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There weren"t many things that Natsu had to stop and think about. Most of the time, he was a go-getter and typically did things without having to think about it—consequences be damned. There had been many times that had backfired on him, actually, but really, he didn"t lose any sleep over his wild antics throughout the many years. And it didn"t seem as if Lucy lost any sleep over his actions either so fuck it, right?
The only thing Natsu probably took the longest to think about and wonder for a while was probably having to propose. He had never been in a position like this to ever have to stop and think and plan.
Sure, if it was up to him he would have just tossed her the ring or slipped it on her finger while she was asleep and have her wake up and find out he had staked claim on her, forever.
But he had a feeling Lucy would maybe kill him and reject him if he did something like that so here he was, freaking the fuck out about how to even do a proposal.
He didn"t even fucking have to plan his own homecoming or prom proposals in school so this was definitely uncharted waters for him.
And he was done asking the women in his life about this shit because every single one of them were weird about it. And unhelpful. And crazy. And too squeal-ish that he preferred to suffer in silence and work on this himself. Erza almost fainted when he talked about proposing and Mirajane is definitely not the person to go to since she would marry them off in a heartbeat (he honestly did not mind this.)
Levy has her own shit going on and while she was the most helpful in this sense, he still knew this was something that he had to do.
So what did he do?
Rented and researched every single chick flick known to man.
Why?
So he would conduct his research and find out which proposal and what amount of cheese was right for his woman.
He was a man of science after all and what"s better than sitting down and watching endless amount of chick flicks with his girl till he had his own tears streaming down his face.
Literally anything else.
If anyone saw how he was right now, he wouldn"t ever be able to live it down. He would have to murder them all and Lucy should honestly consider herself pretty special since she"s pretty much the only one who had seen such a vulnerable side of him. Who else would he sit with for hours on end to just watch romantic movies just so he could conduct research about the perfect proposal?
"What!" Natsu nearly screamed, hands flying to his hair as the popcorn in his lap nearly fell. "Three hundred and sixty five letters and her mom hid them from her?!"
Lucy simply giggled beside her boyfriend who was sharing a blanket with her and clearing out their second bowl of popcorn. All sorts of snack wrappers filled the space as well as empty cans of beer and a bottle of wine for the lady.
"I told you," she playfully nudged him, seeing how he was in shambles. "It gets better though!"
"Better?! I thought this was about a goddamn notebook being stolen or returned and the two falling in love! Not this!" He whipped his head over to look at her with wide, glossy eyes. "This is just abuse! Neglect! Terrible parenting!"
"You also have to remember this was probably mid to late nineteen hundreds so back then status and symbols were big."
"They still are," he scoffed, giving her a side-eye where she scrunched her face up at him. "But society does not care too much when love is considered, right my sugar mommy?" He leaned in, batting his eyes and giving her a cute pout.
Lucy simply rolled her eyes and snorted, giving him a push as he cackled out loud.
He had been way too invested in these movies and while he had probably watched a couple with his own friends or flings in the past, he never paid attention to them like he was now. Maybe it was because he wasn"t trying too hard to get laid (i mean, kind of?) but his main focus was trying to see how Lucy reacted to all this bullshit.
But he was too focused on the plot and as he would have tears streaming down his face while crying out loud during the sappy parts, he didn"t know why he started this in the first place.
Lucy cooed at anything resembling romance or cuteness and he truly didn"t know because she made it all seem as if everything was alright.
So in all honesty, his plan kind of backfired on him and he didn"t want to go this far but it seemed like it was his only go-to now.
Now… he just kind of hopes his head won"t get ripped off in the process.
When Levy first got pregnant, she was never expecting it to be this soon or like this. Pregnancy was supposed to be fun and experience making life inside your body but Levy felt like she was actually getting dragged to hell every single day. Closer and closer, she liked to say as the days went on and she grew in size.
This pregnancy wasn"t the easiest considering she was just six months away from going into her master"s program and got pregnant by a man she had not even been with a whole year, yet. Safe to say her mother bawled her eyes out for a good couple days but she was alright now. Her father was a bit angry but seeing how Levy had a straight head and strong determination on seeing this through, he couldn"t stay too angry at his little girl.
