ATTN: I'll be editing this chapter soon, to take out some of the bigger words~
From a prompt request I came across on Tumblr:
"somebody pls write an AU where character A and B are neighbors in an apartment complex. character A meets character B because character B yells in their sleep and character A thinks that something is horribly wrong in the middle of the night."
Fairy Tail AU || NALU Feat Hints Of; GAJEVY.
A/N: It's been years since I went about writing Fan-Fiction, so I may be a little bit rusty~ Currently this is a one shot, let me know if you think a continuation would be fitting~
Edit: Due to lovely reviews I will be continuing this story~
~Lucy POV~
"Oof." The slender figured bluenette let off an audible grunt as she set down another box among many more of which were quickly piling up into box top pillars. Straitening her back out she wiped a bead of sweat from her brow with her left forearm, gazing dejected at the growing kingdom of cardboard.
"Lu-chan…" She began hesitantly. "I'm still a little confused as to how you had this much packed into that tiny apartment…are you a modern day Mary Poppins?" Her joke however seemed to fall upon the ears of someone in deep denial.
The blonde she must have been speaking to leered at her, a set of compressed lips displaying her thoughts on the bluenette's inquiry.
"T-this is not even that much…I already got rid of most of it…" The blonde mused taking her gaze away from the smaller statured female as if telling a fib. "A-anyway Levy-chan…how's Gajeel?" Her change of subject guised as a question provoked Levy's concentration to switch from the towering boxes to her current boyfriend. Levy's eyes glimmered and a grin slid onto her face.
"Hehe, Gajeel is great, we watched a new movie he got from the studio before release last night." Listening to Levy speak the blonde set a stack of mail from her old place upon the table nearest to her, each envelope addressed to one 'Lucy Heartfilia.'
"Mm~ I guess that's the plus of having a boyfriend who works for a huge movie studio." Lucy ruminated her tone diverted. Levy's grin returned tenfold in response to Lucy's jab.
"Well yeah that's a huge plus…but I'm with him for other reasons too… like his adorable way of laughing at things 'Gihi'," She mimicked the strange phrase she was oh so used to hearing by now, a sliver of pink brushing her cheeks. Lucy's eyes trekked away from the mail grazing over Levy's face, she let out a low chuckle giving her friend a candid smile.
"Anyway, Levy-chan that's the last of the boxes…thank you again for helping out, doing this alone…I don't even want to think of how long it would have taken me." She grimaced at the thought. Levy gave a laugh waving her hand in the air lazily,
"It's no problem, what are best friends for right?" She shone offering her lingering hand to Lucy,
"Mm!" The two high fived, grinning ear to ear at each other.
At this point Lucy's new apartment was most of all a mess of taped up boxes with chaotically written notes scrawled on the sides, a few boxes opened half unpacked. The two females crashed themselves onto the couch staring at the black screen on the television before them. A sigh escaping their lips simultaneously.
"Have you gotten the cable hooked up yet Lu-chan?" Levy probed glancing to her right only to be met with the gaze of auburn tanned irises. Lucy scowled shaking her head nonchalantly.
"The company said they couldn't make it out till next week, but it's a minor bother since I'll be unpacking in most of my free time anyway…so I'll let it slide for now."
"Hmm…" Levy let off, twitching her lips back and forth in thought. "You like to watch television before bed though right…it'll be hard for you to sleep."
"A-ah…that's true but I have all those DVD—s…." Lucy's words dawdled off peering around the room at the stacked fortress, her eyes reading over the hardly legible scribbles upon each box.
"-If you can even find them." Levy interjected with a knowing smirk shrink-wrapped onto her lips, nudging Lucy in the side. The blonde glowered to herself giving a tense laugh.
"T-that's well…n-no problem…I'll just unpack till I find them right? It shouldn't be that difficult…right?" The query in her tone told Levy she was sure there was no way she would find the DVD's anytime soon.
"Well…if you want I can bring something by a little bit later for tonight at least." Levy offered smiling attentively.
