for so long, I've wanted to wake up next to my loved one, opening my eyes and seeing their soft faces as they sleep. for so long, I've wanted to snuggle in their sleeping arms and fall back asleep under their warmth.
The sky was a soothing amber, tinted a brilliant lilac at the horizon where the sun peeked above buildings. Wispy clouds had been painted across the sky, some in long trails and others in little clusters. Crickets still hummed quiet melodies and a few birds chirped to their companions. Flowers planted in pretty batches at the front of people's homes had tiny dew drops on their smooth petals that shimmered in the sun's wake. In the lovely morning, Lucy's eyes flickered open like the wing of a monarch.
There was a weight on each of her eyelids begging her to go back to sleep. She was barely thinking when she looked over, searching for a pillow or blanket to curl up into deeply and fall back into slumber. She saw a face, blurred by her drowsiness, and recognized the sharp angles, pink hair . . . she would've yelled at him. She would have pushed him out of her fluffy white sheets and yelled at him to get out of her house, but he was radiating a warmth. His eyes were shut, and his breathing sounded like a lullaby. So, Lucy slowly scooted towards him and nestled her face into his chest. She listened to the thump of his heart that sounded more like an angel's humming.
She felt him stir, but she didn't move one centimeter. However, she felt weight across her shoulders as he wrapped an arm around her. Despite her sleepiness, she flushed and squeezed shut her chocolate eyes. She swore she could feel the thump in his chest speed up, and the breathing shift to a more quicker pace. However, in her state, anything sounded comforting, especially from him, so she relaxed, sunk into his embrace and fell back asleep.
Natsu woke up when he heard Lucy shuffling across her bed. He had always been a light sleeper, but was good at hiding it when he woke up in the middle of the night to people moving around.
His eyes didn't flicker open one bit. He listened, hearing the shuffle get closer to him. He wondered what she was doing. Obviously, she was moving too slowly to want to push him out of bed and shout at him for sneaking into her house. Natsu was trying to file through the possibilities, before she settled down at his chest. Natsu instantly blushed bright red. Never had she done something other than push him out of bed - so why would she cuddle up by him?
The second her head found a spot under his chin and her hands rested in between their chests, he could feel her breathing grow slow again, her eyelashes flicking against his chest as she shut her eyes. She reminded him of a cat in a way - wake up in the middle of a dream, stand up and find a more comfier spot and then curl up to go right back to sleep. In this case, he had been that comfier spot. Why?
Natsu almost wanted to think it was because she had drowsily envisioned him as a boyfriend or something, and decided to cuddle up with him. But chances were was that she was cold and was attracted to his warmth. Maybe . . . both?
He shrugged it off, opening his eyes slightly. He took a second to adjust to the light amber glow that filtered into Lucy's room before looking down at her. Her blonde hair looked like silk in the lighting. Stifling a gulp, he lifted an arm slowly . . . hesitantly . . .
And wrapped it around her. Her big attitude contrasted a lot with her small body that his arm so easily fit around. It was like she was made to fit right at his chest, and his arm was made to embrace her perfectly. Natsu felt a smile tug at the corners of his lips as she tensed up. It took a moment for her to relax, and fall back asleep judging upon the slowing of her breathing. Natsu shut his dark eyes, satisfied with the position they were in. It felt like they were lovers, in every way. He knew she would wake up and smack him, calling him pervert and such, but he felt himself drown in the sweet moment in between the two of them. With a lazy grin on his face, he tightened his grip around Lucy and fell back asleep.
The sky had turned from lavender and yellow to a light blue, flecked with clouds fluffier than the early morning's. The sun settled higher above the buildings of Magnolia, casting a glow across the city's numerous roofs. Lucy woke up from a dreamless sleep, and instantly recognized an unfamiliar arm around her.
She almost pulled herself away instantly to wake him up and yell at him for sneaking him and sleeping in her bed, but she found her heart rate speed up as she realized how close they were, the arm thrown across her like she was his. An odd yet pleasant feeling crawled in her heart as Natsu let out long, quiet breaths. However, she knew she couldn't let him get away with sneaking in. Sighing internally, she enjoyed his warmth a moment longer and ripped away from his arms.
"Natsu!" she yelled, grabbing a nearby pillow to whack him across the head. "How many times-" Whack. "- have I told you -" Whack. "- not to sneak in?!" She swung her arms back to hit him again, but he managed to catch the pillow in a calloused hand. He let out a long, tired groan.
"Lucy, you woke me u-up," he whined. However, there were different things on his mind than that. Did she actually cuddle with me earlier?
However, his wandering thoughts were cut off when Lucy gave him a final, massive smack on the head with her pillow. "Natsu!"
In the back of her mind, she recalled waking up briefly to crawl into Natsu's arms. Her face flushed for a second, before she hopped out of bed and muttered, "Get outta my house, you dummy."
aeiiii the ending was crap woops
but thanks for reading. i might make this a two-shot ;;;)
{Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima}