she's not going to want me to leave out any details.

I go on to tell her about how our little skate park hang out went. We weren't alone, there were a couple of our friends there with us. But nevertheless, that doesn't stop Harmony from asking about this that and the other.

"So, after I thought I FINALLY getting the hang of it, I freakin' fall right on my ass." I take another bite of my cheesecake after my statement.

She chuckles at my words, "You'll never get the hang of skating the way you do ice skating. But do continue my friend."

Just as I was about to continue my story, we were interrupted by Kaneki, making sure we were still doing okay. By the look Harmony gave to him, it looked like she wanted to strangle him.

In her eyes, I was finally getting to the good part of the story. Which indeed I was. Kaneki leaves us to talk once again and I continue to tell her what happened. She made fanfirling noises here and there, had a couple questions and that about rapped up the story.

I take a lemonade to go and walk out the Café with my closest friend along my left side.

"You two would make such a cute couple," Harmony comments after the door shuts behind us, "he seriously needs to grow a pair and ask you out."

I nod my head, "Honeslty, I thought the hints I've been throwing at him were plain as day."

We continue walking in the nearby park. As we talk, the more I think. I think long and hard about something that could change everything.

"Harmony," I interrupt her talking, "I think I'm gonna head home for today. Meet you here again tomorrow?"

She looked at me like I lost my mind. Out of all the times we've walked in this park, neither of us say anything about leaving until it gets dark. Yet, here I am, asking to cut our friendly meeting short. It's the middle of the day!

"Something wrong?" She looks at me with concern.

I shake my head. "No, I'm fine. There's just, something I think I really need to do."

Knowing Harmony, she wasn't going to let me leave until I told her what's up. It's not like we can hang out like this all the time. She's busy with her business school, while I also have a magic school that I'm attending.

"Oh? And what do you have to do?"

I pull out my phone and begin dialing a number, turning in the other direction. "I've gotta tell him how I feel! I can't keep hiding it!"

I race off in the other direction and tap call on my phone. It rings a couple times before Natsu answers. "Hey Daisy, what's up?"

"There's something really important I have to tell you. Can you meet me at the fountain tomorrow after school?"

I can almost picture the smile of his face, "Yeah! There's something important I have to tell you too."

I nod and smile, even though he can't see me. "Sounds perfect, see you then!" I hang up.

This is it, my chance to finally tell him. To tell him how I really feel. Tomorrow is going to be the longest day of school, ever.

After arriving home, I go straight to bed. I know I probably won't actually be able to sleep because of how nervous I am. Is this how a guy feels when he is getting ready to confess to a girl?

After I finally get to sleep, wake up, and get to school, I'm a nervous wreck. My heart is beating out of my chest and my thoughts are everywhere. There's no way I'm focusing on school today.

My phone buzzes and I check my messages. Harmony sent me a message.

Good luck today girl! I know it'll work out~~~.
Sent 7:34 am

I respond back to her immediately.

Haha, thanks. I think I'll need the encouragement 😅
Sent 7:35 am

With every passing minute, my nerves get worse. The teacher's words just enter one ear and go right out the other. I check the time, it's almost 3 pm. If it could just be 3 already...

As if a wish was granted, the final minute passed and the bell rang. I take my belongings and race out the door. Within minutes I'm at the fountain, waiting for Natsu.

What seemed like hours to pass was only a few more minutes. I see him approaching from the distance, but I think there's someone with him?

"Hey Natsu," I say when he gets close enough, "What did you want to tell me?"

"Since you're one of my closest friends, I felt like you should be one of the first to know this news I'll be telling everyone!" A huge smile forms on his face.

"What's that?" I asked, almost on the edge of my nonexistent seat.

"Daisy, I'd like you to meet Lucy Heartfilia, my girlfriend!" A girl with blonde hair steps out from behind Natsu.

Girlfriend. Girlfriend. The single word keep echoing in my thoughts. "O-oh! That's, great! How long have you been... official?"

Lucy wraps herself around Natsu's arm, "We made it official yesterday, actually! It's nice to meet you, Daisy."

"Yeah, same to you...! Um, listen I've got a lot of homework to do so, I'll see you guys around?"

We said out goodbyes and I sprinted off, my eyes turning crimson. Girlfriend.... Official couple.... YESTERDAY....

How could I've known? I've kept my feelings bottled inside me for what seems like ages. Only opening the bottle when I was talking to Harmony.

I open my sketchbook and look at the picture taped inside. Me, him, and... Lucy? I guess she was a part of the group of friends that I always hung out with, never really noticed.

I take my darkest red marker and start scribbling all over her face, ripping the picture from the sketchbook.

At some point Harmony found me, crying my eyes out on the park bench. She handed me a handkerchief, one she always had on hand. I cried into it until my tears slowed down enough for me to talk.

"What happened, Daisy?"

I handed her the picture I previously ripped out of my sketchbook in anger. "I was going to tell him, Harmony. But she got to him before I did. She swooped in and stole the moment. I was so close, Harmony. So close. I have no chance now." I stood up from the bench and forced myself to smile, "I guess it's not meant to be."

Years passed and I never told Harmony about Natsu again. We drifted apart, so there was nothing to tell her.

I never really healed from that day. I always felt empty inside. When I was out in public or on the phone with a friend, I hid my heartbreak. I must have kept it hidden so well, not even Harmony noticed. The pain was eating me alive. I tried to forget him and move on, but I just couldn't.

I mean, how does someone forget their first love?

Sunday
August 20, 2017
7:44 pm