Especially since they were to be grandparents!
Levy and her parents didn"t have the closest relationship but it didn"t mean there was any bad blood between them. Her parents worked and traveled a lot and she was left behind most of the time but she didn"t mind so much.
Levy actually enjoyed her time alone as much as the next person. She is a single child so she knew what it was like to be alone and that is why she was grateful to have Lucy come into her life along with Fairy Zeta.
They were the family she never thought she needed with the rowdiness of the crowd and the close-knit relationships they all built.
So she didn"t really mind that she was about to have twins with her family hundreds of miles away because her chosen family were all here with her.
But sometimes she questions her choices and sanity because as someone as small as her and having to carry not one but two babies at once, she was a blown up house waddling around like some fucking penguin with swollen ankles. And Gajeel was like three times her size. He certainly made her feel like she was being split in half with just his dick but having to push out two humans out of her?
Levy sometimes wished she stayed a virgin. How could someone like her who stayed a virgin for as long as she did just suddenly end up knocked up not even a year into sex?
She felt fucking idiotic sometimes. Maybe she was spending too much time with Natsu.
Ever since they made a truce, Levy had been making an effort to be nicer to him. Granted, she wasn"t in her first trimester anymore and pukng her fucking guts out every morning and day and she didn"t feel so moody so it helped in that sense. And since Lucy was her best friend, she always had to be around Natsu. Sometimes, it would just even be those two as they waited for the blonde to return and while Natsu continued to be cautious around her, he was more tentative than anything.
Offering to refill her drink for her, asking if she"s comfortable and needs anything, ensuring she had enough pillows and blankets on the couch, adjusting her well enough so she could comfortably lie back without feeling like a whale, and always providing her something to eat.
She could tell Natsu was very fascinated at the idea of pregnancy and the way he would just stare at her as if she had two heads made her realize he wasn"t just staring at her like a fucking idiot but more so trying to figure it all out. She was sure she was Natsu"s first pregnant woman to be around and she didn"t blame him for being so curious. She was pretty curious to see how pregnancy would change her body so it would be a surprise for someone like Natsu, too.
She always let him rub at her belly and ask every dumb question under the sun because it was sort of entertaining and really cute of him. He would ask what helps her during her times of pain and distress and it genuinely looked like he was taking internal notes. Probably for his own sake and further but she thought it was cute regardless.
He would get this faraway look in his eyes as they would round out into the size of golf balls and he would be so gentle. As if she was made out of glass and would shatter if he applied too much pressure.
She didn"t remember the last time Natsu and gentle went together but it was nice to see this side of him. Natsu was always just the loud, obnoxious frat who didn"t have any decency to him, especially when it came to Lucy but she was starting to see that maybe she could let Natsu watch over her babies.
If Gajeel would let anyone, that is.
The first time Natsu had felt the babies kick, he nearly passed out because it freaked him out so much.
He was on the other side of the room within seconds, nearly kicking over the coffee table and crashing against the floor as he sputtered, "What the fuck was that?!"
It was honestly hilarious seeing how pale and horrified he looked knowing that her babies could kick at her like that. Natsu didn"t even know how to react or respond after that, frozen in fear and curiosity that he could only stare at her for what felt like forever.
Levy worried for Lucy when she ever gets pregnant because she could tell Natsu held back with her so she didn"t feel uncomfortable but when it came to his wife? She knew she"d have nothing to worry about. Natsu would want to wrap her in bubble wrap and hoard her inside for a solid nine months. Gajeel almost did that to her and she had to fight him on it multiple times.
Men.
And of course seeing Gajeel become all goo when it came to her and their babies was such a sight to see as well. Someone as grumpy and scary-looking as Gajeel turning into someone who whispers cute things to her swollen belly or gets excited when he would bring home more baby clothes or toys made her heart soar and she could see why women continued to get pregnant.
Because she sure as hell did not ever want to experience pregnancy again but with the way Gajeel was acting?
Her ovaries hurt and she wanted to get started on baby number two already. Or would they be considered three?
