Aye, I'm back with another nalu fic because I just felt like it, okay? Lol I actually had this idea a long time ago and have wanted to write this for a while but I just never did. It's based off the song "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran. I just put my music on shuffle a while ago and this song played and I just wanted to write a story based off of it. I've been listening to it the whole time I've written this chapter and I'll probably listen to it every chapter. Idk if this has been done before in the nalu fandom. I know I've read a chapter or two of a story where Natsu was a stripper but I don't think I've ever read one Lucy is a prostitute and I think it actually fits really well with Lucy's back story. Her father physically abused her and she left at 18. No other way to support herself, she turned to prostitution. It makes sense to me *shrugs*. Okay, so I hope you have fun reading and be sure to ask any questions if you have any. Bye!

Natsu was always respectful of the opposite gender. He treated women right, and didn't discriminate against them. As a matter of fact, he was terrified of some woman. Erza and Mirajane being the two that he's definitely had nightmares about when he knew he was going to get the shit beat out of him. Well, it was Erza doing a beating up while Mira was mostly a more psychological fear. The point was though that he treated women with respect, but wasn't sexist towards them and thought they couldn't do a so called "mans job". He's seen Erza and Mira do some amazing ass things— well, any of his female friends, for that matter. Cana can drink any man under the table, Lisanna can make Elfman, the manliest man of all, cry at her feet by just giving him a stern glare, though Natsu is sure that's because they're siblings, Levy can somehow scold and threaten Gajeel despite being over a foot shorter than him and so small, and Juvia can make even Gray, the iciest asshole of them all, sputter because he made her cry.

If Natsu has learned anything from his female friends, it's to not underestimate woman and respect them because they could fucking shut you down in a way a man somehow never did to Natsu. He found it disgusting that some men took advantage of woman and used their strength against them to do harm. He hated it. So when Natsu saw a girl being pulled by the wrist rather roughly— Natsu didn't care if they were lovers; he shouldn't be treating her like that— he marched over to the two and shoved the mans shoulder around with all his strength. His first priority was the girl, so he grabbed the mans arm and squeezed until he let go with a sharp cry. Once he faced the girl, Natsu immediately noticed how beautiful she was. She had long blonde hair like golden river flowing from her roots down to her hips. It was straight and looked so soft and shiny as silk, but not in the gross, greasy way. No, it was healthy and he had the urge to reach out and feel it for himself. He controlled his strange desire though, and focused on the rest of her; cute petite nose, rounded cheeks, and full, plump lips that looked as soft as pink rose petals. But her eyes— those were what really captured Natsu's attention, but not in the good way. They were brown, but dulled over in a way that looked like an emotionless gray color. Natsu knew she had been through some shit just looking at this big orbs of never ending nothing.

She didn't look like she was bothered by being treated in such a rough manor from the man, but it did bother Natsu a lot. No girl should be used to being pulled around like property— especially someone who was so breathtaking. She looked curious at Natsu, but he could only tell that by the slight tilt of her head; her brows weren't furrowed in confusion, and her eyes didn't ask him a silent question. Just dead looking eyes that Natsu had the urge to brighten up somehow. He would do it, it's a promise he made to himself for some odd reason.

Natsu's friends were looking at him like he was crazy from the the bar they just left; Fairy Tail, it was his home. It felt more like one than his actual apartment. His friends were his family and he wanted this girl to meet them and maybe brighten up, because they got Natsu to smile after his father died.

"What do you want?"

Natsu's eyes were forced away from the girl and he now took in the man. He wasn't attractive, had a bit of a beer belly and just looked plain waisted. Natsu wondered why such a gorgeous girl was willingly following this guy, but he soon found out why.

"You shouldn't treat a girl like that, asshole. She's not yours."

Natsu let go of the mans arm with a harsh shove, and his eyes couldn't help but move back over to the girl to see how she felt about the situation. He was somewhat disappointed when her expression didn't change in the least.

"I can treat her however I want, you naïve dick. I paid for her." Natsu's brows furrowed in confusion, but the man soon clarified what he meant. "Have you never seen what a prostitute looks like? There's a brothel around the corner so you can pick up your own there, but I've already picked this one out."