"Ah, Levy-chan you're a life saver!" Lucy cooed clinging onto the bluenette beside her.
Levy took leave from Lucy's new apartment with a wave complimented only by a smile, she trotted toward her car. Once Lucy had sent Levy off, she trudged back toward the main lobby of her building pleased with her luck, after all this apartment was not only much more spacious than her old place, but it was newly renovated and best of all? The rent was suspiciously cheap.
As Lucy stepped from the elevator exiting onto the seventh floor she could swear she caught a glance of salmon pink locks rounding the corner, she blinked her brow jolting upward in interest, something in the back of her mind willing her to investigate, however before she could her phone rang.
"Hn?" She reached into the back pocket of her black jean shorts glancing at the caller ID before swiping the phone screen and placing it to her ear. "Loke? What's up?" She questioned, moving forward to round the same corner the anonymous person had just rounded, forgetting all about her curiosity for the moment.
As Lucy reached her door she propped the phone between her cheek and shoulder blade, quibbling with her keys to find the right fit, "Huh? A house warming party…I just moved in…I haven't even unpacked yet." Finally she heard the lock disengage, puling the metal key from the opening with an exhale. Only half heeding to the voice on the other end of the phone Lucy once more peered around the apartment, sneering at the entity of her possessions, perhaps Levy was right…maybe, just maybe she had too much stuff. "Huh? Y-Yeah I'm listening…probably in a few weeks after everything is unpacked and I'm settled in…why are you so eager to throw a party at my place anyhow? Throw a party at yours or something." Her scolding tone was not well received but the soured mood perked with a laugh on the other side of the phone. "Anyway…I'll let you know once I'm more settled in…Mm…yeah bye." She pulled the phone away, setting it on the table next to her stack of mail. "….Where do I even start…" The grievance in her tone ever evident.
Lucy sighed inwardly attempting to get her mental state in the disposition to get going on unpacking, she looked to the time it was still early enough to get several boxes unpacked…the true complexity here was finding it in herself to be motivated to do so. Running her thumb over the selection of music on her ipod touch she settled on a specific playlist pressing play and positioning two ear buds in each of her ears. Lucy slid her ipod into her back pocket letting the music take hold of her before going to work on the first box. It was only a short time later that Lucy got into the motion of things managing to unpack five boxes in a matter of hours, to her dismay however she had yet to find the box with her selection of DVDs' glancing once more to the clock she had decided to retire for the night, pulling the ear buds from her ears just as the doorbell rang. Lucy's eyes voyaged to her front door moseying over she opened it, before her stood Levy coming through on her promise as always.
Lucy smiled to the bluenette stepping aside so she could come inside. Once inside Levy turned on her heal smiling chiefly at Lucy, waking a suspicion in the back of her mind.
"You're awfully excited about lending me some movies Levy-chan..." She stared at Levy narrowing her eyes as she closed the door.
Levy gave a snicker,
"I think you'll really like the movie I brought over is all~"
"Hn? What is it?"
"The one I watched with Gajeel last night, it's called "The Book Of END."
Lucy's relaxed posture tensed at the mention of the movie, she remembered turning the channel every time the preview for it had come on TV.
"Le-...you know I hate horror films!" She groaned loudly pouting toward the grinning Levy.
"It's more supernatural than horror...just watch it...you could always invite your neighbor over if you're scared~" Levy mused in a teasing manner handing the DVD box toward Lucy.
"Eh?! There is no way I'm inviting a complete stranger over like that..." She half shouted a tinge of pink hitting her cheeks as she snatched the DVD from Levy.
Levy giggled at Lucy's over reaction.
"Anyway I have to get going its date night, Gajeel will get mad if I'm late, he's so impatient~" She snickered not seeming to mind Gajeel's inpatients at all, perhaps even finding it endearing.
"R-right..." Lucy staggered toward the door giving a halfhearted wave to Levy as she disappeared down the hall. Her eyes traveled to the DVD in her hand, even the cover looked terrifying as far as Lucy was concerned. There was simply no way she was going to watch this movie or so she had convinced herself. She closed the door, moving to the living room and setting the DVD on her coffee table, glancing back at it with a nervous leer before scoffing and disappearing into her the kitchen.