But the worst thing about being pregnant right now would most definitely be having to sit around and watch everyone get blasted out of their mind while she had to stay stone-cold sober for yet another three months.
"It"s not fair that Gajeel got to put a baby inside of Levy first!"
"It"s not a fucking competition and I didn"t plan on doing it so soon!"
"It"s not fair!" Natsu cried out, whining loudly as he kicked his limbs around. "I want a baby, too!"
The group stared at Natsu with a flat expression, watching him throw his little temper tantrum. It was not the first time nor would it ever be the last considering he had been throwing fits every now and then about how Gajeel was first to become a daddy in the group. Of course it always ends up in a screaming match before fists are thrown around and it was especially worse when Natsu got a lick of alcohol in him.
And seeing how today and the rest of the weekend was going to be all about drinking during their annual Greek week, they were all well prepared for Natsu"s tantrums.
"Stop whining about that shit to us and get to work," Gray scowled, sipping from his beer can while he sat on the opposite couch of Levy.
"You act like Natsu and Lucy don"t already do that enough already," Levy scoffed, rolling her eyes while her hands absentmindedly rubbed at her belly.
"It"s not fair!" Natsu cried out again, groaning into the air. "You got two, can I keep one?"
"No!" Gajeel barked at the pouty one who dipped his head down like a sad puppy.
"Why do you even want a kid, Natsu? Kids will just suck the life and energy out of you and drain your bank account," Cana slurred, waving her hand in the air dismissively as she dangled off the side of the loveseat in between Levy and Gray.
Levy and Gajeel both tossed the drunk a look but Cana either simply ignored it or didn"t see it as she brought her whiskey bottle back to her lips, chugging nearly a third of it in one sitting.
"But the fact that I could have a little me or a little Lucy sounds too good. I don"t care about everything else, I just want a—"
"—baby, yes, we get it, you want a fucking baby." Gray let out an exasperated sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Do we have anything stronger? I can"t sit here and listen to this dumbass whine about this shit without being blasted."
Cana just held out her bottle to the shirtless one (it was just on, where is it?!) without a word and Gray happily accepted it, trying to chug down the harsh liquid but grimacing at the flavor.
Natsu continued to whine into the air while halfway on the couch and halfway on the floor, dramatically draping his arm across his face as if he had been struck. They either ignored him or gave him a dirty look, seeing how Natsu didn"t care about anyone else"s opinion either.
"Where the hell is bunny-girl when you need her?" Gajeel grumbled, already kneeling beside Levy to form a protective wall between her and everything else. He adjusted the blanket on her lap, pressing it down where she gave him a smile.
"She"s trying to get everything situated for Greek Week over at the football field where we should technically be at," Levy brought her phone to her face to check the time. "But Erza is running late."
"Erza is running late?" Gray blinked in surprise. "That"s unusual of her."
"Traffic or something," Levy waved her hands in the air, rolling her eyes.
"And that woman drives like a speed demon," Gray shivered, remembering his times with the red-haired monster. "I swear she almost killed me one time. She was swerving through the cars and going at least one hundred on the back roads and she—"
The loud wail coming from Natsu was all they could hear, seeing how he was so drunk out of his mind and being a blubbering mess into the phone that he didn"t even realize how wild he was being. His back was to the group, his phone clutched tightly into his hand while he had tears swimming in his eyes, his hands being thrown into the air.
"But babe!" He whined into the phone, his voice slurring with his words. "Gajeel and Levy are having two! Why can"t we keep one?! You"re being selfish!"
"You can"t have one of my babies!" Gajeel shouted at him, throwing his fist in the air while Natsu whipped his head over to bare his teeth at him, tears rushing down his face.
"You shut the fuck up! I"m on the phone with my wife!"
"She ain"t your wife and you"re not taking one of my babies!"
Gray sighed out loud, pinching the bridge of his nose while the loud bickering began once again. "Someone fucking kill me. This is why whenever Natsu is drunk, I am too because I can"t deal with his drunkass while sober."
