They all waved goodbye as they got into the car back to the Asahina residence, and when they arrived, Ema and Yuusuke got out of the car and then waved their goodbyes and 'See you later' as Lucy drove to her first stop. She watches as the two get inside the house and then equips into a white graphic t-shirt that has 'Hey, Kiss me' written on it, she also partners it up with a coffee-coloured jump shot, her sandals are white and wrap themselves around her ankle, and Lucy's hair is in a messy bun as few strands flow shaping her face and lightly decorated with small flowers.
"Princess, your dear knight is here to keep you company!" – Loke appeared in the passenger seat as the girl started driving away from the house.
"What are you doing here, Loke?!" – she glanced at him before turning back on the road.
"Just wanted to see how my dear princess is doing in here, in the human realm?" – he shows the girl a bouquet of red roses with a flirtatious smile.
"And Happy Valentine's Day, my love!"
"Arigatou Loke, you can settle it in the back. Right now as you can see, I am driving."
"Where are we going?" – he raises a brow looking around at the scenery passing by before placing the roses beside him.
"Right now, I am going to Meiji University and then some other quick stops...shouldn't you be going on a date with Aries right now? You lion cheater, if I found out she's been crying because of your flirtatious side...I swear Loke you'll never come back to the celestial realm, you'll be staying in the Oblivion realm forever." – Lucy threatens the scared lion who is trembling at the sight of demon Lucy and hearing her words, he knows he is screwed if he made Aries cries which wouldn't happen because he loves that pink-haired wool girl very much.
"Our date is in a few minutes, I was just here to provide you a message from Libra as she told me that Yukino and the rest of Sabertooth miss you and wish for you to visit again soon, and the members that you remain close with at Fairy Tail has been trying to contact you too."
"That's right, I forgot, Happy broke my communication lacrima, so I need to get a new one again. I will probably visit somewhere this month or next month, the last time I saw them was a few months ago, since I trained with Sting and Rogue for the Grand Magic Games that is scheduled in five months." – she sighed before driving off again as the red light turned into a green light.
"Arigatou Loke! Tell Libra I'll get a new lacrima soon so they can contact me whenever they want and deliver the same message to the others if you know who I am talking about."
"You do know you are a dragon's kin of all the dragon-slayers on Earthland, right? Hahaha...they would be mad if you don't contact them soon~" – Loke chuckles before pecking her cheek.
"Until next time princess."
"That lion..." – Lucy chuckles watching the golden dust disappear, pulling up into the university parking lot.
"If I am not wrong, Subaru would be in the gym." – she muttered, grabbing the bag of strawberry chocolate from her bag that was neatly tied with a blue ribbon, walking out of the car, fixing herself, and then locking the doors before she walked off.
She walked around the building silently cursing herself for not asking the person at the front desk for the direction of the school gym. Lucy is currently relying on her nose to find his scent towards the gym, but the mixture of various scents makes it harder to distinguish which one is it. A few people walked by her waving 'hi' as she happily greeted them in return. Some students have approached Lucy asking for her number or if she is single, but Lucy brushed them off, not wanting people who are desperate nowadays.
'These humans act differently than Fiore, they are bolder and more forward' Lucy thought to herself. Finally, what seemed like forever for her to find Subaru's scent. She finally found it and now she is skipping cheerfully along the way humming a song. Lucy could hear the balls bouncing on the ground, walking through the doors of the gym, she happened to see a lot of gigantic guys and immediately sulked in the corner thinking about her height.
Subaru, who notices the growing mushrooms and a dark aura in the corner of the door, walks towards it and recognizes a golden blonde with a cute pout.
"Lucy?" – he called out causing her to change into a bright mood smiling at him so happy and cute.
She scans around the room noticing every giant is now staring at her and she notices another tall tanned guy with dyed white hair on top black hair below pale grey eyes, and pierced ears. 'He's handsome like Ryo-Kun' she thought as Lucy tilted her head examining the hunk of a guy in front of him as he was standing beside Subaru who had his left arm on top of Subaru's right shoulder.
"Lucy? What are you doing here and why are you sulking at the corner?"
"Today's Valentine's Day, so I wanted to give you these." – Lucy said completely ignoring the second question to save herself from embarrassment as she gave her the bag of chocolates.