Lucy waltzed back through the living room with a fresh cup of tea the striking DVD case catching her eye once more. She forced her eyes away pulling a book out from the bookcase.
"I'll just read...reading will be fine..." She seemed to be trying to convince herself more than anything, sipping from the steaming cup before setting it aside and cracking the book open to the place she had left off last. Only moments later she let a noise of frustration escape her throat, it was now that she was damning her incessant inquisitiveness. The book in her hands closed with a loud clap. Lucy tightened her lips setting the book next to her on the couch and reaching for the DVD case, she flipped it over reading the synopsis.
'The land of Fiore had its ups and downs however the group of young archaeologists could have never predicted the destruction they would bring about when they ventured upon a strange ancient book. Bizarre happenings begin upon returning home with the ominous transcription. With Fiore on the edge of an outright apocalypse they find themselves faced with a foe more powerful than can be comprehended. This very well may be the END'
A scoff escaped her lips and an unimpressed look crept onto her face.
"This sounds stupid..." She leered at the television in front of her, glancing to the time then, it was already nearly Midnight. "It's probably not even scary at all..."
Giving into her own ludicrous need to prove herself to absolutely no one Lucy popped the DVD into the player, plopping onto the couch and getting comfortable under her throw blanket. She gazed at the intro screen, the loud and eerie sound effects already giving her chills. Shaking her head Lucy hesitantly clicked the play option, settling in to watch the movie, finding herself absentmindedly clinging to one of the pillows on the couch as she watched the terror play through. Sure the scenes with possession and demonic entities were petrifying enough but the demon...END that was what plastered itself permanently into her head, those pure black eyes and the fangs that carved into flesh...she shivered at the thought. By the end of the movie she was anxiously chewing on her bottom lip. Giving an uneasy laugh she turned the Television off,
"Aha...yeah...not scary at all...that was silly...I can't believe I was worried..." Her words sputtered out as her eyes darted around the room as if to assure she was still alone. A heavy sigh escaped Lucy's lips deciding that a nice hot shower would surely fix how "NOT SCARED" She was. As she crept through the apartment she found herself turning on every single light that she passed finally making it to the bathroom, she double checked that the bathroom door was locked at least four times before actually stripping and stepping into the porcelain haven that was her bathtub.
*Natsu POV"
By the commotion of noise and voices he had heard coming from the wall he shared with the apartment next door the Salmon haired male gathered that someone had finally moved into the vacant apartment. Thinking back he wondered how long it had been vacant now, a lament escaped his lips, he guessed he wouldn't be able to be as loud as he wanted anymore being that he now had a neighbor. It was a little bit fun though he thought, whomever had moved in could be very loud themselves, not to mention the several times he heard a thud followed by a stream of cursing. The whole thing got him interested to know just who was now living next door to him and his cat. Absentmindedly petting the said feline, he hummed.
"What do you think Happy? Should we go introduce ourselves?" His question fell upon uninterested ears as the cat simply tilted its head at him, licking at its paw. He laughed then.
"Right, right, maybe some other time. Anyway I have to leave for filming till late tonight so behave okay?"
"Nya~" Happy let off curling up on the couch.
As he exited his apartment reassuring that the door was locked he glanced to the empty name plate by the apartment next door,
"Hmm..." He skimmed to his own, the name reading 'Natsu D.' just as he was walking away he heard the sound of tape ripping off a box followed by
'Son of a bitch! How do you get a paper cut from cardboard?!"
"Pfft." He let off, stifling his laughter, he was sure by now his new neighbor would in the least be satisfyingly amusing. With that Natsu took his leave heading to the studio where he worked as a stunt coordinator.
By the time Natsu returned home it was already a little past midnight, he yawned walking into his apartment, hearing the mild noise of what sounded like a horror movie playing next door.
"Heh." He simpered to himself, greeting Happy who was already waiting for him patiently at the front walk way.
Closing the door behind him Natsu moved to get showered and dressed for relaxation, true he probably wouldn't sleep for another few hours as he tended to be a bit of a night owl, but feeling fresh was soothing in its own way.
After showering he changed into a baggy pair of white harem pants with black seams at the bottom. Staying shirtless as he tended to run warm. He turned on the TV popping in a DVD of director's notes for his next work production. Sitting on the couch cross legged listening intently to what the director was looking for stunt wise, his brows rutted every now and then as if he was discerning how the move would be done in his head.
The time had always flown by when Natsu was working on a project, before he realised, it was nearing 3:00AM. He paused the DVD setting down his legal note pad filed with notes and sketches.
"Man I'm getting tired…" Natsu hoisted himself from the couch elongating his arms up in a short-lived stretch and letting out a groan of pleasure as he did.
"Nyaaaa~"
"What's up happy?" He glanced down to his cat dropping his arms to his side.
"Nya Nya~" The cat responded moving to the balcony's double doors.
"Ah, you wanna go out on the balcony?" He nodded as if he could actually understand the feline moving to open up one of the double doors, happy wondered out. Natsu smiled then leaving the door partially opened so Happy could come back in when he felt like it, moving to his kitchen to make a mug of coffee to keep him going.
~Lucy POV~
Lucy had retired to bed somehow finding the courage to turn off the lights in her place if only to conserve on her electricity bill, but found it undeniably impossible to fall asleep. She was trying her hardest to chalk it up to being in a new apartment for the first night but deep down she knew it was because of that damned movie, she was internally cursing herself for watching it as every meager noise made her heart beat race and her skin crawl. Tossing about she glanced to the clock seeing the ominous number 3:33AM. With a perceptible whimper she'd had enough, throwing the covers off and stomping out to the living room. She froze solid when she heard a strange groan from the shared wall, why did it have to sound so demonic? Lucy swallowed hard, compressing her fists, trying to decide how to handle this situation. Before she could decide however she heard a peculiar scratching noise at the double doors to her personal balcony, her eyes grew wide and her gaze shot to the doors, giving it an intense stare.
"W-what is that...it's probably just a twig right? Yeah aha..a twig..." She muttered trying to comfort herself to no avail. In her need to conquer any fear she had, Lucy inched toward the double doors, hesitantly reaching forward and moving the curtain aside only to see what she presumed to be two demonic eyes staring back at her through the window frame. She felt her heart skip several beats and pulled in the largest breath she could congregate.
~Natsu's POV~
Natsu opened the cracked door wide enough for him to exit out onto the balcony his coffee mug in hand, steam rolling off the caramel coloured surface. It was just as he stepped out onto the balcony that the dead silence of the night was brutally interrupted by what he perceived to be the most blood curdling shriek he'd ever heard coming from none other than his next door neighbor's apartment, shadowed shortly by the sound of numerous clatters and thuds. Natsu flinched forward spilling part of his coffee the hot liquid spluttering to the ground at his feet. Before he could give it much he had abandoned the mug on the railing of the balcony and jumped to the other's balcony with a peculiar elegant precision.
~Both POV~
A screech beyond her own comprehension came from Lucy's lungs. Her mistake however was not moving the boxes out of the way earlier as she faltered backwards, tripping over a smaller box first, feebly endeavoring to catch herself only managing to knock over a side table in the process. Eventually ending up crashing into a larger box, the box caved inward and she wordlessly for a fleeting moment thanked Mavis it was a box full of clothes. Her respite however short lived hearing the thud of something large hitting the balcony, she could see the shadow of something humanoid through the curtain illuminated by moonlight, staring at the figure with baited breath.
"W-what is that…" she alleged, noting that the shadow was now coming closer to the door. Lucy wriggled quickly from the box's bind becoming progressively more petrified. She could swear her heart was beating so fast that it was not even beating at all. Lucy backed away, using her palms to feel her way around, pressing herself austerely against the wall as one of the double doors swung open. Her stomach sank and a panted breath escaped her throat, gawking wide eyed at the figure, her mind chose that moment to flash back to the demon END in the movie she was now ever more cursing herself for watching.