"Then go take a shot, Gray, I"m sure you"ll be at his level then." Levy gave him a sweet innocent smile and the ink-haired frat turned to glare at her. "And while you"re at it, bring me one, too." She leaned in to whisper to him but for some odd fucking reason, Gajeel also had ears like a motherfucking panther.
He stopped shaking Natsu back and forth by the front of his shirt, baring his teeth and glaring at his pregnant girlfriend. "Levy!"
"Don"t you fucking dare! You"ll hurt my baby!" Natsu screamed right after, pointing his phone at Levy where they could clearly see Lucy was still on the phone. But the photo itself was too distracting as her contact photo was just her tits on display while Cana and Gray were tilting their heads to try to get a better look at the screen.
"For the last fucking time, you can"t have one!"
—X—
Levy knew her friends were… special. They all had their own cute weird quirks of their own and she knew they weren"t per say normal in the eyes of society but holy fucking shit did it come out even more when they were hammered.
She should have known at her baby shower when everyone was two sheets to the wind but she was just enjoying the moment that she didn"t really pay attention that much. She was more focused on the food, really, and trying to see who would win because everyone was competive as fuck. It was entertaining in the best ways.
And usually she was drunk with them so she didn"t know how bad it could get till now.
Lucy was lucky she was her best friend because she wouldn"t be sitting outside like this and watching every one of their Greek life brothers and sisters get drunk at twelve in the afternoon and play games if it wasn"t for her.
But the longer she sat out here and watched, the more she was regretting it because everyone was plastered and they were tripping over their own feet, slurring like an idiot, and getting into fights over the stupidest thing.
And of course having the entire Greek life coming over to ask her how she is and how the babies were, she was close to snatching a bottle from anyone close enough to chug away the annoying stupid fucking questions. Like come on, people, she"s just pregnant! She"s not handicapped nor is she losing a limb or is she going to fucking outer space. She"s fucking pregnant and growing a baby inside of her! So why the fuck is everyone looking at her and asking her dumbass questions as if she was the first ever woman to ever get pregnant?!
It was bad enough people would blatantly stare at her as if she had grown two heads. She is twenty-two years old and soon to be a college graduate yet all these people look at her as if she had a case of teen pregnancy. Sure, she may look like a teen because of her structure and baby face but she was a woman, goddamn it, and a full fledged adult at that.
There was nothing about her that indicated she was too young to be a mother and her full on attitude and appetite could vouch for that.
Speaking of appetite, the one thing she was grateful for was that Lucy allowed catering to happen during the games this year and she thinks it"s because of her but everyone ate that shit up.
Especially Natsu who always had the appetite of an entire army and he was much worse when he was hammered. He wasn"t even fucking chewing, just swallowing and there had been more than one times where someone had to come and slap their hand on his back to help with his choking.
And since Lucy was in charge of hosting the games, Natsu had been banished to Levy"s side where he was almost like a misbehaving dog that needed to be leashed.
He had already thrown up once on the track from trying to run and fuck around and it delayed them about thirty minutes since someone had to come and clean up the chunks from the tracks.
And then Gray had to come over and puke over the tracks, too, making them become delayed an entire hour then.
And so Natsu was now sitting beside her handcuffed to the metal chair while Gray was passed out drunk face-down in the grass, a bunch of cups and random shit stacked on top of him once more.
She didn"t know why she was handed babysitting duties. It sucked that Gajeel had to leave to attend to his shop and she was pretty much the only sober person there. And having to take care of a wildly blacked out drunk Natsu who whined about babies and wanting to eat and drink more was making her more irritated than anything else in the world.
"Natsu, shut the fuck up." Levy hissed at the one beside her, seeing how he was slouching into his chair, giving her a wide-eyed glossy pouty look.
"I"m going to tell Lucy you"re being mean to me again," he said and Levy merely rolled her eyes.
"Go for it buddy," she scoffed, sinking deeper into her lawn chair while looking at the groups of people warming up for the next game.
"You promise you"ll be nice to me," Natsu whined, sniffling.
"Natsu, I don"t know what the hell you drank today for you to be such a whiny little bitch but I swear to God if you don"t shut up, I will kill you."
"Lucy!" Natsu wailed, throwing his hand in the air to try and get her attention. "Levy is trying to kill me!"
Levy merely sighed out loud, pinching the bridge of her nose.
Patience.
She was about to be a mother soon and if she couldn"t deal with a drunk adult, what made her think she could deal with two screaming kids at once?
But could Natsu even be considered someone she could tolerate on that level? He was an adult and her babies would be babies so they have every right to be annoying and loud.
She shot the man beside her a glare, peeking through her lashes to see him sulking in his chair. He was quiet with his cheeks puffed out, his face flushed from the copious amount of alcohol he had consumed in just mere three hours. Even this drunk he was such a brat and it only made her roll her eyes. But as soon as people began to run past them, he had switched gears as he shot out of his seat to start cheering and hollering for Delta Tail.
The flimsy metal chair dangled beside him with him still handcuffed to the chair and the poor drunk idiot didn"t even realize it. When he was first handcuffed to the chair, he threw such a fit about being locked up and having to be forced to sit in this chair till he was free. The idiot didn"t know the chair wasn"t rooted into the ground nor was it too heavy for him to drag it around since all of his attempts were made when he was seated and keeping the weight there for him to not realize he truly wasn"t trapped.
And seeing how he wasn"t even aware he was standing with the chair just dangling from his wrist, he continued to stay where he was to cheer for his own fraternity.
Rolling her eyes, Levy looked for her mug of "decaf" coffee that she had set down by her feet. While Gajeel was so anal about her drinking caffeine, she always tried to sneak it in and claimed it was "decaf" when the packaging clearly said it wasn"t. But she needs her fucking caffeine or she would actually commit murder.
And Gajeel and Natsu were number one on her list.
But as she looked down, a sudden shot of pain rushed through her abdomen making her cry out loud. Her voice barely echoed with the loud cheers coming from the crowd, masking it behind the noise.
Natsu, though, heard it, and being the drunk idiot he was, cheered, throwing his hands up in the air with his cheeks flushed and lips stretched into a wide grin.
"Fuck, yeah, Levy! That"s the spirit!"
"No, you idiot!" Levy shouted as she hissed at him through clenched teeth. She placed a hand on her stomach, looking down in slight panic before she looked back up at him. "Can you call Gajeel?"
"No fucking way, that loser—"
Another shout of pain came flying from Levy"s lips and that seemed to finally snap Natsu out of his haze as he blinked rapidly and looked at her with wide eyes. His head was swiveling around to see if he recognized anyone to help but as Levy was staggering against the chair, he was quick to grab her to steady her.
"What"s wrong?" He looked at her with a serious expression, nearly cross-eyed at the moment but forcing himself to focus on her twisted face.
"I don"t know, I think the babies might be coming." Levy hissed, cringing against the pain while she held onto Natsu"s hand.
"What!" He screamed, his voice echoing around the loud football field. "But—but, I don"t know how to deliver babies! I can"t do it! What the hell are we supposed to do?!" He was freaking out, his eyes as round as dinner plates. The color was beginning to drain from his face and Levy was beginning to grow annoyed with his rambling and how the metal chair kept hitting her leg. "Should I go get Wendy?! She"s in the medical field, right?! Or—or I can definitely try! I"ve never done it before but it can"t be that hard, right?! Let me go get some booze to sterilize you!"
"Natsu!" She screamed, trying to get him to focus and when he snapped his head back to look at her like a deer in headlights, she dug her nails into his arm. "Call Lucy. Now."
"Lucy!" Natsu was quick to start screaming, his eyes still on her while he leaned back to gain more of an echo. "Lucy!"
The loudness of the crowd and the games masked his frantic shouts and he was freaking out, whipping his head around to see if anyone was close by to see his friend was hurting. But seeing how his vision was blurry and nobody was paying attention, Natsu began to curse out loud.
"Alright, fuck, fuck!" He shouted, looking more panicked. "Alright, come on, let"s go!" He tried to grab her from her chair, one arm being tucked underneath her and she swatted at him, making him cry out loud and reel back like a hurt puppy.
