You, Me, A Bed, and A Whole Lot of Sexual Tension

Part 1

Lucy stares at him from her position on the bed, blinking at him slowly as she takes in his question. Natsu is practically bouncing on his feet, a large smile pulling at his lips as he waits for a response. And she totally does not think that he looks adorable in his old sweater (Natsu can call it whatever he wants, but it's absolutely a sweater), with it's worn, soft fabric and frayed sleeves, or his messy hair, or the way he's leaning against her door frame with tired, happy eyes.

Damn him for breaking into her dorm at six in the morning and ruining her essay writing concentration! And damn her professor for assigning a twenty page research report over the holidays! Who does that? And why is Natsu even awake at six in the morning? She didn't know it was possible for him to be up before noon. What is this nonsense?

She blinks. "You want to go on a road trip," she deadpans, fingers hovering over her keyboard.

His smile widens. "Yes!" he pushes off the wall, making his way towards her-and tripping over a pile of textbooks on the floor and hitting the ground with a crash.

Natsu always has been graceful as fuck.

He curses, using the bed to pull himself up and then proceeding to fall face first onto her comforter with a muffled groan. She sighs, shaking her head before closing her computer, already knowing that she isn't going to get anything done so long as Natsu's in the room. She pokes him with her foot, then does it again harder when all he does is groan and swat at her blindly.

Lucy pulls a face. "You know, I think I'm going to pass on the feel good college road trip of discovery." Her eyes narrow. "That and I don't really feel like being Texas chainsaw massacred." Road trips can go one of two ways. Option A: all goes well, there's lots of crying, and everyone falls in love and Steve finds out Connie has been in love with him for years and Brian and Sam reconnect after a falling out during their final year of high school. Option B: they all die horribly bloody deaths, except for the one girl who gets away, only to hitchhike and end up the antagonist who kills her anyway.

Yeah, no thanks.

Natsu's head snaps up, his eyes huge. "What?" he gasps. "No, you gotta!" he pushes himself onto all fours. "Lucy, please!"

"Hmm," she pretends to think about it. "No thanks!" Her shoots her puppy dog eyes and she glares back. "No!" she shakes her head, crossing her arms. "I'm not spending upwards of thirty hours in a car with you guys. You guys are just going to end up fighting all the time and we're all going to end up hating each other!" He pouts. "Besides, I have an essay to finish," she reasons, mentally crossing her fingers and hoping he backs off.

Because she loves her friends. She really, truly does, but she doesn't want to spend thirty hours with them in a confined area. Partly because the boys will constantly be fighting, and partly because Gray has a bad habit of using way too much cologne when he's in the same area as Juvia.

Natsu rolls his eyes good-naturedly, crawling up the bed until he's practically on top of her. Lucy's breath catches in her throat, her eyes going wide as his breath fans across her lips, because he is just that close.

"Come on Lu," he pleads, nose bumping against hers. She really hopes he can't hear her heart trying to beat right of her chest. God, that would be embarrassing. She holds her breath as he slides even closer. "You and I both know you already finished your essay and you've just been rewriting your conclusion for the past three days."

She huffs, because he's right. She has been done with her essay for a few days now. She leans back, blowing air in his face to make him back off. "So what?" she argues. "That doesn't mean I want to go on a road trip!"

Natsu shoots her a positively wicked grin, his hands sliding up her bare legs slowly. She gasps at the sudden burning feeling against her thighs, his palms hot as a flame. "I think I can change your mind," he whispers, voice low and husky, the words breathed against the shell of her ear. She doesn't even want to think about the electric spark that shoots down her spine as his nose skims her skin.

She squeals as fingers dart across her ribcage, a giggle caught in her throat. She glares up at him, shaking her head. "Natsu, don't you dare!" she hisses, trying to back away.

He laughs, securing an arm around her back so that she can't escape. "Say you'll come with," he demands playfully, eyes bright as his fingers slide down her side.

"No!" she gasps, struggling in his grasp. He laughs, mumbling something like "you asked for it," and then she's on her back with him hovering over her, straddling her hips with his fingers poking and prodding at all of her ticklish spots until tears are running down her cheeks and she's shrieking with laughter, her sides beginning to sting. He doesn't relent as she pleads with him to stop, and through the tears blurring her vision she can see his whole face being lit up.

"Natsu!" she whines, giggling as she tries to escape his devious hands. "Stop, please! I can't-" Her words are cut off by another round of laughter.

He laughs with her. "Say you'll come with!" he repeats, fingers not slowing down.

Lucy huffs. Well, she tries. It's kind of a hard thing to do when she can't breathe. "Fine!" She wheezes, trying to fight back a smile. "Fine, I'll come!"

His fingers still immediately, but they don't leave her skin. He smiles triumphantly, and she's suddenly aware just close they are. His torso is practically molded to hers, the curves of her body fitted to his. His nose bumps hers and his eyes fly open as he also registers the significant lack of distance between them.

Natsu's gaze flashes down to her lips before darting back to her eyes and she's suddenly entranced by the way his tongue flicks over his lips, his teeth catching his lower lip between them and worrying it.