Natus was speechless, and turned his head back to the girl. She finally gave him some resemblance of an emotion, but it wasn't one he was particularly pleased to see. She looked ashamed and turned her head down to the sidewalk. Natsu did now notice that she was dressed in the normal prostitute wear… fishnet stockings under her booty shorts that did wonders for her ass, but Natsu couldn't take pleasure in seeing her like this. She also had on tall heals that he had no idea how she was walking in and a long sleeve shirt that was extremely low cut and tight. It was December so she was probably freezing, but he's sure she's not wearing a coat because of her job.

The man grabbed the girls arm and started to pull her away, but Natsu wasn't having it. He wouldn't let her do this to herself. She wasn't happy doing this. Natsu knew some people found thrill in being a prostitute or an escort, but he knew this girl wasn't one of those people. She wasn't happy doing this; she did it to stay afloat so Natsu would help her whatever way he could.

He grabbed her small, frail shoulder and tugged her out of the mans grasp and into his chest. She didn't look fazed being manhandled like he just was, and that bothered him. Everything about this situation bothered him. He turned the girl around, and and ignore the guy shouting protests at him. "How much is he payin' ya?"

She stared at him blankly for a moment before responding quietly. "120 dollars for an hour."

Natsu's first thought hearing her voice was that she was an angel. She just had to be an angel who lost their way to heaven because somebody so beautiful and with such a sweet voice couldn't be living such a hard life. What made her go this direction? What happened that left her no other choice but to do this? And why was someone so angelic selling their body for such a low price? It made Natsu want to kick whoevers ass put her in such a state.

Natsu smiled so big, despite having the urge to pull her into his chest and hug her for the rest of his life. He pulled his wallet out and looked at how much cash he had. Well, Natsu knew he didn't have enough, so he would have to stop at the ATM. "I'll give you 100 for now and another 300 after I get some cash. So let's go do somethin' fun, kay?"

The girls brows furrowed but she nodded a bit and accepted the crumpled bills Natsu handed her. The man who she was originally going home with was pissed, but Natsu easily shut him up with a cold glare that pierced right through him. "Next time, take the wedding band off your finger before cheating, you despicable fuck."

Then he waved at his friends who continued to look at him like he was crazy and gently tugged the girl along by her hand. He could feel her gaze on his back, but he didn't so much as mind, and just wandered down the street and to his destination. Which Natsu wasn't entirely sure where that was. He wanted to do something fun with her… maybe make her laugh. Natsu was interested in what her laugh sounded like.

"I'm Natsu, by the way." He turned his head to look at her, and was happy when her eyes shined dimly in curiosity. He would much rather them be like a ball of light, but even a small glimmer was enough for him. "What's your name?"

She seemed to contemplate telling him, but she eventually spoke up. "Ashley."

For some reason, that didn't quite fit her. Maybe in another world her name would be Ashley, but a different name seemed to fit her better in this one. "Is that your real name or…?"

She didn't respond, so Natsu guessed that he was right. Well, he now has another goal on his agenda which was to learn her real name. He'll also add smiling to the list because it just went along with his earlier objective of laughing.

The rest of the walk was mostly Natsu trying to get her to talk, but she mostly just nodded to his stories and questions or if he was lucky, he'd get a one word answer, which Natsu thrived in. He loved hearing her voice, even if Natsu knew that it could be so much more lively and happy. He'll add that onto the list as well. A voice with emotion and maybe some more facial expressions too. Well, now that he thinks about it, he should just aim to make Ashley have a fun time. Even if she doesn't laugh a lot or smile sincerely, he'll be happy if she is even just a little bit.

"Natsu,"

He whipped his head around and smiled so big. She said his name. He really liked the sound of it when it left her lips. "Yah?"

"Where are we…?"

She didn't quite finish her sentence, but he was happy enough with just that much. It was the longest she's ever spoke so he was feeling like she was opening up very slowly. "I thought we'd go play laser tag."

"Never played…" she mumbled down at the sidewalk and Natsu couldn't stop the way his heart leaped when her small fingers finally relaxed against his hand. She wasn't holding him like he was to her, but just the fact that she seemed to be less anxious made him feel accomplished.