"You are not going to take me! You"ll drop me!" She wailed, seeing how he was basically rocking back and forth in his spot already.
"No I won"t! I promise!" He tried to scoop her up again and Levy was screaming, trying to push him away.
"No, Natsu! You"re drunk!"
"So what?! I won"t drop you! You think I would ever let you or those babies get hurt?!"
There was a silent pause that passed between them, holding eye contact with each other to get the message across. She didn"t know why her heart suddenly skipped a beat and her breath got stolen from her but as soon as Levy felt the pain shooting through her once again, she had forgotten all about her internal confusion.
"That"s it," Natsu crouched back down to tuck his arm under her legs. "I"m taking you no matter what you say or do."
"Wait, wait, wait!" She shouted, kicking her feet and pushing him by the chest. "Let me get this chair off you first!"
"Whaa?" He was swinging his arms making the metal chair swing with his movements. The legs of the chair kicked her shin and now Levy was screaming for a whole other reason. "Oh my God the babies are coming! Come on, Levy! We don"t have time!"
"You fuckin—!" Levy"s face grew red, reaching forward to grab a fist full of his shirt to yank him close. Natsu"s eyes were wide as he was reeled in, his forehead nearly bumping into hers. "Stay still you imbecile!" She shouted in his face before she was grabbing for the key Lucy had given her before she had left to return to her duties.
She yanked at Natsu"s arm and cursed out loud again as the chair hit her in the knee, clenching her teeth through the pain. With shaky fingers, she unlocked the handcuff for the chair to fall and land right on her foot.
"Mother—!"
"Come on!" Natsu shouted, panicked that she was screaming about the babies coming and completely oblivious to the chair attacking her every chance it had. He was back to grabbing her, scooping her up bridal style in his arms.
Levy screamed, seeing how she was lifted off the ground and now in Natsu"s arms. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, holding on tightly. "Natsu! Be careful!"
"I got you!" He said, holding her tightly against his chest. "I won"t let anything happen to you or the babies." He looked down to catch her eyes again and it made Levy"s heart stutter inside of her chest.
She was in awe of him for the first time, seeing how determined and how protective he was of her. He held her tightly and she didn"t worry at all now that she was in his arms. She felt protected and warm, looking up at with pink dusting her cheeks.
Is this how Lucy felt with Natsu? She could see why Lucy loved him so much. Natsu was such a man at times and while she still preferred Gajeel over Natsu, she was now grateful and slightly in love with him at this moment.
She made a mental note to thank Natsu and talk to Lucy about her hormonal crush on Natsu later as she let another cry fly out of her lips, sweat beginning to outline her forehead.
Something was wrong and she didn"t like it at all. She still had three more months of baking her buns yet why was she feeling as if she was about to give birth right now? The pain that was coursing through her little body was scaring her and she could only hope her babies were alright.
She read that sometimes twins were born early and due to her structure, she was afraid she may have an early labor but she didn"t want to think about that. But she kind of wished she did because she didn"t know what was going on and she was incredibly mad at herself for choosing to put that one book about early labor on her back burner because then she wouldn"t have a drunk maniac running across a football field with her in his arms.
She squeezed her eyes shut, clutching onto Natsu as she felt him run across the field, her heart thumping loudly behind her chest and in her ears.
She began to pant, feeling the effects of her panic and pain rushing down her small body. She didn"t know if it was because of Natsu"s body heat or if she was genuinely that hot but she could feel sweat dripping down her forehead and neck.
"Lucy! Luce! Baby, look at me! Lucy!" Natsu screamed out loud as he stood at the bottom of the stadiums. He could see that Lucy couldn"t hear him as she was chatting it up with one of the girls from Mu Heel, soft giggles and chatter filling the loud noise around. "Lucy! Down here!"
He watched how her eyebrows scrunched as if she heard her name, her eyes flickering over to the crowd in curiosity. It began to irritate him as he could hear Levy"s whine of pain and pants increasing the longer he stood there.
