The Day That Changed My Life-NaLu Oneshot
I walk down the street, my phone glued to my ear (not literally, I'm not an idiot, no matter what a certain ice prick says).
"Natsu! You can not keep doing this!" My boss yells at me through the phone.
"Why not? Lisanna left so we need a new waitress," I reply, scanning the street.
"Not really... Lucys better at her job than Lisanna."
I can hear hushed whispers from the over side and the phone moving.
"Get here now!" Erza yells down the line.
"A-aye!" I reply, hanging up and running to the pub where I work. Fairy Tail.
I open the door and Lucy is the first person I see. Shes wearing a maid outfit and has a tray in her hand with mugs of beer on it.
"I hate that uniform, Luce." I tell her. I only hate it because she looks so damn cute in it.
"I hate it to, Natsu but Makarov wants all female employees to wear it so I'm kinda stuck. Unless I take up your cousins offer to work at Cafe Sabertooth."
I grit my teeth. I hate that dude. Just because hes family doesn't mean I have to like him. His brothers ok.
"Natsu-nii?" A small voice says. I smile, knowing its my little sister, Wendy.
"Wendy! I thought you were at school?"
"Something happened at Cait Shelter Academy so I came to see Erza-san. Shes waiting for you in Makarovs office." Wendy says.
I ruffle her hair and walk past her, into my bosses office.
"Natsu!" Erza walks towards me.
"W-what is it, E-Erza?" I ask.
"Why are you telling random girls to come here?" Her aura tells me if I lie, I'm dead
"W-well... e-ever since we l-lost Lisanna to Edolas High when she became a teaching assistant a-and Loke t-to Golden Gates restaurant..." I lie. My brain must hate me.
Erza sighs. "Thats not the reason and we both know it. Let me guess. Ever since Sting and Rogue took over cafe Sabertooth, you and Sting have been in competition."
I nod. Its true. Sting and I have a bet going on and Lucy is the reward. Sting has taken a liking to her as well as me so whoevers business gets the most business in three months has Lucy work there. If we win, she stays at Fairy Tail, if he wins, she works at Sabertooth.
"Rogue filled me in. He thinks its ridiculous but theres nothing he can do. How long has it been?"
"The deadlines tomorrow. We only got Rogue involved so Sting wouldn't make up numbers. Yukino has been telling me how its going and Stings light show has attracted a lot of customers."
Erza dismisses me and I walk Lucy home since she finished her shift and didn't want to deal with Cana (a regular who basically keeps us open with the amount she drinks).
The next morning, Rogue, Sting, Erza, Lucy and I meet in the park nearby. Lucy knows nothing of this 'deal'. Just that Sting has invited her to work at his cafe.
Sting smirks. Crap thats not good.
"Well miss Lucy, seems like Sabertooth has a new waitress."
Lucy looks at me and I slowly walk backwards, looking for a chance to escape.
"Natsu," she says, sweetly. "What did you do?"
I rub the back of my head with my hand.
"I said that if Sting wins you work for him..." I reply.
"What!" She screams so loud, birds fly out of the trees and I'm forced to clamp my hands over my ears (as are Sting and Rogue) so it doesn't damage my hearing.
"Fine. I'll work at Sabertooth just don't expect me to EVER forgive you!"
My heart shatters. If only I hadn't made that deal in the first place.
Its been three months since my Luce left Fairy Tail and went to work at Sabertooth. A month after, she started dating Sting and I lost all hope.
"Get up, Pyro." My frenemy and roommate, Gray Fullbuster, says.
Ever since Sting and Lucy became a couple (Mira calls them StiLu) I've been lying on the couch, doing nothing, only going out to go to work since neither Gray nor Lisanna (who visits sometimes to see how I'm doing) will let me skip work.
"Not yet, Frostbite. Let me lie here for a few hours." I roll onto my back and cover my eyes with my arm whist scratching my blue cat, Happy, behind his ears. He purrs and jumps into my stomach.
"If you wait any longer, you'll be late and Erza will have your head on a spike." Gray and I both shudder, fearing Erzas 'wrath'
I shoo Happy off me, push myself off the couch, get changed into my work uniform and Gray and I head to the pub.
I wipe down the bar, keeping an eye on the door like I have for three months just in case Lucy came back to us but she never did. Today, however, is different. A blonde female comes rushing in crying.
"Lucy," it breaks my heart to see her like this.
She wipes her tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand and opens her eyes.
"N-Natsu? W-wheres Mira-san?" Lucy sniffs.
"Mira isn't working today... or more accurately, Cana took her on a shopping trip. I'm taking over for her." I put my hand on her shoulder and, surprisingly, she doesn't object. "What happened?"
"Just give me a strong drink and I'll tell you."
A couple of beers later, Lucy tells me what happened.
"I went into work at Stings cafe this morning and caught him kissing Yukino in the kitchen. Turns out he was cheating on me for a month. I broke up with him and quit."
"Did you, by any chance, refuse to sleep with him?" I ask.
Her eyes meet mine. They're red and puffy from her crying.
"He dates hot girls, fucks them and leaves them. I could have told you that but you weren't talking to me."
She looks at her hands clamped around her pint glass.
"Why did I do it, Natsu?"
I jump over the bar and pull her into a hug.
"Everything in life has a purpose, Luce. Even if we don't know or approve of its purpose."
She pulls away from me and sniffs.
"Well I could never hate you. I love you, Luce."
She cups my cheek with her hand, her thumb skimming over my lips. She draws my face towards hers and kisses me. My eyes widen, surprised at her actions, but my eyelids eventually flutter closed as I kiss her back. She pulls back and rests her forehead against mine.
"Everything in life has a purpose," she whispers against my lips, our breaths mixing between us. Her scent fills my nose. Coconut from her shampoo and flowers from her body wash and perfume, the alcohol she consumed lingers in her breath. "I love you Natsu."
A squeal makes us jump apart. "NaLu is born!"
"Damn it, Mira! Stop shipping Bunny Girl!" Gajeel shouts. "Salamander just got his act together thats all!"
I sigh. Life never is easy at Fairy Tail.
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