"I see Arigatou, you could've waited for me to go home since you have to drive all the way here, and please don't ignore my second question." – he blushes and smiles as he pats Lucy's head affectionately like how a brother treats a little sister. Lucy hearing what he just commented on at the last second makes her dwell on her fingers, then her two pointer fingers tap into each other as she pouts and acts like a child caught in the act of sneaking a few candies.
"I...I...I was just... because all of you guys here are giants and I feel so small being here in the same room as you guys." – Lucy murmured under her breath but because it's so silent they heard it loud and clear. After a few minutes, all of them laughed out loud in amusement as they watched Lucy intently turning red like a cute strawberry.
"Woah, Subaru I didn't know you had a girlfriend and she's super cute and goddamn gorgeous." – the white-haired guy whistled slouching down a bit 'So he has a deep raspy voice...oh my' Lucy smiles trying to get out of her green thoughts as she just embarrasses herself earlier.
"B-Baka she's not my girlfriend." – Subaru smacks the said guy in the head before turning to look at Lucy who is uncomfortable standing at the door which he notices. So, he guided the poor girl to where their seats were and made her comfortable.
"I called Ukyo when he said you were going to be home late, I thought I'd give them to you now." – She tilted her head cutely.
"That's sweet of you, little one." – the white-haired guy said patting Lucy's head and laughing.
"I'd love to take you out on a date since today is a special day." – Leaning down in her face, she merely smirked, surprising the guy, as Lucy crossed her arms right on her chest, pushing her chest forward as Lucy inched closer to him.
"If you are asking me out on a date you have to try harder than that, big man." – Lucy chuckles before looking around the court and the rest of the basketball players cleaning and putting everything back in the equipment room.
"So, this is basketball...can you teach me how to play? I know nothing about this." – She watches as the others bounce the ball to the ground and shoot it in the basket hoop attached to a transparent square board.
"You don't know anything about basketball?" – Subaru's friend asked as Lucy shook her head indicating a no as an answer.
"I barely went outside as a kid, so I don't know anything."
"Why do I feel like you're not telling us something about your childhood? Or is it just me?" – asked the white-haired dude to no one, a confused expression etched on his handsome face.
"It's fine, come on I'll show you how it is done." – Subaru smiles bringing her closer to the hoop.
Subaru gives Lucy a ball to play with and gets her hands to feel it or be more familiar with how it moves as he opens his chocolate box then silently pops one towards his mouth munching on it with a full blissful expression written on his face. Subaru pushes away his friends who gather around him to try and take at least one for a taste.
"Lucy, that is called a basketball, it's an extremely light ball so be careful and do..." – they all watched as she bounced the ball a little too hard making it go high up in the air. Too frozen by how light it was, she only stood there looking up as the ball went down and hit her straight on the head.
"O-Owie..." – she crouched down holding onto her head as she bent down and tears are slowly escaping from her hazel eyes making them more sparkle.
"Lucy!" – she looked up, but once she did everyone stood there too frozen with blushes brushing across their cheeks. Her teary eyes and innocent form as she is slightly flushed with mouth agape but still holding her head creates a picture of a cute, helpless, beautiful angel.
"Are you sure you're okay?" – Subaru's friend asks, helping her to stand up as she nods in response.
"I'll practice at home and then come back once I'm better at basketball." – Lucy said to them wiping her tears away and making them slightly chuckle at the blonde girl's antics.
"Anyways I should go, There are still a few more stops I need to do before I head home, See you later Subaru."
"Alright, thank you for coming and please be careful driving it's already nighttime."
"I'll walk you to your car." – his friend looked at the blonde who scrunched her eyebrows but shrugged.
"Bye-bye minna~ ...so how come you wanted to walk me back?" – They all waved their goodbyes to the blonde girl as the two started to walk away and they talked here and there about the school and the man telling her stories about Subaru's school life. At her question, Lucy raised her brow at the tall man who was walking beside her.
"Would it be proper for a little lady like yourself to be walking back alone considering this is your first time here." – he glanced down at her watching as she sulked and pouted cutely.
"You're right." – She sighed as she knew she didn't have a choice; they walked out the doors of the school and then straight to the parking lot.
"I never got your name, by the way, my name is Lucy Heartfillia."
"Toshiro Ito, at your service...so, how do you know Subaru, by the way?" – he winked at her then had a confused look as he thought about how the two met.
"My family is close to his parents and allowed me to stay there for a while, plus I am best friends with his little sister." – she replied as they reached her car, him being impressed by the Rolls Royce in front of him as his jaw slacked slightly.