Luckily, she wasn"t heavy at all, even for the size she was in now, and if anyone ever finds out, please don"t ever tell Lucy that he thinks her best friend is much easier to hold than his own girl was. He loves his thick sugar mommy more than anything and anyone in this world but he will never ever admit out loud that she was much heavier than Levy is.
That was a fucking deathwish if anything.
"Lucy Ashley Heartfillia-Dragneel!"
"What the—who is using my government name?!" Lucy shouted as she turned around to look at the crowd, a glare being tossed around.
"LUCY!" Natsu roared and that"s when she finally turned back around to look down. Her eyes were wide as he flashed her a grin. "Baby! Babies! Levy! Now!" Was all he said before he was running again.
He nearly bumped into the many bodies that were lingering and he may have been cussed out a few times but he always made sure to throw a curse word back, even if that wasn"t what they were saying because fuck them all. Can"t they see he was running with a pregnant woman in his arms that was crying out in pain and in near tears?
The last time he"s seen Levy cry was when Gajeel was being a pussy about the whole relationship thing and she was drunk and angry for the majority of it.
He didn"t know why this was scaring him more.
—X—
Rangeling up a bunch of drunk college students and adults wasn"t really ideal nor was it ideal having everyone have to go to the hospital. It was a mess trying to find someone to take them to the hospital in the first place considering everyone was drunk and thankfully Romeo and Wendy were able to volunteer and take them but it still didn"t help that everyone was wasted and freaking out.
The entire car smelt like booze from the way they were shouting and slurring and it didn"t help that Levy would be screaming every few minutes.
Why Erza owned a minivan was a mystery to everyone and nobody questioned it as they piled into a car where the majority of them didn"t even have their seatbelts on or were too disorientated to even speak properly.
Even trying to call Gajeel was a mess considering he thought they were prank-calling him or butt dialing him since they would be slurring and shouting into the phone, cackling and screaming that he would just hang up on them. It wasn"t until they used Levy"s phone to call him and for Lucy to scream at him to bring his ass to the hospital that he finally got the hint.
And seeing how this had to happen on Greek week of all things, nobody was prepared for this wild ride.
"How do we even know the babies are coming?" Romeo asked as soon as they arrived at the hospital. He and Wendy sat calmly in the front seat as everyone began to scramble in the back, mainly Natsu screaming and flipping out while Erza and Lucy were trying to take hold of Levy.
"She might be just going through some mild discomfort, I"m unsure if she"s even going through contractions." Wendy shrugged, seeing how nobody else was paying attention to him.
Natsu was quick to fling open the doors, falling and tripping out of the minivan to fall face first into the concrete. He made some choked noise and a wail as he went down and they all just stared at him.
"Did your water break, Levy?" Romeo turned to look at her, seeing how the car was not quiet with Natsu out and him running over to try and secure a wheelchair for her.
"No, or, at least I don"t think so." The bluenette frowned, looking a bit confused as her feet dangled out of the car. Erza sat behind her, supporting her from the back while Lucy stood outside, waiting for her drunk husband to return with said wheelchair.
"Do you think you"re having contractions?" Lucy asked, her cheeks still pink from the alcohol she was consuming but seemingly less drunk than anyone else. Even Erza was swaying back and forth in her seat while looking as dark as her own hair, leaning against Levy"s back.
"The pain comes every nine to thirteen minutes I"m noticing. It"s gotten a lot better but I want to get checked out. I read that a lot of twin pregnancies are usually early and I don"t want to overlook anything."
"Hopefully you aren"t induced this early." Wendy said, giving her a slight smile where Levy agreed.
"You seem a lot better," Romeo commented, looking her up and down before pinning his eyes on her face. "You were really red and sweaty earlier and crying."
"I think I was feeding off Natsu"s chaotic energy more than anything," Levy sighed, shaking her head back and forth. "By the way, Lucy, Natsu is fighting with an old man for a wheelchair."
Everyone turned to see Natsu was indeed at the entrance of the hospital trying to play tug of war with an old man with a wheelchair. They could clearly see he was shouting all sorts of nonsense and looking wild as the old man was trying his best to shout right back.