Lucy's finger find themselves tangled in the fabric of his sweater, the cotton soft against her skin. He exhales shakily against her skin, hands hot against her sides through her shirt-and oh, what she wouldn't give to have it be just his hands there.

She's certain that he can hear her heartbeat at this point, because she's pretty sure she can hear his. He's so close that she can count the faint freckles sprinkled over his nose and across his cheeks.

Her fingers curl tighter into his sweater. "So," she breathes, voice low, "you really want to spend thirty or more hours in a car with Gray and Gajeel?" she asks, gaze locked with his. She's trying for humor, but it falls flat, her voice cracking at the end.

Natsu's big hand slides along her side, his forearm pressed to the bed beside her head to prop himself up so he doesn't crush her. His eyes skate across her face, drinking her in, and for a moment she doesn't think he heard her, but then…

"I'll have you," he whispers back, swallowing thickly. "I can deal with Gray and Gajeel, so long as you're there, too." Lucy forgets how to breathe. With wide eyes and a hand pressed to his heart, she shifts beneath him, propping an elbow up beneath her and rising up an inch.

"Natsu?"

He shifts, chin dipping down in the slightest way and then-

"Holy shit, Natsu!" someone gasps from the doorway. "We told you to go get Lucy, not sex her up!" Lucy shrieks, shoving him off her instantly, and Natsu cries out as her knee makes contact with his stomach, her foot lashing out and knocking him straight of the bed with a loud "thump!"

He hits the ground with a groan just as Lucy screams, "We weren't doing anything!" at the intruders. From his position on the floor, Natsu glares at Gray, Gajeel, and Erza. Actually, he doesn't glare at Erza because she scares him a little bit, but he totally glares at Gray and Gajeel!

Gray snickers at them for a moment until Erza glares at him, making him shrink back the slightest bit.

The red-head then turns her gaze to Lucy, an excited smile on her face. "So, are you coming with, Lucy?" she asks, in a way that sounds very not like a question.

Lucy sits up crossing her legs beneath her, and inhaling sharply when Natsu pulls himself onto the bed next to her, his leg flush against hers. She clears her throat, pointedly not looking at him and keeping her eyes on Erza.

"I guess so," she replies, shrugging a little. "Who else is going?" Because Natsu never really got to that part before… Yeah.

Erza grins. "The five of us, Levy, Juvia, and Jellal."

Lucy nods, then frowns. "Okay, I'll go, but only on three conditions." She glances between the three still standing in her doorway. "One, no fighting." She points between the three boys, holding up a finger. "Absolutely none! If I'm doing this, it's going to be fun, and I am not going to listen to you three argue the entire time." Gajeel rolls his eyes, but nods nonetheless, Gray huffs and crosses his arms, and Natsu pouts, looking at her with pleading eyes.

She ignores it.

"Two." She lifts another finger. "We stop every two hours for bathroom breaks and to switch drivers." Erza nods with her, immediately agreeing.

"Three." A final finger is raised. "Erza and Gajeel don't drive. At all." Natsu and Gray nod eagerly, eyes wide with horror at the idea of those two driving.

Erza looks a little sad, but Gajeel looks straight up offended. "What?" he snaps. "Why the hell can't we drive?"

Lucy quirks a brow. "Because you're a maniac and I'm still not sure how Erza got her license." She almost had a heart attack the first time she was in a car with Gajeel and she refuses to do that again. She wants to live thank you very much. And Erza? Well, Lucy isn't sure how her best friend passed her driver's test, but she did! It took her five times, but she did it! Now Lucy loves Erza to death, she would go to the ends of the earth for her, but she will never let her drive a car.

She's a hazard to pedestrians, bless her heart, and Lucy is not going to jail for a hit and run, or rear ending someone.

Erza sighs heavily. "I will revoke my driving privileges for the duration of the trip," she promises.

Gajeel snorts. "I won't."

Erza shoots him an almost poisonous look and he stiffens, hair practically standing on end. "No, you're not," she tells him.

Gajeel swallows thickly. "No, I'm not" he agrees.

Erza nods sharply, gaze sliding to Lucy, who she smiles at brightly. "Good!" She clasps her hands in front of her. "We leave at noon!" Lucy's mouth drops open as Erza turns on her heel and walks out of the room, the front door slamming shut a moment later. Gray and Gajeel share a look, Gajeel shoving Gray to the side before bolting out of the room, Gray scrambling after him.

Lucy sighs, feeling a headache coming on. Five hours to get everything ready. Which really means three hours because she's going to have to help Natsu pack too.

Great.

She glances at Natsu. "You haven't packed at all, have you?" she asks.

He grins. "Nope!"

She nods solemnly. "Let's get this over with."

AN: That is part one of this ridiculous AU I started in October! Part Two is already finished and should be up either this weekend or early next week! Enjoy this random plot bunny folks! :D As always, reviews are appreciated! I love hearing what you guys have to say! This was originally written on tumblr (a link to my blog can be found on my page). Have a nice day everyone!