'S-shit…that's…but how…it was just a movie…how can the demon be…what is happening?!' Her thoughts were soaring through her mind in a hazy rush. She felt cemented to the spot watching the figure squint about in the obscurity of the apartment as if looking for something…someone, wait it was looking for her! She panicked knocking several items over as she scurried along the wall trying to skulk away. His figure turned in her direction following the racket.
"Hey is everything alright? There was a scream so I…"
'Wait…that was a person's voice' Lucy pondered and for the slightest moment reprieve hit her chest like a flush of cold water on a hot day. It was short lived however, her mind was too far invested in the idea of the Demon END being real, particularly when this person even in the shadows looked just like him. She swallowed air trying to find the audacity to speak, her words coming out strained.
"G-go away…don't come near …m-me," She managed in a raspy tone.
Natsu tilted his head at her words, the idea that she was frightened of him completely passing over his head.
"Huh?" He let off striding toward her. "What happened in here?" He continued forward, his eyes adjusting to the void seeing the mess of knocked over items and crushed boxes. Lucy snatched a pillow off the couch as if that was really going to shelter her from a demon. She had made the blunder then of backing herself into the corner, she was taking jagged breaths and trembling in dread, dwindling more and more into the corner as he got closer to her.
As Natsu reached for Lucy she shrunk down in the corner hunkered, holding the pillow over her face as some sort of shield she shouted.
"Recesserimus daemonium," [Be Gone Demon] Lucy hardly thought that saying such a thing would stop him, however it was the first thing that came to mind. Natsu's hand immobilized in place, the words were familiar to him, after all they was used in a movie he worked on recently. In his hunched forward state his shoulders began to shake, softly at first, and finally came forth that clamor.
"Pfft…Pfft…Recesserimus daemonium? Gyahahaha," He began laughing hysterically, tears forming in the corners of his eyes, "You think…hahaha…I'm a demon…haha..haha…what…." He couldn't hold his laughter in, clutching his stomach. His amusement however struck a nerve in Lucy, he had just petrified her to the point of being scarred for life and he was laughing? Her grip on the pillow tautened and with one swift movement she landed an upper cut on him with it, sending him stumbling back, his merriment silenced. Lucy took the chance stumbling to the closest light switch flipping it on, the sudden glare scorching both their eyes. Her chest was heaving up and down trying to catch up on lost oxygen. Her eyes adjusting to the sight of the half-naked man before her.
"You hit pretty hard…" He mused grinning ostensibly at her, finally taking in the sight of his new neighbor he had previously been so unreservedly curious about. The scowl currently imprinted on Lucy's face was kind of cute, even if the glare was directed at him.
"W-Who…who are you…could you be...END?" Her words trailed off in embarrassment at her own belief that this person was possibly a fictional demon from a stupid movie.
Natsu's lips quaked,
"Pfft." The action of trying his hardest not to laugh was causing his eyes to water. Lucy's brow furrowed in frustration.
"Don't laugh!" She bellowed moving to swing the pillow at him, this time however he caught it. Lucy froze and for the first time their eyes met full on. His eyes so dark they could be mistaken for pure onyx. Lucy took in his features, somehow he looked so similar to END yet…he was a normal person wasn't he. She felt a stinging heat hit her cheeks when Natsu's grin returned leaning in very marginally, either of them still keeping hold on the pillow.