"Well you're missin' out. I'll be sure to show ya all the good hiding spots and where all the other teams bases are." He turned his head to smirk at her, and she nodded with her eyes widened a bit. He could tell she had questions but wasn't comfortable enough to ask, so he just talked about the game and hoped he answered them. "I'm that adult who fucking owns all the cocky 12 year old brats and pulverizes them. I've crashed so many birthday parties with my two friends and wrecked them. It was hilarious hearin' them force out the word shit or fuck because they weren't totally used to swearing yet. It is about midnight though so it'll be mostly teenagers so I won't feel as guilty."

He peeked over at her to make sure she was listening, and grinned when her eyes got a little brighter with interest. He continued as not to disappoint.

"I'm always the red team. Green is for for assholes and blue is for pussies. I'm also always Dragon Slayer, and will literally fight for it. I'm not afraid to bitch a kid out to claim my title."

"Title?"

Natus nodded as he turned his head around to check on her again. He really wished she would walk a bit faster so they could stands side by side. "Yep, each player wears this vest that has sensors and if you get shot, it'll vibrate. You also have a gun that has an assigned name so when it's over, you can find your name on the screen and see how well you did." Natsu looked forward again when she nodded.

"We can pick?"

She's getting more talkative by the minute, and it made Natsu few proud of himself for some reason. "Yah, so don't worry. We'll be on the same team."

Once they got to laser tag, Natsu peeked over at Ashley to see what she thought of the place, and he almost laughed when she looked so overwhelmed but also so cute and adorable. The laser tag place was pretty big and also had glow golf, an arcade, bumper cars, and an indoor batting cage and go karts. They were in the main part of the building where you first walked in and that was the arcade, bumper cars, and laser tag was in the back. Natsu had to practically bring her back from her overwhelmed state and gently pull her to the register to pay for the laser tag. Unfortunately, the next game was sold out, so they had to wait for the following one, but Natsu didn't mind because they could do some other fun things before hand.

The worker said it would be about 35 minutes till their game as he handed Natsu his credit card back, then he turned and pull her to look around, but she ended up trotting ahead of him in those five inch heals and tugging him along. She looked like a kid who just walked into the candy store for the first time, and Natsu wondered if she has ever had fun before this. What did she do in her free time? What were her hobbies? Why did it look like this is the first time she's been to an arcade? Natsu is sure every kid has had at least one birthday part or has been to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese when they were a kid. But it was like she's never done a little kids version of gambling. What kind of life is that? Well, whatever her life was before and despite the fact that he wished she had a better one, Natsu was somewhat happy that he was the one showing her the joy of a laser tag and an arcade.

Ashley stopped at a claw machine and tugged on his hand a bit with big, rounded eyes. "Doggy!"

She was so fucking adorable and pure despite being a prostitute. Natsu suddenly got the vibe that she hasn't seen much of the world, and had to grow up way too fast for whatever reason. She seemed experienced in all the wrong places and totally naïve in the complete opposite ones. Once again, he added another thing on his agenda, and that was to show this girl the world and how fun it could be.

"Which one do you like?"

The claw machine she was looking at had cute looking stuffed animals in it of all kinds. She said doggy, so he assumed it was the brown and white spotted puppy, but when she pointed at a white plush with a carrot looking nose, he couldn't help but snort. It looked like a snowman to him, not a dog.

Natsu left for a moment to put some money in the coin exchanger, then quickly came back to the claw machine. Ashley looked scared for a moment, like she thought he left her, so he shook the small cup filled with coins to show her where he went. She was on the edge of her seat while she watched him try to win the plush for her, and positioned herself on the side of the game to try and point him in the right direction. She didn't talk though and just gave little nudges of her finger against the glass, and she got so excited when he picked up the plush, but it would soon fall out when there was a hard jerk of the claw as it hit the top of the machine. Natsu must have spent good seven dollars on the game, but he would win even if it took him paying 50 dollars for a plush that he's sure he could find on the internet for 15.

With each jerk of the claw, he got the plush closer and closer to the hole as it dropped back down. Until it he got ahold of it just right and it dropped down into the slot. She jumped up once in excitement, and gave him a small smile when he bent down, then handed her the snowman with a small bow. "For the beautiful angel."

She looked so happy and pulled the stuffed animal to chest and gave it a tight squeeze. "Thank you." She whispered so softly that Natsu almost couldn't hear it over the loud crowds of people and all the noises the machines made. Ashley nuzzled the plush to her cheek, and Natsu can say that's the first time he's been jealous of a stuffed animal.

"No prob." He grinned. "Where to next?"

She tugged him around to all the games she wanted to try and Natsu started to notice that people were looking at Ashley like that man who tried to buy her did. She was still wearing the same clothes as before, and Natsu felt possessive of her for some reason. He had never felt that way before, but he just met the girl and he had not right to act that way with her so he just tried to stand behind her so nobody could look at her ass.

They played shooting games, ski ball, ticket games and even basketball. Before they knew it, it was time to turn in their winnings and find a prize. Natsu let Ashley play a lot of the games and just gave her pointers, so they didn't win as many tickets as Natsu would have by himself because he was a fucking champion, but it didn't matter because Ashley was having fun.

They only had about 300 tickets, but she seemed completely satisfied with the necklace she picked out with a little yellow star charm. That costed 250 tickets so she asked if Natsu wanted anything, but he said no. So she gave the rest of her tickets to a little boy who was also picking prizes out. He looked thrilled because he had enough to get what he wanted now, and Ashley smiled at him a bit before facing Natsu again timidly. He grinned at her because he really liked this girl for some reason. She was beautiful, so kind, but also adorable and so naïve. She was cute.

"Want me to put your necklace on?"

He held his hand out, and she gave him a small nod before handing it over. Natsu opened the packaging and fumbled with the clasp to open it. He was going to tell her to turn around, but he decided to do it differently, and leaned over he frail body to fasten it around the back of her neck. Gathering the hair down her back, Natsu moved it aside and over her shoulder, then held both arms behind her to put the necklace on. Ashley was frozen still, but he could feel her breath ghosting over his collarbone and he rather liked how warm it was against his skin.

Once he got the clasp connected, Natsu pulled away and looked down at her curious brown eyes before he grabbed her hand again and gently led her to the laser tag. They gave Ashley's stuffed animal, which she named Plue, to the cashier at the front so they didn't have to worry about him while playing. Ashley suddenly got a bit anxious as the worker explained the rules and played the short video of the expectations. She probably didn't know what she was going to be doing, but it was completely dark right now and Natsu didn't tell her what it would actually look like in the arena.

After the debriefing was over, Natsu tugged her into the room with all the vests and guns, and immediately started searching for his Dragon Slayer icon. He sighed in relief when it was one of the first ones he looked at and smiled at Ashley as he slipped it on and held his gun. "Who do you want to be?"

She shrugged a bit shakily so Natsu kept her close and picked up one of the only red vests left, which was titled Fallen Star. Natsu liked that for her a lot, actually and helped her put it on because he figured she didn't care. Once she looked at her gun to see her name, she smiled a soft, warm smile. Natsu thinks she has some attachment to stars and he told himself that he would get her to tell him eventually.

Once everyone had their gear on, a big garage door opened and everyone piled in the arena. Like Natsu expected, it was mostly teenagers or people his age, and Natsu wondered in the back of his mind how old Ashley was. She held onto the back of his shirt like a baby duckling and followed Natsu around so cutely. He knew he wasn't going to win this game because she was slowing him down, but Natsu knew laser tag was very intense the first time.

Once the speaker counted down from ten and the game started, he moved a hand around Ashley's waist, and talked in her ear because it was loud. "Follow me, and there's nothin' to be scared. It's just a game, okay?"

She curtly nodded and held onto him tight. Natsu suddenly felt even more happy that he picked to come here because he got to hold her so close to him. Ashley was trying to be a ninja and ducked around corners and hid behind walls, while Natsu was all business and confidence as he shot all the people he could. He pointed out where to shoot to Ashley and she would try to hit her target with all her might, but half the time, her gun wasn't even working because she got shot. Natsu just let her have her fun though and smiled when she started to loosen up a bit.

