entry #1: Dad Natsu
Natsu grins as he ushers his daughter towards the large tree in their backyard - technically the entire forest was their backyard, but this tree was undoubtedly the biggest, therefore the best to use. "Dad, what are we doing?"
"Training!" Natsu grinned, tugging at the pink pig-tail in his daughter's hair, ignoring her attempts to swat him away. "Ya gotta learn how to control the heat. Don't wanna burn your little brother or ya mum, yeah?" Nashi looked at him in thinly veiled horror. Of course, she didn't (if she ever hurt her mum, accidentally or not, she'd never forgive herself) but controlling the temperature of her body was the hardest part. They'd been trying for weeks and she still hadn't gotten it.
Natsu gave one last gentle tug at the hair, noticing her worried look and warding it away with a large grin of his own.
"Just press your hand against the bark - like this - and focus your magic onto your palm - see the smoke? That's what you want just not too much otherwise the bark'll burn."
Nashi followed his instructions, nervous that she couldn't do it at all or she'd end up setting the tree on fire. Natsu pulled his hand away to reveal an ingrained imprint of his large hand, the bark still smoking slightly at the leftover heat. Nashi sucked in a deep breath, narrowing her eyes as she concentrated on doing the same thing. The bark was hot under her skin, her palm increasingly growing in temperature, until tendrils of smoke began to appear. "Alright, there ya go-" The smoke began to grow and panic began to set in.
"Dad, I don't know how to get it to stop!" Natsu grabbed his daughter's wrist and pulled her hand away from the bark. Her smaller handprint was burnt into the bark next to his, albeit very dark and singed. "What'cha talkin' about? You just did it fine."
"But it's all burnt!"
Natsu knelt down to Nashi's eye level, ruffling her hair. "You just gotta get the hang of it! I burnt the entire tree down when I was your age. You're doin' great!"
"Really…?"
Natsu nodded, expression serious, before tugging at her pigtail again. "Dad!" Nashi whined, pulling away with a pout.
"C'mon, let's try again. We'll keep at it 'til this tree is full of handprints!"
A/N:
welcome to the beginning of the nalu journal! Everything here originates from my tumblr (caandleworks) and I've decided to just dump everything in one spot. This drabble was born in a chat between me and my bb lovelyluce (also amazing fanfic writer, y'all should check her out!) and I was writing it while rushing to get ready for work.
Hope you enjoyed!