“Up! Up!” Asuka demands at Natsu’s feet, stomping her own, pouting, making grabby hands at him. Basically anything to try and convince him to give her uppies.
“I can’t,” he retorts, not giving into her whims so easy. “Your dad says I’m not allowed to, anymore.”
“Daddy’s not the boss of you! I am!” She huffs, and Lucy can’t hold back the laugh that she lets out in response.
“Hey! No one’s the boss of me!” Natsu spits back, unhappy with her reply.
“Then give me uppies!”
That’s all it takes for Natsu to give into her whims before she tries to bruise his ego anymore.
There’s a reason why Asuka isn’t allowed uppies anymore, and that’s because uppies with Natsu and Asuka gets out of hand. Fast.
Lucy doesn’t even have to look away before Natsu is holding Asuka up by her armpits and is spinning her around in the Natsu-equivalent of an amusement park ride. She almost wants to speak up and tell them that this is going to end poorly. Not for Asuka. She fully trusts Natsu to not let go, but for his sake.
She stays quiet just to see if the natural consequences of today’s uppies will hit him. And they do.
He lasts longer than she expects him to before she watches his face turn green and he looks like he’s going to vomit on Asuka’s hat from spinning too hard, too fast. Lucy wants to laugh, and she does, but she tries her best to hold it back just enough to make it look like she’s laughing with him rather than at him when she goes to stabilise them.
When he manages to stop, Lucy takes Asuka out of his arms before he collapses to the floor, looking deeply ill.
“And that is why Natsu isn’t allowed to give uppies anymore,” Lucy tells her, as they watch Natsu crawl to his knees, his head spinning in the process.
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Happy NaLu Gift Exchange 2023!!!!
I did my piece for @smappybubbles where I imposed their nalu day art and embroidered it. I’m not great at drawing or writing but I wanted to challenge myself and enter the community in some way so here I am doing my best. I hope you love this piece as much as I do because I worked on it for about 2 weeks straight. Transferring curves was the hardest part but I loved your art so much it was so super worth it!
I love these idiots and I love this art and I love this community.
Thank you @allaboutnalu for setting this up! This was so fun and I’ve loved everyone’s entry and I can’t wait to see the rest!!
Also a special thank you @tokkias l for being my number one supporter and encouraging everyone to do their best. I don’t think I could have done it without you 💛
Anyways I’ve rambled enough so if you have any questions my DMs are open. I hope you all have a lovely day!!!!
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when catelyn meets mya stone in the vale, in the middle of her kidnapping tyrion plot, she likes her for about two seconds before she learns her name and...
"Catelyn had nothing against this girl, but suddenly she could not help but think of Ned's bastard on the Wall, and the thought made her angry and guilty, both at once." - Chapter 34, AGOT
now i like catelyn and i think she's a complex character but i will never get over how funny her continued beef with a teenager that she literally never has to see again is, especially when jon hasn't thought about her once since leaving. like, please let it go darling he's not your problem anymore 😭
on a more serious note i think this is good example of ned stark haunting the thoughts of other pov characters, and he's not even dead yet. it's not jon that mya reminds her of, it's "Ned's bastard", ned's betrayal and ned's dishonour.
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based on this cover and a real conversation i had with a friend
When Gray and Natsu argue, they argue loud. Intentionally or not, they make sure that everyone around them knows exactly what they’re bickering about. That’s what makes it so weird when their latest spat comes in quiet whispers, spat at each other from across the table.
Usually Lucy would be delighted over this newfound development, happy that the two could have their disagreements without having to drag everyone else into them, but she can’t seem to find that comfort when every time she looks over at them, they’re looking back at her.
They both avert their gazes when she glances over at them, but they’re not doing a very good job of hiding it, and she gets an inkling that whatever they’re arguing about, it has something to do with her.
As much as she tries to ignore them, it’s hard to relax knowing their eyes are glued to her but not knowing why. At first, she worries that her skirt is tucked into her underwear or that she’s got a piece of toilet paper stuck to her shoe, but once she realises that neither is the case, she’s completely at a loss for what on earth they could be staring at her for and why they seem to be arguing over it.
She’s not sure if she should be relieved or not when Gray finally calls out to her directly instead of just trying to sneak a look at her every few seconds.
"Hey Lucy, can you come over here for a second?"
Warily, she stands up and walks over to their table, arms crossed over her chest and a look of hesitancy on her face.
"We wanna ask you something," Natsu tells her, his expression more serious than she thinks she’s ever seen it, which makes her completely caught off guard by what he says next. "What does your shirt say?"
Confused, Lucy drops her arms and looks down at the shirt she’s decided to wear today. It’s white with bold yellow text across the front, which she proceeds to read out to them.
"It says I only date bad boys."
She has no idea how knowing what her shirt says will solve their disagreement, but in response, Gray smacks the table, seemingly in celebration.
"See? I told you, dumbass," he yells out, no longer trying to conceal their argument. "Why the hell would it say anything else?"
Lucy stands there in confusion as she watches a brawl begin to simmer in front of her, but before she can let that happen, there’s a burning question in the back of her mind that needs answering.
Interrupting their argument, she turns to face Natsu, bringing his attention away from Grey, before she asks, "What did you think it said?"
"I oily date baby’s," he replies, somehow not at all embarrassed by the phrase or by the fact that that’s what he thought it said.
It takes Lucy a moment to process what he’s just said because, at first, she thinks she’s misheard him.
"Why would I wear a shirt that says that?" She asks, completely baffled by his reply.
"I don’t know! You’re wearing it, not me!" He shoots back defensively.
"But I’m not wearing it. That’s not what it says."
"That’s what it looked like from here!"
This was not the first time, nor would it be the last, that Natsu Dragneel had left her completely and utterly speechless. Luckily for her, Gray was long used to his stupid antics and had the exact words to reply.
"You’re a fuckin’ idiot."
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