"Well I'm not a demon…pfft.." He choked down an escaping chuckle. "The names Natsu, I live in 7A next door; I heard a scream so I came to investigate or….something…" He pursed his lips in thought, unsure what caused him to come over so hastily. Lucy's brow twitched this was her neighbor… not a demon…suddenly all her irrational fear felt incredibly irrelevant and utterly preposterous. Her lips parted as if she were going to speak but she closed them tightening her jaw. Natsu blinked taking in her facial features, his gaze following the curves of her body. In her present state Lucy's clothes were disheveled to say the least, her pink pyjama shorts hanging low on her curvaceous hips, and her matching cami scrunched upward leaving part of her stomach revealed. One of the straps to her cami involuntarily fallen from her shoulder, her cleavage exceedingly palpable. Observing all of this Natsu swallowed hard forcing his eyes back to her face to find she was glaring at him once more. He let off a nervous laugh, releasing the pillow and glancing around the room as if to change both of their perspectives.
"So why'd ya scream like that?" He questioned inadvertently changing the subject.
"That's…" She thought for a moment, that's right, the demon she saw in the window still was not explained. "There was …something in the window…"
"Hm? Like what?" He was skeptical hearing her vague description.
Lucy fired off a exasperated growl, setting her eyes on the half open double doors, spotting the glimmering irises from early, her lips quivered, another shriek building up in the pit of her stomach, she covered her mouth with her hands.
"That! It's there, you see I'm not crazy!" Her words were muffled by her palms.
Natsu curiously glanced to the window Paine and a look of recognition crossed his face, once tense his face relaxed, a smirk curling onto his lip as he glanced back to Lucy.
"W-What?" She questioned slowly lowering her hands to her sides.
"That's just happy." His words coming off as if stating facts she ought to know already.
"H-happy?" She contracted her eyes in a muddled attempt to understand.
"Yeah…Happy c'mere." As he spoke Happy sauntered in inoffensively. Lucy's mouth dropped open in shock, and she began laughing quietly in a way that said she couldn't believe her eyes and may just be about to lose her mind.
"Heh…heheh…a…cat…it was a cat…the whole time…a cat named happy none-the-less…haha..hah…" Her brow was twitching indefinitely.
"Haha, you thought Happy was a demon too, you watch to many movies-," He paused realising he did not yet know her name. Lucy became flustered then crossing her arms indignantly.
"It's not like I wanted to watch that ridiculously stupid movie! Levy-chan gave me no choice…and my name is Lucy…" She lagged off half pouting; this entire ordeal was wholly and outright exhausting her.
"Huh? Luigi that's a weird name for a girl." He quipped raising his brow at her.
"Why you…" Lucy groused, "Lucy, My name is Lucy, not Luigi, Lucy!" She asserted not realising she had gotten right up into his face by this point. Natsu peered down at her face, he chuckled, his previous grin returning.
"Lucy huh?" She realised then that his previous statement was probably a joke, feeling like she undoubtedly needed to lighten up, but who could blame her, after all her nerves were shot by now. Absentmindedly Natsu fixed her fallen strap as if it was distracting him, this action of course brought a deep blush to Lucy's cheeks. She withered away from him placing her arms over her chest as if she felt nude under his gaze. Natsu snorted turning his attention to the fallen side table near to him, he picked it up putting it back where it was supposed to go. His eyes caught sight of the DVD case then,
"Heh, so it was this movie after all." He picked the case up, "This isn't out yet though, how'd you get your hands on it?" His gaze met with hers once more taking in the way she was fidgeting.
"M-My friend…her boyfriend works for the studio so…she let me borrow it because the cable isn't set up yet…" Apprehensively she played with a piece of her hair glancing around the room at anything but his piercing gaze.
"Hah," He laughed, "That so?" He seemed precipitously tickled though he didn't seem to plan to tell her why that was. "Hmm…" Natsu leered at Lucy, her eyes narrowed, why was he staring at her like that.
"What is it?"
"Thing is, I get the feeling you don't usually watch stuff like this." He held up the case, "So," He smirked, "I bet you'll probably end up screaming bloody murder again at some point tonight."
"Wha- I will not!" She insisted her blush returning tenfold, was he seriously making fun of her right now? Who the hell did this guy thing he was? Lucy's face turned from annoyed to shock when Natsu plopped himself down on her couch slouching down as if they were old friends and he had come for a visit after a long absence.
