Voiced Thoughts [NaLu AU]

Chapter 27

~Lucy's POV~

After the innocent and emotional fun, things got a little crazy last night. Cana had pulled out her beer and, again, challenged everyone to a drinking contest. I remember that Natsu refused to take part in it, saying that he did not want a repeat of the winter break party. Erza had offered for us to just stay overnight seeing as most of us were completely wasted.

I couldn't remember much, but I remembered claiming the couch after an aggressive drunken argument over who should get to sleep in it. I remembered Natsu lie down facing me with me on the inside, and he grabbed me and pressed my body against his before I fell completely unconscious.

Erza kicked us out early in the morning despite our intense hangovers. She said her parents were supposed to drive in from the airport at noon and she had to have time to clean up. I was surprised she didn't force us to clean up, but I guess she saw our exhausted expressions and took pity on us. Natsu and I walked side by side accompanied by nothing but my consistent rambling towards a nearby bus stop. Neither of us had cars, but we also didn't want to walk all the way back to campus. Both of us were about to throw up as soon as we entered the bus, me from my heavy hangover that made the contents of my stomach roil in protest, and Natsu from his general motion sickness. The ten minutes of torture were really worth it though compared to the hour walk that it would've been.

I stepped out of the bus hastily, Natsu following. He followed me past the boys' dorms which I was a little confused by. Honestly, the hangover was making me very zoned out, and my brain couldn't make sense of simple things. I really just wanted to sleep.

I walked into the dorms, not many people up and walking around at this time on a Saturday. I made it to the elevator and was about to press the button when I remembered Natsu trailing behind me. I paused and waited for him to enter the elevator before pressing the button. I muttered complaints the whole way up, the excitement of sleeping getting to me.

We trudged down the hallway and into my room where I immediately collapsed onto my bed while Natsu sat himself in front of my laptop. "Password," he muttered.

Even if I wasn't forced to answer immediately, I wouldn't have hesitated to answer him. I trusted him. Plus, there was nothing bad on my laptop in the first place, so I had nothing to worry about. "K-E-Y-L-0-5-0-6," I recited as he tapped my keyboard to put in the code. I watched the computer screen light up his face as his fingers flew over the keyboard, a look of concentration and anxiety completely masking his usually carefree attitude.

"What are you doing on there?" I asked.

He smiled when the color of the white light shining on his face changed slightly. "You'll see." He continued while I muttered aimlessly about wanting to know now. When a pang from my headache struck with force, I stood up, feeling a little lightheaded, and headed to my desk to grab my bottle of Tylenol. What? I don't have my own bathroom. I swallowed two of the pills quickly and walked back into the main room. When I walked back into the room, Natsu was looking at me with an excited look on his face, but I caught a hint of nervousness.

"Happy birthday, Luce!" He held out the computer at me and I stared at it skeptically. Is this supposed to be my birthday present? What could be on a computer that he'd be giving to me? I looked up at him with a raised eyebrow and he responded with a heavy eye roll while he shoved the computer in my face. "Just take it."

I examined the site he'd pulled up and my mouth dropped open.

Heavy sobs escaped my mouth as I saw the description of the site. I looked up at Natsu and tried to speak through my sobs, "How did you find this?" I noticed my hangover completely disappeared almost immediately