Lucy hit every bullets in the bullseye area while Natsu didn't able to latch even a sigle shot on the target.

"W-what?!" Natsu shouted in disbelief. Lucy proudly smiled at her work. She goes to Natsu's place and adjusted his posture, guiding him closely. 

"...Don't slouch, make your stance strong not stiff and don't bend your arms, you won't hit your target with that position..." Lucy softly instructed as she assisted Natsu on every position of his body should act with their skin touches each others and hearing each others heartbeat. "...aim for your target..." she said leaning forward to Natsu while assisting his hands. Natsu aim for his target and was out of his focus. He stare at Lucy's features with the fact that their faces are only an inch away.

"You're eyes are so beautiful..." he murmured and pulled the trigger.

Hearing the words the second time around still makes her frozen at her place and couldn't help herself but to be spaced out a bit remembering the first time he said it. But faith must not be on her side because bad things will always happen no matter how hard she tries fixing it.

"...Luce! Luce!!" Natsu burst getting her attention. "...I hit the bullseye! See?..." he actively  announced. Lucy watched him gently how childishly sometimes he can be.

"Come on, I know you'll gonna love the next place where going"

They entered a not well-known ramen restaurant and was greeted by an alluring aroma.

"...Hello, Jura-san!..." Lucy greeted. The man showcased his mastery in cooking and fastly offered two plates of ramen in an instant.

"It's been awhile Lucy..."

Natsu flashed a delightful face as he dashed towards the food and eat them without any second thought. Lucy smiled at his action. Natsu continued eating and noticed that the man named Jura are somewhat a close friend of Lucy because they talked it seems that they talked an important matter. Lucy sat beside Natsu and ate her food.

"This is really a delicious ramen Luce! How did you know this place?" He asked.

"Jura-san is a friend of mine and only a few people knows this place because he's kinda... antisocial person" Lucy murmured especially the last  part.

"His face explains everything" he said. They both chuckled in unison.

The food was offered for a free and they said thank you before leaving the place with full stomach.

They walked through the city and ended up in a riverside where they can see children that are having a paper boat floating.

"I remember, the Kings were used to play boat floating before..."

"That must be really fun, I guess" Little does she know Natsu goes to the river and splash some water at her. Lucy cringe in surprise.

"It is fun indeed hahaha..." he stated laughing.

Splash.

He startled. Lucy burst laughing this time. "...that's what you get messing with me Dragneel.."

"Are you challenging me Luce!?"

"Don't call me Luce!" She protested.

"I've been calling you that for the fifth time now..."Natsu reminded. Lucy widen her eyes in realization. Natsu once again splashed some water at Lucy that made her awaken from her realization. They splashed water from each others making the moment together a memory to remember.

XOXOX

The next morning, Natsu came at school earlier than usual but a shocking news was about to deliver on him.

"Natsu!"

"What's up stripper"

"How are you so calm about this?! Did you hear about the news?" Gray alerted. Natsu gave him a puzzled look.

"Should I care about the news?"

"...You should be! Because Lucy dropped out of school!.."

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