"Holy Christ please come save me," the blonde muttered under her breath before she ran over to them to stop the fight.
"May just been mild pain but who knows," Levy shrugged, giving her belly a pat. "If they"re anything like Gajeel, I have a feeling they might just be dramatic."
"Speaking of dramatic…" Romeo let out a cough before Natsu had barreled his way back over, wheelchair in hand.
His hair was crazy and his eyes were wide, his chest heaving with his breaths. "Crazy fuckin" man thought he was more important!" He cried out, grabbing for Levy almost immediately as Lucy was now catching back up. "I got a pregnant friend here for fucks sakes and he"s complaining about his hip!"
Wendy and Romeo exchanged a look while Levy rolled her eyes, finding Lucy"s tight-lipped expression right behind Natsu.
"Come on, Levy, we gotta get you inside! You"re about to give birth!"
"She"s fine, Natsu! She"s not even in pain anymore!" Lucy grabbed at him, trying to push him away from Levy as he was trying to pick her back up.
"Yeah, I"m fine, Natsu," Levy tried pushing him back too as she wanted to climb out of the minivan herself.
"But the babies!" He screamed, looking at everyone"s faces in a panic. "We have to get them delivered!"
"Her water hasn"t even broken yet, Natsu, she just wants to get a check up!" Lucy tried shoving him back but Natsu had always seemed stronger and more resilient while plastered. He barely moved and it seemed as if he barely heard anyone as he grabbed Levy by the waist and hoisted her out of the car.
The said woman squealed, seeing how she was lifted so easily out of the car and held up as if she was some kind of doll. Everyone else cried out, trying to ensure he didn"t accidentally drop her.
"Natsu!" She wailed, kicking her legs back and forth and she fought his advances. Natsu didn"t seem to care as he was still in a panic, trying to force her into the wheelchair when he suddenly froze with her midway between the wheelchair and car.
"What just happened?" Romeo asked as he noticed the pale, wide-eyed look Natsu had as he just suddenly grew rigid. Everyone stared at him and even Levy had the same horrified look Natsu had on his face.
That was when they all noticed the giant wet stain that had appeared on Natsu"s shirt and down his pants and the small drips that began to splatter against the concrete.
There was a silent pause for a minute before Natsu had returned back to earthland to gently plop Levy down on the wheelchair, silence still mushroomed between the group.
"Levy… did you just pee on me?"
His voice was calmer than ever and he didn"t even sound that drunk anymore beside the slight slur in the beginning. Levy"s face was beginning to grow red and Lucy"s jaw had dropped, her eyes darting back and forth between Natsu"s wet clothes to Levy"s horrified face. Wendy was staring wide-eyed at them with her hands pressed against her mouth while Romeo was openly gawking at the scene, his eyes ping-ponging from Natsu to Levy to Lucy. Erza was just too busy with her own world that she was leaning against the seat in the back, murmuring nonsense under her breath.
"Natsu… I don"t think that"s pee…" Lucy said slowly and when the rosy-haired male looked down at his clothes to stare at the wet stains, his face began to drain of its natural color. "Nats—?"
Suddenly spinning on his spot, Natsu began to spill his entire guts out on the concrete right beside the car.
Shouts of disgust and surprise filled the air between the group and the awful stench of his throw up and alcohol rose up.
"I don"t know what"s worse," he gagged, pressing one hand to his stomach as his cheeks puffed out. "If it"s Levy piss on me or her fuckin" pregnancy juice."
"Don"t call it that!" Levy screeched, her face red from her embarrassment.
"I… I"m going to take Levy inside…" Lucy slowly came to grab at the handles of the wheelchair, trying to pull her away from Natsu who continued to throw up. "Can you guys… handle this?" Lucy looked at Wendy and Romeo apologetically before her eyes darted over to Erza"s disoriented state. "And Erza?"
"I guess I"ll go find parking," Romeo sighed, turning forward to shift the car back into drive. "Just let us know where you are. Natsu, you comin"?"
"No, don"t let him in the car! He has Levy"s pregnancy juice on him!"
"Will you guys stop calling it that?!"