"I don't know about you Lucy, but after that I'm pretty wide awake, how about a house warming party for two, we can watch this?" He tapped the DVD case he still held in his hand. His grin somehow was welcoming and mischievous all in the same.
Lucy clenched her fists,
"You've got to be kidding me, I don't even know you, get out of my apartment already, this is becoming breaking and entering…I-I'll report you to the authorities!" Her words were stern yet lacked any real threat, as she latched onto his forearm attempting to pull him up from the couch. The smile on Natsu's face faded to a dangerous look. With one informal tug he heaved Lucy off balance. She found herself kneeling on the couch much too close to his face.
"Lucy…" He half whispered, she felt his breath on her lips. Her pupils dilated, the tone in his voice, speaking her name as if she were his lover, sending shrill waves of something thrilling through her body.
Natsu held up the remote, "Live a little." That unadulterated grin returned. Lucy felt like her heart was going to explode, too worked up to even fight him, she released his arm, hesitantly sitting down on the couch next to him. He wiggled the remote a bit and she snatched it from his hand, throwing her blanket over her lap, knees to her chest and glaring childishly at Natsu from the corner of her eye while turning the TV back on and clicking play. She couldn't believe she was about to watch this movie that had already caused her so much trouble for a second time and with a complete stranger who chillingly resembled the antagonist none-the-less.
As the movie progressed even though she had already seen it Lucy once again found herself on edge, absentmindedly clutching the blanket and staring at the screen intently begging herself to look away. Natsu glanced over at the blonde, he didn't seem phased at all by the movie, but he couldn't help but chuff at her facial reactions, she really must hate this sort of movie. Though he didn't understand why he had the inept desire to calm her down, reaching toward her and placing his calloused hand on top of her own. Lucy jumped letting off an alarmed yelp, looking to Natsu eyes wide exhaling when she realised it was only him.
"Don't startle me like that!" She insisted,
"Aheh, sorry, sorry, didn't mean to." He scratched his cheek flashing her that engaging smile. Lucy placed her free palm over her face with a substantial sigh, dragging her hand away, looking back to the salmon haired 'demon'
"I'm sure of it now…" She began.
"Hm?" Natsu quirked his brow.
"You'll be the end of me."
The two regarded each other for a moment before both laughing frivolously, genuine smiles ingrained on their faces.
~Bonus Scene~
When the afternoon hit Levy was becoming progressively more anxious, it was not like Lucy to leave her phone off. She had lost count of how many texts and calls she placed, finally deciding to go investigate. Gajeel however protested insisting on going along, basing his decision on how worried the bluenette seemed to be. As the two arrived at the complex Gajeel gazed up at the building a perturbed look on his face.
"This is where Bunny girl lives?"
Levy peeped at him, and nodded.
"Yeah, she just moved from her old place."
"Interesting," Gajeel sounded off, a half grin smothered on his face. Levy quirked her brow in query but pushed her questions aside, stepping off the elevator onto the seventh floor. She hurried down the hall way and around the corner to apartment 7B, knocking for several minutes, her apprehension only growing when she received no notion of acknowledgement. Biting her bottom lip Levy decided to try the door handle surprised to find it wasn't locked. This fact instigated her anxiety to spike even higher.
"Hnn…" Gajeel was suspicious as well at this point as the two crept into the apartment, down the hall, entering into the living room. Both Gajeel and Levy's mouths fell agape at the scene before them. Surely Lucy was fine…it was safe to say she was better than fine in fact. Before them, Natsu and Lucy were cuddled up together under Lucy's blanket, their shoulders leaned against one another, slumbering peacefully, as the intro screen for 'The Book Of End' looped through over and over on the television.
Though Levy's face contended shock Gajeel's contorted into a satisfied smirk as if he knew something Levy didn't.
"Gihi."
A/N: Welp, there it is, I do hope you were able to enjoy it. I'm apprehensive since I haven't shared any of my writing with anyone since high school, not to mention it's been that long since I wrote fan-fiction as well~ Alas, The End…?