He took her around to all the best places, but made sure not to run because Ashley had huge ass heals on. She didn't seem bothered by them in the least though, and simply moved as fast as he cute, little legs could take her. Natsu lost count how many times he thought she was cute.

Natsu activated his shield as they ran through a common camping spot, and like he guessed, there were some teenagers from the green team guarding the entrance to their territory. Ashley got shot, but she didn't know it and just kept trying to shoot everyone else. Like he said, she's fucking adorable. At one point, there was this one guy who started to bully her and continuously followed them around and only shot at Ashley. It was probably because he thought she was hot, which bothered Natsu and he would shoot him every so often and tell him to fuck off, but a teenager who saw someone on Ashley's level in what she was wearing was probably the most eye action he had ever seen so he bullied her a bit like he was a child who had a crush.

Ashley tried shooting him as well, but she physically couldn't because he always shot her first, and it seemed she realized that because she did something that shocked Natsu to no end.

"I swear to fucking god if you shoot me one more time, I'll kick your dick with my five inch heals, you insignificant fuck!"

Natsu and the kid were speechless, so Lucy took the chance to shoot him once she was free, before grabbing Natsu's hand and pulling him away from her stalker. Natsu just gaped at her, but Ashley didn't seem to notice and simply jumped up on her heals when she found the glowing green hexagon which was the green teams base. People were guarding it so Natsu clicked her shield on her vest for her and let her shoot at the base despite the fact that he couldn't do shit because he was getting shot to death.

They moved onto the next location and Ashley was even a bit bold and tried to snipe at people downs stairs from over the balcony on the second floor, which Natsu felt proud of how far she had come. The game soon ended though and Natsu showed her the way out because he's sure she wouldn't have found it for the life of her. He stood behind her once they got outside so nobody looked at her ass and they both stared up at the screen to see their scores. Natsu got in third, which he would not be telling any of his friends, and Ashley got second to last. She looked quite disappointed, but he told her that she could have done worse.

They stayed there until close and played glow golf, bumper cars, and Ashley even went in baring cages. They didn't have enough time to do go karts, but that's alright because Natsu knew there would be a next time. He felt happy because he knew Ashley was happy by the was her smile grew by the end of the night, and he heard her soft giggle that was just as angelic as her voice. He walked her home and he asked for her number, which she seemed a little reluctant to do for some reason, which hurt Natsu a little, but she nodded silently and added her contact in his phone. "Thank you." She whispered, suddenly as quiet as when they first met. She would say short sentences, but now it was back to one or two words.

"No prob. Next time I see you, I'll bring the rest of your money."

Her eyes widened but she quickly shook her head almost too hard and Natsu found how desperate she was being completely cute. Once again, this girl was adorable. "Y-you don't have to. I had enough fun so don't worry about it."

Natsu nodded, but he was already forming plans in his head to somehow give it to her without her knowledge. Her apartment wasn't the most fancy and was very small, but it was in a pretty safe area so he felt comfortable with her living here. Natsu shook his head. What is he thinking? She's not his, but he couldn't deny the way he felt the need to protect her. "I'll text you, okay?"

She nodded again and fidgeted a bit nervously with Plue in her arms securely. Natsu had the urge to kiss her, but he didn't want her to think he only did all this just to get on her good side, then treat her like all those other guys who pay for her do. She turned around to leave the quickly walked up the stairs with those smooth, legs of hers and her thick thighs, which Natsu loved. Ashley was thick, but also so small and petite, which Natsu was beginning to think was his type. Or this girl was his type and just her.

"Bye Natsu." He grinned at the call of his name and gave her a little wave as she turned around and unlocked her front door with her keys.

"Bye!"

Once she was inside, Natsu stood there for a moment he fore he sighed lovingly, then started to walk back to his own apartment. He didn't have his car because he was drinkingat Fairy Tail so they had to walk everywhere, but Natsu thinks that was for the best because he's sure Ashley wouldn't have gotten in a car with him. Though she is a prostitute so she may have actually…

He grumbled something like a complaint under his breath as he pulled his phone out to make sure Ashley's number saved. When he unlocked his phone, Natsu was surprised when he was greeted by another contact name. Lucy with a star emoji. Her name was Lucy. He liked it a lot, and it fit her perfectly.

Lucy…

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