Fairy Tail High || Fairy Tail

Chapter 9

Chapter 9:
Aftermath
●Natsu's pov●

The morning after was silent, which was odd considering how loud Lucy usually is.

After the realization of what happened we both sobered up quickly, but even so she wasn't sober enough to drive herself home.

She ended up sleeping on the couch in my room once again.

We both woke up at around the same time and sat in awkward silence just remembering everything that happened.

I could feel the shame hang heavy in my gut as I looked at her big brown eyes.

When she looked at me she didn't seem particularly angry, just a little wary.

She ended up showering in my bathroom and borrowing my clothes considering she had nothing else with her.

I showered after her and now we currently stand in my kitchen as I make breakfast for us.

She sits at the kitchen table nursing a cold cup of orange juice, trying to tame her hangover.

I have my back to her but I can feel her eyes burning into me as I cook the eggs.

It makes me uncomfortable just because I don't know what she's thinking about.

Would this ruin our friendship for good?

My hair is a wet mop on top of my head and water droplets drip down my neck.

I clear my throat as I speak for the first time this morning "I can take you home whenever you like..."

My voice rips into the heavy silence, and I almost wince at how nervous I sound.

I turn only slightly to see her nod as she stares intently at her cup of orange juice.

I swallow thickly and turn back around, before making the mistake of meeting her eyes.

I don't want to say anything that could further damage everything.

I grab two plates and dump the scrambled eggs on them with a few pieces of bacon.

This is practically the only thing I can cook for breakfast and I'm relived that she actually likes to eat it when she stays over.

I turn around and set the plate in front of her, I quickly make my way over to the opposite side of the table and sit down.

She murmurs a small thanks but doesn't touch her food, only twirling her fork around.

I don't really have the stomach to eat anything while I'm so worried either.

I lean back in my chair as I gaze at her, her damp blonde hair strung lazily over her shoulders, her brown eyes successfully avoiding my own.

"Luce" I start nervously, my voice obviously showing it.

She meets my eyes naturally, but looks away quickly once meeting my green ones.

"We shouldn't talk about it" Is her immediate response.

She plays with her eggs with her fork, neither of us were really in the mood to eat.

"But-" I start, but she cuts me off with a nervous look.

"You know what happened last time we did"

I thought back to the car ride home and I wince a bit, but I knew that time wasn't my fault.

"That was last night when we both weren't in our right minds" I rub my face tiredly, this was excessively stressful.

She stares at me for a long moment and I force myself to sit without fidgeting.

"You better not say something stupid, Dragneel" she turns away from me as she stands with her plate.

That sentence makes my heart lift in hope, the way she says it makes it feel as if we we are still friends.

She places her plate on the counter and I stand following suit.

"I don't want our friendship to change" I say as I set my plate next to hers, turning to look at her.

She looks at the plates that are still full of food before looking up to me with her arms crossed, her wet hair leaving damp spots on my shirt she wore.

"Me neither" she agrees, not breaking eye contact with me, as if stating she is serious.

I am the first to break the staring contest, crossing my own arms looking out the window.

"You don't hate me do you?" The question doesn't sound dumb to me as I sat there tense.

But obviously to her it sounded like the stupidest thing she has ever heard.

She snorts loudly and I become slightly startled when I felt her hand rest on my neck.

"Don't be stupid, I could never be mad at you" a small smile graces her lips as her soft fingers wipe the water droplets off me.

I relax under her touch and I nod slightly, studying her expression.

"But it's not like we can forget what happened" she tilts her head a bit as she speaks "so let's just acknowledge it and then agree not to speak about it to anyone"

I nod, knowing that our friends would kill the both of us if they knew we did something like that.

"We kissed." the way she bluntly says it makes my skin tingle "we almost did something else but we didn't, and that's how it'll stay"

All I can do was continuously nod, I agree with everything she said.

"We weren't thinking straight, it was the alcohol" I state, barely aware of her taking her hand away.

"Exactly" she agrees.

"I think of you like a sister" I swallow thickly "If I do anything questionable it's because of that, I'm protective of you"

She looks at me for a long moment as if she's thinking, then speaks up once more"Same for me, you're like the brother I've never had"

In a weird sense it hurt a little to hear that, but I knew it was for the best.

There is nothing between us besides an awkward night that we didn't mean to happen.

There will never be anything between us.

She shows me one of her delicate smiles and opens her arms up for a hug.

I pause before taking her into my arms, being close to her like this felt like I was pushing my limits.

"Alright Flamebrain, let's just let things go back to normal" her fingers tangle in my damp hair as she ruffles it.

I take a relieved deep breath "no problem, Luce"

The hug is long, it is as if we both accepted we were finally past the whole situation even though we'd never forget it.

She leans back after a moment and gives me a playful look "now take me home before my dad thinks you kidnapped me"

I roll my eyes as I take a step back.

That's my Lucy.

I BET YOU ALL ARE LIKE "CAR??👀 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CAR👀👀"
BOI JUST YOU WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER.