Writing prompt: Two people, Person A and Person B, hate each other in real life but are unaware they are friends online.
"Ugh! I am so done!" Lucy exclaimed as she sat down at the table full of her girl friends.
"Lucy? Are you alright?" Erza asked as she ate her normal slice of strawberry cake.
"No. I'm not. Freaking Natsu was being his annoying ass self today and I'm about ready to tear into him!" Lucy said in frustration, laying her head on the table.
"You really should try to loosen up a little, Lucy. I get that you don't like him much, but at least give him a chance." Juvia said.
"He judged the drawing I was working on." She said, showing the picture. It was a picture of her mom who'd passed only a couple of months prior.
Her friends went silent for a moment. "I take back what I said." Juvia said.
"He did what?" Wendy asked softly.
"I'll beat his ass." Erza said in a dangerous voice.
"I'll help you, Erza." Levy said.
"The nerve of him." Carla said in disbelief.
"Wow...I can't believe he did that. I'm so sorry, Lucy." Yukino said in her soft tone, giving Lucy a light hug. Lucy sighed as she hugged back a little bit.
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Meanwhile, Natsu sat down at the table filled with the people he hung out with. "Everything alright, Natsu? You seem off." Sting pointed out.
"Just that Looney girl getting on my case again." Natsu said rolling his eyes.
"You mean Lucy? If so, it's that girl you're always arguing with?" Gray asked as he turned away from his conversation with Lyon.
"Yeah." Natsu said quietly.
"What'd you do this time?" Gajeel asked.
"Nothing! All I did was give her a pointer on what to fix on the drawing she was working on and she flipped out!" He said.
The table went silent as the guys looked at him in shock.
"Natsu..." Romeo mumbled as he facepalmed.
"Did you just say her drawing?" Rouge asked, looking at Natsu with horror in his eyes, which wasn't a look the boy showed much.
"Yeah, I did. Why do you all look so freaked?" Natsu asked in confusion.
"Look, Natsu." Jellal began. "I don't know Lucy very well, but I do know that recently she's been through a lot of personal shit. I don't really know what exactly, but she's using her drawings to cope with everything. So I suggest to compliment her next time, not critique her."
"Whatever. I was just trying to help." Natsu mumbled as he looked over to the group where Lucy was sitting. He saw that she had a sad look in her eyes that was rarely ever there. Not only that, but he'd noticed that she was different, especially with the fact that she had a shorter fuse when it came to him and his crap.
Well, why did he care? It was none of his business anyways.
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Later that day, Natsu got home and tossed his bags down on the bed, pulling his phone out of his pocket to see a text from his internet friend, Celeste.
Celeste: Hey. Can we talk?
He decided to text back as he laid on his bed.
Salamander: Sure! What's up?
